Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Snow or rain this afternoon and probably tonight; tomorrow fair; not much change in temperature; lowest temperature slightly above freezing. Temperature for 24 hours ended at Highest, 45, at 2:30 p.m. :30 a.m. today. Full report on page 12 fioshg N.Y. Stocks !I_;d Bonds, Page 26 @h post office Was Entered as second-class matter shington, D. C. No. 28,799. INVADERS QCCUP TWO MORE TOWNS IN RUHR ADVANCE: Remscheid and Kronberg Taken in Latest Extension Move in Controlled Area. 1921 FRENCH ARMY CLASS ORDERED KEPT 2 MONTHS Guno Faces Test in Reichstag To- day—Factions Pressing for Ap- peal to U. S. to Act. By the Associated Pre: LONDON, March 6.—A Central News dispatch from Berlin says that the Ruhr allies have occupied Remscheld and Kronberg. Remscheid is in Rhenish Prussia, #izhteen miles east of Duesseldorf. It is the most fmportant center in Ger- snany for the manufacture of small fron and steel wares. Kronberg is a Prussian town in Hesse-Nassau, not far from Koenigstein. 1921 CLASS KEPT. Maginot Presents Bill for Six Months’ Program. By the Associated Press. _ March 6.—Minister of War Maginot informed the cabinet today that he intended to keep the class of 1921 under the colors until May 31. At the same time he laid before the cabinet a bill permitting en- gagements and re-engagements for the army for a period of six months The ministry's decision to keep the class of 1921 under the colors until e end of May will be a disappoint- to the class, the members of h were counting on \'ge(ng T leased by tne first of April at the latest. 1t they are released May 31 they will have served two months over the normal term. ! Expected 18 Months’ Service. The official explanation of the de- lay in releasing them is the desire of the ministry to have experienced men for training the new class. The first contingent of the class of 1921 was called out in October of that year, and the men expected to do eighteen months' service, as that is the period advocated by the gov- ernmenf in a bill which has passed the chamber of deputies and is now before the senate, Thus their serv jce would end with March, under nor- ditions. m"i}hgozecolld contingent 6f thé 1921 class was not called out until May, 1922, so that their eighteen-months term does not expire before October. Theoretically, until the new bill is wvoted, the length of serviee remains at three years. REICHSTAG TEST TODAY. German Factions Pressing for Ap-! peal to America. ! WITTE. i tar and_Chicago Daily BY G By Wireless to The : Neither the ! United States nor Great Britain will intervene unless a formal appeal is made to them by the German govern- | ment supported by the majority of the people, according to leading Ger- i man politicians. With the exception | of the reactionary leader Count, Westarp, head of the nationalist party. and the communist leader Lud- wig, the big men in the other political parties in the reichstag told the writer just before the special session opened today that two-thirds of the people | of Germany were eager for outside | intervention which they realized would come sooner or later. These statesmen believed that the | time had come for a formal deciara tion by Chancellor Cuno on the ques- tion of intervention, and sald they would insist that hé make a state- ment along these lines. Expected 1o Relterate Proposals. | Tn the reichstag it was said that the chancellor would reiterate the German proposals which were sub- | mitted to the Paris conference in December last but never considered. ‘These proposals in the meantime | lave been remodeled and It is be- lieved that the sum which Germany is now prepared to offer is in the neighborhood of 50,000,000,000 gold marks. 1f Germany should ask out- side intervention this sum will be proposed as the basis for the resump- tion of the reparations negotiations. The following views on the question of intervention were given the cor- respondent by the leaders of the six main parties in the reichstag: Gustav Koebe, social democratic president of the reichstag—"“Anglo-American in- tervention must take place sooner ot later if the peace is to be preserved | in Burope. The present policies. of both the German and French gov- ernments, in my opinion, make it im- possible for either of these two countries to offer their good services voluntarily. Must Be Settled Finally, “It is also absolutely necessary that the question must be settled once for all as_to what Germany is able to pay and as to what France should hive, Only a big, disinterested power could determine this, and_either the Tnited States or Great Britain might assume this role if invited to do so.” Gustave Stresemann of the German *(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BERLIN, “Spring Here” Idea Takes Count Before Onrushing Snow and Rain A little rainstorm which originated §n New Mexico and played around the fexas panhandle yesterday tricked the weather forecaster and knocked the cheery “spring-is-here” idea for w full count of ten. Basking in the sunshine and warmth that only a Florida resort can boast in early March on Saturday and Sunday, shivering a bit on Monday, Washing- ton today was covered with one of the Pprettiest snows of the winter, billed twelve hours in advance as a gentle Yain from the southwest. “Variety is the spice of weather as well as life,” chuckled the official ‘weather prognosticator today as he ‘XD ained, in detail 'how the little ; detained would be dealt with j engineer Russ Lad Wins Spurs; Will Be Admiral’s “Son” By the Associated Press. DERSON, S. C., March 6.—Niko- mouroff, fourteen-year-old vet- eran of the Wrangel campaign against the boishevivi in Russia, has won his spurs and soon will be Nikolai MecCully., Nikolai is the eldest of seven Russian children brought to this country by Rear Newton y. a na- ive of Anderson. he other six have been adopted by the admiral Nikolai, howe: er, because of his e and war ex- Derience, was put on probation. He NIKOLAI SMOUROFF has fulfilled all requirements of the probationary pe- riod, the admiral announced to friends here Sunday while visiting his mother, and adoption proceedings Wil be instituted soon in Washing- on. Admiral McCully was in Charleston today inspecting the navy yard. He Will return from there to Washing- ton. RUHR OCCUPATION - BLOCKS UL 5. TRADE American Business Concerns Increase Number of Complaints. French occupation of the Ruhr is glving rise to an increasing number of complaints from American busi- ness concerns who are finding their normal trade more or less seriously blocked. The many protests received at the Commerce Department are being im- mediately turned over to the State Department and Secretary Hoover was said today to be hopeful that tha French and Belgian authorities might be able in time to regularize the ad- ministrative routine of the region sufficiently to reduce present diffi- cultles In all their dealing with the matter, it was said, American officlals will seek to avoid raising serious diffierences be- tween France and the United States. At the same time the French govern- ment will be given opportunity to judge just how much damage is being done to American trade. If, in the course of me, more difficulties’ aré encountered it is possible that representations of a more formal character may be made. Complaints that goods consigned to American importers are held in the oc- cupféed’ region subject to a 10 per cent export duty exacted by the French have { resulted in inquiries to establish the| facts, but so far no reports in any of these cases have been returned by | ‘American _ consular officials. It has been said at the State De- | partment that each instance of goods on_its merits after the facts had been estab- | lished officially and the rights of the | American consignee were known. CONTRACTS LET board will try to make this report Contract for the paving with con- crete of a score of streets in al] sec- tions of the city was awarded to the Cranford Company by the Commis- sloners in board session today. The contract ecalls for 140,160 square vards of paving at $272,316. Maj. Raymond Wheeler, assistant commissioner, announced that the contractor would go to work first on Bladensburg road and en- deavor to put a new surface of con- | crete from L street to the rallroad viaduct at Green Chapel road, before the thousands of motorists reacned Washington for the Shriners’ conven- tion. | Side Streets Later. During the convention the contrac- tor will work only on side streets, where traffic would not be inter- fered with, and after the visitors have left the city the paving of Rhode Island avenue, Nichols avenue and Connecticut avenue will be under-| taken. If any funds are left after the gen- eral program has been carried ‘out, the engineer department will extend farther out the new paving on Bladens- burg road. Cost Drops 6 Cents. Maj. Wheeler hopes to have the en- tire list of concrete streets finished not later than December 1. It is encouraging to note that the cost of concrete paving has gone down 6 cents per square yard since last year. The price at which the Cranford received the contract is $1.81 per square yard for six-inch roadway. On the main arteries the concrete will be made seven inches thick, and the cost will be slightly higher accordingly. rainstorm fooled him as well as Wash- ington's inhabitants. Washington, however, is the most southernmost’ point of the snow, and the weather prophet's prediction hit the bull's-eye in the south, where it is raining. A mixture of snow and rain through- out the day and a star-spangled sky tonight was the forecaster's an- nouncement this morning. Slush in the day and ice at night for about forty-eight hours, he said, and Wash- ington will again be ready to Sook for spring. v The forecaster explained that the storm must have traveled to Wash- ington in seven-league boots, bécause last night at 8 o'clock it had just reached St. Joseph, Mo. This morning it was passing swiftly up the Atlantic coast, leaving its white trail in Bal- timore, Philadelphia and New York. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Toening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1923—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. CLASSIFYING BOARD HOLDS 2 SESSINS TOOUTLINEPLANS Members Named in Law Ap- point Alternates Who Will Do the Work. WILL MAKE OFFICES IN TREASURY BUILDING ‘Warwick, Moffett and Graves Form Body; Allen Is Executive Officer. Two meetings of the reclassification board were held today, at 10 and 2 o'clock, further developing the or- ganization and work program look- ing toward allocating every one of approximately 265,000 employes of the government, 65,000 of whom are in the District of Columbla, to new per- manent grades of work at new statu- tory salaries before July 1, 1924, as provided in the act passed in the closing hours of Congress. Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, budget offi- cer of the government, who Is chair- man of the board; George R. Wales, civil service commissioner, and Her- bert D. Brown, chief of the United States bureau of efficlency, attended the conference. Kach of these named an alternate, as provided in the law, and these alternates will constitute the board that will be in active charge of the work designated by Congress. These alternates are: List of Alternates. From the budget bureau, W. W. Warwick, former controller of the Treasury, who will act as chairman; {<r‘0m the Civil Service Commission, Guy Moffett and from the bureau of efficiency, Harold N. Graves. At the'morning conference the lo- cation of the board's workshop and the plan of work were discussed, It was decided that offices would be es- tablished in the main Treasury build- ing. The board also discussed the duties imposed upon them by the law. Briefly summarized by Guy F. Allen of the budget bureau, temporarily as signed as executive t signed as officer, these 1 To review and where necessary revise the class > r ification of positions in the departmental service as made by the \department heads. This is Vers n Section ¢ covered in n 4 of the reclassifi- 2. To make rules and re gulations e guidance of department heads 0 provide various classes within everal salary grades. Follow Executive Order, Here it should by up a misunderst; for th and t the s anding tha be quite general among those" pater ested in reclassification, that while the grades fixed in the act are a mod- ification of the Sterling-Lehlbach bill. no_ allocations were ever made under that bill, so that no one could tell what the cost would be. There- fore, Congress directed the reclassi- fication board to follow as nearly as practicable the classification as made pursuant to the executive or- der of October 24, 1921, which is the Smoot. or bureau of efficiency clas. sification.. So that the bureau of efiiciency clas- sification for the 65,000 employes in he District of Columbia is to he the basis of reclassification here, Mr. Al en said, In so far as the re tion board finds practicable. (3) To make a survey of the fleld that clas as early as possible in the new Con- gress which is to meet in December. Review Efficiency System. (4) To review and where necessary revise the system of efficiency rat- ings now in éffect and hereafter to be prescribed, At the second conference, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the board took up the discussion of which of these four duties would be tackled first, and how to start work on each of them. At this afternoon’s conference the board also gave further consideration to organization, including the ques- tion of personnel and what draft would have to be made on the budget bureau, the Civil Service Commission, the bureau of efficiency and the vari- ous government departments for tem- porary details to carry on the work. At the afternoon meeéting discussion |also touched upon whether it would be possible to get accurate and suf-| ficient information regarding the field | jobs while sitting In Washington, and Whether it will not be necessary to send agents Into the states to gather the required data for job descriptions. In Language of Bill. The reclassification act, as far as administrative _provisions’ are con- cerned, is substantially and in large part in the exact language of the bill as it passed the House, With the ex- ception that in place of the bureau of the budget the bill as it passed the House would put these duties on the personnel board, of which the di- rector of the budget bureau. or his representative, is chalrman. This was explained today by Representative Frederick R. Lehlbach of New Jersey, chairman of the House committee on reform in the civil service. The heads of the departments, un- der the supervision of the personnel board, make the allocations just as in_the bill which passed the House, whereas the bill_as reported by the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Britain Has But One Way to Pay, "Commons Told By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 6.—The junior lord of the treasury, Capt. Henry King, stated in the house of com- mons today that it was the opinion of the chancellor of the exchequer that the only possible way for Great Britain to meet her Ameri- can debt was to provide liquid re- sources in the United States. His statement was in answer to a question whether in order to as- sist in payment of the American debt the chancellor “will consider the desirability of building up in Canada a dollar reserve fund, not only to encourage the development of that country's resources, but also with a view to annually sup- plying dollars for interest on our debt comparatively free from ex- change fluctuations.” Capt. King said it would be impossible at the - same time to use money to repay America and to develop Canada. e explained, to clear | DECLARS VERM INFEST OEEOQUAN C. P. Benns Says He Saw Four Differgnt Species Parade in One Room. SPEAKS BEFORE LAYMEN Urges Episcopalians to Act to Cor- | rect Insanitary Conditions Discovered. Description by Charles P. Benns, chairman of the committee on lay co- operation, of a parade of vermin in the District's penal institution at Oc- coquan created a stir at a meeting lagt night of the Laymen's Seryice Association of the Diocese of Wash- ington at St. John's Church. Mr. Benns told of a Sunday after- vell, Rev. E. H. Steven Selden and himself at the institution | declaring that the room in which they were permitted to hold a meeting was dirty beyond desoription, and that he | counted "within the range of his eye four different kinds of insects crawl- 1ing on the floor. He urged the lay- !men, in their capacity of citizens, to| do ‘everything possible these insanitary conditions. | Dr. L. W. Glazebrook reporting on {the success of the Lenten services at iKellh! Theater, stated that as re- {sult of the meetings a large number to correct |of appeals were coming in for as- | sistance of one kind or another. One such an appeal he thought would be {namely, that of the Juvenile Protec {tive Assoclation for Big Brothers to | ive encouragement and advice to de- Tinquent boys. His sugestion was followed at once by a number of commendatory remarks from various |members, telling of the good that Big Brothers had done and the need for more men to take up this work Merritt O. Chance introduced a_r lution which was seconded and car- ried that a committee of the associa- | tion should wait on the Juvenile Pro- | tective Association and determine ex- actly in what way the laymen would best help in this work. The chair appointed on this committee Messrs. | Stock, Gibbs and Whitehead. Plan Services At Mt. Alto. Referring to the work which lay- men have done and can do in the way of bringing religion into the lives of those who are unable through illness or other cause from attending church services #ie suggestion of feligious meetings at Mount Alto Hospital on Wisconsin avenue, was brought to the notice of the meet- ing. Such services have been con ducted in the past, at regular in- tervals, by clergymen and laymen of the Episcopal Church, but for some rgyon which did not appear they had recently been discontinued. This was_a shock and surprise to the member _present, and immediately volunteers came forward. Rev. Charles T. Warner, rector of St. Alban’s parish, In which parish the hospital is situated, who was present, agreed to organize a group to conduct these. services, and the men_ of St. Alban’s, of the churches in Georgetown, and some others of- fored their help. Albert Sperry, president of Epiph- any Young Peoples’ Soclety, gave a talk on the work the young people are doing in Washington and asked that the older men give the meetings their moral support and their fre- quent presence. DEBATERS TO INVADE BRITAIN NEW YORK, March 6.—Columbia University will send a debating team to England this summer to compete with Oxford, Cambridge, University of Manchester, Liverpool University, University of London, Edinburgh Uni- versity and others, it was announced today. The Columbia representatives will be chosen by the faculty next month. noon visit made by Rev. David R. Co- | George B Seizure of Ruhr Forces Germans To Buy Coal Here By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., March 6.—Amer- fean coal for use in Germany, said to be a result of the French seiz- ure of the Ruhr mines, will begin moving from Hampton roads in cargo lots this week. Two vessels, the British Ventura de Larringa and Norwegian Hall- 0. both in port now, are sched- 1 to load cargoes of coal at the Newport News terminals for Ger- s immediately and a third vessel is understood to be charter- ed for the same purpose. CHARLES D. NORTON DIES N NEW YORK Banker and Former Secre- tary to President Taft. Member of Many Clubs. | i NEW YORK, March Dyer Norton, banker and formerly secretary to President Taft, died at his home here today. Mr. Norton. who was in his fifty- third year, died from complications which followed an attack of influen- za. He was a native of Oshkosh. Wi | He was president of the First Securi- ties Company a subsidiary of the First National Bank. a vice president and director of the First National Bank and a member of many other financial institutions. Norton was a trustee of_ the n Academy in Rome, the Met- n Museum of Art and the n Federation of Arts, and treasurer of the Russell Sage Foun- dation and Russell Sage Foundation Homes Company He was the son of Rev. Franklin B. and Harriett (Dyer) Norton. His first active work was in 1893, when he joined the staff of Scribner’s Magazine in this city. Later he took up insur- ance work in Chicago, and in 1809-10 tant secretary of the Treas- ury, resigning that post to become secretary to President Taft. He was a member of many clubs. He is survived by his widow, a daugh- ter and two sons, Mr. Norton served as assistant sec- retary of the Treasury from 1909 to 1910, and the vear following he was secretary to President Taft. He was further "identified in Washington offi- cial and social life as a trustee of the American Red Cross and a member of the Cosmos and Metropolitan clubs, He had been for many years prominent in the insurance business _— AWARDS SOLDIER BONUS. Indiana Will Give Minimum of $20 and Maximum of $250. INDIANAPOLIS, March 6.—A sol- diers’ bonus bfll was passed by the Indiana senate vesterday afternoon, 27 to 19. As it already had been passed by the house, it now goes to the governor. The measure provides for a bonus of $10 for each month of service for veterans of the world war and of the Spanish-American war. The mini- mum which a veteran may receive is $20 and the maximum $250. WOMEN GO ON TRIAL. CHICAGO. 'March 6—Mrs. Tillie Klimek and Mrs. Nellle Koulik tharged with participating in a mu; der conspiracy to dispose of husbands and other relatives by poison, were placed on trial today. They are charged with the murder of Mrs. Klimek’s third husband, k Kupezyk, —is printed in THE 5:30 know ALL about everything of interest the world over. Stock news is featured; Sports are featured —and also you'll find th next day. For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city—at 5:30 every week day. Supplemental News What has occurred the world over after the regular edition of The Evening Star goes to press EDITION—that you may e Court Calendar for the 6.—Charles | | schedute. INQUIRY 1 BEGUN ' INTOALLEY HOMES Commissioners Seek Ac- curate Information to Meet Situation June 1. VALUES TO BE ESTIMATED Conversion of Many Alleys Into Minor Streets Again Under Consideration. A thorough inquiry to determine what are the present conditions in the in- | habited alleys of the city was begun today by officials of the engineer de- partment, under Col. Charles Keller. The purpose of the investigation is to provide the board of Commissioners with accurate information as to the situation which they will have to meet on June 1, when, under an act of Congress, all alley dwellings must be vacated. ill Size Up Values. 1t is probable that in making this survey the city agents will size up the physical value of the structures now used as homes by hundreds of colore: | families. It is likely that they also will ascertain how many of the alley dwellings are owned by the occupants. For. several years Melvin C. Hazen, | surveyor, has been formulating plans |for the conversion of many of the alleys into minor streets by opening the blind ends and widening them. | No Special Legislation Needed. ! Mr. Hazen was out of the city to- |day, but Col. Keller said that from i his knowledge of the matter he did {mot believe this course could be tak- en without special legislation. Although the Commissioners have |authority to institute condemnatfon proceedings for the opening of minor streets of not less than forty feet in | width, the law provides that bene- sustained. District officials do not believe this provision could be found words, they do not beli | could be found to equal the damages. | Futhermore, it was pointed out that { condemnation procedings take time and little could be aeccomplished be tween now and June 1. 9,017 Alley Dwellers. In view of the fact that a latge per- centage of alley dwellings are of brick construction, it is likely that when they are vacated they would prove valuable for commercial purposes, provided the zoning commission changes their desig- nation from residential to first or second commercial property. One District officlal observed that they would be ideal for garage purposes. The problem of finding a useful pur- pose for these buildings, however, is a simple one in comparison with the task of finding homes for the families that ‘will be ousted by the law. The last police count, taken in Novem- ber, 1919, showed 9,017 alley inhabit- ants, of whom only 507 were white persons. The law fixes a penalty of not less than $10 or more than $100 for each day alley houses are used as dwelll i ngs :after June 1. FLIHT T0 PORTO D ‘RESUMED BY AR FLEET Six De Havilands Hop Of From Montgomery, Ala., for Pablo Beach, Fl. ! By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala.,, March 6.—Re- suming their 2,850-mile flight from San Antonio to San Juan, Porto Rico, twelve officers of the Army air serv- jce, flying in six especially equipped De Haviland airplanes, hopped off at Maxwell Field here today at 11:50 o'clock bound for Pablo Beach, near Jacksonville, Fla. The fleet expects to reach Pablo Beach by 3 o'clock. From Jacksonville the squadron will proceed to Miami tomorrow after- noon. according to the present " @ "“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers city block and the regular edition s delivered to Washington homes as fast fits assessed must equal the damages | in other| e benefits | as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s . World War Hero Braves Flames To Rescue Eight By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 6.—Patrol- man John Dale, a world war hero, rescued six children and twg wom- en from a burning temement in Brooklyn early today. He made three trips from the bullding, the last time throwing his coat over his head and crawl- ing along the floor of the third story to reach a helpless woman. Dale was a member of the 165th Infantry, the old “Fighting Sixty- ninth,” during the war. He cap- tured a German machine gup at Chateau Thierry and received the croix de guerre. In capturing the gun he was wounded eleven times. ROADS NETHODS N SHOP STRKE HTBYPRESDENT Letter Says “Minority Inter- ests” Have Caused Demor- alization and Suffering. Unfortunate conditions as to train movements, interrupted coal deliv- eries and consequent suffering, to- | gether with “much demoralization to industry,” in the opinion of Presi- |dent Harding, have resulted from | the fallure of minority interests to settle the shop craft strike on lines agreed to by a majority of the rail- roads. Expression to this effect was made by the President in a letter mailed Just before his departure for Florida to Stephen E. Connor, @ecretary of the | Federated Shop Crafts, Central rail- | road, New Jersey, and made publie at the White House today. The let- ter was in response to one from the Federated Shop Crafts telling of a relief fund movement by the work- men. The President said: “Your letter of March 3 comes to hand just as I am about leaving for the south, but I am to express my sentiment on this sub- ject. You tell me that the shop crafts of the New Jersey Central railroad jare staging a relief fund movement {and ask me to send my autographed | photograph I am gladly complying. No Justice In Refusal. “It is occasion of intense regret | that the settlement of the shop crafts strike which has been effected on the larger part of the railroad systems and the mileage of the country has not been found possible on all the irest. I do not find myself able to discern any adequate question of principle which could justify a mi- nority of the interests involved in this distressing situation in refusing | to make settlements similar to those which have been made by the ma- jority. brings the conviction failure to make settlement is largely as to railroad movements in some areas, and for interrupted deliveries of coal during the winter, with resultant suf- | fering to many communities and much | demoralisation to industry. It is a sit- | uation which seems certain to become more serious unless effective measures are found for its early amelioration.” Officials of the International Asso- ciation of Machinists, when their at- | tention was called today to the Presi- | dent’s letter to Mr. Connor, estimated that about 40 per cent of the shopcrafts who struck on July 1 last were still out, constituting about 180,000 men for the’ whole country. Entire Force Out. | The entire organized shopcrafts of {the New Jersey Central railroad, ma- chinist officials said, were still out. They explained, however, that the junion considered the situation now had been changed from a strike on the part of the men to a lockout by the railroad. This was true, they ex- plained, inasmuch as the shopcrafts’ union had accepted the President's | suggestions to go back to work un- der seniority rights in effect pre- vious to the strike, whereas the rail- roads refused to take back the men under such seniority rights, and, ac- !cording to the union, in defiance of the President's arbitration proposal. The rate of pay was said not to be involved In the New Jersey Central railroad situation. RESISTS $2,450,000 SUIT. Princess Files Cross-Complaint in Matter of Attorney Fee. LOS ANGELES, March 6—Princess Ola Humphrey Hassan Broadwood, formerly an actress of Oakland, Calif,, and later the wife of Prince Ibrahim of Egypt, has filed in the su- preme court here a cross-complaint to the suit brought by Herman L. Roth, attorney of New York and Los Angeles, to recover from her $2,450,- 000 he alleged was due him for ob- taining_a settlement with her late and. B epswer was that she had not received the $4,900,000 which Roth as- serted he had obtained for her on a contract that he was to have 50 per cent of any financial settlement he | effected: e princess asks the court to can- cel the contract. $9 Per Day fo Announcement of the final stand of the Master Plumbers’ Assoclation of this city on the wage scale for the oming year was made today by Wil- liam Conradis, as representative for the association, who said that $9 per day would be the maximum wage con- sidered by the employing plumbers, who also wish a working agreement with the journeymen workers on this basis. - The announcement today is the re- sult of a meeting held last Thursday at the City Club to take final action on demands of journeyman plumbers for a wage increase from the present $8.50 per day scale to $9.50 and $10. These demands were presented two months ago. After a conference, held i glad of the opportunity it affords me | “The information which reaches me ! that continued | responsible for unfortunate conditions ! To Be Limit, Net Circulation, 96,638 TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT FAGER - ASYOUTHASHIS - CARES SLPAWAY Golf Clubs Brought to Him on Train as He Talks of Florida Links. SUNSHINE AND SMILES ROUT WORRIES OF YEAR Mrs. Harding Basks in Warm Rays as Train Heads for Ormond and Houseboat. ORMOND BEACH, Fla., March 6. —Preaident and Mrs. Harding ar- rived at Ormond by train at noon today. They were met by Mr. and Mrs. Edward McLean of Washing- tom and immediately boarded the houseboat Ploneer, which Mr. Me- Lean has chartered for his guests in the presidential party. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,, March The presidential special, conveying President and Mrs. Harding and party to Ormond, stopped here at 10 o'clock today to leave Secretary and Mrs. Weeks in the city and to allow Charles G. Dawes to board the train. |Mrs. Harding appeared on the rear platform for the first time during the trip and was greeted by genuine Florida sunshine and the genial humor of ex-Senator Chauncey Depew. Secretary and Mrs. Weeks will remain in the city until the return of the presi- dential party to St. Augustine on March 18 or 20. - “Florida is good to you this morning. was Chauncey Depew’s greeting to President and Mrs. Harding. ““Wonderful _weather,” = replied President, “and wonderful smiles.”" The special departed at 10:20 o'clock for Ormond, where the presidential party will board a houseboat fora water trip down the east coast. Mrs. Hard- ing, after standing a while, sat in a chair as the train backed out, a pre- sented bouquet in her hands. Visions Become Real. ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD- ING'S TRAIN, NEAR SAVANNAH, Ga., March 6—The visions of rest and freedom from wearing official duties, which President Harding has had for nths, today became real. T ke chief” executive, with Mrs. Harding and more than a half dozen friends, awoke this morning nearing the border of Florida, where for a month he will endeavor to find relax- ation after a year of steady atten- tion to the International and domestic blems of the nation. PrEvidences that the President was looking forward eagerly to a vaca- tion have been apparent to those of his party ever since the departure yesterday at noon from Washington. As the special drew near Ormond, the first stopping place on the trip, the eagerness grew. Golf Clubs Breught Out. Preparations for making the most of the vacation began early today. Golf clubs were brought forward an the conversation turned to the relative Imerits of the golf courses in the dozen or so Florida east coast resorts Where the presidential party will stop. Awaiting the executive and his party, with the exception of the S_ECv Tetaty of War and Mrs. Weeks, who plan to leave the train at SSA Augus- tine, was the houseboat of Edward B McLean, the Washington publisher, Wwho, with Mrs. McLean, will act as hosts during a trip down the Indian and Hallfax rivers. A game of golf has been arranged as the first fea- ture of the President's vacation on reaching Ormond, about midday. Greeted by Rail Men. The thoughts of the executive dur- ing the trip were not altogether of Ithe prospective pleasurcs, however. a stop at Rocky Mount, N. g::':genlng ‘zhe President was greet- ed by several hundred employes of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and | their families, and his first questions were as to conditions in the railroad stry. ey Molint was one of the storm centers in last summer’s rail strikes and Mr. Harding wanted to know how things were going with the men. They assured him that all now was weli, and when Secretary of Labor Davis ‘appeared on the platform and was in- troduced by the President, the head of the Labor Department got a round Jof applause. “Have Corn Liquor.” The President also wanted to know about cotton prices, and the condition of affairs among the cotton planters and the cotton mill owners and their employes. “l;ln::e you any boll weevils down her: he asked. “You bet we have boll weevils and also corn liquor,” spoke up a man in the back of the crowd. “You know you are not supposed to have any of the latter,” the President responded, “and I guess there is not as much of it as there is talk about ie EKNOWS VOTERS’ ATTITUDE. the BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Special Dispatch to The Star. ORMOND, Fla., March 6.—President Harding had his first day of retrospec- tive thought on the trip down here, the first twenty hours away from offi- cial routine since last summer. Half Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) r Plumbers Say Employers a short time after the demands were made, the employes deciwed to con- tinue’ work on the $8.50 scale without a working agreement. The reason for the maximum of $9 4 day set by the plumbers was an- nounced to be because of proportion- ate increases in line for other crafts. Business Representative Broome of the local plumbers’ union said today that there was no disagreement in the wind between workers and employ- ers, and that the union had decided to sign no_ general contract on the $9 basis. He said that wage scales for the coming year had not come up for action at the union meetings since the last request, two months ago. He also stated that the increase for at that time was for $9.50. M plumbers stated that the $9.50 in the journeymen’s offer was to have con- tinued as a scale for only a compara- tively short time, at the end of which time $10 per day would be tha #AMS, 3