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WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; mno chauge in temperature; gentle vari- able winds. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 70. at 5 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 43, at 5:30 a.m. to- day. | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Fpen ¢ n T b r Entered as second-class matter No. 28,850. [out “omce Washington, D C. 23] BELIEVEDLOST Ifiify' s N SHIPWRECK OFF Quarrel to Court COAST OF AFRICA Mandamus proceedings against | | | the faculty of the University of Maryland demanding that two co- eds, recently suspended for smok- ing at a dance in Washington, be reinstated is being threatened by parents of the girls, according to reports today from College Park. Mad. Rules of the university, it is pointed out, restrict the students from smoking on the campus or in the dormitories, bus say nothing regarding an occaslional cigarette away from school. The contem- plated court action, it is said. will not be for the purpose of obtain- ing for the girls the right to smoke, but merely to determine where the authority of the faculty begins and ends. Steamer Rushed 290 Miles After S.0.S. Only to Find Abandoned Vessel. | SLIGHT HOPE FOR BOATS | BECAUSE OF HEAVY SEA| | | | | Reinstatement of the two co- eds by the president of the uni- versity, it Is intimated. may quash Forty-Two in Peril as U. S. Ship Board Vessel Goes Aground Off Oregon Shores. the proposed court proceedings. FLEE FOREST FIRES INMARYLAND HILLS By the Associated Press. | LONDON, April 26—A Reuter's dispatch from Capetown says that the | . Mountain Dwellers Take to Flight—Homes Destroyed. Loss Millions. Portuguese mail steamer Mossamedes. | which grounded several days ago at Cape Frio, southwest Africa, has been found abandoned, with no sign of the 237 passengers she carried. Thus far, the dispatch adds, no hoats have been picked up and there is no indication of the fate of passengers and crew. Owing to the fact that there are no landing places in the neighborhood of Cape Frio and that a heavy sea is running today, grave anxiety is felt for the safety of the boats. The|jying unchecked, with many homes Mossamedes' passengers included ! apq o reported destroyed and twenty-nine women and twenty-five | ayntain dwellers fleeing the on- children. Two of them were British. { rychingz flames. A number of men the rest Portuguese. | of the army of firefighters have been The Mossamedes, a vessel of 4813 found unconscious, having fallen | e e Tust 'when she went { from exhaustion. Some have been ashore is unknown, but she sent out | batiling the flames continuously since an 8. 0. call for ety Yiihe Britlsh | Monday. The loss thus far totals s Sort Victor, which was 290 | S leaiies s ot 5) e ankincarice =l ionafiot doliace. ) arriving about midnight on Tuesda The most serious situation is re- The Port Vietor found the Mossa- | ported from Frederick, where the medes abandoned. city's water supply !s being menaced ; « spatch xafv's'.em“l.'fl?“ e orihe Toats, | PY the flames. which are sweeping Tt hecessary. the German steamer |over the watersheds. The Tuscarora Trandi, w is coaling at Walvis, | sheds have been almost entirely will assist in the search. burned over, with several buildings U. S. SHIP AGROUND. | destroyed. Fires are raging over a stretch of eight miles, from Thurmont | to Yellow Springs. Women and Children Fleeing. Forest fires in Maryland are con- 0. Calif.. YWirclem atations casly {ods | Women and children from the 'O S oalls fron the {mountains are making their way S ing Board carge Steamer Brash, | 40wn from the mountains into Mid- in distress off Cape Arago. The |dleton and Foxville, carrying what Brush. believed to carry a crew of little effects they could gather in es- wa € iailed. from Aberdeen, | €aPing the flames. The men are re- o elaco last might. | maining behind to fight the fires. e et ranclaco last might | . fames have ringed Lewistown Later in the morning mlp ndamn Cor- 1 a?:lh(lx)\‘x“:fi":hhmr’";:'f;nccflx:.lfind;"::;.' v messaie that tha steamer Brush, | cects (he place from the surrounding hard aground, was “breaking up fast.” | forests, nevertheless this is regarde: [yas pald that e eten e A | Winax blowing In many Tocaities iske had gone to her ald, but was S 3 not expected to arrive before 9 p.m. _|burning embers have been carried PORTLAND, Ore., April 26—The | for miles to start new fires. crow of the sieamer Brush was belng | Three Homes Destroyed. removed in lifeboats, according to aj e E O ©ad, | while the fate of many other build- ashington, fetont e oI S ROk ings in the path of the flames is not H N Dmm I ee 5. B Thorne. hear Catortin 0 BE TABERT'S Furnace, has been burned, together with 50,000 feet of cut lumber. The barn of Joseph Moss also is among Casket Will Not Be Opened, However, Until Dental Chart Is Obtained. | | | I the places reported destroyed in this| | district. | Estimates as to the area in flames {have been placed as high as 10,000 |acres. The loss Is inestimable, as this {region is grown over with virgin oak and walnut. Little of the under- growth has been cleared for years. All Men Pressed Into Service. Every available man has been pressed into fire fighting service for miles around and the shortage of an adequate force may prove a real dan- ger. The M. J. Grove Lime Company and the Maryland Brick and Supply Company have let out their entire forces from thelr plants to fight the flames The state roads commission is gathering men from other parts of the state Two destructive fires are still burn- ing in timber sections near Washing- ton, although well under . control. Flames have swept over a conider- i TALLAHASSEE, Fla. April 26— Exhumation of the body said to be that of Martin Tabert, North Dakota | veuth who died in a leased convict!ablo area between Berwyn Heights camp after. it is alleged. he was| and Scabrook, Md. and several miles 4 Sl e w o W3 laouth of Burke, , near the tracks beaten by 'whipping b awaits Southern railway, Several fire the arriva 1 from Tabert's home of al from Washington were dental chart to be used in identifi- | rushed to Berwyn yesterday after- ! noon. cation. A barn on Mortimer's farm. near The coflin was reached yesterday by | Lanham, was burned down, and twice diggers in the cemetery at Clara, Fla I'h"" dM“l";“lm:rch h'll'r:;e!len.rl hecan.;e b % apiis datiomng gnited, but each time was saved but the body was not removed when: . iorps of about thirly voluntesr fire:. Assistant Attornel General Grimson |fighters. > of North Dakota requested the joint i _— Jegislative committee in charge of the | | imvestigaion of the soums acen| GIRL, 16, VANISHES. not to proceed further until after the | ———t——— chart is available, ! Her Boy Friend Calls, Per Sched- Meanw J. 8. Kenn vy and J. U Clay Smith, members of the joint leg- ule, But in Vain. islative committee, are expected today | Margaret Woodbury, sixteen, has lo ask that rome action be taken in been missing since Tuesday night what they termned an altempt to 2. ey ek “whon "ot oo | from her home at 1247 36th street, | armed residents of Clara approached | 2¢¢Ording to a report to the police | today by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | william Woodbury. them as they sought Tabert's grav. The alleged threat was sald to have | been aimed at Arthur Johnson, nezro convict who said he helped bury Te- bert and who was to show the com- nittee the grave The armed men were headed by Capt. Bill Fisher, superintendent of the plant of the Putham Lumber Com- pany, to which Tabert was leased b county authorities after he had been sentenced for Stealing a ride on a train. Johnson was frightened so badly that he guided the committee about two miles bevond, where he had plan- ned to stop. That distance away he revealed that the objective had been passed and the committee returned. Margaret was visiting an aunt, Mrs. Lillian Hearn, at 519 H street, Tues- day afternoon. At 7:15, accompanied by her two cousins and with only one street car token in her possession, he was left by her cousiis waiting for a Georgetown car at 7th and F| streets. That was the last seen or heard of her. At the home of Mrs. Woodbury, Henry Huft, a boy fri of Margaret's, called Tuesday In com. pliance with ‘a previous engagement. He waited until midnight, but Mar- garet did not put in an appearance, ' Ford’s Utopian ‘Factory to Farm’ Scheme to Become Reality Soon By the Associat>l Press. DETROIT, April 26.—Statements in the state senate at Lansing late yes- | terday that Henry Ford planned to| bulld a factory on every small water- | power site he can obtain in Michigan, and give winter employment, at city wages, to the farmers were confirm- ed by persons close to the automobile manufacturer today. < B et euneeitrt was Gostelny e e e e ould onerate Senator Andrew B. Glaspie of Oxford :h:"_‘ 'l{;necra \;eln: released each and came during debate on a water- | *HE 19, fave for their s power bill. He said if the bill was . .000, factory is to be established by th assed it would mean the establish- | Ford company at Ypsila . Prent of additional industrial enter- pellant) Soon. She manufacturer plans to sel prises in Michigan aggregating $10i sell power to jnot fewer than three person i a corporation to dam any ;!r‘:ar':r;"y t = bill it will be possible to condemn lands, with approval of the state pub. lic utilities commission. r. Ford proposes, it is u; to “move, the factorles to ;'t?:rfi.?-‘r’nd: ers, instead of taking the farmers to the factories.”” Under the plan he would dot the state with manufac. Star. | as fast as ¢ “From Press to Home The Star’s carrier system covers every city block ind the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Within the Hour” | | he papers are printed. Yesterday's =) Net Circulation, 96,027 WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1923—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. - TWO CENTS. President Among 30,000 Fans As Gong for First Game Clangs'NAW ABANDUNS Privates and Gener als, Rich and Poor,| Age and Youth, White and Colored. Rub Elbows at Ball Park. President Harding and Zach Taylor, the latter chocolate complexioned and six years old, were at the American League Park this afternoon walting for Washington to begin demolition of a group of base ball warriors from Philadelphia. Approximately 30,000 other “fans” from planes of life between those of the President and Zach were there for the same purpose. The local sea son for base ball opens at 3:30 o'clock. Viewpoints Differ. The only difference between the po sitions of the President and Zach to day was in location of. their wviews points. One sat In a box under & roof. The other basked in the left fleld bleacher sunshine. Outside of that their pasitions were the same. Both were there to 100t for Washington. Both were paying tribute to America’s foremost pastime. Both were living exemplars of American philosophy | which demands a balance work and recreation. And the same holds good for the other 30,000 Some sat in bleachers and others in grandstands. Some wore silk shirts and others wore cotton. Some came in limousines and some walked afoot. Some had bank accounts that would bills against them of equal size. But the whole crowd rubbed elbows. com- pared notes, velled instructions to ex- perts on the field, condemned the um- piring tactics and made ready to root in a united style. Generals and Privates. There were generals present. and there were privates. The Commis- sioners of the District and Distriet building clerks were there. Admirals were present, as well as gobs. And, strangest of all, scores of grandmoth- ers, who had been reported dead this morning, themselves were sitting in grandstand and pavilion, rooting with | ""(Continued on Page 2, Column PAVEWAY TORUSH SUEAR TRUST CASE Appeal Direct to Supreme Court Now Possible to Pre- vent Long Delays. Acting Attorney General Seymour announced today that the government had filed a certificate of expedition in the sugar anti-trust case In New York, in order to prevent possible delays in the hearing, which is set for April 30. The government's petition, he said, sets forth that the case is one of “general importance to the public” and should be given precedence over others. Under the certificate of expedition the way was said to be paved for an immediate appeal by elther side to the Supreme Court, the certificate removing the necessity for an inter- medlate hearing by the circuit court of appeals. A tormal preliminary injunction or restralning order is not expected to result. _Department of Justice officials said. The government is not entitled under the proceeding to an injunction of right, as is the practice in many other classes of litigation, they ex- plained, and the case is expected to go to trial in a hard fought fight on its legal merlits, based upon the new policy outlined by the government that speculation in food products may No announcement was made as to Who would present the government's case. SUGAR GOUGE BLAMED UPON POLITICAL GIFTS Democratic Chairman Would Bar Contributions to Parties by Tariff Beneficiaries. Cordell Hull, chairman of the demo- cratic national committee, in a state- ment in which he discussed the effect of the tariff on sugar prices, declared last night that “the one sure and ef- | fective method. of preventing a repe- tition of great artificial increases in sugar prices such as now exist would be the enactment of & statute pro- hibiting every person and corporation accustomed to demand or receive spe- cial benefits or favors or privileges from the government at the expense of the balance of the people from contributing campaign funds to any pojltical party.” 3 “When no money is forthcoming,” he added, “there will be no profiteer- ing tariff. The existing close partner- | ship between the present administra. tion and sugar and other tariff bene- ficiaries_in all lines specially favored by the Fordney-McCumber tariff law other concerns desir! D007000 In. value and Eiving employ- | they establish facteries in tha omcie ment to all farmers and their helpers|er centers, it became known, Th at good wages during the time when Y farm work is slack. -Dlll would permit.any.group of v ¢ industry throughout the staf than concentrating it s‘n the cities, i ®a would have the efféct of scattering |cated te rather |of many other articles of owes its origin to this debauching and corrupting practice. This sugar tariff hold-up of the people will be dupli- uring the months in the case general use.’ e detrimental to the public interest. | THREATENS EXPOSE | WHEN BACK INU. 3. “Clara Phillips” Says She’ll Startle California if Re- turned From Honduras. By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. April 26. —Clara Phillips, the escaped Califor- nia hammer murderess, with a wom- an companion, arrested here on Sat- urday, are still held in the local jail awaiting full identification and ex- Carson, Is separately held in the pen- itentiary. When seen at the lail the woman known as Clara Phillips refused to admit her identity, but discussed the crime attributed to her and the es- cape in such a way as to leave no doubt of her identity among those Who saw her. She shows no evidence of being downhearted and clings to the hope of freedom, not so much on the merits of the case, but mainly be- cause of the technical difficulties at- tending extradition ana return to an- She is well guarded by the local,police. It is evident, however, that sympathy has been aroused for her, because of the feel- ing she was betrayed by those who promised to assist her, but who made her a victim. Because of this she declares she will “tell things that will startle the California public,” other country. but only when leaving Honduras and after her proven. When the party arrived here last | week | identity has been legally the woman accompanying her claimed to be a sister and the man called himself Carson. They came through Mexico, leaving a friend named Jackson’in Tampico.. They then proceeded to Guatemala, where Mrs. Phillips is sald to have had a misunderstanding with a Mexican friend who had assisted her to cross the border Into Guatemala. To avold trouble with the Guatemalan author- ities she left the Mexican friend and me to Honduras, Here in Tegucigalpa the fugitive at first thought of starting grocery busi- ness. Those who met her while she was looking for a house say that her furtive ways aroused suspicion. Then came a_cablegram from Los Angeles saying Clara Phillips was supposed to have gone to Honduras. This gave the key, and the arrest followed quickly. — GOULD CRITICALLY ILL; PHYSICIANS RECALLED Relapse of American Financier in France Follows Recent Improvement. By the Associated Press. CAP MARTIM, France, April 26. George J. Gould, the American finan- cler, whose condition has been Iim- proving, has suffered a relapse. “L - Mis physiclans have beecn recalled. R between | choke a hippopotamus and others had ! tradition papers. while the man who! accompanied her, under the name of | 1% MAY 1 WAGE SCALE {New Boards at Various Yards to Collect Information for a Revision. | After receiving protests from labor | Organizations and from naval author- {1ties in charge of various shore es- tablishments the Navy Department {today announced that the wage promulgated to schedules recently | become effective May 1, would be re- called and revised. Orders were issued today for the convening of new boards at the vari- |ous yards to collect data and to rec- jommend a revised scale to be effec- tive July 1 and to continue until January 1, 1924. Pending this revi- sion, the department announced, “no reductions will be made from the scale which was put into effect Sep- tember 16, 1921.” and upon which wages of civilian employes of the Navy are now based. Based om Prevalling Pay. The schedule abandoned today was based primarily on prevailing wages paid in the localities where navy yards are located, and took the place of the uniform schedules in effect during the war. As soon as the change was announced, the department was flooded with protests from representa- tives of various trades, who declared that general injustice had been done by the wage board in arbitrarily se- i lecting the private firms whose pay rolls were taken as a standard. Re- cent material increases in outside jwages, it was asserted, made the dis- crepancy more striking. Commanders of the Brooklyn and Philadeiphia yards notified the de- partment they would be unable to bold thelr workmen in competition with civilian employers if the board's report was upheld. At Philadelphia the workmen announced a general walkout was planned for May 1. The new boards will operate under Tevised regulations, one modification being a provision which will give workmen at any yard the right of protest against the list of plants taken by the local wage board as a Lasis for comparison. i UDGE QUESTIONS MORSE TRIAL JURY Each Member Asked if He Read Reflections on Harry F. Morse. The Morse conspiracy trial was de- layed more than an hour today by con- sultations between the lawyers and Jus- tice Stafford and by a recess of forty- five minutes. ‘When the court reconvened at 11:30 o'clock Justice Stafford had each of the jurors arise in turn and inquired of each if he had read or knew the sub- stance of the editorial appearing in a jmorning newspaper yesterday reflecting on Harry F. Morse. Each juror denled knowledge of the item. Attorney . Nash Rockwood for the defense then continued his opening statement of how the defendants ex- pect to refute the charges made against them by the government. Deputy Marshal Jehn Clarkson re- ported that he had served the sub- poena on John Barton Payne, pres! dent of the Red Cross and speclal commissioner to Mexico. Mr. Clark- son saw Mr. Payne at the Red Cross building, and when he announced his business, Judge Payne readily ac- cepted service. Thp subpoena di- rected the presence of Mr. Payne in court May 3. Judge Payne was about to go to the White House and, aithough his car was some the worse for wear, the deputy marshal offered to give the ecial envoy a lift. Judge Payn smilingly accepted and was so con- veyed to keep his appointment with President Hardin, TO RADIO SAFETY TALKS. Safety talks on “Automobile Haz- ards” will be broadcast tonight by two local radiophone broadcasting stations. NAA in Arlington will send out the lecture, which has been prepared by the national safety council, at 9:25 . The White & Boyer station, JiL, will transmit the talk at 10 p.m, | MillionAdoring Sub- jects Take Part in Great Pageant. Common Girl’s Ris to Royalty Thrills British Public. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 26.—Albert, Duke | of York, was united in marriage with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in sol- | emn old Westminster Abbey at noon | today with a pomp and panoply remi- | niscent of the spacious days of the | | | i | | i i | mid-Victorian era and amid the | tumultuous demonstrations of th vast throngs that gathered unde. threatening skies to witness the wed- | ding pageant. As the cortege entered the ahhey} a slight drizzle of rain fell, but soon | afterward the sun broke through the | clouds, and as the royal pair made | their exit they were greeted with | brilllant sunshine, recalling the old | saylng: “Happy is the bride the sun | shines on.” | English Captivated. 1‘ It was the second time in a llule‘ more than a year that the King and Queen of England gave one of their | children in wedlock to a person out- | side of the realm of royalty. While | the marriage of the sovereigns' sec- ond son did not stir the popular tmagination of the British empire as did Princess Mary's wedding, the ro- mance which turned a simple Scottish girl into a royal prince’'s bride and elevated her from a position of rela- tive obscurity to the place of the fourth lady of the land, captured the nifnued on Page e { ORCANZE WOEN, | 50,6 WAGE RY Been Cut 30 to 50 Per Cent Since High Court Ruling. i | Claiming that there have been from | 80 to 50 per cent culs in salaries of woman workers in the District since the Supreme Court declared the mini- agents has been begun by the internal | the | mum wage law of the District uncon- | stitutional, a conference of the na- | tional officers of the American Fed-| eration of Labor and other trade union organizers, presided over by Samuel Gompers, today decided upon an intensive campalgn to bring these women into a permanent organization | as organized labor's reply to the Su- preme Court decision. This executive conference adopted a resolution declaring for an inten- sive campalgn of organization, to be | known as the permanent conference for the protection of the rights and Interests of women wage earners. | Weekly meetings are to be held on | Thursdays. and such other meetings | will be held as a campalgn committee of five may deem desirable. The com- | mittee in charge of the organization | campaign are: Frank Morrison, secre- | tary of the American Federation of Labor: Miss Ethel Smith, secretary of the Women's Trade Union League:, Miss Rose Forrester, representing the clerks in railway offices; Newton | James, secretary of the Central Labor | Tnlon, and C. C. Coulter, representing the retail clerks. To Meet in Indlana. The executive council of the na- tlonal organization of retail clerks 7. and immediately following the retail clerks organization is com- ing to Washington with several of | their best organizers. | The American Federation of Labor and all of the other trade union or- ganizations affected have announced that they will bring organizers here for the intensive campaign. A conference has also been called by the National Women's Trade Union League, to be held here May 14 and 15, with a view to assisting the drive for organization of ‘the woman workers left unprotected by ! the Supreme Court decision that the minimum wage law |is unconstitu- tional. “That this conference of women and men trade unionists of the city of Washington in emphatic protest against the reductions of wages im- posed upon women and girls wage earners of the District of Columbla, whether by direct reduction or subter- | fuges having the same purpose, insist upon the restoration of cuts in wages of women and girls already made. “That the conference pledges its co- operation In the movement to or- ganize the women wage earners of the District of Columbia in bona fide unions to protect and promote the rights and interests and to establish the best possible relations with em- ployers and business houses. Organtzation Urged. “That the conference urges upon woman wage earners to organize into such unions; “That the American Federation of Labor, the Washington Central Labor Union, the omen’s Trade Union League and all other organizations of wage earners will co-operate with the movement to hold a conference in the city of Washington on May 14 and 15 for the further and fuller considera- tion of such action as may be deemed wise ‘and practicable to maintain or improve the standards of life and work of woman wage earners, and call_upon the enlightened American public opinion and the sympathy of the residents of the city of Washing- ton for their full co-operation and support In this effort to prevent the deterforation of the standards of the woman workers of the District; and “That_we call upon the employers District of Columbla to main- tain at least the rates of wages pro- vided under the minimum wage law. even though the law has been an- nulled by the Supreme Court of the United States.” In flat denial of the charges made at the labor leaders’ executive con- ference, C. F. Bowers, secretary of the Flat Iron Club, representing the laundry industry, which never recog- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | | Royal Splendor and Tumultuous Acclaim Mark Duke’s Marriage DUKE OF YORK AND HIS BRIDE, Who waw Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyo: L. PROBES GRAFT LAD TODRY AGEATS A.F. L. Officers Say Pay Has No Evidence Against Pres-| ent Force, But Others Are Implicated. An investigation Into the many charges that graft is being practiced on or among federal prohibition revenue bureau, under which prohibition unit operates. Treasury officials sald today that considerable data had been laid before Commis- | sloner Blair, but thus far the inquiry | | had disclosed no losses to the govern- | been insistent that there was no jus- ment. There was no statement indicating hether present agents of the pro- ibition forces had been found guilty h | of graft, but the information which | ¥ the bureau has obtained indicated, it | was sald, that many former agents had | been able to obtain money through misrepresentation of their influence. The investigation will continue un- til all of the charges are sifted to the bottom. {PUBLISHERS DEFY UNION AMENDMENT, Decline to Sign Contracts With Printers and Mailers to Ex- pire Concurrently. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 26.—Members of mailers in compliance with a new amendment to the constitution of the International Typographical which provides that such contracts be made jointly and expire concurrently. The publishers’ refusal was ex- pressed in a resolution which branded the joint-negotiating, concurrent e: piring terms of the I T. U. amen ments as “sympathetic strike pro- visions.” - PRELATE TO THANK U. S. i Cardinal Faulhaber Speaks Today in Carroll Hall. Union, : DENBY DECIDES NOT T0 ELEVATE NAVY GUNS NOW iWill Not Use Appropriations 1 Made by Congress at Last Session. 'FRAMING NEW PROGRAM TO KEEP RECORD CLEAR | | Decision Expected to Settle Ques- tion of U. S. Setting Precedent | in Arms Treaties. The appropriations made by Eress at the last session for elevat ing the guns of the American flee {will not be used for that purpose, | Secretary Denby announced today. because of the unintended erroneous statements made by Navy representa- tives in recommending the appro- priation. The Secretary intimated that the department would go before the next Congress with a new program in o1- der that the record might be kept stralght. He said this course had the approval of President Harding Navy Department Statement. The following statement was issued by the Navy Department: “During the discussion at the last Congress of the proposal to appro- priate $6500,000 for elevating the guns of thirteen battleships of the United States | fleet, certain state- ments were made in regard to the disparity between the ranges of guns of the ships of the British fleet and those of the fleet of the United States. These statements were made in absolute good faith, but were | shown by later reports from the | Bovernment of Great Britaln to have ibeen exaggerated. While the dis- [ parity does exist, it is not so great as was then supposed Pon the representations of the Navy Department, Congress appro priated the sum asked for. In view of the discrepancy between the state- ment of the department and the ac- tual conditions, the department has determined not to employ the mon appropriated for the purpose of in creasing the elevation of the guns of the American fleet until further directed to do so by Congress.” { Ends Issue Temporarily. Decision of the Navy Department which was reached after extended conferences between Navy and State Department officiais and.consuitation with President Harding, is expected to bring to an end, for the present at {least. the question of whether action { by the United States would set a | precedent under the arms conferencs | treaties. ¥ Some members of Congress have | tification under treaty rights for the | expenditure of the money appropri- | ated, although naval officials have in- |sisted the United States would be nin_its rights in going ahead witk the work. RAIL HEADS GONFER AT WHITE HOUSE Presidents of lilinois Central and Northern Pacific See Mr. Harding. { | | Conditions in the railroad industry were inquired into by President Hard- is to meet in Lafayette, Ind., on May |the American NewspaDer Publishers' | o' 4oy in conference with Howard that | Assoclation voted today not to nego- { conference the national president of |tiate contracts with union printers or | Ellfott, chairman of the board of the orthern Pacific, and Charles R. | Markham, president of the Illinois {Central railroad. Neither of the railroad executives would g0 Intc details as to their visits, made separately to the White House, | but it is known that the President is endeavoring to obtain all possible in- formation on the railroad situation preparatory to the addresses he plans to make on the subject on his con- !templated western trip. He had u conference last week with Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. ! speak in Carroll Hall, 10th and G Both Mr. Elliott and Mr. Markham sald they did not discuss appointment %o the three vacancies on the Rall- road Labor Board, which Mr. Hard- ing has under consideration. Sena- tor Watson, republican, Indiana, an- other White House caller, sald, how- Streets northwest. Cardinal Faul- | ever, that he had taken up the mat- haber is in this country to thank |ter with the President and that un- Americans for their relief work in|doubtedly announcement of the ap- Germany after the cessation of hos- j polntment would be made within & tilitie few days. Cardinal Faulhaber of Munich, Ger- | many, who is here on a tour of the| United States, rested most of today | in his suite at the Catholic University. | This afternoon at & o'clock he will iIf You Own Humble Roadster Here’s Traffic Bureau Snag Here's a new one for District mo- torists to ponder over. If you have a roadster and want to get a permit to drive it in the National Capital you will have to take a touring car to the traffic bureau with you. Sounds strange, doesn't it? However, according to an aspiring motorist, its an actual fact. Where you might be able to find a touring car If you only owned a roadster does not seem to concern the traffic bureau one little bit, it is claimed. You must take the demonstration in the afore- mentioned touring car. Here are the facts as related by the aspiring motorist. He appeared at the bureau in his little roadster, seeking a permit to operate on the streets of Washington. According to the law, he must bring with him one who already has the required permit. The two of them blithely “hopped jout” at the bureau and sought one of { the traffic examiners. The examiner came out and sur- veyed the “little car.” | “Can't get three in that car for the test,” he is reported to have said. “Why s it necessary to take three? the aspiring motorist asked in aston- ishment. “If you go with me there is certainly no need for my friend to_go, too. h, yes,” the officer is said to have replied, “he must go along so that there will be some one with an operator’s permit in the car. You will have to come back here for your ex- amination in a touring car. We can- not give tests in roadsters where three people have to crowd in the front seat.” So that's that. Now there is a broken-hearted and discouraged motorist roaming the streets of Washington seeking a tour- ing car for the examination. “Own a touring car or don’t drive in Washington, seems to be the an- swer to the question,” he says, and the worst of it is, I don’t believe they will exchange my little car now.”