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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
Senate Committee Will .
Press Legislation for
Repeal of Wire Control

Unanimous decision to press legis.
lation for repeal of the wire-contro1
resolution, despite Postmaster Gem
eral Burleson's order returning tele-
graph and telephone properties to pri-
vate operation. was reached today BY
the Senate interstate commerce com.
mittee Chairman Cumming announ4
ced that the bill would be called IN
in the Senate next week.
After a further hearing today, howt
ever. the committee amended hts bin
so as to continue existing telephone
toll rates in effect for ninety d4y4
after the wires are turned back. NJ
stead of sixty days. as originally p1pS
posed.
Senator Kellogg, republican. MinkeS
sofa, author of the repeal bill. told tn
committee the Postmaster GenereRD
order only restored private oper&tin4
and did not end government conteoE
and that consequently the repeal 6A
should be enacted as speedily as pos
sible. -
Hears Wire Official.
n. c. Kingsbury. vice president n
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, appeared before the
committee to urge legislation def3n-
itely continuing existing telephone
rates until state commissions hArA
time to pass on them and estab1fsh
new schedules. Mr.. Kingsbury was
questioned at length by member1 ct
the committee as to the result of Mr..
Burleson's order.
"The Postmaster General turned
back responsibility and kept control
Is that the effect?" asked Senator
Kellogg.
.He in effect discontinued the board
of control" replied Mr.. Kingshute
The operating control is now with
officials of the companies. who AS4
operating the lines as agents OF fhA
government.
His order is just a piece of AiRs
fam, them" asked Senator Kellogg.
mo" the witness replied; Il don1
think that is quite fair. He has doxe
away with the operating board. AaS
result of this order the scompAHtAa
now report directly to the wire-ooa-
troll board"
'Then Mr. Burleson goes on just tn
same as he had been doingT the Ma
nesota senator asked. zsr
I'VE are just where we were WhAR
the wires were first taken. over" ~.
Kingsbury answered. -
.'Then he has not turned back to
wires at all?" asserted Senator Kele
logg; .a ;.s,.a ror 80
purpose of passing the buck on the
striker" asked Senator Watson, -.
publican. of Indiana. 80
Il don't know the witness an
swered. II.
Mr. Kingsbury said the heading
on the announcement by the Post Of
fee Department, to the effect that the
Purleson order returned the wiret
to private control, was misleading
and that such was not the effect ~
the order. '3s
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true NEWS WILL
CEMENT AMERICAS
President Noyes of Associat-
ed Press Addresses Pan
American Conference.
EXPLAINS A. P. SERVICE

Frank B. Noyes. president of the AS
ISOLATED Press. told the Pan-American
conference today that the exchange Of
true ungarbled and unbiased news
between the North and South Ameri-
can continents. now being brought
about by the membership of South
American newspapers in the organiza-
ton, would be more effectual in Gull
tivating and maintaining the relations
of friendship and affection that should
exist between the two continents OF
this hemisphere than all the propa.
sanda that could be fed out by all
the publicity agents that could be put
to work"
Mr. Noyes explained how the Asso-
ciated Press, probably the most nota-
BILE co-operative effort now junction
ing" was in no sense a governmental
agency, is forbidden by it's charter to
make or distribute profits, and has al
ways refused to handle propaganda,
believing that it's function was prop
erly limited to supplying news serv-
ice to its members without bias so far
as that is humanity possible. This ap-
pealed to some Of the most important
South American newspapers. and they
were received into the organization.
not as customers or clients. but as
full members of the cooperative or
ganization.
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Called "Passing Buck"
on Strike Ordered Is
Last Night.
Postmaster General SAYS
-
Lines Still Under
u. S. Control.

Postmaster General Burleson's order
dissolving the wire operating board In
New York, and restoring the opera
ton of the telephone and telegraph
properties to operating officials Of tbs
companies. acting as agents of the
government, was attacked today by
members Of Congress. some Of whom
charged that Mr.. Burleson had passed
the buck" because of the threatened
nationwide strike of members OF thu
Commercial Telegraphers Union Of
America
Orders Strike in South. -
Immediately after Mr. Burleson's or.
der was issued last night s. J. Konens
kamp, president of the TeleEraphef9
Union. ordered a strike OF members OF
the union employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company in the ten
southeastern states, and reports from
the chief cities in that territory today
showed that scores Of operators. 40
we'll as some clerks and messengeS4.
had quit their posts. Officials of the
company at Atlanta said that with
the wires again under company opera.
ton there would be finish fight
while those of the union intimats4
that II necessary a nationwide strik0
would be called. -
Meantime republican leaders plannad
to press for action pending legisl9:
ton repeating the resolutions undkt
which the government took control Sf
the wire companies.
~.
Mr.. Burleson's Statement. sine
Postmaster General BurIeson today
sent to Chairman Cummins of tft1
Senate interstate commerce commIts
tee a letter declaring that his ordHf
yesterday had been misconstrued:
that he had not turned back the wires
to private ownership, and that ne
such action was contemplated. sL-
Mr.. Burleson's letter follows: -.s
An order issued by me yesterday
relative to the operation OF the teless
graph and telephone systems has
been construed by some as actual re4
turn of the properties to the ownef1N
No such action has been taken By
me, nor is any contemplated. grs
This order simply dissolves t1s-
operating board appointed by me url.sf
der date of December IL, 1918, and
directs that the systems again b
operated by the regular operating OF
d Aei1j9s under koVe1 1irient supervistos5.1<,
these systems In no wise ceases. IT.
being evident that these propertfeMs
are to be returned in the very nearr
/ future, It was necessary for the Poet-x
master GeneTaI 10 take Steps iIHfuSss
diately to set up the regular opernfs
ing organization Of the companies. nd
that when the properties arc turned
back it can be done without confuston,
or interruption to the SERVICE which
was the purpose Of the order. This
order in no wise affects the legiS-
lation pending before your committees
or before Congress It will enable
the companies to begin steps imne-
diately to prepare the data and COLI
lect their information to be .aube
mitted to the state commissions for
the rate cases, which will probably
be taken up Immediately after the
period of government control ends.
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PRESIDENT Quoted
AS SAYING TREATY
MEETS A POINTS
Paris Paper Reports His Re-
marks on Learning Hun
Proposals.
BIG FOUR'S COUNCIL
FINDS ORLANDO ABSENT
Huns Will Be Told Approximate
Sum They Must Payday
Be $50, ooo, 900, 600.

PARIS, June 6.-An answer
from Admiral kolchak, head of the
aIl-Russian government mt Omsk,
to the allied proposals hns been re-
ceived by the French foreign Of
nee. 1t In understood that the an
swer In the main IL a satisfactory
acceptance Of the proposals.
Admiral KOlchak's reply, how
ever. makes reservations concern
Ing a constituent assembly and also
in respect to dealings with new
states formed from old Russia.
PARIS, June (Havas).-"I am
convinced that our treaty project vio-
lates none of my principles, Presi-
dent Wilson is quoted by the Matin
rs having said when he was made ac-
quainted with the German counter
proposals to the peace treaty. IF
held a contrary opinion / would not
hesitate to confess it and would en-.
deavor to correct the error. The
treaty as drawn up. however. entirely
(By Associated Press).-When the
council of four met this morning Pre-
mier Orlando of Italy was absent. tbs
led to the belief that the Adriatfc
question was again under considera-
ton. 1t is understood that no further
progress has been made by the va
rious elements working on the soIu-
ton of this problem.
Will Reveal Reparation Terms.
1t is probable that the allied and
associated powers will comply with
the German demand to state approx
mately the maximum sum which Ger
many must pay in reparation under
the peace treaty. according to the
Matin. This sum, it states. will be
from 100000. 100000 to 100000. O0o,-
zoe francs. (The larger sum named,
on gold valuation, would not be far
from $50.e98.000.0 00)
South slavs Present Memo.
The south siav delegation here
handed to, President Wilson Yesterday
9 memoranduin fegsrdinK the Etanie
stair, accsrdtse @ the Petit
Inquire Into Delay Of News.
The British. correspondents in Paris
have begun an investigation as to why
their first dispatches regarding the dis
cussion Of the necessity Of peace
treaty changes by the council of four
were held up for thirteen hours. The
olSpdtcnes Iedcneo inc ue"spdpeLs w
late for publication in the current Is
sues.
Renner Holds Conference.
ST. GERMAN. June 6.-Dr. Karl
Renner chancellor of German-Aus-
tris and head of that country's peace
delegation. who with five colleagues
has been at Feldkirch for confer
ence with DR.. Otto Bauer. the German
Austrian foreign minister, is expected
to arrive here tomorrow.
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Girls Slayer Committed to Asyiun.

TROUTvILLE. Va, June 6.-Wu
liam Orange. who shot and killed .h5
sweetheart. Miss Eunice Landers:-a.
Ter home here April 8, and then she's.
himself through the head. has heea
ordered committed to the state insaAO
asylum Ut Marion for obssrva:iessssf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
CAPITAL IN DANGER
Of WATER FAMINE
Only Good Luck and Economy
Can Avert 1t, Says Supt.
Garland.
SAFE CAPACITY EXCEEDED

washington Is on a powder keg,
as far as the danger Of a water
famine is concerned. Only good luck
with our conduit and mains and the
practice Of strict economy by every
body will carry the city through the
summer without a serious water
shortage being experienced"
New Plan for Increase.
This warning. today bxaI..s. Gar
land. superintendent Of the water de-
,partment, came on the heels Of an an
nouncement that the Commissioners
have been submitted a plan by Gen.
w. L. Marshall. U. s. A.. retired, for
merly chief Of engineers Of the Army,
for Immediately increasing the water
supply.
The plan is similar in general fea-
lures to that proposed by Asa E. Phil
lips, District sanitary engineer. in
that 1t proposes raising the level in
Dalecarlia reservoir by pumping. It
contemplates increasing the supply to
5000. 900. One year is the estimate
put on the time for doing the work.
The Phillips scheme promises an
increase to 120,000.060 gallons daily,
estimated to be sufficient to meet the
needs of the CITY until the year 1910.
The cost is placed by Mr.. Phillips at
100000 or less, with six months re-
CURED for the construction.
Commissioners Powerless.
While both plans are in the hands of
have no jurisdiction over the ques-
ton Of water supply, that being a
function exercised bye the War De-
partment. The Commissioners are
however, with the ques-
tion of water distribution.
If the commission proposed by the
Zihlman bill is authorized by Con-
gress 1t will be expected to give i'm
mediate consideration to the Mar
shall and Phillips plans.
The water supply situation has be-
come so acute that the Commission
feasible scheme that will remove the
danger of water famine before an
other summer arrives.
Consumption at High Mark.
Consumption reached the high mark
of the season Wednesday, when it
passed the 71.000.000-gallon mark. The
estimated safe daily capacity of the
conduit is 100000 gallons.
department today devotes two pages
to the water situation. 1t calls at
tention to the fact that the Com
have found it necessary to
prohibit the use of water for wash
ing sidewalks and streets.
THE city is threatened by a short
age of water supply" says the bull
letin.. Nothing could be worse dur
ing the summer months than a water
famine. The health of every citizen
would be jeopardized. Practice water
Tactly impress every
citizen with the fact that water can
not be wasted at this time. Report
to precinct commander willful waste
of water on part of any individual.
firm or corporation. And in this man
ner co-operate>with the water depart
ment and the Commissioners in
their effort to keep for Washington
the summer a<suff1cient
supply of water to meet all necessary
uses by our people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
STRONG BOMB Clue
STARTS MAN-HUNT
Authorities Seek Person Who
Predicted Proof of Reds
Power if Tested.
OFFICIALS ARE SECRETIVE

Agents of the Department of Jus
tice and the local police this after
noon started a search for an uniden-
titled white Man who is reported to
have displayed knowledge of the
doings Of the reds" some time be-
fore the explosions occurred.
The search was not started because
of vague and unfounded rumor.
Inspector Grant stated. but was the
result of Information impaired by
several persons who overheard ths
remark, which was. in effect:
To test the strength Of the bolB71e-
Wiki, start something ana you will
see how strong and powerful the
organizations are"
The man is reported to have said
the showing would be made after
June 1. the remark having been made
some time last month. Inspector
Grant said the department was not
in possession of the name of the in
dividual, but he is known to have
resided and been employed here.
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Brief Time to Be Given Huns
to Act on Councils Reply
to Counter Proposals

PARIS June 5 (by the Associated
Press)-When the Germans are hand
ed the allied reply to their counter
proposals they will be informed. &C
discussion has been finally closed and
will be given no legs than three or
more than FIVE daysAQ which to ac-
cept OF reject the condsions.
Count Won Brockdorn nsntzau. the
head of the German peace Mission. is
expected to leave immediatelyN r Ber-
lin to confer with Philip Scheideisapn.
the German chancellor II it 20 ~
cided that Germany shall sign the
treaty the count will return to Yer
sailles. II Germany refuses to sign
notification of her refusal will be sent
from Berlin. it is said.
Such progress was made by the
council of four today that by working
through Sunday ii is hoped the reply
TO the German counter proposals may
be ready for delivery Monday.
Decide on Preparations.
The council has decided to refuse
Germany's request that a fixed sum
for reparation be indicated in the
treaty.
,Havas)-M. Poska. foreign minis
ter of Esthonia. arrived in Paris to-
day to ask the great powers to aid
the small Esthonian army. which is
hghting the bolsheviki southwest of
Fetrograd He will confer with the
council of four.
Paderewski Appears Twice.
Premier Paderewski Of Poland ap-
peared twice before the council of
four today to protest against the pro-
posed plebiscite in upper Silesia and
suggested changes in the Polish west
&~N hi h
lively small in territorial area, were
most important strategically and from
the viewpoint of railway communities
,ion.
Ready to Hear Turk.
The council of four has informed
the grand vizier OF Turkey, in answer
TO his request that it is ready to hear
him, not az Turkish plenipotentiary
but rather in the character of a wit
ness in the case Of Turkey.
Austria Mourns Treaty Today.
COPENHAGEN. June (by the As.
ISOLATED Press).-Austria will mourn
tomorrow. Black flags will be flowr
throughout the country. according tc
dispatches reaching here, as an ex.
preston of the feeling of the popula
ton over the peace terms handed tc
Austria.
PARIS. Wednesday, June Thy tn.
Associated Press).-Bessarabia, with :
population of nearly 1900. 900 and ar
area larger than that of Denmark O,
Belgium. Is making a vigorous effort Il
avoid absorption into Rumania and Il
secure the determination of it's own fu.
;ure through a plebische. Alexande,
kroupensky. former president of tn,
Bessarabian provincial Gemstvo, and ;
delegation 10 In Paris striving to vii
recognition from the conference and Sc
cure Beasarsbia's right to self -determi
ia ton under the league Of nations.
since early 1918 Bessarabia has bee1
yirtually Aumanian province. occupied
by RumAnian troops and dominated b.
thAm.
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Matter Of Pride.

'It is matter of pride to the As
ISOLATED Press" said he, that this
invitation to our fellowship was in
stantly accepted and that we now
list among our members the most
important journals in the countries
to the south of the United States. Tor
we have had members in Mexico anu
Cuba for years. The bases of our
relationship with our new members
are those of equality. of mutual re-
spect of full confidence. Our South
American members know that the
news reports sent them will be
straight news with no Interior pur-
pose and we have the same belief as
to the news coming north.
81 am sure that it must be clear
that the interest of the Associated
Press in the specific commercial
projects that this conference is dis
cussing must be purely platonic.
Any aid to general buying and SELL
ing that this fellowship in effort of
the newspapers of North and South
America brings will be only by
product of a relation that had no
such object in mind as an incentive
to it's creation.
II may with propriety say. how
ever, that the growth in commercs
that you are planning for must be
built on. the same basis as those I
have stated as the foundation stones
of the relations of our new and old
full confidence. While our organiza-
assss ssen en I'M s.. .s sss
seek to accomp iisH TIC T6fk we are
doing is Of immense Importance to
YOU.
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Officials Make No Comment.

Officials at the Department Of JUS
tice would neither confirm nor deny
Geographic dispatches from other
cities having to do with developments
in the nationwide war against ter
rorists. Neither would they comment
in any way on the published report
that at least half hundred anarch-
lists. rounded up in the last few days
by bureau of investigation operatives
cooperating with agents of the bu-
reau of immigration, are booked for
deportation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
Has No Doubt About It.

81 have no doubt how these treaties
got to New York. We know. from
other Investigations. how information
has gotten to Wall street and mil
lions made. by their own confessions.
by inside information.
II know the treaties are there;
have not seen them. but ! know. and
am satisfied as we'll as I know any
thing that they have been there for
Continued on Second Ps-e.1
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Fifty Held for Deportation.

1t is known, however. that at least
that number Of known radicals, or
direct actionists," taken into custody
since Monday nights bomb outrages.
are being held for deportation. Some
of these men, it is said, have taken
out their first naturalization papers,
though most Of them have been under
surveillance. Notwithstanding that
fact, for several months or even
longer.
William ]. Flynn, newly appointed
head of the bureau ct investigation,
Department of Justice, is still in New
York, where he went day before yes
terday to take charge of the details
of the investigation there.
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Tells of Pittsburgh Situation.

Tells of Pittsburgh Situation.
Detective Frederick NJ. Cornwell,
who was in Pittsburgh Monday night
when two explosions occurred, has re-
turned to this city and related to Mai.
Pullman and Inspector Grant a story
of what he observed there.
The Washington detective conversed
with John Johnson. president of the
Pittsburgh branch of the l. w. W., in
whose possession the police found
much literature of the organization.
He said Johnson declared he would
rather have been killed than for the
police to have obtained the literature
they took from his office. Johnson, it
is charged. fired at the detectives
when they entered his office, said to
be an offense punishable by life i'm
prisonment.
Has Memorial to Dead Kin.
All fifteen men arrested il Pitts
burgh, Cornwell stated, admitted they
were foreigners and said they had
made no effort to obtain naturaliza-
ton papers In a card case taken from
one of the prisoners was a memorial,
in gold letters, which read: Tn mem
Dry of dead brothers who died in the
performance of their duty" The
names of the dead brothers appeared
on the memorial.
detective COrnWell brought copies
of some of the 1. w. w. literature from
Pittsburgh and turned them over to
Maj. Pullman and Inspector Grant.
d c. Free of Red Organizations.
I'VE have no organized anarchist
element here" said Inspector Grant.
chief of detectives. There are some
persons here with anarchistic tend
encies, however, and while they may
lend encouragement to the bombers
they take no active part in the explo-
sions.
1.-The men who do the haranguing
are not the ones who do the bomb
ing" he added. 1.-The bombers are kept
in the background"
Inspector Grant said he had de-
tailed two members of his staff to To-
cate all such persons and to canvass
cheap hotels and other places where
visiting anarchists would be expected
to stop while in the city. He said a
number of anarchistic sympathizers
have been located and some literature
obtained.
Philosophical citizens. the in
spector stated, are sending the de-
partment the names of persons whose
utterances tend to show they justify
the use Of explosives or who say
bombs will bring about the conditions
they think should exist.
The. police department has informa-
continued on Second Page,)
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All Sorts of Requests.

the Department of Justice at least,
though Congress is being bombarded
with all sorts of requests to enact the
very kind of legislation that so many
conservative minds in Washington fear
would do more harm than good.
Trouble enough occurred during the
war in trying to draw the line between
proper and improper utterapces and
writings, and the Attorney Generals an
swer to the bomb throwers and conspi-
Continued or Second Page,
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+ Renner Holds Conference.

ST. GERMAN. June S.-Dr. Karl
Renner, chancellor of German Aus
tris and head of that country's peace
delegation. who with five colleagues
has been at Feldkirch for a confer
ence with Dr. Otto Bauer. the German
Austrian foreign minister, is expected
to arrive here tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
WEATHER.

Generally fair tonight and tomor-
row; little change in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended pm. today: Highest, 81. at
pm. yesterday; lowest, 70. at am.
today.
Full report on page %.
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Ten Strikers at Norfolk.

NORFOLK. Va, June 6.-Of a force OF
$50 employees only ten operators. nine
men and a GIRL went out on strike at the
local Office of the Western Union here
today Up to the present time business
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Paderewski Appears Twice.
Ready to Hear Turk.

The council of four has informed
the grand vizier of Turkey, in answer
TO his request that it Is ready to hear
him. not AZ a Turkish plenipotentiary,
but rather in the character Of a wit
ness in the case of Turkey
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Number Quit at Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, June g
Thirty-five operators, ten clerks and
sixty messenger boys OF the local West
ern Union Telegraph office were out this
morning, according to figures OF union
officials. who claimed that as the sew
eraI day shifts report for duty the num-
Fer, would be augmented. Company Off
Gals reported six Morse operators. four
muItiplex operators and eight clerks Of
the first shift out: