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Evening star., 1919-03-09
SEES SUCCESS OF LEAGUE.
Premier Orlando Intimates He
Must Return to Peace Parley,

ROME, March SIN the chamber
of deputies today Premier Orlando
'intimated that he must return to
Paris, as the peace conference was
entering upon a defnitive phase.
Therefore he asked the chamber to
adjourn until April 8.
Referring to the league of nations.
the premier said that an ideal could
be obtained only when hard realities
were taken into account. They must
not be surprised if all professed to
lie adherents of President Wilson on
condition that President Wilson's
principles were applied to others.
Fortunately there was perfect CO.
incidence between absolute justice
and the satisfaction of italian as
pirationS.
This evoked cheers, and the
premier concluded by expressing the
conviction that Italy was strong
enough to surmount the last difficult
ties.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
FATE OF c. & 0. CANAL
STILL LEFT IN DOUBT
President Harper of Chamber Of
Commerce Hopes It Will Be
Utilized This Year.

With the fate of the c. & o. canal
still hanging fire, hope was expressed
yesterday by Robert N. Harper, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
that a way will be found to continue
the usefulness of this historic waterA
way connecting Washington with
the Cumberland coal fields.
Mr.. Harper was active~i in the move
ment last year that brought the
Washington and Cumberland cham
bers of commerce into conference
through a joint committee to consider
how the canal might be made to de-
velop stronger commercial ties be-
tween the two cities. Plans for in
creasing trade through return car
goes on the boats that bring coal 20
Washington are under consideration
and doubtless will be prosecuted this
year if the canal opens
Evening star., 1919-03-09
COMMEMORATE WEDDING
OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
MI. and Mrs. Henry Viett of Rock
vile Greet d by Children
and Friends

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Niett celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary last
night at the home of their son, Will
liam E. Welt. in Rockville, Md.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Viett were born
in Hamburg, Germany. Mr.. Viett
came to America in 1861 and Mrs. Viett
about seven years later. Renewing
their acquaintance, they were married
in Warrenton, Va, March 8. 1859.
Shortly thereafter they moved to
Rockville, where they have resided
ever since Mr.. Viett has been en-
gagged in the timing and stove busi-
ness for the last forty-five years.
Five children We're present at the
celebration last night-Charles H
Fiett, William E. Viett, Albert d.
Viett, Mrs. E. c. Ramey and Mrs. A. j,
Burruss. Mrs. c. f. Larkins. u daugh-
ter, is living in Oakland, Calf
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Chicago Landmark to Go.

CHICAGO, March s.-The Grand Pa
cific Hotel, one of the landmarks of
the business district and a decade
ago one of the most widely known
hostelries in the country, is to give
way in May to a modern Office build
ing, it was announced today The ho-
tel was built soon after the ruins of
the great fire of 1871 were cleared
away. For many years it was a pop
ular headquarters for delegations to
national political conventions.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Rules Pigeons Essential in War.

Homing pigeons are held by the
judge advocate general of the Army
to be supplies necessarily required for
use in the prosecution of the war.
When the owners of desirable birds
will not furnish them voluntarily for
that purpose he says, the President,
acting through the War Department,
may requisition from any owner a
specified NUMBER and make .compen-
sation. The judge advocate general
adds that if the owner refuses to
permit examination for the purpose
of identifying the birds desired, any
number may be taken. and those not
needed may be sold.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
DR.. JUHLIN, AFTER PLIGHT,
LAUDS AIR MAIL SERVICE
Head of Swedish Ministry of Posts
to Advocate Routes in
His Country.

NEW YORK, March S-Dr. julius
Juhlin, head of the Swedish ministry
of posts. flew from Washington to New
York today as a passenger in United
States post Office airplane, making the
trip in three hours and twenty-seven
minutes, with a stop at Philadelphia
, DR.. Juhiin declared there was no doubt
that airplane postal service was a sue
cess and that he intended to recon-
mend establishment of air mail routes
in his own country. He will be a
guest of the aeronautical exposition
here on Monday, which is aerial mail
day"
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Brewers to Make Candy.

BOSTON, March S.-Brewers of this
city are planning to become candy
makers after July /. Officers of one
company said today they had applied
to the building inspection department
for permission to make changes in
their brewing plant in Roxbury to
equip it for candy manufacture, and
officers of two other brewing firms
have filed certificates of incorporation
as chocolate company.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Import Restrictions Removed.

LONDON, March 8, via Montreal
The British government has decided
that no import restrictions shall con-
tinue to be imposed on goods coming
to the United Kingdom from any part
of the empire W. G. Bridgeman. un-
defsecretary to the board of trade, an
nounced Friday in the house of COM
mons. If restrictions were imposed on
such goods. he added, it would have
to be with the consent of the cabinet,
which could not be given unless some
unforeseen necessity arose
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Camp Sheridan Sale Deferred.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March SIN
structions have been wired the COM
manding officer at Camp Sheridan to
defer the sale or destruction of build
ings on the military reservation,
which was scheduled to start March
IL. A telegram to committee OF
Montgomery business men from Con-
gressman S. Hugh Dent. jr., con-
tanned this information. and is taken
to mean that the buildings will not be
destroyed until the return of the
l67th Infantry for demobilization
here.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Kansas to Welcome Soldiers.

NEW YORK, March s. An ap-
preparation will be sought from the
Kansas legislature by Lieut.. Gov.
Charles Huffman of Kansas, for use
in taking care of that states soldiers
when they land in New York from
France, it was announced here today
by Mr.. Huffman. The Kansas COM
mittee of welcome has established
headquarters here at the New York
War Camp Community Service head
quarters.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Negotiations in Progress.

The government has given no indi
cation as to when it will decide the
fate of the canal. Intimations from
official sources are that it will not
renew the agreement it had with the
canal company last year. guarantee
ing it against loss. Negotiations,
however, are said to be in progress
looking toward the establishment of
a more favorable rate on coal trans
ported from the mines to the barges,
which would reduce the likelihood of
the company operating at a loss.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
HUNGER'S TOLL LINPETROGRAD
Reported That 100000 Persons Die
in December and January.

BERN, Switzerland. Friday, March
During the months of December
and January nearly 100000 persons
in the city of Petrograd died from
hunger and as the result of epidemics,
according to official statements, as
reported by Swiss refugees who ar
rived yesterday from Russia.
There were 400 of the refugees in
the party.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Suffrage Association to Elect

The District of Columbia State
Equal Suffrage Association is to elect
officers at a meeting to be held We'd
nesday night at o'clock at 1926
Rhode. Island avenue. Six affiliated
societies VIII be represented by dele
gates.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
.[EGL0ST THROUGH
TRAFFIC M|SHAP
Boy One of Victims of More
Than $50 Accidents Here
This Year.

A small boy. wearing part OF the
uniform of boy scout and minus one
leg, yesterday afternoon walked from
the District building with the aid OF
crutches and attracted the attention
of a number of persons employed in
the building or having business there.
So much interest was displayed in
the youngster that several persons
stopped him and inquired how he had
lost his leg.
His answer told them that he was
a victim of one of the more than soV
traffic accidents that have occurred
in this city since the first of the year
1926 persons have been
injured during that period. eleven
diving, nineteen receiving serious IN
Jury and the remaider being slightly
hurt Property damage alone resulted
in approximately 400 instances.
The boy whose condition attracted
so much attention and aroused SO
much sympathy explained that he had
been struck by a motor truck only a
short distance from the District bul!a-
ing. His foot and leg were so paols
crushed that amputation was neces-
sarv. He carried the shoe he was
wearing on the foot that was ampu-
tated and showed it to his question
ers. pointing to it's badly cut and torn
condition.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
eff Not League, What?"

Peace first and the formation of
the league afterward would be water
that has gone over the dam" he
said. "All the league has accom-
plished would go for nought. If the
thirtynine senators on record as op-
posed to the league constitution do
not know this they are not deserving
of a hearing; if they do know it, zen
their protest is merely a veil to cover
some other purpose. If not the
league, what?,
"Virginia wanted to amerd the
United States Constitution before it
was adopted" said Mr.. Graham. But
James Ma Aon said No That Con-
stitution cStained almost everything
Hamilton opposed. But he worked
for its adoption. Amend afterward.
was his idea. And we have amended
eighteen times"
New members We're Wells Bucking-
ham and Frank Markriter of Wash
ington and Proctor Page of Vermont.
all of George Washington University.
The committee in charge was composed
of J. P. Earnest, president: r. E. Read,
J. n. Simpson and John D. Cobb.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Believe Union Will Recede.

In railroad circles the belief was
expressed today that the union would
not insist upon this strict inJerpreta-
ton of the clause. and that John
| Brennan. the leader of the men, who
on Friday was duly thankful for what
he thought gave his men not more
than s125 a month. would agree to
the railroad interpretation.
I'm not saying what the clause
means. or what the men will insist
on sale Brennan tonight, but l will
say this: Every time the railroad
bosses put anything over on our poor
uneducated fellows they insisted on
their standing by the signed agree
ment."
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Republicans Ready and Willing.

"Republicans are willing and anx-
ious to undertake these tasks. They
know that the country demands their
solution. Can any one give any good
reason why the President should de-
Jay calling them together to under
take this work?
With reference to the league of
nations compact, there are very grave
objections to the plan submitted. l
am hoping they will be eliminated and
that the treaty, when finally submit
ted, may be one that 1 can support"
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Railroads Claim Grievance.

On the other hand, the railroads find
that they have grievances in the form
of JOKER by which the tidewater
boatmen, who We're extremely CRATE
full for an increase from $50 to pos
sible 1925 a month, are given $155 a
month. Yet another Joker" cuts the
wages of certain classes of engineers
about $50 a month.
The Joker" in the award to the
tidewater boatmen who operate coal
grain and sand barges, was discovered
by Paul Bonysge. counsel for the indie
pendent boat owners, before the rail-
road managers awoke to the exact
meaning of the terms they had offered.
The section of the award referring to
these men says: When required to be
on boat for watching, towing, dis
charging or loading cargo, $1.50 per
night will be paid" This was meant
by the railroads to provide for pay
ment for work in the harbor, the "tow-
ing" referred to covering the moving
of boats from wharves to loading pier
or anchorage. AS a matter of fact
the barges are towed for days at
time. so that literal reading of the
clause gives the men $1.50 for practi-
cally every night in the month. AS
the base pay is $110 a month, this
makes their wages $155 a month
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Gas Used in Attack.
Austrian Move for German Union

BASEL, March S.-The constitutions
committee of the Austrian national -
sembly, according to a report from
Vienna. has adopted a proposition sab.
mitted by the government proclala
German Austria 2 democratic rertDlH
and an integral part of the German re-
public. The motion, it is said. was rar.
red unanimously.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
$4,000 HARBOR
MEN WILL STRIKE
Movement Has Just Begun,
Vice President AVaCa- e.
reIIi Declares.
"JOKER" SEEN IN TERMS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March S.-Orders to
strike on any pier where vessels may
be berthed by non-union tugs and
against any ship receiving cargo or
supplies from non-union barges.
lighters or floats, were issued today
to the $4,000 longshoremen at this
port.
The order was issued by Interna-
tional Vice President r. Paul Ava
carelli, who. after issuing it, declared
that far from being near the end the
harbor strike had only begun"
Public Promised Protection.
Nov that the ferries which from
the start / insisted should not be
stopped, are running, the public will
suffer no inconvenience he said.
but the independent boat owners and
those who employ them will. i have
arranged to take care of the citys
garbage We will supply the tugs
necessary to protect the city from any
danger from this source, and the gem
eral public will be protected in every
possible way. Otherwise the fight is
on even with the railroads..
The difficulty with the railroads.
which were supposed to have settled
all of the grievances of the men on
Friday night, arises from the refusal
of several thousand firemen, oilers,
cooks and deckhandS to agree to what
they declare to be an inadequate
award. Until this is changed they will
work on none but ferryboats. and
then only under protest to protect
their rights.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

The Oldest banknotes in the world
We're issued in China 2,S91 years Ee-
fore the Christian era.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Search for Speeder.

Police of the sixth precinct yester-
day afternoon instituted search for an
unidentified colored soldier in uniform
and wearing trench cap, who was
wanted to answer charges of speed
ing and failing to stop on command
1t is charged by bicycle Policeman
Broderick that the soldier operated a
motor vehicle at a speed that endan-
gered the lives of pedestrians and
others, and that he failed to stop
when signaled to do so.
A collision between an automobile
operated by Marthena D. Moon, 3432
Center street. and the automobile of
Willis Green. 314 V street, occurred
at 18th and l. streets yesterday. Only
slight damage to the former automo-
bile resulted.
Clifton Bars, colored, thirteen years
old, 932 E street, southwest, on a
skipmobile, caught hold of a moving
automobile near 1st and M streets
southwest yesterday afternoon and
was having an enjoyable time, when
he lost his balance, fell and received
slight injuries Edgar Pollard, 1924
Carrollburg place southwest, driver
of the automobile, took the boy to
Providence Hospital.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
FRATERNITY SPEAKERS
UPHOLD LEAGUE IDEA
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Men Listen
to Senator-Elect Harrison and
Other Public Men.

We are living under the league o!
nations now" declared Assistant
Attorney General s. J. Graiaam last
night at the annual founders day
banquet of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity at the WarGman Park
Hotel.
The round robin signed by the
thirtynine senators opposing the
league is merely bit of camouhage."
aIerred Toastmaster 3. =. Harrison.
the new senator from Mississippi.
The dinner, in celebration of the
founding in 1856 of the fraternity
which boasts of more chapters than
any other similar organiza ton. was
attended by seventy members. Intense
interest and en- n,husiasm marked the
gathering. made noteworthy by the
tales of the deeds of brothers in
the battles across the seas.
National Secretary in War.
Col Harris who has just returned
from France. told of the splendid
work of William c. Levere, national
secretary of the fraternity, with the
l. NJ - a olneF speakers were
Judge Charles B. Howry, Senator Key
Pittman and Neal Colquitt.
Discarding the lighter vein that
characterized his remarks as toast
master, Senator-elect Harrison said
that the league of nations would do
for the nations that which frateTni-
ties have done for the Individual The
signed opposition to it by the thirty
nine senator's. he declared. was but
a cloak under which antagonism to
the President is operating.
Assistant Attorney General Graham
pointed out that the league idea is
no new thing. England. profiting by
the example of America. had the aid
of her colonies in the war merely be-
cause England and those colonies
constitute league of nations. as does
France. as do the states of the Union
There is no such thing as sovereignty
outside the borders of a state. he said
The revolution was fought under the
league of friendship, he asserted The
United States entered the war Just
finished with this ideal the impelling
one. Common ideals. common hopes
and common aspirations compelled
the nation to enter it, and now it
cannot withdraw without dishonor,
said Mr.. Graham.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
FIRST BREAK IN BERLIN
GENERAL STRIKE MADE
-~.s
Sutways, Telephone System AMI
Water and Gas Plants Resume.
by Order of Federation.

Il? the Associated Press. 'f
BERLIN. Friday March The Hrs
break in the general strike in EerliI
occurred this evening when the sub
way and telephone services and waite
and gas plants resumed. This was th
result of a resolution adopted hy thu
Berlin Federation of Labcr demand
, ing that the strike be called off
Gas Used in Attack.
COPENHAGEN, Friday. March -
German government troops have cap
tured the police headGmhrtaYs ~ .-.
line and have completely cleared Alex
anderplatz of strikers, according - {
Berlin dispatch received here.
Fighting has ceased in the centa" o
the city. but continues IN the Nogbit
section. The government troops sjIf.
fered slight losses and captured many
prisoners. To relieve the garrison oi
the police headquarters the 90, err, ieiii
, troops turned thei" heavy az: .l'ery
against the houses nearby and thret
shells hit a house which was usel as
insurgent headquarters. scattering iht
occupants in all directions. Cas- wa.
used effectively in the attack o. tht
strikers according to the German 'ia.
Zette of Berlin.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Cases Against Operators.

In two of the three fatalities that
occurred since the last day of Febfu-
arv. operators of automobiles were
held for the action of the grand jury.
Such action was taken in the cases OF
Abel Savage, colored, killed by an au-
tomobile at 14th and Q streets the
first day of the month, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Crum, killed by a similar We
hicle at Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street Thursday afternoon. In the
third fatality of the month coro-
ner's jury decided that Maurice Roche,
killed by a street car at 14th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, was the
victim of an accident in which the
motorman was not at fault:
"Too many people are being killed
on the streets" Maj Raymond w.
Pullman, superintendent of police,
told members of his command yester-
day.
"Check fast or reckless driving he
added.
Mai Pullman, in a message to the
force. made it plain that it is up to
the police to see that repeated Offend
ers are not permitted to forfeit small
amounts of collateral every time they
are arrested. He directed that mem
bers of the force making arrests for
violating the speed law ascertain
from the records, before going into
court whether the arrest is for the
second or third offense within the
year.
Precinct commanders as well as Off
GERS in cases are responsible for see
ing that no second or third offense
violator is held for a first offense
case" police captains were Informed.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Women's Serge
SKIRTS, $3.50

Navy or black donhie-
warp serge skirts, in new
spring styles. Sizes up to
sc waist.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Quotes Section of Law.

The order further directed that sec
ond and third case offenders not be
permitted to forfeit SIS instead of the
greater sums provided by the regula-
tions. Maj. Pullman quoted the sec
ton of the law under which such vio-
laters are prosecuted and made the
penalty clause part of his order. 1t
reads:
1.-The driver or operator and the
owner o~ proprietor riding thereon or
therein violating any of the provisions
hereof shall, upon conviction for the
first offense. be fined not less than So
nor more than $50. and shall. upon
in one year from the commission of
the first offenSe. be fined not less than
SO nor more than 500, or imprison-
ed for not less than five days nor more
than thirty days. at the discretion of
the court; and shall. upon conviction
for the third off.lse within one year
from the commission of the first Of
fense. and for any and all subsequent
offenseS, be fined not less than $50
nor more than $3.50. and be imprisoned
in the workhouss for not less than
thirty days nor more than six months.
resolution recommending the or
ganization of committee on public
safety by the District government
will be introduced tomorrow night at
a meeting of Northeast Washington
Citizens Association in Northeast
Temple. The association will. also
take up the question of establishing a
traffic court in this city.
Evan H. Tucker, president. and DR..
l.. d. Walter. vice president. the latter
also holding similar Office in the
Safety First Association, are deeply
interested in both questions, and it is
probable that both resolutions will re-
ceiye favorable action.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

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