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The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
BILL PROVIDES
NEW COAL JOB

A bill creating the office of Fed
eral coal commissioner. with pow
ers to control the coal market and
all problems connected with the
mining of coal. was introduced in
the Senate yesterday by Senator
Frelinghuysen. of New Jersey. 1t
was referred to the Committee on
Interstate Commerce.
The bill provides that the COM
missioner shall be appointed by the
President, with the consent of the
Senate, for a term Of five years. and
can be removed by the President
for misconduct in Office. but for no
other reasons. The salary is S10.-
900. Provision is made for a clerk
at $4,000. During his term of Of
fee the commissioner is forbidden n
to engage in any private business.
The bill empowers the commits
sioner to make Investigations into
wholesale or retail coal business. to
subpoena any persons or examine
the books of any corporation. He
would be intrusted with problems
arising from wages. hours, or
working conditions, and with meth
ods OF storing or handling coal. He
would be required to standardize
grades OF coal and to furnish in
formation whenever required, and
would consult with the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the cffec-
tive distribution and use Lt coal
cars.
Annual reports to Congress on
conditions in the coal industry
throughout the country are requir-
ed of the commissioner by Decem-
Der / of each year.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
RENTAL BOARD
EXTENDS SCOPE
Assumes Jurisdiction in
Lease Cases. Regardless
3 OF Date Of Signing.

The District Rent Commissioners
differed yesterday on the commits
sion's right to nuliify q lease which
was In operation before the pass
age of the Ball act creating the
commission. A majority of the COM
mission, however. held that the
commission has jurisdiction over all
rental property. regardless Of when
It was leased to the present tenant.
The point arose in the case Of
Tell A. Turner VS.. H. n. Bergman
and Company. On September Is.
1919, Turner leased the house at
1907 Kenyon street northwest for
one year, at q rental of $40 q month.
The commission fixed the rental at
s25 n month. Commissioner Sinclair
dissenting.
Z. w. Mc1ntire yesterday filed Pc
titions for permission to increase
materially the rent on forty houses.
With the exception of the still pend
ing Monmouth Hotel case, in which
110 tenants are complainants. this
Is the largest case yet brought be-
fore the commission. other large
property owners. whose tenants
have held possession under the
Salisbury resolution, have an
nounced their intention Of asking
the commission to raise the rentals
on their property.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
KAPP FORCED QUIT
BY REDS ULTIMATUM

London, March 1.-THE Kapp-
Luettwitz military regime in Berlin
has withdrawn. not as a result of a
compromise with the Ebert govern
ment, but under compulsion of an
ultimatum by the Berlin Reds. it
was learned late today.
The Soviet leaders in the capital,
says a dispatch received by way of
Main. threatened that
they would attack the kapp-
Luettwitz troops at o'clock to-
night IL the militarist rebels had
not stepped out of Office by that
time. Both DR.. WoIfgang Kapp and
Gen. Baron Won LuettwitZ are said
to have withdrawn as 4 result OF
this threat. after obtaining guar
antees for their safety.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
High Spots Hit
BY w. ]. Bryan
In Capital Visit

Says treaty ratification with
the league is paramount issue
before country today
invoked the wrath OF the ma
tions on Senator'S. Democrats
and Republicans alike. who
blocked final passage of treaty.
Declared he was not a candi-
date for the Presidential nomi-
nation, but added that he would
have something to say about the
candidate.
Three essential points OF the
treaty. delay before declaring
war. reduction of armaments.
and abolition of secret treaties.
he declared would secure the
future peace of the world in
spite Of reservations.
Prohibition would inevitably
be a plank in the Democratic
platform.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
ENGLISH SPIRIT
IN WAR POETRY
DR.. Caroline Spurgeon Tells
College Women Of Sol
diers' Verses.
POETS DIED IN BATTLE
Mass Of Writing, Not All
Good, Yet Voiced Love
Of Country.
POETS DIED IN BATTLE

How the soldier heart of England
poured forth its love and loyalty
to the mother country in poetry.
was the theme of the talk. Tho
Spirit OF England" given by Dr.
Caroline S. Z. Spurgeon, professor
OF English literature at the Univer-
sity of London. and president of the
Federation OF University Women of
Great Britain. at a meeting of the
Association of Collegiate Alumnae
at their new clubhouse, 1907 II
street northwest, yesterday after
noon.
DR.. Spurgeon declared that the
true spirit of England" had been
best expressed in the mass of poetry,
little of it great, and the greater
part hardly good, that had been
written at the opening and during
the war.
This poetry, she said. though not
of the highest order in a strictly
literary sense, possessed the very
essence of the spirit of that young
English manhood that went forth
regardless of danger to meet the
country's call. Most of these young
writers, DR.. Spurgeon stated. died
during the four years of war, the
greater number of them in their
early '20s.
In analyzing this poetry, DR..
Spurgeon stated IL is necessary to
take into consideration just what
England meant to the writer's.
To, them, she said, their country
meant not merely a little island. with
climate admittedly bad and
government admittedly incompe-
tent, where they happened to have
were born, but the long line of
Englishmen that had preceded
them and the long line that were to
come.
This national mind that we call
England" she said, lis the product
of the minds of millions of Eng
iishmen and is the inheritance that
we must pass down to those who
come after US, unsullied."
The new poetry, written by young
Englishmen to whom the war had
come as a thunderbolt. DR.. Spurgeon
said. shows decidedly that the
writers realized what England
meant Three things. she con-
tinued, stand out vividly in ali Of
the poems-a realization of the per
sonality of England. a passionate
love of country. and an intense
pride in her traditions and history.
Could Only BE English.
To illustrate her point, DR.. Spur
geon read bits from a number of
the works of the better known
poets. and a few from the work OF
those less known to fame.
II hardly think" she said.
That any of those could have
been written by anyone but an
Englishman."
DR.. Spurgeon was introduced by
Mrs. Philip North Moore. chairman
of the national clubhouse commit
tee of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae. On the hospitality COM
mittee arranging for the meeting
and the reception that preceded it
were Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Herbert c.
Hoover, Mrs. Glen l.. Swiggett. Miss
Sybil Baker. Mrs. a. S. Burleson.
Mrs. David s. Houston. Mrs. Robert
Lansing. Mrs. Walter d. Hines.
Mrs. W. E. Chamberlain. Miss Julia
&C. I.athrop. Mrs. Raymond IS. Nor
! gan and Mrs. Theodore Cole.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
DON'T WHIP!
Stop Lashing Your Bowels
with Harsh CatharticS but
take "Cascarets. )"

Everyone must occasionally give
the bowels some regular help or
else suffer from constipation, bill
pus attacks, stomach disorders,
And sick headache. But do not
whip the bowels into activity with
harsh cathartics.
What the liver and bowels need
ista gentle and natural ronic, one
that can constantly be used with
out harm; The gentlest liver and
bowel tonic is "Cascarets." They
put the liver to work and cleanse
the colon and bowels of all waste,
toxins and poisons without grip
ing-they never sicken or incon-
vsnience you like calomel. salts,
oil or purgatives.
Twenty-Five million boxes of
Csscarets are sold each year. They
work while you sleep. Cascarets
cost so little, too.-Adx
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
BEPCDOLI. CASE
ENDS WITHOUT
VERDICT KNOWN
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

rest, contending that the govern,
ment had not proved its case.
Counsel for the accused he
said, has very carefully analyzed
all of the evidence and read the
law in the case and the decisions
upon it. We believe the govern
.ment has failed utterly in making
out its case and the defense rests"
Bergdoll when asked If he had
anything to say replied in the mega
tive. A written Statement coming
from the defendant was put into the
record. In it Bergdoll said he had
fled from the draft because he had
become frightened by the threats
made by John w. Dwyer. head OF
Draft Board No. 80. At the conclu-
sion of the reading of the statement
by Mr.. Gibboney, the defense finally
rested.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
MAI. EARL ATKINSON
NAMED FOR NEW POST

Mai. Earl Atkinson. of the Chemi-
cal Warfare Service, has been recon-
mended for assignment as COM
mandant of the Edgewood Arsenal
by Lieut.. Col. Amos A. Fries. recent
commandant, now chief of the
Chemical Warfare Service. The as
slgnment awaits approval of the
War Department.
Maj. Atkinson is instructor in
chemical warfare and engineering
at Camp Bennings, Georgia. Dur
Ing the war he served as colonel and
commanding officer of the First Gas
Regiment. He was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal by Gen.
Pershing,
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Firemen to Meet in Winchester.

Winchester. Va, March 17.-Win-
chester firemen are making ar
rangements for the next annual
convention of the Cumberland VAL
ley Volunteer Firemen's Association,
which will be held here during the
coming summer. The association
was organized in Winchester twen-
ty-five years ago. Most of the fire
companies in cities and towns of
the Cumberland Valley between
Winchester and Harrisburg, Pa..are
me mbers.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Railroad Bill Good Measure
Despite Opposition Of House

House in the compromise was able
to limit IL to two years, 1t Is then
left to the interstate Commerce
Commission to fix 1t for the future.
This section has been wrongly call
ed q guaranty clause. In order
falsely to convey the idea that by
Il the government is insuring out
Of its treasury a permanent per-
centage Of income to the railroads.
or course il has no such effect.
II Is q mere executive direction
as to the standard and method Of
fixing rates. Nor does IL apply to
q particular railroad. 1t seeks to
deal with q group of railroads. with
differing advantages, all OF which,
serving the same region and
whether favorably or unfavorably
situated as to earning a net in
come. are essential in meeting the
public demand for transportation In
that territory.
How Calculation In Based.
The calculation is thus based on
general average of the cost of
the whole service to the public. On
such a basis one railroad would
receive considerably less than the
would receive considerably more.
Where there is an excess of in
come over and above per cent, II
Is to be divided. half to go to the
government for a contingent rail-
road fund to assist all railroads by
loans, and half into a reserve fund
OF each railroad to be used for inn
proyements until that fund shall
equal 8 per cent of the value OF
the railroad and thereafter the half
of the excess is TO be devoted to
such purpose as the railroad man.
agement may choose.
1t is the disposition of this ex-
cess over 6 per cent which pre-
| sents the constitutional question
! whether it is an appropriation OF
| thu property of the railroad with
out compensation and deprives the
| owners of the railroad OF their
property without due process OF
law.
Creation of Confidence n Problem,
1t remains to be seen whether the
provision will create sufficient con-
6dence in the fair treatment of the
railroads by the Interstate Com
HlcECo SOHlinlSSlOu 10 luuuCc lnc
lending of money to the railroads
in an amount needed to add to their
present properties the improve
ments required to meet the great
addition to traffic which the busi-
| ness of the country must have. II
is unfortunate that the new trans
portation board was not created and
that. instead, two additional Inter
state Commerce Commissioners were
provided.
A new transportation board would
have rid the situation of feeling
depressing to railroad securities
that the commissiop has not been
and is not fair TO them.
| However. on the whole, the bill is
a good bill. and the fact that it is
a good bill is due largely to Sena-
tor Cummins, Senator Kellogg, Sen
ator Robinson. of Arkansas. and the
other members of the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce, who
faced the facts and acted on them
with a clear comprehension of what
had been the trouble. and with most
commendable courage resisted the
appeals of ignorant prejudice which
the difficulty of understanding the
teCa5plicated subject can always
rs nder formidable In an impending
4 81 zeal campaign.
'sopyright. 1920. by Public Ledger Col
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Await Washington Orders.

Paris. March 17.-Although Mar
shall Foch shad a long conference at
Mayence last night with Gen. Henry
T. Allen, commander of the Amer
lean Army Of Occupation on the
Rhine. no decision was taken con-
corning future movements of the
American troops, owing to the en-
tire lack OF instructions from Wash
ingtOn.
Foch declared he was most op-
timistic "over the situation in Ger
many from an allied point of view"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
u. S. WORKERS URGE
NEW BONUS SCHEME

Adoption of a Federal employees
bonus of $3.50 to be effective until
Communications of the Reclassifi-
cation Commission go into effect.
was urged yesterday to the Senate
Appropriations Committee by the
National Federation Of Federal
Employees through its president,
Luther c. Steward.
1t is pointed out that the exclu-
sion Of the Federal employees from
the benefits of the bonus given bu-
reau employees established since
January. 1916. is unfair in discrimi-
mating in favor OF temporary bu-
reaus against those permanently in
government employ.
Officials of the federation say
that they would welcome the adop-
ton of the Reclassification Com
missions schedule, with certain
amendments in lieu of the bonus.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
$4,000 FIRE
SWEEPS YARD
Blaze in Galhher Brothers
Lumber Yard Threatens
Gasoline Stock.
TWO FIREMEN HURT
W. ]. McElwee, a Fireman,
Hit in Head by Piece
Of Metal.
TWO FIREMEN HURT

Explosion of hundreds of gallons
of gasoline stored In the Federal
Taxicab Company garage, 212 Thfr-
teenth street southwest. was immi-
nent early yesterday, when a spec
tacular $4,000 fire swept the Will
lam T. Galliher Brothers lumber
yard, Thirteenth and b. streets
southwest. For a time the flames
threatened the garage, adjoining
the lumber yard.
II was two hours after a fourth
alarm had been sent in before the
fire was under control. All day hre-
men poured water into the smolder-
ing ruins. Water ran high In the
cutters and in some places was
coming from the building In streams
q foot high.
Investigation of the cause Of the
fire, discovered by Night Watchman
Ben Klopfer, led Fire Marshal
George Watson to believe 1t was
caused by Goals dropping from a
small stove In the ONCE Of the COM
pany.
william J. McElwee. a fireman,
was slightly injured when a burst
ing hose threw a piece Of metal
against his head. He was given first
aid at a hospital and then returned
TO the fire.
Much of the wood was only par
TALLY burned and can be salVaged.
william T. Galliher, president OF
the company, and George Watson,
Fire Marshal, after talking over the
value of the lumber decided that
the loss would not exceed $4,000,
covered by insurance.
Frank Newman, No. Truck
Company, was the second fireman in
jured. He was struck in the eye
by a stream of water. His sight
was impaired temporarily, and he
was sent to Emergency Hospital in
a fre department automobile. Later
he went to his home at 212A Nor
gan street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
FAKE,
SAYS JOHNSON
CBy Herald Leased wire1

Detroit. Mich, March 1.-THE
Minnesota Republican primary was
characterized as a ''pretense" and
the first strong-arm tactics of the
1920 campaign. by United States
Senator Hiram w. Johnson in a
signed statement Issued here today.
The statement says:
when recently / was in Mime
sofa demanded a half day in
which voters might express them
selves. or course, the machine. in
absolute control and representing
Wood, contemplating a mere fake
primary. which might be used to
influence other States. paid no at
tention to our demand.
Il then advised my friends in
Minneapolis and st. Paul to go to
these night polls and fight as best
they could. Ny advices are that /
have carried Minneapolis and Hen
nepin County, and perhaps St.
Paul.
The one hour, machine CONTROL
a primary was a travesty on the
right of free expression"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Richmond Court to Try
Alleged Fake Dry Agent

Richmond, Va, March IL
Charged with impersonating a
Federal prohibition agent and ex-
torting money from Samuel Sterl-
ing. colored, after seizing two gall
Ions of wine in his home, w. A.
Beazley. taxi driver, is scheduled
for a hearing before Commissioner
Flegenheimer Friday.
Sterling was alleged to have Of
fered Beazley s3S to drop the case
and not to prosecute him after the
wine had been confiscated.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
MINERS TAKING ARMS
STIR FEAR IN GERMANY
(Washington Herald-Publie Ledger
Service. Special Cable Dispatch.)

Berlin, March 17.-An official an
nouncement that the miners in the
Ruhr coal-mining district are arm
ing has a serious look. They are a
STRONG two-fisted lot whom Gustav
Noske was to keep in check only by
a heavy display of force even when
backed by united public opinion, In
cluding the majority Socialists.
Large quantities of arms and
munitions are still hidden in this
district. so the miners are able to
esta blish quite a formidable guerilla
force.
The news Of this revival of fight
ing spirit. particularly on the part
of the communists, causes much ap-
prehension here as to what may
happen in Berlin if the city is left
without military protection in any
interval between the retirement of
the present forces and the re-
entry OF the old government. The
maintenance of law and order then
will depend on the security police"
and home guards" of whom sew
eral thousand are now .mobilized.
Copyright. 1890. by Public Ia '-"- Col
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
KOMICAL KOSTUME
BALL LOOKS IRISH

A stranger at the Komical Kos
tune Ball of Kallipolis Grotto, No.
l5. at the New Willard last night.
might have thought that by mis-
take he had got into the Knights
of Columbus ball next door, for
nearly all of the prophets remem-
bered that II was st. Patrick's Day
when selecting their costumes.
Monarch Charles A. Stevens and
Past Monarchs E. w. Libbey and
E. S. Schmid attracted attention in
their guise as Irish counts. The
costumes were Judged by ]. b. Cor
bitt. T. f. Doyle and Mrs.. L. c.
Parker. c. 3. Boss was master Of
ceremonies.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Southerners of District
Meet In National Museum

Declaring he pleaded guilty to
the charge of liking to talk about
the South Claude y. Bennett. past
president Of the Southern Society
'of the Disftict. paid tribute to the
history, achievements. resources
and opportunities of the South at a
meeting last night at the New Ma
tion&l Museum.
of the society, presided. Mrs. Null
lette Spengler sang a number OF
Southern songs.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer will address the next meeting
of the society, March 81, on The
Reign of Law"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
TREATY TO GET
DEATH BLOW IN
SENATE FRIDAY
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eign policy of the nation. Standing
with the Republican bitter enders
will be two or three Democrats who
are opposed to the treaty. even with
reservations. The remainder of the
Democrats will be voting against
the treaty because the Lodge reser-
vations are unacceptable to them.
because they hold them TO nullify
the covenant of the league.
.strange DedfeIIows.-
With the defeat of the treaty as
their common purpose. the Presi-
dents followers and his most bitter
opponents in the treaty fight will
be voting together. The strange
bedfellows" of the treaty debate will
have their way. The two groups of
extremists stand for directly oppo-
site principles for a common aim,
the defeat of the treaty. Both have
been immobiie before the frequent
advances of public opinion. The
President in sisted upon all or moth
ing. He will get nothing. The ire
concilables wanted no treaty at all.
They will g@t what they sought.
approximately fifty-five Demo-
Gratis and Republicans, representing
the conservative thought of the
country. are ready to vote for ratifi-
cation. They have made mutual con-
cessions to save the treaty. Many
of them placed policy above politics
Dispose Of Irish Question.
By indirect voting, the Senate
yesterday disposed of reservations
Korea. On two direct votes repudia-
tion of the British protectorate over
Egypt was rejected. The proposed
new foreign policy, as a substitute
for. and counter-proposal to
Article Ten.s supported by Lodge
and the reservation Republicans,
also was defeated.
Rejection of the Lenroot reserva-
tion proposing to have the Senate
state its willingness to view with
grave concern" wars or acts of wars
by nations bent upon aggression. but
fun liberty Of action by
Congress. was Accomplished by the
Republicans voting
with the Democrats. The vote was
IS to 81. The Owen reservation on
Egypt was rejected IL to SIS, and
the Norris reservation on the same
subject was voted down. Is to 81.
ReervatIon Is Tabled.
The proposed reservation, en-
bodying an expression for recogni-
tion of the independence of ireland
and Korea. was tabled. on motion Of
Senator Frank B. Kellogg. Repub-
lican. of Minnesota, 81 to 81. That
prevented a direct vote on the Irish
question. A little later. the Reed
reservation proposing to write into
the treaty the Presidents principle
OF self-determination of subject
races. was tabled on motion of SEN
ator Irvine L. Lenroot. Republican,
of Wisconsin. The vote was 46
to 81.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18

Back hurt you? Can't straighten
up without feeling sudden pains
sharp aches and twinges? Now, lis
ten! That's lumbago. sciatica or
maybe from a strain. and you'll get
blessed relief the moment you rub
your back with soothing. penetrat-
ing "St. Jacobs Oil" Nothing else
takes out soreness, lameness and
stiffness so quickly. You simply
rub it on. and out comes the pain.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Food Problem
Almost AS Bad
AS Revolution

(washingten Heral d-Publie
Ledger Service. Special Cable
Dispatch.)
Berlin. March 1.-THE food
problem Is one of the gravest
confronting the Berlin author
tiles.
The police have requisitioned
all available automobiles and
trucks to bring food from out
side to replenish the rapidly
dwindling supplies. but the ex-
pedient is Of little moment COM
pared with the usual railroad ia
cilities, to say nothing yof the
difficulty of obtaining provisions
within a moderate radius around
Berlin.
Copyright. 1920. by Public Ledg-
er Company
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Rub BackacheAw

1t is perfectly harmless. and doesn't
burn or discolor the skin.
Timber up, Don't suffer, Get a
small trial bottle from any drug
store, and after using it just once
you'll forget that you ever had
backache, lumbago or sciatica, be-
cause your back will never hurt or
cause any more misery. 1t never
disappoints, and has been recon-
mended for sixty years.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Tells of Library Branch.

George +. Bowerman. public IT,
brarian of the District, described
plans for the branch of the Public
Library at Chevy Chase before the
Chevy Chase Citizens Association
last night in the Z. L. Brown
School. Last night was Ladies
Night"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Charlottesville Census l0,6S8.

The Census Bureau yesterday an
nounced the following 1920 popula-
tions: Milwaukee, 457,147: Wausau.
Wis. 1861; Oswego, n. Y. 1886:
Moline, ILL.,. 30.7O9: Charlottesville.
Va, 16,6SS; Moberly, Mo-. 1879. In
creases since 1910: Milwaukee, S3,-
290 persons or 22.3 per cent; Wau-
sau. 2.101 or 1871; Oswego, 25S or
IL: Moline, 6.510 or 26.9: Charlottes-
vile. 1923 or .5S; Moberly. 1855 or
III.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
Governors Wife Irish Patroness.

Richmond, Va. March 17.-Mem-
hers of the Patrick Henry branch of
the Friends of Irish Freedom OBJ
served ST. Patrick's Day with a
Liberty" ball in the Grays' armory.
Among the patronesses was Mrs.
Westmoreland Davis. wife of the
governor.