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the vote to accept the proposition Of
the company there were several In
tense instances.
One came when the charge was made
from the floor that the members OF
the Brotherhood of Street Railway
Workers. rival organization. includ-
ing inspectors of the company. were
antagonistic to union men,
Give me their names" asked Mr..
Mahany
No names were presented. although
the men promised to report such in
stances in the future.
Brotherhood Topic Arises.
The Brotherhood topic was again
introduced into the meeting when Mr..
Mahany made reference to a report
that they were credited with secur-
ing the increased wages granted yes
terday.
Il wish to assure you and the press"
he said. that 1 learned during a con-
ference yesterday with President Ham
that the Brotherhood had nothing to
wages"
Cheers greeted the speaker
International Vice President A. z.
Jones of the Amalgamated Assocfa-
letter transmitted by the company to
the Secretary of Dor, that he could
See no definite promises in 1t and
asked serious consideration.
This impression apparently was
held by the men. and the long debate
on acceptance was caused by 1t.
Represented Mt Meeting.
The firemen and oilers. steam and
operating engineers and substation
employees and machinists OF the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company were
represented at the meeting by their
respective business agents. n. A.
James of the firemen and oilers union
notified the men that in event Of &C
ceptance of the proposal of the COM
pany he was confident that his asso-
ciation would pursue a similar course.
This statement was published by
AlonZo Lawson, representing the en-
gineers. and Charles Frazier OF the
machinists' union.
All of these representatives. how
ever, differed with officials of the as
ISOLATION. in that the document clear
ly opened the way for arbitration,
stating in effect that in their respec-
tive opinions it was an open offer for
arbitration such as requested by the
men.
The street car situation is believed
to be relieved of virtually all tensity
at the present. The next step IL a
conference between President Ham
and a committee from the association.
1t is probable that board Of arbitra-
ton will be selected before ten days
eIapse. The board, it Is predicted, will
require less than two weeks to bring
about final settlement OF the dispute.
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D. A. R. MANAGERS
MEET HERE TODAY
National Congress Will Open
Monday = Patriotic Serv-
ices Scheduled Tomorrow.

Members of the national board of
management Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution are holding
their final meeting today under the
administration of Mrs. George
Thacher Guernsey. president general
of the organization. whose successor
will he elected at the congress to be
held here next week
Routine matters having to do with
the close of the ministration took
up the greater part of the time Of
the board meeting, no matters of gen
eral interest being before it.
1890 Delegates Expected.
It is expected that no less than 300
delegates will be present when Mrs.
Guernsey calls the congress to order
next Monday morning. and full half of
that number already are in the city
Ihe western states will have an un-
usually large representation this year.
ana the delegations from Washington,
Oregon. Idaho and other far western
ana northwestern states were among
the hrst to reach the city.
Reports OF national officers Of the So
clety next week will show the organiza-
ton entirely out of debt, having Uoui-
dated obligations amounting to $50 600.
which 1t inherited at the beginning of
the present administration Part Of this
was on the grounds back Of the Memoir
lal Continental Hall. and the society
now owns all the ground lying between
the building and 18th street.
Princess Cantacuxene Speaks.
Many Of the officers and delegates of
the daughters were present at a meet
ing In Memorial Continental Hall last
night. where Princess Cantacuzene.
granddaughter of Gen. U. S. Grant,
spoke On Our Debt to Russia" The
speaker, who has organized relief work
In this country for non bolshevik refu-
gees. referred to the sacrifices made by
Russia to check the German advances
early in the war and said that America
should give all possible aid to the Rus
slams today in return.
Though the congress proper does not
begin until Monday morning at 1890
O'Clock. a patriotic service will be held
under the auspices of the D. A. r, at
Trinity Church. 3rd and c streets, to-
morrow evening at o'clock. Addresses
VIII be made by Lieut. Col. James A
Drain. senior vice commander of the
District department of the America n
Legion. and by Representative Towner
of Iowa.
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CLEVELAND YARDMEN
RECEDE FROM DEMANDS

CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 11-Strik-
ing Cleveland yardmen. members OF the
Cleveland Yardmen's Association. today
sent to the Federal Railroad Labor
Board at Washington an offer to return
to work at once. even If it were neces-
sary to revise their wage demands. IL
their new organization were given
recognition by the government
I'VE notified the board" said r. J.
ORourke. president OF the association.
that we will not consent that our de-
mands be treated through the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen or the
Switchmen's Union of North Amerfca-"
One provision Of the men returning
to work. he said. necessarily would be
that the men retain all seniority rights.
The striking Cleveland switchmen and
yardmen showed a practically solid
front this morning.
Railroad company officials reported
strike conditions unchanged from yes
terday. few. II any. additional strikers
returning to work today.
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EVANSVILLE TO PROTEST
PROPOSED 8-CENT FARE

Mayor Halloran Of Hyattsville last
night appointed committee. con-
sisting Of J. Frank Lillard. chairman
Otway B. ZantzinEer and William A.
Guista, to wait upon the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the Mary
land Public Utilities Commission. to
protest against the proposed increase
in fare on the City and Suburban
branch Of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. operating
from the Treasury Department to
Laurel.
The committee also will mako an
effort to have the number of round
trip tickets Issued by tho monthly
Communication book on this branch in
creased to thirty. The books. with
twenty-six round-trip tickets be-
tween Riverdale and Washington.
sold this month for S4.71. 1t is con-
tended by some residents OF Hyatts-
VILE that 1t would be cheaper to
travel by the steam railway were it
not for the fact that an extra fare
would have to be paid on the street
cars for persons working beyond
walking distance Of the Union sta.
ton. The steam road 10 at present
charging $3.50 for book containing
thirty round-trip tickets between
" shins toA and liyattsNi;ie.
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DEMOTT MADE NO
PROTECTION CLAIM
Report States Slain Man
Sought No Immunity as
u. S. Citizen.

Paul r. Demott. the American who
was killed by German guard at
Vessel, made no claim for protection
or immunity as an American. and car
ried letters addressed to soviet Russian
leaders, according to an official report
Of the Investigations made by dlrec-
ton Of Commissioner Dresel In Ber-
lin received by the State Department
today.
The investigation showed that when
Demott was arrested two letters were
found sewed in his shirt. one ad-
dressed to Trotsky and the other 10
Lasovosky, and a letter referring 70
the opportunity afforded Tor com
munication by an American VINO was
on his way to Russia.
With the compromising papers founa
on his person was his passport. vice
Consul de Tar had viseed the pass
port issued by the United States io1
relief work in France and EXTENDED
1t in Paris for permission 10 V!sit
Russia and the Baltic states ana the
other countries through w a.,
would be necessary for him to pass IN
reaching his destination. he also
carried a letter from the Modernlst'
a New York publication.
Automobile Breaks Down.
Derott was accompanied by two
German officers, who were arrested
when the automobile in which they
were travelling became disabled. ana
the men were found by German troops.
These officers were leaders II. tle
revolutionary movement ana the lhie &c
men were armed. Demott was I'm :
prisoned first in Mullhe1m, court
ma rtialed and sentenced TO De shot.
While he was being held prisoner
awaiting action on the finding OF the
court-martial by the German military
headouarters authorities at that cry
Demott asked repeatedly during the
night of April 10 for permission TO
leave the room in which he was con-
fined. ~,
Each time he was accompanied ny
a guard. and at o'clock in the morn
ing he took advantage of the guard 8
attention being called ELSEWHERE anu
made dash for liberty. Ihe guafo
ordered him to halt. according TO tne
off1cial report, and fired when Demoee
refused to stop.
Guard Questioned by American.
The guard was questioned by the
American officer who conoucteo INC
investigation for Commissioner ore
sel. and is said to have appeared 70
appreciate the seriousness OF MS act
declaring himself JUSTIFIED oy De-
motifs attempt to escape
commissioner Dresel reported that
the German government was conouct-
ing a further investigation OF the al
fair and would report later.
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SUPPLIES Of FOOD
MUCH INCREASED

THE feast after the famine" This Is
the way food conditions in Washing
ton were summed up today by one Of
the largest food merchants.
With belated shipments OF meats
and perishables arriving from all
points, due to the return TO work OF
the striking railroad workers. the food
sumed it's normal aspect today with
every indication that II will be flood
ed Monday. Fresh meats and perish
able foodstuffs came in by carloads
this morning. while farmers in near
by Maryland and Virginia fairly
live poultry.
Sugar and Butter Scarce.
The scarcity of sugar and butter
however, still is being felt. and food
dealers believe that 1t will be several
weeks before supplies Of these COM
modities return to normal. The acute
shortage of potatoes. which led to a
rapid increase in price in the early
part Of the week. was relieved today
with the arrival Of about half a dozen
carloads. and dealers now predict an
equally sporadic decline in the price
OF the "spuds" next week,
Reports to local food dealers today
showed that shipments of butter are
tied up in freight yards all through
the north and west and are due to
arrive here Monday. Consequently the
butter market will be we'll supplied.
EGEs Drop to 3 Cents.
Receipt Of nearby fresh eggs In alb
normal shipments today. resulted in
a decrease OF from 9 to cents a
dozen on tho wholesale pricc. When
Washington was confronted with an
imminent food shortage the early
part Of the week f-csh nearby eggs
were sold At Wholesale at from IS to
~ cents a dozen. Today tho market
price was from 30 to ii cents a dozen
Tho fresh meat market MISC took q
turn for the better this morning with
the the arrival RI 10, Of about. : dozen oars,
agencies OF large Chicago packing
houses.s Four Of these cars went to
Swift g. Co... and two more are ex-
pected to arrive this afternoon. Other
shipments to this firm are expected to
arrive Monday from Altoona, Pa.
The opening up Of the food market
already has had the beneficent effec,
Of celebrating the panicky feeling OF
the housewives tho early part Of the
week. Food dealers pointed out to-
day that purchases are being made
more along narmal basis than any
lbIS week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
ASSERTS NECESSITY FOR
| GUARDING WASHINGTON
Senator Frelinghuysen Thinks
Division of Troops Should
Be Kept Here.

washington should constantly be
Guarded against possible emergency
by a division Of approximately 27.5oo
soldiers, according to Senator Ere
linghuysen Of New Jersey. who op.
~ the Army yesterday In the Senate.
ua said there should be no reduction
at this time, when we know the
]o,ces working at this time in the
countrv." He recalled that an army
~ 1000 captured Petrograd.
senator Wadsworth Of New York
this time. His motion to strike out
the provision of the Army reorganiza-
ton bill for a reduction annually for
ave wears of per cent of the COM
nissioned and per cent Of the en-
listed personnel was adopted by
vote of 35 to II.
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and to his neighbors. as the effect Of
conviction for crime by regular ju-
dicial processes"
AS a consequence of the foregoing
case. Mr.. Post has drawn up certain
rules for the guidance of his depart
ment In handling deportation arrests.
This series of rules has come in for
severe criticism at the Department of
Justice on the ground that deporta-
ton Is made virtually impossible. The
controversy between the Two depart
ments ia a friendly one. and the inter-
est of the President himself has been
ELECTED to straighten 1t out. with the
prospect that Congress. stimulated by
the outlaw railway strike. may also
take a hand and investigate the
whole question OF tho behavior Of
aliens.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
BALDWIN DENIES
INTERESTED MOTIVE
Citizens Committee Chair
man Questioned at Hearing
on PaWnbrOker Bills.

In direct reply to pointed and per
sistent question by Chairman tocht
of subcommittee of the House DIS
trict committee which is conducting
hearings on bills proposing To III
crease the rate on small loans in the
District. William II. Baldwin. chair
man of the citizens committee. today
,-enied that he had any financial in
ttrest in such legislation.
Chairman Focht told Mr.. Baldwin
that he wanted frank answers regard
ing his extraordinary interest in loan
shark and pawnbroker Legislation.
Mr.. Baldwin replied:
Il have absolutely no interest in this
matter except to fnish up getting an
effective Law for the District for
paw nbrokers and small loans
Ir Baldwin said he was willing to
be sworn and to make the statement
that he had never asked anything in
Congress in which he had a financial
interest, that he had received no COM
pensation for his activity in loan
shark legislation or any other maj
ter. He described for the committee
his activities since he came to Wash
ington at the request OF James r.
Garfield. then commissioner of cor
porations. to take charge Of an in
vestigaton of the steel business.
Gardiner Examines Baldwin.
Most of the hearing was consume
with a rapid fire cross-examination OF
Mr. Baldwin by former Commissioner
W. Gwynn Gardiner and Representa-
tive Ben Johnson. chairman OF the
District committee when the loan
shark legislation was passed
MIR. Gardiner made it clear he was
advocating l per cent month for
loans other than pawnbrokers- He
| favors the Dyer bill and dissented
| from the District Commissioners on Il
i proposed Endorsement Of the Tinkham
/ bill. which is being advocated by Mr..
| Baldwin and his committee.
Mr.. Gardiner took offense al certain
correspondence between Mr.. Baldwin
and officers of the Russell Sage
Foundation which he had found in
| the Commit ssioners' files and which he
| Interpreted as 4 reflection upon HIM
self
The point of Mr.. Gardeners cross-eX-
animation was to show that Mr.. Bald
wins advice and assistance had not
been invited by the District Commits
;sioners
Alleges Bad Faith shown.
Representative johnson cross-eXam-
lined Mr. Baldwin about his connection
with the case of George Hornng, for
merly a money lender in the District
He insisted that Mr. Baldwin did not
show good faith by participating in the
prosecution of Mr. Horning. and at the
lsame time remaining perfectly silent
lin regard to another money lender who
| admitted receiving % per cent rate
when the law allowed only Il per cent.
Chairman Focht announced that ii
would be only right to give Mr.
Horning a hearing, and he asked Mr.
Mornings son. who was present. to
ask his father to appear before the
committee
Representative Johnson asked Mr.
Baldwin il he did not think he would
be doing a better work by going into
the states which have high rates of
interest on small loans and getting
them down to the minimum rate in
the District rather than "endeavor-
| ing to get the rate here raised as
high as it is in some of the states"
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WASHINGTON-VA. RATE
APPLICATION SUSPENDED

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has suspended until August IA
the application of the Washington
Virginia railway for an increase in
the rate charged for twenty -five-trip
family Communication tickets between
the Washington terminal and stations
on the Falls Church division Of that
road. No date has been set by the
commission for a hearing on the ap-
plication.
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NEW ENGLAND NEEDS COAL.
Railroads and Industries Feel
Pinch-Trains Threatened.

BOSTON, April 17-Coal was the
prime requisite today of New Eng
lands railroads and Industries.
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad announced that it
would make drastic cuts in passenger
service on Monday unless a substan-
tial amount of coal comes through
New England gateways before that
time. More Industrial plants were
closed today because of lack OF fuel
and raw material
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NEWSPAPERS Forced to Cut Size.

HARRISBURG, w. Va. April IL
The Clarksburg Daily Telegram issued
four-page editions yesterday without
display advertisements Curtailment
to a sixth of its usual size is due to
news print shortage. The Clarksburg
Exponent also has been forced to re-
duce the size of it's editions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
THREE YEARS FOR ATKISSON
Lawyer Convicted on Charge Of
Embedding Funds.

Horace L. B. Atkisson, member OF
the bar, was sentenced today by Jus
tice Stafford, in Criminal Division 2. to
serve three years in the penitentiary.
The LAWYER was recently convicted of
embeZzling funds collected by him for
a client three years ago. He noted an
appeal to the Court Of Appeals. and
is at liberty on bail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
Two Airmen Killed In TEXAS.

SANDERSON. Tex. April 17.-IAeut.
Don NJ. Hansell Of Springfield. Mo-, and
Sergt William 7. Maxwell. Dallas, Tax.
were instantly killed when an airplane
piloted by Hansell crashed to the
had Just cleared the ground. spectators
aay. when II fell. Tho two men were
caught beneath the wreckase and died
instantly. They were engaged In border
patrol duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
BREAK PITTSBURGH STRIKE.
B. & 0. Passenger Trainmen Vot'
for Return at Noon Today.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. April 17-At a
special meeting of the Baltimore and
Ohio passenger trainmen, at which j.
A. Nee. general chairman Of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
OF the Baltimore and Ohio system,
was present, the men voted to return
to work at noon today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
1,OOO GO Rnck mt Camden Yards.
Akron Newspapers Cut Editions.

AKRON, Ohio, April i7.-Suspension
of their early morning editions and
the base ball flnaP edition by the
three Akron afternoon newspapers has
oeen agreed upon until the railroad
strike is ended. This limits them to
TWO editions day. All have cut their
space practically in half.
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British Hero Comes to Tour .. 3.

NEW YORK. April 1i.-Maj. Gen,
Sir Charles v. r. Townshend. "hero
Of Kut-el-Amara," whore his eur-
rounded British forces held out for
several months against the Turks, has
srriyed here on the steamship ldri-
alto. Tho general. who Is on q 'f1ye.
ronth leave of absence. win make n
taur Of the United States.
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books for period of twenty four
hours for men seeking rr-emp!oy-
ment and reServing the right to re
! fuse to reinstace strikers considered
to have proved unfitness for further
service" expired.
All roads, with the exception of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford.
where employees continued to walk
out in groups of three or four an
nounced men were returning and
passenger service was approac ching
normal.
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Home in Ithaca Offered President

ITHACA. N. Y, April 16.-President
wilson has been invited by Mayor
Stewart and Acting President A. W.
smith of Cornell University to es-
taol1sh his summer home at Ithaca IN
the heart of the Finger Lakes re-
glon Several well appointed frater-
nifty h." -' 80 been placed at ms
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philippine Judge Nominated.

Isuacio Villamor OF tbs Philippine
Yslands was nominated today by Pres
ident Wilson to be associate justt0o
Of the supreme court Of the philip
..I.. I..aniS. -
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GOODYEAR University Dedicated.

AKRON. Ohio. April 17.-W1th an
enrolment of 800. tho new Good
year Industrial University. ths flrst
Of It's kind. was dedicated hero today,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-17
yellicoe, New Zealand Governor.

LONDON, April 16.-Admiral Wis.,
count Jellicoe of Scapa, former first
sea lord. has been appointed governor
q New Zealand.
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Strikers Meet Union Officials.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April IL
Members OF two local lodges of the
brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
who went on an unauthorized strike
last week, met with union officials to-
day to consider plans for returning
to work.
1000 Go Back MT Camden Yards.
CAMDEN. N. j., April 17.-One
thousand striking switchmen and
snopmen here today voted to return
to work pending adjustment of wage
demands,
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STREET CAR MEN
DECIDE THEY WILL
NOT ORDER STRIKE

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TN some cases the members hip is
Automatic the arrested alien having
been transferred from a lawful organ
ization to the unlawful one by vote of
a group or branch of the former and
without his knowledge In some
cases he has had knowledge of the
transfer, but none at all of the char
acter Of the organization to which he
has been transferred. In other cases
he has signed applications before the
existence OF the unlawful organization
and has never confirmed his member
ship by any conscious act Some
times an organization or friend has
signed the application for him. As a
rule. the hearings show the aliens ar
rested to be workingmen of good
Character who have never been ar
rested before. who are not anarchists
or revolutionists nor politically or
otherwise dangerous in any sense
Many OF them. as in this case. have
| American born children
1T is pitiful to consider the hard.
ships to which they and their FAM.
| lies have been subjected during the
past three or four months by arbi-
trary arrests. Long detention in de
fault of bail beyond the means o,
Woodworking wage earners to give
for nothing more dangerous than af.
| fliating with friends OF their owr
without the slightest Indication OF
sinister motive, or any unlawful acI
! within their knowledge or intention
To permit aliens to violate the hos
pitality of this country by consplrins
| against 1t Is something which M
American can contemplate with pa
thence. Equally impatient, however
| must any patriotic American be viii
drastic proceedings on fiimsy proc
| to deport aliens who are not conspir
ing against our laws and do not in
tend to. Although these are no
criminal proceedings. being who'll,
| administrative in their character
their enect upon tho innocent tndt
| vtdual who in this summary way 1
found to be guilty is as DISTRESSING
ton him and his family. to his friend