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Evening star., 1921-03-28
DRY BRITAIN IMPOSSIBLE,
SAYS LORD CHANCELLOR
Tells Brewers He Would Profound
ly Regret the Adoption Of
National Prohibitions

LONDON, March 2s.-Alarm over the
prospect of Great Britain going dry"
was deprecated by Baron Birkenhead.
lord chancellor. while speaking at the
annual banquet of the Allied Brew
cry Traders Association. He declared
tina, members Of the association did
not in his belief have any cause for
anxiety.
"As to the APPREHENSION or chance of
a general move such as has taken
place in America he said. Il am one
of those who do not believe that it is
oven conceivable a similar change can
take place in Great Britain.
II should most profoundly regret it
IL any such change did take place.
because / am individualistic enough
IN my outlook. both upon private and
public affairs, to resent profoundly
attacks against the principals upon
which ia based the right Of one indi-
vidual to regulate his own private
life
Evening star., 1921-03-28
S|NN FE|N COUP
TODAY FRUSTRATED
Store of Arms, Bombs and
Explosives Discovered
by Crown Forces.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
/ LONDON, March 2S.-It was re-
ported here today on excellent au-
| thOrity that the Prince of Wales
! would open the new Ulster parlin-
i rule net passed at the last session
| of parliament.
The prince, It was said, would a;eo
visit other districts in Ireland.
i BY WILLIAM H. BRAYDEN.
BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1921.
DUBLIN, ireland. March 2s-Eastel
Monday was fixed by the Sim Feir
| for grand coup. The plan was t
bomb the guards. storm Mountjo,
Jail and release the Slim Fein pris
oners. They had provided plenty O
material for the purpose, because. &C
cording to authoritative information
store of arms. bombs and explosive!
had been specially consigned for tina
object. The consignment was landed
on the coast of Kerry early last weeF
camouflaged as fish 1t was sent tt
Dublin carefully addressed to goot
unionist Dublin firm.
Before it could reach this destina
! ton it was diverted by the Sim Fein
ers and reached Dublin under theil
control Wednesday, They stored i
in a shack not far from the prison
Uphappily for their plan. the crown
forces discovered it there Thursda,
night. They then believed it to b,
a permanent arsenal. only later dis
covering that it was intended espe
cially for Easter Monday.
f; The authorities are delighted will
| their success, but they seem equally
discovered the headquarters of thu
Sim Fein propaganda. They issuet
| an official statement dwelling on tn,
! triumph, saying that they had cap
tured several tons of literature ant
| printing material. and that they hat
! tended for foreign countries. particu
i larly Italy, France and Spain.
| The Sim Fein. however. will max,
great propaganda material out of thi!
! seizure. They declare that British sol
diers will not prevent them from stat
! ing Ireland's case to the world. The,
will. it is likely, start another secre
! Office to replace the one raided, an(
| Though Desmond Fitzgerald. the prin
cipaI propagandist, has been Jailed
! there are dozen others able and will
! ing 10 carry on the work.
! The governments decision. Just an
! nounced, that the two Irish parlia
ments will be started simultaneously
ana that the election will be held ir
! Nav. shows confidence that the coun
try will not reject the self govern.
ment offered. but will abandon the
Slim Fein at the polls. I can find nr
prnund for sharing in this belief. and
good judges on all sides say that the
Situation will actually be made worse
by the attempt to establish home rule
pprncE EOTTNn MINED
Evening star., 1921-03-28
Observation-Disclosures
Are Rolled on White House LnlUns

Armed with baskets of gayly col
ored eggs, the children of Washing
ton descended upon the White House
the resumption of the Easter egg
rolling festivities on the lawns to the
south of the executive mansion.
When the gates were opened a.
$50 o'clock this morning the children
flowed in. making straight for the
four knobs, which they seized anh
held against all corners. especially
'grown-ups.
While there were many men and
women in the great crowd, they were
admitted only when they accom-
panied the children. For this was
the children's great day in the Ma
tional Capital. made all the greater
this year because it was the first time
since 1915 that the Wh;te House egg
rolling has been permitted.
President Kisses Pretty Maid.
The weather turned out to be Just
right" for the event. BY 1890 o'clock
the crowds in the grounds had become
very large and an hour later the -four
pretty knobs and all the spaces be-
tween were literally packed with
children. in their gay and somewhat
tiimsy spring dresses.
President Harding was witness OF
the happy childhoo panorama before
him and he took part in. pretty in
cidect shortly before the gates were
opened to the children.
Little Winifred Hiser. six years old.
in a brand-new spring dress. and
bearing on her arm a basket of eggs.
waited in the walk leading from the
White House to the executive Offices.
She is the daughter of John Hiser.
an employe Of the boiler rooms.
AS she stood there the President
swung down the path to his office. in =
tent on starting his daily work
Perhaps she epitomized for the
President the great crowd of children
which shortly were to shout and run
and laugh throughout the grounds, for,
at any rate. President Harding bent
down and kissed the little maid twice,
asked her about the fine time she was
Evening star., 1921-03-28
Existing Figures Continued
for Coming Five Months
by Utilities Board.
MERGER AND LITIGATION
BELIEVED TO BE FACTORS
No Reasons for Decision Are Given
When Decree Is Verbally
Announced Today.

The Public Utilities Ccmkmission to-
day continued the existing street car
fare and the present schedule OF cleo
tric rates for five months.
This means the street car fare will
tokens for 80 cents. on both the Wash
ington Railway and Electric and the
Capital Traction companies until
August 81.
The rate fo.- electric current to pri-
vate homes is S1e cents per kilowatt
hour Because of litigation in the
Court of Appeals between the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company and the
commi Ssion. consumers will continue
to pay 10 cents per kilowatt hour. l "a
cents being laid aside for refund in
the event the commission wins the
litigation.
The commission had no written
order prepared explaining the con-
clusions which led to the continu-
alton.
Announced Verbally.
Col. Charles w. Kutz. chairman.
verbally announced the decision fol-
lowing a brief session of the commits
sion shortly after noon.
If the commission had not acted be-
fore April / the rate Of car fare
would have reverted automatically to
cents cash with 2-cent charge for
transfers.
Rates of the Potomac Electric
Power Company would have reverted
automatically to those in effect last
fall. Under the former schedule of
electric rates private homes paid 8
cents per kilowat hour. u cent less
than now.
Although Chairman Kutz was not
prepared to discuss the findings. it
is probable that the commission de-
cided to continue the existing rates
tanning legislation from the next ses-
sion of Congress making possible a
merger of the big three-the WASH
ington Railway and Electric and the
panies and the Potomac Electric
Power Company.
Another thing which may have
played a part in the decision is the
fact that the contest between the
Se xs%. sna the es Ss
property. on which the rates are
based, will come up for hearing in
the Court of Appeals on May 2. with
the possibility of the case being Set
tied shortly after that date.
Capital Traction Position.
The Capital Traction Company did
not ask for continuation Of the pres
ent rate of car fare. but did ask the
commission not to let the rate revert
to cents While the testimony show
ed the Capital Traction system could
earn a fair return on its valuation
with four tokens for 25 cents or Z
cents cash. the commission apparently
decided it would be unwise to reduce
the rate on one system and leave it
up on the other.
William Mex Clayton, representing
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, interposed no objection to con-
tinuation of the electric rates. but
urged the commission to reduce the
rate Of car fare.
1t is probable the commission will
issue a written order on the rate de-
cisionS later in the day.
Evening star., 1921-03-28
FLIGHT TO BEGIN HERE
IN CANAL GUARD TEST
Trip Starting Tomorrow to Virgin Islands by
Marine Corps Experts Will Demon
strute War Defense.

Porto Rico, and thence to Charlotte
Amalis.
The flyers will attempt to average
about 325 miles day, but will rest
one day in every five.
1t is understood one of their duties
upon arriving in Porto Rico will be to
prepare plans for the sudden with
drawal of American forces should thls
step ever be contemplated.
This will be the first time land planes
waters. it is stated. Army planes
without pontoons have negotiated
longer distances over water than will
be attempted on this trip. The ARMY
flight to Alaska passed lover wider
stretches in the great lakes region.
True Defense of Canal.
Army officials have long mainta led
that the true defense Of Panama from
the east is by an air force with base
in Porto Rico. The air service of the
Army has contemplated making such
trip as is to be undertaken tomor-
row by the Marine Corps.
In testimony given before the House
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell. assistant
chief of the air service. stated: With
an air force base on Porto Rico we
can defend tho Panama canal from
navies by watching the sea interval OF
sixty miles between Cuba and Haiti.
of 100 miles or SO between that
island and Porto Rico and Of 800
miles between Porto Rico and South
America. That is the true defense of
Panama from the east"
The flights will be the longest ever
attempted by the Marine Corps. In
his instructions to the flyers, issued
Saturday. Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune.
commanding the corps. directs that il
weather or other conditions make it
impossible to follow the route pre-
scribed. they may change it in their
discretion. Maj. Turner. who will be
in command. resides in the West
minister apartments in Washington.
Lieut.. Bradley lives in the Bachelor
apartments. Lieut.. Sanderson is sta
toned at Quantico.
Evening star., 1921-03-28

going TO have and then patted her on
the head as he went on to his office.
Happiest Child in City.
He left the happiest little girl in
ashington standing there.
If the thousan of other children
who were in the grounds today did
not get such personal greetings from
the President they had the great
satisfaction of knowing that they
were there as his guests.
The dresses of the small girls made
the grounds soon look like a gigantic
Easter egg. so colorful and gay they
We're. flashing against the beautiful
natural background of green grass.
budding trees and bright flowers
which nature had provided for the
day.
About noon the grass began to take
on somewhat slippery feel. as the
shells and whites of hundreds of eggs
bestrewed the ground.
There were many false alarms
during the morning that Preside mt
Harding and his dog Laddie Boy
were mingling with the crowds.
Whenever this, rumor started the
children would begin to flock from
all parts of the grounds. only to scat
ter soon when it developed the Presi-
dent was not mixing, in the fun yet
after all.
Egg Given to President.
Paul Mann. ten years old, however,
managed to personally present the
President with an egg decorated with
the shield of the United States. Boy
Scout emblems and other insignia.
4 Paul climbed the low fence between
the lawns and the executive offices
and presented himself at the window
as President Harding looked out to
see the sport.
The President raised the window and
received the egg
The United States Marine Band was
scheduled to give, concert a. 5
o'clock this afternoon.
Out at the National Geological Park
there was another great crowd of
children, this being sort of unoffi-
cial Easter egg-rolling place. The Boy
Scout Band of Washington. led by
James L. Kidwell. played between 10
and o'clock.
Evening star., 1921-03-28
WCT0R|ESFORU US.
IN INCOME RULINGS
Court Completely UphoIds
Governments Position,
Solicitor General Says.

The government won a string of
victories today in income tax de-
cisions handed down by the Supreme
Court.
Solicitor Genaral Frierson declared
the governments position had been
, upheld completely. The effect of the
rulings, he added, was that any gain
derived from corporate bond or cap
ital asset investments was taxable as
income. the amount of-income subject
to such taxation still to be estimated
from March l, 1913.
Ruling ON Profits.
Profits realized from the sale of as
sets of a trust fund are taxable under
Supreme Court held.
The decision of the court directly
affects several cases not in litigation
and indirectly affects thousands of
trust funds. 1t was given in the ap-
peal brought by the Merchants Loan
estate of Arthur Ryerson. a citizen of
Illinois.
The opinion of the court was de-
livered by Associate Justice Clark.
On Increase in Values.
Increase in the value of corporate
bonds originally acquired and held
for investment is taxable under the
revenue act of 1916, the court also
ruled.
Thousands of cases of income as
sessments- come within this deci sion
of the court, upon which depended
the necessity of the government re-
funding millions of dollars in taxes
The Supreme Court. in still another
case. ruled that the increase of value
of capital investment is taxable as
income. under the revenue act of 1916.
DecfsiOn ON Goodrich Appeal.
This decision was given in the ap-
peal of David NJ. Goodrich~from a rul-
ing of the internal revenue bureau
assessing him upon the increased
value OF stocks purchased prior to
1913. Action of the revenue officials
was affirmed by the Supreme Court
in the transa ction showing gain.
The court ruled that the transac-
tion showing an actual loss could not
be taxed since there was no gain"
derived.
Evening star., 1921-03-28

Two Marine Corps De Haviland air
planes will take off, at Boiling Field
across from Washington. tomorrow
for a .50o-mile flight to Charlotte
Amalis, Virgin Islands.
Ostensibly their purpose is to es-
tablish an aerial route to the Virgin
Islands
Their real mission. it is understood,
will be to demonstrate how the, Pan
force having d base in Porto Rico.
About eleven days will be required
for the trip down. The longest
stretch of water over which the
planes will fly will be about 100 miles.
essary the ships, although without
pontoons. probably would float sew
eral hours, Or until a rescue could be
effected. il is stated.
The trir is expected to show the
ease with which a large fleet of land
planes could be rushed to Porto Rico
in case of war.
Airmen Making Flight.
Maj Thomas c. Turner. chief of Ma
rine Corps aviation and First Lieut..
B. G. Bradley. chief test pilot for the
Navy and Marine Corps. will occupy
one of the machines and alternate
in plotting it The other machine will
be piloted by Second Lieut.. Law son
H. Sanders. who will have as his as
sistant Gunnery Sergt. Charles w.
Rucker. These men are among the
most skillful flyers in the corps.
Lieut.. Bradley participated in the
Pulitzer trophy race in New York
last thanksgiving.
Leaving Boiling Field, the machines
will proceed by way of Richmond.
Va: Fayetteville. n. c.; Paris Islam
s. c.; Jacksonville. Fla: Daytona,
Fla; Miami, Fla: key West, Fla !:
Havana. Cuba; Santa Clara. Cuba ::
Camaguey. Cuba: Guantanamo. Cuba :;
Port Au Prince. Haiti: Santo Domin-
go, Dominican Republic; San Juan.
Evening star., 1921-03-28
COLDER WEATHER AHEAD.
Forecaster Predicts Freezing TEN
perature and Rain in D. C.

Freezing temperature by tomorrow
night was predicted by the weather
bureau today for the District. pre-
oeded by rain this afternoon and to-
night.
II will be much colder tomorrow,
according to the experts. the dis
turbances to be the Districts share Of
the generally unsettled conditions
now prevailing throughout the coun-
try.
Evidently the weather is having a
hard time to decide whether to let
spring or winter prevail. or maybe
IL wants TO stage that old play of
March going out like a lion"
The weather bureau doesn't know.
but 10 determined there shall be rain
either this afternoon or night. follow
ed by much colder weather
Evening star., 1921-03-28
Military Police Brought Into
Action When Communists
Menace MOntabaur.
BITTERFELD NOW CENTER
FOR GERMAN STRUGGLE
Extremists Disarm Local Police in
Selling Buildings-Halle
Has Artillery Fight.
BY the Associated Press

i' iHF A>>"fAied frcss
COBLENZ. March 2S-A commu-
nistic uprising occurred this morning
IN the American bridgehead area. at
Montabaur, six miles northeast of
Ehrenbreitstein. A riot call was an
swered by the provost marshal and
American military police were dis
patched to Montabaur to restore order
Concentrate on BftferfeId.
BERLIN, March 2S.-The rioting ac-
tivities in the communist uprising in
central Germany are concentrating
now on Bitterfeld, where the extrem-
sSs have succeeded in disarming the
local police and occupying the public
buildings, according to an official COM
munique issued shortly before noon
today. During Sunday. says the state
ment, bandits looted the bank and the
post office at Sangerhausen and put
the local telegraph office out of COM
mission.
Through trains which normally
traverse the Halle sections are being
rerouted owing to sabotage OF the
trackage and bridges by the COM
munists. who are continuing to
spread terror as they proceed west
ward and northward from Halle. with
the security police at their heels.
Big Gums Shell Reds.
HALLE. Germany. March 2S.-Fed-
eral artillery was taking promine Mt
part today in dealing with the in
surgert communists in this disturbed
section of Prussian Saxony.
The artillery shelled the com
munists. who were grouped on the
hills to the west of Eisleben. DIS
persing them.
After a brief engagement the town
of Sangerhausen. southwest of Elsie
ben. was occupied by federal forces.
which now control that place.
Count Poninski, colonel of police
in the Mansfield district. has taken
charge of the operations around
Eisleben.
Evening star., 1921-03-28
CUBAN ELECTION QUIET.
Only Meager Returns on Partial
Presidential Vote.

HAVANA. Cuba. March 2s-Returns
from the partial presidential cleo
tions held on Saturday in Oriente
province are meager and the central
electoral board deems them insuffi-
cient to warrant the publication of
my figures.
Advices indicate that complete or
der prevailed during the day through
out the province.
Evening star., 1921-03-28
VIvIANI REACHES U. S.

NEW YORK, March 2s-Rene Vivi-
ami. former premier of France, ar
rived here today on the steamship
La Lorraine on "a mission Of courtesy
to President Harding"
A specia. customs cutter. carrying
Amba ssador Jusserand. Dr. Marcel
Knecht, general secretary to the
former premier. and representatives
of the State Department met the La
Lorraine at quarantine
Evening star., 1921-03-28
BEARS PRESIDENT Posy.
Chicago Man Asks Him to we.-
Carnation Dailv.

A white carnation was placed in
President Harding's coat lapel todav
by Ferdinand w. Peck. of Chicaro
who asked the President to wear
stay in the White House. Mr.. Peck
who was commissioner general of the
United States to the Paris exposition
in 1900. said he had suggested to
President Mckinley that he wear
red carnation and as a result he
did 50.
Evening star., 1921-03-28
|NEW SCHOOL DRIVE
| ON NEXT CONGRESS
Mass of Data Showing De-
pIorabIe Conditions Will
Be Carried.

"A seat in suitable schoolhouse
for every pupil in the District public
schools :"
With this slogan members of the
board of education and school au-
thorities, supported undoubtedly by
all civic organizations. trade bodies
and clubs in Washington, are plan
ming to go before Congress soon after
the inception of the extra session in
an effort to make it reality. They
will carry with them mass of data
indicating precisely the deplorable
conditions existing TN the school sys-
tenn, due to overcrowding. and the sub
sequent needs which must be met to
insure an adequate education for the
62.e0V school children.
Plans fol the drive on Congress
were discussed between school Off
cials and the Commissioners at two
hour conference today. Commissioner
Rudolph, chairman of the board. an
nounced after the conclave that he and
consider the facts brought out today
and decice on the general policy to
be pursued.
Financing Methods Discussed.
1t is understood that the principal
questions talked over today were:
Whether to l:y the ive-million- dollar
school building program, before Con-
gress again at the session which be-
gins next month, and on what basis
to ask fot the appropriations.
At the last :esslon of Congress the
former board of Commissioners and
the school authorities considered d
bond issue and also the use OF sur
plus revenues Of the District which
have accumulated in the Treasury.
The school delegation included DR..
Abram Simon, president of the board
of education; Superintendent of
Schools Frank w. Baflou and Assist
ant Superintendent Of Schools Stephen
y. Kramer. Maj. Carey H. Brown, as
sistant engineer commissioner in
charge of school construction work,
also was present.
Last Campaign Failure.
The conference had before 1t
special report prepared recently by
Supt. Ballou showing exactly how
many more classrooms are needed and
in what sections of the city they
should be erected in order to insure
comfortable accommodation for all of
the children who are now attending
the public schools, and to take care
of the anticipated enrolment OF the
near future. - T." .---
Evening star., 1921-03-28
MAY START TOMORROW.
New Attempt at Uprising Feared
as Government Prepares
By the Associated Press.

HALLE. March 27.-Battalions of
green police" today were in control
in a majority o. the troubled Saxon
cities, from which a large percentage
of the male population had fies,, either
in fear Of arrest or in an effort to join
their fugitive comrades to reorganixs
for another attack, which in some
quarters Is considered probable on
Tuesday after the Easter holidays.
The police authorities. however. be.
lieve that the movement las heAa
IC5aurned.1 On p1S0 9 NOiuSia -Ij
Evening star., 1921-03-28
DIES AT AGE OF 103.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, March 2S.--
Mrs. Jane Williams, a native Of Wales,
103 years old. died at her home. IN
East Chattanooga, this morning.. .
Evening star., 1921-03-28
Taken From Bed and Shot.

RELFAST, March 27.-Henry Kerr,
sirty-five years old. a farmer of the
Raliybay district of Monaghan, was
taken from his bed by masked armed
men early this morning and shot out
side the local church. A placard
placed on his breast said: Shot by
the |, r. A. Spies beware" Kerr is
in a hospital suffering from six bullet
wounds. Is believed he will die.
Evening star., 1921-03-28
BRIDGE FOUND MINED. =
Discovery Made Just in Time to
Avert Disaster to Cadets.


DUBLIN. March 81 A well laid
mine containing several hundred
mounds Of explosives and fuses was
discovered by auxiliaries in County
Kilkenny recently, according to in
formation from official quarters today.
The mine. which was laid under a
large bridge in the neighborhood of
W. hnadouarters of the auxilia res
WAS found just in time to avert a
disaster to several 1orry loads Of
The authorities declare that great
assistance to the crown forces is being
rendered by the inhabitants of various
iocalities who have begun to come
forward in large numbers to denounce
attempts by Sim Feiners in the
meiehborhood to commit outrages.
several ambushes have already been
frustrated in this way. 1T is stated.
Buried as Martyrs.
CORK March 27.-Six more burials
were made today in the republican
nartvrs' plot" in Saint Fin Barr's
camefery Just outside Cork. where
Tarence MacSwiney was buried a few
months ago. The burials followed
sanarate funerals this afternoon for
The SIX republican volunteers shot by
the constabulary at Clogheen Wednes-
1a
Evening star., 1921-03-28
WEATHER.

Rain this afternoon and tonight:
much colder tonight; tomorrow part
ly cloudy and colder: cold wave.
Temperature for twenty -four hours
ended at . pm. today: Highest, Sc. at
pm. yesterday: lowest, 65, at am.
today
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