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No. 27,410. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 12, 1919?TWENTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS.
PRESENT BUILDING
PRICKSTABLE
Commissioners' Committee
Reports Nothing Gained by
Postponing Work.
CONDITIONS SUMMED UP
That the present level ot prices of i
both material and labor represents a I
stable basis from which to figure con- j
Struction work for the year 1919 and'
that nothing will be gained by further
postponing building operations,
the central stabilization committee
said In its report to the District Commissioners.
as announced today.
This committee, which was appointed
by the Commissioners April 18 to
Investigate the building situation
here, with a view of stabilizing construction.
has held several meetings.
3t is stated in the report "particularly
is it important that the conservative
building of home, remodeling of
old property and erection of necessary
business buildings and schools
Jtroceed at once, not only from the
standpoint of urgent necessity, but
from an economical standpoint as
ttrell.
Country Two Years Behind.
"The country at large is two years
behind in building, which cannot be
long delayed, and which, when started.
Will be reflected in a tremendous demand
for materials and labor.
"Therefore, we believe, and recommend,
that necessary building operations
in Washington be immediately
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resumea ana nuriicu iv* vvim?ivnw.. ?
fore the great volume of necessary
construction throughout the country,
such as railroad, highway, public,
semi-public and industrial development
that must go on, and when undertaken
will have a tendency to increase
rather than decrease the present
cost of building construction. '
The committee's report on prevailing
conditions, in part, said it found
among industries allied with the
building industry to be:
Brick.
"In this industry the consensus of
opinion is that no decrease in price
of this commodity may be expected
during 1919. The manufacturers, however,
offer to co-operate to the fullest
extent.
% Lumber.
"Prices today are firm with an upward
tendency in the better grades.
Indications are that increase in prices I
will be felt for remainder of year on !
better grades, while others will remain
stationary.
Builders' Hardware.
"Prices on builders' finishing hardware
have declined from 5 to 10 per
cent since signing of armistice, and
no material reduction in prices for
balance of 1919 may be looked for.
* Millwork.
"Many requests being received lately
for estimates on smaller types of
houses. Cost of millwork has not advanced
in proportion to some other
materials. No decrease in price expected,
if any change at all, will
probably be an advance.
Erection of Structural Steel.
"Very little work of this kind being
offered, bidding mostly on small remodeling
work. Structural iron work- i
ers" demand -increase in wages, to ;
take effect August 1. 1919.
I
Building Materials.
"Dealers unanimous in their willing- :
. news to co-operate in the effort to
promote building operations, and further
signify their willingness to adopt
a policy guaranteeing prices on commodities
for the erection and completion
of specific work.
Paints, Glass, Etc.
"Business in this line reported satisfactory
and on increase. No advance
in prices anticipated for 1919;
probable decrease of from 5 to 10 per
cent may be looked for about July 1.
Plumbing and Steamfitting Supplies
"General business reported unsatisfactory.
but some improvement noted
recently. Substantial reductions in
price, ranging from 10 to 30 per
cent, have occurred since signing of
ftrmiiitirp
Concrete and Fireproofing.
, "Reduction of 20 per cent in price
of hollow tile since signing of armiitice.
No further decline may be expected
during year 1919.
General Contractors.
"Offer to co-operate in every way
possible and agree to figure same
percentage of profit as prevailed under
pre-war conditions, regardless of
increased overhead and other charges
? ow prevailing, and will use their
good offices to induce keeping of
construction costs down to lowest
possible figure.
Labor.
The subcmmittee on labor has
called several conferences of the various
trade bodies, and has submitted
th?- scale of wages, which they claim
will prevail, and beyond which no
Increases will be asked during 1919.
"The wage scale of the building
industry, taken as a general proposition,
shows an increase over prewar
times, but in reality the wage of
the worker suffers by comparison
v ith that paid to the building trades
? eehanic prior to the declaration of
t e war. With the cost for the
maintenance of the family doubled,
it will be observed that the purchasing
power of the dollar has been reduced
by one-half, while the wage of
t! e building trades mechanic has not
increased two-fold. War-time comi:"'<1
ity prices still exist.
It is not to be expected that wages
v ill be reduced so long as that which
sustains the worker and his family
j mains at present nrice level for
the normal wage is one that will pro
de a normal livelihood for the emplove
and his family. Reing convinced
of the logic of this theory, your committee
is nevertheless, satisfied that
tabor will co-operate to stabilize the
' uildmg industry by a thorough observance
of the rates, as shown in
t s report until the time of their
e oiration.
"Your committee further feels that
there is too wide a difference in the
m ale ?>f wages paid mechanics for performing
practically the same class
ami standard of work.
And the committee believes that
v ife8 for all mechanics employed
upon building construction should be
more nearly equalized, except perhaps
on specially hazardous work, and that
ti e various trades should co-operate
.r lheir own good and the good of
t r industry in a more equal and con>'stent
wage.
It is appropriate at this time to
mention that since signing of the ar
wistice the efficiency of both skilled
? 1 common labor is steadily increasing.
which fact should be borne in
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
EIGHT G.O. P. SENATORS
OPPOSE MR. PENROSE
Senators Borah of Idaho and Johnson
of California formally notified repblican
Leaders Lodge today that eight
republican senators, regarded as representing
the progressive group of the
party, were opposed to the election of
Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania and j
Warren of Wyoming as chairman of the
finance and appropriation committees,
respectively, and that, if necessary, a
majority of them were willing to record
their opposition on the floor of the Senate.
Senators Knox of Pennsylvania and
i Brandegee of Connecticut, who were
present when the notification was made,
were regarded as representing the regular
group of the party.
It was understood that Mr. Bodge
told Senators Borah and Johnson that
the matter was one for consideration
of the republican conference to organize
the Senate, which will be held
Wednesday.
Immediately after today's meeting
Senators Borah and Johnson called a
I conference of senators for late today
I to discuss the situation. Those invited
i to attend included Senators Kenyon
i and Cummins. Iowa; Jones, Washington;
McNary. Oregon; McCormick, II;
linois, and N'orris, Nebraska.
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MAY BE INCREASED
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I Party Conference Expected
to Enlarge House Committee
to Nine Members.
The republican steering committee
in the House is expected to be en<
larged from five members to nine memi
bers at the republican conference Saturday
night. There was a contest
i over the size of the steering commit'
tee in the committee on committees
when the republican organization of
the new Congress was under discussion.
At that time Representative Royal
j C. Johnson of South Dakota, a war
! veteran and a medal of honor man,
contended that the states west of the
Mississippi, the southern section, labor
and the farmers should have representation.
He attempted to name the
four men. Then when Representative
Longworth of Ohio failed in his fight
against the seniority rule in naming 01
committee chairmen he took up the
Johnson fight for an enlarged steering
committee.
Claimed to Be Powerless.
The committee on committees
claimed that it was powerless to act
because it had been instructed by the
republican House caucus to name a
steering committee of five. This limit
was proposed by the Gillett following
and accepted by the Mann element
that had a majority in the committee
on committees.
It is now admitted by leaders in
both factions that it is probable the
steering committee will be enlarged
bv the conference Saturday night.
If there is any contest it is expected
to be over who shall name the
four new members. ' |
The Mann following which-had a:
majority in the committee on committees
will demand that the choice
of the men shall be left to the com- |
mittee on committees, and it is probable
that they have strength enough j
to carry this point.
SAYS VOTE OF 1C.
W0UIDA|D LABOR
J. B. Colpoys Urges ConvenI
ing Engineers to Aid District j
in Their Own Interest.
National representation for the
District was urged on delegates to
the convention of the international
I brotherhood of Stationary Engineers
! at the opening session in Pythian
i Temple this morning. John B. Coli
poys, former president of the Local
I Central Labor Union, made the appeal.
"With 70.000 trade unionists and
, labor supporters here," he declared, j
"I feel sure that if representation was
I ever granted the District of Colum|
bis a man would be sent to the floor
| of Congress who would consider it his
| duty to look out for the interest of
i the workers."
He asked the 200 delegates to take
; this message back to their homes and
remember it when the campaigns of
: their respective districts got undgr
! way.
j Samuel Gompers Sends Message.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow de;
liverea an address of welcome. Daniel
; Tobin, treasurer of the American Federation
of Labor, in a short address,
asked the delegates to guard against
j dissension in their ranks. Timothy
1 Healy. international nresident of the
j organization, also delivered an adi
dress.
Newton James, acting chairman,
read a message from Samual Oompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, stating that Mr.
Gompers would be unable to attend
! on account of illness.
The convention will continue
'through the week. Plans for the1
I coming year will be shaped.
LEADERS IN CONGRESS '
HURRY FOR CONFERENCES
Leaders in Congress are hurrying
back to participate in the party conferences
before the formal opening
of the extra session on Monady.
Representative James W. Good of
Iowa, who is to be chairman of the
appropriations committee, arrived today.
Representative Gillett, who is
to be Speaker, is due back tomorrow.
Representative Nicholas Ix)ngworth
of Ohio, who made a stubborn
fight against the republican method
of organization in the committee on
committees, charging that the House
ui^rtiuzaiion was aoguriiiicu u> nep*
! resentative James K. Mann, will be
back tomorrow. Representative
! Mann has not notified his office when
f he will be back, but the republican
r' leaders expect him on Friday. ?
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SAYS All SCHOOLS
WOSTJJSEENGLISH
Commissioner Claxton Declares
to Conference Education
Is Essential.
200 SPECIALISTS HERE
ITse of English in .ill schools of the
United States, public, private and
parochial, both as a subject to be
taught and the medium for carrying
on all teaching, was advocated by Dr.
Philander P. Claxton, commissioner of
education, at the first session of the
four-day Americanization conference
in the Interior Department auditorium
today.
"Education is the fundamental
thing in Americanization work." Dr.
Claxton told the two hundred specialists
from all pgrts of the United States
who have come to Washington at
their own expense to attend the conference,
which is being held under the
auspices of the Americanization division
of the bureau of education.
Paying tribute to the English language
as the language of the United
States," the commissioner of_ education
said that "it is the air we breathe
and without a knowledge of English
none can Decome an American. nit
speaker declared that in teaching
English to those who come to this
country there is no desire, to make
them give up absolutely their own native
language.
Says All Must Learn English.
"The bureau of education," the
speaker declared, "is not in sympathy
with any movement which attempts to
limit knowledge in any direction." But
all " who come to America to seek the
hospitality of this country must learn
English. Private and, parochial as
well as the public schools must teach
English, Dr. Claxton urged, and all
the other work done in them must be
taught in English. Private and parochial
schools, he continued, should
teach the same things that the public
schools teach.
Foreign-born residents of the United
States. Dr. Claxton said, grownup
men and women as well as the
children, must be taught something
of the United States through formal
and informal instruction. The ideals
and history of this country, which
has had unexampled growth in the
world's history, must be taught these
peoples, in order that they may grasp
the true essence of the privilege that
is theirs in living and working in the
land of freedom.
IT. S. Ideal Fart of Education.
"The ideal of freedom is what we
fight for," Dr. Claxton declared, "and
for men and women to get this ideal
is part of the education of the immigrant."
The manners and customs of
the United States must be taught
them.
Dr. Claxton defended the immigrants
who have come to the United
States, and who will come, from the
charge often made that they come
for dollars alone.
"These people come in the same
spirit that we came in the beginning.
in order that they may better their
condition," Dr. Claxton said. Many
early colonists came to America Dr.
Claxton recalled, for financial and
land grain, as well as for the highest
ideals of freedom and religious
liberty.
Immigrants, by education, gradually
will be transformed into good Americans,
and at the same time the American
people, through this necessary
work, will transform themselves into
better Americans by broadening their
own ideals in helping others, Dr.
Claxton concluded.
Author Recites "American's Creed"
The sessions were opened by William
Tyler Page of Maryland, who recited
"The American's Creed," written
by himself, and recently awarded a
thousand-dollar prize.
Fred C. Butler, director of Americanization
of the bureau of education,
presiding at the sessions, declared
that "the war has left us no greater
task than that of bringing into full
fellowship those who live among, us
who were born in other lands. That
this must be done sympathetically
and with a broad and tolerant understanding
goes without saying," he
continued. "Unless we are ourselves
convinced that these people from
other lands are desirable potential
Americans, that we need them here,
that they come not with empty hands
but with arts, crafts, sciences, music
and ideals which will add to the wealth
of our common heritage, unless we feel
that to us is given not so much a duty
as a great opportunity, we shall fail."
Will Ask Congress' Aid.
Legislation for the Americanization
work planned by the Department of
the Interior will be sought from the
forthcoming Congress, Mr. Butler
stated. "The country seems to be
thoroughly aroused to the need for its
passage," he stated. Plans of the bureau
of educfttion for this work are
divided into four phases?educational,
social, racial and informative.
The United States has been divided
into eleven districts, with a regional
director from Washington in charge
of the Amerization work in each
group of three or four states. State
committees will be formed in each
state to carry on the work.
importance oa uiat Ht 11 s 11 sn over
printed exercises, the use of only the
English language in the class room,
and recognition of the previous education
of pupils were among the
points emphasized by Charles F.
Towne, director of immigrant education,
Massachusetts' bureau of education.
in the course of a paper on the
best technical methods of teaching
English to the foreign born.
Foreigners Learn American Songs.
Foreign-born soldiers in America's
selected men sang the American songs
which they had heard countless times
from the phonograph with just as
much zest as the native-born fighter,
W. A. Willson of New Yorjt city, pointed
out. The use of the stereopticon
in teaching English was explained by
H. D. Rickard of Syracuse, N. Y.
Other papers scheduled for the session
this afternoon were on the bast methods
for teaching illiterates, by Mrs. Lottie
Richards Bryant, pioneer teacher of
the "moonlight schools" at Soldier, Ky,
and on "Reorganization of the Administration
of Our Educational Facilities for
Americanization" by F. V. Thompson of
Boston, Mass.
At the session to be held at 8 o'clock
tonight Wilbur C. Phillips of Cincinnati,
Ohio, is to discuss "An Intensive Community
Organization Experiment," and
Mrs. Margaret Long of the National
Catholic War Council, "East St. LouisCo-ordinating
a Community."
Sessions will open tomorrow morning
at 9:30 o'clock, and the afternoon session
at 2 o'clock, during which a long
list of papers will be presented. Wednesday's
session will begin at 9;i0
o'clock a.m., followed by a session at 2
and a hanutift at v
night, at which Secretary Lane of the
Interior Department is to speak. There
are to be two sessions Thursday.
Netherlands Body Backs Women.
THE HAGUE. Friday, May 9?The
second chamber of parliament today
adopted the woman suffrage bill by a
large majority.
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MAY ADD TO LOAD
ON HYDROAIRPLANE
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Additional Man and More
Propellers for Each Transatlantic
Vessel.
FOR REPAIRS IN MIDAIR
TREPASSEY, N. F., May 12?The
American Navy's hydroairplanes will
set out on their transatlantic flight,
carrying, if possible, crews of six men
instead of five as originally planned,
and with extra propellers aboard.
Commander John H. Towers, chief of
the expedition, announced today in a
statement detailing precautionary
measures adopted to insure as far as
possible completion of the projected
non-stop cruise to the Azores.
The extra men and spare partft. together
with a maximum supply of
petrol, would bring the weight of each
plane to 28,800 pounds, the commander
said, which might prove more than the
1,600-horsepower engines could lift
from the water. In this event, lie
added, the craft after a surface cruise
in the harbor would '.'taxi" back to the
mAthfip* chin Hiophortrn ortrl fT ra i n nff !
the' excess fuel, reducing the weight
to 28,000 pounds, the official full load
The motors of the NC-1 and NC-3
easily carried 25,000 pounds from
Kockaway Point, N. Y., to Halifax, and
thence to this point. Learned
From First Leg.
1 The proposed enlargement of the
crews and equipment was the re- j
suit, Commander Towers stated, of1
the experience gained in the flight
from Halifax, when the NC-3, flagship
of the division, was delayed in
her start and then forced to return
to port after cruising fifty miles because
of propeller trouble.
The American airplane mefchanics
worked on the NC-3, tied up to the
tender Aroostook this morning, in a
temperature 2 degrees below freezing.
A thin skim of ice covered the harbor,
but melted as the sun rose toward
the meridian.
One of NC-3's propellers was shifted
and the gasoline tanks were filled. The
NC-1 was refueled and passed inspection
yesterday.
For Bepairs in Midair.
The planes were fitted with bats for
the mechanics so that motor repairs
could be made in midair.
There are many icebergs in the
ocean field immediately ahead of the
flyers.
On the flight here from Halifax,
Commander Towers said, they were to
numerous that the sea in places looked
from his vantage point like a pasture
dotted with grazing sheep.
Landing Place Prepared
for Navy Dirigible C-5
Cy tlie Associated Press.
ST. JOHNS, N. F.t May 12.?A
landing party from the United States
cruiser Chicago today began to prepare
a stretch of cricket field in
Quidividi valley as a landing place and
mooring grounds for the naval dirigible
C-5, which is to make a test cruise
here from Cape May this week. Under
orders of Lieut. Charles G. Little of
Newburyport, Mass.. charged with the
direction of the airship's flight from
this end, American sailors are making
preparations to receive the C-5.
Near British Plane.
Anchors have been installed about
250 feet apart to provide a mooring
for the ship. No construction work
has been necessary, as the airship will
be anchored in the open, removed only
by a little more than its length from
the comparatively tiny Martinsyde
plane in which the British aviators,
Raynham and Morgan, plan their flight
across the Atlantic.
Whether the big gas bag will be started
overseas after the arrival here will
not be decided until she lands. Aboard
the cruiser Chicago, in the harbor as
the base ship for the dirigible expedition,
mechanics have overhauled a spare
motor available for use should either of
the two engines carried by the C-5 go
wrong and the decision be made to fly
back or proceed.
Weather Service Co-Operation.
Co-operation between the weather
servicev set up by the British air ministry
for the contenders in the $50,000
intercontinental flight and that of the
United States Navy for the flying boat
and dirigible expeditions has become
closer as the time to hop oflkapproaches.
Lieut. C. N. Keyser is the liaison meteorologist
and will plan out the weather
maps for such trips as the C-5 may
make from here. Other members of
the aviation group aboard the Chicago
have been working on charts to lay
out possIDie courses lor me airigiDIe
between here and England and from
here to the Azores.
The British flyers, facing the continued
delay because of low pressure
conditions over the Atlantic, are perfecting
their preparations. Harry G.
Hawker has tested the wireless equipment
to decide on the desirability of
installing a new high-powered transmitting
set.
PRESIDENT WILS<
AMERICANS 1
Asserts in Address in 1
States Are Actuate
manity and
PARIS, Saturday, May 10.?President
Wilson, in his address today to
the French Academy of Moral and
Political Sciences, entered a strong
disclaimer of the idea that the American
people were largely materialists
or dollar worshipers.
"I have had in recent months one
very deep sense of privilege," the
President said. "I have been keenly
aware that there have been times
when the peoples of Europe have not
understood the people of the United
States. We have been too often supposed
to have been devoted chiefly, if
not entirely, to material enterprises.
We have been supposed, in the common
phrase, to worship the almighty
dollar.
"We have accumulated wealth, sir;
we have devoted ourselves to material
enterprises with extraordinary
success, but tnere has underlain alii
of that, all the time, a common- sensej
of humanity and a common sympathy
with the high principles of Justice
which has never grown dim in the
field, even of enterprise, and it has
been my very great joy in these recent
months to interpret the people
of the United States to the people of j
the world.
"I have not done more, sir. I have
not uttered in my public capacity my
own private thoughts. I have uttered
what I have known to be the
thoughts of the great people whom
I represent. I have uttered the things
that have been stored up in their
hearts and purpose from the time of
our birth as a nation."
People Consecrated to Liberty.
It was at this point that the President
made his declaration that the
American people who came into the
world consecrated to liberty were
ready to cast in their lot in common
! with the lot of those whose liberty is
threatened whenever the cause of liberty
was seen to be imperiled.
"This is the spirit of the people of
the United States," he continued, "and
they have been privileged to send
2,000,000 men over here to tell you so..
It has been the great privilege not
merely to tell you so in words, but to
tell you so in men and material?the
pouring out of their wealth and the
offering of their blood."
President Wilson alluded to his
studies in the field of political science
and of the attempts he had made
WEATHER MAN WARNS
TO KEEP ON "HEAVIES"
"Cloudy and Cool" Is the D. C.
!
Forecast for Tonight and
Tomorrow.
The weather man warns Washingtonians
to keep on their "heavies."
The best he has to offer for tonight
and tomorrow is weather
which is to be partly cloudy and
cool. To allay the fears of the pub- |
lie here that it is missing something
in the line of good weather the bureau
stated this morning that the
temperature remains below the season's
average in practically all parts
of the country and that a storm of
considerable intensity had settled
near Cape Cod. All territory east and
urcut rtf tVlA TVfiSsiSRinni boa Kaon bit
by unusual weather for this season
of the year.
When the sun came out yesterday
afternoon there was a rise in the
temperature of seven degrees over
that of Saturday. The temperature
than was 70 degrees. Overnight it
took a tumble and many Washingi
tonians awoke shivering. A drop to
! 55 degrees was noted at noon today.
Continued sun and the circus
indicate that Washington will be
given some chance to forget the unseasonable
weather.
FRENCH RESENT HUN REPORT
PARIS. May 11.?An official note issued
today says that a German correspondent
sent to the Neues Wiener
Tagblatt a dispatch that the hotel at
Versailles, where the German delegates
are housed, is full of spies acting
as hotel attendants, and that microphones
have been installed in all
the rooms.
The note brands the report as an
odious and caluminous invention and
says if it is repeated the French gov- I
ernment may find it necessary to expel
| the German correspondents.
DN DENIES
WORSHIP MONEY
*aris People of United.
d by Common HuSympatby.
i "to put Into the words of learning the
thought of a nation, the attitude of a
people toward public affairs." He
continued:
"A great many of my colleagues
in American university life got their
training, even in political science, as
so many men in civil circles did. in
German universities. I have been
obliged at various times to read a
great deal of bad German, difficult
German, awkward German, and I
have been aware that the thought
was as awkward as the phrase; that
the thought was rooted in a fundamental
misconception of the state of
the political life of peoples. And It
has been a portion of my effort to
disengage the thought of American
university teachers from the misguided
instruction which they had
received on this side of the sea. Their
American spirit anticipates most of
them, as a matter of course, but the
<H,4Jiethaiight sometimes misled
tnern. They speak too often of
the state as a thing which would
ignore the individual, as a thing
which was privileged to dominate the
fortune of men by a sort of inherent
and sacred authority.
Not Able to Accept View.
"Now as a democrat I have never
been able to accept that view of the
state. My view of the state is that
it must stop and listen to what I
have to say, no matter how humble I
am. and that each man has the right
to have his voice heard and his counsel
heeded, in so far as it is worthy
of him. .
"I have alwayB been among those
who believe that the greatest freedom
of speech was the greatest safety,Vbecause
if a man is a fool the
best thing to do is to encourage him
to advertise the fact by speaking. It
cannot be so easily discovered if you
allow him to remain silent and look
wise, but if you 'let him speak the
secret is out and the world knows
that he is a fool.
"So it is by the exposure of folly
that it is defeated: not by the seclusion
of folly, and in this free air
of free speech men get into that sort
of communication with one another
which constitutes the basis of all
achievement. France, through many
vicissitudes and through many bitter
experiences, found the way to this
sort of freedom and now she stands
at the front of the world as the
representative of constitutional liberty."
MR. MLDER MAY HEAD
SMB. C. COMMITTEE
Chairmanship Likely to Fall to
Member Now Fifth
in Line.
The chairmanship of the Senate District
committee is still unsettled, according
to reports today. It appeared,
however, that Senator William M.
Calder of New York may be called
upon to fill this position.
Senator Calder is the fifth man on
the ltst of republican senators who
are members of the District committee.
The ranking republican upon the
committee Is Senator Dillingham. He
will become chairman of the committee
on privileges and election. Senator
Jones of Washington is the second
man and he will become chairman
of the committee on commerce. Next
to him is Senator Kenyon of Iowa, who
is slated to become chairman of the
committee on the Philippine Islands.
Senator Sherman of Illinois is fourth
on the list.
It has hecomfc known, however, that
Senator Sherman is averse to accepting
the chairmanship of the District committee,
although he has made no statement
for publication in regard to the
matter. He has said, however, that
he will not be a candidate for re-election
to the Senate and his term expires in
two years.
Senator Calder is from Brooklyn. He
entered the Senate in March, 1917, and
was a member of the House for a num
tier or terms Deiore coming to the Senate.
Senator Calder has been prominently
known in business circles in his
own city and has conducted many large
building enterprises.
Liberian President Peace Envoy.
PARIS, May 11.?The Liberian legation
announces the election of C. D. B
King president of the republic, who is
now In Paris, as the first Liberian
peace delegate.
V
COUNCIL TAKES UP |:
LATEST HUN NOTES!
- -.11
Germans Want Commission 1
to Act in Repatriation
of Prisoners.
ASK LABOR CONFERENCE 1
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May li?The oounell
of four at It* meeting; today deeldetl
to refer the Herman note*
on labor and war prlaonera to expert*
for eonnideration. Instead of
nn*werlnir them at once, an It did
with the firnt two communication*
from the German delegation.
PARIS, May 12.?The council of four,
of the peace conference met this
morning; and took up consideration of
the replies to be made to the latest
German notes?those regarding labor
matters and prisoners of war.
A Havas dispatch says: The peace
conference leaders are reported by the
newspapers to have decided yesterday
upon the terms of the reply to h'e made
to the two notes sent to President
Clemenceau of the peace conference
on Saturday evening by Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau.
Count Rantzau Submits Notes.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. May 11.?Count von Broekdorff-Rantzau.
German foreign minis
ter and chler or the German pear-? j
delegation, in addressing a note to
Premier Clemenceau relative to tliej
repatriation of prisoners asks that the I
details of the transfer be intrusted to j
commissions.
The German foreign minister states
that the German peace delegation has
"noted with satisfaction" that the
draft of the treaty recognizes in prin-|
ciple the repatriation of German war
and civilian prisoners with great expedition
and says that special commissions
might carry on direct oral
discussions, which would Include all
belligerent states, it being pointed
out that even during hostilities this ]
has proved a most effective way ofi
solving difficulties.
Wants Early Action Taken.
The note then refers to a number of
minor points and proposes that deliberations
by commiBisons should be
begun speedily to clear up prelimi- ,
naries in readiness for the time when
shipping and similar difficulties may
be solved and the removal of the
prisoners may be possible.
In a note dealing with labor questions
Count von Rrockdorff-Rantzau
says that the German government j
agrees with the allied and associated
governments that the greatest atten- !
tion must be paid to these problems, j
"Internal peace and human progress t
depend on how these questions are j
bandied," the note says.
The note relating to prisoners crlti- |
cises the clause dealing with the return
of prisoners of war and asks that '
they be returned immediately after (
the signing of preliminaries and that
adequate supplies of food and clothing
be guaranteed them. It is considered
in peace conference circles that
the treaty as it stands provides amply
for this point.
? 11 ?1 U T. . 1 _ ? _ 1 ? i !
says ah onouia ue in xmloot jract.
Referring to the draft of an agreement
on international labor compiled
by the German government and proposed
by the German league of nations,
the note says: "In order, in the
interest of all of humanity, to put
these principles, and everywhere, into
practice the acceptance of the German
delegation's proposal is certainly
requisite. We consider it necessary
that all states should join in this
agreement, even if they do not belong
to the league of nations.
"In order to assure the workers for
whom these proposed improvements
are destined co-operation in shaping
these principles, the German delegation
considers if necessary to convoke
representatives of the national organizations
of the labor unions of all
| the contracting parties to a conferI
ence at Versailles, even during peace
: negotiations, to deliberate and make
j decisions on international labor law."
Submits Sealed Communications.
Additional comanunications from the
German peace mission were submitted
today in sealed envelopes through the
French ilaison officers to the French
foreign office. The foreign office alone
is cognizant of the nature of the
documents.
Advices from Versailles today stated
that the contemplated trip of Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau to Germany
was believed there to be imminent.
Already six members of the German
delegation have left for home. They
were the bearers, however, of reports,
etc., and the personnel of the party
was variously made up of technical
advisers and assistants to the chief
plenipotentiaries.
D.C. ARTILLERYMEN MAY
DC AU/AITIMP TO CAII
DL nvvnlllMu IU OftiL
I
Maj. Vogt Writes Wife Men Were
to Leave for Port of Embarkation
on Aj>ril 21.
That the 110th Field Artillery, includ- '
ing 100 Washington men started on April
21 from the interior of France for a port
of embarkation is indicated in a letter
received today by Mrs. Louis C. Vogt,
163 Adams street, wife of a major in the '
unit.
The letter was dated April 20, and in |
it the major stated that on the next j
j day the 110th would begin the trip to
| St. Nazaire, France, where they expected
; to embark for the United States. Official
word of their sailing has not yet
been received at the War Department,
however. The assumption here today i
was that the unit is at the port awaiting
its turn for shipping space on a transport.
Maj. Vogt, who has been detached
from command of the 2d Battalion of
the 110th, has no chance now of returning
with his men. In the letter
received today he tells Mrs. Vogt that
his assignment to conduct Polish 1
troops home from France to Lodz will I
last at least two months and possibly i,
three.
"In V? i ?3 1 ^ t t o ?- (41 a mo on iro ?k?t I '
ill lilt uiajui oaja uiai .
a dozen other officers of the 29th IMvi- !
sion, of which the 110th Field Artil- J
lery is part, have been detailed to J
conduct Polish soldiers through Germany,
but he does not say whether
any of the others are Washingtonians. )
The ladies' committee in charge of
arranging a welcome for the men of
the 110th renewed its appeal today i
for contributions, which should be ]
sent to Mrs. Ross Thompson, 2121 ]
Kalorama road. i
SEEK TO ADIUST
ITALIANjlMION
Col. House and Sonnino Confer?Fiume
Question Not
Yet Before Council.
i
IT AI Y cunufc mcnnuTciiT
link! UMU1VU UIOVUI1 I Lll I
fiv t It*' A^lltfd Press.
PARIS. May 12.?Baron Ponnino. ths
Italian foreign minister, he'd a conference
today with Col. E. M. Hoiim
of the American peace delegation.
The conferees went over the Italian
situation with a view to reaching a
basis of adjustment before the Austrian*
arrive.
The conference took place at a
luncheon at which Col. House was ths
Italian diplomat's guest.
No Action Regarding: Fiume.
PARIS, May 11 ?The council of four
of the peace conference has not yet
taken up the question of Kiuine for
settlement, according to the Havas
agency.
The council of foreign ministers ha*
nearly linished the work of delimitating
the Austro-Hungarian boundary,
it is added. The reports of the various
committees on this nroblem wee*
adopted in their entirety.
See Change by Italy.
Italy, according to the Echo de Paris,
seems inclined to cease pressing, for
the time at least, her claim to Fiume
and to demand fulfillment of tho
treaty of L#ondon. upon which her
Dalmatian claims were originally
based.
In several- of the newspapers tha
view is taken that it is in order for
France and Italy to conclude a formal
pact of friendship and alliance, while
in some quarters regret is expressed
that Italy was not invited to join tha
defensive alliance proposed for Franca,
the United States and Great Britain.
Says President Still Obdurate.
ROME, Sunday, May 11 (by the Associated
Press).?The discontent and
irritation of the people are again
growing because of news from Pari*
that Italy is not likely to get what
she claims on the eastern shore of tha
Adriatic. The Mossaggero says:
"President Wilson is obstinately obdurate
in his views regarding Flume,
showing that he has not changed his
mind."
Other reasons for disatisfaction ara
the Anglo-Franco American alliance,
from which Italy was excluded; tha
asserted project that the former Auatrian
merchant marine will be divided
among the allies, although it is held
it belongs entirely to Italian firms;
the clause in the treaty with Germany
saying the three principal powers
were sufficient to ratify the treaty,
thus, it is alleged, again excluding
Italy, and the reported scheme to
place Ethiopia under the protection of
France. All the newspapers of Rom*
publish adverse comments on theso
subjects.
AGE OISTS HIM HB JOB
White-Haired Messeneer. Who
* Helps to Support Grandcbil- .
dren, Victim of Rule.
There'll be a familiar face missing
next week from the crowds that hurry
along on the business streets of the
city every day.
It's not a face of prominence?Just a
plain, white-haired man in the uniform
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, one sleeve pinned empty to
his coat.
For more than a year this messenger.
H. C. Wolford, of Chevy Chase,
Md., has picked his way back and
forth through the downtown crowds
delivering his messages. This week he
is making his last trips, for the company
has notified him thai his services
will end on May 22.
The passersby who have seen him
as they hurried along the streets,
however, will not miss him in their
every-day rounds as much as the
three little children of a deceased son,
whom the old man says he helped support
in addition to himself.
"I feel as able to do my work now
as I ever did," said Wolford, as he
hurried along with his messages.
"And they say my work is satisfactory,
but they have orders not to
keep a man past seventy, and they
have to let me go."
An official of the company said that
there was no new rule about the age
limit of messengers, but that seventy
is the age of compulsory retirement
under the pension and sick benefit
plan of the company.
He explained that the company find*
it necessary to reduce the big messenger
force it had to maintain III
Washington during the war rush, and
that if there was a messenger on tho
force past seventy during the war
period it was an unfortunate error in
judgment in employing him.
Wolford was not with the company
long enough to benefit under the pension
system.
nm rvwa nvrir m ITT a w a tvtt a av/xti
Slur It U iYLfilN IAN AiJVAAUL.
Allied Powers' Order, and Reported
Repulse Protect Budapest.
GENEVA, Saturday, May 10 tby the
Associated Press).?The Rumanian
advance' toward Budapest has been
halted by orders from representativen
of the allied and associated powers,
according to the Rumanian bureau
at Bern. The bureau sent the following
message to the Associated
Press here: "The American and English
governments, through their representative
missions in Vienna, have
stopped the advance of the Rumanian
armies upon Budapest. The reasons
are unknown, but probably are political."
LONDON, Saturday, May in.?The
Hungarian war office reports a repulse
of the Rumanians near Szolnok,
on the Theiss river, says a Vienna
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company. A Rumanian retreat is declared
to have been compelled.
Clifford B. McCoy Dies.
COSHOCTON, Ohio, May 12.?Clifford
B. McCoy, president of the Ohio Manu.
facturers' Association, vice president
>f the National Association of ManuIsntiieflro
o nil nr/int i (inn f monv VOQ ra
n national and state republican polltics,
has died at his home here folowing
an operation for appendicitis.
He was fifty-two years old.
3-Honr Day on Italian Railway*
ROME. May 12, (Havas).?By a
ministerial decree, workers on tha
Italian railways are granted an eightItour
day with one day off duty
tveekly.