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WEATHER.
Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow
fair; little change In temperature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended 2 p.m. today: Highest. 82. at 1
p.m. today: lowest. 71, at 2 p.m. today.
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WASHINGTON, 1). C., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1919-THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
SIGNING OF PACT
AT VERSAILLES,
TOMORROW, 3 P.M.
* '
President Plans to Sail for
United States on Sunday
at Noon.
SAYS THE FAREWELLS
TO AMERICAN WRITERS
Irish Question Is Left in Clemen
ceau's Hands by Con
ference.
JIt the A?*rciated FiW.
PARIS, June 27.?Plans were
tnmpleted by the council of four
today for the signing of the
]>oace treaty at 3 o'clock Satur
day afternoon. Xo official state
ment. however, was issued by
the council.
President Wilson received
American newspaper corre
spondents at the Hotel de
I Villon at 2 o'clock this after
jroon. and said his good-byes to
them.
President to Sail Sunday.
Tf the signing occurs as contem
plated President Wilson plans to leave
J\>r Brest immediately afterward, sail
ing for the I'nited States at noon
Sunday.
i ?n the advice of the council of four
the <'htpe.se delegates have agreed to
sign the tienty unreservedly, with the
understanding that a protocol later
?will he added to thf treaty stating
that they signed with the understand- i
ing that Japan would return the I
Shantung concessions to China with- |
in a stipulated time.
Hun Delegates on Way.
PARIS. June 26.?Dr. Herman iluel- j
ler, German foreign minister, and Dr. >
Hell, minister of colonies, who have j
1 l?een selected to sign the peace treaty,
* v. ill arrive at Versailles Saturday i
morning, the Havas agency learns. |
Dr. Mueller and Dr. Bell are leaving
Berlin tonight by the ordinary train.
It was announced semi-officially to
day that the Cerman peace plenipo
tentiaries would arrive in Paris at D
o'clock tonight.
Pass Through Cologne
COBLEXZ, June 27.?Foreign Secre
tary Mueller and Colonial Secretary'
Beil. the two Herman peace delegates, on
their way to Versailles, passed through
t'oii.gne at 9:45 o'clock this morning, a
telephone message from Cologne re
ported.
A Berlin dispatch to the Coblenx
rewspapers says that the German dele- I
gates understand that they are to sign
the treaty at 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon.
According to advices received by
the American authorities here Min
isters Mueller and Bell left Berlin in
the greatest secrecy on a special train,
fearing an attempt on their lives.
Irish in Clemenceau's Hands.
PARIS. June 27?The delegation here !
representing Irish societies in the I'nited
States has been notified t.iat the Irish
?luestion so far as the peace conference i
1* concerned has been left in the hands
of Premier Clemenceau, the president
?>f the conferenc.
Frank P. Walsh and Ed ward F.
1'unne. the delegates remaining here.
Will sail for the I'nited States Saturday.
PARIS. June 26.?-Disappointment
?>ver what is termed the apparent
veakness of the"l5Tesent German gov
ernment is not concealed in peace
conference circles and the feeling has
Ven expressed that the signing of
this peace treaty may mean little
more than the signing by the bol
?heviki at Brest Litovsk did.
The defiant tone of the German note,
v hich grudgingly agreed to sign the
treaty without reservation^, created
an unfavorable impression on mem- :
fcers of the various delegations, ac- i
cording to statements made today,
mid this seemingly has been intensi- ;
fied by the delay of the Germans in
| arranging for the carrying out of
their promises.
The peace treaty contains no provi- !
sion as to when they must ratify. ,
Consequently delay in ratification
may cause the peace conference ad- 1
?litional annoyance, although it is j
generally agreed by the delegates
that enforcement of the reparations
< iause need not be delayed until there '
is ratification by the Germans.
The insistence of the German gov
ernment in its replies to the peace '
conference that it cannot check out- j
l.reaks due to dissatisfaction with the '
terms of the treaty has made a bad
impression upon delegates here, who
generally rega-d it as an attempt to
shield possible tifllitary movements.
Soviets' Headquarters Bombarded
From Vessel?Many Per
sons Wounded.
Jl.v th* Pr****.
BKKN. June 27.?A tounter revolu
tionary movement in Hungary, during
?which :? monitor on the Danube was
by the ant j-government forces,
j v.- ] >r down according to ad
vices to the Vimna < "orrenpondence
jHureau from Budapest
The messages indicate that the
lounter revolutionary movement de
veloped Tuesday. The officers who
took possession of the monitor used
the vessel s nuns for bombarding the
soviet headquarters, while numbers
??f their supporters on the bank* of
the river, it is declared, cheered for
the cause of royalty. There was con
toderable rifle and revolver filing, dur
ing which numerous persons were
?wounded A Budapest dispatch to the
"bureau filed on Thursday stated that
the movement had been quelled arid
?.rder restored. In referring to the
? -utbreak Bela Kuii. the soviet foreinn
minister, is quoted as recommending
Jarsher measures to the central execu
tive committee. ,
"The present weakness of the dicta
torship is responsible for these troub
les. " he declared. "The bourgeosi>
jnust he crushed without mercy. To
Vroclaim kindness and leniency would
Ve 1 o shake the confidence of the pro
letariat. We do not want equality.
1-tjt th* dictatorship of the proleta
} int.
EX-CROWN PRINCE IS STILL
RESTING IN HOLLAND REFUGE
Officially Announced From The Hague That
He Has Not Fled?Ex-Kaiser Is Reported
Ready to Flee to Germany.
By the Associated Pros*.
THE HAGUE, June 27.?Frederick
William Hohenzollern, the former Ger
man crown prince, whose escape from
Holland to Germany had been reported,
was still at his residence on the island
of Wieringren, in the Zuyder Zee, this
morning, it was officially announced
here this afternoon.
The fact that the former crown
prince was still at Wierirfgen was dis
closed by an official investigation
made by the Dutch minister of the
interior.
PARIS. June 27.?The German
crown prince has not been absent
from his home on the Island of Wier
ingen for some time, a Havas dispatch
from The Hague says.
Thursday's report of the escape of
the former crown prince from bis
internment in Holland, it appears
from the available advices, came
from British officials sources in Paris. !
The accuracy of the news apparently J
was accepted without question in
peace conference circles.
As the hours passed without details
of the reported happening, doubts be
gan to arise whether the British ad
vices wore correct. It was even sug
gested by one of the Paris newspa
pers that the ex-crown prince had
been out on a lark within the Dutch
territorial limits and that this had
given rise to reports that he had fled
into Germany.
Until fuller cable advices are re
ceived, however, the circumstances
surrounding the origin of the report
can only be a matter of speculation
here.
Paris Doubted Flight.
PARIS. June 27.?As the hours have
passed without further details of the
escape from Holland of Frederick Wil
liam Hohenzollern. some doubt has been
created in peace conference circles as to
the accuracy of the advices. The Paris
newspapers today in some cases reflect j
this attitude, the Figaro remarking that I
the aff&ir may turn out to have been I
a simple lark by the ex-cxown prince in
Dutch territory.
It Is pointed out also that he had no
particular reason to flee Dutch soil, the
peace treaty not providing for his ex
tradition, and that on the other hand by j
entering Germany he might be listed
with the personalities whose delivery the
entente will ask.
Nevertheless, the council of four, the
newspapers state, has decided to call
the attention of the Dutch government
to the grave consequences which might
follow the former crown prince's escape,
should it be confirmed that he had fled,
and to ask that the watch over the
RETURN OF PRESIDENT !
WILL AVOID PAY DELAY
%
Little Inconvenience Expected Be
cause Appropriation Bill Is Not
Effective July 1.
Treasury officials said today that
since President Wilson was expected
to return from Paris before the first
government pay day of the new fis
cal year, July 15, little inconvenience
would ensue by reason of the fact ]
that the new annual appropriation
bills could not become effective July 1.
The railroad bill was sent to Paris
about five days ago. but cannot be
returned in time for the appropria
tion to become available Tuesday.
The emergency in this case will be
met by the use of working capital,
which, it was said today, would re
duce the railroad administration's bal
ance to an uncomfortably'" small
amount, but which was not regarded
as dangerous, since ample funds would
come to hand in a few davs.
Cabled Approval Not Enough.
Controller Warwick of the Treasury
has held that cabled approval by the
President of an appropriation bill is not
sufficient warrant for the payment of
funds by the Treasury- Money appro
priated by Congress does not become
available until the Treasury receives
from the State Department a certified
copy of the law, which cannot be given
until the original signed bill is dejios*
ited in the State Department archives.
Almost the orrly known exception I
to this rule occurred some weeks ago 1
when the war risk bureau distributed
checks to dependents of men in the
military services on cabled word from
President Wilson that he would ap
prove the appropriation bill, which
had not yet reached him. The dis
tress which would have resulted from
failure to mail the checks promptly
was deemed sufficient reason for this
exception.
BIG FOUR GRANTS POLAND
ARMY FOR GALICIA
PARIS, June 26 (by the Associated
Press).?The council of four has
granted Poland permission to use
Gen. Haller's army or any of its other
troops in restoring quiet to eastern
tialicia and driving outlaws from the
country.
This is regarded as a great victory
for Ignace Jan Paderewski. the Polish
premier, who appeared before the
council in company with Hugh Gib
son. American minister to Poland, and
exhibited many photographs showing
the brutal manner in which the out
laws tortured their victims before
killing them.
, The armistice between Poland and
! Ukraine ended June 21 .when officers
representing Simon Petlura. the
I Ukrainian peasant leader, advised
| Polish generals that Petlura had not
authorized the negotiations which re
; suited in the armistice,
j
LIEUT. COL. HALL KILLED.
Artillery Officer, Back From
France, Victim of Auto Accident.
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.?Lieut.
! Col. John Handy Hall was killed in
: an automobile accident erHy today
| near Devon, I'a. He was second in
command of the lOSth Field Artil
i lery. which recently returned from
! service abroad; an assistant United
States district attorney in this city
; and was forty-six years old.
The driver, blinded by the head
lights of an approaching car. ran his
machine into a ditch. Co!. Hal! was
a native of Lynchburg. Va.
i former Emperor William be increased in
vigilance.
Ex-Kaiser's Plans.
BERLIN, June 26.?Former Emperor
William is planning to return speed
ily to Germany before the entente
can demand his surrender from Hol
land. according; to a Stuttgart dispatch
to the Neue Berliner Zeitung.
The dispatch states that the Dutch
government "thoroughly approves of
his return, as the former emperor is an
unwelcome guest and his presence in
Holland is increasing the problem be
fore that country."
I .
"Ad** Campaign for Wilhelm.
The following advertisement is ap
pearing in newspapers in various
parts of unoccupied Germany, being a
part of the campaign that is said to be
going on throughout the country un
der the auspices of the officers al
lia n ee:
"We have telegraphed the Holland
government as follows:
*' 'The German Officers' Alliance,
filled with gratitude for the hospital
ity afforded the German kaiser by
Holland, in the name of millions of
Germans, request the government of
the Netherlands to refuse to deliver
the kaiser to the entente. We can not
now defend our former war lord with
our bodies, but we expect the magna
nimity of the Dutch to spare us this
final and most humiliating disgrace.' "
The advertisement is signed "The
German Officers' Alliance." No papers
appearing in the American occupied
area have been permitted to print the
advertisement, which is addressed "To
All Germans."
Predicts Another War.
LONDON, June ?"After peace is
signed I will return to Germany to
live on my estates in Silesia and per
form my duties as a land owner." said
the former German crown prince in
an interview last week at Wieringen.
according to a Brussels dispatch to
the Daily Mirror.
The prince is also quoted as declar
ing that "East Prussia and Silesia
^ill never consent to be governed T5y
Poland. There will be another war in
ten years."
Ex-Prince's Picture "Immoral."
BERLIN, June 26.?After a discus
sion at Nuremberg about the removal
of the pictures of the former em
peror and crown prince from the
schools, it has been decided that the
pictures can remain, with the excep
tion of one of the crown prince, which
is "too immoral" for children to see,
according to the Neue Berliner Zei
tung.
SAMOA* HALF DAY
FOR CLERKS AS USUAL
Government Officials Discredit
Current Rumors of Three-Day
Holiday Period.
The second Saturday half holiday
will occur in the government service
here tomorrow, according to officials,
despite attempt on the part of some
clerks to "stampede" a whole working
day tomorrow in order to get a whole
day's holiday July 5.
Rumors flew in all directions in the
federal departments today to the ef
fect that there was to be no half holi
day tomorrow, thus providing for a
whole day ofT July 5, following the
legal holiday July 4. This arrange
ment would make a three-day vaca
tion for the clerks, counting Sunday,
July 6.
Discredited by Officials.
Officials today declared that they
knew absolutely nothing concerning
such a nice plan for the clerks, and
voiced the opinion that the rumors
were spread by those who were hop
ing that such a plan would be put
into effect.
Such a scheme of three days in a
row, it was pointed out by a chief
clerk of one -of the largest depart
ments. would cause an accumulation
of three days' mail and throw the
work of the department back consid
erably.
Rumors declared that employes of
the navy yard and perhaps of somn'
divisions in the war risk insurance
bureau would be allowed to work all
day tomorrow, and then be given a
whole holiday July 5. Officials of these
places declared that they had not
heard of any such scheme.
City P. 0. Force May Be Favored
The city post office does not get any
half hoiidays at all, it was pointed
out today. It is probable that there
will be a full holiday granted to the
entire force Jul> 4. although this has
riot been definitely settled by officials.
I lf a- full holiday is granted there will
| be no delivery service that day.
The Public Library announced to
day that it will be closed all day July
j 4 and 6.
| WOULD NOT OBEY TEEATY.
| Hun General, Who Defies Govern
| ment, Dismissed From Command.
BERLIN, June 27 (by the Associat
ed Press).?Gen. Hoffman, who was a
prime mover in the negotiations lead
ing up to the Brest-Li to vsk treaty
i with Kussia. has been dismissed from
his command, in the eastern district,
? having declared he would defend that
I distric t to the last man in defiance of
j the government's orders and never
? recognize the peace treaty.
; Health of Austria's Ex-Ruler Bad.
GENEVA. June 27 (by the Associat
ed Press).?It is reported from Pran
gins. where former Emperor Charles
I of Austria is staying, that the health
| of the ex-ruler is causing anxiety. He
! has not left the house for a week and
I is being attended by a Swiss doctor,
j Former Empress Zita is acting as
j nurse for her husband.
Czech-Hungarian Fighting Stops.
PRAGUE, June 26 (Havas).?Fight
ing between the Czechoslovaks and
Hungar'ans on the front in Slovakia
stopped Tuesday night as a result of
the ultimatum sent Commissary
Boehm, the Hungarian communist
commander, by Gen. Pelle. the French
commander of the Czechoslovaks. The
Hungarians, however, have' not yet
evacuated the Czech territory they
occupicd.
FOOD VITIATING
CAUSE OF 'BLOOD!
Outbreaks Follow Despera
tion of Starving, in
Control Declare.
RIOTERS TAKE MUNITIONS
AND SWEEP OVER CITY
London Hears 185 Are Slain.
American Relief Men Are
Unalarmed.
By tin* Associated I'r#ss.
BERLIN. June 26 (by the Associat -
ed Press >.??The German government
troops ordered to Hamburg to sup
press disorders there reached the
suburbs of the city this morning. The
troops ordered the immediate cessa
tion of hostilities, the release of all
prisoners held by the communists in
the city hall and the delivery of wea
pons.
All criminals released during recent i
turbulent events were ordered returned ,
to jail.
The casualties in the rioting are esti- i
mated to have been twenty killed and
150 to 200 wounded.
On the surface the situation is quieter !
today. The banks are open, the official j
offices are doing business and the city
transportation systems are operating.
The authorities, however, have not
re-established their control. There is
no disciplined organization to take
charge of food ships in the harbor or to
police the city. The Spartacan com
munists still are in power, although the
approach of the government troops, it j
is expected, will result in the restora- |
tion of order and quiet within forty- |
eight hours.
Government authorities express them
selves as certain that the Hamburg dis- |
crders were inspired.
They were said to be the beginning of (
generally chaotic conditions planned by ;
the Spartacans, and expected by them j
to extend throughout the country. The j
authorities said the Hamburg working
people allowed themselves to be misled j
into starting this movement, and were
persuaded to riot ostensibly to get Viet- |
ter food, but actually to further Sparta
can political purposes. The authorities
here said they expected the Spartacan
element would attempt an uprising here
tomorrow.
HAMBURG. June The commis
sion of twelve now in Control of the
city has issued a statement regarding
disorders there, which reads:
"Again blood has flowed in Ham
burg- Gut of a spontaneous disgust at
shameful adulteration of foodstuffs
there has grown a stormy movement
of protest, which the Hamburg gov
ernment thought to choke in blood. It
was voluntters frdm Ahrenfeld, a sub
urb of Hamburg, who, in conjunction
with Hamburg police, brought about
the bath of blood.
Spontaneous Tumults.
"Throughout all Germany in the
last few days there have been spon
taneous tumults that have not been
political in character, but have been
born of desperation on the part of
starving people forced to pay money
for the spoiled, uneatable, horrible
foodstuffs sold to poison those who
retained their health to a certain ex
tent during the fearful world's mur
der.
"The occurrences at Hamburg, I.u
beck and other cities were only pos
sible because private capitalistic
profiteers had been able to exercise
control over the working people.
Urged to Remain Cool.
"Meanwhile there has been setting I
in a reaction that will operate spon- i
taneouslv for the benefit of working- i
men. We urge you to remain cool. 1
and to undertake nothing that might j
cause difficulty among Hamburg in-;
dustries. and thus immediately es- j
tablish riome basis for action.
"Out of Hamburg with the troops! j
pown with senators who shoot work- j
ingmen!"
;
May Become Second Munich.
Hamburg threatens to become a sec
ond Munich, with even greater blood-!
shed. The city is completely in the j
power of the communists and Sparta- :
cans, who are utilizing food riots as
an excuse for their attempts to gain (
control. In the rioting yesterday they I
I stormed the city hall and overcame;
the government troops, capturing;
quantities of ammunition, rifles and'
machine guns. They then swept over |
the entire city, plundering, killing and,
destroying.
Many of Hamburg's fine buildings
were badly damaged. The rioters held
the railway stat'on for a time, but i
\ it was recaptured by the civic guard. '
The police were utterly helpless, and
government troops are under way to ;
restore order.
Spartacans Plan Soviet.
Jails have been stormed and
i criminals released. The Spartacans j
j are conferring, with the idea of es
! tablishing a soviet system.
In addition to the buildings dam- I
aged, the streets are littered with all
kinds of debris and clothing torn
from citizens as they fled. Blood is
noticeable in many places, indicating
] casualties. The number of dead is
i unknown, rumors varying between
I one dozen and sixty. The Spartacans
! tried unsuccessfully to burn the pub
lic buildings and with particular
; vandalism burned all the automobiles
i they captured.
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Urges $10,000 for Potomac
River Survey?Cites Star
Articles. I
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Recommendation for the appropria- I
tion of $10,000 for a comprehensive
aurvey of the upper Potomac river
with reference to the water supply o
Washington and a P?ssib,1?P?^5r $ar
t ion is made by Secretary of war
Baker in p. letter addressed to Sen*tor
Sherman. of the Senate commlttee on
the D'strict of Columbia, and cnair
man Carl E Mapes of the House com
mittee on the District of Columbia,
" The "secretin1 incloses a memoran
dum from Maj. Gen. W M^Black. chjef
of Army engineers, which says, in Part.
?I also inclose herewith c?Py
article which appeared in the ?una?y
?[ar of Ju? lSth whlch expresses ray
views accurately on the water supply
situation of Washington; also an ^
torial comment which l? very fair on
this subject."
Maj. Gen. Black Comments.
Commenting on the water supply.
Mai Gen. Black adds:
??The thing of the utmost impor
tant in connection with the water
supply of Washington is a <JuP'ic^
tion of the existing suppll line, so as
to safeguard Washington against a
Shortage of water due- to the failure
.jjupr nf the two conduits, wnit"
form the rffngle line from the supply
to the distributing rea?'"vo,r- .?t
"While I do not consider the exist
ing conduit in a dangerous condition.
condition is such as to cause me
very great uneasiness. The emerg
ency measures which have been pro
Dosed would place an extra burden on
fhe conduit and filter plant and do
not reach the root of the troubU.
Also, In seeking to increase *be w*ter
supnlv the source from which such
increase is obtained should be as free
as possible from contamination,
either present or future. The Po
tomac below Great Falls receives the
drainage from a section of increasing
population and cannot escape con
tamination."
Mr. Baker's letter.
In his letter to the chairman of the
two District committees in Congress
Secretary Baker says:
? The War Department has from
time to time caused surveys to be
rrade of the navigation and water
power possibilities of the Potomac
river and its tributaries above the
city of Washington, particularly with
reference to the suggestions which
have been made as to the "pessary
increase in the water supply of the
Sty of Washington and the power
possibilities which ,might b? devel
oped in and about the Great falls
"These surveys have never been com
prehensive, and have led to no
determination of a project wlj'
mieht be recommended to the ( on
gress and vet with this great river as
a storehouse of energy the possibility
of economic power development for
public and industrial uses in the dis
trict of which Washington is the cen
ter Is obvious. The chief of engineers
tells me that the sum of $10,000. if
appropriated for the purpose, would
nermit a thorough survey to be made,
including the storage possibilities in I
the upper waters of the Potomac and ,
'1 "I*'believe 6 that the public !
can be served by such a survey and |
I respectfully recommend that the ,
nrovfsion, which I herewith inclose. |
be incorporated in theJ?,ls,^'c|n0gome j
lumbia appropriation bill or in ?ome|
deficiency measure, so that the wor* i
can be immediately undertaken and
the results laid before Congress for
its consideration at an early day.
Beviews Past Investigation.
In his memorandum to the Secretary
Mai Gen. Black reviews the use of the
upper Potomac for power and naviga
tion purposes. He also quotes from
the general water power bill, now be
fore^ committees in the Senate and
House, which would create a federal ,
power commission, of which the ^e<j
retary of War would be a member. If
this bill is passed such a commission
would make the proposed survey of
The source of the city's water supply
and proper methods for its lmprove
mThe draft of the Proposed legisla
tion. submitted to the committees by
Secretary Baker, follows:
"That the Secretary of War is here
by authorized and directed through
the Corps of Engineers, United states
Army, to make an investigation and
survey of the navigation and water
po"er possibilities of the Potpmac
river and its tributaries above the
citv of Washington, induding also
the question of increasing the water
supply of the District of Columbia,
?ind to prepare and to submit to Vi?n
gress projects covering these matters
either in combination or separately a
may be deemed most advantageous to
public interests. There is hereby ap
propriated. out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated
the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof
as may be required, for any and all
expenses connected with said inves
tigation and survey and the prepara
tion of said projects."
No One in Washington Who
Knows Mr. Wilson's
Intention.
Despite^ multitude of rumors and
reports as to what President Wilson
intends to do on annulling war-time
prohibition so far as it affects wines
and beer after July 1, apparently there
is no one in Washington who knows
the President's mind, and there is no
agreement among administration offi
cials as to the liklihood of his action.
Those who hold that the President
will take no action declare he is
without power to do so until the final
termination of the state of war. They
aay his recommendation to the extraor
dinary session of Congress for re
peal of the prohibition statute in part
was based on-an opinion from the At
torney General's office that Congress,
by the phraseology of the legislation,
had shorn him of the power to take
action at this time.
Hold Congress Must Act.
Prohibition is made effective by the
law "until the termination of the war
and thereafter until the President
shall have declared demobilization
completed." and, therefore, the ad
ministration's legal advisers hold that
prohibition cannot be annulled with
out congressional action until the
treaty of peace has been ratified.
Some officials and members of Con
gress contend, however, that by "ter
mination of the war" Congress meant
the ending of actual hostilities and
that the President has full power to
end war-time prohibition after July 1
by declaring demobilization com
pleted.
Flan to Enforce Law.
Although enforcement legislation
cannot be passed by Congress and
approved by the President before
wartime prohibition becomes effective,
the Department of Justice will under
take to enforce the prohibition law.
Unofficial reports have reached the
department that in a number of cities
in the east the brewing and sale of
beer containing 2% per cent alcohol
will be continued by some brewers
and dealers, on the ground that such
beer is not intoxicating. These at
tempts will be watched closely by the
department, but it was said today no
wholesale indictments were to be ex
pected until test cases now in the
courts have been decided.
BUILDING ZONES AND HEIGHT
Half of Bill Agreed to by D. C.
Heads and Committee.
Chairman Commissioner Brownlow
and Engineer Commissioner Kutz at a
hearing before the House District
committee today went over with the
committee section by section of the
bill to fix building zones and to regu
late the height of structures in the
National Capital. Practically half of
the bill was gone over today, with a
complete agreement between the Dis
trict Commissioners and the House
committe. It is expected that the
hearing will be finished tomorrow.
The proposed measure is patterned
after the laws in New York and St.
Louis, which have been tested out in
the courts.
TO REGULATE D. C. INSURANCE
Chairman Mapes of the House ipistrict
committee today introduced an insurance
bill identical with the one which has
been laid before the Senate by Senator
Sherman.
This proposes to regulate the insur
ance business in the District. It is a
model Vill drafted and urged by tho
American Bar Association, which has
been working upon it for several years.
Service for Labor Bureau Indorsed
The principle of the Kenyon bill for
a federal employment service in the
Department of Labor was indorsed by
Benjamin C. Marsh, secretary of the
Farmers' National Council, at a hear
ing before a Joint session of the
Senate and House committees on
labor today. He said that his or
ganization believed in such a plan.
Game With Nationals Postponed.
PHILADELPHIA. June 27.?The
Philadelphia-Washington game today
was postponed; wet grounds.
300 Guests Flee Burning Hotel.
WILMINGTON, N. C.. June 27.?The
Seashore Hotel, one of the two big
hotels at> Wrightsville Beach, ten
miles east of Wilmington, was burned
to the ground at a late hour last
night. More than 300 guests escaped
unhurt with most of their belongings.
The loss is partially covered by in
surance. Fire fighting equipment was
sent from this city.
f
Contract for Sale Com
pleted; Title in Liti
gation.
\
Contract for the saip of the South-(
ern building for $1.805.000 has been
completed. Allan E. Walker being
the purchasing broker, although the
title to the building is engulfed in
litigation in the Equity Court before
Justice Hitz. It is expected that the
litigation will be transferred from
the land to the money received from
the sale, and the ratification of the
sale is expected on next Wednesday
at the Equity Court.
Receivers Questioned Title.
Last April receivers for the First
National Fire Insurance Company
filed a petition questioning title of
the Southern Realty Company to the
building and asking that the deed
be set aside. It is over this question
that the litigation is now pending.
The nale will give clear title to the
purchaser.
Involves Cash and Trusts.
Terms of the sale are $229,000 cash,
with an assumed trust of $900,000
and a second trust for $676,000, both
maturing in 1922.
The board of directors of the realty
company has accepted the contract.
A petition has been filed by that com
pany asking that the court ratify the
terms of sale.
The broker's commission ?wss J
per cent; 5 per cent per annum in
terest is<allowed on the assumed trust
and four per cent on the second trust.
The sEtle of the building will con
stitute one of the largest real estate
transfers in Washington during the
past year.
W.C.C.S.TOUSIHOOMS
Will Take Over Work of Housing
Bureau After July 1 at
1408 Pa. Avenue.
The room registration service of the
housing bureau, which found accom
modations for thousands of govern
ment workers during the war, will
not go out of existence July 1.
Through the efforts of the Civil
Service Commission the War Camp
Community Service today was in
duced to take over the service and
run it exactly as the government did
during the war.
I* H. Weir, head of the war camp
organization here, said the furniture
and records of the registration serv- ,
ice probably would be moved tomor- i
row from "the present office at 819
15th street to the headquarters of the j
war camp. 1408 Pennsylvania avenue.
The Civil Service Commission want- j
ed the registry continued for the
benefit of men and women who must
still be brought to Washington to
keep the personnel of the government j
departments up to necessary strength, j
The commission states that it is not |
so much expansion of the depart- j
ments that is requiring more people. ,
but a constant "turnover" or coming
and going of clerks. j
Persons who have rooms that they i
would rent to a government worker!
should list them at 1408 Pennsylvania
avenue after tomorrow.
REPORT SCHEIDEMANN
FEARS ASSASSINATION
?
GENEVA. June 26.?Philipp Scheide- j
mann, former German chancellor, ar- ;
rived in Switzerland last night, ac-1
cording to the National Zeitung of
Basle. The Swiss federal authorities
have granted him permission to re
main in the country for ten days on
account of his health, it is said.
Constance newspapers. however,
state that the former chancellor fled
from Germany because he feared as
sassination, crossing the frontier on
foot. It is reported that his request
to remain longer than the ten days is
under consideration by the federal
government.
To Repeal Newspaper Zone Postage ,
Repeal of the postal zone system j
for newspapers and periodicals is or
dered in a bill introduced by House
Leader Monden, who argues that news
belongs to the people of the country
and that they should be allowed
easiest and freest access of the news.
His measure would return second
class mail to the flat postal rate in
force before passage of the war rev
enue bill of 1917, which adopted the
zone system.
SPLITTING OF NAVY
101MIENCY
Sending of Big Fleet to Pa
cific Decided During
the War.
THE PRESIDENT APPROVES
BY OAVII) LAWRKXCK.
The United States government's de
cision lo maintain a powerful fleet of
warships in the Pacific ocean is due
to no recent developments or contin
gencies, but to a plan conceived long:
before the end of the Kuropean war
was in sight.
Because President Roosevelt's action
in sending the American fleet on a
naval parade arotind the world with
first stops in the Paeifle happened at
the time of a controversy with Japan
over California legislation, it was
openly interpreted as a friendlv warn
ing to the Japanese, but the separation
of a large part of the American Navy
at this time for duty in the Paeifle
has no bearing on the present rela
tions between Japan ami the Tinted
States, which happen to be at the
highest point of friendship they have
yet reached.
Indeed, because the feeling between
the governments of Japan and Un
united States is so cordial the Ameri
can fleet can be disposed of in the
I Pacific in accordance with plans mado
I years ago without being misconstrued
'or misunderstood.
I
Officials' Contentious.
For a long time naval authorities
who studied the problem of coast de
| fense have contended that the United
! States, by placing most of her fleet in
; the Atlantic, left, the Paeifle coast open
, to attack by the navies not merely of
| Asiatic, but Kuropean powers. Not
i until the European war came, how
j ever, and the expansion of the Navy
was an established fact was it possi
I ble to divide the American fleet and
j keep both the Atlantic and Paeifle
Roasts well protected.
The advantages, however, of main
i taining two fleets do not relate en
; tireJy to sudden emergencies in the
j Paeifle. By keeping two units in
' stead of one double the benefits in
training are secured. It is estimated
that two weeks would be required to
bring the two fleets together into a
single* fighting force.
Panama Canal's Change.
Those who remember the long jour
ney which the battleship Oregon
made around Cape Horn in the Span
ish-American war will appreciate
what a change the Panama canal
makes in the defense of the United
States a.nd its possessions.
Should the United States develop
unfriendly relations with a European
power, the Pacific fleet can be brought
into the Atlantic in iwo weeks' time,
and, of course, the Navy would have
taken advantage of pending negotia
tions in any international rispute to
mobilize the fleet in whatever ocean
it might seem that operations would
be necessary.
Similarly. In the event of military
operations in Mexico, the battle fleets
would be ready to cruise along the
eastern and western coasts of the
continent and render aid to the mili
tary forces, as well as prevent assist
ance by water from other powers.
President Approves.
From a theoretical point of view, the
placing of a large fleet in the Pacific
has been urged again anrl again. Imf It
\>3S only upon the increase of naval
armament during the war that Presi
dent Wilson gave Secretary I'aniels con
sent to go ahead Just as soon as the
European war ended.
Of course, there are those in the Na
tional Capital who insist on believing
the American government is again do
ing what the late President Roosevelt
did?making a'display of power in the
Pacific for the benefit of all concerned
But the hypothesis on which their theor>
is based is a state of unfriendly ra
tions with Japan. On the contrary, the
United States government, by agreeing
to the transfer of Jjermaii rights itt
Shantung to Japan, has taken a step
which has won favor in Japan.
The American peace mission has
I been severely crticised at home, and
particularly on the west coast, for
"bowing to Japan" In the matter of
! Shantung. The American peace del
egation's position is that Janan w ill
keep her word?that .she will return
1 the territory of Shantung to China ?i
the appointed time.
A Question of Faith.
11| ;
| It is again a question of faith in
Japanese promises, and the American
j government, in agreement witJi the
governments of Great Britain and
France, prefers to t>elieve in those
; promises until concrete evidence of
a broken pledge is offered.
In the meantime naval opinion
| which proceeds on the theory of being
l prepared for any emergency Irre
spective of the status of diplomatic
i relations, holds that the United
States can no longer ignore the Paeifle
! coast, but that she must hereafter
j consider the eastern and western
shores of the continent-*running down
to the end of South America as terri
tory under her vigilance and patrol.
One of the finest battleships in th*?
world will go into the Pacific flee*,
among them the Wyoming, New York.
Arkansas; Texas. Arizona. Idaho.
Mississippi. Virginia. New Jersey.
Rhode Island, Georgia, Nebraska and
Vermont. Besides this there will be a
large cruiser force and a torpedo boat
flotilla of 108, with fourteen subma
rines, two submarine tenders, twelve
mine sweepers and two mine layers,
supply ships, hospital ships, powerful
tugs and radio repair vessels.
Naval officers believe that when the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets are hroupht
together for maneuvers, having been
trained separately, the efficiency of the
American Navy will be materially in
creased. America is at last getting a
substantial line of defense on both sea
coasts.
(Copyright. 191ft. by X. Y. Evening Post. Inc. I
SCHEURMANN IS RELEASED.
French Hold It Inexpedient to
Hold German.
PARIS. June 26.?Herr Scheurmann.
correspondent of the" Deutsche Tages
Zeitung, who was arrested at Versailles
Wednesday evening, has been released
from custody. The case is explained in
the report made today to Premier
Clemenceau by M. Ignace. undersec
retary of justice, who says a warrant
was issued in the regular way by the
war council of the second region for
the arrest of Scheurmann on a charge
of larceny of property o-f a French
officer at Oharlfville. The arrest was
duly carried out, says the report, since
the correspondent, as a journalist
with the German delegation. In no
wise enjoyed diplomatic immunity.
The minister of foreign affairs, how -
ever, points out that it is inexpedient
to proceed with the charge, although
admitting there was a case against
Scheurmann. To avoid difficulties,
therefore, Scheurmann was discharged
and the department has reserved the
right to take judicial action lati