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FINAL I EDITION number 11*02. Washington, Tuesday evening. January ?. i#20. iom? m imfricwl price two cents. Soviet Ark May Have to Return With Its Cargo of Reds, Caminetti Admits Today 1* Destroy Unions. An tnduitrial Samurai. Nunc, Htm and Eggi. By AKTHm BBIBBAftB.' ? . (Cvrynakt. IMC) You know what anarchy ana Um Mt*d" procranunc generally wnM do to oapttal, if opportunity off arid. Y? know ulso by reewt revelations from tha Attorney General * office that one plan Of tko "red" gentlemen ?u "com Cate destruction of organised la- i Man who do not believe In prop erty or In government object to organised labor. They know that It wpr.jf enta a strong part of gov ?nuMnt, i nd a foundation upon which Intelligent capital can build ?securely. Borne that represent capital and tor years past have been trying to dee troy organised labor and break up tha union* may do a lit tle useful thinking, when they find that they have been co-operating with th? plan of professional an arch lata. Properly managed, honestfv con ducted, organisation* of capital or labor benefit the country. Instead of working as they have done to destroy labor uniona, it is surprising and fortunate that capital haa not sought to build up n great industrial ''8amural." While the Japaneee were atill Oriental savages, using hideous nuuks and torn-. ..d against their enemies, the noble Dalmio class, uoresponding to our plutocratic gentlemen, knew enough to keep between themselves and the peo ple a layer of defendera. Those were the Samurai, who led highly Ihonorable Uvea, wore two swords, and ware ready to cut off the head of any little fellow who failed to bang that head on the ground at the approach of Any Dalmio whose claas waa established by an annual income of "tep thousand koku of rice." The Trust makers' short cut to happlaeaa, and the best pos sible shock absorber upon which thair big fortune might ride, would be an American industrial Samu rai, made up of three or four mill ion organised workmen, paid five to ten dollars a day and up, not "two aword men" but "TWO FIST ?D" men ready to fight for a good job. fortunately for the people, for tunately also for union labor, which should work constantly to bring up the average, American plutocracy is leaa intelligent in 1*26 than was the Japanese no bility two hundred yeara ago. We know that electric lights in the ehlokaa ooop mean more eg*s In winter. Artificial light means a longer day, the hen eata more, has more vitality, lays more. This fict ia demonstrated, no specula tion about It The lateat thing attempted with hens ia music added to the electi'ic light in the coop. It is declared that a phonograph kept running in definitely ia a sure cure for i in lethargy, keeps the hens alert, ac tive Inside and out and adds to the egg production. PRESIDENT HAS POWER TO ISSUE LEAGUE CALL Would Act as an Individual, Net a U. 8. Official, Polk Declares. President WlUon ha* authority to call the first meeting of the League ?( Nation*. Irrespective of whether th? United State* ha* ratified the p**ce treaty. Under Secretary of State Polk stated today. He declared that he had been present at a meeting of the le^^;* In the peacc conference Hri been decided that the cov .(PH^^G^he league of Nations gave tthe President the nuthorlty to call the meeting a* an Individual and not a* an official of the United States. DATO DENIES CHARGES OF ADMIRAL DECKER MADRIP, Jan. Former Premier Dato today characterised a* absolute ly fanciful the statement of Rear Admiral Decker, of the United State* navy, that he had Insured Spanish neutrality In 1#18, and also had In duced Spain to take steps against the activity of German submarines. Rear Admiral Pecker, in explaining his refusal to aceept a naval decora lion, claimed that as naval attache in Madrid be hah been Instrumental In keeping Spain from entering the war as a German ally. ?' 1 ? I Keeping Up With The Time* A FACT A DAY All those who are de termined to make 1920 a bigger business year than 1919 stand op! A lot , of' them, aren't there? That's aot surprising news, for the volume of ad vertising printed in the Washington papers ?? The Times emphatically includ ed?in these first few days of the new year is far ahead of last year's figures. And that indicates and support* W.' and active Among Ringleaders in Propa ganda for 8prt|ding Unrest In Allied Countries. SEEK TO GRAB COMMERCE Teutons Hope Chaos Will Give Them Chanoe to Regain Trade Supremaoy. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. L If. S. Staff Correspondent Germans, if not Germany, are among the ringleaders of the "Red" movement In the United Statea and allied countries. Proof of this ia In the hands of Department of Justice officials here in France, during the July labor troubles, the charge was openly made that German money was to a : large extent responsible The idea, it { was said, was to bring about a revolu tion if possible and, falling that, to cripple Franpe industrially, so as to j allow Germany to get the lead in business following the war. Germans Are Lenders. The question In many mlnda here Is; Just how widespread are these i machinations and to what extent are German Influenzas encouraging revo- I lutions in allied lands with the same Idea in mind? The moving spirits in the Commun ist International held ia Moscow, Russia, last March, wcro a Prussian and a German. Lenin and Trotsky, many officials here are convinced, were merely their catspaw. Fritz Platten. nown as the supsr- i Bolshevik, and the same time one of General Lud< <)orff's most trusted agents, was the Jru*elan In the case. And a more U nceroua conspirator, Secret Service i >n declare, is not to be found anywutrs. The German was none other than Dr. Albert, the Kaiser's paymaster in the United States during the days when strikes, a^ more serious trou ble still, Were laid at the door of German "propagandists." Whllfe Dr. Albert's name doss not appear among the signers of the manifesto adopted by the Communist I International in Moscow and forward ed to all /allied countries and their ; colonies by tho Bolshevists, it Is known that he was present and fur thermore, that he brought with him from Germany the written tenets of the Spartaclsts of that country and secured their adoption as part of the Communist's manifesto. The name of Fritz Platten is little known to the world, yet officials hero insist he is the ablest Bolshevist of (Continued on rage 2, Column 3.) MAN, 80, SPURNS RESCUE TO DIE IN BURNING HOME Tired of Life, He Elects to Perish in I Dwelling Where He Spent His Life. v READING, Pa., Jaa. 6.?Deep at tachment to the house that had be*n his home for 'his long life of -llthty years and an unshakable belief that he had lived long enough, c^usod William Kennedy to refuse to be re moved from the dwelling when It caught Are this morning. He re-tilt ed all sfforts of h<s granddaughters, Edna and Anna Bell, aged nineteen and twenty-two. to osrry him out, and perished In tho flames. The flrs. It Is believed, stir'ed through an overheated stove, and was discovered by the two gir's after It had made considerable headway. Th^ house was somewhat Isolated, and <t was Imposslbls. at the rate the lira was spreading, to notify the neigh bors In time to savs It. The first object of tho girls was to remove their aged grandfather from his bed on the second floor of tho homo, from whloh he had not arisen for the day. Despite persist ent attempts to save him, ho strug gled to remain in the burning home until they had te flee for their liven when the smoke and flames reached the second story. SPANISH EMPLOYERS' CHIEF IS WOUNDED Group of Union Workmen Attempt to Asaassinatr President Ganpera. BARCELONA. Spain, Jan. 7.?Presi dent Ganpera, of the Kmployrrs' Federation, was seriously wounded here today when a group of union workmen attempted to assassinate him Throe other* were ?tr?rt by oullata. I CARGO OF REDS MAY RETURN The Soviet "Ark" Buford, carry In g 240 Kuiilan radicals to an I unnamed Kuropean port, may have to bring It* cargo of unde sirable* back to this country. It was stated at the Department of l^abor today. "When the Buford left we were not certain that It would ever be able to land," said (Solicitor J. W. Aberr rumble, legal adviser to the Bureau of Immigration. "Before any more are deported we will wait to hear of Its fate. Jt Is a possibility that the Buford may have 4o come back with iu pas senger*. "The Buford tvai an experiment We don't know what tha outcome will be." According to latest information, the Buford today was somewhere beyond the Azores, "destination unknown." it was rumored the Buford will attempt to land at Danalg. 1'oland, and send tha "reds" Into Russia from that port. But whether the Polish govern ment will consent to such an ar rangement Is not certain. The Poles might oppoae It. becauae there is still a radical element In Poland which would seise upon the situation to start demonstra tions. The same situation, <11 Is pointed out, exists In almost every country In which the Buford might I try to land Ita cargo of Bnlshevlki. Commissioner C'amtnetti an nounced that no deportations would be inado until It had been learned what success the Buford. the first "soviet ark," had met with. GOVERNMENTCLERK TAKEN IN RED DRIVE Justice Agents Hold Statis tician of Federal Trade Commission. CHICAGO. Jan. C? Rafael Mallon former minister of tlie gospel, and now in Government service as statis tician for the Federal Trade Commis sion. is today In custody of Depart ment of Justice agents in connection with tha?Jlrlve against the "Reds." Mallen was secretly taken 'tito custody at his home late last night. The Government's agents maintained the greatest secrecy concerning his arrest. Mallen recently returned fro*r. Mexico, where his father is said to be now serving the Carranzlsta rfov krnmrnt In a diplomatic capacity. The charges upon which his arnt*t was made were not made public. Senator James E. Watson of In diana charged In a speech before the United 8tates Senate, on November 20. that the Chicago ofrice of the Fed eral Trad* /Coromlaslon was "packed with radical*." I Declare* Alleged Confession in Stayinos of Three Educa tors Was Coeroed. ALSO REPUDIATES FORGERY Student ?how? Little Emotion As He Tells Story of Police Cruelty. Repudiating admissions of com plicity in the slaying of the three i members of the Chinese Educational Mission last Januarr, and declaring he was skk In Ms room at the Harris Hotel at the time the educa tors were slain, Ziang Bung Wan, Chinese student on trial for his life before Justice Oould and a Jury in Criminal Division No. 1, District Su preme Court, took the stand in his own defense this morning. Only SUght Kmotion Manifesting but sli'.at emotion, other than the frequent ewsying of hlB slender body as he sat In tye wlt n-HH chair and thd intertwlnlna of his finger*. Wan protested his Inno cence, declaring the admissions of cullt ware wrung from him by the police by deprivations, constant gruel in* examinations and reactment of the ortme la his room aad at the ' houee of mystery" by detectives. That' Wan won If V take the stand and protest bis Innocence was not a ?urprlse. Neither was It a surprise | that lie repudiated the confesslo* the police claim to have obtained from him. In which He admitted he had shot nnd killed ften Ren Wu, one of , the Chinese educators, after the |*t ' ter had slain Or. Theodora T. Won it and C. H. Hsle, the other two. Oeales He r?m? Check. Vot only did Wan repudiate the a8 mission he is alleged to have ssade that he killed Wu, but the statement that he forged Dr. Wong's name to the 15.000 check which Ms brother, Tsong Ing Van. took tv he Itiggs National Hank and attempt ^ to have cashed. Wan testified that .10 had no knowledge of the check transaction until the day after his brothsr had taken It to the bank. In hla alleged confession to the po lice, Wan detailed how he shot Wu twice, after the two had arranged to forge the check and obtain the $5,000. But today Wan declared this admission was obtained by the po lice through coercion?that he was sick and worn out-t-a physical wreck from the night and day examination by the police?and signed the state ment of guilt to "get rid of 'he de tectives." Although denying that he was In the (Continued on Page 8, Column 4) Problems of Washington The Public Schools: Need of Reorganization Superintendent of School* Says Well Organ ized Business Department Is a Pressing Need, i But Primary Consideration Is Efficient Teach ing Staff?Warns Against Hasty Innovations In Reorganization. \ By KRHEST L. THUR8T0K. Snprrlnteafeat of Public Schools The n^iin work of the public schools is to teach the children of a community, to give to all a fundamental education. All departments of the school system should co-operate to this end. Efficiency in all other departments means increased educational efficiency. Of theso special departments, one of the most vital is that of business. The school system is a tremendous business organization. Our material plant?land, build ings, and movable property?is undoubtedly worth $12, 000,000. There are in use over 200 structures, permanent, portable, rented. The business relating to all of thom must be prop erly conductod and definitely brought under proper cen tral control. Supplies must be ordered, distributed, and acoounted for. The different kinds of articles used in a school system run literally into the thousand*. The volume of acoonnt PRESIDENT WILSON APPOINTS DX RENT BOARD President Wilson this ???? noon ferwardcd to the Senate the mmn of the new District Rent Commiaaion. They are: Jamea F. Oyater, A. Leftwich Sinclair, Guy Maean. Captain Oyater Is preaidrat of the Washington Board of Trade and has boon prominent in District affair* for many yedk A. Leftwich Sinclair ia s lawyer and haa served aa presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce and s director of the Board of Trade. Gay Mason is a former news paper man, now practietag law in the Diatrict. The appointments were made from a list of 6*0 applicant* The poaitiona are good for two years and the aalary 95,900 As soon aa eoolrmcd the now commission will begin caaaideration .of haadrads of disputed cases awaiting adjudi cation. JENKINS' REQUEST REFUSED BY COURT I Mexican Justice Declines to Nullify Bail Bond and Re turn Him to Jail. MEXICO CITT. Jan. The crimi nal court at Puebl* today denied the petition of W. O. Jenkins that his bond be nullified and that he be re turned to the penitentiary. In handing down hla decision the judge explained that, according to Mexican law, an order craning lib erty on ball cannot bo recalled. William O. Jenkins. American con aular agent at Puebla, haa been at liberty on ball following hla arrest on chsraes of collusion with bandita who kidnaped him and held him for ranaom. Jenklna aald when his releaaa waa effected that It waa without his { knowledge and against hla wishes. He Immediately atarted action to be remanded to the penitentiary, declar ing hla releaae on ball would ao alow up action on the caaa the chargea agalnat him might never be dismlss ed. HOUSE MAY USE TRICK TO KEEP BERGER OUT plan Is to Seat Htm sad Then Un sest Him?Procedure Would Bar Him for . An entirely new line of attack on Victor Berger, the Socialist, may be started If Berger appears today and olalma Ms seat In the House. Barger'a credentials were not ac cepted last spring, when he sought to take hla seat. He waa finally de nied recognition by the House. Plana hare been made to prevent his being aeated at this time, but there are members who have come forward with another plan which may bar Berger from returning during the preaent Congress. The plan Id to aaat hlpi and then , unseat him. ! If Berger la denied hla seat, ha may i return to hla diatrict and again make the race for a aeat In the Houae. If he la aeated and then unseated. he will be Ineligible under an old law. during the remainder of the preaent aeaalon. Thle plan Is gaining In popularity, and It will no doubt have* Its sup porters when Berger puts In hla ap pearance again. Berger Is ahroudlng his movements In mystery. 504 SACKS OF HAH FOR MANILA DESTROYED All mall for Manila that wu on the tranaport QrvCt Northern, about 004 saeka, had been destroyed by wat?r entering from the chain-lackers, the War Department waa advised today The mall Involved waa that received la San Francisco from November 20 to November N. LORD CUNLIFFE DIES. IiONDON, Jaa. a?l^>rd Cunllge, ona of the foremoet bank era In Eag Friends of District Rally to Support Half-and-Half Plan Retention. CLAIM D. C. TAX NOW FAIR Williams of Illinois to Lead Fight to HokJ Act of 1878. Friend* of the District of Colum bia in the House are clearing the deck tor action today and a deter mined fight for retention of the half and-half fiscal relation between the District and Federal government* is looked for. Right on the heels of the commit tee report favoring abolition of the ?o-oalled half-and-half plan, a mi nority report will be filed today, signed by probably one-half of the members of the House District Com mittee. WilHaais to Lead Fight. Congressman Thomas 8. Wllliama of Illinois, who prepared the minority report, will lead the fight for con tinuance of,the present plan. He w II be supported by nine Republican members of tbe District Committee. The majority views will be defend ed by Chairman Carl &. Mapea. of the District Committee, and his support will come mainly from (Democratic .members. . ' Among the signers of tbe mlnor'ty1 report that will be filed today are: Congressmen Thomas 8. Williams ef Illinois, Frederick N. Zlhlman of Maryland. Stuart Reed of West Vir ginia. Norman J. Gould of New York. Frank Murphy of Ohio. Bon K. Fooht of Pennsylvania and E. D. Hays ?( Georgia. Other ??W?ii'? Other members of the House Dis trict Committee who will support the views of the minority are Congress men Loren R. Wheeler of Illlno a, Burd'ck of Rhode Island, and Over stren. or Georgia. Tne minority beHeves that It fully answers the charge by advocates of the Mapes bill, repealing the half-and half plan that District of ColuinMa i property is underassessed and that the noed for continuance of the half and-half no longer exists. The minority report seU fort* among other things that: "It Is our conclusion that the peo ple of the District are row taxed fairly and reasonably. This la espe cially tha case as to real and per sonal property other than tntai.gl bles. The rate of three-tenthe of oae per cent on Intangible property la lower than similar property Is aa sessed in many of the States. ?"The amount of revenue derived from Diatrlot taxation, doubled .by the addition of a like amount from the Federal Treasury. Is not more than the Leeds of the District re quire. Many very necessary Improve ments are now being delayed. All available revenue under the existing arrangement will not more than meet the presalng needs of the District for years to come. "Justice and equity to the cltlsens of the District, who, of all American cltlsens. have absolutely t.o voice In their local government, and the best Interests ef the Capital City will be (Continued on Page 3, Colnmn 7.) ALEXANDER T HENSEY DIES IN CALIFORNIA End Came Suddenly?Member ef a Prominent Washington Real Estate Concern. Alexander Thomas Heneey, of the real estate firm of Swartsell. Rheem St Hensey Company. 727 Fifteenth street northwest, died suddenly ye? terday at Pasadena. Cal.. according to reports reaching this city today. Xr Hensey was fifty-eight years old, and when In Washington he resided In the Dresden apartments. Mr. Hensey was born In Washing ton. Many years ago he conducted the Bunday Herald, a weekly newspapei He was also flnanolal clerk In the 'city poetofflce for meny years. Thirty years ago he enieied th^ real estate business. He left here In November for California where he ex parted to spend the winter. He Is sur vived by a wife, and a son, Clarence A. Hensey, of thlayclty. The bodv will be sent here. CASTLE TOWN AGROU ND. UONDON. Jan. The American steamship Castle Town. fro? Boston, was i spoiled aground January S near Sslonioe. f SBLL-Akl I 300 SERVICE MEN FACE DISCHARGE BY WAR RISK Upward of three hundred ex service man who entered the Govern mtnt service after their discharge will be dismissed from the War Risk Insurance Bureau within the next two weeks. Many of them would be given preference over girl clerks In the bureau If the Civil Service Com mission had been prompt lu cer tifying their examination papers, it was said this morning. Col. M. R. Wainer In oharge of the personnel division at the bureau said that every effort was being made to place these men, but that the regulations of the Civil Service Commission com pelled the bureau to five pref erence to regularly certified clerks. Included in the ex-serv vlce men who are being dis charged are a number who have been serving aa supervisors at the bureau. They took the civil service exam ination in seine instance aa long aa six mooths ago but the cvtu mission has failed to paaa upon their papers and establish them as permanent employes. SENATE TO PROBE" DANIELS' AWARDS Naval Affaire Committee totes 10 to 1 for Investigation of \ Unfairness Charges. The Senate Naval Affairs Commit tee today ordered appointment of subcommittee to Investigate awards of war medals to naval officers for war service. The committee Is directed to go Into the criticisms of unfairness made against Secretary of the Navy Dan iels by Admiral 8iras and other high naval officials. The committee voted 10 to 1 for this Investigation following lengthy arguments. Senator Walsh of Mon tana, Democrat, cast the only vote sgalnat the Investigation. Senator .Kin* of Utah. Democrat, proposed ap peintment of a committee to deter mine whether an Investigation should be made, but Senator Liodge of Mas sachusetts, Republican declared criti cisms coming from such high naval officers as Sims warranted the Sen ate In beginning an inquiry at once. Chairman Page annouacsd he will appoint the subcommittee within t few days. It will consist of five members and Is authorised to sit jointly with ths House Committee during the investigation. SENATOR WOULD PUT CAR LINES OUT OF BUSINESS A threat to put Washington street car companlss out of business unless more efficient serviee Is given the public was msde In the Senate today by Senator Dial of South Carolina, member of the District Committee. Senator Dial declared that If the street oar companies cannot run enough cars to meet the needs of the people, it Is time that the Senate Dis trict Committee should be directed to look Into the matter. If their financial status Is such that It is Impossible to give better ssrvice. Senator Dial declared, the companies should be put into the hsnds of a receiver or put out of business. "It Is a very serious mstter," said Senator Dial, "when a Penator csnnot even get to his engagements on time." "iiihibii imwi ?'mmsm I \\ ho Is The Girl? J Two years ago in en English {j| hospital in Boulogne-sur-Mer. a young American girl spoke a word of courage and cheer to a dying American soldier. Her smile gave him the cour age to live. La it Saturday afternoon he went to the Be. | I a see Theater. He thinks he saw the same firl. Was It THE girt? If not, who was she/ Either way, will ahe ton to the bach pace of this pa per and read (he eeldirr's letter 10 Beatrice Fairfax? TRANSFERSTO COST 2 CENTS Car Company Asks Boosted Rates Become Effective at Once. SERVICE/ALREADY IMPROVED Additional Revenue Will Save Public Discomfort, Says President Ham. A straight seven-cent fare, and a two-cent charge for all transfer*, are asked in a petition filed today with the Public Utilities Commlufbb by the Washiagton Railway and Elec tric Company. It Is also requested that the company be allowed to sell metal tokens for car fare, At* for thirty-live cents. The present rates are unqnet- ~ tlonabiy Inadequate, t unreasonable and confiscatory," declares William F. Ham, president of the company, to the petition Return Inadequate. President Ham aucrtj the company la only earning 3.2S per cent retura on the valuation of the property, while the Utilities Commission has stated time and aaaln that a per een| is a fair earning. The railway company ia unable to continue with the present fare, says the petition, and adds "at no tlwe during the past alxteen months has the public paid the cost of the service." The Commission is asked to oen sider the petition Immediately, aad grant the increased fare at the earl elst possible -nomtnt. President Ham ask'a the Commls? alon to urae Congresa to repeal the law which compala the railway com panlea to pay the aalaries of trafSa policemen atatloned at auch Inter section* where atreet cara paea. Ha ??ye thla taxation coata the company $00,000 a year, and declares it is an unfair burden; Weald Spare Pafclle. In discussing the propoeod fare In crease with a representative of Tho Times today, Mr Ham pointed par tclularly to that part of the com pany'a petition dealing with tha re routing street ear plan recently an nounced by the Utllltlea Commission. "We do not want the public to think we are putting anything over by aaklna for a 2-cent charge for transfers," ssld Mr. Ham. "The re routing plan will make It necessary for probably several thousand more peraona fo transfer who have hereto fore foupd It unneceasary. Realising that the rerouting will mean extra transfer*, we have aaked the Commis sion to make exceptlona In the charg. Ing of a cents for transfers. We want the commission to grant free transfers at several points, ao that the reroutfng plan will not be an extra financial burden upon the pub* Re?ar*> Ia Shert niUSS. The petition statea the Utilities Commission eatlmated that <800.000 was a fair amount of return for th? company to roceive yearly. Prealdenl Ham statea that under the preaeaf rate the company will reoelve a re turn of which ia ?3?n,?08le?. than the Commlaalon'a estimate. The increased fare aaked would enable the company tfc earn the *800.000 Prealdent Ham believes. Since the pr< sent rate became ef fective. November 1, laat, there ha* been a decrease In pasaenger trat. flc of 6 s per cent; a decrease In 2? cent Inter-company tranafere of 2$ per cent, and an Increaae in free intra-company transfere of 41 peg cent. The petition aaya the commia* alon eatimated tbat under the great ent fare. 13 3 per cent of the car pxa singers would pay atralght I eeota Aa a matter of fact, the company points out. only 0.8 par cant have paid ' c'nta. The average dally number of paaaengera under the present rata is 221.K27. compared with the aver age pravloua to this fare of 2aT,t00. T* Rerrler. It is made clear In the petition that Increased fare will mean better street car service. The petition states the commission "should not only be wll). Ing, but snxlous, to grant the rev. enues necessary to prevent the di? integrat Ion" of the company. The commission poll. L>iit that th| company has granted an Increaae In the wagea of employea. and further* that operating expenses are confntt* Ing to go higher and h'gher. "The compsny has apared nfl'hej exponas, nor effort to render as voo<3 service to the public aa was possible under the vary trying condition* brought about by the war." contlfuei I the petition. "Ilecently. the effect* of these efforts hsve been apparent to all In very much improved opera,.* 1 Ing conditions. Her vice la more -eg* ular. and detention* fewer than f.>j some time paat. and It Is our earn?<-i desire to still further Improve oui eerv|r? and facllltlea." "Tbe rommlaslon's flndlnga of fast value are Inadequate, aad we he%i 1 (Ceatiaaad ea raga ^ -~-T?, ^ \ \