The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER -FORECAST: For Bismarck and‘vicinity: Part- ly overcast and somewhat settled. ESTABLISHED 1873 ~~. UBLICITY OF INCOME TAXES - sIS HELD LEGAL Prechibition in Violation of Constitutional Freedom of the Press KANSAS CITY CASE Demurrer to Indictment Against Kansas City Pub- lisher Is Upheld Kansas City, Dec. 2.—Federal Judge A. 8, Reeves today sustained the demurrer of Walter S. Dickey, owner and editor of the Kansas City Journal Post, ang Ralph Ellis, gen- eral managing editor, to indictments charging lleged illegal publication _ of income tax returns. «4 The clause in the law holding that Publication of income tax. returns was illegal, Judge Reeves said in ef- fect in announcing ‘his ion, is in violation of the first gmendment to the federal constitution relative to the freedom of the press. PRISON PROBE » INTO ESCAPE _ PLOT IS MADE “Varden Believes That Other Prisoners Were in Whole- Sale Delivery Plan Investigation was still being cpn- ducted in the state penitentiary to- day in an effort to determine whe- ther other convicts were linked with Arthur Smith and Joseph Bell in an attempted wholesale delivery from the prison Sunday night, which was balked by guards. Warden John J. Lee said today «fat the investigation was still un- der way, but that he was not in a position to accuse other convicts of being in the escape plot. He express- ed belief, however, that Smith and Bell planned to deliver several other fellow convicts from the prison, Smith and Bell were placed in the prison “dark room” or dungeon as a part of their punishment. They are «» denied the right of conversation and are kept in a well-ventilated, but wholly dark, cell, How long they will be kept there the warden would not say. The state pardon board was hold- ing a session at the prison today to egnsider pleas of convicts for clem- dey. ’ PRESIDENT T0 * MEET CHAMP Boy, 11, To Be Introduced to President : Chicago, Dec. 2.—(By the A, P.)— When President Coolidge visits the International Livestock ‘ Exposition Thursday he will meet, among others, the youngest producers of pure-bred ribbon cattle the country hag thus © % produced. Robert D. Armstrong of Monmouth, Illinois, who has just celebrated his 11th birthday, is wait- fe. ing the President after winning the reserve championship in the baby beef. feeding competition, awards for which were posted yesterday. Other young champions will be presented to the. President. o—_ | Weather Report | _ _» For 24 hours ending at noon. Temperature at 7 a. m, Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday owest last night ecipitation Hyghest wind velocity WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly overcast and somewhat unsettled to- night and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Partly overcast and somewhat unsettled tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. « WEATHER CONDITIONS ¢ The eastward movement of the high pressure area to the Ohio Val- ley and the advance of ‘the. low pressure area to the northern Plains States has been accompanied by a marked rise in temperature-over the Mississippi Valley and stationary temperatures in the Plains States. ,ower pressure over the northern Rocky ‘Mountain region has also beet accompanied by warmer wea- ther west fof the Rockies. Preci- pitation’ occurred in the north Pa- fie coast states and in Idaho while fair weather Meteorologist. THE BISMARCK ECONOMY, | |GERALDINE FARRAR Geraldine Farrar wants to keep tine, an interview with Northern would suffice. Geialdine also likes to stay, in to noise she feared Mandan. The singer probably wa received in her performance here pened during her sojourn here. Migs Farrar was in Bismarck fro ing, when tie three Pullman c night. It all began when, after the special cars had been stopped at Bismarck, the destination, the railroad crew at Mandan removed them to Mandan and “spotted” them in the yards over! there. Artistic temperament then began to clash with railroad rules-- at least that’s the whispering among the railroad men across the river. For Geraldine didn’t want to stay in Mandan-—that is, she didn't want; to stay in the Mandan rajlroud yards | where she feared the noise would! disturb her sleep, She empha- | tic. All the force of the daggerous looks she used in the production of “Carmen” were pre-viewed for the, benefit of the railroad men, She won,' of course,’ Her cars were sent over | to Bismarck, Victory number one for Miss Farrar. i ‘The railroad men, after the usual} fashion, sent over a switch engine,} toa be hooked on to the Pullman cars! ang send steam through the pipes.) It was done at intervals, but it, wouldn’t do. Miss Farrar wasn’t going to have any switch engine for a fur-| rface, supplying irregular heat. Hl According to the railroad gossip,! she made the wires hot for a time; between Mandan, Bismarck, St. Paul! and elsewhere—even carrying her de-| 5 mand for heat to some of the in-| fluential Northern Pacifie stockhold- ers in New York. Again the railroad men were de-| feated, An engine was hooked on to, stay om, andthe conductor and two! brakemen strolled into one of the; baggage cars on the Farrar special to keep warm, They were warmed more, by some messuges than,by the heat they absorbed. They were informed that they could supply their own; resting place—the railroad had a lot} of cars. | So, in the end, so the railroad men say, an engine and a passenger coach. were hooked on to the Farrar Pull-! mans in the Bismarck yards, the en- gine to keep steam flowing in and the passenger car to provide accomo- dations for the railroad men. And a i train crew of five men was sent évery | eight hours to keep the engine going. | Comfort was what Miss Farrar ‘wanted. She also wanted sérvice. And—being Geraldine Farrar-—she got ’em both, INQUIRE FOR | NO. DAK. LAND Several people living in other) states have directed inquiries to the state board of university and school lands, expressing their desire to rent ' school lands or purchase lands on’ the installment basis, according to C. R. Kositzky, land commissioner. KORETZ READY FOR SENTENCE Wants to Get It Over With, Says Promoter Chicago, Dec. 2.—(By the A. P.)— Leo Koretz, promoter of fake oil schemes in which his relatives and friends invested $2,000,000, brought back yesterday from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to face his victims, wants “to get it over with as soon as possible.” “I have done wrong. I want to be punished. I am going to plead guilty and take my punishment,” he was quoted as saying. © Still Free of Black Smallpox North Dakota still remains free from black small pox, according to the weekly report of the state health department. Fifteen new cases of small pox were reported in the week ending November 22, but none were of the malignant kind, Other com- municable disease cases reported during the week include: » chicken pox, 43; diphtheria, 6; encephalitis, 1; German measles, 4; measles, 13; meningitis, 2; infantile paralysis, 6; searlet fever, 87. MALLARD DUCK, TAGGED, SHOT Fargo, Dec. 2.—A mallard guck shot south of Hawley, Minnesota, Novem- ber 11, carried a band about its leg which showed it to have been tagged at Davidson, Saskatchewan, by R. Lloyd of the biological survey, Wash- ington, D. C. R. Burrill, of Hawley, which is near here, reported toda: The survey carries on investigations into migrations of birds by means of the tags. WARM IN BISMARCK - AND SHE DID; RAILROAD MEN GIVEN A BUSY TIME Grand Opera Star Burns up Telegraph Wires to Get What She Wanted From the Northern Pacific Train Crew. and She Was Victorious all Down the Line f anyone has any doubt about the opera sta would ‘bother hair and eyes evinced her displeasure 's carrying he hooked on to Number 2 to take them io I 192: TRIBUN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 4 WANTED TO KEEP warm and she also wants to sleep. 's dee along this Pacific railroad men in) Mandan Bismarck—at least she chose that her in the railroad yards at s pleased over the reception she last night, bat her flashing black at certain incidents which hap- morning until this morn- nd other artists were where ‘they appear to- m Sunday y 31 MILLION IS LOPPED FROM SUPPLY BILL Appropriation for Land Of- fice at Dickinson, North Dakota, Cut Out BILL Washington, Dec. A total of $238,000,000 or $31,000,600 Jess than the amount made available k&t y as catried in the interior supply bill us reported to the house, of the appropriation bills to receive committee approval, its well under the budget estimates. Out- nding differences from the bill last year are reductions of pen- kage $4,300,- ures were sions, made pos in the number of pensioner: 0C0 for the reclamation service; $1,- 000,000 for the Indian service and $600,000 under the general land of- fice. An increase of $672,000 was shown for the Alaskan railroad. “The bill would carry out recommen- dations of the Interior department for abolition. of the office of survey: gereral and consolidation of ~ hi work with the field surveying a ser- vice, a change which would directly result in a s@vime of $167,000, This plan would alsy.call for the abolition+ of 9 land affigds. and do away with the position Wieciivers in the re: maini v- | 1 i ai, al an estimated s 000. The land offices which would be abolished next July 1, under the bill, included those at Crookston and Du- luth, Minnesota; Billings, Bozeman, Glasgow, Gr ull alispell and Lewiston, — Montana Dickinson, | North Dakota; Belle Fourche, South | akota, and Wausau, Wisconsin. Allotments made in the bill for re- clamation projects include: Lower DULUTH SBES FORD STARTING BIG OPERATION Purchasing Bonds of Su- perior Coal and Deck Company in that City PLANS DEVELOPMENT Handling of Ford Cars and Steel Products Are Seen in the Plans 2. Duluth, Dee. Henry Ford has purchased nearly all of the out- standing mortgage bonds on the Su- perior Coal and Dock Company's pro- perty on the bay front, it was an- nounced in the Duluth Herald today and his permanent location in Du- luth is thought virtually assured. The Ford Motor Company is now operating the coal dock on a lease obtained last spring. Word of the purchase of the bonds, many of which were held by prominent Du- luthians, has just been received here from Ford’s attorneys in Detroit, The total outstanding bonds amount to $580,000, all of which have been bought with the exception of a few. It js believed that the Ford Com- pany will foreclose on the mortgage through its control of the outstand- ing bonds, in an effort to gain con- trol of the property. The Brown- Hoist Company of Cleveland, which built the bridge and the dock, has filed a lien of $130,000 against the property and this claim will proba- bly come up during the foreclosure. It is expected that some amicable company is reported anxious to gain clear title as early as possible. Extensive improvements will be made to the dock as soon as the Ford company takes over the property, W. B. Mayo, chief engineer, announced recently, when he said that negotia- tions were under way that time to purchase the holdings of the Super- ior Coal and Dock Company. These improvements include a trans: fe steel products, Ford cars 3 and increased facilities for handling and storing coal, he said. URGES VETS T0 FILE CLAIMS January 1 Is Last Day For Claims for T. B., Mental Diseases ith January 1, 1925, as the las! in which former service nervous and mental disease. Wali ra Field Representative for Veterans’ Bureau, who is Yellowstone, Montuna,—North Dako- ta, $180,000, | CARRIES BULLET’ FOR 23 YEARS; CAUSES DEATH Dickinson, N. D., Dec, 2.—After currying a bullet in his leg for 23 years without harm, the leaden bul- let suddenly induced lead poisoning which affected his heart and Charles Mead, 51, pioneer rancher of the Gorman district is dead. More than a score of years ago Mead was shot in the leg by a qrunken cowboy. The pellet lodged in the flesh of the muscles and was not removed. It had never caused ‘hith any incon- venience until about three weeks ago when he suffered a heart attack and physicians found him suffering from lead poisoning. They were unable to check the poisoning. The body was taken to his boyhood home at Deer Creek, Minn., for interment. Mead was one of the first ranchers to fol- low Teddy Roosevelt into Billings county and the badlands:and operate in the cattle business on a large scale. Attends School Officers’ Meet Miss Minnie J. Nielson, state sup- erintendent of public instruction, will speak at a school officers meet- ing at Rugby on December 5, at the dedication of a high school in Tur- tle Lake this week and then go to Grand Forks for a school officers meeting. Miss Nielson spoke Satur- day night at Eckelson, Barnes coun- ty, where a new brick school was dedicated. HILLS OF LEBANON CALL - FOR NEW NATIONAL HYMN Beirut, Dec. 2—Greater Lebanon as the section of Syria including Bei- rut and the Lebanon Hills is called, wants a national anthem and is will- ing to pay for it. Although a French mandated terri- tory, with a high commissioner sent in town today ies a warning to ex-service men that their claims will be disallowed unless filed before that date. Under the provisions of the Reed- Johnson Bill, all former service men who have contracted active tuber- culosis of a 10 percent degree or nervous and mental disease since the war are presumed to have con- tracted the disease while in service and their claims will be allowed if filed before the first of the year, Mr. Murpliy said. The Bureau has called several men into the office for examinations, but they have failed to report, Mr. Mur- phy added. Transportation to and from the Fargo office will be paid to any former service men who wish examinations on these cases and the transportation of an attendant to travel with him will be furnished also, if the service man is unable to travel alone. If the citizens in the communities where there are such cases would persuade the men to come into Fargo for these examinations, the work of the Bureau would be materially aid- ed, Mr. Murphy said. EXTRADITION IS REFUSED Extradition of G. A. Olson of Nia- gara, asked by the state of Minne- sota, was refused by Governor Nes- tos after a hearing. The Governor, in summarizing reasons for refusal, said that evidence showed Olson al- ways had been a resident of North Dakota and was not a fugitive from justi¢e, and that he had paid a re- quired amount for support of chil- dren far beyond requirements up to the present time. ES TRACTOR FOR FLIVVER Carson, N. D., Dec. 2.—L. D. Cow- les came to Carson from his farm between Raleigh and Brisbane last Monday evening. He®came with his Fordson tractor and put it in the settlement will be made as the Ford! r men! may file claims for tuberculosis or } from France administering it, “Le| garage over night, did his shopping Gouverneur du Grand Liban” finds}and returned home the next morn- that the “Marseillaise” does not do or|ing. Some laughed at the convey- is not enough. He has encouraged ajance of travel he used, but Mr. local firnr of music publishers to an-| Cowles stated he had no horses on nounce a prize cont@st for the bestithe farm or any way to’ travel ex- “national hymn.” Two thousand Sy-| cept’ walking and he could make 15 rian francs is offered for the best{milea an hour with the tractor,’ and song. A why not use it. BUT NO TAX RE REDUCE BUDGET $59,225,081.12 FOR NEXT YEAR Marked Reduction Is Made in Estimates of Federal Ex- penses For 1926. ARMY. NAVY ARE CUT Veterans Bureau Estimates Also Are Materially Cut For Year hington, Dec. 2—The cost of running the federal government in the fiscal year 1926 was fixed by President Coolidgé, in the annual budget sent to Congress today, at $3,- 729,519,846.48, or a reduction of $59 226,931.72 from the estimated exper- ditures of the current yea The estimates for the princi penditures for the next fiscal year follow: 1926 Public debt (Int.) -$830,000,000 Public debt (prin.) » 484,766,130 Post Office Department. . War Department Navy Department . Interior Department . 267,785,596 Treasury Department ..... 163,847,741 Agriculture Department . 140,092,750 Commerce Department .. 22,741,514 Justice Department .. State Department Labor Department Veterans Bureau Shipping Board Interstate Commerce mission Tariff: Commi Federal Trade sion Vocational Board Ser aot White House Executive Offi Senate House 3 359 District of Columbia .... estimates of six major depar ments or other agencies of the gov- ernment--Interior, Navy, War, Trea- Comm: . we 950,000 Education 8,2 439,960 59 sury, Shipping Board and Veterans Bu*eap-—were reduced in the new budget! while there was only one no- table inerease—that for the Depart- ment of Agriculture. all of the 5,000,000 reduction in the Interior Department total was due to the smaller allot- ment for the Pension Bureau. That Bureau's outlay was cut from 616,000 for the current year to $19 112,000 for next year, largely becau , of the decreasing pension roll result- ‘ing from the death of pensioners, Army And Navy The cut of $23,000,000 in the Navy’s total was scattered over many items { expenditure, but a large part of it was due to a reduction of the fund set aside ynder the heading, of “In- crease of the Navy”. It is under- stood supplemental estimates for needed construction will go to Con- gress later, The Budget Director's report to the President declared that under the total allowed the Navy can continue at its present enlisted strength of 86,000 men; the Marine Corps will ‘have provision for 13,000 men instead of the present 19,500; the naval reserve force will continue on practically the present basis; it will be possible to increase the a age steaming range of battleshi from 19,400 miles to 23,700; two more of the submarines authorized in 1916 can be laid down; new aircraft be purchased; and it will be pos to continue werk a normal rate of speed on all new ships under con- struction within the limitation of au- thorized cost.” There were scattered reductions to- talling $8,600,000 in the War Depart- ment's allowance, but no particular branch of the military service was singled out for reduced appropria- tions. Under the total authorized the Budget Bureau declared, the re- gular army can continue on its pres- ent basis of: 12,000 officers and an average enlisted strength of 118,000; the number of reserve officers who can be trained will remain about the’ same; attendance at the citizens training camps must be limited to 29,000 instead of 33,900 in the cur- rent year, and the Militia Bureau will be able to maintain an average strength of 173,500, a reduction of 3,500 from the present authorization. The Air Service allotment was in- ! Ir creased from $14,900,000 for the eur- rent year to $17,000,000 during the coming year to “enable the Air Ser- vice to make reasonable progress to- ward cutting down its present short- age in heavier than air craft, and at the same time assist in keeping alive the aircraft industry for use in time of emergency”. The total fixed for (Continued on page 3) Many Attend Shannon Rites Funeral] services for Mrs. Elizabeth Shannon, a pioneer resident of Bis- marck, who died Sunday, was attend- ed by many friends at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral this morning. Father Slag officiated. Interment was in St. Mary’s cemetery, beside the body of her husband, who died several years ago. Many beautiful floral offerings were received, Mrs, Shannon was known for her charities in the: city, and many who had been recipienty of favors at her hand were at the funeral. DUCTION CHARLEY CHAPLIN’S BRIDE SAID TO BE 16 YEARS OLD; MAY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL UNDER CA NEW PREMIER iwar Pasha, president of the sen-' ate of Egypt, succeeds Zaghloul Pasha premicr, following — the latter's resignation because of Great Britain's ultim! concerning death of Sirda COURT TERM IS OPENED The December term as of district court opened in Bismarck today, with} Judge James A. Coffey of Jamestown | prestding. The morning was devoted to the calling of the calendar and} scheduling cases for trial, appeared at two noon for the grist of cases prepared. SUPPLY BILL T0 BE PUSHED The ju eal Program of Legislation Expected to be Under Way This ‘Week Washington, Dec. P.)- -(By ‘the A. Another brief program had been need today ing the a a for Congress, wait- nual budget report and the President's message, neither house planned to, get down to the serious work of the session before Wednes- day. Upon being advised formally yes- terday of the opening of the final ion of the 68th Congre: y oolidge advised the leaders that the report on the state of the treasury and on estimates for the next fiscal year would be transmitted today. His annual message will he sent tomor-! row. Coin Coincident with the receipt of the budget, the appropriations com- mittee was ready to present to the House the first of the annual sup- ply bills, the passage of which is the chief objective of this Congress. This measure covers expenditure in the Interior department. Leaders planned to have this bill called up tomorrow and passed be- fore the end of the week. A large part of the attention of Senate Republicans -during the re- mainder of this week will be devoted to the perfection of the party organ- ization by the filling of vacancies on standing committees caused by the deaths of members during the recess. Accuracy of Birth Records Now Tested A test of the accuracy and com- pleteness of the birth and death registration in North Dakota is be- ing made from the office of Dr. A. A, Whittemore, state health officer, by a representative of the federal bureau of vital statistics, which will decide, on the basis of the tes whether North Dakota shall be ad- mitted to the resignation area, For the past year, Dr. Whittemore has devoted much effort to obtaining accurate vital statistics, held to be the first need in organized health work. JAPAN STUDIES POISON GAS Tokio, Dec. 2—The Japanese navy, following the example of the army in instityting weapons, will establish shbrtly'a special board of poison gas research, The army and navy will cooperate in this work. Se es ee the , clock this after- | IN CONGRESS LIFORNIA LAW New paper in Los Angeles Digs Up Birth Certificate Which Differs: From Age of 19 Years Given For Bride in Mexico at Time of Marriage Los Angel ~(By the A. P.) A photogr: copy of the 16-year ; old birth certificate of Lillian Louisa | MeMurray, who several days ago be- ame Mrs. Charles Chaplin of Bever- | ly Hills, was tossed on to the Chap- lin lawn early today about the time the morning milk was delivered. It beamed from a prominent page of the Los Angeles Times, where fate and the activities of inquis reporters had conspired to place it for com- parison with the Mexican marriage records which last week depicted Miss Grey as a 19-year-old bride and fave Chaplin's age a According to the certificate pub- lished by the ‘Times Miss Grey was born near Hollywood April 15, 1908. [She later attended two schools in Los Angeles, records of which reveal ithe same date. She took the pro- sional name of Lita Grey. This, according to the compulsory school law of California, makes Mrs, Chaplin subject to the requirements | of education authorities, whose duty ‘it is to see that no minor escapes chooling until after his or her 18th birthda It do | autho not necessarily mean, school ities pointed out, that the film comedian's bride will have to go pack to school, as the law permits em- ployment of tutors. ither Chaplin nor his bride could be interv d last night. A.G. SORLIE ARRIVES HERE FOR TWO DAYS vernor - Elect. Looks - Over Bismarck and Will be Guest at Banquet | BANQUET PLANS MADE Arthur ioyernor-elect, with Mrs. Sorlie, came to Bismarck at noon today to remain until Thursday morning. Mr. orlie will be honor guest at a ban- quet to be given at the McKenzie ; hotel Wednesday night for the Bur- | leigh county members of the legisla- ture elected on November 4, Accord- j ing to those in charge of arrange ts, the banquet is to be non-poii+ tical. Mr. and Mrs. e, who will move hee early nuary when he as- sumeg the position of chief execu: tive, were considering what they would need to move here in the \ of furniture, and found that very little would be necessary. Mr, and Mrs, Sorlie will bring three of five children ‘here—Ruth, aged Glenn, aged 3; and Evelyn, 10 months old. Arthur Sorlie Jr. 19, is a student in the Uni ity of North Dakota and Louise, 16, is attending a girls’ school at Owatonna, Minnesota, Mr. Sorlie expres: anticipation of pleasant relations in Bismarck, and emphasized a desire to cooperate in movements to boost North Dakota. First of all, he said, the state must be sold by its own people to them- selves, and then the rest of the coun- try will be sold. At the banquet to be given tomor- row night, it was announced, Chief Red Tomahawk of Ft. Yates, a noted Indian, will attend the banquet and respond to a toast from the Gover- nor-elect. A musical program will be given, including a solo by Miss Alice Kath- ryn Stans of Steele. fl Ss i SOBS 36 HOURS London, Dec. 2.—All world’s _rec- ords for long-distance weeping have been broken by Mary Chandler, 26, who was arrested and imprisoned for stealing a fur coat out of a hotel lobby here. She cried continuously for 36 hours, according to her jailers. j She slept only fitfully in that time, whimpering even in her slumbers. MICE BOTHERSOME Constantinople, Dec, 2.—Workings of the Turkish government are being held up by an army of mice that is infesting the government buildings. Important legislative measures are being laid ‘aside while ways and means are devised to get rid of the rodents, Other parts of Constantin- ople also arg suffering from an,in- vasion of mice. ! FRANCE BUYS AMERICAN CARS Paris, Dec. %—Statistics for the first six months of 1924 show that during that tim® France bought 6,- |327 automobiles from the United |States, and sold 144 French cars to Americans. No other country ap- jproaches the United States in auto- mobiles imported into France, Italy being second with 611. Business of the German ‘mercan- tile fleet has increased nearly 700,- 000 tons annually in the last three years. * Es rlie of Grand Forks, ; | FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS , URGED AWAIT RESULT OF LAW, URGES | PRES. COOLIDGE President, in | Transmitting Annual Budget, Shows Surplus ‘ Expected FOR CAREFUL COURSE Continued Economy Will Pave Way For Further Tax Reduction, He Says Washington, Dee. Coolidge informed Congress jthat present estimates point to surplus of revenues over expendi+ tures of $67,884,489 for the present fiscal year and of $373,743,714 for the fiseal year 1926, but he advised against any further tax reduction until definite results from the pres- ent tax law are known, 2.—President today “If we continue the campaign for economy, we will pave the way for a further reduction in taxes,” the President said in a special message submitting the annual budget, “This reduction cannot be effected immed- iately. Before it is undertaken, we should know more definitely by act- ual operations what our revenues will be under our present tax law. But the knowledge of our revenue under the existing law will avail us nothing if we embark any new large expenditure program.” The President recalled his reeom= mendation for a reduction in taxes and said that thus far in this fiscal year, previous calculations of the re- sults had been, borne out. He de- clared a re.ision of the estimates for 1925 showed that receipts for the current year should approximate $3,601,968,297 while the expenditures {should not exceed $3,534,083,808, and jcompared thes with the estimates for the next fiscal year, transmitted in the budget showing probable re- |ceipts of $8,641,296,092 and a probs sple cash disburgement by the Treae jsury of, $3,267,551,378 which will i clude some funds appropriated, Bi |not all expended, in the current "year. Nati hit anal, nal Defense Estimates timates submit- Jied the aid: “For \the inational defense the estimates amount to $549,000,000, which is $29,000,000 less than the amount {available this current fiscal year. |These figures do not include non- ‘military items of the War and Navy | Departments. This reduction is made in accordance with my belief that we can have adequate national defense with a more modest outlay of the taxpayers’ money. Further study may point the way to addi- tional reduction without weakening our national defense, but rather per- fecting it. This nation is at peace with the world, We no longer hava international competition in naval construction of major units. We ara concerned primarily with maintain- ing adequate preparedness. We should have adequate preparedness in 1926 within the limits of the ampunt recommended. ‘ de from the important factor of training personnel our national defense is largely an industrial problem. Today the outstanding weakness in the industrial situation as it affects national defense is the inadequacy of facilities to supply air service needs. The airplane indus- try in this country ut the present time is dependent almost entirely upon government business. To strengthen this industry is to strengthen our national defense. For the air service of the Army and Na- vy, and the Air Mail Service, the estimates, including contract author- izations, amount to $88,945,000. This contemplates an expenditure with the industries of $18,287,000 for the pro- curement of airplanes, engines and accessories. The remaining $20,658,- 000 is for maintenance, operation, experimentation and research, The amount of $38,945,000, however, does not include all that will be available for this service in 1926. Amounts contributing to the air service car- ried in other estimates, and usable war supplies, will make a total availability conservatively estimated at $65,000,000, : “The amount requested for nation~ al defense includes $50,118,000 for the Army and Navy Reserves, Na- tional. Guard, Citizens’ itary Training Camps and other civilian training activities. “There is also included in the na- tional defense estimates $7,444,000 for. increase of the Navy. This will provide for continuing work on the fleet submarines under construction and for beginning wérk on two of. the four remaining fleet submarines authorized in the 1916 program. With regard to the Navy estimates, legislation is now pending with provides. for additional vessels, in- cluding. gunboats for use on the Yangtze river. Further estimates for increase in the Navy are de pendent upon the enactment of this legislation. It will also be nec ary to request of Congress legisla- tion increasing the authorized cost of the two airplane carriers now un- der construction. If this be granted it will require funds for the next (Continued on, page 3) 1 - (er rl a FSP ED I ORRIN ant Rasta ee om enter