Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1921, Page 3

| debta “contracted by - TAX EVSERS SEEK MMM Houée Committee Sees No Hope of Reduction of Gross Amount. The House ways and means com- mittee will set about tax revision with , the 1dea of raising $4.000,000,000 in revenue exclusive of postal receipts in the next year, Chairman Fordney sald last night after he, with other republican members of the commit- tee, had conferred at length with Secretary Mellon on the general sub- ject of taxation. The amount re- quired is the same as has been raised by the present law and shows no hope, therefore, of a reduction in the gross amount needed. The government's requirements will be met, however, in a slightly differ- ent manner than under the present law, the chalrman said. ~Many changes are proposed in the hope of readjusting the burden in a way that will encourage commerce and indus- try and thereby increase the:reve- nues, according to Mr. Fordney Wil Confer With President. Although the conference with the Treasury head was said to have pro- vided a basis upon which the com- mittee may begin work Tuesday, Mr. Fordney probably will take up.the subject with President Harding be- fore proceeding. It was understood e hoped to confer with the President ay. M omy” Mr. Fordney's remarks, it appeared that majority committee members, were agreed on_ abolition of the excess profits tax and the substi- tutfon for it of some levy on cor- porations, probably around 15 per cent. Reduction in teh higher sur- taxes on income, also seemed assured, gince they are regarded at the Treas- ury as driving capital into tax <mpt securities and as a discouruge- ment to investments of nature which produce federal revenue. New Bill's Provisions. The new tax bill probably will be made retroactive over the calendar vear of 1921 on incomes and other forms of taxes based on the calendar y period. As to other tax Mr. Ford- ney said he hoped to make most of them applicable immediately upon sage of the bill. Transportation taxes would be re- seaied under Mr. Fordney’s plan. but he said it might not be possible to do Many of the special war-time described recently by Mr. Mel- nuisances,” are certain to he eliminated under the program to be advocated by the committee chairman. As for a reduction in the taxes on normal incomes or the raising of the personal income exemptions, Mr. Ford- ney held out little hope. He said, however. that if sufficient new sources of revenue can be tapped to offset the losses anticipated through abolition of the excess profits and reduction of the higher surtaxes on incomes. the per- sonal income exemptions will get some consideration, as will the rates on the normal income: Chairman Fordney would not say that a_general tax reduction was pos- sible, but emphasized that the burden could be made lighter through redis- tribution of the levies. KEEP SWATTING THE FLY. Health Officer Says Pests Multiply, Despite Cool Spell. Don't let the cool weather stop you. Keep swatting_the fly and give no quarter. Dr. Fowler, health officer for the District, said today that the cool breezes and chill nights have not been cool enough or chilly enough to keep the army of flies from adding y millions of recruits to their ranks. The temperature. said Dr. Fowler. has EBeen by no means low enough to cause v serious degletion of their forces. v all means. keep up the war on the fly.” declared Dr. Fowler. “Don’t be persuaded by the cooler weather that the flies have decreaged in num- ber at all. Swat 'em and keep on swatting ‘em.” —_— 112 DISTILLERIES RAZED. GREENVILLE, S. C., July 23.—One hundred and _twelve distilleries have been destroyed and 200 gallons of moon- shine whisky and 26.650 gallons of beer Pas been seized and poured out in Green- ville county by Sheriff Carlos Rector and his deputies since the first of the year, according to his semi-annual re- port made public yesterday. 350 LEAVE ARMY. charge papers v. and some 300 others expect to be returned to civilian life next week, at which time 400 or more will be discharged from the garri- son at Fort Monroe, The reductions are expected to bring both posts to ap- proximate peace-time strength within a few weeks. SPECIAL NOTICES. Abe Martin Says: : ~ It’s what we learn after we think we know it all that counts. It seems like th’ less a feller earns th’ more determined his wife is t’ wear white. (Copsright National Newspaper Service.) AMERICAN MISSION ARRIVES AT PERU Welcomed Ashore From Naval Squadron—Headed by Alfred Douglas. By the Associated Press. LIMA, July 23.—The American mis- sion to the centenary celebration of Peru's independence arrived in Callao vesterday on board a special naval squadron consisting of the battleships | Arizona. Oklahoma and Nevada. After Jan exchange of formalities between the Amerigans and the Peruvian port authorities aboard the flagship Ari- zona the Americans were welcomed ashore by Foreign Minister Alberto Salomon. The mission is headed by Alfred Douglas of Washigton, who has been glven the rank of ambassador extraor- dinary for the occasion. Other members are Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett, representing the United States Army; Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman. representing the Navy: William B. Thompson. New York city: John W Garrett of Baltimore, Dr. William C. Farabee und Stephen G. Porter. all having the rank of envoy extraordi- nary. 4. Robert Elmore of Washing- ton is secretary. The mission arriyed in Lima in the afternoon and was'taken immediately by automobile to private residence which the Peruvian government has placed at fts disposal. Later calls were made op the American ambassa- dor, William E. Gonzales, and on For- eign Minister Salomon. President Leguia, it is understood. will receive the American representatives Satur- day. when Mr. Douglas expects to pre- sent his credentials. For the purpose of preventing prof- iteering durinz the celebration the government has drawn up a schedule in which the maximum prices that may be charged for prime necessities are set forth. _— [MR. HERRICK DECORATED. Ambassador to France Honored for Post-War Work. By_the Associated Prees, PARIS, July 22.—The Journal Officiel today publishes a list of persons who have been awarded medals by the gov- ernment_as a mark of gratitude for work performed for France in connec- tion with post-war relief work. Prominent among those decorated is Myron T. Herrick, the American ambas- sador. who is givermr the Vermeil medal for his services In the development of post-war works for Fronce heroes. The Lafayette Memorial Fund also is awarded a similar medal, with special mention for its work among French children, and one is given to Raoul Dan- tdurand ‘of Montreal, president of the anco-American committee. ARREST RUSSIAN GENERAL. VIENNA, July 23.—Belgrade reports that a ian general named Komi- sarow was arrested Thursday on the charge of being implicated in the re- cent attempt to assassinate Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Gen. Komisarow, who resided in Pancsova, near Belgrade, is described as a well known anarchist. SPECIAL NOTICES. T WILL NOT BE RESPONSFBLE FOR ANY any person_other than myselt. WALTER B. CLARK, 739 Hobart pl. now. |4 WANTED—GOLF CLUBS. Will buy set of goif clubs from some one who has no_further use for same; cheap. Ad- dress Box 279-K. Star office. 240 NOTTOE—RENJAMIN NDEL. 1526 14th ST. n.w.. has sold his business to Trifon Z. Sota. Persons_having any ciaims against the said Renjamin Kandel shall present the same at once. MISSOURIANS. ATTENTION ! “Three people wanted to share an auto trip to Missonri_State Appls B. B. POWELL, 1 Hospital, Ward 14th_st. n. The omy and otiginal “Blgge" in the Heating and Plumbing business is The Biggs Engineering Co. 1810 14th st. n.w. Phone Franklia 317, TING —PLUMBING Warren W. Biggs, W. K. Pace, Jas. Cunningham. Heating and Plumbing repairs and remodel- o promptly attended to by expert mechanies. Y ONE_WHO SAW LADY FALL FROM open W. R. and E. car at 4th and I tol strects on ovening of May 21 e communicate with Box 149 GREATER _ SAFETY _AND _ REDUCED freight rate on household goods to Pacific coast and for west in pool cars of SECURITY STORAGE COMPANY, 1140_15th st POOL YOUR SHIPMENTS TO NEW YORK and the west. Special rates household goods d automobil: our representative talk th v COBS TRANSFER CO., INC. 9500. PTANOS FOR RENT_UPRIGHT AND GEAND pianos for rent reasonable prices; rent ap- lied on purchase price by agreement. HUGO ORCH, 1110 G. Victrolas and_records. WANTED—A RETURN LOAD OF FURNI- ture from Boston or Providence. July 23. THE BIG 4 TRANSFER; CO., TN 1125 14th st. n.w. Main CLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES. Leaky Roofs— Faulty Gutters, Broken Spouting promptly and capably looked after by the “Ironclad Rooters.” IRON Ty the Printing Plant for printing. 2159, Roofing, 1416 F st Company. Phone M: illion-Dollar w. ain 14 BUILD BUSINESS With Good Printing. HIGH-GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH PRICED. THE SERVICE SHOP BYRON S. ADAMS, EENimas » 512 11th St. Glove and Shirt Hospital 726 18th ST. N.W. Don’t Wear Mended Shirts. Let Us Make Them New. 23* Roofs, Old Roofs Carey asbestos guaranteed. . 528 21st st n.w. 28 N I'T’S GLASS —THA" EEDED, THINK OF BECKBR. ‘WB HAVB ALL KINDS AT LOW PRICE: Auto Headlight Glass, Sky- light and Cathedral Glass. £Z01d Mirrors Resilvered. Becker Paint and Glass Co., OHAS. F. HODGKIN, Mgr. 1239 Wisconsin ave. Phone West €7. ROOF TROUBLE Call Main 760. Graft Zap i big 2T ‘With your next ender “Heating and Roofing Experts 35 Years. =5 The National Capital Press| reexca Umbrella amor 12101212 D St. N.W. SEDER. Fi. 4toew. TS titn BT WD ABWEAR TO YOUR SHOES your shoe- too_long. 3 leather soles or money back. - Superior facilities for ahoe repatr and shines. mer ADWEAR SOLES COMPANY, 1819 New York ave. Fr. 501 1726 Pa. Fr. 4278, an1® Right Time to Build FENCE is now, while Lumber POSTS & nd Millwork prices are PICKETE ’.onf}lad to estimate Geo. M. Barker Co., Inc. ©40.451 M. Y. ave.; 1517 7th st. Tel. M. 1348. CLAFLIN OPTICAL CO. Tell It to Casey —If you are having trouble with the roof or plumbing. CASEY pines Soi 105 and tisi. The Shade Shop - W. STOKES SAMMONS. 830 13th St. . Great Summer Reduction Sale Fine Window Shades! 5t oney. ROOF TALKS! Ferguson says: “My roof painting and re- pairing is my best recommendation.” R K. FERGUSON, Inc. 1114 9th Bt. Phone North 281282, Roofing Experts. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO FND GERHAN 7Y | N CANADR NSHNE “Officer” Who Tried to Dyna- mite Big Bridge to Be Deported. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ont., July 22.—Werner Horn, who figured in one of the most sensational German, spy cases of the war, has been certified as insane by physicians at the penitentiary in Dor- chester, N. B., where he has been serv- ing a ten-year sentence for attempting to blow up the Canadian Pacific railroad bridge at Vanceboro, Me. He will be released as soon as arrangements can be made for his deportation to Germany. It was February 2, 1915, that Horn tried to dynamite the bridge, Which crosses the St. Croix river into New Brunswick. A few hours later he was arrested at Vanceboro. Horn, about thirty-seven years oid, with a military training that bolstered his claim that he was a captain in the German army, said that, being unable to return to Germany to fight, he had conceived the pian of aiding his country by blowing up the International bridge and so “crippling the movement of munition trains in the Dominion. L Arrangements for blowing up_ the bridge, he said, were made in New Yor! In Vanceboro he met an ‘“Irishman, who handed him some dynamite, with which he attempted to destroy the D. Twenty Injured By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa, July 23.—More than twenty persons were injured, several serfously, when the Lacka- wanna limited, one of the fastest trains on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, between New York and Buffalo, was wrecked at Glenburn, near here. ‘The most seriously injured are: Charles Coolbuugfy; engineer, Scran- ton; scalded; condition serious. Jacob Gleishman, fireman, Goulds- boro, Pa.; scalded; condition serious. Oscar Snyder, mail clerk, Strouds- burg, Pa.; crushed; condition serious. R. H. Hart, mail clerk, Haeketts- town, N. I.; crushed; condition serious. James S nductor,. Bingham- badly bruised about the body. The wreck occurred when the bag- gage car jumped the track and fell across the roadbed. A mail car also was derailed and toppled across the other tracks. Two passenger coaches left the rails, but did not turn over. A locomotive, eastbound and traveling light, crashed into the wrecked mail car. Sentenced for Slayf HARRISONBURG, Va.—Edward Shiff- lett, thirty vears old, a native of the Blue Ridge ‘mountains near here, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to four and a half vears in the penitentiary in connection with the death of Dosh Garrison, a mountaineer. Garrison was stabbed to death on_the night of May 28 in afree-for-all fight at the home of his mother. The family, according to testimony at the trial, had gathered at the house to welcome home bridge. This, he insisted, was an act | Buckle Garrison, who had just served of war, and he contended that having |out a penitentiary term for “moonshin- fled to a neutral country he could not {ing. be surrendered to the enemy. o The Canadian government, through Suleide by Flames. the British ambassador at Washington, | NORTHPORT, N. Y.—Despondent be- made formal demand for his surrender, cause her son, Re cley but the request was not honored at the Thomas Oakley of Mexico, Mo., had to return to his duties tenced in federal court in Boston to clghteen months' imprisonment and fined $1.000. After serving his time ne was extradited to Canada, where he was again tried, convicted and im- prisoned. CONGRESS T0 GET RAILWAY PROGRAN President Will Submit Plan for Funding Debts of BADEN-BADEN, Germany. July 5.—Karl Hau, a lawyer of Wash- ington. D. C.. who has been serving a life sentence here for the murder of his mother-in-law, the widow of Dr. Militor of Baden-Baden, will be given his freedom in 1923, he has been notified hy the Baden government. The government gave no reason for the pardon or for the unusaal fact that it was announced four vears before it becomes ef- fective. When the American once again takes up his work in the world he will have forgotten much of his jaw. for he has had little time to read, but he will be an expett table maker, at which task he has been engaged since his Imprisonment Roads. began in 1906. _ Hau's conviction. on circum- President Harding will submit to| stantial evidence, attracted wide attention -in Germany. The widow Militor, reputed wealthy and with no other heirs except her two COMMISSIONERS LIKELY TO ACCEUT DEAN SITE FOR NEW PLAYGROUND Congress next Tuesday the adminis- tration plan for funding the debts of the railroads to the government and meeting without additional appropria- tions the claims of the roads growing out of federal control. An understanding ‘has been reached between the roads and the adminis- tration, it was Parned today. to facilitate_ speedy settlement of the o claims of the carriers without any Offer of the Woman's National Foundation to the District of four new arrangement or modifigition of & acres of the Dean tract, at Con- the wartime contracts with the gov- ernment. Authority to fund the debts| necticut and Florida avenues, for of the roads, it was explained, use as a_playground will be com- igiven the President by the trans.| municated formally to the Commis- iportation act, but it was deemed ad- | sioners teday through Mrs. Susie visable to acquaint the Congress with| Root Rhodes, supervisor of play- the methods under consideration. grounds. Use of the War Finance Corpora- Mrs. Rhodes thanked the board of povernors of the foundation Yesterday for the offer, and there is_little doubt that it will be ac- tion as the agency effecting. through the railroad administration, the set- tlement of the government's.financial relations has been suggested, as well | cepted by the Commissioners. It is as other means, but additional au-| stated that the property can be thority from Congress would be Te-| equipped with playground para- quired to permit the corporation to take part In the contemplated trans- actions. phernalia and placed in commission without delay. BANK LOSS, $1,000,000. Chicago Trust Company Suffers Through Closing. CHICAC 1L, July 23—The loss to the Michigan Avenue Trust Com- pany Bank, which was closed Thurs- day In the absence of its president. Warren C. Spurgin, will be more jthan $1,000.000, and may reach $1.- Claims Watved. After three weeks of negotiations. the basis upon which the ilroads’ claim would be quickly met. was said to rave been reached through the roads acceeding to the administra- tion’s request to waive claims for “in efficiency of labor” in work done on the lines by the government before returning them to private control. In waiving such claim however. it was declared the right of any of the roads to sue on them in the courts would 5 v ¢ i 500,000. These figures ive: not be affected in the event of a fail- gu were given ite of settiement. ¢ " {out by George M. Reynolds. chair- The administration's position dur-{Man of the Continental and Com- mercial National Bank's boarg of di- rectors and uncle of Spurgin, who has got been located. No action has been taken against Spurgin. At a meeting of depositors, it was decided to try to save the bank. rather than force it into the hands of a receiver. The bank had close to $4,000.000 in deposits and the auditor has found $214.000 in cash and a quantity of stocks and bonds. The Michigan Avenue Trust had no connection with any other Chicago bank and was not a member of the clearing house association. HEADS NEW THOUGHT. James A. Edgerton of Washington Elected President. DENVER, Col, July 23.—James A. Edgerton, Washington, D. C., was unan- imously elected president of the Inter- national New Thought Alliance, in con- vention here. Mrs. Melva Merrill, also of Washington, was re-chosen secretary. Others elected were: R. C. Douglas, Boston, ditor, and Charles Watts, Fhiladelphia, treasurer. Philadelphia seemed to be favored for the next convention, leaders said. —_— NORTHCLIFFE IN U. S. Reaches New ?ork on First Leg of Extensive Tour. NEW YORK, July 23.—Viscount Nérthcliffe, British publisher and po- litical power, arrived today on the steamship Aquitania, on the first leg of an extensive tour the prime pur- pose of which is to study interna- tional preblems in the Pacific. After visiting the United States, Viscount Northcliffe will go to Can- ada, Honolulu, the Fiji Islands, New ! Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, China, Korea, the Strait set- NEW YORK, July 23.—Mayor Hylan has reiterated a demand made last | Lement, Burma and India. month that police officers be pre. | T vented from searching private homes or traveling bags carried on the streets without first obtaining search warrants. The subject was brought out in & letter written to Police Com-. missioner Richard B. Enright. “While it is imperative,” the mayor wrote, “that _vigorous efforts . be made to see that conditions of law and order prevall, it s equally im- portant that - unlawful methods should not be indulged in in connec- fon with the enforcement of the law. Unwarranted Invasions of the rights of respectable people must not be tolerated.” The mayor declared if members of the police force persisted in making liquor arrests without search war- rants they should be tried and prop- erly disciplined. st SO Res HELD ON CHECK CHARGE. Inspector, Daniel Sullivan, acting ehief of detectives, has received a message from the pelice of Memphis, Tenn., tell- ing of the arrest of William E. Root, resident of that city, who is wanted here t; .:mr charges of passing worthless checks. ing the negotiations with the carriers was declared to have been that the roads ought to facilitate settlement without considering what the gov- ernment regarded as extravagant claims for efficiency of labor. Only these claims, it was asserted, were in dispute, and so far the railroad ad- ministration has refused, with the ap- proval of the President, to make any lndjuutmenl on that basis. On the other hand, the adminisira- 'tion felt, it was asserted, that the go ernment’ had not been fair to the rail- {roads and should give them what was {rightfully theirs. At the same time it was desirable to facilitate settlement of the railroad problem. which would enable the closing of the railroad ad- ministration, an expensive government agency. Settlement Speeded. The -administration and the railroads, it was maintained, had sought a frank understanding which, by laying aside claborate claims for inefficiency of labor, would speed up the settlement desired. While all railroads, particularly the short lines, were not represented in the Association of Railway Executives with ‘whom negotiations were conducted, it was’ believed that the understanding reached would meet with the approval of all the carriers. Debts of the roads to the government have been generally estimated at about $500,000,000, while their clgims have beert put at various figures. Director Gen- eral of Railroads Davis in a recent esti- mate to Congress declared that while all the claims were not in it was thought the total would be $1.250,000,000, which, if settled on the basis of about 40 per cent as heretofore, would approximate $500,000,000. _— OPPOSES POLICE SEARCH. New York Mayor Reiterates De- .mand to Police Commissioner. A Delightful Lunch at Bellevue Farms Lanch Club Lnncheon A la Carte Service40c I 133436 G St. 1338 New York Ave. When Baggage Car Jumps Track. IN GERMANY TO BE FREED IN 1925 T O R A SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1921—PART 1.’ in Train Wreek | BaAND coNCERT. | v f i At the White House s Y & | concert by the United + | | Marine Band, William H. Santel- | mann, leader ylor Branson, | V| second leade : { ! March, | 5 husband of Mrs Aima Curry, ‘whose (T . body, with that:of her daughicr.;Vern | Overture, “La Dume Bla | Curry, was found in the woods near this 2 v Ry} o city, has been arrested al Cagasay Co (Ssionto Tk Jkifth Xocturne® ; Ark,, and returned to Jonesboro. He .| | suite, iy | h was ordered held on a coroner's warrant mmission 1o Take UD De | '“)l ‘-‘]l'"";" . !‘”l'“”':' 3 Shepy pending further investigation. iae s | (pestorale; () AsewDeath {providing f tion bet Mrs. George Harrison of Jonesboro, recia | andante dolorosa: (c) “Ani- atlon e who_iold Coroper O. C. Powell and n tion at Next Week’s | tra’s Dance,” tempo di n fihe fede and the Sheriff Johnson that she had telephoned 2 | (d) “Danee of th for the protection of maternity Mrs, Curry at Paragould, asking her to Sessions. ! n the. Hall of the e s e come to Webbs Mill to work at a road i King,” alla marcia “ arp debate in construction camp, was also put under} Ti was indicated today at the Dis- molto marcato. sing Iwurs of consideration off bond for her appearance before theirict Luilding that there s litte| | Waltz “Morning Journals, | tmeasure. The negative votes coronerdury: L obability of rate decisions being | S | Jeast by senators oran. Mones Killed While Stealing Ride. announced by the Public Utilities Com- | { Warren, republicans; and Sen ATLANTA, Ga.—One man was|mistion in the truction. power, tele- | 2 Reed, King and Wi killed and another injured in the de-|PMone and gas company cases before | denocr railment of a Southern _railway | Apgust . t An appropriat of $1.4%0.00 .freight _train near here. Rajlroad) he commission rested today after| | arried by the » ofMcials said it was .admitted they ¢TAte hearings lasting more than i 4 h. Were stealing a ride to Atlanta tajWeek. but will take up a second tor Reed spposing] look for work. ly.l;lu.- fu{ the problem next week. | -l‘l"” ,~-lu'n it nnwl-lrr ':xr| the N { when four days will be devoted to dren’s burean would ctate Four Die in Ship Blast. gonsidering rutes of © depreciution. | DECORATED BY BELGIUM fametican, mothera: 31 vropose) Ry 3 Xy ¥ ¥ 8 question will play an important a ment, which was jevted a"tbrll\“::‘lél:r—filg::;sz'ea":‘;'*u:;fl:ifl part in the commision s delivera- | e 4 roll eall, to chauge the - tions to determine what charges shall " tof the hill to bill 1o organt: plosion occurred in' an empty compart- | be catablished for utility service in | G1ven Order of Leopold for Services | Lourd of to teach ot ment on the tank steamship Ardwore. | the Distr | Aiding Pri g guned by the Standard Oll Compar of | The geucral features of this ques- | e 4 by Sen| to have revulted from w spark IEniNg | enee of mepreseniates or o1 the | Germany. o e, Soiio) min ) lted a i e p o a4 of T who denie gus generated by crude oil. utilities meeting to be held in | Brig. Gen. George H. Harries, for- uld be an invasion of ) e { the District building Monday at 10 13-4 ¥t % hote in carrying ou: the prop Held After Shootings fo'clock. On succeeding days the queq- | M€Y i command of the Digtrict of [law. Senitor” Warren. chsirmal WICHITA FALLS Tex—Henry | tion of the particular rates, rules. |(olumbla militia and er with the th ppropy ms committee, | Adams, who several days ago was|Fegulations and methods of account- i National Army in the world war, hax{posed the bill cuse it would | taken ‘to Matador, Tex.. by a -party|ing. a affect each individual jbeen decorated by the Belgian govern- |« drain ury. Se 1of men, where an umsucokssful effort | cluss of utiiities, will be considered {ment as a commander of the Order of | Borah to sund and {Was made to have @ camplaint flled | 4t special heurings given these [Leopold in special recognition of hislall but a SiEY eXP |against hem charging non-support of | Eroups. services in behalf of Belgiun prisoners | tures should e’ disallowed by his wife, 18 held under bond. follow- Car Companies o5 Taehday: tof war in Germany. Gen. Harties i Senato onporsd 2l ing the shooting to. death of C. L.| gireet ratlway companics wil lead {1ead of the allied prisoners co istration of the hill by the pu Burden, prominent farmer of North- | otITek GEUWAY comT e at Berlin following the arm culth service for tie reason th fleld. Four others, said to have been morning on the sp The presentati > . aliready oW B 3 : Siation hentl 3 esentation was made < already overburdened members of & party which ' yistieq | Fates of depreciation hearings. Blec- i, g Preeitati ) inay Adums’ home at the timeof the shoot- | i, VRt and power companies Will iyron ' de Cartier, the Beixia = = ing. are alio being held in connection | BAVe, their inninic ‘Wednesday morn- {ygdor i (o' brience of A S | With: the. cape: ing and the gas companies Wednes- | J000 (0 the Predence of M. Silv Large detacked According to day afternoon. Telephone compan: Y8 Seretary of embassy, and Maj ner house, 11 re will follow on Thursday morning, | 1 and taxicab companies will complete |} fternoon. i r cports, the party was advancing toward a tent in which Adams slept, when w shot wus heard. | time. For safekeeping he was tem- ai urden fell woundad. s car- | the schedule Thursday { porarily sentenced lo thirty days in a :-';u"-m::,méo}‘r{:i:{:flyg'flfic?d?“vlf\x-’ Ada'te a° wagon by |u:hx~.u‘n:»:nlrr;‘nrn. iluls danunen the bresent round of Maine on a charge of having in-{fire clothing i and died on the way to « ho rings will produce no rate in- e liogs 15V nsabore. fire, to e clothilng;/atew" Hours Mrs. Adams. whe wae SO LAl e | creases, unless the commisxion should | March 2 he was indicted by the federal _ jof a neighbor at the time of the|8opt the Ovster plan for increasiu | grand Jury in Boston for violating laws 5 S s P $hooting, denies that her husbund | the electric rate to 10 cents in order | e Ittt Ganecrabr ot Held on Coroner's Warrnnt. i failed to support hem or raEbund s ae the Washington Railway and ! lexplosives by carrving dymamite from | $TONESBORO, _ Ark.—James _Curry. | mistreated her. P4 Electrie Company, which owns the o New York to the border.” He was r - —{power company, may he able o cut | moved to Massachusetts after Maine the street car vate to 7 cents. Evenla authorities made an unsuccessful fight i 7 7T\ ¢ fthis plan would not increase the U {authoriues DISTRICT MAN SERVING LIFE TERM - |l Siiieies s siresy After a long legal fight he was sen- fre paying the 10-cent rate pf wh 2 cent-and-ahalf is impounded unde a court order. Commissioner O would stop the impounding process | until the court has acted, 8o that the | money could be used for bolstering up ‘ the traction situation and making possible a cent reduction in the rate of car fare. : daughters, Olga and Dr. Hau's wife, was shot in_the back on the streets of Baden-Baden in Novem- ber, 1906. as she was answering an alleged telephone call frem a tele- graph office. This telephone call is said to have been the work of Hau, intended to lure Mrs. Militor 10 the street. where a man with a false black beard shot her. Hau fled to London, where he later was * Those who have followed the hear- inks generally anticipate no’changes being made in the telephone rates. {The company asks that the rates be {continued and it presented evidence to | 1”‘.. commission showing that its rate! i | of return last year on the valuation | atrestad established upon its property by the] B ) commission was leks than 5 per cent. fa PRIDer testified he afixed a 1 e at least 10 cent eut ) Hdllg ~Ty"dx jom Hau that day. |in the gas rate. due to the voluntary au's wife. Lina. whom he had met {piopowal of the gas companies. In and married in Zurich. where they were both students, committed sui- cide after her husband’s convic- tion, leaving a letter in which she | making this proposal even these com panies showed the commission t their earnings last year gave less than 6 per cent return on their valuations asked that the names of her chilf |hy estabii y 2 i « established by the commission. In ! dren be changed. for she believed |yiew of this development, it is doubted Hau had murdered her mother. by many if the commission will reduce When convicted Hau was In the {the gas rate below the point which employ of the Standard Oil Com- |the companies say_it may not be re pany, assigned to_Constantinople. He was born in Bernkastel, Ger- many. KU KLUX TAKES BLAME. | Texans Admit Tarring Two Men in ‘Letters to Press. | BEAUMONT. . Tex.. July 23.—The { Beaumont local of the Knights of the | ! 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