Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1921, Page 1

WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Mémber - of the Associated Press The Aseciated Press fs exclusirely entitied to | the use for republication of éIl news dispatches credited to 1t of not otherwis: credited #n this ! Papsr and also the local news published herein, | All rights of publication of special l WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight, with possibly showers tonight or tomorrow; con- tinued warm tonight; cooler tomor- Tow night. Temperature for twenty-four hours ‘ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 86, at 12 noon; lowest, 64, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 14. Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. 28,276. i ’ @ispatches hereln are also reserved. H o i Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,871 ‘Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. s WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER s JAPAN WILL INSIST o moveer o sesse | (IO DEMANDS' AT Rail Tie-Up Certain. { ARMS CONFERENCE: Not to Permit Scrapping of | Agreement on Interference in Shantung. D. C, 29, 1921-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CHE OF .G KLAN APPEALS TOPOLIE FOLLOMING THREAT Inspector Grant Says He Will Have Nothing to Do With K.-K. K. No. . CENTS. MAJORITY REPORT ~ [*5enssncons o CLEARS NEWBERRY OF ELECTION FRAUD. Democrats, However, Find Senator Used “Corrupt and lllegal Practices.” Fruit Trees Bloom As Weather Warms, But No Harm Done Frult trees in and aboumt Washington have gotten all ‘mixed up on the calendar. The ‘weather has fooled them ceoi piletely and many of them are : putting out their spring. blossoms, something which the t of Agriculture con- siders unusual, but mot at all o By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, Til, September 29— While counting oft strike ballots of 186,000 members of the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen wiil not be com- pleted until late today, there seemed no-doubt in the minds of union offi- cials today as to how the men stood. Unofficial reports were that 90 per cent of those voting were opposed to acceptance of the wage cut of July 1. authorized by the United States Rail- | road Labor Board. Notwithstanding this _attitude on FORD'S CLAIM TO SEAT | ik it ot e pen e nes ks DENIED BY BOTH SIDES The general committees will decide While the proceas in 10 some extent, it will have lt- ORGANIZATION’S MEMBERS BRANDED AS ‘TERRORISTS’ FRANKLY WILLING TO TALK ON QUESTION IN GENERAL | on a strike, and they are not bound to abide by the vote of the members. There was also a fecling that no final on will be taken until it has heen determined how the other railroad i = ! o0 e M ppther, Failreat| Choice of Prince Tokugawa Meets Say Michigan Member Used . [ nox; Sency, 2ions will be counted “‘"'i With Favor; Leaves No Too Much Money. | — Py the Associated Press. } ~” Opinions conflicting along party lines ' weere presented today by majority and! on mext year's frait. 1U. S. Attorney Ready to Submit Republicans and Democrats Alike i ] Any Evidence Showing Conspir- | acy to Grand Jury. INCOME TAX BRIBE ATTEMPT CHARGED Contruversy over the existence of ithe Ku-Klux Klan in Washington was of her fundamental policy at the imarked by two developments today minority members of the Semate privi- Washington conference Japan willl | Grand Goblin Harry B. Terrell, head : Jeges and clections committec on thy et perit tihe acanpinet Mot L tiva | jof the Kian in the District. called of Ford-Newberry 1918 senatorial electi B enty onal Wier Tl e ar Comant | {Inspector Clifford L. Grant. in charze contestiframiatichigam. 8 3 with China, and will not tolerate ine| jof the local detective bureau. The majority report cleared Senator | Truman H. Newberry, the republican caridate, of corruption and ail other chargep. and recommended that he be 3egally seated. The democratic mcmnem} #n the contrary, asserted that Senator Newberry was clected by “corrupt and | llegal methods and p ces” and rec- mmended that his seat be declared Va- [Jein leaders w. e , feant. R (prinaleades fusse today invited by < With the filing of the reports, tle case [ " © 2 inister Lloyd George to 19M goes to the Senate for ‘final de- lconference in London October 11, on |fions’ The gov: i ably & s » government is preparing o N chiproba) ‘hhl l""l;;‘l";ml,:-\dt.au Irish peace adjustment. to issue special instructions to the L e 3 The invitation was extended in Mr. | Japanese delegates concerning the; . 3 is understood, Senatorf Newberry willf > i - not attend the Senate sessions. Lloyd George's reply to Eamonn De |limitation of armaments, says the| iRevenue Official ACCUSEH IN | ompiaincd of tne receipt ot o virem: fening letter. Instcad of a promisze o . Case and Another Man {iotcein, he as 1o 15 trcoector | Held as Associate. Grant during a stormy fifteen-minute !interview that the people of the Dis- _{trict generan 2 osed 1 e o in e Charged with attempts to obtain ESam i mece noponel o hp UNEMPLOYED. | bribes, revealing confidential infor- = i mation and thefts of office records, T Official action with regard to the Ku-Klux Klan was Ly existence of a “terrorist organizatiou” {G. Rickmeier, assistant chief of the! personal audit section, income tax promised | unit, bureau of internal revenue, and |United States Attorney Peyton Go | idon, who said he would submit to the in Washingtc Garnett Underwood of 1005 L street | ol WO saiC e ¥ terference in the Shantung question, it was declared to the Associated! Press yesterday by a Japanese in an| authoritative position. He asserted | Japan considered these matters as accomplished facts which concerncd China and Japan directly In the general discussion of far eastern matters, however, Japan was said to be willing frankly to explain | her position regarding these ques- BY LLOYD GEORGE By the Associated Press. LONDON,. September 29.—The Sinn AN "APPEAL REUU[SI ml]’m] | PEACE TREATY WITH U. S. I APPROVED IN REICHSTAGi OF THE Facts to Be Given Jury. = . € $ ¢ e e ence presented (o “On only two major issues were the ;ylaras . dispatch ~ from irloch, | Nichi Nichi Shimbun. | By e Assoclated Press. 3 today were taken into custody by spe- | him tending to support alclmrgc that yepublicans and democrats in harmony | S¢0tland.” the prime minister's tem- Prepared to Curtail. BERLIN, September 29 cial agents of the intelligence service, | the klan is engaged in unlawful con- orary residence. Stipulatfons in Nete. The reply carried a declination to meet the Sinn Fein negotiators on the basis of the previous correspond- ence between Mr. De Valera and Mr. Lloyd .George, the prime minister holding this to be a basis which might _involve Great Britain in a recognition of lrish sovereignty. Great Britain's position on this point was foundamental to the existence of the Eritich empire, the premier de- clared: Mr. Lloyd George. however. renewed the offer of a conference “with a view ing how the association h the community of na- A the reports filed today. v agree foreign affairs commission of the That Henry Ford, the democratic con reichstag today gave Its approval the ratification of the peace treaty with the United States. The commission adopted a reso- lution recommending the reichstag ratify the treaty. {HEAVILY ARMED BANDITS | PLUNDER TRAIN OF MAIL | By the Associated Prees. I OKLAHOMA CITY, & A large posse of sheriffs and police ! = PO spiracy. Of course, he said, he must bureau of futernal revenue. neS s e The formal charges aguinst the men| Grand Goblin Terrell w were (0 be’ placed when arraigned be- | chief of detectives to present an anous- g s & s i jmous letter received by him toda fore a United States cnmmlua.untr;wm’:h o Caseetuea ki htm this afternoon. Information leading to the bureau's action was furnished by a taxpayer at Duluth, Minn., with whom the men are alleged to have attempted 1o enter into negotiations. {Other taxpayers. residing in Califor- nia, Oklahoma and Texas, also fur- n information in conneciion with | do you want u’,'e"‘é‘iu'."" TR [ the District for i ic v inted a clerk | fore sou go a; e Barenu of nfetnal reve ue | that there is no use talking 1o me al €19, at $1.100, and was)the Ku-Kiux K 1t is indicated that the project for the building of eight battieships and eight battle cruisers originated in the idea that this program was necessary for the national defense, but that Japan has come to recognize the project has lost its original signifl cance. She is, therefore, prepared to carry out such curtailment, it is as would make her navy enough to maintain the peace of the | far east. This curtailment would be | by agrecment with the powers in a| spirit of mutual concession and com- | promise. The newspaper says that| the outline of this program decided upon by the navy will be submitted | testant, had not been elected and was | %ot entitled to the seat from Mic | * BOARD ON MARKET ISelects Three Men to Ap- praise Buildings and Im- provements Here. President Harding today named the! { three men to form the commission to appraisc the buildings and improve- t hefore the FOR STREET PAVING Commissioners Also Propose Increased Provision for Repairs on Highway. The Commissicners, it is understood. kave asked Congress in their esti- mates for approximately $500.000 for hey also agreed that too much money ad been spent in the Michigan primary. | The democrats, however, contended that ‘Senator Newberry was responsible per- sonally for the expenditure, while the republicans held he was not. Majority Recommendati i Recommendations of the majority, report. submitted by Senator Spencer. | republica gouri, who conducted the committee investigation and re- count, wer =(1) That the contest of He against Truman ¥ purpose in L What in March 1. Ford Newberry be, and ! to the cabinet. | paving ©f new streets, and also have ments of the Washington Market ' s60, 82 enough for me. ex the - it is hereby, dismissed. 0 as the British empire | New. | paving; ofinew;streets, e D i U} promoted successively to $1.800, § 1 “(2) That Truman H. Newberry is | may best be reconciled with Irish na- |y oleenPapers here commend the ap- | oquested slight increases in the Company, which zre to be taken overjand on J: v 21, 1o § 80 woout cloaked pointment of P’rince Iyesato Tokugawa | as head of the Japanese delegatio aud declare it to be another proof of T'remier Hara'e statosmanship, cause-it_ will sflence opposition-in the house of peers, the members of which aro delighted with the appointment. Tie chofce of Prince Tokugawa aldo ! meets -with national favor and gives | the Kensei-kai, or opposition party, | no ground for attack upon the gov- ernment, > e Opposition organs, howeve: fire _of were scouring the ceuntry around Fdmond, Okla. where six| el ! masked and heavily armed bandits - While erficials &t the District build- ! garly totiay forced all cer. clctka of ‘ Jobn H. Walker of Hockes Ifg have entered thoroughly into the | 20 Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fel: youis A. Dent of the Disirict of Co- - jtrain to throw off four pouches, one! | mpia #pirit. of cconomy in government eX-i,¢ which ‘oficials believed to have| This P penditures, they realtze that it would | contained registered mail. Accord- : 15 commisslon was provided for be false economy to ignore the fact|ing to the authorities no trace was|in an act of Congress of last March L0 Wu'M',’_"n"; Ny s left Ly the Tobbers. {Which repealed and annulied certain turn a | hind in its progressot 3. E.McMahan diviston.superin- | DAFS of the aharter of the Washing- r IrOELes e @lerker Company, and previded ”c eration of tire market bulid- | Suppos his home hereby declared to be a duly elected senator from tle state of Michigan for the term of six years, commencing 191 tional aspirations,” proposing London fis'thc place and October 11 as the ate. Easy for Irish to Accept. Mr. De Valera, it Is peinted out here, has already agreed to confer on the question” of asgociation of Ireland with the empire, but has reitcrated the decision of the dail eireann that its négotiators would consider ‘them- selves ropresentatives of an.indapend- ent country. Bine then. however, Ar- by the government. The appointes a Frank {port. L inight. take a man who I was formerly 1 an | De a Tespectable citizen fr Horne, chairman, of ¥ree-joniey of the War Department, and ‘::lll;!f’};'lmluflm ap {recently ‘has been engaged in in-jERUETE O . Del. | rurance busi here. it was Stated | e turhed loos jat the Treasury Department. Tis ocon Trensury Statement. A Statement iseued at the Treasury 2y £aid: “In January, 1 Unde: wood addressed to the ta: w letter advising him that aw assesgment in exeess of $250.000 shortly would bej made against him. . Sasik | Underwood said he weuld taxpayer if his, iraveling expenses lump sums that are appropriated cach year. for repairs to streets and qualification for a seat Scnate of the United States, to which he has been elected, has been conclusively established, and the charges made against him in this proceeding. both as to his election and qualification, are not sustaineq. Conclusions of the minority, pre- sented by Senator. Pomerene. demo- crat, Olio, and ngrd_. 150 by Sena tors King, Utah, ang Ashurst, Arizona, Have Wrong 1 think you have the wrong id [about the kian,” interruptcd the gra to 1 Know enough about it.” replied f You have .. v s % from false repl tlen your_ accounds appearing in the crs” said Terrell. morning mfi&fi‘&#fi{ isit the estigate robbery. . | 0K federal government under 'st. That the irfegularities came plained of do not reldte to the general election, but to the primary. Hexry Ford did not receivé a plurality of not entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States. “Second, We find that under the facts and circumstances of this case corrupt and illegal methods and prac- tices were employed at the primary election and that Truman H. New- berry violated the corrupt practices act and the primary act of the state of Michigan, and that by reason thereof he ought not to have or hold a seat in the Senate of the United States, and that he is not the duly elected senator from the state of Michigan for the term of six years commencing March 4, 1919, and we recommend, therefore, that his seat be declared vacant.” Mirority Finds Fraud. A separate minority report also was submitted by Senator Ashurst, who declared Senator Newberry's creden- tials were “stained by fraud and ‘tainted by illegal” expenditure of money.” The testimony showed., he id, that the 1918 Michigan campaign artook more of the character of an auction than an election Claims of JMr. Ford to the Michigan seat were denied by both majority and minority members on the same ground—that all charges against Sen- ator Newberry related to the primary and not the general election, and that it was established conclusively that in-the general election Senator New- berry had received a majority of the votes. Mr. Ford's charges of bribery, illegal voting, undue influence and in- timidation of voters in the general election wera declared by the majority t0_be without foundation. Money. expenditures in the primary was the main point at issue in the| conflicting recommendations. This was placed by the majority at approx- imately $195,000 and at least $188,568 by the minority. There was virtually total disagreement along partisan lines as to Senator Newberry's re- sponsibility for and management of the expenditures. here is no evidence whatever to sustain the charge of improper use of money at the primary or the general elagtion.” the majority declared. e evidence shows: conclusively that the financial cost of the cam- yaign was voluntarily borne by rela- tives and friends of Truman H. New- berry and was entirely without solici- tation or knowledge upon his part. Too Much Momey Spent. “The amount of money spent at the ! rimary,” the majority continued, | ‘was large—too large—but there was 10 concealment with regard to.it, ahd it was spent entirely for legal and Pproper purposes. “Your committee condemns‘the use of such a large sum of money in any primary’ campaign, but in the fin- stant case there is not the,slightest foundation upon which to connect Truman H. Newberry with its solici (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. 20— &pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September The largest bomb ever constructed soon will be completed and tested in Maryland. ¥ At Aberdeen arsenal ‘experts on | explosives are building a monster bomb to welgh 4,000 pounds, the most powerful agency of destruc- . tion that has ever been put to- gether by man. Filled with-T. N. T.: ' it is expected to represent a power ' for destruction ‘that will be irre- sistible if it can be launchéd with facility. ‘The bomb is expected to be completed shortly and wil} receive its try-out at Aberdeen, where. it be'dropped into the bay'from =0 irplane. Jf the experiment roves a success, it is said fur. PILAN WORLD’S LARGEST BOMB FOR ABERDEEN, MD., TESTING thut Griffith, who will be the chief né- gotiator for thie Sinn Fein shonld the conference be held, has been quoted as declaring the Sinn Fein had never asked the British government to rec- gaige the claim to. Irish independence s a preliminary to a conference. Thus the view held in_same quarters here is that the Sinn Fein can now accept Mr, Lloyd George's invitatfon with- out abandoning its own standpoint. Before™ seding -his- note- to Dublin the prime minister had received from members of his cabiniet their views as to the’text of the cdmmunic: TEXT OF PREMIER'S NOTE. Fresh Invitation to Conference in London on’ October. 11.,° By the Associated Press. GAIRLOCH, Scotland, September 29. —The text of Prime Minister Lioyd George's reply to the latest note from Eamonn De Valera, which was dis- patched to Dublin early teday, fol- lows: ““Sir —His majesty’s government have given close and earnest con- sideration to . the correspondence which has passed hetween us since their invitation to you to send dele- gates to a conference at Inverness, “In spite of their sincere desire for peace, and in spite of the more con- ciliatory tone of ‘your latest com- munications, they cannot enter into a conference upon the basis of _this correspondence. “Notwithstanding your personal as- surances to the contrary, which they much appreciaté, it might be afgued in the fature that the acceptance of a conference on this basis had invblved them in a recognition which no Brit- ish government can accord. On thi point they .must guard themselves against any possible doubt. There is no purpose to be served by any fur- ther interchange of explanatory and ar- gumentative communications upon this subject. The position taken up by his majesty’s government {s fun- damental to the existence of the Brit- ish empire, and they cannot alter it. “My colleagues and I remain, how- ever, keenly anxious to make, In Co- operation with your . delegates, an- other determined effort to explore every - possibility of a settlement by personal discussion ““The proposals which we have al- ready made have been taken by thé whole world as proof that our en- deavors for reconciliation and-settle- ment are no empty form, and we feel that conference, not correspondence, is the .most practical and .hapeful way to an understanding such as we ar- dently desire to achieve. “We, therefore, send you herewith a fresh invitation to a conference in London éon October 11, where we can meet your delegates as. the spokesmen of the people whom you represent, with a view to ascertaining how the association of Ireland with the com- munity of nations known as the Brit- ish empire may beést be reconciled with Irish national aspirations. “I am, sir, yours faithfully, ,(8igned) “D. LLOYD GEORG] ther developments of the use of the bomb .as a means of coast de- [ fense will be ;mdde at Langley Field, Va., and off the capes, where there is more -room for the work. At present the Aberdeen au- thorities are busy devising a “rack” for holding.the big bomb, as all the present facilities are in- adequate for handling such an unwieldy ; and weighty coniriv- ance. The bgmb will have contact - points that will set in motion th timing fuse when the bomb hit the water, and a fraction of a sec- " ond thereafter the explosion is due to take place. The timer has ar- ranged to allow the maximum force to be exerted below the sur- made on gc- { Barly _ trial Chamber o " members each month. lo”&'fl“fi"l ton h 1 n‘ gorept ze] {;ngogplblflg for dlél:gmo tak ere. CHINESE DELEGATES SPART. Leave Paxing.far Shanghai to Go " Aboard Steamer. By the Ansaciated Press. s PEKING, = September. 29.—China's delegetion to the conference on lim- itation. of ‘armaments and far, east questions left this city for Shanghal today on its way to Washington, in- tending to make the voyage across the Pacific on the steamer Hawkeye State. Dr. W. W. Yen, foreign min- ister, who has been expected to be chief of the delegation, did not leave today, but is was faid he would fol- low, provided China’s Shantung pol- icy was determined and initiated soon enough for him to reach the American capital for the opening of the conference. May Send Substitute. If Dr. Yen should find it impossible to go to Washington, it is probable that Dr. Wang Chung-Huiy president of the civil and criminal law codificas tion commission and a-jurist of inter- national repute, will be chief of the Chinese representatives. Three promi- nent Chinese diplomats were members of the party which left today. They were, Chow Tzechi, former minister of finance and at one time secretary of the_Chinese legation in Was] ¥ Wang Ta-Shieh, leader -of the progres- sive party and former minister of for- eign gffairs, apd Dr. M. T. Llang, for- mer minister of foreign affairs and & prominent diplomat during the latter years of the Manchu dynasty. Many Experts in Party. The remainder of the party consist- ed of twenty-two technical expert nineteen secretaries assigned to th departments ‘of general affairs, archives and translation, nineteen at- taches, seventeen translators and sev- eral foreign advisors. Dr. Yen on Tuesday evening -tele- \ .| graphed Dr. C. C. Wu, son of Dr. Wu Ting-Fang, former Chinese minister to the United States, and a Cantonese member of the Chinese delegation in the Paris peace conference, offering him an associate delegateship. It is believed that Dr. Wu will accept. Bm SAILS NOVEMBER 1. Coming on Lafayette to Arms Par- ley With French Delegation. By the Astociated Press. . PARIS, September 28. — Premier Briand, it was announced this after- noow, now has decided to sail for the United Sthtes on the steamer Lafay- ette, sailing probably on November 1, to attend .the conference in Wash/ ington on far eastern questions and limitation of armaments. ‘With hirh will go the entire French delegation to the conference and its staff. Today’s News in Brief Japan will insist on keeping “21 de- mands” agreement at -conference here. S Page 1 Commissioners. ask $800,000 for pav- ng new streets. _ Page Engineey officials concerned over ‘prospects for new conduit. Page 1 Lloyd George invites Irish leaders to new peace comference. Page 1 hm;nne!d for Arlfiekl held on charge of manslaughter. i er soars nearly sight miles A oy to wet new record. Page 3 sive campaign pl Ity pullding. for Mck ual. 7 ¥t 'Page’ls ling of SouthWest branch of Li- B sy start this fall. . :Page 13 Citizens in .Northeast .urge -park. Page 13 eks 36 new “Page:13 ed on new inley Man- ‘Commerce highways of the need A Hon"to the jor Mationai Capital ha Peén made more apparent I the past few years by the rapid stridles Mary- lant has made in bdilding good roads to the District iine. - On a number of the fhaln arteries that conneet Maryland and.the District the contrast is striking when the mo- | torist crosses the District Hine. Resi- dents of the states who.motor-to the National Capital are surprised and Qisappointed to.. fnd- here--rosds in- ferior tc those.of the adjoining state through which they hawe 5 In the current appropriation act, Congress allowed $575,008 for repairs to streets and $260,000 for- upkeep of suburban roads. Both of these sunvs are the same as carried In the appro- priation -act- for last year. For the paving of new streets. how- ever, Congress this year has allowed only $144,840, as compared with $614, 200 last year. Encouraged by the fac that ‘the cost of asphalt paving took a substantial drop recently, the Com- missioners have asked in their new estimates for about $300,000 for new streets. Although on its face this would ap- pear to be a big Increase over the city officials point out that the request-is & modest one in comparison with the amount pent on current appropriation, that could reasonably be District streets. Retarded During War. Next to. school accommodations there fallen behind as much during and since the war as street improvements, and the city ‘heads are hopeful that the budget bureau’ and .the appropriations .com- mittees of Congress will consider this fact ‘in dealing with the city budget. Speaking of the two-hundred-and- fifty-thousand-dollar appropriation for 3 is nd ‘munictpal’ work’ that hi suburban road upkeep, Maj. Com assistant _engineer missioner in charge of that work, expressed. the bellef today that considerably more could be spent under that heading. One official at the the Mo., September 2 KANSAS CITY. — { Postal authorities here said there ‘was registered mail on Santa Fe tral: Nospb, the mail car of which wi the fmmediate diractioft of the bureau of markeis -of the department of agricultur . The commisston will start at once upon: the work of determining the into negotiations by which the tax payment might be avolded. He sug- gested as an alternative that the tax- payer come to Washington. The info: were paid, with'a view to entering| " My good man, [ went on record garding your organizatioy not changed my opinion in the 3 robbed of four pouches at Edmon Okla., early toda. from here to Galveston, Texas. 1t could not be said what, if an; tents; according to ‘the pos New responsibilities constituting hi the shoulders of Dawes. -~ responsibility for developing a feder: public works policy which shall be ssible the 80 elastic_as ‘to make prosecution of extensive projects is_generally ,employed. committee today son_of William Har: told the committee the logical offici: to. develop such rector Dawes. President be requested to instru construction _pfojects already called attention to “the fact that the owners of automoblies pay approxi- mately $300,000 into tne city treasury annually for tags and operating per- mits, not to speak of the amount they pay in personal taxes ou automobiles. This is considerably more than the total amount spent on upkeep ‘of sub- urban roads, which are used .mostly by automobilists. Salary _ increases from $5000' to $7,500 for the District Commissioners is proposed in the reclassification re- port of the United States bureau of efficiency which has been made at the | request of the Commissloners. “In the allocation of grads posed Jobs for--the --entire to ' the~classified comparable with those n-l quaintéd with all the buildin g proj- €ots of the tmfllmenz and there- tion to plan ahead fore. is in. & /p for public Work. putting tn‘:‘*«;me Fmp: n jed a1 the fnvol 'bor depression. )hrvi-’?ndnw J. Péters of Bostol mittes an qu. enti Mr.. Hard at considerable- andthat stch a policy would enab! the government in the 1. Arthur Woods, - commissioner-of New York man of 7 18 tive the District Commissioners ) re put in class 17: :v.éod ?bnl. ‘which is taken as tati it e 4 1! gfifi ,m‘wflau?;m:imwumy o ‘Tl.c:h:.n exmt.d will e s schedule for f 37, 8 'AI. i, the mew salary the entire federal service, by specific act of Cos 1,97 employes to -the new Their vrgcl{( salaries total 32, Under the reclassification minimum. in'the Smov't; 00d -bill ‘they: ymmended to! des that any increases ary n to any official above the mini- % fn'::n of this grade, §' , must: be Ngrest port The reclassification schedules draft- instead | od by the buresu of efciency, Jeaving? crrcsity out ali per diem employes, allocate; and _ the = les for grades provided | 1, ‘Wi M. T in. tee in C ublic:work ‘as 3 nesns of asaisti R@:yrlca’a more ’!)h Lim idle. . MoGrady mrged ;rnglu.hin- by Cengress. for Running five schedule; the séveral their work and will be 1originally selectéd. preparéd . steering comml Robinson Pitde s niv AT The_train rllnll i registered . mall was obtained until a check is made of the car's con- offi- SEEK DAWES SHiL ‘INPRODUCING 108S m 2 sort of manager of federal eon-l struction projects may be placed upon Budget Director The_President's unemployment con- ! ference commitee <on public works today is considering a suggestion that the budget official be clothed with times of depression and the holding back of goverament work when labor is policy was proposed to the Henry S. Denni- d, a magazine writer, B plan is et Di- He suggested that the Gen. Dawes to include in the forth- coming budget a #tatement of federal au- thorized which could be wisely pushed trict hufldln“ at this time as a means of relieving forward at rovements which are which wili make work for ntarily idfe and reserving cther projects for periods of less la- chairman of the committee, who pre- sided, and other members of the com- ioned both -Mr. Dennison lensth ofst materfally ~ in nc{::-'l‘n t.l‘l::_ % r stagnation. Sk chsi ce committee, on Their rmm’menhfl’am will be sub- jos. tho in_ the form of solida éd , by, it of value of the bufldings owned by the market company and operated now as the Center market, and when it has !ccmnleud its findings it will recom- {mend " the reimbursement of _the | Washington Market. Company. It is conaidered likely that this work will take two or threé months. Dent Prominent Attormey. | Louls A. Dent, the only local man appointed to the commission. is a life-long citizen of this city and is Y. the commission, it is explained, will be as legal adviser as well as a Judge in arriving at a an appramse- ment. Mr. Dent is president of the Hard- ing and Coolidge Club of the District of Columbia and was especially active in the ini%rests of the party during the last campaign. He served one term as register of wills of the Dis- trict and was recorder of the Su- preme Court of the District for a period of ten years, and in both offices he made many friends and served with much distinction. For the past five years he has practiced law in this city. Secretary Blaine. Mr. Dent started his public. career as private secrelary to James G. Elaine, then Secretary of Staté. He served this nationally prominent fig- ure for a number of vears. He later was appointed United States consul to"Jamaica, where he served several years. During the last presidential campaign Mr. Dent was one of the group that organized the Harding and Coolidge Club, the first of its kind and name to be organized following the nomination of President Harding. As chairman ‘of the membership com- mittee, he did much toward building up the large membership of the or- ganization. Upon the rezignation of T. Lincoln Townsend, its president. IMr. Dent was elected to succesd him. al in al ot and- has since directed the affairs of this club. [Dent has been prominent in fraternal and civic organizations. and occupies a prominent place in the District ber. He also is a member of the faculty of the National University Law School. Horne Stexage Plant Head. Mr. Horne, who is designated as chalrman of the commission, is presi- dent of the Merchants' Refrigerating. pany of New York city, one of the largest cold storage - plants United 'States. Jie was selected for this place bécause of his long experi- #noe i refrigeration plants and mar- ket store houses. Secretary of Agri- cultiré. Wallace, upon whose recom- n the President selected Mr. Horne, ‘8 sald to consider the latter as one of the most practical and best qunlified men in that industry. “The President made the announce- of his selections at noon today, conféerence with Secretary e n'the tion of Mr. “chat che Prevident selccted t. ‘alker, thethird member of the the prosecution of 3 mmediate ap- & nd waterways improvemesgts. . days _u‘?‘mfl- e i nference Wy'dtb‘filn"flu\ :;; the confere 1 ‘ready to re-| . to the corference:tomorrow aft-1{: of October 5, the date | = PARIS, September 28.—The Italian ambassader, Count Bonin-Longare, to- expressed. to Premier :Briand n'?'- at Venice, when a French mission the" ol of a hostile demonstration b{tl : crowds. 131, Briand informed the ambassador fhat the French.government and peo- ple ‘had not mistaken the manifesta " by. & few for an expression.of (!\ly‘g"rqglru_m.lmmu " a prominent attorney. His service on ! Y regrets for the recent lnud;:: i mation with reference 1o thc taxpay er'’s return, Underwood said, was given him by a friend in the income tax unit in Washington that this friend was handling this particular case, and would be willing to take such neces- sary action as 1o avoid payment of the tax. “Receiving mo reply from. this: le ter, Underwood addressed to the tax payer in. Kebruary a simjlar munication, In March a letter advil ing the taxpayer of an additional as- sesoment of $253,000 was prepared. in the income tax upit, but was not sent to the taxpayer. Jl.ater a repre- sentative of the taxpayer called on Underwood and asked him to outline the propositions made in his letter: Nugotiations were entered into, wi the resuit that an offer was made to return to the taxpayer his return and {the returns of three other taxpayers, two of whom had pending again: them additional assessments of 000 each and vne an additiona: asses. ment in excess of $350.000, together with all the correspondence in the 1 cases, if éach of the taxpavers would i2gree to pay to Underwood, through | their representative, $40,000, or a to- tal of $160.000. - Meeting Arranged. “On the evening of September 27. 1921, a special agent of the bureau of internal revenue, posing as a rep resentative of the taxpayers with ing registered at a downtown hotel. wood for morning. Underwood appeared at the the hotel between 2 and turns and papers. time, but sald his friend in the in- whom Underwood had been negotiat- | appointed time. and agreed to return to 0 | o’clock of the same day with the re-| Tle 2ppeared on.light come tax unit was reluctant about getting the papers out of the office during the day He aiso said that his friend in cash. This request was returh between 5 and 5:30 and would have with him all the returns and papers, which. if they were destro ed. would. leave no racord in-the bu- reau of fnternal revenue aa to the tax liability of the men concernci. “During these ond special agent was concealed he- hind the dresser. and heard all of the conversation between Underwood and the supposed ‘representative taxpayers. ungble to four taxpayers. The supposed repre. in-j structed him to ask the representative | state in the Union.” of the taxpayers to show the $160.000 refused j eventually and Underwood left, saying he would | wo interviews a sec- | of the TUnderwood returned, ac-!and evidentally remembering Comm cording to the appointment. at 5:30, and at_that time produced the corre- spondence in-the case, but said hé was ure_the returns of ' the 'Ol sentative of the taxpayers stated that | bets, !to hana a letter of this k and I'm here to tell you that neither you nor any oue else can change that opinion.” the inspector came back. “Will you let me send you some the pamphlets of the organization asked the grand goblin. “Certainly.” retorted Grant. * them in. T'd like to look at them. But _they won't change my opinion in the least. Why, You peopie even trie to hold a meefing in a Masonic hall here. 1 stoppcd it. I found that the grand master of the District did not know anything about the real purpose of the meeting and that the secretary did not. The Masons are not in e istence t6 fight against any creed. or to preveat any person from wor- shipingz in the manner in which they desire.’ ‘Right. And we are not, either,” re- plied Terrell. Says He Is Not Afrald. “Yes, but you had one of the most radical men, one of the most rabid anti-Catholics known as a speaker at that proposed meetinz.” Grant said. “Well, I came to see you, not to sk police protection, because 1 per- sonally am not afraid. but I consid- ered that the right thing to do was nd over to the legally constituted authorities. “You're liable to get m of that kind of letters. And when you A meeting: was‘arranged with Under-|advertise” yourself us the chief of 0 ojclock on the following: such an organization, I don't what protection can be given vou. Y encourage such threats. The easiest way for you to rest secure is to got out of that office, get out of the lime- But Georgia, “Well. stay in Georgia.” "I don't think we need to stay in orgia. We are in virtually every we are legally chartcred in “Well. vou'll have to stay in Georgia T'd be willing to bet Sia that you will and that yeur whole organization will blow up.” Takes $10 Wager. The grand zoblin reached into his right-hand pocket. out a crumpled, but new ten-dollar bill. “Therc’s my money,"” he d. Inspoctor Grant, whose business is partly to prevent criminal acts such as betting in the confines of the District, a hand He pulled sloner Oyster's stand on taking or lay- ing bets on chance, glanced over to- ward two Star reporters who were lix- tening to_the debate. . “Oh, I am not allowed to make actual he said. T sald I (Continued on Page 28.) 3Baroness , Carita- - Partelio - von Horst of Coburg, Germany, today filed in the Supreme Court of the District 'of Columbia a caveat ask- ifig that -the will of her father. Dwight J. Partello, formerly con- * sl of ‘tiie United Statés in Ger- many, be set aside. She charges ¢ her father being over seven five years old when the will was made: was not mentally eompetent and when the codiefl” was niade ont nven,p?nq: before his death, | 7in-Auguist. 1930, was unduly fnflu, enced by Mrs. Flora:B. Thompson, | . to-wham he lett *$10,000 and nade “an executor of his will. Mrs. “Thompson _is- referred .to in ‘the codicil as & life-Tong family friend. The estate tb-valued at $260.900." the bulk of which is represented by a .collection.oz_ violins, incled- ing two Stradivarius appraised at This collection, in- “eagle In brilliants on top, A was Dresenied-to. e F i BARONESS ATTACKS WILL OF FATHER DISPOSING OF COSTLY OLD VIOLINS . | " (Continued on Page tellosby the Czar of Russia for the recovery of a “Strad” said to have been stolen from the Russian mu- seum, is left by the will to the National Museum at Washington, to be known as the Partelio col- lection. Pictures also valced at more than $10.000, were given by the will' to the museum. Baroness von Horst and her sister, Adeline S. P. Abell, were left only $5,000 and @ life-annuity of $900 cach. Through Attorneys C. G. Tucker and C. L. Frailey, the baroness says because of her father's advanced age and the‘alleged undue influ- ence she and her sister were not given their proper share of the ‘estate. Explaining the bequest to MNrs. Thompson in_his will, Mr. Partelio ..cAlfS her “a life-long family friend”” and says it is inrecogni- tion “of her steriing qualities and fine character, through which she has given me valual aid and ad- vice and has stood by me through many hours of iliness and afic- tion.” - T s