Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1921, Page 1

Member of the Assoclated Press The Associnted Press i« exclusively entitied to the uwe for republication all news dlspatehes credited to 1t of not otherw.se crodited In this paper and aiso the local news punlished herels All righta of publication of wpecial WEATHER. Fair tonight, with frost; tomorrow falr and warmer. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 57, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at 6 a.m. < today. Full report on Page 17. | Closing New York Stocks, Page 23 . No. 28,291. CONFERENCE XD Majority of Manufacturers’ Committee and Minority Labor Group at Odds. SELFISH INTERESTS HIT; CUT IN WAGES OPPOSED Conclusions Not Recommendations. Standing Committee Named to Reconvene at Any Time. The national conference on unem- pleyment, after creating a standing committee with authority to recon- vene the full conference v time, concluded Its deliberations today and 2djourned sine die. Divergent views as to needed eco- al Sweeping icasur i 1l _of the Adamson eizht-hour «ilroad law amd a_denunciaiion of sroup seeking in its own inter- :sist_economic ad Abers, throu -ut of the 1y empha dopted no policy of o reports were among trom various subcommittees cred today by the conferenge at |l session. Confercnce officials not ned that the reports were s recommendations of but ion of opinion by various groups Eailway Relief Urged. The majoricy commit- by Chairman Teport was ‘ampbell, William M. Butler of Boston, E. Fdgerton of Nashville, A. Humphrey, W. H. Stackhouse of Sprin field. Ohio, and John A. Penton of Clev It recommended ctment of le; land. Prompt en ing in ( ns incurred ation pend- obiiga- by the railoads during deral control: expenditure of payment zovernment obligations to the rail- ds growing out of rental obligations ; wnsfer of the functions now performed the Railroad Labor Board to the In- Ate Commerce Commission ; repeal of the Adamson eight-hour law ; prompt enactment by Congress of a law free from ambiguity providing for a substan- tial downward revision of taxes; prompt enactment of a satisfactory tariff biil ~mbracing such rates of duty as may broperly safeguard the prosperity of em- rer and employe, and that “every ele- t §i. our citizenship should frankly ts face against a group, whether in business, labor or trans- that selfishly undertakes to st necessary economic adjustment in \ny narrew endeavor to protect its per- interests at the expense of the ess for funding t o t by Dissent With Majority. The minority report, filed by Mr. Gom- Sara A. Conboy of New York, nomic readjustments for relief of unemployment were pru;-nlcd}o the conference today by its manufactur- ers’ committee, Adamson Law Opposed. Majority memb s, through James A. Campbell of Youngstown, Ohio, committer chairn recommende ¥Fntered as second-class matter post office Washington, REPORTS DISAGREE |GIANTS OUT FOR TITLE; NUNENPLOVEDAS| YANKEES ARE STRIVING ¢ TO GET ON EVEN TERMS,, D. C. he Den WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921--THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Weather for Eighth Game of Worlci Series Is Ideal for Foot Ball—Hoyt and Nehf Are Pitching Choices. Coiinibs ool Yankees......... 0 POLO GROUNDS, New Yo foot ball. ‘The Yankees went into the game without the services of Mike McNally, the clever fielding third sacker, who tore a ligament in his shoulder i sliding into second base in yesterday's game. Frank Baker, who took Mc- Nally’s place yesterday, again was stationed at the far corae; Had Cnptured Two Games. The Giants had Waite Hoy amazing vouns man who carns his \living pitching for the Yankees, to the {beat to gain the world title. He al- ready outwitted the MeGraw imen, them no runs the only one score last sther days when Hoyt worked pitched well then. his main trouble {beinis the failure of his colleagues to irender substantial { with their bats. Huggins Is Not Downcast. “We'll win the next contests and the championship.” said Miller Huggins before the game. “My play- ers_are_a fighting bunch. The Yankees could well hitch their wagon to Waite Hoyt today, but one LLOYD GEORGE SURE 10 GOME HERE FOR ARMS CONFERENCE French Cabinet Selects Briand to Head Delegates. Viviani Second. By the Associated Press, LONDON, October 13.—Prime Minis- ter Lloyd George is preparing to go to ‘Washington to uiiend the impending SCORE BY nINN‘INsGSG. today not only minus Babe Ruth, but | Nehf, left-handed, but trust- was depended upon by the | He was their flinger on both | He | encouragement | J L 0000---- 000----- rk, October 13.—Clear. but cl Y. weather, prevailed for the eighth game of the world series today; and the contest was staged in an atmosphere that was ideal for HOW TEAMS BATTLED IN THE EIGHTH CONTEST YANKEES. GIANTS. Fewater, If Burnw, et Peckinp'sh, sn Bancroft Miller, cf Friach, 3b R. Meusel, re Young, rt | Pipp.1b Kelly, 1h Ward, 2b ° E. Meunel, If Baker, 3b Rawlings, 2b | Sehang, e Smith, e | | Hoyt,p Nehf, p Umpires—Chill at plate, Rigler | | at firat base, Moriarty at sec- nd bhase and Quigly at third axc. star cannot pull a team around every | day, at least not in base ball, and Yankee is limited, com- pared to McrG: constellation. M: is the only other boxman who has | shown a ‘capacity to befuddle the nt batsmen. McGraw had Slim Sallee, Pat Shea and Jess Barnes to pit against the Yanks in a ninth | Bame. FIRST INNING. iiants — Baker threw out Burns. Bancroft walked. Frisch fouled to {Pivp. Young walked. Bancroft scored and Young went to third when Peck {let Kelly's grounder go_between h {lexs. Hoyt threw’ out Meusel. On | run. Yankees — Ruth went out_on the | third base coaching line. Fewster {fanned. Peck walked. Miller singled !to right, Peck stopping at_ second. | Meusel flied to Kelly. On a wild pitch both runners moved up. Pipp fanned. No runs. i SECOND INNING. -Glants—Rawlings- got & double _into left. Snyder sactificed, Hoyt to Pipp. Rawlings was out at the platé when Teck took Nehf's grounder and threw to Schang. Burns got a single to left, Nehf halting at second. Peck threw out Bancroft. No runs. Yankees—Ward fouled out to Sny- der. Rawlings threw out Baker, making a nice play. Bancroft threw out Schang. No runs. THIRD INNING. - Giants—Frisch fited out to Miller. Young walked for the second time. Kelly popped' to Peck. Young stole NO PODSNAPPERY FOR UNCLE SAM ct Tax Surplus Not a Myth, But a Concrete Fact, Raising a Distinct Obligation. NOT TO BE WAVED ASIDE THEODORE W. NOYES. [Editorlal Correspondence of The Star.] II The statistical table herewith, pre- pared in the District auditor's office, Ishows the District's tax revenue defi- icits and surpluses since 1900. 1t shows how the deficits between!1900 | and 1910 were created and were met | by advances that were afterward re- paid. It shows how the surplus: since the end of 1915 were created. gives the exact amount of the aggr. gated surpluses, and shows that this amount is in Uncle Sam's han In 1903 Congress recogni ed there could be and would be such things that as urplux revenues of the District. It directed that the advances whica it was then making to meet District tax deficits should be “reimbursed to siid Treasury from time to time out of the surplus revemues of the District of Columbia.” Congress Recognizes Surplus, After District deficits had been con- iverted into surpluses Congress recoj !nized the existence of such surplu jin the Treasury by applying portions {of these surpluses to the payment of lalleged indebtedness of the District to | {tke United States. Most |leged debts were over forty years old, | { believed to have been offset Ly an district credits, or to have been [*elled in the readjustment of 187 | aying, to have been buried long ago in | the grave of the statute of limita- | {tions: but after the lapse of over| !forty years they were miraculously | i rrected in full vitality. The fig- | ures in our table noted as “direct charges” represent such abstractions | {by Uncle Sam from the Treasury sur- | iplus of the District. | For example, in 1918 there was sur- plus money in the Treasury of the| United States to the credit of the Dis- | {trict of Columbixn, for Congress i i(hu vear transferred two Treasury of the Uni 1tes to the credit of the Distri Columbia” {from the credit of the Distriet of | Columbia to the United States. In 1919 there was a District su in the Treasury, for Congress in t year enacted that the sum of #123.000 |and the sum of $9 3 1 be transferred to the credit nited States from the amount in the Treax- ury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columnbia.” ! In 1920 there was surplus money in, the Treasury to the credit of! the District, for Congress transferred thyee . Sums, $75.000,” 350,865 and} $75.000, {rom ‘“the amgunt in the; Treasury ‘of the United States to the | credit of the District of Columbia,” t6 | the credit of the United States. Uncle Sam, Guardian and Trustee. | Tax-money was collected from loeal | taxpayers wolely for expenditure for lus local purposes, and to be applied on the | DI 's proportionate contribution ol nd it has not all been thus ex- | Over four million dollars of | local taxpayers' money are in Uncle | Snm's hands to be expended at wome | itime fn payment of the Dintrict's| RATHER LATe. CANNNG TIME. BUT I MAY WAVE To SPAIN 70 EXPAND NAVY. | Cruisers, Destroyers, Submarines | and Gunboats Ordered. ‘ BLIMP WRECKED i LONDON, October 13.—Construc- | tion of four f; sers, six de-| stroyers, twenty-eight submarines; and twenty gunboats was ordered by | Spani crday, says a | Exchange Tel- | spateh to the { egraph here. The program approved by the cab- inet would, it is said, be compleied) in six years. | Maj. Fisher Receives Broken Ribs in Leap—Two Others Escape. —_— 3 Associated Press. i NEWPORT NEWS, Va., October 13.{ ! dingible from Langley Field was| 1 cked in Hampton roads about 10:30 | | o'clock this morning and probably | i [ will be N total loss. There were [ th three men aboard her when she 1en| e the flying station. i Spectators reported that two men | jumped as the craft descended almost | to the earth. There was another aboard as the wind caught the bag and dashed it along the surface of | ater. “Vat.-men at Old Point report that the lone man on°the blimp was taken off by Capt. Watson and the crew_of a harbor tug. The bag, “still partly, filled with gas, ia being whipped out; Senator Philander Chase Knox of toward sea by a heavy wind., Maj. Fisher, one of the men’ who Pennsylvania, a member of the cabi- jumped, suffered three broken ribs.|nets of three former Presidents, died | Nation’s Leaders Will Honor | Statesman at Services at 11 0’Clock Tomorrow. the car cannot be learned. They were ! uninjured. i A tug has taken the wrecked bag A )2 l northwest. o I maiing fof shore Wihi He was stricken with paralysis cause of the accident. while descending the stairs on his The craft was known as a ponylway to dinner. Fifteen minutes later mp, the bag being a turnip-shaped|pe gied, without having regained con- | affair’_and much smalier than the|N® usual blimp bag. sciousness. Senator Knox was sixty- at his home here, 1537 K street ny Star. dispatches herein are also reserved Yesterday’s L2 SIOHIRGED FOR CONDUITIN 2 Commissioners - Recommend This Amount in Estimates to Dawes. The District Commissioners have recommended in their estimates trans- mitted to Federal Budget Direcior Dawes that three million dollars be sper.t t year on the construction of the Great Falls conduit authorized by This informa through au- thoritative sources. Congress, in authorizing the building of a_ten-million-doilar conduit, adopted the report of Maj. M. C. Tyeer, district engineer officer. urging completion of the project in the earliest time possibie in the interest of the health and welfare of the people of the District and for the protection of property against fire. ‘It was_estimated the work could be fin- ishcd in three yvears. Favor Rushing' Work. In proposing that $3,000.000 be spent for construction next year, the Commis- ! The names of the other occupants of suddenly at 6:30 o’clock last Q‘.emnggiatlonrrsha\'ended on the assumption that i1t wa: the intention of Congress that the improvement should be provided in three years. It is likewise their own ef the work should be rushed through to earliest possible completion. _ Budget officials declined today indicate whether they have pruned the conduit recommendation. It was stated that the situation as to the to Net Circulation, 87,429 TWO CENTS. DRAMATIC MOMENT AS SENATOR GRIPS KLAN CHIEF'S HAND jWatson Demands Right to Be | Heard in Defense of Col. Simmons. {IMPERIAL WIZARD READS | RITUAL TO COMMITTEE ) |Charges Wright Passed “Bum | Checks"—Declares Order Is Pure American and Benevolent. William J. Simmons, impe; wiz- ard of the Ku Klux Klan, was dra- matically interrupted in his testi- mony this morning, when Senator Watson of Georgia stepped quickly to the front to shake hands with the ichief klansman. | The senator whispered something. and then sat near the witness. Com- I . {ing to his fect a moment later, Sena- | tor Watson asked if a senator would :be permitted 1o ask a question. | _“Not an outsider,” said Chairman Campbell. Sut 1 am an insider, and you will it me if you want to be fair,” or Watson shouted. I am tes senator, and 1 am & that the witness has fa o see nons stepped over and pr o1 the senator's should. taking a medical tablet. Raps High Public Salaries. think you may ask your ques tion Chairman Campbell interrupt ed, the audience meanwhile being i | much of a4 hubbub. [ “Weil, T won't claim my rights here. but I will when this thing gets to th cnate” Senator Watson shouted. ask this | do not belong, | propose to defend, know that { dozens « {cers at £15,000 { of which com {the 1axpayer After this Senator Watson sat down but so0n lcft the room | Wright Again Attacked. Resuming his testimon H rules committee, Mr. Simmon again jaunched an attack against . Anderson Wright. a former klansme.r who rece published what pur ported to be an cxpose of the orde: The wizard denied that the organ. zation had declined to pay checks o) drafts drawn by Wright for servie. s performed during a membership c paign. Simmous charged th: (TIT o B s connection witl issued bum checks at Houston, Tex. You mean to say that Wright i-- § ) witness, to whos: but which 1 he does not is creatiny 4 _employing offi- nd $35,000 salary. out of the pockets o want to order 1 1 a nlent checks™ asked Rep- resentative Rodenberg, republicar | Llinoi { “That's my impression,” Simmon= | replied. “Didn’t you know this before vcu took him on,” Mr. Rodenberg per sisted. | “We did not know of it until afi- | erward.” | _Simmons declared he had never au- thorjzed any kieagles or fleld agents |to draw on the organigation. He als ‘den that body with klan au- ! thority had entered a court ihouse to destroy evidence against tue organization. | After cer ain court records were order that there may be the greatest ble consumption of commodities the greatest consequent demand for « production of commodities. Reduc- of buying power stops purchasing, rich, in turn, inevitably stops manu- facturing and creates unemployment. Profiteering Rapped. The minority members also recom- mended adoption of “business standards which eliminate profiteering, place com- modities upon the market at the lowest possible cost per unit and enable manu- facturers to base unit costs upon 100 per cent utilization of the productive capacity of plants.” Proposal was made for uniform cost accounting and public. ¥ ion_accounts by law, the minority stating they saw “in this pro- posal a consiructive and logical substi- tute for state regulation or control Reports Are Approved. The conference yesterday approved reports -on remedial measures of the committees on shipping and censtruc- tion. Secretary Hoover, chairman of tne conference, announced that the con- terence would end its present activ- jties today with reception of reports from subcommittees and suggestions for continuing its usefulness from the organization committee. Pleasing responses have been re- ceived, he said, to the appeal by Pres- ident Harding and the conference for making effective its recommendations for relief of the unemployment emer- gency. The railroads. he said, have added about 25.000 men to their pay rolls, and public utilities in many sections of the:country are preparing to_increase employment. Part of the construction commit- tee's report, which asserted that the Interstate ~_Commerce Commission took away from the construction in- dustry the use of open-top cars with- out full hearing, was stricken from the text at the suggestion of Mr. Hoover. A suggestion . in the ~jurisdictional econtroversies” ndoned was described by Sam- report that should be - uel € s as a “pious wish,” but impractical. _ At M. Foover's sugrestion tne rec- ommendation was retained, with the addition of the phrase “if construc- tion is stopped.” Wished to Dissent. Mr. Gompers also declared he wished to dissent from any expres- sion in the report which coupled the iuman element of labor with inani- mate things such as articles of com- merce and commodities where con- struction factors were - listed. Mr. Hoover asserted that the report had in mind the costs of labor rather than labor itself. Suggestions for both emergency znd permanent measures were report- LY the shipping committee. As iergency measures the committee wed American shipowners to give efer¢nce to American seamen, the olition of overtime work in steve- doring, declared split time was de- sirable, and suggested the breaking up of the Shipping Board's wooden ships as a means of providing work, as well as the overhauling of ships tied up and the use of idle shipyards ia gther lines of industry. delegation. NATIONS AT LOGGERHEADS. Tokio May Ask China to Recon- sider Proposals. TOKIO, October 13.—Japan is dis- posed to seek all possible means of solving the Shantung problem, it is indicated here. The main difficulty seems to Le the absolute divergence of the views of China and Japen, China holding_that the leased terri- tory of Kiao-Chau should be restored to her because of her entrance into the war, while Japan is insisting that she must retain the legally acquired German rights in the territory. Newspapers here reflect the idea that the question can be settled only by the friendly mediation of a third party. Some recommend that Presi- dent Harding be asked to act in this capacity. Some journals express be- llef the government will ask China to reconsider Japan's proposals, which were rejected by the Peking govern- ment last week. Kotaro Mochizuki, who will leave for Washington soon as a special rep- resentative of the Kensei-Kai, or op- position party, has issued a statement declaring he will go to America to keep watch over the Japanese dele- Zates as a diplomatic expert. ROME, October 13 —Italy's delega- tion to the conference on limitation of armaments to be held in Wash- ington will leave on October 24, it is znnounced by the Giornale d'Itala. —_— EARLY IN THE MORNING Wagons to Visit Downtown Res- taurants Before Breakfast Crowd Arrives. * The hundreds of visitors who will come here next month for the arms con- terence will not view the spectacle of garbage wagons collecting food waste from restaurants on Pennsylvania ave- nue and other thoroughfares during the ay. Morris Hacker, superintendent of city refuse, announced today that he would endeavor to have garbage collected from these downtown establishments as early in the morning as possible, before the streets become crowded. At the present time the garbage wagons visit most of these places after the breakfast period, which runs late into the day. Many of the squares in the center of the city have no alleys, which necessitates removal of garbage through cellar doors on the sidewalk. Mr. Hacker said today he realizes that this practice does not it in well with surroundings in the National Capital at any time, and more especially when the clty'is host to distinguished visitors. While it may inconvenience restaurant managers to some extent to have the garbage collected daily before breakfast, it is felt by officials at the District build- ing that the appearance of the main streets of the capital should be given consideration in this connection, i Ward got a single to center, Pipp }stopping at second. Baker walked and the bases were filled. Schang flied to Burns. No ru FIFTH INNING. Giants—Bancroft flied out to Few- ster. Frisch out, Ward to Pipp. Young singled to center. Kelly fanned. No runs. ILLINOIS TO FILE SUITS AGAINST EX-TREASURERS ' ’Will Charge That Interest on Pub- lic Funds Has Been Withheld by Several Officials. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 13.—Suits to re- cover sums of money alleged to be due the state of Illinois will be filed at Springfleld within the coming week lagainst state treasurers for several years back, it was announced by At- today. The suits will charge that interest on public funds has been withheld, and the defendants will include Gov. Len Small, Lieut. Gov. Sterling, both former treasurers, and Andrew Rus- sell, auditor of public accounts, Mr. Brundage said. | STIR OVER LOST WOMAN. |GARBAGE TO BE GATHERED i,,, the Associated Press, LONDON, October 13.—All England is astir over the mysterious disap- pearance of Miss Pamela Beckett, a prominent young #ociety woman, who left her home last Tuesday and has not been found, notwithstanding the efforts of Scotland Yard to locate her. Miss Beckett is_the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Beckett. Her father is the uncle of Baron Grimthorpe. is a partner in the Leeds banking firm of Beckett & Co., and is a director_of the Great Northern railway. Her mother is the daughter of the late { Lerd Berkeley Paget. Miss Beckett was fond of dancing, and often has been the partner of the Prince of Wales. When she left home, in Grosvenor street, last Tues- day she said she would return within a half hour. —_— DELAYS TREATY ACTION. Senate leaders today made plans to postpone consideration of the German peace treaty until next Monday, be- cause of the death of Senator Knex. The treaty was to have teen brought up tomorrow under the agreement to limit each senator’s time to one hour, with a_ vote ex- pected tomorrow or. Saturday. Most of the Senate foreign relations com- mittee and other Senate leacers, how- every are to attend, the Knox funeral services here and at Valley Forge, Pa. Negotiations virtually ~were con- cluded today to postpone action on the trealy until Monday. torney General Edward J. Brundage | and his own in his right hand trou | sers pocket, where he puts his miscel- laneous receipts. Temptation of Uncle Sam. It is suggested that Uncle Sam. per- | haps inadvertently, has put his ward's | tax-surplus money in_the wrong pocket, namely, in the “miscellaneous receipts” pocket, where it does not belong: and on this assumption Uncle Sam is imagined as saying, when asked to pay out this accumulated fund of his ward’s money for his ward's benefit: “If I had any of my ward's money it would be in my left- ithand pocket, and that pocket Is empty. 1 recollect collecting the money from my ward to pay my ward's share of National Capital ex- pense, and I recollett that I did not| expend all of it for that purpose. It| is_unfortunate for my ward, but I { must have put my ward's money in my right-hand pocket, where it min- gled inextricably with my own m cellaneous receipts money, and by vi tue of that blunder, title to the money perhaps passed from my ward to me. 1 am sorry, but what can I do?” |Other Excuses for Breach of Trust. Others conceive Uncle Sam, trustee, | as saying to his ward: “I was careful to do all the necessary bookkeeping to hold you to strict account in_ the matter of your tax deficits and to compel repayment of my loans to you to meet these deficits; but when _the tide of District balances . turned and your money came to me as surpluses instead of mine going to {you as loans to meet deficits, I have done no bookkeeping whatever; I have kept no separate account’ of your surplus credits in my hands, I do not know what these credits should aggregate, and I am not con- cerned to find out. Perhaps through | my fault your assets in my hands have been lost in the ocean of na- tional Treasury resources. But I rec- iognize mno responsibility for them whatsoever.” i i Those who would repudiate alto- i gether Uncle Sam's obligation as tru i tee in respect to his ward's money ar not ashamed to picture him as guilt of Podsnappery and as saying brazen- Iy when questioned concerning hi ward's _surplus: “Your_ alleged sur- plus is non-existent. It is a myth. {The money is not in my left-hand i pocket. You have lost it if I have! put it in any other pocket, for it has disappeared among my great belong- ings. 1 have probably spent it as my own. Don't bother,me any more about your imaginary surplus. I don’t ad- mit that it exists. Mention of it is Gdious to me.” And with Mr. Pod- snap's arm flourish with which he disposed of disagreeables, Uncle Sam is represented as saying of the mythi- cal surplus: “And I remove it from the face of the earth.” But why should we be concerned where Uncle,_Sam keeps or has deposited our | money, or what he has done or omit- ted to do in respect to the book- keeping connected with {t? What| difference should it make to us if some agent of Uncle Sam has blun- dered In .respect to the particular lace in the Treasury where he has deposited it “miscellaneous receipts’” instead of “District trust fund”? No Advantage to Be Taken of Ome’s ‘Own Wreng. ‘What have we to do with our trus- tee’'s \blunders, neglects or omissions? How can they weaken: our claim to ! organic act of 1878, of deficit or surplus accumulations and of interest | charges on advances to meet revenue deficits for the fiscal vears 1900 to 1920, ‘Sm our money and has labeled and |7 e i and our associate, Senator Philander general. One of the officials dismissed | &N 08T axsociote, Senttor Thilander was the president of the town. They ., expected, so sudden and so shockini g vi i g 8. had been convicted of persecutingjso soon after he left the Senate | Carilo Domingo, a member of the|chamber last evening, apparently in | democratic party. v H ‘The officials are all members of the | Foe Sgrent tnome whora o Teady for! nacionalista party. 1 have difficulty at this time in ad- e P equately expressing my personal grief ARBUCKLE TRIAL SET- at the loss which the Senate and the country have sustained. “He was an illustrious son of Penn Former Film Star Pleads Not Guil- ty of Manslaughter. sylvgnia, a man of sterling Ame canism, a stateman whose loss at thi: SAN FRANCISCO, October 13.—Ros- coe C. Arbuckle entered a plea here | trying ‘crisis will be irreparable. At | a later date I shall hope more fully today of not guilty to the charge of manslaughter _filed against him in and adequately to express the senti connection with the death of Miss ment which I feel and the view ! which 1 hold as to his standing and | record in the annals of America.” rEinia Rappe, Arbuckle's trial was' The following senators were appoined set for November 7. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. stk SRS SRR S b e S sttt T Senators to Attend Funeral. our own? Can Uncle Sam také ad- vantage of his own wrong? We know Low the tax money was authorized to be coltected, from whom and for what purpose. We know how much was raised and how much was spent for that purpose. We know the exact amount of that difference con- stituting our tax surplus and we know | lost the surplus, mixing it up with that Uncle Sam has somewhere on|my miscellaneous receipts and spend- his person that amount belonging to us | ing it as my own, and, like Skimpole, 1 and to be spent legally and equitably | am irresponsible for anything to any- 2s part of our share of District expendi- | body. ne tures urider the law of 1875. But the facts and condition and re- What more does a consclentious | jatjons sugmested as' usable by Uncie debtor need to know to bring quick |gam to relieve him from resp payment? 1ty in this commection, inste; Contradictory Excuses. ing helpful to this end, increase and The man accused of breaking a bor- | strengthen and emphasize his ob- rowed kettle replied in legal form:|ligation, and render repudiation of it (1) 1 did ‘not borrow any Kkettle; (2) by him, Podsnappian or otherwise, in- it was broken when I borrowed it,«conceivable, DISTRICT TAX SURPLUSES ‘AND DEFICITS. Statement of net surpluses or deficits in District tax revenue, under] and (3) it was unbroken when I re- turned it. In like fashion, Uncle Sam is_invited to say in response to the claim of a Distriet tax surplus: (1) “There is no surplus; (2) I have kept no bookkeeping accounts and cannot pay because I do not know the exact amount of the surplus; and (3) I have inclusive. Figures from auditof's office, District building. Deficit accu- Interest charges Fiscal mulations or on advances to years. Rettarpins. reductions. meet deficits. | $35.184.76 1.349,661.69 07035 2.240,030.14 993.23 2,81,259.49 800.60 10.00 557.32 .011.26 ,850.30 485.58 W LET] 52 : s Surplus Accumulations. 1919 1920 *Direct charges. tCash in United States Ti ury to_the credit of the ars 1914 and 1915, the part of debt to the United States on June 30, 1914, .012.014. Geficit in this respect on June 30, 1915, amounted to $765.106.74. On June 80, I Tevenues over all appropriations for that year amounted to $2.145.825.64. Out of this amonnt Provishon, as, made o take CUTS O e shens yoms 916 he DIdGHe: bean th accumuiate s 106.7: year ot R ina ot reve tions and all other charges amounting to $1,380,218.90 for that year. By sccretions in 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920, the surplus of such revenues on June 30, 1920, totaled $4.64K.666.09. N Total interest chares va loaus to meet defieits. surpius of Tevenues over aj situation long before he was selected for the commissionership. As a ymember of the board of engineers | claimed: for rivers and harbors, he wrote the report of the board commending the Tyler Great Falls plan, which Con- gress has approved. Early Recognized Danger. That Col. Keller viewed the situa- | tion with alarm at the time the report | was written, in January last, is dis- closed by the following statement in the report: “The consumption of water in the District, of Columbia bhas already reached a maximum of 90,000,000 gal- lons or more daily, about 135 cubic feet per secord. which also repre- sents the maximum capacity of the conduit, tunnel and pumping plant. These facilities are under constant strain and, as no reserve exists, there is danger of complete interruption of the water supply of the capital of the nation. “Wise foresight. therefore, calls for the supply of a suitable reserve and, as the population is growing rapidly {and its nee s increasing, there is a double reascn for deciding on a plan for completing the water supply and for completing it at an early day. —_— GUILTY OF SHOPLIFTING. Woman Sentenced in New York Said to Have Family Here. Specinl Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, N. Y. October 13.—On her plea of guilty to a charge of shoplifting, Ruth Boring of 524 Riverside drive has been sentenced to from six months to three years in the penitentiary by Justices Moss, Freschi and Herbert in special ses- sions. She was accused of takin $36 worth of stock from Gimvel Brothers on September 25. In her home, where she was arrested, de- tectives said they found $5.000 worth of property stolen from New York stores. She is said to be of a promi- nent Washington family. & Today’s News in Brief Commissioners ask $3,000,000 for work on new conduit in 1922, Page 1 Rites for Senator Knox to be held here tomorrow at 11 am. Page 1 Blimp wrecked in Hampton roads; Maj. Fisher {njured in leap. Page 1 Irish peace conference in session but hour and half. Page 13 Revenue agents and police seize home brew products and utensils. Page 13 London police pfkpare to ‘meet big demonstration by unemployed. Page 13 State raflroad commissions claim 1. C. C. has too much authority. Page 13 War Department polo team beats Ar- tillery from Fort Myer. Page 13 E. E. Johnston of Maryland Club leads golfers at Columbia Country Club. Page 15 Delegates would abolish third and fourth class post offices near large centers. Page 19 -cretary of the United Textile Workers ce on limitation of armaments i 1§ X ; SRR L conference R se\(;nnr‘l(. Mel}l‘heil s;‘lru;k out. No runc.|uhare of capital appropriations and < {likelihood of the present obsolete|found misding in Atlanta, Mr. {irange, N. J.. associate editor of Print- | and far eastern questions, an P P hrel (out Moyl | tor no other purpowe. ! eight years old. {conduit going out of commission at Simmons testified “they were seen in ANEE W= o ABH 1 cul- N - nl ! Ry 2 ISos i inie, categerically, dissented trom | derstood that untens gntercecen, ST | ple Bancroft to Rawlings o Kelly.| collected money fraim his ward tor & |FIVE OFFICIALS REMOVED. Senate Pays Tribute. R e T T T s The comc n a s of - 5 No ' runs, apecific purpose under the law, mame- The Senate, after adopting resolu- 5 2 ty membel's of the committee. It|ing session. ¥ . G i ard's D < Keller Knows Situation. meroianads oI SRLS TR iy Imers PARIS, October 13.—The cabinet 4 FOURTH INNING. O by his wards share of cer-|Acting Governor General Yeater of |tons of regret on the death of Sen-| Col. Charles Keller, new engineer [OUF Organization. Theré must be adopted no policy of | today officially completed the French| Giants—Rawlings got a double into | 2 SXRERIIAreES WHICR anier, 1o ator Knox, adjourned immediately to- [ commissioner of the District, is in Copy of Charter Presented. ze reduction. On the contrary, there | gelegation to the Washington confer- | left. — Snyder sacrificed, Baker tofica'anq ward, failed for several years | Philippines Gives Orders. day, on motion of Senator Penrose of { through sympathy with the pro- | »y t must be a poliey calling for the Righest | ence on limitation of arr:amcms!ar;dl e AU Lo Meusel. Rawlings| o spend part of his ward’s money| MANILA, October 12.—Summary re- T TR denth o BanatnnoRices [posal to safexuard Washington | cnartor, obiained n 3:«:27:- 1;3"121:} sible rate of wages In every indus-| gar eastern questions. Former Pre- - - No|in the manner prescribed by law.!mov, . ; 1 vi = against the ibility vater | Al i 2 Z i In terms of industrial well b»l:_n_g mier Viviani will be second to Pre-|runs. i Uncle Sam, it ap"’""!v Yo "’3"" v moval from nflhie_of five officials of :u‘ni nfiafe‘;&.the Senate by Mr. Pen- l’ugrnin: 5 ra:i%!l;' ;si ;\)éwaco‘:xs::i: se_xl,;:—d (l?‘e:rm (;ammuwfi‘ ‘h ‘s;! h:‘rlm. s means ‘the adoption of ' polley | mier Briand, Senator Albert Sarraut | YunkeegMiller, out, Frisch to|une ‘nabit” of eeping 'nis warda|the town of Guimbae, brovince of |"°I RLihal my sad duts to an: [€aR be bulll Tt developed today that | was “purciy 4 be volent order, with- i Lt bl people | yna M. Jusserand. French ambassa-| - Meus e - money in his left-hand trousers pock- | Neuva Ecija, was announced today 3 Sen. % d!Col. Keller had a thorough knowl- | ou | stoc r . o the highest average of buying power in| gor 1o the United States, complete the Pibp got a Texas leaguer into left.|et, where he deposits his trust funds,|py Charles E. Yeater, acting governor '.‘.?.‘éfl‘;io{fia‘fi athar m.?,;"fffifl,,‘,',’.fi e of thel capilaTal water wupply ‘?n":mcnfl;gffl -'i-[uoflckmcr"rx r:,‘:fgh:‘fgf:"g'h;‘: {the Klan was a mercenary outfit, Mr. Simmons, holding his hand aloft, ex- i “God will bear me witness that Inever in the six years of my associa- tion with this organization did one mercenary or commercial thought flit | through iny min Told He Could Make Million. The witness declared that a man | connected with the klan in its early days had told him he, Simmons, could | make $1,000,000. He did not explain | the method. | “Who was that man?” asked Rep- | resentative Rodenberg. “Jonathan B. Frost, whose name appears here in our original petition,” | the witness replied. “When Frost made that statement | T t01d him I would go to my grave | before 1 would prosecute the order i for commercial purposes. Frost also told me that if he were appointed an imperial officer he could guarantee $30.000 in twenty-four hours, but I refused.” . Mr. Simmons said it was for the purpose of preventing graft in the {sale of robes that he caused to be in- ! serted in the charter a provision giv. ing him sole power over the klam's paraphernalia. As the testimony proceeded it was evident that the imperial wizard, who recently has been ill, was speak- ing under a strain. Often he leaned heavily on a table as he stood during the examination. Dentes He Holds Irom Hand. Denying charges that he held an iron hand over klansmen, Mr. Sim- mons declared: “The authority I hold may be com- pared to that of a general in the | Afmy, but a general cannot issue or- {ders in violation of the rules and i regulations of war.” | Then. with a dramatic gesture, his {voice pitched high, the wizard added: | “If President Harding should ,re- isign tomorrow and the people should \rise up overnight and attempt .to | proclaim me an absolute monarch and |demand that 1 accept the office, I'd |die before I'd do it.” Diamond “Imperial Stone.” Still discussing newspaper attacks, as he described them, Mr. Simmons touched a brilliant stick pin in a blue tie, closely wrapped around a high stiff collar. “Why the newspapers said today I was wearing a big diamond. This is no dlamond,” he explained, “it's an im- fperial stone.” . The audience roared and Chalman Campbell suggested to the witness that he get along and deal with more im- portant matters. *After several attempts to get answers, to specific questions, with the statement™ from the witness that “he was coming to ihat,” members of the committee in- sisted that interruptions were proper. . “We've been very courteous and think _the witness should answer, said Representative Pou, democrat, North Carolina. And the agreed. Salary Fixed by Committee. Mr. Simmons said his salary of $1,000 a month was fixed by the exec- utive committee. 5 “How _many members were present (Continued on Page 2, Colaan 6.) wisard