Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1921, Page 4

. tramcar full of shipyard workers . regular session hi « expunged. " RIOTS INBELFAST Foreman Shot Dead Today While Engaging Ship- ‘yard Laborers. PEACE PLANS . REFUSED Sinn Fein Envoys Turn Down Lloyd George's Latest Pro- posals on Ulster. By the Associated Press. § BELFAST. November 23.—Belfast’s long list of fatalities as the result of factional rioting began to grow early today, one victim being added almost at the outset to the thirteen killed in outbreaks attending the assump- tion of governmental powers by the new Ulster parliament yesterday. There was comparative quiet in the city after midnight and the day opened quietly, but in view of last night's events little hope was en- tertained that this quietude would be enduring. Fears of further trouble were realized by the time activitles were on in Dock street, a foreman who was engaging laborers there for the shipyards being picked off by a sniper. The foreman, whose name was Branton, dropped dead on the. spot. Meanwhile, precautionary measures for safety were being taken by the ‘worki population, workmen's cars in the 1y hours proceeding with- out lights so that they might have bet! ‘chances of reaching thelr des: tinations without casualties. Two bombs were exploded in =2 yes- terday afternoon, killing three of the ocoupants and _injuring _eighteen others. Shortly after the attack two more bombs were thrown among crowd watching a fire and twelve ad- ditional persons were injured. The deaths of the three persons inside the tramcar were due to gas fumes. As a result of the virtual vendetta against saloon keepers, many saloons in East Belfast bave been closed. ULSTER PLANS REFUSED. Sinn Feiners Turn Down New Pro- posals of Lloyd George. By the Associsted Press. LONDON, November 23.—The con- ference on Irish settlement proposi- tions which was to have been Peld today between Prime Minister Lloyd George and Sir James Craig. ster premier, has been put off until the latter part of the week. Mr. Lloyd George met representatives of the Sinn Fein this forenoon in their first conference since the discussions with Ulster, and afterward the prime min- ister communicated Ww! premier asking him to pestpone their conversation until Friday. A brief communique issued after today’s meeting, which was held on Downing street, showed that the participants were Mr. Lloyd George, Viscount Birkenhead and Austen Chamberlain, for the government. and Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and Robert C. Barton, for the dail eireann. Eamon J. Duggan accom- panigd the Irish delegates to Down- street. I S ras announced this afternoon that no further meeting With the Sinn Fein representatives was ilkely to be held until Mr. Liayd George had seen the Ulster premier. The government at today’'s confer- ence put before the Sllnn{Felnn\(:r{?:ga alternative proposals for el ter's objection to the proposed all- Ireland parliament, as well as a sug- gestion that Ulster be art hml’o; rarily as she is while e rest oOf Irell{ifl receives. = fiscal. <aufonomy. which would make Its t&xation less than that of Ulster. 3 The Sinn Fein publieity depart- ment, however, decla¥es: the dail eireann can consent to neme of these plans. The all-Ireland parliament, it declares, must be established at the outset not postponed for any term of vears. It likewise insists that the parliament must be so constituted that Ulster shall not have more tm‘: her proportional representation ihe body. The Sing. Fein objects strongly to any propesal which would leave Ulster, or lxl:y, part of it, out- side the Irish syste ‘ Ulster objects to ¥ all:Ireland parliament and refuseste abandon fis representation in the imperial parliament. It would only discuss an all-Treland parliament, 1t is declared, on the condition that the six counties had in such a parliament the same representation as the remaining twenty-six countie: PRISONERS BATTLE GUARD. Ten Persons Injured as Men Fight During Prison Fire. By the Assoclated Press. GALWAY Ireland, November 23.— Forty political prisosigrs confined in in the prison here rushed the wardens today while a fire of un was blazing in two séétions of the structure and barricated themselves with six wardens in another part of the prison. The fire was brought under control, but later a desperate struggle oc- curred bétween the rebellous prison ers and their custodians, hich five policemen and five prisoners were injured. < TABLE IRISH RESOLUTION. Senators Take This Action on Ex- pression Regarding Negotiations. The Senate yesterday ordered to lie on the table a resolution, intro- duced by Senator La Follette, Wis. onsin, expressing the hope ot the enate for the success of the présent egotiations in l‘olllc‘loll in connection with the Irish question. - The preamble says that conditions resulting from the Irish controversy are a “constant menace’ to the am- icable relations between Great Britain and the United States, and the hope in expressed that a treaty of peace will issue “which will guarantee Great Britain against hostile agres- sion and cure the recognition of the existing government in Ireland.” nator La Follette announced, how- ver, that he expecCted to call it up t the earliest opportunity after the convened. g e a SENATOR’S REMARKS OUT AT HIS OWN REQUEST, The Senate today, for the second time in as many days, expunged sen- time, however, the remarks were stricken out at the request of the man who made them, Senator Reed, demo- crat, of Missourl, who, by telegraph from his home In Kansas City, asked that his statements of August 18, in which he denounced - tative Volstead, republican, of Minnesota: be The h to which Mr. Reed referred described Mr. Vol as & man “who thinka ‘more of ‘getting’ & ; bootlegger than he does of preservin, { the pall | ladium of human liberty,” an contained other remarks ooncerning the Minnesota representative. A resolution ta, oyt the state- 1 in the Houwe tative | streets but ® Sen- on & motion. by Sen- ator Curtis, _republican, of Kansas. 2 uv acted at Wie request of Mr. 2 | 128t evening. the Ul-|cratic sentiments of the nation.” atorial remarks from the record. This| A “Reed. Princess Mary to Wed PRINCESS MARY Of - England, whose betrothal to Vis- count Lascelles has been announced. PRINGESS TO WED, ENGLAND REJOICES Betrothal to Viscount Las- celles, British Peer, Meets Popular Approval. By the Assoclated Press. * LONDON, November trothal of Princess Mary, only daugh- ter of King George and Queen Mary to Viscount Lascelles, was announoced The morning * Mewspapers express satisfaction at the betrothal of the Princess Mary to an Englishman, and equally approved her cnoice of a hus- band in the Viscount Lascelles. It is emphasized that there would have been general disappointment if she had married & member of foreign royalty, and thus have left England, where she is universally popular. Her choice, says, one newspaper, “will suit the democratic and romantic instincts of the British people and the modern views of monarchy In an age when the dynastic principle is under reconstruetion. * * * The betrothal of the princess makes it easier to believe that the Prince of Wales in his turn will make a marriage which will ap- peal to the same romantic and d!_;_flm s is typical of many of the comments. King George Gives Comsent. King George at a council meeting in Buokingham Palace yesterday an- nounced that he had given his consent to_the marriage. Premier Lloyd George, the Arch- ith the Ulster|bishop of Canterbury, Viscount Birk- enhead and the cabinet ministers were present at the council meeting, after which the premier had an audience with the king. Later Viscount Las- celles dined with the king and queen and his flancee. > The engagement of Princesg Mary, which has been awaited by the Brit- ish public with considerable interest and curiosity, is another break in royal tradition. which is likely to be extremely popular with the king's subjects. There are precedents, how ever, for going outside royal houses for partners—for instance, riage of Queen Victoria' Louise to the Marqujs, of Lorne, and the marriage of Hi daughter Louise to the Earl of Fife. endeared to the hearts than her brother, the Pr In recent years she has entere the spirit of public life, attending all kinds of public functions and inter- esting herself in charitable work. She was yesterday engaged in opening a nurses’ home and inspecting a band of girl guides at Brighton. She receiv- ed.a glowing ovation, which undoubt- edly would have been redoubled had the crowds known of her engage- ment. The princess is a trained murse, hav- ing undergone hospital training in all its branches. She is musical, and an expert needlewoman. Her greatest interest at present lies in the girl guides’ movement. Viscount Lascelles (Henry George Charles Lascelles) is the eldest son of the Earl of Harewood, and is thirty-nine years of age. Princess er}; was twenty-four years old last April. The viscount, who was educated at Eton, was an attache at the British embassy in Rome from 1906 to 1907 and aide-de-camp to the governor general of Canada from 1907 to 1911, and served with distinction in the E ropean war. He was three times wounded and won the distinguished service order and bar and the French croix de guerre. The Lascelles family is one of the oldest in Yorkshire, dating back to the reign of Edward I, but the earl- dom was not created until late in the eighteenth century, the present earl being the fifth of the line. The family residence is Harewood House, certain origin | one of the finest country seats in the British Isles, and s surrounded by several thousand acres, comprising for The men seized the Keys |the most part a great deer park. Lord Harewood. father of the vi count. has long been prominent in English jockey club affairs and is an acknoledged authority om the turf. The viscount was.elected a member of the Jockey Club only this last summer. X Viscount Helr to Earl Viscount Lascelles. who is heir to| the earldom, is credited with being one of the richest young peers in England. The .family. has long been a wealthy one. The viscount is no stranger 10 America, through his residence -of several years.in Canada, and toward the close of hiw services with thHe governor general he spent some time in New York oity. There have been many suitors for the hand of Princess Mary and sev- eral times. during the last few years her betrothal to this or that member of the British peerage has been ru- mored, only to be denied. It seems to have beenpretty generally accepted for some time past that the princess would not figure in a match with one of the other reigning families of Eu- rope, among whom, for ome_ thing, eligible men of princely rank are.no longer as_numerous as they were in pre-war days. .It was, howaever,. re- rted last spring that.the princess might marry Alexander, thé Serblan prince régent, since become King of Jugoslavia, but this regort met with a speedy official denial by the Serbian legation'in Washington. Meanwhile expressions of gratifica-: tion over -the betrothal are-ocoming from people in all parts of the empir. Congratulatory messages were! pou fng into Buckingham Palace today from every dlr’fl“uu. ’N;-flhll; mec‘; tionate expressions of loyalty an wis! from all ranks of tish unity. >, large drowd this. morning it :‘«"b'nm and tuneful forecourt ‘of :r“rfi:h ‘odcurs dally when family is in town. SOUGHT IN ASSAULT CASE. Search is being made by, the -police for,a ysung man whose two or three gold testh should assist in.identifyiiig him. Miss Lilly Davidson, 218t - e X T eNebipt i embrace Her lice ‘::nt.hln to; &nEWer " assa h.. » W $a Thought e England's Richest Peer TURKEY Bfls.[ms{s ; 23.—The Dbe- the mai daughter Edward's ,the royal [yg. | AS DEMAND GROWS Many Refuse to Pay High Price, Substituting Other Roasts. _Marketers swooped down_ of the local turkey market today and prices «{for the regent of Thanksgiving din- ners ran from 43 to 65 cents per pound. Sixty cents was the prevall- ing rate for choice bitds dresseéd. “Old toms” were not as popular as the plump and tender hens, bringing an average of 5 or 7 cents less per pound. Warm weather and resultant con- demnations by the health department of spoiled fowl made the supply lighter than a cold Thanksgiving time would have allowed. The cause for the condenmation, it was stated by commission _men, -has been pri- marily In the packing without ice by farmers. The birds were packed shortly after being killed, while still warm, and in consequence, it was said, became “sweat Receipts Are Low. Nearby haulers brought fair ship- ments here last night and this morning, but the numbers were far below those of former years, it was stated, and found ready sale at prevailing prices. In Baltimore also weceipts from the Caesa- peake bay boats have been light. The prevailing retail prices there wer from 60 to 65 cents for the best. ' Many purchasers refused to pay ad- vanced prices for turkey and substituted roasts of various kinds, chickens or ducks for tomorrow's dinner. Wholesale prices here were quoted as high as 58 cents. ‘The general trend of prices for “dress- ings and trimmings” for the table to- morrow was lower than last year. Cran- berries averaged 26 cents per quart; Irish and sweet potatoes, 12 cents a quarter peck; turpips and spinaca, 10 cents a quarter peck; nuts at 25, 30, 35 and 40 cents a pound, and other requi- sites. in_similar, ratio. In Bdltimore live turkey receipts were reported light, also. The as- sertion was made that farmers are holding back live turkeys because they have corn which they cannot sell at a good price and may feed the turkeys for the Christmas holi- days rather than sell now at a low price. Oysters Plentiful and Cheap. Oysters are plentiful and cheap, due to the warm spell of last week, being quoted at §5 cents per bushel. Last year the price asked at this time was as high as $1.40 per bushel. RabBits are proportionately scarcer than turkeys in general. Condemna- tion of thousands on account of faulty packing was cited as the rea- son for the price of 75 cents apiece for the fur-bearer. A dispatch received from Balti- more today Qquoted the following wholesale prices on turkeys: Live choice young, 45 to 50 cents dressed choice young, 48 to 50 cents; poor and crooked breast, live, 38 to 40 cents; old toms and fair to good, dressed, 45 to 47 cent COOLIDGE WILL PRESENT POULTRY SHOW PRIZES Vice President to Hand Cups to Winning Exhibitors at Coliseum This Evening. Prizes to the cup winniers at the ‘Washington, poultry show will be presented by Vice President Coolidge tonight at the Coliseum, Center Mar- ket, 9th street and Pennsylvania ave- Mr. Coolldge will hand io the ex- hibitors of the best American-bred cockerel, the President Harding cup: to the exhibitor of the best American- bred pullet.. his own cup and to the exhibitor of the best American-bred hen. the cup of Secretary of Agri- culture Wallace. The winners of these special prizes will be decided by the judges and ex- perts of the Department of Agri- culture today. First Prizq Winners. First pribe winners in the poultry class that had been selected by the judges at this time were: ‘Wkite Plymouth Rocks—Cocks, W. D. Kneesi, Riverdale, Md.; hens, W. D. Kneesi; cockerels, W. H. Cowles, Beltsville, Md. Buff Plymouth Rock: —Cocks,- Kerlin Farm, Pottstown, cockerels, Kerlin Farm; pullets, J. F. LeGore, Legore, Md. Columbia Ply- mouth Rocks—Cocks, hens, pullets and cockerels, Henry L. Wilbur, Tiv- eryon, R. 1. Light Barred Plymouth Rocks—Cocks, G. P. Loor, Washing- ton, D. C. Silver Wyandottes—Cocks and cockerels, W. E. Samson, Kirk- wood, N. Y.; pullets, J. A. Bistline, Longwood, Fla. Golden Wyandottes —Cocks, hens and pullets, G. W. H. Spelner, Washington, D. C.; cocker- els, E. C. Boiton, Mt. Air: N. C White Wyandottes—Cocks and hens, Barr's Hnobby Stone Poultry Farm, Narvon, Pa.; cockerels, H. 8. Lang- Bethesda, Md. Black Wyan- dottes—Hens and cockerels, Ray D. Brown, Vienna, Va.; coc R E. Hickman, Girdletree, Md. Partridge Wyandottes—Cocks, H. J. Hunt, Bethesda, Md.; hens, H. L. ‘Weudner, Hanover, Pa. Colum- bia Wyandottes—Cocks, George L. Hall, Dudley, Mass.; cockerels, R. H. Henderson, Davidson, N. C. Single Comb White Leghorns—Cocks, hens, cocKerels and pullets, Henry K. Mil- ler, Myerstown, Pa. Single Comb Black Minorcas—Cocks, Edward A. Niele, Pittsburg, Pa.; cockerels, E. F, Smith, Stockton, O. Single Comb Buff Minorcas—Cocks, C. 1. Smith, Eaton, Ohlo. Rose Comb Black Minorcas— Cocks, W. 8. Adams, Port Chester, N. Y. Single Comb Anconas—Cocks, L. J. Fletcher, Capitol Heights, Md. hens, -W. Crick, Pittsburg, Pa. cockerels, C. E. Johnson, Ligoneire. Pa.; pullets, F. M. Bauer, Pittsburg, Pa. Buttercups—Hens, . C. . Sydney ‘| Cook, jr., West Newton, Mass.; cock- erels, Roselawn Poultry Farm, Otts- vill Pa. Black Wyandotte—Old pens and young pens, R. D. Brown, Vienna. Va. 8. 'C. Black Minorcas—Y¥oung pen, J. D. Raybrough,.Silver Spring, Md. 8. C. Buff Minorcas—Young pen, C. I. Smith, Eaton, Ohio. S. C. Buff Or pingtons—Old pen, H. E. Hooke! South Hadley, Mass.; young pen, B. Olmstead, Washington, D. C. ‘White Orpingstons—Young Euclid Claussen, Augusta, Ga. Dark' Cornish—OI pen, L Smith, Warrenton,. Va. .White Crest- ed Black Polish—George F. Hane, Bethesda, Md. . Pigeon Department. _ White 'Fantails—Old hen. Elisha Hanson, Bethesda, Md.; young, Elisha Hanson. - Black Fantails—Old cock, Elisha_Hanson; young, Elisha Han son.’ Biue Fantails—Old cock and old hen, O. J. Arnold, M’ Washing- ton, Md. .Silyer Fantails—Old cock, old hen and ‘young, Elisha Hanson. the 3. “ | 'Washington Monument stands . W. d Hea Tumblers—Young, J. W. Lohmuller. R~ Youns, d. W. Loh- . Mottled . Tippiers— Lockner, - “Arlington, — . PRESIDENT TO STAY HERE. To Busy, to Attend Army-and " ‘Navy Game Saturday. d “President Harding will be unable to attent- ihe ‘Teffular-Afmy-Navy foot ball game.ip. Ne Sag demands made upon him by - CH¥ stma« Mernt-CONTRrents are 156 Break it - was, | structures with which it comes. w York Saturday. The;foe #: A ‘With turkeys ranging in'prices from 60 centa to 70 cents per pow x many responsible for the preparation of the Thanksgiving dinner were owing much interest in other fowl, which were more plentiful MRS. HARDING BRINGS JOY TO SORROWING MOTHER Through Efforts of President'’s Wife French Youth Is Sent to His Home. A happy reunion between a French youth and his long-sorrowing mother has or soon will take place in a lit- tle village in France as the result of efforts of Mrs. Harding, wife of the President, .and several of her friends. Mrs. Harding, it was learned today, received a letter last July from Mme. C. Bret of Savoie, France, saying that her son, Charles Bret, who had been in the United States five years, and had been sentenced to prison several times for minor offenses, but finally was paroled. ‘While on parole, penniless, unable to obtain work and hungry, the mother paid, the boy went into a restaurant in New York, ordered a meal and ate it without having the money to pay for it. A= a consequence his parole was re- voked and he was sent to Blackwell's Island, New York, to serve an addi- tional two and a half years. The letter touched Mrs. Harding's heart. Visiting New York with the nt several weeks later, she told Mayor Hylan of the letter, en- listed his aid and gave her piedge that it the boy were reloased she would see that his passage back to France was paid. In due course the youth was allowed to leave Black- well's Island and on November 9 wsailed for France, hi spassage paid by Mrs. Harding and scveral of her friends. ARTS COMMISSION URGES NEW PLANS TO BEAUTIFY CITY (Continued from First Page.) Roosevelt and the then Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, the build- ings of the Agricultural Department do not interfere with the development of the Mall, according to the original plan, which contemplates an expanse of undulating green park, a mile and 2 half long and 300 feet wide, extend- ing from the Capitol to the Monu- ment. “Today the Lincoln Memorial itself Is completed along the general lines suggestéd by the plan of 1901, the re- port says. “The canal itself is nearing completion. The land for Riverside Drive and the counection with Rock Creek Park is being purchased, and about 75 per cent of It is now owned by the government. Should Be Part of Park. “By dredging, a large area of land ad- jacent to the Arlington farms has been created. This area should be develo] as part of the park system of the trict. The private ownership in Ana- lostan Island should-be determined and purchased. Such ownership is a threat and a menkce. The proposition before the District Commissioners is to place on Analostan lsland a gas holder 212 feet in height when inflated. The gas holder is the most brutally ugly struc- ture devised by man. It 1s more blatant than a power house, a water tank or an ill-designed and smoking chimney. “Congress has authorized the expendi- ture of $25,000 to secure plans for a memorial bridge, and some day the project will be realized. Its realization should carry along with it the cleaning up of all the approaches to Arlington and Fort Myer and the addition to the park system of the reclaimed areas ad- [ jacent to the Virginia shofe of the Potomac. “The two ends of the main axis—the Mall and the setting for the Lincoln Memorial—are well along in process of development according to the plan of 1901. The central feature, known as the Washington Monument Gardens, hag not been even approached, nor 1ikely. to be undertaken for some years ‘to come—probably not until the high development of the two parts when finished shall force the adequate and harmonious development of the spaces about the Washington Monument. ‘At present the immediate surround- 4ngs of the Monument are so inade- quate,as to cause the beholder near at Ihnnd'tu lose that very sense of gran- deur which it inspires when seen from | a distance; and the lack of harmonious | WOMAN STRANGLED AT BABE'S GRADLE Poverty and Heartless Rob- bery Disclosed by Slayer of. Sister-in-Law. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 23.—A story of heartlessness, poverty and rob- bery was mixed with that of con- cern for his wife in the confession today of Thomas Catherwood, twen- ty-six, that he had strangled his sister-in-law, Mrs. Betty Sharples, to death yésterday while she rocked the cradle of her thirteen-months-old child and worked oa tiny garment: for another child expected within a month. Out of Work for Weeks. For weeks Catherwood had been out of a job and his wife finally sald she would obtain work to sup- port the family. It was concern for his wife and dread of her going to work which, Catherwood told the po- lice, forced him to wind a rope about Mrs. Sharples’ neck and steal the $65 in her bank book. “My poverty worried me,” Cather- ‘wood told the police. ‘When my wife said she would get work, I couldn’t bear Yesterday. I went to visit my sister- In-law. A neighbor came to borrow some money and I saw the bankbook. 1 thought there was at least $200 in it I picked an argument with Betty and grabbed her by the throat and wound the rope around her neck.™ Found Joking With Brother. Catherwood was arrested last night with his brother, while the pair were laughing and joking in a barber shop. “Catherwood seemed to be without feeling in telling his story,” Sergt. James Fleming, who made the arrest, said. — NAMED ON CONTRACTS. Director Dawes Establishes Inter- departmental Board. Establishment of an Interdepart- mental board of contracts and adjust- ments, by direction of President Hard- ing. is announced by Director of the Budget Dawes. The board is charged with the duty of standardizing contract forms, se curing the adoption of uniform poli cles as regards construction work and uniform practices of interpretation and negptiations both preceding and following the actual execution of con is- | ¢ posed of one member from each de- partment of the government. — awe and dwarf one of their greatest memorials. Sooner or later the Lincoln Memorial will drive the ugly structures to dJestruction. They represent today one of the hideous consequences of the great war. No memorial of that war in Washington should be undertaken or even con- sidered while these buildings remain. In the plan of 1901 the space south of the Monument was to be devoted to the people as a place of recreation, with a great stadium for athletic contests, u swimming pool and fields for sports. The development of East Potomac Park as a place of sports has modified the plan in some particulars, and the change is an improvement, both because of the greater area _and also because of the more diversified treatment. East Po- tomac Park now has public golf links; t|the encircling drives are lined by beds of flowers and by rows of Japanese cherries. _A canal joining the Potomac and the Washington channel is under construction, and places for a stadium for the Atmy and Navy games and other contests and numerous tennis and base ball grounds are marked out. In Washington, the report says, “the posi- tive dearth of means of innocent enjoy- ment for one's leisurs hours is re- markable.” Much has been done during twenty years to work a change in this relationship between it and the g{en!lmpecl. but in the matter of out-of- nto study and extended consideration than has the solution of the problem of de- vising an -appropriate setting for the Monument; and the treatment h proposed is the one which seems best adapted to enhance the value of the Monument itself. Taken by itself, u.: nof only .as one of the most stupendqus works of man, b ‘most beautiful of Indeed, it is at once so great and simple that it .seems.to be almost a. ‘work of mature. Dominati the en~ tire District of Columblia, it taken K place with the Capitol and the z#hl House as one of the three fore- tional structures.” Buildtage Like Faetories. : The temporary war buildings used By vy Department and the munitions division of the War De- partment ;nuy be used for a time in amost door life this city still lags far behind Paris. - = Remaining obstruction ‘to a parkway between. Rock Creek and Potomac parks is the Chesapeake and Potomac Canal Company’s rights, the report says. Condition of the Anacostia river is characterized as “outrageous” by the report, gvhich asserts that because of these conditions malaria has made constant havoc with the inmates of the government hospital for the .in- sane, the’ District jail, the workhouse ind persons.at the navy yard and.the ‘Washingfon barracks. “The pressing sanitary problem,” the report declares, “4s to do away with the low areas, that are aiternately flooded and ex- posed, and convert-them into efther deep water or dry a." Construction of s boulevard to Mount Vernon-is recommen in the report, which also urges completion of the so-called Fort drive aroun ‘Washington, connecting Rock Creek and Anacostia parki ouse government workers|, temporary buil D‘:n design and they' so_invade, ach upon and disfigure Potomac ’ Aricrienn people will wianeuliy L0 OVe park system,” the road leading thére! rded, and, a driveway, now much but 5 da) s and il be turned. intc a well ‘well puliced pleasure v should x THE EVENING? STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 192f." ' THINKS CHICKENS WILL FILL THE BILL. {SENATE APPROVES [ TAX REVISION BILL Conference Report Adopted This Afternoon—Provisions of Measure. The Senate at 3 o’clock adopted the conference report the tax revision bill by a vote of 39 te 29. Appointment of a special tax inves- tigating commission to go into the whole question of revenue raising for the government, in order to get the most improved law, was proposed to the Senate this afternoon by Senator Calder of New York. The bill proposes that the commls: sion shall consist of nine members, as follows: Three to be members of the Scnate, to be appointed by the Pre; dent of the Senate; three to be mem- bers of the House. to be appointed by the Speaker of that body, and three to represent the public, to be appointed by the President. No compensation would be given to the commissioners representing the public, but thelr expenses would be paid under the provisions of the pro- posed law. Points to Pacific Lines. The bill as submitted by Senator Calder and read in the Senate gives the specific lines of investigation to be followed by the commission, among them being the relation of tax-exempt state securities to the federal revenue. Senator Calder, in presenting his bill, suggested that the appointment of such a commission to study the whole tax question would indicate to the people that Congress intended to get the best kind of a revenue act. Under the terms of the proposed act, the life of the commission would ex- pire on April 1, 1922. Senator Calder, in speaking of the tax measure now before the Senate, said that it was not the best law, but that it was an improvement over the law now en- forced Senate and House conferees on the tax bill were criticised today in the Senate for their actien in disposing of some of the amendments adopted by the Senate. Senator Hitchcock, dem- oc¢rat, Nebraska, said it a fact well known that the conferees repre- sented, not the sentiment of the ma- Jority in the Senate and House, but the sentiment only of the dominent element in the party in control of the two houses. Senator Simmons, democrat, North Carolina, said the Senate republican conferees had been perfectly willing to recede on the 50 per cent surtax amendment adopted by the Senate and that Chairman Penrose had told the House managers that they could in- form the House that the Senate man- agers would accept a compromise at 40 per cent. Attacking the system under which the conferees operated. Senator Walsh. democrat, Massachusetts, decla: that if conferees persisted in over- turning the will of a majority in each house of Congress they would strike at the vitals of the government and 'W(\ulll ald “bolshevists and anarch- sre.” Sanator Smoot. republican, Utah, de- fen.led the confereces and said so far as he knew the House managers had mot been promised that the Senate managers would accept a 40 per cent furtax rate. Income Tax Effective First. The only important section of the bill which will be put into force immediately upon its becoming law, however, Is that relating to the inccne tax, the other tax changes going into effect on next January 1. The present surtax rates ‘will be continued for this calendar year, the reductions agreed upon by the House and Senate going into effect in the next calendar year and being re- flected in the actual payments to be made by the taxpayers in 1923. In laying the conference report be- fore the Senate yesterday Chairman Penrose of the Senate managess in a formal statement described the bill as a ‘temporary makeshift “The bill.” Senator Penrose said, “does not place the tax system on stable or scientific basis. But it is bet- ter than the law which it will supersede because of the reduction of the tax burden and the technical or adminis trative improvements which it effect “As has been said. it 1s a temporary measure. But nothing better than a temporary makeshift will be possible until the people of this country give to the question of federal taxation an amount d kind of study which it has not yet received; until—in par- ticular—the people become convinced of the sincerity and truth of the con- tention that the proposal to reduce excessive tax rates is not designed to relieve the rich and the profiteer, but to avert the breakdown of the income tax, unshackle business and increase the tax revenue. Debate on the measure opened by Senator Slmmons of North Care- lina, ranking democratic manager on the part of the Senate, who reviewed In some detail the changes made in conference. He declared that when the conferees got through with the bill even some of the most prominent of the republican managers could not ‘conceal their disgus with the measure. The North Carolina senator said that three or four of the compromise amendments brought forward the Senate agricultural bloc were “slaughtered” in conference, but that some of them were retained, notably the increased surtax rate, the capi- tal stock provision and the repeal of the $2,000 exemption for corporations, except in the case of those having net incomes of $25,000 or less. The surtax rate would have been cut, he asserted. if it “had not been for the wise action of the House in refusing to trust their conferees.” Attacking the majority Senate man- agers, Senator Simmons said they had made an ‘“unjustifiable surren- der” on the corporation income tax and had “given up in glee” the 15 {per cent rate, in favor of the 123 per cent rate. Under the bill as it now stands the senator continued, the corpora- tions will pay about one-half what they pay under the present law and less than one-half of the amount that individual taxpayers will be called upon to pay when the new bill be- comes & law. SENATE VOTES TO ADJOURN AFTER TAX BILL VOTE Final adjournment today of the extraordinary session of Congress, following & vote on the tax bill now pending, was agreed to in the Senate yesterday. The vote is to be taken at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Senator Townsend of Michigan voiced his protest to adjournment with so much work facing Congress and referred to the expe to the American people of an journment at this time. ‘Adjournment of Congress allows members of the Senate and House.to collect mileage, whereas this would not be possible if one session con- tinued into the ‘ou:er. The mll‘el‘e item is quite a large expense alone, and runs -rdvnlgr{; high for west coast members and territorial .dele gates. CITIZENS URGED TO FLY FLAGS OF THE NATIONS ON THANKSGIVING DAY The citizens' committes on street. decorations asks that all citisens possessing the flags of the nations taking part in the present conference display such flags tomorrow and -on all other holidays such as Christmas, New Year day, eto, which may ocour during the- conference. Mw":o doarrl:lubg the euu.l; mittee emihently lpfllm 3 odoasions the display of the - ?" ‘b’y direction of th custp! g autherity, will “be foHowed BYrtlianvill deparuneits, in Elected to Head Citizens' Organization SELDEN M. ELY. WANT DISTRICT MAN FOR POLICE CHIEF Eckington Citizens Express Prefe(ence and Regret Mai. Gessford’s Retirement. Appointment of a bona fide Wash- Ingtonian as superintendent of police to succeed Maj. Gessford was urged upon the Commissioners by the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens' Asso- ciation, meeting at the Emery School last night. Resolutions adopted unanimously call upon the city heads to select the next chief of police from the ranks If possible, or at least from among the citizens of the District. The same set of resolutions carried am expres- sion of regret at the retirement of Maj. Gessford. Willlam E. Wise, chairman of the committee on police and fire protec- tion, brought up the question of the police vacancy and the possibility of an outsider being given the appoint- ment. Commends Star Editorial Washington Topham indorsed the motion made by Mr. Wise and urged every member of the association to read the editorial in The Btar of No- vember 22 on the police situation. The association re-elected Selden M. Ely for a sixth term as president of the association. Other officers chosen were: C. A. Bowman, vice president Jesse W. Morgan, secretary-treasur. er; Selden M. Ely and G. M son, delegates to the Federation of Citizens' Associations. The following six men were elected members of the executive committee: W. ender- W. G. Hi n, G. E. 8. Willlams, T. Homer Hall, T. Plerson, Edward W. Morcock and R. C. Carter. Asks Shelters for Orossing Mem. A proposal that shelter be provided, for crossing policemen In severe win- ter weather was made by F. N. Jarvis and referred to the police and fire mmittee for action. Mr. Jarvis thought a watch box could be placed near the corner, where the officer could get warm during a lull in the passing of vehicles. SENATE CONFIRMS MANY IN LAST-MINUTE RUSH Beeks to Clean Slate of Presidential Appointments Prior to Ad- journment. The Senate in executive session last night endeavored to clean the slate of presidential nominations in preparation or the adjorunment, and more than two hundred nominations were confirmed. Another effort was made to confirm Maj. Robert C. Peck to be a lieutenant colonel, but an agreement was finally reached to allow tnis to go over until today. The nomination is opposed prin. cipally by Kansas and Missouri senators, who have pressed charges that while overseas with the 35th Division he was accused of brutality toward soldlers and had made remarks reflecting on the Kansas division. Plans for the adjournment of Congress today virtually preclude any action on ding resolutions to order work on battlesnips stopped while the armament conference is in session, Senator King, democrat, Utah, sought to obtain com: mittee action on his resolution to this effect, and was promised by Senator Page, republican, Vermont, chairman, that & poll of the committee would be taken to determine whether the question should be taken up. Republican leaders deciared that an adverse decision was certain, —_— RUSH FOR BLISS PERMITS. The annual pre-Thanksgiving rush for marriage licenses has kept Col. William A. Kroll and his assistant, Mrs. Rowena S. Wayland, busy for the past three d There were forty-eight a; plicants for bliss permits last Monday, forty-two yesterday, and the genial col- onel figures that before closing time today seventy more would-be-happy ‘will have been accommodated with licenses. On the eve of last Thanksgiving day a total of eighty-two licenses were is- .preceding days also than have been Kroll was at a ine unless it be week for istinguished guests, and this} KING LAUDS WORK OF MAJ.GESSFORD Head of Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association Pays Tribute to Official. Expressions of sorrow and happlness over the retirement of Maj. Harry L. Gessford, superintendent of the police department, were contained in a letter to the Board of Commissioners from Thillp King, president of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, made public today. The letter follows: t haf been publicly stated that Maj. Harry L. Gessford, major and superintendent of the police depart- ment of the District, is to rctire at the end of the month. “The business men of Washington both regret and rejoice ul this cir- cumstance. Has U 'mished Record. “Our sorrow comes from the fact that in the retirement of Maj. Gess- ford we will lose the active service of one who. for such a long stretch of time as forty-one years, has faithfully served the taxpayers of this com- munity and the nation and whose rec- ord lacks a_ blemish. Business men respect him highly. t is a happy circumstance in that the community will now have an op- portunity to.show its practical appre- ciation of Maj. Geesford's wonderful services by according him a_pension for ilfe that he may devote his time to recreation, an experience not here- tofore known to him. preoccupied as he has been for many hours in the day with the responsible duties of the police force. “It is splendid that this sterling ‘Washingtonian, starting at the very bottom of the proverbial ladder, ha. through sheer energy, loyalty anc honesty, been rewarded with th highest honor that can be bestow upon a member- of the metropolitan police department, and, furthermore Tetire with the highest pay that can be accorded one who has faithfully served. “In the above observations 1 sure I am expressing the sentime of the membership of the Merchan:« and Manufacturers' Association gen erally.” Gessford Expresses Appreciath The Commissioners today receiv from Maj. Gessford a letter expre: ing his appreciation of the tribui. paid him by the city heads wher applied for retirement. The major letter follow: ‘I am in receipt of cation of November 19, sponse to my letter of and I deeply appreclate your ci- pression of confidence in an approva of my efforts while in the serv the police department.” PRESIDENT KEEPS ALOOF. Will Take No Part in Naming of New Police Chief. President Harding has no idea of taking any part in the naming of a successor to Maj. Gessford as sup: intendent of the local police force according to members of the New York Congressional delegation ‘wiho called on him at the White House today in the interests of Col. T. Harry Shanton of New York and Wyoming who is a prominent candidate for the place. The appointment lies solely with the Commissioners of the District and it remains for them to make their own selection. President Harding is reported by one of the party to have said in answer to their appeal. In the delegation were Senators Wadsworth and Calder and Represent ative Mondell of Wy leader of the House, who ha actively engaged in the inte: Col. Shanton, whom he has know many years, accompanied the delega- tion. Occasion was taken to call t¢ the President’'s attention Col. Shan- ton's record, both in the Army and while connected with the police de- parment of New York city¥ SHRINERS PLAN GREAT PARADE HERE MONDAY Members From All Over United States to Join Almas Temple in Thanksgiving Ceremony. Distinguished Shriners from all parts of the United States will join with locai units of Almas Temple and nobles of the shrine in staging the largest parade of its kind ever held in Washington next Monday afternoon. The demon- stration will mark the Thanksgiviug ceremonial of Almas Temple. Preceding the parade there will be a business session, beginning at 2 pan at the Capitol Theater. The parade will start promptly at 3:30 o'clock. Among the marchers will be uniformed units of the temple, nobles arrayed in full dress. tuxedos and the fez; the Almas Temp! Military Band, the Oriental Band, ti Drill Corps. the drt corps and Almas Temple Loyal Legior There will be floats from Walter Reed Hospital, from the glee club and cha: ers and frem candidates themselves. The line of march, while not definitely mapped out, will be along Pennsyl vania avenue east of 17th street. W Freeland Kendrick of Philadelphia, p: imperial potentate, is expected 10 marc! "Fhe ceremonial will take place in th, Capitol Theater at 6:30 p.m. This will start _with musical = program _and forming of *‘the caravan.” The cere ‘monial itself will begin at 8 o'clock, an‘l at 11:30 o'clock, following the exercis professional talent will entertain. [ — GONZAGA RIGHTS VOTED. Senate Passes House Bill Increas- ing Total College May Hold. The Senate yesterday passed the House bill increasing the amount of property which Gonzaga College, in this city, may hold. Under the origi- nal mect of incorporation the institu- tion was limited to $50.000. Senatof Calder had the bill called up during a Iull in the debate on the tax bill yes- terday. )