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FRANK 8. METZEROTT SUCCUMBS IN COLORADO Prominently Identified in Business Here Many Years—Lived in Prince Georges County. INNSHEDWORY BURES DELEGHTES Contradiction and"Confusion Hamper Conference—Noth- ing Final-Accomplished. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. The outstanding characteristic of | the Washington conference, in its present stage, is contradiction and confusion. There are about as many opinlons as to what has happened and what is going to happen as there are observers and analysts observing and analyzing. Many people can already tell you just how and when the con- ference will end; the disconcerting thing is that they do mot agres In their prognostications. Some say it is already a splendid success, others| that it is an assured failure. Some think the proposal to cut navies vors the United States: others that it is contrary to American interests. There are numberless predictions that Japan will or will not get out of China, and will or will not accept the American naval ratio plan. Those; who are convinced Britain is work- ing with the United States against Japan are no more numerous than those who have perceived that Britain is plotting with Japan against the United States. A really enormous amount of “dope” concerning treaties, understandings. ententes, future con- ferences, and the status of the Anglo- Jupanese alliance is in circulation, until one’s Lead spins and the sense of fact and reality grows cold andj numb. Secretary to Qutline Plans for Co-Oparation Between As- sooiation and Department. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover is scheduled to outline plans| for ‘co-operation between the Depart-| ment of Commerce and the United States Potters’ Association in an sd dress this afternoon before delegates to the forty-third annual convention |of the ussociation gathered at the de- partment. His address will be in the form of an impromptu discussion of governmental interest in industry, itj jis understood. Following Mr. Hoover's talk, the delegates will be transported to the bureau of standards for the purpose of observing the equipment and mreth- ods of work of the bureau. Posibilities of Advertising. Tossibilities of co-operative advertis- Ing ‘were explained at the second ses- sion of the convention this morning at the ‘Willard Hotel by C. C. Parlin of Philadelphia. Mr. Parlin produced nu- merous charts to show that the buying market fcr mahufactured goods has greatly increased since before tie war and he emphasized the important role R which advertising played in this ad- vance. Erani B o tt of Princei Joseph Mayer read the annual report K oty e ot pesininentiy |of the committee on statistics. compris- entified in business for many years |ing detailed figuces of the pottery trade in this city, died yesterday at Boul-| dJudge Marion De Vries of the United der, Col., where he had gone about States Court of Customs Appeals spoke !§ix monihs ago in the hope of re- on “American Valuation.” Following the | covering his health. . morning session a recess was -declared 1 “NMr. Metzerott was fifty-eight years [until 2:30 pm.. when the delegates met !old and a son of the late W. G. Met- lagain at the Department of Commerce. zerott. For many years he was a| Committee reports will occupy wir- prominent business man in this city. | tually al! of the session tomorrow. The For the past five years he had been |convention will adjourn with the ¢lection licipating in the work of the confer-|a member of the Maryland prison |of new ofiicers and the annual banquet ence. The confusion and contradiction | ;c‘tm‘linlss:qn. :m: :l s (l;‘!‘“e‘;;_d. x‘:.:; at ¢:30 p.m. is due partly to secrecy.and to official | his devotion to duty in this office w 2 s asked publicly of the delegates, but| He was an active member of St. Harding, governor of the larkely to the plain, obvious fact that | John's Lodge, No. 11, Free and Acc ali Reserveilosnd (dst1ved that while many matters are under dis-|Cepted Masons. and until recently a R T i Cussion. none have been concluded,|member of the Chamber of Cor: al sooniingan @cdress. stithe Cusslon, mone have e o haank|merce. He followed his father asopening sesslon of the conventlon yes: it may be said to be “making prog-|Read of the firm of W. G. Metzerott toroay. Business, he sald, has passed B Drok: &7 Go., “and | Tater Lecame pres- | through the acute stage incident to as thus far “accomplished™!j; . "t the Columbia Theater ‘Com- |the war and better times are ahead. L o A : ¢ following the|DANY. Upon the sale of the Columbia | The Federal Reserve Board has made o Beople desirous of follewing the linsgter: by the Mstmescit;family tol Svory eROrt (o hmaten this return fo b "a'{h‘ e 10"‘"’"‘“‘ b ‘l‘, the present owners Mr. Metserott re- pr}t;snen ity. it was stated. lize this situation. It can be |3 from active business and made |, He poiated out that there is a mod- quickly summarized. e O Meith his sister and brother, | erate revival ‘of building operations Twe Main Subjeets. near Hyattsville, Md. and predicted greater activity next There are two main subjects—naval eI e Chrrintman seals from this katght of ¢ T0 ADDRESS RED CROSS q\nrtel‘l Today. by Various Branches. e being held by Actual State of Mind. T am not joking. This is actually at present the state of mind of those who are reporting the conference, and also of many of those who are par- Five meetings Red Cross building. ing made arrangements to attend th at 2:30 o'clock. At the meetings of- ficers of the national organization for the year ensuing will be elected. the organization met for the discus sion of routine business-and the elec- tion of three members to the general board. At 11 o'clock a meeting of the chapter delegates from various parts of the country took place, at which the principal feature was bal- loting for another three members tq the general board. . Routine business and discussion of projects for the ensuing year formed the feature of a meeting of the cen tral committee, also held at 11 o'clock. Arrangements for the continwance of work in this eoun- try among disabled service men and European matters were also discussed. The meeting regarded as the most important of the day is that of the general board at 2:30 o'clock, at which it is expected that President Harding will speak. Balloting on a president, two vice presidents, a counselor, a treasurer and secretary will be held during the afternoon. The executive committee meeting at 4 o'clock will be the final gathering Called by Counsel for Plaintiff, Al- ing will be tke only ome open to | i At 10 o'clock the incorporators of Henry and lan LL. D. from Hamilton Colleg | served | 5 PR O1F CONFIDENCE INPREVBER BRUND |French Senate and Chamier Approve Course at Parley, Deferring Debate. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December ~—Both the senate and chamber of deputies today gave votes of confidence to Premier Briand on his first appear- ance befors them since his return from the Washington conference on limitation of armament and far east- ern affairs. In each chamber, however, it was stipulated that the confidence voted was conditional on the premicr's acceptance of wide debate on the re- sults of the Washiugton conference, as far as France is: concerned, after tiie 1922 budget has been voted and the resolutions of tie conference ia Washington kave been adopted. Refuves to Discuss Conferemee. Mr. Briand made his refusal to dis- f[cuss the Washington conference a 3 The statement was written after he. hsd been shown a ohart of the results of the fight against the great white plague, and had bought sheets of the double-barred cross, Hiss Olga Helms. PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED ' |COL. W. C. SANGER DEAD; VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Five Meetings Being Held at Head- | Ex-Assistant Secretary of War and | Noted Red Cross Worker Ex- pires in New York. question of confidence fmmediately he entered the respective chambers to- day. Both bodies approved the argu- ments he advanced, first, that the time was inopportune to debate Washington matters while the con- ference still remained in session, and, {second, that the government ‘must | vote the 1922 budget before u question of such importance could de brought {up before parliament. {,,fhe rovauscs leaucrs, Leon Daudet and Leon Baudry d'Asson, demanded in violent language immediate dis- cussion of the situation in the cham- ber. In government circles ft was declared afterward that this fact re- sulted in the government receiving Retired Army Officer Was Military C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 392[° ™=@ = N~ COL. JOHN A. DAPRAY DIES SUDDENLY IN THIS CITY Aide to War Secretary Under President Harrison. COL. JOHN A. DAPRAY. Col. John A. Dapray, retired. aide and mliitary secretary to the Secre- taxy of War under President Harrison and prominent in military affairs, died suddenly this morning at 2 o'clock at Wis residence, 1538 17th street Cal. Dupray was born in this ci abouy _sixty. years ugo. He appofnted paymaster with rank of major in 1880. Joining his regiment at cargp at ncompaghre, Colo.. the followknx year, he traveled across mountains in wagons and sleighs 185 i -t FURTHER REVSON OF TAX SUBGESTED Secretary Mellon Advises Re- duced Maximum Surtax and Other Adjustments. MAKES ANNUAL REPORT Announces Treasury's Unaltered Policy With Respect to Defer- ment of Soldier Bonus Further revision of the tax with a reduction of the maximum income surtax rate of 20 or 25 per iunt and adjustment of the rates on business profits and estates, is sug- gested by Secretary Mellon in his first annual report, transmitted today Congress. The Secretary also announces thut the Treasury's policy with respect io deferment of soldiers’ bonus is un- changed, and urges prompt funding of the' ten billions of foreign loans as “one of the outstanding needs of th: Dpresent economic situation.” . Mr. Mellon also informs Congress that the maturity within the next eighteen months ‘of $6,750,000.000 o the short-dated debt “makes it im I perative that the government pursus a policy of the utmost economy and avoid new undertakings that woul!l throw additional burdens on {Treasury and embarrass the fund operations™ with respect to the float- laws, Col. William Carey Sanger, former various branches and departments of assistant secretary of war and well the Amerocan Red Cross today at the| known in this city in recent years President Hard-! durin his connection with the Amer- ican Red Cross, died in New York yes- principal.one of these, the meeting of | terday, following a short illness of the general board of the organization | pneumonia. His residence here was 2204 R street. Col. Sanger was born in Brooklyn May 21, 1863, and_was the son of ry E. Requa Sanger. He was educated at the Polytechn Institute, Brooklyh, and Harvard Col lege, where he received the degree of A.B. in 1874. He was made an LL. B. by Columbia University in 1878 and in 1902, From 1895 to 1897 he was a member of the New York state as- sembly. and assistant secretary of war, 1901 to 1908. In’ the Spanish-American war he as lieutenant colonel of the 203d New York Infantry. He was for some time a member of the 2d Brigade staff of the National Guard in Brooklyn, under Gen. James Mc- Leer, with the rank of major. He wae president of the United States delegation to the international conference at Geneva in 1906 to re- vise the treaty of 1864, He was dele- gate from this country to the Inter- national Red Cross conference at London in 1907. He was chairman of the National Guard Commission ap- pointed by Gov, Hughes in 1907 and a member of the state lunacy com- mission in 1910 and president of the state hospital commiesion the fol- of the day. The general board meet-| jowing year. Burviving him are his widow Mrs. a larger majority than had been an- ticipated. In the senate M. Briand's request for a postponement of devate was granted unanimously. The premier | spoke briefly later in replying to terpellations by Senator M. Br: gier, asking him concerning_the non- execution of clauses in the Versailles treaty, and M. de Lamarzelle, regard- ing the failure of Germany to disar Gets Hint of Cabimet Chumge. M. Briand chose to make a short address before the senate instead of | before the chamber, because he had been informed on landing at Havre last Fridey that lists were being cir- culated in the chamber and the sei late purporting to give the compos tion of a cabinet to be formed under former President Poincare, to suc- ceed the Briand ministry. By the votes today the Briand cab- inet is now assured of retention of office until January. ¢ In the senate during the discussion M. Briand incidentally alluded to the ‘ashington conference several times. We have succeeded in Washington he said, “in_having it generally reco; nized that France is not an imperial istic nation, that if we must keep a comparatively large army it is a question of our security alone. The French delegation has striven to show the situation with dignity and without bluster. Many American business men expresed the opimion that large cash payments by Germans would be injurfous to the world's finance, but 1 did not find one to say miies to report. Within a month after joining he was made battalion adju- tant, the regiment being under Ma kenzie, operating against the southern Utes. His dompany was ordered onper- ilows duty at the Indian agency. and he resigned the position of adjutant and applied to go with his company, detailed to guard and protect the In. dian agent at southern Ute agency. _In 1882 he was in the field on the Gila river, near the Arizona bound ary, again operating under Macken- zle against the Utes. Again holding the position of adjutant general, he resigned to go with his company, which he commanded on the trip. He was tendered the position of aide de camp to Maj. Gen. Hancock in 1885 and accepted, declining the same rank to Gen. Miles, which also was tendered him. After the death of Gen. Hancock he accepted the po- sition with Gen. Miles, and reported to him for duty in the field in Arizona during the campaign against an Apache band. He served with Gen. Miles in the field until the surrender of hostiles in 1586. Col Dapray was assistant adjutant geneml of the Department of Arizona for the following two years. He was relleved as aide de camp in 1890 and joined a regiment in Texas, being in command a greater part of the time. In Manch, 1892, he wus ordered to this city as aide and military secre- tary to the Secretary of War. Serving in the Philippines for a number of vears, he returned here and served as adjutant general of the District, organizing military de- ing debt. Stresses Revenue Revisfon. Revenue revision is the subject upou which the Secretary lays the most stress. He says the changes in the tax law voted by Congress last monil ‘give substantial relief to business and industry and restore in some measure the freedom of business transactions, but our system of taxa tion still requires careful and thought - ful consideration.” He then proceeds to that if the loss of re sulting from the reductions in surtax and other rates suggested cannot b made up rigid_economy in penditures,” it can be met “either b placing a tax on certain specific ar- { ticles, or by a low-rate general tux {on a broad class of articles or tra | actions.” . “It is of vital importance” Mr Mellon declares, “that adjustment ’mad- in _our scheme of taxat | 1 , whereby the burden will not fall un duly, either directly or indirectly upon any particular class and at same time will not seriously inter- fere with productive industry anc the general prosperity of the country “It would not seem either wise o necessary to ghange from our pres ystem of taxation to new am: untried plans. By retaining the in tax with reasonable =surta rates, which in peace times ultimate 1y should not rise above 10 per cen taxpayers would still be required f {contribute in proportion to thel iability to pay: while by placing certain amount of tax on specific ar though Employed by Defense in Alienation Case. At the trial today before Justice Stafford and a jury in Circuit Divi- sion 1 of the half-million-dollar alien- atjon suit of Lieut. Lorimer C. Gra- ham. U. S. N., sgainst A. L. Humes of New York, William E. Mattingly. a private detective employed by the efense, when called by Former Jus- tice Wright, Graham’s lawyer, ad- mitted that he had been engaged to shadow Graham and his counsel. and on one occasion detailed a female assistant to follow Judge Wright to New York. The witness said he had been told Dby counsel for the defense that they “had to get testimony tb keep this case from going to trial. Mrs. Mary D. Cox, empioyed as maid at the Howe home in Princeton from May to July, 1918, testified that no colared maid was there employed dur- ing her stay, and that she did not know Ida Armstrong, who gave a deposition concerning alleged im- proper_conduct between Graham and Mrs. Glennan the Howe home. Judge Wright, in rebuttal, took up each: of the assertions contained in the Armstrong deposition and re- ceived a negative answer from the witness. The colored laundress at the Howe home also testified. She was ac- quainted with Ida Armstrong. she said, and knew that she left the Howe employment in 1917, telling witness that she was returning to Newport News. Va. Dr. Edward S. Hawke of Trenton, N. J., who attended Mrs, Glennan at 1he birth of her last child, gave testi- mony in refutation of statements made by the Armstrong woman. { Attorney Wilton J. Lambert closed the case for the defense late yester- day afternoon without calling the de- fendant. A. L. Humes, to the witness stand. The defense closed after read- ing a deposition of Henry D. Flood, representative in Congress from Vir- ginia, who was too ill to attend court. Newmyer and others than ‘delegates and officials of | Mary Ethel Cleveland Dodge, two gons the organization. and two daughters. He was a trustee of Hamilton College and a member of many colonial socieites. He made his home at Sangerfield, Oneida county, N. Y., but had been visiting his sister, Miss Lillian Sanger, in Brooklyn. Among other works Cbl: Sanger was the author of “The Reserve and Aux. iliary Forces of England” and “The Militla of Switzerland. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at 2 p.m. at Grace Church, Brok- |that France should stand ruined in ithe face of Germany enriched. (047 TRAIN CREW INWRECK PROBE 13 Vietims of Bryn Athyn Crash ldentified—14 Known Missing. 1 1 | INOULD PUT STATUE ON ORIGINAL SITE Plea by S. A. R. for Return of Lincoin Memorial to Courthouse Square. Restoration of the Lincoln statue, { which was removed from the court- { house square several years ago, was iurged today by a committee repre- | not nearly as great as is general supposed “To reduce the surtax rates maximum of 25 per cent and grad uating the reductions through all 1l brackets,” he says, “would mean a apparent loss of about $130,000.0¢ in revenue. A 20 per cent maximun rate on the same basis would invi. a revenue loss of about $200,000,000 Other adjustments which should . made would probably invelve # amount equal to that made in th surtax rates. This loss of revenu however, would not be permanent for the reduced rates would ulti mately be productive of more revenu than higher rates, due to the increas. in_taxable transactions. Reiterating arguments that th effect of high surtax rates is to kee new capital out of productive e terprise and to prevent normal busi ness transactions, with the result that natural industrial developmen! is retarded. Mr. Mellon add: “The idea seems lo be prevalent that in taxing large incomes only the person receiving the jncome, and who is to pay the tax, is really co cerned. This is a mistake. for What- ever the government takes in the the Chinese tariff is in the hands of a subcommittee. Extraterritorial- ity is to be studied by a commission which will go to China and Teport back to the governments concerned some six months hence. The ques- ‘tion of foreign troops, police and wireless and telegraph stations in China is in the hands of a subcom- mittee. The powers have agreed to abelish their foreign post offices in China. but they have neglected to Specify when; the ‘date is left open. ‘The discussion of the thorny ques- tion of leased territories has begun, and is to be continued today in com- mittee. The Shantung affair is being debated privately, between Japan and China. under the auspices of Britain and the United States. ' In shert, a number of things are under Wway, but nothing has been done. After China is disposed of other far eastern matters, notibly Siberia and “mandated islands,” will ecome before the comference, which evi- dently has, therefore, a considerable distance still to go. It is because no final decisions have as yet been | taken that it is o difficult for com- mentators, observers and analysts to agree about even a Single aspect of the conference. . (Copyright, 1821.) GORDON SILENT ON-PLANS ON RETURN OF MORSE to PRESIDENT IS READY TO NAME RECORDER Choice Said to Lie Between Two Prominent Colored Men—Other White House News. President Harding within a short time will send to the Benmate for confirmation the momination of a recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. This fact was made known today by a reliable authority and it was further stated that the President's final choice now lies between two prominent colored men one a re dent of New York city and the other from a middle west state. The ex- ecutive. by the process of elimina- tion. is now seriously considering only two names. _It is intimated that Whitefield Mc- Kinley, a prominent local republican, {who has been indorsed by Edward iF. Coliaday, republican national com- itteeman for the District, is not senting the Sons of the American Revolgtion, who conferred with Rep- resemtstive Edward King of Illinois, father of the measure before the House to put this statue back on its origind site. The committee consisted of Admi- ral Gearge W. Baird, who personally contributed for the erection of the the worM war he organized the|actions, at %o low a rate that the Cassin Dapray. and a daughter bear- | terially simplified, the tax laws cou Would he raised without the evil Discusses Amount Invelved. Imp suggested reduction of rates represemting the first Episcopal par-’wuld O s ti office of public buildings and grounds;mg nation, affects not so much the S ey L E2%%n (he ivect loss of productive school of adjutants at Plattsburg. jcould readily be borne without iy ing her mother's given name. ll... more readily administered. s fects now resulting from the pr Mr. Mellon informs Congress 1 ish of the District; Fred Owen, for|vested and thereby become a part n Washington: David Lynn and|individual from whom it is taken ax x : | capital The committee stated that descend- Metzerott of Berkeley, | o a! tion. In the former, the United States Dr. John M. Metwerolt of this | ShuL Ghore are Taevensl reasoM’ whY. has laid down a plan of ratios, a naval 4 8 3 S PR L land, and a sister, Miss Henriette P.|are i Bram.” Tapan and Britain have ac.|Metserott, who was with him at the | | AReCicq AT FRRRECA Ry (e NAT + cepted “in principle,” which means— Oave mot yet been made. " A 1 I as called to the billions of dollars Jepan and the United State o= the —_— in gold in the vaults of the federal 5 tions which owe us money can - is settled the holiday and replacement crease their gold suwlyy through fpatures can be decided. Then the| GRAHAM SUIT TESTIMONY : their debts to America only With gold ::,‘:,‘“d}"fh submarines. of naval bases scrapings.” Before foreign commerce of the ratios of the French an: essary to have political stability over Meantime land armament has been there, Gov. Harding explained. discussed and practically _dropped The conference on limitation of problem of whether or not mew i v g foblem of Lwhather) o Yoot mew armament was declared to be a hope- return to prosperity in ‘business. If Aa (;:n-eu (;:r’(Q‘ . ) the conference succeeds in saving DELEGATIO" OF WOMEN r question the e Building navies america win ‘extend | RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT ghina's “ten points” have been heard credit to Europe and thus encourage | and the far eastern committee has Dr. S. W. Stratton, director of the ee.” The committee s now trying bureau of standards, was another gov- apply these principles. China is Yesieriay: BB iy i publican Committee of 100 ‘.fifu'.’if; m:;hb,,nge ?i“r"dt tocom. of the association, delivered the open- Praise Conference Call. . e question of raising on the program were W. E. Wells, F. P. Judge. Charles F. Goodwin, C. C.|delegation of women representing the NEIGHBORS TERRORIZED republican committee of 100 of New Vodrey: SC FIRIN of a resolution recently adopted by BY PROMISCUOUS & the committee expressing full sym- the arms conference and pledging sup- port to the President in every effort| oo munets Fly About and “a frm and lasting peace and to raise the burden of excesive arma- Two Are Wounded. PHILADELPHIA, December 7.—The 1 death list as a result of the collision This resolution was signed by Mrs.|rifle, Alexander Shorter. colored Mary Hatch Willard, chairman; Mrs. at fo 230 N ¢{at Bryn Athyn yesterday apparently about forty years old. of 220 N street [ 2L BI¥E AR FECElT Mrs. Dryden Brewer, secretary, and|o¢ the neighborhood of 2d and N Mrs, Benjamin Harrison, treasurer, : 2 Nipositively identified, and fourteen ‘ o fve|Streets southwest, by firing promis-} o ipers known to have been on one or committee. Mrs. llard acted as| bullets from the rifle taking effect on H okesman the_delegation, | ing and believed to have been killed. 4 e Bation, andjtwe colored men. i Nine bodies and several fragments of the introductions. 11234 24 street southwest and W i Following their meeting with the | Warren of 1253 1th mr..:"fl,flflxflw Tt _"!“‘f:‘n";‘mg";f"‘“g:fl‘;i}";'; ‘ 5 " Ivirtually i 3 v White House. where they were re- N e N e e ceived by Mrs. Harding. The delega- ‘ondition. €. ga- | receiving a slight wound, and the{CORAILIOn o Ll o oeners said it was the guest of Senator Galder at |but his ion I % Hincheon.. Those n the party ware: |pe empuecnd!tion 18 not betieved €0l nevor would be established. The es. H. timates arrived at were determined Murry Lamont, Mrs. George Hahn, | precinct and Capt. Sanders and - Mrs. William F. Peters. Mrs. Robert | e et e o o e Trang ot co- |against the list of missing. Investigation to determine responsi mann, Mrs. Alice McKay Kelly, Mrs. | at Delaware avenue and N street. His Halstead Dorey, Mrs. Forrest B.|gun was across his shoulder. Me- jofficials of the company, representa- l, tives of the Interstate Commerce and Mrs. Samuel Robert Kaufman. volver drawn and Shorter promptly turned the rifie over to him. He | meeting j?filll‘)'. Exrfit‘;a ‘yl [hl‘l the investigation woul continue DR. J. 8. LEMON DEAD. charged with assault with a danger- urviving him are three brothe BT o e Lwo Al eglects oasval normal levels, he said, explaining city, and (liver Metzerott of Mary- ¥ high. holiday and a fixed replacement pro- SR time of his death. Funeral arrange- o speaker announced. A maybe. There is a deadlock between 2 iliio ooiare : . reserve banks. Until European na- Tasteubeimes trom “Ponie: whent tnis| PRIVATE DETECTIVE GIVES P 1 commerce and trade they can pay important questions of auxiliary craft, can be pushed by America it is nec- Italian navies will have to be taken up. i Conference Hopeful Stxn. and a committee is working on the - SRanclen of M ful sign in connection with America’s some of the funds formerly used in subheading “China” is on the carpet. revival of industry abroad. adopted Elihu Root's “four princi- |Bepresentatives of New York Re- ernment speaker at the convention gresenting its case, bit by bit, and Iyn Heights, N. Y. ing_address. Among other speakers President Harding today received a Ashbaugh, Marc Solon and John W. York. which presented to him a copy pathy with the aims.and objects of Alexander Shorter Taken by Police which he shall make to bring about b e ment from the peoples of the world.” | g, : e Running amuck with a Winchester | (8850 400 25 L o v ™ assenger trains Evelyn Biddle Dike. vice chairman:|southwest, today terrorized residentsiSqi¢8 B0 PEFR TSROt nave been and the members the executi W edugtcuously at pedestrians and nefghbors. { ne other of the trains, are still miss- Senator Calder of New York made! The men shot are James Ellis of {{ dice remaining at a morgue were executive the delegation called at the X Dital. The former was hit in the wrm.l"" CiuPauiWERS ML S et tion then went to the Capitol, Where | sccond man was struck in the groin, | Failroad officials and others =aid Mrs. Willard. Mrs. Dike, Mrs. ‘A"hurry call was sent to the fourtn | {imates arrived at were fofermined Cotwin Lee, Mrs. Walter C_W. Aufer- | serves, found Sherter crossing a lot | Investigation 1o dorertine, [ppons - Roval, Mra John Eiliot Curran amd | Cormick rushed up to him with re-jtives of the Intersiate £ e state public service commissions. was taken to the fourth precinct, today at the scene of the accident, no partmentg in three schools. During |ticles, or classes of articles, or tra: Survivieg him are his widow, Helen jjury. the income tax could be r jat the same time the needed revent ent excessive rates of taxation.” the amount of revenue involved statue; Rev. William Curtis White.) S00 (70, 00t of any income, which forty-four years connected with thelof the capital and of the wealth of Charles E. Fairman, architects. it does the whele people of the coun- Wealth in Private Property. Attorneys Alvin L. POt R Milton W. King, counsel for Mrs.|one of the two candidates being con- s weapon. s t was issued when th - o . v e v i | The numb Word has just been received of the |ou: p statement wa: n the meet-1,ntq of the original contributors fter all, the wealth of the coun ‘Will Not Say That Warrant x"’if;:"‘;‘;" in the $50.000 suit brought|men candidates for this rlncer bt | death of Dr. 3. 8 Lemon, brominent | The Dl s A Tl SO I L DL SR s e Lanicoin! statue’, (ranal)stoon try. ‘apon. Which all the activities G Y he , tor o scopal faith, : ome |of the train crews were am ose 2, r op a{ the White House it is felt certain | rétired recto o Eplscopal falth, | BTOUD o Ien B ol e e o | o e = ready to meet the expenses for a|and the prosperits f gur BEOTS Ll Been Obtained—Not Likely to Be Arrested. Tnited States Attorney Gordon de- clined today to discuss any phase of the proceedings against Charles W. Morse of New York, who is returning from France at the request of Attor- ney General Daugherty. Maj. Gordon would not say that a warrant had been secured from a local United States commissioner for the apprehen- sion of Morse. Officials of the Department of Jus: tice and of the Shipping Board are said to have been in conference con- cerning the steps to be taken when Morse arrives at New York. If he should be willing to come to Wash- . it is expected. he will not be formally placed under arrest. ‘Before sailing for France, Mr. Morse “tende to every governmental agenc, nich had ~any connection Zith the investigation of his dealings with the Shipping Board “all informa. tion, and former resident of this city, last month at the home of his son, George M. Lemon, at South Boylston, Mass. He was eighty-two years old. Mr. Lemon was a brother of the late Capt. George E. Lemon, and was connected with the Loyal Legion and various scientific secieties of this city. While here he resided at the Cosmos Club. Surviving him, besides his son, are a sister, Mrs. Emma M. Lewis, and a| niece, Mrs. Flora Lewis Marble, both of Canton, Pa. BRIEFLY TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE given to Japan. Répresentatives of the United States and Great Britain sit with the negotiators gtz the two far castern powers, ut merely as observers. derful park system. This mew high Developments from the beginning{school l‘;rorflli would be puwrt a(‘lt of the conferepce up to today areiand would become mot only nation- Michael Glennan, a banker of Nor- folk, tendered to Judge Wright as a witness in rebuttal, Edward L. Howe, vice president of a bank in Princeton, and father of Mrs. Glennan. Mr. Howe denied that the Armstrong maid was in his employ at the time stated in her deposition, and showed checks in proof of his declaration that she left him in 1917. The last check showed that it had been cashed in Norfolk, Va. that President Harding has decided to follow precedent of past repub- lican Presidents that this office be given to representative colored man. It is thought that the colored can- didate from the so-called middle west being considered may be eithet Ar- thur C. Froe, an attorney of Weleh, W. Va, or J. A. Lott, an attorney of Indianapolis. Five or six names of colored workers in Ohio have been presented to the President for consid- eration. but it is explained with some emphasis at the White House that no one of them has any chance, inasmuch as the President feels that he has been fairly good to his own state, and, be. sides, he already has appointed one of the colored race of that state to an important federal position. It is intimated at the White House that President Harding has accepted the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report made him by zheuw(:‘odamrhelc m|?u!on. which re- cently studied minutely the lnAlhe Philippine: " o, ccompanied by Senator Lod, Charles Sumner. Bird of ‘Sascani: Prior to the conference, C. H. Ewing, vice president of the Reading, issued a statement placing reapons')bflhy for the collision on the crew of the northbound train. “Gross vielmtion™ of definite running orders and an ignored block signal was the cause, he said. The statement said both trains were giwen an order to meet at Bryn Athyn. and that the north- bound train ignored the order and proceeded without waiting for the {southbound train. i D. C. CENTRALIZED HIGH SCHOOL GROUP PROPOSED BY DAVIS (Continued from First Page.) them a dollaf. T went upstairs in my house and got my gun ahd emptied a boxful of cartridges into my pocket,” he said. {Then I canie down and let ‘em have Thirtéén carttidges were in the magasine of the repeater when it was examined by Detective Sergts. Keck and Lynn of héadquarters. Some were found in the pocket of Shorter's coat. new pedestal and re-erection of lhe}pmp,fl_‘. of the individual citizens— ial through private subscrip-jof all the people—and anything that panat 2 | O mecessarily takes away from the tions. | Accumulated property necessarily in- They slso urged that Elliott Woods. { jiriously affects the people as architect of the Capitol. be appointed | whole.” Shairman of a commission to draw up { ' Discussing the proposed adjust- plans for a new base for the lml“'lmem of the tax on business profits Znd estimate the cost of reglucing it. | Mr. Mellon suggests no specific rates, Mr. Woods had charge of remodeling i but calls attention that the repeal the courthouse, and it was in process|of the excess profits tax made neces- of this work that the Lincoln statue|sary an increase of 21 per cemt in was removed. i the corporation income tax. ln_d that Mr Fairman, who is in charge of {this, with the capital stock tax. | tho art work In the Capitol, speaking | makes the total levy on sorporation: ! against the removal of the 0ld statue, {approximately 15 per cent = Quozes from Proverbs in sayving, “Re When we remember.’ he swritcs. ove not the ancient landmark which | “that the great bulk of the GuCiic; O athers have set.” Mr. Fairman{of the country, both large and s 5 Sald: “Five hundred members of the s carried on under COTPATLI Tl A of the American Revolution liv-|and that the net income WMusy Orey ing in the District gesire the statue | be distributed in AWIAEntH 40¢ L, Taerected as an act of simple justice, j these dividen o then. In torn, It is as important to preserve the art | subject to = rtax s receiving them, it is at once o£ 1858 as it 18 to preserve the art of | JETON, (e esuliing taxation 10 rsons engaged in productive bus PO very heavy. For instance. Stockholder subject to surtax at 10 per cent really pays about | | Much Decorated War Worker Visiting Capital | T l (The Star begins today the publication of a daily sutimarized story of the de- yelopments of the drmament tofiference. By reading it each day you will keep in touch with the outstanding everts of the historie meeting.) The committee on the far east of Views of Admiral Bair Admiral Baird pointed out that T setts, member of the American ad.| the Washington conference today | 2 isor s = riefty s follows: ! 3 : ‘f{:fie:"sf:;';'flfifi::l?tti:r:el;ucoers Yere;{ewc'an]cl'eldnitmteha‘ WEont coh-| “adupted & resolution insuring the The Washington conference, up :}L’:nab“r:e “L‘:{“:i"’?{l"ni'l’{"gu... the Lincoln statue “belonged to thecent o:"‘r:‘l:’_tr‘l::\ i&e:dsnwvl:(rle“:n:(gzk X tefneum integrity of China. | to date, has considersd a proposal |for which Washington is noted. It is lpeople of Washington. 1 and my | holder sabject 10 & 20 Beut 65 per territorial Other resolutions adopted provide for the use of wireless stations in China and for the neutrality of China in case of war in which interesting to mote that there are more high school chéldren in Wash- ington than in any other city of its size in the United States. A perfect park system is probably of no greatex don. Mr. Morse and his sons now hold themselves in readiness, the letter said, to appear before any proper offl- cial or tribunal for the purpose of giving this information, and if called today and presented to the Pre: a resolution adopted by Muuch:ll::l':; republican committee on limitation of armament congratulating him on calls ing the conference and pledging the folks contributed to its erection and { gent on such profit.” there were two have an equity in it today. To allow Declaring that e fta desecration sets & precedent for | chief objections” to the Prescnt BiE te ta rates, running up to the ‘removal of landmacks and pf:'ln(‘ nt the total value of ex- of Seeretary of State Hughes for limitation of naval armament by the United States, Japan and Great Britain, which cslls for a ten-yesr naval bullding holiday and would n Wit waive immunity. support of the republicans of that| China is ndt a party. fix the ratio of the three navies at |benefit to any eiass of people th: 3 ! » £ what b e nformaily. the duestion of ap | 5-5-3, the 3" representing Japan's |those who are in the course of physi ch in sentiment, throughout | tates.” Mr. Mellon save mauch of vIL! resident Harding will be host at| jnternational agreement on the | naval strength R T T I ae are of (he - |tme entire country. Congress should he has suid respecting the WEh Bl O e anool facilities & park sys. {srotect the Inherent rights of the {taxes applics equally fo I, Py The Japaness have suggested “the ratio be fixed at 10-10-7. The _conference is now awaiting word from the Toklo government be- fore proceeding further with re- dinner at the White House tomorrow night to thirty-six governors of states who have been attending their annual meeting held this year in Charleston, 8. C. Mrs. Harding will assist at this Anot ] ) in many instances a forces estates to obtain the to pay the tax: s ar wei FREE VIEW OF PORTRAITS. Pierre Nuyttens. Belgian Artist, to far east, an “entente” as it is pop- ularly called, was being discussed and considered by the delegates. Stch an agreement would displace the present Anglo-Japanese al- Saxnmonwealth in all matters of sen- | taxe thmental value” e that n,i;rmnunve King said he expects | Jiquidation of his il for the restoration of Ihel“ecesxury money statse to come to & vote in the House | results in loss to the estate: tem would materially add to the bene- fits to be derived from higher edu- cation. _ “Of many of the academic subjects Exhibit Dry Point Samples. 1 unction, and & number of the gov-{ liance. The American delegates. gard to naval armament. taught in the high schools of Wash- A free exhibition of “the dry point ernors will be accompanied b; ¢ v Proposals for an agreement on , I need say very little. very saon. as “to every one else who is inte v their| however, 'insist that whatever | Propomis for sn sefeement on |ington I need sgy rery NiUe. gen ' A ed in these properties, especiall wives. A SHRI'ERS HOLD PARTY. berst, of the Mystic Shrine and b iriendh; and Telatives held a jol- lification pATtY last night at the Washington & Xposition, which is be- ing conducted® at Convention Hall by the Knights ,of Pythias and the United Spanish® War Veterans. Head- ed by Tilustrous'Potentate Lansburgh. the Shriners, in Yull regalia, paraded to the hall, accomp, tnied by the Almas Temple Bund and the Oriental Band. ‘Almas Temple Drall Corps executed several drills, and Potentate Lans- burgh made a short A ldress in which he lauded the fraternal spirit of the hriners. \ = The baby, beauty and dancing con- carnival agreement is adopted; if any, will \ not ve in any sense an alliance, me time they desire o « either defensive or offensive. The necessity of finding something to displalce_and in a way to sub- stitute for the Anglo-Ji nese treaty is growing more and more imperative, The finkl sgreemeént upon limitation of armament is closely bound up with this matter. The committee on the limita- tion of neval armament, composed of the delegat of the United States, Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy, today was mark- ing time, waiting for word from Tokio s to the attitude of the Japanese government on the pro- Posed 5-5-3 ratio of naval strength, whereby the United States anad QGreat Britain would have 100 per cent and Japan 60 per cent naval if at the muet sell.” Suggests Way to Simpiffy uaws. Referring to the oft-repeated statc ment that the tax laws need simpli fying, Mr. Mellon declares that the “greatest simplification that can made is in the reduction of the rates. So long as the rates were fow, he sserts, “there was not much.afficuity in the law, even though the systen was entirely new and the orgamiza- tion administering it unfamiliar wi the operation of such a law. “The complexity of the law, as far as it concerns the income tax itself. Mr. Mellon concluded. “has arisen largely out of the high rates, which make every point that arises involve substantial amounts of money, and which means that each possible ques- mathematics, etc., there is little need- ed, besides class rooms, text books and teachers. is is not true, how- ever, of other of the subjects taught. such ss the several sdlences, history, geopraphy, civics, economies, ete. *“Jn this lsst mentioned group there is nothing to my mind more beneficial in educsting the young mind than visual education—that is, by moving pictures. Facilities for such visual education should be providea on the ampus. & ro students taking up the sub- ject of geography, for instance, would get a far greater amount of education in a given space of time by sctually seeing the things which they were studyin| ¢ “Among the advantages of the scheme are: Centralized administra- co-ordination of courses, cen- Greaf Britain, Japan and possibly France, have been cabled to Lon- don #hd Tokio and ré being con- sidered by the American delegates to the conference. The conference has adopted the #o-ealled Root principles with re- gurd to the attitude of the pow- ers toward China, four in number, affirming their intention to deal faifly by China. The conferénce has practically shelved the question of limitation of Jand armatnent because of the stand taken by Premier Briand of France that Nis country cannot at this timé make any gréat reduc- tion in its armies, due to the German ané Russian menace. Japanese and Chinese delegates are meeting in the presence of portraits of Plerre'Nuyttens, Belgian artist, will be held December 10 and 11, at the Beigian embassy, 1780 Mas- sachusetts avenue. More than fifty examples of the work of M. Nuyttens will be hung im the ballroom and Mbrary, and included will be his portraits of the King and Queen of the Belgians, President Harding, Waodrow Wilson, Marshal Foch, Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. Pershing, (Yen. Wood, and many persons promi- nent in the political and social world. There will also be architectural etch- infis and landscapes. ! be the first American woman to be| ‘M. Nuyttens has gained fame in|granted the wsilver medal of homor| America by the method of directness| given by the French government to! he uses in achieving his effects. His| foreigmers for distinguished se: Nortraits are said to “reveal the char e in aivo halder ACCIDENT CAUSED DEATH. Il Autopsy Discloses Dr. Neale Had Several Broken Ribs. It hi been definitely determined by the police that Dr. Richard A. Neale, seventy-four years old, 1300 U street, who died at Emergency Hos- pital yesterday morning, was injured by an automobile. An autopsy per- formed on the body yesterday, by Dr. l;larbe;(ml&t lurtyvll. fdepmy <coroner, showe: several of the ph: ‘! rig!"""'l‘{“‘““':g- physician's olice of the eighth precinct - the Recommais-|eq that a girl who had mm...l‘u‘fl. MISS AGNES PETER . Has arrived in this city after receiv- ing several decerations for hemor fn Franee and serving in several posi- tions overseas. Miss Peter Is said to Xoter and personality of his subjects| samce Frameaine, following an army | acident saw two. m resentatives of the United | ti a more striking manner than has| citation, and is a life member of the | jured m e e oS b Tt emdaan S 5 i t Teating and | tests. a8 well as the variue h er and e AR b o o | e ok Ovens. Shs BarRad sorve | ured maniie the dosswag of mhuwes .. meprovsatatives; Uo Supan st (i CLong e s s {".“l'.'fi:d. e Pepatr tacilities, etc. e E e [Hom o T e China will meet at 8:15 o'clock this afternoon to consider further in the collection of the revenue. economy of operation, jon and annoyance and expense a few doors from his home and leave systematic_training, juestion of Shantung, which the him. She did’ not obtain the license 9 apanese ocoupy in part, havi resulting in , members | delay qf the dry point, and at the same|ice in Germany with the army of oe- Tonight several hundr time preserving the unique qualities| eupation, and later was i Poland mael prov succesded his r and more Fiarriso of beauty peculiar to this type of| with the Y. M. C. A. Misx Peter fs in §‘;’:‘,‘.’€‘;|fl"n-’n§’ an 1...'.'.'.".'{ ]uc;:-a - mn nhurflg :?m:.. and l::: apart fiomm:n wumnm’n eon. :etfi: e:u-.q-ent higher pubiic esti- | of the ;;‘esldea‘": 0;"’;1 l"._‘u,‘; f,"".l:: part of the taxpayer and costly étehing. Washington brior o & tour of the| Funeral sorvices will bo condacted| - Siatonstion fo China of'the rights | forencs, though dealing with & |metion and respect for the Schoplh Army e N Momorrow might Lbe Odd|litigation. With mode: 4 i ortins oy g ot gat | g S Wenthent e Tattcd| ety mortine 30 oSeck o 68| Lprifogte b ety Sre | SR o€ U N0, ' 100|280, A0, SRR, SR addd | oS il S sl el o e S " 3 3 e Paul's Church. t 3 E ent o ! i 5 1 %ad Chicago. their fellow-stulents in Eurepe. e g M oy :':w :"n;;a tthvG:; v~rsn.|:-: far east. from time to time 8s ne afais. o bt ~ i »