Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1922, Page 20

DOVER DENIES ANY ROW WITH BLAR Wires Secretary Mellon There Is No Personal Conflict. Statement by Sumner. “Persons are just incidental in or- ganizations. The Internal revenus matter has assumed a persopal angle from the start. demonstrating that there is no definite policy outlining serious undertakings for a personnel of 22,000 persons. 1 did not disagree with my immediate chief, my move- ments with regard to organization were along lines foreign to his under- standing. “The bureau seemed topheavy and seething with disloyalty to the pres- ent administration. Considering ad- ministration in its broad application, my comparisons were quickly made with private business, and in this con- nection my belief is that the over- head of the bureau is too costly for the service rendered. There is no personal conflict or feeling between Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Dover and Commis- | sioner of Internal Revenue Blair, Mr. Dover is understood to have tele- graphed Secretary Mellon. The as- sistant secretary wished also to have it clearly understood that he did not oppose the plans of the tax simplifi- cation board. " Mr. Dovers telegram was taken in official circles at the Treasury as put- ting a final quietus to the persistent stories of a Blair-Dover row in lhtl Treasury over appointments. Further Charges Possible. Mr. Dover was also understood to] have registered no opposition to the remAval of A. D. Sumner of Iowa and €. C. Childs of Ohio, if such removal was part of the recommendations of & pian of the tax simplification board. The board has plans turther changes under consideration, it was said Mr. Sumner issued a statement last night concerning the situation, as follows Calls Papers Valueless. “Meeting with studied opposition fn my endeavor to really serve my | ment by fulfilling entirely the ma for busi- gos in_ the past administ n and economy in artmental affairs, T have avoided personalities and shall continue to do much-talked-of papers which removed from my office and taken to the home of my assistant upon my leaving the service, which later were seized by operatives of the intelligence unit were addressed to me and were of Such a nature as to be valueless to any person other than myself. A request from those in authority directed to me would have accom- plished exactly w has now been accomplished by indirect and unusual methods highly sational lending a unfortunate racts from the coloring to th it stance which d ues involved.” DOVER DID NOT ASSENT. Says He Neither Approved or Dis- approved Bureau Dismissals. By the Associated Pres SPOKANE, W 3 sh., May 30.—Dec- laration that he ad “neither approv- ed nor disapproved” removal of Dep- uty Commissioner A. D. Sumner and | Supervisor, C. C. Childs, revenue bu- reau, Treasury Department officials, was made here last night by Elmer Dover, assistant secretary of the ‘Treasury. Mr. Dover was commenting on an Associated Press report from Wash- ington that had wired Secretary Meilon his “acquiescence” to the changes. “There have been a number of dis- missals lately and T am not discuss- Mr. Dover sald. “I have scussed the removals because 1 am absolutely without information.” Mr. Dover leaves today for W. ington, with stops at Helena, Mon Denver and Chicago. Rush Orders. A chef discussing American gaid that the ing was the injunction, “Rush order, please. either good prep- aration of food nor good digestion of food goes with such an order. Prob- ably half of the American rush is meaningless, indicating a nervous disarrangement of life rather than a kighly involved scheme of it Probably half of it results from lack of planning and lack of concentra- tion. Much of it is a mere gesture, with~no purpose advanced by It There is superficial stimulation in the noise and in the swift movements of automobiles, but the rush does not have for the most part a_valid pur- pose. It is a vicious circle. The hurry makes Americans nervous and nerves make them hurr: A citizen of Chicago will give him- self fifteen minutes to his lunch and then surrender three-quarters of an hour to a street-car trip home, when the right kind of transportation would cut it in half, if mot better. We put our speed in the wrong places.—Chicago Tribune. — Autos and Children. A taxicab compan vertisemen a little boy or just ahead of blow them out of ti with your horn. Use your brake. Suppose tne child were vour own—what would you dou? Probably come to a quick stop. Then. w o the same for the other chap's child? Man to man, now-—do you want some little chap to cry all hi fe because you made him a cripple?” There is a sermon to automoblle drivers in the doctrine of using the brake instead of the horn. It is true that children should not play in the streets. and it would be better for them to use as much judgment about crossing streets as adults—though even the grown-ups do not always display a judgment that is faultless. However, the fact is that one of tne qualities of childhood s impetuosity. Children playing safely in a yard will suddenly decide to cross the street, and away they go, without looking to see whether a car Is_coming. A driver may go ahead. Declaring he has the right to be in the street, yet in such cases applying the brake, usuaily will prevent an accident, and blowing the horn only confuses the child and makes accidents all the more 1fkely. The exercise of due dilgence can- not always be expected and the bur- den of saving children from Injury or death rests on the person who sits at the steering wheel. Sounding the horn is the common practice, but ap- plying the brake is a demonstration gf _ounder judgment—Indianapolis News. menus ng the street 't try to FIGHTING RENEWED ON ULSTER BORDER (Contin: from Page.) der at Strabane and Lifford between mf@night and 7 o'clock this morning says a Central News dispatoh from Strabane. Sniping from the roofs of houses was continuous and armorad cars and machine guns were in action. The people of both towns were up all night long In a state of terror. The casualties are not known, but reported to be heavy. Cabinet Meeting Called. A cabinet meeting was called today for discussion of the Irish difficulty, which continues to cause the keemest concern, with no solution apparently in sight. According to accounts published to- day, the government's legal advisers have expressed definite opinion that the agreement reached last week in Dublin between the political factions headed by Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera is inconsistent with the terms of the treaty. The govern- ment, according to these reports, is now ‘engaged in attempting to per- suade Collins and Griffith to modify the agreement or limit its duration. Other writers refer to a division of opinion in the cabinet. Some of the ministers, they say, are willing to ac- cept the assurances already given by Collins on behalf of the provisional Free State government, while others call for definite guarantee that the treaty will be observed. Irish Rush Munitiens. The fighting on the Ulster border is manifestly complicating matters, for the Ulster members of the im- perial parliament and their sympa- thizers believe that the southern Irish are preparing for war against the north on a large scale. It is rumored in these quarters that the munition factories controlled by the Dail minister of defense are manufacturing war materials under high pressure. Viscount Fitzalan, of Ireland, in & proclamation gives effect to the action of the Irish pro- visional government in summoning parliament to meet in Dublin July 1. The proclamation says: ing so advised, I hereby call a parlia- ment,. to be known and styled the provisional parliament, to which said provisional government are to be re- sponsible.” A dispatch from Dublin Sunday sald the provisional government had announced in accordance with article 17 of the treaty signed in London in 1921, and the schedule of the Irish Free State agreement act of 1922, it had been decided to summon parlia- ment to meet in Dublin July 1. Further fighting is reported at Clady, County Tyrone. The casualties in yesterday's disor- ders in this city were four dead and twenty-two wounded. Artillery Helps Garrison. Although in the British parliament yesterday the danger from republican concentration near Londonderry was emphasized, Belfast is chlefly concerned over the situation on the Fermagh bor- der, where the situation s menacing at three points, notably at Belleek. An artillery battery, which arrived today, is the latest addition to the Bel- fast garrison. A group of armed men today at- tempted to raid Moyola Park, the Country Town residence of Mrs. Chi- chester, a member of the Ulster par- liament, who is on her way to the United States. The attack was re- pulsed and the would-be raiders es- caped. Con le Shot Dead. Constgble McDonald was shot dead vesterday afternoon in the Falls Road area. Raids were made during the week end on Finnebrougue House, at Downpatrick, the home of Col. Per- cival Maxwell, a member of the northern senate, and also on Myroe Hall, Stangford, County Down, be- longing to Col. Robert Wallace, re- cently grand master of the Belfast Orangemen. Col, son, 1s on a sea trip, bpt Mrs. Wallace and a daughter were at hom A serious shooting affray occurred vesterday afternoon in the Grosvenor Roads district. veying ten .policemen to the center of the troubled district, was fired on and two constables were fatally wounded. Several civilians also were hurt. Rio! ing followed the shooting and two men were killed. | Lord Dunalley of Kilboy, Tipperary, | was fired on while driving near hi residence Sunday. He escaped unin jured, but his horse was wounded. Lord Dunalley is seventy-one years old. The conflict between the crown forces and a body of Sinn Feiners on the border at Jonesborough, near Newry, was :stopped after thirty hours’ of sniping There were a num- ber of casualties on both sides. Lieut. Murray and four speclals the crown side were wounded. » PUT OFF DAIL MEETING. Dublin Fears Serious Hitch in Lon- don Conference. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, May 30.—The postpone- ment until Friday of the Dail Eireann meeting, fixed for tomorrow, is inter- preted as indicating an unexpected hitch in the London negotiations. The delegates on leaving here looked for a speedy return, but seemingly they have had some difficulty in securin, acceptance by the British cabinet o their view that the De Valera-Collins 5% The person who has little capital is always in while opportunities. TRADE REVIVAL MARKED. PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—Im- provement in business conditions during last month in the districts served by the Philadelphia Reserve Bank is reported In the bank'g bulle. tin to have been “marked and sus tained. and the situation generally is much better than at any previous time in 1922 Industries that report ed little or no demand during th first four months of the year have received many new orders, and man- ufacturers In Industries that hereto- fore have reporte ight increases in Suyl:\x now state that activity has broadened considerably. As in- dicative of changed business senti- ment and of return of cqnfidence, at- tention may be called to the increase in the number of orders for forward delivery. After many months of only s change hand-to-mouth buyii thi is distinctly enaonnfin‘.' Columbia Buil 716 11th lord lleutenant| "“The provisional government hav-| An_automobile, con- | Interest on your savings, com- pounded twice a year and free from all taxes. The foundations 'of most fortunes are created in this way. Systematic saving through this' Association will soon start you on the road to success. pay the highest rate of interest consistent with absolute safety, and you will have the advantage of our experience and advice when you are read: to purchase a home or take advantage of a worth- while opportunity for investment. One Dollar or More Will Start Your Account ding Association THE EVENING P, e Bri | agreement does not materially modity the situation. THREATENS TO BURN CITY. Mayor Objects to Being Searched by Ulster Constables. ! By the Associated Press. LONDONDERRY, Ireland, May 30 [ —Mayor Hugh C. O'Doherty entered a strong complaint at a meeting of the Londonderry corporation against his having been searched by Ulster spe- clal conatables as he was entering the | city from his home at Inishowen, county Done Mayor ~O'Doherty was Qquoted saying that if the policy of harassing men of national politics continued, they would burn down the city and leave Sir James Cralg without' the mecessity of hold- ing it. RADIO MAY BROADCAST POLITICAL SPEECHES Association Hopes to Give Candi- dates for Congress Opportunity to Address Constituents. Candldates for Congress will be per- mitted to broadcast their political speeches by radio for two weeks just prior to the election, If plans of the American Radio Association, with na- tional headquarters nere, an organi- zation made up of radio enthusiasts all over the country, materialize. Several prominent politiclans have volced tlielr objections to the use-of their government radio for political purposés, with the result that recent- Iy it was discontinued. F. W. Brown, executive officer of the ‘assoclation, will take the matter up immediately with Secretary of Commerce Hoover, in an effort to have him lssue the necessary orders to the effect that beginning two weeks prior to the fall election, and lasting up to election day, candidates will be permitted to use the govern- ment broadeasting stations certain hours during the day. | “The mafority of people are Inter- | ested in politica,” said Mr. Brown, to- day. “and through a canvass of the thousands of members in ; yarlous men running for office. }a step taken by "the government would meet with the approval of the majority of radio enthusiasts, we feel certain, providing there is a limit| of two weeks, and permissible dur- ing certain hours of the day only. We do not think that the air should ¥y 3 of political speeches all da: ) be_full long, however." . Brown believes that not only the senator and representative running | {for re-election should be permitted ! the use of the government radio, but other candidates as well. . ! RADIO LXPARDS IN CHINA. { A system enabling telephone sub- lscrivers of Peking and Tientsin, 'Chlnl‘ to talk to each other by wire- less from their house or’office tele- phones, the conversation taking place over wire lines to the central office and then by wireless between the two cities—a distance of more ! than elghty miles—was installed by the China Electric Company, and suc- { cesafal tests made on March 1. The equipment 1is the product of an American company. It Is belleved that this is the longest wireless tel- ephone service open to public use in the world. Oliver Chilled Plow reports comple- {tion of plant at South Bend. Ind. which will give special attention to export orders. . Tllinols Central freight car loadings for first three weeks of May increased 14.9 per cent., St. Paul's 15.7 per cent, and Burlingt saved and accumulated a a position to seize worth- We St. NW. ETAR, WASHINGT FILIANOS FREELY GIVEAID TO LEPERS Gen. Wood’s Plea for Care of Afflicted People Meets Generous Response. BY WALTER J. ROBB. Correspondence of The Star Chicago Daily News.) MANILA, P. I, April 25.—Governor General Wood is meeting success in his appeal to the public for aid In the amount of 200,000 pesos fn caring adequately for some 6,000 lepers in the Philippines—five Americans, the rest Filipinos, Spaniards, Japanese and others from both Guam and the Philippine archipelago. A large num- ber are Moros, and about half of the number-are children. How leprosy transmitted still - baffles medical science. In one family the father is a leper, two children are leprotic and one, the eldest, is clean. ‘The Culion leper colony is in a fear- fully inadeguate condition. In one dormitory, for example, a group of (Special and jnon-leper ‘girls are housed with those who have leprosy, and the water sup- ply for the entire community, more than 6,000 souls, comes from a four- inch main Housing is insufficlent, also hospital supplies, doctors and nurses are only ew in number, though theve should be one doctor and two nurses for each twenty or twenty-five lepers. Japan's Outeasts Arrive In 1632. Examination of old records of the Spanish government, dating back to 1542, Indicates that 2leprosy was not widespread in the early Philippines. But in 1632, seven years before the massacre of the Nagasakl Christians and the closing of Japan to European commerce, 132 Christian Japanese lepers were deported by the Japanese emperor and sent to Manila. They were received here because they were Christians, and San Lazaro Hospltal was built to house them. This hospital and a big plantation In the suburbs of Manila were under the administration of friars of the holy order of San Francisco, and all proceeds from the estate, by royal d t 1784, were given in per- pe for the care of lepers the Philippines. 2 [Settlem made since the Amerl- can occupation dissipated this assured Income; half the estate was awarded to the Roman Catholic Church and half to the government, and all of it, worth several million dollars, is being sold off.] In those early years, covering more than two centurles, there was no way of confining the lepers to the hospital or to the limits of the estate. The bulldings were temporary and permanent ones lacked walled grounds and guards and the lepers went about at will, according to the réport of the investigating com- mittee of 1823. Cruelty Is Charged. A large Japanese community de- veloped around the nucleus of the leper group and it is very probable that many of the later immigrants were also lepers, as the friar records relate how terrible was the treat- ment of lepers in Japan. In the Philippines, while they re- ceived scant medical treatment, they did receive succor and their lot was considerably more endurable than it was in Japan. There seems to be little doubt that the spread of leprosy in the Philip. pines can be traced to this source. The Philippines are sparsely pop: INSPECT in Price, $500 923 to 955 14th Street S.E. Balance, $60 Monthly " INCLUDING ALL INTEREST .| the midst of national elections, mem- lated and yet they have as maay lepers in proportion to the total popu- lation as China has, which is densely pulated with people living in far more nsanitary conditions. There are grounds for believing that bedbugs that have bitten a leprous person can carry the disease %o uninfected persons. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. Men's clothiers are busy. Merchant tailors report rough cheviots the best selling fabrics, and blues and browns the strongest colors. Pencil stripes are steady. Demand for sports Suits is unababted. Tropical worsteds, mo- hairs and aplacas are fairly active. Ready-made clothing is active. Im- quiries for light-weight summer mod- els began last week. Haberdashery and shirts, except white oxfords, are quiet. Demand for cutlery is uniform. Shears for clothing and garment manufacturers have been seasonally active. German competition in most lines is not feared, because of the in- feriority of the goods. German and English razors of good quality are selling at a normal rate. Trunks and traveling bags are sea- sonally active and are expected to continue so for two or three months because of vacation demands. One distributor has introduced a new model with patent&d features which opens at the end, permitting removal of contents {n bottom of trunk With- out disturbing articles in upper half. Hardware and paints are active in all lines, a seasonal condition. The building boom and = rl"fi cleaning are the principal caus ne dealer says there is a strong tendency to ad- vance prices because of demand, a practice he fears will discourage the present steady consumption. Foreign competition is & serious influence on dome hardware lines, as the low prices of imported goods. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., May 30— Steel workers in the lower part of the Schuylkill valley are to receive an advance in wages, new scale now eftective. NEW ORLEANS, May 30.—Richard- son Company, a $7,000,000 enterprise, manufacturing roofing and carton material at Cincinnati and St. Louis, announces it will open a $500,000 roofing plant here in September. CLEVELAND, May 30.—Copper, zinc lead prices reached new high levels for the year last week, says the Daily Metal Trade. A large ton- nage of copper and zinc was booked. A Park in Every State. President Harding has indorsed the plan of establishing state narks. As the President states: “The desira- bility from many points of view of establishing state parks is so obvicus that there hardly need be argument on the subject.” The President would have done well, however, to give a few of the arguments, for the very fact that many states do not have such parks indicates lack of po longer delay there is in securing park sites the more difficult and expen- sive the systems will be Is well taken. Each state has localities of striking natural beauty or of great historical interest which may well be set aside for the public use, instruction ana enjoyment. Within ‘these parks may be gathered a full grouping of ail the fauna and flora of the respective states. Some species of trees and pla; are disappearing in each state. T! should be preserved for their histori- cal and botanical value. The same 1s true of the native wild animais. Parks are the best assurance of thsir preservation.—Moblle Register. 2 —_—— Committees have been formed by shareholders of American Smelting and Refining in Boston, Philadelphi Washington, Chicago and Denver effort to oust Guggenheim interests from control. TODAY $5,950 Cash Room for Tir'lo Garages The Homes with the Big Lots—20-foot front—plenty H reom for garages, flowers and garden. The only new city houses of- HUNGARY HOLDING NATIONAL ELECTION “Ins” Using All Means to Re- tain Power—Rural Bal- lots Public. BY ‘A. R. DECKER, By Cable to The Btar 208 Cuicage Daily News. Copyrig 3 VIENNA, May 80.—Hungary is in Tl;c Admonitions of Lily White: “We can't get rain water now-a-days—but ever since the Manhat~ tan Laundry installed their big water-soften- ing plant, that mannfac- tures rain water, Ijhave been sending our/clothes there.” Rain Water is Pure “When I was a girl we used rain water far all laundry work. It washes things cleaner, quicker, and without the wear that hard water causes. bers of the assembly being chosen to succeed the body which was dissolved recently without having accomplished anything worth mentloning. Those who rule Hungary today apparently do mot think that the time is ripe for a constitutional government, for, as usual in Hungary, the “Ins" are using all means to retain their power. The present election is typical about 20 per cent of the people 8isfranchised. The ballot, while cities, is public in ricts, where most of the live. Male voters must wenty-four years of age, have passed four.grades in school and have lived two years in the voting district. Women vote if thirty years of age or more and if they have passed six school grades. As Hungary has many illiterates the school clause disfran- chises many. Open electlons In the country have be- gun, and will be followed by secret bal- loting in twelye of the larger municipal- ities on June 1 and 3, as the “ins” hope to force the open elections to go their way, thus influencing the secret votes. Hungary's attitude is the natural re- action to the terrorism of the com- munists, but the better class of Hun- garians, such as Count Albert Appouyl, have not sanctioned the present meth- ods. There is opposition to the gov- ernment, but it is discouraged by the strong-arm methods of the authorities, Since & bomb disrupted the Elizabeth lub banquet there has been no blood sned, but several meetings of the “cuts” have been dispersed. Hungarian cicc- tions are often unfair and violent, and hence political coup de mains are fre- quently resorted to. —_— The bagpipe IDVélrl on sculptures for are se- the “Besides that, at the MANHATTAN clothes are washed "in substantial net bags, and so cannot be lost or marked or torn. 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Main 1064, Fr. 2598 Are Building Costs Coming Down P The answer of all authorities on the subject is “NO!” The trend for months past, since the bottom point was reached about a year ago, has been upward. p 3 Building, long deferred and most necessary, is being started all across the country, because money is now available. The resulg is only natural. It starts material prices upward. A secondary result will be to induce builders to get construction under way before prices get prohibitive. That again will give prices an adétional lift. : . Materials and Labor Costs are Not Coming Down. § Then Why Delay and Pay High Rent and Pay More For Your Home When You Do Buy? S A great many people are delaying purchase of a home today— B - even though the very house they most “desire in the location that | leases them most, is ready for occupancy, and WHILE DELAYING {INDER ‘A FALSE IMPRESSION THAT PRICES WILL DROP, ’ THEY ARE PAYING HIGH RENTAL FOR UNSATISFACTORY | LIVING QUARTERS. 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