Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Falr tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow. 43 Temperature for twenty-four hours .nfl.flp:t 2 p.m. today: Highest, 71, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 69, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Late N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 25 ) Press 15 esclusively entitled to republicatior. of all news dispatches or Dot otherwise credited ia_this the local news published berein A1l rights of publication of special ’ . @ispatches berein are also reserved. ! = _Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 69,969 No. 28,556. RAIL STRIKE FEAR WANE AS THREATS . F TRACKMEN END Shopmen Left to Play Lone Hand as Maintenance Walkout Is Halted. MEN DRIFTING BACK, MANY REPORTS INDICATE Today Considered Turning Point. Some in Other Unions Quit Without Orders. By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, July :v‘}’.auwny shop- men who walked off their jobs last Saturday played a lone hand in the ruil strike today. Fears that other unions would join the striking shop- men were virtually dispelled. | The first wide rift in railroad strike clouds’passed yesterday, when main- tenance of way employes, who include track workers and other common labgr. definitely abandoned the idea of walking out at this time. Striking shopmen were reported drifting back to work today in groups of uncertain numbers. Today was considered the turning point in the strike of the 350,000 to 400,000 workers. Although respond-‘ ing generally to the call last Satur- | day, railroad officials insisted that | many of the defections were due to ! the desire of the men to take a holi- day over the Fourth of July. Local union reports_to the office of B. M. Jewell, head of the shopmen, reiterated the union assertion that | the strike was 100 per cent effective at all points reporting. Many Quit Unordered. Maintenance of way men, despite the decision of that union’s executive council here last night to postpone strike action for the present, were also reported to be joining the walk- oul. Such reports reached President Jewell's headquarters, and were con- tirmed by news dispatches. Freight handlers, clerks and sta- tionary firemen and oilers joined the deserting ranks of shopmen at varlous points, although fully as many shops reported that men were returning to work today. The railroads gener- ally were advertising for new men to take the strikers' places, and sev- wral railroads were completing ar-| rangements to handle their repairs at_outside shops. .o Credit for averting ‘& FEII Btrike which threatened to become general among all classes of railway labor cxcept the “big four” brotherhoods and telegraphers was geneérally con- ceded to Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the Unijted States flroad Labor Board; W. L. McMenimen, labor mem- ber of the board, and E. F. Grable, president of the maintenance men— the “big three” In yesterday's con- ference. 400,000 Stay Job. As a result of the holiday confer- | ence nearly 400,000 maintenance of way men, who for a week hovered on the verge of a strike, after voting overwhelmingly in favor of a walk- out, will remain at work. Maintenance men will stay on the job under protest against the $60,- 000,000 cut in their wages pending negotiations for a readjustment of wage scales upon an appeal by the employes. In many rail centers strikers were notified they wduld forfeit all right and consideration for employment if they failed to return to their jobs immediately. Many roads were ac- cepting new men for work in the shops. Union officials predicted that other classes of railway labor would come innoculated by the shopmen’s strike and that the effect of the walk- out would begin to show on trans- portation soon. Rallway clerks and station’ em- ployes, some of whom polled a strike vote recently, have in many instances made separate agreements with' their roads and any strikes by these classes would, it is believed, be called only on individual roads. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C RUSS FIND U. S. AID . VITAL, AND WELCOME SPECIAL INVESTIGATION BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cadle to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922, THE HAGUE, Holland, July 5.— The Russian delegation informs the writer that while for senti- mental reasons it is unable to per- mit a foreign commission to go to Russia for the purpose of investi- gating the soviet regime, it is ready, as a special favor—to the United States, to authorize a com- mission of experts to go to Rus- sia for the purpose of studying speclal problems and verifying certain facts. The soviet delegates realize that Russian reconstructicn ultimately will be impossible without the ald and sympathy of the United States. Meanwhile the correspondent has reason to believe that negotiations between the soviet authorities and Standard Oil Company representa- tives have been opened, but not at The Hague. PRESIDENT SEES HISTORIC PARADE Marion Program Mild on Second Day of Centennial Celebration. By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, July 65.—President Harding’s second day in Marion as a homecoming visitor was the least stren- uous he has spent since leaving Wash- ington last Saturday. He reviewed a historical parade during the afternoon, but aside from that he was not sched- uled to make any public appearance. He is spending the day with mem- bers of his family and visiting with some of his intimate friends. Thie is the final day of Marion's cen- tennial homecoming celebration. Floats in the parade had been deco- rated to depict various stages in the city’s growth. Representatives of American Legion posts throughout Ohlo. who came here to participate in the parade, planned to hold a bar- becue later In the day. Hanford Mac- Nider, national commander of the American Legion, was on the pro- gram for an address. Departare Tomorrow. Present plans call for the departure of President and Mrs. Harding to- morrow. They will stop for a day in Columbus on their way back to Washington by automobile. With an emphatic_declaration that the Constitutlon and laws sponsored by the majority must be enforced, President Harding, addressing his “friends and neighbors” assembled at the fair grounds yesterday, to cele- brate his. homecoming, declared that “menaces do arise,” which must be suppressed by the government pend- ing their effacement by public opinion. Coupled with this assertion wes the prediction that ‘*‘America will go ‘on" and that the ‘“fundamentals of the re- public and all its liberties will bé pre- served.” During his address the President touched on prohibition, discussed the right of “a free America” not only to labor “without any others’ leave,” but “to bargain collectively,” reviewed the history of Marion which is celebrating its one hundredth birthday anniversary, and told a number of incidents of his earller life. He spoke from a grand- stand filled with ‘“home folks” and visitors from surrounding territory. in front of him was a huge crowd. It was estimated there were at least 25,000 persons in the entire throng. The weather was unusually cool. On_their arrival at the fair grounds the President and Mrs. Harding were given an ovation, while frequently dur- ing his address the executive was inter- rupted by applause. Gen. Pershing, who also delivered an address, was loudly applauded when he vocated “fearless” use of “the strong rm of the law in communities which openly sympathize with ruthless mur- der of inoffensive people In the exercise of the right to earn a livelihood.” President Harding joined in the hand- clapping which followed this statement. The President mentioned the eight- eenth amendment, in connection with his advocacy of stfict law enforcement. He declared *‘majorities, restrained to the protection of minorities,” ever must Signalmen oa Fenee. The railroads . also Waited today for the effect of the message of Tim- othy Healy, president of the sta- +ionary firemen and oilers, who told ine 8,000 members of his organiza- tion that they had “a perfect right™” to strike if they wished in view of the railroad situation. Signalmen still were “on the fence,” | "~ (Continued on Fage 3, Column 7.)_ Today’s News in Brief. Internal troubles in Germany, with ati by moparchists on republic, create grave situation, Page 1 Rail strike fears wane as halt walkotit. s Page 1 Dublin” hotels burn s rebels make final stand against bombardment. Page Police Wake Iarge number of ligu arrests duri quarter nnllng }u:: = age 3 D. C. fiscal probe opens tomorrow. . : Page 3 Easy to end strike, declares John- ston. Page 2 School for apprentices in printing fn- dustry opened at G. P. O. Page 3 Coal conferees fret under ban on talk. Page 3 Berlin workers in big demonstration. Page 3 ng:fr raiders seise steamer Madison £ 1. 3 “We'll have coal,” says Gov. Allen. Page 3 Hughes condemns mental vagrants. Page § Petworth citisens celebrate Fourth: 7 Bixty-five new -citisens get last pa- pere.. Page 10 Soviet bread loan oversubscribed. aign Oklahe 4 b Arr oma” governor on ‘brib- ery charge. Page 13 Parley on Tacna may be resumed. Grover Kesterson stabbed in back in row with wi pa ullders re-elect McCloskay head. . Y ! B i B rule. Folks at Home Make President Feel Like Private Citizen Again Special Dispatch to The Star. 'MARION, Ohio, July 5.—Warren Harding — the man rather than the President—today entered eveh more fully into the spirit of “hominess,” If that were possible,. then yesterduy. Surrounded by his owd peoble he slipped back into the surroundings of the old days. True, he was featured as the central figure of | the review of the American Legion posts, ahd with National Commsnder Mc- Nider accepted the tributes of the men who had carried the flag to victory in France. But through- out the review, and before it, he shook ' off far as possible the cares and troubles of his execu- tive position and was simply Marion’s chief citizen surrounded by his friends. ~ 4 He made that very plain on many occasions y rday and today. He ‘was loud in his praises of the great opportunity afforded by the office of President of the United States. But_there was a slight note of tiredness in his voice when he de- el"{": elcomb the day when I Some ook and stay with you permanently. the personal touch much R onody: a¥d T woula Tike fo- stay here a little longer if po: ble.” ¢ { Reunton at Father's Home. The President and Mrs. Harding {went /directly from the fair grounds yesterday to the home of his father, Dr. George T. Harding, and they spent the night there as the central figures of a very happy reunion. There were on hand to greet them Dr. Harding, the Presi- dent's brother. Dr., Georzs T, | e 10 BUILDINGS AFIRE AS NATIONAL ARMY! De Valera’s Fate| Uncertain During Inferno of Flames I in Dublin Street. IRREGULARS MAKE LAST STAND IN POST OFFICE Hang Out White Flag and Then Fire on Approaching Troops and Firemen. By the Associated Press. DURLIN, July 5—It is learned on excellent authority, snys the Press Assoclation this afternoon, tigt the Irish provisional government in- tends to issue a national call to arms tomorrow. DUBLIN, July 5 (3 p.m.).—Ten build- | ings in Sackville street, the republican | insurgent stronghold, were ablaze at this hour. The irregulars were still| holding out in the Granville Hotel and were firing from the ‘windows, surrounded by an inferno of flames. Five men, the last occupants of the Gresham Hotel, have surrendered. The end of the battle is believed to be near. The Gresham Hotel, ville street area, ously at 2 o'clock. Bombardment of the buildings occu- pied by the republicans remaining in melr Sackville street stronghold was sumed at 1 o'clock, after a few hours’ lull. The Hammam Hotel, which has been one of the principal points of the | defense, was ablaze shortly after midday and the flames were spread- ing to_adjoining bulldings on the | South. Shortly after the fire was ob- | served in the hotel what appeared to be a white flag was hung out, but when troops and firemen approached the building they were fired at and the supposed flag was withdrawn. Train 18-Pounder on Hotel. The national army forces then trained an eighteen-pounder on the Hammam and on the general post | office, next door on the north, where the main force of the ‘irregulars was { believed to be concentrated. The post office is more solidly con- structed than the otlrer buildings of the block in which the republicans have been making their desperate stand, and it is believed that it is there they will wage their fnal fight, the end of which now is-thought to be. near. = The Free State forces are reported in full possession of the Gresham | Hotel, which is separated from the post office by_the Crown and the Granville Hotel. From the upper stories of he Granville the -defenders | were continuing to maintain a sharp rifle fire. Fire Sets Off Ammunition. Dense volumes of smoke were pour- ling from the blazing bulldings and occasional explosions were *heard as the fire reached stored ammunition. At midafternoon the fire was re- ported to have spread to the post office. A vast crowd on the O'Connell [bridge, the southern terminus of | Sackville street, watched the tragic spectacle being enacted a few hun- dred yards away, heedless\ of the peril of flying bullets. Red Cross workers were carrying on their work tearlessly in the heart of the danger zone. It is not known whether Eamonn De Valera and the other republican leaders, including Harry Boland and Countess Markievicz, are still with the garrison. It is believed a con- siderable nufnber of the defenders have managed to escape and it is considered probable that they have gone_to join the bands organizing in the Dublin hills, supposedly under the leadership of Erskine Childers. A force of national army men already has been dispatched to counter this move. Another Big Fight Expected. #Another big fight is believed to be imminent in Cotunty Donegal. A large number of irregulars are con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) | in the Sack- was blazing furi- Harding, jr., of Columbus; Miss Abagail Harding, his sister; Miss Nell Remsberg of Santa Ana, his niece, while during the evening many warm personal friends dropped in for a hand- shake and to pay their respects. As an indication of the easy manner in which the President dropped back into his old habits, he went to the office of the Marion Star yesterday and wrote out his speech in longhand, sending it direct to the printers. And the Star, which usually observes holi- days, carried the address in a spe- cial "céntennial editipn in honor of the celebration. “Used to Be the Boss”_ There had been changes in per- sonnel, of course, in theé sixteen months in which the edjtor had been absent from his newspaper. But he made his inspection trip without any one accmpanying him and, when a newcomer was~ reached, he introduced -himself with a smile, a handclasp and the declaration: TREESE “I used to be boss-around here.” The President stayed in'the Star office until the very last:possible moment. It was unmistakably Plain ‘that the old familiar atmos- phere was found enjoyable. & The entire visit of the President been divorced from>.politics. There have been even more demo- lo!:l.il u:ul::nnhlluu h:n the vari- committees that have greeted him. His visit has b n every sense a “welcome home” affair from which as far tinguished son, but :the President has been taken at his wo|r& that he desired to be regarded s as a tizen of Marion home to aid ;n 3 honoring the city in ‘which gained renown. S BOIBARDS REBELS| WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1922 THIRTY PAGES. i RECLASSIFCATON ACTION DUE SO0 Senate Report Predicted in Two Weeks With Early Passage. “The reclassification bill undoubted- ly will be passed and become a law during the present session of Con- gress,” Senator Sterling, chairman of the civil service committee, declared today. “Within two weeks 1 expect to see it_reported to the Senate,” he added. This measure, which proposes to ab- sorb the $240 bonus paid to govern- ment employes for the last five years in lieu of adjusted compenmsation to meet the increasing cost of living and the higher salaries pald in out- side employment, and to establish new salary schedules which will level out inequalities as between various branches of the service, and give & general increase’ of about 2 per cent ig salaries, has already passed the use. Senator Sterling said that good progress is being made by the sub- committee of the appropriations com- mittes, which must pasg upon the sal- al schedules in the reclassification bl Subcommittee Busy. “The' subcommittee has been consld- ering various features of the measure and their relation to the allocation of the government employes to various grades, and ze®sTal amendments will be offered by me, as chairman of the civil service committee, on the floor of the Senate to remedy defects in the bill, which may exist. The appropria- tions committee, it is well understood, will deal only with the salary sched- ules. “With the amendments which I have sugested at various meetings of the appropriations subcommittee, I believe that the appropriations committee will support the bill, and I do not look for any prolonged fight on the floor or in the committee. “One amendment to the bill which is made by the civil service committee of the Senate that has caused criticlsm is kn amendment which provides that none of the government employes, in_ their allocation to the grades established, shall have their salaries reduced at'all. This was not in the House bill. I think that it could be eliminated without any harm being done to the bill, and I have so told the hppropriations subcommittee. May Precede Tarift Bill “Just what dates the reclassification law is to become effective has not yet been determined upon. When the bill was brought in it was hoped that it would become a law before the be- ginning of the new fiscal year, and that the allocations could be made with the understanding that they would date from the beginning of the fiscal year. “Now the new flscal year has already begun_and Congress has continued the $240 bonus. Provision will be made to ocontinue the bonus until the allocations have been accom- plished, of course.” Senator Sterling said that he thought the reclassification ' bill might be taken up and passed by the Senate in a couple of days’ tims, and that it might even be passed before the tariff bill has been dis- posed of. However, there will be time after the tariff bill has been passed and is in conference, to con- sider the reclassification biil in the Senate, in any event, he said. TR R G. 0. P. HEADS TO CONFER Hope to Meet President’s Objec- tions to Soldier Bonus. Arrangements were made today. for a dinner conference of republican leaders tonight at the home of Sen- ator Lodge of Massachusetts, repub- lican leader, to discuss the soldier bo- nus bill. The belief was sald to be general among a large part of the republican membership that President Harding was disposed to veto the -bill.in its present form and tonight's confer- ence, it was said, was to discuss meas- u‘reu to meet the President’s objec- tions. Among those invited to the confer- ence were: Senator Curtis of Kansas, republican vice chairman; Senator McCumber, republican, North Da- kota, chairman of the finance com- mittee, and in_charge of the bonus bill; Senator Watson, republican, I diana; Senator Brandegee, republi- can, Connecticut, and Senator Mec- Nary; republican, Oregon, duthor of the “reclamation amendment to the Senate bill. ¢ ot g OBREGON DELAYS ACTION g X July 5.—Ap] al MEXICO CITY, July B5.—Approvi of . the agreement reached between Fi Minister de la Huerts ‘the international bankers in' New York concerning payment of Mexico’ foreign debt is withheld by Pre: dent Obregon until the minister re- turns from New nd congress ¥ A (e cording WORKER’S HOME BOMBED Textile Operative Subject of Third Attack in Month. PAWTUCKET, R. L, July 6.—The home of Anthony Durant, a textile operative of Valley Falls, was bombed by unknown persons early today. The bomb which represented the third at- tempt within a month to damage Du- rant's residence made a hole in the side of the building, broke most of the windows and wrecked the furni- ture, but injured neither Durant nor his wife, who were sleeping in the house. Durant is employed at the plant of the Home Bleach and Dye Company, ‘which is affected by the textile strike. attempt was made to burn the house. Later the building was stoned. BLANE IN THEATER " TRAGEDY ARGUED Defendants.Hold Indictments. Should Name Owners, In-" stead of Builders. Arguments as to the sufficlency of the indictment for manslaughter re- turned by the grand jury against Reginald W. Geare, architect; John H: Ford, steel manufacturer; Richard G. Fletcher, foreman of the contract- ing firm in charge of the cement work; Donald M. Wallace, building contractor’s foreman, and Julian R. Downman, assistant building Inspec- tor, charging negligence in the con- struction of the Knickerbocker The- ater, were continued today before Jus- tice Siddons in Criminal Division 2. Former Justice Danlel Thew Wright presented the objections of Geare to the indictment. Counsel for the other defendants were heard last week. United States Attorney Gordon com- bated the claims of the lawyers for the defendants, and urged on the court the refusal of the motions to quash and the denial of the demurrers. He asked that the men be held for trial before a petit jury. In his motion to Geare, Judge Wright declared t)&a i dictment bad for duplicity be- cause of a misjoinder of parties. The indictment alleges, he pointed out, that the fall of the building resulted from the negligence of the architect in respect of the plans; from the neg- ligence of Ford in designing and fx- ricating thesteel; from the nerlll’.nc. of the cement man, the building cop- tractor, and the negligence of '.:c ublic official in the discharge of his nspection duty. Thus the indictment char different specific nas" nces against each of several individualx Wwith which no other is concerned, and t:&\::"::flr‘al‘l h ?&tandzd' several 2 ins| erent ~ person: 2nd'is bad for dupliciey, T Doren® Negligence Not Shown. As to the demurrer, two points were stressed by Judge Wright He Iclaimed the indictment sets out no facts showing negligence of the architect or of any other of the ac- cused persons, but containg mere statements of negligence, which he characterized as opinions and con- clusions of the pleader, which, it based on eny facts at all are based on facts withheld from the accused. The indictment shows on its. face, asserted, that even if the defendants were negligen® their negligence was not the proximate cause of death and an indictment for mansiaughter will not lle. It is shown .in the indict- ment that the defendants surren- dered the bullding to its owners and that the owners were maintaining and operating the building, and the proxi- mate cause of death of the patron: was the operation of a defecti bullding .by the owners. In oth‘l!' ‘words, said the lawyer, if the matter had stopped with what the defendants did, even if their work was performed negligently, nobody would have been injured, because de- fendants had nothing to do with the use of the building, did not invite the people to be present on the day of the collapse of the roof and. could not have kept them out if they had tried. o \ United Btates Attorney” Gordon, fending the indfctment, pointed out that & reasonable degree of clarity of.ex: Requirement of Law. pression is all that the law requires’ lmu‘nm«m&mpflmmhfl‘flufl- ::-‘nm facts. - “It is sufficlent” he said, “if the ultimate facts'be. stated e quired - i perticularity is requil In B thoee ultimate facts. The pres- [ thess. ent indictment does not merely n!u:zb that the building~ was negligently constr that the theater was |in a dange) condition, or that the roof was improperly laid on, D;.thll tne walls And SUDROTLS WOTd quash on behalf of it L1, is back famous de- | - singer, and compels thé setting forth of evi- | e standard of; facts i - FAVOR TENPORARY INDUSTRIAL HOME Plan of Children’s Guardians Presented in Report to Commissioners. The board of children’s guardians is willing to agree to the continued Nearly a month ago an unsuccesstul]use of the Industrial’ Home School only as a temporary receiving place and for the care of such children as cannot be provided for elsewhere. This was the outstanding statement of the report of President Millan sub- mitted to Commissioner Rudolph today and given preliminary consideration at a meeting of the Commissioners this mofning. After reciting ‘a history of the scope and activity of the board of up the m-‘flMuW Tecommenda- flg_i%pm to your tion that the bosrd of children’s guar- diany éndemvor to work ‘out: under which ths Inddetifal M Scheol may be used for the purposes -ugxmlunnnnnd( o hoard of rities and. approved g you, I am directed to respectfully submit to you as the conditions that the board of chilfren’s guardians suggest for IL:;, nownuon of the school the fol-| 5: Temporary Recelving Hems. “1. That it shall be definitely and positively understood by the school authorities that the -school is.te.be. used by the board only for thé poses recommended by you, vis: ‘As a temporary receiving home and for the care of such chiliren as cannot be provided for elsewhers’ and that all persons in positions of authority in connection be made aocquainted e board of ” chilaren's guardians must be the judge of when children are to be removed from the nection, in order to understanding on the part of school authorities, it should be stated that by ‘temporary recelving home’ the board of children’s guardians does | not mean & place to which its wards may be sent to remain through the school year or for any definite period, but a place to which. children under temporary commitment, there being committed from one to four weeks or until the further order of the court, while the cuses are under con- sideration, may be sent, and wherever children m‘.bo Kept until suitable homes can found for them and children requiring temporary special care over short periods while under intensive medical treatment looked after, and the school must work in closest conjunction with the placing workers of the board, giving to them the benefit of the most intelligent on on fumn 3.) * REFUSES $25,000 BID FOR CANVAS HE BOUGHT AT AUCTION FOR $450 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July Se—Christopher J. Fitsgerald has loved horses ail his life and he has spent most of his life looking at them, either as a follower of racing or as an official of the Yockey Club. His affestion even goes so far that he wants pictures of| horses around him.’ Recently he saw in an auc- tion room a painted study of sev- eral forses and id $450 to get it. He took the painting home and had it cleaned and discovered he hased a work of lsaak a Dutch master of The painting had been in the Baring and Dunmore ocollections in Lon- don. An offer of $25,000 had been made for the painting, but Mr. Fitz- gerald says it is not for sale. DYE PATENTS T0BE DEMANDED BY U.S. Alien Property Custodian Begins Action Against Chemical Foundation. Pushing the government's action against the Chemical Foundation, Col. Thomas W. Miller, allen property custodian, will present a demand this week, he said today, for return of the former German dye nnen.l-l and other property. Although Attorney General Daugh- erty is out of town. and the papers are to be prepared with the assent of the Department of Justice, Col. Miller sald preliminary work on the demand would begin this afternoon, conferences will be held with Depart- ment of Justice officials, and the de- mand, which was directed by Presi- dent Harding, will be forwarded within & few days. If the demand for return of the property is refused, Col. Miller sait the next step to bs taken would be a suit in equity filed in the courts of the District of Columbia, with the Department of Justice as counsel for ti office of the alien property custodian. Declines Comment. Declining to comment on the cause for the action of the government be- yond reference to the letter of the President, Col. Miller said he would not’ care to say whether the action involved moral or criminal lability on the part of the foundation. In view of the plain statement of Garv: iden it of the former the mand tura of the == "MMMMH noth- in the proe..fl" ings, and vel by ‘would be ¢ of the the cburts In recovering the property. government should be suc- cessful in returning the patents, copy- rights and other proj foundation, Col. 11 would revert to thé alien property custodian’s -office under exactly the same status as thet of other allen property now held in trusteeship, awaiting disposal by Congress. The -action of the government, it was Indicated, was not only for the purpose of protecting the Interests of the United States, but the former owners of the property. Legal pro- ceedings are being instituted in five states, New York, Delawars, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Col. Miller announced, in ‘this connection, to protect the former alien owners. ALLIES HALT GERMAN PAYMENTS TO UKRAINE By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 4.—The allied repara- tions commission sent a note today to the German government warning it to pay over mo money to the Ukrainian government in pursuance of the pro- Jected treaty between Germany and the Ukraine, details of which have been ‘brought to the commission’s attention. The note says the commission un- derstands that Germany has agreed to the Ukraine 400,000,000 marks, and t reminds the German government that {t undertook, by its letter of March 23, to make no payments abroad out- side the terms of the treaty of Ver- sailles without referring them fo the commissjon. ’ Fate of Two in War Romance Now in U. S. Government Scales Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 5.— The story of & platonic romance . growing out of the great war to- day was forwarded to Washing- ton. On the declsion of officials there whether such a romance, born within sound of the great guns of. the western front, and .which has endured, the principals say, in the face of conventions . more terrifying to them than the bursting shells of the enemy, will depend whether they are to re- in the United States. unmo- mmnln nor be deportéd:as ‘“unde- “sirable - aliens.” ~ That -the. story the couple tell is at least convjne-. ing to some is shown by the fact_ that the British vice consul here ing them 1o the utmost of his _ability. Whether Heve it is_the troubling -Mrs. “to, & former dian, con! cfsion them ;:t‘:fl time. ‘to ‘t’l.:lr names that would last : cal, wi . :ervleu to her:country. “sent do-France as an army. nurse. > wuvo up hissbDugl- w oy MR 2 R ‘her career, her home - m 1d-. i e Te sl frankly the dm- - taiay here Who have | ness—he was a wealthy contrac- tor—and was commissioned an of- ficer in the Canadian overseas orces. Mrs. England first saw Myers when he 1'-111 ‘brought to s base ital in_France desperately Ev‘;:’nd-d‘ ‘He was placed in her care. n the armistice came he still suffered his wounds. Mra. and accompanied him back to Canada. There they were m»wod. They could find no e O etand continued to nurse Mra. yers. She insists that her affec- ‘Hfln for him ‘at all times was that of a sister, nothizg more. He falled Teco! d the cians rec- 1o ey A ange of climate, ed & g’hoy came to Los.Angeles. _On the way- they ‘traveled in their true - roles. - Hounded by Gossip. But they found that’wherever ‘ they stayed their_ relations were - the subject of gossip. They thoyght to find an easy way to end this and to cheat odnventions, so when they took an apartment here R o R lon au- thorities and *were ordered w . to e ST vk iheg el nit ,:'-r"”.-ml g.llnr ent’s de. the property, on g | plus TWO CENTS. x [DSTRCT TAX RATE $1.30 ON $100 FOR. NEXT FISCAL YEAR Commissioners Annotinié Decision Based on Ry’ port of Auditor. =o' ; 70} 20U} 1 noix 8vs1 PLAN YEARLY SURPLUS REVENUE OF $600,000 ‘ Other Recommendations of Maj: Donovan for Additional Legis- lation Made Public. The tax rate for the ensuing fiscay, year, will be“$1.30 on each $100 of assessed value, based on a full value assessment. This announcement was made by the Commissioners this afternoon follow- Ing a lengthy board session and was baged on the report of Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor. In making the announcement Commissioners made public the re- port of Maj. Donovan, containing the following outstanding reccom- mendations: “Additional legislation is needed to remedy certain apparent defects in the tax legislation contained in the District appropriation act for 1923, and it is suggested that the Commis- sioners appoint a committee to study the entire situation and to report to iem what new I g them ‘whs egislation may be = Cash Basis Requisite. . Donovan states in his report that he has reached the conclugion that the amount of surplus revenue needed to put the District govern- ment on a cash basis by 1927 in 32,000,000, to be raised at the rate of 000 @ year during th v ston; ng the next five Maj. Donovan's report as released by _the Commissioners follows: “That pursuant to the provisions of | the act of Congress approved June 29, 1922, entitled ‘An act making appro- priations for the government of the District of Columbia, and other ac- tivities, chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such dis- tricts for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes,’ the rate of taxation on taxable real estate and tangible personal property is hereby fixed at $1.30 on each $100, respectively, of the full value assess- ment thereof. “The total appropriations of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1923 amounted to $24,498.482.02 Of this amount, the sum of $14.666, 490.78 was charged to the revenue of the District of Columbia. Revenues, $14,865,999. “The revenues of the District of Co- lumbia for the fischl year 1922, de- rived from all sources, availabie to eet appropriation charges, amount- od to $14,865,999.63. Charging the District share of ap- propriation for 1922, namely, $14.69/ 490.78, against this sum, I f revenues for the year of $169, 508.85. This amount is carried for- ward and becomes a credit to the District in the fiscal year 1923. “The total aproprations of the Dis- trict for the fiscal year 1923, actual and estimated. amount to $23,521,- 9.80, of which $14.218641.88 is rgeable to the revenues of the Dis- trict. “To provide the necessary amount l1to place the District upon a cash ying basis by July 1, 1927, and us- ng present appropriations ,totals in determining that amount. and as- suming the payment of all taxes in two installments, one in November and the other in May, the further sum of $3.000.000 must be raised at the rate of $600,000 a_year, beginning with fiscal year 1923, the District must therefore collect in the fiscal year 1923 to meet all charges, actual and estimated, the total revenue of $14,818,641.88. “The estimated revenue of the Dis- trict for the fiscal year 1923, from 3ources other than real estate and tangible personal property. is $4.350,- 508.85, leaving $10.468,133.03 to be raised upon the assessment of full value of real estate and tangible personal property. The application of the $1,30 rate will produce the re- quired ‘sum. Federal Items Included. “This report takes into considera- tion the retention by the United States of 40 per cent of certain miscellaneous items of revenue, amounting in all to $1,200,000, which heretofore have been credited wholly to the District “The increase in the rate on intan- gible personal property to five-tenths of 1 per cent will raise, it is esti- mated, additional revenue each year from that source of $670,000. But the application of the reduced rate for 1923 to tangible personal property, which has always been assessed at full value, will cause a falling off in revenue from that source of about $442,000. The net result will be an infrease in District revenues each vear of about $228,000. “The surplus revenues of the Dis- trict in the Treasury, accumulated un- dor the half-and-half system, amount- ing to $4,648,666.69, are not considered in any oonclusion reached in this re- oo 2 “Additional legislation is needed to remedy certain apparent defects in the tax legislation contained in the District appropriation act for 1923, 2nd it is suggested that the Com- missioners appoint a committee to study the entire situation and to re- port to them what new legislation may be required.” TRAIN SMASHES AUTO " ON AID TRIP; TWO DIE By the Assoclated Press, PITTSBURGH, July 5—Dr. F. L. Morrow and Mrs. Josephine Wake- man of Braddock were killed early today at Port Perry, near here, when !the physician’s automobile was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio rail- road fiyer. They were on a mission of mercy when the accident occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Wakeman were noti- fied by an unidentified person that James Shields had been shot and rob- bed by two negro bandits near their home. They found him in a gully, near Port Perry, and summoned Dr. Morrow. The doctor ordered Shields removed to & hospital and the victim was placed in the car with Mr. Wake- man. Dr. Morrow and Mrs. Wakeman followed in_the physician's machige. The first car passed a railroad cross- ing in safety, but just as Dr. Mor- Other“witnesses who |row’s automobile-reached the tracks traim crashed into it. - mmmm md by the Britien B2 fter helping to remove his wife' vice consul. -In faet, all of the |body. from the wreckage ur.$w.n testimony developed was one way, | man.rushed Shields, to a hospital, but,, as. ‘rl. England plaintively |where it was found his leg wa pol out: broken and he was suffering from ““Who swill belfeve 1t?”. b,nln:. ‘wound in the hip. His con: P L " - ¢ Sk {Copyeight. 1992 o