Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1923, Page 2

Ty - BRITAIN IS URGED T0BUY INCOLONIES Head of the Board of Trade | Stresses Need to Keep Money | in Empire While Paying U. S.; & | | i i | ! By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 11.—Sir Phillp Lloyd-Greame, president of the Board of Trade, speaking in the house of commons to & motion for fostering trade with the British Dominions, | pointed out that British traders had { a great opportunity to de with as i America, owing to | the economic conditions e | The United States was bound to dis- | cover that it was impossible to adopt | 2 policy of absolute tection and at the Ereat export tr tion to u high tariff, Ameriwa wis the fortunate reciplent of gold tnrough debt payments, there twas no possible | doubt that such in the | ‘worst possible position to do a lurgc\‘ export trade. ! | | Therefore, the minister contended, 1t was a vital moment for merchar, to seek a way into markets in whi | st prevail exelusive pro- same time do and if, addi country wa there had u - Americxn competi- tion. The fact that Great Britain was paying her debt to America en- joined that she should draw to the utmost her raw materials from with- in the empire, and as little as possible from America. Urges Cotton Growing. Sir Philip especially emphasized | that the present position of depend- ence upon America for cotton sup- ! plies could not be allowed to con- tinue. England had ready to hand ir the empire sofl on which cotton could | be grown, and he referred to the com- ing bill to promote cotton growing within the empire by means of a levy on trade, and laid siress on the addi- tional necessity of developing trans- ort, irrigation and all resources and actors required in the growing of <cotton. The general spiric of the govern- ment speakers in the debate was that the matter was a subject “or discus- | slon of the imperial conference next; October. and that the ernment | i while wholly In sympathey with the alms of the motion, did not desire to 2 Jn advance of that conference. ir ilip sald that the government's whole policy was to co-ope with | the dominfons In schemes which would accelerate development, give openings for emigration and lead to & general development cf inter-im- perial trade, with the help of Brit- ish credit. Would Develop Raw Materials. The debate also revealed an aim on the part of the government to make strong efforts to develop the crown colonfes and to_interest private en- terprise in such development, pre- sumably with the assistance of Brit- ish credit. William G. Ormesbyv-Gore, under- mecretary of the colonial department, announced the intention of the gov- ernment_to appoint’ a_committee to explore how far it might be possible to interest private enterprise in the development and cultivation of the raw materials the empire mostly needed, such as flax and cotton. The strongest criticism came from the la- bor benches and was directed against the idea that the unemployment prob- lem could be remedied by emigration, and complaining that the government policy in India and the near east tended to destroy those markets for British commodities, F. E. LUCAS, NIGHT SCHOOL HEAD, QUITS F. E. Lucas, for about seven years principal of the Business High Night School, today submitted his resigna- tion to Walter B. Patterson, director of special schools, to become effec- tive Saturday. Frank C. Danfel, principal of McKinley Manual Train- ing, School, will be appointed tem- porarily to fill the vacancy through the remainder of the current night achool year. While serving as principal of the Business High night school, Mr. Lucas has been the head of the banking and accountancy departmet of the day school, which position he has held for about ten years, Mr. Lucas wiil leave the school system to become manager of several hotels in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Director Patterson paid high trib- ute to Mr. Lucas’ services as princi- pal of the Business High night schools, pointing out. that his loss wiil be felt distinctly by the school | system. He sald Mr. Lucas rendered invaluable service during the war eried, when the enrollment of the usiness High night school .nearly quadrupled. ELECTRON DISCOVERER GIVEN JOHN SCOTT MEDAL By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 11—Sir Joseph John Thompson, discoverer of | the electron and who is master of Trinity College, Euglaud, and three other noted sclentists were given the | John Soott medal and an accompany- ing prenium of $1,000 tonight at a speclal meeting “of the -American | Philosophical Society. Sir Joseph also wae presented with the Franklin medal, the highest award within the &t of the Franklin Institute. ©ther reciplents of the Scott medal and mium were Dr. C. Eijkman of the University of Utrecht, Holland. for his_contribution to medioal ecience; Dr. Arthur L. Day, director of the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegio . Institute, Washington, for nis work in the interpretation of geological phenomena and for pro- ducing optical glass, and Dr. Francis ‘William Aston of Trinity College, a leading student of the disintegration products due to raido activity, and who developed a speolal instrument known as the muss spectogreph, capable of an accuracy of one part ot one thousand. The Scott medals are awarded by the ofty_ through its board of city trusts. ~ Funds for the purpose were bequeathed to the city in 1816 by John Soott of Edinburgh. A. DeGraeffe, minister from -the Netherlands, received the medal and premium for Dr. Eikman, and H. G. Chilton of the British cmbassy at Washington accepted them for Dr. Aston. — BUILDE-ES‘ REFUSED RAISE. NEW YORK, April 11.—Coptractors, membeérs of the Building Trades Em- ployers' Association, will not increase the wages of their employes, as de- manded by the new Bullding Trades ‘Council, which succeeded " the.. one ousted from the American Federation of Labor after the bullding scandal investigation by the Lockwood oom- mittee, y The decision ‘was- announced ,last night by Christian G Norman, chalz- man of the board of governors of tha Building Trades Employers’ Assocta- tion. The association 1§ of the opin- fon, he said, “that its obligutions to the pubiic and its cllents require a refusal.” The Bullding Trades Coudcil -has presented requests for increases for from $1 to $2 & day, with the under- standing that unless they are granted a_strike will be called for May About 80,000 workers would be af. Tocted d! and 56,000 indi By meeting union’s demands Denefit from stats tax sxsmption ould be losty Mr, Norman esserteds i | IAims to Revive | Voters’ Old-Time; Town Meetings Revival of the old-time town meeting as a means of develop- ing ‘an “intelligent electorate™ and stimulating popular partici- ion fn national affairs is m of Unele Sam's Voters. a new organization described as & non profit, non-partisan federstion. in an snnouncement today from fis Washington headquarters. lra N. Morris. former minister to Sweden. was announced as pres- ident of the organizatiou and former Representative James W. Good of Tows. a8 vice president amuel Adams of Chicago, pres- fdent of the American Agricul- tural Editors’ Association, as di- rector general of the new organi- zation, announced that fls purnose. wes to “aid in the solution of al. state, natlonul and inter- national problems by bringing the collective intelligence of ° the country to bear upon them.” As tundamental step in this p organizution. he said i1l revive, in the form of local mblen through tha country “old-time town meeting us an in modern lte.” Giovernors of all state Alr. Adams sald, would be asked to serve on the advisory board of the organizution, together with “rep resentutive men and women from every walk of life CHARGE OF MURDER IN BALLANTYNE CASE Officials in Salt Lake City Suspect | Two in Slaying of Former | Bank Teller | i | By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 11 —Information charging murder in the first degres was expected to be filed here today against one or more persons in conuection with the slay- ing of Benjamin ). Ballantyne, for- mer bank teller, in his home in a fashionable part of the city last Monday. it was said authoritatively here late last night. County Attorney Arthur L. Morton and other officials who are investi- gating the killing were reluctant to discuss the affalr and declined to say definitely what disposition would be made of Marner A. Browning and John Browning, jr., cousins, held in connection with “Ballantyne's death. Both of the meén, who are known throughout the state, are under ar- rest at the oity jail, booked under “investigation.” They were arrested at the Bal- lantyne home after the shooting and Murner, the police declared, confessed he shot Ballantyne in self-defense. The shooting was the outgrowth of an attempt, according to the police, by the two Brownings to induce Mrs. Ballantyne to leave her husband and return to her father's home in Ogden. Mrs. Ballantyne is the daughter of | John M. Browning, noted gun_ in- ventor. John, jr. is the Inventor's son. The Brownings asserted in a state- ment, sald to have been given to the police, that they wished her to leave her husband temporarily be- cause of a disagreement between the husband and wife. Ballantyne, in a deathbed state- ment, denied he attempted to kill either of the Brownings and, accord- ing to the police asserted that the two Brownings tried to break up my home. It had not been decided early to- day whether an inquest over the body would be held. < FAIL TO BLOCK STATE IN MURDER INQUIRY Injunction Denied Wealthy Baker, ‘Who Protested Documentary Evi- dence in Ex-Marine's Death. .ALBANY, N. Y., April 11.—Another attempt of attorneys for Walter S. ‘Ward, wealthy baker, to block the state Investigation of the killing of Clarence Peters, ex-marine, was pre- vented by Supreme Court Justice Staley here today, when he refused to issue an injunction restraining the state from obtaining documentary evidence to be used in the case. The evidence consiste of cablegrams which passed between Ralph Ward, Walter's brother, and his father, re- garding a request by Walter for a loan of between $50,000 and $100,000 to_meet demands for blackmail. Justice Staley sald Ward's attor- neys had not complied with the law which requires that state officials shall be notifled of any intention to enjoin them. Ward's counsel imme- dlately took steps to do this. —_— DO DANCE BEFORE JUDGE. American in Paris Charged With Immoral Performance. PARIS, April 11.—Harry Pilcer, American dancer, with his partners, Milles. Rhana and Zulaika, appeared before the examining magistrate and gave & reproduction of thefr dance, “The Afternoon of a Faun,” which has been declared obscene by the commis- sary of police. The police official, who was present when_the accused dancers appeared, said he maintained his charge that the performance was contrary to law and an offense to the public morals. Mr. Pilcer and his partners entered emphatio denial. “Let me see for myself,” said the judge, whereup the ‘dancers began their two-hour exhibition. The judge reserved his decision. —_——— SAYS PACT IS IGNORED. Complaint That England Failed to Ratify Eight-Hour Agreement. GENEVA, April 11—E. L. Poulton, British delegate on the council of the international labor bureau, which met here, complained that his own gov- ernment had falled to ratify the eight-hour day convention agreed on at the Washington conference. Mr. Poulton introduced a resolution in- viting the director of the bureau to iremind the British labor minister “of | the obligations undertaken at Wash- ington.” M. Jouhaux, Ftance, remarked that there were other countries that had failed to ratify the eight-hour agree- ment, but omitted to name them. He proposed that the council appoint a ! commission to decide what procedurs | should be followed in order to secure ratification of the convention. SEEK GREAT WEALTH. Three Iowa Residents After Part of Gotham Under Old Lease. MUSCATINE, Iowa, April 11.—Three Muscatine residents, who claim as an ancestor Robert Edwards, have turned their eyes to New York city, from where they belleve may come to them vast funds. They are W. R. Luellen, rural matl carrier; George Edwards, telegraph operator, and Mrs, Harry L. Recves, wife of a barber. Claim to possession of the financial section of the island 6f Manhattén has just been made by members of the Edwards family residing in dif- ferent sections of the country. There are sald to be some eighty cl ts, They base their tions of un- told wealth to an ninety-nine- i’i" leage grantsd the original lwaids, Row deady | i 1 THE EVENING MEMBERS 'BOARIL. & TURKEY OIL GRANT ontinued from First Page.) divisions which have taken a deep interest in the world war for the oil deposits in Mesopotamia, and all of which say that America has won a victory of great international im- portance in having the Chester con- cessions ratified. The Chester concession will be ex- ecuted by the Ottoman-American De- velopment Company. Its representa- tive in Constantinople 18 Commander Arthur Chester, formerly in the United States Navy and who was fo several years in Constantinople a representative of the United States Shipping Board. This company plans to construct an oil port at the mouth of the Orontes river on the Mediterranean sea, with pipe line connections leading from the ofl wells of Kurdestan, where American ships can refuel practically in the center of possible future strategic operations. This supreme advantage for the United States has been recognized in official communi- cations to the departments of Nav. and Interfor and the United Statei Shipping Board. Good Will of Turkey. This American syndicate is the pioneer for the United States in this promising field of natural resources and boundless trade opportunities. It established and has maintained for many years with the Turkish govern- ment a substantial good will other nationals do not and probably never will enjoy. While claims of mandatory powers in Asia Minor are being made by other natlons, and particularly by Great Brit- ain, whose spokesmen insist that such claims must be recognized by the Lau- sanne conference, the counselors of the American government, including close students of the situation employed by the State Department. recognize that such cluims will not of themselves be sufficlent to operate franchises. The good will of the natives is sine qua non—absolutely essentlal, and that the Americans have and none else. The “sovereign, not the mandatory power of the land, will in every case be the final court of appeals. Every- thing in_reason points to the fact that the Turk is coming into his own again in Asla Minor, and for an in- definitely long regime, it is belleved here. 1f there had been no world war the American syndicate headed by Gen. Goethals to work the concessions secured through Admiral Chester's personal good standing with Adbul Hamid, the Sultan of Turkey, would long ago have opened up for America this undeveloped region that so long has been without benefit to mankind. The support of the State Department in the international for these treasure lands of ol d mineral wealth, given to the Ottoman-Ameri- can Development Company, it is also poipted out, serves a very valuable purpose in establishing a precedent. It” gives encouragement to American nationals in the future to blaze trails in forelgn lands, and spend their money and resources for the develop- ment of American trade and the pro- motion of American prestige with confidence that their home govern- ment is standing firmly behind them. FRANCE IS AROUSED. Papers Urge Her Interests Be Pro- tected at Lausanne. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 11.—The readiness of the Americans engaged in the so- called Chester concession to invest large sums of money. in the develop- ment of Turkey by building rlllrn?d! ports _and cities " is arousing wide Spread comment in the French news- papers, with the suggestion that French investment and concession in- terests be protected at the resumed Lausanne conference. A mesting of the French companies with pre-war interests in Turkey has been called here to discuss measures for their tection. Dr?n some_ of the commen's on the recent ratification of the Chester proj- cct by the Angora parliament, ok Suggosted that the Americans are to carry out the concessions which cost large sums of money to the allles before the war. The allles at Lau- wanne, it Is declared, renounced cer- tain of their economic demands only on condition that the Turke recognize the pre-war concessions. One of {hese concessions, it 18 added. was the construction of a rallway from Sam- Sun to Sivas, which was originally given to the French, but which ~ow goes to the Americans. WHIPPED DOCTOR WILL QUIT MIAMI, AS ORDERED Blames Wife's Relatives for Beat- ing, But Tells Sheriff He Will Leave City. By thie Associated Press. e o IAMI, Fla., April 1L.—Dr. ¥. igena El?‘lx\er. Wbo. was kidnapped Sunday night by three men and severely beaten, has told Sheriff Louls Allen that he intends to obey the warn- 1 lven him to leave the city, and flé’ for protection until he was able to do so. 3 laid the affalr, acoord- {ng G0 the Sherift, to his wite's rela tives and asked that investigation: be . He alleged they have B T Soetin s, ivorss. Brs [y LV Gkt et Bhej 0! & " when she married Dr. Elmer. “There is no use to fight the Shep- ard_‘millions, . D¢. Elmer, sald. ac- wh“.”n te lhl;e"n riff. ‘1 will go when I am able. : Elmer. was called' from the ho?l!g of friends Sunday night by three men who posed as d ties In search of a stolen automobile. At o'clock Ilol: rnurl-aln‘,'y 2 no'fro'“ ught back to his home covered with urncon: that | STAR, WASHIN | Ahoro s, 7 y Upper, left (o right—MWrs. Gilbert Groavenor, Judge Michael M. Doyle, Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall. Center— Judge George C. Aukam, W. W. M. lan and Judge Milton Strasburger. | Lower—F. W. McReymolds. TARIFF BOARD RIFT i LEFT TO PRESIDENT! (Continued from First Page.) i ponents that certain schedules of the {tarift act were entirely too high. Proteat Reopening of Schedules. Petitions in protest from southern pro- | ucers and backers againt the reopening | of tariff schedules on vegetable oi { wool and other southern products were presented to the Tarifft Com- mission yesterday by President Kirby of the Southern Tarlff Association. | “The south as well as the nation s prospering under the Fordney- MoCumber rates,” Mr. Kirby said,| ‘and there are no economic rnson-i for any change in our important| schedules at this time.” | Mr. Kirby announced he would carry the protests to President Harl- | ing today, recommending to the chief executive a stabilimation of tarift conditions. “The docketing of schedules for investigation will have a demoral- 1zing effect upon industry,” Mr. Kirby #ald. “WIith uncertain tariff rates, the banker will hesitate to finance the crop or to extend credit to the allled industries handling the prod- ucts. The farmer will hesitate to grow it, and without credit he is ofttimes unable to do so. *“No Industry can prosper or long endure with credit impaired, and the docketing of the vegetable ofl and wool schedules for investigation may inject an element of uncertainty into our rates that will place these in- dustries beyond the pale of sound banking and will result in a panic in the peanut and cotton-seed and wool producing sections of the United :uus while these rates are under re. “No Industry can _permanently thrive under the fear of government and none should be compelled to do 80. 1f the rates fulfill the intent of ‘ongress and the industry is func- tioning, which is the case with both vegetable oil and wool, and I speak with authority for the producers of these products, there can be no com- pelling reason for the tariff commis- sion reopening these schedules and We protest against it.” TO STAGE FLOWER SHOW. | The Takoma Park Horticultural Club will stage its annual narcis- sus and spring flower show tomorrow. evening at the Public Library, corner Cedar and 5th streets, at 7 o'clock. Dr. D. N. Shoemaker will give a| fitfeen-minute talk at 8 o'clock on | ‘Varleties and Classes of Narcissus.” Dr. W. A. Orton will be in charge | of the Judging. sover, although land a few weeks {he said. GTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APR OF CHILDREN'S, GUARDIANS NAMED YESTERDAY‘Maj. Gen. H. T. Auen to R etire D. C. BOY, LEASED, CHARGES FLOGGING ptinued from First Page.) In the meantime, however, the boy, broken in body and spirit by over- work. as he charged in his afdavit which brought about the indictment of John Roddenbury, convict gang boss at the camp, had been removed to the MacClenny jail by the sheriff of Raker county and_the superin- tendent of prisons. Thers he was given medical care and treatment by the state. Brought Brother Back. Mr. White then brought Paul back to Washington with him, where the affadavit was prepared. After a few days’ stay here, he was sent to the home of his mother in Taunton, Mass., but is now in MacClenny as & witness ugainst Roddenbury, who, according o Mr. White, Is being tried on a blanket charge of cruelty to the pris- oners. The boy has and delights in a roving disposition, traveling the country he constantly keeps n touch with his parents, his brother sald. In November he was arrested on the vagrancy charge, Mr. White said, later Harrizon White received a letter from the boy written in the prison camp. The let- ter told nothing, however, “as he was not allowed to write just what was golng on.” Suit for Damages Prepared. Sutt for damages against State Sen- ator Knabb is being prepared by Mr. White's attorneys in Fiorida, because, the senator is aware of all that goes on. He explained that county prisoners are leased to the turpentine camp for a small sum and that_the labor s therefore cheap to the proprietor. Conditions got =o bad not long ago. Mr. White learned on his visit to that section, that several counties withdrew their prisoners and canceled the leases, he said. Then when Mr. White appeared on the | scene, he declared, he was approached 'ith an offer for a settlement.” Knabb then was known to have gone into conference with the governor and secretary of agriculture at Talla- hassee and a few days later the press carried stories that “Knabb promised to remedy conditions in his camp," Mr. White added. Conditions Abominable. The conditions at the Baker county and other turpentine camps were de- ared abominable by Mr. White and he is making every effort to throw all the light on them that is possible. 1t is generally known in that section that prisoners—not criminals, but men and young men sentenced for some petty breach of law—are horribly treated at those places, he said. A few of the citizens in the vicinity of these camps are making strenuous efforts to bring to justice the alleged leaders and sponsors of such condi- tions, he added. As legal guardian of the boy since his father's death recently, Mr. White employed the attorneys and directed the stepe to be taken. WOMEN PAY 16 PER CENT TOTAL INCOME TAX OF N.Y. By the Associated Press. ALBANTY, N. Y., April 11.—Women filing separate returns pald 165 per cent of the total income tax of New York state residents in 1920, accord- ing to data made public today by the state tax commission. Of the re- turns, 20.4 per cent were made in- dependently by women, the commis- sion eald, and It is believed that the percentage will be at least as high in this year's tax, due April 16. ALLEGED RADICAL LEADER UNDER ARREST. 1K ) 1L 11, 1923. Tomorrow, Reaching Age Limit Rhine Army Chief in Active Service Since June, 1882. District Troops to Be Paraded in Spe- cial Compliment. Maj. Gen. {commanded | Occupation Henry T. Allen, who the American Army of in Germ after the armistice, and who s now In this city completing his officlal report, {will be placed on the retired list of |the army fomorrow night by opera- ition+of law on account of age. As | special compliment to him and in recognition of his conspicu serve ices in the world war, Brig. Gen. Harry R. Bandholtz, commanding the District of Washington, has arranged for a dress parade of all the troops in this vicinity on the Washington Monument grounds tomorrow after- |1oon at 4:30 o'clock. Gen. Allen will jbe the guest of honor and will re iview the parade as probably the last official act of his active military | service ! All arns of ‘the service will jrepresented In the parade, includ! the cavalry and fleld artillery at Fort Myer and the infantry at Fort Wasn- ington. Music will be provided by the Army Band at Washington Bar- racks and the Cavalry Band at Fort Myer. had a long and Gen. Allen has eventful career. A native of Ken- he was graduated from the HALL LIQUOR STILL UNDER SHARP EYES Guards Watching $50,000 Stock Withdrawn—New Evidence Sought. be | | i | Al ugh guards which have been | watching $50,000 worth of liquor re- turned to Frank Hall at 636 Tth street southwest by prohibition agents Sat- urday were withdrawn last night, it was understood unofficially that the government will keep sharp lookout in some way on this liquor with a view to agaln seizing it if possible. Evidence which was obtained and upon which the liquor was first seiz- ed and later ordered to be returned to the court on account of the search warrant having been declared illegal, could not be ured In a new case agafnst this supply, it was admitted by prohibition officials. Some new evidence will have to obtained How this can be done fs Wha: pro- hibition officials are puzziing over to- day. Whether guards will be sta- tioned in some secret hiding place to watch the garage in which the liquer was stored or whether some ruse might be resorted to in attempts to obtain evidence, was unzertain The liquor which has now become one of Washington's most famous selzures was taken by prohibition agents from a two-story brick build- ing at 638 7th street on a warrant for the search of 1002 K street. The court held that the government must return the liquor on account of faulty search warrant. It was returned Saturday not to the brick building from which it was taken, but to a brick garage across the alley on 7th street, 36 Tth street REGRETS EVOLUTION THEORY; REINSTATED Prof. Demaree of Kentucky Wes- leyan Colleges Agrees to Re- strict His Utterances. By the Asociated Press. WINCHESTER, Ky. April 11— Having signed a statement in which he expressed regret for any “dam- age” caused to the institution as a result of a chaped address in which he declared he was unable to find oonflict between the organic theory of evolution and the biblical account of the creation, Prof. Ralph Demaree again was meeting with his classes in physio® and mathematics at Ken- tucky Wesleyan College here today. He was suspended Saturday. The statement also pledged the Instru tor to_refrain from official discus sion of the controversial subject so long as he should continue in his present relation with the school. The address dellvered by Prof. Demaree last Thursday, and which re- sulted in a division of the student body &nd citizens on the question of evolution, apparently was a closed incident, trustees and ofcials of the college having declined to comment after an agreement to reinstate tho instructor, provided he would sign the statement submitted to him, was announce whether it will review tho | view of reached ~at g meeting held behind closed _doors yesurdl{‘, Before delivering the chapel ad- dress Prof. Demaree had resigned, ef- fective May 29, to go to California to make his.home. BOWIE ENTRIES ¥or Thursday i | | { MAJ. GEN. HENRY T. ALLE Military Academy in June, 1882. Be- fore rcaching brigade rank most of his service was in the cavalry arm. During the Spanish war he was a major in the volunteer adjutant gen- | eral’e department, and in the Philip- pine insurrection he was major and lleutenant colonel in the States Infantry. He grade of brigadler general 191 1d the grade of major gen 0. He rerved with orld war a National Army and was awarded the distinguished service medal. HHis plans for the fu- ture are somewhat indefinite, but it 18 expacted that he will make a visit to his old Kentucky home and later take up his residence in this city and write his military memot NAVY IS PRAISED - BY SENATOR PHIPPS | | ! i Committees to Carry Out Sur- plus Recommendations. | | 0 Senator Lawrence Phipps of Colorado, the first of the congres- sional party which attended the re- cent naval maneuvers and visited the Panama canal and the West Indies to return to Washington, today ex- pressed his admiration of the Ameri- can Navy. We have a real Navy,” was the comment of the Colorado senator. He said that the marksmanship displayed both with guns and with torpedoes was wonderfully good. joined the President's party in its trip from Augusta to Washington. He was anxious to get back to Colo- rade, he said, owing to the death of his colleague, Senator Nicholson. Sen- ator Phipps will leave here tomorrow to go to Denver. He expressed the opinion today that no appointment to fill the vacancy in the Senate would be made by the Governor of Colorado until after May 15, when the city elections of Denver take place. Senator Phipps was chalrman of the joint committee of Congress which investigated the surplus revenues of the District of Columbla, and report- ed in favor of having, approximately, $4,500,000 of these revenues made available for use of the District. He 8aid today that it would be the duty of the Senate and House District com- mittees to handle legislation at the recommendations of the joint com- mittee. He pointed out that both committees in the last session had re- ported favorably on bills to put into effect the recommendations of the Joint committee —_— EVIDENCE DECLARED ILLEGALLY OBTAINED Appeal Ts Noted in Case of Moe H. Baron, Convicted on Dry Charge. An appeal in Moe H. Baron's pro- hibition case, which has attracted wide attention, today was filed with the Supreme Court. With Hyman Barnett, convicted in the same case, Baron asked the court for a review of the action of federal courts in Ohlo in holding them on evidence which they assert- ed was f{llegally obtained without search warrant. 1yn, N. Y., was sentenced with Barnett to Leavenwort hon charges of con spiracy to violate the Volstead law fn the shipment of 500 cases of whisky in 1820, from Finch distillery n Pittsburgh to Youngstown. O. ere it was captured by prohibition agents. Baron contended that th I liquor was being shipped to his home in Brooklyn by way of Youngstown The government charged that ha had {entered " into a_ coneplracy with Adlolph Glick at Youngstown to bribe federal prohibition agents and sell the liquor there. The two men also insisted their conviction was obtained upon fetters unlawfully taken without proper warrant. The court later will that case! MEN, ABDUCTED, BRANDED AS KU KLUX MEMBER By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April il-—At the same time that a flery cross was burning on the grounds of Knights of Columbus Hall in the western section of Cincinnati late last night, two Points Qut Duty of Congressional Senator Phipps left the party and| coming session to make effective the Baron, who Is & resident of Brook- | PRESIDENT BARS POLITICS ON TR | . ilourney to Alaska Will Be a: President, Not as Candidate. { | < { | Presigent Hardlng s indignam !over what he fecls to be premature injection of politics into his work as jresident and will not make his triy | to Alaska, planned for late in June jes @« prospective candidate for r« ‘nnminlllon. but as the President ot » the United Stat ) This was made plain at the Whits {House yesterday, following the fire . cabinet meeting since the President iet\u’n from Florida, when a spokes man for the administration outlinec .the position of the chief executits | clearly on these issues: ) Favors a_horizontal reduction !taxes, all dlong the line, instead a reduction of the high surtax brack iets only, should the situation rant any reduction. Stands firm on previous pogiti 'that American adherence to protocc |of international court of justi junder league of nations would obligate this government to league To Discuss Fleet Plans. Plans to meet with entire Shipp 4 ut conference th s« liquidation of the gr h fle cessor Te “promo lixpects to name nes the Federal Reserve B y, probably not fro I appoint Henry M. 2 controller of the currency before Ma 1; the present controller, D. R. ( singer, nominated and confirmed go\ ernor of the Federal Reserve Board to move up as governor simulta neously € Has informal tr | tarlff commission that price of & had no with the tariff |~ The President’s feeling in regard {the wave of discussion over his p: spective candidacy to succeed hix in 1925 was made plain. He | almost indignant that he | swept before the people as spective candidate in the middl his term as President. and planned en route to Alaskx referred to as a political tour for t purpose of exploitatio Refusal Not Intimated. In fact, Mr. Harding was represe ed as feeling that a Preeident of TUnited States ought to be allowed t devote all his time and attention the duties of his position for thre full years, without being dra; into the political whirlpool was no intimation, however, Harding had entertained a refusing the 1924 would shirk the responsibilitics « the campaign when the time becam ripe 1f the President goes leaving Washington lal with the expectations of Alaska in the middle of July, 1 would necessarily cross the countr and in so doing would not refral from making a few remarks, it wa explained, on “appropriate and time ly questions.” He would positive riot make this trip as a political car didate, it was explained. If the & tion developed so acutely in a p cal way as to lend too much politica color to his trip, it was said, th President might g0 80 far as (0 car cel arrangements for the whole ex ition. e on, iroad_problem, which wa: heavily stressed by the President in ¢ recent message to the Congress, migh be one of the subjects for discussi by the President on his trip, it wa sald. But there was also an unofiicia understanding that the Presiden would not fail to use the excellent op portunity afforded for presenting tc the American public the attitude c the administration on the league ¢ nations and the international court Which the administration has pro posed Joining. The ~President feels, ft was sal 1that some cloudiness has been ind ed into the subject of the internatio: al court by “political” consideration and by the enthusiasm with w friends of the league of nations scer |to have seized upon the proposal o o administration as a “backdoor the league. The proposal . means nothing of the gort, i { plalned by the White Ho | man. The American govern | wouid incur not a single liability t | the league of nations, the Presider believes, by adherence to the protoct establishing the court. g The real reason for an Alaskan tr was set forth as the | sire to get into intima a situation which h. be involved with conflicting {and authority, as to who is respo: bLle in Alaska for the developm of the wealth of natural resource belonging to Awmeri Tax Compromise Attitude. Tn taking the pousition that he wou favor a horizontal reduction of taxe | should the splendid showing of increased | returns from income and excess pro taxes in_the March collectior tinued through the yea {economy program of the {succeed as expected, the President take | middle ground. His position would comprom two opposite views of Secretary Melic and Chairman Madden of the House «) propriations committee, on the i urging reduction of high sur from 50 per cent to 25 per cent li jand Representative Frear and oth {on the oppoeing side, who would | heavier surtaxes on big business ! relfeve the tax burden on the al | taxpayers, particularly on those w! lieted @s making incomes below reports from the rise connecti | to Alas 1 i T ! ,000. | "*While indicating that it might te {a Dbit early to_predict too much, the March collections | taxes, which were $70,000,000 great. | than those of Marc last year, t | intimation was freely given that t | Preaident feels gratified at the go i showing and expects that a reductio: {of taxes 1& to be considered withi: | the realm of possibility. | "'The entire merchant ma pr gram, which has been inten | studied during the President’ |tion in Florlde by the Board, will be laid before the Presi | dent at the conference planned fo | arriving at some workable plan some time this weeck, as & means o £ men, blindfolded and garbed only in | handling the great government fleat their trousers and undershirts were | following the fatlure of the shipping hurled from an automobile in the|bill in the last Congress. THIRD .CE—Claiming ; res, $1,200; ATTAD e At stemly yunt *2 *Al Stebler . ity R B Myrs ..... 108 TH RACE— Gen, John J. Pershi; for three-yoar-olds ond wj six fames F. O'Hara, 101 persons. On the back of each was stenciled: “He is & Ku Klux Klan- ner.” Later two men appearsd at police headquarters and X‘sorled they had been abducted by 1five unidentified men, who, after taking them on wild ride in an automobile, took most of their clothes, and warning them not to take the matter up with the police, “under penalty of death. threw them out at a prominent down- town corner and sped away. The victims, who gave their rames as Willlam L. Miller and Erwin J. Burkhardt, salesmen, denied they heart of the city in view of scores of | MEET FOR SCHOOLBOYS. Canada's Interscholastic track snc field champlonships for school boy will be held under the auspices of Mo | GIlI TUniversity at Montreal, Ma: | Boys thirteen to eighteen twil | pete in junior and senior events BOY IN SWIMMING FEAT Thirteen-year-old Vernon Blair Southport, England, recently sw 100 yards in_1.06, a sterling fea: at his age. He used the Americu: 6-beat crawl. | | | ty Witchet., 113 i 3 -I \ i were members of the Ku Klux Klan. — Look for the Results in the 5:30 Edition of The Star Many important features of news “break” just as the day closes. They appear in the 5:30 Edition—together with the latest financial news, sports finals and the court program for the next day. For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city.