Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers this afternoon and tonight; gomewhat cooler tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. Temperature for 24 hours e¢nded at 2 p.m. today; Highest, 78, at 3:30 p.m. Yesterday; Lowest, 64, at 6 a. ¢ Foening Star. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 28,852, Bmreh s & Entered as second-class matter hington, D. C. HOSTILITIES FEARED IF LAUSANNE LEADS NEW RUPTURES French Feel Turks Have Be- trayed Them in Chester Concessions. BRITISH SUPPORT U. S. IN STAND ON TREATIES Take Position That Rights Under Capitulation Pacts Have Not Been Ended. BY CONSTANTIN By Cable to The Star and Chi CopsTight. 18 CONSTANTINOPLE. April 28.—Lo- cal Turkish and French newspapers are pessimistic regarding the ultimate result of the Lausanne conference They express the fear that it will meet the fate of previous conferences, but this time with fatal results to warld peace, because a breakdown may mean the resumption of hostili- ties. BROWN. go Daiiy News. rench Distrustfal. Nobody expected the new Lausanne conference to run smoothly, because Mustapha Kemal Pasha had pledged himself to grant no further important concession to the allies, and because the French were the fail- ure of the up to the Franklin whicl premised important advan to French concerns and to the French horities in quieting the Syrians. The French feel that the Turks have betrayed them because they have given an option on imjertant railroads and other concessic to the Kenncdy-Chester group and in- stewd of exercising a4 seoth in- fluence on the Syrians they have sent two divisions to the Syrian frontier further exciting the restless pepuiation. anuoyed Turks to live Bouillon treaty. ages s British Want Pence. In spite tion. high that the The British only o any Turkish these sources of frie- officials ility of wa who ¢ believe possi is remote. uld have been the serious encmies of Turkey seem have decided to make peace price and the French are too much committed in the Rubr to start & new adventure in the Far East. This morning. however, Adnan Bey informed Rear Admiral Mark L. Bris- tol that Angora had decided to ex- empt the relief organization from $100.000 arrears charged as unpaid taxes, and grant it exemption in the future, provided the Near East Re- at lief operated throufW the Red Cres- | cent, the Turkish socie ing to the Red Cross. tain whether a share to the Turkish organization, which cares thousands of Turkish or- phans and refugees. In the meantime the ernment acts as if the the capitulations is Customs ¥ correspond- It is uncer- Angora abolition ccomplished are being in daily, axed to the limit ions are made so stringent that many foreign business men preter to leave Turke BRITISH BACK U. S. gov- of All Discussion of Concessions Ends for Present. By ihe Associnted Press. LAUSANNE, April Al discus- n at Lausanne of the French and American ssions in Turkey has apparently been ated for the present. The near east conference today decided to suspend consider- ation of all clauses of the draft treaty dealing with concessions, pend- ing the outcome of the direct nego- tiations in Constantinople between the concession holders and the Ottoman government These direct conservations, will open next week, are expected to embrace the French' claim that the concession recently granted tc the American syndicate headed by Rear Admiral Chester conflicts with prev ous concessions held by French com- panies. The United States takes the posi- tion that rights assured to foreig < in Turkey, under the capitulation treatles, were not legally terminated by the action of the Sublime porte in declaring the agreements no longer in effect. Grew Gives Views. Joseph C. Grew, head of the Ameri- can delegation at the near east con- ference, expressed this view in a statement before the political com- mittee yesterd Mr. Grew was sup- ported by Sir Horace Kumbold, head of the British delegation, who said that the recognition of a unilateral abrogation would mean that the Turks could collect back taxes from foreign nationals. Mr. Grew pointed out that the American government had more than once expressed its readiness to con- conc elin which sider a revision of the treaties “at an | appropriate time,” but that it had never held that one party to the ne- gotiations could terminate them. “The Chester concession is a very good concession,” Ismet Pashg, said in an interview today. “We are glad to have American capital in Turkey; we need it for the development! of our country.” He saw no reason why the conces- sion should come before thy Lausunue conference. 25 HURT IN CAVE-IN OF CHURCH FLOOR Collapse Comes During Village School Graduation Exercises. By the Associated Press. 2 WARREN, Ohio, April 28.—Twenty- five persons were hurt, three serious- 1y, when the floor of the Methodist church at Hartsgrove, twenty-five miles northwest of here, caved in last night during high school commence- ment exercises. About 100 persons dropped into the basement when the floor gave way. Mr. and_Mrs. Relph Grant and 4 ter Ddrothy, three, were the mo! seriously injured and were ;-.kzn to theisr homes after the acol- en ust be EI\K"I‘ *| ESSEN, Policemen who have been in the| habit of considering the year round an “open season” for assaulting en- | listed men are to discover from now | on that members of the Marine Corps, at least, have every right claimed by | other American citizens. i This was the ultimatum issued to-‘ day at Marine Corps headquarters in | connection with the statement that| every meomhar af that crack organi- zation, from Maj. Gen. Lejeune down to the rawest rookie, stands squarely | behind the Quantico brigade in an| unusual quarrel with the city of Fredericksburg, Va. | The situation at Quantico, where the | officers and men of that base have i COMMUNIST COUP FEARED INESSEN German Fire Department and French Troops Arm to Repel Attack. h BY A. R. DECKER. By Wireless to The Star and Ch | News. Copyright. 1923, ESSEN, April 28.—Barbed wire bar- ricades are in sight everywhere and i the fire department is much in evi- | dence. It was mobilized as the re-! sult of a demonstration held Friday I night by the “green shirts.” the lat- est thing in politcal color schemes. The green shirts are vouthful com- munists who demand that the coal which is now being piled up at the | { pitheads shall be allotted haif to the workers and half to the owners and | then sold, the proceeds being awarded at the rate of 200 pounds of coal for | nety minutes of work each : ‘rench Appear Alarmed. { Though this demand. which was | made at the demonstration last night, was somewhat Incoherent and though { the meeting was attended by only 400 | Youngsters. the French, as well as the German authorities, appeared to !be quite alarmed. They were pre- pared to meet all emergencies and [they are stll “on their toes” as this jdispatch is filed The French put up barbed wire {around their barracks and headquar- i te 1d sent many plain clothes men to the meeting. proving that they are nervous as the resuit of the Mullieim | disturbances | rmans had their. firemen for eventualities as they ilonger have policemen in Essen. i Coke Ordered Confiscated. i n no | By the Assoctated Press. April 28.—A sweeping or- der, providing for the confiscation of all coke in the Ruhr, was issued yes- terday by Gen. De Goutte. head of the occupation forces. All coke by-prod- ucts are included in the order, which | explains the action is taken because { Germany refused to fulfill the clauses | of the treaty of Versailles providing or deliveries of coal and coke and because there are indications that the available coke supply is diminishing. In consequence of this order, it was announced this evening, all pub- {lio bath houses In Essen, Bochum, | Dortmund aud other industrial cities in the Rulir will be closed. About 500 furnaces already have been shut down, and the Germans say it is only a question of time when others, along with big manufacturing plants, will also close. Gen. DeGoutte's order prohibits the use of coke for domestic purposes and fixes penalties for infractions at from ten million to one hundred mil- lion marks fine with five years' im- prisonment. The Germans say they do not intend to comply with the order. i H T CHINA TO PAY HEIRS OF SLAIN AMERICAN Commanders of Troops Who Shot Charles Coltman Also “to Be Removed. By the Assoe’ated Press. American Minister Schurman, | Peking, has reached an agreement with the Chinese foreign office for the settlement of the Coltman case, involving the death of Charles Colt man, an Amerlcan, at the hands of Chinese sentries at the gates of Kalgan. | The agreement provides cpology from the Tuchum, in the province of Kalsan; the immediate removal from office of the chief of | Staff. the chlef adjutant and the | adjutant who were in command of the offending troops, and the pay- inent of an indemnity to be fixed by the American government. The result will be to remove a cause of friction which had severely strained relations between Washing- | ton and Peking. The American gov- | ernment had 1aid before the Chinese ofclals @ vigorous demand for adep. tion of the measures now promised, :nd had indlcated that it regarded I the incident as one of the most seri- ous that have troubled good relations in the far east in recent years. \STAREK FLYING TO D. C. KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 28— Fred Starek, director of the War Fi- nance Corporation, left Kansas City at 10:30_this morning on a_non-stop airplane™iight for Dayton, Ohio. He intends leaving Dayton tomorrow for ‘Washington, D, G ] i at for an { nomic opinions, or to advoc ‘WASHINGTON, Marine Corps Opens War to Gain Respect for Men in Uniform From Gen. Lejeune to Raw Recruit They Fight for Mate Beaten in Fredericksburg, Va. stituted a serles of sults against the city and two policemen following an assault on a private in one of the regiments, has not only been placed before Gen. Lejeune, but Secretary of the Navy Denby as well. Should the Quantico officials fail in getting justice for the assaulted marine it i8 con- sidered highly probable that the Navy Department {tself may take action. According to the official report re- celved at Gen. Lejeune's headquar- ters, Charles O. Segroves. a private, assigned to the 5th Regiment of Ma- rines, was arrested in Fredericksburg on April 2 and charged with being intoxicated, The soldier declared he had just alighted from an automobile when he was seized by two police- men, one of whom held him while the other beat him. The incident was (Continued on Page SUSPICION GREETS: QE VALERA OFFER Sincerity of Order to Irregu- lars to Cease Fighting Doubted. witnessed by Column 3.) a By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, April 28 — Eamon de Valera's statement of the conditions on which the Irish republicans are will- Ing to negotiate peace sheds little new light on the political situation, in the opinion of Free State government circles, aithough it does contain definite order suspending hostilities, as evidence of the irregulars’ “good will." De Valera's proclamation contains =ix proposals which are generally re- garded as embodying the points of his old position. He asserts that the Irish people constitute the ultimate court of appeal for deciding disputed questions of “national expediency and poiicy™ and declares in substance that persons holding republican principles should not be excluded from the coun- cils of the government. Seek to Evade Oath. This position, set forth in article 4, is taken in some quarters as express- ing the desire that the oath'of alle- giance, prescribed by the treaty with Great Britain, may be waived. The article asserts that no class of individuals who subscribe- to the “principles of national right, order and good citizenship contained in the proclamation can be justly excluded by any political oath, test or other device from a proper share and influence in determining national policy, or from the councils and par- tiament of the nation.” Another of the stipulations is that “freedom to express political or eco- te political or economic programs. freedom to assemble in public meetings and free- dom to press a right of citizenship and of community must not be ab- rogated.” Press Unimpressed. Comrhenting on the proclamation the Freeman's Journal says today: “Frankly, it is difficult to see any- thing in it but another maneuver designed to extort terms which it is | clearly impossible for the government to accede to, or, alternatively, to pro- cure a breathing space for a reor- ganization of the forces that have been engaged in the attack upon the nation.” The Irish Times regrets that De Valera fails to realize the necessity for direct language. The newspaper says the proclamation may be in- terpreted to mean that the republican leader accepts the Free State or that he continues to refect it. The Times also asserts that De Valera claims the right to sit in the national pariia- ment even while refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the national constitution. The Free State, it continues, cannot make terms which would compromise its security, nor can it tolerate out- rage, but it nevertheless should test the feasibility of De Valera's pro- posed basis of negotiations. 227 PORTUGUESE SHIP PASSENGERS SAVED Thirty-One in Two Lifeboats Still Reported Missing in African : Wreck. By the Associated Press. CAPE TOWN, Union of South Africa, April 28.—All but two of the lifeboats belonging to the Portuguese steam- ship Mossamedes, wrecked several days ago at Cape Frio, are now re- ported to have been picked up. The Mossamedes carried 237 passengers. According to the advices received here, 227 of the persons comprising the passengers and crew of the ves- sel have been saved. FINDS NO CRIME IN FIRE AT QUEBEC BASILICA Marshal Declares Spontaneous Combustion to Blame—Doubts Any Incendiarism. By the Assoclated Pre QUEBEC, April 28.—Spontaneous combustion caused ‘the fire which destroyed the famous Quebec basilica last December, Fire Marshal Leclero reported today. He also expressed the belief that none of the fifty-six fires fn religious institutions in the province during the past decade was due to incen- diarism. “ FIGHT PROPERTY TAX SALE. The District Bupreme Court was sked today by Jennie M. Prall, Anna . Fahnestock and Anna P. Knorr, to enjoin the District Commissioners from selling their property at 918 and 920 16th street at the delinquent tax sale. The property has been In litigation for nineteen years, and the owners say a tax sale will only com. Dlicate-mattore. v WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D C, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923 -THIRTY. -TWO PAGES. . ISOLATION POLICY WANES, SAYS CECIL U. S. Tending Toward Union of Nations, League Ex- ponent Declares. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 28 —Convinced that the American people have ac- cepted the view “that isolation was an impracticable ideal, if it was an ideal, and that some attempt must be made to answer the great question of what we are going to do” about international co-operation, Lord Rob- ert Cecil takes his leave of the United States today on the liner j Olympie. In his farewell address last night Lord Robert made it clear that he does not “suggest for a moment thai they™fteepr the league of natlons,” but added that the American people will devise some method for helping Europe out of its troubles. This was the impression he gathered in his four weeks' tour of the country under {the auspices of the Foreign Policy Association, he said, Lamonts Also Sail. Sailing with him are Thomas W. {Lamont of J. P. Morgan and Company. |and Mrs. Lamont, whose guest was, and James D. McDonald. chair- man of the Foreign Policy Associa- tion. To the Economic Club. whose mem- bers heard his final discussion of the league, Lord Robert said he had re- ceived in this country no suggestion of a plan preferable to the league for preventing wars. “Has anything been sald to me. he asked, “which shows a real alter native, something which will do as well, about which T can go back to Europe and say. ‘vou are all wrong? The right plan is something quite different from vour league. _Aban- don that and take up some new plan. Well, honestly, T cannot say that the suggestion reached that point.” Assuming what his auditors took as a vein of good-natured sarcasm, Lord Robert said: Amnswers Objection. “There is ome more objection of general character I want to answer and that is that all European gov- crnments are extremely wicked and that the United States is the only pure, upright and peace-loving na- tion in the world, whose simplicity and candor would make it an easy prey for wicked Europe. : Such an attitude is, of course, all nonsense. “Believe me. I did not come to prop up the British empire or to protect international finance or any- thing of that kind. I came solely and entirely to see whether I could do anything to assist, however humbly and however siightly, the cause of the peace of the world. desire peace with all my heart. “Is it necessary to search about for other motives' WIFE SUES STOKOWSKI. Samaroff, Noted Pianist, Asks Divorce. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April Mrs. Leopold Stokowski, musical circles as Olga Samaroff, has filed suit for divorce. Her husband is the conductor of the: Philadelphia Orchestra. The charges were not disclosed, the papers being impounded in court yesterday. he Olga Rich Men Who Rule Germany New and astonishing develop- ments in industrialism since the great war will be described In a ries of articles in The Eve- ning Star. How the American “concern/” Germanized Into “konzern.” has come to mean an assemblage of corporations all. working powertully together. The first comprehensive re- port of the unprecedented con- centration of wealth and po- litical influence now in prog- ress in the Rhine country. Beginning next Tuesday, this important _series, by Hiram x.le Moderwell, who collected the materia] at first hand, 1 I appear iments. NIGHTMARE! Paul Hubner Known | to Thousands in | the Capital. ‘ Attempt to End Life | Recently Failed; Left No Trace. | Paul Hubner. ninety-three old, veteran of tle civil war | known to thousands of Washingto- | nians as the oldest newsboy in the | city, today Is among the missing. Having admittedly tried to com- | mit suicide by turning on the gas in| his tiny room at 233 Pennsylvania avenue a few days ago. friends fear for the old man, who hud become a | familiar figure about the streets, his | bundle of papers under an arm. Po- | licé, up to noon today, had been able to find no trace. He disappeared Wednesday morning In his bare little room. where the gas jet had been removed and the pipe plugged to prevent his making 2 second attempt to end his life by gas, the veteran newsboy left one small grip of medicines and miscel- laneous curiosities, and a new tan (C on Page 2, Column DENBY AND NTCARL TIFF DEADLOCKED Secretary of Navy May Ask Ruling on Jurisdiction in Wage Matter. An apparent deadlock was reached today in the controversy between Secretary Denby and Controller Gen- eral McCarl as to which has su- preme jurisdiction over Navy dis- bursing officers. In a letter to Mr. Denby Mr. Me- Carl insisted that his authority must be maintained, and added that “the power and duty conferred and im- posed by law upon this office * * * are in no way affected by any orders | or instructions which may be issued by the Secretary of the Navy." Denby May Ask Ruling. As a result Secretary Denby is ex- pected to carry_the matter to the Attorney General for a ruling. Disagreement between the two offi- cials arose out of several cases in- volving the pay of retired men of the Navy. In one of the cases Jose Tall, chief boatswain's mate, new in the naval home at Philadelphia, over a period of several years recelved & total overpayment of $437. Mr. Me- Carl ordered that his pay be cut monthly to.make up this amount, but Mr. Deénby objected, declaring that | established law prohibited such a practice. FORMER FRENCH PREMIER LAUDS HARDING STAND Entrance of U. S. to World Court Is Vital to Its Success, | ° Says Painleve. ' By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 28—President Hard- ing’'s proposal that the United States participate in the Permanent Court of International Justice was character- ized today as of far-reaching impor- tance by Prof. Paul Painleve, former premier and one of the many promi- nent Frenchmen following with close interest the course of the United States government with reference to the league of nations. “I thoroughly understand the Presi- dent’s position on the league,” said Prot. Painleve, “but the entrance of the United States into the court must not be discounted’or taken as a half- measure. ' International affairs cannot g0 on without the co-operation of the United States, and its membership in the court will be & vast step in world progress.” 193-Y ear-Old Newsboy, Civil War Vet, Artist, Tired of Life, Missing DELAYS DECISION ON WORLD COURT Law Body Halts Resolution Favoring U. S. Part. Hughes Makes Appeal. A resolution indorsing membership by the United States in the permanent court of international justice at The Hague was referred today by the American Society of International Law to its executive council with a request that it ascertain the opinion on the question of all members of the organization and make them pub. lic as soon av possible, The action was preceded by con-|flying the British flag from engaging | siderable debate, in which a number of delegates attending the meeting here sought to have the con vention make a declaration in sup- port of the administration's proposal for American membership in_ the court. Objections were raised, hgw- ever, on the ground of the scientific nature of the society, and on consti- tutional grounds by other members, and the matter was referred. Some objection was voiced to the form of organlzation given the court, while other members drgued that member- ship by the United States would give | the American representative oppor- tunity to reform objectionable points in its structure. Urged by Hugh: Replying to objections raised to American participation in the Perma- nent Court of International Justice, Secretary Hughes, speaking last night before the society, asserted in sum- mary of his support of the proposal that the “only way to prevent war is (Continued on Page 4, Column “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as t! he papers are printed. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 95,853 TWO CENTS. Maj. F.S. Besson Is Relieved as District Official An order was issued at the War Department today directing that Maj. Frank 8. Besson, Corp of En- glneers, be relieved from assign- ment as assistant to the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, to take effect at such time as will enable him to report at Fort Leavenworth, between August 20 and September 3, 1923, to the command of the general staff sopool for duty as a student officer in the 1923-24 course. Maj. Besson is now acting En- gnieer Commissioner in place of Col. Keller, who is on leave of ab- sence. 1, TONASS SHPS FORLIQUOR WAR Awaits Decision of Depart- ment of Justice on Use of Navy Vessels. The rum-chasing armada of the United States, a co-ordinated fleet of American vessels from prohibition, customs and coast guard, headed by the Navy, probably with an “admiral” from the Navy in supreme command. soon will be riding the Atlantic three. mile limit to end rum running. Provoked into stern measures, the government has determined to throw all force necessary against the smug- glers, has worked out a complete plan of procedure for using the Navy, and now awaits a confidently expected de- cision from the Department of Justice confirming the authority of the Presi- dent to declare an “emergency” and loose the American sea dogs of war. How many vesseis will be considered necessary and how they shall ganized, equipped and commanded are problems belleved already given the careful consideration of prohibition and naval officials, although detailed plans }are kept secret. Co ider Co-Ordination. It was considered certain, however, that some plan for the co-ordination of lthe rum-chasing fleet must be under way, inasmuch as the anti-smuggling outfit now operating in Atlantic waters is actually under several separate com- mands. Should the navy be added, which to- day was considered virtually assured, there wouid be presented the problem of co-ordinating the rum-chasing_ar- mada with the possibility that the Navy might be chosen to bear the colors of the flagship. The battleground is expected to be potentially all around the American coast, but particulariy New York, New Jersey and Florida. Sees Rum Fleet. Activities of the enemy off New York were believed to have been re- ported to Prohibition Commissioner Haynes yvesterday by Palmer Canfield, prohibition director for New York, who had made official trips of in- spection to the rum fleet, and had the fleet meant business. Shortly ed the smugglers capable of landing 100,000 cases annually. House last night that the { had asked for a decision from the De- questions involved, including the “emergency,” and the contingent I questions of using the Navy for law enforcement, and appropriations for the Navy, to enforce the Volstead act. One thing has been determined al- ready, it was learned, the dry fleet will ‘operate inside the three-mile limit, Only Navy Ald Asked. Some confusion existed in certaln | quarters today as to whether the gov- | ernment intended to throw the Army, Navy, marines and, perhaps, aviation finto the anti-smuggling war. The ) prohibition unit, it was learned, has jasked only for the Navy. t Another powerful agency which ,may_be thrown against the enemy is i the Navy intelligence service, trained !ln discovering the actions of any enemy. Officials feel that agency ‘ would be of invaluable aid. |, Another blow was struck vesterday by the government against smuggling !in representations from the State De- ! partment to Great Britain, asking !cv-operation in _the enforcement of { American law. Specifically, the Brit- {ish were asked to help prevent ships uor traffic. Another point raised | in lia was the possibility of a reciprocal annual | arrangement for exchange of infor- | I'mation, so that sailings of vessels | carrying liquor cargoes would be re- ported. Nime Ships in Rum Fleet. Latest reports from visitors to the rum fleet indicate there were nine ves- sels riding at anchor on rum row. Some iofficials believed today that the an- nouncement from the White House | that the power of the Navy may be } thrown against them, may scare many linto precipate flight. At the Justice Department the President’s request for an opinion on use of naval vessels against rum runners was referred to Assistant At- torney General Willebrandt, in charge of legal aspects of prohibition en- forcement. Mrs. Willebrandt at once began an examination of the legal technicalities involved. She indicated considerable time would be required | before her opinion could be formu- ted COURT DEPUTY, USED TO FLYING, OVERTAKES ELUSIVE AVIATOR Not even an aviator can get away from a deputy United States marshal with a subpoena. Philip Harold Lee, an Army filer, at Bolling Field, whose wife is suing for @ divorce, learned this fact last Wednesday. Deputy Mar- shal Ernest Swann had paid sev- eral visits to the field in an effort to locate Lee, but had been un- successful.. Wednesday was the last day for service or e sum- mons would be no good. The deputy decided to get Lee. On ar- riving at the fleld he was infor: od that Lee was operating a plane in the air. Bwann, whils with the A. E. F. in France' had been up several times, and at the sugges- tion of another aviator became a passenger in his machine. The deputy with his pilot started in pursuit of ‘Lee, but before the second plane had overtaken the first, the planes were flying over Alexandria, Va. Service ~ there would have been unlawful. Lee turned his machine toward Bolling Field. Deputy Swann agaln took up the chase. Lee's machine, dis- tanced his pursuer, and was not caught until both planes arrived over the landing place at Bolling Field. © Swann vaulted out of his plane soon as the ground was reached and handed the summons to Lee. be or- | the waters off | been convinced with his own eyes that | after his first inspection he estimat-, Announcement came from the White | President | right of the President to declare an | .. LOSES $364.000 INREVENUE UNDER TREASURY DECISION Ten Items Heretofore Credit- ed Solely to District Must Be Divided 60-40. FINES AND CERTAIN FEES COME WITHIN RULING ity Auditor Presented Thirteen Funds to Controller for Opinion. City Gets About Half of Total. | The District government will lose $364,000 in revenue to the United States government this fiscal year, as a result of a decision handed down by the controller of the Treasury to- day. The controller's decision was based on a request submitted to him by Maj. Daniel J. Denovan, city auditor, for an interpretation of a new clause written into the appropriation act this vear, which said, in part: “That after June 30, 1922, anv revenue de- Irived from any activity or source ! whatever, including motor vehicle li- censes, not otherwise herein disposed of. which activity or source of reve- nue is appropriated for by both the United States and the District of Co- lumbia shall be divided between the two in the same proportion that each has contributed thereto: * * There were thirteen items of rev- enue which up to the present time had been credited wholly to the Dis- | trict government. The district aud- itor asked the controller to consider arguments as to which of these items should be divided 60-40 with the fed- eral government under the above quoted language. The total amount of revenue de- rived from these fourteen Sources an- nuaily is approximately $755.000. The controller decided that ten of these items would have to be shared with Uncle Sam on the basis of 60 per cent to the District and 40 per cent to the federal Treasury. Fees and Fines Involved. Forty per cent of these items of revenue, Maj. Donovan estimated to- | day, amounted to $364.000 in round numbers. The three items which the con- | troller decided should continue to go entirely to the District, amount to $421.000, that out of the total amount involved. the District has | been able to retain slightly more than { half. { The following are the items of | revenue which the Controllier sald | must be credited 40 per cent to the | federal government | Miscellaneous reimbursabie taxes Police Court fines, Juvenile Court fines, elevator operator permits, steam engineers’ licenses, insurance licenses vehicle operating permits | plumbers’ enses, market rent and motor vehicle tag: | The three items which w {to Ro entirely to the Dist taxes, amounting to § occupational or busi S $160,000 a year, and insurance taxes, |approximately $195.000. BUYER STRIKE THREAT HITS SUGAR MARKET Sharp Break in Futures Contributes to Unsteadiness—Offerings Liberal. so | motor 1 continue : Dog partment of Justice on the technical| Py the Associated Pres NEW YORK, April 28—Threats of a buyers' strike, accompanied by a | sharp decline in the futures market, {had an unsettling effect in the sugar | trade today. In raws no sales were reported, but offerings were more lib- leral from operators, with Cubasavail- lable at 63 cost and freight, equal to |5.16 for centrifugal. without being taken Raw sugar futures were wealk un- | der liquidation and final prices show- | ed declines of 14 to 30 points. Clos- ing: May, 6.26; July, 6.38; Septem- ! ber, 6.48; December, 5 There were no changes in refined | sugar, but trading was light. List prices are quoted at 10.05 to 10.25 for { fine granulated. Refined futures closed 5 to lower, with sales of May delivery at 10.00. FAVORS SUGAR BOYCOTT. A hope that housewives will “put these sugar speculators out of busi-, ness” by refusing to purchase sugar !at the present prices was expressed in a statement issued here today by Senator Brookhart, republican, ITowa. “It is true the canning season is | near at hand." the senator said, “but | they can put up the fruit by the | ‘cold-pack’ method and by the time Itt is to be used the new crop of {sugar will be on the market and these speculators will have been driven to cover. ABANDONS HIS MANSION HE BUILT IN CEMETERY New Orleans Man Who Craved “Quiet Neighbors,” Finds the Environment Oppressive. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, April 28.—Wil- liam Kline, who some years ago buflt a mansion in a cemetery here be- cause he ‘wanted to have quiet neighbors” has sold the home for $15,000, it was learned today. It was said at the office of the realty con- cern which had charge of the tran action that Kline had lost some of his. fondness for quiet and now is building a dwelling in Miami, Fla. The mansion will not be utilized as & residence by the purchaser. points and June