Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1923, Page 1

L] WEATHER. Siowers tonight and possibly to- morrow morning; cooler late tonight Temperature and tomorrow. twenty-four hours ended day: Highest, 71, at noon est, 62, at 3:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. for at 2 p.m. to- today; low- Clo:mg N. Y. Stocks n_ntl Bonds, Page 14 @) ¢ Ty enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Tk, as fast as t “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 he papers are printed. ! Yesterday's Net Circulation, 93,314 ‘ — No. 28,866. post oifico Wi Entered as second-class matter hington, D. C. RANSOM BELIEVED ONLY HOPE TO FREE NDIT CAPTIVES Course Suggested in Letter| of Maj. Pinger, Held Pris- oner, May Be Followed. SONS OF U. S. OFFICERS RETURNED TO MOTHERS Boys Enthusiastic Over Adventure. Report Two Women in Hands of Outlaws. B tie Associated Press TIENTSIN, May 12.—Payments of ransom, or compliance with whatever other terms the Chinese train bandits of the Shantung hills might demand for the return of their foreign cap- tives, seems today more than ever the only feasible move, in view of the Jotter, urging such a course, received here from Maj. Roland Pinger, one of the two American Army officers taken to the outlaws' stronghold with the other passengers of the Shanghai- Peking express train after it was de- led near Suchow last Sunday Not only was the letter from Maj Pinger dispatched here from the bandits' retreat today, hut the young son of Maj. Pinger—Roland, jr.-—was 2iso. He came in company with an- other boy. Robert Alien. jr.. the sor of Maj. Allen, the other American of- ficer held for ransom. Boys Like Adventure. The two lads, clad in Chinese cloth- ing. apparently were in good physical condition when returned to their very | anxious mothers. The mothers, who were on the train, but were not taken fnto the hills by the bandits, had re- mained here awaiting word of their imperiled families. The boys were enthusiastic over the “adventure” and id the bandits had taken a fancy to them, seeing that they suffered no ill. The Pinger and Allen bovs reported 1wo women still in the hands of the They were unable to iden- 1fy the women, but from their de- seriptions 3t is believed that one is Senora Manuel Ancira Verea, wife of a prominent Mexican, who also is held. Senora Verea was reported to Thave refused to leave her husband when the bandits offered to release outlaws. her with a number of the other for-| eign women. There is no surmise here s to the identity of the other woman mentioned by the bo: The boys added that both of the foreign women' were at the bandits’ head quarters and were in Chinese dress. Refuned to Treat. 1t was reported here that the ban- dits had refused to treat with the commander of the Chinese troops sur. rounding the mountains because of a blood enmity between him and the bandit - chief, occasioned when the commander executed a brother of the chief. Negotlations, however, were said to be proceeding haltingly be- tween the outlaws and Kiangsi gen- eral, and it is believed here that it the ‘troops are withdrawn the cap. tives will be freed soon Iscaped Chinese prisoners said the recognized among the leaders of the bandits former ofiicers of Gen, Chang Ching-yao, who was governor of the province of Hunan in 1920, when Rev. W. A Reimert, an American missionary, was murdered by Hunan troops. At that time the American legation demanded that Chang be held responsible. Want Status Restored. One of the conditions said to have, been laid down by the bandits is the restoration of their former status as regular They are described to have wrecked the express train as # last resort when they were pressed hotly by troovs. It is estimated that there ére 8,000 bandits within a radius of fifty miles. Those guarding the captives are in trenched over a tunneled fortress on 10op of a mountain., They are admirably situated to resist a_siege. . It is reported from Lincheng that these brigands are flve miles from Tsaochuang, with rescuers in close communication. SIXTEEN STILL HELD. soldiers. Five Americans in Number, Say State Department Advices. State Department ad\'ices~u7da)‘ from the American legation at Peking said it was belleved the foreigners still held by the Chinese bandits in| Shantung numbered fourteen men and two women. The Amerlcan prisoners are J. B. Powell, editor, Weekly Review, Shanghai; Leon Friedman of the Chi- na Motors - Corporation, Shanghai; Lee Solomon of Shanghal, and Majs ober: en and Roland Pin the United States Army. . J. A. Henley, representative of the Thlnn and Far East Finance and Commerce Periodical, the dispatches satd, had been releaced and arrived at Lincheng ¥esterday in good condition. Returns to Negotinte. vang Shih Chi, who was released ir., and Robert Allen, jr., sons of the American Army officers, the advices added, returned yesterday to open negotiations at Lincheng between the Shantung and Kiangsu military lead- ers and the bandits. Several of the bandit leaders were reported to have served formerly as officers under Chang Ching_Yao in Hunan province and to be well known to Yang, who is a relative of the manager of the Ching Hsing mine at Peking, and also a son-in-law of Yuan Shi Kai. > The forelgn captives are all well nd cheerful with the exception of Chevalier) Musso (an Ttalian attor- ney of Shanghal), who is getting bet- ter and whose personal physician is being sent to him.” the dispatches said. J.'A. Henley was sald to have re- ported to Consul J. K. Davis at Lin- cheng that he had seen all the for- cigners within the twenty-four hours preceding his release, with the ex- ception of “the Mexicans and of Smith,” who were probably in some other village, and that “all were being _twel] treated. Girl Asks State To Kill Her, as Lite Is Drear By the Assoclated Pregs NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 12— Gov. Austin Peay today received the following extraordinary re- auest from a girl in a little town in middle Tenncssee: “I'm writing to ask you if 1 may have the privilege of being drug- &ed to Insensibility and electro- cuted, or shot.” The letter relates futile attempts upon ‘Lh- girl's part to restore herself to physical and mental health, and adds: “I have no one who s able to care for me. Life is no good. You know, a person like this is better off dead.” PARLEY ON CHINA" - COURTS ON NOV. 1 ‘ = Powers to Aid Nation to Re- vise Judiciary as Voted at Conference. November 1 next has been agreed upon as the date of the conference | to e held in Peking by representa- jtives of the powers, under a resolu- | tlon adopted at the Washington arms | conference, to assist in reforming | the Chinese judicial system | The United States, Belgi Great ‘llr!"h Prance. TItaly., Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Rrazil, Den- i mark, Norway, Peru, Spain and Swe- den will be represented in the con- °©. which grows out of the de- to andon extraterritorial rights in China as rapidly as the Chinese courts themselves can as- sume responsibility for the admin- istration of justice | Towers Notifled. Notifications to the various govern- ments participating have been sent ‘oul Ly Secretar: Hughes, after receipt of word from the Peking government that the date of November 1 would be ‘ngrpeflbln Mr. Hughes explained that invitations had been sent to Brazil. Denmark. Norway, Peru. Spat and Sweden because they extraterritorial rights in China. ai- though they were not signatories of | the resolution on that subject agrecd | to_In the armaments conference The meeting was to have takaon Y;‘)‘]‘;u:l- within threg months atter the | Wushington conference adjonrned, but at the request of the Chinese gov jernment a postponement tvas agrecd upon. China desired additional ti-ne, possessed {1t was sald, wflm‘rure himself for the 0. | discussions an _revise some {laws dealing wit e h the judiclary | (CALL CONFERENCE ON RAIL MERGERS {Many Eastern Chiefs Lookb Favorably on Great Consolidation. B the Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 1 'he attitude of eastern rail chiefs toward the In- terstate Commerce Commission’s pro- | posal that all railroads of the coun- | | try be merged into a score of big, i co-operative transcontinental sys. tems will be decided upon at a ses- | sion of the eastern presidents’ con- { ference set for next Wednesday at i the board Tooms of the New York,| New Haven and Hartford railroad. group are reported to have evinced a decided inclination to give the plan a trial, although ‘they differ in regard to the process by which ! amalgamation should be accom- | plished Th New York Certral favors the | plan and already has paved the way toward Its adoption in the recent ac- auisition of several small lines. It also is reported to have sold other subsidiaries which would fall into | the geographical territory of another i system. | ‘Samuel Rea, president of the Penn- sylvania, is said to favor only volun- i tary consolidation and to oppose any merger which would link strong and weak roads together, compelling the one to support the other. F. D. Un- derwood, president of the Erie, is queted ‘as raying: “Amalgamation will benefit every Interest concerned |ard will harm none if it is properly ! Although E. Loomls. presid {of 5. president the Lehigh Valley, declined to make public his opinion, his fellow executives indicated he was opposed [ to the plan on the ground it would give an unfair advantage to the New York Central, Pennsylvanla and other larger roads. 3 The Philadelphia Chamber of Com- merce is understood to be preparing to fight the plan, belleving the Bal- | timore and Ohlo ‘would dominate the roads serving their city. { { * Special Correspondence of The Star. NEW YORK. May 12.—Peacham, sitting atop of the Vermont moun- tains once again enters the lime- light. Less than a month ago Col. George Harvey, favotite son of that ancient village, drew it to the attention of the prihces and fords and Britishers of high de- | gree seated about a banquet board | in London. He told them calmly that Peacham was the purest Eng- lish municipality outside of his majesty’s realm. In fact, he as- | serted, it was 100 per cent pure. Within the next few days Peacham will bring forth its choicest trout lines and bait in the honor of its foremost native son, despite the fact that he got “in bad’ when he made his now famous speech. For Col. Harvey 3= erted today h; Wil o there just as soon as he possibly can, The colonel grinfed -when he was Yo Y A majority of the executives in-this PEACHAM, VT., FORGIVING, PLANS , TO FISH WITH COL. HARVEY | by the bandits with Roland Pinger, | WASHINGTON, RUSSIANS STRVING TOAVERT RUPTIRE OVER BRITSH FAT Krassin Rushing to London by Airplane on Secret Mis- sion of Diplomacy. MURDER OF VOROVSKY COMPLICATES SITUATION | Factories Close in Moscqw While Throngs Join in Demonstration ! Against Note. BY K. A, MACKENZIE, s “ieago Daily News. B s s MOSCOW, May 12.—Leonid Krassin, trade commissioner for sovlet Russia, started for London by atrplane this morning, the flight beginning at Koenigsberg, East Prussia. Before his departure from Moscow he declared that the Russo-British situation was serfous. A breach, he added, had not yet come. Rumors abound, but positive infor-, mation is not avallable Those who know what Russia’s reply to the Brit-| ish mote will be will not talk; those | who talk do not know anything about the answer. Meanwhile the public is speculating widely. Some hotheads declare that the Russian answer should be to launch an army through Afghan- istan upon India, which is only a little less practicable than it would be to Jaunch an army by airplane against Brazil. Resentment Ia Growink. Generally, while there is much and growing resentment agaiust what the people corsider the peremptory and | humiltating demands of the British. | men here hope that some satisfactory | way will be found for a peaccful set- tlement, but that hope is becoming lless hourly. The British note was | printed fully in this morning's news- papers without comment. Krassin resolved suddenly to go b | girplane to London. with the full ap- | proval of the Britlsh government. There i3 much speculation as to, | whether this means, direct negotia- | | tions or liquidation of the soviet prop- | erties tn Great Britaio. Probably {is the latter. 1f the Durpose Is nego- | iattons, 41, would be Impossible to | choose . better man, baceuse Kras- ! in's recent bold stand agalnst the | oxtremists in the communist confer- | ence has given him the confidence of | all forelgners here tnatfon Complicates Asna | The news of the Lausanne assassi- | nations has further complicated the situation. These are singularly un- fortunate. because the presence of the | Russian delegates at Lausanne was ovidence of Russia's desire to come into contact with the other powers. Financial and business circles re- ! | gara the possibility of a breach of re- | lations with 2 feeling akin to despair. It would at a stroke undo most of the work accomplished in the last few yvears toward better relations. The tuble continues to fall. The state pank refuses to pay out foreign money except under special circum- Ordinarily any amount can e reely drawn by the depositors. Border States Aroused. Interest here centers increasingly | upon the effect upon the border states, | which may be incalculably grave. Re-| cently the writer had an opportunity, | | both fn Poland and in white Russia, | ¢or studying their mutual relations. A large body of the Polish people to- day is influenced by a triple hate of the Tussians. communists and Jews. The decision to pull down the mag- nificent Russian cathedral in the heart of Warsaw, leaving not one stone standing. is proof of this. The | Polish authorities assured the writer Tepeatedly that despite this feeling | hey had no Intention of beglnning | hostilities against Russia. Polish leaders repeatedly approve Bismarck's declaration that “war with Russia is not merely an evil like all cars, but, in the case of victory. there I mothing one would like to take for a reward.” 1t is impossible to send a telegram | airect from Warsaw to Moscow, and | the customs severities along the bor- der make the journey almost impossi- Plg: ussian authorities regard the Foch demeonstration at the sudden return of the Polish minister here to War- saw with profound suspicion. They | speak of the possibility of a bloc| of Baltic states—Poland, Rumania, Hungary and Jugoslavia, against Russia. Great\Britain's withdrawal, if It comes, may be regarded by them as -virtually a declaration of war, influencing them to take active hos: measures. e prospects are undoubtedly very (Continued on Page, 2, Column 7.) asked who will be his companions oh his yet-to-be-made trip. To a quiet suggestion that it very likely might be the storekeeper, who he seemed to have forgotten when he made his address overseas, Johan- nes Frederich von Richter, who' is one of the best fly casters in all New England, and who has been a member of other flshing parties with Col. Harvey, the ambassador to Great Britain merely smiled. Pressed for some sort of a state- meant he polished off his shell- rimmed spectacles and looked out of the window. 5 Nevertheless, even though the colonel would not talk here, ad- vices from Peacham indicate that some of the natives—those whose ancestry dates back to Cork and Limerick—are to ask just what was meant when in his speech he described Peacham as diadem in the English crown.” They also will ask when he intends to “call the population together to or- gnlu Jthe Royal Boolety of St eorge,” as he Yrfinlnd the Prince ©of-Wales-at-this banquet. B, i Drev D. 0, POISON PEN CLIQUE HITS SOCIETY HOMES Band Preyed Upon Wealthy Women, Causing Suicide and Insanity, Is Said. NEW Jurs well, YORK. May 12—-The grand which has indicted George Max- president of the American So- of Composers, Authors and Pub- lishers, for sending obscene missives through the 1s, s evidence against elght other prominent mem- bess of a “poison pen clique,” aileged | to have victimized 140 wealthy society, people here, in Philadelphia, Buffalo. Pittsburgh and other cities, District Attorney Banton disclosed today Eighty of the alleged victims a ready have testifled before the grand Jury still in session. Mr. Banton re-| vealed that their statements had led | to the uncovering of 147 pofson pen letters and to the discovery that uine! well known families had been braken | up, & man and a woman had died| chortly after receiving vicious mis- sives. and another woman had gone insane. Maxwell's attorneys Lere announced that Maxwell had cabled from Europe | a denfal of charges in the indictment. Maxwell himself received several! obscene letters from the clique, said | the attorneys. He would not wait to! be extradited, but would hasten home | to face his ace: rs. they Mrx. Rynn to Return. Allan A. Ryan, the financler, whose wife was named in letters he turned over to the district attorney resulting in the grand jury disclosures, declared | today she also would return from Europe and that he would prosecute the writer if it took his entire for- tune. Among disclosures made by Mr. Banton were that a band of anony mous letter writers had been preying upon prominent people in this and other cities since 1914 and that the reciplents of letters included the late Eurico Caruso. the Countess of ulalia, who was the widow of John | etson of Philadelphia . the actor. and Albert banker. Divorce S sons not named by th ney now are pending he said. Method Explained. The poison pen clique's method, ac- cording to the authoritles, was to send letters to middle-aged women endeavoring to entice them into af- fairs with members of the group. After several months the writers. either because thelr methods falled or becayse they disliked the- intended victims, would send letters to the! husbands, brothers or other male rel- atives of the women to whom they had written. « Members of the society which Max well headfd say it is inconceivable that he could have been connected with such a plot. He was the antith- esis of ,the type to which such a scheme ivould appeal, they asserted. The letters that Mr. Iiyan turned/ over to the authorities were received by Mrs. Ryan more than a month ago. All were typewritten and un- signed, but in the upper left corner of each were typed the names and addresses of several bankers and clubmen. The characters made by one typewriter have flgured in the investigation. BARS THE PUBLICATION OF ALLEGED KLAN NAMES Court Temporarily Enjoins Pub- lishing Company in Indianapolis From Making Exposition. i By the Assoc:at:d Pres: CHICAGO, May 12.—Federal Judge Carpenter today issued a temporary injunction restraining the Tolerance Publishing Company from publishing the names of persons alleged to be members of the Ku Klux Klan in In- dianapolis and the state of Indlana., The judge referred the matter to a! master in chancery to determine hew | the lists of namies, which attorneys; for the Km Klux Klan allege were stolen, cate into possession of the pub- ishing company. The company publishes a periodical called Tolerance, which is opposed to | the*Ku Klux Klan. It also is prepar- ing, according to attorneys for the Klan, to- publish a book, entitled “Who Is Your Neighbor?’ Klan couhsel allege tha: the lists were stolen and that the publishing organization has no right to publish them. ma district attor- in the courts, N £ SATURDAY, MAY | rts had 9 12, FRENCH ABANDON ARMS PACT CHANGES BY By Cabi PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. PARIS, May 12 gov- ernment has changed its position with reference to the Washington treaties. Instead of recommending their ra ficatfon with reservations, as intend ed until recently, the government will now recommend ratification pure and simple. A report to this effect will mitted to the foreign affairs sion of the chamber of deputies week, and it that ratifica- be sub- ts hoped | tion will be voted some time in June. BRITSH GOLF TMLE HON BY WETHERED | By the Ascocated P Wethered, th British a mpion. He won the title by defeating Robert Harris in the final of the championship tourna- ment here today. 7 and 6 Wethered displaved a sterling brand of golf in the morning round. He went in in 35, and his medal score of 73 for the round was the best of the tournament. His exhibition, in fact, was declared by experts to be equal to any ever seen in the con- cluding session for this title. gor is new Two Up at Turn. Wethered won the second, third and fourth holes, the last with a birdie 2 after the first had been halved, 4's to Wethered's i's on the fifth and seventh, but the player won the ninth and was 2 up at the turn. Going home Wethered won the twelfth, thirteenth and sixteenth, and was 5 up, but Harris took the seven- teenth. The cards: Wethered Wethered- LA Harris— In.:l 4 3 5 4 It was an Anglo-Scottsh Wethered being English and Seotch. A cold wind was blowing during the morning. - Wethered continued his excellent play in the afternoon, finishing 7 up and 6 to play. The cards of the afternoon round: Wethered— -40 contest, Harris 5 4 4°3 537 eaby & Wethered— In... 4 4 Harris— In... 4 5 g OUIMET BEST GOLFER. 5 4 43 6—39 British Writers Give Highest Praise to American Star. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 12.—The fine way the American players have taken their defeat in the Deal Golf tourna- ment is a subject of general com- ment in the newspapers today. The -easy, Egood-natured way in (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.). — G. 0. P. LEADERS CONFER, Fred Upham Here Prior to Sailing for Europe. Fred Upham, treasurer of the re- publican national committee, is in town today conferring with Chairman Adams and administration leaders on the general political situation. Mr. Tpham is sailing for Europe short- 1y and prior to departure is going over with his colleagues the affairs of the committee and the party. Features of th Har- Oxford | 1923 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. Dry Agents’ Raid SHIFTS TO ELEVATE D.C. PAY SCHEDULES City Auditor to Place Em- ployes in Positions Com- parable to Federal Posts. Tue of department heads of ! the District government in carrying out the reclassification law will be to assign their employes to grades that will entitle them to salaries comparable with the amounts re- ceived Dby similar workers in the federal government. This was emphasized Ly Maj. Danlel J. Donovan, ecity auditor, to- day when he explained the details of the law to heads of all agencics of the city government at a meeting in the District building. D. C. Salaries Lower. Maj. Donovan pointed out that sal-| aries In the District service have al- ways been lower than those in the| federul departments, and asserted | that when the bureau of efliciency classified the District offices two' yeurs ago it did not Lring them up to a level with the cxecutive depart- ments. It would be contrary to the very| purpose of the reclassification law, he ! said, to so grade District workers| | that they would continue to receive| less than clerks doing the same kind! of work in other departments of the| Bovernment. Whether this equality between the federal and District services is to be accomplished. however, will rest with the personnel classification board created by the law aim To Pass on Recommendatio: That board w pass upon the recommendations ent fdrward by Maj. Donovan's committee for each | | | pantes {eity worker. On these recommenda- | tion sheets the department head will | I set forth the rating given each em- [ ploye by the bureau of effictency, and | | besige it the rating the department | ad belicves should be fixed. | ! Maj. Dovovan's committee will pass | {upon the two figures submitted by jthe department head and then pass {the sheets on board. After proved them |to the ! porat | cal i 31 CARS DESTROYED IN TERMINAL FIRE Cotton, "Automobiles and Other ! Commodities Burn at Southern Railway Sheds. to the classification that board has ap- they will be returned Commissioners and incor- ed in the estimates for the fis- vear Leginniug July 1, 1924 NORFOLK. Va., May 12.—The South- crn railway treminals at Pinners Point were threatened with destruc- | | tion carly this morning by a blaze that originated in a large warehouse between the power plant and the shops. Thirty-one freight cars, six loaded with cotton; the others with tobacco, automobiles, lumber and other com- modities were totally destroyed. e e “HERRICK PAYS $5 FINE. Former Congressman Does Not Ask New Trial. Former Congressman Manuel Her- ! rick of Oklahoma, convicted last week of disorderly conduct, was fined a nomi- nal fee of $5 by Judge McMahon in the District of Columbia branch of the Po- lice Court today. This followed when the self-styled “aerial daredevil” decided not to flle a motion for a new trial. i i | [ ! e Sunday Star. Enlarged Rotogravure Section Twelve pages of interesting happenings in pictures. photographs. A record of world The Fine#t Rotogravure Section in America “The Remarkable Story -of Hans Rose” Commander of German U-boat tells story of underseas war- fare. ships. How he sank the S. S. Jac ‘Thrilling article illustrate ob Jones and other United States ed by German artist, who made pictures from conning tower of U-boat. In Tomorrow's Star. for airt, the top. { nis On College Prom Reveals ‘Drunks’ By the Associated Press. COLUMBLS, Ohio, Ma: Pronibition Commissioner McDon= ald announced today that four in- spectors from his office last night raided the annual “spring prom” at Xenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and arrested eight students for having lquor in their possession. Considerable “evidence” was re- ported seized. Seven of the students this mor! ing pleaded guilty of having in- toxicating liquor in their posse: sion when arraigned in mayor's court, and each was fined $100 and costs. McDonald safd today that one of the students was “to drunk to enter a plea.” The chief of the stats prohibition forces declared today that Presi- dent Plerce and several of the Ken- yon College professors remonstrat- ed with the {nspectors who made the raid, and that President Pierce was taken to police headquarters with the arrested students, but was not placed under arrest. In a statement issued today at Gambler, President Plerce stated that the faculty will take imme- diate steps to prohibit liquor In connection with any social activity at the college. He intimated that some expulsions are expected to follow last night's raid. BURIED BY CAVE-N, MANNEAR DEATH Laborer Saved After Firemen and Mates Dig Frantically for More Than, Hour. Prompt action by his fellow-work- men and members of the District fire Gepartment saved the life today of Kennth Davis, colored. 38 vears old who for almost an hour was burled in @irt up to his chin as the result of a cave-in of a water main exca- vation lie is now in Emergency Hospital euffering from shock. Davis was at the bottom of a trench preparing for the laying of a water main in connection wWith new homes under construction at that point, when Charley Desper, a fellow - workman, asked for a cigare Desper said he saw tie left bank of the hole slip. He yelled to Davis that the side was caving in, but Davis saw it a mo- ment too late. He made a futile ef- fort to get out just as he was burfed under a mass of earth. Several work- men jumped into the trench and dug feverishly. They could" hear the buried man groaning as they dug. In a few minutes they succeeded in getting the dirt from around Davis face. enabling the imprisoned man to breathe. Firemen Are Called. In tha meantime George J. Thomas. foreman of the laborers, who lives at 1254 41; street. telephoned Emer- gency Hospital that a man was bur- fed under a cave-in of dirt, and some one else turned in the fire alarm box at 16th and Webster streets. The firemen received the alarm at 10:31 o'clock and No. 6 truck, engine com- 4 and 11 and Fourth Bat- talion Chief C. Schrom reached the scene. A short while after Chief En- gineer George Watson arrived The firemen jumped into tne trench and dug rapidly, encouraging Davis at the same time, who was groaning and calling for speed. rival of Emergency Hospital ambu- lance on the heels of the firemen, Dr. M. P. Russéll, a woman physician, climbed down into the trench and gave Davis a hypodermic in the face. Thie quieted him for a’ while until his wafls made it necessary for Dr. Russell again to inject the needle, which she did. this time in the arm, which the firemen by that | refeased. Finally Extracted. Chief Sch. nn, at the top of the trench. actively directed the work of the firemen, who worked in snifts of three at a time. The hole was so narrow that as the firemen closest to the buried man lifted up a shovel full it was passed Chief Watson also was on hands and knees a part of tie time watching the work of his men. At 11:25 the continuous digging re- leased the other arm of the man and he began to take on new hope. He alded with both hands in getting th airt from around him. Fifteen min. utes later the man was free up to his walst and a rope was lowered, after which he was slowly pulled free. Safely landed on the side of the trench he sat there for a moment, smiled, and felt himself all over, as- suring himself that nothing was braken. Chief Schrom ordered him taken to the hospital, where an examination showed he was suffering only from shock. NEW CIVIL SERVICE JOBS. and Women Eligible Temporary Positions. Temporary employment for periods of two to six months is open to men and women who have passed ' a stenographer or typist examination at any time within the past three vears and who are not now employed by the government. 1t willing _to accept temporary work. such persons are asked to re- port at once to the certification clerk of the Civil Service Commisaion. The commisaion also called attentfon to the examination for stenographers and typists to be held here June 12, from which examination both tem- porary and permanent appointments will be made. The examination is open to both men and women. in relays to Men for at 16th and Webster streete.| With the ar-| PRESIDENT FACES CONGRESS FIGHT - INTAXCUT PLAN Radical Situation in Next Session Menaces Prospect of Recommendation. REPUBLICAN MAJORITY SLIM IN BOTH HOUSES i = Revision Discussed as Desirable in View of Probable Excess of Revenues. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, mptonis of what T mg will be up agai Congress are already v came known today that on the 1 there has been considerable discus- slon by the President and his ass clates of just what should be in the way tax revision at next Congress, because it is obviou there 18 golng to Le an excess o revenues. But ever; the jeet is mentioned ther of the shoulders and of puzzied uncerts would to a revision if { Congress. | The repun House and 1 the repy lous ‘any majo ! would be sufficier | of the pa Ing hasn't |in the Senate, and the | fluence is so strong | Broup in the House that ! be doubted how much legisiar administration could push thr ithat body without compromising | stantly with the radi sident the sible. dorne | pen radica express . The troub real i Unanimitcy Is Deatred. The des inistratior to recommend a it thers is | getting an agre |leaders of the different actiens in Congress. In the of such an understanding, 1+ is that time would {to amend the existing revenue laws it e of the ad da taxes prospect among ps the | abeer ! be wasted tryi The danger, of course | radicals —will ' not be satisfied it {the recommendations of t amix | istration, but will wish to go further | In reducing taxes. or rather {ing the burden from or tax pavers to the other, {imposing u heavier burden people and cor fons of larea come. There has er !Tevising the excess profits ta administration has no 1 the proposal and probably DI with that kind of [he vetved by the Presid | got Tt s any feeling ne class as against the strongest argumer will be made for the reduct higher brackets of the surt 1 that miore income is chtair { moderate rate than by a highe | This may not be a pleasing ci stance in a world of attempted equity but that's what happens just the same. The evasions that can {to avoid higher surtaxcs merous and too effective government the mones ! be forthcoming income. The radica!l been Willing 10 loo | that practical st | next Congress wi | confiscators make any re doubtful until the last i Initintive Not Declded. The Harding admi | ke to reco: | taxes-and would = | tion program, b | the initiative in | cal elements | trol_ the s that the parti att andpoint, t tness a flood prop ich w tax e ristration w mend a upport the decisior redu as be able to o | legislative situatior | yet been ma an | phase of the hand, is the kr | cals will not v President Harding. but bail roiling themselves. | The fact that revenues | cess of expenditures ot only | widely known. but enough informa- | tion has been given out in the state- | ments from the Treasury Departme I to afford the radicals a backgro jand they will not hesitate to i the inftiative. Indeed the poli Mr. Harding runs | wil] start out i revision, and so to s thunder. The next gress is still siv | coming events cast th forehand. In the inte istration willl have to make up its mind just what strategy to follow either conciliating the radicals, com- | promising with them or fighting them to the last ditch. It has become ap parent in the last few days that the fitst real test will be the battle over tax reviston. i (Copyright, 1923.) MACEDONIAN REVOLT PUT DOWN WITH EASE omfortah’e situation. on the other owledge t the rad word start the will are In exe take ical perit wh s that the rad 1d fo steal of C away shadows I n the admn Session Many Arrests Reported as Sofia Reports Repression of Rebels With No Serious Incidents. | By the Associated Press. SOFIA, May 12.—Government meas- ares to repress the activities of Mace- {donfan revolutionary organizations have been carried out without seri- ous incident, and many suspects have been arrested. Even the newspapers opposed {o tie | government policy comment ‘favor- {ably on the ministry’s determin {to-curb the extremists. i Bulgaria In Quiet. | LONDON. May 12.—The Bu 11egaunn in London today d | the reports of revolutionary | ances in Bulgaria e officials s | pressed the opinfon that the renorte: disorders were confined to Macedoni: and had not extended to Sofia, where the Stamboullsky government Is se curely intrenched. Rumors of iu ternal trouble in Bulgaria circulated M Constantinople, it was said, were inspired by the country’s enem! disturl e - 4