Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1923, Page 2

*in" question, but Gen. Lord, director 2 ® TAXCUT AND BONUS FIGHTS PREDICTED Senator Curtis Believes Cam- paigns Will Be Pushed in Congress Session. i Senator Curtis of Kansas, republi~ can whip of the Semate and one of the ranking members of the all-pow- erful Senate finance committee, be- lieves there will be a serious attempt, during the coming session of Con- gress to materially reduce taxes, and that there will be an adjusted com- pensation law for world war veter- ans enacted. The Kansas senator made these predictions today at the White House following an interview with- Presi- dent Coolidge. He explained, how- ever, that his business with the Pres-, ident had to do with a miner federal | appointment in Kansas, and that matters of legislation were touched upon only in a general way. Belleves Reduction in Doubt. Senator Curtis asserted, though, that the prospects of bringing about a re- duction in taxes, for which he claims there is a great demand throughout the nation, are slim unless the lead- ers In the Senate and House get their followers to agree upon a definite program. Unless there is something really definite and tangible offered ere will be no chance for this legis- fation. He said that already $80| 000,000 has been cut from the nation’s burden, but the public at large nds more relief, and should havé it without delay. He has not made up his mind about a proposed cut in the surtaxes, but he feels sure there is little prospect of ap- plying taxes to state, county and municipal bonds and securities. To eliminate the statea from the tax e empted list would require a const tutional amendment and to become a law ratification by the states would be necessary, but he does not think many states would be willing to ratify anything proposing to levy additional taxes upon them. Cites Bomus Figures. Regarding the bonus, Senator Curtls #aid that the financial burden would not be as great as is generally rep- resented. He pointed out that pay- ments to the ex-service men in the first year would probably run in the neighborhood of $76,000,000, account- ing for tke majority of those who would draw no more than $50, and would prefer the bonus in spot cash. He said that the annual payments to be made by the govérnment would grow less each year until the fifth Year, when the federal certificates, which would be issued to such men as desired them, under the terms of a Dbill passed by the Sixty-seventh Con- gress, and would be negotiable for | loans at banks, would fall due for payment, and then the sum would probably rise to more than $140,000,- 000. From then on the annual bonus payments would quickly reduce. By this means, he contends, a special tax to meet the bonus payments could be | avolded. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania came. to the White House today to secure the President's influence in having the pneumatic mail tube service replaced in Philadelphia. During the Wilson ad- { ministration the tube services in Bos- | ton, New York and Philadelphia were abolished, but since then the New York tubes have been put into operation. Postmaster General New, in a supple- mentary estimate to the budget, re- cently asked for sufficient money to resume the service in the two cities of the budget, turned the proposal down. Backs Budget Chief. ‘While President Coolidge is unde: stood to have expressed himself being in sympathy with the appeals of the two cities he has manifested a desire to uphold the director of the budget in all matters so far as is possible, and that he has no inten- tion of establishing a_precedent by asking him to change his rulings. President_Coolidge today listened to Dan A. Sutherland, Alaskan dele- gate in Congress, and John Rustgard, attorney general of Alaska, protest against what they term “federal par- celing out of exclusive fishing rights” in Alaskan waters. Delegate Suther- | land, during the last session of Con- gress, charged that the Department of Commerce was allowing the fish trusts to acquire exclusive rights to the detriment of the natives who are ! dependent upon fishing as a means of livelihood. He has been answered by Secretary of Commerce Hoover to the effect that | his department has been following out a conservation program and he would continue its established policy toward the Alaskan fisherfes. ! Count Albert Apponyl, member of the | Hungarian national assembly, and for many years one of the leading states- men of that country, who is in America on a lecture tour, had an audience! with President Coolidge today. He | was accompanied by the Hungarian minister. »~ Others who saw the President today were: Prescott Blgelow, jr., of Bos- ton, who is in Washington with the In- | vestment Bankers' Assoclation of America; Representative Newton of innesota, Senator McCormick of Illi- nots and Representative Jack Connelly of Texas. §aB, 14840 RAISED FIRST DAY OF DRIVE Team Workers Have Flying Start Toward $200,000 for Crittenton Home. Pledges totaling $58,748.40 were re- ported at the first gathering of the forty teams enlisted in the $200,000 campaign for the Florence Crittenton Home improvements here at the Eb- bitt Hotel this afternoon. Of this amount $50,000 was con- tributed by Chester A. Snow for a memorial hospital for his late wife, Mrs. Theodora Snow. Five hundred dollars was contributed by the con- 'SKELETON FIND | THREATENS TO UPSET EVOLUTION STATUS (Continued from First Page.) he must be at least 300,000 years old. Previously the oldest human relfcs found in the western hemisphere are placed only about 10,000 years back in well defined historic periods. Students of human evolution are faced with an apparently unsolvable ! mystery. The earllest vestiges of evidence regarding man’s habitation of this planet, such as the skull cap of the Java man and the jawbomes of the Piltdown man in England or the Heidelberg man in Germany, date back at least 500,000 years. Then comes a complete break of approxi- mately 300,000 years in which there is not the slightest trace of human beings. Much of this period was during the so-called four ice ages. Connections in Doubt, There is doubt as'to whether the earliest remains represent real an- cestors to man as he exists today. They may have been only distant relatives—although the differentia- tion from the skeletons of early apes is so marked that there s no ques- tion but that the Piltdown and Heidelberg discoveries represeat an entirely new specles. Then comes the Neanderthal men toward the close of the last ice age. They were either direct ancestors or very close relatives of human beings today, although their ape-like qua ities 'were more marked than their human. From cultural remains found in conjunction with the skele- tons they are known to have reached a stage of culture where they cooked | their food, burled their dead and made flint_implements. Also they had de- veloped a crude sort of Did Dr. Harrington's come between this type, with brains developed almost to the same point as man of today. and the animal- liko creature of the Heldelberg stone quarry? If so, he is the single hu- man witness of at least 200,000 years of history during which the great glaciers passed over the face of the earth. Discoveries Pre-Columbian. . Discoveries hitherto in North and South America have not been truly pre-historic, but merely pre-Colum- bian. Even the Central American re- mains were of comparatively recent date In actual history. It has been almost taken for granted that the Americas were not inhabited in ac- tual prehistoric times and efforts of anthropologists have been devoted largely to conjecture on how human beings first came to the land. M. W. Stirling, Smithsonian Insti- tution anthropologist, said yesterday that it has practicaily been proven that the first men crossed the narrow stretches of water from island to island in the Aleutian group to Alaska and worked their way south- ward. - One argument against Dr. Harrington's pre-Neanderthal man, Dr. Stirling says, is that eastern Si beria, where it is obvious that the Indian race originated, has no very early remains. Another theory, Mr. Stirling says, is that the earliest inhabitants may have come in canoes from the Pacific islands. His -associates_were loath yester- day to discredit Dr. Harrington’s dis- covery, although they claim that it is the ‘most improbable find in mod- ern science. The description of the skull contained in dispatches from | Californla is such as to indicate that it actually did antedate the Neander- thal. The skull is thicker and more apelike and, it is thought likely, con- tains less brain capacity. The fact that Dr. Harrington found obsidian spear heads in the grave is a sus- picious indication, however, the an- thropologists clalm, because weapons from this stone have been classified as belonging to a much later period. Unfounded reports of the discovery of paleolithic remains on the Amer- ican continent crop up every year or o, the anthropologists said yes- terday, but hitherto they have origi- nated with mep of much less scien- tific training than Dr. Harrington, who has been associated for years Wwith the staff here. It was brought out also that in recent letters to Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, head of the department of American ethnology, Dr. Hafrington was con- cerned_merely with the study of the early Santa Barbara Indians and had no idea of penetrating beyond the dawn of history. Dr. Alés Hrdlicka, curator of physi. cal anthropology of the New National Museum, has just established the prob- able direct descent of the present human type from the Neanderthal man through study of recent discoveries in Europe. Search Cemtral Afrien. The searchlight of anthropology, it was said today, has been directed at the central African jungles in search of the predecessor of the Neanderthal man, in the belief that the ice descent drove the human race south from the shore of the Mediterranean, where they are supposed to have originated. Dr. Harrington's. find, if it holds water, will serve to turn all this energy to the Pacific coast of the United States. An important consid- eration in proving the antiquity of the skeleton will be the age of the geological formation in which it is found, although, it is polnted out, this will not be convincing proof, since even today a grave might be dug through strata millions of years old. Judgment will be withheld until a letter is received from Dr. Has rington himself telling of his dis. covery and giving scientific measure- ments of the skull, which is the most prominent part of the skeleton intact. y The discovery -might again revive the theory, long considered as proven, but recently discarded, , that the human race originated sorewhere in Asia, coinciding with' the eupposed biblical location of ‘the Garden of Eden. It is only from Asia that access to the American continent is considered to have been possible for the short-legged, stoop-ghouldered, hairy oreature who fought the mam- moths and the great cave bears and left his bones scattered through the rock quarries of Europe. ASSURED OF ANTIQUITY. By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif, October 29.—Proof that paleolithic man lived on the southern California coast is afforded by recent excavations of human remains near Santa Barbara, Calif., in the belief of Dr. J. P. Har- rington, head of a party of Smith- sonian Institution investigators which made the find. That the Santa Barbara man was|maximum class of $1,000,000 or more. an inhabitant of the Pacific coast at the same time as, i not earlier than, the Neanderthal man roamed paleo- lithic Europe, is established, accord- ing to Dr. Harrington, by a cumber of features of the skulls found here. Chief of these is the thickness of the skull, the of forehead, the bovine characteris. imost complete absence THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO such eyesores cleaned up. D. C. Wealth Increased in 1921, But Actual Taxes Paid Decline Incomes Greater by $35,000,000 Than Year Before, But More Exemptions Are Asked; Corporations Fall Off. Although personal and corporatethe previous year of about $3,600,- income for the entire United States 3g|ov0(l}:h.l::mn“°m.gngrggrlfl;‘ G5 | ndivid- in 1921 dropped sharply by more than | uals and ‘several acore corporations seven blllion dollars under 1920, ac- | from tax payments, but the figures cording to reports to the internal | were not segregated. revenue bureau, the total income re- | New York and Pennsylvanta ranked | nrst and second, respectively, in thi ported from the District of Columbla | Jist of returns filed both By indlc rose during the same period by more | viduals and corporations and held the than $35,000,000. | some " respective standing in taxes There was a tax reduction loss to | P#!%: the federal government of $1,279.- 352,791 from all sources in 1921, as UT".ITIES BODY PLANS compared with 1920, with the mm‘ income and profits tax for 1921 stand- g at $1,420,962,538, pald by 7,018,573 DEPRECIATION RULE tndividuals and firms. The su(l:uc?\ {ep?rtt by'c‘:r:vl:':‘]:; Al £ n stoner Blair of the internal T burcau. made’ public today, further owance for Reserves Important th had been a reduc s PrYs e Noout 800,000 1n e “numbet " of Factor in Deciding Rates Pub- sons and firms making retur 2 Sompared with 1920, while of ‘the lic May Be Charged. total number of returns flled, 6,662,176 were by individuals. Show Unusual Situation. The fixing of rules to be followed In the District of Columbia there Was | by the several public service corpora- an anomalous situation, the incomes ris- ' tiong in dling their depreciation ing while the total for the country fell, | - P00 o0 :“‘u. B e e but with a falling off in the actual tax D mm from the District to the govern- | eration by the utilities commiasion, ment. Thus the income reported by the |it was learned today. District of Columbia rose f{rom $232.-! pormer Engineer Kuts undertook 754,747 n 1920 to $268,657.764 in 1821, | A FOTMEr THREINCe St while the tax resulting to the govern- e ment dropped instead from_ §12,213,-| eral years ago, but the question of 301 in 1920 to $11,126,070 in 1921, whether the Interstate Commerce The increase in tncomes reported bY{ commisgion had Jjurisdiction over the District in 1921 was $35,803, o = aios A over 1920, while taxes fell off during |that subject was ra! y one of the same period by $1,097,231, ¢ the utilitles and the movement was Ot the District returns, 1.25;_2 v:::: temporarily halted. made by D 0. 704.451, Paying| It Is known that the commission Eroes of $3.421,506, while there were !within the past few days has been 966 personal returns, total net in-|considering the possibility of re- Some_ of §$248,345,804, paying taxes of [opening the depreciation lissue at an e Exemption Clalms. e Sethods to be followed In set e mei 2 e o from the | UInE up depreciation reserves are im- Part of the drop in taxes from tHe !, rtant to the commission becauso District during the period when 00| he allowance for depreciation is one comes were rising was accounted fOF| of the outstanding factors in all by (he fact that the personal ex-|P, foj o emption from tax rose sharply. Thus: SRR the mnet income repor(;“,il ;’5’8 F'E‘I'BO:;! bt I v it ot | NEW TURKISH CABINET $248,345,804 in 1921 Bu Como subject to normal tax dropped | | [KELY, DISCORD GROWS during the same period from 317, 668,201 in 1920 to $67,428.285 in 1921 et et on government obligatioNs, | By the Associated Press. which are tax free, was u;:.ny":;r CONSTANTINOPLE, October 29.—It Soun Ll B o $817.854 in 1921, . |is belleved that either Ismet Pasha Gross income of corporations in|or Fevzl Bay, the chief of staff, will the District, however, fol off fro@n|form & new cabinet as a result of 322830 I responding decrease | the meeting of the popular party on in tax paid, which - dropped from|Saturday. At the meeting, which wa: 33,676,669 In 1920 to $3,421506 in| geormy, the premler asserted that 192 porations in ‘the District show- | great discord existed In the national ing mo income rose both in number|assembly, and when an explanation and amount of “deficit.” There were | by the cabinet was demanded he re- 542 of these firms in 1921, a larger) fused to give it. The premier was number than for many years. They |geverely criticized. showed gross income of $80,010,719, ficit” of $11,812,424. No similar ENTRIES defcit item as far back as 1916, ac- PIMLICO cording to the figures available today, FOR TUESDAY. maidens, twoyearelds; |Tose above $3,635,912, which was in 1920. Richest Persons Here. From the wealthiest persons in the District, there were flled three re- turns, showing incomes above $200,000 ally. One was for the amount ;:lnv‘vlecn, $200,000 and $250,000; an- other from $260,000 to $300,000, and a third fromr $300,000 to $400,000. Five persons reported in the class between $1650,000 to $200,000; elghteen in the class betweén $100,000 to $150,000, and four in the class between §90,000 and $100,000. The largest class returnable Sy FIRST RACE—For Purse, $1,300; six furl us s 115 . 118 Stevens .. Bounie Omar, Suppliant .. The Hibernian. i ‘was that reporting. 1 from $1,000 ' to_$2,000, numbering. 3 Reductions in the amount of taxes paid and the number ofretutns filed as compared with 1920 “extend all along the line from the persons : ing taxes on incomes of $1,000 to the records show thirty-three persons ad- mitted having incomes in the class of | THIRD “one million dollars and over.” [ Imcomes Over Million. Hoart. Veor. Detalled _figures _disclosed that | goeipurisenia twelve of the twenty-one paid taxes 'ewringls . There were only twenty-one in the latter class in 1921, while in 1920 the gregation of All Souls® Memorial | tics of the teeth, and the constructionon incomes between $1,000,000 and Quecresk Church. Approximately 200 team workers |sembles that evident in the lower |between gathered at luncheon. . Roland S, Rob- Dins, rman of the executive com- mittee, presided. The first honors of the day went to team NG. 35, captained by Mrs. H. L. Bafrick, ‘who reported subscrip- tions tbtaling $1,010. The second nors” went to team No. 30, headed y, Mrs. E. J. Duffies, with a report of $434 -ralsed as the result of the first ‘work. { t 8. Barrett, son of Dr. Kate i ,’r Barrett, national president of orence Crittenton Home orggni- zatfon, Was the principal speaker at “the ‘luncheon. Rev. Harry D. ”mj. D. D, pastor of the Metro- M. E. Mi urch, asked the in- vocation. 'LANDSLIDE IN CANAL. 300,000 Cubiec Yards Slide Into Gaillard Cut. PANAMA, October 29.—Three hun- dred thousand cubic yards of earth olid nto Gadliard oug in the Panams hara ¢ tho day In ma ei- fort to aver: imterruption of tramec. of upper and lswer jaws, which order: The skull of the Santa Barbara man possesses ‘a pronounced super-orbital $1.500,000, 2nd none reported lg::fln.-i-mw. FLESEROD. Ca 1000, FOURTH RACE—Threeyearelds sad wp: Three individuais paid taxes on net . (ST incomes betwoen §2,000,000 and 33,000, | erda. = " —r 000, and five on incomes between! 108 'ridge without depression between the | $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, while one' .Illl-‘.- eyes, as does the Neanderthal man. shared with the government an in- The thickness of the skull, more than{come “in excess of five million dol- one-half inch, iy almost the same. Even more. striking proof of the Santa Barbara man's era, according to the Smithsonian archaeologist, i found in comparisons of the teeth and jawbone structures with ' those|3.440.544; man of the Heldelburg mai ‘The skull of the Heldelburg was found with teeth in & perfect state of preservation, and is virtually | to $20,000, the same as that of the Santa Bar- bara man, he said. ‘The lon, powe! are “all tiguity of the find, acconding to Pr. Harrington. . The dlscovery of the skulls, he said, will about a complete revision at’ top and bovine teeth crushing/ jwbone, the unmistakably signs of ' the|$200,000, 450; $200,000 to $250, MO,'”‘ inrs. Al Fair. The total number of individual tax- | Old Timer. vers for 1921 was divided by the|Vanderburg . ureau records into the following tax ; 32,000 to $3,600, 2,222,081 33,000 to 34,000, 702,991;' $4,000 to $5.000, 369.155; $5,000 to $10,000, 353, 247; $10,000 to_$15,000, 80,014; $15,000 [ Batsman - 13150, 355,000 Lo, 330,000, 10343 430, | Thunsing’ Wid... 107 ., ), 0 ), ., a - 000 to $40,000; 12,047; $40,000 to $50, T, Wilsem, jr., aad Walter 000, 6,061; $50,000 to $100,000, 8,717 | ea! $100,000 to $150,000, 1,367; $150,000 to SIXTH 50,000 to '$300,000. 84; $300.00 400,000, 93; $400,000 to’ $500,600, $500,000 to ° $1,000,000, 63; $1.000,000 and over, 21, A total of 401,849 per- of the theory o gt held by scientists|sons filed returns on incomes of less first appea; North American con- tinent. Hitherto it ‘has been ac- o;f«d a8 a fact that primitive man 0 from vis: M‘%m Boring strait, ..u,-..*..m"“:f“"" oy nally came to North America |62e, While for 1920 the net than $1,000. The net’ imcome upon 6,662,176 indlviduals paid taxes was wecorded by the bureau as OID,IT'I.H’..; 10 Wi reported near) ted $4.336.047,81% a 2 View on west bank of Rock creek, south of Pennsylvania Avemue bridge. Col. Sherrill is attempting to have IMASONIC SERVICE BODY BEGINS WORK Secretary Shirrefs, A. A. S. R. Guest of Honor at Morning Session Robert Shirrefs, secretary general of the thirty-third degree, Anclent and Accepted Scottish Rite, northern Jjurisdiction, was the guest of honor at the morning session today of the Masonic Service Association of the United States at the Raleigh Hotel. The session was called to order by Harry G. Noyes, chairman of the executive commission, followed by the delivery of the invocation by Rev. | Dr. John C. Palmer, chaplain of the | Grand Lodge of Masons, of this city. Following several vocal selections by Fred East, including the singing of “America,” a roll call was taken of the various representatives. It was found that thirty-six states were re, resented as well as territorial posse! sions of the United States. George L. Lusk, past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, was elected session chairman and will preside both today and tomorrow. At the conclusion of Mr. Lusk’s election the address of welcome was given, Dr. Mark F. Finley, grand master of Masons of the District of Columbia, being the speaker. The resporse was made by W. Holt Apgar, past grand master of Masons of New Jersey. It was announced that a confer- ence of grand masters will be held ‘Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Scottish Rite Temple, which will be followed by a banquet there ir the evening. It also was stated that the delegates will attend the corner-stone laying in_Alexandria, Va., November 1, of the George Washington Masonic Memorial. ¢ ‘An address will be made this after- {noon by Joseph Fort Newton, edu- cational director. In this address it will again be pointed out, as in the opening remarks Saturday by Harry G. Noyes, the desirability of further- ing education along all lines, stress- ing particularly the free public school. The treasurer's report and the re- port of the executive commission will be given at this session. MARYLAND MAN DIES | AFTER AUTO CRASH William Patten’s Skull Fractured When Thrown From Truck in Collision. ‘Willlam Patten, Oxon Hill, Md., w: thrown from a truck at 2d and K streets northeast last night and re- ceived injuries which resulted in his death about noon today at Casualty Hospital. The accident happened when the truck and an automobile collid William W. Wartright, forty-five years old, 406 Orchard avenue, Pitts- burgh, Pa., guest at the Ralelgh Ho- tel, was knocked down and seriously injured by an automobile at Rhode {Island avenue and 10th street north- | east laat night. Patten was in the truck of Fred- erick 8. Hungerford, Oxon Hill, driv- en by James Gross, Fort Foote, Md., and the automobile that figured in the collision was owned and driven by Joseph Frasiano, 716 4th street. Both vehicles were badly damaged. The injured man was taken to Cas- ualty Hospital The pedestrian was waiting for & street car when a touring car ap- proached, passed anothtet machine just ahead of the street car and knocked down the visitor. . Police re- ported that the driver of the automo- bile stopped, but falled to make known his identity. His license num- ber was obtained. Wartright was taken to Sthley Hos- pital in a passing automobile and treated by Dr. Perkins for severe in- Juries to his head, legs and bedy. His condition is serious. GOLD FIELDS IN RUSSIA IN HANDS OF AMERICANS headed by Henry T. Hunt of Cin- cinnatl. The concession was obtained by Charles H. Smith, former Ameri- can member of the Chinese eastern raillway commission, who now is in Moscow. The company expects to begin work in the apring, but its rights are avail- able until July 1925, after which date it must make » final contract, meanwhile paying from, §5-to 3 per cent royalties in addi an acre- age charge. The last ‘worked in 1918. N . ia BONAR LAW NO BETTER. LONDON, October 39.—No improve~ ment in the condition of ~Andre The -l B the bulletins w—*‘ pecially to Remove Debris Near Rock Creek. In an endeavor to beautify the vark system of the {National Capital, { Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, superin- tendent of public bulldings and grounds, is making every effort to secure funds to clear away rubbish and debris In certain sections of Rock Creek and Potomac parks. In recent hearings before the budget bureau, in which estimates of Col. Sherrill for the park system maintenance and improvement were taken up, the fact that portions of Rock Creek Park were in an un- sightly condition was called to the attention of the budget commis- sioner. These conditions are sald to be particularly bad on the west bank of Rock croek south of the Penn- {sylvania avenue bridge, where plies | of refuse, uncultivated ground and jramshackle dwellings and barns mar | the natural beauty of the park. { At this point, where the road winds | near the bridge, is found rotted lum- ber strewn on all sides of the high- way, a dilapidated shed, with one side | half gone and with the roof about to cave in, along with abandoned and rusted machinery of various kinds, These things set in the heart of one of the beauty spots of the National Capital, amid towering trees and lux- uriant vegetation, should be removed at_once, Col. Sherrill belioves, With' most of Washington's park system In a high state of cultivation and with only & comparatively small amount needed to clear away the un- sightly portions, Col. Sherrill hopes for speedy action by the budget bu- reau and Congress on the project. COPELAND ON TRIAL ON SLAYING CHARGE Colored Prisoner Aceused of Killing Police Lieutenant Dunigan After Escape From Jail. | | | 1 Herbert L. Copeland, colored, who! broke out of the District jail in 1919 and was at liberty until captured last July at Akron, Ohio, was placed on trial today befcre Justice Bailey in Criminal Division 1. Copeland is called to answer an indictment for murder in the first degree in connec- tion with the killing of Police Lieut. David J. Dunigan. The tragedy oc- curred at 1400 Carrollburg street | southwest May 21, 1918. The morning . session of the. trial Wwas occupied with the examination | of the prospective jurors. The panel | imay be filled this afterncon. The in- | troduction of testimony, wilk probably |cg“|:me:u‘;om:rrom 7 o death of Lieut.. Dunigan fol- lowed the killing of & deputy sherift from Maryland, who had called:at 76 I street northeast to serve a sum- mons on Copeland. Copeland is said to have opened fire on the deputy and to have fled to Southwest Washing- ton, where he sought to évade cap- ture. Lieut. Dunigan_with other of- ficers surrounded the house and when the lleutenant entered Copeland is said to have shot and-killeg htm. The officers with Dunigan retarned the fire and ‘several’ bullets entered the body of the accused. He lingered in 2 hospital for several days and when arraigned in court required the use of crutches. United States Attorney Gordon and Assistant United States Attorney Emerson are conducting the prosecu- tion, while the defense is represented by Attorneys Henry Lincoln Johnson, former recorder of deeds; Royal A. { Hughes and Benjamin L. Gaskins. DINNER IN HONOR OF COUNT APPONYI Hungarian Minister to Entertain for Distinguished Statesman. Count Albert Apponyl, distinguish- ed Hungarian statesman, former speaker of the house of representa- tives of the Hungarian parliament and minister of public instruction un- der Emperor Franz Joseph, will be the guest of Count Laszlo Szechenti, minister of Hungary to the United States at a dinner at the Hamilton Hotel tonight. Count Apponyl, is on a lecture tour in this country, and is in Washing- Georgetown University School of For- eign Service, on “The Present Situa- tion in the Near East” tomorrow night. The Hungarian statesman, who has been a member of the house of representatives in Hungary for forty delegation at the peace conference at the end of the world war, is one of the few forelgners that haye been invit- ed to address the members in the United States Senate. He made this address upon the occasion of his former visit here in 1812. Count Apponyl was friend of the late President Roose. velt, who visited him at his estate in Hungary when he made his Eu- ropean tour. CHAIRMAN JOHNSON SUBMITS TO KNIFE Head of House Immigration Com- mittee Recovering From Effects of Serious Operation. Representative Albert Johnson of ‘Washington, chalrman of the House immigration committee, is recovering at a hospital here from a frontal sinus operation performed Saturday. His physiclans said he was restin comfortably and that his progres: was as satisfactory as could be ex- pected. The operation was of a serious character, it being necessary to re- move and then replace one eyeball. Representative Johnson was on the operating table for two hours. He auftered much pain yester: but ap- peared to be out of danger this morn- TRIES TO END HIS LIFE. twenty-nine years t 414 6th street, ;n had ed with a knife and blade of rezor in an attempt o end Hie windplpe been ald at told .:m.i his life the othor per- ton for the purpose of addressing the ! years and was head of the Hungarian | Danger to Public Seen in Ap- propriation Policy of Con- gress for item. Healthful growth of the city is be- ing throttled by the failure of Con- gress to provide funds for the con- struction of sufficient sewers to keep up with home building, according to a report of the committes on sewer- age of the Washington Board of Trade, of which Asa E. Phillips, 1s {chairman. There is & real public danger facing the city on account of this condition, the report says, and it may result in loss of life and im- mense property damage. It is the plan of the committee to take the matter up in detall with.congressional committees. The report declares that “the prac- tice of demanding from private citi- zens large sums to defray the expense of public improvements is not only unjust and unethical, in the opinion {of the committee, but, by tending to throttle private enterprise and ini- tiative in bullding, when home build- ing is 8o in arrears, cripples com- munity development, and works a hardship to many citizen Construction Work Far Behind. The construction of storm, water and sanitary sewers s 8o far be- hind the bullding development, ac- cording to the report, as to be & menace to the .public. health as well as a public danger. ‘Today, the re- POrt continues, 3,000 homes are with- out sewerage, and this number was increased by 100 last year. Very active work is needed right now in the city in the way of re- construction of old a&nd deceyed drains and storm sewers, to prevent the collapse of important units of the system, to provide greater ca- pacity or to remove menaces to the public health. Detalling_some of the imperative needs, the report says: “The complettion of the main val- ley interceptors begun years ago and on which nothing material has been done in recent years, has been re- peatedly urged by your committee in_previous reports. The_projects include: 1. The Anacostia river main inter- ceptor, begun in 1909 and designed to ellminate pollution from the great Anacostia parkway. 2. The Roch Creek valley main in- terceptor, begun in 1910 and designed to prevent the pollution of Rock Creek and its tiny tributaries throughout this beautiful valley. Protection of Beaches. 3. The upper Potomac interceptor, begun in 1912, which is designed to remove" the great volume of sew- age entering the river west of Rock Creek, which 1s the cause of such se- rious pollution of the public bathing beaches. Funds for the completion of these ‘works are most urgent. The appro- priation for these important sewage disposal works, whose completion 1s 50 vital to the health of the commu- nity, is but $40,000, while $950,000 is the "estimated necessary amount to {construct same, submitted by the sanitary engineer. This will require at the present rate nearly a quarter of a century for their completion. CHARGES ASSAULT BY 3 POLICEMEN Home Entered and Members of Family Beaten Up, S. S. Mcintyre Says. Charges that three officers of the seventh police precinct entered his home Friday night, without a search warrant, and assaulted him, his wife and son, were made today by Solomon 8. McIntyre, 3286 M street northwest. As a result of the alleged attack Mc- under the care of a physician, suffer- ing from shock and bruises. The policemen named by McIntyre are C. P. Robinson, W. F. Burke and |AL B, Moore. 1t was nearly midnight, | McIntyre said, when they came to his | house in search of his son, Joseph | Allen McIntyre, who was wanted for |investigation in connection. with the recovery of a stolen automobile. “The officers asked if my boy was home" sald a ' statement issued by Mclntyre. “I told them to walt and I would see. Instead of waiting they jTushed through the bedroom of my wife and daughter. When I asked them if they had a search warrant they replied that they did not deed ore. I asked them what my son had done, and they declined to answer. They then took my boy and knocked him to the floor unconscious. When my wife went to get water for him she, too was knocked to the floor. And as I went to aid my wife I was assaulted. These men also threatened to strike my wife with a blackjack. Denies Police Charges. “My wife and I were arrested on a charge of assault and forced to de- i posit $10 collateral each at the | seventh precinct station. We did not | interfere with any of the officers.” Enraged over the alleged attack, MclIntyre has engaged counsel to lay the case before Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police. The police declared at the time that they were attacked by McIntyre. —_— DOCTOR DECLARES PULL BROUGHT HIGH RATINGS IN VETERANS’ BUREAU (Continued from First Page.) had been given & rerating, with the disability total reduced to 20 per cent, but that within ten days he had been re-examined by his subordinates and given a 10 per cent increase of .disablility by the central board of ap- eals. ’Tho chairman of that board had explained, Dr. Souther.sald, that if legislation, such as that proposed by Senator Bursum for the retirement of temporary officers, should be enacted, Hahn would be entitled to retirement only if his rating were placed at 30 cent. Pebr. Souther declared he had filed a formal protest in this case and that inquiry had come from he front office” as to the reason for “all this pernicious activity” with regard to re-ratings. Still_another case cited was that J. Ballard of ti central board of review, who underwent an abdominal operation during the war. Dr. Souther sald Ballard had been re-rated at 10 per cent_ disability, but that in spite of this he waa carried on the roll at old rating of 35 per cent. ———————— Secretary Work of the Interior De- partment has authorized the investment of $400,000 belonging to sixteen Qua aw Indians living near Miami, Okla., Treasury notes, bearing 43% per cent interest. The money represent: returns from land and zinc. deposit: on the lands of the Indians. The notes will be held In trust by the In- mw v - Intyre declares that nis wife has been | TALKS and TALES With and Abou: CAPITAL’S GUESTS Should a certain richness to the at- mosphere be noticeable during the next few days just attribute it to the pres- ence In town of several hundred in- ‘vestment bankers who have come for the twelfth annual conventaion of thelr natlonal organization, which convenes for a three-day session at the New Willard Hotel today. It's rather difficult for the average mortal to picture a banker in any other light than a cool, self-possessed, glve-and-take type of citizen, aiways immaculately garbed and seldom, if ever, flustered, but if those harboring such impressions had only been around some of the city’s leading hotels when trainload after trainload of America’s most noted financiers were deposited in the Jobbies a different idea might have been formed. From east and west and morth and south they came, 1,200 in all, laughing, brimful of good humor, all enthusias- tic that their big meeting was to be held in the heart of the nation, and all eager to shake off the dust of travel _ While headquarters had been estab- lished at the Willard, every local hotel,” especially those in the down- { town section, housed its quotas, and at each house two or more members of the local committee were on hand to weleome the visitors. Little ‘time was lost by many In donning golfing togs and throughout the afternoon long Iines of taxis were hurrying to all nearby country clubs, where unlimited privileges awalted the guests. The officers of the huge organiza- tion, which boasts a membership of 603 main offices and 288 branch es- tablishments throughout the United States, have been in the city since the middle of last week. Probably the busiest man {n the District of Columbia for the past four days has been James A. Prescott of Prescott & Snider, Kansas City, the present head of the body. Mr. Prescott and all five of the vice presidents are at the Willard, and between executive and epecial committee meetings they had their hands full for the last twen- ty-four hours. And speaking of golf. Seated at the rear end of the registration room Rob- ert Stead, jr, of Harris, Forbes & Co., chairman’ of "the local golf committee, Jealously guarded three handsome tro- Dphy cups which are to be played for to- morrow afternoon at the Congressional Country Club. A beautiful plece 1s that donated by John L. Edwards & Co. to go to the low gross score, for piayers with 2 handicap of 16 and over, the cup to be the permanent possession of the win- ner. ~ Another artistic design is the Washington Railway and Electric Com- pany's gift, for low net score, players with handicap under 18 eligible, the cup becoming permanent possession of the winner. ~ The third trophy on exhibi- tion is the cup presented by Ben Joaquin Light and Power Company. This is for low gross score to be played for an- nually, the winner holding it one year. There is a fourth cup, that donated by the New Orleans group of invest- ment bankers, but this was not on ex- hibition, and for the simple reason that Roger Caldwell of Caldwell & Co. Nashville, Tenn., who is stopping at the Hotel Shoreham, has one leg on it, and feels so confident he will turn in the low net score tomorrow that he keeps the trophy with nim, figuring, perhaps. that shipping it down to the Willard would only mean unnecessary messenger charges. "The first player to win the trophy three successive years will be- come its permanent possessor. Fresh as a daisy and feeling highly elated over the comfort experienced on the long trip from St. Louls, Francis Paston Douglas, financial editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, who accom- panied the St. Louis, Kansas City and ‘Oklahoma delegates on the Kansas City special, told wondrous tales about the !!1? east. . “You know,” he said, “we had Old Henry, the famous porter who moth- ered our St. Louls bunch to San Fran- cisco last year, with us, and that tells the whole story. The Pullman Com- pany may have had porters in its long and honorable career, but none ever to equal Old Henry, In fact, it Is felt by our western bankers that the re- turn home cannot be made unless this remarkable person is on the job. Al- ready Kelton White of G. H. Walker Company has wired the Pullman peo- ple to assign Old Henry to our trip to New York and back to Missouri—a real porter is Old Henry!” With hedd full of bankers’ chatter a switch was made over to the Hotel ‘Washington, and the first man encoun- tered there was Eugene B. Palmer, resident of the Palmer Bond and ortgage Company of Sait Lake City. As little had been heard from Utah wr quite some time it was most gratifying to learn from the west- erner that conditions out there were thriving. “Wheat has been a bit off this sea- {son” said Mr. Palmer. “But judged {from reports this is in line with other | communities. Our beat sugar crops {have been on the bumper order, while | corn is of the best. Copper, well, you ! know the copper condition,'and while {silver has dropped considerably since ithe passage of the Pittman act, our ibanks are all in tip-top shape, money |is plentiful and our newly developed {steel industry is going along at a |great rate | ““You know” continued the banker, |“Utah will eventually be one of the {great steel and iron states of the |Union. We have wonderful unde- {veloped resources, which have been {held back on account of transporta- tion and capital, but now things are i booming. The Columbia Steel Com- |pany has just erected, with Cali- |fornia and Utah money, the first unit | of its big blast furnaces at Provo, a ifew miles rom Salt Lake City, at an japproximate cost of $15,000,000 and this will give a great impetus to business. “Politica? Ah, that's another ques- tion. Well, I will say the repub- licans are much pleased with Presi- dent Coolidge, and, as you know, Idaho and Utah are the most truly American states In the Union, very few aliens. Folks in our section feel that in the Chief Executive the coun- try has a fine specimen of American. No, I have not heard much about the McAdoo boom. The democrats are keeping rather quiet in our sta but they will start something short ly. I think—" But just then a flock of golfers whistled for the Salt Lake man and, grabbing up his kit, he was off for a taxi. While the lobby of the Hotel Shore- ham was alive with _investment bankers, they were deliberately avolded In order that word might be had with Gen. John A. Buchanan, noted hunter, horseman and all- {Tound_sportsman of Upperville, Va., | who, with, his son, F. J. Buchanan, | had 'just Begistered at the house. “Oh, things are running along nicely up In Virginia” ehuckled the proprietor of beautiful Ayeshire farm and owner of the racer Goldmar and other cracks. “Folks are riding {to the hounds, a big crowd follow- ing the Pledmont pack last Friday: bumper corn crops are the order of the day and, while grass and hay were ruined by the early drought, conditions in general are all right. 1 know nothing about politics.” THE MIXER." [ED Sty ENDS LIFE BY SHOOTING. Daniel McCallum, Jr., Was De- spondent Over His Health, “If I don't get better, I don’t know what I may do,” Daniel McCallum, Jr. fifty-three years old, a roomer at €33 Eye street, told friends several days ago, and last night he ended his iife by shooting. Report of the pistol shot attracted the attention of other persons in the house and his body was found on the floor, a pistol clutched in his h.)l}zh-\lnm a bookkéeper and un- married, had been treated for stom. ach_troubl His father, Danlel M Callum, sr, 16 30 street northeas took charge of the body.