Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. : Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder tonight; lowest temperature, about freezing. " { Temperature for twenty-four hours etided at 2 p.m, today: Highest, 58, &t noon today: lowest, 42, at 8 p.m. vesterday. Full report on page 7. Within the - Hour” The. Star’s “carrier ‘system covers every city block and the regular ed tion is delivered to Washington hom :as fast as the papers are printed. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Entered as seco No. 29,095. nd-class matter ost officé Washington, D. C. DIXMUDE CAPTAIN'S - BODY FOUND IN SEA; HOPE FOR SHIP DIES Fishermen ‘Recover Remains Near Sicily—No Trace of Airship Found. 49 MEMBERS OF CREW MISSING; SEARCH GOES ON French and Other Craft Comb Mediterranean for Largest : Dirigible.” Mexican Senate RatifiesTwoPacts. WithUnitedS tates By the Assoclsted Prens. MEXICO. CITY, December 27— The Mexican senate today ratified the special United States-Mexican claims convention by a vote of 42 to 5. The general claims con- vention was approved as a whole, 38 agalnst 1. The senate then adjourne: ing the discuselons article by article of the general convention untii another session. The greatest opposition against the conventions has. been against article 9 of the general conven- tion, which .opponents claim dis- criminates’ in favor of citizens of the United States By the Ausociated Press. The two clalms conventions with Mexico were sent to the Senate by President Coolidge early in December, and they now are pend- ing before the foreign relations committee. Action is expected soon after the holiday recess ends ©n January 3 By the Associated Pross, PARIS, December 28, —An official announcement today sald that.the atrigible Dixmude had been lost atl sca The body of Lieut. Grenadan, com- mander of the missing dirigible Dix- de, has been found in Sictlian waters. The-body was found by fishermen £ix miles from land off Sciacca, Sielly. Ite- discovery was reported by the Jtallan maritime authorities to the French naval attache at Rome. A French cruiser and three tor- pedo boats were ordered to Selac The receipt of a telegram from the French naval attache in Rome anncuncing that the body of Lieut. Grenadan. commander of the mi ing dirigible, had been found in Si- cilian waters caused all hopes of the safety of the Dixmude to be aban- doned. Thes# hopes had flared up last evening on receint of reports that the balloon had been seen float- ing helplessly over the Sahara desert. No Doubt of Identity. The Rome advices convinced the officials there could be no possible doubt as to the identity of the body picked up, as Litut. Grenadan had an identification tag on his wrist. Italian fishermen hauling in iheir mets at the =nd of their day's task last evening brought the body to the | surface. After it had been extricated from tiie meshes it was found to be that of a French naval officer in full | uniform. It was rushed to Girgenti, a small cove near Sciacca, on the southwest- ern shore of Sicily. None of the fishermen was able to read the' iden- tiffcation tag-and the identity of the dead man was only made a certainty when the mayor and the psehool teacher of the village viewed the Lody, which was then taken to Sci- weea, whenge a telegram announcing the ' discovery was dispatched - to Rome. Orders were: immediately _ tele- graphed to the naval base at Toulon to dispatch all wvailable light, speedy craft to Slellign waters to comtinue the search for bodies from the iil- fated airship. The fact that no vestige of wreck- age from the airship or other bodies of her crew twere foud caused the ministry of marine to refrain from giving orders as yet to_discontinue the.search of the~African desert for traces of the dirigible. The comb- ing of the Mediterranean, however, between Sicily and the coast of north- ern Africa, will be the foremost branch of the search in the immedi- ate future. . May Have Stayed With Shi ! 1t is surmised thmat Lieut, Grenadan, | when he realized the dirigible was lost, may have instructed his men to jump with thelr parachutes, and that he decided to remain on board the «hip, Which might have stayed-aloft several hours, the commander going down with her, while some®of the crew may nhave destended in the wilds of northern Africa. The Dixmude had fifty officers and men on board when &he left the Geurs-Pierrefeu airdrome, near Mar- | sellle, on December 18 for a seventy- two-hour cruise. She flew across the Mediterranean and over Algeria and Tunisfa to the edge of the desert of Sahara, ‘and then turned toward home* Shé was last heard from gi- rectly an Friday, December 21, at 8 p.m, when she' was abeut ninety miles south of Riskra, Algeria, head- ing north toward the Atlas moun- tains, intending to pass over Alglers on the Mediterranean. She was in- structed not to attempt to make for France across the Mediterranean, as a gale was blowing on that sea. ! Since then various reports of the appearance of the Dixmude have come from scattered points in north- ern Africa and along the Mediterra- nean, none of which recelved official copfirmation, Meanwhile a thorough search for hér by all the available French navat and military agencies, assisted by craft of other, nations, has been in| progress, while the whole world fol- | Jowed witr anxlety and deep inter- est the efforty to find her and save her gailant crew. The Dixmude, a Zeppelin rigid air- ship, built in Germany during the war and turned over to France on reparation account, was considered to yepresent the acme of achievemeht in Tigid airship construction. _She was the largest military airship in the world, the Shenandoah, the| American dirigible, coming next. The | Dixmude held the world's récord for| distance -and _endurance, made last September with an uninterrupted flight of 4,500 miles in 118 hours and —-—-——’—."-—*——’—‘— sz ek Friends Give Woodrow Wilson on His 67th Birthday dlsappeared last week. SEARCH REVEALS NO TRACE. Mediterranean Fails to Give Up| jecret of Dixmude Fall. / Bs the Associated Press. | ROME, December 28.—A message recelved by the minlster of marine cigcca confirming the news of i dentincation of the boay of (he Dixmude's - commander ' - says a thorough general search along the coast nearby has as yet ylelded no trace of any\other. body or of any aeronautical material "The Messagero L publishes an interview with the dommander of | ine steamship Port Alessandretta, who declares that while crossing | surprise on his OBREGON TROOPS EVACUATE PUEBLA Action Comes on Heels -of Rout and Caoture of Car- denas Forces. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., December Amnesty of fifteén days has been grgnted to Mexican revolutionary generals by President Obregon, according to J."L. Schleimer, who arrived here today. from Mexico City to confer with Gov. Pat M. 28— Neff of Texas as & representative ’ | He to from the Mexican president. stated he was not at liberty disclose his mission. VERA CRUZ, December 28.—Al- most coincident with news of the victory of rebel troops under Gen. Rafael Buelna over federals com- manded by Gen. Lazaro Cardenas in a battle near Irapuato, Guanajuato, insurgent headquarters here recelv ed word that the Obregonist forces had abandoned the eity of Puebla, from which the rebels withdrew for "strategic reasons” several days ago. The decision of the 'federals to evacuate Puebla, it is sald, was taken In consequence of the defeat the loyalists sustained at Chigna- huapan, a railway town about sixty miles to the north. Rebel trgops, advancing oyer the Mexicgn rafllway line, in.ccordance with the general plan to prevent President Obregon from moving troops at Puebla and ‘Apfzaco to the | Wwostern front, met and defeated fod eraln trom thh Tatter tovn Ik J8 o ported, et fevictory belng facliitated by ‘the defection of the major of the federals. doe L Thus, it appears here that the rebels have gained important ground: on both the western and Vera Cruz fronts. They are also sald to have oc- cupled Manzanillo, an important west coast port in Colima. Gen. Estrada, commander of the revolutionary forces in western Mex- ico, reports that Gen. Buelna not only complately routed the 2,000 federal under Gen. Cardenas, but made pri: oners of Cardenas and 500 of hiy men, | and captured about 1,000 riffes. Gen. Cardenas was wounded. in the en- gagement, which, the report says, “lasted from 2 o'clock In the after- noon (Wednesday) until dawn next morning.” Gen. Paulino Navar.o, ‘the federal chief of staff, was killed. Gen. Buelna informed his chief, Gen Estrada of the annihilation cf the 6lst, 50th and 65th federal regi- ments. More than 200 prisoners were wounded. 3 Estrada Gives Detalls. Gen. Estrada’s report outlining ‘he battle says: “Obregon had prepared to deal a mortal blow on the western front by a combined frontal attack via the railroad and a rear assault ffom the direction of the sea, for which pur pose he detached from Michoacan 2,000 cavalry uuder Gen: Lazaro denas. This force entered Jalisco and advanced over the Colima railroad, hile other troops from Sonora and arit disembarked at Manzanillo, '0 avoid being encircled Gen. Es. trada formed a column at Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, under orders of Gen. Buelna, This detachment was to man- euver to- the rear of the Cardenas force. Meanhile another column was formed in front of the Cardenas regi- ments with orders to hold the atten- tion of the enemy until it was deemed |2l0NE Wwith th of expedient_tor Buelna to attack. At|Knompson of A 1 the proper moment Buelna gave bat- tls and routed Cardenas completely. The rebels, it {5 fufther stated, also succeeded in preventing the- federals from landing reinforcements at Man- zanillo, “which has come inte the hands of the rebels despite protection Siven bY the federal gunboat Pro- sreso.” : % .CARDENAS IS CAPTURED. By the Associated Press. . + VERA CRUZ, December 28.—Gen. Lazaro Cardenas‘and his entire staff and 300 cavalry liave been taken pris- WASHINGTON, .D., C, .FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1923 .THIRTY-SIX PAGES. JONES WOULD END FLEETS OPERKTIN BY SHPRING BOARD Senator Urdes President Put Vessels Under Emergency Fleet Corporation. PALMER MAY SUCCEED FARLEY AS CHAIRMAN Appointment of Admiral, Mis- sourian, Would Satisfy Terri- torial Claims. The complete divorcement of -the administration of the guvernment's | merchant vessels from the Shipping Board and. their operation by the Emergency Fleet Corporation is the outstanding recommendation of Sena- jtor Wesley L. Jones of Washington, j chalrman of the Senate committee on commerce, in a memorancum submit- ted today to President Coolldge, deal- ing with the problems affecting the American merchant marine. Other recommendations submitted by Senator Jones are: The extension of the coastwise laws {relating to shipping to the Philip- Pines. Closer co-gperation and cn-ordlnl-‘ tlon between the railroads and the jAmerican merchant marine. | The adoption of a plan of renlace-l ment of tonnage, %0 that the Ameri- ‘can merchant fleet may be kept at |the highest possible degree of ef- ficlency. President Asked for Letter. The memorandum was submitted to the President by Senator Jones at the President's request. The Presi- dent has been giving the merchant jmarine problem close study for | eral days. | In view of the request of Edward P, Farley, chalrman of the Shipping Board, that the President withdraw his nomination from the Senate and accept Mr. Farley's resignation, the duty of selscting a new chairman hus devolved also upon the President, Mr. Farley's request was made to the President Uecausv of the de- cfslon of the Senate commerce com- | mittee that he was ineligible geo- graphically to seTve as 3 member of the Hhipping B He coi Tilinols, " witich the cammities ‘hom to be a Great Lakes State in the meaning of the merchant marine aet, and the act provided thatrane mem tiet. she e from such a stut Commidsioner O'Connor is servin, alréady tnder appolptment from & Gr Lakes gtate, | -Eltlier. the President will have to i appoint. a chairman of the board | from the present membership or Select an-outsider. Should he select & member of the board, it s beiteved the nomination will go either to T. V. O'Connor of New York, vice chair- man of the board, or to E. C..Plum- mer of Maine. May Name Oustider. There 4s a growing bellef, how- ever, that the President will. select &s chairman to succeed Mr.. Fariey, | a man not now a member of the board. i The name of Leigh C. Palmer,! formerly an admiral in the Navy and | In charge of the bureau of naviga- | tion of the Navy Department during the world war, It was reported today is belng considered by the President | for appofntment as chairman. Mr. | Palmer is a native of Missourt and his home was In St. Louls until he ! went to Naval Academy. The vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Farley, under the law, must be filled from an interlor state, and’ as Mr. Palmer _is from Missouri, he meets that requirement. i It is expected that the President will comply with the.request of Mr. Farley to withdraw his nomination as a member of the board and accept h resignation as soon as the Senate reconvenes January 3. Mr. Farley has been serving under a recess ap- pointment by the late President Hard- ing and when the Senate convened Degember 3 President Coolidge sub- mifted his nomination to_the Senate Frederick L ama and Bert E. Haney of Portland, Ore., who also were serving under recess appoipt- ments. i When the :Senate committee re- orted that ‘Mr. Farley could not erve, because of his geographical ineligibility, the President withdrew the nominations of Mr. Thompson 2nd Mr. Haney 50 as to have greater leeway in making a selection of a chairman. Spould Mr. Palmer be named to succeed Mr. Farley, the nominations of both Mr. Thompson and Mr. Haney wonld, it is expected, be resubmitted to the, Senate for its approval. Mr. Palmer, like Mr. Far- ley. isya republican, and the political | make-up of ' the Board, _therefore, sev- i (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Auto Former President’ Wilson had in store for him this afternoon a big ixty-seventh ' birh- day in the form of a ‘specially con- structed automoblle of- an expensive make, with two bodies, presanted to him by a small group of friends,and adinirers closely assoctated with him n his administtation.” Names of. the donors remained a mystery. The automobile company’ representative who came to Washing- ton today to attend tp details in con- from Bengazl on the African coast to Naples last Sunday his wireless oper- ator_picked up SOS messages Irgm an 'airship which~was being driven ‘before a violent mtorm. 4 . {MRS. VANDERBILT ILL. NEW, YORK, December 28.—Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt is confined to * hier home by bronchial pneumonia, it Was learned yesterday. g nection With presentation of, the car, Bald that purchase had been made by the donors through an outside perjon, end that the company .Iuel! did not ‘know their names. - : ¥ . we lete fo Flaia - yrers complate. fof: teking the car street at 3 o'clock this afternoon. com- A driver from the automobil pany was to drive u?nw the house, d plece: the car the I&m ;'f.n to wait untll Mr. Wi fl g . B (Continued on Page'2, Column 1.) garage for the first' time, to ‘be pre- sented. a surprise to the former Chiet Excutive. ‘Whether a representative of the donors would be presnt at that time to make & formal presentation of the car to Mr. Wilson ‘was not known Lo the autsmobile company y to- ay. % Y Gift Is Aeceptable, The. donors hed ascertained in ad- vance, it was learned, that the car would be . acceptable. .Wishing to &ive .evidence in some appreciable form of thelr admiration and affection for the former President, it was said, they had od from Mr. Wilson' private physician, Rear Admiral Cary T: Gtayson, what woyld ‘be acceptable. Mrs. Wilson knew of the gift, in ad- vance, it was sald,: but ‘the’ whole i o) NS, e kops & st o Dr. ‘Grayson' had- presertbed for patient, It. was. K aifi out of doors =3 AR TN DA SRR LW s News Note: MOBS RAID HOMES OF TOKID MINISTERS Yamamoto and Goto Escape When Police Drive Ruffians 0ff—Cabinet Resigns. By the Ansociated Press. TOKIO, December 28.—The critical situation prevailipg here as a result of the attempted assassination of Prince ‘Regent Hirohito earller yes- terday resulted In an’ attempt by @ crowd of ruffians to gbtain entrance to the homes of Premier Yama-| moto and Home Mifitster . Goto, both of whom re- signed - with the ‘Japanese cablnet yesterda > The-attempt was frustrated by the police. Bardn Goto has been accused of having soclallstic tendenciés Since he extend=d a private invitation Jast JAnuary, when he wi mayor of Toklo, to A. A. Joffe, special envoy from the Moscow soviet to the far east, to visit Tokfo. The seiyukai, or majority, political party of the diet, which Goto opposed, had intended to Introduce & vote of confidence in the diet, owing to allegations that Baron Goto had paid certain sums of money to the late akaye Osugi, sociallst leader recent- 1y siain by Capt. Amakasu, and whose ashes werce stolen from the room in which they lay in state on the day of the funeral. Assallant Was Student. Investigation of the attempted as- sassination, which occurred while the prince regent was on his way to con- vene the diet In ordinary session, has indlcated that Daisuke Namba, twen- ty-seven, his assailant, attended Wa- seda University, where a large radical element is sald to exist. One of the professors at the university Interest- ed in the radical movement is said to have been a relative of Baron Goto, and who left the country when threa ened with arrest for radical utter- ances. 4 The attack on the prince regent, (Contitiued on Page 2, Column 3.) CHURCH WRECKERS DECLARE TRUCE 2 Mountaineers at Peace After Agreeing to Repair Dam- age Done. Bpecial Dixpatch to The Btar. £ HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 28. —A_ truce has been declared among the mountaineers about Black Oaks, | where Chrismas evening the church was wrecked in an attack by a band of twnety as reprisal measures. for the alleged activity of the church members in aiding revenue officers in running down moonshiners. The, terms. of ‘the truce are that unless - Isaac. Bishop, one :of the church members severely bedten in “the 'attack, 'dies there will.be no prosecution brought, in consideration ©of Which ‘the marauding gang sgrees to repair the damage done.. the|- ohurch.” Both sides promised to carry ' out their end of the agreement this| mornin ' This information was brought into Hancock today by a seventy-three- year-old feudist, -who- led- the - at. tadk oh “the ‘chureh.’ Whife thy oMcers Were scouring the mopntsins he un- expectedly. showed ,up 'In. Haneock' and’calmly walked Into the’ sh office ‘and informed. the o! ‘ot the o g e bt wo tender-hearted ladies chloroformed their Christmas turkey, and after it was picked and nearly ready for cooking ‘the bird came to life and caused much consternation. SOVIET OFFICIAL PAPER PLACED UNDER CENSOR Pravda’s Recent Articles Caused Action, Is Said—Organ's LONDON, December 28.—A Reuter dispatch from Riga says that G. S. Zinoviefr, president of the Moscow Eoviet and head of the third internationale, has appointed a censor to supervise all copy before it is pubiished in the o: cow Pravda. The order was due to articles recently printed by the bolshe- | vik newspaper. Two of the departmental managers of the Pravia have resigned in protest agalnst Zinoviefl's order. ., GLASH N CANTON Avoidance of Bloodshed Over Customs Surplus Hinges on Next 48 Hours’ Work. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable fo Tie Sta and Chichgo Daily CANTON, December 28.—A sh between Chiness troops Ahd a land- ing force from the allied fleets seems {nevitable within the next forty-eight hours unless the diplomatic corps suggests a solution for the customs | surplus controversy. Both sides are resting arms today.. While responsible leaders of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's government and repre- sentatives of the allied powers hope to avold bloodshed, the possibility of provoking an anti-foreign uprising | throughout the entire country is im- minent. The powers realize the diffi- culty. of enforcing a fine distinction between using force and not using bullets when the rifigs are in the hands of men easily Incited and ai- ways turbulent. Sum Calm at Prespeets. The imperturbable Dr. Sun is un- awed by the close proximity of the ! allied warships and has not weakened in his determ{nation to enforce his demands for a share of the customs surplus. The latest communication addressed to Sir Francis Aglen at Pe- king, chief inspector of the Chinese maritime_customs, requested the lat- ter to instruct tthe local commissioner to hold south China's. share of. the surplus subject to orders from. thg Canton government. A reply was requested within ten the time expiring tomorrow. Thus far no reply has been received from Aglen and the diplomatic corps has failed to suggest a solution. Dr. Sun's next move will be to occupy the customhouse and oust Commissioner Willlam Parr. Sun will then his own commissioner, and this will be followed instantly by the land- ing of allied forces in the pative city. The allled troops will' retake the cus- toms building and re-establish Parr. Sees His Defeat. “We do not expeet to successtully § H wage. war' against the most powerful | here last might when a car driven by | by netions in the “world,” Dr. Sun de- clared yesterday. .“However, in- the] event 2 clash should occur and our roops are driven from the custom- House at the point of bayonets and machine guns, the ultimate vietory will_rest with us, because right ani justice are on our-side-and the worl will eventually reslize our position when it understands the issue,” he continued. : 1 The diplomatic corps has suggested | that Canton request Peking to allow Sun’s government a portion of the ‘lurflnl‘. Peking layghy at this: re- 1 quest because a state of war is exist- ‘u? between . the northiern capital and lt reat of China. ¢ | Leaders Resign. { SEEMS INEVITABLE, SEINE WATERS RISING. i Parisians Grow Nervous and Many | France, is rising rapidly, fed by ‘the melting snow and the less ‘rain, and . Parisians are beghining to k&b n:-rv;ln:h as nao{t“ from J&wl’ :l:n.% reacl utarie ;n. Tiyas. Ab nn:nflu ‘waters. e Beine siréady on ea'e ORASTIGSHAKEAP | INPOLICEFORCE Four Captains, 3 Lieutenants | and 100 Privates Affected by Oyster Announcement. i 1 | Four captains, three lieutenants, a | number of sergeants and more than | | 100 privates. were transferred by | Comm!ssioner Oyster today in one of | the most comprehensive rearrange- | | ment of men tuat has taken place in | {the police department for manyryears. Most of ihe changes are the result of the opening pf the new twelfth pre- ciact at 17th and Rhod Island svenue rortheast on January. 1. The changes also include a reor- ganizatibn of ‘the sixth precihct. The changes follow: | Capt. 'C.°L. Plemmons, from the cighth to the twellth precinct; Capt. Robért E. Doyle, sixth to the ®ighth precinet; Capt. Martin Rellly, elev-' lenth to the sixth precinct, and Capt. Russell Dean, from the harbor to tho | | eleventh precinet. Lieut. C. H. Bremmerman, frcm the eighth to twelfth; Lieut. McGill Grove, from the sixth to the elghth, | for dutw as a night inepector, and Lieut. Frederick M. Cofnwell, <rom | the fourth to the sixth precingt. i Sergta, J. T.. Wittstatt, from the | fitth to' the ‘twelfth; Willlam H. ! Adams, seventh to twelfth; Murphy, eleventh to twelfth; J. Whelan, sixth to fifth |Holmes, eleventh to ninth; John E. Thompson, ninth to sixth: John H.| Davis, tenth to sixth; John L. Me- Lucas, sixth tosseventh; Bobo, sixth to fourth, and Dalhouse, fourth to| sixth. 2 Is Made Detective. Privates O..W. Mansfleld, sixth to twelfth, ‘as precinct detective; W, C. Adcock, tenth to twelfth; C. O. Turner, second to twelfth; V. Esk- ridge, eleventh to twelfth; C. H. Murphy, third to twelfth; B. F. Wil- liams, ninth to twelfth: John J.| Donovan, elghth to twelfth; D. W. Smith, Tfinth to twelfth; Robert Tapscott, ninth to twelfth; E. L. Tay- lor, ninth to twelfth; James S. Bryan, | ninth to twelfth; J. G. Helm, ninth K. L. Potts, ninth to John Nicola, ' tenth to Eugene 8. Kerrick, seventh | to twelfth: O. K. Stanton, heventh to twelfth; Thomas V. Garrison, sixth to twelft ‘an Meter, fourth Gresham,” fourth . Thornton, third | “to twelfth; Aubert Herfurth, second to twelfth. James J. McAuliff, first to_twelfth; {Continued on Page: 2, Column 6.) 3 DIE AS AUTO PLUNGES | IN RIVER AFTER CRASHES Ancther Victim Feared as Pvlicsi Search for Bodies Near H 7 Cambridge, Mass. By the Assoclated Press. WAYLAND, Mass, December 28. Three persons are known to be dead es a result of an automobile accident | 1o twelft] ‘Arthur P. Beaudreau of Cambridge tgre through a fence after colliding | _with’two other machines on the state highway and plunged into the Sud- bury river. A fourth body was being sought by state troopers and local police. 4 e = ad are Beaudreau, his Vo k-"e?.‘.'—' e Berthe Mosar nd | e odies of the boy and of Beau- dreau were recovered. Witnesses of the car's plunge sald i Mr. Mellon i lished, | ed throughout the country. { by which the net Girl Routs Five - Armed Bandits In Battle of Fists By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—A bejewelled young woman Iin eve- ning dress routed five armed ban- dits early today in the Jobby of the West Side apartment house in which she lives. _Mrs. Essle Simmons was left at the door by her husband, a than- ufacturer, in order that he might drive their car to a_ garage.. As she stepped inside the lobby five men followed. : Two bandits covered the ele- vator and switchbourd operators, another stood guard at the door and the other two attacked Mrs. Simmons. Unmindful of their guns, she began fghting. ~After ten minutes she still was on the offensive and the gang fled, two of them with blick eyes sand scratched faces.. MELLON TAX BILL IN ORIGINAL FORM BIVEN T0 PUBLIC House Committee Breaks Precedent by Action—Few Changes Are Noted. Reversing" its previous policy, the House ways and means committee tos day made publie the new revenue bill in the form it was sent to the Capitol by Secretary Mellon. The text contains few changes from the outline of the bill which has been publicly announced at the Treasury. It follows Mr. Melion’s proposals for a sweeping revision of administrative provisions to prevent tax dodging, In- cludes a provision for & board of | twenty-eight tax appraisers to act as @ court of appeals in @fputed cases and makes detalled provision for the tax reductions =advocated by the Sccretary. A fight for publicity for the meas- ure was conducted in a subcommittee meeting yesterday by Representative Garner of Texas, the ranking demo< cratic member. At that time Chairs man Green and other majority mem- | bers {nsisted that the text should be held in confidence as a courtesy to Inasmuch as the prinel pal provisions already have been pub. however, Mr. Green decided t0day ‘that there was no necessity for forther withholding publication. Reepsn Until New Yegr, The subcommittee recessed after yedterday's session untll after the firg of ear, when tite full com- mitted will take up considéra- tion of the measure. The blll was made public in the form of a reprint of the voluminous revenpa act of 1 with scores of interlineations and other smend- ments {ndicatcd. Detalled outiines of these amendments were made public Ly Secrstary Mellon on Novembér 11 and on December 1§, and were print- In many cases the language em- | ployed to carry these changes into effect 1A 80 highly technical ds to be unintelligible except on the basis of explanations by the experts attached to the committec and to the Treas- ury for that purpose. - ’ = Cuts in Income Taxes. The flormal income tax sections of the existing law are left undisturped except that the present rate |s re- duced to 3 per cent and the present 8 per cent rate is reduced to 6 per cent. The surtaxes provided for are as follows: “One per centum of the amount by | which the net income exceeds $10,- 000 and does not exceed §12,000. “Two per centum‘of the amount by which the net income excesds 12,000, and does not exceed $14,000. “Throe per centum of the amount by which the net income exceeds $14,000 and does not exceed $16,000; “Four per centum of the amount by which the net income exceeds $16,000 | and does not exceed $18,000; “Flve per centum of the amount by which the net income exceeds $18,000 and does not exceed $20,000; H Incomes Up to $22,000. Six per centum of the amount by which the net income exceeds $20,000 | and does not exceed $22,000: H even per centum of the amount | by which the net income exceeds $22,- | 000 and does not exceed $24,000. | ‘Eight _per centum of the .mouml hich the net income exceeds $24,- nd does not exceed $26,000. i ine per centum of the amount by | which the net income exceeds $26,000 and doee not exceed $28.000. | “Ten ger centum of the amount hy; which the net ipcome exceeds $28,000 | and does not exceed $30,000. “‘Eleven per: centum of the amount by which the net income exceeds $30,- 000 and does not exceed $32,000. i 12 Per Cenmt on $34,000. I “Twelve per centum of the,amount by which the net income exceeds $32,000 and does not exceed $34,000. “"Thirteen p ntum of the amount by which the net' income excceds $34,000 and does not exceed $36,000, “Fourteen per _ceptum of the amount by which the net income ex- | ceeds $36,000 - and does not exceed $40,000. 3 Fifteen per centum of the amount which the net income exoceeds $40,000. wnd does not exceed $46,000. ixteen per centum of the amount by which the net income exceeds $46,000 and does not exceed $52,000, “Seventeen' per centum . of the amount by which the net:income ex- coeds $52,000° and does not exceed $38,000. “Eighteen per centim of the amount income exceeds $58,000 and does not exceed $64.000. “Nineteen per centum of, the amount by which the net income_ exceeds 384,000 and does not excesd §70,000, which the net income exceeds that, there, were two women in the machine, and o detail of state polige | from .Framingham. searced for their bodies. Alien Girl, Facing Deportation, Wins Entry to U. S. With Violin NEW, YORK, December, 28.—The Btrains’of ‘Schuiian's “Traumerel,” as they: floated from the <violin -of Miss Regina Kohn, formérly of Rumania, convinced an inspection bodrd at Ellls Ialand’ that ' {he ‘was an - artist and (T proudly’ gave her ad- s ‘ ‘Twenty per centum of the amount 5';0.000 gnd does not exceed $76,000. ““Twenty-one per centum of the (Confinled pn Page umn_ 7. his wife were waiting for.her, but she W44 told she yuust.go back. -1 stood with one foot in A and the othier'in Burops,” she g .shp‘.'-g)u‘py splation In,her violln and 8ol ,é’ard ‘her play. She ‘was ‘questioned an erica. jot the prohibition 1 seller. .TWO CENTS., WAR ON RUM HERE PART OF DRIVE ON BIG EASTERN RING Concentration of Dry Forces in Savannah First Step in Present Fight. CAPITAL THOUGHT RELAY ‘POINT FOR DISTRIBUTORS Poland Cables for Details of Con- nection of Envoy With Seizure of Liguer. Out of the local investigation of jan alleged llquor syndicate here to- day arose the revelation that this i6 but a part of an attempt by federa agencics to wipe out a glgantic fllicit liquor traffic along the Atlanfic coas 2 ‘While agents of the special intelli- gence bureau are Teticent, it was learned that the cause for the as- slgnment of Agent George E. Gold- ing on the local case wa. = markable record he made in Sevim: nah, Ga., recently when 126 indict. meNts Jrere Ieturned as a result of c! ave already - ed and sentencea. > " SOBVICt Another Indication was that-a war- rant has been sworn out for the ar- rest of John Foley, whose name wa. connected with the seizure of trunk containing choice liquors many months ago. This selzure was made by the vice squad under Lieut. Davis at the Union station, It was intimated from reliable uy- thorities today that the Washington case s only another link being forged by the government agencies in a chain of investigations to be handled along the eastern seaboard. fhe plan was to strike Savannah first, because it was a source of sup-' ply, and Washington next, because of its prominence on the national map and because this cfty, it was belleved, has been a sort of a rela: distribution. center for the rest of the country. One of those arrested in the Wasi- ington case is kiown to have made frequent trips to Savannah, Ga., and was in Norfolk, Va., recently when n steamer loaded 'with liquor was selzéd there. Agents have already connect- ed him with the Savannah cases. Plans Coincided. The fact that the .local police "had worked up cases here dovetalled per- fectly with the plans of the federal agencies interested In wiping out liquor traffic. Commissioner Oyster put up the case to the spectal inte]li- We‘ unit, mllius wag called to ashington, Agent Cox, being a resi- was assigned for the value ~knowledge, and the fire- f 48 Assbolatéd Press dis- patch from xnu last fight said that the Pollsh forelgn office had ca bled the Polish minikter here asking an immediate report of the finding of a2 Targe quantity of liquor in the base. ment - of an' sp&rtment -Huflding in Washington claimed by Dr. Vencelns Bokolowski, first _metretary of .the Polish legation, ag his property. On the heels of this dispatch Dr. Ladislas Wroblewski, Polish minister, Jeent to the State Department today, . &nd conferred at length with J. Butler Wright, third nt secretary of State. ‘It was learned that police re- ports and.a statement prepared .by Mr. Sokolowski relative to the rald upon his residence alsé had been filed with the department. It is understood that Mr. Wright will seek further Information from Treasury and police officials. His office, at the present time, is unable to decide with the data in possession what action finally will be taken. Another development ‘was the un- expected return of Arthur N. Pres- mont, assistant district attorney, in charge of this investigation,” from his Christmas vacation in Shamokin, Pa., today, and his immediate ac- tivity in connectfon with this case. He has already started reviewing what data already have been turned over to him. At the Treasury Department today it was learned that the arrest of George Lawrence Cassidy, at the, ome of J. L. Asher, prohibition sgent, last night, had been referred to the speclal intelligence agents as an angle for {nvestigation in con nection with the conspiracy cases This marks the advent of the pro- hibition unit into active association with the speclal {ntelligence unit with the conspiracy case. The miessa; relative to the bellef of the unit that the Cagstdy arrest might develop some helptul information was dellvered di- rect to Agent Cox, and he announced today that {t will be investigated at the first opportunity. - Although’ not active heretofore, prohibition unit of- ficlals have been interested observers of the recent developnients. Yester- gay Corgmissioner Haynes; spending the holidays in Ohio, was in commy- nicatiori with his office here and In quired for latest news as to the sit: uation. e i . Besides ‘the arrest of Cassldy -last night, Dr. George Payette, : skin and scalp speciaiist, ‘with offices in the Kresge building, 1lith and G streets, was charged. with . violation aw. No reference of his case was made by prohibition agents to the 'special intelligence unit of the Treasury Department. _There was a bit of drama and ox- citement in the arrest of Cassidy ‘Asher, lils.gon, who is 150 a prohibj- tion agent, and his partner, F. \ Hertzig, lay in wait tor a delivery of lquor on 14th street above Clifton street last night about € o'cléck. Time passed. Asher was in his aparts ment. Hertzig had gone outslde. Mrs. Asher returned home. Asher started out. As he reached the lobb: he saw the man he suspected of bringing liquor to him. He' ducked back into-the apartment, got out of his coat and by removing coat and vest disguised himself as a tired busi- ness man spending an eveming at e. hn&’r Asher told the story today. ‘When thie man came in,” she said Mr. Asher knew that the marked money Wak in the hands of Mr. Hert- zig who was watching- the automo- bile.. To make a case 'this money would have to be transferred to the In the kitchen, Mr. Asher | told me to go out wnd gét Hertzig’s ocketbook ‘and téll Hertzig, who was Known to the mun, to:keep ot pr sight. 1 0id that. ~And after I re- turned Mr. Asher asked me for hily pocketbook and 1 gave him Hertalg's Jith the marked money in ft. 8o that's-what -happened. 1 réally don't know apything celse sbout the cage.” “In gettifig Cassidy “to come to apartment, it was sald by Leroy Asher, Jr. the former was given the ame of & southern jydge as a cre- Bentiaror safety “LOW RECORD IN:ARRESTS. she safd she was a_ teacher. . Biit .oficials ‘said that m&u £ ‘0o 1f she could pnfit ¢’ was an artist, however— A srembat Of the: nspestion Yokt asked her. to. pl ohl,&fi‘flfunuy the ch i = ‘Only Bve lr;fuil for. intosication i e the twenty-four bt B O E B ARG G R ing. # “Pol - ghere have been tew dpys RnsrRieht i | sTect L as few as-five are i +