Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1924, Page 2

FORCED30-YEAR RETIREMENT ASKED Witnesses Tell of Tragic Ex- periences With Veteran Federal Employes. The retirement of a civil servioe employe of the government on an- nuity after thirty years of service only & matter of justics, the olvil servioe committees of the SBenate and House were told today by witnesses appoaring. at the joint Learing on propored amendments to the eivll service retirement act. The committes was urged to include in any legislation passed s clause autherising ¢mployes to be retired t the conclusion of thirty years' serv- ice. irrespective of thelr ages Thomas F. Tiaherty, & treasurer of the National Fe of Post Office Clerks, in his testi- meny partioularly emphasized this dm!":x“ ‘inciple of horter life. e_principle of a ¥ - time W:fl\ rhmxm be established,” said Mr. Flaherty, "just as the prin- clple of a shorter cay's work has been eutablizied. When It was first propesed to fix u twelveshour work- ing day 't was halled ar revolu- Houln But a twelve-hour day. later @ ten-hour day and finally an eight-hour day has Lucume recognized as just.” Split Among Groups. Reprosentatives of various groups ©of employes divided today over pro- posals to amend the law so that em- nioyes who have recelved higher sularies and . have paid fn larger sums to tho annuity fund, shall be entitled to higher annulties. One _group insisted - that thers #hould e the sume maximum annuity for all employes. Another group urnvl that employes receiving higher es and paying larger sums into The anuuity fund would receive the higher annuities after retirement. ormer Commissioner Thomas FEw- ing of the patent office, now of New York, urged upon the cominitteemen the establlshment of u fixed age of Tetirement at-which retirement should be Involuntary. He described to the committee tragle superannuated employes durimg his service as head of the patent office, from 1913 to 1917, In the patent office, are primary examiners, respans for the granting of all patents. They receive {i 00 a year. here are aleo frst assistant examiners receiving 32,400, whose work {s very similar to that of the prim: examiners, “but ‘whose responsibility {s not &o great. Trial of Demotions. “l undestook,” said Mr. Ewing, “to #olve the problem arising out of superannuation by taking some of the primary examiners and reducing them to the grade of first stunt exam- iner and putting younger men in their piace In one case ‘thére was a man, e'gnty-five years old, who had been fidty years in the service. He was bright. well and alwavs on hand, but engeged largely in reminlscing. consulted his son and his wife frst d then told him that I proposed to ke him a first as lttl\! aminer. re arfter talking with the members of his fa ily a little later, he accepted the d motion. “The second case was that of a man of advanced years. glshtyofive. He had lost his g his o e had come to the omu for time after sn attuck of gri sy have had something his death. But what klll.d him, 1 am c;y;vlnc.fl. was the injury to his 12 Mr. Ewing nla nm. had been his i separating em- byt mere the superan- t it was not K ministrative officer such & duy. that there should e a definite age of retirement, when employes must leave the service and when retirement would mean no Te- flection on the mind. Proud of Service, “Government employes are proud of their service. aad peoud of, the government,” sald Mr. Ewing, they should not be piaced in sittar ticne that bresk their hearts™ Mr, Ewing sald that he did not ap- Dear as a representative of any ge srnment employes, but mersly to give the committee: benefit of his He said, toa, that he believed pnnuities paid on retirement adequats and should be.lib. who have had small d L ', esides lnd Mr. Fuherty. Iflcludld Edward J. Cantwell of the Associa- tion of Postal Employ Francls Black of the Brooklyn navy vard, ‘Thomas J. Diamond of the Natlonal Association of Postal Sypervisors; S. A. Reynolds of Alabama, representing the r\ll'bl letter mail carrier: C. ock of Philadelphi ralanflnl lh' postal clerks. ervice of Clerks. Mr. Flaherty said that the post of- fice tlerks worked a minimum of eight (™ hours & day, day and night and holi- days. expressed the opinion that 'hele c]e o) flo more work on the ave: age than other clerks of the gover: ment service. He urged thl ment empioyes be given zetiring {lw havin, years. Flaherty Postmasters General Hays had both recommended such an amend- ment to the law. Mr, Flaherty opposed the rewrll to give annuyitie igher paid [ovlmmonl em- nleyu- He sald that if there was any inflwny or \mfllnnu in ng hl‘ er ll l cm. who. ln mm !.r Bom Ints tha anpolty Tont the ter should be righted in some other retirement ut. he said, was in. icularly to ald 'the lower- Iay % in ther ald ago. He cenun va that the so-called Lehlbach-Btanfleld bill would bring the grestest good to ‘the atest number, as opposed to th trodyced b noud by, t)u offic which 100 for. the bet Navy Yard Workers, Mr. Black told the committy he npuunnfl dooo mploye: Bmklvn nl r H- fa ot the '-san-d bm u. nlv beollu- of the n in {t aythorising retirement after service of thirty years. He sald that the Standard Oil Com and other big concerns are making similer provision for retirement of uulr employes. @ gave to the committes the nam of & number of employes at the navy yard, who have been in the service trom thirty thlrw-ulr ® years, who are only frem ty ! to of ‘'whom, fitty-two of gn l‘wll be entitied. to retire- he said, o i eamfitter,” sald Mr. 'lulb “is all ln .t thnu 'f" His ‘ear drums To mwfil{nnmfl";fl.“h e de o dun’no o highe: m— E-m! . Tep- nult The vear retirement ol mzfl‘*‘mgu K. experiences with | and | l I NU By Sidn Gallery. ACCUSED INSPECTORS HITU.S. DRY'AGENTS New York Police Facing Trial to Charge Lack of Co-Operation by Federal Men. i Br the Associated Pres NEW YORK, January 15—Spokes- men for the thirteen, police inspectors | charizea by~ Commissioner with laxity in thelr duty, particular- Iy in the enforcement of prohibition, said today that a part of their de- fense would be that federal prohibi- tion authorlties fafled ‘o co-operate with them. The inspectors under fire aswerted that in the files of the federal off were communications from them con- taining information about three- fourths of the places aileged to hi been gelling _liquor, evidence .to prosecute, and that the federal offclals did very little about it. serics of raids was made on the West Side l1ast night. netting more than Aty prisoners and a. tity of liquor, Inspector West person- ally leading detectives in their forays. ' FARMER, 78, RELATES HOW HE KILLED WIFE Lured Woman, 68, Into Barn and Murdered Her With Hatchet. Ty the Associated Prems. WAPACKONETA, Ohio, January 15. —~Gray-haired and bent, Willlam Mohler, seventy-eight years, wealthy farmer of Bluffton, calmly related to Auglaise and Allen county officials here yesterday how he’ enticed his sixty-elght-year-old wife, to whom he had been married forty-two years, into a barn and killed her with a hatchet on the evening of Decem- ber 30. Mohler then narrated how he dis- membered the body with the hatchet and with a sickle and an ax in order to bury it in an abandoned cistern and burned her clothing in the furnace home. Denying that he and his ife had quarrelcd. Mohler comd ROt explain a motive for the crime. ASKS PARK ACCEPTANCE. Ball Files Bill to Receive Glov Gift. A bill authorizing the District Com. missioners to accept the tract of land given to the District by Charles C. Glover for parR purposes was Intro- duced in the Senate today by Senator !lll chairman of the District Com- Hhe tract given by Mr. Glover runs along Nebraska avenue toward Con- duit road. The property has been va!- ued at $100,00¢ Senator Ball also Introduced a bill h construction of & building to h: k1 I aais on Todieiacy Baukn — 2 KILLED, 38 HURT BY BLAST. TIBHOMINGO, Miss., January 15. Two men were killed and three others seriously injured yesterday, wllfll the boiler at the sawm#l of W. Leatherwood, four miles east of this town, exploded, wrecking t! plaat. ——e EGAN SUFFERS RELAPSE. NEW YORK, January 15.—Maurie: Francis Egan, writer .na former minister to Denmark,. whe has been in 1l health for several monthl. has suffered a rela Hi aid to- dey to be in & crl(lc.l nondmon. IC——————— sion burllu nrovldint higher a nuities for H' jer, phid employ: ‘was_only m- " pointed out mu employes recsivin, In exoess of §1,800 a year pald in 334 per cent of their saiaries to the rauremont fynd and ncelv ng less than §1,800 {0 Sfl per cent, but that who Dlld n more received the maximum annuity those who Ild in less. ‘Furthermore, ke 8ald, supervisors will_retire at the age of seventy in. d of at the age of sixty-five, the age of retirement for postal ol-rk-. he said, had recognised th nnro( increasing salaries to lcun loyes becausé of the, increases enlg of living. That same’ inereased cost of living, he said, made it im- rflrulv. that there be an increase in nll“ annuities pald to thn retired em- ) ukln( for tm Dostal clerks, u 08 the rou for gradusted “an- nuitios, ring that it would cn ste clisses and get away from ¢ demooratic- Ilu n ot tM crlrnll il be at 10:30 uu,loc’k tomorrow morning: Enright | 1s | with sufficient ! | o DE, Dickinxon. firat cholee of the Washington ‘public, in the ninth biernial exhibition of contemporary American ofl paintings, at the Corcoran Mexico Radicals 5 Sk Decide to Seize : . Some F actones | By the Awociated Press - ‘ MEXICO CITY, January 15— The General Confederation of La- bor, an organisation with com- munistic tendencies, decided re- cently to seize the factories which have threatened to suspend oper- ations becayss of a lack of raw material, {t was learned here to- day. The central committee of the federation has sppointed subcom- mittees to study the question of taking over the plants which the_ members are convineed huve on hand sufficient material to enable them to continue runnmg BALDWIN CONCEDES His FIGHT FOR TARIFF LOST (Continued from First Page.) ]:g lhe reply to the speech from the erchlnl bands of the unemployed tramped toward the parliament build- ings with banners and a haphazard collection of mulkul instruments just befars the Arr}_vq ot royal party, |They were qufe mly Yturned |back by the mou: pelice, no dem- {onatration occurring. | The speech sald that the question of the extension of imperial prefer- lence, discussed at the recent imperial confersnce,” would be submitted to the new parliament. Rum Treaty Apgptoved The government and the dominions, it asserted, have been anxious to_re- move all difficuties in regard to the illfeit importation of liquor into the United States, and it pointed out that an agreement between the two coun- triés on this issue w coneluded. a fact which should fur- ther strengthen “the happy relations between UGreat Britaln and America. The text of the speech follows in part: “The reparation commission has set up twa committees on which experts from the United States of America will co-operate with others from Great Britain, France, Italy and Bel- fum in examining the very serious nancial quéstions involved in the po- sition of Germany. “The future status of the Tangler zone of Moroceo, which has long been an outstanding source of trouble, has been the subject of an agreement be- tween the delegates of the powers, principally concerned, which provides for the creation of an international regime and far the promotion of com- munications and trade: “A bill will_be introduced giving eftect to the Lausanne treaty with Turkey. Still Supports League. “It will continue to be my object to support by every means in my power the steady growth In influence of the league of nations. 7hils ¥ am glad to note that the schemes for - providing employment now in operation had an appreciable eftect during ‘13st year in‘ reducing the number of thods actually unem- loyed, the number still unable to B “Work causes me ‘grave concern: My ministers recently laid before the country. \proposals. which in their judgment would have contributed mlt rllll‘ to slution of thi b aftording i prob! Andustry r measure of l curity in the 80 be aiked to rk in the ship! ndustry hr the immediate construc- tion of crylsers and auxiliary craft in untielpation of the naval program. - Plans_ Farm Conference. ‘Gondftion of agriculture, malns'a source of serious anxiety, my.-ministers propose to summon a conference representative of all tho interested in agriculture and of the various political parties with the ob- i Ject of f?flvlnl at an agreed policy, whereby the acreage of arable land may be fhaintained and regular em- ployment at an adequate wage ed for the agricultural worker. ‘Bills will be introduced to amend and consolidate the factory and | workshops act, to legiti dren born out of wedlock Who: ents subsequently married, and amend the law in relation te tion and maintensnes; giders. “Meanuras will be lald bclon you to ‘compléte:ths land purchese in‘northern Ireland and to guarantey roviding wi pant: vl!h "u onnfu{ of, p-rll-mcu to- 45 hle frst sppearance with h(. w‘m"'"&hz Bl‘ltlln y-ny and the peernge-en: v DIKINSON PCTURE WINS PUBLIC VOTE Results Show “Nude” by Far Most Popular in Cor- coran Exhibit. Sidney E. Dickinson's painting, “Nude,” won the popular prise in the ninth blennial exhibition of co- temporary . American oll paintings now on view st the Corcoran Gallery of Art, It was announced todsy fol- lowing the counting of the ballots by & committee gppoinied of mem- bers of The Evening Star staff. “Nude,” & striking and colorful portralt of & young woman, of exoel- lent drawing and design, partly draped against a warm green back- ground, received 217 votes, more than a 100 above the closest competitor. Mr. Dickinson, the artist, an in- structor at the Industrial Art Stu- dents’ League of New York and s native of Connecticut, wine the $200 “Popular prize” given bv the gallery. Dickinson, who "studie@ under Wil- lilm A. Chase, Douglas Volk and F. Briy one plo- ermanent call Jol and at the age of twenty-seven won the third Haligarten prise |n the w .| National Academy of Design in York. Prise Ploture Purchase The prise-winning picture has been purchased by former Reprosentative Joseph -H. Himes, ICR'I‘ ew Hamp- shire avenus. v uped, each having approximately mwnumbcr 'of adinirers. Second nt to “The Brahms Walts," by R Ifltfl(ll !(lcklll of Enlumor‘c mak lhlrd Y"“ ot Bumm Willard 1" Matentt, anc. ot ¢ ing landscape received eighty. i mer Schofield’s “June Morning” had 'Lf'm’ ~thres vot¢s, and Corwin Knspp y-nine votes for he: *Portrait. Motley Sawye Fewer Votes Cast. it of the bK”OllflK was very widely scattered. nearly every picture in the exhibit n.vmt at least one . According to C, gerode, dirgctor-of the galler: wor Yotes oast by the’ public than two v ago, al- interest r. He explains this by ithough the public took fing more seriousty? than pres viously, there were a gr of people that roun beauty among the 313 DIC!\IIGI hunl that they were unable to pin their choiee down. te one vote. Many of these voed for two and even three Dalmlnn. "’hlch ballots were thrown the v, *Not. one _of the four_artists who won the Willlam A. Clark priz picked by the rro! ssional fury ti judged the exhibit, stood at al high in the poy “Em Her Chil th ®iven forty-four voles in loting. Charles “The Mate,” second prize winner, was given only nine votex The third prise winner, Maurice B. Prender- gast, with his “Landscape With Fig- ures.” recelved but one vote, Rineteen ballots were cast public for “Provincetown ter,” by John Noble, winner of the fourth professional prise. Mr. Minnigerode explained that it would “be unlikely for the public's cholee ever to concur with that of the professional Lo made up of artists, since udged the pic- tures from different’ viswpoints, the visitore to the (2 llery choosing thos pictures which have the greate: P~ peal of beauty and s while the artist judges ested almost entirely in th , originality and execution of the paintings. The blennlnl exhibition will con. tinue on public view until Sunday afternoon at ¢:30. DR. C. L. MARLATT NEW COSMOS CLUB HEAD Charles C. Hamlin Elected Vice President and Milton E. Ailes Renamed Treasurer. - opinlon Dr. C. L. Marlatt of the Depart- ment of Agriculture was elected president of the Cosmos Ciub last night. Mr, Marlatt is chairman of the horticultural board of the de- partment and &uthor of many tech- nical publications. Charles C. Hamlin was elected vi president, and the club re-elec ‘Treasure: Mlllan E. Alll l d W chosen to serve on the board ol manager N. C. Grover, Vernon L, Kplln“ and Edward G. Lowry were ted mem- bers-of the committes on ldmllllonl. MRS. W. H. GLEASON DEAD. Mother of Late Arthur Gleason Succumbs in S8an Diego. Mrs. Willlam H. Gleason, wall known In this city, is dead at San Diego, Calif., lvanty-tour years, tccorflln1 nfo; 10! city hy frlondl o( th celved in this rs. Gleason made her hom family. in New York city. 8She suffered s fall in November (hll hysicall; - d her, but hpry el‘l.hyv‘zl 0 th ock at the Em ln lh X elty. r?cca ve th of the produo tlsn of fiou. At the tim p' hiy death a lerln of nruelu from hi pen_was ‘ run in magazine nn 1 SIX HOLD UP BANK. iuuy in Bt Louls Bacape With m.ooo in Cash. ST: LDUIS, January 15—Six men armed ‘with revolvers entered the West End Trust and Bavinge Bank hare this morning and, after shots fnnmuh o B8 35, the _em- ployes, e nvfi 0 in cash. .WILL TALK ON COURTS. rt S; -tom- in China" will Lt et ot an aadross to ba an B tnw sts sn's Bar Au'onhtlon h“ Ponno!elbd | years was dua College of Law in 1920 And tho lel- ! ente ;d th onl s ;!;; "51!1::;«" T 3 lfl TV sioners THOMAS O. MARVIN Chalrman, ¢ MEXICAN FLYERS. KILLED, 1-TAKEN Federal Aviators Meet Dis- aster—Troops Rushed to Aid in Pursuit of Rebels. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, January 15 (By Radio via Fort Worth Star-Tele- &ram).—Two federal army aviators ware killed and another was cap- tured by the rebels yesterdsy, it was announced by the war department. Eight hundred federal troops are being rushed to Guerrero tu rein- force Gen. Augustin Maciel, who is pursuing the rebels. The rebels recently lost Oaxaca. the capital of that state dians attack cording to a lnllrcepled‘ rlrflo ‘mes- sage from that city to rebel head- quarters at Vera Cruz. The war department announced it was unable (o confirm reports that rebels under Gen. Estrada were at- tacking Penjamo, Guansjuato, which was recently occupled by the rebels. Mexieo City is well guarded and there are sufficient troops in the gar- rison here to quell any disorders. the commander of the federal forces of | the city announced following recent reports that discontented elements in the city were planning an uprising. REFUGEES AT TAMPICO. 500 Arrive Aboard Steamer From Vera Cruz. 23 | By the Assaciated Prese. TAMPICO, Mex.. January 15.—The Spanish liner Cristobal Colon, which sent to Vera Crus to embark foreigners stranded in that city when the revolytion broke out, has arrived dinere with about 500 passengers. The fusees, most of whom lacked mean, Crus, are of F h and Spanish nnllnna-llly There are also I Nw loyal Mexicans. They re- ted Cruz was tranquil. which have been g off Tampico, med for Crus yesterday. (A dispatch from Vera Cruz last night said that Huerta, leader of the rebellion, had ordered a blockade of Tampico, effective Wednel ay. The to fn which 1o 4o 50, DEBIMAINE WeaRe day, while al] ships desiring to leave the port will have six days to clea There Iur &ll shipping, the ord id, will be considered as enemy erart.) BRITISH SHIP ARRIVES. Anchors at Puerto Mexico, Rebel City, to Guard Interests. By the Amociated Pre: NEW ORLEANS, Jlmllrv 15.~A British _crulser arrived at Fuerto Mexico, ln southern Vera Crua to protect British {interests, according to . 8. Reynolds, one of t marl. Puerto Mexico {otheld by the revolutionta Reynolds said the crulser arrived shortly before the departure of the Yamari and that a Britl merchant- man also put inte port th a cargo of * [l'lcult\lnl implements,’ h e 1 ieved to be war material (or tho rebels. U. 8. BEEKS CABLE RIGHTS. . | W1ll Ask Obregop to Remove Ba on All But Official Messag George T. Summerlin, American charge at Mexico City, has been in- structed to open negotiations wlth the obnnn govern nt with the ting the sending of any bllt dlplomlllo communications te the United States vis the Vera Cruz- Galveston cable. - Summaerlin's instructions w-re sent by the department after it received numerous American enterprises Mexico, The State Department desires that the cabls line ahould be opened to com- meralal m: The All‘Amorlcln Cable Company, operating the line, is baliseved ready to reopen the line as soon as the Obregon government notifies it of its willings | BULGAR KING'S SISTER SLATED TO MARRY DUKE They Are Great-Grandchildren of Zouis Philippe of France. By the Associated Press. SOF1A, January 15—The engag: ment of Prin Nl‘l jda, ng of the two lni oris o Bulgaria, to Dulu Alhlrt v ot Wurttemberg, second son o Dukt Albnem. ‘was officially announced t v.lu renl palace. third emu groat children of ullll Ph'{flflp! of .‘rlnu ol duke was born at Stuttgart, Germany, on January 8, 1895, and his bride wiil be twenty-five years old on the 30th of this month. ——————— HEARING ON CAR FARES, 'l'hn |nm-l of. u.lor llaK-lur ot “ ssee that street car redu: to § cents in the mltflat vlll be heard by a subcommittes of the Bflun mnrtn committes at 10:30 bll 'lllllll w'n\'n‘{.":m ‘e‘;“lllct o “n heari n u‘ll have before i v l:a u-llvun ol lho Dll lmll '"2 ‘2&”:& hnn vroduur? un : ; Bundmfl ‘Pounds for s m‘w month contracty 2 4 10 She SibarbE. ot WILLIAM S. CULBERTSON, Vice chairman. Quake Forecast Four Days Ago Earthquake tremors registered on the selsmograph of the observ- atory at Georgetown University toduy, declared to be waves from a great shock early today “in Japan, were predicted four daye ago by Raphael Bandandi, a wood carver of Faenza, Italy An _Assoclated Press dispatgh from Rome on January 11 outlined the remarkable forecasting pow- ers of Bandandl, who foretold a shock on December 21 and an- other on Junuary 2. Bandendi was guoted as declaring the United tates would feel earth tremors on January 15. The Itallan, who is & wood- carver by trade, forecasts another tremor for America on January 20. Bandand! spends his spare time studying the selsmograph and, as a result. according to the dispateh, reached conclusions whi may revolutionise previous the- orfes as to the use of the instru- ment. 50 REPORTED DEAD AS NEW QUAKE HITS BIG JAPANESE CITIES (Continued from First Page.) | quake wiich occurred this morning, laccording to advices received from the affected district by the Nihon Dempo, a Japanese press association here. The reports state that the emperor and the empress are safe at Numadzu, despits widespresd destruction - in that city, in which many houses are sald to have been shaken down. The imperial villa, located at Nu- madeu, was not damaged, however, the reports state. Area of Damage. The area of greatest damage is sald to have been between the towns of Gotemba, which is about elghty mllul southwest of Tokie, and Koozu nd southward in the vicinity of Ha- kone according to reports received ousr a single railway line kept in opération by the Kobe railway bu. reay. between Tokio and Honshu. gm damage was suffered by the District between Toklo and Koosu, ad- vides “from this source stated. = The quake was felt at Nagoya. about 200 miles southwest of Toklo, In the prov- of Owarl, and ‘in’ Shizuoka. in surun province, along Suruga bay. Last Fourteen Minutes. z ¢ meteorological observatory at ka announced after the quake that the width of the oscillations recorded on-the seismograph by the earth shock was 39 5-10_ millimeters. The quake lasted for fourteen minutes. The seis- mological center apparentry was off the Kishu coast, It was stated The Eastern News Agency has re. celved reports that the damage to Tokio Was not extensive, but that it was se- vere In the Kwanto district and east of Hakone, in Suruga province, wi telephone, telegraph and- train service was stopped & resuit of damage PRI e st theoks ices Tecelv e Nihon Dem) at’ 8 odlock this morning from Osaks stated that there was no sign of any outbreak of fire at Tokl A report from Takasokl., a city near Toklo, how. ever, stated that telepnone service at the ‘capital had been suspended. and the street railway lines put out of com- mission. The water system, although crippled, was being operated at that time, it was said. LASTED TWO HOURS. Japanese Quake D.::erded Georgetown. ‘The latest Japaness earthquake, as recorded on the Georgetown Univer- | sity seismograph. continued for al- most two hours and reached its maxi- mum {ntensity between 8:45 a.m. and 0 am. Tokio time. her Tondor, in charge of the in- strument, reported that the first tremors were picked up at 6:15 a.m. ;nd that they continued until about at CONSUL REPORTS QUAKE. Says All of American Embassy Staf? Are Safe. New and e earthquakes” oc- curred early today at Yokohama, Japan, Nathaniel B. Stewart, Ameri- <an”consul at Tokohsma, reported to the State Departm : ald the consulate’had damaged, and there were no ties among the members of the ate staff at Yokohama or that ot the embassy at Toklo. Water a ll(ht upplies were cut off at Yoko- ama and railroad trafc at that nlll:. had been Interrupted, the re. port adde Jcflorlon “Caftery, American charge ai Toklo, eabled today that Toklo and Yokohama ffered a sévere earth. quake shock this morning,” causing temporary suspension of rallway ervice, the water supply, the eleotric i hting system and telegraphic and honife communication. He said Toklo nawspapars catimatsd that firty T persons were killed. No Americans were nggrt-d among the dead. Frederic D. Le Clercq, luond secretary of the American em- suff Tod , M. Cultery said, adding that with® this exception the staffs of the embassy and the consulate general had suffer- ed no injury. FIRE RAGING IN TOKIO. Disasters Reported as Result of Earthquake Shocks. Bllhlntellulhui" e Al nuar, ~Tire is ra i H Toklo, ono t.r'nlg thrown into & river at Banyu. was urned b wa and six .traing overty f‘ mba and Tokio, a8 & resul thunk- which shook 'roklo Bhd ¢ viclnuy this morning: wh 0 ‘The and press, were ln tn lm erinl vmc\n st Num dsu when t‘ho shock fif}"“"‘ ary n. iy rince regent and Pri e I e e R . By Woodcarver |y : FEARS TAX BILL WILL BE KILLED Chairman Green Declares Un- limited Amendment Rule Menaces Legislation. ‘With compromise tax legislation r §arded as certain as a result of the dectsion of the House yesterday in its consideration of rules revision to elimi- nate the restriction on amendmaents to Tevenue bills, the ways and means coms mittee today heard a number of repre- sentatives of business firms seeking changes iIn the revenua rates. Elimination of the restriction rule was described by Chairman Green as endangering all tax legislation and opening the way to endless debate and the introduction of such a large number of amendments as to make its consideration so. “chaotic that there would be little or no prob- ability of its passing.” In proposing the wmendment, Rep- resentative Garrett, the democratic leader, expressed the opinion that “rules will not be brought in that put the same restriction upon the conalderation of revenue bills that has previaled in the pust,” adding that “it such rules are brought in, the Hnuse will not adopt them. he committee expects to complete earing on proposed new tax rates ore the end of the week. D.J. Kaufman January Clearance Sale! Hu American Natlonal Areiciatiop, argued ing its corpleta irminstion bators the woms mistes cLunn of C. C. Hanch, speaking tor National Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce, for reduction of taxes on automobiles and accessories, brought out considerable discussion with the committee. Representatives Bacharach, lican, New Jersey, and Barner, dem- ocrat, Texas, pointed out that if I spesial wax requctions being asked by business interests were granted $350, 000,000 in taxes would be lost, of setting entirely proposed cuts in in- come taxes. Approval of the Mellon tax plan was voiced by C. R. Burnett for the National Association of Credit Men. The association also opposes passage of a soldiers' bonus law. . Boylan of the National Billlard Association asked for a re- duction repeal of the tax on bil- llard tables and bowung alley DEMOCRATS’ CHUlCE LIES BETWEEN CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO TODAY (Continued from Hundreds of Oregon City* Virgin-Wool O’COATS =23 Sold for $35.00 *Exclusive With Us repub- ——(Continued from First Page) delegat. their w Immediately after the session g opened again the question of selec Ing the time and place for the next nominating convention will come up and it is expected that the fight will be settled early this afternoon. Aslde from discussing the $180.000 deficit in its treasury, the ocratic national committee also had to con- sider today the question of a_su Stssar to jts sec of Indian; oluding 118 business session the co mittee planned to visit former Pres dent Wilson at his home. It was said Mr. Wilson ls anxious to groet the committee informally. Democratic Veterans Here. Tolitical figures big upon the demo- | cratic screen were prominent in hotel lobbies and conferences preliminary {o the nationai committes meetin, ware &tlll trying to fight Hundreds of All-Wool and Pure Worsted present. discussing ocandid and policies Tor tho 193¢ Campali tial candidates, were busy among the T | Underwood: l democratic throngs, together ~with those favorable to Gov. Smith of New York, John W. Davis of West Vir- ginia, Senator Ralston of Indiana and other “favorite son” potentialities. Actively on the ground were Robert W. Wooley, former member of the in- terstate commerce committee, eastern SUITS M. d former Virginia representattve. and now campaign manager for Senator Charles C. Murphy, Tam- | many Hall chief. who arrived last night: George White of Ohio, former | national committeo chairman, and manager of the Cox campalgn four years age: former Chairman Homer Cummings of Conpecticut, and | George E. Brennan, Illinols leader. Another prominent figure on the scene was Gov. Charles W. Bryan jof Nebraska' He was_ folned to- day " by his brother, ryan, three times his party's who has sug- | gested a new Florida candidate f President and who attended today counclls in an unofficial capacity. New York Wants It. Heading the big New York dele tion was Acting Mi Murray bert and Joseph P. Day, chairman of | the civic committes. Others included | Judge Morgan 1. O'Brien. Mre. Frank. iin Rooseveit. wife ‘of the vice | presidential candidate tn 1920, wnd Ralph Pulitser, New York publisher. Hulbert' sald the New York clalm to the convention was non- partisan. Ho empl d that New York had not had a national conven- tion since 1868. he New York delegation refrained trom disclosing the exact financial bid to be offered for the convention. Chairman Day, however, sald N York had a fund of at leas Sold for $35.00 Sizes i, 133, 14, 144 163, 17, 174 174 174, 18, 184, 19 and would go after the convention a “business proposition coupled with clvie pride.” Chicago has a fund of $125.000, and there were reports of possible addi- tions In event ‘of sctive bidding in the . qommittee deliberation e e Bounds of the Bt Louls tn vitation were withheld, but its large delegation was sald to be prepared to match that of any other competitor, WILL RECEIVE DEMOCRATS. Twenty-Cent COLLARS r&; 40c Half Dozen Clib Here Plans Fete Thursday Night at Raleigh Hotel. The National Democratic Club of Washington will hold a reception for the national democratic committee in the gray room of the Raleigh Hotel Thursday nllht st 8 o'clock. Several members of the committes will out- line the democratic outlook in their pective states and a general open dilculslnn will be had. bert H. Putney is the né:vlv 3 Mri Rnbtrt H, ed P. Myer: nkn \h- placs of the month}y rally held. club, d l lew of the Brnmllent lvll.k present a large crowd i ——— ASKS RECALL OF TROOPS. —— Sherift at Marion, Ill., Declares Williamson' County Quiet. MARION, 1L, January 15.—8he) George Galligan today requested Gov. 8mall to recall the troops from Williamson county. Everything was gujet in the county today, following the eight dry rajds made by Bheri; Olllltn vnurdlv afternoon, unaided by Hhough h6 sad he had requested ald. ers to b ticipated. Money’s Worth or Money Back D. J. Kaufman 1005-7 Pa. Avenue - 1724 l:l Avenue - -