Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1924, Page 1

. i WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; slight- Iy colder tonight; lowest temperature tonight about 22 degrees. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 40, at 4 p.m. yesterday. Lowest, 27 at 8 a.m, today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 29,136. Kull report on page 20. COMMITTEE DROPS EFFORTS 10 FORCE FALL T0 TESTIFY IN IL LEASES PROBE Strawn and Pomerene Rec- ommend Hearing Be Denied Until Former Secretary Waives Immunity in Ca'se. SENATORS SEE DANGER OF PROSECUTION FAILING Giving of Testimony Before Sen- ate Bedy, if Forced, Might Per- mit Witness to Win Victory in Courts Later, Special Counsel Advise. Further gfforte to question Albert B. Fall, central figure in the Senate oil investigation, were abandoned to- .day by the oil committee. | The decision was reached upon ad- wice of the speclal government coun- sel in the oil cases, Silas H. Strawn and Atlee Pomel They_recom- n tting Mr. Fall to_testify unless he waived immunity. Without debate, the Senate today &dopted a resolution reafirming the authority of the oil committee to proceed with its investigation. Thy Jurisdiction of the committee had heen challenged by Mr. Fall, former S ¢ of the Interior, in his re- before the committee last Saturda Also, without discussion, the Senate edopted the Walsh resolution direct ing the Interior Department to mov for the recovery of the section of the ik Hills navy: reserve, in California, neld by the Standard Oil Company of | California. After considering the recommenda- tion of counsel for an hour, the com- mittee_adopted this motion by S democrat, Montana: Albert B. Fall, having er any questions that to him investigation by the the ground that his might tend to incriminate him, and the committec being ad- vised by counsel that the statute pro- viding that a witness should not be excused from testifying before a con- gressional committee on such ground, being less broad in its scope than the constitutional guaranty, so that pro- ceedings for contempt ‘or by indict- ment agefnst the witness for con- tumacy probably would fail, and that if the witness proceeded to testify he- fore the committee under protest he might gain immunity from prosecu- tion. and the committee being advised by the attorney for the witness that his purpose 1o stand on his constitu- iional rights is irrevocable, I move that the subpoena issued for the wit- ness, Albert B. Fall, be vacated and that he be released from further at- tendance on the committee.” Counsel Advises Probers A memorandum submitted by Mr. Strawn and Mr. Pomerene said: “If the committee should undertake 10 compel & witness to answer under ciur either by contempt procee in the Senate or through th criminal process provided in sectiorn 04 of the Revised Statutes, necessari- 1y the government would be forced to Take the position that section 859 is co-extensive with the immunity pro- Vision of e#e fifth amendment to the tution. the witness is menaced by a . either of punishment for con- proceedings in the District irt of the District of Columbia, he acquiesee and testify, claiming he is testifying under compul- might be put matters under committes, on Stch d witness might assert that ler the Constitution he cannot be compelled to be a_ witness against Jimself and that if indicted for an icnse relating to the subject mat- about which he is compelled to ¢ he would be immune against » of such testimony. overnment, being forced to sition as above indicated, n §59 is coextensive with 1he immunity of the fifth amendment, the witness' would doubtless insist that the position taken by the gov- ernment above referred to would rkk his complete immunity, * * * The danger of proceeding along those lines is that the prosecution of # witness who might subsequently be fndicted for an offense about which lie {3 compelled to testify, the line of istinction between the evidence hich the defendant was compelled to give and the other evidence ob- 1ained as the result of his testimony, ight be so indefinite as to make it practically impossible to distinguish, nd, therefore, the probability of crror would be great. Indeed, the testimony of the witness and the other evidence might be so com- mingled as to preclude the acceptance of any evidence concerning the sub- P matter. In view of the provisions of the fitth amendment, we advise againet permitting Mr. Fall to testify unless he waives his constitutional privi- lege.” The committee will resume its in- Vvestigation tomorrow, but Senator Walsh has not yet determined which of the score and more of witnesses for whom subpoenas have been is- sued will be called. Among new witnesses summoned are Frank O. Wetmore of the First National Bank of Chicago, and Presi- dent Melden Traylor of the First Trust “and Savings Bank, Chicago, who are cxpected to give information concerning the sale by former Secre- tary Fall of the Albuguerque, N, M. Journal to Carl C. Magee. Fred G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver, Col., Post, has requested that he be heard, and has informed Sena- tor Walsh e has information of first importance. Thomas Johnson, Fall's New Mexico ranch, will be ready to testify tomorrow, and a. number of stock brokers also are under subfoena. Partisan politics was injected again today into the Senate debate on the oil leases. Afier Senator Walsh had read a vspaper editorial suggesting that President Coolidge ask Secretary Dlenby and Attorney General Daugh- «rty for their resiznations, Semator Wiills, republican, Ohia, read from the proceedings of the democratic national ~onvention the speech in which Ed- rd L. Doheny was placed in nomi- ation for-the vice presidency. Senator Harrison, democrat, Mis- sippl, declared he knew that Do. heny had voted the republican ticket in that year because the democratic presidential candidate had announced that he would not use the military forces of the United States to “protect il speculators in Mexico.” 1 would like to inquire said cnator Glass, democrat, Virginia, “if \ere was any reference in that nomi ating speech to the skill of ‘the pro- \ed candldate in bribing republican valuet officers? foreman of Mr. touchings the | \Wiedfeldt Recall ; Believed Hastened . i By Flag Inc:dentl By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily | News. Copyright, 1924, BERLIN, February 7.—(11:30 a.m.)—The awkward German slip in omitting to half-staff the em- bassy flag at Washington out of respect to the late former Pres- ident Wilson, may well hasten the return to private life of Ambassa- dor Wiedfeldt, as one of the di- rectors of‘the Krupp works. It wo.uld geem that the German forelgn’ office was not aware of the importance which the United States would attach to mourning for it's former President. Hence it may make amends by transfer- ring its unfortunate ambassader. The complaint that Wiedfeldt had shown incapacity by his act, is a clear pretext, since obviously the ambassador was picked from business life without diplomatic training and could not be expect- ed to be infallible in matters of diplomatic etiquette, Many here believe *hat such a change would be welcomed by Wiedfeldt himself. | BRAVE SITUATION SEENIN CHARGES BY LLOYDGEORGE London Officials Worried That Relations With France Will Be Strained. CLEMENCEAU DENIES PACT EVER MADE WITH WILSON | “I'll Pay the Reparations” if legations Proved, “Tiger” Declares. By the Assoc] LONDON, February 7.—A grave {view Is held in British government circles regarding the situation pre- cipitated by former Prime Minister | Lloya George's allegation of a com- pact between Woodrow Wilson and | Georges Clemenceau over the occu- pation of the Rhineland, it was au- thoritatively stated today. The relations between Premler Poincare and Prime Minister Macdon- ald have become cordial, it is de- | clared, and the disclosure was made today that they had arrived at some important arrangement with regard to the Bavarian palatinate, over the separatist movement in which there has been friction between France and } fireat Britain. Mr. Lloyd George's statement there- | fore caused something akin to con- sternation in government quarters, as it was felt to have placed Mr. Mac- donald in a_ difficult position. In | view of this Lord Qrewe, British am- bassador at Paris, has been instruet. ed to interview M. Poincare and giv personal explanation of the situa- tion so as to remove any wrong im- pression. The published allegations call for a great display in the newspapers, all of which treat the matter as a first- class sensation, all using their big headlines and printing the articles in spaced type. Harold Spender's ver- sion of his interview with Mr. Lloyd George, the British and French of- ficial statements and Andre Tardieu's deénfal all are presented. ! Statements given to the Daily Sketch by both Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Spender, whose version of his talk with the former prime minister was published in America yvesterday, make it questionable whether Lloyd George said anything more emphatic to the British journalist then in his interview with The Associated Press on Sunday. Asked Exp! The Sketch asked an explanation of Mr. Lloyd George, who replied through his secretary: “Thie facts as | recorded in Mr. Spender's statement are substantially correct, but 1 did not grant the interview.” ‘When this was shown to Mr. Spend- er he corroborated Mr. Lloyd- George's assertion. “If there was any ! carelessness in the matter it was en-| tirely mine,” he said. “I did not ask; his permission to use anything he sald. 1 was asked to write a de- scription of Mr. Lloyd-George's life | at Churt and I put in a few obser-| vations here and there. Mr. Lloyd! | George talked off and on for twenty- four hours on every subject during, the week end I spent with him, and | 1 reproduced one or two observa- tions.” ‘This utterance of Spender's was then submitted to the former premier through his secretary, but the reply was a refusal “to make any com- ment until he has gone fully into the matter.” Asks Past Be Forgotten. The Daily News asks: “What have we today to do with these mqualid i intrigues?”. Contendfng that the French policy toward Germany, how- ever sanctioned, has failed, the news- paper calls for a new policy in nowlise resembling the “anarchy of the past few years.” It remarks that the new labor government is pledged to find such a policy, and adds: H ted Press. ation. b “The first definite step toward this is to call a peremptory truce to this raking over of the still hot embers of old_controversies.” The Dally Herald, accepting - Mr. Spender's _version, severely criticizes Woodrow Wilson, declaring: “By that WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924—FORTY-TWO PAGES. PUBLIC ADMITTED TWODAYS TOVIEW WILSON SEPULCHER Floral Tributes Remain Until Noon Tomorrow, When They Go to Walter Reed. FINAL RESTING PLACE IS NOT YET SELECTED Tomb to Be in District, According to His Wish—Move for Me- morial Likely. The sepulchen, where guarded gates to the chapel Woodrow Wilson sleeps, wrapped in the peace of death, | deep beneath the protecting spires of the towering Washington Cathedral, will be opened to a sorrowful ‘and stricken public today and tomorrow. In the dim twilight of the hushed tomb, fragrant with the incense of a world’s petaled tributes, three men of war silently watch over the resting minister of peace keep unbroken vigil until noon to- morrow, and until that hour the pub- lic may pass in reverence through the sanctuary. Blooms Still in Place. Everything is as it was when he was borne down “the way of peace” to his journey's end. The delicate blooms that caressed him with their faint perfume, the graven saints that watch with sightless eves—all keep common vigil in the rendezvous of death. When the the tomb military guard leaves tomorrow the floral trib- utes will be. sent to Walter Reed Hospital, there to remind the vet- erans_struggling back to health of the fortitude and courage of the commander-in-chief who suffered and fell with them in the great conflict of the nations. As the sorrowing widow today sought again to take up life's bur- dens, there was still before her the task of deciding where shall be the final resting place of her honored husband. For months, probably, he will lie in the vault to which he was committed yesterday just as night came slowly over the nation's Capi- tal; but a greater memorial will one day be reared for him, to show the honor in which men held him. Tomb to Be in District. The dead war President had given | thought to the place where he would rest in death, and it will be within the District of Columbia that his ultl- mata tomb will be set. - That has ul- ready been decided by Mrs. Wilson, in accordance with his wish, al- though the place where the tomb shall be erected is still to be se- lected. Above the vault where lies the casket that contains his body the cathedral structure has reached a point in butld- ing where the transepts. north and south, are next to be constructed. The north’ transept, by tradition in Eng- land and the United States, is the transept of statesmen, where those may lle who gave great service to their countrymen_in the civil walks of na- tional life. Plans have been formed for the building of an adequate memorial to Woodrow Wilson in that transept. 'As the plan now runs, the tomb Wwould be bullt into the wall of the cathedral itself, and the casket so tenderly placed vesterday in the chapel vault would be sealed within its stone inclosure for- ever. Within the transept, on the main floor of the cathedral, a fitting me- morial would be set as the inner face of the tomb. Has Not Accepted Plan. Mrs. Wilson has not as yet assented to this plan. She was agreed with her husband that since he lived for eight long years in Washington as President, and came from the White House only to make his home in the city, it is in Washington, or at least within the lines of the District of Columbia, that he should be buried. So far as closest friends are aware, however, she Las not as yet had the time or the courage to select the spot. Many projects for a memorial to Woodrow Wilson have been discussed within the last few days by those who were his friends and followers in the days of his leadership. There are many divergent views among them, which have not CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT NOT SERIOUSLY ILL Ordered to Rest for Few Days by Chiet Justice Taft passed a good night and is resting comfortably to- day, after an attack of acute indi- gestion yesterday that forced him to cancel all engagements and prevented him from attending the funeral of the late President Wilsoh, at which ! he was to be an honorary palibsarer. | Although Mr. Taft is in bed today, members of his household say that he is much improved and probably will be up tomorrow. Thomas A. Claytor, bed to_rest. Dr. Claytor declared that he did not ordered ‘him to There they will | suitable | physician, Dr. ' surrender, and by consenting that pen- | consider Mr. Taft serfously il and sions should be included in the German | said: idemnity, Mr. Wilson lost both the! +The Chief Justice had a little Bas- sane, generous peace he 50 persuasively | tral indigestional upset, but he has urged, -and his reputation as a man of | had no fever and will be fully re- unbending principles. stored to his usual good health in a “To secure immediate formation of | day or two. I do not consider hi | at- the league of ngtions he abandoned principle and gave way where he in- tended to stand firm. The result is that the league has béen unable to do any good, owing to the disastrous con. cessions he made. From these mis- takes have arisen all the difficultles of the present situation.” With reference to an interview with former Premier Lioyd-George, published by the New York World yesterday and_republished in a sensational way by the London Evening Standard last night, the foreign office has issued the following statement: “An interview is stated to have been given by Mr. Lloyd George to an American newspaper, in the course of which he is made to express him- selt with indignation regarding his discovery In certain official documents recently forwarded to him of evi- [GE seriously ill. “ have advised him to remain quietly at home for a day or two, Where he will be permitted to go about the house. His condition is not » such as to require him to remain in bed.” Chief Justice Taft has kept himself n condition by methodical exercise ince leaving the White House. Even during the winter months he has daily walked the three or four miles be- : tween his residence and the Capitol | at a brisk pace. He has been gener- | ally regarded as enjoying excellent ! FLealth. | George E. B. Petty, COOLIDGE INDORSES GO-OPERATIVE MOVE Tells Farm Body Plan De- serves More Encourage- ment in Nation. President Coolidge repeated today his conviction that “the development of a powerful co-operative movement in this country Is one of the needs of this period of economic readjust- ment” in a message to the National Council of Farmers' Co-operative Marketing Assoctation, which opened its second annual conference at the New Ebbitt Hotel. Stating that he had many times de- clared this conviction, President Cool idge sald that “much has been ac- compliehed along this line in many Amerifoun communities, but it cannot be said that -the co-operative idea has found a very firm lodgment in |the actual practice of the great ma- {Jority of the American people.” The President sald the examples of its advantages, which have been set jbefore this and other countries, are 180 numerous and Impressive “that jone cannot but wish that every en- .couragement may be extended to such organizations as your own which aro seeking to establish a national co-operative purpose and spirit.” Text of Letter. Presidept Coolidge’s letter tinued: | “Especially in regard to agricul- {tural statements, when we consider how high a price the consumer pays in proportion to the price the pro- ducer receives, we cannot but feel that here Is a great opportunity for service to both the consuming and producing groups of the public. We are all included in one or the other of these groups, and most of us in both of them. { “In the long run we will all be bet- {tered it we can lessen the burden | some costs of conveying our neces. saries from the producer to the con :sumer. There is need for co-opera- tive organizations among agricultural | producers to help them both in sell- 1ing their products for a better price {and buying their requirements more | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Colum! e 'SPENCER REBUKES OFFICER OF SENATE 'Graves’ Alleged Gossip in Mayfield Case Brings Pub- lic Reprimand. i con- By the Associated Press. A public reprimand of Hume Graves, a deputy sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, for statements said to have . field election case, was issued today by Chairman Spencer of the Senate clections c3mmittee. This statement was Issued by Sena. | tor Spencer: ! “My attention has ‘been called to !the statements which a deputy | sergeant-at-arms of the United Statei Senate has -made - regarding irreg- ; ularities which he claims were found i by him In connection with the ballot :boxes in Texas which he was em | ployed solely, with a companion | representing the other side, to collect and forward to the United States post office for transmission to the sergeant- rms. ‘Any such comments are entirely i(sllt of place and outside the duties of the deputy sergeant-at matter. “I very much regret any attempt to prejudge in any way this case, which must be decided entirely by the evi- dence as it is submitted in the pres ence of both parties, before the regu- larly constituted committee of the Senate, and gossip of the kind to Wwhich my attention has been called cannot_be too severely reprimanded.” Mr. Graves is a Texas man and was appointed as a representative of who I8 contesting -arps in the ! peen made with regard to the May-| | Admirer Is Born i And Dies on Same Days With Wilson J. Tinsley, a farmer of King George county, Va., born on the same day as Woodrow Wilson and taken i1l at the same time the former President was last stricken, died two minutes after Mr. Wilson expired, it became known today. Mr. Tinsley always had been a stanch democrat. and with the advent of Mr. Wilson into politics became an ardent and devoted ad- mirer of him. Mr. Tinsley, who died of pneumonia, was buried In Petersburg, Va. He {s survived by three daughters—Mrs. R. B. Har- rison, Mrs. E. D. Watkins and Mrs. W. L. Barker—and a son, H. T. S. Tinsley, all of this city. MACDONALD SEEKS HARMONY WITH U, Would Remove All Issues Likely to Cause Friction Between Nations. 1 H By the Associated Press, LONDON, February 7.—Prime Min- Ister Macdonald, in his desire to re- move every obstacle calculated even remotely to Impair the good relations I between this country and the Unitea States, will at an early date attempt to effect a settlement of the con- troversy concerning the reopening of the American consulate at Newcastle, |1t was learned from an authoritative source this afternoon. The prime minister also will sup- port the confirmation in the house ;of commons of the Anglo-American liquor treaty, and he expects no seri- ous opposition to the passage of this measure. Mr. Macdoriald is understood to feel regretful that it had ever become {necessary to safeguard America's right to enforce her own prohibition | {laws by the negotiation of this epe- | cial treaty. He would have preferred, it is indicated, to see all forelgn na- tions, Individuals .and ship owners |honorably respect the American de- Isire to keep out illicit liquor in the lattempt to enforce the principle of | pronibttion. On the question of disarmament Mr. | | Macdonald is known to share heartily the views of the American govern- ment and would welcome a gesturc rom Washington for the convocation of another conference having as its object a further diminution of the naval and military equipment of the nations of the earth. The British prime minister {s firm- Iy convinced .that an appeal to the sense of justice, the reason and the higher instincts of the nations would do more-to restore the peace of the world than the maintenance of glant navies and armies. In this connection, it is understood, ! Mr. Macdonald favors the shelving of | the project to establish the: far east- ern British naval base at Singapore until the application of these prin- ciples has been tried. | It was indicated. however, that the | cablnet maintains an open mind on the Singapore question, and will not announce its decision until it has con- sidered -all phases of it. “Common honesty, neighboringness and frank- | | ness baiween mations as between fa- | : dividuals,” the premier believes, will | yet be applied to the settlement of | (all international’ disputes, and will i put to.shame the forces of might, | uch 8s huge standing armies, fleets, irplanes, poison gas and other In-; { struments of destruction. : _— e —— | BANKER BURIED AT SEA. 1:Dr. Bel;ry C. Emery, Former Head of Tarifft Board, Dies. By.the Associated Presa. PEKING, !“ebr\lury 7.—The body of iDr.’ Henry “ Crosby Emery, former member of the Peking branch of (hel {Asia Banking Corporation of New . York, who dled aboard’ the steamer | ‘Prelldgnt Lincoln while en route {from China to the United States, has been burled' at'sea, according to wire- less advices received here. His wife ! | ‘Although the Supreme Court is in a | the election of Senator Mayfleld, dem- | was with him when he died. three-week recess, he had been worl ing intensely In preparing opinions ocrat, Tex. Senator Spencer said his work of Pneumonia was the cause of Dr. Emery’s death, which occurred while! for delivery upon the reassembling of | gathering the ballots in the 1922 elec- | the Vessel was between Kobe and the court February 18. too close application to this duty is* responsible, in part, for his condition. otherwise he either would be removed or severely reprimanded. It is believed ' tion was about completed, and that |Tientsin. He was formerly chairman of the |vatted States tariit boara. i | | TURPAMHUERTA NEW FGHTING BASE Vera Cruz Wireless Says Rebel Evacuation Was De- void of Looting. | | By the Associated Press. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, February T.—Gen. Adolfo de la Huerta has moved the capital of the revolution- ary government to Tuxpam, Vera Cruz, golng to that port, accompaned | by his staff, on.the Aguila Oil Com- pany boat, according to a radiogram | to the Assoclated Press. All revolu- tionary forces left Vera Cruz city| Monday by way of the Isthmus rail-! way,- The wireless from Vera Cruz said there were tew cases of looting’ in the clty yesterday. The customs house, telegraph offices and other public bulldings were closed. A few business-houses were open. Federal forces are not expected to occupy Vera Cruz until Saturday, owing to | the necessity of repairing the rallroads torn up by the rebels. U. 8, Warship In Walting. “The American warship Richmond rides at anchor In the Vera Cruz har- bor and is reported to have miven city officials assurance -that it will aid in suppressing any lawlessness,” says the radiogram. Two rebel gunboats at Vera Cri also sailed from Tuxpam on Monda: according to the radlogram. MAY BE COMING TO U. S. m— === i NEW ORLEANS, February Mexican consulate here has no Infor- mation as to the whereabouts of the fleeing Adolfo de la Huerta, but in the | event he sailed on the Tobasco, the 1 vessel on which he placed his baggage | during the latter days of January, the consulate belicves he is headed for New Orleans. | Reports are that the revolutionary | leader fled on an Aguila Ol Company vessel. If that is correct, his destina. tion was Tuxpam, Vera Cruz. HOW-I ever, it is belleved here in Mexican | circles that the insurrector gave out the information that he was on the Aguila company vessel to baffle pur- suers. That vessel is English-owned and could not be molested. FEDERALS PLAN DRIVE. * By the Ansociated Press. i MEXICO CITY, February 7.—Special ' dispatches received from Irapuato, state of Guanajuato, report a big con- centration of federal troops there for the purpose of making an energetic ance against Guadalajara. _In ew of this fact the rebels are dis- integrating In southern Guanajuato and Michoacan, fearing airplane at- tacks, but are marching toward the vicinity of Ocotlan, forty miles south- ‘ast of Guadalajara, where the forces >f the rebel general Estrada are ‘making efforts to hinder the advance of the federals. Gen. Gonzalo Escobar, Juan Jose, Rios, Manuel Arenas and Louis Castillo have arrived at Irapuato with their troops. The dispatches report that President Obregon has accorded free- dom of action to Gens. Escobar to operate from Penjamo to Ocotlan to clear out the rebels from that region and then co-operate in the advance against Guadalajara. “From Pre Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington nomes | {1923 income taxes was voted favor- |eleven democrats on the committee | Yesterday’s Premier Reflects Anxiety Over U. S. Ban on Japanese By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February T.—Viewing with apparent anxiety the “Increas- ing restrictions upon Japanese residents in the United States and the proposals now before Con- ‘ gress for further exclusion of Japanese,” Forelgn Mintster K. Matsui in an exclusive statement to the Assoclated Press today ap- pealed to the United States to heed Japan's cherished desire “to be treated on the same footing with other independent nations.” Defending Japan's attitude to- ward the question as “consiliatory and well meaning,” the statement expressed readiness to discuss anew the problem of restrictions and exclusion. TAX BILL REPORTED WITH 25 PCT. CUT ININCOME LEVIES Approved by House Commi -| as. fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 102,756 TWO CENTS.. BREWER'S CHARGES BRING. HOUSE PLEA FOR PROBE OF BOND CANCELING SYSTEM Bureau of Engraving Case Flares in Five Places as La Guardia Urges Inquiry Into Treasury Methods. MELLON AGAIN DENIES DANGER IN SITUATION U. S. Agent Files Copy of Report to Coolidge in Court—Declares Evidence - of Duplications De- stroyed—Ousted Employes Lay tee, 15 to 3—8 Demo- crats Vote “Present.” The new revenue bill providing for; a complete revision of federal taxes and for a 25 per cent reduction in ably reported to the House today by the ways and means committee. The vote was 15 to 3, elght of the voting “present” with the announce- | ment that they opposed income tax | rates fixed by the republicansein pri- | vate on the lines suggested by Sec- retary Mellon, but that they did not wish to delay reporting of the bill. The Mellon Income tax rate adopted by .the committee provides for a re- duction from 4 to 3 per cent in the | normal tax on the first $4,000 of net income and from 8 per cent to 6 per cent on_the remainder of the net in- come. The maximum surtax rate was reduced from 50 per cent to 25 per cent on {ncomes of $100,000 and over and was begun at 1 per cent on net | incomes of $10,000 instead of at $5,000, The revenue measure provides fo a saving of about $320,000,000 an nually, based on the revenue recelipts of 1821, and for about $225,000.000 in | income taxes payable this year on 1923 incomes. About $115,000,000 of the loss in| revenue will bo suffered through re- | ductions in the ndirect war excise | taxes, many of which were repealed nirely. The remainder results from the cut in incoma rates. The House today began considera- tion of the constitutional amendment | to prohibit the issuance of tax-exempt securities, a feature of the tax re- vision scheme suggested by Secretary Mellon. Will Vote Tomorrow. Eight hours of debate were allowed for the amendment resolution under | a special rule adopted by the rules | Cause Before Caraway. The bureau of engraving and print- ing affalr today flared up in five sepa- rate spots. In the House Representative La Guardia, repubiican, of New York in- troduced two measures— inquiring into the present manner of canceling bonds at the Treasury and proposing 2 mnew system of Senate and House supervision of such cancellation and destruction Representative La G dia was a member of the House com- mittee which vesterday saw Charles B. Brewer's exhibit of more than $1,000,000” {n alleged duplicated bonds. At the District Supreme Court Brewer filed a copy of his report to President Coolidge and Attorney Gen. eral Daugherty, charging that knowl- edge of duplicated government bonds had been suppressed by the Treasury Department, and evidence of duplica- tions destroyed there. Delay Is Charged. At the Senate office building a group of former employes of the bu- reau ousted overnight by President Harding in March, 1922 appealed to Senator Caraway, democrat, of Ar- kansas, champion of their cause, as to what could be done about the whole affair. They charged delay by Secre- tary Mellon in restoration to their jobs. Secrctary Mellon at the Treasury reiterated his buliez that there wa nothing dangerous in Brewe j charges, since many previous charges of his had proved harmiecss. Plans were afoot for further meet- ings of the members of the House who yesterday inspected Brewer 'na\'ldcncc” at the Union Trust Com: n. Representative La_Guardia intro- jduced a resolution of inquiry to tablish who canceled the bonds and who destroyed and will not be reached until tomorrow. Determined opposition, largely from | the democrats, developed against the resolution, which was adopted by the House last ‘year, but was not voted upon in the Senate. In view of this, | | proponents of the amendment, {nclud- | ing Representative Green, republican, its author, were apprehensive success, a two-thirds vote being | necessary for passage. i The resolution in effect grants the | federal government power to tax state nd municipal securities, and likewise would permit city and sllflc! governments to tax federal securities. Secretary Mellon has estimated that | about $11,000,000,000 is invested ini state and municipal securities which ; cannot now be taxed by the govern- | ment. Couszenn Attacks Mellon. Lax enforcement and faulty admin- istrative prévisions in the tax law were charged today by Semator| Couzens, republican, Michigan, in a| letter to Secretary Mellon, with re- | sponsibility for the cutting down in! federal gQvernment revenues. i Referring to the testimony of G.! T. Stanford, counsel for Harry F. Sin- clair, in the Teapot Dome investiga- | tion, that the matter of reduced tax- | ation was one of the considerations | in the organization of Mr. Sinclair's | Hyva Corporation, Senator Couzens declared the Treasury Secretary was | making no efforts to get at such cor- porations. “You rather are playing directly | into their hands,” he said. “For ex. ample you are selling billions of dol- | lars of government securities at un- reasonably high rates of interest. | “It is estimated that You have paid | the banks over $100,000.000 in ex-| cessive interest rates and you did this even though the banks pay no 'in- | come or corporation_taxes on gov- crnment securitles. Your own bank, the Mellon National of Pittsburgh, holds nearly forty millions on which it pays no taxes whatsoever. The Chase National of New York is re-| ported to hold nearly elghty millions. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) — Special Woodrow Wilson | Memorial Rotogravure Section With Next Sunday’s Star . A pictorial history of the war-time President—his ! i e explajned the “commit it to obts bonds now in ques » evidence upon which the Investix r inquiry prosecution, if a wuld be based. He also introduced a bill that would require the « supervision and formality | struction canceled bonds t been thr about the des les. Und the existing istrative offt cers notify desire 1o gt Tid of There s then appointed a_committee of s tors and representatives to ex such papers. Sees Supervision Needed. “Surely there oughl to be as muct supervision before many millions « dollars worth of bonds are destroyed as there now is for the destruction of waste paper in the other gove: ment departments and_ establish- ments,” Representative Guardia said. In his bill position of bonds, certificate La providing for the dis- anceled and redeemed tificates and other indebtedn Repre- sentative provides " whenever there n the Tre: ury an accumulation of such negot ble paper, which have been redeemed or canceled or whic » not been used, owing to defects rors, and which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of the department, and have no permanent value or historical inter- est, it shall be the duts of the Secre- tary of the Treasury to submit to Congress a report of that fact, ac- ompanied by a concise statement of the issuance and rede fects of such bonds n itemized list of such bonds or certificates, giv- ing date of issuance, amount ob- tained by the government therefors and date of.redemption.” Asks Committe of Four. The bill provides that “upon the submiseion of such report, statement nd list it shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the Senate to ap- point two senators and of the Speaker of tho House to appoint two repre- sentatives, and these senators and representatives so appointed shall constitute a joint committee™o which shall be referred such reports, with the accompanying statement and list concerning such bonds and certifi- cates, and this committee shall meet and examine such report, statement, lists, bonds and certificates therein described and submit to the Senate and House, respectively, their report of such examination and their recom- mendation. “And if this report that such bonds and certificates lare not needed or useful in the trahsaction of the cur- rent business of the department and life and funeral in Washington. Four pages of splen- did photographs, especially selected, together with The Star’s usual eight-page Rotogravure Section. A record which will be preserved for the generations to come. .have no permanent vaiue or histor- ical interest, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to estroy such bonds and certificates.” Asks Information. Mailed, Postage Prepaid: Maryland and Virginia, 5 Cents. All Other Sta With Next Sunday’s Star Place order today with your news- dealer and avoid disappointment. The La Guardia resolution calls upon the Secretary of the Treasury lto inform the House specifically as | follows: “1. The number of bonds, Treas- ury certificates or other certificates I of indebtedness, issued by the United States In the years 1317 to date giv- ing the denomination and the serial | numbers of each certificate. “2 The total amount of loans made by the United States, known as lib- erty loans, victory s wise, and the amount . p: bonds of certificates in the years 1917 to_date. “3._The number of bonds, Treasury (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) tes, 10 Cents.