Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight, with lowest tempera- ture about degrees; tomorrow fair ende day: Highe: 7, at noon today; lowest, IS, 4 3 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home : Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivercd to Washingtohomes ¢ as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,861 »st_office Washington, D. C. TWO CENTS. 29.191. ntered as second-class matter WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1924—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. *® (OOLIDGE APPOINTS, [~z e 1 IRECIPROCITY MADE HARLANF. STONEAS — PRETEXT TO SWELL ‘ ! - 3 = he fire, which is consuming the New York Lawyer Recently| Resigned as Dean of Colum- | bia U. Law School. T ; - |Vessel on Fire; sl on Fires WEEKS, DAUGHERTY e On Board in Peril. pEC INDICTHENTS i P DONT JusT LONDON, April 2—The British cotton in the vessel's No. 2 holc | District Auditor Says Ball Bill? is serious and spreading, tho mes- Alleges Conspira_cy to De- e 1 fraud in Wright-Martin Would Tax D. C. $400,000 | ! J — The Frangestan is holng ac- : Aircraft Case. ! / % companied by other vessels and is due at Port Sudan tomorrow. The Extra for U. S. = = ; : Steamer Tangistan has left Port — (& B Sudan to assist her. | | i | ! —_— — EDUCATED AT AMHERST: | ‘ DIRECTOR OF RAILROAD, $100,000 OUT OF $500,000 oo ! 7 it armivingatHonkkons, her” port e ! o . ; _ March 21 o g 3 | Donovan Cites Figures to Show ' \ Passage Would Make Danger- The Frangestan is a steel ves- {CITY COULD GET ONLY ; i = - sl o SR et b ‘;PROBE OF ROMA FALL | Daugherty Committee Hears For- . X NY PAR.I.Y GlF‘l’ mer Agent’s Story of U. S. Fail- { ous Precedent. "\ / ure to Bring Suit. been selected by Presiden tended ¢ a: a means of reciprocity % st of the Justice Departm / i) ’ ute va Attorney General with Maryiand. has been converted rious war fraud cases sure for the bene- ' i once a department has served sinee 1910 HARLAN FISKE STONE. into a revenue measure for the ber ia University Law [ of the United States government. | cntiEator) to1d the Dighects n to be{in T 5 W J. Donovan, city auditor, re- | Democratic Chair- | tisating committee today that, e e ot e ; S atie: 't Denpios man b opinion, Harry M. Daugherty, Secre He received Taw i ‘ Donovan shows that of the $500,000 | . man Says 0il Man Wrong |@ry John W. Weeks and other Amherst and Columbia. and [additional revenue to be raised bs tho | : About $75,000 Donation, | artm airerare cac. | — ought to be indicted in the Wright itted to t Yo i Ibill. $400,000 will go into the pocket = Gitih e o e He is a director of t t |of Unele Sam and only $100.000 to the Murtin case after he had renewed his und Charlotte Air Line it account of the District T e Company sus nas accians ‘ ! Ma Company and had declared npany and other corp: The most dangerous featurc of the man of the democratic national com- Appointee Never Leader in Politi- cal Affairs—Meets G. 0. P. Lead- ers at White House. i i althou Veets G. 0. P L mmoned to Was ete returns tacine ax f speeding up legislation in The name s . the Senate were considered at a revenue bill by chusetts supreme St s Jlidge delegates o slight ad- | bil! been the two i position they held finally was made cause of the Exe Massachusetts already had SGuinote: yepor her share of hizh federal oflicers B |able sentiment among the committee Senator 25.600 Votes Ahead states creait for 40 per cent of th day as to the relevancy of testimony ! it ! hojhedioried s De 3.533 Over McAdoo. of 1578 the District has rec It was his judgment, Scalf MILWAUKER, Wis Apri 2—Al} gress has required the District to give Weeks v : | before he Je E e L S ona) property are the Few Years. ot by T8 wiiihe Speed Up Program. e sald, because from it there might | o < me 1 t Iy in granting oil leases indictments the auditor wrote, “it appears to be The inerea the -estate mel temperature Me: auly graniing o s st personal property tax on | House was denounced tod: 3 onight White House Ureakfast conference! S.pator Spencer insisted, and White sut all thes. s o Mol y il A LR el 5 the ratic fund. Doheny had sidered by the " Har i 06 precincts reported 28 well as the amount & next fy lays The snow i s and the Districy of Co- | primarily and to an exees 4 an Jeavor was made to map out a| wipe out a defici “It appeals to me that should thig argued this form of taxation week by Executive and re ifornia ofl magnate was mistaken. | th i A rt M ! is one thing that is basie or funda- ters, the President is understood also | the legul servi £ Willlam G. Me- “This case had gone olitical ervers, al- d today there was consider- tieneral. After the conference it was |y 5 until | the Department of Jus ults. The Prestdonti (oopiea” by the District appr. |Members to change this tax to ai irst Conference of Kind. re read by the witne i . ) @ o 39 chai that ¢ the very dua?d Army air gislation, in the opinion of the audi- | - . mittes, in the witness ch . the oil g , ¥ : 4 o1 3 automobies. re . "h):.tm;; to campaign contributions. artment of Justice & i . {personal property tax on automol W . l : c HATaeny o8 Tue ; ,_ of Coolidge—Smith Has | The auditor telis Senator Bail that inter Linger " Senator Svencer, repablican, Mis: |Subiset. but ha ever since passage of the ¢ ac . ) l j#ouri. asked White if he knew what Names Three in Case. ; While Thaww Is ontributions had been made to the personal and general taxe D ,I, .' demoeratic fund in the 1920 Campais | that the Wrisht-Martin To Credit of United States. ue Tomorrow 'I' PI-AN (b E L Doliens and Harry F. Ceailing for_{udi th Karios ol INew Xork dnaE] & o tims ogthme, he Sl The whick \xmnm;r‘inu that he u'vvr)u] not ob- | Hampshire, b Williar McAd: g e & ti s ahte tor & BocHo s { Daughert den, : % miscellaneous fees and revenues, | A 2 ftes proseciiter. saidl the| tamimons | andl Gy r Wisconal had the | this time personal and reai | SAYS 40 Per Cent Rate Would ) s Has Republican Lawmakers ¥ tovr N taxes have not been nviaded, ’ . 4 Tralovant, 31 = Soxe e ] Tates a democratic an them st ttered with a mass of relevant i deemed it important Scaife sa Iempcnae ey District is required by taw o Confiscate All Wealth in e o 60 per ecnt of the annual ex- = = e #1 to the repablican. oampaien fusd) | 69, anay the ectively compilation of re- | TR B0 PE Oy "and the taxes or Tomorrow weugh- toithe rennulican campyien fund. e ho 16 it somew Lt war whatever ame legitimate inference t - J 1 todi sources upon which it depends. —— O aamarinel And, b e ks " B nge & suit Judging from newspaper report alrs of - v i en be publican o ials were fluen: Th i wii higl h should be drawr I Chief countie the first defi-| 4, jntention of Congress to include ! rages made in t e S R 2 Puts Gifts at $34,900. conspir; to Sustiee ATthn tuss ot the Mases. | Hlte returns from Mil e count rovision in the pending gasoline ti i or vehivles and apparently to dis- | Tetary Mellon fore ather with 1 steadily |tod attended Ly about a dozen | cai@ Sinclair made no contribution te | intervened which ate the money derived from this! finance committes mperature is promised for | onunlican senator: i 100K plies and Wwhen Mr i eide. ‘ell yesterday set ¢ rec- President Coolidge went over with | n $9,900 during the campaign, he | ; = od from . the twoicent tax and the Jfell vesterdas w i paisn, M. Daugherty « A s 4 Slitiation: fae of §i Bbetween fhe| “TH this tin year, experts | his guests the entire situation, and|said, and $25.000 afterward to help Smith Leads MeAdoo. 1 §0-40 ba: s Tonno: v the revolu —— e program for o e R or i Whon His -wtteniion: was: called’ fe tior Injustice to District. i tion f Russia.” Mr. Mellon said ENG'NEER K".LED session similar to that agreed upon | Doheny’s testimony that his contribu . fon Promised. e 1nat weskc by tion had been $75,000. White said the | - vt had IGNORED POLITICS. ; o bo done it would work an injustioe | 10U IN VIRGINIA WREGCK | white the conterence war con- | nensie memory for Reares was fau Senlan pe to the District of Columbia. If there cerned primarily with legislative ma ' se of th Yments made for “ prosecutio Ovolidgs Plokea &t 3 MeAdoo, 10,004 The estate tax rates were increased P i 5 he case of the payments made P 4 Stons Eegsl : ) X mental in the fiseal relations be-|frOM & maximum of & per cont 1) Lo (T 160 Hong ] 2, BE%, soueY advice’witli respect | min. | BroTess of audit and res Ability. ave se listrict delegates, e T S e Hou hairman pecia erailed Near |t~ ap fornes tor a.se sin- { War. Department before . BY DAVID LAWRENCE, SRS * 4" trict. and so established by the or Woodford, Passengers lenrnod thut this g 3 h Letters exchanged between President crurns were 0o MeEABET | punie aot of June 11, 1878, and re- Sy g be announced at tin of ot = Weeks, Hayden, and othe al agen. . |18 rength in the sixth dis-| o000 0 o 29, 1922 it ig|iMheritance rather than estate y ! fThe conference today was the “(HONDURAN REBELS Weeks told Hu\4:- n, in one of the ter added to his showing e o S * | ma gz the levy upc ecipients o of ftx ki eld by t ‘resident S e AL D SEES r added i WIBE | 11t the District of Columbla ahall |MAKINE the lev 1 recipients of ¢ its kind held by the President, al- « to himself was possible sealit x |estates rather than on the estate of | B the Associated Press though from time time he has Pl el S eading in the u He entitled %o the ontite credit. for i aivt This| RICHMOND, Va. April 2—Engineer: Vited individual senators to di M i [leading in the presi. | b6 sntitled to the, untive eredie, for| LT PG it individual Sonsiors LDVANCE IN CAPITAL ST e D AEaourt whe | personal and real.” was done by the Senate in : W. L. Snelson was killed, Fireman J tending the © nee 3 i ponen Little interest | The auditor then states that in 1858 | turned down by the Hous i. Gravatt was seriously Injured, a t Noveniher e 1154 B Congress began to take from the Dis T i ki Caman Gln car employe suffered a dislo- adey - of Kans McAdoo 2082 to Ree trict @ portion of certain items of | > 3 the assistant repu leader; Borah Vi Important o ad w battle b A 0 Reed's . cellaneous revenue and require |that in a discussion of th shoulder and Several Passengers | of ldaho, Motoe of New ipshire, Capture of i P Wright-Martin _over. expediency und the ch portions to be crediled to the as a revenue me .re be cast|were badly shaken when the locomo- | Wadsworth of New York, Brandegzes ) i RO part of Congress, he has grown |23lde "any question X 5 : Watson of Indiana Moming Fight n a letter dated November 23. 18 d of the Department zanizations in Milwaukee | (o such an extent, particularly since means of punisiing wealth or a Line “Florida Special”® were de- ) Weeks told Hayden that he wouid re e take no further action in the case st 7 FIVE DEAD, SIX HURT s e | ’ ! Honduran volutionary for ! til Week ud talked wit G b i bo the best avajlapl, 404 numerous out-state counties dur- | the appropriation act of 1929, for the social zood of our today near Woodford, on quest the Department of Justice to suuntry, Mr. Coolidge IM% the last few days worked for|at the present time the only moneys |, i Manager Ho of the Wrigh | der Gen. Ferrera were reported today L IN BURNING HOTEL | iooer ormia e s o e . gucigalpa, capital of Hondura. | redited wholly to the District nr\"“"“““‘“" | rastroad. Columbia are those received in pay- | Splitting Up Fortunes. | ey Ry \complete returns tzbulated today in- | ment of general and other taxes. s J-iBneinons inonis Wras At Astiand, st the two p «. according to Hoan supporters,| “To show the unfairness of the| “The social necessity of breaking |cravatt's at Orange. republican pa | proposed division of the property tax |up large fortunes in this COuntry | Tramic between Washington and Rt on motor vehicles between the United | 40 ot." e b enewed attacks ch starte w\' Vice-President. list, over Davis $ non- | States and the District of Columbia, 1 | 4°¢S mot exist” Mr. Mellon argued. | Richmond was blocked over this I enewes axackh Wiioh sarcen S e tuni . expression i will be at Teast 10000 in | — (cq o Page s ok Under our American law it is cus- route, the tracks being torn up for | Woman Leaps Six Stories to Es- ¢ a.m. vesterday, and to have captur-) s . S litical “fricndship for the | Milwaukee electior aUHosd o Fake 8, CUlupUNL)) tomary for estates te be divoded |several ~hundred vards. . Oficials ied “very important military posi- ays Attorness Switched. be given when' the e had a I 7,28 Rose, S — thought, however, the road would be cape Flames at Grand Rapids, t'o0s” “The Department of Justice slect. a vice presidential city v n non- | ‘\»mm".\ mong the children, and in a | by this afternoon. Mean- | J Binlster Maoraies, in 2 report dated .oy, the case around: f aand iy no coneeal san on g smplete | few generations any single large | hmond, Fredericksburg and Mich.—Loss $250.000. { vesterday. said fighting continued in| “W'oH A% rash ol ¥ im 8. Keny e ¢ b s | inheritances, and the continuation | hoTd Alf Line trains ate being routed A fisehiBackc (rom Diatriot WA Were o over the ¢ peake and Ohio railw: | FREE STATE 'REPORTS ney Huyward in New York, he sat he could not use Gov. Smith's delegates 1t the majority of Mayor Daniel Hoan, ning ms The President through generations of a single for- |y, ',y of Gordonsville and Doswell. the Assoviated Press. aedpdiation ot how a0l ROOSEVELT IS DELEGATE. fune Bas"heen proven G b impos- | f Sordopmeie snah) A= e ana tendored W Leon 1. Duce, 4 oo raed o S e b T = it st St |, A L o | Ticen permans aset wix isfignd Aua BIG MONEY LOSSES| *ops «omer """ " the Navy reeently ¥\ Slested 06 0. P. Convention that estate taxes are levied upon cap- | to the maii offices here of the Richmond, | several missing make up the casu- | et o e dee e : The argument tor fh J0i nt ! ital, that they are used for current | Fredericksburg and Potomae railroad, | alty list of the fire that virtually de- e nesses were disappearing and «f Keny as Attorn Senern) hns New York Primary. | operating expenses, and that they |over which the tra . the engine \_“j“ s L 4 ‘I-] , | Irregularities in Army Accounts| ™Mwn who made the audits w been strong, and th o doubt | b oo O T e i amount. therefore, to a destruction of | 1ft_the tracks -d over. Eight | $1T0) e 1“ “"“‘ LT oie e e Deseition. of |Ofcers | Sanator s that the tween the 2 ORK, April 2—Theodore " apital in the country. Yet the House | of the tes aches making up the train night and early today, with a prep- L 'S Giobs ST LS Jut (he Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the | Maryland Representative and | amendment would make this in t the tracks. but remained upright. | erty loss estimate sese of $250~ | e | Prosccutor. suggested that and talent of wdininistration. | the repuls Tl Gariven Gonihi z the sake of-a mere $12,000,000 of The fireman was taken to a hespital | " | as to indictments have no particular Some iden of Dean Stone's positlan in | e, Fepubil il convention in| - Mortimer Before House | aitionai revenue. - In the course of & | at Eredericksburs, where physicians de- | The dead include: Bessie Maglowe, | BY {he Aunciated Press [piace in the record the legal world can be obtained when : le e tion ra few years this additional revenue will | ciared his condition is serious. The ex- 76, Teed City, Mich.; Giles| DUELIN, April ®—_The first annual | Moses sald it wan (oo late to wit 3t is realized that he wis recontly e e gon candit z | disappear and even the original rev- | tent of injuries have not been de- v, Grand Rapids: Ed- | Teport of the F ate controller | or2 e testimo ad alread red an ncome of approximately P diin R Tl nand Committee Today. enue will be depleted termined. Clifford Cogk.,the Jining car | ward 'Sargent, St. Paul, Minn. and |and auditer general on the appro- | (eorse B h o aTny X 0100 a vear if he would joir d emplove, also was taken to the Fred-| Jof = i rand R S i« sl £ 1 orge B. Chamberlain, counsel for Fain law fir New York eity. {65, onntyt L hisinits ricksbure Hospital. The cause of the | Tha Tiet ot sy inorand wapids | priation accounts for the vear end- | Daugherty,” nsked the witness why Stous HIgh 5 Profemina. Swriht, was defeated be| The House committee which is in-| “The whole return from the estate |Ieraiiment has not been determined. Mes. F. A Bacnts oF Seri® T | ing March 31, 1923, contains remark- | N ad m"""““f;,“, Also e Mr. Coolidge is @ lawyer by profes- | OScar Leroy Warren, the county dem- | vestigating charges against Repre- | taxes, some $110,000.000 under pres-| sccording to officials of the R.|, Mist Marlowe was killed when she |able disclosures of irregularities and | sllowances to the compan . atie der, as delegate fo the g A : o o ' Jeaped six stories to the ground. Sar- - = sl &ion, and his investigation of the . | sentatives himan, Maryland, and|ent rates, is insignificant in compari- ; F. and P. here, the derailment oc- ~SR€C losses of public moneys. t pla demoe ntion. The regular 0 2 2 50 about 2:40 s'clonk: thi gent attempted to jump two stories 5 Seaife agreed that bhoth group qualifications of Dean Ston.: has con- | organ charged - that | Langley. Kentucky. republicans, re-(son with the Keneral receipts of the | curred about 240 o'clock this morn. | from the hotel to the roof of the | The sum of £125000 in the army . SoAlc Agvecd (hat b e e e e ek e y was an at-|sumed its hearings today behind |Rovernment. It is but a slight por- |38, oichee lere the track. but re.| erald building and fell between the | accounts is either wholly or partly ReblemniTitic Innal wonlds pian : Pammany Hail | G000 G0 o rmittee members | tion of the government revenue, but Uprisht. tne (e, dulldings. ' The charred hody of | unvouched for. ‘while other sums of Ly -tWO Years ago. is o gradu- It had been stated that Mr. |said it had not been determined|it is a large and important part of s ummmju ed, fhe = 2 11 Origin of the fire, which started in | £122,000 and £40,000 had to be written The committee recessed o of Amhers . Mr. Cgol- ! Thomas, who is known as 2 forceful | whether open hearings would be held. | State revenue. To destroy values *“ gifioer b ";' Ay k““' the rear of the hotel between the |Off beca no vouchers were avai m. temorrow A mate {ting in 1894, | orator, would make the nomination{ ' o e 2t 5 from which the states receive income | Whuhington . aveirine Tos aboas g:og | fourth and fifth floors, is undeter. | aPle or as unrecoverable balances.| Taking the stand for the third time S At the hatidont | apasch The oV, Brlth arithe converc | presentative Zihlman, who is states Whahington, arriving hers about $:30 | mined. ‘A" flooded basement - crippiea | Other sums written off are ex- | Scaife continued his long story abont { | a ; . it- | is ce them to resort to o'cleck. An hour later two coaches ine. e brse c e tered | has received many degrees since | tion in June chairman of the House labor commit- | is to force them to resort t her | o'a the plant of the Heraid, and (his Plained by officers absconding or | obstacles encountered then from other universities and e District delegates to both nationalltee, with his counsel, was before the | taxes on land. The federal govern-|ihat remained on the track left for|morning’s edition was printed st the JOining the irregulars, while it is'institute proceedin | { Return Insignificant. Committee Recesses. . i alonte | Florida attached to 2V i 4 el R e Staring conse foges dls ek L prgtessor gl Sonvendons n;,n(n'flfv.lfifls(r};‘;";x:fll“’"‘"‘i“w as was Elias H. Mortimer, | ment should keep estate taxes as a |1jang - cned to the “Everglades’ office of the Grand Rapids Press. | Shown that deserters’ families drew | manufactur v e oot at Columbiy 3 falt | dential nominations figured . in the! Who testified before the Chicago |Teserve in times of national distress. - x and others was widespread. war. g 2 Jle has been a director in the Char- | YOUNR, is state conventions later willi grand jury investigating Veterans' | All prior inheritance taxes have been RAIL-SPREAD BLAMED. ARREST SCHOOL TEACHER One firm supplying army stores re-| Luke McNamee, head o Jotte and Atlanta Air Line railway |determine whether the delegates will|po oo e war taxes. s | ceived advances amounting to £171.- | Navy lligence service, was quoted Y | Yote for a particular candidate or an- | Bureau charges. “It is only now that Conmgress pur-| “ppoo oo c T s s | 000, but invoices for £50,000 were re- the witness as saying that ti e 3 pledged. A report by the Chicago grand jury | poses to destroy this reserve in time | _ EDE] KSBURG, Va., April 2.— Instructor Places Collateral | ceived. | i Company, a Japanese concerr m:. .\m».m-mrlmx ')flrra-d‘, Silk Stocking District. | was looked into by the grand jury whle.. T"’",',‘"" {m,,b‘ [,l‘y," ,-l,u,(..,,; a.". ,\?rcad rails, due to the snow and rain ces ollateral on S _ I{frréf{iu uw_n:)r;\’\:‘llr of I‘I;.d ’n‘é‘fifi;:" Dean Stone resigned from Columbi e . {not only adequate, but in excess of the | of yesterday, o by 5 i - 2 ft _Corp 4 taines Lniversity and now is on leave of wb |, Interest in New York eity centered| here, which found no grounds for |2, Ty [CC3! ® { ond.. Fredaticksturs ead Dotombs Bad-Gheck Cuarge. {EARTH TREMORS FELT | plans and built experimentally almos gence. Hls ressgnation e to take of= ot heoenoanioontrel j action e L z"“"{‘i?"!- . Mr | CAssuming hat all inneritances. | railrad oMciais here to have caused | Charles Murdock Thomas, colorea, | I L ae e cct on June 30 next he question pf the fAfteent bly district, | j angiey, however, was indicted on!large and small, were taxed at 40 per ! the derailment of the Florida special |instructor ih S | el o & z o i fore him was whether he should Known as the Tsilk stocking” district., Gharges of conspiracy to violate the | cent. it would be only two or three | near Woodford. The train was run- | oo s ,f;‘.""’,’" T Ul a1 IN CAIRO AND PADUCAH erment had soldthe' Bosch magnet: sucept the lucrative offer made to him EEARR G W EMET, 0 QEQAEE TOPMET: hrohibition law through illegal with- | generations until private ownership | ning at full speed when the engine ! ing at 907 U street northwest. ! s L i et LR PG il the New York firm or enter the I ey e e stoy o dn- | srawais 'of Hauor: of property would cease to exist. | left the track and plunged into the |Was taken from the school this morn- = LT R T L I R wernment service as Attorney Gen- 'S NG on Ine; r of € com- | “mpe committee plans to take up the | Since these taxes are used in the cur- | Mattaponi river, killing the engineer|ing by Di = | Shocks Range From Hickman, Ky., | “srossiy inadequate nsideration. ral at a moment when the eyes of Mittee. The campaign was marked;,inman case first rent_operation of the government the | and injuring the fireman and a negro || = D Detective Robert Livingston | atd that A. Mitchell Palmer, first country are fixed upon the Presi- DY, Sander brocesdines brougnt | result would be not that the govern- | cook. The coaches remained upright | © Police headquarters and charged | to Carbondale, I1L.—No S L in his task of naming a suc- (BEAINS ODEEsCn R Lre O et ment had absorbed the wealth of the [and none of the passengers was hurt. | With passing an alleged worthless | Damage Done. ISas tor Eeavn At ssor to Harry M. Daugherty S piblican. Torces by Mayer, Wilian: = = Country but that the wealth had been | Only twenty persons were aboard and | check. i 8 ; 3 s [ose who urged Dean Stone in- 5i"Chadhournc, president of the Lenox spent and none was left. they and their baggage were taken allowances and the overpayment of | receiving “overpaymer —————— &nd numerous other corporations. Volie Dixon, 1214 U street north- | By the Assoriated Press Says Favors Granted. at'as a private lawver his reputa- Hammond »n would be considerably enhanced I he entered the cabin (Copyright, bl T b T ORI T | Review of SPring || s #ii connoe ws | bek T WL ™ | TROOPS IN DEATH TRAP WITH MISFIT BULLETS Force of 200 Volunteers Nearly An- nihilated by Mexican Bandits, ‘Who Escape. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., April 2—A force of 200 volunteers under Gen. Governor of Durango, been almost annihilated in that state by a large force of Villistas, accord- ing to information received in Juarez, across the border from here. It is said their ammunition was too large for their rifles, and the volun- teers were without protection. Gen. Marcelo Caraveo, who recently arrived from the south, has been sent in pursuit of the Villistas, = *— tain the rcp]ubll.ran presidential nomi- | . ination while they professed publicly Russ-Rumanian T rpport. President Coolidga. Ty plaintiffs withdrew their complaint. FULL NEW JERSEY SLATE. Upon Bessarabia: coiage ana sommson to Run tor Conference Split BY D. R. DECKER. Presidential Preference. ¥ir Cable to The Star and Chicage Daily News. | TRENTON, » April 2—The clos- VIENNA, April 2 (4:25 pam.).— |ing hour for filine nominations fo ‘legates to the national convention: {last might disclosed that full slate broke late today on the Bessara- ad been filed by supporters of Presi- . estion, the Russians in- |dent Coolidge and United States Sen- B o, bisciie i the |ator Johnson of California for the re- Heamnians refusing o agree to it, | publican nomination, and an almost The Russian-Rumanian conference e refusing 1o agree to Jcomplete set of delegates (Continued ou Page They asked $100,000 damages, alleg- ing Mills accused them of secretly || offering to aid United States Senator || Hiram Johnson of California to ob- || | | Fashions in | | Washington | Shops. | An unusnal article, written es- |l pecially for Washington women, appears in today’s Star, on page 30. It is illustrated with draw- ings of frocks and accessories contained in the local shops. In Today’s Star. | | | Chairman Smoot announced today | that ‘the motion of Senator Reed, re- | publican, Pennsylvania. to amend the | bill making incomes from state and { municipal securities taxable would be | reconsidered. : Assurance Given. Assurance that a tax reduction bill | would be enacted into law at the { present session of Congress was given | in the Senate yesterday by Senator | Smoot of Utah, chairman of the finance | committee now cansidering the bill, {and by Senator Walsh of Massachu- | setts, democratic member of the com- | mittee. Senator Walsh said that it had come to his attention from many sources that a feeling existed in the country that dilatory tactics regarding_the tax bill were being used by Congress, and that business was_halting because of this feeling. He declared that “a Sweeping tax re- duction bill” would be passed. and called on Senator Smoot to give simi- lar assurance to the country, west, where the teacher is alleged to| CAIRO, IlL, April 2.—A sharp earth- | George W, Wickersham, ss attor have given an alleged worthless check | quake was felt here about 5:15 Foaring apparel, was named as com-|gamage. It was reported as far north Thomas stated that the check was as Carbondale, Iil given on a bank where he had valua. —- ble securities deposited, and he| pADUC. <y. April 2—Distine thought the bank would take care| PADUCAH, Ky. Apri Py of it. The check was not taken are €arthquake tremors were felt in| of, he added. and the filing of the|Paducah and vicinity at 5:15 o'clock r!:.arg- repulted. A cash collateral of | today. Reports from several sources 25 Wwas accepted for his appearance. | ..o that the shock was fairly heavy T land of several moments' dufation. No PLANS TO LAY CABLE. |aamage was reported. The shock was felt as far south as LONDON, April 2.—Permission has | Hickman, Ky. been asked of the l’ortuguue‘ gov- | CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., April 2— srnment to lay a cable from Emden | scveral distinct earth tremors were to North America via Fayal, one of | feit nere at 5:30 o'clock this morning. the Portuguese islands in the Azores, s by the Dutch Atlantische Telggrafin MEMPHIS, Tenn.. April 2—Slight nd_Cessellschaft, according anlcarth tremors were felt here early agency dispatch from Lisbon, toda, s |ney for Mitsui & Co., got for $9.25 in payment for articles of |o'clock this morning. There was no | and exercised “undue with the Departm Scaife asserted of a letter from to James M. Beck, now acting ney General, asking the latter to assist in getting the Supreme Court to set down a motion for argument. This letter, Scaife observed, showed the s relations” and the “operations of what I call the in- visible government. The charges as to the Standard Air leraft Corporation were taken up Inearly two years ago in the House {impeachment proceedings again: Harry M. Daugherty, and Paul How land, counsel for Mr. Daugherty asked today to have it noted in the record that the House committee e\ on ted the former Attorney Gen- " (Continucd oa Page 2, Columa ou. ’