Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1924, Page 1

A WEATHER. air tonight and probably tomor- row. continued cool: moderate to fresh north and northeast winds, Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at m. today: Highest, 76, at b pan. yesterday: lowest, 49, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 1. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 29,214 [nterea as second-class matt. post office Washington D C. GRAVEIRISHCRISIS - FINANC) FOLLOWS SPLITIN. BOUNDARY PARLEY Alarmists’ Prediction of New | Commission Orders Con- | War Discounted by British ‘| sultations on Eve of Mor- | { | No. a ER VENS ONHEETG DAWES PLANTOBESDUGHT WASHINGTON, D. C., Observers. ULSTER STAND CAUSE " OF CONFERENCE BREAK Refuses to Name Delegate to Com- | Publication of All Texts May Come | mission—MacDonald Moves to Avert Trouble. ¥ e Associated Pre: LLONDON, April situation ought about by the breakdo Irish boundary confercnce at the lonial office last night is de od enerally as the avest h crisis the Anglo-Irish ¥, was ed in 1921. Despite alarmist re- rts and rumors, however, govern- nt observers e there no selihood of another Irish war in the ar future. Both the Trish del ondon British gov ) the try ent of et member tion it 25.—Th tre ieve is e northern ations are ting a ne nment, should b and southern remaining tep by the according tablish- dary commission, de- 1l of Ulster to name such o body. Such considered certain would trange Ulst order s Premier Mac Tt to an all-Irish the Ulster and eruments can fix the without interference vernment. It is generally taken for granted that British government wishes to act in the matter by appointing a comm to delimit the boundary between wrthern and southern Ireland, and it < believed the Free State government , if necessary. press this. The question, however, whether, since Ulster has refused to appoint a repr: tive mission, that b could legally crate with only two members stead of the three provided for by the Anglo-Tris 1t 1 bounc on arises B op- in- h treaty mission Ulster rep- ntly, that ssary q Jegislation ovide a substitute for the ing delegate See Storm of Controve Accordr Westminster Ga- the British government has al- given the Fri at it will pass Daily Express arouse a aette, uch a bill would yatroversy and s storm ed might not ster Dispatches from Dublin and Belfast report anxiety in both Irish capit rding the outcoms. Th Tyrone and Fermanagh nd th y of Londonderry hold majorities or the Free State, £ the comm & by virtue of special leg- Liots these arcas to the Free foreign flag, and our will Have to trampie over my efore they steal a yard of it. s ames is quoted by the Daily £ketch as saying “I am disappointed.” DUBLIN EXPECTED RIFT. Free State to Press for Immediate Boundary Decision. Dy the Associated Press. DUBLI April of the Irish boundary conference in london was anticipated here, as no basis of agreement had ever been put forwarl. The government, it is understood, will press now for the mmediate establishtment of a bound- ary commission and the appointment of a British representative. Tt is contended here that the com- mission can function even in the ab- sence of an Ulster representative, but if_the British law authorities rule ctherwise the British government will be asked to Introduce and have passed immediately the necessary supplemental legislation, which, it is urged, must be supported by all the Hritish statesmen who were parties to the Anglo-Irish treaty. Opinion in the Dail Eireann is strong in pressing for full observ- ance of the treaty and the ministers are anxious to give thig opinion effect. g BANDITS GET $63,000 FROM BANK CASHIER Robbery Is Staged in Front of Institution—Several Shots Go Wild. My the Associated Press. GRANITE CITY, I, April 25— Bapdits today robbed T. D. Grad- inaroff, assistant cashier of the nite City National Bank, of $63,000 in currency, which he had just received at the post office from the St. Louls Federal Reserve Bank. Sev- eral shots were fired by Gradinaroff and the bandits, but no one was wounded. The robbery was staged in front of the bank, across the street from the Dost office. The money was intended for steel company pay rolls. Gradinarof id he did not know how many bai ts were In the party. They are Uelieved to have used two motor cars in their escape. b EARTHQUAKE IN SEATTLE. Most Severe in Many Years, But No Damage Results. SEATTLE, Wash., April 25.—A se- vere earthquake was felt here at 12:03 o'clock this morning. Residents pro ed it the most severs' U in | unties | —The collapse | gan’s Visit to Paris. | ITALIAN REPLY ONLY ONE | OF ALLIES NOT RECEIVED Tomorrow—DMore German Approval Given. By the Associuted Press. | PARIS., April 25,—The reparation | commission held an unofficial meeting this morning to discuss the replies of the French, British and Belgian gov- ernments to the commission’s note re- garding execution of the Dawes rep- aration plan. The Italian reply not having been received, the members | exchanged views unofficially regard- | Ing the other responses. | All the documents will be made | public as soon as that from Italy fs recerved, probably tomorrow. Financlers' Views Sought. requested Louis its president, and British member, communication with. presentatives of the 1 world to learn their opinions thou of France, r John Bradbury to enter various proposed plan. P. Morgan is due after his trip in the Mediter- . it is considercd probable th: commission’s representatives will especially anxious to consult him. These conversations with financlal d Wwill be of a purely consulta- ti acter and do not imply that th nancial measures in the ex- perts’ program are to be put into exe- cution immediately, it is explained. Col. Logan Credited. »dits Col. L ican representative with tuission, with suggesting the The Temps stresses the import, of the mission with which Barthou and Sir John Bradbury are charged in sounding out Mr. Mor- gan and other financial magnates. ‘“Naturally,” says the newspaper, “this doe: not mean engaging pourparlers for the floating of a loan. Their conversations will not take on |such a technical character. Further more, it is wiser to await the German reply. Their interviews will not bind reparation commission, but they n v garner useful information as to the manner of realizing the essential |part of the experts' program.” Theunis Visit Announced. 1o to the com-| The Logan, the co: Temps ¢ Gireat interest attaches to the con- | ference which Premier Theunis and oreign Minister Hymans of Belgium | will have here next Monday with | Premier Poincare, for an exchange of | views on the reparation situation as affected by the experts’ report. firmation of the Belgian announce- ment of this conference was given here officially today. | MM. Theunis and Hymans, after see- | ing M. Polncare in the forencon and king lunch at the Palace of the return to Brussels following Friday the: don and pass the week end at Chec- quers Court with Prime Minister Mac- Donald of Great Britain. The visit to the evening. The will go to Lon- be made at his request, with a view | to discussing the reparation situa- | tion. Official Session Tuesday, The reparation commission will | hold an official meeting next Tuesday. The Marquis of Crewe, British am- bassador to France, has received in- | structions from his government with regard to-the reply of the council of ambassadors to the German govern- ment’s note on the subject of resump- tion of work in Germany by the in- terallied military control commission, It is understood the British govern- ment considers that, in view of the imminence of the German elections, it would be inopportune to address a definite injunction to the Berlin gov- ernment, and that it s inclined rather to remind the reich of the necessity of settling the question. BELGIANS ADOPT REPORT. { Speedy Execution of Dawes Plan Desired by Brussels. BRUSSELS, .April 25.—Tle Belgian reply to the reparation commission after paying tribute to the high moral authority attached to the unan- imous conclusions of the Dawes com- mittee expresses readiness to accept the conclusions as a whole with a view to practical and equitable regu- lation of the reparations. ‘The Belgian government looks to the reparation commission to examine the laws and decrees wkhich it has asked the German government to submit to it and which are necessary | for complete execution of the ex- perts plan. The government trusts that the commission will rapidly pre- pare the measures which the report left to its care, working out the de- tails so that the plan recommended can be promptly put into execution in common accord with the allied governments. BACK BERLIN ACCEPTANCE. German Industrialists Call Settle- ment Just Proposition. BERLIN, April 25.—Unequivocal in- dorsement’ of the German govern- ment’s action in accepting the Dawes report as a basis for reaching a reparation solution is expressed in a resolution adopted by the powerful League of German ~Industrialists, which designates the erts’ find- ings as a verdict founded on princi- ples of sound economics and eminent- ly suited to achieving the solution aimed at. The resolution cites the league's present concurrence with the funda. mentals of the experts’ recommenda- tions, and states that the to which objection might be raiged by Ger- many should be left to gubsequent discussions, v the h pa PR e o y it the ex- Paris in | Con- | see with Premier Millerand, will | the British premier, it is stated, is to | 4 I ary line |on the conclusions of the experts and | Magnitude Harry K. Thaw can be made a] | useful citizen through the application |of new discoveries by science con |eerning ductless glands of the body Dr. William J. A. Bailey of New York declared today in address | before the American Chemical |ciety at Central High School ! A few minutes’ jonization of Thaw's thyroid and “some other comple mentary endocrine radiation” would | { transfer him into a useful citizen, Dr. | Bailey said. | Research work now going on fn| New York and eclsewhere is leading | to important and far-reaching dis- | | coveries, he d Wa have cor- | nered aberration. discase, old age land, in fact, iife and death them ‘uvlveu in the endocrine,” Dr. |declared. “In and around | glands must center fature an So- efforts | 'MADDEN HITS HOGAN | ATTACK ON GRAHAM | Resents Local Lawyer's Objection | to Illinoisan as Judge of District Court. Vigorous exception was taken on the floor of the House today by Rep- resentative Martin B. Madden, Repub- lican, of Illinois, chairman of the House appropriations committee and dean of the Illinois delegation, to re- marks which Frank J. Hogan, promi- nent Washington lawyer, is reported | {to have made at a meeting of the LBar Association of the District last | night antagonistic to the condidacy of Representative William J. Graham | of 1itinois for appointment to the va- | cancy as chief justice of the Court of | Appeals. Representative Madden said: “I no- tice in this morning’s Washington Post an article giving an account of the meeting of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, held | yesterday, at which a resolution was | Dissed appointing a committee to present & protest to the President of the United States against the ap- pointment of William J. Graham, a member of the House from Illinois, to the position of chlef justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Thig resolution, I take it, was the result of a series of charges made by Frank J. Hogan, in which he purports to have saild that: “‘Mr. Graham did not even under- stand the simplest rules of evidence, nor has he the slightest conception of judicial procedure.” “I read further Mr. Graham was characterized by Mr. Hogan as a politiclan ‘who believes an indictment might be used as a political weapon, no matter if the indicted persons were ever convicted of the charges brought against them.” Says Request Refused. “It 18 said that Mr. Hogan has filed with this committee a lot of docu- ments as evidence to show Mr. Gra- ham's unfitness, some of which, it is said, are in the form of letters from Mr. Graham to Mr. Hogan. I under- stand that Mr. Hogan has a letter from Mr. Graham, one letter, in re- sponse to some request made by Mr. Hogan, not very favorable to the request, but certainly nothing thst would reflect +upon Mr. Graham's ability or his character. “I understand that when Mr. Gra- ham was chairman of the committee of investigation of war frauds the friends ‘of Mr. Hogan requested Mr. Hogan's appointment as the attorney for the committee. Whether Mr. Hogan, knew this appointment was being Tequested for him I dp not know. However, the request was re- fused. ‘Now I understand that Mr. Hogan represents nearly pvery person who is either under indictment here, or who has a claim or against whom the government has a claim, and natural- 1y he would not want a man as chief Justice of the Court of Appeals here to be somebody that he could not control. Hits Comtrol of Court. “I do not believe that anybody ought to control the court, and particularly I 'do not belleve that any lawyer ‘whose business it is to defend men charged with violations of the law’ ought to be permitted to control tie court. “I understand that Judge Robb, in whose interest these resolutions were passed, s an honorable gentleman 'and a good judge and an able lawyer. ut he is certainly no better lawyer than Wlul::‘n w):& has it twenty. NO GASTON AND ALPHON |SCIENCE CAN MAKE THAW USEFUL CITIZEN AT ONCE, CHEMIST SAYS from the British | the possibilities of carrying out the | ASSerts Few Minutes’ Application of New Gland| Theory Will Effect Cure—Declares Discovery @he Fpen ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Startling. toward human rejuvenation, i goal or which the world has sought and | ne which now scems to be truly' realized “We have come to conclusion, since the tain such basic mastery of our func- tion ‘rzies—the control of t aim in the . And the corollary ndocrines con- shudder at magnitude.” truths that we n of their Will Increase Life Spa Sciene br. B ionization o ailable ngers Las definitely ished, said, that a method of | the endocrine glands is | that will retard the| { time in the human | oy 6) OIL CASE GRAND JURY | IS SELECTED HERE Justice Hitz Cautions Jurymen Against Bringing Political Indictments. (Continued on Page 2. Column Selaction of the grand jury before which 18 to be presented the criminal charges growing out of the Senate's oil investigation was completed to- day in the District of Columbia su- preme court. The jury immediately retired to its quarters with an assistant district attorney and the presentation of pre- liminary evidence was begun. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, spe- cial government oil counsel, are as- sisting the district attorney's office in the presentation of the case. Justice Warns Jury. Justice Hitz, in charging the jury, told them he did not want “any political indictments” in this court. “Nor do we want any indictments based on scandal or rumor,” he said. The entire panel of 150 persons was exhausted in the selection of the remaining nineteen members of the jury chosen today. Four members had qualified ten days ago. At least twelve of the twenty-three Jurors must agree upon an indict- ment before one can be returned. Dunkum Named Foreman. Gratz . Dunkum, chairman of the Masonic Temple committee and mod- erator of the Baptist congregations in the District, was selected as fore- man. Four of the grand jurors were se- cured ten days ago and a new venire of 150 men was summoned for today to complete the panel. The entire venire was exhausted before the needed nineteen men were secured. Besides Foreman Dunkum the addi- tional grand jury will consist of Al- fred R, Hales, J. Harris Franklin, A. Woolford Wright, T. Calvin Johnson, John H. Bittle, John E. Jenks, Willlam H. Fowler, Young L. Frasier, Michael A. McCormick, Carl H. Dutton, Thomas M. Galloway, James J. Cook, Douglas Brewer, Harry R. Statham, J. Dutton Wainwright, John A. Andreas, Freder- ick J. Goddard, Charles M. Franklin, Samuel Arkin,” Tasker K. Edmonds, Beverly H. Harrls and L. Earle Tross- ach. After a brief session the grand jury recessed until Monday. ter than Mr. Graham has; and when these men say that we are not en- titled to any consideration from the President of the United States in the matter of appointment in the courts of the District of Columbia, 1 say they are mistaken, because the United States pays 40 per cent of the ex- penses within the District cf Colum- bia for all purposes, ani I resent on behalf of the people of Illinols the onslaught by Mr. Hogan, who, I un- derstand, has become rich in practicing _before the courts of the District of Columbia, and who today wants to control the court by asking the President to refuse to appoint the man whose honor and in- tegrity are unassailable and who cannot be controlled by anybody, but who_under all circumstances and at all times occupied an _independent attitude and would render decisions in such cases as may come before him In accordance with the Consti- tution and the laws of the United States, regardless of what Mr. Hogan or anybody else may say or think. And T certainly hope that the Pre: dent of the United States will not FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1924—FORTY-TWO PAGES. CHARLES F. MURPHY DIES; | FAMED TAMMANY “BOSS” Democratic Chieftain Is Sudden Vietim of Acute Indigestion. BLOW TO GOV. SMITH Leader Main Supporter of ny Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,557 TWO CENTS. HOUSE AMENDMENT ON DIVIDEND TAX KILLED BY SENATE j Treasury Draft Making Gains on Stock 12 1-2 Per Cent . WORK HERE. | cation ced b s as . | | | | STAND ON ALIEN BAN Senator Colt Tells President Ex-| clusion of Japanese Is Illogical | and Harmful.. CONFEREES FINISHING WORK| Revision by Them or Veto Held Only Chance for Change. As the Senate and House conferses | met today to give the final touches to the new immigration bill, President Coolidge was receiving an eleventh- | hour resume of the situation as view ed by members of Congress opposed | to Japanese exclusion. i Senator Colt, Republican, Rhode | 1sland, chairman of the Senate immi- | gration committee, and one of the six | who . oted against the pending meas- | ure to the last, laid before the Presi- dent his reasons for viewing the Jap- | anese provisions as illogical. unneces- sary and harmful to American inter- ests at large. | Coolidge's Stand Not Revealed. While President Coolidge did not | indicate his position to callers, the White House, the State Depl.rlm'nl‘ and Capitol Hill were agreed that wnly two possible avenues for alier-| ing the Japanese hill section now | exists—an almost unprecedented ac- @ by the conferees in the shape of joint 1ecommendation for modifi- and the veto The overwhelming votes in the House and Senate upon the exclusion provision and the continued senti- ment aroused by the note of the Japanese cmbassy were regarded as obviating what small chance there was of ameliatory action by the con- ferees. Senate Views Presented. President Coolidge was told today that new Senate views of the bill as| written were based in part on the indicated willingness of Japan to concede the right of the United States to carry restriction to any | point, and to co-operate even if re- striction was carried to the point of absolute exclusion. In that situa- tion, it was argued, the drastic language of the bill might be taken abroad as an unnecessary affront. Secretury Hughes has oconveyed somewhat™ the same views to the President and is said to have indi- cated his objection to other features of the bill. BREAK UP MEETING OF EMMA GOLDMAN Berlin Communists Prevent Plea for Russian Prisoners by T. S. Anarchists. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, April 25.—Several hun- dred communistic hectors broke up a public protest meeting staged by Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk- man, the American anarchists, last night in behalf of the imprisoned non-communist revolutionaries in Russia. Despite her promise given the Ger- man authorities when she chose Ber- lin as her residence that she would abandon public activities, Miss Gold- man consented to make a public plea for the release by May 1 of al. radi cal opponents of the soviet govern. ment held in prison, including Maria Spiridinova, the social revolutionary. Miss Goldman was unable to finish her speech, which was punctuated by noisy interruptions from the commu- nists, who finally succeeded in dis- persing the gathering and held a meeting of their own. At the latter meeting Miss Goldman remained on the speaker's stand, but made no at- tempt to continue her speech. DENY LIQUOR CHARGE. Two Indicted With Langley Plead Not Guilty Here. ‘Ben L. Moses and Harry Sattler, both of Pittsburgh, Pa., indicted jointly with Jdhn W. Langley, repre- sentative from Kentucky, by the Dis- trict grand jury 6n a charge of con- spiracy in connection with the with- drawal of whisky from government warehouses, were arraigned today before Justice Hitz in Criminal Di- vision 1. Each entered a plea of ndt gulilty and was fflntsd fifteen days in which to withdraw the mur to the indictment if so advised. Willia |at his residence, | Gaston B. M | whose coliection of documen | brother of the forme: His Candidacy for Nomination. By the Asaclated Press. NEW YORK, April 25.—Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, died today. He dled at 9:30 o'clock this morning at 305 East 17th street. Murphy succeeded the late Richard | Croker as chieftain of the countr: most famous political organization. He was u nhative New Yorker, having been born here June 20, 1858. Acute indigestion was the cause of death. In Conference Last Night. Mr. Murphy appeared in excellent health last night, according to his secretary, Daniel J. Ryan. He con- ferred with political assoclates at Tammany Hall, ate a hearty dinner| and retired at the usual early hour. Household servants related that the Tammany leader complained of suf- fering chills when he arose at § o'clock this morning, as was his custom. |COOLIDGE WEIGHING D. C. Heads Fight Bill to Require Permit to Park The Commissioners today asked Congress not to enact the proposed bill to require a motorist to obtain the permission of the occupant of a building before parking his au- tomobile in front of it. m ure would not be pr to enforce, especilly in vie the limited personnel of the police department. They also raised the ion of the extent to which an pant may control the use of reet in_ front of his prem- B The Commissioners admit inconvenient results to persons finding the automobile of some one else parked in front of their Dlaces, but they do not regard the pending bill as a practical solu- tion. ASSERTS DAUGHERTY DELAYED TRUST CASE Trade Commission Head, Recal to Stand, Says Recommenda- tions Fatile. The Senate Daugherty investigat- ing committee went forward toda; with its inquiry into the enforcement of anti-trust laws. Several witnes! moned from Ch regarding the s had been sum- go for questioning harge first pre- | sented to the committee by Chairman Huston Thompson of the Federal Trade Commission that the Department of | Justice had delayed its intervention in the business field, even though the commission recommended prosecu- | tion. The committee was still unaware of the whereabouts of the records of Means, its star witness evi missing. dence yesterday turned up | An executive session was to be held dur- ay to discuss coniempt pro- Against M. S. Daugherty, r Attorney Gen- ing the d. ceedings eral, Thompson Recalled. Chairman Thompson of the Trade Commission was recalled at the n:t‘; of the session and was aske :;:m: conditions in the stationery stigated by the commis- e !lge. “A recommendation was | made to the Department of Justice he sald, but the depart- ack a memorandum say- ing there had been no violation of law among the paper wholesalers and retailers named. Organization in the industry, Mr. Thompson said, d in Chicago o ur . investigation showed there was price regulation by co-operative action,” he said. “On March 19, 1920, the Trade Commission referred the facts to the Department of Justice. On April 21, 1921, the commission re- ceived a letter from Guy D. Hoff, then assistant attorney general, saying the department was engaged in its own investigation. Sidney Morris & Co., a Chicago firm, also appeared as a complainant, he sdded, charging that a combina- tion of stationers was cutting off supplies to it. Letters in Case Cited. The Morris concern declared in a Jetter to Goff, the witness said, that “being forced out of business because 1t would not join the Chi- cago stationers” in fixing extortion- ate retail prices. Copies of this and other letters on the subject were fur- nished the committee by Benjamin C. Bacharach, & Chicago attorney rep- resenting the Morris concern. Chairman Thompson said the com- mission several times rene:wved its re- quest to the Department of Justice for proceedings under -he Sherman act, but that the department finaliy even stopped answering official let- ters about the case. As a result, in January, 1922, the commission requested the department to_return its records in the case. “It wus nine months later before we got an_answer to that request,” Chairman Thompson said. Then the commission instituted its own pro- ceedings. Delay Not Explained. “Did they give you an explanation of the delay?” asked Senator Joner, Republican, Washington. “No, there Was no explanation,” Mr. Thompson said. ‘The commission chairman said the Chicago stationers had a “national catalogue commissfon” through which it worked to establish prices. He said he would mot express an opin- fon as to whether the procedure was successful in accomplishing its object, because of his official responsibility. Bacharach was called to the stand and testiffied that in 1921 District Attorney Clyne was preparing to ask for g jury indictments against Chicago, tioners. Later Clyne told to ‘.ll u = for action, ment sent b lled | At §:10 o'clock he break- | | | | | | | the CHARLES F. MURPHY. fasted and almost immediately after- ward became ill of indigestion. He also coraplained of pressure over the heart. Murphy's valet summoned Dr. John E. Herrity, who lived nearby, Father Lawrence ‘A. Hogan of the Roman Catholic Church of the Epiphany Murphy's daughter, Mrs. James A. Foley, "and her husband, Surrogate Foley A lance convinced the physician (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) 'BELIEVE U. S. SAILORS : SAFE IN HONDURAS TUnofficial Story of Slayings in Tegucigalpa Discredited Here. IGNORED IN DISPATCHES | rates rather | tax of 123% had be House. Contributions to fraternal organi- zations used exciusively for religiou | charitable, seientific, literary or ed: ca nal purposes ere voted exemp- ns from taxation by the Senate, | @s suggested by the finance co mittee. Departments Sure Report of Cas- ualties Erroneous. Overnight advices of the State and avy departments contained no word of sualties among the American naval forces at Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, reported vestarday in unofficial messages from San Sal- or. Officials were inclined to accept the lack of any official report as a hope- ful sign. They pointed out that in view of the .disturbed conditions in Honduras, it would not be unusual if exaggerated versions of the situation had trickled across the border into Salvador. Founded on Rumors, Officials were inclined to fecel that the lack of word from the Hon- duran capital direct on the subject tended to confirm their opinion that reports from Salvador were founded only on rumors which had trickled across the border into that country and probably represented ny | gross ‘exaggerations of the disturb- | anc that have occurred recently Tegucigalpa. . Proposes Peace Parley. The United States has invited the participation of Costa Rica, San Sal- vador, lcaragua and Guatemala n @ peace conference to be held at Amapala, Hondura! The invitatio date of April 23. have been received. A preliminary meeting of the con- ference will attempt to arrange with the warring factions in Honduras an armistice to continue throughout the time the peace commissioners are in session. The plans for the peace conference will go forward regardless of the re- ports that American lives have been lost in renewed outbreaks in Hon- duras. State Department opinion that these reports are erroneous was strengthened when it was disclosed that a message from Minister Morales in Tegucigalpa, dated April 24, made ro mention of any trouble between Honduran forces and members of the American naval detachment. The message proved that communication with Tegucigalpa still was open yes- terday. Welles to Represent U. Sumner Welles, acting as personal representative in Honduras of Pres- ident Coolidge, will represent this government in the peace conference at Amapala. The Honduran ministry and revolutionary leaders already have designated two delegates, and it is assumed that the four other Central American_republic will imme- diately resignate representatives. MARINES REPORTED SLAIN. in were issued under No replies as vet TU. S. Legation Attache Said to Be Trying to Send News. By the Associated Press. SAN SALVADOR, April 25.—Several American marines have been killed in Honduras, according to advices re- celved here. An attache of the American lega- tion in Tegucigalpa is said to have proceeded to La Libertad, Salvador, a cable station, in order to communi- cate with the government in Wash- ington. A ‘dispateh from Amapala says ad- ditional reinforcements for the pro- Visional government forces, who are besieged in Tegucigalpa, have man- aged to slip through the revolution- ary lines and enter the capital. Other dispatches are to the effect that none of the political parties in Honduras cares to shoulder the re- sponsibility of intervening with Sum- ner Welles, representing the Ameri- can government, In an endeavor to bring about peace between the dis- cordant factions. “American marines were landed some time ago at Ceiba and several other ces to protect American interests. Poter the marines were withdrawn 2nd bluejackets substituted. Recent- iy the rebels in Honduras have been besieging Tegucigalpa and on Wed- nesday dispatches from San Salvador reported tnat Tebel troops had drop- ped bombs on the capital. — et Russian Plague Spreading. MOSCOW, April 25.—Further re- rts from the Amu-Darya region, ussian Turkestan, where the plague has broken out, state that the epi- demic is spreading at an alarming rate. More than 100 cases have al- the Shou. Is Favored. | REJECTS CAPITAL LoSS PLAN URGED BY MELLON | !Chairmnn Smoot of Finance Com- | mittee Seeks Immediate Action on Bill. The Senate went through in whirl- wind fashion a series of finance com- mittee amendments to the revenus | bill today, agreeing to many, whil | the most controversial were passea | over for future discussion. While agreement was given to the restoration of some of the exciso rates as cut down by the House. Chairman Smoot of the finance com- mittee explained any of the amend- ments could be brought up later for reconsideration. The action today practically clearsd the boards for contests on the majo- | provisions of the bill, although con- erable debate is expected befor: urther action is taken. | The House amendment ' making gains resulting from the transfer o | stock dividends in liquidation pro- | ceedings subject to regular incoms tax rates rather than the capital gain | of 12% per cent was rejected In favor of the Treasury draft making these Bains taxable at 1214 per cent. Another House amendment met a similar fate, the Senate rejecting u | proposal to make gains from the sale of stock dividends held for more tha: two years subject to regular incom than the capital-gain per ¢ This change made by a close vote In the Mellon Proposal Rejected. | A proposal of Secretary Mellon de- signed to check capital loss deduc- | tions was rejected by the Senate to- day without a record vote. Less than a score of senators were n the floor when this and several other amendments were voted on without discussion Consideration of | the income tax schedule, the heart | of the measurs, was. delayed by | agreement among the leaders on both | sides cretary Mellon had estimated 30,000,000 would be gained annually the government through the eap- 1 loss provision which was agreed to by the House. The Senate finance | committee opposed it because it con. 15“’"""’ it unfair in its operation. i Smooot Desires Action. At the conclusion of speeches ye: | terday outlining the views of Repub- | licans and Democrats on the measure | Chairman Smoot of the finance com- mittee announced he would call for | immediate reading of the bill today for action on committee amendments, | although general debate on the | measure had precedence. All of ths | controversial “amendments, he said, | will be passed over for later action The ~opening debate sterday brought forward the Mellon income tax schedule, placed in the LIl by the finance committee Republicans, {as the main point of controversy, with a firm stand on the part of Republican organization leaders for (he Treasury rates indicated in the speech of Chair- man Smoot. Senator Jones, New Mexico, a Demo- cratic member of the finance commit- tee, advanced the Democratic pro- gram, assailing, in addition to the Mellon income schedule, the form of the corporation tax and advocating la graduated levy instesd of the flat | Fate The committee provision exempting from 10 per cent admission tax all theater tickets selling for less than 50 cents was agreed to. Chairman Smoot made it clear, how- ever, that reconsideration could bs had for any of the amendments. The estate, gift, automobile, radio, telephone and telegraph taxes were passed over for future discussion, Proposed 10 per cent tax upon mah- jong sets and on all machines oper- ated by coins were agreed to. Without opposition the Senate agreed also to the committee amend- ment proposing to allow only articles selling for $25 or less exemption froj the 5 ber cent jewelry tax. The Housa had voted exemption for all articles selling for less than $40. Exemption of produce and merchan- dise brokers from the 350 brokers’ ta: then was agreed to and restoration of the full $10 tax on billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys was ap- roved. The House had cut this ta: n half. JOHNSON CALLS OFF _ HIS SPEAKING TOUR Senator Will Conclude Campaign Tonight at Toled¢—Failure of Voice Reported. | | o By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, April 25.—Sena- tor Hiram Johnson of California will close his campaign for the Repubn- can presidential nomination in a speech at Toledo tonight, he an- nounced here today. He will make no campaign speeches in Indiana next week, returning to Washington_ to- night. Failure of his voice and his run-down physical condition pre- vented the Indiana campaign, Mr. Johnson said. Cancellation of his Indiana campaign trip closes Mr. Johnson's entire cam- paign for the nomimation, no other speeches having been scheduled after the Indiana campaign, he said. The senator, who spoke here today ead of Saturday night, is suffer- ¥ from throat trouble brought on his strenuous pre-primary cam- “A few days' rest will bring Y