Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1924, Page 2

LE) 2 VETD OF AX U BELEVEDUNLKELY | i | | Coolidge Is Seen Leaving Reduction Issue in Hands of Congress. By . ad to Consress to decide whether rizontal cut of 25 per cent ing ne taxes shall be put through ati beginning in De- | in March. ! The Yeave Al in ihe ce short session ber and ending There are several reasons given for declining to recommend a tax eut but at the same time no statement is be- | ing maie that the President would veto a joint resolution to provide for a reduction in taxes, Senator Smoot, ¢ Senate Finance Committee, is in favor | of such a resolution. In the House no doubt will appear a similar senti- ment. The Tre Department knows that In its perience with Congress, the Democrats and insurgent Republicans united to ig- nore the essentials of the Mellon plan. A recommendation from the Treasury starts with a certain hostility. The Treasury is having its battles with the Couzens committee about the efficiency of the Internal Revenue Bureau and altogether the adminis tration is disposed to wait for action by the Congress elected last week which will either convene in Decem- | ber, 16 carlier if other prob lems not forescen require a spe- rman of the Treasury they don't oficials are saying know how the present law will operate and that first receipts will not coms in until next March but the actuaries of the Treasury, on the other hand, have been accurate in their estimates in the past and there is no doubt that the administration would not veto any proposal to make a 25 per cent cut once it passed both houses Tnx Issue Paramount. Politically, the tax question has be- come almost paramount and there will be plenty of opportunity for in- dividuals in Congress to place them- selves in a position of being even more anxious for tax revision than the administration. Action at_the session beginning in December, 1925, would mean that the tax get the benefit of the reduction when they paid their taxes during the yvear 1925 which is Some administration leaders think it is wiser to revise the tax law for that occasion so as to help keep the Re- publican Congress in power than it is to make a cut in the coming winter session From some aspects likely to endeavor to only next winter, but of ‘December, 1925. The first, of course, would be a horizontal cut and is not difficult to manage, legislatively speaking, especially since the detai ed revision must be postponed until the present law is longer in opera- tion. 1t seems logical to expect the Dem- ocrats and insurgent Republicans to take the initiative if the regular Re- publicans do not. It will be remem- bered that the Treasury did not in- itiate the last 25 per cent cut, but that it grew out of a proposal in| the ways and means committee by Chairman Green, but it was promptly glven the approval of Secretary Mel- lon and the President. Revenue Yield Large. So far as the productivity of the Present tax law is concerned, the Treasury is conservative in its esti- mates. but this much is known—the administrative provisions of the new | law will bring in more taxes than was originally expected. Better business conditions this year will be another factor. The director of the Budget just now is working on his figures for publica- tion just before Congress convenes. It is possible for the Administration to allow the estimated expenditure to come up close to the estimated reve- nues and wipe out the much-talked about surplus. All data heretofore has indicated that a surplus was inevitable. The President is attempting to cut the budget down. When the figures are disclosed Congress, as well as the coun- try, will discover just what surplus may be expected. Then it will be up to Congress to say whether it shall be @pent or refunded to the taxpayers on their —income taxes payable next March. Congress s cut taxes not in the session (Copyright, 1024.) JURY ACQUITS HILL IN CASE BROUGHT TO TEST VOLSTEAD ACT (Continued fronf First Page.) the law lies in the intoxicating qual- 1ty of the beverage, Representative Hill based his fight on the apparent “ambiguity,” point- ing out that other parts of the law provide that no liquor shall contain more than one-half of 1 per cent, but that this exception of homemade cider and wine under the law s only de- fined by the word “non-intoxicating.” Judge Soper's ruling that evidence was admissible as to the facts con- cerning the intoxicating quality of the liquor in question was said by prohibition officials to be in harmony with the long-standing policy of the office. The prohibition unit, how- ever, will still contend, it was said, that wine and cider of such per- centages of alcohol as Representative Hill was shown by chemist's report to have in his possession, is intoxi- cating and, therefore, unlawful. Rep- resentative Hill's wine showed 11 per cent and his cider 2.7 per cent alcohol. DECISION IS ATTACKED. “0ld Stuff,” Declares Volstead. 8Says Judge Hand Set Precedent. By the Associated Press. GRANITE FALLS, Minn., November 13.—The opinion of Judge Morris A. Soper of Baltimore that fruit juices may be made for home consumption regardless of the alcoholic content is “old stuff” Andrew J. Volstead, father of the prohibition act, de- clared today. Judge Hand held the same opinton in New York some time ago, according to Mr. Volstead. “You can't administer prohibition enforcement by trying to interpret what alcoholic content makes a bev- erege intoxicating,” Mr. Volstead sald. “It was not the intention of the act to prohibit home making and con- sumption of fruit juice that will not become wine. A fruit juice will not develop any alcoholic content with- out the use of sugar, Some persons would become intoxicated on a small percentage of alcoholic content, while others can consume large quantities of high content without exhibiting signs of Intoxication. "I do not feel that the ruling of Judge Soper will have any effect on prohibition enforcement.” SAYS RULING IS PROPER. Judge Soper's construction of the cider and fruit juice provisions of the Volstead act in the trial of Rep- resentative Hill will not necessitate any changes in the prohibition unit's rulings, according to Wayne B. general counsel of the Anti-Baloon League. _ The construction by the court e'nl that | ‘would | another election year. | JOHN PHILIP HILL Who was acquitted by a jury in Bal- timore today of a charge of violating the Volstead act, by making cider in his home. KILLED LEISINGER, WITNESS ADMITS Says He Did Not Recognize Policeman and Was Fired on First. Harry W. Freeman, colored, 20 vears old, testified today in defense of the charge of murder In the first degree made against him and James T. Holmes, also colored, in connec- tion with the killing of Policeman Raymond C. Leisinger. The trial is in progress before Chief Justice Mc- and a jury in Criminal Division 2. an admitted firing the fatal but declared he was excited deafened by the shots of the person who was riding on the tire- carrier and shooting through the car. | The weapon was handed to him by Holmes, he stated, with the remark, “Don’t let him murder us.” Freeman sald he never fired a pistol before in his life, and feared he was in danger and did not recognize the person on the rear of the car as a policeman Attorney John H. Wilson also pre- i sented the testimony of three char- acter witnesses as to the good repu- tation of Freeman. Admits Handling Gun, Holmes also testified in his own be- in: He admitted handing the gun to Freeman and sald his remark was: ake this and protect us.” He did! not see any policeman and did not known there was any one on the rear of the car until the shots were fired. Four bullets sped through the vehicle, he said, before he gave the gun to Freeman. The latter shot three times, Holmes said. The lights were on the car and the vehicle not moving at an excessive speed, he claimed. Holmes denfed that he turned on the smoke screen. In answer to his counsel, James A. O'Shea, the prisoner ex plained that he is a cripple, having two artificial feet. On cross-examination by Assistant | United States Attorney Burnett, the prisoner admitted ownership of the car. He denied placing the gun in it. Holmes also admitted the car is equipped with | a smoke screen. | Attorney O’'Shea called John A.| Gross, who was acquitted yesterday of complicity in the killing, as a witness. Gross testified that the person on the | rear of the car fired the shots before | any attempt was made to return ll\e‘ fire. The defense rested, and the Govern- ment began its evidence in rebuttal. The case may go to the jury tomor- row. o { | GRAND DUKE CYRIL | SUMMONS COUNCIL Calls All Grand Dukes of Rus- sia Who Recognize His Throng Claim. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 13.—“His Majesty Cyril 1, Emperor of Russia,” has de- cided, according to a Russian news- paper published in Paris, to convoke a crown council, at which all the grand dukes who have recognized him will be present. Grand Duke Dimitri pointed “his majesty’s” representa- tive in Paris, with two counselors, one for military affairs and the other for civil affairs. has been ap- Grand Duke Cyril proclaimed him- self “Emperor of All Russia” in Sep- tember last in a manifesto made pub- lic at Coburg, Germany. His claim vas disputed later by the former Dowager Empress Marie Fesdorovna in a letter to Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, whom she addressed as the “eldest member of the House of Romanoff.” Cyril's action, she declared, was premature, since she still hoped that the Russian royal family was not dead. She added that “our future emperor will be designated by our tundamental laws in union with the orthodox church and the Russian people, exactly what was intended by the law,” said Mr. Wheeler. “Existing regulations are in harmony with the judge’s decision. “The cider and fruit juice provi- sion was inserted in the Senate after the bill passed the House. It was urged that housewives who prepared fruit juices had no machinery for measuring the alcoholic content to keeép it to the one-half of one per cent standard, and the law therefore provided that cider and fruit juices made and used exclusively in the home were not prohibited unless they were actually intoxicating. “If the alcoholic content reaches 3 or 4 per cent there is no question of its intoxicating quality. Many of the courts took judiclal notice, be- fore we had prohibition, that such liquors were intoxicating. When the alcoholic content is only about 2 per cent it is a question of fact to be presented to the court or jury. I have tried cases where the evidence showed that people who were not tolerant to the use of liquor became intoxicated on a 2 per cent alcoholic beverage. The facts in each case de- termined whether there should be an acquittal or a conviction. “There is nothing new in the ca against Representative Hill except the publicity which has been given to it bscause of hig official position,” | present THE EVENING S FENG FLIGHT STORY DENIED IN CAPITOL Christian Chief Still in Con- ference With Chang, Of- ficials Say. By the Ax PEKINC ated Press, November 13.—The reports in circulation that Gen. Feng Yu- hsiang, the “Christian” general, in military control here, through the recent coup, had fled from Tientsin, where he has been attending an im- portant conference, were denied here today. Gen. Feng’'s conference at Tientsin with Chang Tso-lin, the Manchurian war lord; Tuan Chi-jul, former prem- fer, and Chang Hsueh-Liang, son of Chang Tso-lin, was still proceeding, it was stated. SUN GOES TO CONFER. South China Leader to Meet North- ern Chiefs. By the Assoviated Press. CANTON, November 13.—At the ur- gent request of the North China lead- ers, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, president of the provisional government of South China, will leave tomorrow to take part in the conference at Tlentsin to discuss ‘the future government of China, Sun’ will be accompanied by 32 ad- visers. He will sail on the Japanese liner Shinyo Maru, accommodations having been provided through the Japanese consu Requests for Sun's attendance were rec ed from Tuan Chi-jui, former premier; Chang Tso-lin, the Manchu- rian chieftain; Feng Hu-hsiang, the military head of the Peking government, and many other leaders The situation in Canton is quiet. Wua's Fleet Signaled. Ty the Associated Press. TSINGTAO, China, November 13— The troop ship and gunboats compos- ing the squadron of Wu Pel-fu, de posed military leader of Peking, were sighted by incoming steamers on Tuesday, 120 miles east of Tsingtao. One gunboat entered Shihtao Bay, northeast of here, while the other ships continued southward. Recent dispatches from Tientsin said the belief prevailed there that Wu was on his way Kiangsu Province, south of Tsingtao, with the object of reaching Loyang by the Lunhai railway. Chang Tso lin was reported to be rushing troops southward to intercept him. MEXICAN DEPUTIES CLASH; TWO SHOT Pitched Battle Precipitated in Chamber When Speech Is Resented. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 13.—Two members.of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies were seriously wounded in n shooting affray last night. Deputy Louis Morones, the most prominent labor leader in Mexico, was shot through the stomach, while Leopoldo Guerrero, aged deputy from Zacatecas, was wounded twice in the chest Gen. Jose Maria Sanchez, former Governor of Puebla, had demanded from the speaker's stand that Mo- rones retract charges which he made against Sanchez in a speech last Sun- He gave Morones the alterna- of a meeting of honor, but the deputy declared the matter could be settled immediately. Friends of the disputants went into the corridor and shots were heard The chamber was immediately ad- journed, the deputies flocked into the corridor and out into the street, and the shooting became general. It is estimated that more than 200 shots were fired before order was restored. LAXITY IN MORALS IN COLLEGES CITED (Continued from First Page.) dances held by some of the clubs and organizations of the colleges have Dbeen noticeable by the very consider- able amount of drinking that has gone on by both men and women. * * * “We freely admit that in many cases the students themselves are to ‘blame for existing conditions, but we also feel that very little, if any, re- straint is placed upon the students by some of the institutions which they attend. * * ¢ “We belleve that this section of Boston could be materially improved if the college authorities should unite to request the police to be more strict in regard to street walkers, mashers and drunkenness. We understand that the police are often very lenient with students, and appreciate it. PR Urge Co-operation. “We belleve that the rooming house situation is a serious one. * * *® That the frequency of the pocket flask is of no real benefit to the students; that the dangers of disease are great; that there is need of closer co-oper- ation between the student and school in regard to living conditions.” The institutions represented today at the meeting of the committee were Harvard Universiy, Massachusetts In- situte of Technology, Boson Univer- sity, Northeastern University, Tufts College, and Emerson College of Oratory. A subcommittee of five was ap- pointed to consider the report and take actlon on it. Dr, George H. Wright of the Harvard Dental School was named chalrman, with Mrs. Lucy J. Franklin, dean of women at Boston University; Dean Stephen Rushmoré of Tufts Medical School, Donald Hooper, M. I T. undergrad- uate, and Nathanlel Newman, class of '26, Harvard Dental School. FRANK McQUADE, CANDY MANUFACTURER, DEAD Was D. C. Business Man More Than 50 Years, and Active in Civil Affairs and Politics. Frank McQuade, one of Washing- ton's leading candy manufacturers, died at his home, 217 C street north- east, yesterday afternoon. Mr. McQuade was in the confection- ery business in this city more than 50 years. He was an earnest poli- tician, having been a. Democratic com- mitteeman in the District for some years. Mr. McQuade was identified with the late James L. Norris, patent attorney, in civic affairs, and he spent much time and eftort to bring about municipal reform: A high mass of requiem will be sung at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Joseph's Church. Interment will be at Sty Mary's Ci b to Halchow, | TAR, WASHINGTON, EY J. MARKS of the Tenleytown police command, was presented with a silver -medal by J. Z Walker in behalf of the Stand- ard Oil Company, as an appreciation for the bravery that he displayed on August 29 ast, when he arrested Ralph P. White, alleged to be one of a trio of burglars. The police ser- geant arrested White as he ran from a gasoline station early in the morning. Sergt. Marks was commend-d by the ofl company’s representative and his remarks were supplemented by Lieut, es, omander of the Tenleytown district. RENT SESSION HELD GERM OF MOBLAW Low Says Clifton Terrace Meeting Is Only Step From Communism. While the tenants’ committee of the Clifton Terrace apartment-house is getting together data by which it hopes to prove its contention that rents in the apartment are too high, and threatening to ko to Congress In an effort to get further rental legislation, Joseph Low, manager of the bullding, issued a formal state- mant today denouncing the methods Leaguc. In his statement referring to the | night, saia “The attention of the District Com- missioners is respectfully called to the matter, and unless such dure is checked we may soon have mobs taking possession of any lobbies or public hails without permission and proceeding to advocate violence and disregard of property rights, which usually goes with such so- {called meetings. This matter is one | which vitally interests every cltizen of this city, for it is only one step | further for lawless bands to break into any person’s home. oust the resident and hold a communistic meeting or what not. Pay of U. S, Employes. In referring to statements that Gov. ernment emploves could not afford to pay the present rents, Mr. Lowe said that because the Government pald in- adequate salarics was no r on that the property owners should help out | the Government by giving them free rent. He sald the Governmnt should pay adequate wages and the 1 lers of the Government employes should make an effort in that direction, “in stead of misleading their constituents {into promises of confiscatory and Bolshevik lcgislation.” Mr. Lowe referred to the action those that met in the lobby | apartment house Tuesda violators of the property rights. In discussing the financing of the building he said that the high cost of financing in Washington was due in a great extent to continual advo- cation of “confiscatory legislation.” He said that if there were some es- pecially needy cases affected by the rent increas the owners would be glad to make special arrangements {for them. He claims that there are many apartments in the city, many below the rentals fixed by the rent commission. Committee Has Meeting, The tenants’ committee of 12 ap- pointed at the meeting on Tuesday night met last night and discussed their plans in executive sessions under the chairmanship of Philip J. Doherty, a lawyer and tenant of the butlding. It was decided to investi- gate the financing of the building and to gather data to place before Con- gress with a request for rent relief legislation. The committee reported that throughout the entire bullding the tenants were determined to fight the increase. The committee is composed of Philip N. Doherty, O. A. Reed, Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell, Miss M. S. Nalls, Robert W. Farrar, Mrs. Vernon Dor- man, Mrs. R. O Rudd, Dr. C. H. Stokes, O. B. Cramer, Dr. Adolph P. Pistor, J. J. Cochran and D. Lynch Younger. GORDON RENT REPORT GIVEN TO COOLIDGE Stone Transmits District Attorney’s Survey to President—Con- tents Withheld. |ants’ today meeting Mr. Low, Tuesday of of the night as owner's Attorney General Stone today transmitted to President Coolidge at the White House the report of Dis- trict Attorney Peyton Gordon on the real estate situation in the District of Columbia. The report was trans- mitted in person, Mr. Stone-going to the executive offices about noon. The contents were not made -public. With the Gordon report were some comments by the Attorney General concerning certain portions of the report. What these referred to was not revealed. The recent request of the White House for additional information, be- yond the Gordon report, has not as yet been complied with by the De- partment of Justice. The depart- ment i8 understood to be preparing to get this additional Information for the President and will transmit it soon as possible. Break in Dock Strike. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Novem- ber 18.—The first break in the long- shoremen's strike which for the past week has tied up shipping in this port came this morning when the sunitary men who belong to the long- shoremen’s union returned to work. The truck men have reaffirmed their imtentions of standing by the strik-, ing longshoremen . D. adopted by the tenants and the Ten- | proce- | C. POST OFFIGE BLAST KILLS THIRD MAN Premature Explosion of Bomb in Mail Blamed for Michigan Tragegy. By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 13.—Postal inspectors from Chlcago arrived early today to aid local in- spectors in investigation of the ex- plosion which wrecked the loading dock and recetving room of the main post office here late yesterday, killing —three men, fnjuring one critically and 12 others less serfously. Herman Pettersch, a clerk, succumbed after having both legs blown off and Ernest A. Roth, a truck driver, died three hours after the blast. A splinter was driven into Roth’s body by the force of the explosion. Dale Newhouse died in a hospital today. . The theory that the blast was| caused by the premature explosion of a bomb which had been sent through the malls, w. advanced by postal authorities, police and firemen, who worked all night by ald of search- lights, scouring the wreckage for clues. No fragment of a bomb or other explosive was found, however. The explosion, which was felt all over the city and shattered windows for several blocks, hurled fragments of the loading platform 100 feet into the air, threw a loading truck onto the Federal building roof and buried five automobiles in debris. Loraine Yarrington, who was in an automobile across the road from ‘the post office, escaped with minor bruises, but a dog in his automo- bile was killed. The men killed were on the load- Ing platform at theetime. Newhouse was leaving the post office after pur- chasing some stamps. REPORT ON OPIUN EVIL DISAPPOINTING Geneva Commission Finds II- licit Trade Nearly as Big as Legitimate Deals. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, November 13.—Disap- pointment was plainly evidenced to- day at the plenary public session of the International Opium Conference, when the conference commission, which has been considering the optum-smoking question, handed in its report without any definite fig- ures as to the opium requirements of the Far Eastern countries and prac- tically sterile as to suggestions for the gradual reduction of oplum- smoking in the Far East. The commission in 1its report ex- plained that the illicit movement of oplum in Far Eastern territory was extensive that virtually nothing effective could be accomplished until the smuggling situation was mas- tered. S0 Contraband Trade Large. A resolution was brought in by the commission in which it was de- clared that the contraband trade was as large as or larger than the deal- ings on a legitimate scale; that the number of smokers could not at pres- ent be accurately determined and that the rate of consumption varied greatly as between individual smok- ers in the same territory and to an even greater degree in different ter- ritories, In view of these facts, the com- mittee thought that no conclusive figures could be established regard- ing rates of consumption, but it rec- smmended that the governments should furnish all the information at their disposal regarding the number of optum smokers within their juris- dictions. After declaring in favor of the state monopoly system as the best means for checking consumption, the commission pronounced against the Japanese recommendation for the registration and rationing of all oplum smokers. U. S. WATCHES MERGER. The Department of Justice has “taken note” of the recent merger announced in New York of big bak- ing interests, with headquarters there, Attorney General Stone said today, but he added he would not discuss the merger at this time. The depart- ment's interest would lle in safe- guarding the anti-trust laws. PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $2,000; Steeplechase; 3-year-olds; 2 miles. 140 Warrenton 137 Relentless 140 the Junor Owen Tudor. SECOND RACE—Purse. $1,300; 2-year-olds; maidens; clalming; 6 furlong Taudlane Dusky Tel *Carthage *Lord Valentine *Roller ... THIRD RACE—Purse, purse; all ages; 6 furlo Cyelops . Gold Piece. {Heel Taps Chesterbrook ... Director .. Alchemy Fun Maker.. Sate ... *Ben Frafkiln. $1,500; the Govans tEdward F. Whitney entry. FOURTH RACE—The Walden Handica, colts and fillles; $10,000 added; 1 mile. Single Foot. Primro Ry Hisself. Crumple, Young Martin.. 11 12 17 1 Battlefleld ... Laddie Buck Flery Flight.! Finland ..... Candy Kid...... 119 0n Top 9 eatrice ALl Gone {R. T. Wilson, jr., and Walter J. Salmon entry. ¢ 3.8, Cosden and Woods Stockton entry. H. P. Whitney entry. {Samuel Ross entry. FIFTH RACE—Purse, $1,800; 3-year-olds and up; claiming; 1 mile and 70 yardi lue Hawk *Quotation .. Pep to Peep. The Roll Call... *Marsdale . High Prince. Belphrizonia . Isosceles 1H. G. Bedwell entry. SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1,800; maidens; claiming; 6 furlongs, *Wish I Win.... 108 *Mountain Oak: Gold Trap. 111 Revoke ..... Ranock .. Little Fox. Buena Vista. *Urbanna . Royal Girl Transtormer Storm Cloud. Diomar .. Hubar. 116 SEVENTH RACE—Purse, tapsco Claiming Handicap; [ L urlongs, Dimmesdal 109 D11 D104 2-year-old . 108 118 $1,300; the Pa- r-olds and up; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924. CAPITAL CATDOM IS ANGERED AS OCELOT INVADES Feline Bluebloods Deny That Arrival From Hon- duras Is Entitled to Move in Best Circles—Plan Complaint to A Central American ocelot, mem- ber of the cheeta family, as bIg as a cat and with movements like a tiger, has been brought to Washington by E. J. Jutz, engineer, who just re- turned from Honduras, The animal and Mr. Jutz are living in apartment 22 of the De Boto apartment house, Thirteenth street and Massachusetts avenue. All of which is simply mentioned as a cause for the sensational meet- ing of the Massachusetts Avenue Fe- line Citizens' Association, foremost cat organization of Washington, last hight. Shah Ali Khan, Persian antique dealer and president of the organiza- tion, opened the mecting quletly by reciting the situation which had arisen. Along Comes Oscelot. “Into a serene and happy commu- nity,” said he, “a distressing note of consternation has been injected. We have lived here for years in our homes, whether in buildings or in the great outside, with the peace occasionally disturbed by a few back-fence alter- cations, it is true: but with a general atmosphere of quictude overspreading all. Then came this oscelot. It is of the cheeta family. Aeons ago we and this ocelot might have had a com- mon ancestor. We deny she iy a fellne today. Viclous, vituperous, vacillating, she has brought subtle terror with her——" He continued with details which are known to be true. The ocelot is about six months old, and is spotted somewhat like a leopard. It doesn't walk. It slinks. Ali Kahn, having concluded his in- vective, E. J. Tortoise-Schell, dis- tinguished civic leader among felines, next delivered an impassioned address for the protection of American feline rights. Blue Blood Aggrieved. "My ancestors came to this country in the Mayflower,” he sald. “They have been part and parcel of the de- velopment of this nation to the present day. Their efforts have given us the right to live in peace and se- curity of our persons and of our domiciles and now this outlander is thrust upon us. We are not safe; our homes are not safe; our families are not safe; the community is not safe. What will we do about it?" he asked in an outburst of oratory, swallowing his quid of catnip in his fren: The organization answered his ques- tion on the spot by passing three more resolutions in an uproar. Malta Gray, prominent the feminist movement among this class of Washington residents, next took the floor. She launched a diatribe at LABOR T0 CONSIDER POLITICAL PARTY A. F. of L. Chiefs to Hold Pre- liminary Discussion Be- fore Main Meeting. By the Associated Pres EL PASO, November 13.—Chief- tains of the American Federation of Labor turned today to consideration of political policy. The meeting was the first of a series intended to evolve for submission to the con- vention a %pecial report touching upon_possible relationships between the federation and any new party movement which may grow out of the presidential campaign just closed. President Samuel Gompers pre- sided at the initial session. Lessons for labor from the presidential cam- paign were planned to form a large part of the flnal report of the meet- ings. The report probably will be pre- sented next Tuesday. The program for Monday, the opening day, is filled with inaugural formalities and the president’s annual message. Samuel Gompers There. President Gompers, 74, and in high fettle for the forty-fourth annual convention of the federation, ar- rived yesterday with hundreds of State and local leaders from all sec- tions of the BEast and North. He views the forthcoming gathering as one of the most important in the his- tory of the organization. Departmental meetings carried over Into today's pre-convention pro- gram several questions which may reach the convention floor. Fore- most among them was the action of the bullding trades department yes- terday in formally demandinz sus- pension from the American Federa- tion of Labor of the United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners, with a membership throughout the coun- try of some 350,000 men. Proposals calculated to dispose of the matter amicably continued today after a night of sounding described as “not so_very satistactory.” The suspension was demanded by a vote of the building trades depart- ment convention as a disciplinary move against the carpenters for their refusal to accept an arbitrator’s award In a jurisdictional dispute with the Sheet Metal Workers and the subsequent withdrawal of the wood craftsmen from the building trades department. W. F. DISMER ELECTED HEAD OF CITIZENS’ BODY President and Other Officers Chosen by Columbia Heights Business Men’s Association. W. F. Dismer will head the Colum- bia Helghts Business Men's Associa- tion for the ensuing year. Mr. Dis- mer was elected at the regular meet- ing Tuesday night, which was held in St. Stephen's Parish Hall. Other officers elected were: B. Mc- Neill, first vice president; Frank J. Sobotka, second vice president; B. Hargett, secretary; Carl Donch, treasurer; W. F. Scott, tiler; J. V. Mc- Kenzie, chairman of the membership committee; H. C. Phiilips, chairman of the publicity committee, and Le Roy Sherman, chairman of the enter- tainment committee. A committee was appointed to carry on a window-decorating contest dur- ing the holidays. Committees to re- vise the constitution and to care for the annual banquet also were ap- pointed. The District of Columbia police were commended for their efficfent work in restricting parking on Four- teenth street at Columbia road .and Monroe street to one hour. The at- tention of the police was called: to Banter Dimmeudate . . Hickman. Coonard Appelaf Wellnder ' Apex ... *Apprentice allowance of five pounds claimed. |- Wekiher clear: track fast. the dangerous crossing at Fourteenth and Irving streets. A Miss Mabel Green of London, who DOMAIN W hite House. the immigration authorities on the ground that Honduras had already exceeded its quota for this country in the menagerie arrivals of the past six months. She was sarcastic and vitriol “This is nothing more,” said she, “than an abrogation of the authority held by those who are placed in high places’ to make America safe for| Americans. You talk of the efficiency | of you males. If those of the other| sex were in the high places, you can stake your fur that no slinkin skulking, cringing, imbecllic excuse of felinity would ever have been able to creep through the bars to bring a Dblight upon our matlon, our city and | our community. Females, arise! It is| time to show your power. What will you do?” | Supported by the large collection of feminist felines, six more resolu-! tions were put across with acclama- tion and cheers. The resolutions by now were piling in thick and fast. Secretary Tabbi was almost snowed under. Then thé organization started delegating au- thority to committees to Inquire into the feasibility of dismissing this fe- line from the community; into im- peaching government officials, into circulating a petition which eventu- ally will land at the White House and into dozens of other things. Every member of the organization was placed on two or more commit- tees. The meeting by t time hadl reached a high pitch of excitement. Meeting Broken Up. Just as Judge Montgomery An- gora was reaching the heights of an oration which will go down in his- tory as one of the monumental con- tributions to feline literature, came “Ossle” She was us best party gate, slinking and skulk- ing, with her shoulder blades sway- ing forward and backward about three Inches above the serpentine line of her silky back. She was on the end of a chain which was held by Mr. Jutz, who happened to b taking a short cut through Kraz Kat alley. “Run for the demon This cry, well known your lives. Here comes shouted by Kid Black, gangste who was on guard duty at the door, resounded through the meeting place. The meeting ed hast ! thos ated creatures timorous,” murmured Ossie sweetly, as she walked across the vacant space where a moment hefore the meeting had been in progress “I must make a note of this for m paper before the Jungleland Biologic Society when I return “Cripple” Reveals Why New Yorkers Are Hard-Hearted Dy the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 13.—. demonstration of why New York ers are hard-hearted was given to Robert J. Fisher, a salesman of Athens, Tenn., in the washroom of the Pennsylvania Hotel here to- day. A cripple entered the room, dropped a handful of coins and groaned as he stooped to pick them up. Fisher obligingly helped, but when he the cripple ha departed with a wallet from Fisher's coat, containing jewelry valued at £9,000, | decision PACIFST ADDRESS MAY BRING REBUKE Church Council Planning Res-! olution to Clarify Situation. {in By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. November 13.— The resolutions committce of the Peace Congress of the American Council of World Alliance for Inter- national Friendship Through the Churches was today considering a resolution intended to clarify the sit- uation caused by the address of Her. bert M. Sein, New York student, which caused a furore at yesterday's session. Sein, who described himself as a Mexican-born internationalist. said that the vouth of the world wiil rally the workers, artisans and soldiers into a united refusal to fight in war This brought a rebuke from a local delegate and mingled cheers and an- tagonistic demonstrations. Resolution Considered. Dr. Henry A. Atkinson, general sec- retary of the American Council, sald the following resolution was under consideration: “That the alliance sympathizes with the feeling of young men on the hor- rors of war, and looks forward to the education of young men in these principles until there can be estab- lished agencies to substitute res for force in international disputes and at the same time stands against any type of internationalism that tends to destrov the confidence and love of young men in our country, that dishonors our flag or deprecates a true, Christian patriotism.” CLAN GREGOR SOCIETY MEETING HERE TODAY Descendants of Scotch Family From Widely Scattered Parts of U. S. Convene at Ebbitt. Descendants of the MacGregor fam- ily of Scotland living In and near Washington and others from wide scattered parts of the country w meet this afternoon at the New Ebbitt Hotel in the fifteenth annual gathering of the Clan Gregor Soclety. Dr. Edward May Magruder of Char- lottesville, Va., chieftain of the so- clety, will preside at the four secssions of the annual gathering scheduled for today and tomorrow. A feature of the gathering will be the unveiling of a memorial tablet to John Magruder, a vestryman of St. Barnabas'_ Church, Leeiand, Md., to- morrow afternoon. Mr. Magruder was one of the first descendants of the MacGregor family to settle in Mary- land and vag connected with St. Barnabas’ Church 100 years ago. Reports will be ma this after- noon by Dr. Magruder, Dr. J. R Fernyhough of Richmond, Va., scribe; Miss Mary M. Hill of Washington, historian; John E. Muneaster of Rock- ville, Md., treasurer; Dr. E. W. Ma- gruder of Norfolk, editor, and Mrs J. W. Bukey of Vienna, Va., registrar. has been blind from birth, recently took down a 40,000-word book In Braille shorthand and, thea tnn-[ scribed 1t An address will be made at the meeting tonight by Caleb Clarke Ma- gruder, 3d, of Washington, a descend- ant of John Magruder. i time TRAFFIC OFFICERS FAILINNEW PLAN Reporter Finds Only One Who Understands and Obeys Whistle Order. Inspector Albert J. Headley's orders to his traffic policemen to blow » warning blast of the whistle to no- pedestrians that the flow of traf w be char d, and then to allow a’suitable Interval before the traflic is changed, are either misunderstood by four of hls officers on duty yes terday afternoon at four busy cor ners of the city, or else his orders re being antly disregarded. h no pretense at following them. On the other hand, the officer on duty during the rush hour at Penn- ylvania avenue and Fourteenth rect yesterday did understand the orders, and he obeyed them, with the alt pedestrians there were feguarded than anywhere & Results of Inspection. It is not a difficult nor tedious task to investigate the way traffic officers respond to orders from the officer in chargs of traffic, and for this purpose a reporter was assigned yesterday to wateh traffic at Fourteenth strest and Pennsylvania avenue, Twelfth street and Pennsylvania Eleventh street nd Pennsylvania avenue, venth and F streets and Twelfth an streets The results low: At avenue, of inspection fol- Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania flicer was on the lookout ns well as automo- Before changing his sign from “stop” to “go,” or vice versa, he looked in every direction to note the flow of pedestrian trafffic, blew a warning blast on his whistle, hurried up the pedestrians moving n the way of the comipg trafiic and when ali was clear turned his sign Observation showed that automobii- as well as pedestrians have t on” to the trick and obeved gnals perfectly. Of course, were pedestrlans who wers the path of traffic or who iberately moved against the sign. this was the case of the peds not the automobilist or the po- at fault traffic. caug his there caught i At Twel and was entirely different. The of- not a regular trafic o way, contented himse and whistle blow- He ave borne a large stating “Every man for himself nd the devil take the hindmost,” f is whistle signal was given in eve ase at the same instant he waved arms to change the direction in The result: A pedestrian is from north to south of the I traffic moving s Suddenly he hears the whistle, looks up and moving east and west. t had a chance to tell when cer would change the flow of He's caught high and dry moving stream of automobiles. not his fault, it is not the fault the automobile driver. The of- ficer wag Wrong Much the sam 12th and the Avenue. the Avenue the r there, by the hand with ns He has raffic. condition existed Eleventh and the Aven The po iceman there was a disciple of the windmill m of directing traffic. He waved his arms, blew his whistl and automobiles and pedestrians had nd-death race. The police- referee in the race, gave no kily it was a draw no pedestrians hospital. syste man, th in were Ofcer Rather Careless. At Twelfth and F streets the officer was a little better informed but rather d a problem on pedestrians 1 s the street out any regard for his signals. eral times he endeavored to warn pedestrians by a toot of his whistle advance of changing the trafi but for the most part he gave it up in aisgust. He was energetic, how- ever, which Is saying more than can be said for the officer at the crossing on Pennsylvania avenue. He was confronted with the problem. in al- most every instance, of having two or more machines waiting to make a left hand turn, so that after he blew his whistle he gave these machines to complete their turns before nging the flow of traffic. This should have served as a warning to pedestrians, but they disregarded the warning At Eleventh and F streets the of- ficer evidently was suffering from fatigue. He turned his sign in a number of cases without blowing his stle at all. When he did blow it had already turned the sign. Why the whistle at all? Headley might look into a Inspector the matter. The Star reporter will job at corners this afternoon. If Inspector Headley is interested in seeing how his traflic officers obey his whistle signal order he may also leave his office and observe, as the reporter will observe. He may he enlightened on obedience in his de- partment of the police force. COUPLE INDICTED ON LARCENY CHARGE ~ D. C. Man and Newark Girl Ac- cused of Stealing $10,000 in Treasury Gold Notes. be on tha Jeff Carter, 37 vears old, 615 Second northeast, and Alice Dukes « N. J, were indicteqtoday Lt he grand jury on charges & robbers and grand larceny. They are chargel 000 gold Treasury the property of John W. Dey « ark, The couple was artested by Detec tives Waldron, Kelly and Secrivener October 28 last while attempting o dispose of some securities. The bonds in question were found by the police, hidden in a woman's glove in a trunk at Carter’s home. Reginald Andrews, colored, was indicted on a charge of manslaughter He is alleged to have killed Jesse D. Plater with a_knife December 23 last, at 1019 New Jersey avenuc southeast., Charges of assault with a dange ous weapon are made against Lioy R. Schneider, Samuel Jackson and tobert Washington. Shirley Hut inson is indicted for housebreaki and George B. Carter, Willlam Rot erts and Howard Johnson for grand larceny. Eleven non- are ( husbands are indicted fos port of wife or dren. The orke Cheyne, Robert M Creary, Chris Shirley, Flwood Wright, Charles Wilcox, Fred D. Voelker, George T. Bruce, John J. Hayes, John H. Davis, Norman Poole and Herman W. Th: Princess Joachim to Wed. BERLIN, November 13.—The en- gagement is announced of Princess Joachim of Prussia, widow of the former kaiser's youngest som. to Herr Bienert, a Saxon land owner.