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VELLONREPEATS TAX REFORMPLE Secretary Forecasts Era of # Prosperity — Country’s “ Finances Show Progress. Years of “prosperous and healthy sonditions, such as succeeded the elec- tion of 1896, were forecust for th United States by Secretary M the annual report of the nt to Congress today The Secretary’s views are based, he =aid, on the repudiation of “variou: theories ine with economlic ws' and indorsement a pro- am of constructive handling of rvernment affairs gives. in the last ction. He counsele! tve Nation, | however, to approach ts problems with intelligence, that the progress made and the groundwork laid in the last four yea may mnot come to naught The TUnited was the through N nsistent States, he asserted, first world power to come the post-war transition 1ge successfully, and the first to be le to present “reasonabl assur- | % frue progres: will con- | ce™ that tinue within its borders. “fr. Mellon the program urzed perpetuation of adotted by “the great majo ity of our cople in the lust election,’ ~vhich he crpreted of “hurd work, nd sound volicics Tax Cut in Half. ral in the do cal operations Mr. how complete the transition had been. He said that in the last four years the per capita tax on citizens of the United States had been cut from $54 | to $27, or exactly one-half; public ex- penditures, which in 1920 exceeded 25,500,000.000, were only $3.500,000,000 In the fiscal year which ended last | July 1, and the “complete disorgani- zatlon” of the economic structure by the collapse of prices In 1920 and 1921 had been rectified. The 1ifting of the tax burden, al- | though slight as the decrease has | Dbewn, has done much for bushiess, Mr. Mellon <aid, and he expressed the | hope that more could be done sqon He said he desired tax reforn, as well as tax reduction, and warneé against uein 1d of taxation as a field | “for alistic experiment or as a club to punish success.” If this were done, he sald, the conditions of a few years ago may come back. { Business Basis Sound. While it has taken time for this ation completely to remedy itsel: etary continued, “the adjust- has now been made and both banking and business conditions are in a thoroughly sound position. Prices have been comparatively stable for two or three vears, production has increased 20 or 2§ per cent, bank Uebts 15 or 20 per cent, and em- Ployment § or 10 per cent. Interest und discount rates, as a rule, have bLeen reduced more than half. Di. count rates of the Fedemal Reserve Bank of New York. for example, have been reduced from 7% to 3% per cent. Bank deposits have Increased six or eight billlon dollars from the low point of 1921, or over 20 per cent. + At the same time reserves are un- usually high, frozen loans have been almost complstely liquidated, and the country’'s banking and credit struc- ture was never in a stronger position and more able to support continued business and Industrial expansion. The trafic handled by the rallroads continues at almost record levels, and many roads are returning to a divi- dend-paying basis after years of financial difficulties and struggles to build up road and equipment to a basis of efficiency. The building and automotive industries a prosperous and in turn are big factors in main- taining the country's general pros- Derity. Agriculture Faces New Era. “While recovery of agriculture has been elow, it has been substantial, and today, due largely to changing conditions’ in world crops and world farkets, faces a new era. The mal- Adjustment between agriculture and other industries has been removed and the farmer is nearly restored to his proper status in the economic ystem.” But American commerce and indus- try must maintain an anchor to the windward in future world trade, the retary sald, for, as America has recovered, so now Europe is becom- ing stabilized. Mr. Mellon gave cred- it to the Dawes reparation plan as providing a foundation of economic recovery there. While declaring {m- proved conditions in Europe meant benefits to the United States, Mr. Mellon argued that cheaper produc- tion and lower living standards abroad would foree closer calcula- tion hers in world market selling. “Those countries (concerned with the reparation question) have already developed a new mental attitude and outlook,” the Treasury chief said, nd something of the old-time in- dustrial vigor and thrift are retnrn- ing. The effect of a more prosperous Europe means the broadening of our markets and opportunities and quickening of our economic ment. The situation in Amery, more favorable for sound derly economic develo, any time since the wi economic conditions as ain of Federal fis- | ellon recounted | « develop- ca looks and or- Pment than at ar.” Views Are Relterated. Turning to the purely domestic Question of a taxation policy, Mr, Mellon suggested that since the Dower to tax was the power to de. stroy, it seemed the advisable course to lay down a program for levying taxes that would permit commerce and Industry to expand rather than to suck fits lifeblood. He refierated his views, those which caused the bitter political battles of the last session of Congrese, and called at- tention to recommendations from the “same economic viewpoint” by two Yrevious Secretaries of the Treasury, both under another political admin- tration.” . Mr. Mellon again attacked the con- tinued issue of tax-exempt securities %5 a menace, saying that burely it will mean in the end continued heavy tax burdens for the States and municipalities. For the Federal Gov- ernment, he said, it means that so long as high surtax rates are effec- tive the possessors of large fortunes will continue to avoid the Federal IOnl y Woman Victor ' In Recent Election ' Pays Visit to House The only woman elected to the new Congress (the 65th) woman cver elected to Congress from “the East,” and the first woman Democrat eyer elected to the House, took a preliminary look about her future environment vesterday, when she took advan- tage of the rule of the House which gives members-elect the privilege of the floor, ' She promptly invaded the Demo- cratic cloakroom which has here- tofore been inviolately sacred to “mere man” members for lounging, smoking, chatting and snoring while debate in which they are not interested is indulged in on the tivor. There she was given a cor- dial welcome and held an informal reception. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Democra of Jersey City, the new membe elect, is an all-round practical poli- ticizn, She was dressed smartly in black and established a precedent by, wearing her hat while “on the floor of the House.” The only woman now a member of Congress s Mrs. Mae Nolan of Calitornta, serving her second term, who w not a candidate for re-election, and who, therefore, retires on March 4. NORRIS ASKS L. . OPERATE SHOALS Author of Government Own- ership Bill Urges Senate Approval. Chairman Norris of the Senate Agri- culture Committee, opened the discus- | sion of Muscle Shoals In the Senate today with a speech recommending | the adoption of the Norris Govern- | ment ownership and operation bill, | which was reported by the committee. The Nebraska Senator reviewed the Government's work at Muscle Shoals and daclared the primary purpose of the property was for the production | of power and fertilizer and to promote | navigation on the Tennessee River. Proposes Amendment. Before Senator Norris started, Sena tor Bruce, Democrat, Maryland, of-| fered an amendment to the Norris| bl providing appointment of em- ploves to operate the Muscle Shoals plant under Government ownership be made solely on merit and not from any political qualification and that employes be subject to the regu- lations of the Civil Service Commls- ston. The Underwood plan for the opera- tion of Muscle Shoals had taken a forefront position today among the various proposals for a solution of the long-pending problem After it became known yesterday ! that Senator Underwood, Democrat,| Alabama, had conferred upon various | occasions with President Coolidge | during the process of preparing the bill, administration leaders went to the White House to learn the Pres- tdent’s attitude on the measure. They were sald to have been in- formed that tha Chief Executive would awalt a report from his de- partment adwisers before expressing an opinion on the Underwood pro- posal. Republican leaders had hoped to hear from the President before the measure was brought up on the Senate floor yesterday. Consideration Delayed. In the absence of word from the White House, agreement was reached to postpone consideration of the ques- tion until today, when it is expected the President will make know his position. Republicans generxlly feel disposed to support the President’s idea as to the best plan for settling the Muscle Shoals issue, which has been buffeted about in Congress for years. Senator Underwood expects to recelve con- slderable support from the Demo- cratic side, and if the bulk of the two parties unite behind his bill its pas- sage s assured. Senator Norris, Republican, Ne braska, has announced that he will not support the Underwood bill re- gardless of the President's attitude. He is prepared to fight for the pas- sage of hix own measure as reported by the Senate agriculture committee, but he declared he realized he would be waging a losing battle in the face of the President's opposition. the law now says to the man of large fncome: ‘If You lose on your venture, you will pay 100 per cent of the loss; if you win, the law will take 50 per cent of your profit.’ " The gift-tax provision of the pres- ent law was characterized by the Becrstary as one of the futile at- tempts to check avoidance of the high tax rates and yet not penalize logitimate transactions. He said there was “grave doubt” as to the right of Congress to impose a tax on gifts at all, and that the manner in which the provision was phrased had placed on the Internal Revenus Bu- reau the duty of passing judgment on countidss stralght business deals to determine whether there had been a “gift" involved, since the statute compelled the Interpretation of a pay- ment by cash, in an exchange of property, as gift, and, therefore, tax- able. Would Bar Publicity. Publicity provisions of the present Jaw should be repealed, the Secretary sald, adding that they were included in the law when sections penalizing publication by newspapers of the in- come tax returns were enacted along- side of them. “Aside from the question of the un- necessary violation of the right of privacy, which should be insured to all citizens in the apirit of the fifth amendment to the Constitution,” Mr. Mellon said, “it would be interesting to know what good can be accom- plished by the provisicn.” While discussing the question of taxation, the Secretary renewed his appeal that Congress should not launch on any new program that would call for additional outlays of money. levy by investment the tax- exempt paper. He renewed his gécommendation for a constitutional amendment 1imiting the issue of tax- exempt obligations, but suggested a more immediate remedy in the form of changes in surtax rates, as pro- posed a year ago by the Treasury. Wants Reasonable Rates. “A reasonable tax rate will make elaborate, expensive methods. of avoldance unprofitable” said Mr. in e The easy mark doesn’t know how easy he is until some salesman of worthless stock or bonds has his money. Mellon. “A reasonable rate of tax will make the administration of the tax laws more simple of accomplish- ment. “There is, In addition to the in- tricacles of our income tax and the impossibility of a strict enforcement, a much more serious effect of exces- sive taxation, both income and estate, on our industry and initiative. To make a new venture, to start a new business, to bulld a new buflding, to construct and not just sit passive, means risk. Whers that risk involves capital the probable rate of return must compensate for the risk. Yet Christmas Is Coming Shop Early So You Can Mail Early the first | lextended to the Los Angeles “pl | ure THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D C‘ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1924 EFFORTTODEGEVE MRS. VOTAW HINTED | Letter Regarding Secrecy of Pacific Trip Read in Forbes’ Trial. By the Associnted Press. CHICAGO, December 4-—The name of Mrs. Carolyn Votaw, sister of the late President Harding, was brought momentarily Into the Federal Court trlal today of Col. Charles R. Forbes and John W. Thompson for conspiracy to defraud the Government. | A letter identified by Eltas H. Mor- | timer, the chief Government witness, as having been received by himself at San Francisco from Thompson, was read to the jury over strenuous ob- Jections of defense counsel, who de- clared, “it would drag scandal into this case.” After reading the letter, Judge George A. Carpenter declared it was in itself innocent of scandal. Morti- mer, just before the letter was read, started to relate a conversation be tween himself, Thompson and Forbes which dealt with keeping the pro- posed Pacific Coast trip of Forbes, Mortimer and others a secret from Mrs. Votaw when Judge Carpenter halted him. The Thompson follows:+ letter to Mortimer “LEE_HOUSE, “WASHINGTON, D. C. > “July 12, 1922, “Dear Mort: “Mr. and Mrs. Votaw called, me for a drive. Remember following. I djdn’t sce Col. Forbes. She asked if he was thero and If you went to Chicago with him. I didn't know. Mrs. Thompson told us of her being in St. Louis—understood Kathryn to say you expected to meet her some- where West, and Kathryn seemed much disappointed not hearing her and supposed It was her being at St. Louis at that time. You left Chi- cago for Minneapolis account of your father. Didn't know your plans from there, thought depended on your father's condition. Seemed anxious know colonel's whereabouts. Very fond of you and Kathryn. Be guided by above all I have to say (Signed) “Love to you both.” Description of the Pacific Coast trip Forbes made in June, 1922, wa .- trip” of the Forbes-Mortimer party when Mortimer resumed the stand today Forbes' secretary, Mr. Milltken, ob- tained an attorney to take depositions in the theil claim of John W. Thompson, Forbes' co-defendant, Mor- timer testified. Says §100,000 Offered. Mortimer previously testified that Forbes, Mortimer and the late Charles F. Cramer, Veterans' Bureau counsel, were ‘offered $100,000 by Thompson if they put through his $706,000 claim for the unpald balance on the requi- sitioned tanker Guthell. Mortimer said the party spent about a week at Coronado Beach and then took a boat to San Francisco. He identified a telegram to himself from Thompson, asking the name of the lawyer retained and the outcome of the deposition. He sald he could not recall if the lawyer's name was “Judge Stoneman.” A semi-code telegram from the late James W. Black, Thompson's business assoclate, who had left the Forbes- Mortimer party at Los Angeles and gone on to Seattie, sald, ‘“Marma- duke” (meaning the Washington Hotel at Seattle, Wash.) was “wait- ing to greet you with all the Scotch generals, Halg and Halg, etc.” Another telegram to Mortimer from Black ed If there was any news about their departure for Seattle. Radiogram Introduced. A radiogram received by Mortimer while the party was en route to Seattle was introduced, signed *C. P. I."” which Mortimer sald was Charles P. Hurley. It spoke of reser- vations being made at Seattle for the party. When Mortimer started to re- peat a conversation with Hurley, Col. James Easby-Smith, Forbes' counsel, protested on the ground that Thomp- son or Black was not present. Judge Carpenter sustained the ob- jection. When John H. Crim, Gov- ernment counsel, said it was the in- tention of the Government to show that this was a further meeting of the alleged conspirators “after they had becn scared out down at San Francisco,” Col. Fasby-Smith de- manded that the jury be withdrawn. Judge Carpenter overruled the mo- tion, and Mortimer was instructed to confine himself to conversation which took place in the presence of Black. Hurley wanted to get in on the American Lake, Wash., hospital con- tract, Mortimer testified, on the same three-way split of $150,000 as had been agreed upon for the Livermore, Calif., hospital at the San Francisco mecting. Black, Hurley and himself agreed upon this arrangement, Morti- more testified, and he said he would take it .up with Col. Forbes. The party went to Portland, Mortimer sald, where he saw Hurley and his partner Mason, and later saw Col. Forbes. Forbes told him, he eald, that it was proposed to take over the Hannaman Hospital at Portland and remodel it, and he sald Hurley could have all remodeling jobs. Describes Outing. Mortimer was not permitted to tell of events at Seattle, because none of the alleged conspirators were present. He then went on to describe the Hayden Lake, Idaho, outing of the party which was joined by James Smith- of Seattle and Hurley. Mortimore sald he gave Col. Forbes a copy of the famous ‘“code” agreed upon between Black, Hurley and himself. It was a small list of secret words and names which re- lated to code words in a red vest pocket dictionary. Hurley made up the code, Mortimer said. The code was given Forbes, Mortimer sald, on the Hayden Lake trip. In order to attend a luncheon given to President Coolidge, Judge Carpenter adjourned court at noon until tomorrow. Objects to Letter. The Thompeon letter, in ink on a folded sheet of socfal correspondence paper, was objected to by Rudolph Loughlin of St. Louls, Thompson's counsel. He advised Judge George A. Carpenter to read the letter. He said the letter would drag “scandal” into the case. Judge Carpenter said he could see no scandal in the letter and said “the press will drag scandal into this at their own risk.” The letter said Thompson had gone riding with Mr. and Mrs. Heber Votaw and that she seemed curious about the whereabouts of Col. Forbes. The letter then gave detailed In- structions to Mortimer about the story he should concoct to account for the Western trip of the Mortimers, to make the trip seem to have been to Minneapolis, on a visit to Mortimer's family. “Be guided by above," t letter closed, signed by “J. W. Thompson's initials. Forbes to Take Stand. The Government today supplied the defense with a list of witnesses, of whom four, including Mortimer, have been on the stand. The de- fense, with about an equal number of witnesses ready, had Indicated that the number it is to call will depend on the extent of the Govern- ment’s presentation. R Forbes and Thompson ‘are certain took ) ek NATION MUST SHOULDER SHARE OF WORLD TASK, SAYS COOLIDGE Tranquil Europe Will Benefit America, He Tells Chi- cago Audience—Cordially Grected by Large Crowds. (Continued from First Page.) to think of that as the founding of Chicago. Ilike to feel that this great city owes its beginnings to the mas- ter explorer who was first a devout missionary of re'fgion. I am glad to turn aside here to add my little part to the tribute which the city is today paying to the memory of Marquette. “Of the men who laid the found: tlons of our country, he deserves his place among the foremost. His pub- lished articles and letters give, I be- lieve, the earliest prophecies of the destiny that awalted this central va'ley of the vast lakes and rivers. You people of the Chlcago empire have built into the soild strucure of accomplishment the things which he, a quarter of a millennfum ago, saw with the clearness and faith of prophecy. Likens Chicago to Egypt. “Whenever I think of your wonder- tul Chicago, I think of it first as the great market place to which the Wworld resorts to buy and sell its food. It Is because the genius of your com- merce and the industry of the people who live In these central valleys have erected here a vast exchange, to which the nations have come In thelr lean years to traffic for the foodstuffs which you have gathered together for them that you are first known to fame. And, thinking of these things, my mind has gone back to that most appealing of all the romances which we find in the Old Testament—to the story of Joseph and the famine of the geven lean years ih Egypt which followed the seven fat years. You will all remember the story of the Seven years of plenty and, after them, the seven years of famine. Let me remind you of that perfod of agri- cultural depression in the words of Moses and the book of Genes: ‘And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had eald; and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was broad. “‘And when all the land of Egypt was famished the peopls cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh sald unto all the Egyptians, “Go unto Joseph; what he sayest to you, do.” “*And the famine was over a'l the face of the earth, and Joseph opened 1 the storehouses and sold unto the gyptians, and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt, and all coun- tries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn, because that the famine was 5o sore in all lands.’ War Brought Demands. “Thus wrote Moses, describing the famine which drove uhe nations of the ancient Mediterranean world to Egypt In their time of need., It 1s not necessary In Chicago, or any. where in agricultural America, to point out the parallel between that appeal of the anclent world to Egypt and the appeal which the world in our day made to our country, and to the great market which centers in Chicago, for similar supply of grain fn another time of pressing need “The famine brought the nations to Egypt, and Egypt rescued them. So the war brought the nations to your agricultural markets and you provided them with food. Some of the results were not Immediately pleasant for the Hebrew race and some of the results of the war have not been pleasant for the farmer. “But out of the Egyptian experi- ence of Israel came the opportunity for {ts great service in world leader- ship. It was in those years that Moses came into the world and the Hebrew nation was prepared for the profound teaching and the great message that it was to bestow upon all mankind. And my faith {s firm in the conviction that, iIf we will but reaiize it, these years of trial and distress for the American farmer will represent only a time of preparation for his opportunity to secure that recognition of his Importance, that need for economic equality, which will enable him to render a supreme ervice to himself and to his fellow men. Urges Humanitarian Attitude. “All the trials of depression which the farmer has suffered will not have been in vain if, as was the case with Israel, they are able to contribute to the world a new thought. a new im- pulse, a new ideal. I recognize the necessity, it we are to better the lot of men, of large productivity and material prosperity. But we cannot think In terms of that alone. We cannot suppose that we are to be benefited by great production unless the men and women ‘who furnish ft are themselves benefited by it. We cannot neglect the human element in our affairs. All the cattle and grain, all the cotton and wool, all the cloth and steel, all the shoes and automo- biles will be of small advantage to us unless they contribute a more abundant life to those who produce them. Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity. “Fortunately our population has not suffered from any shortage of food in this country. But there has been a great deal of distress endured by the people on the farm. The commercial and industrial side of our Nation has been giving too much to take the stand, and Forbes makes no secret of his eagerness to lay his case before the jury and the public. “All T ask is a fair chance to tell my side of the story and I will rest my case in the jury's hands gon- fidently,” Forbes sald today. Daniel A. Garber, president of the Northeastern Construction Co. of New York, the lowest bldder on the Northampton, Mass., hospital founda- tion contract, but unsuccessful in get- ting the award, was one witnes whose testimony interrupted that o Mr. Mortimer. Arthur C. Crump; for- mer secretary of the Pontiac Con- struction Co., which obtained the Northampton foundation vontract, was the other witness allowed to t tify out of turn so he could return home. He testified yesterday that he drew up the bid of the Pontlac Co., a firm controlled by James W. Black, ‘Thompson's business associate in many engineering enterprise: ‘Thompson, he testified, represented Black in di- recting him to out the time limit of construotion in his bid from 120 days to 90 and then to 60. Declares Blds Ignored. Mortimer testified that part of the alleged conspiracy agreement be- tween Thompson, Black, Forbes and others was that the Thompson-Black group would get the hospital con- tracts regardless of other bids be- cause of certaln alleged advantageous features in their bids, especially the short time limit for construction. Thompson eald he could, if neces- sary, get the 60-day period extended, Crump_testified. The defense drew from Crump the admission, however, that he knew the Pontiac Co. was penalized $450 a day for being 16 days late in completing the job, be- sides losing several thousand dollars due to rainy weather. It is the defense contention that Forbes personally refused to waive that penalty. Thompson had no known interest in the Pontiac Co., Crump sald on cross-examination, but was acting for Black, who was on the Pacific Coast trip with Forbes, which was being described by Mortimer when his story was interrupted. thought to wheat and hogs and corn, to-their transportation and to their prices, and not enough thought to the men and women who are engaged in agriculture, to their welfare and to_thelr prosperity. “We must 1b0k beyond the quota- tions of the market place and see what price we are proposing to pay, what. rewards we are proposing to confer in exchange for the hard-working lives of our open country. Do you wish to maintain a system which will contribute both to their welfare and to your own, or to permit, even un- intentionally, methods of doing busi- ness under ‘which their want and diatress will ultimately result in the allure of your own succéss and pros- perity? You people of commerce, you people of the city, are an inte- gral part of the life of agriculture, of the life of the country. World in Single Boat. “This same principle applies to the rolationship among the different na- tions. We cannot expect, in the long course of events, to maintain our country on a permanent level of gen- eral well-being far above that of other peoples. Even if we could hope to accomplish it, it would bring us little satlsZaction if our pros- verity must be gained and held at| In the long course of affairs, and in| a world which has become little more | the cost of suffering of others. than a great nelghborhood, our com- mon sense must tell us, if our self- interest did not, that our prosperity, our advancement, our portion of good fortune, must largely depend upon the share that shall be allotted to our neighbors. At the last, those of us who are partners in the supreme service of building and bettering our clvilization must go up or go down, must succeed or fail together, in our one common enterprise. “1 would not have you mistake my meaning. I should never advocate the sacrifice of any part of our pros- perity because of the vague hope that tn following indiscriminate im- pulses of kindliness we might help some who are in worse condition than ourselves. Nor would I sacri- fice our ipdependence and freedom of action. I do not belleve that we *re strong enough, or that any people ever was strong enough, to accom- plish any permanent good in the world through the indiscriminations of mere, unorganized, undirected gen- erosity. We can only help those who will help themselves. In any other rule, T am convinced would lle disaster for us and increasing mis- fortune for those whom we might seek to serve. Must Be Ready to Help. “On the other hand, I am profound- ly impressed with the fact that the structure of modern soclety s essen- tially a unity, destined to stand or to fall as such. It is our fortune and our privilege that in the present exigency we are in a position to take a part of great helpfulness and leadership, and we shall best serve ourselves and help others if we direct our efforts to ralsing, in the broadest way, the standards of human welfare where. We must seek to find and to play a part whereby, without destroy- ing ourselves, we may help others. “We cannot hope indefinitely to maintaln our country as a specially tavored community, an isle of content- ment lifted above the general level of the average of the standards of hu- manity. T know there was a time when man¥ among us belleved this was possible. But who, now, can con- tinue clinging to such a falth, in view of the lesson which the war brought to us? If we could not avoid Involvement in a war whose causes were foreign, and whose issues were chiefly alien to us because we had settled them for ourselves long ago, how can we hope to avoid our full share of responsibility in connection with other world problems which, it they are ever to be solved, must be solved In an atmosphere of peace and good will? We must be constantly ready to help both at home and abroad where our help is desired and will be effective. Wishes to Help Europe. “We have been a peculiarly fa- vored people. For that we owe a debt that is real and concrete, which wo cannot repudiate. It is our wish to live in & world which shall be at peace. But we can no more assure permanent and stable peace without co-operation among the nations than we could assure victory in war with- out allies among them. We know that the way to assured and perma- nent peace is slow and difficult. We know that no nation can travel that way alone. We tried, and we failed. It is a way that can only be traveled in company with others equally zeal- ous for the same goal. Among these fellows of the road there must be mutual understanding and mutual faith and confidence. It is only when these understandings have been reached and the necessary assurances of that faith and confidence have been given and received that mankind will be ready more effectively to consider its eternal problems of social and eco- nomlc adjustment. I ¢an see in the tranquillity of Europe a benefit that will reach American industry and agriculture. “It {s such thoughts as these, I am convinced, that have been giving in- spiration to the American people as they have lately surveyed the state of the world and sought their proper place and part in it. We have at- tempted to perform services for the European nations, because by that means in a broad way we were serv- ing ourselves. We want to see them raised up so far as possible to our economic standards. We want to see in thelr prosperity an opportunity for larger markets for our own produc- tion. We wish to help them, more- over, because it Is only through serv- ice that we can develop our individ- ual and national lives. It is along this course of action that we are most llkely to contribute to those conditions which will be most effec- tive for maintaining universal peace, and most likely to make the largest contribution within our power to the advancement of human welfar Greeted by Crowds. President Coolidge arrived in Chicago at 9 am. today to visit and speak at the International Live Stock Exposition and address a luncheon gathering of the Commercial Club ot Chicago. Delegations representing the two organizations acting as hosts met Mr. Coolidge and party at the station and escorted them to the Drake Ho- tel, where the President planned to hold several conferences prior to the Commercial Cluh luncheon, scheduled for 12:34 p.m. Crowds Cheer President. Crowds at the station gave Presi- dent Coolidge a hearty welcome. The weather man had arranged a more somber welcome, however, a mixture of rain and snow squalls, which with fog and smoke blanketed the loop district as the presidential party was driven to the hotel. - Although the hour of the Pr dent's arrival had not been an- nounced, crowds had gathered at va- rious points along the route from the station to the hotel and cheered. Mrs. Charles G. Dawes, wife of the Vice President-elect, was a member of a woman’s committes that met Mrs. Coolidge, and she presented re. grets from Mr. Dawes that he could every- | MRS. SIMIMS FAINTS DEPICTING SLAYING i Kensington Case Before Jury at Rockville—Defendant’s Father But 42. Special Dispatch to The Star, ROCKVILLE, Md., December 4.—A jury was drawn and the trial of Frederick A. McClellan for the mur- Aer of Thomas A. Simms was begun here this morning. Following addresses to the jury by | the prosecutor and counsel for the | defendant, Mrs. Simms, the w'dow, took the stand and began her siury of the tragedy, which occurred at the Simms homé In Kensington, Md November 8. After telling of the difficulties between her husband and McClellan, Mrs. Simms fainted on the stand and was carried from the court room. Her testimony was not con- cluded. State's Attorney John A. Garrett stated that his witnesses would prove McClellan, who is 25 years old, killed Simms with a knife, after inviting him out of the house when Simms accuged him of improper conduct with Mrs, Simms, and asked conviction for murder In the first degre | Calls Simms Aggressor. Thomas L. Dawson, counsel for | McClellan, said the defense would| ask aocquittal because the stabbing | of Simms, who dled from knife wounds in tha throat, followed a row in which Simms was the ag- gressor and that MecClellan acted in self-defense after being ordered to leave the house and being followed into the yard. He sald it would be proved that Simms and his wife had a fight at the cupper table in which dishes were thrown and that Me- Clellan, a boarder at the place, was innocent of any improper conduct. Mrs. Simms testified nothing was said by McClellan inviting her hus- band outside. In court with the defendant was George McClellan of Georgia, his father, who Is but 42 years old. The defendant's mother and father are 8aid to have married at the ages of 16 and 14 years and have a family of 12 children The trial is being conducted beforei Judges Robert Peter and Glen H.| Worthington. Six of the jury were ! taken from the regular panel, while a large number of talesmen were| examined in the drawing of the other six. It was apparent when the court recessed shortly after 12 o'clock that the whole day would be consumed in the taking of testimony. Eye-Witness Gives Story. George Wheadon, 12 years old, an orphan, 1iving at the Simms home and the only eye-witness of the cut- ting, upon whose testimony the State depends largely for the conviction of McClellan, testified that he heard Simms tell McClellan while the two were quarreling in the house that he would smash his face if be took oft his glasees. The men then went out in the vard, he sald, and he followed, seeing McClel- lan strilke one blow and fiee, with Simms in pursult. Simms picked up the back of a chair in his effort to |attack McClellan, the boy sald, but gave up the chzse and returned to the house, collapeing near the door. e R. H. MAGUIRE, VE}ERAN PRINTER, DROPS DEAD Former Employe of Government Is Victim of Heart Disease. R. H. Maguire, 72 years oid, for- merly an employe of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for 27 years, died at his residence, 2026 Fifteenth street, Tuesday. Death was due to heart disease. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. { Mr. Maguire, just prior to his death, as talking with his som, Robert S. H\'uzum. a showman. The son had gotten up to close a door to the library, and as he turned around to resume the conversation with his father he saw that the latter had slumped in his chalr. Rushed to hospital, he was pronounced dead. A native of Dover, Del, Mr. Ma- guire went South as a youth, and there learned the plate-printing busi- ness. Following his services with a printing firm in the South he went to Canada, and there printed the first Dominion paper currency. Just prior to coming to this eity, in 1896, Mr. Maguire was in charge of construction work on a rallway in North Carolina and South Carolina. Later, as a conductor, he is said to have run the first train from Spar- tanburg, S. C., to Asheville, N. C. He is survived by his son, Robert S. Maguire, and daughter, Mrs. May Ronseville. P SIX HELD IN THEFTS. $10,000 Bond Asked in Case of Al- leged Bandits. Sidney A. Schwarts, Frank Hernek, Charles B. McDonald, Theodore W.| Merritt, Victor Perry, Jerry Mann and | Scott W. Smith, alleged gangmen, were arraigned before Judge Mec- Mahon in Police Court yesterday and held under bonds of $10,000 each to awalt preliminary hearing Tuesday. Three warrants were filed against them, including robbery, larceny aft- er trust and false pretenses. S —— not greet the President. Mr. Dawes is oonvalescing from an operation. Mr. Coolidge, on arriving at hiw hotel, had a talk with members of the reception committee, which in- cluded & number of Chicago’s leading business men. Conferences arranged prior to the luncheon included appointments with Fred W. Upham, Republioan national committeeman for Illinois; Willlam ‘Wrigley, jr.; John G. Shedd, John C. Shaffer, Chicago publisher, and Roy O. ‘West, secretary of the Republican na- tional committee. Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Iilinois, who has at varlous times been mentioned for a cabinet port- folio, was given an appointment for the afternoon. The Women's Roosevelt Republican Club, as official hostesses, arranged a luncheon for Mrs. Coolldge in a downtown hotel ballroom. After a brief rest Presidemt Cool- idge intended to visit the stock- yards and spend an hour or so look- ing over the exhibits before a dinner at the Saddle and Sirloin Club with some 500 stock raisers and farmers and leaders in the meat industry as fellow g 8. At the same time 20 prominent Chi- cago women will dine with Mrs, Coolidge in a nearby private dining ‘room. After dinner the women will join_ the President's party in a box at_the horse show. The evening’s program will include a parade of 1,250 boys and girls as guests of the exposition. The hors show will terminate with the judging of trotting horses for the champion roadster-stake. The finale will be the parade of the priza winning dra forses of ail breeds, including ¢ham- plons, a string valued at more than a million dollars. The departure of the presidential party is set for 9: pm. Position of Miller . As Alien Property Custodian Puzzle Whether Thomas W. Miller is to | continue {n ofiice as alien property custodian became somewhat of a puz- zlo today when his office issued a statement declaring he had not re- signed, but only had gone to Europe on a month's leave of absence. | Some months ago a considerabls stir was created in Washington when Col. Miller, who is a leader of the American Legio: publicly assailed | Secretary Mellon's estimates of the cost of a soldier bonus. Soon after- ward the property custodian was elected head of the Interallied Vet- erans’ Federation, and informed President Coolidge that he would give up his official post here, if desired, since the work of the fedsration would require much attention and a trip abroad. A few days ago it was said on high authority at the White House that since Col. Mler was salling for Eu- rope, it appeared that his resignation must be accepted. Meantime, two attorneys in the allen property custodian’s office have been designated by the President to carry on the work of the office dur- ing Col. Miller's absence. DAVIS SEEKS WAY T0CUT FATALITIES Secretary of Labor Wants! Authority for Safety Re- search Work. Legislation giving the Department of Labor the authority and the em- ployes to enable it to undertake ex- tensive industrial safety research work on which reduction of the loss of life in industry would be based is asked by Secretary Davis In his an- nual report, made public todey. Ap- | vears. — DR, CADMAN NAMED 10 HEAD COUNCIL New York Minister Chosen by Executive Committee for Church Office. By the Associated Preas. ATLANTA, Ga., December 4.—Dr, S Parkes Cadman of New York has been selected by the cxecutive committes as the nominee for president of the Federal Council of Churches. The nominee for recording secre tary is Dr. R. D. Lord of New York who has served In that capacity many Frank H. Mann, New York president of the Union Mortgage Co was sclected to succeed Alfred It Kimball, also of New York, who ask ed to be retired after 10 years as treasurer. All the nominations were to he placed before the council in business session today, the first under fts charter of incorporation granted by the New York Legislature. Born in England. Dr. Cadman was born in Welling ton, Shropshire, England, tn 1864, educated at London University, and in 1895 became pastor of the Metro- politan Temple, New York. Sin 1901 161 the pastorat the Congregational Brookly A sun general the past qu Speer, Ne K, ret In which general progress “in spite of doctrinal “discussion” was claimed, and an address by Bishop Warren A Candler, Atlanta, were other items on the day's program “Founded on Falt “Evangelistic surety of our count of the world.” Bishop Candler eaid in his prepared address. “The United States is a nation founded by faith Revivals in the Old World colonization in the sible. Rellgions r secrataries reports of the a R the e D Christianity the hope every plication of the present American im- migation policy and proposed altera tions in that policy constitute a large part of the report. Three sallent changes in immigra- tion practice are suggested by Mr. Davis. The first would apply to citi- zens of Canada, Mexico and othe North American countries outside the United States the quota restrictions now governing entrance of aliens| from other lands. The second would allow temporary increases in the ad- mission of aliens in times of estab- lished and particularized labor short- age and permit administrative re- striction of all immigration under existing legal limits in times of em- ployment. The third major proposal would require registration and en- rollment of all allens admitted to the country. Secretary Davis agaln calls atten- | tion to the need of the department for a new building, the present struc- | ture being leased, declaring that “f cannot be too foreibly impressed that | it will be necessary for some arrange- | ments to be made with reference to the housing problem of the depart-| ment.” Increase Retirement Annuity. He recommends an increase In the annuity pald retired Governmen emploves to $100 a month. The Gov- erment hotels turned in as receipts for the fiscal year 1924, the sum of 706.772.63, with an actual profit from operations for the year, estimated at $16,000. Mr. Davis urges the naming of a few special conciliators in the bureau of conciliation to ald the pres- ent force in controversies arising in certain basic {ndustries. Along with the discussion of tnese| points, however, Mr. Davis deals at conslderable length with the depart- ment's other work. inciuding media- tion in labor disputes. the assembling of the statistics of wages and com- modity costs. assisting employment and supervising naturalizations. With respect to these domestic functions of the department, he stresses partic- ularly the necesslty for expansion of the collection of labor statistics re- lating to accident rates and safety in industry, and urges that the present Federal employment service be placed on a more permanent basls as “In- surance against unemployment.” In presenting his immigration recommendations Mr. Davis cites sta- tistics showing that, while the pres- ent law allows a quota immigration Into the United States of but 164,000 persons a year from countries exclu- sive of North America, non-quota pro- visions affecting relatives of aliens already in the United States and for- | elgners coming under professional, educational and commercial status classifications make it possible for a much greater number of aliens to en- ter the country. The present large influx of immi- grants from Canada and Mexico, un- restricted by the law so far as na- tive citizens of those countries are concerned, is putting a premium, sa; Mr. Davis, on “bootlegging of aliens.” Europeans in large numbers, gaining entrance to those countries. he as- serts, are being smuggled unlawfully to the United States, and he believes that placing them under the quota provisions of the law would allow ef- | fective steps to be taken to shut out the evaders. The expense of regulating immigra- tion into the United States, Mr. Davis reports, amounted to $3,732,315 in the fiscal vear 1924, but was more than met by receipts from taxes on immi- grants, fines and other income of the department, which totaled $6,334,756. Woman W;aring $30,000 in Gems Dies to Save Dog By the Assoclated Press. KEY WEST, Fla, December 4.— The Ward Line steamer Esperanza,| which went ashore on a reef near Tampico more than a week ago, was abandoned, it was reported by mem- bers of the crew of the tug Warbler, which arrived in port here yesterday following a trip te attempt to assist the disabled vessel. Members of the crew sald that a woman, wearing $30,- 000 worth of lewelry, was drowned when she was washed overboard from the Esperanza, while attempting to save her dog. They did not know her name. She was belleved to have been an actre: The woman, it was reported, had been taken ashore with the other passengers, but insisted upon return- ing to the Esperanza to find her dog, which had been 1 While she was on the vessel, a heavy sea swept her overboard. The Esperanza had virtually been abandoned when the WaFbler arrived on the scene, members of the tug's crew ssid, and was pounding on the reef with a hole in her bottem The vessel was almost a total wreck, and it was not thought worth while to attempt to get her off the reef. After learning that the pa mgers and crew had been removed, the Warbler returned to this port. L AT L B Registered Letter Stolen. Theft of a registered letter con- taining $45 from a letter box at 3044 N street northwest was reported to police last night by John Spignese of that address. Polioe of the seventh precinct instituted an investigation. | They led | Passage {ton” fon { part the problems produced by crisis in the of the cou have enriched and invigorated | our ‘national iif real ze what a tremend 1 | has had on hen one | be impress In the sun he general that the fight for Amer Permanent C Justice In that connectior son of Lon the World Aliiance for International Friendship Through the Churches, in an address appealed for the outlawing of war and establishing internatfonal justice. He urged the churches to unite in that cause history and yet ne must - the reports of it was declarcd ng its o the rnational illoughby representing Policy Toward Japan. The Teport also referred to progress n racial relations work. and declar- the councit program for ed necessits policy to e public to a merica's of was termed in the report of the international justice {Il. The general secretaries’ asserted missionary leaders in felt that the excluston had the progress of the Christian ment 20 years.” It added “gympathetic understan of the Americ one of the most powerful influence In helping the Japanese to re confidence in the American peaple.’ Discussion of the problem was ex pected to center around the address tomorrow might of Dr. A. K. Rels chauer, Tokio, representativa of the National Christian Council of Japan Prof. Willlam Adams Brown, New York, led the general discussion to day on “How can the federal coun best merve the churches in researct and educational work?™ Tonight the newly elected president will deliver his address. Rishop Francis Me nell, Pittsburgh, Pa., also will spea his subject being “The Soclal Task the Church in America. the Japanesc exclusion and wan- commission good report Japan back move- at the ing on the churches was act + e BOAL DIES: GEORGE 0. 31 YEARS IN U. S. SERVICE ingering Illness Fatal to Former Employe of I. C. C.—Retired Two Years Ago. George O. Boal, 72 vears employe of the Interstate Commierce Commission for 81 years, died at hi residence in the lowa apartments Thirteenth and O stre yesterday after a lingering illness. Mr. had been sick for about two or practically ever since he from the Government service Funeral will be conducted at 1435 Euclid street this evening at | 7 o'clock. Interment will be in Belle- fonte, Pa Mr. Boal was a native vanla. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jennie M. Boal, and a sister, Mrs Frank M. Barnes of this city WILLIAM H FISHER DEAD. Boal vears, retired services SRS Former Printing Office Official Dies in Seattle. Willlam H. Fisher, former chief o the Congressional Library branch of the Government Printing Office, and who had served a total of more than 40 years with the printing office, died in Seattle, Wash., yesterday, according to word recelved here toda; Mr Fisher was retired from the Govern ment service {n 1920, and since that time had lived out of Washington, hav ing for several years made his home in California and Washington State, respectively. Mr. Fisher was born in Philaosisata. He was prominent in church circles in this city and was a member of the North Capitol M. E. Church. He joined the Masons before coming to Wash- ington. He marrfed Miss Mary Adelaide Sewall. His wife died about four years ago. He leaves three sons, Capt. Henry Granville Fisher of the United States Coast Guard Service, stationed at Detroit; Dr. Charles Albert Fisher, a physician in Los Angeles, Calif., and William Russell Fisher, also of Los Angeles, employed in the United States Internal Revenue Service; a daughter, Mrs. Rebecca S. Whee er, wife of Capt. Charles A. Whee.er of the United States Coast Guard Service, in Seattle, and six grandchildren. G. U. Alumni to Meer. The Georgetown Alumni Club of Washington will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in the City Club for the pur- pose of consldering a constitution and by-laws and to elect permanent officers to the organization. All Georgetown alumni are urged to be present at this meeting. Membership applications can be secured from Frank McCarthy, 1853 Ontarlo place. Sl Before you buy securities from any oné be aure they are ax good as yoaxr