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WEATHER, (b, & Weather Buree Sucecasts Falr and colder tonight; minimum tempetature about 27 degrees; tomor- row fair, slightly warmer. Temperature—Highest, 77, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, day. 44, at 8 am, Full report on page 7. to- Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 o. 29,535. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. COOLIDGE SUBNITS NAME OF WARREN 10 SENATE AGAIN FOR CONFIRMATION President Decides to Fight Out Issue Once More After Talking With Nominee and Republican Leaders. SEES POSSIBLE CHANCE OF REVERSING VERDICT Former Process Must Be Repeated, With Opponents to Contest Each Step—Some Favorable Demo- cratic Votes E:xpected—State- ment Due From White House. President Coolidge threw down the gauntlet to his opponents in the Senate today by again submitting | the nomination of Charles B. War- ren to be Attorney General, where it was again referred to the judi-| ciary committee. Without a word of comment, the Future in Doubt PASSING OF PATRIK Army Officers View Silence on His Reappointment as Indicating Change. President sent the nomination back | just in time to have it waiting on the Senate doorstep when the day's session began at noon. The decision of the Chief Executive astonished most of the Senators, includ- ing the ranking Republican leaders, who had advised the White House that if returned the name of Mr. Warren would fare no better than it did when the Senate rejected it on Tuesday by a tie vote. The first reaction, according to some of the Republicans and Democrats, was that the action was futile. A hurried canvass of the situation | failed to show how the administra- tion can obtain the necessary votes to confirm the nomination, unless some of Mr. Warren's opponents should leave the Senate unpaired. It was pointed out that eight and one Farmer-Labor Senator had voted against Mr. Warren when his nomination was rejected. With 40 Democrats opposed—and it now is believed they will all be opposed to confirmation—it would seem sible to bring about confirmation. Some Resent Action. Some of the Republican Senators who voted to comfirm the nomination said today that the resubmission of the nomination immediately by the President was an affront to the Senate. They indicated there might be more votes cast agalnst Mr. War- ren if the nomination is again brought up for action. The nomination was received by the Senate immediately after it met today and a short time later without ob- jection was referred to the Senate Judiciary committee. Chairman Cummins of the judiclary committee announced that the com- mittee would meet to consider the nomination of Mr. Warren tomorrow morning. Mr. Cummins said that he had no intention of inviting Mr. War- réen to appear, before the committee and so far as he knew none of the other members of the committee had such an intention. He said, however, that if Mr. Warren requested a hear- ing he did not doubt the committee would grant his request. Overman Is Opposed. Senator Overman of North Carolina, | who at first voted for the confirma- tion of Mr. Warren and then changed his vote, so that the motion to re- consider the vote rejecting Mr. War- ren should be laid on the table, said today that he did not intend again to vote for confirmation of Mr. Warren and that he knew of no Democrat who did intend to vote for confirmation. Later it was pointed out that Mr. Overman was paired with Senator Warren of Wyoming, who was absent. The made that in the event of another vote and that pair being announced, the Vice President might again have an opportunity of settling the contest in favor of Mr. Warren. It was re- called, however, that Senator Howell of Nebraska was absent and unpaired at the time the last vote was taken. The suggestion was made that he. too, might vote against confirmation. Two courses of action were being discussed by opponents of Mr. War- ren. One is to fight the nominaticn on the ground that the President had no legal authority to send to tne Senate the nomination of Mr. Warren after it had been rejected by the Senate in the same session of the Senate, par- ticularly after the Senate had voted to lay on the table a motion to recon- sider the vote rejecting Mr. Warren. The other course would be to permit the nomination of Mr. Warren to come up in the Senate without further de- lay and to get a vote on it. Expects Sol'd Front. Senator Walsh of Montana, one of those who led the fight against Mr. Warren's nomination, said that he thought the immediate resubmission by the President of his nomination after rejection by the Senate was unprecedented. He expressed the opinion that the Democrats would present a solid front against con- firmation. Mr. Warren came in for consider- able criticism by some of the Sena- tors, inclu g those who voted for him. Surprise was expressed that he should desire his name to be resub- mitted to the Senate, L. Eome of the leading Republicans frankly stated that they saw no chance of confirming the nomination unless some of the Democrats could be persuaded to vote for him. From a nolitical point of view the wisdom of the resubmission of Mr. Warren's nomination was challenged in some quarters. It.was pointed out that the renewed contest might. help to solidify the progressives and near progressives into a bloc, which would oppose the administration in other things. It Was further pointed out that a Tift between the progressives end the conservatives might well en- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.3 Republicans | impos- | a Republican, | suggestion was | The Army Air Service, which has {Just emerged from a period of fever- |ish excitement due to the recent air- |eraft controversy, today finds itself in another state of anxlety -f equal | proportions over the possibility of jlosing Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick as }its chief and the substitution of a major general for the air service lead- ership who has not the sympathy or i the interest which the present chief has exhibited from his first day in office. Gen. Patrick’s term as chief of the Army Air Service expires October 7 {of this year, and to date no mention |has been made as to who his succes- {sor will be if it is not to be himself. ‘Tlu- Senate is in speclal session, and ‘hns been confirming military and {naval nominations for the past sev- |eral days, and inasmuch as Rear Ad- miral William A. Moffett, chief of the ‘Hurezu of Aeronautics, has just been {nominated for reappointment, even {though his present tour of duty ex- {pires in July, the air service is be- {ginning to think something should be said or done about Gen. Patrick. | Gen. Patrick 61 Years Old. The general was 61 vears old last | December, and in three more years | will be forced to retire under the law. {1t some one else is chosen to lead the Army Air Service he will immediate- |1y retire under the 30-vear service plan, and with the rank of major | general | The Air Service officers do not want to lose Gen. Patrick, because they jcannot at present see a man who {could carry on from the place he |leaves off. ~Gen. Patrick has been an “air” man even before he assumed office four yvears ago, he having been in charge of military aviation or the I staff of Gen. Pershing in France. When he came to the office of chief lof Air Service he needed no “educa- ftion” from the viewpoint of his sub- ordimates, but the general thought he did. Almost from the first day he | traveled everywhere by air as a pas- senger in Army planes. Then he de- |cided he would not be a thoroughly eMcient chief unless he learned to fiy himself. At the age of 59 he be- gan instruction at Bolling Field; and the day he qualified as a pHot, by | going through the usual examination | Biven a young man, andereceived his | wings he cemented a bond between | himself and the young officers that {is destined to remain steadfast for- ever. - Belleve Patrick Essential. While the Air Service knows that |1t Gen. Patrick is reappointed and | confirmed by the present session of {the Senate or that he might be given |a recess appointment, they alsc know {that they will lose him in the end, for |in about three years he will have to | retire. The present condition of the | Air Service—standing by for a deci- sion from Congress as to its place of importance in the national defense and probability of expansion and de- | velopment to great stages—is de- | clared such that only a man familiar | with the “air game” as long as Gen. | Patrick has been could hold the Air | Service together. Gen. Patrick’s administration, as far as can be seen, has been such as to warrant his continuance, according to some oflicers who recall that he did not engage in the aircraft controversy when his assistant chief, Brig. Gen. Wil- liam Mitchell, was taking aviation to | Congress and the people, and has not | incurred the dislike of the ge: eral | staff or the Secretary of War. LIQUOR HOLE BLOCKED. | NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario. March |12.—Liquor experters at Chippawa | received a shock when they were | notified by Collector of Customs | Flynn that there would be no more | export of liquor permitted at Chip- |pawa. A considerable trade has betn | carried on with the export of liquors !ot all kind to “Cuba” and *“Mexico” | via the Chippawa and Niagara Rivers. | | Dissatisfied with results of the anti-aircraft gunnery tesis held at Fort Monroe last week, War De- partment general staff . officers have been instructed by Secretary Weeks to plan a general scheme for development within the next year which is expected to show conclusively whether ground guns are effective against aerial ma- chines. To produce authentic data on the relative value of anti-aircraft guns and aircraft, the subject will be explored as thoroughly as funds now available for such pur-. * poses will permit. Secretary Weeks left Washing- | b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. PROTOGOL REVSON ASKEDBY ENCLAND TOWNSIGNATURE Peace Plan Goes Beyond Aimy of League, Says Chamber- lain, at Geneva. DOMINIONS AND INDiA UNABLE TO ACCEPT IT Absence of U. S. From World Or- ganization Found Increasing Dif- culties of Task. By the Associated Pres GENEVA, March 12.—Speaking to a chamber so closely packed that there was scarcely breathing space, Austen Chamberlain, Britlsh secretary for foreign affairs, delivered his lonz- heralded discourse on the Geneva protocol for security and disarma- ment before the Council of the League of Nations today. Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho- slovakia opened the session by an-| nouncing that at the conclusion of the discussion he would introduce a reso- lution concerning the protocol.’ One of the most important features of Mr. Chamberlain's address, which outlined the British objections to the protocol, was added by him at the last minute. It was that telegraphic communication with the British do- minions and India showed that'Can- ada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa and India were also unable to accept He said he was not vet in possession of the views of the Irish Free State. Sympathy With Objects. After emphasizing the sympathy that existed throughout the British empire with any effort to improve the international machinery for peace, Mr. Chamberlain said that suc- cessive administrations in Great Brit- ain, with the full approval of the self- governing dominions, not only had in theory favored arbitration, which was one of the features of the protocol, | | special session of that body, agreed to | press for an early vote on the Isle of | but had practiced it. They had not only preached disarmament, but had actually disarmed to the limit of na- tional safety. They had taken a full share in creating and supporting the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice, while the immense sacrifices they had made | in the cause of general security were matters of recent history. 1f, therefore, continued Mr. Cham- berlain, after consulting her domin- fons and India, England saw insuper- able objections to signing and ratify ing the protocel in its present shape, | this was not because she felt her- self out of harmony with the pur- poses the protocol was intended to serve or was opposed in prineiple to plans for clarifying the meaning of the League of Nations covenant or strengthening its provistons. “Amendment and interpretation may in themselves be desirable,”” added the British foreign secretary, “but majesty's government cannot believe that the protocol as it stands pro- vides a sultable method of attempt- ing that task.” Objections Are Detailed. After detailing the British objec- tions to the protocol, Mr. Chamber- lain sald that since the general pro- visions of the covenant could not be stiffened - with advantage. and since “the extreme cases” with which the league might have to deal prodably would affect certain nations or groups | than others, the of nations T (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) - RICH CONTRAGTOR COMMITS SUIGIDE E. A. Wickham, Millionaire Builder of War Canton- ments, Hangs Himself. more By the Associated Pres: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Towa, March 12 —The body of E. A. Wickham, 58, milllonaire contractor -and builder of Government cantonments during the war, was found late last night hang- ing by a rope fastened to the ceil- ing of an unused basement room in his home here. It is believed Mr. Wickham had b2en dead since Monday afternoon, the last time he was seen alive. The home of the contractor was| thoroughly searched when his disap- pearance was discovered, but no at- tempt was made to enter the room where the body was found, and which was locked, until last night. Mr. Wickham suffered a nervous breakdown nearly a year ago. Last Christmas eve the Wickham family | of opposition to the Fascist regime in were in an automobile accident that resulted in the death of Mrs. Wick- ham and serious injuries to the con- tractor. It is thought that ill health and brooding over the loss of his wife caused him to take his life. Weeks, Dissatisfied With Anti-Aircraft Tests, Orders New Scheme Developed ton today on a vacation. He con- ferred with Maj. Gen. Hines, chief of staff, and several chiefs of staft branches regarding the aircraft situation and received oral reports on the Fort Monroe tests. From these, it was sald, he has con- cluded that the tests were not conclusive. The guns and ammu- nition used, it was held, were old in types and manufacture, and the lack of personnel as well as train- ing facilities had to be considered as factors. The results of the tests will be used in connection with the de- termination by the general staff of the defense plan as a whole and to guide in the development of auxiliary arms, the protocol. | ADMiNIsTRATon GARDENS DEMOCRATS SEEK ISLE OF PINES VOTE ' Decide, Also; on Action on World Court Next Session or Now, if G. 0. P. Wishes. world | | adopt a po'icy to be followed in the Pines treaty, and to insist on making |the World Court question a special | order early in the next Congres: | It was agreed that the Democrats | should co-operate if the Republican majority decided to bring the court question up at this session. The | Lausanne treaty with Turkey was not discussed. After the conference, Senator Rob- [inson of Arkansas, the Democratic |1onder, fssued the foMowing state- ment: | “With respect to the World Court, |1t developed that the overwhelming sentiment of the conference was in | agred that the minority should ini- |tiate nothing that would occasion | but should the majority express a de- sire or intention to consider the mat- ter at this special ssion the mi- | nority would agree to co-operate. “In the event that the majority |should take no action whatsoever on | the World Court, the minority whl in- sist upon making it a special order for some early date in the next regular | session.” | The World Court question also came | before Senate Republicans in a party | conference held simultaneously with that of the Democrats, but it was | decided to defer action until the re- | sult of the Democratic meeting could | be learned. | TR S e {BORGLUM MAY RESUME STONE MOUNTAIN WORK Sculptor Announces Conference to Be Held Tomorrow, But Re- fuses to Go Into Detail. By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, N. C, March 12— Gutzon Borglum, formerly directing sculptor of the Stone Mountain Con- | federate memorial, today announced he would confer tomorrow with a committee from Atlanta with a view | to arranging a resumption of work on the monument. The sculptor did not glve the per- | sonnel of the group, but stated the | members did not represent the Stone Mountain Monumental Association, which has charge of the memorial. Neither did the sculptor state where the conference would take place. He ‘made the announcement just before leaving here this morning for White- ville, N. C., to deliver an address. He expressed confidence that the contro- versy would result in a victory for him. o — e PAPER IS SUPRESSED. Fascists Prompt to Curb Opposition Organ. | ROME, March 12.—The new voice Italy, the Risorgimenta, a newcomer in Rome's newspaper fleld, was stifled by the watchful government censor before its first accents had a chance to reach the public ear. The news- paper, which claimed to be a contin- uation of the journal of the same name founded by Cavour in 1848, and which had been widely advertised, was sup- pressed by the censor and all copies seized before they got to the news- 5smms this morning. | BULGARIA WANTS TROOPS. Asks Permission to Mobilize 4,000, Fearing Communists. SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 12—Bul- garia_has asked permission from the Allied Council of Ambassadors to mobilize 4,000 soldiers over and above the military establishment ailowed in the peace treaty. The mobilization would be a tempo- rary measure with the object of being prepared for a possible Communist uprising. It is considered likely here that the ambassadors will grant the permission. . i_l,_ndio Pr;)grags—Pngc 3; favor of the World Court and it was| hls;d'l“" in acting upon the World Court, | | | | | | | | | | Senate Democrats, meeting today to | | | | | | jtered after a brief welcoming address “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi« tion is delive: as fast as th red to Washington homes e papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,977 * TWO CENTS. IN HARNE Chinese Riot Hits American Firms Defying Fish Ban SS AGAIN! | ! By the Associated Pres. PEKING, March 12.—Two Amer- ican firms at Foochow sold her- ring after the students’ union there had issued an arbitrary un- official mandate against traffic in American fish. The students re- sorted to force on Tuesday, when they wrecked the business street where fish is sold, destroyed the herring stocks and stabbed five Chinese dealers. The students said that it was impossible for them to distinguish between American and Japanese fish, and, therefore, they indulged in a general ciean-up. Many of the rioters rested. SIMONS BEGONES ACTING PRESIDENT Communists Absent From Ceremony—Impartial Ad- ministration Is Promised. were ar- By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 12—Dr. Walter Simons took the oath today as acting President of the German Republic to succeed the late Friedrich Ebert. Like Herr Ebert, Dr. Simons did not add the “so help me God,” which is left optional in the oath as prescribed by the constitution. The ceremony took place in the Reichstag and the oath was adminis- by the Loebe Contrary to expectation, the Com- munists failed to create a scene, but they refrained from attending the ceremony and many benches on the extreme right of the chamber were also empty. The acting president, in a short speech, promised to hand over the office unsullied to his successor after administering it with impartiality. He spoke feelingly of his predecessor, whose fidelity he intended to emu- late. SEEK POISON SENDER. Police Believe Woman Sent Candy to Teacher to Avenge Wrong. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., March 12.— Detectives investigating the sending of poisoned candy to Miss Catherine V. Thompson, school teacher, and her brother Cecil, which resulted in their illness and that of several other per- sons with whom they shared the candy, suspect a woman. They are working on the theory that the woman sent the candy to avenge a fancied wrong_of long standing. Analysis of the candy revealed poison enough to kill many persons. Postal authorities expect an arrest shortly. Reichstag president, Herr WHEELER TRIAL SET. Case to Be Heard in Montana Fed- eral Court April 16. GREAT FALLS, Mont.,, March 12.— The case of the United States against Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- tana, charged in a grand jury indict- ment with having accepted employ- ment in a matter in which the United States held interest, after his election as United States Senator, was set down by Judge C. N. Pray this morn- ing for trial in Federal court here April 16. CHINA ARRANGES LOAN. ‘Will Secure Debt by Former Boxer Indemnity Funds. By the Associated Press. PEKING, March 12.—Arrangements were completed by the central gov- ernment today for the flotation of a $15,000,000 ten-vear domestic loan, secured by customs funds which have hitherto been devoted to the German portion of the Boxer indemnity. The proceeds of the loan will be used for administration purposes, EAR MISSING SPY FOUL PLAY VIGTIM Friends of Dr A. K. Graves Informed He Knew of Ger- man Royalist Plot in U. S. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 12—The New York American says today it has learned that Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves, whose exploits as an inter- national spy had won him world- wide fame, last August, when he took a trip to St. Louis to gather information con- cerning an alleged plot to restore the Hohenzollerns to the throne of Ger- many. The American says that friends of | Dr. Graves have placed the case in the hands of a private detective agency, which has reason to suspect that he may have met with foul play. Investigation by this agency, the American says, revealed that Dr. Graves had discovered a plot to stage a royalist coup in Germany on March 1 and to place the crown prince upon the throne. Predicted Ebert's Death. Two days before his disappearance | Graves is said to have predicted | Dr. that President Ebert of Germany would die within a period of eight months of lsst August. President Ebert’s death occurred February 28 last, well within the period mention- ed in this prediction. Dr. Graves also is declared to have asserted that there were powerful in- fluences working among German-Amer- icans in the United States both in favor of the planned royalist coup and against it in favor of the republic. He himself is said to have decided to aid in thwarting the coup. The American says that a former Department of Justice operative 'knew of Dr. Graves' disappearance, but had \(jsl his trail at a railroad station in New York, from which he was about to leave for St. Louls. This agent, as quoted by the American, declared: Says-He Got Big Sum. “On August 29 Graves received a large sum of money. It was from royalist sympathizers in St. Louis, men whose confidence he had gained. Dr. Graves left his rooming house and said he was going to St. Louis to gain | further information of the plan to re- store the Hohenzollerns to the throne of Germany. He decided to leave for St. Louis. "But his trail ended abruptly at the railroad station in New York.” Dr. Graves was interned at Oglethorpe by the American Govern- ment during the war. He had written two books exposing the workings of the German spy system and is said to have been once chief of the German secret service. NEW JAPANESE ENVOY NOW IN EMBASSY HERE Tsuneo Matsudaira Greeted on Ar- rival by Co-Workers and State Department Official. Tsuneo Matsudaira, the new Jap- anese Ambassador to the United States, reached Washington yester- day from the Pacific coast. He was received at the statidn by the whole embassy staff, headed by T ¥o- shida, who has been e s anese chargé d'affaires since the de- parture of Ambassador Hanihara. John K. Caldwell of the Far Eastern Division of the State Department also was at the station to greet him. Umpire to Sail for U. §. MEXICO CITY, March 12—Dr. Rod- rigo of Octavio, umpire of the Mexi- can-American special claims commis- sion and recently appointed to a simi- 1ar position with the Mexican-French commission, plans to leave for New York March 20. - He will remain in the United States five rionths, re- turning here when the Mexican- American commission resumes its sessions. Osborne’ Wood Sails for U. S. PARIS, March 12.—An agency dis- patch from Cadiz, Spain, says that Os. borne C. Wood, the former American Army officer, who left Paris and Blar- ritz last month for Spain, and whose financial affairs and travels have ince been followed with much inter- est, has sailed on board the steamer ‘West Chetac, bound for Tampa, Fla. has been missing since | Fort | ng as Jap- | Frau Ebert, Ouste'ci From Palace, Finds No Home Available By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News BERLIN, March 12.—Frau Ebert, widow of the late President of Ger- many, has been driven from the presidential palace in Wilhelm- strasse by the necessity of mak- ing room for temporary President Simons. and is desperately hunting for a flat, which she has not becn &ble to find. The family of the former Presi- dent is in rather reduced circum- stances. If they have to live on a government pension they arc in hard luck. Now, while her ghief is still fresh, Frau Ebert and her son Karl, are hunting for a few rooms in this overcrowded city, where-living quarters are dearer than diamonds. Many Germans are protesting against this necessity. They con- sider that the widow should have the right to live in the palace un- | til a new President Is elected, but | the law and the authorities ar: in- | exorable. | «Copyright, 19 iCongregationalists Plan to | Replace Edifice at Tenth and G Streets. by Chicago Dally News Co.) | The President's church—the Fir | Congregational, at Tenth and G | streets—for 60 years a landmark of |downtown Washington, soon will dis- |appear to make room for a structure that will probably be a 10-story “of- fice-church” building The question of whether | building will be a 10-story structure with offices or apartments and church, or just a church is still open, but the congregation has definitely the new decided to build a new structure on | the present site Not only have the officials of the church unanimously decided on a new structure, but the National Council of the Congregational Church has ex- pressed its approval of the project |and decided that it is a matter which | should be financed by the help of the entire Congregational Church in America. i Convention Coming Her | The campaign for the new edifice will be launched on October 20, when | the National Council of the Congre- gational Church will begin its eight- |day convention at the new Washinz | ton Auditorium, and which is expect- |ed to bring 3,000 people here | appeal will be made in November. | Rev, Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor | of the President's church, in discuss- ing the need for a new church, said that the present structure inadequate for the past nine vears {and during which time it has been | necessary to turn away many people every Sunday because of the lack of i room. Dr. Pierce estimated that about 125,000 people were kept from attend- ling the services during a this reason. Sunday school activities | also require more room. Built 60 Years Ago. | The present structure was built 60 years ago, when the congregation consisted of only 120 persons. With | foresight, however, they built the church to seat 10 times that number. A gallery has been added to the Sunday school auditorium since then {and the' front porch has been inclosed { to provide more room, but the church has been over-crowded for vears. While the present structure was in the course of erection the congrega- tion of the church met every Sunday in the United States House of Repre sentatives. Secretary Wilbur is one of the deacons and Associate Justice Stone of the United States Supreme | Court is also a member. REDUCTION OF ARMY Estimates Call for Land Force of 1,000 Men Less at Some Financial Saving. | By the Associated Prest. | LONDON, March 12.—The Army estimates for 1925-6, Jand forces at 160,600 men, a reduc tion of 1,000, while the amounts fo: ! maintenance = will total £44,500,000, against £45,000,000 last year. In a memorandum accompanying British fix the Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, de- clares the recruiting last year was unsatisfactory and that more than half the applicants were rejected as I not coming up to the high army | standards of physique, education and character. The production of light tanks proceeding, with new designs under study, and protective measures against gas attacks are being improved. | ROY ANDERSON DIES. | Won Distinction by Negotiation® ! With Chinese Bandits! | By the Associated Press. PEKING, March 12.—Roy Anderson, an American, who distinguished him. | self by negotiating with Chinese ban- | dits for the release of 27 foreigners Suchow on May 6, from the effects of an attack of pneu- monia. He was formerly manager for the Standard Oil Co. here. Coolidge Is Invited. President Coolidge was formally in- vited today to attend the laying of the corner stone for the Level Club of Masons of New York City in June. The invitation was extended by a delegation representing the club, headed by Sam A. Horwitz, who ex- plained to the President that this new clubhouse will have a hotel fea- ture and will be the first Masonic hotel in the world, and will cost more than $2,000,000. The President took the invitation under advisement. Ethel Barrymore Better. KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 12— Slight {mprovement was noted today in the condition of Miss Ethel Barry- more, actress, who is confined te hor hotel here, suffering from an attack of arthritis, it was announced by William Frank, her manager. BUILDING PROPOSED The | has been | vear for| the estimates the secretary for war, | is | | who were kidnaped for ransom at| 1923, died today | COUZENS ASSESSED ARBITRARLLY INTAX FIGHT OVER STOCK Treasury Would Bar Closing of Ford Deal Case hy Legal Limitations. UNDERPAYMENT CHARGE MADE ONLY 6 DAYS AGO | NS i ‘Memorandum Alleges Michigan Senator Owes Government More on 1919 Income Return. To the tions from closing today |of Senator James A. « | publican Michigan | has prepared an |ment” agzainet t matter of sale Motor stock prevent statute of 1 the tax cas ze R Treasury “arbitrary e the Ford Senator 19 in 3 of amoun of his Co. volved was not The learned not personally | presented the Michigan who is head of the Sen investizating the Bure: Revenue, by noon, but cated at the Treasury were ready to prevent the statute of limitations from barring an addi- tional tax after today, should Senator Couzens still decline 1o sign a waiver on the statute While cized the an effort fused to Mellon stan { Monday that |tween the Treasury Couzens with respect to h taxes is whether the proper a of tax been collected in The revealed arbitrary assessment had it was | | Senator te commit u of Internal indi- papers that Senator Couzens Treasury * him, and re- waiver, Secreta statement question and S to “discipline =i a on the only N nou Iasue Arose Last Friday. At | today had been taken ir prior last Frida intimation that taxes the sale stock given the Treasury dum” from a request, “as not yvet Prior to Friday case had been c been DI memorandunm same time it was revealed Treasury that no action the Couzens case when migh Henry the the first be from Ford rere more due G his of to was memorarn man whose name, at hi b tisclosed t th said, sidered close: formall a pers. the Treas- notic having by the | considered responsible” b ury, it was said fals of the de- partment were placed in a positi | where it was their “duty” to examiu further into the case. Prejudice Is Denied. The move of the Treasury Senator Couzens was not made, it was explained by officials, with any idea that it should influence disagree- ments between the department and the senior Senator from Michigan. Sen- or Couzens was only one of sev- eral minority stockholders who sold their interests to the majority stock- holder, Henry Ford, according to the “memorandum.” All the other per- sons involved in the transaction have already signed waivers, which are on | file. it was said The arbitrary assessment will mot necessarily be the amount finally levied against the senator by the Fov ernment, it was explained, but serves to continue the case so that investi- gators may go into the matter thoroughly and determine how much is due. According to the “memoran- dum,” the total amount of un ment by minority stockholed Ford Company was around $35 Senator Couzens' underpaym charged was “about $10,000,000 to $11,000,000.” Has Right of Appeal. The senator. repeated at | Treasury today will still have re- | course, as any other taxpayer, to the board of tax appeals, and finally to the courts, if he is dissatisfled The fdentity of the man who wrote the memorandum to the Treasury wés guarded today at the department, not because of any pledge to secrecy on the part of the Government, but as an accession to his request that his nam be kept from publication. He is rei- ther an employe of the Treasury De- partment, nor connected With | Fora Motor Company, it was said, but is connected wvith “an iastitution familiar with the transaction in question. Allow Total of $562,000,000. A total of $562.000,000 has been al- lowed by the Internal Revenue reau in amortization claims under conditions questioned by the Senate committec headed by Senator Couz- ens in the collection of war and post- war corporation taxes. This was dis- closed in the record of the investi- gation by the committee filed with the Senate yesterday. The record of testimony also discloses that similar claims are still pending amounting to about $300,000,000. Detailed investigations of of the allowed claims were ¥ the committee through its coun H. Manson, and its own engineers, with the aid of the Bureau of Inter- hal Revenue. Among these claims was that of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. in Pennsylvania. Illustrates Allowance. “I wish to call the committce’s at- tention very briefly to the ultimate | tacts which your counsel expect to establish,” Mr. Manson said, in in- troducing his evldence. “The claim is for amortization of an electric power plant, construction of which was started in June, 1918, and which was put into opcration in 1920. The cost of this plant was $825, The amount of amortization allowed was | $373,401. This allowance was based upon the theory that but 52.6 per cent of this plant was required by the Berwind-White Co. to meet its post- war needs. We expect to show that 70, and more likely 80, per cent of the plant was in use at the time the amortization was determined.” J. W. Swaren, an ¢ngineer for the bureau, who made a study of the Berwind-White claim when it was originally advanced, agreed that he had reported the plant to Le in use in 1922 to the extent of 70 per cent of its capacity. His superiors in a final adjustment allowed the corpo- ration to claim the deduction on the theory that it was only 52.6 per cent useful, he declared, and expressed the opinion this allowance to be fair. 1 feel that the Berwind-White Co. was entitled, if they wanted to g0 to the expense of setting up ad- ditional claims, to 2 great deal more '~ Continued on Pag 3 against T the several