Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1925, Page 1

10 SPUR BUSINESS 3 3 Normal Income, Surtax and . WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and probably storms tonight and tomorrow thunder- morn- ing followed by fair; slightly cooler. Temperatures: p.m., ve terda: today. Highes lowest, 7 96, at 4:15 , at 5 a.m. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Entered as second cla post_office, Washingto: D. C. COOLIDGE T0 URGE CUT IN ALL TAXES Inheritance Rate Reduc- tions Sought. WAITS TREASURY DATA ON REVENUE U. S. NEEDS President Discloses Intention to Urge General Trimming of Present Burden. YOUN( The RY J. RUSSEIL (Staff Correspondent of B Tuly today declared in favor of a general tax reduction, in cluding not only the surtaxes, but the normal and inheritance and income taxes In making his attitude known callers at White Court today whom he discussed tax reductiom the President is represented as saying that he could not say at this time how far he would favor trimming down the taxes, because he had not been given full data by Treasury tax experts on the question SWAMPSCOTT President Coolic Mass. Awaits Treasury Data. The President, however, is known to ve made it very plain that he wants & reduction all along the line, but he wants to see the rates fixed so as to bring about the greatest possible re lief from the burdens of taxes and the same time to produce the greate: amount of revenue. He is hoping that when the new tax bill is passed that it will be the best that can be devised for the lowering of the taxes and for the encouragement of business gener rily throughout the country The President has let It he known that he conferred with Chairman Green of the ways and means commit tee shortly before leaving Washington and that he made known to the latter his views. Chairman Green informed him tha he would have the committee at work on the bill early next month. Mondell Is Caller. Before committing himself to any set figures the President wants first to receive the Treasury's figures on the revenue feature. He makes no secret of the fact, though, that the present inheritance tax is far too high and that this amounts to practical con- fiscation in many cases. He is not sure at this time whether or not this tax can be repealed entirely. If he i advised that it cannot, he hopes some- thing will be done to remedy this con- dition. Frank W. Mondéll of the War Fi nance Corporation and Mrs. Mondell, who have been motoring in this sec tion, dropped off at White Court this morning and were luncheon guests. The President conferred this morn fng with Mrs. John Jacob Rozers of Lowell, Mass. who last week was elected to fill the unexpired term of her late husband in the House of Rep resentatives. She described to the President some of her recent visits to the Veterans' Hospitals. They dis cussed also the question of whether she will be able to continue this work now that she is to serve in Congress Somber Note Is Felt. There was a somber note about White Court today—first anniversary of the death of Calvin Coolidge, jr. Although neither the President nor Mrs. Coolidge are understood to have made any mention of this fact to those with whom they talked during the day, it was very evident, however, that the loss of their youngest son July 7, a ago, Wwas on their minds. No doubt this father and mother talked about it to one another when they were alone. It was their original intention to motor to Plymouth to place flower about the boy’s grave and also to pay visit to the President's father. This plan was upset, however, by the sud den illness of the latter. If the Coolidges were just an ordinary father and mother they probably would have made a second trip to that picturesque country but so much attention is paid to their going and coming the President is understood to have felt that another trip to Plymouth so soon would not be helpful to his father's conva lescence. Foregoes Usual Walk. Although the President arose at his customary hour, he did not take his usual two-mile walk before breakfast He strolled about the lawns in front of White Court awaiting the call to the morning meal. Immediately after- ward Mrs. Coolidge, attired in a white two-piece serge suit, hurried to the flower garden separating the grounds of White Court and Red Gables, the Summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns. She gathered some flow- ers and carried them to Mrs. Stearns, who, according to reports, has been more or less indisposed for the past few days. Mrs. Coolidge remained with her friend for an hour. Swampscott was somewhat excited last night over the rumors that rum runners were going to attempt a landing here. But for the fact that the President | of the United States is temporarily a resident of their section the people of this section, no doubt. would have paid little attention to this report. for | the towns along this coast are to that sort of thing. longer mean very much to them. It is no secret that running in liquor from the ships to the shore has proved of the natives of this immediate sec- tion. The particular point where White Court is located has been a favorite place to land booze. Because of the rock formation and the many little coves and crevices it is looked upon by the runners as an ideal landing place.. used Clean-Up Undertaken, A clean-up of the section was un- dertaken after the President an- nounced he would make his Summer | home here, and unusual precautions now being taken by enforcement offi- cers on both land and water make the Swampscott sector one in which it may be determined whether or not an effective blockade can be carried out in New England. Coast Guard officials working off New England realize the problem of preventing smuggling is more difficult son the rugged Massachusetts coast than along New Jersey and Long Is- land. where the eo; is low ln@ " (Continued em Pays 2, Column 8) 1 with | aveyard, | Rum ships no | lucrative occupation for not a few | By the Associated Press. AVALON, Santa Catalina Island, Calif., July 7.—While last Monday's earthquake was toppling hotels and office bufldings of Santa Barbara into | the street it was ripping great fissures in the Santa Cruz and San Miguel Islands just off the coast from the Mission city, hurling sections of their rocky coast lines into the sea and re- vealing old Indian burial places. A report of the temblor's effects on the practically uninhabited island was brought here yesterday by Capt. Arthur Sanger of the schooner Dreamer, on the vessel's return from anchorage off Santa Cruz Island with {a party of archeologists from the Los | Angeles Museum of History, Science | | and Art Sanger said the Dreamer was lying anta Cruz Island when the shocks n early Monday morning and that waves churned up by the tossed the vessel about like a of Kindling piece | “Cliffs toppled into the sea before |3y ] awe | | us, he said. “"and we gazed I struck st what seemed to be the end |of the world From San Miguel Island to the west of us, arose great | clouds of dust, indicating that there the cliffs were crashing. | “After the shocks had subsided we | went ashore and found that fissures | opened by the quake had uncovered | ancient burial places, the existence of | which we had not suspected while | exploring other Indian remains on the island. We found five skulls of pe- jar conformation and also numer- ornaments and utensils. | too. otis: FAFE ZA, Italy, July {1ent earthquake was recorded {day at the observatory | BANKRUPTBROKERS - READY TO REOPEN 7 P).—A vie ster Failed for $35,000,000, Will Pay in Full. By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, July 7.—Reorganiza tion without loss to creditors is vir-| Albert J. Headley, who was demoted | tually assured Dean, Onativia & Co., stock, and cotton brokers of Chicago and other cities led last Friday for $35,000,- A statement of creditor: | 000 neys and the receiver yesterday indi-|a letter would | meeting cated that the firm probably {reopen for business this week. Officers of the Grain Co. of Chicago, one subsidiary which is represented by rtnership in Dean, Onativia & Co., admitted that they were having dil $4.000,000 due July 8 concerns which a year into the marketing company’ to sell marketing company farmers have been abandoned been hoped to evolve the company into a co-operative enterprise. Meanwhile, in New York, Deputy Attorney General Keyes Winter |threatened to hold up reorganization |plans of Dean. Onativia & Co., and to four grain ago merged Attempts stock to | prosecute its officers if an examination | of the books showed operations in vio- lation of the law. i Will Pay 80 Per Cent. | | There h been no complaints |against the firm’s business methods. The failure is considered due solely to {the firm’s inability to raise quickly ad- | ditional security for loans obtained on 145,000 shares of Rosenbaum Grain Cor- poration stock, which Chicago banks said had depreciated in value from $50 par to only $5. Emanuel F. Rosen- baum, president of the Rosenbaum corporation, is a director of Dean, Ona tivia & Co. The Rosenbaum corpora. tion was merged into the Grain Mar. keting The reorganization plan being worked out calls for payments of 80 per cent to creditors, with notes for the balance. This would give the con- cern about $2,500,000 additional work inz funds to resumfe business Trving L. Ernst, counsel for the New York receiver aid the spread between assets and liabilities was less than $1,000,000. Frank P. Walsh, counsel the Grain Marketing Co.. and Gray Silver, its president, said the company was {under no obligation to take stock of !the Rosenbaum corporation or any |other of the merged grain firms. The {company has made money, Mr. Walsh i declared, but had hoped to meet the 14,000,000, but had hoped to meet the {The failure of Dean, Onativia & Co., { said Mr. Walsh, had nothing to do with the abandonment of the stock-selling {plan or the dismissal of most members {of the promotion department. ‘ EETHEART, " THEN SHOOTS SELF for ;KILLS SW Quarrel Over Other Men. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 7.—Be- | cause he believed his sweetheart, | Nora Kefauver, 20, had been untrue | to him, Herbert J. Blair. 50, shot and | killed the girl in Rose Hill Cemetery | here last night. After the killing Blair returned to his boarding house, took two drinks of whisky, walked to a mirror and fired a bullet into his own head. Letters expressing the hope that God would forgive him for killing the girl and himself, found on Blair's body, indicated that the act had been carefully planned. Blair met the girl at the store where she is employed yesterday evening and walked with her to the cemetery, on the road to her home. There they quarreled and Blair fired a bullet into her head After the shooting he returned to his boarding house, told Mrs. Charles Hlammond of his act and asked her to notify the police. He then went to his room and took his own life. Blair was known as being intensely religious and was recently confirmed in a local church. of Raphael ' | | | Dean, Onativia & Co., Who “In Interest of | netic auake | ,:lock this morning. The temblor con- | WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘Quake Rends Pacific Islands, ' Hurling Great Cliffs Into Sea iSanm Barbara Shock Effect on Ocean Recounted by Scientists—Ancient Burial Places Laid Open. Bendandi, the earthquake expert. The estimated central point of the disturb- ance was 500 miles distant. Seismograph Shows Shock. KARLSRUHE, Germany, July 7 (P).—The seismograph instruments at the Polytechnic Institute this after- noon registered a violent earthquake. The central point is believed to have been in Europe at a distance of about 1,100 miles. SEVERE QUAKE RECORDED. Observatory Seismograph at Tucson Registers Shock. TUCSON, A July 7 (P)—A se vere earthquake shock within 700 niles of Tucson was regigtered on the smograph of the United States mag observatory near here at tinued for apy T roximately half an hour Ludy, observer in charge, said, Ludy said he had not determined the general direction of the quake. REGISTERED HERE. Temblor Is, Recorded on Georgetown Seismograph. By the Associated Press. An earthquake lasting for nearly an hour and reaching its greatest in- tensity between 9:31 am. and 9 am. Eastern standard time, was r corded today on the Georgetown Uni- versity seismographs. Father Ton dorf described the shock as “very pro- nounced, if not severe,” and 'sti- mated that it centered about 2,300 miles from Washington. HEADLEY DEMOTION DECISION TO STAND Good Police Administration,” Board Says, Closing Case. The District Commissioners will | take no further action in the case of | Marketing | munications received, of | communications from inspector in charge of the traffic bureau to captain of the fourth pre cinct They made known their intention " attor luf allowing the demotion to stand in | Elan mission is to meet with Treasury drafted following a . beard today. The letter will be sent in reply to the five or six com- Some of the asked for reconsid | eration of the question. aising | tary It had | Commissioners | which The city heads Daniel E. instructed Secre- Garges to draft following reply to the letters. ‘Referring to your letter regard- ing the matter of Capt. A. J. Head- ley, I am directed by the Board of to inform you that the matter has been given careful consideration, and the Commission- ers see no reason for departing from their action of June 19, which in their opinion was in the interest of good police administration.” W. Peerce Rayner, one of those who hes been active in seeking to have the Headley case reopened, call- ed at the District Building prior to the board meeting today and saw Engineer Commissioner Bell It is believed he discussed Inspector Head- ley’s case at that time. Among the lett received by the Commissioners was one from the Board of Trade, which requested that the public order committee of the board be given the facts in the case, if the furnishing of such information would be compatible with public in terest. There has been much speculation in Police Department circles for sev- eral days as to what course the Com- | missioners would pursue with regard to Inspector Headley at today's meeting. The question came before the board meeting in accordance with the statement made vesterday by Commissioner Fenning, ‘in charge of police matters, that he would submit | all letters concerning Inspector Head- ley's demotion to the entire hoard for consideration. ANTI-KLAN SPEAKER DENIED USE OF PARK “Peaceful Demonstration” Barred on Grounds of Ban in Fed- eral Regulations. “peaceful Anti- on the Wash- ington Monument grounds on Au- gust 15, as proposed by Rev. George H. Lawson of Keyport, N. J., who stvled himself “anti-Klan candidate for governor.' was denied today by Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, di- Man, 50, Slays Girl, 20, After rector of public buildings and pub- | lic parks of the National Capital. After reading the request Col. Sher- rill classed it as a political meeting and as such is prohibited by sec- tion 3 of article 7 of the regulations for the government of the parks and is taken literally from the statutes of the United States, read- ing_as follows: “The making of any harangue or public speech or the uttering of loud, threatening, abusive or profane language is prohibited.” The letter from Rev. Mr. Lawson, which is dated at Matawan, N, J, reads as follows: . “Will you kindly grant me the per- mit for a peaceful ‘anti-Klan' gath- ering at the Washington Monument August 15, 1925. “Many religious and fraternal or- ganizations desire to hear an address upon the subject of ‘One Hundred Per Cent Americanism." I have held many such meetings in New Jersey, attended by vast throngs of people. “Thanking you in advance, “Yours very truly, GEORGE LAWSON, “Anti-Klan candidate for Gov- ernor of New Jersey.” Col. Sherrill immediately replied to the letter, refusing Rev. Mr. Lawson permission to use the public parks of the National Capital for bolding his meeting, \ 7:15 | the | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, AALRY HOLLS [P NAMING OFFRENCH DEBT COMMISIN Loucheur and Herriot Spoken of as Heads of Party to United States. CAILLAUX MAY OVERSEE OPERATIONS FROM PARIS Franklin-Bouillon and Berenger Only Candidates Who Are Certain of Places. By the Associated P PARIS, July {competition for ese There sharp membership on the French commission which will go 1o | Washington within a few weeks to| |discuss “the funding of the French idebt to the United States. This com-| | petition is delaving the government's |announcement of the personnel. | I The on candidates who now ap-! pear virtual certain of places on the commission are M. Franklin-| Bouillon, chairman of the foreign af.| fairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies, and Henry Berenl:vr‘ budget reporter for the Senate! finance committee. It is understood that Louis Loucheur, former minis- ter of commerce, is a candidate for| {the presidency of the mission. Former Premier Herriot also has been spoken of for post, but his duties as a that president of the Chamber of Deputies | {prevent his prolonged absence from | |this country. ! Caillaux May Head Board. 1 1t is now the t possible {Finance Minister Caillaux will |serve the first place on the commis- |sion for himself if he finds he cannot |&o personally to Washington, but {direct the work from Paris by having 1all important decisions referred to| | him by wire | | However, it was later announced |that nothing official has been de-| |clded regarding M. Caillaux’s plans. | It was said he would like to go per-| sonally both to London and to Wash-| ington for debt negotiations, but that it is vet to be determined whether| | he can do so. WASHINGTO | | Can Receive Commission at Any Time. | The path is open to France to send | | its debt-funding commission to Wash- | {ington at any time during the next | few months, except for the period be- tween August 5 and 16, when the Bel- READY. | Almost | officials. { This arrangement of the Treasury | debt program, desizned to place pres. ent negotlations on a schedule basis, has been communicated to Ambassa: tdor Daeschner of France, who had | | asked when the French mission could | !be received The ambassador, who | talked with Acting Secretary Win- ston, as secretary of the American | | Debt Commission. did not intimate | | when the Paris delegation might be | | expected. Recent reports from France. | | however, said the experts likely would | depart early in September. The Treasury’s schedule made no mention of the time for resuming con- | ferences with the Italian debt com missioners and that fact brought out suggestions that the negotiations might be delaved longer than was sup- ! posed when they were suspended re | cently by the departure of Mario Al- berit for Rome to gather additional data. It was the opinion of some at { the ‘Treasury, however, that there | would be time for resuming the con- ferences between meetings with the French and Belglan missio KILLS SLEEPING WIFE | AND CHILD WITH KNIFE | Father Wounds Four Other Off- spring and Kills Self as They Flee in Nightclothes. By the Associaled Press. | MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 7. t- | tacking members of his family with ,a large knife while they were sleep- ng. Ernest Franzen killed his wife | |and one of his children early today | and sent four other children into the street in their nightclothes. injured |and screaming for help. He then | killed himself. | Franzen, evidently suddenly ed, first attacked his wife, Ellen. She‘ was found dead in the kitchen. In {a bedroom on the second floor was |found the body of Morris, 9 vears old, their youngest child. When police arrjved Franzen lay dying in another bedroom with his throat cut. Four other children, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years, sought hid- ing places in terror when the father ran amuck, but all were slashed, one seriously, before they were able to evade him and flee from the house. Ethel, 11 years old, was reported in a serious condition with a wound in the neck. craz- MacMurray Reaches Peking. | PEKING, July 7 (#.—John Van A. | | MacMurray, new American minister | {to China, ‘arrived in Peking from Tientsin shortly after noon today. Evolution Trial i ! The eyes of the U. S. are on [l Payton, Tenn., where the case of Prof. J. T. Scopes, one of the most remarkable in modern [ff1 jurisprudence, will be tried, be- ginning Friday. The Evening Star is well fortified in reporting this event to the advantage of its readers. The Associated Press hes arranged a double-wire serv- ice to operate day and night. A large staff has been assigned and comprehensive reports will be carried. In addition, Robert T. Small, one of the country’s best news- paper writers, is in Dayton to send special articles on the fea- tures of the trial. | | the trees where they {ing th NOVEL ROADWAY, CONN. AVE. PLAN {Would Build Traffic Lanes| Between Trees and Walk, Bell Says. A novel Connecticut square to plan for the widening of avenue from Farragut Dupont Circle by leaving are and con- structing a new roadway for traffic between the trees and the building !line on each side is being considered by Engineer Commissioner Bell, announced today. Col Bell made it plain that he is not definitely committed to the plan, but_believes it is worthy of careful study as a means of improving what is now a congested traffic lane. Would Leave Trees. “Now,” said Col. Bell, “the width of that part of Connecticut avenue trom building line to building line is 130 feet, of which only 50 feet is roadway. leaving 40 fect between the curb and che building line on each side. “My thought is that we might leave the trees where they are with a foot strip of parking and open a new 20-foot road on each side in back of the trees If this plan should be carried out there would still remain 15 feet of sidewalk on each side, which Col. Bell s inclined to believe, would be ample. Instead of the present 50-foot road. way, taken up partly by car tracks and leaving two rather narrow lanes for vehicular traffic, there would be four lanes for traffic, two on each side of the car tracks. Col Bell's thought is that the new roadways in back of the trees would be for parking and for slower moving vehicles, leaving the present roadways between the car tracks and the trees for through traffic. This treatment. Col Bell said, would give that part of Connecticut avenue the appearance of the Champs d’Elysee in Paris. Pedestrian Safety. The proposed plan, Col. Bell pointed out, not only would preserve the trees, but \\'{u!d provide in the tree space he islandd of safety for pedestrians cross- thoroughfare. Although Col. Bell is not contem plating disturbing the car tracks at this time, he suggested that the pro- posed scheme could be carried a step further at some future time by mov. ing the tracks against the tree spaces on each side. If this should ever be done, he said, | through vehicular traffic would move up and down the center of the road. way and street car passengers would be able to get on and off the cars from the strips of parking in which the trees are located. Col. Bell has reached no deciston as to how Connecticut avenue should be widened, but he has requested . B. Hunt, engineer of highways, to make a careful study of the plan out- lined above. LOCOMOTIVE JOY RIDER IS HELD FOR HEARING Man Stole Engine While Intoxi- cated and Piled It Into Another. By the Associated Press. NEW, YORK, July 7.—Charged with stealing a $65,000 locomotive for a_joy- ride and wrecking it and another loco-| motive in a collision, Nicholas Oper of Long Island City, today was held in $1,000 bail for a hearing. Police say Oper admitted entering the private roundhouse of a construc- tion company on the night of July 3 while intoxicated. Finding no watch- man on duty, he decided to take ride. Oper had never been in a loco- motive before, and was hurled out the cab window at the first sharp curve. He was not hurt. The runaway engine gathered speed and, racing 65 miles an hour, crashed into a Long Island Railroad locomo- tive, wrecking both engines and seri- ously injuring Engineer George Dim- ick. Total damage is estimated at $150,000. i gl Japanese Prince on Tour. PARIS, July 7 (#).—Prince Chich- ibu, second son of the Emperor of Japan, arrived here today en route to England, where he will study for sev- eral years. He was greeted by Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni, Prince and Princess Asaka and other notables of the Japanese colony here. IRndio Progrms~Page Zl, JULY 7, 1925—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,467 TWO CENTS UP) Means Associated Pre: Cooler Tomorrow, | With Hot, Humid i Night Due Fir Cooler temperatures are prom ised by the Weather Bureau for to. morrow, but Washington must he prepared for a hot, humid time of it tonight The relief from the excessive heat of the past two days is to be brought about through the me dium of severe thunderstorms and a shifting of the winds from south erly, as at present. to northerly The highest temperature reached vesterday was 96. At noon today it was 03, and everything indicated duplication or possibly passing of vesterday’s zenith. High humidity will continue, making is seem real- Iy hotter than ft is 115, CAVALRY AIDS ‘Calitornia Posse Routed by | Machine Gun—Also Enlists | | U. S. Forces at Sea. By the Associated Pre | SALINAS. Calif.. July -Land forces—cavalrymen from the Monte rey Presidio and citizens from towns adjacent to Moss Landing, near here —joined hands today to run down bel- ligerent hi-jackers who killed one | member of a posse last night, injured two peace officers and drove county and State police to cover by fire from a machine gun At sea Coast Guard vessels were warned to guard against any at tempts on the part of the hi-jackers to use the sea as an avenue of es- | cape when they are forced from their inland retreat by Federal forces The fight came with dramatic sud- The hi-jackers had gathered of Monterey Bay to intercept an an- ticipated Janding of a rum cargo. A posse started out in response to a plea for help from Harry Livingston, {a shot-shattered automobile into Wat sonville, near here. As they approach- ed Moss Landing they were suddenly surrounded by a number of men and their only w hoot ‘em” after they had established their {dentification for the hi-jacker: N. H. Rader, a merchant of Salina pressed into service by Sherifft W | Oyer, was killed | The rum runners, reported off shore made no attempt to land their cargo. Sheriff Over is in a hospital here with a badly shattered knee and Harry Livingston, a State traffic officer, who made ‘the appeal to the sheriff, is the third man injured. Two major encounters in the dark were reported, the hijackers assum: ing the offensive in both. 500 CHINESE SMUGGLED. Rumor Prompts U. S. Authorities to Watch Mexican Border. LOS ANGELES, July 7.—Immigra- tion authorities here are investigating a report that 500 Chinese and a large cargo of narcotics had been landed by a five-masted British schooner at Manzanillo, on the Mexican West Coast, and sent north for smuggling across the border into the United States. SECRETARY WEEKS BACK AT DESK IN SEPTEMBER |Statement From Swampscott Fol- lows Revival of Rumor of Proposed Resignation. By the Associated Press SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 7.—Be- lief that Secretary Weeks will be suf- ficiently recovered from his recent ill- ness and operation to be back at his desk at the War Department in Wash- ington in September was expressed to- day by White House officials. Before leaving Washington Mr. Weeks told the President that he would return to his duties at the close of the Summer, and Mr. Coolidge has been informed that the operation per- formed on the Secretary of War re- cently in-Boston resulted so favorably as to make this statement fully war- ranted. The President's expectations that he will continue to have the services of Mr. Weeks as a cabinet member were made public after a revival of reports that the Secretary had advised Mr. Coolldge that he intended to resign. AR ONHHACKERS and civil | nfrequented spot on the shore | a State traffic officer, who had driven | rning was the terse order | | [ BELL SEEKS cUT INPAVING COST T0 PROPERTY OWNERS |Will Ask Modifying of Bor- land Law in Next Ses- sion of Congress. WOULD REMOVE CHARGE FOR REPAVING WORK | Limit on Percentage of Value of | Land That May Be Assessed Also to Be Urged. Modification of | under which the Borland half the cost of street paving in the District i¢ assessed against abutting property owners, will he sought at the next session of Con- gress, Engi Commissioner Bell declared today. } Col. Bell wants two changes mada o remove what he regards as unjusg and burdensome features of the law {as it was originally written and as it has been in force for more than 10 years. The modifications he will pro- pose are & no assessment be levied against abutting property for the re- urfacing of a street after the first permanent surface has worn out. i at the language of the Borland {law be changed to provide that where original paving is being laid the as- sessment shall not exceed a certain percentage of the value of the prop- e sed i Repeal Believed Tmpossible. { Col. Bell does not believe it would be possible t of the secure repeal rland law as a_whole, but he is of | the opinio t the two changes sug- sted wo re ove the most objec- tionable features of the a In support of his fir that no assessment be | surfacing, Col. Bell said ‘After a property owner has once paid for the paving of a street it is unfair to assess him again for the re- | surfacing when the street wears out under the flow of traffic. Col. Bell believes the second change, limiting the extent to which a plece President to make the White House, of property may be assessed for street within and without, a truly colonial | improvement, is - because of mansion. are not in conflict with the|the uncertainty which now exists as authority granted by Congress in | to Whether the assessment low applies 1902. during the Roosevelt adminis. | to outlying suburban roads. Lration. for the first extensive im Would Protect Owners. provements in the Executive Mansion | " 5 s @ a for many years, or with the report|ovimen inon Cuiars, 460,2 property to Congress on the completion of that | coury decision holding in substance work. made by President Roosevelt{ihat the Borland law did not apply and by McKim, Mead and White. - . =g Sy . 3 . along rural land, where city or town In the controversy over the colonial | conditions do not exist restoration, started by the American; Col. Bell said a question is raised oe- Institute of Architects, emphasis has |casionally as to whether the paving of been laid on the fact that reproduc-|a certain street or road is subject to tion of a colonial interior with period | the Borland amendment, and he be- fittings and furnishings will throw |lieves language should be written into into the discard the French empirethe law defining clearly where the as- style. which now is carried out in the | sessment law should apply and where formal rooms on the main floor, and |it should be disregarded that President Roosevelt recommend-| The proposal to limit the assessment ed continuance and extension of such |to a certain percentage of the value of work rather than repeated changes!the abutting property would, Col. Bell and refurnishings. | believes, prevent the levyving of con fiscating sums in cases where er has a large frontage on 2 roa is to be improved SOVIETS FILE OFFICIAL PROTEST IN DOSSER CASE Declare Trial of Red Agitator in China by Mixed Court Would law, at Survey Shows Furnishings Are Hodge-Podge of Many Periods. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Present plans of Congress and the t suggestion evied for r No Style Mentioned. a that As a matter cf fact, the report sent to Congress by President Roosevelt makes no reference whatever to anv French empire style or of 4 Louis X1\ | scheme. The furnishing of the reno- vated White House was entirely inci. | dental. At that time Congres: | recognition of the feeling prev among the people of the States, stipulated that nonme of the| essential features of the White House A}P‘mu]d be sacrificed in the restoration; | Infringe Russ Treaty. that the Nation's historic house | g should be left intact and that even | 2%, s the state rooms should continue to be | p Qs on + July T——Forelgn Minister known by the names made familiar | Lcpitcherin has addressed a note to by long use. The changes at | the Chinese Ambassador similar to his : fon of protest to the that | 2 ti; v i ally | recent communic luded the epeipally structural and| pritich envoy, concerning the arrest included the erection of executive of- i fices and a rearrangement to permit | 2t Hongkong of the Russian citizen the comfortable and dignified enter-|Cotoet: DESITNE O LI8 BOW tuseo Vidine & mnBucsts, especially in pro-| o\ "qeclarations with regird to de: viding a_state dining room of dimen-|JU> CRERTRIORR LS TEEEEC U the slons sufficlent to enable the President | 2910 08 0 | previleges enjo in ;t{)\ncnleru:in at table on occasion about | ZH{T- I PR TIC covernment s he: uests. | = e 3 Eooes foreign minister points out that hana- Rooms Described. |ing over Dosser for trial before a BT . imixed court is not only illegal in view about which the present controverss | UL 4180 a direct infringement of the At = s desxiial: He demands that China take im he Re'd Room.—The changes made | mediate adequate measures to secure he' he State dining room necessitated | Dosser’s release, placing on trial thase noval of the two marble mantels | responsible for his arrest. that are cotemporary with the house | Christian Rakovsky, Soviet charge itselt. Exquisitely carved in London, |‘qaffaires in London, left for Eng- and imported with other purchases|jand by airplane vesterday after a ;Y]rml;;v“l‘.:p:fi. zhh(z:o Ima{melq h\\p ong conference with the government 1 v storic furnishings 2 i Russo-British relations. in the White House at the time when | Iegardlig SIMOE N e the restoration began. Too small for | 'D the spaces where they were placed, NOVELIST ARRAIGNED. they now become the chief ornaments of the red and green rooms, respec- S tively. The wainscoting of the red | Maxwell Bodenheim Charged With room is in white enamel and there is | i a new cornice. The wall covering and e o ek gurtains are of red velvet and the| NEW YORK, July 7 (P).—Maxwell furniture is upholstered in red dam- Bodenheim, poet and novelist, who is ask. There is a crystal chandelfer | now living at the McDowell Colony and side lights; new andirons, a mir-|at Petersboro, N. H., was arraigned ror between the windows, and an|today before Judge McIntyre in Gen- antigue rug. | eral'Sessions on an indictment charg- The Blue Room.—“Rarely beautiful | ing him with publishing an indecent in its proportions, the blue room has ! povel, He was releasted in $2,500 bail. been made notable for the events that| Boni & Liveright, publishers, were have taken place within its walls; and | held in $2.500 bail a week ago on the in the changes particular emphasis|same charge. Bodenheim did not en- has been placed on this room. The|ter a plea. mantel is of pure white marble, the . shelf being supported on bundles of | T b arrows carved in white marble with bronze tips and feathers: the wain- FIGHT PISTOL DUEL. scoting i3 in white enamel; the | T covering is of heavy, corded blue silk, i rs Quarrel Over Claim on which Is_embroidered at top and | tAlian Fencers @ . ;anu‘m the IG!'e(‘ian fret; the curtain To Superior Ability. angings, of the same material as the| cell k wall covering, are embroidered with| ROME, July 7 (f.—Two well known Sk B ‘W cartu gules dre wur-| IAllan SeReSR. e i it mounted by gllt eagles. * The Grecian rleyll‘((xl" po s s furniture.in in white and e, wp.|Over theis Tespective ability at fenc. % d ling. Desimone fired twice, barely holstered in blue and gold. | e S ieico:, who ifiven Tnto)ite Some Features New. lair. Honor was satisfied, the duel The Green Room.—*The wall cover. | Stopped and the fencers reconciled. ing and curtains of green velvet are| SERET copied from an old piece of Genoese | velvet; the marble console table shares | RED GENERALS EXECUTED with the mantel the distinction of ase AR T e T and grace; the furniture—upholstered | Spies, Court Finds—Two Magis- in tapestry—the rug, the mirror, the| andirons, the crystal chandelier’ and| trates Also Pay Death Penalty. side lights, all are new.” MOSCOW, July 7 UP)—Former The Bast Room.—"The walls of the | Gong Belavin and Ivanoff of the Red cast room are covered with wood pan- | g7\ and Magistrates Viasoft and eling, enameled; the ornamental ceil- | gholokhoff were executed here today. ing is done in stucco, and set in the |“Tha" first two were sentenced 1o wall are 12 low relief panels by Pic- | geath after a trial at Kiev, where cirilli Brothers, sculptors, the subjects | that they were found guilty of espion being taken from Aesop’s Fables. On|,ge for Boland. The two migistrates the east and west sides of the room ere found guilty guilty of granting are two mantels of colored marble. |jmmunity to criminals and accepting (Continued ea Page 3, Column 2. bribes.