Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1925, Page 2

2 WASTE FOES WAR ON“MA” FERGUSON cauerine o Threaten Extra Session to Probe Expenditures on Texas Roads. i Pross Tex., Oct of the Te to Investigate ¢ Jitures in the r Sher Departnent. v Ma b Ie o yeut In last nigh ductio t Rep: CE sesston for minis preiul session Summary actor fmated that At the s of Legisin- As- of menibers of the i et opint t call ) in Droceedings of possible 1it wh Wash iade 0 co tnterpretation uation for atice Klux nation Klan se didaates and the heroine GIRL PICKET SCORES Judge McMahen Dismisses Charge Against Dorothy Ferguson of Interfering With Restaurant. with tr Ninth d 1 that Dorot} pdie MeMa 5 the 0w that any “lothes was 1t nter the stor “ted simtlay . at Dor sever ~harge VETERANS"LEADERS CALL ON PRESIDENT Lay Problems of Men of All Wars Before Chief Executive, Urging Relief. matter and cert fense prob 1ander-n reign tod discussed iU to war veterans phases of the national de- Fred Stover, com- the Veteran Edwin 8. He of the e legislation, and ¥ director of the Veter- I8 heim. committes ¥ nk T ne' B Mr, & urged President to include in his first message to the - coming Congress a number of recom- mendations on hehalf of the veterans of all wars. One of the most pl‘(‘»\kh\)‘: needs, id, is uate "hospital ind equipment for the N " Ru- 1g im Hines, Veteran: reau is alzo a problem ds mediate attention, he sa Mr. Stover told Mr. Coolldge. too, that Congress should be urged to legislation giving the older veterans ma adeq pensions. e also urged leg clarifying the clvil service Jaws in €0 far as they pertain to veterans, the construction of an archives bulldings and the passage of the disabled emergency officers’ retire ment bill LORD RIBBLESDALE DIES. Leaves Widow. the Former Mrs. John Jacob Astor. LONDON, October 21 (#) Baron Ribblesdule died today. His widow is the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor, to whom he was married in 1919 Lord Ribblesdule was born in 1834, Marvin Goodwin Dies. HOUSTON. Tex.. October 21 Marvin Goodwin. 33, pitcher, pur- chased by the Cincinnati Reds, and last vear's manager of the Houston Texas League club, died today from injuries recelved in an airplane wreck Sunday. ) — the cit; [ WINS ENTHUSI Represent Building Votes Indors Displaving and co-oped uel woten « who gith ed at the Distr utlding |day atternoon wholeheartedly ine proposal of « t mus Spring hout | voted to uppre tion f success, spirit of whieh the th enthusiusm gave o represent: ive nissione al in Washington thy )it gre: | next W | enc the wii- and n; ation thorize on May At ] tew muom, | Somemtzsioner Rudolph. (o “n Necutive commitiee of 30 members to | per “n organfzation and nom- | {ing rate permunent oric e of the iusic hought that in pring festlv Vashington wor modest way and evest to th et rs S Tovers blish il o preset an 1 have to 1 sradualiy i ne on which ven in other Amer There were us many oth ting who took the vier 1 need not be tin ! rror ustom t fn a up e ' Il Speakers in Accord [ p wnen s were in the belief that Wash festival Anid was esolution dolph to ree was Chamber fed with severul cities have done with d - Washington man of broad ple mens o devote directing the up the festivai s the success that incinnati has ask of ilding Ne sad e to that plan Urges Gradnal Progress. 1 was glad that Wash ken the first step towurd 4n annus e festtvul the Distr 0 set vl the tire: Wash- sld, can great but should reuch radually Sherms Music < withr s t not 1. felt that Cltles. He Of three ande Washin, wusic. Ie Distret on musl estimuted gether hy an othe, how r ctties «l that the veslth only Ouality of Programs. Marte von Uns e festival ent upon the qual the oferal. She uld stressed i success Te com reing held in and that the v offered m emphisizes surt in and ap m of good rmusic and if iy s t fostering muslc issioner Rudolph und sall be ren would be con the restival Durby wnd Miss Ella May Powell told of the success attained last Spring in bolding in Washington st convention of the World Fel hip Through Music movement. Darby suspested that groun which arranged that event last yeur should be given recognition on the committee for the prope vl next vear. Perey S Foster, who has long be prominent in local music ctrele elated over the movement started by Commissioner Rudolph. Mr. Foster emphasized the impor tance of wholebeurted co-operation he- tweon wllYor the musical groups in the city 1w them to unite in making the pr J annual festival the greatest musical event ever sta ed in the Natlonal C: In the address opened the meeting tudolph voiced th staging of sn ann lead ev: to the of & t national con musie in Washington. “liver since the Commissioners lot it be known that they would be glad to take the initiative in sponsoring a vearly music festival,” Commissioner Rudolph began, “they have been much encouraged by the receipt of numer- ous letters approving the project, per- sonal calls by citizens and by editori- als on the subject appearing in the public press of other cities The gist of thews communications and editc was to the effect—ex pressed 1 Most complimentary —that Washington was the ared with th other parts ¢ will ) ranged te ) portance of to ate the festival is America. roved suggestion the sidered in a Dr. W, 1., ehi anging n Is , just us it is the center of the Nutional GGovernment. Declares Time Is Ripe. “Our city has always been recog- nize a community appreciating and supporting the development of music, but it has been apparent that some greater and broader step should Lo taken to firmly and permanently establish the city as one of the great music centers of our great country. it not of the world. Other world capi- tals have taken the lead in dev ing musical consct cation of their respect e is no reason why Washing ton should not leap to the fore with concerted effort t ain recognition which undoubtedly would have come long ago had efforts toward this end been concentrated. It is not too late. Ou the contrary, the time is ripe tc achieve the desired end. The Com- missfoners of the District of Columbia feel that the pleas of the music lovers of Washington that they officlally take the lead In fostering ways and means of elevating the city’s musical prestige throughout the country are juse and should be heeded. The purpose of this gathering— very thoroughly representative of all munteipal activities and interests, com- posed of men and women known to be lovers of Washingion and therefore undoubtediy interested in its musical development—is to present an oppor- tunity to discuss, and if favorably im- pressed, to form ‘a great May musical festival association. Such an organi- zation would undoubtedly be one of the greatest single instruments in permanently stamping upon the con scidusness of this country the city’ right to a greater voice in the develop- ment of musical Americu great Belleve Success Certain. “The Commissioners appreciate the privilege of calling this meeting. They are happy to see your response to their invitation, and regret that the lmitations of thia boardroom pre- Authorizes Naming of Committee, | ¢ for a National Capital of | Sl THE 1 ASTIC APPROVAL at Disf ement of Proposal and ative Citizens trict! I i eiti- ¢ nvinced Wash- | nd any- | stand- | | 4 m ilo m vey they wnd feel sies bu iness n as nine b ou festis thing {n the ¢ point of enth “T4is Dot con rafsstoners and e Com hat it | the <hould the shington who have zesting the Mo trivial. It must broadest. tmost tival o i tot eweeptug 1 Phere should be vision In )t all pli w0 thut when the festival not peonle of Wash: nee and splen. the attention of | NDORSE CTZENS CHURCH CAMPAIN Building Fund of First Con- gregational Receives Support. woul vl wcton by w, hut the whole it 1t i i | { | o) the First w campuign of gatonal Church for a fund ha Kb fven th of many lea citizens or ton. Among the letters of encourags publle today by Rev, Dr. ree, pastor of the chur Mowing from John Joy banker and publicist ays been fmpressed with nfluence of the al Church. T feel is eminently time cilities, planned and | extend its usefulness the und port I have known 4 churel so centrally lo the ssted ch, B the real First Co this new Iy ierest - thusiastic don tion renderi Ari i n business s many years, service to the : community.” support] he 14 4l Church rvice in ha the ubt hurch,” to ap- | centst- | vour | t be are public for pinion ner:! commu- ty center First ( haracter ngregational | Willfurn | of Ansocti- home of red, “but and step woman in rendered to | Christin Tew entities raise b wles o neral s hur | the | tlon | the | it Christian only the " he decl stepfuther 1. non-Christi arfsee, whiatnot 1 prese: Thompsen member e Commission, all ted the campuign for so thut the catholtc he carried | the | | | . it on and enlarged | AMBULANCE CRASH INJURES PHYSICIAN Dr. Howard T. Smith of Emergency Staff Victim as Patient Is Unhurt. reniber Hospital, 1l cle anbulance from utotoblle of re. and lase the Wil ars at ospital arn 1 d, 518 of red, 34 y collided T Thompson | 3 ant court southwest, serfously 111 and being transported to Freedmen's Hogpital in care of Dr. Smith, appar. ently escaped injury. He died shortly after being admitted to the hospital, however, and an autopsy performed at the morgue this mor; ing b Dr. Her- bert E. “Martyn, deputy coroner, re. sulted in a report that death was due to alcoholism, Dr. Smith treated at Emer zeney Hospital for the injurles he re. | celved Police of the eighth precinet | arrested Thompson and charzed him | with reckless driving. He was ar- raigned in Traflic Court last night and | the case coutinued. \He was released on $500 bond. i was LAUREL ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. D00 3 the Over- 4-year'olds and | up: sbout ! 118 Fairmcunt 3 SECOND RACE—P: colts and geldings Brizadier General 1 Autumn Beils .. 14 maiden | | Blascs Grorar Tasr . Shristy Mahon tSags i 113 sore stable entry HIRD RACE—Purse, $1,300 all ages: 6 surlongs. ) t204d Seth Jeronda Wareni torm King | T, Frances entry FOURTH RACE—P, Princess Anne: 2 | Fislca | Toviana Son An conda claiming: *Dream 1 weet In 3 96 11 118 iree, §1.300: vear-olds: 54 106 Prince of 10K Federal . 108 Chomojate 105 Aucilla FIFTH RACE—Purse, $2000: Handicap: fillies and mares: up: 1 mile Break (ot Lightship Maid at Arme SIXTH RACE—y’ d-year-olds and up: eSakiah ... Hea st arungale ~Cavino im0 SEVENTH. RAC 07 3-yeur-olds and {J’ll:kl\(‘l ¥, ]‘?.? 1\;‘!“‘1](?3 l('ml-l: {(lfi reum of Vai owdai 1§ Erica ... 105 Defaria o Opperman *Ten Sixty .. *Apprentice allowance Weather clear; the furlongs. ales 108 1z oldier 112 108 Ellersiie yeac olds and Bells. and Tasy. 103 hady Sadle .| 104 Nehtingale 112 $1.300: claimini 118 Slow 107 S 1 or. Modo oens Bries Buchannan 101 ¢ 1 Altissimo 11 5 E 1 500; eclaim ey EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. G MUSIC FESTIVAL PROJECT FANIOUS CAPITAL SWINDLER CAUGHT W. J. Reid, Sentenced to 30 Years, Long at Liberty After Escape Here. W. J. Reid d here 1o serve a Bu-year senten Howing his con viction in one of the most celebrated loca) swindling cases of the last two decades, has heen arrested in Mem phiv, Tenn and is expected to be turned over to locul police, an Asso clated Press dispatch from that ity stated today Reid became famous in police cir cles as the “pueumatic man.” who could blow up a rubber suit with wir as to. make it appear that he weighed at least 200 pounds or s when his real welght was scores pounds below this wmount. He was arrested here more than 10 years ago, after an alleged swin- dle on & local realty firm in which he wus charged with® drifting into the office with u request for the realtors to locate & house for him and, after es tablishing cordiul relations, having them Indorse u draft for $10,000. Cashed Draft Here. draft d to have de d in a lo He first was have $50 by a and the walked into ik and the remain I found that Tl posit il he is s () bank. drawn out was was operatin necording to the Asso at the time of his arrest, being guged In i fake business transuc: tion which would huve netted hith vorne $15.000 After Lis city mar hix conv Memphis, Press di and trial in th Retd appeale ‘tion_and sentence of 30 vears, and wias released on $20,000 hond pending the uppeal, spme of the older heuds in the Police Depart ient rec Then, it Is leged by police, he skipped his bond and the hondsmen have been fighting against the bond forfefture on technicalities ever since. Disguises Famous. Feid's unique methods and his pen- nt for changing his entire uppea e ut will, %0 a8 to make him almost 11y different person. brought him in police circles. Numerous les have been written around his ethods and the case in which he was nvicted In this city was a celebre of police annals. According to the dispatch from M phis, Reld was wanted for alleged Swindles In Arkansas, Denver, Con- nectient, M un and New Jersey, but because of his conviction in this ity and for other reasons it is pected that Washington will he g preference in the return of the SCHACHT MAY SEEK PAYMENT REVISION Reichsbank Head Will Dis- cuss Changes Informally With Vice President. irrest vears ug une says that the visit mar Schacht, head of th i3 ntry. is not only i ended stimulate American indu: trial credits to Germany, but has for its purpose the paving of the road for revision of the Dawes plan. Ile in- tends to discuss the question infor mally with us persons, among them Vice President Duwes, in pre- paration for more tungible steps to be 1 when some of the problems in. volved in the operation of the Dawes Today's of Dr. Reich | plan become acute. There i3 a growing realization, the Tribune adds, that German deliveries of materfule on reparations uccount at low et prices are seriously injuring alliad economic interests. Another problem {8 how reparation puyments can be transferred from rmany to the allied countries with out disturbing the currency of Ger- many and allied countries. While the matter of deliveries in kind is rap- 1dly becoming ucute, the currency problem will not be pressing until next September, when substantial cash payments from Germany are due The Tribune suggests that Dr. Schacht’s visit may foreshadow an internatinoal conference for revision of the Dawes plan and thut further discussions along this line may take place when S. Parker Gilbert, Ameri can agent general for reparations, comes home for a Christmas vaca- tion. Dr. Schacht, who was in Washing- ton today, s expected to remain in the country about three weeks. BULGARIA GIVEN 48 HOURS TO SATISFY ATHENS FOR ATTACK (Continued from First Eet Baxe ) S which are allezed to have been plotting against the tranquillity of the border. GREEK SOLDIER BLAMED. Bulgarian Version Says He Fired the First Shot. SOFIA, Bulgaria, October 21 (A).— The Bulgarian version of the inci- dent on the Greek frontler was given today by the Bulgarian telegraphic agency. According to_this account a Greek soldler _entered Bulgarian territory near Demirkapou on Monday and wounded a Bulgarfan sentinel, who in return fired and killed his as- sailant. A long fusillade across the border followed. The firing continued until last night, when a Bulgarian officer galned contact with the Greek com- mander at Demirhissar, The Bulgarian government, the agency says, has proposed an imme- dlate inquiry to fix responsibility. WRONG ADDRESS GIVEN. Police Report in Buicide Case Is Inaccurate. In 2 report of the suicide of Mrs. Olive Smith, divorcee, in her room in Park View Apartments, 820 North Carolina avenue southeast, the morn- ing of October 1, police incorrectly re- ported the address of her husband as 1229 B street southeast, and the wrong address appeared fn an ac- count of the affair printed in The Star at that time. Willlam E. King resides at the ad- dress mentioned, Charles A. Smith, divorced husband of the suicide, never baving resided there. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER | “aRWESD, Upper, left to right: Maj. Gen. € G. Sladen. Poore. “harles ¥ 21, Summerall (presi 192 ident); Lower, left to right: Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Maj. Gen. William S. Graves and Maj. Gen. Benjamin A. They form part of the court-martial which will try Col. Mitchell next Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Robert L. Howze, Maj. Gen. Fred LEWIS CHALLENGES OPERATORS T0 SUE Mine Workers’ Chief Repeats Charges of Anthracite Ex- ploitation of Public. By the Associate PHILADELFPHIA iterating his thracite opes size coal t were thereby miions of 4 L. Lev inte the United Mine lenged the ope the pre | Worke prs him such | burg week statem in which he de Labor ir cd r lihel a wis hiad declared re_extorting fron twenty million do a the public to whict cent claim™ and th tndustry since hiud 1,210,000 of our people.” ASKS FIRE SAFETY STOPS FOR CARS ON MOST DISTRICT LINES (Continued from First Page.) 1 falseh the sixt “butchered only fire & street cars Chlef Watson sald th ed were recommended to him Ly his battalion chiefs and were put forward to reduce the danger of accident fr responding to alarmis of fire. The fi chief added, however, that he realizec there was more than one viewpolnt on the question of the necessity of re quiring the street cars to make all o, these stops. In his report on the matte R. G. Kiotz, engineer of the Utilities Commission, pointed out the stops wouid slow up cur service and that in many instances the fire engines do not cross the intersections listed more than once a month. Capt. Klotz further suggested that If the street cars are required to stop there would be a8 much reason to make vehicular trafic stop also. The locations recommended fire_chiefs follow Washington Railway and Electric Co.—Fifth street at £ and I streets; Ninth at H and I; Eleventh at H; ¥ at Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth; street at Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth; New York avenue at Tenth and Thirteentl, ¥ street at Fifteenth and at Vermont avenue; G street at Third; P street at Twentieth, Twenty-second, Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-fourth; Thirty-sixth at O street; Dumbarton avenue at Twenty- ninth; Connecticut avenue at Florida avenue, Q and M streets; E at Twelfth and Thirteenth streets; Wisconsin avenue and N, Q and Thirty-fifth; First and H streets; Columbia and Ontarto roads; Georgia avenue and Park road; Mount Pleasant at Irving and Columbla road, all northwest section. Washington Railway & Electric Co.—Fonr-and-a-half at G, M and K street. Ninth and Eleventh streets; C street at Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh; H street at Eleventh and Thirteenth, all southwest. Washington Railway & Electric Co.—F street at New Jersey avenue, ‘Second, Third and Fourth; G street at Sixth, Seventh and Ninth: First and Carroll streets; Nichols avenue and V street, all southeast. Capital Traction Co.—Seventh at H and I streets; Fourteenth at I, K and L streets, Thomas Circle, Rhode Island avenue, Florida avenue, R street, Park road, IHarvard street; Pennsylvania avenue at Twelfth; Twenty-sixth and K streets; Pennsyl- vania avenue and Madison place; Twenty-fifth and K streets; G _at Twenty-second street; M at Potomac street; M street west of Wisconsin avenue; U street at Sixteenth and Ffeventeenth streets: Connecticut ave- nue at Ordway and Porter streets; all northwest. Capital Traction Co.—Seventh at D, G and X streets; all southwesc. Capital Traction Co—F at Sixth and Seventh: Delaware avenue at D; Eighth at Maryland avenue, 1 and G streets; all northeast. Capital Traction Co.—Eighth and B streets southeast, e ops still in existence for the locations list apt by the COURT-MARTIAL T 0 TRY MITCHELL IS SELECTED | BY WAR DEPA (Contin Cavalry Blar mandar Kans the 1st Corps Bosion, School on W rt, on Area h | Sherman Moreland advocate | lge advocate £ Are, at Columbu Mullen Army. War Depart sistant judie ac At the request of Col. \ vis detaled Col sige advocite | Corps Area, Fort s | | He as de Repr s will e chief | ceedings of the War De | pre-ipitated by the recen jin which Col. Mitchell with the Sth Ce s at an An charged that und Na Air S neglizent the hee rand before the rec ~No. 1, which was los ~ days. fiest df failure t Chief of the Arm March. The then | had waged a campaign | and before public fo | air service and a depart {tional defense and their behalf brought for of the department’s polic not only with aviation tlon’s defense. Because he was with the procedure ment, it necessarily Gen. Mitchell could not c dutfes assigned him to t vantage of the therefore was relieved pointive position. Col Fechet appointed to the office, w with it the rank of brigad 1nd Gen. Mitchell wi of the sth Corps Ar ‘olonel. He did not reu scurity at his Texas post, ok Departments, and tinally e fire and attention of ment with his famous s September 5 mens in behalf of the a given before the Pres Board, at which he pres tables™ Eight of th “constructive criticisn: was labeled by him e i G out of g his argumer service fro commanding Kelly RTMENT insh duty wi sdquarters is to be the r. He nos t statement on st in the Mitch: Congre unified f na- en in r ment criticisia in dealing na; the th but the w arry he out the hest ad i he LS ap James E Yleld, hich cur iler ger main in continua hots at the War and Na drew dowr the de tiutement His last prolonged argu trplane was 1dent Air ented *‘nine 1 _containec The ntt destructive GEORGETOWN FETE T0 MARK PROGRESS Civic Improvements, i Celebrated. muni mark ments to the oldest Capital City, J. Leo of the Georgetown celeh mittee, announced today. The coming event is in & for the added protection which has been afforded celebration Octo D street at Sixth, Seventh, by the installation at the No. 5 En- gine Company of a new hose fire en- gine and a new pumper of the latest The Georgetown citi- zens will take the occasion to again development. celebrate the completion main thoroughfare, inspiration of speech-m: street, in which District Georgetown citizens parti The celebration will be auspices of the Georgetow Men’s Association and town Citizens’ Associatio; District Commissioner F Department, is to make a the Fire Del J. Sullivan. tee, in addition to Mr. Kol Oliver, M. A. Baer, B. A. B. Sinsheimer, W. H. Ker Nordlinger, George Kli Lichtensiein, Morris Dav and W. T. Weaver. Other are to be appointed later. A meeting of the comm ot New Fire Apparatus. to Be Georgetown will hold another com he addition of civic improve- tion of the Kolb, chalrman ening and repaving of M street, which was the Summer at Wisconsin avenue and M the George- Fenning, who is in charge of the Fire rtment is to be repre- sented by Deputy Fire Chief Andrew Members of the celebration commit- held at 8 o'clock tonight at No. 5 En- Including | | | | ber to m com. appreciation agninst fire the section of the wid- its aking last officials and cipated. given under wn Business n Frederick A. speech, and Ib, are J. A Bowles. M. ndrick. 1. D, ne. Harold R. Koester | committees | ittee will be avenue and SINGER SIXTH WIFE OF DEWOLF HOPPER Comedian Gives Age as 69 in Paper to Wed Lillian Glaser. 29. By the Aew HARTFORD Wolf Hopper De waived tb WIRE FROM THIRD WIFE Better Girl Than 1" Edna Wallace Hopper Tells Ex-Mate RINGFIELD, 1 De ® Mass., Wo ford yeste Hoppe: 1ched Uan’s third wife, i she wired he spouse you and girl than I am “He ix the ma his erst bride comme he is a lerful x thing to catch De V it certainly is another him in the honds of matrimony Miss Hopp own matiin prospects are excellent, she added claring, “I have a proposal now French t. who would make ' on’s little marquis look cheap. 1 would fiy to him now if it were not for my contract. The only hing T don’t like about him is that s 69 vears old. The actress self admits to BRIDE D! i hiile de. from n S WIDOW Husband of Lillian Glaser Victim of ¥lu in 1918. OAKLAND. Calif., October ) — Lillian Glas who became the sixth vife of De Wolfe Hopper vesterday, vas the widow of Dr. Emil Glaser, kland dentist, who died during the tenza epldemic of 1918. She sang here a few ye: Aago 4 a member of he San Francisco Comic Opera Com- pany, and was in concert work in the East when she met Hoppe | SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN SPEAK ON TAX POLICY cuss Inheritance Levy at Ban- quet of Texas Organi- zation. 2l Southern members of Congress rave thelr views on the Federal inheri- tance tax last night in addresses at the Texas Tax Club banquet. Representative Upshaw of Georgla sald he would support Gov. W lker's stand for abolition of the inheritance tax and added: “There is no reason | in the world why emergency taxes| should be made permanent. Senator Herreld of Oklahoma fa- | vored collection of the inheritance tax by the States for their own use, and | Representative Blanton of Texas said | he would have fortunes of over $200,- 000 taxed. Representative Thomas of Oklahoma disagreed with Secretary Mellon's plan for abolishing tax- exempt _securities. Speaker Satter- white of the Texas House of Repre. sentatives acted as chairman. 23 e I0WA DELEGATION HERE. Will Present Tax Views to Con- gressional Committee. Headed by K. A. Crawford of Des Moines, chairman of the Iowa Tax Club, 3 group of Towans arrived in Washington today to present their views on taxation to the House wave and means committes PLANOFTREASURY LIKELY TOBE USED Represents Generally Rates Expected to Be Favored hy Congress. BY DAVID LAWRENCEL. and n > of Repre the tables of Treasury De reduction income in ti “pper iny &e mbers mittes of the w of the Iou finic that ta ent. m: the B y depends deductions are Here ta ed before cc [ cludes normal is based on the man without deper Table of Reductions DRIVE FOR TAX CUT IS OPENED BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE i und busir fron inconie 1 tax r. - the §7 T tes given vest €5 per cent ¢ per ceng between $4.000 5 per cent on all over The surtax rates proposed begin at 1 per cent on the tween $13,000 and §15,000 an y to 20 per cent on $130,000. The surtax rates as in the schedule are Surtax Rates. One per cent, $13,000 t. Two per cent, $15,000 to Three per cent, $17,000 to § Four per cent, $19,000 to £21.000 Five per cent, $21.000 to Six p 0t Sever would s s Nine per cent. $33,000 t¢ Ten per cent. $40.000 to §45 Eleven per cent, $45.000 to £ Fourteen per cent, Fifteen per cent, $80.000 cent, § per cent, s Seventeen $110,000 Eighteen $125.000 {neteen 000 per cent per cen per ce other Treasury members of the comn the impression that there was no pro posal for repeal of the provision on which a 25 per cent reduction in tax is allowed on earned b to $10,000. Some of the after a hasty review of the schedule sub mitted today that repeal this pro. vision would meet w le support in_Congress. Representatives of business and fn dustry were in general 1in ask ing repeal of the estate and ziit taxes reduction of the surtax r and abolishment of the visle permit ting publicity of income tax returns. Two statements by individuals brought out contrary views. Prof H. W. Peck of Svracuse University, New York, opposed the program sug gested vesterdayv hy Secretary Mellon, advoeating an increase in the surtax rates, instead « + reduction, and re tention of the estute tax. Thomas J Sandford, New York attorney, urged repeal of all Fed xes and sub. lit 1t The visifors will give per tonight at the Country Club. a buftet sup Congressional | | Falling off of world demand for, Esthonian liquors hus caused a de-| cided slump in the distillery business there. stitution of a levs per real and personal propert presentatives he i Association of ' Texas Tax Clubs, New York Boaed of Trade and Transportation; the Real state Board of New York and the Retailers’ National Council were heard by the committes yesterday. Mar the