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’ i frost; low ght, with heavy =L temperature tonight about 34 degrees: toworrow, cloudy. Temperatu Highest, 64, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at 4:15 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 17. { Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 . No. 29759, Dntered as second class matter ¢ Fp ering WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION yost office, Washington, D, € 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. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, O;QI’I‘OBER 2 GREEKS SHELLING TOWN IN BULGARIA, SOFIA REPORT SAYS Five Sentinels Killed, Dis- patch States—Troops Ordered to Resist. LEAGUE OFFICIALS DENY RECEIVING ANY PROTEST Macedonian Refugees Crowd Town | Where Fighting Is Be- ing Centered. By the Assc rian situation grow- ing out of the border clash near De- mirhissar on Monday apparently has reached a crisis with the official report of invasion cf Bulgarian territory by Greek forces. The Bulgarian border rald have been ordered to the utmost resistanc e otested the itory to the troops are - “offer 1tion of her ter Nations. however, say no protest has been re- “Uimilofcial Sofia dispatches stato Greek artllery is shelling the village Petrich, near the border, which is 1 with Macedonian refugee: have received no rice repeated de- into Bulg mand for an imme the Demirhissar inci A Sofia fofficial news agen claims advance information of a Greek p ) an advance movement in the Petrcih area was received by the Bul- ari veral days ago. & Oiicial London profess tot to be v app sive, believ ing the League of Nations strong cnough to prevent serious fighting un- til the council can act FIVE SENTINELS Greek Artillery Sheling Border Town, Sofla Reports. SOFIA, Bulgaria, October 22, 11 em. P)—It is officially reported that Greek troops have invaded Bulgarian territory. No declar- ation of war, however, has béen received from the Athens govern- ment. The Bulgarian government has been unable to get in touch with the Greek government for the last three days. although three urgent messages have been sent to Athens Urging @ joint investigation into the border incident at Demirhis- sar. The Spanish minister, Senor Romero, who returned from Sa- loniki this morning, informed the Assoclated Press that the Greek feneral staff was in a high statg of excitement. ; “'he Bulgarian Telegraphic Agency declares Greek artiliery has pene: trated Bulgarian territory, kiling five sentinels and firing shells Petrich Greeks occupied the agency adds Bulgarian agency says the jce several days ago re- ation that Greek troops advance movement in This movement, it be under fice in KILLED. The an POSLS, three Bul- ga foreisn cefved inforr planned an the Petrich area adds, now is reported to way along the entire front. The agency s that at % p.m. while a Bulgarian press official Demirkapau was waiting for an in- terview with a Greek press officlal with a_view to arranging an investiga tion of previous incidents, soldiers of the Greek post opened fire and tried to push forwar It is added by the Bulgarian government has made further tlons to Athens, re sures be taken to incidents, and insisting on into the commence- gency that the the inve fon ment of the trouble, which it previ-| ously asked I version of the affai hat Bulgarian solders a Greeks first and occupled b points along the border. denied Ordered to Resisi. N4, October 22 (). —Sofia ad: vices the Bulgarian government, as a counter move to the Greek ulti matum, has forwarded a protest note the League of Nations based on article 10. The Bulgarian troops along the Greek frontier have been instruct- ed to offer the. utmos nce to the Greek advance against Petrich X of the League members to “respect against external agg sfon the territorial in ty and ex isting political pendence of all members of the league.” It provides that in case of such aggression the league council “‘shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be_fulfilled.” Both Greece and Bulgaria are mem- bers of the league Petrich, against which are moving. is a town o only a short distance over the Bul garian and alnost south the capital GREECE'S MOVE FALSE October 2 political quarters that both Gr and Bulgaria are members of the League of Nations, and it was contended that If Greece has actually demanded-an indemnity of 2,000,000 French francs, an apology and punishment for the Bulgarian of- ticers responsible fc set a time limit of 48 hours for ful- illlment of these conditions, she has made a false move It is sald, however, that if garlan regular troops took part in the fighting this would give the incls dent a more dangerous aspect than if the troublesome irregulars, known as “Comitadjis” alone were con- cerned. The affair is viewed in some quar- ters here o rerewal of the old struggle between the Serbs, Greeks and Bulgarians for Macedonia and 15 showing that Greece is afraid of a Macedonian movement engineered from the Bulgarian side. British official quarters are under- stood not to be unduly apprehensive over the Greco-Bulgarian situation, on the ground that reports from hoth capitals indicate that the two governments are trying to effect a compromise. While the League of Nations prob- ably will not interfere in the ques- tion at present or without a_request (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) several 1s officta VIE Article binds the preserve Covenant nd the Greeks about 8,000, of Sofia LONDO recalled in ). —It was today League officials, | against the | at | directly | the attack, and | Bul- | FARMERS HARD TO FIND - IN TAMPA’S COUNTRYSIDE Star Correspondent Locates One at \ Last and Gets Information on Trucking Paradise. McKELWAY. Staff Correspondent of The Sta. TAMPA, Fla., Octobe; ——Memorandum to the Editor: Sir—Anticipating | argument with the auditor reaches an marked in my expense wccount, I wish ubmit the following and enlis your support, if On or about the 19th day of October, he city of Tampa, Fla. and about | ‘elock n the afternoon of the same . T decided to investigate agricul cond in part of the untry, being part of m general assignment, as you no doubt cecall. Asking a policeman as to { where I could find an honest taxicab | { driver, he was unable to give me any definite direction, but said there was | 1 cab stand down the middie of the next block. I found it and went into where the manager was. I sald to him: “Where can I find some truck farms | around here?” | He asked somebody else, “Where jean the gentleman find some truck | farms around here?" | A man standing nearby said there | were plenty of truck farms down at tuskin, which he described as being a place, although I found he was mis taken. “How much will you charge to take me there?’ I asked, adding as an afterthought, “I am 2 poor man and {do not want to buy any truck farms. i1 can take my truck farm and lot or | let it alone.” | “Twelve Jollars,” he said, “and | three dollars an hour for as long as | you stay there.” |” He said it was about 20 miles v | down the road and I sald “All right,| ‘“There seems to be a lot of room oy down here,” I remarked to the driver, We started out, and as it was in the | “and that is one reason I can’t under- cool of the evening and the car was|Stand why somebody is so anxious to a big one and the roads were smooth | (Continued on Page 16, Column 1) I sat back and lighted a cigarette and thought how tough it was for the boys up in Washington who had to get the paper out. We crossed the river out of Dayton and struck a roud as level as the floor. paved with and running down the country s reach. The up and we rolled along miles an hour, that heing the legal speed lmit in’ this The road was so smooth and stralght and the ar was driving along so nice and fast | 1 thought we would get to Ruskin in | n short time, which would permit und and interview all the rmers, provided they weren't busy mting their money or something, at being the ad been given around here about what farm- ers did. We bowled along the road and on efther side were palm trees nd palmettos and pines and swamp. he driver sald it was a_swamp and I believed him, because the road was raised a little up from the ground and on each side, in the gutters, was a continuous pool of water. Every now and then, but not often, there would be a break in the countryside where somebody was abount to found a new town or something and had the place plastered up with news about it. Otherwise there were few signs of human habitation, unless the croak- ing of thousands ogs reminds one of real estate dealers talking about the 50-fuot lots down here. No Sight of Farms. 0 (by mail). Managing me slight when he “Taxicab, tem rough eye could ny. ns this for the farms, and asked the driver to look around, too, as I didn't want to miss anyvthing. So he looked and I looked, but there wasn't anything to see except the trees mentione ove. - TOPAYMORE M ERNEW OFFER PARIS 1,Caillaux. However, Wants Insurance Against Harm to French Resources. AND GERRY WEDDED Ceremony Held in Historic Savoy Chapel—Auto Hon- eymoon in Europe. { By the Associated Press LONDON, Octolx Senator Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Island and Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, widew of George W. Vanderbllt, were marrad { this morning in Savoy Chapel, one of the most historic places of worship in London The religious ceremony followed civil marriage at the Princess street registry. The only attendant vere Mr. and Mrs. John F. A. Cecll of Lon- don and William H. Thornley of Prov- idence, R. I. A wedding breakiast was served in the Cecil apartment. Mr: Cecil is the bride’s daughter, Cor- nelia. Later the couple started on an auto- mobile tour of England. After going to the continent they will sail for New York late next month. i By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 22.—Belief new plan which Finance Minister | Caillaux proposes to submit to the American Debt Commission would {involve larger annual payments than | previous French proposals was gen- eral in political circles today. On the other hand, it is known that M. Cafllaux feels that even the temporary arrangement offered by | Secretary Mellon would be better {than any plan involving higher pay- ments unless such a plan carried {some sort of insurance against the {crippling of French financial re- | sources. that a I Mellon Plan Opposed. In view of the fact that ¥ | members of the French Parliament tare vigorously opposed to the tem- porary arrangement which M. Cail- Jaux brought home from Washing- ton, this arrangement will not be submitted to Parllament. Instead, there will be 2 new proposal which is expected to be a definite refund- ing measure covering 62 vears. This proposal will be forwarded | shortly, probably soon after the re- opening of the Chamber of Deputies next Thursday. Although «t_the | congress in Nice demand that France should under- take to pay no more on her war debts than she received in German reparations, the belief prevails that M. Caillaux will not consider this Wwhen he next approaches Washing- ton, and also that he will not at- tempt to couple up war debt pay- |3 ments with reparations. | aex . It is asserted that the finance min- | . Miss Gerry received a fourth of the ister is not willing to put off a r vflt’*"rl_\_n@’ of her mother, as did Ben- newal of the debt negotlations until {108 Gerry. domestic problems have been AM‘ 5 rury w smoothed over, although it Is gen- | S5 }‘[ on ;)rgxr.\. former chaplain ot erally agreed that France's capacity m,‘m;';"* of Commons. They will ba to pay will depend on a_solution of | R&rrled —in Trinity Chapel next the pressing difficulties of the treas- nesday. ury. WAR DEBT MISSION | LEAVES ROME FORU. S., { Mussolini Has Long Conference | | With Count Volpi, Leader | BERLIN, October 22.—The German abinet, under the chairmanship of of Italian Party. | President von Hindenburg, today con- cluded its deliberations on the report | of the n delegates to the Lo- carno security conference, Because of difficulties which might 1ve arisen between the Natfonali GERRY'S SISTER TO MARRY. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, October —Mis Mabel Gerry, er of Senator Peter o Rhode Island, and of coming marriage to Mrs, derbilt was announced vesterday. Edith in Van London Mrs. {from the gave their Drury. recent Radical there was some 1 application record. Both | ave ldress as Newport, R. I. | Miss Gerry has been reported en- gaged on three previous occasios since her debut in 1895. Francis Bur-. Boni de Castelane and Edward Victor Loew were reported engaged to the heiress, but it was sald each time that the marriage had been forbidden | by her father, Commodore Elbridge T. vas a son {GERMAN CA BINET WEIGHS LOCARNO SECURITY PACT Indorsement Is Withheld Pending Effort to Win Support of the Nationalist Party. By the Associated Press. | By the Assocluted Press | ROME, October 22.—Members of the | | Italfan war debt commission depart- | cabinet members g RO will attempt to negotiate a settlement | and Foreign Minister Stresemann were of what Italy owes the United Stat iithorized to present the govern. Many officials and friends expres nt’s views at this afternoon meet. | wishes for a satisfactory result of the | '8 of the Reichstag's foreign affairs parley as the mission’s speclal train "‘-""‘“”“'.'YILl is }:earned that while left for Naples. All members of the 1‘;’.’.‘;:«'&,.“{»mffo;fie"}b“;,s per- cabinet bade the mission farewell ex- o delegaton, Prositel s cept Premier Mussolini, but he had a| keep their promises, it was considereq long conference last night with Coun: for the cablnet to come out | Volpi, head of the mission. ndorsement while ne. Wishes for a permanent settiemen i e P and not a lemporary arrangement S L to win over the Nationali have been expressed by Count Volpi. | party leaders. G2 Soviet State Fund Embezzlers Besiege Officials to Be Jailed for Thefts By the Associated Prees. In the most serious case has terrified MOSCOW, October Embezzle- | Would-be embezzlers, and a notable ment of state funds by trade union diminution in the theft of government co-operative employes is becoming funds has been observed in the last quite frequent, the head of the Soviet |few weeks. The criminal investigation criminal investigation department and | chief remarked that thefts had be- chairman of the Moscow District|come so numerous that scores of of- Court announces. In the last six | fenders voluntarily surrendered. There months - there were more than 2,000 were long lines of offenders outside | thefts, involving several million rubles. | the department asking to be impris- « ‘Ihe infliction of the deuth penalty ioned for embezzlement. N Pretty soon I began looking around | RS, . VANDERBILT At the request of Miss Gerry and | of the late | COUNTESS KAROLY! DENIED PASSPORT 10 VISIT AMERICA Was to Be Guest at His Home, Publisher Claims, Protesting to President. |ACTION DUE TO RADICAL Strassburger's Explanation Differs Sharply From That of State Department. By the Associated Press Countess Karolyl, wife of Count Michael Karolyl, former President of | the Hungarian Republic, has been denied permission to visit the United States on a lecture tour The American consul general Paris refused to approve her pass- ports, and the action has been ap- proved by the State Department. | The refusal was based upon the law | which bars persons of known revolu- tionary views. Presents Case to President. Ralph B. Strassburger, wealthy news- {paper publisher and prominent Re- ipublican of Pennsylvania, called on President Coolidge this morning and presented a view on the exclusion of | Countess Kurolyi that differed sharply {with the explanation issued from the | State Department. Mr. Strassburger !is understood to have informed the | President that the countess was en | route to a visit at his home when she was stopped ! Mr. Strassburger explained to news- | paper men, j before being admitted to the President’s room, that his wife | had seen Countess Karolyi in Europe {a year ugo and had extended her an invitation to visit their large country estate near Norristown. The invita tion, it was said, was accepted, and | Mr. Strassburger came to Washington | for the special purpose of objecting to | the action of the State Department. i Had Asked Aid of Mellon. is understood that the Penn: took the question up State Kellogg last he had solicited the sistance of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, too, before resorting to an appeal to the President himself. Upon leaving Mr. Coolidge’s office | Mr. Strassburger declared he could | say nothing further at that | promised to issue a statement fror !hl« room in the Willard Hotel lat in the day. In approving | action the State Department acted in |ltne with the policy adopted when S | Saklatvala, Communist member of the—British parliament, was refused | admission as a_delegate to the recent {meeting of the Interparliamentary | Union. 1t vania publishe | with Secretary | night and t the consul general's al i Passport Was Canceled. In the Saklatvala case a passport visa had been granted. but was can- celled by order of Secretary Kellogg { who maintained that under the imm giation law the Communist could not {lm admitted. The ruling in the case of Countess Karolyi is similar | represents a definite policy on |part of the administration Presumably, the Karolyi | would have come under the juri {tion of the Immigration Bureau on i the arrival of the untess at | American port, even if the pa | visa had been granted in Paris. | Labor Department issued | ment in connection with | case, ving that he would and the la Drury obtained a marriage | been denied admission at New York |mi » here yesterday. Senator Gerry’s | because of his revolutionary politi- [to t | cal activities even if he had arrived | with passports bearing the visa of {an American counse Count Karolyi was allowed to en- their ages were omitted | ter this country several months ago, | Well {after he had pledged himself to re- frain from political activities. Efforts | were made at the time to have the i State Department formally announce | that he was free to talk but these overtures ing. 'DAMASCUS: SET AFIRE | 300 REPORTED DEAD | Two U. S. Destroyers Ordered to i Egypt to Stand by for Syrian Trouble. came to noth- By the A ted Press LONDON, October A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Bag- dad reports that 300 persons were | killed when the Druse tribesmen and Arabs burned the native quarter in | Damascus. | Vice Admiral Roger Welles report ‘ed to the Navy Department today that the destrovers Lamson and the | Coghlan of the European squadron | had been ordered from Gibraltar to | Alexandria, Egypt, to be within easy \Teach of the Syrian coast. Admiral Welles was directed . to send the destroyers when the Ameri. can consul at Beirut reported that | the disturbances in Damascus might lead to danger to Americans in Syrla. The destroyers will arrive in Alex. andria in three or four, days. STATE BANK ROBBED. Loss at Rushville, N. Y., Institu- tion Estimated to Be $110,000. RUSHVILLE, N. Y., October 22 (®).—The Rushville State Bank was robbed during the night of all the cur- rency and valuables in the safe and offices. Officials of the bank refused to estimate the loss, but sald every- thing was insured and there would be no_loss to depositors. Bank employes on reporting this morning found the safe had been moved to the rear of the bank. An acetylene torch was used to open it and was found nearby. Deputy Sheriff Kerskie said the-loot probably amounted to $10.000 in cur- rency and $100,000 in registered bonds. The robbery was the 3econd in a decade in which the Rushville State Bank had been victimized. | SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED| ne, but | an | s he wished, | 1925—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. E'S Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,060 () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. | WONT | ISSIONARY WOR 10 BE SIMPLIFIED Two Congregational Bodies Expect Approval at Ses- sion Today. 'nimous adoption this afterncon report of committes missionary organ nal Council of Congrega Churches, joining home and cign guar: nteeir tration of $5 100 « snal churche U jof 1 twel the Na tionat dozer e the of o missionary two & bodies and e efficient 2 holdinzs tures by s eneral me is $20,000,000 ar the n the United expen States, At a special meeting of the coun in the Washington Auditorium this afternoon, this final is expect- ed » a study of two years on the part of clergymen, four lay men and four women, all Congreg tional leaders, with amalgamation of their denomination’s hqme and for- eign inission work as its go; is forecast four Creates Joint Council. unification of izations the report romotional couneil to 16 men and women consolidation of the 1 by to | “In addition to missicn s o joi {be compose fand calls for three Congregati uni‘ed publica the Congregutior Legal hnicalitie n with, the unitication of t missic {cieties have heen the neipal obsta. | cles in the way of adoption of the re. | porf; and it ted they will be | fronec to isfaction of all | this atternoon At present.” the Rev. Dr. Bridgeport, « > be known | connection th it was explained today Williain Horace Day chairman of th | committee of twelve. “it e v for each State « anization to itself to the work of the commission ons on one hand and on the other e work of each of the missionary | groups. The result is u | Under ‘the proposed {could maintain intelligent I thetic ationships wit as with the commissi se - contacts would bring : ter mutual unde anding a tive co-operat between S { boards. sun and syn n, t bet- 1 more ates and | Societies Must Coneur. | “The most important change in | which each soclety is asked to concur |is in the observance of the principle o | administrative unification by the elec- tion of identical boards of directors { Legal consolidation is urged upon no society unlessyconvinced (1) that the aw permits. (b) that efficiency in service will be increased, (¢) that the step can be effected without prejudice Itu the society’s holdings. | t 1 “Under either unification or consoli | dation, each society, as it presents its { more important and difficuit problems, { will be reinforced by the counsel, in | dorsement and active support of all | the others | "The need of merger arose in the Congregational denomination, but the | committee is reinforced in its convic- tion by discovery that not less than 10 other denominations are taking | steps in the same direction. “The simplification proposed should | increase the efficiency of administra | tive organizations. A row of friendly but unrelated societies become depart ments of a single enterprise, resulting n no loss of efficient detailed attention to the departmental program, but in 4 new unity of outlook in the accom i plishment of the entire task.” Social Ideals Statement. A statement of social ideals was presented for consideration of the 3,500 delegates at today’s session by | the commission on_social service of | the national council. “We believe,” says the preamble to | the statement, “in making the social and spiritual ideals of Jesus our test for community as well as for in- dividual life; in strengthening and deepening the inner personal relation- |'ship of the individual with God, and Tecognizing His obligation and duty %o soclety. 'This is crystalized in the {wo commandments of Jesus: “Love thy God and love thy neighbor.” We | believe this pattern ideal for a Chris- | tian social order involves recognition of the sacredness of life, the supreme Worth of each single personality, and our common membership in one an- other—the brotherhood of all. In Short, it means creative actlvity in co-operation with our fellow human beings, and with God, in the everyday life of society, and in'the development of a new and better world social order. Prominent among the ideals sched- uled for indorsement by the national council today are: The building of a social order in (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Radio Progr;xms—Page 41. | the | 1 two boards as | while | | ation of | Fireman Snatches Child From Death Under His Engine By Assac BEAVER CITY Climbing. from hi poising on the pilot of t R. E. Sutton, Burlington fireman, snatched n front ated Nebr., October ab and engine, Railroad 1 2-year-old child of a moving train squirming child slipped from fireman’s gloved hand before train stopped. however, and fell etween the rails. He was picked 1 few cars back, suffering only The child was MEET OPPOSITION TAX CLUB METHODS Open Threats to “Tell Con-| stituents” May Lead to Con- . gressional Investigation. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Murmurings, which are perhaps the erunner of congressional inquiry, being heard about the various “tax clubs” which are descending on Washington in private car: ing sumptuous ¥ of Congress and the pr The ‘motive is legitimate—to influ- e Congress to make a scientific tax law—but the method is calculated to arouse antagonism. 1U's hard for people outside of Wash- ington to understand why American citizens they and come to the National Capital and urge their theories of lezislation with- out running into opposition. the: something about the congre: sional temperament which instinctively sts up a mood of resistance to for- mally organized movements to affec legislation. Some Make Threats. The tax clubs are horn of a desire tell Congress that the taxpayers, cially those upon whom the gre burden of taxation falls, are king for reform, not merely be- ause of their own business, but be- ause every tax rate affects in some way the cost of living and conditions (Continued on Column 7.) to espi DEATH ENDS 24-DAY SAFE TRAFFIC PERIOD First Fatal Accident Since Septem- ber 26 Reported—Only 3 Last Month. The accident at Connecticut avenue and Porter street Tuesday, as the re- sult of which one man died, ended a period of 24 days without a traffic death in Washington, according to records in the office of Director El- dridge. The last previous death was on September 26. In the month of September there were only 8 traffic deaths, which was an exceptionally low record, and three we@ks of October have passed with only one fatality. Mr. Eldridge today expressed gratification at this recent improvement in the situation. Assistant Corporation Counsel Ring- gold Hart is engaged today in going over the legal phraseology of a num- ! ber of amendments to the traffic code, among which is one relating to pe. destrian control, which Mr. Eldridge may be ready tq submit to the Com- missioners tomorrow. and serv- | nquets for members | free | can’t organize | But | { circumstances, . 3. RESERVE BANK EMPLOYES HELD UP Messenger Robbed in Daring Early Morning Raid in Chicago. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, October ing holdup in Chicago’s financlal at trict early toda e Federal Re serve Bank messengers were robbed of an express package and two small sacks of registered mail by three men 22.—In a dar- mobiles. James McDougal, manager of the bank, said it was impossible to iden- tify the nature of the shipments to the bank or the extent of the I pending checks, Under ordinary money or bond ship- ments were not dispatched to the bank so as to be dellvered at the institution after its closing hours. The messengers, C. W. Nordell, Richard Flaska and Julian Glomb, were returning to the bank with th pouches in a handcart when they were stopped two blocks from the bank, which is in the heart of the La Salle street district. 4Police Are Notified. Threatening them with pistols and 1 sawed-off shot gun, the robbe compelled the bank employes to raise their hands while they tossed the sacks into one of the waliting auto. mobiles and took the express package from Mordell. They leaped into the automobiles and sped away. George Kasbohm, a taxicab driver, half a block away, saw the robbery and notified the police. Hundreds of detectives, armed with riot guns, searched until dawn for the two cars The bank messengers sald their assailants appeared to be between 5 and 30 vears old and that the waiting automobiles contained prob ably seven others. They attempted to identify the robbers from photo- graphs at the Bureau of Ildentific tion, Storm Hampers Searchers. Nordell told the police he followed his usual custom in going alone to the express office and then to the post office, where he was joined by Flaska and Glomb with the regis- tered mail. The robbers apparently were aware of the practice and were wait- iing in the parked automobiles at Quincy and South La Salle streets. The messengers were armed and Nordell attempted to reach for his revolver. He was struck on wrist with the shotgun and warned he would be shot if he repeated the attempt. The escape of the gunmen was aided by a snowstorm of almost blizzard proportions, which began to sweep the city just before the hold-up. TRUANT LAW HITS PARENT HAVANA, October ). —Em- ployers, parents or guardians of chil- dren under 14 yvears of age who are absent from school are to be proceed- ed against under the truant law. Children of school age to the num- ber of 627 have been taken into cus tody during the past two days, and their parents have been fined for not having seen to it that they attended classes. The department of the in- terior announces that an active inves. tigation of child labor has begun Two Killed inicnsh. NEWARK, Ohio, October 22 (#).— Joe Levin and Walter V. Vatt, sales- men of Pittsburgh, were instantly killed this morning at Luray, west of Hebron, when their automobile was struck by a Southern Ohio Transpor- tation Co. interurban car. “Having Time of My Life,” Says Minister Of Visit as Guest of President and Wife How it feels to be a house guest |of President and Mrs. Coolidge and have the freedom of the White House was modestly related today by Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Boynton of New York City, one of the seven Congregational clergymen who are stopping at the Executive Mansion during the nine- day biennial gathering of the Na- tional Council of Congregational Churches of the United States. “We are having the times of our lives,” Rev. Dr. Boynton said today. “Imagine the memories our little group of Congregational ministers are storing up; the inspiration they are galning to take back to their com- munities. ‘Each of us is being treated like members of the family. Every move our hosts make and every word they utter is designed to make us feel at ease, to feel like ‘home folks,’ and it is not hard to fall in with their plans. ‘“We have been taken on a tour to greet the White House pets, intro- | duced to various celebrities, and are otherwise being entertained royally.” Dr. Boynton has known the Presi- dent for 20 years and followed his political fortunes since his earliest victories in Massachusetts. He and the President had frequently spoken from the same platform. who escaped with others in two auto- | the | MELLON PRESENTS REVISED SCHEDULE FOR INCOME TAXES Plan Calls for 1 Per Cent on First $3,000 and 2 Per Cent on Next $1,000. RATE ON $4,000 EXTRA | IS SET AT 4 PER CENT | $5 Per $100 Asked for All Taxable | Income Above $8,000, in Treasury Suggestion. | | A new rates was ways and me Secretary Mel The proposal suggests a rate of 1 per cent on the first §3,000 of taxable income, 2 per cent on the next §1,000, per cent on the next $4,000 and 5 per cent t £t This arrangem: ! to Chairman Green, i y he “more satisfac recently submitted sting 1 per irst $3,000 of taxable in e next $4,000 r. sdule of norm to ns committee A1 inec esented House today by re: the Secretar | cent on Present Tax Rates. | Present norms {on the first $4,000 { cent on the n on the rem Mr. Mellon | ures, not as but as n laid before the Monday. It really is the third | tive outline of rates the Treasu has submitted, Mr. Mellon ha suggested orally when he appea before the committee Monday t the rate might be made per cent on the first $4,000, 3 per cent between $4,000 and $8,000 and 5 per cent for | all over $5.000 Mr. Mellon | mittee " just | fourth « arings on sion, wit] a long list of witnesses [ hand to submit their views on the come and various other levies. The letter follows “In my statement before your com- mittee on October 19 1 said: | " ““The Treasur |any definite | vou the 4 rates are 2 per cent of income, 4 per 2d 6 per cen ted the new fig te” proposal committee i tter reache as it was begir of but propose it presents to nor: ghtest dan ger to our future reve | Figured by Actuary. “In order to insure the accura | such a statement it was necessary for he Government actuary to work out definite schedules of norn tax rates within this limit of 1 ce e g ttee requested that upon which the 1 based stan one { thally th The originally 1 you cailed normal taxes of 1 per cent on the first £3,000 of taxa 3 per cent on | the next $4, on the remainder. tive schedule of the actus v more satis. factory and should have been used This schedule of normal taxes is 1 per cent on the first $3,000, 2 per cent on | the next $1,000, 3 per cent on the next 1$4.000 and' 5 per cent on re | mainder. The a the Not Treasury Proposal | “I desire, therefore, to subst | this alternative schedule for the one already filed. Your comr will work out its own specific rates | within_such lir committee | may ceterm are solely ssible schedule within | mentioned by me. T sumed that the actuary chedules |of rates represent definite Treasury | proposals, and 1 am writing you now to assure you that the Treasury has made no change in the position taken in the statement quoted above, and does not wish to be understood to be | proposing definite rates of tax.” | Committee members noted that the | letter left the previously submitted | schedule of surtax rates undisturbed, and that whereas the Treasur declared the schedule submitted on Monday to be predicated upon repeal {of the present 25 per cent deduction for earned income, toda: letter made no reference to such a repeal. first has as Protest by Garner. Today's committee hearings began with a_protest by Representative Gar ner of Te ranking Democratic member, against statements made at vesterday's session by representatives 1 of the Towa Tax Clubs, who appeared {to ask for repeal of the Federal in- heritance tax. Mr. Garner did not ! specify the language to which he re- | ferred, but said it had constituted veiled assaults”.on Chairman Green, who is himself an Iowan. Chairman Green replied he was not | concernea. “I thought vou could stand the hints of the delegation that they would take care of you out home, bu lit was most improper,” said Mr. | Garner. Representative | | Oldfleld, Democrat, | Arkansas, also charged that witnesses | were injecting politics into the dis- | cussions, and demanded that Chair- | man Green prohibit any political talk |at the hearings. | “Certainly no offense could be taken | at any remarks of a political nature made here,” returned Mr. Green. I | was greatly amused myself.” Asks Repeal of Levy. Representative Hawley, Republican, Oregon, then presented & petition from the Western States Tax Payers’ Con- | ference, asking repeal of the fn- | heritance levy. Milbank Johnson, | president of the conference, in a mes- | sage torthe committee, said the con- | ference unanimously disapproved of the tax except in the case of emer gencies, such as war. Citizens of 12 States, Arizona, Californta. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and { Wyoming, are represented in the conference. George A. Wicker of the Tllinois Agricultural Assoclation sought a re- vision of the section exempting cer- tain corporations from income tax as applying to non-profit co-operative or- ganizations, on the ground that the présent language of the law does not specifically carry out the intention of " (Continued -on Page 2, Column 11