Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1925, Page 1

- WEATHER. (TS Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight. minimum temperature, 25 degrees; tomorrow fair, slowly ris- ing temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 38, at 3 pm. yesterday; lowest, 26, at 5 a.m., today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 7 9Q 7099 lEntered as seco No. 29,79 post office. Wa nd class matter shington, D. C. c i WASHINGTO WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION N, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1925—FIFTY ¢ Foening Star. PAGES. il COOLIDGE TO TAKE FIRM STAND IN HIS -~ ANSWER TO LEWIS Unmoved by Threats of Sym- pathetic Strike in Bitu- mious Coal Fields. GREEN AND MORRISON CONFER WITH PRESIDENT “Hands-Off” Policy Believed Cer- tain—Executive Studying Situa- tion Before Giving Views. . TO DASH TO T !Cl arges American Medial cord and Hatred’’ Made Alessandri—End of P! By the Associated Press BALBOA, C. Z, November 24.—The U. S 8. Denver has received wireless orders from Rear Admiral Julian Lati | mer to stand by in readiness to pro ceed to Arica, Chile. The Denver coaled vesterday and it is unofficially stated that she will sall today. Admiral Latimer has been in Arica since August, when he transported the American members of the Tacna- Arica plebiscitary commission to their destination aboard his flagship, the U. S. S. Rochester. The cruiser Rochester, on which Gen. Pershing went to South Amer. ica for the Tacna-Arica negotiations, has been ordered relleved for a trip | to the United States, but so far as known here the movement does not involve any change in the personnel of the American Tacna-Arica commis sion BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. The officlal explanation ziven for President Coolidze let it be known | the return of the Rochester is that today that he is goinz to answer the | she is in need of repairs. It was de letter fram John L. Lewis. president |clared today that the decision to send Pite: from John L Tewls 1 "' |the cruiser Denver from the Cana S BT SUHCAEIE T Amer o0 o toiArica’to relieve ihe Rochester A, in Which the latter asked the | ,¢ veached some time ago, although Executive whether the union men |t was kept secret. would he justified in adopting their | When word of the dispatch of the own course to enforce the Jackson.|rellef ship from the Canal Zone “lle wage agreement for the bitu.|reached Washington in news dis- minous coal fields In making this fact known at the patches, State and Navy Department officials at first refused to discuss the movement in any way or to disclose White House the spokesman for the [ tpat they had any information on the President stated that Mr. Lewis al-| subject. ready had been advised that the Pres- | Several hours later, however, they ident will prepare an answer, but in the meantime he wants to consider carefully the questions involved be- | fore making Ly repl | he Preside i t's course in this mat- | DOUMER T0 HEAD FRENCH MINISTRY Senator, Finance Expert, Accepts Call After Briand ter Is understood to have been de. cided upon following several con- orences he has had with Secretary of Commerce Hoover and other mem hers of his cabinet since recefving the Lewis letter. Confers With Labor Heads. William Green. president of the Americ “ederation of Labor and treasurer of the Miners’| and Frank Morrison, secretary { of the federation, were c eted with the President for more than an hour | late yesterday afternoon, and al-| though they said afterward that the President discussed with them the| labor section of the message he is to send to Congress next month, it is thot in re than ne quarter | that t coal situation, as well as the Lewis letter, was touched upon More than one of the President’: intimates today represented him as resenting very much that part of the | letter from M Lewis, which is taken | generally as a threat that unless the | Federal Government intervenes Mr. ‘T.ewis would bring about a strike among the bituminous mtners. One vho is very close to the Executive «ald that from his long experience with the latter he has come to !h?i conclusion that threats - very little wheré" Mr. Coolidge 1§ con- cerned. H He never makes them himself, and | when they are hurled at him they al- | ways fail to scare or confuse him, and they never bring results, this friend | satd ! Expected to Be Firm. 1 In announcing that the President would answer the Lewis letter, the White House spokesman gave no inti- mation of the probable nature of the accomplish ’ * reply, but it is felt by more than one person close to the will make his language unmists v | plain to the miners’ head, and that in doing so he will remove from the lat- ter all ideas that the President can be forced by threats. | The President is expected to state what the Government has done since the negotiations to reach an greement between the operators and miners were opened at Atlantic City | last Summer. The President also is | expected to reiterate his declaration | that he is empty handed, so far forcing an issue with either or both | of the disputants is concerned. He will vemind Mr., Lewis that the Federal | Giovernment is not responsible for the Jacksonville wage agreement, and that | if the bituminous miners have any | complaint to make against violations | of this agreement on the part of the <oft coal operators, they should seek eadress from the courts and not from * the executive of the Government Just how soon President Coolidge «ill pen his reply is a difficult matter | , gness. It generally has been Mr. | (‘oolidze’s policy to not hurry in| handl such matt and he will zive considerable study to the contents f the letter Mr. Lewis sent him be- fore he starts to frame a reply. “Hands-Off’ Although no hint is given at the | White House as to what might be ex- | pected in the President's answer, | those close to the President feel very | sure he will continue along his fixed “hands-off” policy. The President's | prineipal interest is in behalf of the | public, and he is being kept well ad-| | ol vised of conditions in those sections where anthracite was almost exclu- sively used and where the first pinch will be felt because of searcity of this fuel. The President is hoping that the spublic will pull through the with the minimum amount of dis fiture, feeling that if this is accom- plished the public then will have the catisfaction of knowing that it has de- feated both the anthracite operators | and miners, probably for all time. The | President has given his moral support | | | com- | to efforts being made to educate the public in the use of substitute fuel and e feels very hopeful that a wider use of fuel substitutes will make it pos- ble to meet the situation generally. LEWIS AND MARKLE CONFER. e to Confirm Rumors of Further Negotiatio PHILADELPHIA, November 24. UP)—A conference between John L. lewis, president of the United Mine \Workers, and J. Alvin Markle, chalr- man of the joint committee of the anthracite operators’ negotiating com. ynittee and the general wage =scale «ommittee of the miners, gave rise to- “ay to further rumors of approaching peace negotiations in the hard-coal in- anstry. All, however, lacked confirma- tion. Bot Mr. Lewis and Mr. Markle dented that there was any significance jn their meeting, which was held be- hind alosed doors at the Union League Refu jast night. and lasted three hours. Neither would discuss what took place. Farller in the day the policy com- inittes of the anthracite operators met in the office of Samuel D. Warriner, whalrman of the anthracite operators’ winter | I Declines to Act. By the Associated Press. PARIS. November 24 —Senator Paul Doumer today accepted “in principle” President Doumergue’s request that he form a cabinet, saying he would reply definitely within 24 hours. M. Doumer during the war made one of the most impressive contribu- tions to his country, three of his five sons being killed at the front. After the war he wrote a very poignant volume, called “The Book of My Sons.” He also is the author of a work on Indo-China. His wife was Mlle. Blanche Richel. They had eight chil- dreni. Is Finance Expert. One reason making his choice de. sirable at this period is that he has been chairman of the finance com- mittee of the Senate. M. Doumer, who is not affiliated with the coalition of the Left, is known as a man of few antagonisms, as slow to act, safe and courageous. His friends express the opinion that he will have more success in his at- tempt to form a cabinet than did M. Briand, as he will avoid attempt- ing to take in too large a field in the concentration of parliamentary strength he will seek to gather. The attitude of the Left cartel, however, remains undefined. and | upon it largely depends his success in forming a ministr; Senator Doumer said that if he finally accepted he would take the finance portfolio in addition to the premiership, while M. Briand would | remain as forelgn minister. Foreign Minister Briand this after- noon definitely declined the Presi- dent’s request to form a new cabinet M. Briand recommended that Presi dent Doumersue call upon Senator Paul Doumer to form a cabinet. Just before going to the Elysee Palace to report to the President, M. Briand said “My intention was to form a cab inet of the Left, including MM. Her riot, Painleve, Paul-Boncour and Blum, but T have not succeeded, and prefer o abandon the task.” Socialists Decline Support. The Socialists had just refused to participate in a government headed by Briand. This decision was reached by the Socialist executive committee after it had heard M. Blum and M. Paul- Boncour, its leaders, outline M. Briand’s offer of three posts in the binet for members of the party, new of which occupants would be M. Blum. M. Paul-Boncour and Jean Locquin The two ialist leaders then car. decision back to M. Brignd. { “¥hen M. Briand left the Elysee Palace after a quarter-hour’s conver- sation with M. Doumergue, the Pres- ident said: “I have been unable to find a basis upon which to form a cabinet of wide concentration, ranging from the Center with the co-operation of the Socialists—that is to say, a ministry capable of solving the financial prob- e added that he would rest the aisposition with whoever was charged to form the cabinet. Senator Doumer has been a promi- nent figure in French politics for more than 30 vears, It was in 1895 that he was called to his first cabinet post, that of minister of finance. ANOTHER WARSHIP iS ORDERED ROUBLOUS ARICA tors Are Fomenting “Dis- by Chilean Ex-President lebiscitary Is Looming. explained that the change was one | that had been planned heretofore, and | gave assurances that it had no con | nection with the present serious stage | of the negotiations at Arica. Denver at | The arrival of the Arica | will_make available at that port, for a short while at least, two American naval vessels. | It was learned today that Gen. Per shing has been anxious to come home | v a brief visit, officials giving as the | desire to be in the United| ing the Christmas holidays. | information here, will ot | tes du Latest available however, is that he probably do so. Officials here say there Is no ques- tion that they have been much ('0!\-[ cerned over the open break which has | developed with the withdrawal of | Chile from the Arica negotiations. | News dispatches today disclosing | that there has been further bloodshed in Arica and that official spokesmen for Chile are openiy attackins Gen Pershing and his colleagues in public speeches were received without com ment. Neither did the State Depart ment disclose what recent advices it had recelved as to the state of popular feeling in northern Chile. At the White House President (ool idge was described as still confident that the differences of opinion arising | at Artea would be composed. Mr. Coolidge feels that previous problems having been met successfully, the present one also must vield to nego tiation. An_Arica dispatch 3 "(Continued on Page 2, EXEMPTIONS ENDED OR MAKING WINE Andrews Decided They Have Become Supply Source for Bootleggers. sterday _sald Column 4.) The Government today put an end to thousands of “exemptions” for | the manufacture of wine in the | amount of 200 gallons in the home | for consumption. tax free. These exemptions, existing since | before prohibition, were issued by | collectors of the internal revenue and were believed by Assistant Sec- | retary of the Treasury Andrews to | have “appeared to give governmental sanction to the manufacture of this wine.” | Regulations were issued to collec- | tors of internal revenue to pro-| hibition administrators and to others | concerned, authorizing a discontin- | uance of all these “exemption: but the regulations stipulated that | they do not “impair, or place any | limitations upon, the rights con- ferred by section 29 of the national prohibition act and to non-intoxi cating ciders and fruit juices for | use in the home." Supply for Bootleggers. | Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Sec- | retary of the Treasury and field mar shal of prohibition, in a statement ex- plaining the new order, said: hese changes in the regulations affecting the issuance of collector’s exemptions for the manufacture of 200 gallons of wines in the home for | home use have been made because | the department feels that much of | | this wine has reached the hands of the bootles industry. Our infor. mation from California indicates that 45,000 of these exemptions were issued in’ that State alone within the past | vear and that this is a real source of | supply for the hootleggers. “Authority for this collector’s ex- emption operated before the passage of the Volstead act for the purpose of allowing the home manufacturer of wine for home consumption tax free. | Its continuance after the passage of | the Volstead act has appeared to give | governmental sanction to the manu- facture of this wine and to that ex- | tent had been disadvantageous to the enforcement of the prohibition law. While this practice has prevailed - CHILD, USED AS SHIELD | BY FATHER, STOPS SHOT | (Continued on Page 2, Column Girl, Aged 11, Is Seriously Wound- ed as Parent, Alleged Highway- man, Battles Police. By the Associated Press WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. November —Struck by a bullet fired last night at her father by State Police- man John L. Morgan, Catherine Ball, 11 years old, daughter of Cleve- land Ball, o farmer, is in a serious condition at the Muncy Valley Hos- pital. s In a statement issued by Corpl. Cook of the Muncy detail, the father of the little girl is charged with hav- ing used her as a shield as the of- ficer fired. | Ball, who was sought on a war- | rant charging him with highway | robbery and larceny of a shotgun, | used the stolen gun to prevent his | arrest, the police report states. The battle in which the child was wounded took place at the Ball farm. The child made no outery and her injury was not discovered | until the State police searched the premises for Ball, who escaped into the mountains after the shooting. Tons of Loose Ston By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 24.—The tow- ers, cupolas and gargoyles which adoin the House of Parliament have degenerated into almost shapeless pleces of masonry. But a more seri- ous aspect of the situation is & re- ported disintegration of the building itself. Sir Frank Baines, a noted architect in charge of public bulldings, has in- formed a committee of the House of Commons that members of Parliament ‘ommittee. This meeting also was be- (Continued on Pag Column 7 were in danger as they walked on terraces of being struck by falling 7 I & Building Endanger M. P.’s on Terraces e on Parliament stone. There was no fear of the building collapsing, however; it was too well built for that. But owing to the combined effects of London's smoky atmosphere and the crystaliza- tion of the stone work the building was in a state of extreme mutilation. Hundreds of tons of loese material had been removed and there were still innumerable masses at great heights which could easily be removed by d. Sir Frank estimated that it would cost £12,000,000 to erect the building today. He said that repairs would cost about £1,000,000. SHOPKEEPER SHOT TWIGE IN ROUTING BANDIT IN STORE Delicatessen Proprietor Bat-| tles Hold-Up Man—Wounds Are Not Serious. GROCERY STORE ROBBED OF $2.000 THIS MORNING, Three Employes Backed Into Rear Room by Armed Pair, Who Get Collector’s Grip. tack Heros, proprietor of a delica tessen store at 2016 P street, was <hot twice at his place of business early thig afternoon when he resisted an I attémpted holdup, attackine the han dit with a bottle His assailant escaped. Heros' wounds are not considered serious The shooting followed another dar ing hold-up hera earlier today, when two bandits got $2,000 after holding up three employes of the Sanitary Grocery Co. eenth street. at the store, 182 sight Faced by Revolver. Heros was in his place of husiness about 2 o'clock when the bandit en tered, and. drawing a revolver manded, “Hands up! Heros grabbed a ottle and leaped at the bandit, and as they clinched the latter fired twice. One hullet penetrated Heros' chest and lodged near the heart. while the other, strking a rib. was deflected Heros fell away from his opponent and the latter ran from the ste Dr P. D. Papalia and Dr. L. W. Glaze brook were summoned and treated Heros, and expressed the opinion his wounds Hold Up Sanitary Huddling emploves in a b were not serious Store. three Sanitary Grocer k room of the store at 1824 REighteenth street, sh after the store opened at 9:30 o'clock this morning, twe men with drawn re. volvers boldly picked up a satchel containing £2,000, rifled the cash reg ister of $15, and then quibtly left after they had locked the men in with one of their own padlocks Police had been following Raymond Whit- mer, supervisor, who was making his daily collection rounds at the various Sanitary stores. Just as Willlam F. Gore, manager of the Elghtéenth street store, was in the act of signing for his receipts and turning them over to Mr. Whit mer, the first of the two hold-up men entered. William Nenage, a clerk, was the only other person in the store at the time. Flourishes Revolver. he com liber re- that satchel, 45-c “Hand ovel manded, whirling a volver threateningly Acting on this cue, the second man entered. He also had a 45-caliber re volver and backed the three men into a small back reom “If any one of you stick your hea lout of that room for five minutes the second man bullied, according to the story given police, “it will be a case for the morgue.” The two hold-up men then rifled the cash register of the $15, picked up the satchel and went out, locking the door with a small padlock they had brought with them. Completely cowed, the three men say they stayed in the back room as commanded for five minutes. When they came out they found the pad- lock on the door and they were forced to break a plate glass window to get out. They engaged a taxicab, which was standing nearby, and went down to police headquarters to revort the hold-up. of Pair. Search failed to disclose any one who had seen the two hold-up men or the means of transportation they used to make their getaway. It was apparent they had not only trailed Supervisor Whitmer and walted for his collections to swell, but they had timed their hold-up for a store in a when No Trace quiet neighborhood no cus- tomers were present. The trio of employes who were heid up told police that the men ap- peared to be about 35 vears old. The first one who entered, they said, was roughly dressed, but the second gave ihe appearance of being a refined man and was well dressed. Police have been given detailed descriptions of the men, and a general lookout to all police precinct stations has been broadea News of the daring hold-up came to police headquarters this morn- inz just as detectives were congrat ulating themselves that managers of chain stores in Washington were permitted to have a complete day’s rest yesterday from the operations of armed bandits or burglars. Whisky Stolen. Theft of prescription whisky from O'Donnell's drug__ store, Pennsyl- vania avenue and Third street south- east, was reported to the police early today. Had not occupants of an upper floor heard the liquor burglars and called the police, it is stated that the drug store's entire stock probably would have been taken. A | check-up on the quantity taken fs being made today. Using_a _duplicate key, burglars | vistted the store of Max Levine, 1818 Seventh street, yesterday and took a quantity of clothing and a silver flask. Another burglar was in the janitor's quarters of 1922 Sixteenth street ves. terday afternoon. He stole articles of wearing apparel and $20 in cash. Edward W. Dickle's home at 1328 Randolph street was the scene of a burglary vesterday during the ab sence of the family. Entrance was gained through a rear window, police reported, and a radio set, safety razor, sweater and $5 in cash were stolen. A dressed pig weighing 65 pounds. a tub of lard, 6 chickens, 15 dozen eggs, 2 hams, 4 cartons of cigar- ettes and a quantity of canned goods were stolen from the store of Howard H. Harrison, 247 Fifteenth street southeast, last night. Burglars gained entrance to the store through a rear window. Harrison placed the value of the loot at $100, are convinced the two men ! | BAND OF ROBBERS com- | - TERRORIZES TOWN Cassopolis, Mich., Citizens Driven to Cover by Barrage While Safe Is Blown. By the Associated Press CASSOPOLIS ich November {24 —Armed bandits terrorized Cassoy olis for nearly thr ours early to day, firing at « resident who dared to the 4 town of their own re | af to rob the F i National | Their number was variously esti imated by excited Cassopolis residents at from five to ten m the con i fusion of scores of accounts by per | sons whose temerity led them to see {what all the shooting was for, and {whose better judgment almost as | Quic kiy sent them out of sight and ! gun range, this is what happened** { The bandit entered Cassapolis | shortly after 2 am. today. They | bound the night watchman and three other men who were in two all night restaurants, cut telephone and tele- graph wires leading out of the city half hours owned a.m. after an in- and for two and one |the town. At 445 effectual attempt the First National Bank, the bandits left in an automobile, heading toward Niles Citizens Driven to Homes. During the time they held undis. puted possession of this Cass County seat town the bandits fired bet 100 and 130 shots (again the accounts of evewitnesses are at varianice), and only shot was fired in return Revolvers and sawed-off shotguns were used, and the targets were any who appeared on the streets or who veen one showed lights in office buildings or residences near the business section. George Jones, stock buyer. wr the only casualty. As he emerged »m_his house he was greeted with A shotgun sl | neck wound, and he retreated into the house. The gunmen worked methodically. n arrival two of them itions outside Patrick restaurant The place and forced Immediately u took guard pe Wallace's all-night | others entered the Wallace, Clyde Benham. night watch- | Hersley Cooper to line up the wall Each prisoner’s hands were bound behind his back | Leaving a guard over the men, the other bandits went to another restau- vant and treated its proprietor, John Barney, similarly. Then the wires were cut. Only one stand was overlooked—the wire con- necting Cassopolis with Niles—and it | was over this wire that a telephone operator soon afterward sounded the alarms. ' Safe Door Dynamited. The front door of the First National | Bank then was forced, the robbers | taking their four prisoners inside with | them. The outer door of the safe was ! dynamited, no effort being made to deaden the sound of the explosion, and | the noise brought several persons to | the street and to windows. | "Then the guns of the bandits on guard spoke. There apparently was man, and izainst I no effort to kill. The revolver and shotgun barrage was a sinister warning. Tive charges of dynamite were ex- | ploded, the outer door of the vault | being torn away, but the inner door | withstanding the bandits’ efforts. | " A Mrs. August. night telephone op- | erator, notified officers at Niles while | the bandits still were at the bank and oads leading out of Cassopolis were immediately placed under guard. Dr. James Kalsey offered the only resistance the gunmen met. Called by | the telephone operator, who told him there was trouble at the bank, Dr. Kalsey drove downtown. One of the bandit guards began shooting under | his car. Dr. Kalsey fired a shot at the man and then drove away amid a storm of shotgun slugs from the bandit's gun. Shooting came from so many quar- ters during the raid that many per- sons believed 10 men must have par- ticipated in the invasion. Only five men were seen, however. Two wore masks and appeared vouthfal. Each | of the others was described as 50 or more vears old. Main street today looked like a thoroughfare that had stood the siege of an invading army. Windows were Shattered and exploded revolver and shotgun shells were lying in the streets. The walls of buildings were marked with bullets. ¥ Bandlts Shoot Policeman. CHICAGO, November 24 (#).—Five or six robbers held up a bank messen- ger and his guards. shot a policeman In a pistol fight and escaped with approximately $50,000 being taken from one bank to another. Radio Programs—Page 38. to break the vault of | ug inflicted a | y (HEER UP /—// AUNTIE' WE'RE ALL READY For @A THECOMING $50,000 in Budget | For Monument to | Unknown Soldier The budget to Congress will contain an estimate of $50,000 submitted by the War Department, next for the erection of a suitable monu- ment over the tomb of the Un oldier, in the Arlington national Cemetery Many designs for such a monu- ment have been submitted to the department from artists and others in various of the United States, no action in the matter will be taken until Congress pro- vides the necessary funds 'NEW RECORD MADE | IN BUILDING IN 1905 Total of $63,500,000 Ex- pected to Surpass All Marks Set Previously. | Conservative estimates of the statis- tics of the office of the building in- spector show that at the close of this vear Washington will have established another building record. Allowing for | the Christmas lull, Col. John W. | Oehman, building inspector. predicts 1 total jon of new building for the vear at $63.500,000. This is the lowest figure possible, taking in ac- count the projects vet to be filed at | the District Building. With this total construction in the National Capital from January 1, to December 31 1925, will have sur- | passed any record established in pre- | vious fiscal or calendar vears. The | fiscal vear ending last June established a record of $62,400,000 and the ealen- dar year ending 1924 amounted to $46,500,000. With more than a month { to wo ‘and a present total of about 59,000,000, this year is already $12,- 700,00 ahead of the last calendar year. It also exceeds the heretofore biggest calendar vear, 1923, by about $9,500,000. An analysis of the building permits nd those reasonably expected dur- | ing the next five weeks will show that housing_accommodations for approxi- alus mately 36,000 persons have been erect- ed during the present year Approxi mately %000 new housing units have been added to Washington. Up to November 1, 4,160 new houses have been built. This should reach 5,000 by the end of December. Up to Novem- ber 1, apartment houses containing 50 apartment units have been built. By the end of the year it will reach 3,000. Taking the average of four per- sons to a unit this will give the total of 36,000 persons provided for. By far the largest proportion of the money spent in building here has been for residential construction. At pres- ent the total for this purpose amounts to $42 965. About $28,000,000 of this amount is for houses and about $14,000,000 for apartments. This to- tal is expected to reach near $50,000,- 000 during the next six weeks. Many other types of building have also been erected—churches, stores, theaters, schools, institutions, libraries, etc. There is every evidence that the fis- cal year beginning last July will even surpass the record to be established by this calendar year. Liner Cleveland Floated. HAMBURG, Germany, November 24 (P).—The United States American Liner ‘Cleveland, which went ashore in a fog near the mouth of the River Elbe yesterday, was floated today with the assistance of a number of {tugs and is proceeding to this port. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 24.—Moscow theatrical circles express some resent- ment over the long absence from Rus- sia of Feodor Chaliapin, famous Rus- sian operatic basso. Many attempts were made by the theatrical authori- ties, but without effect, to persuade him to return to Moscow this season. Although not stating definitely that he had forsaken Russia for good, Chalia- pin declined to fix a date for his re- turn. ‘This attitude has aroused bitter comment in the Soviet press, which accused the singer of having “sold his soul to Mammon.” A member of the Moscow Theatrical Guild, who inter- viewed Chaliapin in Paris before his & Chaliapin Has “Sold Soul to Mammon,” Russia Charges as He Refuses to Return’ service. Associated Press The only evening paper in Washington with the news (#) Means Associated | TAXBILL OFFERS §3%.23000 GUT Committee Approves Meas-| ure Giving Relief to Over i a Million Persons. ! By the Associated Pres The tax reduction bill as completed and unanimously approved by the | ways and means committee will go | to the House providing for an esti- mated cut of $336.236,000 annually in | the Federal tax burden. | The measure, which will be pre-| sented to the House on the opening | day of Congress December 7, provides | relief for every Federal taxpayer and | through increased personal exemp-! tions would relieve more than a mil- lion persons from payment of any | Federal tax. The principal portion of reduc!lon\ is given to income taxpayers, whose | annual burden would be cut by 8193,»i 575,000, beginning with taxes to be paid in the next calendar year. Cuts| in the normal rates and surtaxes ac-| count for most of this. Early Action Expected. i Chairman Green of the committee | is confident that the measure will be disposed of in the House before the Christmas recess. Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee pre- dicts early action when it reaches that body and leaders hope to have the measure enacted into law by March 1, 15 before the first in- come tax payments of the new year are due. H While the bill was framed by the committee on a non-partisan basis and s given unanimous approval, mem- | bers reserved the right to press for | changes: when it is considered on the | floor of the House. Fights are ex-| pected to be made there against the | proposed cuts in the inheritance tax | rates, including the provision for a retroactive reduction in this levy, and for repeal of the automobile passen- ger car tax, which the committee cut from 5 to 3 per cent. Year's Surplus $330,000,000. While the revisions voted by the committee are estimated by the Treas- to carry the total reduction $36,- 000 over the figure originally set the committee, it approved this total after receiving later reports | from the Treasury that the surplus| this fiscal vear would reach $330,000,- | 000 instead of $290,000,000. i The committee voted yesterday to make the revised excise taxes, many of which were repealed, effective | upon enactment of the bill into law, | and to make the revised occupationai | levies effective July 1, 1926. | Chairman Green will call the com- | mittee together December 2 to ratify the work of drafting clerks and a sub- | committee charged with clearing up | some details of the general provisions, SENATE ORATORY FEARED. < Debate on World Court May Delay Action on Tax Reduction. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Now that the House ways and means committee has finished draft- ing a new tax bill and passage by the House next month is conceded, the question of how soon action by the | Senate may be expected is really the biggest plece of uncertainty facing the taxpayer.. There remains no doubt that the bill | will be cleared through both Houses | before March 1, but in order to save time and money the measure ought to be passed by February 1so as to allow | the Treasury to print and distribute | new tax forms. Actlons by the Senate on the tax bill, however, is curiously enough tied up with something entire- Iy unrelated to revenues, namely, the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | departure for the Metropolitan season New York, quotes him as saying: have concert engagements in Amer- ica and Australia for several years, and am obliged to carry them out. left Russia without a cent, and found it necessary therefore to sell my. soul to the devil. Yes, I sold it, and it is not my fault. As soon as I fulfill these contracts I hope to be able to accept your invitation to come to Moscow and Leningrad.” Chaliapin left Russia toward the end of 1922, and was given a Soviet passport for one year, on the under- standing that a percentage of his feos would go to the Soviet famine fund. He has since obtained an extension of his passport. | cluding the | his opponent and declaring th | did | instruments they Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,877 TWO CENT Pres: (COURT BARS MOVE 0 SHOW MITCHELL PLAGIARIZED BOOK Colonel Saved From -Appar- ently Embarrassing Posi- tion in Cross-Quiz. WITNESS STANDS FIRM IN FACE OF GRILLING | Courtroom Given Great Thrill by Surprise Move Against Of- ficer's Writing. Presenting a bborn defence against the with, ire of cross-ex amination by the prosecution, Mitchell the stand in the cofs martial proceedings against him fo |the second consecutive day, was res cued from what appeared to be an en barrassing position when ov the cour rruled an unusually intensive effor to prove that certain pages in the a cused’s book, “Winged Defense,” em bodied verbatim statements of which | he was not the original author. Col. Mitchell, adopting the almos hostile attitude he maintained yester day, snapped back answers to ques tions put by Maj. Allen J. Gullion assistant trial judge advocate, fc nearly two hours defending ever word he had written In the San tonio statements and scoring a vic over all attempts to break down previous assertions. The move of t secution regarding the book was distinct surprise and caused tense ¢ citement in the cour Gullion Pushes Fight Maj. Gullion pressed his out fear or favi and virtually shou ed to the court, 1 am going to & the accused cribbed page after pag of this book he admits he wrote!” The secution on the book i gave no indica follw. The wi wrote the mission 1o confir ment that to what woul, tness was asked if he book and on receiving ac Maj. Gullion then asked hir 2 his San ‘whenever T make ment it always is authen Arising and taking up Maj. Guilion addressed th the book court he “would read from page 102 of Winged Defense” by William Mit ell. He read They (referring t« | the Germans) started the war with a total of 40 subm: i good start conside 16 design and construction.” He then turned to the witness and asked if he wrote thbal and Col. Mitchell replied, “Yes.” Identifies Alleged Source. Returning to his desk, Maj. Gullio: picked up a pamphlet and read the exact quotation that appeared in the Mitchell book. His enthusiasm, which had been gaining steadily, reached the climax when he declared on con reading that the second quotation came from * re given at the War College b Hart T] = @ Courtroom Gets Thrill. The courtroom one was shocked at of events. Without exception, it was the outstanding thrill of the trial Representative Frank R. Refd of II linois, chief civilian defense counsel asped and ever the sudden turr lost no time to come to the rescue of the point. He declared the latest move by Maj. Gullion shows “how much he knows of this case” and charged him with “wanting to try a copyright suit' in this court.”” A heated argument ued, Maj. Gul lion's voice standing out over that of his object was to prove that Col. Mi not write the book for which he has received money. There is no telling how far the battle would have gone had not Col Blanton Winship, the law member of the court, interfered and sustained the objection of Mr. Reid. In doing so he rebuked the prosecution for bringing this angle into the case. “If this court has got to go into libel matters we never will get through. Suppose he did take every word in the book from some one else What has that got to do with the case”” The law member’s ruling and the court’s indorsement, which prohibited the pamphlet from being introduced as evidence, and the book “Winged Defense” also brought calm to the troubled waters and shortly afterward the court recessed for luncheon. Quizzed on Equipment. Prior to the bombardment of the prosecution on the Mitchell book the Witness was deluged with question regarding his charges that airme: will be killed sooner or later if they must continue flying in aming coffins,” and that airmen are “bluffed and bulldozed and afraid to tell the truth.” Despite the fact that reports of in quiries into fatal accidents were read to the accused, and which reports made no reference to faulty equip- ment or structural failure, Col Mitchell stoutly maintained that had the dead aviators been in possession of modern planes and with modern perhaps would b alive today. “It constitutes criminal negligence to keep us flying ships of that kind, declared the witness, referring to the DH observation planes and the JN training planes. “They should have been done away with right after the war. The accused air officer also defended his statements regarding intimidation of airmen, but declared he was one of the minority “not afraid to tell the truth” although “attempts have been made to bulldoze me.” Mitchell Resumes Stand. Col. Mitchell took the stand im mediately after court convened and was reminded by Col. Sherman More. land, the trial judge advocate, that he still was under oath. Maj. Gullion then continued the cross-examination where it was broken off yesterday afternoon. “In your statement of September 5 and in your direct examination you referred to accidents in the Army Air Service,” began the assistant trial judge advocate. “Which ones were they?” replied the witness. “You refer to ‘laming coffins’?" “I did.” (Continued on Page 4, Column §3 s