Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1925, Page 2

2 » |WINGO TAX BILL PASSAGE. ™o’ Gor o NERVES N HOUSE SEEN THIS WEEK Some Opposition Develops, But Leaders of Both Par- ties Favor Measure. Br the Associated Pre: The $325.000,000 tax reached the test stage vesterday. and tomorrow major provisions will be taken up for approval More than reduction bill in the Hor some of its 20 houre of debate on the measure last week reveloped gen eral indorsement from both Democrats \nd Republicans, but the bill faces at | least a dozen amendments which will| be offered this week on vital points. Sponsors of the measure, which was framed by the ways and means com mittee, predicted last night. however, that it would be approved by the House before the end of this week and practically without change. The non-partisan character of the bill has won support for it during the Jong debate from both sides of the chamber. Representative Gurrett of Tennessee, the Democratic leader yesterday gave it his Indorsement thouxh he opposed vigorouslv the pro vision to give life appointments to members of the board of tax appeals. Nature of Opposition. Seattering opposition also appeared during the week’s discussion to the proposed 50 per cent reductions in the maximum surtax and inheritance tax rates. Fights against these two and the tax board provisions are ex pected to constitute the most serious opposition when the bill is taken up tomorrow for amendments The opposition apparently is not or- zanized on party lines against any of the provisions, and Representative Green, Republican, of Towa, chairman of the ways and means committee, and Representative Garner of Texas, rank ing Democratson the committee, were prepared last night to lead the fight for complete approval of the compro mise measure. Mr. Green has served notice he will not sanction any in- crease in reductions of taxes proposed in the bill. Debate was enlivened vesteraay by another attack on the movement in uted by the Texas and Towa Tax Clubs for repeal of the Federal inhwr itance levy. Charges Intimidating Intent. Representative Connally, Democrat, of Texas, charged that the clubs had heen organized in the two States by the American Bankers' League. which | he sald had been repudiated by the American Bankers' Assoclation. “for the purpose of intimidating the heads of the ways and means committee Chairman Green of Towa and Repre- sentative Garner of Texas." The league hoped. he declared. even tually to destroy all inheritance tax laws. both Federal and State. Life term memberships for the 16 members of the Board of Tax Appeal as proposed in the bill, was charactor- | ized as undemocratic by Representa tive Garrett, who said he would pro pose an amendment limiting the ap- pointment to 10 or 12 years | In reply, Representative Mills of New York, a Republican member of | the committee, declared administra-! ton of the income tax law was “the | erving need of toda. and life ap- pointments were necessary to obtain | the right standard of men. | Capital Stock Tax. Retention of the capital stock tax was assailed by Representative Lea Democrat, of California, and Beedy Republican, of Maire, who insisted administration of this levy was diffi- | cult and that it was an “excessive | burden” on corporations. particularly | =mall ones, in view of the flat corpo ration tax of 1213 per cent. Proposals to increase personal ex- | emptions further than provided in the bill were opposed by Representative Chindblom, Republican, of Iliinois, and Deal, Democrat, of Virginia. They argued against narrowing the base of the income tax structure, pointing out that the burden of these taxes eventu- ally would be on the middie classes. Representative Lozier, Democrat, of Missouri, denounced proposals to repeal the inheritance tax, declaring this levy had been in use in many nations for centuries. Would End War Levies. Representative Denison, Republican, of Illinois, supported the views of Representative Hull, Democrat, of Tennessee, that all war levies, par- ticularly those on special forms of business, should be eliminated now He referred to the taxes on automobile passenger cars and admissions, but #aid he would support the bill as drafted. Receiving time for dehate from both Repubtican and Democratic managers, Representative Berger, Socialist, of Wisconsin, took exception to several provisions. “In some it is really a Bolshevik measure, and if Trotzky and Zinoviev wére members of this House they would probably vote for it because the method of taxation it proposes must hasten the | concentration of wealth, and that| must bring about the downfall of the present economic system.” Representative Menges, Republican. of Pennsylvania, also approved the bill, but he expressed alarm over in- creasing State and municipal taxes and the “plight of the farmer.” respects,” he said, NEW DYNASTY CREATED AS PERSIA CHOOSES SHAH | Constituent Assembly Unanimous- | ly Approves Amendments to National Constitution. Ry the Associated Press. TEHERAN, Persia. December 12 The Constituent Assembly today gave unanimous approval to the amend- ments to the constitution by which Reza Khan {s named Shah of Persia, and a new line of rulers. the Pehlevi dynasty. taking Reza's family name, is established. By these amendments eovereignty hereafter will remain in the Pehlavi dynasty, and the eldest son of the Shah will become the crown prince. Reza Khan will be enthroned on December 14. replacing the former Shah, Ahmed Kajar., who was de. posed by the National Assembly Oc. tober 31. The deposed Shah = in France. Only 11 Days Christmag | is coming | SHOP EARLY— | And Help the Store Clerks to Help You | | welcome you there to visit them. Veteran Democ Squelched by Champ Lectures to New Members. Just a dittle heart-to-heart talk to new members of Congress, taken from the record of his own experiences when. as a fledgling legislator, he sought to take the famous Oscar Un. aerwood to task and was curtain lec tured in inimitable style by Champ Clark. was voiced in the House last week by Representative Otis Wingo, Democrat, of Arkansas With each new Congress some restive new members tread on the pet corns of older members or otherwise | et on their nerves, just as irrepressible | Wingo had ever been to Florida. children elde; Alexis annoy thelr more sedate was Representative Robert Green, Democrat, of Starke, Fla.. who drew Wingo's verbal fire. Mr. Green had served as messenger assigtant clerk and chief clerk of the Florlda Legislature, then as a member and speaker pro tempore of the Florida House of Representati Since 1920 he has been a county judge Then he defeated the veteran Frank Clark for Congress after Mr. Cl k had served continuously for 20 vear So Mr. Green naturally felt—well, the way Mr. Wingo didn't approve of. It He Champions Florida. Naturally opportunity \so. he jumped at an when the new bill was under discusslon and he thought he saw an attack by 45 Ntates aimed his home State for abolishing the inheritance tax. to make votes hack home by championing Florida and in dulging in a colorful eulogy on its charms and advantages. He sald, in part Is it equitable and just that vou should force this upon the people of Flovida, a State which is large in pro portions, having 58.000 square miles— as large as New York. Massachusetts, and Rhode Island together: a State which produces enough vegetables and enough other eatable products to feed the City of New York. There where the watermelon and the strawberry transform the midnight dew into lus. clous red juice: there where the springs gush forth that transparent and God given fluid, sparkling with purity and Virtue, the only proper drink for an American citizen, but if there be those of a grosser appetite who want ta violate the Constitution of America there is Bimini, only an hour or two away. P According to the Record there was applause. Rhapsodies of Florida. I know that of old when Cecilia and Seraphs were fascinated and men were enraptured: 1 know Timothus with magic strain led rocks, trees, and beasts to follow him: I know that the notes of Orpheus entranced men an-l enthralled the underworld and caused the gods to gaze thereon with envy. and 1 know that David drew from hix harp a_chord which swept the gloom m the brow of Saul and flooded el’s palaces with music and Jaugh. . but if all these were mingled in a single rhapsody too great for the hand of mortal man that it would not equal the majesty and the splendor of tha Old Suwanee River played on ukulele and hummed by the bright- eved Florida maidens underneath the | sweet magnolia trees, with the ooth ing odor gushing forth in a blazing November moonlight and- 1 would tell you more of the magic charms of Florida if time permitted. But this is a serious matter, to be passed upon by serjous minds. When vour citizenship are bhent with years and desire a new lease of life, they pledge their fortunes and head their | minds and intentions southward. and Florida is their destination: and peo. ple are soundng their warning notes from the States where the snow lies deep, complaining that vour citizenry have taken their wealth and gone to my State and are living there in peace and happiness and splendor, and will Be careful when vou enact legislation here which will jeopardize their for tunes. You know they have aban doned their homes and have invested in_Florida. “Do you realize that §3.000,000 there is our annual income. only a portion of which is derived from the tourlst trade? Mayv I come to vou, as a child comes to its mother, for protection, and ask vou not to imposed upon my sovereign State this most dangerous feature of this bill, which is a viol: tion of State rights, and which even rat, Recalling Time He Was Once . | friend from Florida and can not erl the | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 13, 1925—PART 1. Clark, Gives Helpful tually, if pressed far encugh, will cen- | tralize vour Governmeng here in | Washington and scrap every one of mir sovereign 48 States?" According to the Record, there was | much applause. Wingo Raps Florida. | With that lurid word plcture as a | background. when on the following {day Mr. Wingo was telling a stor: {ahout “old Reuben down in Florid: Mr. Green interrupted to ask if nHr. - 1 am neither a | got ‘the reply—"No, millionaire nor a sucker. Then Mr. Wingo unburdened him- self of this little lecture to Mr. Green and aimed over Mr. Green's head at |other new members: | “Well, it is one of the States 1 have |not been to. and T am a little bit |afraid to go down there right now, | because I have profited a little bit by | my experfence here. You know, 1 llke my handsome, brilllant voung feize him, but I can in retrospect o back and remember when 1 felt like he felt when he fivst hit this town, I felt just like he felt. 1 had the il- lusion that 1 had something to do with the United States Government (aughter), and I had a large sense of responsibility. (Laughter.) Squelched By Clark. “Old Champ Clark was my friend in the Democratic caucus. I sat over | there and thought 1 knew all about taxation. I told Osear Underwood where 1o head in on tariff schedules (Laughter.) 1 had heard a great deal about him, and I was surprised at what 1 then thought was his total| ignorance of the theory of taxation, nd 1 proceeded to express myself very seriously at the caucus. Old Champ Clark took hold of my arm and he said, 'You are a bright boy; but there are 434 others of them here, |and they are just as contrary as you are, and they have the mistaken tdea that thev are smart, just lfke you have.' (Laughter.) ‘He safd, ‘You will get along pretty well here in the House if vou will | start out and study hard the processes of legislation You have got a lot of pent-up energy. Jump in here and learn something about parllamentary rules, because there Is alwavs a chance for an argument on the par- Mamentary rules, and nobodv can ever tell which one is right and which one is a dern fool.” You older mem hers know 1 profited by his advice. I immedial v started out, and Joe \Walsh, of Massachusetts, to whom he had given the same advice, and 1 started studving parliamentary pro- cedure, and, gentlemen, sometimes 1 look back at xome of the theories I laid down in those davs with all the | cocksuredness of a chief justice. 1 blush a little bit. (Laughter.) ‘Warn of Spanking. “Yes: vou have a great State handsome, irrepressible young friend (aughter). and I have been very fa vorably Impressed with the Repre sentatives {t hax sent here; bhut let me tell vou something. there are 48 States in this U'nion and there are 434 of the rest of us here on the floor. and we have a pretty good idea of our rights here. think we know a little bit, and. as old Champ Clark told me, he said. ‘Confidentially. =on, they are! Just as_ jealous as a bunch of opera | singers, ‘and don't you step on their toes, because ff ‘vou do soomer or | later they will give you a spanking.’ " (Laughter.) Then the interlude closed pleas antly with this little dialogue | Mr. Green of Florida—I humbly apologize—— Mr. Wingo—Oh, T heg the gentle man, no man who comes from Florida | ought to apologize for anvthing ex cept that fool constitutional amend ment exempting the estates of million- aires from all tax burdens. (Laugh ter and applause.) : Mr. Green of Florida—I will say to the gentleman that the constitution of my State wax in jeopardy. and the | constitution of the gentleman's State | | was not in jeopardy, and therefore 1| rose in my seat Mr. Wingo—Nothing that House of Representatives can ever will ever seriously affect any tution. The gentleman will absorh that | plause.) my wish to| the | do! consti.- | slowly fact. (Laughter and ap i STANDARD OIL DIVIDEND FOR YEAR $153,506,009 New Record Set—Increase Over 1924 Is $3.117,542—Quarter Disbursement Mark Made. the Associatad Press NEW YORK, December 12. Th | New York Herald-Tribune tomorrow | meeting of will say that total dividend payments made by the companies of the Stand- ard Oil group during 1925 established a new high record for all time, amounting to $153,506,099 This figure represents an increase | of $3,117.542 over 1924, and compares | wara: ts of $51,686.634 in 1912, ar after the Standard Oil with paym the first 3 dissolution. Cash payments in the first quarter of this vear totaled $42.104,169. This is the largest quarterly payment on record with the exception of the last quarter of 1912, when $11,600.000 was pald as extra disbursement by four Eastern pipe line companies. and the first quarter of 1913, when the Stand ard Oil of New Jersey distributed a special dividend of $32.355,352, ligui- dating loans by former subsidiaries. TURKS TO REPLACE-PAPER MONEY WITH NEW ISSUE Includes Bills of Old Empire and German Bond Secured Notes. All Are Filthy. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 1 —The Turkich republic is to replac all the paper money now in circula tion with a new paper money bear ing the name of the republic instead | of that of the defunct empire. Some of the bills now in circulation bear the statement. no longer true, that they are guaranteed by gold, and others that they are covered by honds of the German treasury. The latter guarantee died with the birth of the treaty of Versailles. The paper money now in circul tion. that of the Ottoman empire, for the most part so filthy as to be a menace to public health. The law reaunires that all paper of the empire shall be submitied for exchange and| hurned within six months. M. E. -UfiIFICAfTIAON—FMLS. Adverse Vote Accepted by House of Bishops of Southern Church. NASHVILLE, Tenn., . December 12" (). —Defeat of the plan of unifi- cation of the Methodist Episcopa Church was announced tonight by th olleze of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. who accep- ted as final the tabulation of the vote recently announced by. the Secular Press Bureau. | COMMISSION TO ACT | | ON APPEAL OF CHILEANS | Will Meet Tomorrow to Certity | | Plea to Coolidge as Arbi- | | trator in Plebiscite. By the Associated Press ARICA, Chile, December 12.- A the Tacna-Arica plebiscl ‘var,\’ commission was called today for | | Monday afternoon at the request of | ”‘ht;h lhll-::m] delegation to certify | e's appeal to President X arbitrator, SR It s under stood that Chile’s principal representa- tive. will reply at that time to the charg®s of Chilean obstruction con. | taned in the preamble to the motion presented at the last meeting by Gen | John |F‘Orsh!ng, chairman of the on. ' Augustin Ed WILL END POLYGAMY. Turkish Cod:;;;:étop Divorce by Husband's Fiat. A RIA, Turkey, Datcmbertys (#).—Polygamy. e us well as divorce by the mere fiat of the husband, will be ended in ey under the modernized civil r:nde which 1s to be introduced in the Aa(iur}n! Assembly shortly. This | 1= & modified form of the Swiss civil | code. Divorce will be possible only by the { decision of a conrt of Iaw. Grounds for |fitvorce include “sertous ' incompati- The code lays down that if one of the contracting parties to a marrlage is already married the second cere. mong is null. Civil marriage is made obligatory and a religi v made voluntary. SR reaniag CHLOROFORMED AND SHOT FL DORADO, Ark. Dece 12 UP.—Ira M. Hudson. 45, wenme lumberman, former president of the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce, was chloroformed and shot to death on the Lawson road 8 miles east of here this afternoon by bandits. They escaped with a $700 pay roll which { Mr. Hudson was carrying to the Hud- =on & Cooper Co. mill at Lawson. FRANCE CUTS SHIP COSTS PARIS, December 12 (#).. During a discussion In the Chamber of Deputies today of expenditures for the navy, speakers representing several parties tressed the point that France is pending considerably less for new warship construction than some coun- | tries which favor further limitation of naval armaments, such as the United States. References to thisx point were enthusiastically applauded. | & description to j | incre: SCHOOLFUNDSLASH PUTUPTO CITIZENS Supt. Ballou Suggests Appeal for Restoration of $1,500, 000 Budget Item. “If an appeal I to be made to Con- gress 1o have restored the $1.500.000 which the Bureau of the Budget siashed from the estimates for the Distriet public schools for 1927, to carry on the five-year school bhuild- Ing program. as authorized by Con- gress last seasion, it must come from the citizens themselves.” Dr Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, will take this stand bhefore representativesof virtually all the eivic organizations of the District to be gathered In a ma meeting at the Franklin School. Thirteenth and K streets. tomorrow evening. for dis- cusston of the needs of the local schools. The feeling has been growing among civie leaders and at least one member of the District committee fn Congress that the Budget Bureau iu lopping off xo great un amount from the school estimutes needed to carry on the xchool building program had \cted for the benefit of an econom. program rather than in the interestx of the schools’ needs Dr. Ballou to Make Statement. At Dr. the meeting tomorrow evening Ballou will confine his remarks to what the budget the bureau wil mean 10 the school system. He is pro hibited by law. of course, from urg- ing that Congress he asked 10 Ko over the dictates of the bureau He will explain, however, that the cutting of the requested $4.000,000 scheduled appropriation to earry out the five-year buflding program down 10 $2,672,500 must mean that the pro- gram is either to he extended over a longer period of time or that Congress is expected to appropriate a greatly increased sum for the 19 fiscal vear. The cut in the appropriations, it was evident, was an unexpected blow to the achool officials. What was the use to fight for a five-vear program if an agency other than Congreass ig to be permitted to come in and set aside the intent of Congress?” achool officials are asking themselves Senator Capper's Protest. proposed by f the made the He the Senator Capper. chairman Senate District committee, has an outspoken protest against action of the Budget Bureau pointed out that in addition t greatly reduced amount the recommended for school construction, most of it i to be obtained from the surplus fund in the Treasury—a fund which will be virtually exhausted the ensuing fiscal year, 1928 A large number of civic leaders have voiced dissatisfaction over the school appropriations, including mem- bers of the Citizens’ Advisory Council who acted formally on the matter Jesse C. Suter, president of the Fed ation of Citizens’ Assoclations; Charle: A. Baker, Tsaac Gans, Mrs. Giles Scott i Rafter. president of the District Con- gress of Pereni-Teacher Associations and James G. Yaden. chairman of the school committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associations and president of the District Public School Association. Maj. Daniel Donovan, District budget ofcer, has explained that the school budget was arranged by the officials at the Burean of Budget so that though the appropriation tot for new construction work by $£1.500,000 the items approved were allocated so that there will be virtu- ally no delay in starting the new work ! projected Action Carries Authority. In other words, small amounts were recommended for app iation for the coming vear, thus “authorizing the complete expenditures necessary for the completion of the schools planned. This. however, will only handicap the five-year program. if not actually | to jeopardize it. school officials and civic leaders point out gram will throw @ heavy burden appropriations on the 1928 fiscal year or mean that the five-year buiiding program must be extended over longer period of time. Denouncing this scheme as “ps simony,” Mr. Baker declares that the five-vear program was designed merely to bring school facilities up to the actual needs. and that the ever- ng population must be reck- a vital factor. oned as PRISON AND FINES FACE VOTE SLACKERS Mexican Government Resorts to Stringent Measures in Municipal Elections Today. Ey the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 12.—The federal district government has or- dered the punishment of all qualified voters who fail to cast their ballots in the municipal elections here to. morrow. For non-voting the law provides a fine of from 1 to 50 pesos, or im prisonment from 1 to 15 days, or both. Mayors and boards of aldermen are to be elected In Mexico City and all towns and cities within the federal district. The Labor Party now is in control of these offices. Emergency police reserves are being prepared for election day duty. In former years. there usually, has been fighting and some casualties during these elections. bureau | cut | 22 ARRESTS MADE INLIQUOR RAIDS Police Also on Alert for Rum Runners Reported En Route to City. Police launched a campaign against alcoholic stimulanta during Christmas- tide by conducting raids throughout the city vesterday. resulting in 22 arrests. confiscation of one still and approximately 200 gallons of lquor. The attention of Capt. Burlingame's squadron was distracted from the pos sibilfties that liquor would be run into the city from the rum fleet re ported in Chesapeake Bay vesterda: afternoon and early last night, dur- ing which time 12 persons feli into the hands of his enforcement officcrs, co.operating_with Divisional Prohibi tlon Chlef Gerald Murphy. Later in the night, however, reports that a liquor laden fleet of automobiles wax en route to the city resulted in posting practical sentries at the strategic entry points from the eaxt und south. Maj. Edwin B. Hense, chief of police, announced lust night that from now on, every effort of the police detailed to'dry work will be directed agalnst Washington receiving any supply of Christinas liguor at all. Despite the admitted impossibility of the task of cleaning the city entirely of liquor, Maj. Hesswe gave instruction that every possible precaution against uor entering Washington must taken. be 50-Gallon Still Selzed ‘The outstanding rald of vesterday afternoon was at 525 Virginia avenue southeast, when the home of Anthony Borsellino, yvears old, was ralded by Capt. Burlingame's squadron and prohibition agents from Mr. Murphy's division, with the result that a 30-gal- lon still, 1.000 gallons of mash and 20 | gallons of llquor were seized. Borsel lino later appeared at the eleventh precinct—being absent at the time of the raid—and posted bond to answer charges of manufacturing and illegal possession of liquor. Others arrested by Jingame’s squad were: Patrick Joseph Ruane, 34, Jumes Patrick Deena, 25, at 1811 Capt. Bur- and L legnl possession. Patrick McDonough of 1017 Twen tieth street, in a raid on 1742 L street, where he was bartender at a near. heer saloon, charged with five sales and illegal possession, after, police al lcge, they obtained a drink directly over the bar. Willlam Brosnan, chaiged with meven nossession of liquor. Charles Edward Day. 1321 Wiacon sin avenue, who was arrested at Brogs | nan’s place on a charge of tllegal pos n. after he is alleged to have hared a bottle of liquor. Arthur Langley of 1110 Eighth sireet southeast, in a rald on 731 Eighth street southeast, charged with two sales Robert siree saly Samuel Wertleib, 1001 moutheast. charged with and illegal possession. John Willlam Jacobs of 1211 street. in connection with the raid on the above address, where he is alleged to have purchased liquor, charged with fllegal possession Edgar Stafford. colored. 931 Fourth street. charged with sale and illegal possession. and Gertrude Llovd. col- ored, 441 Franklin street, charged with sale and fllegal possession Other Arrests Made. Other arrests made in various pre cincis were: Fourth precinct rah Pruett, col | | ored. 220 T street southwest. charged | with' sale and illegal possession: Ruth | | | 2923 M street sales and fllegal Lee Pitts southeast, of 1015 Eighth charged with two C street three sales and Willlam Rozier, colored, and Kate Smith. colored. at $22 Second southwest. charged with sessfon: Eva street street fllegal pos. 322 C charged with sale Jackson. colored southwest, Such & pro- | and fllegal possession. and Rosetta | Allen. 515 Half street southwest charged with illegal possession. Sixty zallons were selzed, all told, in the above raids | Sixth precinct—Manuel | and William Ferry, at 805 New Jersey avenue, both charged with lllegal pos session Firs( precinct—Tloseph Vielkind, 718 Twelfth street, charged with selling liquor. | Second precinct—Julius Jontiff, | New York avenue, charged with sale | and illegal possession. cinet ralds { =quad CHOLERA SPREADING. Disease Appears in Southern Phil- ippine Islands, Says Report. MANILA. December 12 (#)-—Chol era, which had been confined to the provinces in the vicinity of Manila has appeared in the Southern Tslands, says an official telegram. The prov- ince of Romblon reported six deaths and eleven new cases in the last 24 hours. While Manila still is free from the disease. it is prevalent in three adjacent provinces, a number of deaths being reported dafly. police co-operated in makin listed above to Burlingame's n Judge Hainer Appointed. Appointment of Judge Bayard T. Haioer of Oklahoma us chief counset for the Federal Trade Commission wus announced vesterday. He xu ceeds W. H. Fuller, also of Oklahoma, resigned. Judge Hainer for 10 years was u Federal territorlal judge in Oklahoma und later was chief attor- ney for the administtation of the puckers and stockyards act of the Department of Agriculture. If You Tire Easily —if you should also have a persistent light cough, loss of wei ght, some chest pains or Shh el lel ik - hoarseness you may be developing consump- tion and you should lose no time to See a Doctor or Have Yourself Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic 409 15th St. N.W.. Tuesdas. Thursday or Saturday at 2.4 o'clock. Friday evenings from 7 :30. To Prevent Avoid house dust and impure or close al o'clock. Consumption day or nigh Get all the light and sunshine possible info your home. Avoid raw milk, raw cream and butter made of -unpasteurized cream. Eat plain, nourishing food. Get enough sleep by retiring early enough. Try to avold worry. Be cheerful. acts on your body. Think kindly. Your mind Health Insurance A Physical Examination Every Birthday Association for the Prevention of Tuberculo: Telephone Main 992 1022 11th Street N.W. Who have paid for the above bulletin (legal natice). BUY OUR CHRISTMAS SEALS Ia-| street. each charged with sale and il- | Schonholtz | | The third, seventh and eighth pre. | 1 HAERIS & bw NG Reid of Illinois. G. Houston of Delaware. New Members of House D. C. Committee Upper, left to right: Henry L. Bowles of Massachusetts and Frank R.| Lower, left to right: Frank L. Bowman of West Virginia and Robert TRADE RECOGNITION ; OF RUSSIA IS SEEN ; IN SECRET PARLEY | (Continued from First Page.) | Corporation, successfully ;.(.m.-u«..mzl {in the road 1 | “These speeches were {attentively by 35 guests lthe highest circles {finance and industry, including Wil- {Mam Ewing, member of J. P. Mor- gan & Company: Charles H. Sabin chairman of the Guaranty Trust Company: Arthur by, president | of the Kquitable Trust Company | Clarence Dillon, member of Dilk | Read Company, Morgan's chief com- {petitor In foreign investments | Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the | tests listened 1o representing of American 1 Bethlehem Steel Corporation: Rich- ard T president of the New York Cotton Exchange. representa- tives of automobile manufacturers and other Important industries, such as the Remington Typewriter Com- pany, and the Chicago Pneumatic !To0l Company and the Soviet or- ganizations, Amtorg Trading Corpo- ration, Textile Syndicate, State Bank of Russia, and the Central Co-opera- tive Soclety “The signifiicant feature of this un- precedented meeting was its complete {secrecy. The representatives | Soviet and American financial {commercial institutions meeting the ‘Bankers’ Club’ in the midst {the New York financial district, | vealed absolutely nothing to the | American press—not because the newspapers did not desire to publish, | hut because the participants agreed that such an important occasion would be more effective if not pub- lished In the American press | 'he Tass Telegraph Agency of the Soviet unfon was the only agency permitted to publish this news. Such profound secrecy greatly increased itx | significance, all the guests thereby realizing that this banquet was a, serfous meeting of important ele- | ments, not intended for mere news paper advertisement, ux many simi- lar affair | Harris, of re- | News Will Spread. 1 | “Despite the secrecy the news will spread fyr among American business men, who will certainly be impressed | by such a significant meeting. | Mr. Schley sald tonight that the| importance of the meeting had heen | exaggerated and that the only rea- sOon American newspaper representa- tives were not allowed to attend was | because it was not helieved that the | |affalr was of sufficient importance. | “Jt was just a business luncheon given to a couple of Russian organi- | zations doing business in this coun- try.” he sald. “It was no different | | from other luncheons of the sort hald | every day of the week. When Mr | Schley was asked why news of the| banquet was considered unimportant | to American newspapers, but import- ant enough to Russia to allow a re- port to be cabled there. he said, “it might be important to Russia and at the same time be of little import-| ance here.” | No important business matters af- | fecting Russian trade tv thix coun- (ry were discussed, Mr. Schley said | the meeting being held ouly for the| purpose of awarding prizes to Amer- | fcan automobile manufacturers | Mr. Ziev, when asked to comment. | said: “As I was only a guest, naturally I am not In a pusition to say any- | thing. Any statement must cowe| from Mr. Schley. Newspaper Men Sentenced. NAPLES, Italy, December 12 (#). Paolo Scarfoglin, proprietor of the newspaper Mattino, and Luigi_Am- brosini, reporter for the Turin stampa, were condemned today {an arm: 1 similarly | vork | have put into a The vessel had no radio| BOWLES NEW MEMBER OF DISTRICT COMMITTEE FROM THE LOWER HOUSE (Continued from First Be.) fathered by Fitzgerald of Ohio ures were in a locked-horn co all during the Sixty-eighth ( and indications are that the fight as which policy—state insuran sel or private insurance—will win out 11 continue to bother the District com mittee for some time. Three other candidates for trict committee alsc for assignment by conference terday, and will be announced officially tomorrow. They are Representative rank R. Reid of llinois. who has heen counsel for Col. William Mitchell Representative Frank L. Bo of West \irginta and Represe Robert G. Houston of Delaware 1t is understood that very impor action was taken hy the subc of the committee on committees in fol lowing out the policy of those who had trained with the gressive’' group. Representative rian Lampert of Wisconsin, who would have been ranking Republican member »n the House District committee, and who at one time was expected 10 be chairman in this Congress, was drop ped to the very bottom of the list of Republican members. Representa tive Oscar E. Keller of Minnesota, who ranked next helow Mr. Lamy was demoted. it fx understood One report from the subcommities was that both Mr. Lampert and Mr Keller had been taken off the District committee entirely his will mean with Mr. also off the committee, that gerald of Ohio will be the r publican next to the chairman. There has been some talk of Mr. Fitzgerald also retiring from the District com mittee, bec: he is to be chairmin of the committee on revision of the statutes. Mr. Fitzgerald, who was 1e cently severely injured in an wutono bile accident, has notitied his office that he will reach Washington morrow. The personnel of mittee as It now up is: Repub- Heans—Zihlman, Maryland: Fi erald, Ohio: McLeod, Michigan: Gibson, Ver mont; Beers, Pennsyivania; Rathbone illinois; StalKer. New York: Reid. 1 nois: Bowles, Massachusetts: Bowman West Virginia; Houston Delawa Keller, Minnesota, and Lampert, Wis consin, Democrats Suilivan Blanton, Texas: Gilbert, tucky: Hammer orth Carolina Kunz, Illineis; Gasque, South Caro lino: Mrs. Norton. New Jersey; Little nsas. and Whitehead, Virginia. YACHT IS MISSING. No Word Heard From Miramar Since Nov. 30—Had No Radio. NEW YORK, December 12 (#), M. Statler's steel yacht. the Miram has not heen heard from since No vember 30, when it was en route from Charleston, S. C., to Miami, Fla., it was learned today when representa tives of Mr. Statler communicated with officials at the burge office. Capt Thomas Barvington and the crew of 11 men were uboard the Miramar Coust guardsmen said they heurd nothing from the yacht. They expressed the belief thul the boat was caught in the storm which swept the coast last week, and thut they cove for additional tepresentative R These two meas the Dis were appre T tative Tnderhill Mr. Fitz nking Re- the District com had supplies. equipment. Kipling Still Gaining. BURWASH, England, (#).—Lord Dawson. physician December 12 to prove. { mittee demoting | New | Ken- | | B the to | King, visited Rudyard Kipling tonight seven months’ imprisonment and fined | After his departure a bulletin was is 500 lire each for slandering the Ital- | sued that Kipling continued to im HOPLIFTERS FACE DETERMINED DRIVE 34 Arrests Already Made by Police in Effort to tect Stores. Pro- ] | \ | r l With indieations pointing | shoplifting season and with already made by 1he shopiif {under Detective Edward tioned at various depa {and other centers of Christm |ing. police annnunced | stringent campalen |rated during the | disconrage sh possihla Inspector . L. Grant anno yesterday that the highest po: | collateral would he requested an every effort { relentless pros | detectea “This shop! tor « to do every At ng nrad fhie pust wo he made fting hing has got | in our powe wo nclined. i | this pernicious vear and | b highest possible collatera n [ each ofre nd | speeaily presented 1 Squad Constantly th Shifting | potice | various stores |any pract stores | The | Gunne police from 8 $50 At ot 1 g Had Brass Knuckles. thosn the shopli cquad o ints of womer . One person arrested for ir ition was found: to e a pa knuckles on-his person was charged with carrying con Weapons of the suspects arrested wers witt v and the re. Il charged with j charged worth of val! as the res of dollars’ ered In wh recov sts were teer ging i arrestad ge from 58 white wom. ng those ar- bovs, ene 8 Amol ed |a ADRIFT NINE DAYS, CREW OF 22 RESCUED With Only a Week's Provisions They Are Picked Up in Gulf by U. S. Cutter. By the A TAMP. men ahoard who had been nine da ovistons for today hy the uard entt the G with veek's most only a United The ! heen founa aho half north of The Tallape serch and b ysa of the from t ember 4 wh Altamaha _with | from Mobile the sinkin here. Word brought t men of reported )t the ( they had dec ined MINTS MILLION IN GOLD. Denver M= Institution Supply of Quarter DENVER e United d the minting 50 gold pieces Coinage of the quarter eagles to the annual s souvenirs and Eagles Colo 7. here Decen Mint superintendent ¢ the mint. said Auto Racer Files in Bankruptcy. o voluntary pe in Federal Court tition, an_individu sels at $3.670 und his $20.659. The uther petl | Fengler, Inc., filed j and liabilities at $9,686 | == — — | November Circulation [Daily ... 97,689 Sunday . . 107,205 “trict of Columma, e D P TEMING "NEWROLD, Rusirass ot THE EVENING and SCNDAY Goss. golemnly gwear fhat the a fer of ‘eopes of the papers named Bfstributed during the month of N | A0 1925, Was ae follows: today 1 one ion Hatla us ussets $5,4 Manaze TAR num d and ovember. = Find'n—xg Speciz’ Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. December 12.—What the moon does for the farmer in the matter of crops of the field it can do for the city man's hirsute crop, according to Theodore H. Morgan, a customs inspector in the Federal service here. Mr, Morgan denies he is supersti- tious, in spite of years spent at sea, and bases his conclusions on scieatific research, which he says proves the moon has great influence on all grow baldness approached and all seemed lost, Mr. Morgan decided to glve. the moon a trial. On the premise that his hair was a growing thing, he evolved the idea of having it cut only when the moon was full. The effect was remarkable, Mr. Morgan asserts. His hair took on new life, and In a short time baldhess was definitely forestalled. ing things, as well as the tides. When | Before the experiment. much of the cutting had been done when the moon Full Moon a Cure for Baldness, Men Cut Hair by Consulting Almanac was on the wane, and therein lay the trouble, he firmly believes. There were a number of skeptics in | Officer his office, including Custom: Jumes T. Wells, who xits across the desk from Mr. Morgan. Some time ugo the “halr falling” process started in for Mr. Wells. e looked with envy on the luxurious, curling locks of Mr. Morgan and asked him how it was done. Mr. Morgan told him. Today Mr. Wells can run his fingers through a crop as luxurious as that of Mr. Morgan, and all because he now consults the almanac before vis- iting a barber. Unless the moon is just right, he lets it grow, he says. John Rogers, another customs of- ficer, also is a convert. So is A. K. Steiner. Both claim they have w off the day of baldness by the simple process of cutting their hair when the moon = right. *‘Be sure the almanac shows a full moon-and then go ahead,” Mr. Morgan Y ded | Dars Zoamme et | 93291 1017318 - 2488414 adjustments. .. .. 46,189 Less | Total daily net circulation Total uverage net paid circalation Ditiy averaxe number of coples for sivice, ete s Dally aversxe uet circulation 97.08 SUNDAY, Copies. Dass, pios 1031505 v mene lg,” 103862 26 LI 10910 110,393 — 544,335 .308 536,027 106,583 Days Fia 8 e Less adjustments.......... culation 2 Sunday eireuls- Averuge net paid tion Average fce. ete. niber copies for se Average Sunday net circulation.. FLEMING NEWBOL Business Manager, Suheerihed and sworn to_befors ms this 7Tth day of December_ A D. 182 (Seal.) E"""!&..I."%