Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1926, Page 4

Y BANKERS' DINNER /ENDS CONVENTION Financiers Find Themselves Pictured in Cartoons and Verse Book. WARD C. STONE. respondent of The Star. | HOT SPRINGS, Va., June 19 Washington bankers appeared in new light here tonight when about 30 | of the leading financial men of the National Capital found themselves | appearing In cartoons and on the | waving >ure screen in connection with the annual family dinner of the | District of Columbia Bankers' Asso. | ciation. An unexpected feature of | the dinner program was the appear ance of a neat booklet entitled “Un divided Prophets,” the contents of which kept the 230 delegates and) guests in uproarous laughter through out_the evening. i The booklet announced that the| cartoons were drawn by Clifford K Berryman, that the verses under each picture were written by Father Goose and thyt the ink was furnished by Frank . Hogan. Investigation re- vealed that Father Goose was none other than Thomas W. Brahany. a | member of the entertainment commit- tee, he having done his work without | rhyme or reason. The unveiling of the pictures in the Homestend Hotel, together with the art and literature | that accompanied them, made the din. | ner unique. Addison Shown Hunting. One of the cartoons was that of | Francis G. Addison, jr.. the associa- | tion's vetiring president. It showed | Mr. Addison out after big game. as! he Is said to hold an enviable repu tion as amunter. Howard Moran, the | newly elected president, appeared in a caricature which showed the prop- osition he is up against in trying to| £ill the delicate shoes of Mr. Addison. | W. W. Spald, first vice president of | the association, was caught in a spe- | 1al pose while climbing up on a| stand to get a look at the ticker tape. | It was more of an athletic pose than Mr. Spaid strikes when he is playing golf. Robert V. secretary of the past vear witty_ thrust and the lime has a h Fleming, who has been the association during came in for some very by both the cartoonist ¢ writer. Mr. Fleming r forshead than he had back in his school days. In fact, it extends some distance under his hat, according to the drawing, which goes on to show what time the barber has in keeping him neat and | . | m:mm-x Gatley, who has served| efficiently as treasurer of the| ociation during the year, st of candi- | ve Bankers' A was not left out of the dates for the Hall of Fame. He is/ pictured having a chat with President Coolidge on the subject of economy,| AL the same time holding on des-| perately to a bag of the association’s| funds. | John Poole as Elevator Boy. | Charles J. Bell appears next in the| book. He is surrounded by such a| host of employes that just Keepin; track of them, and what they are doing, forces him to keep constantly at work. John Poole appears in the garb of an elevator boy, the ingle| under the cartoon being a very clever| take-off on the Federal-American| Rank's new elevated bunking room the customers being told that they can always get a “lift Lanier P.| MecLachlen, who did tuch fine work | as chalrman of the program commit is shown to the public in a very| steh outfit, in which he can ie Highland fiing or the| Victor B. Deyber, former Association ‘ ut in the booklet as the Seventh street as he goes to and from the office of the Second National B that thoroughfare Harry V. s and Ben Bowles stand out ame page. Th are picture popular restaurant managers, the lines under the pictures | that “when Greek meets Greek open a lunchroom.” The twol| al Georgetown bankers are shown very loving pose. One of the| artoons is that of Robert which presents the bank pre: ident standing at the entrance to the proposed shenandoah National Park. He is q d as saying, “After seeing this pa the great Wash ington Audito: Edward J. Me-| Quade is carrying his recently award. ed law diploma, the same being about | the size of a girder in a 2-story sk scraper. The lines under the cartoon state that the sheep which Littie Bo| Peep lost were used to make sheep- skins for his diplomas. The informa- tion is also volunteered that Mr. Al Quade will also be graduated from the | Georgetown Dental School in 1927. | Take Off on Hotel Chairman. | John M. Riordon, c rman of the hotel committee, stands out in the book as a porter bowed down with the other hankers’ baggage and look- Ing forward to next year when some | other member will be burdened with | the same strenuous dutles. . K. | Pope comes in for some clever jibes on his_golf-plaving ability; then comes John I Waller, who is not hamed to let everybody om this | know that he comes from | Towa where the tall corn grows.| John Leonard is included Lecause he as been so faithful in his conven- fon attendance. while Peter A. Drury, head of the Merchants Bank | and Trust Co., sits eating a piece of | “branch bank pie” at the same time | expressing his love for it | The delegates got one of their best | laughs over the cartoon of L. Slaughter. The artist pictures him on top of the Commercial National | Bank looking down on the new | Federal-American Bank across the | street. He s gazing at it through a | very large telescope. “What is that | speck in the distance?” he s he talks himseli. Then FEzra Gould, vete < president. | Ye is in tennis * Time | comes along and is high | time he fook Nay. nay, not yet,” Mr. Gould exclaims, refus ing to leave the urts. Maurice Otterback is seen ringing a bell and carrying a sign whick says Just wait till Anacostia Park opens and watch my bank grow.” The next is on Edson B. Olds, vice president | and treasurer of the Union Trus | Julius 1. Peyser, Joseph Sch and John B. L “get theirs.” George O. Walson is shown hauling | fish out of South River. Jashua Evans appears in the role of W. J. Waller carries off the pr Beau Brummel and George O. rivals the others in a humorous make- 1p as a hunte o other zood pic- | tures are those of Fred MacKenzle, | i | th i nank director and laundry proprietor, and George J. Seay. head of the Rich- mond Reserve Bank. The humor is concluded splendid toon of 1 fean of Washington's fi es his Winters <hows him down among the Florida palms, viewing real estate signs on house lots and at the same | time expressing wonder and amaze- ment over the prices. “Never thought I'd live to see Florida swamps selling at $60,000 per square,” “Pop” says to | himself. { Members Get Cups. | W. W. Spaid was toastmaster, and | the presentation of cups brought tre- mendous applause. Other presenta- with a :| pledge. | party, for in these premises there is | gross went to Herbert Shannon. ¢, [low gro | was won by Stanley Carr, who de- | services rendered the bankers' organi- | tion. 'THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JUNE 20, 1926—PART 1. CARTOONS DEPICT D. C. BANKERS IN VARIOUS ROLES. to hunting; Howard Moran, climbed to first vice president, Below, left to right—Robert V. Fleming, another associatlon officer, barbers, but doesn't split hairs in s financial transaction; Albert S. Gatley, retiring treasurer, caution from President Coolidge, and 1. A. (“Pop” at what he found in Florida. 'l"pwr. left to right—Francis G. Addison, jr., concludes his duties as head of the Bankers’ ewly elected president, makes an Important discovery; W. W. Spaid, who has also climbs up to see what the stock ticker says. does what he can to make it easy for the THREATENS SENATORS OPPOSED TO HAUGEN BILL FUNDAMENTALS Chairman of Corn Belt Comnittee Says Farmers Will Try to Defeat Men of Either Part Voting Against Measure. By the Associated Press. A bristling warning to opponents of the Haugen farm relief measure, de- claring the farm organizations wanted the fundamentals of that bill or noth ing, was lssued here last night by Wilifam Hirth of Columbia, ¥o., chair- man of the corn belt committee, who said both Democrats and Republicans in Congress who vote against agricul- ture would have the opportunity to ex- plain_to their constituegts in future elect{ons. “The cold-hblooded purpose back of Secretary Mellon's recent attack upon | the Haugen bill is to industrialize America at the expense of agricul- ture,” he said, “and if this brings about o bitter class struggle in a na- tion which has always been dedicated to the principle of ‘equal rights to all and special privileges to none,’ the blood will not be on the farmers hands. Mr. Coolidge was elected upon a platform which contained a solemn pledge to give agriculture equality with other industry and it will not be the fault of the farm organizations of the country if they do not consign to private life every Republican mem- ber of Congress who may violate that And in this hewing to thel line we will not overlook those who profess to be friends of the farmer but who upon one pretext or another vote against the only measure that promises genuine relief. Political Moves Discounted. “In the meantime, the apparent willingness of certain Democratic lead- ers to coin the present agonies of th farmer into political advantage W avail them nothing. The Democratic platform contains a stmxgh([fr:;;i:h‘e Shoulder pledge for an export corpora i commission to handle the surplus problem, and this pledge must be redeemed before the Democratic party will have any claims upon the farmer. In other words, the old axiom that he who invokes equity must come into court with clean hands applies in this instance. Furthermore, we de- sire to remind these Democr: ers that should the heartless matum of Secretary Mellon drive the farmers of the country into a Nation- wide revolt against the protective sys tem, this does not necessarily mean that they must seek to accomplish these ends through the Democratic more than one road that leads to Rome. “The situation from the standpoint of both parties was admirably put up by Senator Caraway (Democrat), \rkansas, the other day, when he aid that in the coming showdown in the Senate the farmers expect prac- tcally every vote from the industrial States to be cast against them, while, on the other hand, they expect every vote from the agricultural States to be cast for them. And the members of Congress from an agricultural State who vote against agriculture in the darkest hour it has ever known will have an opportunity to explain their action to the farmers of their State in the coming election or at some future election—for when it is zll over, and regardiess of whether we win or lose, the story of the recent struggle of 1griculture in the Sixty-ninth Congress will be placed before every farmer in the United States, with the sugges- tion that from this time forward they stand by their friends without the slightest regard as to whether they are Democrats or Republicans. “As to the constitutional objectors, tions to members and guests were equally interesting. The Hibbs gold cup was won by Charles H. Doing with a low score of 79. The low gross prize went to A. B. Leet, second low net to B. E. Hinton and third low net to Robert V. Fleming. Mrs. Charles B. Lyddance won the ladies’ putting contest for the John Poole trophy, while Mrs. Herbert T. Shannon took the consolation prize. The Herbert T. Shannon cup was won by Charles P. Shaeffer. Low Sec- nd low net ended in a tie between jeorge H. Keesee and 1. E. Shoe. maker. When the tie is played off the loser will take third prize. The McLachlen cup was captured by H. G. Hoskinson, low gross was taken by J. F. M. Bowie. Second low gross by C. T. Claggett and third s, A. M. Nevius. Carr Gets Jennings Trophy The Coleman Jennings tennis cup feated Carl Morgan in the finals to- day. He lost the first set 7 to 5, took the second 8 to 6 and the third 6to1. At the close of the business session at noon the resolutions reported by Charles J. Bell, chairman of the com mittee, were largely in appreciation nf‘ rtion in connection with the conven. | Separate resolutions were of-| fered expressing the regret of the as- ociation at the defth of Boyd Taylor ice president of the Washington Loan and Trust Co.; Somerset Walters,| president of the Seventh Street Sav- ings Bank: Frank A. Munsey, presi dent of the Munsey Trust Co.; Ben- jamin W, Guy, vice president of the Columbia National Bank, and Milton 1. Afles, president of Riggs Nationa) Bank. when great lawyers like Senator Hiram Johnson. Senator Cumnins, Senator McNary and others believe that the Haugen bill can pass muster on this score, it seems to us that Sen ators from agricultural States might walve their doubts and let the courts settle the matter. “In this connection it s also perti- nent to remark that certain eminent constitutional objectors to the Haugen bill have made no effort to help per- fect a more worthy measure and, therefore, we cannot escape the conviction that their constitutional qualms are pretty much a case of where the wish s father to the thought “Finally, speaking as the chairman of the corn belt committee, I want to say that the Tincher (credit) bill or any similar effort to dodge the real issue of the surplus and thus save the political faces of members of Con- gress will not be tolerated by the farm organizations in all sections of the United States—we-want the funda. mentals of the Haugen bill or noth- Ing.” SENATE SIDESTEPS VOTE ON FARM BILL, REFUSING TO FIX DATE __(Continued from First Page.) ng under restricted debate, the bars were raised for the veteran lowa Senator and he was given unlimited time. He warned the Republicans that if it was sound Republican doc- trine to force farmers to sell their products in this country at world prices, the tariff-protected manu- facturers soon would find themselves selling their goods at world prices. “If you defeat this bill on the ground that the farmer must sell his products as cheaply at home as abroad,” he added, “the whole policy of protection is doomed to extinc- tion.” Discussing the constitutionalily ofy the measure, he declared Congress had just as much right to regulate the price of commodities as it did to regulate rallroad rates. “There has been no success in chal- lenging the constitutionality of anti- trust legislation,” he asserted, “and if Congress has the constitutional right to legislate to keep prices down it must necessarily follow that it has, in its wisdom. power to legislate to put prices up." Might Remedy Defects. “There might be some question as to the constitutionality of the equaliza- tion fee provision,” Senator Cummins added, “but that could be fixed by amendment.” He appealed to Senators to support the bill if they believed it would contribute to the welfare of the people generaily and the farmers par- ticularly, and not to be “frightened or terrorized by allegations that it was not within our constitutional power.” Senator Bruce went back to the cam- paign of 1924 in his argument, declar- ing the bill was a part of the same fallacy that had caused the defeat of John W. Davls, because Gov. Bryan of Nebraska had been put on the Demo- cratic ticket as his running mate. “Bryan’s name always had been an evil genlus to the Democratic party,” he declared. ““Had it not been for Bryanism in 1924 the Democrats would have won.” He admonished the Western farmers to stop their complaint, hitch up their belt and manfully work out their prob- lems without coming to Congress with every adversity. CHURCHILL RAPS RUSS!A. English Leader Uses Strong Lan- guage About “Red Gold.” LONDON, June 19 (#).—At a po- litical meeting in London tonight Win- ston Churchill, .chancellor of the ex- chequer, in the course of a strong attack on Russia in connection with the “red gold” agitation, warned peo- ple who lend money to Russia that they inust understand that under no elrcumstances would the British treasury accept any responsibllity if they were defrauded. His agvice to traders was to make certain that they received the money or equivalent security before their goods left ngland. WHITTEMORE DATE SET. BALTIMORE, June 19 (#).—Argu- ments on the appeal of Richard Reese Whittemore from a conviction of first degree murder will be heard by the Court of Appeals on June 28, Chief Judge Carroll L. Bond announced to- day. Whittemore, head of New ork's “million-dollar crime trust,” was found guilty here several weeks ago of fatally injuring a guard in effecting his escape from the Mary- land penitentiary in 1925. Execution of the death sentence is automatically deferred pending the appellate court’s decision. | amounting, [} ssociation and goes back gets a word of Fleming, veteran financial writer, shows some amazement FISHER IS CALLED WITH BEIDLEMAN IN CAMPAIGN PROBE (Continued from First Page.) supported Gov. Pinchot, and Mrs. Maud Seymour, vice president of the same organization, who broke away and supported Pepper, will be heard, and also Mrs. Leah Cobb Marion of Emporium, Pa. The committee will seek to learn from the W. C. T. U. witnesses what became of a fund raised to help pro- hibition enforcement in Pennsylvania, it has been claimed, to $250,000. The W. C. T. U. took the lead in the movement for raising this fund after the State Leglslature in 1923 had refused to grant an oppro- priation asked by Gov. Pinchot to aid in the better enforcement of the pro- hibition laws. The committee wants to know what became of this fund and if any of it found its way into the campaign or campaigns of any of the candidates for office. The committee expects to put on the stand Thomas 'W. Cunningham, clerk of the court of quarter sessions in Philadelphia County. Mr. Cunning- ham is said to have contributed $50,- 000 to the Vare campaign fund. He is an old Penrose boss in the tenth ward. Representative John M. Morin, who was the Vare manager in Pittsburgh, has yet to be heard by the committee. He has been invited by the committee to appear before it Since the primaries were held in Pennsylvania there has been a getting together of the Mellon-Grundy-Fisher forces with those of the Vare-Beidle- man group. At a recent meeting of the Republican State committee, W. L. Mellon, nephew of Secretary Mel- lon, was elected chairman of the com mittee, and Harry Baker, who had been chairman and who had support- ed Beldleman and Vare, was given back the job he held before he be- came chairman on the death of the late Senator Crowe. Members of the committee have wondered whether this renewed harmony Is making it difficult for the commlittee to obtain the fullest kind of information regard- ing the recent campaign and primary election. F When Mr. Vare was on the stand he testifled that he indorsed a note of Albert M. Greenfleld's for $100,000 50 that Mr. Greenfleld could make an additional contribution to the Vare campaign fund. The Vare books showed that Mr. Greenfleld had con- tributed a total of $125,000 to the cam- paign. The committee wishes to ques- tlon Mr. Greenfield about his activ- itles in the campaign.. He was before the committee earlier in the hearings but at that time the committee got the impression that he had little to do with the campaign. Armstrong Addressed Employes. Joseph Armstrong of Pittsburgh, former mayor and popularly known as “Barroom Joe" Armstrong, was a speaker at a meeting of city employes the last of April, along with Mayor Charles Kline. Mayor Kline was re. ported to have threatened the city emploves with dismissal if they did not support the Pepper-Fisher ticket. Mr. Armstrong was quoted also as demanding that the city employes get solidly back of the Pepper- Fisher ticket. Mayor Kline denied on the stand that he had made the speech as published in the Pitts. burgh Press, but while he said that he did not remember. having said & number of the things charged to him in the report, was unwilling to swear he had not. E. V. Babcock, another former mayor of Pittsburgh, was one of those who, Col. Eric Fisher Wood, chairman of the Pepper-Fisher com- mittee in 31 of the western counties, excluding Allegheny, said, had col- l[ecled subscriptions for the commit- ee. Reports Exceed $2,500,000. The Senate investigation and the reports of campalgn committees filed In Harrisburg already have indi- cated that the expenditures in the recent Pennsylvania primaries ex- ceeded $2,500,000, and it is now pre- dicted that when all the facts are known it will be shown that the expenditures ran as high as, or higher than, $3,000,000. Never before, except in a national campaign, for the election of a President, have such figures been equaled in reports of political cam- paign expenditures. In the reports of national elections, the expendi- tures reported were for the entire country and not for a single State. VARE ACCOUNT BOOSTED. Total For All Candidates Is Above $2,500,000; More Unreported. HARRISBURG, Pa., June 19 (#).— Pennsylvania’s primary campaign ex- pense account climbed above th $2,500,000 mark today as accountants followed the trail of funds through reports filled here with the State bureau of elections. The total was boosted by more than $500,000 when the expense account of the Vare-Beldleman-James-Woodward campaign committee, which conducted the successful campaign of Represen- tative Willlam S. Vare for the Re- publican senatorfal nomination, was filed. The account brought the total reported_spent for the Vare ticket to $666,612.59, without including reports from county committees. The com- mittee reported expenditures of $483,- 838 and unpaid obligations of $94,532.05. Mr. Vare's personal account pre- MACMILLAN SHIPS REACH MAINE PORT Schooners Make First Leg of Subarctic Trip, and Get Noisy Greeting. By the Associated Press. CHRISTMAS COVE, Me., June 19. —The schooners Bowdoin and Sachem were anchored here tonight after the first leg of their voyage to the sub- Arctle in quest of facts which the North has never yielded to previous conquests, The expedition, headed by Lieut. Comdr. Donald B. MacMil- lan, arrived two and a half hours after the departure from Wiscasset late today. < A fleet of pleasure craft accom- panfed the staunch little exploration schooners down the Sheepscot River and along the eoast to the destina- tion here. During the trip, salutes were recelved by the vessels from many points along the shore line, and the whistles of both schooners re- sponded to the courtesy. Houseboat Goes Part Way. In the escorting fleet was the Gad- fly, the houseboat, recently arrived from Miami, Fla., of Frederick H. Rawson of Chicago, who has financed the expedition for the Field Museum of Natural Hlllorion its dual purpose of seeking the lost Norse colony and collecting material for the museum. The Gadfly accompanied the schoon- ers as far as Southport, then swung south toward Boston. Mr. Field and Mr. Rawson, both of whose young sons are members of the MacMillan party, were unable to accompany the expedition beyond Southport be- cause the former found it necessary to return to Chicago as soon as pos- sible. When the schooners came into this harbor tonight, residents assembled at the water front and greeted them with salutes from cannon and shriek- ing of whistles. = After they were moored, the members of the party came ashore for dinner. Will Examine Norse Stone. The expedition will remain here until Monday merning, and will then proceed to Rockland and Bar Harbor before striking across the Bay of Fundy to Yarmouth, Novia Scqtia, where the “Norse Stone” will be ex- amined critically in an effort to de- termine If the Norsemen came as far south as that point, as it was thought they aid. The expedition also will put in at Sydney, Nova Scotia, before begin- ning its work along the west coast of Newfoundland, and on the coasts of Labrador, gaffinland and Green- land. The expedition sailed from Wis- casset amid a parting demonstration in which the townspeople and many visitors joined. Whistles sounded and cannon boomed as the craft, with a flotilla of smaller pleasure boats in their wake, circled the harbor and disappeared down the Sheepscot River. The sailing was preceded by exer- cises on the common, at which Comdr. MacMillan told briefly his plans. SHENANDOAH HEROES HONORED BY TABLET Rear Admiral Moffett Speaks at Lakehurst Unveiling in Memory of Victims. By the Associsted Press LAKEHURST, N. J.. June Completion of the work started by vho lost their lives in the de- struction of the naval dirigible Shen- andoah was the solemn duty of the Nation, Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, declared today at the unvelling of a memorial tablet to the 14 men. The two dirigibles to be constructed for the Navy were described im posing monuments to the victims of the disaster by the admiral, who said: “That the lives of the heroes of the Shenandcah 1 not have been in vain, it is our solemn duty to carry to completion the work which they have started. Let the Shenandoah be a milestone in the development of a new age of civilization.” The tablet was presented by the New Jersey department of the Veter- ans of Foreign Wars. Before un- veiling the tablet, Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, senior surviving officer of the Shenandoah, called the roll of the fll-fated craft. As each name of the dead was called, a wreath was placed upon the plaque by a schoolgirl. ‘g e tablet was made of metal parts of &> Shenandoah. St gty MOTHER WINS CHILD. Former Wife of James Henry Cooke Given Custody in Suit. SALT LAKE CITY, June 19 (®).— Mrs. Hilda Betty Cooke, former wife of James Henry Cooke, Toronto barris- ter, was today awarded custody of their daughter, Shirley, by a decision handed down by the Supreme Court. ‘This is believed to bring to an end litigation over the custody of the child covering a perfod of two years, and reaching from the courts of Canada and several States in this country viously filed showed $71,435.80, and the Ralph Beaver Strassburger modi- flcation committee, which was formed to ald the Vare candidacy, vesterday reported expenditures of $16,806.48. Efforts to reach an exact total of the expenses reported by committees were unsuccessful. because of the interlapping accounts of State and county commlittees. Scores of the local committees which were reported as receiving contributions have not filed any accounts. An examination of some of the county committee reports filed, how- ever, showed thousands of dollars in expenses not covered by any other reports, and, without these, a prelimi- nary total of $2,492,854.80 was reached. This figure included $1,631,242.21 re- ported by the larger committees, in- cluding the regular Republican organi- zation in Allegheny County, which suported the ticket headed by Sen- ator George Wharton Pepper, who was defeated along with Gov. Pinchot, by Representative Vare. Included $195,000 Estimate. It also included $195,000 estimated as the expenses of the Pinchot can- didacy. The Pinchot total included an estimate of the funds spent by county committees. Altogether reports have been re- ceived from Pinchot county com- mittees in 57 of the 67 countles in the State and 49 committees which backed the Pepper ticket. Vare committees in only 19 counties have reported, al- though the Vare campaign committee report today showed contributions of $231,095 to committees in 50 counties. The Vare - Beidleman - James - Woodward campaign committee re- port showed contributions of $484.- 764.72 in amounts ranging from $§10 to §85,000, the latter the amount of one of four contributions credited to Albert M. Greenfleld of Philadelphia. The other Greenfleld sums were $80,000 $10,000 and $1,000. HOW SOME BANKERS PLAY WDERWOOD A gro the Bankers' ton, Maj. Batton, B. A. Bowles, Fred Otterback. of Washington bankers in the annual top-spinning contest at | Convention at Hot Springs, Va. In the group are Richard Hat- McKenzie, Charles D. Boyer, Maurice TREASURY SRPLLS OVER SOIO0) Large Part of Exceptional Revenue Collections Due to Back Taxes. By the Associated Press. Big collections of income taxes for this quarter reported to the Treasury yesterday boosted the prospective sur- plus for this fiscal year, ending June 30, to more than $300,000,000—far be- yond the official estimate. This is the largest surplus since 1924, when the year closed with a margin of $505.000.000 and comes on | the heels of a heavy reduction in the income tax rate, which was effectiv on both quarterly payments this year. Despite the recent slash in 2 income tax collections for the June 15 instaliment already amount to more than 00,000 above last June with indications that the total will be well over the collection of $377 000,000 received at this quarterly pay- ment a year i In the face of the prosperfous con dition of the Treasury, high adminis- tration officials refused to concede today that another early tax reduc- | ton s in prospect. It will be impos- sible, they said, to gauge the real | effect of the lower rate provided by the new revenue law and of the ex- | penditures authorized for next yvear for some time. Secretary Mellon also called atten tion that more than $300,000.000 has been collected this year from back taxes, an unusual figure, he said This was attributed to a special drive by the Internal Revenue Bureau on this source of revenue. The administration has figured the | recent tax reduction would cut the | surplus for this year below $200,000.- 000, while income tax returns have exceeded those of last year under the higher rate. Receipts from the mis cellaneous tax fell considerably below last year's. Most of these taxes were { | repealed by the new revenue law. } For the first 11 months of this fis cal year, up to June 1. internal reve- nue’ collections amounted $2.331,829.- | 988, an increase of $195,481,478 over this period last Of this increase income tax receipts accounted for $141,917,165. Receipts from individual and part- nership returns in May showed an in crease of $13,751,413 ofer May, 1925, but corporation tax 'collections for May amounted to $22,009,238, or a decrease of $: from Jast May. GERMANY FACING " TEST IN VOTE TODAY ON CONFISCATION and its younger elements als open revolt against the party’s erans, led by Chancellor Marx, and against the official attitude of the Catholic Church as enunciated in pul- pits throughout Germany. There is considerable confusion of opinion over the question of non-vot- Ing, which has been cglled a violation of the secrecy of thé ballot in that voters who absent themseives from the polls may be exposed to meddle- some spying. The assumption is that non-voters wi'l be suspected of giving the former German rulers negative support. Political speculators tonight admit that they are unable to see how the measure will find support among the 7,500,000 voters who must cast their ballots in its favor, in addition to-the 12,500,000 who registered in the initia- tive last March. | The strength’of Soclalists, Commun- | ists and their trade-union following is placed at the 12,500,000 mark as a maximum. The remaining votes to fill in the 20,000,000 ayes needed to pass the measure congequently must come from the liberal parties or from the stay-at-homes. In the presiden- tial election of 19: 9,000,000 voters failed to cast their ballots, of the 39,400,000 qualified electors only §0,- 400,000 being accounted for in the returns. The polls will open at 9 o'clock in the morning and will close at 6 p.m., when the huge task of counting the ballots will begin. The largest vote in favor of the measure is expected to come from Berlin, where half of the 3,000,000 qualified voters entered their names in its favor in the preliminary plebiscite. Dr. Stresemann, the foreign minis- ter, believes that 16,000,000 or 17, 000,000 votes will be cast in favor of confiscation, but that the needed 20,- 000,000 will not be produced. Ie de- seribed as ridiculous assertions that the plebiscite was really tantamount to a vote for a republic or a monarchy. Delta Theta Tau Picks Officers. CINCINNATT, Ohio, June 19 (#).— Delta Theta Tau closed its national convention here today, electing Miss Beryl Chair of Green Castle, Ind.,| grand president; Miss Hazel Vinne- dege, Marion, Ind., grand vice presi- dent; Miss Roberta Scott, Muncie, Ind., grand inspector, and Miss Leona Kite, Urbana, Il., grand editor of the sorority publication. The next conven- tion wil be held in Terre Haute, Ind. TENNESSEE FIGHT ROUSES SENATORS Resent Reopening of Squab- ble in Charges Involving A. V. McLane. e Presa. litical squabble in Ten ne: charges that United States Attor A. V. McLane Nashville had purloined from the mails a letter written by Lee Brock, district collector of internal revenue, was aired yesterda. committee which decided subsequent- McLane's renomination should approved the testimony veered toward al of Republican factional fights in that State, Chairman Means, Re publican, of Colorado declared, “I am not going into another political squab ble in Tenn®ssee,” adding that he had had” “‘experience with one squabble there, and we do not want any more of that The charges hinged upon a letter written by Brock on last April 23 to C. H. Huston, former Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce, advocating opp sition to the reappointment of M Lane The letter came Into McLane's pos session_because it was stolen, Broc contended inst the attorney's dec laraf it had been misdirectic By the Associ: Another e,” fnvolvin 1ddressed to him through The attor exhibited dressed to him which he said had contained the letter, in inswer to Brock's charges that a little clerk down in the post office stealing my mail.”" McLane's imony was corroborated by two deputy United States marshals sald they had been present when the letter was opened. In the midst of Brock's testimony, enator Ashurst, Democrat, of Ari- na declared that “in Ari: would not take away the cha a yellow dog on this evidence, hypo thetical as it is." Brock’s testimony was interrupted frequently by questions from Senators Tyson and McKellar, Democrats, of 1 ee and Representative J. Will r. Republican, of Tennessee, who favor McLane's reappointment McLane testified also that he had ters written by signed “Sally nny or something else.’ L Wol handwriting and telling of “what a delightful time. we had the night before.” These were mailed. he testified. so they would reach his home when he was at the of. fice and only Mrs. McLane was at home to receive them. PRIZE BEAUTY WEDS. Girl Selected as Miss Philadelphia Bride of Youth, 20. Special Dispateh to The Star. HADDONFIELD, N. J.. June 19 Word was received today by the fam- ily of Ormonde W. Downs that he had eloped to Elkton, Md.. with Miss An- nette M. Jackson, 18, of West Philadel- phid, who was Miss Philadelphia in the Atlantic City beauty pageant last year. Dow: is 20. He was graduated from Haddonfield High School in 1924, For the last month he has been employed as an orchestra drummer in an Atlan tie City cafe. L g 76 Steamers Depart in Day. NEW YORK, June 19 (#)—A rec- ord number of 76_steamers departed today from New York harbor. The previous greatest one-day total, ac- cording to available records, was 68 on April 5. | tryin Ho ! judiciary sue with counsel fo ! Intere \WAVE OF RELEASES of before a Senate sub- | on that the envelope containing there | who | political enemies, | RANKIN HITS BACK IN FENNING CASE Asserts Statements Set Forth in His Brief Are Borne ' Out by Record. With o ch side of the in the fight evi et word to idiciary before dec charges i smmittee rec ment sioner Fredert ative J. | <ippi yesterd: m, resen Chatrman committes letter to law points Mr. R: committee for * writing a letter pears to be committee by K for the defense ning." “T am willing to concede.’ “for the sake of t that Hogan won the war to call your attention to th the statements set ir are fully sul lin these i He ch “smoke tion of nkin ks the pardon of the aking the libe letter nk J counse says, this attack screen’” to divert the the committee from the “that Fenning is itting hi by offering to part « money unlawfully taken from I ne wards. The ietter then sumn case of the United States {son, in which a ad convicted of embezz |thority for the contentior ltent to defraud s not nee |prove embezzlement. Another « similarly cited by Mr. Rankin to |the same thing. He then ¢ |decision of the court in the the United States vs. claring: “To wrongfully money is an act in its and the statement of the Imports the evil intent The letter concludes by auoting t subcommittee of the House District committee in its report the f ommittee declaring that t tinuance in office of Comn Fenning is incompatible with 1s of the District AT ST. ELIZABETH'S DECLARED MENACE (Continued from First Page) trial under the circum Sfforts to get thase Congress ta without jury stances outlined reforms” through | have failed Officlals at the hospital opinion that som who sign y tions for h: 2 action are not aware of the exact r ture of the proceeding upon wh they e entering. Indlcative « they point out, is the fact th of the applicants, when brou; court by Dr. White in resy court summons, requeste | cases be abandoned and permitted to remain at beth’s. The court had no cour to quash the proceedings men now are ba A third appli court, is said later his mind about heir have returned to the insti request that he be readmitted not “be done in view of rt's order 457 Not Committed, A wide fleld f ther encroacl |ment of the habeas corpus “wave exists at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, u der present conditio According a statement made at the Fenning hearings by Maj. Davis G. A guardianship ofiicer for the Veterans Bureau, there are 457 patients now at that institution who were not com mitted by civil juries; and therefore subject to habeas corpus proceedings in_their behalf. In view of this state of affairs the Veterans' Bureau has just announced |its intention of having all such cases adjudicated in civil courts, on the initiative of the bureau. But if this step were carried out at once on wholesale basis. the courts of the country would be overflowing witl Veterans' Bureau cases awaiting ac tion, it is said. ition w This the FIVE AREVSENTENCED ON CHARGE OF DRY PLOT Given Terms of Four to Eighteen Months and Fined—Accused of * Whisky Theft. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Five alleged members Squibb whisky theft pl enced by Federal Judge Baltzell here tod Bruce Osthimer, a delicatessen oper ator, received a sentence of 18 in the Leavenworth Feder: tiary and was fined § Ewing, a nesro tailor, same sentence Willlam H. Marshall was sentenced to a year and a day In Leavenwort} and fined §1.500. Joe Shores m spend four months in the Marion County Jail and v ned § Lander Dearson recetved four mon in the county jail and a fine of $1 Marshall, Shores and Dear negroes, were emploves in the Federal Bulflding where the confiscated whisky we Robert the recelved was stored. They confessed to steal ing some of the whisky. 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