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[ * Park DEMOCRATS PLAN FURTHERTAX CUTS Senator Simmons Hints That Recent Reduction Was Political Move. hing gun In s Democratic out further tax sion of itor Sim- anking mi- of the Senate finance ed last mons nority membe: committee, in night through tional committee. Senator Simmons estimates that at the end of the ¢ nt fiseal year there will be a total surplus available of 562,000,000, He said It the overburdencd taxpavers were entitled to a reduction at the last session of Conzress because of an es- timated surplus of only ahout $300,; 000,000, w} plus in the Treast ke tion Con- ther redy at the the gross?” H The Senator asserts in his « cireumstances conne rednetion aroused suspic administration. supp cal re: ns, had de two separate reductiun for use in the bielec this ve: and a bi effective immediatel presidential campalga 1928." Senator Simmons® estimate of a to- tal surp 2,000,000 by the end of the fis e up of § nts At Political Motive. from North teme rolina certain ihe last om that the for polit- A sm cum : to become scedt Joiners. THE SUNDAY STAR, Left to right: Cuno H. Rudolph, president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbi Green, president, and Frank Morrison, secretary, of the American Federation of Labor. WASHINGTON, SPEAKERS AT CORNER STONE LAYING. City and American labor leaders attend exercises at site of new home for United Brotherhood of Carpenters and William » close of the n estimate, he ¢ Department of 000,000 of surplus last fisc says, by the approximately ¢ revenue fo Referring briefly liquidating the T amounting to about $20,000,000,000, Senator Simmons opposed the Sugges- CARPENTERS' UNION tlons toward the sinking fund would —_— {2'3,'{1?.“';:3» l‘r?i‘i,,‘.*fif{‘.,1’;.’79'}';'!1.;‘-3- & | Rucolph, Green, Morrison i and Others Speak at Ceremony Here. Sums Up Stand. Summing up his position, to tax reduction debt, Senator ongress, both s nd liguidation of the immons sald: : and not the Treasury . Department, is vested with authority | of determining and prescribing the! win b time in which the public debt shall { jabor offic be liquidated and discharged. Should | per stone for the new Congress see fit to exercise this au-ianq office building of thority and fix the time for such | Brotherhood of Carpente liquidation, as suggested, at 31 years.!org 4t Tenth and K streets the full amount thereafter recelvable | cated yesterday afternoon. from our forejgn debtors, as hereln. | Commissioner (uno $H refore indicated, could be used for|elcomed out-of-town delegat current expenditure an rthe: tax reductibne. 4 for turther | Batimor *At the last session of Congress the Democratic minority insisted that the ‘nt generation had been heav. taxed, indeed taxed to nearly equal to our present v debtedness, for the purpose of car rying on 'the war and since for in-| JWTERT JEICEN Gard wying "';1‘.:(“;""‘\!1:"{:"]"! ’u‘gf“l;"t“”’;"‘- and | that the achievements of the In ol S at the mext|,.ii,nal Brotherhood of Carpente! generation should bear a reasonable | hoa Grsical of the constructive Spirit s SO T lerizing all organized labor at atter of fairness, but S the | s % I : i i Y1 for i leonntiy Hiaroaen ire | 00 sy burden of carrying the dcbi will pro. | [ OthET Hd01 portionately diminish. o ensation “In view of all these facts and cir- | B Corrons of (his Cit cumstances, when Congress meets in | @ PUTE 3L V0 (REE 10 December the minority will demand | +1acny dolopntions. not only a sweeping rediiction, | " AL (eleEaLanY bt hat as we have given ouz forelg o Susmented by sizesble deleg ebtors 62 years in which ay o | “and Philudelp the money we loaned them, we Sive ST i the taxpayers of this country at least enie el f that time in which to liquidate S iR the indebtedness we incurred in bor- o e roney e enet e | GANADA WILL END MANY ENTER HORSES | FOR FAIRFAX SHOW ! D. C. Owners Among Those to Com- | pete for Prizes Thursday and Frid: Special Dispateh to The St FAIRF. Va., Many prominent ho: National Capital and Virginia have entered thoroughbreds in the annual irfax horse show, to be held h Thursday and Friday of next weel in conjunction with the thirteenth annual county fair, opening Wednes v for four day ancy jumpers, hunt horses from northern Virginia® stables and from fashionable ington's saddle and hunt compete in a series of coveted blue ribbe cording to anm tler M., Palmer, the show. The judging will noon at 1 o'clock larger horse pleted n ce track. The old used this year for exhibi Membe local Government nited s and Join- was dedi- Rudolph fro and Philadelphia who cam to attend the ceremc congratulating the organization on i arrangements to crect such an edif {and on the selection of this city fc | the héadquarters building. | President William Green of th American Federation of Labor deli {to this cft; y of the ot Labor; John or of the Farmers May Throw Vote to Lib- erals if Opponents Plan Tariff Raise. aber 11— St ine] iated Press ne Ontario, 1er comes and saddle Conservative opponent ud and e fifteenth superintendent of erefore, to increase his forces in Par ven members 10 give the govern- an absolute jority over the hegin each in the new Just hai to obtain fon Riding Wardman | I nent in | precarious, and while he Hazen of | clde to : hoa Ave Keve! T emier Sadc the list of ¢ the former mounts_in Rones, Mrs. Goodman. M. I3 L M - | his olic ginia Clined con man Park owners Tip Progressi or Mr. Bones' have in the last two Pa Thomas, is : | the balance of power ®how. Tel the nunority Mrs. Bark hunte the House are her raddle entry, with the Liberals sh nedinst will put be made by the Consel ough its crease the tariit. il entered Pl the Conservatives by Other W’ their legislation attractive resented in Z aving the tari of Chevy Chase suppor Chevy Chase, and 1o « Saul. Mrs. D. N irnest . Redman Stanley Green of . Virginia entrants wer would lie of a ) ments held nd suppor » saddle horse, Si med for the man will ride | Brenda, Smarty Murad, Mrs. Goodn: Mi. making to the g, the diberal leader {was to speak in Ottawa. e 11,000 COUNTY ScHoOL | =eon 0 10" T 0 ENROLLMENT EXPECTED. The campaign, which was slow developing, has grc to rival Prince Georges Reopening to Find | Best Trained Teaching Corps, me heated election: 5)\ 5 known, and from E ish Columbiato With 12 Addition®. J Special Dispateh to The Star. | the Atlantic Coast, the issues, particu larly protection, the Robb budget and inquiry are being argued on every corner. UPPER MARLBORC ber 11.—When Prince ¢ publ pected w enrolled When trouble is brewing it takes more than hot air to kill the germ ot_suspicion. Md., Septem- | ges County hools reopen Monday it is ex more than 11.060 pupils will r corps which Hotel Inn 604-010 9th St. N.W. Daily, $1.90, $1.50, $2.00 oms. SO weex 10.50 38, Shower MT. VERNON STEAMER Charles Macalester Leaves “th St. Wharf Dally 10 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. Round Trip, 85¢ Admission, 25¢ Cafe and Lunch Counter on Steamer Mt. Vernon not oo The teact s been completed is re; best triained the county To tak has ever had increased en- rollme tional teach- ers have been d, six new buildings will be occupied for the first time, /and three high schools—Oxon Hill, Bowie and Maryland Park—have been ralsed to the first group by ad-| dition of another year to their courses. Repairs have been completed, addi-| tional equipment instalied and §$15,000 | worth of text books secured. Every effort to maintain good at- | tendance is to be made. and me| ounty attendance officer already fs e on parents that | iabitual absentees will mean a sum-| moms to court for vilation of the <~hoal law ered by | CAMPAIGN MONDAY | 1. | MUSSOLINI WARNS ALL NATIONS PLOTS ON LIFE MUST END __(Continued from First Page) ent of the Communist cause, becom- ing one of the most active agitators in his region. The two hombs which he flung at Mussolini today he had retained from the days of his army service. Active Against Fascism. With the advent of fasclsm the vouth went to France, visiting Nice, Marseilles and taking part in nti-fascist actlvities. Recently, 8o story runs, he conceived the idea | of returning home and eliminating | | Mrussolinl, whom he regarded as an evil genius to his country. Not having » passport, the youns man was forced to re-enter Italy se- cretly. e says he arrived at his home last Thureday and. remained there unt!l this morning, when he red in Rome about 730 &'clock. The prisoner does not explain how | he acquired his knowledge of the premier's whual morning travel route, but he says he walked the streets until 9 o'clock, when he stationed himself near the Pla gate to await the passage of the premier's auto- mobile. When captured the prisoner was found to have only 60 lire, but he also carried an automatic pistol load- | ©d with dumdum bullets—that is, the nickel shells of the bullets had been as to cause them to expand mushroom upon hitting the Shows No Fear of Mob. @1 prisoner showed no emotion when captured, nor on the trip to the police station, when he was menaced | * the hostile crowd. He maintained | lis cool demeanor when taken to the | main prison to be questioned and | there, af ng the preliminary | questions, he calmly demanded a clg- {arette and a glass of water. |" 'The police do not belteve the pris- | oner's claim that he was alone in his | They say such is the usual| 1 made by such prisoners. They ! | believe that he was and financed by antifacist or in France, but to all queri repeats i narchist. I have no ac Ile escape of Premler voleed a demonstration of 2 Rome today, paralleled | v the Armistice day or Paris. People Show Great Fervor. Rome indulged in a demonstration | that increased in fervor all day long. | There is scarcely a window in all Rome that does not fly a flag, big or little, the tricolor for Italy or the black and gold for fasism, whereof Mussolini is the supreme and unques- tioned leader. 1 the walls, the boardings and| the pavements are covered with | osters of every size and color exhort- ng the citizens of Rome to express slief over Il Duce’s escape in 1« of thanksgiving. The narrow ots of the central part of the city seemed to be in constant flow | wiih the parades of men, women and | even children. The blaring of the hundreds of bands frequently was drowned out by the facist cheer, which has a real American college Loy punch in it. Thousands of black shirts, armed ith pistols and carrying heavy acted in a double capmcity of They led the pa- | kept on the alert | and, likew press po: rades to sur SINCE 1837 » The World's Best Piano AMPICO Immortalizes the Play- ing of the great Pianists Visitors Cordially Ivited Homer L. Kitt Co. 1330 G St. | ment life differs strongly from the last, when Miss Gibson, admitedly insane, shot at the premier. The police say the attempt this morning was patent- Iy a political crime. They say Gio- vannini came purposely from France to commit the crime. It is accepted throughout the city that the would- be assassin was backed by circles of antifascist Italians in France, The feeling against France, which at varlous times these last few y had to be quelled by Mussolini’s ad- monishing voice, again is at the bofl- ing poi The failure of France to suppress or expell these antifascist agita tors s considered by tha press and public in Ttaly as almost tacit con- sent to their “dastardly machina- tions." | Death Penalty Demaunded. sounds the keynote of feeling by demanding editorial today the immediate reinstitution of the death penalty for the would-he urging Mussolini to accept meas providing greater personal protec- tion; urging that the Italian gov immediately ask France for the extradition of the antifascist agitators. The police and military precautions against riot: and attacks on the homes of cists are elaborate. Soldiers surround the offices of all ifascist new: The placy s vily guarded is the beautifu of the sulate. the Vi academy protected. intentlon of the outbr Miss Gibson mier's life W Polish embas \the mob. L'Impero this populi in ‘its leading and con- ‘rench centers like where the Frencl located, also are well The government has no allowing a repetition of that occurred ter attempt on the pre- n the Russian and were attacked by is mines extend om_ shove the se Some Pritish coal more than four miles depth of 1,5 SPECIAL SALE iantfire at Greatly Reduced Prices We will install in your home any of the many models of the famous Humphrey Radiantfire, the new scientific heating system. Not a single good quality is sacrificed— everything but price is the same as before. Save Furnace Fire This Fall! Get instant heat at the cost of two or three cents per No ashes. of Rad hour! No bother. And these price reductions speak for themselves! Old Price $18.00 25.00 36.00 25.00 37.00 Edgar Morris Sales Co. Factory Distributors Model No. 20 25 30 31 35 1305 G St. N.W. ON DISPLAY Barber & Ross, 11th and G.Sts. NW. C. A. Muddiman Co., 709 13th St. N.W. F. M. D. C. SEPTEMBER 12, 1926—PART 1. NEW YORK REDUCES PRISON COMMUTING New Law Reaches Habitual Criminal and Results in Fewer Major Crimes. Post-Wa; By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ROME, September 11.— ducated, self gonfident, intrepid leadershipex VEW S © 11—Sing | erci€ing autocratic authority is on its sx:;‘ ‘;lmgfl)tk:f;o "efl)i‘timg}'e“!e‘lls t‘l‘\‘(‘:w"i‘” in Italy. Supreme at the hlw‘ o oiie ot ik prctuestna om0 (NS reRImenlE SEOHIEGE IECES s residents—the “commuting” Tesldells | stoaq of declining. his power during z&z:eptT::]ixl\"n";R}é 2?'{:1‘;.3;-‘-:.1«; of | the past year, according to unbiased O by vears or tHereubonty | Ore ST AR B8 R ImGiCOR AT The Baumes law, New York's mew| “jis very definiteness may be and weapon which tightens the law's lg"‘l”prohably is developing such opposition on the hardened habitual criminal,iag jnheres in the native Italian con- stopped them. hich | Viction, but thus far Premier Mus. It fne mnd Bm;:me; mx;m:‘l: o slolh\é and his party indubitably fhnm caused the mad rush of '] - th eld. They fear no attack from get into Sing Sing before July 1, when | without; their anly anxiety, if they llil{; law ‘lookhef]l‘eo:t. Ln’mnwt‘ fl“)\_;q) ‘,hla\'e nrl\y anxlefi' arises from possible ol parole privileges, g 4 8- 1 ai nsions within. (tmer‘lor sexve at least l’{_l:eflll:?\ffg“’:“Knmurfidot parties that if they be ot erm of his sentence. 12 50 | consolidated by opposition, they ten; mm;neg L{\e sel'\(?n(‘fs for old rc'?fi::-‘{ | fo drit toward internal strife. ers, and since July 1, many of | Whatever may ha & i ppen in‘the fu have been caught in the net. ture, one discerns no signs of serious cewer Major Crimes. nternal strife among the Fascists a Few J : present. Mussolini_and his ps l’rm:1 r(\um\tjwrhof mnjni'mf:";]\“ Tyi‘:‘-‘fl f\m‘e served Italy with invincible mittes n Manhal lantry d hig! igre 1 S r:‘du('ofl by almost a half since July | qu uxixe;‘," hp';‘r”hasmxl:;"ffi,"x n;\"‘i):: 5 : ancm".din[-: to the vu\h';‘ ll"r_‘flr‘;tmt’"‘ld | stir the enthusiasm of the people. Cnly zeaeca of are (hssnlt and The Ttalians, being hoth gallant and robbery were ¥, intelligent, love and intelli- against 87 for the correspondingfgence in their government. month last year. Police Commissioner > g i) McLaughlin declared the Baumes Some Liberties Curtailed. law “has teeth in it.” I 1f some of their liberties “There is no doubt that the new |tajled—as, indeed, the record shc law reaches the habitual criminal|they reascn thus: “These are unnat with a long known record,” the police | ura] times. Exceptional circums head said. *“He is the type who can- | demand exceptional method not be changed by veform, who has |peace in Europe now is not succeeded in beating the case year.dlfferent from war after vear, and become bolder as he | tempts to carry on democratic continues his carveer of crime. The!war. For the present we think law will be still more effective when | Iascism is meeting our problems as it is enforced with regularity and the | well as they can be met. If I gunman knows in advance that if he | loses its power to serve Italy, it s Is caught it means life imprisonment | {iy will lose its powers to rule I or an added sentence for using a gun. | Mussolini’s administrative achieve- without any chance to sway the court ! ments during the past few years con- with’ promises of good behavior or to |stitute the political, social and eco- beat n Stiff sentence with a plea of [nomic romance of the world. He | sulty shattered to its The district attorney’s office checl politically, soci the names of men awaiting trial or | cconomica attered. Ro! sentence who are suspected of having | threatened -~ Italian civilizat previous records. At present there|budzet was unbalanced, indu o about 1.400 names on the trial|paralyzed, the lira wa list and probably a third of these have j capital was staying police records. Under the Baumes |t€ capital was v away. w, a crimin; victed of a second | All of this ¢ , actual and threat- felony must be sentenced to a prison | oD Jlini swept from the life term not less than the longest term |{°f h a magician's wand. | nor more than twice the longest term ;T s the best in the in- pr bed upon the first conviction commercial history of For a fourth conviction of a felony, the criminal must be sentenced to life imprisonment. By Consolida‘cd Press. | ances ry was foreign domes- o last year w dustrial and Amazing Records. Amazing long-term records have heen dug up in the drive to weed out the hardened criminal. A man ed this week for burglary in |est Iills turned out to he an old o | fender who had served four pri: terms for burglary since 1910 been paroled four times, and ha lated his parole on thrée o He now faces a life term On top of all this activit the crime wave, New Yor pers have just ik on the “crook lawyer,” who is accused of blocking the path of swift ustice. They declare that | getting too much special | id and comfort from the bar” and | to the bar associations to clean situation. is consternation in New underworld. The gangster and nman are finding that the old used in evading the law have tiveness. ¢ a vetersn “Where | Security Isa to curb newsp: Surety” H MORRIS LAl Mortgages Gruaranteed by an Qutstanding Surety Co. The Morris Plan Bank, Bond Department, 1108 H St. NNW., W Please bonds with Surety No odor— New Price $15.00 20.60 30.00 22.00 32,50 Use Your Credit Pay Out of Your Income Main 1032 ALSO AT W. S. Jenks & Son, 723 7th St. N.W. Rudolph & West, 1332 New York Ave. NW. Haas, 2008 Rhode Island Avenue N.E. It belongs to the | - Ldue td ~ | money. Ny in | send me, without obligation on my Company” MUSSOLINI'S POWER GROWNG: ITALY PASSING ECONOMIC CRISIS People Found Accepting Curtailed Lib- | erties as Best Way Out of Hard Situation. the country. Not only was the budget balanced, but Italian revenue showed a surplus of 417,000,000 lire. At the |same time the internal debt was | slightly reduced and the outstanding {treasury notes were decreased. Italy’s | debts to Great Britaln and the United States were funded. thus definitely | Axing these obligations and removing a disadvantageous economic uRcer- tainty. | "New Capital Investments. New capital investments in 1925 ex- ceeded 8,000.000,000 lire, breaking all previous records. Agriculture and the major industries thrived. Iron and steel beat even their highest war record. Exports and Imports alike reached new heights. Unhapplly for Italy, an unfavorable trade balance due to partial failure of the wheat crop, with a consequent umusual requirement. for foreign wheat when world supplies were limited,'and heavy importations of in- al raw materials, depressed the ount rate was raised per cent, causing a redit stringency and high interest ates. Living costs mounted, wages vere readjusted upward. all without serious industrial disturbance and | without any but seasonal unemploy- {ment. As’ for skilled labor, there | never was enough of it. | Italy's severest handicap today the scarcity and high price of She cannot finance adequate- iy her industrial and commercial potentialities. Many bank cus| | with the hest of credit are paying 8 {ll(‘l‘ cent for their money. | Intense Struggle in 1926. Few experts anticipate duplication {in 1926 of the prosperity of 1925, but the majority belleve that Itallan in- ustry will hold its own, both at home and abroad. This will mean a struggle of grim intensity, for ths depreciated French franc helps French industry and commerce for {the present not only in forelgn | markets but in the Ttallan market | This influences Ttaly's trade balance and puts heavy pressure which to the extent of tion adds to Italy's diff- culties in purchasing foreign raw materials such as cotton, wool. pig and scrap iron, copper, lumber, hides also wheat. k test decree by Mussolini and | his et, which is regarded as | being composed of good men, is one ! providing for the possible prohibi- on its depree SAFETY You insure your life, your hou Ther not tnsure your investments” self. s You can obtain the full 6% through conservatic tected by every possible safequard. mortgag of either principal or interest by cith Company. with its morc than $32.000000 asse United States Fidelity and Guaran 000,000 assets. Denom If desired, bonds may be purchased on Mo, ferred paxments and 59 inter nents. 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While sentimentally the It view the American immigratic as they did at first—with disfavor—they _concede turned Ita thoughts awayv fron labor exportation to internal develop ment and this benefited t 3 Better Italians are going now than ever before gration restrictions urs ously. The emigrants « selected. Apparently cialdom has decided th, can cause a relaxatio lean immigration law afie it will be the high qualit Italian emigrants cross the Atlantic. (Copyright. 1626, by Chic TWO SLAIN OVER STILL. Another Shot, Three Held, in Rur Brawl at Tampa. TAMPA, Fla., September 11 (& Police reports tod: said Mam Hernandez was sk arrel witl his former partne Conetto, a gallon still, and Nepper, a p lieu Conetto to d when slsted arrest. Rene Ol was with Hernandez, was woundec Angelo Camolsi was taken in _custod as a_suspect and Antonio Paretin aad Vincenzo Campisi wers held witnesses. C. H. CLARK WILL FILED. Widow, Child;'elx Vn;ul Sister ¢ Share in Trust Fund. 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