Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1926, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers city block and the regular edi- delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Burean Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow fair with mild temperature Temperature—Highest, 54, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 33, at 7 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 No. 30,139. post office, STORY OF WONAN WITNESS ATTACKED BY HALL DEFENSE Mrs. Demarest Grilled on Henry Stevens’ Identifica- tion Day After Killings. WIDOW’S HOME LIFE DUE TO BE REVEALED TODAY Mrs. Louise Geist Deihl and Bar- bafh Tough, Former Maids, Will Take Stand for State. By the Assoclated Press. COURTHOUSE, SOMERVILL N. J., November ‘Trial of the Hall- Mills murder case was resumed today with Mrs. Mary Demarest on the w pess stand for continuation of c examination. Clarence E. Case of defense counsel fmmediately began questioning her roncerning the sto e told - day of having seen Henry Stev one of the three defendants, in New ;lrunuwlck the morning after the slay- ng of Rev. Edward Hall, New Bruns- wick church pastor, and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, choir singer in his church. Mrs. Demarest’s testimony was in- troduced by the State in anticlpation of an alibi defense for Stevens. The murders occurred not far from New Arunswick. Forgets About Automobile. Mrs. Demarest said she could not recall the description of the automo- bile In which she saw & On trial with Henry sister, Mre, Frances Stevens end his brother, Willie Stevens. are being tried on an _indictment charging them iwith murdering Mrs. Mills. With his star witnes: Gibson, probably unable weeks, Alexander Simpson prosecutor, today turned 1 rd the home life of Mrs, Hall. Pwenty witn: have laid groundwork of ate's case. Among the witnesses on today's | were two won who worked maids in the I Lome four ugo. They are Mrs. Louise Riehl and Barbara Tough Maid's Hu nd Drops Suit. prosecution wanted from them an account of what took place in the Ha)l home immediately betore the double slaying. Yesterday in Trenton. Arthur S, husband of Louise, withdrew his suit for the annulment of their marriage. It was this suit that led 1o the reopening of the case after four years. Richl charged that his wife had bech Intimate with Hail aand that she had received $5.000 10 keep silent what she knew of the murders. Mrs. Riehl denied the charces. No rcason s Mrs. Jane o testify for special the Sen the ears T E tention | i was given for the withdrawal of the | suit. Mrs. Gibson ix aut County Hospital with fection of the Kidney: tations, ph ns the Somerset an acute af After consul tid she might {Court of ‘Appeals Gran{s ! Government Motion to Dis- | Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. b WASHINGTON, D. C, VSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1926—FORTY PAGES. DRY AGENTS USE SMOKE SCREEN Nash Says'Car Was Stopped) at Point of Guns When “Fog” Blocked Road. R. L. Livingston and Raiders Forced to Quit Posts After Protest. Charles R. Nash, assistant commis- | sloner of internal revenue, was stop- ped by a group of prohibition agents while returning from a fishing trip recently and so treated by these| agents that the Treasury has not only obtained the resignation of its chief enforcement officer in Washington and dismissed three other prohibition agents, but has broadcast to agents‘ throughout the country sharp warn- | st similar tactict ned at the t the three agents discharged and Livingston intend to; ke a fight for reinstatement. patrick, one of the three agents, declared that Senator James A. Reed of Missouri will represent them in the appeal, which they will place with the Civil i Commission. As: ary of the Treasury Lincoln ¢. who refused to reveal the me of the occu- pant of the car stopped by pro- hibition agents, declared in an of- ficial statement that he was “deter- mined to make his whole fleld force realize that he means business in his policy of having the Federal -agents conduct themselves in such a way as to be an example of law observance and dignified, forceful self-respectin; law officers in their conduct of office. S dwar y Andrew: 2 Deardorf has been ap- | TO HALT REVENUE CHIEF: 4 FIRED CHARLES R. pointed acting deputy prohibition ad- ministrator in place of R. L. Living- ston whose resignation was requested following the incident. The other three agents dismissed were E. K. Fitzpatrick, Carter and Leroy Cook. The agents used an automobile with a smoke screen to block the road in a hollow near a swamp between Wal- dorf and Washington, according to the best accounts of the affair avail- able today, and Mr. Nash and his three companions were stopped. Mr. Nash when asked today it he had any statement to make in re- gard to the incident said he had no (Continued on Page 2, Column 7 WRIT OF REVIEW MAY AID SINCLAIR i | | miss Special Appeal. Unless the TUnited States Supreme | Court should grant a writ of review, | Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate of | New York, will have to stand trial the District Supreme Court on an in- Qietment charging him with contempt | of the TUnited States Senate. District Court of Appeals toda; ed a_motion of United State: ney Peyton Gordon and Speci tlee Pomerene and Owen J.| s to dismiss u special appeal 1 hud been allowed Sinclair from | tice Adolph A. Hoeh- | riet Supreme Coul grant- | Attor- | 1 At- i | overruling in part a demurrer filed to not be able to appear in court for! weeks. Bedside Hearing Refused. Prosecutor Simpson failed Thur in an 4 prosecution’s gely upon the testi- : who claims to 1ts at the scene night of niony of Mrs. Gibson have seen the defen of the crime murders, Defense attorneys have drawn from James Mills. the slain choir singer hushand, testimony that he was a shoemaker before he was sexton of Or. Nall’s church that he owned & sharp shoemaker's knife at the time of the murder. Mr. Simpson =aw In this an attempt to connect Mills with the slashed throat of his wife. Mills denied any recollection of a quarrel with lis wife because of Jealousy, and den that he had found a bundle of his wife's love notes be- fore the murde He admitted th: after the murde he sold such notes 0 a New York paper for $500. Repeats Widow's Words. Mills sald that on the ter the murder, and before i ry of the bodles, he said to Mr think they eloped”” and she answered, “God knows; I think they are dead.” Mrs. Demarest testified she had ween Ralph Gorsline, a _vestryman of Dr. Hall's church, and Mrs. Minna Clark watching Mrs. Mills and Dr. Hall in a park. NIGHT CLUB’S BOOTHS the an 0! WILL BE DOORLESS| Valencia Managers Agree to Po- lice Demand and Are Given License. lssuance of a license to Valencia, new night club at 711 Thirteenth etreet, was accorded this morning after the management of the club had removed the doors of 16 booths which fringe the dancing floor in compli- ance with the directions of Maj. Ed- win B. He: superintendent of police, who inspected the premises and then declared that he would ap- prove a permit to open if the doors were removed. The scheduled open- ing of the club last night was post- ned because the Police Department E‘;ld up the necessary license. h After recelving Maj. Hesse's ultimatum representatives of the club indicated that the doors would be removed and a short time after the departure of the inspecting party took the doors from the hinges of the booths and went ahead with plans for an opening tonight. “More light and no doors on the booths” was the way Maj. Hesse, \\"ho was accompanied by Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, summarized the situation. Holding up of the license was the | Hall, Do you | i | | to pay the | housewo 1 JERSEYMAN IS ACCUSED the indictment. 5 The special appeal was allowed in September, 1924, and was argued in he -Court of Appeals IFebruary and has since heen held under isement by that court, awaiting a decision by the United States Court in the Mal Daugher | | inquire into private finan of individual The motion of Gov- ernment counsel was based on the Walsh aet, which was passed July 3 last and which deprives the District Court of Appeals of jurisdiction to al- low special appeals in criminal cas Attorney George P. Hoover, local counsel for Mr. Sinclair, will ask the Court of Appeals to stay its mandate on the dismissal until counsel has an} opportunity to apply to the highest court in the land for a writ of review. The application, it is expected, would milar to the one flled yesterday by Sinclair for a review of the action of the Court of Appeals in dismissing a special appeal fn the oil co case. IN $100,000 GEM THEFT By the Assoclated Pres FREEHOLD, N. J., November 6.— Willlam Owens of Deal, charged with stealing diamonds valued at $100,000 from a trunk in Toledo, yesterday was remanded to jail in default of $25,000 bail to await habeas corpus proceed- ings before County Judge Jaoob Steinbach on November 12. Local authorites were informed by Philadel- pha police that a Federal warrant has been fssued in that city charging Owens with blackmail and extortion, and that he was under bail there on charges of rum running. A warrant also was filed here by United States District Attorney Fore- man and Marshal Colclough of Tren- ton charging Owens with interference with interstate commerce at Toledo. They said the gems were stolen on October 23 from & salesman through manipulation of aa baggage check, which caused diversion of the trunk from its consignee to Owens. L Insurgents Alarm Brazilians. ASCUNCION, Paraguay, November (P).—News 'reaching here from Brazilian territory is to effect that a bend of revolutionaries is marching ! on the town of Bella Vieta, Brazil. The situation is said to be serlous. Some of the people of the region are emigrating. Husbands Do Not Have to Pay Wives | lett. REFUSED $1000, MDERMOTT SAYS Prosecutor in Mellett Case Asked Him to “Tell All,” He Informs Lawyer. By the Assccix TON, Ohio, November .-, L. Mills, attorney for the three defend- ants for the murder of Don R, = . in a forn ment to the declared Pros The | Attempted to induce Patrick Eugene | McDermott, “key man’ among those indicted. to impl Louis M . his co-defendants, bur that McDermott declined. “Ten thousand dollars was offered MeDermott as « ‘reward’ if he would ‘tell all’,” Mills deciareid Criticizes Prosecution. The prosecutfon and allied juvesti- gations have followed the wrong bent from He does not belleve the alleged mur- der conspiracy was linked with a liquor conspiracy. He discounts com- pleted the alleged story of the “in- former,” Steve Kascholk, who was the first to point to McDermott, Rudner and Mazer as the murderers of Mel He belizves all “identifications” by State witnesses are cases of mis- taken identity McDermott will go on trial De- cember 6 The alleged story of the offer, Mills says was told to him by McDermott as <oon as he was allowed to talk to the attorney of his choice. Mills sald the following is McDermott's story of the incident: Contention of State. It is the State’s contentifon that Rudner and Mazer, perhaps backed by “higher ups,” emploved Kascholk and McDermott to rid Canton of Mel- lett, publisher of the Canton Daily News, who had been fighting political corruption, the underworld and illicl traffics. Kascholk declares he backed down before the plan was carried out but that he believes McDermott went through with the scheme. Evidence against the three defendants has been gleaned from scores of other Sources with Kascholk's story as the begin- ning and in the solution theory is intricately intsrwoven . big bootleg plot. Boy Sells Papers On Revenge Quest After Gold Fades By the Assoclated Press. KEWANEE, Ill, November 6.— In a threadbare suit with papers stuffed in his shoes to keep his bare feet off the cold pavement, Billy Cooper, yvoung son of John Cooper, missing bubble millionaire, yesterday sold papers whose head- lines screamed: “Millionaire Cooper Now a Bum.” The headline was over a story of a letter Cooper wrote to the Peoria Transcript relating that he was beating his way West to seek revenge against his brother, who, he alleged, fooled him about a nine million dollar inheritance in Virginia. Friends have been caring for the Cooper family, left destitute when Cooper disappeared, as the hoax ‘was exposed. For Work, Rules Minnesota Q{fiéial By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, November 6.— Married men in Minnesota don’t have salaries to their wives for rk. The State legal depart- yesult of a previous inspection of the | nent says 5o in an opinion made pub- premises by the first precinct, who stated that he felt that the booths afforded too much Capt. Thaddeus Bean of | [it"today, The ruling was in response to a query from a perturbed hquse- wife who wrote to Gov. The: o1 privacy for a hall presumed to beChristianson asking if wives didn public. C Bean joined the inspection party this morning and expressed Limself as satisfied if the changes in the booths are made. Proprietors of the club, Joseph and Christopher Borras, stated that they had never had any desire to infringe upon the law or to conduct anything but an orderly establishment, have a legal right to regular allow« ances. . “My neighbor’s hired girl can draw a salary of $60 a month with board and room free,” said the writer, whose name was withheld, “but I, as housewife, get not one cent for my own needs.” The att piied: orney ‘general's office Te- “There is no law which compels a husband to pay-4 salary to his wife for housework ‘or to make payments to her at regular intervals for any purpose. .~ “In ldw there is little basis for a compdrisen between the housewife and the housemaid. The latter is, of course, employed for wages, but such employment may be terminated at any time. The e relation, with its corresponding obligations, cannot be so easily dissolved.” The opinion pointed out, however, that the law “does impose upon the husband the obligation to support his wife in & manner suitable to their station in life—and this in- cludes a consideration of his income.” \I(-llt_‘ll.Y ite Ben Rudner and | the beginning, Mills declared. | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NINEANTIFASCISTS, FLEEING NEW LAWS, CAUGHT AT BORDER May Return Fugitives to Test Penalties Passed Guard- ing Duce. MUSSOLINI IN CONTROL OF 7 CABINET BERTHS Moderates Win Victory in Defeat of Retroactive Clause by Council. By the Associated Press. AOSTA, Italy, November 6.—Nine | well-known antl-Fascists, belleved to | have been connected with the recent ! attempt to assassinate Premier Mus- | solini in Bologna, were arrested today | as they tried to cross the frontier into Switzerland. The band left Frosinone October 28 and arrived here several days ago. They offered guides 300 lire to conduct them across the border, but the guides | demanded an additional 200 lire. This being refused them, they gave the men up to the police. The arrested men had 16,000 lire and $200. They carried no documents by which they could be identified. It is probable they will be tdken back to Bologna Musselini in Control. ROME, November Mussolinl today held | | | | 7 of the > personal control of a newl ed formidable mechanism fo protection of the Iascist regime agalnst all attacks, conspiracies and insults of its enemies. So far a8 offenses against the gov- ernment or its leader are concerned, the country was virtually under mar- tial law today. Mussolini possesses the powers of a commanderdn-chief of the army in| time of war. New courts for trial of crimes against the regime and spectal | political police force intended to watch | for plots here and abroad are both controlled by the Fascist militia. Mus- solini is doubly in command, as min- ister of the interfor and commander of the militia. Having added the ministry of the ffor to his already enormous re- ilities the premier, more deep- ‘ly entrenched in power than ever be- fore, called upon his cohorts to sup- port him In carrying into effect two of his favorite maxims—‘two eyes for one eye and for ono tooth an en- tire set of teeth,” and “the best way to defend Is to attack. Loyalty to Be Tested. The wheat among the cohorts is to be separated from the chaff, however. The grand council of the Fascist party —the supreme instrument of the re- gime, decided today to authorize Secre- tary General Turatl to carry out a systematic purging of the ranks of all members not giving absolute proof of i thelr faithfulness to ‘the original Fascist spirit.” Moreover, the Fascist ranks will not be permitted to take matters into their own hands. The council has or- dered an immediate cessation of the ! movement started at Padua and Parma to_institute specfal secret po- litical police and compile lists of en- emles of the regime for speclal sur- veillance by local blackshirts. In addition to being commander-in- chief of the militia, Mussolini now s premier, forelgn minister, minister ot interfor, minister of marine, minister of aviation and minister of labor. The national council has approved all the drastic measures which the cabinet, sitting under the presidency of Mussolini, requested. These wiil now go to the Chamber of Deputles, especlally convoked Tuesday. Retroactive Clause Beaten, They included death for attempts to injure or molest the premier or mem- bers of the royal family by word or deed, or to conspire agalnst the re- gime; heavy penalties for direct or in- direct opposition; the creation of po- litical police to watch the activities of anti-Facists at home or abroad, and suspension of licenses of all anti-Fas- clist newspapers and periodicals. Only the establishment of a retroac- tive death penalty for those responsible for previous attempts against the life of Mussolini fafled of enactment by the grand council. It is understood that Minister of Justice Rooco in- sisted that approval would be at vari- ance with all the legal tradition of Ttaly. Police dead lines similar to those used successfully in the Sicilian cam- palgn against the Black Hand will be spread throughout Italy and her col- onles as a weapon against the en- emies of the Fascist regime, accord- ing to competent political clrcles which are busy interpreting yester day’s decrees. The case of each Itallan now abroad will be examined separately to decide whether to confirm the pass- port he now holds or withdraw it. In the latter event, the holder will be forced to return to Italy or suffer heavy penalties. WEDDING GIFTS BEGIN POURING IN BRUSSELS Foreign Residents Raising Funds for Presents for Royal Couple. By the Assoclated Press. BRUSSELS, November 6. — Wed- ding presents for Crown Prince Leo- pold and his bride, Princess Astrid of Sweden, are pouring into the palace here. The foreign colonies in Bel- glum, Including American and British, have raised funds for their gifts. Na- tional subscription has reached 400, 000 francs. The organzation of Former Com- batants in the World War has pub- lished an appeal for all war veterans to participate in a public display or- ganized for the royal couple when they arrive, They are now on the way from Sweden separately after a civil ceremony. Tidal Wave Hits Italian Town. BARI, Italy, November 6 (#).—A 30-foot tidal wave swept the city to- day. A number of persons were in- jured and property was damaged heavily. Hundreds of families were driven from their homes. The wast- ern part of the city was isolated. Elsewhere boats and rafts were used to succor the homgless. | | | | i TRACTION MERGER HOPES BRIGHTEN Bell Is Elated Over Prospect of North American Com- pany’s Interest. An unexpected move by the North American Co., which has extensive | holdings in the Washington utility | corporation, to bring about a unified operation of the District’s transpor- tation systems has buoyed the hop of officials of the Public CUtilitles Commission for an early consolida- | tion. ! Engineer Commissioner J. Frank- | lin Bell, chafrman of the commission, | made no attempt to suppress his elation today over the renewed inter- est which tpe New York investment corporation has taken in the merger negotiations. The company's plans were disclosed to Commissioner Bell and other attaches of the commiswion | yesterday afternoon by John Foster Dulles, its general counsel, who came from New York for that purpose. Mr. Dulles, it was said, assired the utilities officials that his company would undertake immediately negotia- tions with the Capital Traction and the Washington Raflway and Elec- tric Cos. to bring about a merged op- eration, sanguine that some step to- ward its accomplishment would be taken before (ongress reconvenes next month. Favors Unfled Operation. The North American Co., Mr. Dulles advised Commissioner Bell, will favor unified operation even without a serv- fce-at-cost plan or a fixed valuation for the merged company—two prin- ciples which the traction companles have insisted should be embodied in any merger agreement to meet thetr approval. The question as to the legality of the North American Co.'s purchase of the capital stock of the Washington ‘Rapld Transit Co., which resulted in the commissiongsevering its official relations with the bus company, was not discussed, according to Commis- stoner Bell. The conference lasted for an hour and 15 minutes, and was attended by Maj. W. E. R. Covell, senlor assistant engineer commissioner, and William McK. Clayton, temporary legal aid to the commission. Just prior to Mr. Dulles’ appear- ance at the office of Commissioner Bell the commission made public a lotter 1t recelved from Frank L. Dame, president of the North Ameri- can Co., showing the corporation’s present holdings in the utility cor- porations of the District. The com- munication was in reply to informa- tion asked by the commission when it started an investigation of thé com- pany’s interests in the local torpora- tions. - Company’s Local. Holdings. Mr. Dame revealed that the comr pany and its agenfs now hold 48,500 shares of common and 6,300 shares of preferred steck of the Washington Railway and Electrio Co., 8,012 shares of the Capital Traction Co. and 21,207 shares of the Washington Rapid Tran- sit Co. Compared with its holdings lagt’ January, the present ownership represents an increase of 3,300 shares of the Washington Rallway and Elec- tric Co.’s preferred stock, an increase of 81 shares of the bus company’s stock and a loss of 990 shares of the Capital Traction Co.’s stock. Utllities officials point out that the North American Co. has full control of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., but it owns only about 36 per cent of the voting shares of the Wash- ington Rallway and Electric Co., and therefore cannot alone control its management. Its ownership in the Capital Traction Co. is about 40 per cent of the total stock issued. SOVIET TRAILS SEEKER OF THRONE OF RUSSIA Youth, Bearing Resemblance to Slain Czarevitch, Holds Court Among Guileless Peasants. By the Associated Press. KIEV, Russia, November 6.—Soviet police are seeking another spurious pretender to the Russian throne who turned up here In the person of a youth by the name of Nikander ov, bearing a resemblance to the slain czarevitch. % llgllnkh(:", l;;:ho evaded llhe police, old sever: ge_groups o n hat he had been saved from death by a nurse at the time of the slaying of his family. He promised the peasants large grants of land if they would support his claim to the throne. The young man offered up daily prayers and even held court, collecting money from guileless natives, mllnf them he intended to fight the bolsheviks with the support of foreign powers. ¢ Fpening Slar. * S as fast as th () Means Associated Pres HOULD BE MADE ON AND JusT AS | WAS Cow Beats Co-Eds In Popularity Vote At Ohio University By the Assoclated COLUMBUS, Ohfo, November 6. —Nominated on a ticket with 10 popular Ohio State University girls, Maudine Ormsby, thorough- brad Holstein cow, was elected “home-coming queen” for the Michigan game November 13. Maudine's vote far exceeded the total cast for the other candidates. NPADOO 1S CALLED IN"SLUSH PROBE Expected to Testify Today as Arizona Inquiry Shifts to California. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 6.— Seven prominent residents of south- ern California, including Willlam Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, were to testify when the Arizona slush fund inquiry was resumed here today. The Senate committee’s investiga- tion of charges by Ralph H. Cameron, defeated Republican senatorial candl- date from Arizona, that a fund had been created to defeat him shifted to California when Senator Willlam H. King, Democrat, of Utah, adjourned the hearing from Phoenix Thursday. The setting was transferred here to permit the taking of testimony concerning Cameron’s charges that California. money helped elect his, op- ponent, Carl Hayden. In addition to McAdoo, the witness. es were: Harry Chandler, publisher, of the Los Angeles Times; S, C. Evans of Riverside, executive sécretary of the Boulder Canyon Dam Associatiol R. H. Ballard, vice president and ge: eral manager of the Southern Califor- nia Edisen Co.; Mark Rose, director of the Imperial Valléy irrigation dt: trict; W. B. Matthews, special coun- sel for the Los Angeles Water and Power Department, and Will Irwin, a magazine writer. WAR CAMP CONTRACT -~ FIRM EXONERATED Government May Not Press Other Cases as Result of Verdict at Richmond. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., November 6.— Rinehart & Dennis, Inc., contracting firm of Charlottesville, Va., was wholly exonerated of tha charges of ‘waste, negligence, extravagance and infidelity to their contract in the building of Camp Lee, as preferred by the Federal Government, in a verdict rendered last night in the United States District Court. here. The ver- dict announced by the jury following a consultation of only three minutes was sald to have been the quickest ever given in the United States in a case of such magnitude. The collapse of the Government's allegation against Rinehart and Den- nis is expected to bear materially upon similar cases concerning canton- ment construction in the early war pe- riod, which are sald to be pending in various sections of the country. In fact, the opinion has been ex at, in consideration of the result of the suit tried here, many of the suits will not be pressed. Watch of Naval Officer, Missing 18 Years, Found From midshipman' to braided commander is generally a far cry in the Navy, but Charles C. Slay- ton’s gold watch, missing for 18 years but recently retrieved, makes the jump in one fell swoop. Slay- ton, when a middy on the gunboat Concord, lost his timeplece in Ma- nila, P. I, fn 1908. It was dis- covered by Secret Service men idling in a pawnshop there Sep- tember 22, 1926, and is being re- turned to its owner, now a com- mander and execuf officer of the cruiser Richmond. f HOUSE ELECTIONS SEEN AS REAL TEST President Holds Butler Should Stay as Chair- man of Committee. By the Associated Pres: Senator Willlam M. Butler's defeat ! Tuesday In Massachusetts at the kands of Senator David I. Walsh, Democrat, furnishes no reason for his resignation as chairman of the Re- ! publican national committee, but on the contrary should give him more time than ever for that position, in the opinion of President Coolidge. tions of members of the House of Rep- resentatives as the real test of sen- timent furnished in the elections. These, it was pointed out at the \White | House, reached into every State, while | the senatorial contests were held only in about one-third of the States. Gratifled at Majority. In his first comment upon the e tion results, he expressed gratification that the Republicans had returned a majority in the House. Regarding Senator Butler, the Presl. dent let it be known that he had not discussed with him the possibility of retirement from the committee chair- manship. The Chief Executive is in- clined, however; to the view that the Massachusetts Senator would have more time pow to devote to the com- mittee than if he had been elected. Wayne' B. Wheeler, general coun- eel of the Anti-Saloon League, entered the circle of comment with the state- ment that the elections had proved that “the party which takes a wet stand in 1928 is doomed to dfsrup- tion.” Sees Gains for Drys. Gains were registered by the days, he added, in both the referendum elec- tions and the congressional contests, and that the referenda in New York and Illinois “will have little weight.” In New York, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia Univer- sity, predicted that the Republicans would follow the Whigs into political oblivion unless they ‘“‘take the right- eous side of the great moral and po- 1itical 1ssue of prohibition,” adding his opinfon that the eighteenth amend- “remainder of the Constitution and the whole body of American tradition and principle.” In Cincinnati, Speaker Nicholas Longworth sald that the elections had returned a solid Republican ma- jority of at least 20 members to the House and that the results means his re-election as Speaker of the Sev- entieth House. T SR SINO-BELGIAN TREATY ABROGATED BY CHINA Action Follows Brussels’ Failure to Reply to Proposal for New Pact. By the Assoclated Press. PEKING, November 6.—The Chi- nese government today abrogated the Sino-Belglan treaty of 1865. This development {s the result of the failure of the Peking government to receive a reply from Belgium to a re- cent proposal that the old pact be terminated and a new one made on the basis of ‘“equality and recl- procity.” Foreign Minister Wellington Koo about six months ago gave notice that his government wished to set aside the old treaty—a pact of friend- ship, commerce, navigation and juris- diction—and to make arrangements for a modus vivendi pending forma- tion of a new one. A formal note to the Belglan gov- ernment to this effect brought no re- ply, and today’'s step is the result. COINS NEW VERDICT. “Death From Inevitable Accident” Given in Careless Road Crossing. LONDON, November 6 (#).—*Death from inevitable accident, while cros- sing the road without looking” is the new verdict Coroner Oddle of Wes minister has coined for inquests over the bodies of persons killed by auto- mobiles in the middle of streets. The coroner takes the viewpoint that a person years ago might have stepped off the sidewalk and crossed the street without looking, but that in these days of rapid transit such imprudence frequently means Radio E—.__ grams—Page 30 The President also regards the elec- | ment and Volstead act clash with the | e papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,338 TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR TAXES REBATE 0.KDATTREASURY Officials Propose, However, Credit Be Given in March, Not Cash in December. MELLON DID NOT INSPIRE WHITE HOUSE ACTION Lack of Time for Making Refund This Year and Expense of Doing It Emphasized. By the Assoclated Press. j A White House plan for a 10 1«8 cent tax refund was described at the* Treasury today as President Cool' idge's own idea, uninspired by Sec” - tary Mellon, but regarded by tu | Treasury officlals as unlikely to cause serious embarrassment to the Gov ernment's fiscal policies. At the same time it developed that it accepted by Congress the Presi dent’s proposal probably would take the form of an early Spring bouque! to the taxpayer, not a. Christmas pres ent. The Treasury thinks it would be much easier Just as satls factory to apply the deduction as s credit on the March 15 payments of 1927, and not attempt the bookkeep. ing that would be necessary to make aotual refunds during the present cal endar vear. Surprise to Officialdom. ‘Mr. Coolidge's proposal, announced 1ate yesterday by the White House spokesman, came to most of offlcial ‘Washington out of a cloudless sky Secretary Mellon has said repeatediy that it was too early to talk about | tax reduction, despite the $250,000,000 { Treasury surplus which seems to be in the offing. That attitude the Sec | retary maintained stubbornly under concerted Democratic attack durlng the congressional campai High Treasury officials s | that Mr. Mellon had not changed his i mind, and pointed out that what Mr | Coolidge advocates is not a. tax reduc | tlon, making permanent rev | the revemue schedules, but merely a charging off of th esent surplus to the credit of the taxpaver. Because of this temporary aspect of the plan, the Treasury thinks it an be carrfed out without serlous embarrassment. It does favor a post- ponement until March. however, fe ! reasons of its own. he cut, even if !dvlu)ed, would apply Just the same.to this vear's tax bill, but Instead of | meaning_actual repayments to tax | payers, it would stand on the hooks for three months as a credit. Lack of Time Cited. Congress does not meet until De cember 6, and the lust payments for this year ara due December 15. On the theory that congressional actlon would not be probable hy that date, the Treasury flgures that it may as well regard the total levies of the present year as already in the vaults, To hand part of the money back would require a lot of check-writing, and Involve an appreciable expense But to merely enter the eredits on the hooks, and let them be absorbed when March 15 Installments are due would be a simple matter. While some Democratic leaders to day were describing the President’s proposal as a political subterfuge, signed to give him a campaign for 1928, the Repubilic Congress apparently ready to fall into White House. Smoot Generally Favorable. Chafrman Smoot of the Senate finance committee, which would have charge of the question at that end of the Capitol, sald he would favor the plan if he found present business prosperity would continue during the remainder of the fiscal v e had every confidence, he sald, but thou the business outlook should be studied before there was any definite move. Last year, the Senator sald, tax re- ceipts from the last six months of the fiscal year were $100,000,000 less than the first six months, ard under such conditions a tax refund probablyv would not have been justified. Senator Swanson, Democrat, Vir- ginia, pronounced the President’s pro- posal a “mere subterfuge to avold a general tax reduction until 1 afford a campaign issue for the lican presidential candldate.” “The Democrats,” he added “are willing to co-operate with the Repub licans for an adequate reduction of all taxes, which should be reduced to the amount of the surplus, with only a sufficient fund kept in the Treasury for reasonable business needs.” 10 to 12 Per Cent Cut. ‘The President’s plan calls for an immediate refund of 10 or 12 per cent on individual and corporation taxes paild this year on last year's incomes. It was sald at the White House that studles made by the President in the last few days indicated the surplus for this vear would amount to at least $250,000,000, and on that basis Mr. Coolidge believed the refund war- ranted. It is the plan of the Executive that refunds should be given on this year's taxes, the last installment of which 1s due December 15, but that the pres- ent rates should apply on next year's taxes and until Congress is able to de- termine whether a permanent reduc- tion 1s possible. LINER IS AGROUND. President Harrison Is on Shore In Yangtze RiVer. SFHANGHAI, November 5 (#).—The Dollar liner President Harrison went aground yesterday worning on Bon- ham Island, off the mouth of the Yangtze River. Agents for the com- pany said the ship would scon be re- floated. The President Harrison safled from Shanghal Thursday, bound for Hongkong. e Kills Wife, Her Sister and Self. FORT SMITH, Ark., November 6 (#)—Miss Chibe Dixon died early to. day as a result of bullet wounds suf fered when her brother-in-law, Wil- liam Christy, shot her and then killed his wife and himself last night. Christy is believed to have gone in- sane because of grief over the death of a sister. d . getting line behind the