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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing _cloudiness, lowed by showers, Temperature—H today; lowest, 50, at Full report on probably fol ighest, 70, at noon 6 am. today. page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,478. post _office, REVOLT IN MEXICO CRUSHED, WITH 150 REBEL LIVESLOST Fifty Executed and 100 More; Slain in Move Against | Government. Wasl FEDERALS LOSE 1 MAN, SPEND ABOUT $5,000,000 Property of Revolutionaries to Be Confiscated in Payment of Loss. By the Associated Press. CO CITY, October 11.—Sup- pression of the military revolt is es- timated to have cost 130 rebel lives, including those executed. 4! This is on the assumption that 50 were executed, 30 Killed in the battle in which Gens. Gomez and Almada were defeated and 50 in various mh.er skirmishes throughout the republic. In the absence of accurate informa- tion the number of executions may be larger than estimated. 0g|1|}' one death among the feflernl forces was reported. Col. Luis Felipe Cruz was killed last Tuesday while | fighting rebels near San Juan Teotl huacan, northeast of Mexico City. 1o Confiscate Property. he overnment expended more thj‘\"l‘ 10500.000 pesos (about !J.OOU,.!?\I;I! in suppressing the movement. ‘This cost. nowever, will ulimately be borne by the revolutionists themselves, A under Mexican lah\\‘ the |;‘\:;ep('"{|) o e verts to the gover! . n:’f‘:un:h:uch( that the government will recover the entire cost of is measures to quell the rebellion and c more pe'\'\"?&' the same dramatic Swiftuess with which it started, the military ve- volt has been crushed, leaving the Calles government absoiute masier of | the siwuation in Mexico 2ud Ged. Obregon the, only presidential candi- cate in the field to succeed Calles. Disastrously defeated in a lnl\:}n‘d pattle in the hlils of western Vera Cruz, Gens. Arnulfo Gomez aud Hector Almada were being hunted today by the victorious Federal trovps under Gen. Gonzalo Escobar. “Jt is the end!” was President Calles’ jubilant comment on the news of Kscobar's victory. which came after a 6-hour battle ending in the eapture of between 500 and 600 rebels, The killing of 50 and the wounding of 100 i +The revolution i dbsolutely ended. it was announeed- i Ge; va: ez, chief of the al Rebels’ Rout The Gomez-Almada column of not more than 1000 men was the last remaining rebel foree of any size in he country, the government declared Its members today were either dead. wounded. captured or scattered over the countryside in twos or threes. “The two leaders with bodyguards of more than 50 men each, would either be quickly captured, the author- ities said, or would “degenerate into mere bandits, hidi in the hills.” Gen. Francisco po, named as the other principal leader of the revolt which was allegedly based on ‘‘non- re-election” opposition to the presiden- tial candidacy of former President Obregon, was captured and executed 24 hours after the mutiny of Almada and part of the Mexico City garrison the night of October 2. Thus the government has stamped out within a week’s time what is gen- erally conceded to have been the most formidable movement against it since President Calles was elected to suc ceed Obregon, The old saving in; ‘Mexico, “The revolution a'ways wins, has proved a fallacy in this care. The battle which brought such dras- tic defeat to the rebels was fought Sunday. the pursuit of the defeated rebels continuing overnight. News of the resuit eame in a telegram from Gen. Bscobar. Two Gener: Flee. After considerable ma:euvering, the federal troops, who had been pursuing | the rebels for several days in the vicin-’ ity of Perote, western Vera Cruz, final- 1y cornered thém at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, he said, and forced battle near the town of Alyahualulco. The fighting continued fiercely until 8 o'clock in the evening. by which time the rebel column had. been wel scattered, with casualties estimated at 150, of whom 50 were killed. The fed- eral casualties were placed at & wounded. including 6 officers. Gen. Escobar reported that when the battle had been under way two hours, Gomez and Almada. with small bodies of followers, “fled shamefull abandoning their men, The rebels seem to have fought bravely. for Escobar’s telegram said: “We fought them fully six hours, un- til we drove them away from the in- accessible hii where, in advance, 1hey had bufit small fortifications. We fought them in front and on both flanks. The enemy unsuccessfully attempt- ed to occupy positions behind us, but we drove them off." 500 Soldiers Surrender. Gomez fled in the direction of Co- santlan, 22 miles southeast of the old | Fortress of Perote and not far from the Puebla State line. The main hody of rebels withdrew in the same Airec- tion, and between 500 and 800 men | with their officers, constituting the in- fantry commanded by - Gobez, sur- rendered there the next morning. Of the morale of his own men, Gen, | Fiscobar said: - “The conduct of the federal officers and men was very sat. | isfactory, and T am very proud to have headed them.” President Calles sent a congratula- tory message and requested a detailed report of “the action which ended the revolution.” He also personally or- dered that full amnesty be given the officers and men who surrendered and that they be mobilized at points to be designated by the government. Meanwhile the authorities of every Mexican port and the officers of ail xhips in the navy have heen ordered 1o exercise utmost vigilance to pre- vent Gomez and Almada from escap- ng from the country, Heavy reinforcements are on the way to Vera Cruz, @lspatched before mews of the rebei defeat was recelved, and five military airplanes are In that Sgdon to assist in the search for the chiefs. 'DE RIVERA Entered as second class matte: shington, D C. GERMANY RECEIVES $1.000.000.000 FROM U. S. INVESTORS IN 3 YEARS| Nation Begins Fourth Year Under Dawes| Plan—All Financi Payments By the Associated Press. W YORK, October 11.—Germany, began her fourth year under today, has absorbed American capital whi the Dawes play $1,000,000,000 in within that time. German bonds sold to the American 000,000 international loan, . which be- gan a new economic era in that coun- try, have reached the total of $88v,- 000,000, while more than $100,000,000 additional has been supplied through private banking transactions and credits. With heavily increased reparations payments coming due under the Dawes plan next year, careful scrutiny is being given to all new financing pro- posals by both American bankers and German government officials. Loans Are Watched. Only those loans which are for pro- ductive purposes and not likely to in- terfere with the reparations program are considered, the steadily increasing restrictions accounting for the large falling-off in borrowing this year. The annual sales of Géerman bonds in this country, beginning with the $110,000.000 American portion of the Dawes loan plan, are shown in the following list: 1924, $120,000,000; 1925, $261,350,000; 1926, $330,900.000; 1927. to date, $168.475.000: total, $880,725,000. Industrial and public utility projects have absorbed the bulk of funds sup- plied to private corporations. The public since the flotation of the $200,- |- WASHINGTON, D. C, 'TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1927 | ng Watched as Big | Come Due. i | | utilization of funds supplied to bank. | | ing institutions, States and municipal | i is difficult to trace, but it is| known that a substantial portion of | | these borrowings have been used to | pay for the construction of revenue- producing public works and for the purpose of agricultural improvement A general classification of the loans follows: German government. $110,- 000,000: state and municipal, $216,900.- 000: industrial, .475,000; public | utility, $139 250,000: banking institu- | | tions, " $119.600,000; ellaneous, | $39.500.000. Handled By 28 Firms, This volume of financing has heen | | handled by 28 prominent American | banking firms and syndicates. Dillon, | Read & Co.. with a total of move than | | $200.000.000. heads the list. which in- | | cludes such firms as J. 1. Morgan & Co. ver & Co., National City Co. s, Forbes & (0. Roughly an loans_have constituted about cent. of Germany's foreign bor- since 1924, Holland and Great ain providing the bulk of the re- L mainder. These outside loans have contrib- uted largely to the rehabilitation of Germany's railroads, steel mills, pub- lic utilifies and manufacturing enter- prises and have enabled her to re- sume her place among the great in- dustrial nations of the world. Sev- eral large German loans are still under consideration, including the proposed $30,000.000 Issue for the State of Prussia. the offering of which has heen delayed. JUGOSLAVIA FACES CRISIS IN CABINET Members Expected to Resign Aiter Break Over Bul- garian Issus. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 11.—A Havas dis- patch from Belgrade says that a min- isterial crisis is imminent in Jugo- slavia as a result of divergencies of opirion in handling the Bulgarian sit- uation and the distribution of cab- inet portfolios, The resignation of the cabinet 1s expected. WAR DANGBR AVERTED. Mart’al Law in. Bilgaria ‘Wards 0 Possibility ‘of Confliet. BELG; B, Jugoslavia, October 11 (P).—AN danger of war or a rup- ture in relations hetween Jugoslavia and Bulgaria was considered averied today by Bulgaria’s action in declar- ing martial law along the frontier and the closing of the province of Kustendil and other strategic points along the border in order to prevent further incursions of comitadjis or ir- regulars on Jugoslavian soil. There was some delay in issuing the proclamation declaring martial law along’ the frontier; because the Bul- garian government of Sofia had to obtain the signature of King Boris, who ‘is now abroad. Simuitaneously with the declaration of martial law, the Bulgarian foreign minister 1n Sofia, M. Bouroff, ex- pressed the sincere regrets of Bulgaria for the assassination of Gen. Kovache- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DENIES Spanish Premier Says He Did Not Give Reputed Interview Pre- dicting Withdrawal. By the Associated Press. MADRID, October 11.—Premier Primo de Rivera today issued a semi- official note denying the “absurd inter. view” which appeared recently in a London newspaper. The note added that since his bri statement a“ter his conference wih Sir Austen Chamberlain, British for- eign secretary, at the Island of Mal |lorca, he had not made any other com- munication, either written or oral, with reference to the conference. The London Sunday Times printed an interview last Sunday in which Premier Primo de Rivera was repre- sented as indicating that Spain might withdraw from North Africa and, with Great Britain acting as mediator, as expressing the belief that “‘some very satisfactory arrangement” might be- come possible between Spain and France on the Tangier question. The premier also was represented as saying .that the Mallorca confer- ence, which he had described as chiefly a “courtesy call,” would be repeated in other talks which he would have with Sir Austen. Strict silence was maintained at the British foreign office in London yes- terday regarding the interview, al- \iough some officials showed evident displeasure. {an issue of an injunction in alleged TANGIER STATEMENT|: A.F.OF L. ASSAILS COURT INJUNCTIONS YWoll Urges Fight on Anti- Trust Law—Pennsylvania State Oificials Denounced. By the Assaciated Press LOS ANGELES, Octcber 11.—The question of the court injunction as a weapon against labor in disputes with employes kept the American Federa- tion of Labor convention buzzing here today. . Courts and the Sherman anti-trust act alike felt the sting of the dele- gates’ oratory, which burst forth’late In yesterday's session as the repart of the resolutio) : questions’ ’n’fi( on Ee’ floor o’ ih! fi vention. So many of the workers' leaders demanded opportunity te at- tack the anti-trust law that a part of the specchmaking and the vote on the committes report both were con- tinued to today. Mathew Woll of Chicago, head of the metal trades depariment, and chairman of the resolutions commit- tee, struck the dramatic note of the assault on the anti-trust law when he pleaded for the federation to hring the issue “dramatically, yes, tragical- Iy" before the people. Woll Urges Action: “Adoption of all these declarations will gain nothing unless we go out and see to it that something is done.” Woll declared. He suggested some union might defy the law in makinz conspiracy in restraint of trade. The * committee report demanded the repeal or amendment of the Sher |man anii-trust law, and the substitu- tion for it of legislation which would permit the workers to combine to gain *ir ends. Some of the delegates de- clare the federation could not exist if the Federal anti-trust laws were en- forced, Previous to the raising of the court injunction ' issue, the delegates ap- proved resolutions supporting Presi- dent William Green of the federation in his stand agzainst communism. Of- ficers of the local organizations of the federation were urged to watch for signs of communism and stamp it out if found. Pennsylvania Officia’s Hit. President Green, in addressing the | convention, served notice on otficials { of the State of Pennsylvania that un. less “their activities in sending depu- tized gunmen in strie-breaking at tempts were discontinued immediately” the federation would throw its entire political strength against those now in office there. i His threat followed the adoption of a_committee report approving the ac- | tion of the executive council in call- ing a conference of union officials and mine workers in Pittsburgh Novem. ber 14 to discuss plans for aiding and striking miners in the central and western sections of the State. The executive council was intrusted with consideration of old age pensions for workers. This action brought the opposition of Frank Ferguson of San Francisco, who deciared that “many of us will die of old age beiore any- thing is done.” { | Engineer Stops Train and Dies CHICAGO, Octobar 11 (P).—Seized | with a heart attack while piloting an Lllinois Central suburban train last night, William Goedke, 36, stopped his train and then collapsed. He was found dead by members of the train crew. By the Associated Precs. press has justified itself, among other ways, by such services as affording rapid transport for medical supplies, by saving at St. Louis bank more than $3,000 in interest, and by sparing Mr. Tunney th: humiliation of riding from a Chicago hotel to his Soldiers' Field conference with Mr. Dempsey in an old suit, the American Express Co. announced today, The purpose for which the medical supplies were not revealed. The company reported that 9,000 shipments were made during the first month of the country-wide service and that after the first day few of these ncidentally with of the ord was rec ntinned on Page 4, ¢ news were for publicity purposes. “Many of them, however,” the statement read, “wére emerzinoy Tunney Spared Humiliation, Commerce Aided by Air Express, Company Claims NEW YORK, October 11.—Air ex | sent and the identity of the bank were | shipments. For instance, Gene Tun ney ordered a now suit of clothes n New York, which was not ready when he had to take train for Chicago. It was dispatehed Ly air express as soon as finished and reached Chicago five hours ahead of him. w RUTH ELDER READY | TO CHALLENGE SEA INARDASI TODAY Florida Aviatrix Has Fair| Weatier Reports Be- fore Take-Off. { | 1 | | CAPT. HALDEMAN MAMED | CO-PILOT ON VENTURE, Mrs. Grayson Delayed in Stnrting‘ Flight With Denmark Objective, ' ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y., October Il.—Ruth Elder and her co-pilot, George Haldeman, were.ready to at tempt a non-stop flight to Paris in! the monoplane, the American Girl, | some time this afternoon. They hoped to start a 1 o'clock, but half | an hour later the huge tanks had not | been filled with gasoline, Miss Fider and Haldeman were on | the field in their fiying clothes. They | were also waiting for final weather reports from New York. Preliminary reports had indicated falr weather. ° Flyers Anxious to Start. Miss Elder and Haldeman were hoth keen fur the flight to start. They had been discouraged by the adverse weather reports for the past few days and had planned to call the flight off it_conditions did not improve before Saturday. Haldeman said the weather forecast | was “far from perfect, but as good as | can he expected any time this month.” | Shortly after the decision to start Miss Rlder motored to the Garden City Hotel for a short sleep. Halde- man taxied The American Girl from Curtiss Field to the famous trans- atls rinway at Roosevelt Field. A slight wind was blowing from the nast | Miss Elder has had but two vears of fiving experience, all under the direc- | tion of her pilot on the projected| flight. | Although she is married to Lyle| Womack, a salesman in Lakeland | Fla., she prefers to use her maiden name in connection with her flight in The American Girl. Sh- said she conceived the idea of the flight when Lindbergh made history in the Spirit of St. Lou's. She had: repeatedly ex- pressed a determination to be the first woman to follow in his trail. Haldem~n taught her to fly when both lived in Takeland. He was in the recl estate business there, but y- ing experienre during the war m to the Ja an: filine -eompany. a 3 3 time to flying instruction, He was married in 1920 to Vifginia Lufsey of Salisbury, N. C., and they have one son, Billy, 4 vears old. The ‘Amostican - Girl, a single motored monoplane. is not equipned with radio. but will earry varied safety equipment, including a rubber life craft and emergency distress wig- nals, Three compassee, including an earth inductor compass, will serve to ch: % thy course; and in ‘case of trouble the huge gas tanks, carrying 500 galions, can be emptied in 45 sec- onds. ‘The ship has attained a speed of 108 miles an hour. | Weather “Fairly Favorable.”. NEW YORK, October 11 (#).— Ruth Elder on her proposed trans: a‘lantic flight fices “frirly favor- able” weather, the Weather Burean reported today. For a distance of 600 or 700 miles the weather is not favor: able, but this will not be a particular- ly dangerous handicap. “Off the Newfoundland banks there were northwesterly winds which will #hift to southwest-rly farther out There was a low barometer over a 400-mile area in midceean where winds were from the south. Fog. rain and clouds coyer most of the low Barometer area in mid-ocean, but there s no ice. GRAYSON TES' OLD ORCHARD. Me., October 11 (P).—The crew of The Diwn, the Sikorsky plane of Mrs. Frances Wil- son Grayson, which is to attempt a fiight to Denmark, raced against the encroaching tide 'oday and lost, so (Continued on Page 7, Column 3.) DELAYED, 2 ITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION —— ~\F THE G E NOMINATES AN EASTERN ReacTiomRy THE WEST i WILL SURELY Go DEMOLRATIC & / FORTY SIX PAGES. TENNESSEE FIGHTS 1., POWER BOARD State Commission Issues Order Assuming Control Over Water Sites. By the Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn, October 11.— An order citing all applicants for pow- er sites in Tennessee to appear before (he State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission on November 1 and show cause why a certificaie of public ne- cessity and convenience should be is- sued was delivered hy the commission today. An accompanying opinion takes di- rect issue at many points with the principles. and procedures of the Fed- eral Power Commisston. “Full power and authority is con- 1od | ferred by law upon this commizsion intlon . of water it says, The aetlon followed closely upon the demand of the State of Alabapa that the War Department pay taxes on power developed in that State at Mus. cle Sheals. Commissioner Porter Dunlap sald the effect of the order would be to trans. fer supervision of what ..e informally described as the Federal commission’s ~limination contest” for preliminary permits to the State. State Would Have Selection. “Instéad of the State's heing forced to pass on one applicant, namely, the winner of this preparatory ‘contest,” the Federa) Water Power Commission would be forced to select the applicant meeting approval of the State com- mission, subject. of couise, to consti- tutional restrictions as to navigation of streams and regulation of com- merce,” he added The opinion declares that “the State of Tennessee in fis sovereign capacity has full and absolute power and control over the establishment. development and operation of all its water power in the State, subject only to the limited powers conferred on the Federal Gov- ernment under the Constitution of the United States.” This right is now recognized by the Federal water power act only as ap- plying to the petition which finally comes before the Kederal Commission, the opinion sets forth, whereas it is provided that the latter can lssue pre-/ liminary permits to “make examina- All was quiet along the Potomac to- day in the scheduled warfare against “improper” use of District of Colum- bia tags by local truck owners and part-time residents of Virginia. For the second time in as many days Justice of the Peace James Allen, oc togenarian magistrate of Vienna, Va.. made ready to uphold his end of the “battle.” armed with law books, bench cants and whatnot, but his Arm) in the person of Edward J. MeDermott, State traffic officer, again tafled to appear in the war sector. As a result Judge Allan called off hostilities for the time being, there baing no ome to try, and sat hlm«el(! down in somewhat of a huff and; pennedia pertinent telegram to Motorl Vehicle Commissionar Hayes at Rich- mond. Va., inquiring, in effect, “How come?” Judge Allan- indicated that if he didn't_get a satisfactory explanation from Mr, Hayes he might send tele- Other services of the air express were said to be the transport of he. costumes trom New York to a primo donna In San Francisco, regular ship ments of expensive cut flowers, rush delivery of a sample fur coat from New York to a Milwaukee department I store and the relay of fashions from Paris to the West Coast. “Last minute orders of merchan dlse_‘plates for advertising, jewelry, machine parts, samples, catalogues lin- gerie, medical supplies: almost all the commodities used In commerce,” the statement continued, “are finding that alr express fills a long felt want where sy and tm aceonti " £ 0 zrams to Attorney General Saunders Gov. Byrd or anybody else interested with a view to find/ng out why Officer MeDermott has falled to show up, as he said he would. Y The venerable jurlst, once a member ot the Wisconsin Legislature, Un.lzz veteran postmaster, n d politician, is impatient to “clean up the Distriet of Columbla tag situation in his Jurldlmlbléll least, regardless of plans for concillation conferences, rec but he without the Dermott, 1t seems. nigs TAG WAR DELAYED AS VIRGINIA Justice of Peace at Vienna Finds Hands Tied, But Telegraphs “How Come?” the task of digging potatoes in hi garden and reflecting indignantly withal, upon the action of Justice of the Peace H. Carlin Cockrell in remit. ting fines he. Judge Allan, had imposed on two defendants in Distriet of Co: lumbia tag cases, Allan declared today that his as- sociates’ act was a violation of se tion 6026 of the cod> of Virginia, 191 be granted unless the opposite party which states that “no mew trial shail be present at the time of the applic: and that the justice who rem dered the judgment “shall alone have the power to grant such a new trial. Judge Allan asserted that Cockrell failed to notify the “opposite party, namely. Officer McDermott, and that Cockrell had no authotity to retry the cases, beceuse he had not rendered the judgment in the first place. Edward D. Shaw, sacretary of the Merchants and Manufactuvers Asso. clation, today recelved from Motor Vehicle Commissioner Hayes a letter stating: “The attorney general's opin: 1on is that every one doing business in Virginia must comply with the Vir: ginia motor vehicle law. Bakers and milk distributors making sales g“ dellveries in Virginla are classed doing business in the State and must have a Virginia license.” . In an effort to clesr up moot points } from H, M. 8, Laburnam today ways | sland has In the whole controvarsy, rej tives of the Board of Trade a ber of Commerce are planning Nthm&:d Thu for a con [Gov. $15,000 DAMAGES GIVEN | AGAINST X-RAY DOCTOR| . AT GARNEGIE FETE | | President to Be Guest of Mel- lon in Pittsburgh on Thursday. | Weman Wins Case, Charging Se- I vere Burn on Neck During Treatments in 1020, Dr. H. H. Hazen, 1911 R street, was { today assessed $15,000 damages by a | jury in Circuit Division 2 before Jus- | tice Bailey in favor of Miss Margaret Mullen, 739 North Sixty-fourth street, Philadelphia, who was severely burn- ed on her neck while exposed to X-ray treatments in the physician's office letween February and November 1920, Through Attorneys T. Wampler and Robert E. younz woman dismissed her suit against Dr. K. J. Eichenlaub, then an assistant to Dr. Hazen The case was tried in March, 1925, and resulted in a verdict for the plain- tiff for $20,000. The verdict was set aside and a new trial ordered. new trizl was completed toda torneys Minor, Gatley & Rowl; Charles W. Arth appeared for the | physicians. | BRARY EXTERSION £ NED of Five-Year Plan Neces- sary to Better Service. The prompt enactment of the pro- posed five-year building and extension | program 'legislation for the develop ment of the Public Library is stressed as of the utmost importance by the library trusiees, in their annual report filed with the District Commis: sioners today. The report of -the trustees is signed by Justice Wendell P. Stafford, vice president of the poard, and is accompanied by the report of the librarian, Dr. George F. Bosverman. The legisiation urged by the library authorities seeks to make true in five years the provision of the present library law, which -say that the “library shall consist of a central fibrary and such number of branch libraries so located and so supported as to furnish books and other printed matiter and information service con venient to the homes and offices of all residents” of the District. Toward this goal the librarian states that r#ome progress has been made during the past year. 5 That the District Commissioners and their assistants have shown a greater interest than ever before iu library advancement is indicated by suggestions emanating from the Dis- trict Building, including one that the handsome Elizabethan dwelling on Sixteenth street. owned by th® Dis- trict and occupled by the caretaker of the reservoir, should. when no longer needed for its present purpose. be re- modeled and enlarged for use as a hranch -library; that the abandoned Tenleytown police station be used as a small ‘branch. library. and that the lots owned by the District between Georgla and Sherman avenues and Fairmont and Girard streets might be used as a site for a_branch library. The five-year building and extension program bill, introduced in th: House late In the last short session by Rep- resentative Gibson. was presented to a large number of civic bodies and has been widely and uniformly indorsed. ‘The bill,” according to the libra rian's report, “is designed to author- ize such appropriations as may be vecessary in the aggregate to provide that thin five years, beginning with the fiscal year 1929, a building and extension program shall be put into effeet which will include the en- largement of the central library butiding to provije adequate space jfor the housing of bhooks, the service {to- readers and the administration of a large public library system; the | construction and equipment of n suf- ficient . number of branch library buildings, not exceseding 13, so located {as to provide library service to the population residing in thickly built- {Continu>d on Pags 5. Column 2.) Pacific’s Disappearin, -Again as Volcani W;l-"n:-. Octaber 11,—A layed here by the By the As SUVA, wireless British Morris | Lyneh, the | President Coolidge will leave tomor row night on a special train for Pitts- | burgh, where Thursday afternoon he willdeliver the principal address at | the celebration of Founders’ day at Carnegle Institute, one of the leading technical schools of the country. The President will be accompanied | on this short trip, the first one away | from Washington since returning trom the Black Hills of South Dakota. by Mrs, Coolidge. Secretary | of the Treasury, Mellon, Maj. James | | | as being strongly in favor of another COOLIDGE T0 SPEAK TWO CENTS. $300.000, 000 SLASH INTAXES 15 LIMIT, PRESIDENT FEELS Executive Fears Deficit if Figure !s Increased Over That Amount. CAMPAIGN FOR ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT URGED White House Suggestions Follow Recent Drive for Reduced Imposts. President Coolidge feels that the naxt reduction in taxes should be less ‘han $350,000.000 as has been suge xested in some quarters. In making known the President's opinion at the White House today it was pointed out that Mr. Coolidge is inclined to think that if taxes are slashed more than $300,000,000 the Government will be running with a deflcit. President Coolidge was represented wax. reduction. but he believes that the cut should be in accordance with what can be provided by an economic administration and it should go hand in hand with reduction of the national debt. 2 1t was explained that the President has not yet received definite figures from the Treasury Lepartment for complete estimates of governmental | expenses from the Bureau of the Budget. : Fight tor Taxes Recalled. It s understood that the Presi- dent’s expressions were called for by reported activities on the part of the United States Chamber of Commerce and other organizations looking toward |« tax reduction at the coming sessigh of Congress which will exceed §3 000,000 or $400,000,000. ? The President was reported as feek ing that, while it is quite natural uny individual or organization te fh- terest itself in lowering taxes, at thé same time that these organizations shculd be bending their efforts .in the direction of discouraging or -prevent: ing appropriations for unnecessayy governmental expenditures and to help keep down the running cost of the Government and to assist generally ia luhe economy .policy of the adminiscas on, The President cotnends that while he has not Leen definitely advised as | | i { F. Coupal. his physician: Col. Blanton Winship, his military aiae, and Evereit Saunders, his secretary. = The ustia) number of newspaper corres- |'pondents: “photographers also wil! 0. 'Theé special train will arrive at Pittsburgh early Thbursday morning, and the party will motor from the sta: tion to' the home of Secretary Mellon {at -East Liberty, where they will be | guests at breakfast and luncheon. Will Be Guests at Dinner. The address of the President will be delivered at Carnegie Music Hall at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, bul before | going to the hall the President and his party will be taken to a number of points of interest incident to the cele- bration. In the evening the President will be the guest of honor at a dinner given by the trustees of Carnegie In- stitute, ~ Immediately following the dinner - the presidential party will leave the hall and go directly to its wa'ting traln and start back for Washington, arriving here early Fri- day morning. The dinner will he served in the marble hall in the foyer nf the music hall. This hall has been described as one of the most magnificent of its kind in America. The hall contains rare marbles and gold incrustations of the columns, and walls are said to be the heaviest in this country.. Rich tapestries from the Orient aud rare and costly woods also have been em- ployed in the construction of this re markable interior. 1t is said tkat this interior work cost more than $1,000.000. Last Trip Before January. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will return to the Capital in time for breakfast at the White House Kriday. This probably will be the last trip away from Washington the President will make before next January. when he is expected, to go to Havana to attend the Pan-American Congress. Announcement that President Cool- iage contemplates attending the Pan American Conference in Cuba next January has brought to him a deluge of invitations to visit cities in the South Atlantic states, either during his journey to Havana or on his return trip to Washington. ‘Writing today to Senator George, Democrat, Georgia, acknowledging an invitation for Mr. Coolidge to visit Thomasville, Secretary Sanders said that for the President to accept even a small number of these invitations would prolong his trip far beyond the time he would have. “The President does not feel that he should be away from Washington any longer than necessary while Con- gress is in session,” the secretary added. Quake Felt in Rome. ROME, October 11 (#).—An earth- shock rocked Rome this afternoon. the heaviest shock being recorded at p.m. Hanging lamps swayed in build- ings, but the shocks were not heavy enough to break any crockery or slan doors, Pedestrians in the Piazza d'Espagna elt the vibrations distinctly, as did others near St. Peter's, but no mate rial damage was reéported. g Island Rises to the surplus ithat a reduction of $350,000.000 to .$400,000,000 weuld g tov lavge. le was represented, howe ever, as wanting it pnder. that he doos not dealre to o on record as of predicting. _the Y may e Ll 3 uced ._m? : feel that his the event taxes are as suggested Is wel founded. i Debt Reduction Question. Because of his recent candid dis cussions of the tax guesiion, Presi dent Coolidge is very anxlous that the public understand his attitude. His teelings in- the matter, as represented today, are that reduction of the fund ed debt and the reductoin of taxes should go together, with the debt re duction given preference, in the event that the Treasury of the United States does not approve a tax reduc tion. ‘While on the subject today, the President was répresented as realiz ing some of the Jarger outlays of pub lic money which have been made since he was President, and which are eat- ing heavily into the Natlon's Treas ury. He mentioned in this connection the adjusted compensation law ds be ing the largest indiviudal item of ex pense in this connection, and referréd to the increase in the pensions made by the last Congress which will cost $68.000,000 annually for some time te come. He was represented also as pointing out that the Government faces other targe expenditures which are listed as absolutely necessary such as afford- ing .flood rontrol . for the Mississipp basin, which he realizes is going to cost considerable, as well as some ad- ditions to the Navy and for the de. velopient of the air forces under th five-year program. as well as for ti construction of new buildings to hou the Army. These items of expen which will be separate from the ordl- nary run of annual governmental ap- propriations will. in the aggregate. amount to a huge sum. These exti expenses of Government. the Pres dent feels, wust be borne in mind when the size of the Treasury surplis is known and when the time al for considering the question of liftini further the burden of taxes for t people. The President contends that unless the Government exercises pru- dence in the expenses of the Govern: ment it will be found to the sorrow of many that there will not be any tax reduction at all. Economy Is Necessary. In this connection he contends that it must be more generally realized that tax reduction is predicated by economy. He agrees that at times in the past the Treasury surplus bas been higher than was originally esti. mated. but he does not consider it an evidence of wisdom to count too great: ly upon it being higher again than is estimated. Besides, advices received by him show that there have been un- expected increase in the surplus in the past. di to increases in revenue which are not likely to happen again. S MILLIO‘E-DOLLAR LAND- FRAUD THOUGHT NIPPED Four Held in Nebraska Said 1o Have Had Forged Deeds and Bogus Abstracts. By the Associated Press. NORTH PLATTE, Nebr., October 11.—A land f-aud scheme extending into three Statés and involving per. haps a millidn: doliars or more; ¢ Eruptions Resume rection and about 1,430 yards broad aho” west aides Slope. up eridually al b sloj lually to the n‘:“‘u the p:n:‘el; .;'r:!eh s about 308 higher. adr Is Kbout 45 miles orin of Nukw. e e g arrest ur g d on thelr persons of forged deedsia us abstracts. fe fifl' arrested and hight were Edwin T. Morrison, .-'. Ilawyer; Charles Acker of %Wflt.