Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1927, Page 2

2 & ?:“ THEATER MEN ASK EXCISE TAX REPEAL ieaders in tage World Cite ' Levy as a Burden to Spoken Drama. By the Associated Press. © Repeal or downward revision of the @xcise or unisance taxes, including G tiings a levies on theater admis- flnnl. cigars and the Yke, was askeld foday at the House ways and means €ommittee tax hearin; Ligon Johnson of New York City, representing the National Theatvival Association, declared the 10 per cent tax on theater tickets selling for more than 75 cents a direct burden to the spoken drama. “since that tax was Imposed.” he #uid, “the number of shows on the road has decreased by one-third. The eost of the spoken drama has so in- ereased that the tax cannot he ab- sorbed and has to be passad on to pa- trons.” Income Is Limited. Johnson argued that the spoken drama was an “intimate” form ot amusement and because of this, un- like the motion picture, must be con- fined to small theaters so the patrons could appreciate the expressions of the actors. 8 _ Frank Gillmore, also of New York, #aid that each year fewer road shows left New York, in asking for repe of the admission tax as one means of alding the theatrical profession. Gillmore, who said he spoke for the Actors' _Equity Association —and Chorus Equity Association, cited as an example of the theater slump, that | as a younz actor he imiayed every night for six weeks in Texas, but he did not believe there was now a4 “legitimate” play in the State. Actors of today do not receive hizh sularies, he continued, and he doubted 1¢ haif of them paid an Income tax. The average working year of an actor| ih New York, he said, now is only 22| ‘weeks. Brady Joins Appeal. .William A. Brady, representing theatrical enterprise« in New York City, argued that the 1) per cent tax constituted a large part of the problem of the theater, and, with other wit- nesses, assailed the Treasury for urg- ing its retention. He objected to a| tax on theaters being likened to the | tax on the Tunney-Dempsey fight in Chicago. That has been referred to as an “ideal” levy by Secretary Mellon. M. J. O'Toole, New York City, sec- retary of the Motion Picture Theater Owners' Association of America, ad- wvocated that all special taxes on the theater be eliminated. He urged that Congress in the future recognize the theater as a com- munity institution and that the motion picture theater screens be re- ed as “an element of expression— the screen press of America—like the mewspapers and magazines. Probe Brings Little Success. A move by Democratic members to obtain information concerniug activities of the :mrlun ;l‘ny?!a.ya;:' League during the present ag! for repeal ot“‘me Federal inheritance 1ax met with little success at yes-| terday's hearing. J. A. Arnold, manager of the or- ganization, although testifying he re- celved a salary of $1,000 a’ month and 1hat the league had paid workers in several States, flatly refused to tell how much money the organization had colhcledd or where its funds deposited. w"rl. thlm( this is a hostile inquiry,” he declared. “I can’t submit the or- ganization to the investigation. I don't have the authority. He said, however, except for a 3500 contribution the league had taken no part in_the meeting here of th tional Council of State Legislature: whose representatives have app red before the committee in favor of Te- peal of the estate levy. resentative Garner, ranking Democrat on the committee, contends 1hat funds of the tax league were used 1in establishing the legislative council and Arnold admitted under question- ing he had sent a short note to Wil- liam H. for Connecticut and spokesman for the council during Tuesday's meet- ing. Mondell Dispute Denied. o During examination of Arnold late in the day Garner asked Arnold it ¥rank W. Mondell of Wyoming, for- er House Republican floor leader, fi'.a not resigned as general counsel for the league because he had objected to some of its activities. The witness fiznied that Mondell had left in dis- pate, saying he had severed connec: tion with the league after several friendly conversations. c:‘:lgman Green endeavored to de- welop what the league sought to ac- eomplish and Arnold said its purpose was to promote organization of tax clubs In various States in the interest of better tax legislation. He defended a statement made by the league that the estate tax would result in social 1sm on the ground that it considered a | 20 per cent rate confiscation, and that confiscation virtually constituted so- sialism. Prior to Arnold’s refusal to answer Questions by Garner and also by Rep- resentative Rainey. Representa- tive Blanton, Democrat, Texas, sppearing as a witness, charged that n&mu of the legislative council had mought to defeat him for re-election because of his vote two years ago for getention of the inheritance tax. i Selfish Support Charged. A number of committee members said they had been informed that the American Taxpayers' League obtained | much. of its financial support from lurge corporations seeking elimination of thé Federal levy for purely selfish motives. Representative Crowther, Republi- ean, New York, described the discus- slon ever lobbying, which raged at the hearing as a “tempest in a teapot” and sald that some witnesses of the Iegislative council had been questioned like they were “clfuken thieves.” Gar- mer argued otherwise. | The Texan said he had proved that funds of the tax league had been used by Lee Satterwhite, former speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, at the'time he organized the legisla- tive council. Garner added that this must be considered in giving weight 1o testimony by representatives of the uncil. ) After spokesmen of the council, headed by Blodgett, had concluded, W. C. Roberts, a legislative represents- tive of the American Federation of Eabor, opened for those favoring reten- tion of the levy. Chester H. Gray, Washington rep- rpsentative of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation, also argu:d that the inheritance tax should be maintained as a permanent part of the Federal Government’s tax structure. Retention Is Demanded. Mr. Roberts told the committee that the American Federation of Labor in- sisted “that the welfare of our Gov- ernment demands that the estate tax he made a permanent feature of our taxation system.” N Mr. Gray sald that the American Farm Bureau favored retention of the levy. because the tax was fair, could not be evaded, could not be passed to some one else and that its retention VoA - ¢ Rt e ' the e, contended that the “Govern- Blodgett, tax commissioner |, jonor is secure. as one of its brightest annals. those of us who have had this privi- a legacy of transcendent worth. tered with Him who reads the hearts and weighs the virtues of mankind. the years that lie ahead be associated quent and high-minded exponent.” Justice Taft, Sir Esme Howard, Am- ment should increase the estate tax rates, enforce them and retain all the proceeds to pay off the national debt.” California in Favor of Tax. Chester H. Rowell, representing the Governor of California, declared that State favored an fnheritance tax, he- caused it believed the levy legitimate and “we need the mone) e urged retention of the Federal levy. Representative Ramseye can, Towa, also wi urging retention of the tax. While the fizht over the inheritance tax continued at the House committee heuring, a group of Western Republi- can Senators met to coni gram atmed to oppose the administra- tion's effort for its repeal. Characterizing the tax as "one of the most just levies, as well as one of those most easily collected,” Senator Borah of Idaho. a member of the bloc, gave notice that its repeal would be fought to the last. . TRIBUTE IS PAID - MEMORY OF WHITE Late Ambassador Extolled by Kellogg—Mrs. Coolidge in Cathedral Audience. Tribute was paid today to the mem- ory of Henry White, former Am! sador to France, at a_memorial e vice in Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral, attended by a distinguished 3 Government officials and diplomat Mrs. Coolidge wa gation. the congre. members of the late Ambas- tamily e White, d his daushter, wund her < garet. s service to the State Kellogg few Amer- and and daught the Countess daughter, the Count Recalling Mr. Whit tion, Secretal of aid: “There have been ans who have more generous whole-heartedly given their lives to the service of their_country.” Citing the fact that Mr. White's service was almost_exclusively under the Depart- ment of State, Mr. Kellogg said that he gave himself to his country from early manhood until the end “with- | out ostentation. without self-seeking, with the sole desire o serve.” | Accomplishment of Task. “Mr. White accomplished success: fully that most difficult t: of repre- senting the United States abroad tact- fully, with dign with unswerving loyalty and without losing a sinzle trace of his fine Americanism, Kellogg asserted, in tracing White's career. President Roosevelt, the Secretary pointed out, had shown his apprecia- tion of the man by appointing him Ambassador to Italy in 1905. Mr. Kel- logg said that the late Ambassador was his personal friend, eulogizing him as “a man of outstanding char- acter, thoughtful of others, kindly, strong for the right, above petty meannesses and jealousies of life; that he recognized the worth and dignity of the individual. Mr. Kellogg closed his tribute in this language: "It is fitting that the ashes of Henry White will find their resting place in this great cathedral. It was the paramount interest of his later years, not only because of the artis- tic beauty of the design, but because he knew that in the Nation’s Capital, to be fully representative of the Na- tion there must be somcthing to ex- press supremely the spiritual aspira- tions of the American people, the faith that is in the heart of every man. Henry White himself represented many of the finest traits of America and, because his Christian faith was the most profound of these traits, 1 like to think of him as resting here, as being almost a part of this, the vis- ible expression of reliance on the Power that guides the destiny of our Nation.” Mr. Tribute By Bishop. Bishop James E. Freeman, also de- livering a memorial address, said: *“Ni word of mine can add to or take from his distinction. His record is made; “In the chronicles of this Cathedral the story of his life must ever slan.d o leged fellowship with him he has lfi'{t s noble life and deeds require no enco- mium from our lips. They are regis- ‘We shall cherish his memory and the name of Henry White will through with this mighty temple, of whose ideals and purposes he was the elo- Attending the ceremony were Chief bassador Honorio Pueyrredon of Ar- gentina, the Belgian Ambassador and Princess de Ligne, Ambassador Davila of Chile, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Frank C. Kellogg, the Speaker and Mrs. Longworth, Associate Justice Butler, Senators Gillett, Bruce and Hale, Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Rep- resentative from Massachusetts; Rear Admiral and Mrs, Cary Grayson and a number of others prominent in the life of the Nation. TEXANS OFFER REWARD FOR DEAD BANDITS ONLY Bankers’ Association Lays Recent| Crimes to Gangsters From North. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., November 10.— Northern gangsters, to whom a Series of recent bank robbe in Texas were charged, were warned to stay out of Texas today with the posting of rewards of from $5,000 to ¥8,000 “for dcad bandits only.” William A. Philpott, jr., secretary of the State Hankers' Association, said the reward would stand until further notice. He declared he believed gangs from the North were largely respon- sible for a dozen robberies this Fall. The amount of the reward will be | determined from the funds on hand | at the time a bandit is killed. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, e BANDIT ESCAPE INPISTOL BATTLE Policeman Wounded as Thug Opens Fire—Makes Geta- way in Taxicab. A gun battle at close range early this morning between three policemen and a negro hold-up man, who had dropped his mask of porter and held up a barber shop customer yesterday afternoon, resulted In the wounding of one policeman and the escape of the bandit, who jumped into a taxicab as the driver fled and drove off Policeman O. L. Green of the tenth; precinet received a bullet through the left thigh as he attempted to arrest Alvin Stamps, colored, 25 years old, apartment 27 Eleventh street, who shot his way to [reedom as the policemen closed in on him in front of his apartment just before daybreak. Police Open Fire. Policemen C. D. Schamp and L. C. Arion fired at the negro as he wounded their companion, but the bandit reach- ed the driver's seat of the cab and drove off through a fusillade of shots, the bullets smashing through the glass and ripping boles in the body of the car. Acting on information that Henry Hoffman, 1425 Chapin street, had been held up at the point of a pistol by a negro porter at a barber shop at 1726 Pennsylvanin avenue and relieved of $650, the police went to the Eleventh street address given them as that of the barber-shop employe. Tteaching the apartment, they were Mrs. Mildred Stamps, colored, who stated that her husband was not at home. The three policemen with- drew to the sidewalk and lay in wait for him. They waited from midnight until shortly before 6 o'clock. A taxicab, driven by Jesse Veitch, 1349 Oak street, who sald later that the negro had engaged him at Four- teenth and U streets and then re- ques’ed him to walit outside the apart- ment house, drew up and parked abreast of another car. The passen- ger went in the building. Bandit Pulls Gun. Policeman Green approached the driver to ascertain the identity of his fare. The driver at first thought he as about to be arrested for pal breast. The other two policemen remained in the background. As the TAXI IN BATTLE AND WOUNDED OFFICER Above: Officers €. D. Schemp and L. C. Arion of the tenth precinct point- Ing to bullet holes In taxicab made by lcemen In a battle with a colored old-up man early this morninz. Be- low: Police Officer 0. en, also of the tenth precinet, who was shot in the leg. M. VERNON ROAD PROMISED BY 1522 Fine Arts Commission Ob- tains Assurance Drive Will | Be Built for Bicentennial. Assurance that Mount Vernon will | be connected by a riverside drive| along the south bank of the Potomac with the city of Washington by 19 when the bicentennial of the birth of George Washinzion will b2 « brated, has been given the Commi sfon of Fine Arts. At the same time the commission has been cop and the driver were talking, the negro reappeared ynd as Green ap- 1moached him, he opened fire, his first shot piercing the policeman’s thigh. Then the gun battle began. All three policeman emptied their revolvers. handicapped in their aim by the dark- ness. Emptying his automatie, the bandit ran toward the cab as its driver jumved out and sought cover. and gained the driver's seat. Policeman Arion stated that he fired four shots at the fugitive at a distance of four feet and thought he might have wounded him. The bullet-torn cab, w'th one door twisted off when it scraped against the car by which it was parked, was found an hour later on Twelfth street between R and 8 streets, Policeman Green drove his own ecar to Garfield Hospital, where his wound was dressed. Wife Is Held. Mrs. Stamps, who said that her husband had been employed in the barber shep =ince early in the Sum mer, wus held for investization. The hold up occurred while Hoffman was being shaved and his barber, Lewis Delesio. was steaming a towel in a basin. The porter jammed a xun in the customer’s ribs and made him hand over his money while the lurber, at first thinking his hitherto peaceful employe was jokinz, stood across the room, 1eal g suddenly that a mo might mean a bullet in his direction. CHICAGO GAMBLERS that much of the work toward r | ratlon of Wakeficld, the hirth place | of Washington, will be completed by | 1932, the two hundredth anniversary | of his birth. Chairman Moore of the comm conferred a few days agc ator Swanson of Vi mer Senator Undel at the latter's home near Mount V non, on plans for the celebration of | the bicentennial, insofar us they af- fect the birthplace and home of | Washington. Wakefield is now under | the administration of the Wakefield | National Memorial Assoclation, of | which Mrs, H. L Rust of Washing-| ton Is pres Plans for the res- | toration of the historic structure and | grounds at present contemplate em- | ployment of a landscape architect and superyisor to restore the sur-| rouadings in which Washington gréw | to_manhood. Surveys have been in progress by | the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture since early in the year lookinz toward location of the projected Mount Vernon boule- vard. The road, under plans virtually agreed upon, will start at the west end of the .~rlington Memorial Bridge, run toward the Potomac River ail continue along the river bank to Mount Vernon. skirting the lowland between the railroad property and the | river between Washington and Ale andria and then continuinx across Hunting Creek to mount the highlands along the river bank between Alex- andria and Mount Vernon. It will| | i bling. FIND GOING HARD | Hughes' Order Closes “Bookie! and Hit-and-Run Bets on Cor- ners Alone Survive. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 10.—Chicago's zambling fraternity, forced by the po- tice to close up shop, today were mak- ing hit-and-run bets on street corners while waiting to see what will happen as a result of Chief of Police Michael Hughes' blanket order against gam- Chief Hughes called all police cap- tains into conference last Saturday, I mayos just before departing for Washington to attend the flood control conference, Last night Chief Hughes got back. “Everything is shut up tighter than a drum,” he w# informed. MHalf an hour later Chief Hughes called In a captain to tell him that one booking offica was running wide open half a block from the city hall. It was raid- ed quick. Many of the gamblers formerly were engaged in the beer racket, but closed up shop and turned tv gambling re- cently when beer running became fraught with new hazards and less profits. 14 WOMEN MADE MAYORS. British Voters Favor Fair Sex at Polls. LONDON, November 10 (#).—Of the numerous mayors elected in Eng- lish and Welsh towns, 14 of them are women, including Miss Margaret Bea. van, welfare worker, lord mayor of Liverpool. It is an anomaly in British civil life that woman mayors are not mayoresses. That title is reserved for the wife or other women whom the mayor ap- points to assist at social functions. Thus Mrs. Welsh, the new mayor of Southampton, appointéd her daughter to share the social burden of the office, — E Spies Sentenced to Die. | TIRASPOL, Ukral P).—Three Ruman crossing the or for the purpose have been xentenced to death by shooting. ' November 10 | of | First Woman Jury in England. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Eng- land. November 10 (®).—For the first time in English_history a jury com- posed entinely of women was selected here, th cordance with the jury's findings. Tree. Not Woman, BC Montgomery County police autho! jties Sunday afternoon by Harold Mansfield. 16 vears old, of Montrose, Md. that be had seen a man shoot at a woman in a parked car on a side rond near Alta Vista, disclosed the fact today that the shooting was probably target practice and that the possihla murder theory was a myth. coudu by of the el e Ao win today by Officer Robert Da Montgomery County police. xamination of the vicinity hy Om- cer Darby resultfd in the finding of nine freshly ma llet holes in a tree directly in line with the spot lieved Targct i Of Man Reported by Boy as Slayer Investigation of a report made to|where the car was parked. A canvass of the neighborhood resulted ulso In testimony being given by Webster Brown, which would tend to strength. en the target shooting rather than the woman-shooting theor: Mr. Brown said that he passed the car and later heard the shots, but that he passed by the car again alter the shots were fired and saw the sume couple, with the man with on foot on the running board, just a described by the Boy who witnessed the shooting. Montgomery County police gye of the opinion that the man wi 00t ing at the tree pendirg the disclosure of any evidence which would indi- cate that a erime had been commitied, be of concrete and will lead directly into the grounds of Washington's home, taking much of the travel from the Fredericksburg-Washington high- way, which is now used by visitors to Mount Vernon. The twh projects will go forward simultaneously with a number of other matters, all to be completed or partial- ly completed by 19 These include partial completion of sc 1 of the public buildings in the Goyvernment triangle, completion of the Washing- ton Monnument Gardens, completion of the Arlington M rial Bridge and completion of the Botanical Gardens in Northeast Washington. The Mount Vernon boulovard is to be a part of the great plaza scheme for the west end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, and will be the chief highway running south from that end. Toward the west the Lee Highway will run through a sparzely settled section of Arlington County toward Falls Church, while a roadway is to be run from the Me- morial Bridg2 to the Key Bridge at Rosslyn. GANGMEN THWARTED IN PLOT TO ESCAPE Tip Reveals Elaborate Plan of Whittemore Group to Shoot Way to Freedom. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 10.—The plot of a group of long term prisoners, members of the Richard Reese ‘Whittemore gang of jewel thieves, to shoot their way to freedom has been thwarted by officials of the Danne-! mora State Prison at Clinton, officials said here today. Authorities asserted the scheme was halted through a tip from a prisoner, later reported stabbed by Leon Kraemer, supposed head of the | group planning the prison break and | who is serving a 40-year sentence. Kraemer was a pal of Whittemors who was executed August 13, 192 in Baltimore, for murder. Six pistols, two hundred rounds of ammunition, six bottles of liquor and several road maps of the Adirondacks region in which the prison is situated, have been discovered in the receiving room of the prison. Extra guards have been stationed at the prison and numerous transfers | of prisoners have been effected since the discovery of the plot and its rami- fieations inside and outside of the Jafl The 'stabbing of the man mentioned as the “squealer” took place in the exercise yard, where, it I3 alleged, Kraemer set upon the informer with a knite fashioned out of a spoon. 'PRIMARY LAW HIT. Illinois Judge Holds Measure Is Unconstitutional. CHICAGO, November 10 (#).—The primary election law passed by the last session of the Illinois Central Assembly was declared unconstitu- tional in a_ decision today by Judge Harry M. Fisher in a suit brought by Julius Kreeger to restrain the hold- ing of a primary election mext April under provisions of the act. The demurrer filed by counsel was over- ruled. \ STUDY TEMPORARY 5UREAU CHANGES Building Commission Mem- bers Discuss Phases of Moving Problem. The problem of moving certain Gov- ernment bureaus temporarily while the new building program is going on was studied for se al hours today Ly the Public Building Commission, but decisions were not reached. Senitor Smoot, chairman of the commission, said the question would be taken up in tomorrow morning for further discussion. The most im- portant phase of the movinz problem is to relocate the large income tax unit now occupying the temporary war _structure between Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Ohio avenue and B street, which constitutes more than half of the site for the Commerce Building. Other Changes Affected. Whether there will be transfers of many other Government bureaus will depend to a large extent on where it i decded to house the income tax unit. Tt is possible that the commisston will settle the moving plan. Formal ground-breaking ceremonies tor opening the great public building program in the Pennsylvania uvenue triangle may be abandoned on account of bud weather. it was learned today. Consideration had been given in- formally to the matter. it was learned, as some high officials had been in favor of holding ceremonies at the first breaking of ground in what eventually may be the sreatest single public building development in the National Capital Decision Not Reached. Finad decision, it was believed to- day, had not been reached as to the Depariment of Commerce, but at the Treasury there were indications thut the matter of formal ceremonies had been given up for the Internal Reve- nue building. Secretary of Commerce Hoover is out of the city and con. clusfon in the matter regarding the Department of Commeree may not fin- ally be reached until he returns. The site !nr excavation for the Department of Commerce has not been entirely cleared of its old building as yet and ::inf“‘ghm“?:l:}%- which is wrecking , has until Novi pl(;;e the ember 17 }O com- neertain weather conditions w: believed to be the chief consldera:}:: weighing against the ceremonfes. It was recalled that last year Chief Jus- tice Taft caught a severe cold In some outdoor exercises during in-lement weather and was very IIl afterwards, Due to the fact that the Commerce site is not cleared completely, it was thought probable the first excavation would take place in the Internal Rev- ende site immediately south of the Post Office Department. When this might be has not been definitely de- cided, it was understood. although the contract has been let and the Warcen F. Brenizer Co. will have authority to start now most any time. FALL ABLE TO SIT UP; MAY LEAVE SATURDAY Doctor Advises Return to Dry Cli- mate of New Mexico for Home- Sick Ex-Official. By the Associated Press. _ Albert B. Fall sat up to day for the first time since his collapse six days ago, and he stll plans to leave for | New Mexico by way of New Orleans. urday, despite weakness caused by itermittent coughing. Dr. James J. Kilroy, the former In- terfor Secretary’s physician, said that Fall is gaining strength consistently and that the congestion in his lungs continues to clear’ up, although symp- toms of bronchial trouble are yet ap. parent. “Mr. until_he continue to fully recovered, iid Dr. Kilr nd that is why it 1s best for him to return to the dryer climate of New Mexico as soon as possible, because there his iliness will be alleviated. Mr. Fall is home- sick, and although the return trip will undoubtedly be a hardship, it is better for him to get into a dry cli- mate and among home people soon." Kickapoo Stationed Off Maine. The new Coast Guard vessel, Kick- apoo, with specially designed machin- ery for clearing ship lanes of ice, has been ordered in commission off the Maine coast with a base at Rockland. The fce breaker will make an effort this Winter to keep the lanes clear from the mainland to the off-shore is. lands, which in former years have been shut off from communication with the outside world by lce. o A New York manager s having trouble finding 36 chorus girth with will i long hair for his new musi dy. . | mentals of wage D. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1927 LEWIS SAYS MINE PAY MUST-STAND | Declares Cut in Anthracite Scale May Lead to Indus- trial Difficulties. By the Associated Press. MOUNT CARMEL, Pa., November 10.—The assertion of John L. Lewis. union president, that the greatest blessing that could come rom the an- thracite congress would be the signing of another agreement for five years or more hetween operators and miners remained a subject of discussion today among some of the delegates. Repre- sentatives of operators. workers and che public are meeting in an effort to find a remedy for depression In the inthracite field Gov. Fisher and S8amuel D. Warri- ner, operator, both discussed the an- | thracite tax, which amounts to 1% ver cent of the value of the mined coal. The governor sald he, would be happy to sanction repeal of the tax it a_substitute method of raising $4, 090,000 could be found. Lewis Warns of Cuts. The congress was prevented from becoming a meeting of the ‘love feast” type last night by Lewis when he declared that the mine workers should disavow responsibility for the industrial strife which heretofore has beset the industry. The so-called an- thracite problem he.declared to be not on eof price, but of quality and service to the consumer. He warned those who may believe that the salvation of the industry is based on wage reduc- tions and arbitration of the funda- agreements not to try to impose their opinions on the | mine workers. The congress was called by the Mount Carmel Chamber of Commerce in an effort to bring about harmony in order to regain lost markets. The knowledge that the industry is faced with severe competition, Waring said, should act as a challenge to the mining communities to meet this com- petition by stronger support, to lahor to give a full day's work for a full| day's pay. to transportation interests to do as well for anthracite as other | railroads do for other fuels. ! Hoover Gives Address. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce, at the afternoon session, urged consideration of the problem of assur- ing the public a continuity of the an- thracite supply and reduction In costs. Another speaker was Senor Fred erico Gacio, consul of the Chilean em- bassy, who said that he came to the | congress to observe what was taking plice, as almost identical problems in the coal industry were confronting his nation. “The mine workers have not and do not now join that great chorus of voices whose public lament for years past was that the industry was deca- dent und was rapidly traveling to its goal of ultimate integration and dissolution.” Lewis . He declared that to term nathraciie a “luxury fuel,” as he said had been done by manngers and beneficiaries. was “treason.” COMPANY CUTS WAGES. Piitsburgh Terminal Announces Sec- ond Reduction in Three Weeks. PITTSBURGH. Pu., November 10 (#).—Officlals of the Pittsburgh Ter- minal Coal Corporation and United Mine Workers' leaders were at odds last night as to the effect of the re- duced wage scale the company put into operation yesterday. George Osler. vice president of the corporation, said the mines were closed down Monday to Tuesday. to give the non-union miners an oppor- tunity to study the new scale, and that yesterday the working force in- creased by 167 men. P. T. Fazan, dis- trict president. United Mine Workers mately 450 of the corporation’s men refused to accept the cut. While operators clalm that wnder the reduced rates coal cutters would average $8.40 a day. pick minsrs 36.16, loaders $6.10 and day laborers 1530, Fagan held that cutters were 1 K- ing about $5. and that tonders han- dliing six and one-half tors under union conditions. could each earn $3.77 a day. He claimed that 90 per cent of the company’s labor was in the $4.50 a day class. The new acale, effective to 85 cents & ton pick mini X a ton machine loading, 12 cents a ton cutting and $4.50 to $6.25 a day, in day labor. It was the s.cond wag2 cut announced by tha corporation since October 15. . DAUGHTER OF ADMIRAL AGAIN RED CROSS AIDE 8-Year-0ld Beverly Moffett Volun- teer in Ranks of District Chap- ter for Fifth Year. the fifth consecutive year, Beverly Moffett, 8-y Id daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. William A. Moffett, enhsted yesterday as a roll call volunteer in the ranks of the workers of the District Chapter of thc American Red Cross. Starting when she was 3 vears otd she has spent the period from Arm (ice day to Thanksgiving every ve in_what she calls “Red Crossing. Beverly has signed up Presiderts, cabinet officers and other notables and, has won several medals given by the organization for her k. 1e has more hours of volunteer service to her credit than any other child in the city. She is a student in the fourth grade of the 5t Eastman School. Man Says Wife Got Divorce 17 Years Ago Then Came Home and Failed to Tell Him b By the Associated Press HAMMOND, Ind.. John O. Donaldson, tractor, has revealed througl for partition of property that he has been living for 17 years with a woman who had secretly divoreed him. The couple was married in St. Jo-| seph, Mich., in 1904. Mrs. Donaldson came to Chicago, charged abandonment, sued for and obtained a divorce. She was given the right to resume her maiden name, \ILLEGAL, GORDON SAYS | in the matter. | Mildred Beck Berry. November 10.— |suit service on the husband was by | gPor T Hammond con- | publication, as the plaintiff told the h a suit|court she did mot know his where- |Giles were named delegates lo the claimed his reports showed approxi | ' Foster, Dying Man Is Ready To Rewed Ex-Wife After 20-Year Rift By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J.. November 10.— John R. Keen, retired Delaware River ferryboat captain, who is regarded by physicians as dying, has obtained a license to remarry his former wife after a separa- tion of 20 years. She is now Mrs. Emma Halbert. “] can die happy. anyway.” he explained. Mrs. Halbert's second husband, whom she married after being di- vorced from Keen, died 11 years She has been caring for een at her home since he was taken {ll with pneumonia. He is 6) years old. PRIZEFIGHT AWARDS Bouts Scheduled Here for Tonight Not to Be Cancelled, Pro- moter Holds. To award medals or other prizes or to declare a championship in any fistic encounter in the District of Columbia is a plain violation of law, according to a ruling by United States Attorney Peyton Gordon. Maj. Gordon advised John M. Gleisener, editor of the Wash- ington News that the amateur boxing championship bouts scheduled for to- night at the Arcadia, if carried out, would run afoul of the grand jury. Mr. Gleissner, it is said, will ask Attorney General Sargent for a ruiing Mr. Gleissner said that the promoters cf the tournament are “marking time” as the result of Maj. Gordon's ruling. He pointed out that an opinion had ued three years ago by Assist- ant Attorney General Donovan that a similar tournament at a local mili- tary post was within the law. He cited the case of Charles P. Arnstein, chair- man of the South Atlantic Amateur Athletic Union’s boxing committee, who, two months ago, he said. had taken the matter up with Ma). Gor- don, who had assured him that the tournament as planned was within the law. Mr, Gleissner said that Maj. Gor- don could not remember this conver- sation yesterday “This leaves us in an awkward hole,” declared Mr. Gleissner. “We fear that printing of the story will 1se confusion among the holders of tickets. but it should not, because there will be a good boxing show to- night.” He said further that he be- lieved Maj. Gordon's interpretation of the law was incorrect and that he hoped to get a ruling from the Attor- ney General that would permit them to proceed as planned. He explained that if such a ruling eould not be had that the program would be modified to the extent that no champion would be declared and no prizes awarded. . GARFIELD AREA SEEKS WATER AND SEWERAGE Citizens’ Association Will Seek Commissioners’ Aid for Bet- ter Facilities. Installation of water and sewerage throughout the Garfield section will be urged on the Commissioners by the Garfield Citizens’ Association. The association at its meeting at Garfield School last night’ also voted to ask the Commissioners to make Alabama avenue & boulevard. with stop signs at intersections. The proposition of the Hillsdale Sitizens® Association for the extension of Morris road to Alabama avenue was indorsed and a committee’ was appointed to co-operate with the Hillsdale association in working tor the extension. W. H. Lewis. jr. president of the association: J. W. Small, Rev. A. D Holder, W. W. Murray and W. R. Federation of Clvic Assoclations. and B. B. Joyce, J. W. Caldwell, J. H. P. Taylor and R. H Beverly were chosen alternates. [t was decided to have a public meel ing at the school December 14. w prominent speakers. YOUTH IS ACQUITTED. Prisoner Freed on Charge of; Brush-Sample Theft. t James K. Clarke, 21 years old. of | New York was acquitted in Judge Hitt’s Police Court today on a charge of taking a sample case of bushes. From the testimony it was shown that the youth kept the case to as- sure return of a deposit of $2.50 he had made to Perry J. Brown, 1868 California street, manager -of the brush company. When Clarke stated | that he would not return the case unless his deposit was given back to him, Brown hit him and an alter- cation ensued. Brown, on the witness stand this morning, refused to answer questions as to the legality of the question of receiving such deposits. IOWANS TO ENTERTAIN. Secretaries Hoover and Wilbur and Wives to Be Guests. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce, and Mrs. Hoover, and Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs. Wilbur, are to be guests tonight of the Towa Soclety at its first recep- tion and ball of the season to be held at the Willard Hotel. Among the many distinguished guests who will be present are President and Mrs. Wilbur of Stam- ford University. Mr. Hoover is to be the principal speaker. abouts. After obtaining the divorce the woman returned to Donaldson’s hol but did not tell him of the divorce. Donaldson said he learned of the Six years later | divorce by accident from a friend who |E chanced upon the court records. The contractor is suing for a partition of | §E property now held in the joint names of himself and his divorced wife. Mrs. Brousseau Denies D. A. R. Will Aid Chicago Mayor's Anti-British Crusade “There's not a word of truth fn it.” said Mrs. Alfred J. Brousseau. presi- dent general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, today of a re- port that her organization had pledged to Mayor Thompson of Chicago sup- port in his campaign to rid Chicago public sehools of un-American propa- ganda. A published report today said a com- mittee of the D. A. R. had called on the Chicago mayor here and promised to urge its Chicago chapter to help him arouse the people to tance of the fight. the impor- “While we are in sympathy with the right kind of books,” said M: Brousseau, “we don't stand for anti- British or anti-anything sentiment in our organization.” The A. R., she said, is working to have the right kind of textbooks used in public schools, but “does not mix in party In the divorce Sl r, | Laroc] GOODWILL ENVOYS DIFFER ON FUTURE Americans and Britons Di- vided on World Outlook for Lasting Peace. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS., November 10 —Mili- tarism as a continued menace to world civilization is seen by two speakers on today's program of the Interpational Goodwill Congress meeting here, while two other speakers see omens of hope for peace. One of them, Dr. Arthur Pringle of the British Isles, believes that another war will provent all future wars by destroying civilization. Dr. Arthur J. Brown of New York notes a “recru- descence of narrow militarism spring- ing up in every country.,” wkile Dr. & D. Chown of Canada visions dis. aster_for the world if the United States fails to join the League of Na- tions. The fourth speaker, Dr. Joseph Wil son Cochran, pastor of the American Church of Pa France, is of the opinion that Europe needs America “with his cross as a symbol of con- quest” rather than with the sword or bag of gold. Dr. Brown painted a picture of re- newed preparedness for war. The “tremendous power so lately ‘acqurlred ‘bygmerlcn" causes 4 haunt- ing fear in Europeans, in the of Dr. Cochran. i “No man has a right to call us dreamers, fanatics, or Utopians,” is the belief of Dr. Arthur Pringle. “This city of international good will, on which we have set our hearts and to which we pledge our strength, can only be built by persistent and by resolute refusal to be discouraged." “Canadians are much affected by the United States in ways other than that of mere proximity of the two countries,” is the opinion of Dr. 8. D. Chown, who presented Canadian greetings. U. 8. STAND DEFENDED. British Editor Says America Not to Be Criticized for League Stand. By tho Associated Press, ST. LOUIS, November 10.—America did n~* let Europe down at the close of the World War, Henry Wickham Steed, editor of the Review of Re- v'le ‘s of London, England. declared at tLa International Goodwill Congress here last night. “I confess that I have n. - re. sented,” said the noted editor, “in the same wa; as many of my fellow coun- trymen and millions of Europeans b e resented, the decision of the American peonie not to joln the League ¢ Nations or to ratify the peace treaties. I have always felt that your people are too distant from Lurope to be able to follow, or, perhaps, to wish to follow European affairs with the discernment that is indispensable of responsibilities are to be incurred, and, on occasion. discharged.” Progress of the cause of world peace has been “considerable and very cncmfm[lng" in recent years, Sir Aus- ten Chamberlain, secretary of foreign affairs in Great Britain, said in a let. ter written to the congress. “The Dawes agreement and the treaties of Locarno,” he wrote, “have opened a new chapter in the history of Europe. Germany has been re- ceived.'back into the comity of na. tions, and the work of appeasement and reconciliation, more especially among the greater powers, is steadily increasing.” —— CRUISER IS OFFERED. Warships Will Carry Body of Guatemalan Minister Home. The cruiser Memphis has been placed at the disposal of the Guate- malan government to carry to that country the bodv of ior minister here, Sendr Don Franeciseo Sanchez-Latcur, wha_died severa! days n.go. The Memphis. which 1s now at Charleston, S. C.. will proceed to the Washington vy Yard to receive the body. This is the vessel which brought Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to Washington following his famous trans-Atlantic flight. $500 Brooch Missing. Loss of a platinum brooch set with diamonds, valued at $500, was re- ported to the police yesterday by Mrs. Samuel Korman, 1118 Allison street. Mrs. Korman explained that she placed the plece of jewelry on a windowsill while trying on a dress in an F street store. When she re- turned, she atated. the brooch was missing. i Trial Set in Auto Death. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 10.— Leon Amaducci of Washington, D. C., charged with manslaughter in con- nection with the death of Narion J. !l, whose automobile was forced into a ditch on the highway between :_\nn;msl{:‘ a‘);a Upy;r Marlboro, July 24, ven a heari & Tuesday in Circuit Cou:ltf g PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST' RACE—Matden 2. . . ing: purse. $1.300: B3 farlonge dv: clajm *Star Saprhire Vulnerable Corporel - Steila Ma 3 oottt SREaSal SEIGEEE claiming: 3-year-olds IJM llntc;‘l.l?“ ‘l.m 6 furlongs. al Fantastic 1 Knockany 103 B, Gite aG. W. Foreman entry. FOURTH RACE_The Wal ; ear-olds; $10,000 ;'1“2(1-"'“" aFlower Girl. derle . 8% Scotch “and’ $oda o Eugene S Ees Petee Wrac! Black Friar ot ERS ¢ Seugrum. Stable. eniry,’ & WeEHnciades ' bounds penalty, PWTH RACE—Maid: : claimm- ingprser SL.300; 555 turlongn % Buddha 'L Indian Guide *Humdinger oy Monumenta] Handi- : purse, $1,300: 1ve Watkinson ..... 108 politics.” Mrs. Brousseau said a member of an- other organization called on Mayor Thompson yesterday to urge him to include a certain book in the Chicago libraries, This caller was also a mem- ?l‘:n‘:. l:l:.l) but did n, she sal not represent the D. A. R. in any : - 12 }fl Lieutenant 2d... 116 18 fic and 30'yarke nd was wearing | 1N