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MAJORITY REPORT
CLEARS NEWBERRY
OF ELECTION FRAUD
Democrats, However, Find
Senator Used "Corrupt and
Illegal Practices."
FORD'S CLAIM TO SEAT
DENIED BY BOTH SIDES
?j 1.
jttepwoiicaiis hiiu j/ciuuuiiiia nimc
Say Michigan Member Used
Too Much Money.
9f tiiff Associated Pros*.
* Opinions conflicting along party lines
were presented today by majority and
minority members of the Senate privileges
and elections committee on the
l ord-Newberry 1D18 senatorial election
| f contest from Michigan.
The majority report cleared Senator
Truman H. Newberry, the republican
candidate, of corruption and all other
charge*. and recommended that he be
Regally seated. The democratic members,
ion the contrary, asserted chat Senator
rVewberry was elected by "corrupt and
illegal methods and practices" and recommended
that his seat be declared vacant.
4 V With the filing of the reports, the case
goes to the Senate for final decision.
which probably will not be made
lor several weeks. In the meantime, it
is understood. Senatorf Newberry will
not attend the Senate sessions.
SOn only two major issues were the
republicans and democrats in harmony
^11 the reports filed today. They agreed
that Henry Ford, the democratic contestant.
had not been elected and was
not entitled to the seat from Michigan,
jfhey also agreed that too much money
bad been spent in the Michigan primary.
The democrats, however, contended that
'Senator Newberry was responsible personally
for the expenditure, while the
republicans held he was not.
Majority Recommendation*.
i7o/>nmnirnrlat iitno of t ho ma<nritv
report, submitted by Senator Spencer,
republican. Missouri, who conducted
the committee investigation and recount,
were:
**(1) That the contest of Henry Ford
against Truman II. Newberry be, and
, it is hereby, dismissed.
t "(2) That Truman 11. Newberry Is
hereby declared to be a duly elected
senator from the state of Michigan
for the term of six years, commencing
March 4. 191?.
"(31 That, bis qualification for a
s? at in the Senate of the United
States, to which he lias been elected,
f has been conclusively established, and
the charges made against him In this
proceeding, both as to bis election
and qualifies*ion. are not sustained."
Conclusions of the minority, pre- j
sented by Senator Pomerene. democrat.
Ohio, and sigyed~also by Senary
tors King, Utah, antf Ashurst, Arizona,
were:
"First. That the irregularities com*
plained of do not relate to the general
election, but to the .primary. Hetfry !
Ford did not receive a plurality of
the votes cast at the general election.
' We therefore find that the petitioner, j
Henry Ford, wad not elected and is
not entitled to a seat in the Senate
of the United States. I
"Second, We fijid that under the j
facts and circumstances of this case \
corrupt and illegal methods and prac- j
tices were employed at the primary
election and that Truman H. New- I
berry violated the corrupt practices
act and the primary act of the state
of Michigan, and that by reason
thereof he ought not to have or hold
a seat in the Senate of the United
States, and that he Is not the duly
elected senator from the state of
Michigan for the term of six years
commencing March 4, 1919, and we
recommend, therefore, that his seat
be declared vacant."
*
Minority Finds Fraud.
f A separate minority report also was
submitted by Senator Ashurst, who
declared Senator Newberry's credeni
tials were "stained by fraud and j
tainted by illegal' expenditure of
money." The testimony showed, he |
said, that the 1918 Michigan campaign I
% "partook more of the character of an
auction than an election."
* Claims of Mr. Ford to the Michigan
seat were denied by both majority and
minority members on the same
ground?that all charges against Senator
Newberry related to the primary
and not the general election, and that
jt was established conclusively that
in the general election Senator Newberry
had received a majority of the
votes. Mr. Ford's charges of bribery,
illegal voting, undue influence and intimidation
of voters in the general
election were declared by the majority
to be without foundation.
Money expenditures in the primary
was the main point at issue in the
-v conflicting recommendations. This j
was piaceo Dy me majority at approximately
$195,000 and at least $188,568
by the minority. There was virtually
total disagreement along partisan
lines as to Senator Newberry's re'
sponsibility for and management of
the expenditures.
"There is no evidence whatever to
sustain the charge of Improper use of
mon?y at the primary or the general
election.-' the majority declared.
"The evidence shows conclusively
that the financial cost of the campaign
was voluntarily borne by relatives
and friends of Truman H. Newberry
and was entirely without solici.
tation or knowledge upon his part.
Too Much Money Spent.
"The amount of money spent at the
primary." the majority continued,
"was large?too large?but there was
110 concealment with regard to it. ahd
it was spent entirely for legal and
proper purposes.
"Your committee condemns'the use J
of such a large sum of money in any
primary campaign, but in the Instant
case there is not the. slightest
foundation upon which to connect j
Truman H. Newberry with Its solid- |
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PLAN WORLD'S L
FOR ABERDEi
KperiaJ rtiapAU'h to The Star.
BALTIMORE. September 29.?
The largest bomb ever constructed
soon will be completed and tested
in Maryland. <
At Aberdeen arsenal experts on
explosives are building a monster
bomb to weigh 4,000 pounds, the
most powerful agency of destruction
that has ever been put together
by man. Filled wlth-T.' N. T.:
it is expected to represent a power
for destruction that will be irresistible
if it can be launched with i
facility.
* The bomb is expected to be
completed shortly and will receive
its try-out at Aberdeen, whereat
will be*dropped into the bay'from j
?p airplane. If the experiment
giroves a success, it is said, fur- ' '
I
90 PER CENT OF TRAINMEN
FAVOR RAILROAD STRIKE
Officials, However, Say Attitude of
Hen Does Not Make Great
Bail Tie-Up Certain.
B.r the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, 111., September 29.?
While counting ofl strike ballots of
186,000 members of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen will not be completed
until late today, there seemed
no''doubt in the mtiids of union officials
today as to how the men stood.
Unofficial reports were that 90 per
cent of those voting were opposed to
acceptance of the wage cut of July 1.
authorized by the United States Railroad
Labor Board.
Notwithstanding this attitude on
the part of the men, it was stated
that a strike was in no wise certain.
The general committees will decide
on a strike, and they are not bound
to abide by the vote of the members.
There was also a feeling that no final
action will be taken until it has been
J determined how the other railroad
j brotherhoods vote. The vote of the
i four other unions will be counted here
{ next week.
!SINNfilffS
I ASKED 10 mi
! BY LLOYO GEORGE
| By the Associate)] Press.
LONDON,. September 29.?The Sinn
| J^ein leaders were today invited by
'Time Minister Lloyd George to a
I conference in London October 11, on
[an Irish peace adjustment.
j The invitation was extended in Mr.
. Lloyd George's reply to Eamonn De
Valera's dispatch from Gairloch,
I Scotland.' the prime minister's tcmi
porary residence.
Stipulations in Note.
} The reply carried a declination to
meet the Sinn Fein negotiators on
[the basis of the previous correspond}
ence between Mr. De Valera and Mr.
Lloyd George, the prime minister
holding this to be a basis which
might involve Great Britain in a
recognition of Irish sovereignty.
Great Britain's position on this point
was foundamenta 1 to the existence
of the British empire, the premier declared.
Mr. Lloyd George, however, renewed
tho offer of a conference "with a view
to ascertaining how the association
of Ireland with the community of nations
known as the British empire
may best be. reconciled with Irish national
aspirations," proposing London
as the place and October 11 as the
date.
Ilasy for Irish to Accept.
Mr. Be Valera, it is pointed out here,
has already agreed to confer on the
question' of association of Ireland
with the empire, but has reiterated
the decision of the dail etreann that
its negotiators would consider themselves
representatives of an independent
country. Since then, however, Arthur
Griffith, who Will bo the chief negotiator
for thie Sinn Fein should the
conference be held, has been quoted
as declaring the Sinn Fein had never j
asked the British government to fee- |
ogniae the claim to Irish, independence j
as a preliminary to a conference. Thus |
the view held in some quarters here i
J? *V. OI ?? ? ? 1
? ih'u me uiiici rrin tan jiow accept
Mr. Lloyd George's invitatTbn without
abandoning Its own standpoint.
Before" seding -his note to Dublin
the prime minister had received from
members of his'cabinet their views as
to the'text of the communication. v
TEXT OF PREMIER'S NOTE.
Fresh Invitation to Conference in
London on October. 11. /
Br the Associated Press.
GAIRLOCH, Scotland. September 29.
?The text of Prime Minister Lloyd
George's reply to the latest note from
Eamonn De Valera, which was dispatched
to Dublin early today, follows:
'"Sir ? His majesty's government
have given close and earnest "consideration
to. the correspondence
which has passed hetweeri us since
their invitation to you to send delegates
to a conference at Inverness.
"In spite of their sincere desire for
peace, and in spite of the more conciliatory
tone ef * your latest communications,
they cannot enter into a
conference upon the basis pf. this
correspondence.
inwuiiBianuiug juui pcisuuai nosurances
to the contrary, which they
much appreciate, it might be argued
in the future that the acceptance of a
conference on this basis had' invblved
them in a recognition which no British
government can accord. On this
point they .must guard themselves
against any possible doubt. There Is
no purpose to be served by any further
interchange of explanatory and argumentative
communications upon
this subject. The position taken up
by his majesty's government is fundamental
to the existence of the British
empire, and they cannot alter it.
"My colleagues and I remain, however,
keenly anxious to make. In cooperation
with your delegates, another
determined effort to explore
every possibility of a settlement by
personal discussion."
"The proposals which we have already
made have been taken by the
whole world as proof that our endeavors
for reconciliation and settlement
are no empty form, and we feel
that conference, not correspondence.
Is the most practical and .hopeful way
to an understanding such as we ar!
dently desire to achieve.
"We, therefore, send you herewith a
fresh invitation .to a conference In
London on October 11, where we can
meet your delegates as the spokesmen
of the people whom you represent,
with a view to ascertaining how the
association of Ireland with the community
of nations known as the British
empire may best be reconciled
with Irish national aspirations.
"I am, sir, yours faithfully,
t (Signed) "D. LLOYD GEORGE."
A nr*T?c>rr\ nm/D
/i/l 1 DUiriD
EN, MR, TESTING
ther developments of the use of
the bomb as a means of coast defense
will be mflde at Langley
Field, Va.. and off the capes, where
there is more-room for the work,
i At present the Aberdeen authorities
are busy devising a
"rack" for holding the big bomb,
as all the present facilities are inadequate
for handling such an
unwieldy , and weighty contrivance.
The bqmb will have contact
points that will set in motion the
timing fuse when the bomb hits
the water, and a fraction of a second
thereafter the explosion is due
to take place. The timer has arranged
to allow the maximum
(ofce to be exerted below the surface
of the water.
Experiments will be made on actual
targets, so that the effect of
the botnb 'may he noted.
, ...
JAPAN WILL INSIST
ON'21 DEMANDS' AT
ARMS CONFERENCE!
i
. I
Not to Permit Scrapping ofj
Agreement on Interference I %
I in
Shantung.
FRANKLY WILLING TO TALK
ON QUESTION IN GENERAL
j
Choice of Prince Tokugawa Meets
With Favor; Leaves fto
Ground for Attack. i
I
By the Associated Prers.
TOKIO. September 29.?As a part j
of her fundamental policy at the j
Washington conference Japan will
not permit the "scrapping" of the j
"twenty-one demands" agreement!
with China, and will not tolerate in*
terference in the Shantung question,
it was declared to the Associated
Press yesterday by a Japanese in an i
authoritative position. He asserted j
Japan considered these matters as
accomplished facts which concerned'
China and Japan directly. j
In the general discussion of far j
eastern matters, however, Japan was j
said to be willing frankly to explain j *"
her position regarding these ques- _
tions. The government is preparing j I]
to issue special instructions to the m
Japanese delegates concerning the |l
limitation of armaments, says the '
Nichi Nichi Shim bun. !
....... I i
Prepared to ? nrtaii. |
It is indicated that the project for I
the building of eight battleships and I
eight battle cruisers originated in the
idea that this program was necessary
for the national defense, but that
Jcipuu hits rumc iu iciuriiuc hit: p
project has lost its original signifl- i/
ranee. She is, therefore, prepared to
carry out such curtailment, it is said,
as would make her navy strong j
enough to maintain< the peace of the ,
far east. This curtailment would be j
by agreement with the powers in a j
spirit of mutual concession and com- j
promise. The newspaper says that !
the outline of this program decided j ha
upon by the navy will be submitted j m
to the cabinet. j p.
Newspapers here commend the ap- i
pointment of lYlnee lyesato Tokugawa r<
as head of the Japanese delegation lu
and declare it to be another proof of c(
Premier Ifara's statesmanship, because
*it will silence opposition in the 81
house of peers, the members of which
are delighted with the*' appointment, in
Tiiift choice of Prluce Tokugawa als'o ?
meets with national favor and gives:'1
the Kcnsei-kai. or opposition party, j
no ground for attack upon the gov- b<
ernment. t^
Opposition organs, however, turn a hi
Siennj awmr,
to Wuhlngton hlmeelf and accept
responsibility tof decisions taken H
there." hi
CHINESE DELEGATES STAXT. *
fc
la
Leave Peking for Shanghai to Go to
(
Aboard Steamer. tti
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B.<r the Asmx-lated Press. ? I to
PEKING, September. 29.?China's jfli
delegation to the conference on lira- j J;
Itallon of "armaments and far, east fg
questions left this city for Shanghai th
today on its way to Washington, Intending
to make the voyage across C<
the Pacific on the steamer Hawkeve to
State. Dr. W. W. Yen. foreign iniii- I si
ister. who has been expected to be ai
chief of the delegation, did not leave pi
today, but is was said he would follow,
provided China's Shantung pol- el
icy was determined and initiated oi
soon enough for him to reach the SO
American capital for the opening of tti
the conference. , a
May Send Substitute. m
If Dr. Yen shouid find it Impossible
to go to Washington, it is probable
that Dr. Wang Chung-Huir president p(
of the civil and criminal law codifies^ ct
tlon commission and a Jurist of inter- p<
national reputa, will be chief of the c,
Chinese representatives. Three promtnent
Chinese diplomats were members p
of the party which left today. They
were Chow Tzechi, former minister of
finance and at one time secretary of
the CJilnese legation in Washington; is
Wang Ta-Shieh, leader-of the progres- h
slve party and former minister of foreign
affairs, apd Dr. M. T. Liang, for- w
mer minister of foreign affairs and a cl
prominent diplomat during the latter t,,
years of the Manchu dynasty.
Maqy Experts in Party. (|
The remainder of the party consisted
of twenty-two technical experts,
nineteen secretaries assigned to the
departments of general affairs,
archives and translation, nineteen attachea,
seventeen translators and sev- 5!
eral foreign advisors.
Dr. Yen on Tuesday evening telegraphed
Dr. C. C. Wu. son of Dr. Wu ?
Ting-Fang, former Chinese minister to
the United States, and a Cantonese _
member of the Chinese delegation In _.
the Paris peace conference, offering m
him an associate delegateship. It is D1
believed that Dr. Wu will accept.
BBIAND SAILS NOVEMBER 1. m
b:
Coming on Lafayette to Arms Parley
With French Delegation. lj
Br the Auoriated Press. I
PARIS, September 28. ? Premier
Briand. It was announced this afternoon,
now has decided to sail for the
United Sthtes on the eteamer Lafayette,
sailing probably on November 1,
to attend the conference in Washington
on far eastern questions and
limitation of armaments.
With him will go the entire French $
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staff.
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Today's News in Brief 2
e
Japan will insist on keeping "21 de- ^
mauds" agreement at conference y,
here. Page t u
Commissioners ask $100,000 for pav- f<
i'ng new streets. Page 1 a<
Engineer officials concerned over '
prospects for new conduit. Page 1
Lloyd George invites Irish leaders to ?
new peace conference. Page 1 "
Early trial planned for Arbuckle, g
held on charge of manslaughter.
Page 2 b
Army flyer soars nearly eight miles
into sky to set new record. Page 3 e<
Intensive campaign planned on new 01
' school building for McKinley Man- 1.
ual. * 'Page II T
Building of Southwest branch of LI- ?
. hrary may start this fall.. .Page 13
Citisens in Northeast urge park.. o,
Page II a;
Chamber of Commerce seeks If new i:
memberseach month.- Page 13 7
1' J
AN A]
SEQUESI $800,000 '
FOR STREETPAVING
ommissioners Also Propose
Increased Provision for ^
Repairs on Highway.
The Commissioners, it is understood,
live asked Congress in their estiates
for approximately $800,000 for
living "of new streets, and also have ^
quested slight increases in the
imp surr.s that arc appropriate!
>th year, for repalis to stroets and [
lburban roads.
While nrtleiale ?(. the District build- i
g'have entered thoroughly into the I
irit of economy in government exindilurea,
tlicj realize that it would
i false economy to ignore the fact
lat Washington ban fallen far boind
in Its prograss-iof street work.
Tin*, need for devoting mora attenon
to the condition of the main
ghways of the National Capital has
set made more apparent lit the past
w years by the rapid strides Mary.ntl
has made in bdilding good roads
the District ilne.
On a number of the fhalti arteries
lat connect Maryland and.the District
le contrast is striking when the morist
crosses the District line. Realms
of the states who-motor-to the
ational Capital are surprised and
sappolnted to find-here roads inrtor
to those, of the adjoining state)
trough which they have passed. {
In the current appropriation act, '
ingress allowed $578,000 fof repairs .
> streets and $250,000 for tipkeep of I
iburban roads. Both of these sums
e the same as carried In the approbation
-act for last year.
For the paving of new streets, howrer.
Congress this year has allowed
nly tf 14.840, as compared with $814.r
10 last year. Encouraged by the fact
tat the cost of asphalt paving' took
substantial drop recently, the Com- .
issloners have asked in their .new
itimates for about $800,000 for new 1
reets. I
Although on its face this would ap- ]
>ar to be a big Increase over the
irrent appropriation, city officials
lint out that the request is a modest 1
ne in comparison with the amount )
lat could reasonably be spent on .
istrlct streets. ? (
Retarded Daring War. I
Next to school accommodations there <
nd municipal work that has fallen J
ar as street improvements, and the
ty heads are hopeful that the budget
iireau and . the appropriations comittees
of Congress will consider this
ict in dealing with the city budget.
Speaking of the two-hundred-and,'ty-thousand-dollar
appropriation for
burhan road upkeep, Mai. Besson,
isistant engineer Commissioner In
targe of that work,. expressed the
slief today that' considerably more
mid be spent under that headingOne
official at the. District building
tiled attention to the fact that the
smers of automobiles pay approxiately
3300.000 into tne city treasury
mually for tags and operating perits,
not to speak of the amount they
ty In personal taxes on automobiles.
This is considerably more than the
>tal amount spent on upkeep 'of nubrban
roads, which,are used mostly
f automobillsts.
MLDlMO
TO DISTRICT HEADS
Salary . Increases from 35,000 to
7,500 for the District Commissioners
proposed in the reclassification resrt
of the United States bureau of
ficlency which has been made at the
tquest of the Commissioners. In the <
llocation of jobs to the- classified [
rades comparable with those pre- ,
#ai> oaHm d^nartmrntal
srvice, the District Commissioners j,
ore put In dsn IT. The Smoot-1,
Tood bill, which is token as a basis |,
>r the computation of the/ salary I.
thedhles,' provides a minimum salary L
r 17,500 In this class. |J
The bill, which, it is expected, will I.
ecome the new salary schedule for J J
le entire federal service, specifically
rovides that any increases in salary ,
iven to any official above the mini- ,
mm of this grade, 57,500, must be ,
y specific' act of Congress. .
The reclassification schedules draft- j
1 by the bureau of efficiency, leaving .
ut all per diem employes, allocate
075 employes to the new -grades. .
beir present salaries total 18.541,357. ,
nder the reclassification and the <
ilnimum salaries for grades provided f
i' the SmooUWood -bill they a?* tec- ]
mmended few. a total salary of
1,718,085. ThhV\p* not increase of
176,728. or a nlfy -ease in salary of ,
per cent,
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PPEAL OF THE UNEMPLC
'EACE TREATY WITH U. S.
APPROVED IN REICHSTAG
By t!i<' Associated Pies's.
BERLIN", September 29.?The
foreign affairs commission of the
reichslag today gave Its approval
to the ratification of the peace
treaty with the United States.
The commission adopted a resolution
recommending the rcichstag
ratify the treaty.
HEAVILY ARMED BANDITS
PLUNDER TRAIN OF MAIL
iy the Associated Pr?f?.
OKLAHOMA CITY, September 29.? !
\ large posse of fcheriffs and police !
Torn this city and Oklahoma county !
.oday were .scouring the country i
iround Edmond, Ok la., where six j
na.sked and heavily armed bandits j
iarly today forced mail car clerks on j
in Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe I
rain to throw off four pouches, one1
if which officials believed to have!
rontained registered ma if. Accord- 1
ng to the authorities no trace was 1
eft by the robbers.
J.' 1?. McMhhan, divtrton- miperin- ,
endent of the Santa V*. arrixed^earty
Jila morning from Arkansas City
nveatlgate the robbery. # ? *
KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 29.?
Postal authorities here said there
*&s registered mall on Santa Fe train
the mail car of which was
|obned of four pouches at Edmond,
>kla., early today. The train runs
Tom here to Galveston, Texas.
It could not be said what, if any.
-egistered mail was obtained until
i check is made of th? car's con:ent*/
according to the postal offlrials.
EKOKM
IN PRODUCING JOBS
New responsibilities constituting him
? avi v ?? IU?I>ubIUUC1 04 tUIlitructlon
projects may be placed upon 1
:he shoulders of Budget Director
t>awes. "
The President's unemployment conference
comraitee -on public works
oday is considering a suggestion that
he budget official be clothed with
-esponsiblllty for developing a federal
lublie works policy which shall be
to elastic as to make possible the
irosecutton of extensive projects in
:!mes of depression and the holding
>ack of government work when labor
s generally .employed.
This policy was proposed to the
sommlttee today by Henry S. Denniton
of Massachusetts.
tvtlllam Hard, a magazine writer,
:old the committee the logical official
to develop such a plan is Budget Director
Dawes. He suggested that the
President be requested to instruct
Ten. Dawes to include in the forthtomlng
budget a Statement of federal
onstrucflon projects already authorized
which could be wisely pushed
tt this time aa a means of relieving
he unemployment situation.
lttr. Hard pointed out that Gon.
Dawes la the only official who Is acjuainted
with all the buildtu g projects
of the government and therefore
is In a /position to plan ahead
'or public work, putting forward at
this time .Improvement# which are
leaded and which will make work for
the Involuntarily idle and reserving j
ithar projects for periods' of less la>or
depression.
Mayor Andrew J. Patera of Boston,
halrman of the committee, who presided,
and other members of the com
mn?i queaiionea twin ar. uennisnn
md Mr. Hard at considerable length
U, to practical details of the prorxJkdd
plan. Mr. Deniiiaon said it
would be lto easy Job to work out a
practical advance plan for prosecution
;t publfe work, but that he felt the
obstaeleS were ndt insurmountable
mdthat such a policy would enable
:he government in the future to assist
materially in reducing labor
stagnation.
Hear Several Witnesses. Col.
Arthur Woods, former police
sommisatoner of New York and chair*
nan of the conference committee, on
?hintv. rlvfc ftli^ gmtorMnpv .v*.
lief, and Edward P. McGrady, legislative
representative of the American
federation of Labor, were other wltpesses:
appearing before the fcommlttee
in advocacy of the prosecution of
public-work as a means of assisting
America's more than 3, 96,6110 idle.
Mr. MoGrady urged immediate appropriations
by Congress for public
roads and waterways Improvements.
Running Ave days ahead of their
schedule, the several' committees of
the conference today are tvind}nr up
their work and will be "ready to re-,
port to the conference tomorrow afternoon,
instead of October 6, the date
sriginally selected. J
Their recommendations will be submitted
In the form of a consolidated
eport, which is being prepared . by
the organisation or steering committee,
of which Henry M. Robinson of
!jos Angeles is chairman. Haimsay
Aiaaag Members..
_Digereneei? of opinion' hqv.e been
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BOARD ON WARKET
Selects Three Men to Appraise
Buildings and Improvements
Here.
President Harding today named the
| three men to form the commission to
j appraise the buildings and improvc|
men.ts of the Washington Market
Company, which are to be taken over
I by the government. The appointcs arc:
j Frank K. Home, chairman, of lrrec|
port. L. -I. ^
I John H. Walker of IlocUrssin. Del.
j Louis A. Dent of the District of Co[
lumbia.
j This commission was provided for
| In an act of Congress of last March
which repealed and annulled certain j
parte of the charter of the Washing-!
t*g?i,Market Company, and provided
Wr (he operation of ttte market build- !
in* by tlW* federal government under
the immediate direction of the bureau
i of markets of the department of
agrlculto! >.
I The commission win atari at ftnM ,
! upon the work Of determining the
I value of the buildings owned by the
i market company and operated now as <
1 the Center market, and when It has
completed its findings it will recommend
the reimbursement of the
| Washington Market Company. It ia
considered likely that this work will
take two or three months.
Dent Prominent Attorney.
Louis A. Dent, the only local man
appointed to the commission, is a
life-long citizen of this city and Is
a prominent attorney. His service on
the commission, it is explained, will
be as legal adviser as well as a
I judge in arriving at a an appraise- ,
ment.
Mr. Dent is president of the Harding
and Coolidge Club of the District
of Columbia and was especially active
In the interests of the party during
the last campaign. He served one
term as register of wills of the District
and was recorder of -the Supreme
Court of the District for a
period of ten years, and in both offices
he made many friends and served
with much distinction. For the past
Ave years he has practiced law in j
this city.
Secretary to Blaine.
Mr. Dent started his public career
as private secretary to James G.
Blaine, then Secretary of State. He
served this nationally prominent figure
for a number of years. He later
was appointed United States consul
to Jamaica, where he served several
years. During the last presidential
campaign Mr. Dent was one of the
group that organized the Harding and
Coolidge Club, the first of its kind
and name to be organized following
thf> nomination of I'PMiHAnt
As chairman of the membership committee.
he did much toward building
np the.large membership of the organization.
Upon the resignation of
T. Lincoln Townsend. its president.
Mr. Pent was elected to succeed h')n.
and has since directed the affairs of
this club.
.Dent has been prominent In fraternal
and civic organizations, and occupies
a prominent place in the District her.
He also Is a member of the faculty of
the National University I-aw School.
Home Storage Plaat Head.
Mr. Home, who is designated as
chairman of the commission, is presl-.
dent of the Merchants' Refrigerating
eCompany of New fork city, one of the
largest cold storage plants In the
United States. He was selected for
this place because of his long experience
lit refrigeration plants and market
store houses. Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, upon whose recommendation
the President selected Mr.
Horne, is said to consider the latter
as one of the most practical and best
qualified men in that industry.
The Preildont made the announeeEts
of bis selections at noon today.
>wtag a conference with Secretary
lace and Samuel J. Preseott. vice
chairman of the republican state committed
of the District of Columbia. It
was upon the recommendation of Mr.
Preseott that the President selected
Mr. Dent.
Mr- Walker, thtthlrd member of the
commission. It as explained, was
recommended by the Secretary of
Agriculture. He, has bad a long experience
that particularly qualifies
bte for the commission..
APOLOCHZES T<Tiffl*ND.
tit:1 V - .
i Italian Ambassador Regrets Hostile
Acts at Venice.
PARIS. September 21.?The Italian
ambassador. Count Bonin-Longs re, today
expressed to Premier Briand
Italy's regrets for the recent incident '
at Venice, when a French mission was
the object of a hostile demonstration
by Italian crowds.
' V. Briand informed the ambassador
that'the French government and people
had not mistaken the manifestation
by- a few for an expression - of
Italy'sreal sentiment.- ?
Mfci - "V a - iltoiuwi!;.' "J'i? >- " -. * v "'ril i'
Fruit Trees Bloom
As Weather Warms,
But No Harm Done
Fruit frees In anil about
Wasblagloi have gotten all
nixed up on the calendar. The
weather has fooled then completely
and many of them are
patting out their spring-time
blossoms, something which the
Department of Agriculture considers
unusual, but not at all
unprecedented or very rare.
OfBclals of the bureau of plant
industry at the department explain
the occurrence by the fact
that continued drought has bad
the effect of drying up the
leaves, and this drought, follow- J
ed by springlike showers and
temperature, has caused tbe :
trees to put out their blossoms.
While the process is redurfoc |
to some extent. It will have lit- j
tic effect on the blossoms next
spring, officials say, unless the {
present conditions continue over j
a period of several weeks, when (
the effect may be deleterious
on next year's fruit.
IMnnil/lCTAVDDIDC
II1UUML IMA UMUL
ATTEMPTCHARGEB
Revenue Official Accused ir
Case and Another Man
Held as Associate.
Charged with attempts to obtaii
bribes, revealing: confidential infor
mation and thefts of office records, E
J. Rickmeier, assistant chief of th?
personal audit section, income ta:
onit, bureau of internal revenue, am
Jarnett Underwood of 1005 U stree
today were taken into custody by spe
?ial agents of the intelligence service
bureau of internal revenue.
The formal charges against the mei
A-ere to be placed when arraigned be
'ore a United States commissione
his afternoon. Information leadinj
o the bureau's action was furnisher
jy a taxpayer at Duluth. Minn., witl
ivhorn the men are alleged to hav'
aumpttd to enter into negotiations
jtlier taxpayeis. residing in Califor
aia. Oklahoma and Texas, also fur
nisned information in connection witl
the case.
Rickmeier was appointed a cleri
in the bureau of internal revenu
March 1. 11*19. at $1,100. and wa
promoted successively to $1,600, $2,25(
ind on January 16. 1921. to $2.00'
He \\ith appointed from Sh^boygar
Wis. Underwood was formerly a
fniyloy of the War Department, anrecently
has been engaged in in
rn ranee business here. It was state-'
it the Treasury Department.
Treasury Statement.
A statement issued at the Troasur
today said: "In January. 1021. Under
wood addressed to the taxpayer
letter ad\ ising him that an assessmen
in excess of $2*0.000 shortly would b
made against him.
Underwood said he would visit tli
taxpayer if his traveling expense
were paid, with a view to enterin
into negotiations by which the ta
payment might be avoided. He sug
jested as an alternative that the tax
payer come to Washington. The infor
mation with reference to the taxpay
?r's return, Underwood said, was give
him by a friend in the income ta
unit in Washington that this frien
was handling this particular case, an
would be willing t6 take such nece*
sary action as to avoid payment of th
tax.
"Receiving no reply from this let
ter. Underwood addressed to the tax
payer in February a sim.lar com
munication. In March a letter advia
ing the taxpayer of an additional as
sesoment of $262,000 was prepared, i:
the income tax unit, but was no
Bent to the taxpayer. I.ater a repre
sentative of the taxpayer called o
Underwood and asked him to oullin
the propositions made in his letteri
isugociauons were entered into, wit
the result that an offer was made t
return to the taxpayer his return an
the returns of three other taxpayer!
two of whom had pending: agains
them additional assessments of $253,
000 each and one an additional asses*
mcnt in excess of $350,000, togethe
with all the correspondence in th
casts, if each of the taxpayers woui
agree to pay to Underwood, throug
their representative, $40,000, or a tc
tal of $1*0.000.
Meeting Arranged.
"On the evening of September 2
1921, a special agent of the burea
of internal revenue, po6ing as a ret
resentative of the taxpayers wit
whom Underwood had been negotial
ing registered at a downtown hote
A meeting was'a-ranped with Undei
wood for 9:30 o/clock on the followin
morning. Underwood appeared at th
appointed time, and agreed to return t
the hotel between 2 and 2:'.
o'clock of the same day with the r<
turns and papers. lie appeared o
time, but said his friend in the ir
come tax unit was reluctant aboi
getting the papers out of the offk
during the day.
lie also said that, his friend it
struoted him to ask the representati\
of the taxpayers to show the $l#0.0(
in cash. This request was refuse
and Underwood left, saying he woul
returfi between 5 and 5:30 and woul
have with him all ttie return* an
papers, which, if they were destroy
cd. would leave no record in the bt
reau of Internal revenue as to the ta
liability of the men concerned.
"During these two interviews a se<
ond special agent was concealed b<
hind the dresser, and heard all of tl
conversation between Underwood an
the supposed representative of tl
taxpayers. Underwood returned, a<
cording to the appointment, at 5:3
and at that time produced the corn
spondenee' in the case, but saM he'wj
un/ble to secure the returns of tl
four taxpayers. The supposed repr<
sentatlve of the taxpayers stated th;
'CVintimiArl on P?C? 2S.1
BARONESS ATT AO
DISPOSING OF C(
1 Baron ess Carita Partello von
Horst of Coburg, Germany, today
filed in the Supreme Court of tlic
District of Columbia .a caveat ashing
that the will <vf her father.
Dwlght J. Partello, formerly consul
Of the United States in Germany,
be set aside. She charges
that her father being orer seventyfire
years old "when the will was
made was not mentally competent
and when the codiefl was made
only seven months before his death,
"in AUgUst, 1CJ0, was unduly Influenced
by Mrs. Flora B. Thompson,
to whom he left'$10,000 and made
' an executor of his will. Mrs.
Thompson l?- referred ,to 1n the
codicil as a' life-long family friend.
? The estate ts valued at $200,000.
the bulk of which is represented
by a collectioiuof violins, inclcding
two StradivaHus appraised at
$15,000 each. This collection, including
a silver casket with the
Russian eagle In brilliants on top,
-which was-presented-to ^Mr. Par
CHIEF OF D. C. KLAN
APPEALS 10 POLICE
FOLLOWjNGTHREAT
Inspector Grant Says He Will
Have Nothing to Do With
K.-K. K.
i
I non A Kli7tTiniMC Mriinrnn
unuHiii&H i lum o ivimviDcnci
BRANDED AS 'TERRORISTS'
U. S. Attorney Ready to Submit
; Any Evidence Showing Conspiracy
to Grand Jury.
J Controversy over the existence of
|| the Ku-Klux Klan in Washington wa",
| marked by two developments today,
j Grand Goblin Harry B. Terrell, head
(of the klan in the District, called oh
J Inspector Clifford L. Grant, in charge
'of the local detective bureau, and
{complained of the receipt of a threat
ening letter. Instead of a promise of
{protection, he was told by Inspector
IGrant during a stormy fifteen-minute
! interview that the people of the District
generally were opposed to the
1 existence of a "terrorist organization"
- in Washington.
Facts to Br Given Jury,
ej Official action with regard to the
? Ku-Klux Klan was promised by
I j United States Attorney Peyton Gort
jdon. who said he would submit to the
grand jury any evidence presented to
him tending to support a charge that
.'the klan is engaged in unlawful conspiracy.
Of course, he said, he must
I have the facts,
it Grand Goblin Terrell went before the
_ | chief of detectives to present an arionyj
mous letter received by him^today. in
i wnicn ne was mrtaienea. rue letter
5 declared:
a j "Don't worry. We will sec you soon
h and will let >ou know as this going
t j to be a fight to a finish, believe me."
i. At the outset of the conference the
_ J gist of conversation swept to the or.
j ganizalion's purpose in the District.
!i : "What do you want to organize in
the District for?" asked Grant. "Belt
i fore you go any further let me tell >ou
e I thai there is no use talking to ine about
s! the Ku-Klux Klan. T ie name is
) j enough for me. It signifies the men who
/go about hooded and cloaked in the
j night, lake a man who Is supposed to
,, j be a respectable citizen from his home,
j ' strip hint and apply a coat of tar and
_ i feathers to him. Then tin man would
3 ! be turned loose in a prominent spot in
j the cit> where the populace could see
j his condition."
I Drrlarrd to Hn^f Wrong Idea.
: "I think you have the wrong idea
~ | about the klan," inters uptcd the grand
. i Ki-hli,;.
' "I know enough about it," replied
? j Grant.
"You have gotten your, account*
from false reports appearing in the
papers," said T.errell.
? "My good man. I went on record
* In a statement in March, before anything
had come out in the papers rc"
garding jour organization. a:id I li&ve
not changed my opinion in the l-ast,
and I'm here to tell you that neither
n you nor any one else can change that
* opinion." the inspector came back.
~ "Will you let me send you some of
? the pamphlets of the organization?"
asked the grand goblin.
ie "Certainly." retorted Grant. "Send
them in. I'd like to look at them.
" But they won't change my opinion in
" the least. Why. you people even tried
to hold a meeting in a Masonic hall
* jhere. I stopped it. I found that the grand
" master of the District did not know
"J anything about the real purpose of
1 the meeting and that the secretary
" did not. The Masons are not in exJJ
istence to fight against any creed, or
5 I to prevent any person from wor
L" shiping in the manner in which they
" desire." :?
"Right. And we are not, either," re,
plied Terrell.
it Sflja He Ik Not Afraid.
"Yes, but you had one of the most
r radical men, one of the most rabid
e anti-Catholics known as a speaker at
that proposed meeting." Grant said.
>- | "Well, I came to see you. not to
: ask police protection, because I per|
sonally am not afraid, but I eonsidj
ered that the right thing to do w.is
J I to hand a letter of this kind over to
h I tlie legally constituted authorities."
f. j "You're liable to pet millions of
l#! that kind of letters. And when you
J {advertise yourself as the chief ?.f
u such an organization, I don't sec what
,e protection can be given you. You
o encourage such threats. The easiest
50 way for yon to rest secure is to grot
?- out of that office, gel out of the limein
. light."
i- "But we are legally chartered in
it Georgia."
*.e "Well, stay in Georgia."
"I don't think we nerd to stay in
i-1 Georgia. We are in virtually every
*o j state in the rnion."
to J "Well, you'll have to stay in Georgia
'd J eventually. I'd be willing t?? bet Sin
Id that you will and that your whole
III organization will blow up."
1,1 tatn $10 Waiter.
,. The grand goblin reached a hand
.x into his right-hand pocket. He pulled
out a -crumpled, but new ten-dollar bill.
,3 "There's my money." he said,
le Inspector Grant., whose business is
id partly to prevent criminal acts such as
ic betting in the confines of the District,
- and evidentally remembering Commis0,
sioner Oyster's stand on taking or layIng
bets on chance, glanced over tois
ward two Star reporters who were lisle
tening to the debate. ?
&- "Oh, I am not allowed to make actual
it bets,'* he said. "I said I was wllllng
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KS WILL OF FATHER
1STLY OLD VIOLINS
j tellO'by the Czar of Russia for the
recovery of a "Strad" said to have
i beep atolen from the Russian inu1
seum. is left by the will to the
| Natrona 1 Museum at Washington.
! to be known as the Partello col'
lection. Pictures also valced at
t more than $^0,000, were given bv
the will to the museum. Baroness
vt#n nurM miu iiei Binicr, nurniif n.
P. Abel), were left only 15,000 end
a life annuity of l?00 each.
Through Attorneys C. U. Tucker
and C. Li. Frailey. the baroness says
because of her father's advanced
, age and the'alleged undue Influence
she and her sister were not
given their proper share of the
I estate.
Explaining the bequest to Mrs.
: Thompson In his will. Mr. Partello
" j . calls her "a life-long family
friend'" and says it Is Inreoognition
"of her sterling qualities anil
| flue character, through which she
j has given me valuable aid and adI
vice and has stood by me through
i many hours of illness and affllc-?
tion."
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