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WEATHER.
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v.ed cool; frost tonight.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 51. at
2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 45, at 6 a.m.
today.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921 ?FORTY PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
President, in Letter to House,
Now Places Total at
$3,940,000,000.
$609,000,000 AGGREGATE
REDUCTIONS FOR YEAR
Executive Summarizes Supple
mental and Deficiency Esti
mates of Appropriation.
Estimated expenditures of the gov
ernment for the fiscal year 1922 are
now Placed at $3,940,000,000, a reduc
tion of $94,000,000 from the August 10
estimate of $4,034,000,000, President
Harding has Informed Congress >n a
letter to Speaker Gillett.
' The new estimate was presented by
the President in connection with de
ficiency estimates of appropriations
of $187,922,576.74, which, Mr. Harding
said, were taken into con^jaition
in arriving at the new estimate
1922 expenditures. the
The President m h.s letter fixed i
expected aggregate redaction in
penditures for the current >.ar at
?4%r?na, revised -stin^of ?
penditures. amounting i?lt was sub
00'). the letter pointedout was su
mitted by Secretary Melton to the
t.?1nP wavs and means comnmite
1-ist AU-ust 4. before which, the leUer
added, "the results of the imPosUion
of executive pressure upon the ^Pend
ing departments, inaugurated at trie
meeting called by the president of
the body of the business organization
I.f the government, had not beerfulj
developed." that estimate m itself, the
let* er added, meant "a .substantial re
duction in current revenues and ex
penditures below the fiscal >ear 19-1.
Rrvisrd Estimate Amrmt !??
An additional revised estimate was
nnncuneed August 19, the letter
This was that it "had been determined to
r/duce the ordinary expenditures ? ?
by at least $3:.0.000<000 below the revised
? ^timntes presented b> tht T.rtasui>
\ueust 4 This, taken with arrange
000 as the estimated total expenditure
in the main, taken into consideration.
It is possible, however, to now state
that the expected aggregate reduc
tion in expenditures for the fiscal
vear 1922 on the above basis is $4.1- .
000,000 instead of $358,&<l0jlMl,p niftr
ed t othis the reduction of $ 1.
000 provided for out of other Pub'ic
debt receipts, as above, makes the
,-xpected aggregate reductlorv in^ex
penditures for the current fiscal year
$ti?9.000,000 instead of $o-0,000,0 0.
With the expenditures unde.r the sup
plemental and deficiency appropriation
?f ^87,922.576.74 asked for herein
taken into consideration, the detail of
estimated expenditures for 19...., as
now received from the various de
partments and establishments. stands
il t " 94" OOO.OOO. a reduction of $.)??.?
OIIO i>o'o from the August 10 estimate
of <4.034.000.000." .
\l- Harding s=ummarizea tne
supplemental and deficiency estimates
o! appropriation as follows. Legis
lative. $167.61S; State Department,
$2X4.104; Treasury Department. $?.
098,500; War Department^ $ 014,.00.
Navv Department, $-<,3 i6.llo.01, in
tetior Department. $6,512.1.: Post
Office. $6,925,934.08; Agriculture,
$687,346.71, Commerce, $1.'34;
$882,760.75; Justice. $94a,y00.31; Inter
state Commerce Commission. *336.
B81.02; District of Columbia. $-.14,
353.20; Shipping Board, $l.?16.0a,
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commis
sion. $25,000; L\ S. Veterans Bureau.
il'O 948.803.44; Smithsonian Institu
tion. $2,300. and 17 S. Board of
Mediation and Cor.cHiatioh. jb.000,
making a total of $1Si,922.5<6.i4.
GILLETT RECEIVES
a a imeib
Deficiency estimates for the District j
of Columbia totaling $261,353.20 have
been sent to Speaker GTllett by Presi
dent Harding. These include $50,000
as an emergency appropriation to'be
made immediately available for pro
viding municipal police protection
during the conference on limitation
of armainenus.
Of the other $214,353.20 the largest
single item?$15o,tt00?is for continu
l'f*"the construction of the t.aiiinger
Memorial Hospital; for tne municipal
i,,dging house $33,000 is asked; for
the rent "commission, $25,000; for sal-I
aries in the surveyors' office, $4,000,
and for the payment of judgments |
against the District, $2,353.20.
These deficiency estimates will be |
considered by the House appropria- i
tions committee when it meets Mon- I
day. District officials will be the first 1
ones called before the committee.
FOCH AND PERSHING ?
GUESTS OF ST. LOUIS
Generalissimo Lauds Part the City
Played in the World
War.
By the Associated Pre**. -
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. November 3.?Mar
shal Foch. accompanied by Gen.
Pershing-, arrived here today from
Kansas City for an all-day visit, and
WmL glven .a rousing reception.
ine special train carrying the gen
eralissimo's party arrived at 7:45
a.m., and an hour later the com
mander-in-chief of the allied armies
alighted and commented on the beau
tuul weather and hospitality of St.
Louis.
? party immediately was taken
v Louia Club for breakfast,
where Mayor Kiel extended the city's
official welcome.
Marshal Foch responded briefly in
French, expressing appreciation of
his reception and praising the part St.
Louis played in the war.
BALLOU MAY QUIT
10 GOTOBOSTON
Superintendency at $10,000
Yearly Reported Offered
to School Head.
The possibility or Dr. Frank W.
| Ballou, superintendent of schools, re
1 signing to accept the superintendency
! of the public schools of Boston,
created a stir today in school circles.
It is understood that Dr. Bullou is
being considered by the Boston board
q^ed ucation as successor to Frank
V. Thompson, who died last week.
First intimation that* Dr. Ballou
; may leave trie District school system
! was given the school boa!rd at its
j meeting yesterday afternoon in the
franklin School. Board members ap
parently were disturbed over the'
situation, and discussed it at length
.behind closed doors. During the <lis
1 cussion Dr. Ballou, Harry O. Hine,
, secretary of the board, and a clerk,
i who takes stenographic notes of the
| inevtings, were excused from the
j board's chambers, an incident which
| hasjiot occurred at school board ses?
j sions in recent years.
falarj ?4.000 Greater.
I According to reports from a re
liable source. Dr. Hallou did not
indicate to the board that he con
| templated resigning, but in a diplo
matic manner informed the members
| that he was being considered for the
superintendency of the Boston schools,
pointing out that the position paid
$10,000 a year, or {4.000 more than he
is receiving in Washington. It also
was said that the superintendent
made it clear that he is under con
tract to serve a term of three years
in the District, and that it is up to
the school board to decide whether
or not that contract shall be enforced.
The Boston school board, it was
,?aijj_ ollered to consider Dr. Ballou
for the superintendency while he was
in that city last week attending the
funeral of Mr. Thompson. Dr. Ballou
was an assistant superintendent of
the Boston schools before he came
to Washington, and therefore is
familiar with the administration of
the schools there,
I'ald High Tribute*.
Reports of the possible loss of Dr.
Ballou caused school officials today to
pay him high tribute. Several officials
declared it would be a "calamity" If
Dr. Ballou went to Boston.
Dr..Ballou has been at the head of
the loial school system since July 1.
1920. Since that time, it was pointed
out. Jie has become familiar with the
Washington school system, and has
mapped oilt a comprehensive program
, for the betterment of the school admin
jistratioh. It also was said that he was
instrumental in getting the first large
??icUool building program through Con
gress.
Inrrenne to *10,000 Anked.
Fearing the loss of the superintend
ent, the school board this year in
cluded in its estimates an Item pro
viding for an increase in his- pay to
Sin.UOO a year. Whether this item
has been stricken out of the esti
mates in the slashing process they
vent through in the hands of the
Commissioners and the budget bu
I reau was not disclosed. School board
members, however, have made plans
, to go before the Senate and House
! District committees when they begin
consideration of the District appro
priation bill, and urge that the salary
of the school head be increased to
510,001).
It was learned today that Dr. Bal
lou already had refused three offers
i from as many cities, paying the
I school superintendent $10,000 a year,
believing that there are many ad
vantages in Washington for him
I However, it was said, that if the su
perintendency of the Boston schools
[ is formally offered to him, it is likely
I that he will accept it.
WHEAT AT $1 A BUSHEL;
IS LOWEST SINCE 1915
CHICAGO, November 3.?What long
ago used to be considered normalcy
was reached today on the Chicago
I Board of Trade?wheat at SI a
bushel. The December delivery fell
to that price, the lowest since 1915.
The absence of demand rather than
any unusual selling pressure charac
terized today's market. The dollar-a
bufhel price led to comparison with
more than double that figure realized
during the great war and also was
a reminder that the market for May
delivery was down to 84 U cents a
bushel in 1914, and to 83& cents In
KEEPS HIS MIND ALERT AT AGE OF 85 -
THROUGH REGULAR MENTAL TESTS
How he keeps his mind as active '
and alert today as it was twenty
years ago by means of regular
mentality tests was related today
by James Thomas Petty, one of
the oldest employes of the Dis
trict government .as he observed
his eighty-fifth birthday anniver
sary at his desk in the municipal
building.
"Eighteen years ago. when I was
auditor of the District," said the
octogenarian, "I had to write
many opinions involving points of
s law. At regular intervals now I
test myself by writing similar
reports and comparing them with
the papers I prepared years ago."
After fifty-one years of service
to the municipality in various ca
pacities, Air. Petty sat at his desk
in the arrears office of the col
Jector of taxes this morning work
ing away as usual.
Although he was fourteen years
past the retirement age when the
employes' pension law became ef
fective last year, the Commission
ers did not ask him to- retire,
recognizing the value of his
knowledge on District taxation,
lawiag back over his career, Mr.
Petty's face brightened with a
smile as he recalled his service in
the Confederate army, of which
he said:
"Although I fought throughout
the war on the Confederate side,
I am just an glad today that the
Union stood as are the boys who
wore the blue."
Mr. Petty was born near Fred
ericksburg. Va., on November 3,
1836. After the war he came to
Washington and in 1870 entered
the service of the city as book
keeper for the corporation of
Washington, with Offices in the old
city hall, now the ? District Su
preme Court.
Mc. Petty was auditor of the
District from 1888 to 1903. His
next assignment was in the ca
pacity of assistant assessor. For
a number of years he has been
connected with the office of the
collector of taxes, handling the
records of the hundreds of par
cels of land on which taxes go
unpaid from year to year.
When he arrived at hla office
this morning- Mr. Petty found his
desk adorned with flowers pre
sented by his fellow employes.
The veteran District official lives i
at 3331 O street.
| Definite Plans Are Expected
for Presentation to Arms
* Conference.
MEETINGS CONTINUE;
DETAILS WITHHELD
Visiting Delegations Make Calls on
i Secretary Hughes?Some at
Other Departments.
Official assurance was forthcoming
today from State Department sources
tiiat "gratifying progress" is being
made by the American delegation to
the arms conference in the prepara
tion of a basis for limitation of naval
armement to be presented to the con
ference. The American delegates were
to meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon to"
resume where they left off at ad
journment yesterday. ?
It was also declared in official quar
ters today that there is no question
I of the absolute definiteness of the
j plan, when it is submitted as the pro
| posal of this country, the proponent
and host of the conference, for limi
I tation of armament.
i The American delegates are not
I ready at this time to disclose the de
tails of the progress made or to out
line even the framework of the pro
posal, which will be made at the
appropriate time and in formal manner.
Promi*e of Publicity.
State Department officials reiterated
today assurances of an adequate de*
gree of publicity in connection with
j the conference proper. In one high
| quarter the prediction was ventured
, that the public will be agreeably sur
j prised at the extent of publicity of
the conference's work. It was point
| ed out that this is a case where the
liberal opinion of the world is need
ed for the guidance of the men who
I will assemble around the council board.
? It was stated with emphasis that
; any restlessness on the part of a sec
j tion of the public over the possibility
[of the conference working in the
J dark, or of occult procedure, is en
tirely unwarranted and not justified
?by fact or intention. It was confi
dently asserted that publicity will be
! entirely adequate and of a character
j to satisfy any reasonable person.
Japanese Dmirr.
j Indication by the Japanese dele
gates to the arms conference on
.arrival here that they desired and
: hoped to discuss first at the confer
ence the question of limitation of
! armament, rather than far eastern
: problems,"" brought the question Vt
possible priority to the forefront to
jday in matters connected with the
] forthcoming meeting.
j The Japanese viewpoint, as in
formally expressed after the arrival
here last night of Admiral T. Kato,
! minister of marine, and' Prince Iye
! sato Tokugawa, president of the house
! of peers, who, with Ambassador Shi
I dehara, form the principal Japanese
I delegation, was that prior discussion
? of Pacific and far eastern questions
j might involve difficulties such as to
delay progress of the negotiations.
While there has been no certain in
dication of the attitude of the Ameri
can delegates on this point, it is un
derstood that their Dreparatory con
ferences to date, including that of yes
terday. in which Secretary Denby and
the technical advisers on naval mat
ters participated, have been largely
confined to a study of the armament
limitation problem.
American Position.
The American delegation is under
stood to be preparing to take the in
itiative in the conference and to make
| a substantial offer on behalf of this i
I government looking to reduction of na
j val programs.
| The State Department will forward
? this week to the delegates Invited to
the conference formal notice of the '
! necessity of postponing the initial meet- I
j ing until Saturday, November 12. The !
? hour for assembling will be 10:30
j o'clock in the morning, in the audi-1
j torium of the building erected by the |
Daughters of the American Revolution, i
near the Pan-American building, where I
subsequent sessions will be held. i
ITALIAN DELEGATES OFF
TO ATTEND DIAZ DINNER
Mayor Hylan Gives Banquet in
New York Tonight to Noted j
General.
The three members of the Italian
delegation to the armament confer
ence now fn Washington, together j
with other members of the offlcia'
party, will leave tonight for New
|,York, where they will attend the
' banquet to be given tomorrow night
I by Mayor Hylan in honor of Gen
| Diaz.
Those to make the trip are the
j Italian ambassador, Senator Rolandi
! Ricci; Senator Carlo Schanzer, presi
: dent of the Italian delegation; Sena
tor Luigl Albertlni, the third delegate
Count Pagliano. counselor to the
Italian embassy in Madrid, and Lieut
Giovanni Bosio, private secretary to
Senator Schaoeer.
They expect to return to the Na-1
tional Capital, in a few days. During
their absence activities at the head
quarters of the delegation in th<
Hotel Washington will he. to somi I
extent, suspended. Marquis Viscont'
Venosta. general secretary of the j
delegation will remain here in charge. I
$30,000 IN GEMS STOLEN. '
ST. PAUL, Minn., November 3.?Dia
monds valued at $30,000 were ob
tained today by two men who robbed
the store of A. I. Shapira & Sons, in
the center of the downtown quar
ters.
Today's News in Brief
United States plan for naval armament
limitation making progress. Page 1
Senator Albertlni, here for arms ses
sion, is brilliant Italian editor and
statesman. Page 4
Merchants asked to pause two nHnuteB
in dead soldier's honor. Page 7
Hanford MacNider new head of Amer
ican Legion. Page 17
Third cut made in price of bread in
District. Page 17
Board of education approves plans for
new tubercular school. Page 22
Italy willing to cut navy to mini
mum. Page 4
Citizens' Relief Association aids 500
families during year. Page 9
Twentieth Century Club lauds street!
cleaning service in Washington. I
Page 15.
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Has Long Been Ground for
Dispute Common to Six
Nations.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(In tlii?. I lie fourth of a ?eri?? of IjigblT
IntriwtlniE arti?le? givinn ?
Iwi-kxroiiiul of lnfor??iion on
i ji.ubleiu.)
| China has always been a problem
common to the six great powers
Great Britain. Vnited States. Ger
many. Japan. Russia and France.
Time and again efforts have been
made to float six-power loans or five
power loans among banking groups
of all the major countries In an ef
fort to help put CMnStm
Little by little the nations of the
world have been encroaching on her
domain. Her undeveloped resources
have been tempting to the alert busi
ness men of other countries.
Concessions have been obtained in
i all sorts of ways trom the helpless
Chinese government which in recent
generations has really had no strong
central government, but has moved
along with curious indifference as
focaf governments and provincial au
thorities have sprung up within
immense empire.
Railroad* Vital
The possession of railways means a
great deal to the nation which owns
and operates them In China. It in
1 mires access - to the mines of the in
tenor tor the bringing out of valuable
freights. British. American and Oer
ra.nita.Hsts have been content to
develop railway enterprises without as
suming to obtain political control fo
'their respective governments of any
territory In China. The much talked
of province of Shantung with its im
'mense territory was never ceded to
Japan at the Paris peace conference
but the port which is practically the
rtoor to Shantung province, was given
Jiuan as will as jurisdiction over
! railwav to the interior, including
j a tWrty-mile strip on each j-ide of
the railway. It is true the Germans
' had that very right and Japan was
I asking only for that which Germany
hkd forfeited through her defeat in
the war. Japan was asking for those
rights as her reward for ousting the
Germans from Kiachow and the far
C*But that brought the rub. Would the
Japanese be content to operate as the
Germans had? Indeed, the Germans
entered into working agreements
with British and other European
business men In the far east It was
nurely a commercial, not a political,
proposition. Would the Japanese
keep it commercial or use it to Pene
trate China politically and get a hold
on the administrative independence
of China?
Antl-Jnpaneae Sentiment.
The Chinese thought so. They
openly said so. That's the basis for
their opposition to Japan s acquisi
tion of one inch more of a foothold
in China. It's a question of faith, of
mist or suspicion. TU Japanese pro
test that they never break their word,
that they have only disinterested mo
tives and seek merely a place for
commercial expansion for their al
ready overpopulated country. But
The Chinese will 9Pt listen. Sharing
the Chinese suspicions are practically
In the British. French and American
business interests in China. They are
violently anti-Japanese. They ex
nect their respective governments to
Sle their moral and physical power
Vo keep the Jnpanese from over
?tVnoing the bounds of commercial
necessity. They insist that the open
door shall mean an open door and no
diWhomiwin?"keeP the "open door"
open'* Who will enforce the under
handing. The British POv?rnmen
Knued^states^elp? That's why
are not anxious to an
the i? thS time what they will
H ^jfh the Anglo-Japanese alliance:
a erhool of thought insists that the
Of? abrogated, because of the
alimSfus It elves the Japanese pollt
sfmulus it B i n but allother
^f thought in the British gov
8Ch^nt wan?s to know first whether
ernment wants hejD of tj,e
StScfir^v\V?uUpntedInUPo?tnh^
the alliance ~ ded by the latter
wor ??' of statesmen that the Anglo
group of statesro the British
japaneM alllanc K lntimacy with
government a ce^rnment which
ft Possible to hold Japan back
s.
seek?the M ltated Russia to assist
fffuUUUng her ambitions In the tar
eaBt* u. 8. Km AmIW.
TW America ?tand ready to enter
- (Continued^ Page 10. column 3 J
I FIVE ?urn to death.
t "
Mother and Four Children Fire
Victims in Toledo.
TOLEDO, Ohio, November 3.?A
i mother and (our children, three girls
I and a boy, were burned to death
j shortly after 6 o'clock this morning,
| when Are destroyed the fruit store
I and apartment of Wolf Greenburg.
Indiana avenue and Ewing streets.
The dead are: Mrs. Greenburg, the
mother; Eva, 15; Anna, 13; David. 6,
and Leah, 9.
senaTorsapprove
tariffextension
Finance Committee Orders
Favorable Report on House
Amendment.
The Senate finance committee, re
suming hearings today on tariff ques
tions, ordered a favorable report on
the House resolution extending the
emergency tariff law to February 1,
or until such time as the permanent
tariff schedules are enacted into law.
The committee's intention to hold
hearings on the permanent bill prob
1 ably will be changed, however, and
! the hearings postponed after today
| until Monday because of the consid
jeration by the Senate of the tax bill
' which necessitated the attendance of
; the finance committee members.
; Farmer* Demand Protection.
I T. C. Atkeson, representing the Na
j tional Grange, the only witness to be
' heard today, reiterated the stand of
I the farm organizations that so long
as the policy of the government is
protection, farm products must share
in it. He told the committee the
farmers "repudiate entirely the dic
tum of the old tariff philosopher that
agricultural products are raw ma
terials," contending that they were
"finished where they grow, and shnutd
be so considered by Congress in lei;;s
i lation."
I The proposed schedules of duties on
agricultural products which were to
have been submitted bv the group of
western senators were withheld until
the hearings are resumed next week.
Senator Gooding, republican. Idaho,
head of the group, explaining that
the members of the group felt all
members of the oommittee should be
present when hte basic rates are
| taken up.
Would Avoid Friction.
| In voting to report the resolution
: extending the emergency law the com
[mittee. it was stated, did not consider
I the McLean amendment for exchange
stabilization during the executive
session of the committee. Members
said they felt It imperative to leave
the House resolution in its original
form in order to avoid a lengthy floor
! fight and to save possible friction be
' tween the two houses.
EUGENE D. F. BRADY DEAD
Practiced Law "in This City for
Forty-Five Tears.
Eugene D. F. Brady, one of the old
est members of the Washington bar,
died this morning at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Thomas De Kyne, at Wil
mington, Del., where he had gone to
spend the winter in the hope of re
gaining his health.
Mr. Brady, who was bom In Wil
mington, wAs a graduate ?George
town University, and also oi the first
class of law. He practiced his pro
fession for forty-five years In this
city, and during the last Ave years
was connected with the legal depart
ment of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration.
He married Miss Ada Ford, daugh
ter of Gov. Ford of Ohio, and besides
his sister and wife is survived by a
son, Capt. Edward J. Brady, U. S. A.
NEW ENVOY CONSIDERED.
Alansoit B. Houghton Mentioned
as Ambassador to Germany.
The name of Alanson B. Houghton
of Corning, N. Y? a member of the
House from the thirty-seventh New
York district, was understood to be
flrst in the mind of President Harding
as ambassador to Germany after a
conference today between the Presi
dent and Charles D. Hllles, repub
lican national committeeman for New
fork.
Mr. Hllles, who is a former repub
lican national chairman and baa been
consulted, frequently hr the President
in the selection of dlplMaatlc officials,
is understood to. have given Mr.
Houghton his unqualified indorsement.
...
SALES TAX FIGHT
STARTSINSENATE
Proponents of Levy Declare
They Are Backed by
Forty Votes.
The fight for the sales tax was
j launched today in the Senate by Sena
j tor Smoot, republican, Utah, after the
j tax revision measure had been per
fected with committee and individual
| amendments disposed of. Proponents;
j of the sales levy said they went into j
the fight with forty votes pledged for
their plan.
Proposal of Plan.
The plaJi presented to the Senate pro
j posed a manufacturers' and producers*
j tax of 1 per cent of the sale prices of
every commodity sold, leased or li
censed for consumption or use with
out further process of manufacture..
This tax would not apply to sales,
Leases or licenses made during any year
in which the total price for which the
taxable sales, leases or licenses were
made did not exceed $6,000, nor to
.sales of refined gold or silver. ?
The Smoot proposals would provide
for a graduated corporation tax of
from 10 to 15 per cent and for repeal
i next January 1 of the existing taxes
on a.ll transportation, including tele
| phone, telegraph, cable and radio; on
i soft drinks, on admissions and dues;
| the special excises or nuisance taxes,
i and also stamp taxes.
Amendment Taken lTp.
j Taking up amendments by indi
} vidual senators, the Senate today ac
: cepted a proposal by Senator l'ittma;i.
democrat of Nevada, fixing a stamp
tax of one cent for each $20 or frac
tion of that amount of the value of
capital stock, provided the entire value
oz the snare does not exceed $100.
The change did not affect the com
mittee amendment, already agreed to,
placing a tax of 5 cents fore each $100
or fraction of the par value of such
stock above $100.
Senator Ashurst, democrat. Arizona,
attempted to have attached to the tax
? measure a provision appropriating
j $16,000,000 for use of the Veterans'
; Bureau in hospitalization of former
! service men. The proposition brought
j on a discussion of the whole range
of the veteran question, and Senator
i Ashurst finally withdrew the amend
j me lit after being assured by Chair
? man Warren of the appropriations
{committee that a deficiency appropria
| tion was in course of preparation and
i that an effort would be made to in
! elude the Veterans Bureau needs in
| it. Senator Curtis, republican, of
? Kansas said he understood the defi
ciency measure would be brought into
Congress in "a week or ten days."
Amendment Adopted.
Without a record or dissenting vote
Senator Broussard, democrat, I^ouis
the Senate adopted an amendment by
iana, striking out a committee amend
ment providing that income received
by any n%arital community should be
included in the gross income of the
spouse having the management and
! control of such community property,
jand should be taxed as the income of
such spouse.
j Senators from Louisiana and eight
western states contended that this
amendment would overturn laws in
their state which provide that the
wife shall have title to one-half of
the family property. They argued
also that the amendment would result
in increasing the taxes on the fam
ilies by lumping the entire income as
that of a single taxpayer.
Deploring the effort to put a sales
tax through the Senate at'this time,
Chairman Fordney of the House ways
and means committee disclosed yes
terday that It was his plan to bring
I in a sales tax in connection with the
soldier bonus bill, which he said would
be reported during the'coming regu
lar session of Congress.
"We want to reserve the sales tax
(Continued on **age 2.- column 3.)
How Lloyd George
<- Upset the
House of Lords
Second -installment
of Philip Kerr's fas
cinating narrative
NEXT SUNDAY, IN
The Sunday Star
DAN R. HANNA SUCCUMBS;
SON OF LATE SENATOR
Publisher and Prominent Cleveland
Business Man" Basses Away
of Heart Disease.
NEW YORK, November 3.?Dan R.
Hanna, son of the late Senator Mar
cus A. Hanna and proprietor of the
Cleveland News, died at his home at
Croton-on-the Hudson last night, ac
cording to word received by friends
here today.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. November 3.?
Dan R. Hanna died of heart disease, ac
cording to advices received here.
In addition to his newspaper inter
ests, Mr. Hanna was heavily interested
in real estate, owning two of Cleve
land's largest office buildings, and for
many years was a leading figure in the
iron ore, coal and lake shipping in
dustry. , ..
Mr. Hanna was well known in poli
tics as a strong supporter of the late
President Theodore Roosevelt.
He was born December 26, 1866, in
Cleveland, and is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Marcus A. Hanna of
! Washington; by two sisters, Mrs. Menill
I McCormick of Chicago and Mrs. Harry
A. Parsons of Cleveland, and by eight
children. The children are Mark A.
Hanna and Carl H. Hanna of Water
town. N. ?: Dan R. Hanna. Jr. of
Cleveland, and Misses Kliiabeth. Na
talie, Kuth. Charlotte and Mary Hanna.
Few Others Walk Out, But
Main Body Will Await
Operators' Action.
By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 3.?Offi
cials of the United Mine Workers of
America said today that soft coal
miners throughout the country were
marking time in their "protest" strike,
awaiting discontinuance by operators of
the "check off," as directed by a fed
eral court injunction.
No answer had been sent to Frank
Farrington, the Illinois union leader,
who had ackt tl tor definite instructions
.on calling a strike, but President John
L. Lewis said h- expected to make a
reply during the day. ...
Olfici-.ls regarded their original strik
message as sufficiently clear, and indi
rated that EUl'h a statement would be
included In th?- answer to Mr. Farrini,
<on who was leader of the anti-admm
istrntion element at the recent m ners
convention. No question as to inter
pretation <f the message had arisen in
any othr-r of the sixteen states to which
it was sent, according to the officials
Indiana Field Tied l:p.
Piacticaliy all the Indiana mines were
c-.osed agtin today, reports from the
coal fields indicating that 2a,000 men
continued thrtr- walkdut In protest to
I the federal court injunction. 1 ennsy 1
I vania operators In the Pittsburgh dis
t-ict have given notice that they ami
! abolish the "ch?ck off." but reports from
! o.her fcoal states, received at union
headquarters heie. salu the operators
had not announced thtir policy.
] A meeting of the Indiana Bitumin
ous Coal Operators' Association will
be held at Terre Haute tonight, at
which members have announced their
! course of action to be taken by the
operators as the result of the injunc
tion would be outlined. Officers of
the association have declared, how
' ever, the injunction would be obeyed,
and notices of discontinuance of the
check-off system have already been
! prepared tor posting at the mines.
Few Loral. Fallow.
I Miners from only a few locals of
i other coal mining districts of the
country were reported as having fol
| lowed the example of the Indiana
; min< rs in striking, but officials at
headquarters of the union here ex
? oect that the walkout will become
General as soon as the order discon
tinuing the "check-off" system is put
1 into effect. This may not occur for
' several days in some of the districts.
I it was pointed out, as there is ex
pected to be some delay before the
I provisions of the injunction are put
i into actual operation.
I Counsel for both the union and the
' operators were busy today in the
preparation of their appeal of the m
I junction to the circuit court of ap
i peals, at Chicago and are expected to
make formal application for the ap
i peal before Judge Anderson eitner to
day or tomorrow. Counsel said the
application was only a perfunctory
proceeding.
Ordered Bark to Work.
SPRINGFIELD,'III.. November 3.?
More than a thousand coal miners at
Carlinville and Staunton, in Macoupin
countv, struck today before they had
received a telegram from state head
quarters ordering them to remain at
i work. One hundred and fifty miners
1 also struck at Hillsboro.
Acting upon the official telegrams.
' however which arrived soon after,
Ihe miners in each of these places
voted to return tomorrow, according
to information received by Walter
Nebit. an official of the state miners
union here. Two other locals in
southern Illinois which struck yes
terday. Mr. Nesbit said, are back at
work today.
Six Working la Indiana.
terre HAUTE. Ind.. November 3.?
ReDorts received this morning at
headquarters of the Lnited Mine
(Continued on Page 2. Column 2.)
PROOF OF KING
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
OFFEREOTOSENATE
Watson Receives Many Com
munications From Persons
Willing to Aid Probe.
EXECUTION ON MEUSE
WAS WITNESSED BY ONE
Philadelphian Claims to Have
Photographs of Gallows?Session
Harked With Clashes.
Letters and telegrams from persons
offering to submit proof of charges
that American soldiers overseas were
hanged without trial were presented
in the Senate today by Senator Wat
son, democrat, Georgia, whose presen
tation of the original charges in the"
Senate several days ago resulted in
appointment of a special committee
of investigation.
One of the telegrams. Senator Wat
son said, was from a former major in
thte Army and said he^could "assist
in substantiating tne charges.'* An
other, from a resident of Philadelphia,
offered to give two photographs simi
lar to that presented recently by
Senator Watson as showing a gal
lows. The Philadelphian, whose name
was not made public by the Georgia
senator, said he saw one hanging on
the Meuse, of a negro in uniform, and
could supply "positive proof'* of the
hanging. The correspondent did noi
say whether the hanging was after a
court-martial or not.
Several Clashe*.
In presenting his documents Sen
ator Watson, with much show of feel
ing, clashed with several senators
and was reminded by Vice President
CooMdge that he should "proceed in
order" and observe Senate rules. The
Vice President intervened when Sen
ator Watson referred to Senator
Moses, republican. New Hampshire,
directly, without use of the usual
term, "the senator from New Hamp
shire."
Senator Watson asked for insertion
in the Congressional Record of photo
| graphs of alleged hangings in the
? American expeditionary forces.. pub
| lished in a New Jersey newspaper.
, and Senator Moses, chairman of the
} printing committee, started to say
; that printing rules did not perm.'
J publication of photographs, when he
? was cut off by Mr. Watson, who d? -
j clared the objection was "cowardly."
j The Georgia senator again attack*
t Senator Wadsworth. republican. New
York, who first called the Senate *
attention to Senator Watson's
charges.
Witness Kb R??te Here.
"It is oniy a few hours." said Mr
Watson, "since I was put on the rack
in a most brutal, supercilious mann? r
by the ex-associate of William
Barnes, a "crook."
Senator Wadsworth did not reply,
Mr. Watson said tnat a former Georgia
soldier was en route here to furnis'i
proof of the hanging charges and
that he might appoint him as his sec
? retary, so that he might stand by th<*
j senator's side in the chamber to aid
in proof.
! Senator Watson then had Senate
j clerks read a large number of let
I ters. telegrams and newspaper clip
j pings into the record, all reporting al
j leged cruelties to, or mistreatment of,
soldiers.
j Says lie Han Poult I ve Proof.
! The Georgia senator referred to his
idata as "evidences of confirmation.'*
j "I would be glad to disbelieve these
charges," said Mr. Watson, "if proof
is submitted that they are not true, ?
! I would be glad to know they are not
true.*' ^
J He then added:
! "I can show and I will show that
t officers had men shot with no trial
J whatever. I can show and will show
j that officers told courts-martial what
; to do in order that the courts-martial
i might keep from being shot them
j selves."
j Action May Be Delayed.
| The special committee appointed to
I investigate the charges made by ? _n
j ator Watson will take no further
I steps in the matter, in all probability,
j until the Senate has adQjrted a reso
lution reported favorsfoly from the
: committee on "contingent expenses,
j granting the special committee the
necessary money to conduct the in
j vestigation.
J Senator Brandagee. chairman of the
; special committee, was anxious to get
| action on the resolution, but it was
{ feared that if the resolution was
called up it would lead to debate, and
thus delay action on the unfinished
I business, which is the tax revision
j bill.
I Wat won Issue* Challenge.
| Facing the republicans and shoving
j out his chin, Senator Watson said:
| "You make a fight on me if you can.
? if you dare. You said you'd put my
] head against the wall. Come on, do
{it!"
j Senator Watson said that 3.000 o^n
' privates of war were "enlisted with
J his side and that negroes seeing me
I photograph he presented would re
I sent it.
? "Hereafter the man who impugns
'my honor," said Mr. Watson in con
< elusion, "will answer to me not only
here, but somewhere else."
JAPANESE UNPACK TONS OF DATA
FOR ARMS PARLEY AMID BUSTLE
!
From the outside the old Blaine
house, on Massachusetts avenue
just oft Dupont Circle, still appears
to be the same venerable old man
sion that has been there (or many
years, but Inside all is changed.
The Japanese delegation to the
arms conference has rented It from
Henry Spencer, the present owner,
and a veritable beehive of industry
has been set in motion. The house
has been stripped completely of
furnishings, and where once were
"drawing rooms and dining rooms
now are offices equipped as thor
oughly as any modern business
establishment.
Except for great piles of packing
cases that All the hallways and
reaoh to the ceiling in the lower
oorridors. all is trim and business
like. These unopened boxes, just
arrived from Japan by express,
contain tons of data, statistics,
official documents and legal, mili
tary and historical figures that may
be needed during the parley. It
would be a long way back home
to send for information, and the
Japanese have come prepared. \
On the upper floors of this newly
formed diplomatic post, are offices
fitted up for the delegates to the
conference and their immediate
secretaries, and there quiet and
dignity reigns, but on the ground
floor are the offices from where
the machinery of the delegation
is to be run, and a busy corps of
secretaries are engaged already in
forming a smooth running organ
ization. All'is hurry and bustle.
American office boys jump at the
sound of a bell, as all new ones
do, and one whole room is filled
with American stenographers
banging away on a battery of
typewriters. Other Americans are
there, too, in the capacity of pub
licity men. secretaries, etc.
One big room Ls set aside for the
Japanese press. Here representa
tives of the Kokusai News Agency,
which la the leading news associa
tion of Japan; the Toklo Maluichi
Shimbun. the Kokumin Shlmbun
and other big newspapers are pre
paring to dispatch the news of the
parley. Twenty-flve or more ed
itors and special writers are to be
here. Many of them arrived here
yesterday and are now learning
their way around.
This morning, with the oomlng
of many of the officials and corre
spondents, the big red house was
swarming with the visitors, and
when the last of the delegation
arrives today or tomorrow traffic
policemen will be needed to control
the constant stream flowing back
and forth to this new government
of the far east set up In Wirt,
iagtoa.