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AMERICA WORLD'S
ARCH-BOOTLEGGER,
OECLARESBUSCH
St. Louis Brewer Accuses
Ship Board in Letter
to President.
CALLS AMERICAN BOATS
"WETTEST UPON OCEAN"
Lasker, in Reply, Asserts Sale of
liquor Necessary to Compete
With Foreign Vessels.
Vigorous V. S. Action
When Issue Is Clear,
Promise of Haynes I
There lias been a difference of i
opinion as to whether the Volstead
act applies on ships sail- ?
ins the United States flag; bevnnH
tin* thrrr.milr limit. Pro
hibitlon Commivxioner R. A.
llajnes aald today in a formal
statement referring to the ?*prohibition
afloat** letters issued by
the Anheu*er-BuNch Brewing
Company. ".lust n? soon as the
question is determined by the
Department of Justice,** he said,
"I will act in a vigorous manner
to enforce that law, but 1
will not break one law to enforce
another.
There is an implication in
th*t Duitch letters that I have
failed in my duty in suppressing
the sale of liquors on
\nierican ships. Let it be clearly
understood that I do not
make the laws. I have no voice
in their enactment nor have I I
any authority to interpret the I
laws made by Congress. Their ,
interpretation is intrusted to
the Attorney t,eneral*s Department
and the courts.*'
Charging: the United States government
with being "the biggest bootlegger
in the world." a letter accusing
the United States Shipping Board of
willfully breaking the Constitution of
the I'nited States and the Volstead act
by openly permitting the sale of intoxi- |
eating liquors on tjnited States Ship- I
ping Board vessels was sent yesterday j
to President Harding by Adolphu* |
Busch. 3d, vice president of the An- j
heuser-Busch Brewery Company of St. [
Louis, one of the la^jfor breweries in I
prt-prohibition days.
.Mr. Busch in his letter points out j
that while the government is spending i
millions to enforce prohibition and*
sending public speakers throughout i
the land to create a sentiment for prohibition
it winks its eye while one of j
its great industries is setting an ex- j
ample of disregard for the laws by \
breaking the prohibition amendment j
and enforcement act in three ways: |
"Selling intoxicating liquors on Amer- i
lean ship^ where there is American j
sovereignty. possessing liquor on |
board ships within the three-mile 1
limit and transporting intoxicating j
liquor into the United States."
Together with Mr. Buseh's letter to J
th?- President, copies of which were i
sent members of Congress and the cab- j
lnet. was another letter from his j
father. August A. Busch, in which he j
speaks of the Shipping Board vessels \
as "the wettest on the ocean." and says !
that the Shipping Board is breaking j
the laws for the same reason that!
every other bootlegger is?for financial
gain. |
Several Inhibit* Inrloned.
Inclosed with the two letters were
copies of advertisements for Shipping
Board vessels announcing "Choice
wines and liqueurs." a letter from i*\ j
W. Wolf, passenger traffic manager of j
the Munson Steamship line, operating J
Shipping Board vessels, in which he j
nays "all forms of liquid refreshments j
are served after leaving the three-mile j
limit." together with a copy of a wine !
list of the S. S. George Washington j
on her May voyage, offering a large j
variety of wines, spirits and liqueurs.
included among which were chain- !
pagnes at $3.50 to $5.00 per quart, \
Scotch whisky at 20 cents per drink
and cocktails at 25 cents. Particular- j
Jy noted on the wine card was "Old j
American Rye Moonshine?30 cents ;
per arink."
In answer ^ to these accusations, I
>\ men i-resiuent naming sent di- !
roctly to the Shipping: Board. Chair- j
man Lasker. in a letter addressed j
to Adolpluis Busch. made public today.
admits that intoxicating; liquors |
are sold on American vessels "because
without jt there would be no I
hope of competing; for the American j
tourist trade with foreign lines," and'
maintains that the Shipping Board |
will continue to supply liquor to J
passengers, showing that it is within i
their ltgal rights so to do.
I.MMker Plead* Precedent.
. Mr. Caskcr points out that, al- j
though a Department of Justice j
ruling during the time of the Wilson j
administration held that liquor could
not be sold on American ships, this I
rilling was not observed then, and j
that when the new administration
c-amc in the sale of liquor on gov- j
eminent ships was in practice, and !
that after his legal advisers had up- !
* Leld t'tis policy, maintaining that ]
merchant ships beyond the three- |
mile limit were not. within the mean- |
?ng of the eighteenth amendment, !
territory subject to the jurisdiction I
4?f the 1'nited States.'*
.Mr. linker's letter is written In |
tn extremely caustic manner. He
.scout x the itlea that the letter from I
>tr. Buxeh was prompted by any !
law-biding motives.*' but rather to ]
create :i situation to benefit the i
hutfcli brewery." After referring to!
the fact that Adolphus Busch, who |
founded the brewery, was possibly j
the kaiser's closest friend in America.
Mr. laisker says:
"Tour action will nut displease
your German friends, whose greatest
hope of a restored German merchant
marine is in a hurt to America's
now born merchant marine. I believe
you to be thoroughly soltlsh
mid that you hope to create a public
revolt against prohibition so that
you may again revive the sale of
your liquors."
Letter From Bosch.
Adolphus Busch's letter to the
president was as follows:
*My Dear Mr. President:
I am transmitting herewith a letter
we have just received from my father,
.\ngust A. Buseh. president of Anlieu
"er-Buseh. Inc., written on board the
i nited States S. S. George Washing*
(Continued on Page 2, Column
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LENIN MAY G
RULE TO
Berlin Paper Says Si.
Soviet Leader
Been A
hy the Associated Tress.
BERLIN, June 14.?The independent
socialist Krciheit declares today
tliat a triumvirate will take the place
during: a six month absence from
Moscow which his health will oblige
him to take. The three men who will
hold the reins, according to this
newspaper, arc J. V. Stalin, Leo Kameneff
and A. I. Rykoff.
AT. Stalin Is a Georgian bolshevist
of Turkish nationality, described as
a strong man, the newspaper article
continues. M. Kameneff is president
of the Moscow soviet and is considered
a liberal. M. Kykoff was one
c?f the first champions of the new
economic policy, lie is believed to
have liberal views, but, Die Kreiheit
adds, is not considered a strong man.
The appointment of the triumvirate
has been reported unofficially by the
communist party.
CALL SPECIALISTS FOR LENIN.
Leading Brain Authority of Berlin
Going to Russia.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 14.?Another German
specialist has been summoned to attend
Premier Lenin of soviet Russia,
it was stated here today. Prof. Flechsig.
a leading brain authority, has
been asked to leave immediately for
Russia.
MASSACRE OF 1.1
BY TURKS CHARGED
Greek Church Patriarch Says
Children and Women
Siain.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 14.?Charges that
1.300 Christian women and children
were taken by the Turks from Sam-'
sun, on the Black sea, to the interior
and massacred near Kavak two weeks
ago are contained in a telegram received
by the Greek defense committee
here from Archbishop Meletios
Metaxaitis. Greek Patriarch of Constantinople.
ATROCITY PROBE DELAYED.
Admiral Bristol Confers Daily With
Allied High Commission.
BY CONSTANT!*E BROWN.
By Cable to Th? Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1922.
CONSTANTINOPLE. June 14.?Rear
Admiral Mark L. Bristol is having
daily conferences with the allied high
commissioners, with regard to the
proposed investigation of Turkish
atrocities in Asia Minor. So far no
decision has been reached and the
high commissioners are still exchanging
views a? to now to induce the
nationalists to accept the allied commission
of inquiry.
According to a dispatch from Angora
the nationalist assembly intends to send
an appeal to the Senate in Washington
and the American people claiming the
alleged massacres were merely Greek
propaganda. Angora newspapers say
that the possibility of the assembly accepting
an interallied investigation "is
very slight. In its issue of June 12 the
Hachimet Imilie, the leading Angora
newspaper, says:
The United States, being the only power
with a large number of its citizens
ail over Asia Minor, ought to know the
truth better than any other country and
avoid falling into a political trap. Hundreds
of Americans are still in Asia
Minor, and they are able to give information
that is more correct and honest
than that obtainable by any investigating
committee, which will waste
its time in traveling from one place to
another without getting the facts."
According to the same newspaper the
cabinet has decided not to allow any
members of the investigating commission
to enter Anatolia unless a similar
commission is sent to the Greek front
and unless the reports of previous commissions
which investigated the Greek
misbehavior in Anatolia are made public.
VOIEliUliAUS
ON MMT PLAN
War Department Branches
Being Canvassed by
Officials.
Heads of three bureaus of the War
Department have undertaken to ascertain
the sentiments of the indi:
vidua! employes therein on the abJ
sorbing question of the hours of employment.
Voting: is now under way
and probably will be completed this
I week. Only the small bureaus are
being? canvassed, however, arid, it is
stated, that action was taken merely
for "the information of the heads of
the bureaus/*
The canvass was not ordered by the
Secretary of War and has not extended
to the larger bureaus, but the
result of the vote' taken Undoubtedly
will bo communicated <o the head of
the department. Though Secretary
Weeks has expressed himself as satisfied
with the existing: system of
working hours, he has indicated that
he would not insist on its continuance
if it were shown that a goodsized
majority of the employes of the
War Department preferred a return
to the former 9 to 4:30 o'clock system.
He-is attending the graduating exercises
at the West Point Military
Academy and will return to this city
Friday.
* HAY QUIT RESERVE BANE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 14.?The
Kansas City Star yesterday published
reports that J. Z. Miller, govenor of
the tenth district federal reserve bank
here, plans to resign shortly. Gov.
Miller declined to discuss, the report.
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IVE UP
TRIUMVIRATE
k Months' Absence of
Has Practically
rranged.
In political circles here the opinion
seems to be that if this triumvirate
has been formed, as reported, actual |
leadership of the trio will rest in
the hands of Kamencff. Jt is con- i
sidered noteworthy that Leon Trotsky
is not included, reflecting; reports that i
have come out of Russia that he is j
flot^ a popular favorito within the j
communist party.
The similarity of the reported triumvirate
to the old Roman triumvirate
and the French directorate during
the revolution Is noted, and (lor- t
man commentators are already pointing
to the historic parallels and arguing
that such transitions invariably
lead to the weakening of republics ;
' n i m pave me n a v m iiaiioiVMiiui>v?? j
on a large scale.
PoMNihic Individual Suoee**or. i
Meanwhile discussion has been re- j
vived here of a possible individual
successor to Lenin, with the process
of elimination, as the Berlin writers
view It, leaving: Foreign Minister
Tchitcherin as the most logical candidate.
Besides Tchitcherin. the likely candidates
are considered to be Zinovieflf,
Trotsky, Krassin, Lunacharsky
and Rakovsky.
Trotsky's candidacy ie looked upon
as contestable on the ground he is
not of pure Russian stock, besides
having extremely far-reaching communistic
and imperialistic inclinations.
Tchitcherin, it appears to be felt,
seems to hold the greatest prospects _
for promoting the international rela- !
tions desired. j |
LA FOLLETTE HITS i1
"RULE BY COURTS"!
n
, .
I
"Sovereignty Wrested From;
People," Senator Tells j
Labor Convention.
By the Associated Press. j U
CINCINNATI. June 14.?Asserting j<
that by a "process of gradual en- s
croachments" the federal courts of the j p
country have "wrested sovereignty : c
from the people," Senator La Follette j e
of Wisconsin, in an address here today j
before the American Federation of | t
I Labor convention, proposed an amend- n
j ment to the Constitution denying the j 8
power of lower courts to set aside a J o
federal law as unconstitutional, and t"
providing for the nullification of any P
such decision by the Supreme Court 1
by re-enactment of the statute. ^
Citing the recent decision of the
Supreme Court holding unconstitutional
the child labor tax law as "typical
of the conduct of the federal judiciary, ^
and particularly the Supreme Court, t
whenever Congress has sought to enact ^
progressive and humane legislation |
which was offensive to great financial s
interests," Senator La Follette declared *v
the supreme tribunal of the country j
was "today the actual ruler of the |
American people."
Iv Constitution Held Fallacy.
[ "The law is what they say it is,"
the Wisconsin senator continued, "and n
! not what the people' through Congress n
j enact. Even the Constitution of the a
I United States is not what its plain j11
J terms declare, but what these nine men j 1
I onnvtrua it tn Ko In font A..n ..f ,| t
i ww .V IV v*,. ah iav.1, UVC Ul lUCSe
nine men arc actually ihe supreme 8
rulers, for by a bare majority the court v
l has repeatedly overridden the will of
j the people. * ??
| "The nine lawyers who constitute s
jthe Supreme Court are placed in po- p
i sitions of power for life, not by the
votes of the people, but by presidential
appointment. lix-President \ ?
Taft was made Chief Justice by j t
President Harding. Thus a man was j c
invested with the enormous prestige
and influence of Chief Justice by J ^
presidential appointment, who had i e
been repudiated by the voters of the v
United States on his record. No one t
will contend tliaf he could have been j j
elected Chief Justice by vote of the J
people. And yet Chief Justice Taft t
wrote the opinion that annulled the 0
child labor law; he wrote the opinion j
in the Coronado Coal Company case. c
In making this observation I level no
criticism at the personnel of the
court. I am not concerned with per-^
sonalities. I am dealing with fundamentals."
f
Judicial Oligarchy Rules. J
It cannot be denied that "we are j
ruled by a judicial oligarchy," the sen- ,
ator asserted, adding that while many* t
of the minor federal judges, "sharing j
the sovereign power" of the Supreme a
Court, were "excellent and enlight- s
ened men, some of them, notably r
Judge Anderson of Indiana and Judge I
McClintic of West Virginia, have, in ,
my opinion, shown themselves to be j
petty tyrants and arrogant despots." .
In assuming to pass upon the con- .
stitutionality of many laws enacted
by Congress, the federal courts, Mr. .
Iah Folleite declared, not only are f
1 exercising a power nownere conrerrea ,
I in the Constitution, but which the ,
constitutional convention, he said, .
four times went on record as op- f
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
SCHOOL HEAD, WHC
IS HELD
Special Dispatrli to The Star.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. June 14.?When
N. B. P. Close, principal of a public
school here, turned Edward
Wilson, an unruly student, across
his knee and "treated* him like
mother used to do," he did not
know he was making school history
for Georgia. But he soon
found out. Mrs. C. J. Wilson,
mother of Edward, angered at th^
invasion of her rights, swore out a
v. warrant for the arrest of the principal.
Today John . E. -Schwarz,
city recorder, has held Close under
bond, and he can elect whether he
will stand trial by a jury or face
Judge Rourke In city court and
abide by the latter's decision.
The recorder claims that he can
find no authority in the Georgia
code that gives a school teacher
the right to administer corporal
punishment to a pupil. The rules
an<T regulations of the bbard or
education of . Savannah give < the
principals of schools the right to.
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THROU
PRESIDENT PACING
FIRSTPARTY TEST
rhreat to Call Extra Session
for Ship Subsidy Action
Puts Leadership to Front.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
President Harding-'s threat to call
Congress into extra session if it adourns
without acting on the ship
..i,?:,1.. v.:ii
arty leadership which the present
hitff executive has forced since he
ntered the White House.
Will the republicans in Congress
urn down their party leader? Until
ow they have been lukewarm on the
hip subsidy bill becuuse of a variety
f reasons, among them a belief that
he country still retained its pre-war
rejudice against subsidies. To thwart
he President's wish means, on the
ther hand, a number of political
omplications of an entirely different
ort. Mr. Harding is midway in his
dministration?a failure on the part
f a republican Congress to support
im would weaken his power during
he remainder of the term. Some of
Ir. Harding's friends think he was
nwise to make a test on the ship
ubsidy bill and that he might have
fielded his club of leadership on
omething more likely of success.
Hold* iHMue .Mont Vital.
But Mr. Harding feels that the poitical
consequences of an abandoned
nercha^t fleet are colossal and that
lore of a political issue will be made
gainst the republican party if it perlits
the war- fleet to disintegrate and
he expenses of operation to mount
han would be the case if the old aruments
against a subsidy were reived.
For what is the alternative to the
hip subsidy plan? Mr. Harding would
lass the whole matter to the shoulders
f Congress. An investment of $3,000,00.000
in ships would dwindle to relaivcly
nothing, and America would be
ompelled to sell her ships to foreign
uyers at a tremendous loss. To oprate
the ships, on the other hand,
neans an expense many times greater
han the amount of subsidy asked. In
/Ir. Harding's view there is no alternaive.
and that's why he is forcing ac
ion now so as to save further expense
f government operation while the subect
drags along in the congressional
alendar from year to year.
Opposition in Congress.
Many of the leaders in Congress,
n fact most of them, do not like Mr.
Harding's assertion of leadership.
iut, as usual, Congress, with its multiarious
interests, finds itself grudgngly
inclined to follow the will of
he President, and Mr. Harding is
leing told that success on so difficult
i legislative proposition as ship subsidy
will enhance t his prestige and
nake possible the adoption of other
>arty measures.
Few things have taken more of
dr. Harding's time since he became
'resident than the shipping muddle,
fe is convinced that Chairman A. D.
Lasker has brought order out ol
haos and has placed the Shipping
3oard on a systematic basis. Evilence
of this is the fact that on July
I, every debt of the board will have
>een liquidated with the exception of
lie suits now in the courts which
nay take years to adjudicate.
(Copyright, 1922.)
> SPANKED YOUTH,
WE OF ASSAULT
whip unruly boys, but girls, naturally,
are exempt. There is a
conflict between the meal regula
tion and the state laws in the view
of Recorder Schwarz.
The decision of the recorder is
most important, in that it affects
every school in the state should it
be upheld on appeal. The birch is
a symbol of tried authority in the
rural districts, but if it cannot be
used in the cit^ it certainly cannot
be resorted ,to in the obtlying
regions.
Carlton B. Gibson, once a Hoover
agent in Europe and nationally
known as an authoritjr -on, school
matters, appeared in court with
Mr. Close. He argued that there
was plenty of authority in law for
punishment of this character. But
the recorder refused to be convinced.
"The assault and battery statute,"
he declared, "makes no exception
for school principals. IUaffects all
alike, regardless of local regulations.
Until the legislature of the
state shall grant specific authority,
1 will hold for trial every teacher
against whom a complaint of this
character is made." 4
. _ _. XGapjrJfbt; 1822.) ^
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Gil THE STORMS OF 145
TOMORROW LAST DAY
FOR PAYING INCOME TAX.
BIG AMOUNT STILL DUE
The second quarterly payment
on income taxes will be due at
midnight tomorrow, and for today
and tomorrow the local internal
revenue office at 1422 Pennsylvania
avenue will be kept open
from S a.m. to o p.m.
Payments have beyi coming in
j slowly at the district office at Haiti
more, it was reported by Galen
j 1j. Tait. collector. Only $1,827,j
768.S?S had been received up to the
j opening hour yesterday, he said,
j The estimated total for the office
will be between $5,000,000 and
j $7,000,000, he declared,
j For the first three months there
j was received at the local Wash:
ington office S1S7.176.79. it was
announced today by H. C. Powell,
! acting division chief for the
Washington district,
i Payments by persons in the Dlsi
trict may be made either at the
i local office or by jnail to Collector
j of Internal Revenue Galen L?. Tait,
j Baltimore, so as to reach his office
! before midnight tomorrow.
IfavoraboDshing
j hangings in d.c.
i
| Grand Jurors Urge That
Electrocutions Be
I
Substituted.
The regular panel of grand jurors,
of which Eugene K. Thompson is
foreman, today made a report to Chief
Justice McCoy of a visit of the grand
jurors to the penal institutions of
Washington. Occoquan and Lorton. The
grand jury recommends the substitution
of electrocution for hanging and
suggests that a suitable and soundproof
room be provided at the District
jail for the execution of the
death penalty.
The conduct of the institution is
praised in the report, special stress
being laid on the honor system in
vogue at Lorton. where it is not
necessary to confine in cells men
serving even life sentences. The plan
! followed by Supt. Moyer. the
jjury asserts, is constructive, for
i it will eventually result in a group
I of well built and permanent buildings
which will make the institutions
models for the country. The
co-operation of the courts, the District
Commissioners, Congress and
the public is asked.
Deplores Jail Congestion.
The report deplores the crowded
condition of the male section of the
District jail, and asserts such over
crowding: jeopardizes proper super;
intendence, discipline and the health
i of the inmates. There are over 300
prisoners there, either serving; terms
i or awaiting; trial, the report shows.
This condition might be relieved, the
' grand jury thinks, by'a more prompt
'T submission of cases to the grand
jury and more speedy trials.
In receiving the report Chief Justice
McCoy praised the management
of the institutions and said much of
the credit for penal reforms now in
operation in these institutions was
due to the interest shown in these
matters by John Joy Edson and Justice
Stafford.
Death Room Urged.
1 Speaking of the gruesome spectacle
of the ever-present gallows at the
jail, the report says:
"No provision lias been made for a
separate tfoom for the execution of
the death penalty, and the present
crude though historic gallows stands
as a gruesome and ghastly spectacle
at one end of a corridor which is used
as a dining room. The gallows is
. also in full view of at least one-half
the cells facing the corridor. A view
I of this kind to greet a prisoner on
I first awakening, when he eats his
j meals and when _ie retires for the
| night is certainly no inspiration."
i
DENIED SEAT IN HOUSE.
Harrison Xioses Contest to Paul,
Virginia, in Committee.
Tlic House elections committee
adopted a report today declaring that
Itcprepentative Thomas W. Harrison,
democrat, of the seventh Virginia district,
was not entitled to his seat and
that the seat should be given to John
Paul, republican, contestant.
There was no record vote by the committee,
but democratic ' members announced
they would file a minority report.
the understanding being that they
would hold Paul, on the face of the
new returns, should not* be seated.
" General volation of the Virginia election
laws was found by the committee.
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II
YEARS.
ANNAPOLIS SNUB i
HE IB!
in
I?~ |is
Rear Admiral Wilson So Says i s,
Jl
of Kaplan Incident?Roose- i
ti
velt Probe Asked. s
I V.
. Characterizing the treatment of !<
i LconarJ Kaplan of West Virginia, a 4
member of this year's graduating"
J class at the Naval Academy, in the
| class year book "a low-down miser- n
i able trick,'* Hear Admiral Wilson, c<
I Klinfirinla>..1..n> . . I. ? nnn .... I -
; - v. y, > ii iriiucu v me dtaucni', an - i ?
| nounced here today that h?* had with- w
drawn a letter of commendation { i?
| which he had addressed to J. L. Olm- { v?
j sted. editor of the year book. j P
i The -letter withdrawn by Admiral i t)
j Wilson commended Olmsted on liisjf<
j standing: and conduct during liisj
four-year course at the academy, and p
I was one of live such letters written j,
i to members of this year's class. n
j The offense for which Admiral f,
| Wilson held Olmsted responsible con- p
j stated iit perforating the page in the p
j "Lucky Hag." the class year book, 0
containing Kaplan's photograph and sj
biography so that it could be removed p
without defacing the 4 book. n
Such action. Admiral Wilson was >1
understood to feel, improved the ci
standing of Kaplan, both at the h
! academy among his classmates and Li
| in the Navy as a whole. Olmsted, on i>
i the other hand, the admiral said, ti
j would enter the Navy under the tl
j "stigma" of having been guilty of (n
The action taken by the academy
superintendent, it was said, will be j
| set forth in a report to the Navy !?e|
partim nt. Acting Secretary Boose-.
velt having requested a statement j
1 as to the facts in the case. '
i The recent- graduating class of the!
i Naval Academy and the authorities
j then-, were severely criticized i 11 the
( Senate yesterday because of the treat J
inent alleged to have been meted out to
\ Kaplan
j Senator Sutherland of West Yir- al
J ginia. the home state of young Kap- li
J Ian. told the Senate that Kaplan had s?
been a fine student and had ranked .
( very near the head of his clascs. but
| tliat he had been "subjected to a
1 refinement of cruelty" during his four tl
} years at the academy. As a count- ^
ing touch, it appeared that Kaplan's
I biography was printed in the "Ducky
; Bag," 011 a page by itself, unnumbered tl
; and perforated near the binding so ti
i that it could be removed by members ,
; of the class.
j Senator I'omercne of Ohio, asked 11
j whether the "Ducky Bag" was printed
i by the authorities at the academy or ti
by the midshipmen. Senator Suther- ci
land replied, he understood the mid- U
shipmcn had charge of it. He added: u
"But a course of training that will oi
permit such a condition of affairs to h
exist in one of our governmental tl
schools?or in any school in the coun- tl
try?discriminating against a man S
who has maintained high standing a
and subjecting him to such treat- n
mcnt. is utterly un-American, and a
cannot be too scathingly condemned." d
Senator King of Utah asked if Sen- a
ator Sutherland had taken the matter 1up
to find out whether the academy b
authorities had disciplined the men
responsible for the "Ducky Bag."
"I propose to find out," replied Senator
Sutherland.
Senator MeCumber of North Dakota y
, insisted that the authorities must
have some jurisdiction over this pub- ?
1 icat ion and that, therefore, the ?
academy must be responsible. To this c
1 Senator Sutherland agreed.
a
SIEGEL HAKES DEMAND. I
n
Would Have Col. Roosevelt of 11
Navy Department Sift Affair. k
By the Associated Press. ^
- NEW YORK, June 14.?Col. Theo- t.
dore Roosevelt, acting Secretary of 1'
. the Navy, was called upon today, in J1
, a message sent by Representative t
[ Isaac Siegel, New York, to make a s
, thorough investigation of an indig'
jiity alleged yesterday by Senator p
Sutherland to have been suffered by a
Leonard Kaplan "of the graduating s
1 class of the Naval Academy.
The slight was in the perforation 1
of the inner, margin of the page in r
the academy's year book, "The .Lucky
Bag," which con taint??] Kaplan's
photograph and a short sketch, and f
the omission of his name from the .
page index. Senator Sutherland, who
said Kaplan was pf Jewish extrac- P
tion, attributed the indignity to n
racial and religious prejudices.
Mr. Siegel's telegram to Col. Roosevelt
said Kaplan had been encouraged *
I by him during Ills time at the \
academy, where be had "overcome t
serious difficulties."
"I am of the opinion that he came a
out first in his examination," he s
wrote. "No finer specimen of Amer- p
ican manhood and gentleman has t
j ever been at the academy. An end A
i must be made to the intolerant spirit t
I that Is being allowed to enter and o
II prevail amongst those in the gov- r
I eminent service, whether they be in the ?
Navy, Army or any other branch. I g
look to ^ou to take exemplary action." i
HESTS OF GOLD, LOST !|
IN RIVER 400 YEARS
AGO, MAY BE RAISED
PISNETA NGUISII EN K. Ont., June
H.?,A treasure chest lost in the I
river Wye by Jesuit missionaries j
to Illinium nnarlv four centuries
lias been located, the authori- i
ties believe, and divers were working:
today to bring the ancient
Vox to the surface.
The chest lies in the mud beneath
twenty feet of water, near
ihe mouth of the Wye. Magnetic i
diving rods indicate that it is I |
heavily laden with gold.
Records of the Society of Jesus j
show that otic of the seven chests j
brought into New France in 17.0O '
and laboriously carried to Fort j
.Saintc Marie by canoe was lost
near the mouth of the Wye. It j
contained solid gold vestments,
the gift of the court of France.
and a quantity of gold coin to pay j 1
the troops which accompanied the J
mission.
IISTiTTMAN:
PASSED BY SENATE
Dnes Resolution One of
Three Amendments to
Bill as Adopted.
The Senate today adopted the taxion
feature of the District approbation
bill as it came from the
ouse after amending it in three parculars.
One of the amendments adopted by '
ie Senate provides for a semi-annual ! j
lyment of the taxes upon real prop- j
ty in the District. A second amend- j *
ent provides for a joint congres- i <
oiial investigation of the existing j j
istrict surplus revenues, amounting^
? nearly $5,000,000, and calling for !
report on this matter to both j
[>uses of Congress. This amendment ! (
identical with the Jones concurrent ! <
'solution, recently adopted by the 1
fnate and reported favorably by the !
ouse rules committee. , ;
The third amendment adopted by ;
le Senate provides that the Com in is- :
oners shall not increase the rate on '
itaiigible personal property tie any <
ite in excess of that imposed upon
.-al estate.
born Back to House.
The District bill and the tax rider i
ow go back to the House, where .
incurrence of the House in these J \
mendinents adopted by the Senate 1
ill be asked. If the House concurs '
i the Senate proposals, then the bill
ill go to the President for bis aproval.
If the House does not concur
lie bill may again go back to eotie
re i ice.
The action of the Senate today aproved
the *>0-40 plan of appropriating
i?r the District, malting it a pertnaent
law. It approved also the plan !
jr placing the District on a cash- I
aying basis. The amendment adopted
roviding for semi-annual payments
f taxes t?n real property is to as
ist the District in reaching a cash- | j
aying basis. The semi-annual pay- I
lents are to be due November 1 and i (
lay 1. The adoption of the Jones conurrent
resolution as an amendment ! j
> also designed to aid in placing the j
istrict upon a cash-paying basis. It j
s believed that the proposed investigation
will show conclusively that . ,
lie District is entitled to the $5,000.Uft
surplus now in the Treasury.
In accordance with the announce- '
lent made by him yesterday after- ;
oon Senator Phipps ??f Colorado, who '
as had charge of the District appro-;"
riation bill, asked unanimous con- |
i>nt 1<> ImIcc mi flic l)i?lriif 1?i 11 MTiii
*x rider immediately after the Sen- ,
te convened today. There was no oh- .
iction.
Statement by Phipps.
Senator Phipps stated tliat tJie tax- j
lion feature of the appropriation bill
tone remained to be acted upon. He j
lid that he had been authorized by the
ppropriations committee to report back i
ic taxation rider with an amendment,
tat amendment providing that the
ixes on intangible personal property
louhl at no time be made higher than
le tax 011 real estate. The rate on inmgible
personal property fixed in the
ill is o mills instead of the existing il
tills.
Senator 1'hipps said that the civic and I
ade organizations in Washington had j
esired to be heard, and that the con?rees
in charge of the bill had been in
>uch with the representatives of these I
rganizations. He said the organizations j
ad asked particularly for a change in ;
ie dates for the payment of taxes, so |
lat they might be paid semi-annually, j
enator Phipps. himself, then offered an j
inendment providing for the semi-anual
payments. He explained that the I
mendment was similar to a bill intro- !
uced by Senator Jones of Washington
nd favorably reported by the Senate j
istrict committee. Without further do- {
ate the amendment was adopted by the ;
enate.
Harrison Offer* Amendment.
Senator Phipps said that Senator
larrison of Mississippi desired to j
ffer an amendment also. Whereupon j
lenatof Harrison offered the Jones' j
oneutrent resolution, providing for]
n investigation of the existing His- t"
rict surplus revenues, as an amend- |
tent. It was adopted without de- 1
ate.
Senator Harrison, who has taken a |
een interest in seeing that the resients
of the District were given an j
pportunity to be heard in regard
o tliis important change in the tax
aws, made a brief address eongratuating
the conferees of tJie Senate on
he able and fair manner in which
hey had handled the matter. He
aid that when the tax rider first
ame to the House, adopted without
.earing the people of the District, he
ad objected and the matter bad been
ent to the appropriations committee,
lince then. Senator Harrison said, the
onferees had heard representatives >
f the Oistriet and a satisfactory so- j
ution of the matter had been arived
at.
Ilnlf-l'rar Turn.
The Philips amendment providing I
or semi-annual payments of the ,
axes on real property in mo r/istrici
irovides that these semi-annual payments
shall begin this vear and shall
ontlnue annually thereafter. Penalies
are provided for the failure to
>av the half-year's taxes within thirty
hirty days after they become due.
The Harrison amendment looking to
,n investigation of the District's
urplus revenues culls for the ap- j
ointment of a joint committee of
hree senators to be appointed by the I
fiee" President and three representu- j
ives to be appointed by the Speaker!
if the House. The committee is to
eport its conclusions and recommendations
to each house of Congress
on or before the first Monday
n January. 1923.
WANT INJUNCTION
TO END POLLUTION
OF ROCK CREEK
Officials Rush Gathering of
Evidence for Presentation
at Court.
WORK MADE DIFFICULT
BY LACK OF ILLNESS *
Hope Maryland May Act on Letter
of Sherrill Without
Legal Steps.
Kvi?lon<:o l.o form the of ;<n
injunction against the Maryland
Low lis north of Washington to present
them from emptying their sewigo
into and otherwise polluting tlio
waters of llock creek in being work d
up as rapidly as possible by Maj.
Willis r. Baker. Army Medical Corps,
in charge of the sanitary conditions
jf the federal parkways here, and an
officer of the judge advocate general's
department.
Authorities are being examined on
the subject, and the whole matter is
living gone into thoroughly. Specimens
of the sewage are being collected
at various points along the
stream, and it is probable "that these
will be introduced as exhibits in the
ase, together with the results of
laboratory tests made under the direction
of Maj. Baker.
It was explained today by Maj.
Baker thai the matter is made more
difficult in view of the fact that no
deaths or serious illnesses have yet
been triced directly to people bathing
in the creek. At the present time
th?' waters are not offensive, he said,
and the case will be made principally
on bacteriological tests made at
various times. All the work of
gathering the evidence and making
the tests is being done in the pre*-E-nce
of competent witnesses, so that
the federal officers will have a strong
backing when they are ready to go
before the court to ask an injunction.
In the meantime, however, it is the
hope that legal steps will not be
necessary, and that the Maryland
sanitary commission will take soma
steps, in answer to the letter recently
written them by I#ieut. Col. Clarence
Q. Slierrili. corps of engineers. United
States Ariny. officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds, to prevent
further pollution of the waters.
It is tin- desire of the federal officials
trtat the corrective steps be taken
voluntarily, to stop the dumping of
sewage, until suen tune as me maryland
sewage system are connected uj>
with the District in accordance with
authority granted by Congress several
years ago.
Year* to Clean \%nter.
Congress has approved a plan under
which the sewer systems of Maryland
and the District ultimately will
t>e connected up and the streams of
the National Capital cleared of this
disposal.
At this time, however, the main
interceptors which are to join the
pipes ??f the two jurisdictions and
carry sewage from ihe Maryland
towns through the District sewers
to the local pumping station are a
considerable distance from completion
on both sides of t,he District
line.
Because of the prominence of
Rock creek as one of the natural
attractions of the National Capital,
the removal of sewage from that,
stream is regarded as the most important.
According to J. B. Cordon, sanjtary
engineer <?f the District, there remains
about two miles of construction
work to take the Rook creek
interceptor sewer as far as the District
line. There is approximately
the same amount of work to be done
by Maryland to bring its interceptor
down t<? the District line.
The District government lias obtained
no money from Congress
since 11*17. it was said at the District
building today, to continue work on
the Rock Creek interceptor. It is
now estimated that it will cost in
the neighborhood of $200,000 to complete
the District's part of ihe interceptor.
Til eye is no allotment for
this purpose in the new appropriation
bill, which means that 110 progress
can he made before July. 1022, ami
then only if money is made available
in the appropriation act l'or
1? 1 , .?ur i u >V1 u??1
Hond Issue Authority.
Officials of the Washington suburban
sanitary commission, which
provides water and sewer facilities
for the Maryland communities just
outside the District, say they have
authority to issue bonds at any time
to construct their part of the interceptor
whicv. is to take sewage out
of Roek creek. They point out. however.
that there is nothing to be
gained by tying up money in this
project and bringing their trunk
main down to the District line until
the District interceptor is built out
to that point to make the connection.
An engineer of the sanitary commission
said today he is confident the
Maryland part of the Rock creek interceptor
will be finished to the District
lim in time to connect up with
the Washington interceptor when it
reaches the boundary.
The sanitary commission, it wa*
said today, is now at work on. a
stretch of sewer that will come down
to the point where Connecticut avenue
crosses Rock creek beyond Chevy
Chase lake.
According to Mr. Cordon. District
sewage only gels into Rock Creek
now during heavy storms and comes
from overflow outlets on sewers that
in normal weather do not empty into
the creek.
The Anacostia main interceptor,
which eventually is to meet the Maryland
sewers of the northeast towns,
also is about two miles from completion
to the District line. Dike
the Rock creek interceptor, this project
has received no appropriations
since 1H17 and will cost approximately
$250,000 to complete.
AUSTRIA'S CREDITORS MAY
DELAY CLAIMS 20 YEARS
\
Step Urged by Allied Council of
Ambassadors to Aid Restoration
of Finances.
By tho Associated Tress.
PARIS, June 14.?The allied council
of atnbassadors decided today to request
the few remaining governments,
creditors of Austria, who have not yet
renounced their claims against her to
do so for a period of twenty years. The
desire is thus to permit the application
of the credit system, which has beat
elaborated for the restoration of the
former dual monarchy. * . .
?