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WEATHER.
Rain this afternoon, cloudy and
colder tonight; tomorrow fair and
colder. Temperature for twenty
four hours ended at 2 p.m. today;
Highest, 60, at 11 a.m today; lowest.
•40, at 9 p.m. yesterday.
Full report on page 21.
Closing N. Y. Stock* and Bonds, Page 28
XT_ oc QAQ Entered as second-class matter
. JN O. ZO,oUy. post office Washington, D. C.
TRAINIS WRECKED,
BRIDGE DYNAMITED,
WIRES M RUHR
One Killed, Six Hurt in Seri
ous Outbreak of Sabotage
in Rhineland.
FRENCH HOLD GERMANS
NOT READY FOR PARLEY
Berlin to Treat Only After Evacua
, tion of Ruhr, Reply to
Invaders.
By th* Piths
DUESSKLDORF. March 16 One
French soldier was killed, and three sol
tilers and three French railroads men
were injured when a French troop train
was wrecked near Treves, in the
Rhineland, today as the result of
sabotage.
This was one of several serious cases
Os sabotage reported by the French from
various parts of the occupied territory.
The tram was diverted from the main
line by a switch being thrown and
crashed into a freight train.
llridge Is Dynamited.
Another case of violence was the
Mowing up by dynamite of the rail
* road bridge over the Kalkum river,
between Duisburg and Duesseldnrf.
Tills was the first instance in which
dynamite has been successfully em
ployed for this purpose. The French
patrol guarding the bridge was fired
upon by the perpetrators, but none
of Its members was injured.
Near t obi cm three miles of tele
phone and telegraph cable, which in
, eluded fourteen important military
wires, were cut out and destroyed.
The French said it would take six
months to repair this damage.
Bomb Thrown at Station.
A bomb was thrown at the railway
station at Wledau, but only slight
damage was done.
Additional reinforcements to the
guards for the civil engineers' mis
sion are beginning to arrive. It was
er nounced today that 13,000 French
t.nd 5.000 Belgian troops were com
ing. although Brussels reports say
the Belgian troops are merely re
placements This will make a’total
of seven divisions in the Ruhr, be
sides various auxiliary forces.
NOT READY. SAY FRENCH.
‘ Believe They Can Force Berlin to
Different Views.
F.v the Ansoc'ateil Press.
PARIS. March 16—The French are
holding to the view that the Germans
are not yet ready to negotiate for a
settlement of the Ruhr occupation ques
tion and the reparations problem in gen
eral. It was indicated at the foreign of
fice today. Likewise, a flat denial was
i given to reports that the Pranco-
Belgian allies have requested the Brit
ish or a neutral nation to indicate the
Franco-Belgian willingness for inter
vention. The French insist that the
Germans must make direct overtures to
France and Belgium.
It was stated, futherrnore. that the
Ruhr situation was improving and
the prediction was made that from
now on the valley would become rap
idly productive of coal and coke.
. which arc being seized and loaded
dally in increasing quantities.
It was pointed out at the foreign
office that unemployment was grow
ing in Germany and that this was not
the case in France, on which ground
it was argued that France was the
better able to continue the due).
INSISTS ON WITHDRAWALS.
\
Germany Not to Negotiate Until
Troons Leave.
by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March IQ,—Germany's
unofficial response to the recent an
nouncement that France and Belgium
v ill evacuate the occupied regions as
last as Berlin makes tangible guar
antees asserts that only a complete
V ithdrawal of the allies will make
possible any negotiations.
This opinion so far has been ex
pressed only in the press and in
reichstag circles, but it is known
i hat editors and politicians alike
have been informed by the govern
ment that any negotiations on the
reparations question are conditional
(Continued on Page 11, Column 1.)
PRESIDENT SEEKS OPEN SEA
IN QUEST OF BIG-TYPE FISHING
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla., March 16.—President
Harding today has gone fishing in
the ocean.
Using the Cocolobo Cay Club, situ- .
r.te-J on a little Island about twenty
fl,vo miles down the coast, as a head
quarters, the President’s fishing party
put out to sea early today in the
hope of reaching some amber jacks,
kingflsh, barracuda or other of the
big deep sea fish that come up on
the reefs ifo feed.
AVeather conditions out beyond the
keys, which separate the ocean from
Biscayne bay, were reported to be
not the best, however, for fishing.
Early yesterday it appeared as
though the weather would be almost
perfect, but a stiff northwest wind
came up and blowing against the
gulf stream all day knocked up some
nasty waves. The strength of the
wind Increased last night but fell
back about daybreak today, and also
changed direction so that fishermen
said it would be possible for the Presi
dent to get some fishing, although not
under the most favorable conditions.
Expected Back This Afternoon.
The fishing party, which is being en
tertained by Carl G. Fisher and James
A Allison, both formerly of Indianapo
lis but now of Miami, is expected back
to Miami Beach during the afternoon.
2-Minute Hold-up j
Nets $10,000; !
Bandits Escape
; By the Associated Pres*.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. March 16.—Six ban
dits today held up the State Bank of
Welleston. just west of the city lim
its, lined up eight employes and three
| customers against a wall, scooped up \
•between SIO,OOO and $15,000 from the |
cages and escaped In automobiles. ;
! The robbery was executed in less|
. than two minutes. It was said.
U.S. AGENT IAILED
I WITH COMMUNISTS'
I
[Sheriff Tells How Spy Got
I Evidence Following Raid
on Convention.
i
I
I SAW FOSTER AT MEETING,
| Federal Investigator Declares Al
leged Red Leader Was
on Scene.
!
; It 7 tli* A**noiat*d Press.
j ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. March 16.
j Sheriff George Brldgeman, who led
| the raid last August on the com- :
j munlst party convention in the Mich- j
i igan sand dunes, was questioned to
j day concerning the activities of j
! Francis Morrow, at the trial of Wil- !
1 llam Z. Foster, charged with violation 1
|of the state anti-syndicalist laws. !
i Morrow, a Department of Justice
i agent who was also known as Ash
j worth, was present at the convention
jas a delegate and was "arrested"
| when the meeting was raided,
i The sheriff admitted that when Mor
, row was taken into another room, ap
parently for‘questioning, he screamed
i and cried, apparently in great pain.
, and when returned to a cell told his
j fc-llow prisoners he had been beaten
i by the federal agents and deputies.
('onflaed to Jail.
Morrow remained in jail two days |
1 to mingle with the genuine com- i
! munlsts.
; Mr. Walsh brought out that Allen
i O. Myers, general manager of the W. I
!J. Burns International Detective I
j Agency, came to St. Joseph irnrnedi- \
j ately after the raid.
The defense tried to bring out that I
Myers and other government agents ]
had been given access to the piles of i
: evidence, and that Myers had sent 1
I some of the papers to New York or I
Washington.
Sheriff Bridgeman admitted the fed
eral agents had gone through the i
piles of evidence, but denied any liad
been removed with his knowledge. j
Mr. Walsh also tried to bring out !
that when Morrow was released he ;
drew up a statement releasing the
I Department of Justice agents from j
I all claims of damages for the beating '
‘ho pretended to have received at
their hands. j
The sheriff admitted such a paper j
was prepared, but denied knowledge |
where it is now. The sheriff also j
; denied knowledge whether Myers sent !
any of the seized papers to P. M. I
Whitney of Washington, who wrote j
a series of articles containing alleged •
’ | copies of some of the evidence which
I were printed in the Boston Tran- ,
: script.
Sow Foster on Scene.
I Jacob Spolansky, a Department of ■
I Justice agent from Chicago, testified j
j he had watched the communist con- j
i ventlon at Bridgeman for several days j
| before it was raided, and that on Sun- j
I day, August 20. two days before the i
j raid, he saw Foster on the scene,
j Foster was not present when the
j raid was made, and when arrested in
Chicago later denied having attended
I the convention.
1 Thirty-two of the seventy-six alleged i
| delegates to the convention .have been
j arrested, or have surrendered, sixteen
being caught at the time of the raid.
1 Foster was arrested In Chicago and ex
tradited.
Evidence Wan Buried.
I
Chief interest in today's session cen-
I tered in the probable introduction by
j the state of the “regulations of ground
j committee.” found among the evidence
| dug up at the convention scene from
j two burled barrels. The regulations, j
j referred to yesterday by Assistant At-
I tomey General O. L. Smith in his open-
I ing statement, show, the state main
tains, the delegates themselves recog
nized the illegal status of their ac
tivities and took elaborate precautions
against discovery.
Delegates to the convention apparently |
enjoyed little freedom. They couid not j
leave the grounds without a’ pass, were
compelled to rise at 6 a.m. and retire
at 10 p.m., could not talk to strangers,
(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
The President houseboat, the Pioneer,
left early today for Palm Beach, where
the President and his party will board
it Saturday to resume the cruise north
. ward to St. Augustine.
The presidential party arrived at the
Island late yesterday, after a round of
golf earlier In the day on the Flamingo
course, while Mrs, Harding spent her
first night ashore in more than a week
with her hostess. Mrs. Edward B Mc-
Hcuel ln a cottaKe near Flamingo
Cut off from the main line by Bis
cayne hay, with radio the only means
of communication, the President is en
joying more seclusion than at any time
since his vacation began.
Mrs. Harding, after seeing the Pres
w(*fh t xf° ff n r hia Ashing trip, went
IrS K MoLe ? n to the cott ag« men
ft?,fnt ‘he afternoon
and night. The Pioneer, on which
the cruise from Ormond to Miami was
made, was loaded with gasoline and
oil yestercay, preparatory to leaving
today for Palm Beach.
May G« to Palm Beach by Train.
The President and Mrs. Harding.,
with members of their party, accord
ing to present plans, will go. to Palm
Beach by train and motor tomorrow,
and begin the northward cruise from
that place, probably Sunday after
noon. with, stops to be made at Verb,
Ormond and other places for golf.
The President. It Is learned, plans
to spend about a week at St. Augus
tine. and then go to Augusta, Ga...
for a stay or four or five days.
he Mtomim Siaf.
J WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L/
IU.S.TO DETERMINE
AMNESTY FOR 50.
FOLLOWING QUIZ
.
Action of Department of Jus
tice on Political Prison
ers’ Case Near.
‘PEPPER AND BORAH PUSH
ACTIVITIES FOR RELEASE
|
Work of Pennsylvania Senator In
spired by “Sense of
American Duty.”
i The cases of the so-called "political
! prisoners.” now about fifty in num
i her. it Is believed, will receive early
I consideration by the Department of
Justice. Influential members of the
administration have been making in
dependent investigations of these
cases, and the results of these inves
tigations have been transmitted to j
the Department of Justice, upon '
whose recommendation only the Pres- [
ident acts in such matters.
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania and 1
Senator Borah of Idaho have given
| attention to those cases. Senator Pep
! per i.as gone thoroughly into the
i Chicago cases, where members of the
jI. W. W. were tried and convicted
land are now in jail for conspiracy to ;
i cause insubordination In the Army j
I and Navv and to obstruct recruiting. 1
1 He has submitted a memorandum to I
i the Department of Justice on each of j
the individual cases, this tnemoran- I
dum being based on a searching re- j
view of evidence.
Investigation Duty.
The Pennsylvania senator was in- j
duced to take up this Inquiry as the
result of an appeal made to him some
months ago to sign a petition praying
for a general jail delivery of the war
prisoners. Senator Pepper declined to '
sign this petition, but to those who
| had solicited him to do so he said in
| substance that if the question of hu
| man liberty was put up to him. he
I could not, as an American lawyer.
| apart from his official position as a i
United States senator, evade the duty ■
!of making an Inquiry. Those who
j were Interested in the release of the
| prisoners took him at his word and be-
I gan to feed the cases in to him.
• Senator Pepper has examined vol
j times of the testimony of the trial in
j the Chicago I. \V. \V. cases, and has
I reached the very definite conclusion. !
1 which he transmitted in a memoran- ,
; dum to the Department of Justice, that
I the men should be released. There i
j were twenty-eight cases, and in each ;
| of these Senator Pepper came to the :
I conclusion that executive clemency j
j should be granted.
It would not appear that the views
lof Senator Pepper and the Depart
i rrient of Justice are widely at vari
ance. except In one respect, as to the
(Continued on i’a ge 2, Column 7.)
(RUSHIYFORCES
I TO RUM LANDINGS
j Long Island and Jersey Coast
i ■ .
Points Active With
Smugglers.
.
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 16.—Forces of
prohibition enforcement agents have
! been dispatched to Long Island and
1 New Jersey coast points In an effort
to stem the tide of liquor being
smuggled into the country from the
fleets outside the three-mile limit.
R. Q. Merrick, zone chief, said that
while he was without first hand in
formation of the existence and oper
ation of rum fleets off the coast, he
did not care to deny that liquor was
being smuggled.
"The customs service and the coast
I guards,” he said, "are trying Ao stop
the runners. It is our job to get the
liquor that is landed. We are trying
to do that.”
WIND HALTS RUNNERS.
| Customs an<f Prohibition Officers
Also Increase Activities.
By the Associated Pres*.
HIGHLANDS. N. J.. March 16.—The
Highlands rum fleet, now numbering
sixteen vessels, was robbed of cus
tomers today by strong southerly
winds that kicked up a high sea and
held New Jersey and Long Island
bottle fishermen inshore.
Enthusiasm of the rum runners fur
ther was dampened by the increased
activities of customs and prohibition
enforcement authorities which greet
ed yesterday’s burst of spring ac
tivity along rum row. With the cus
toms boats Lexington and Porpoise
lying In wait offshore and numerous
prohibition agents circulating on
land, concern was expressed lest the
hazards of the trade be Increased
beyond the profit point.
Information that became available
today on yesterday’s activities, how
ever, showed the enforcement au
thorities had only limited success. A
number of small runneys made port
during the night with light supplies
of liquor, while three larger boats
apparently eluded the customs boats
and got in with goodly cargoes.
SUIT AGAINST BABE RUTH
IS FILED BY MISS DIXON
Home-Run King Father of Her
Chlld-to-Be,.,Declares Petition
in $50,000 Action.
By the Associated Press,
i NEW YORK. March 16.—The $50,000
• suit of Dolores Dixon against Babe
i Ruth, Yankee home-run slugger, ac
cusing Ruth of attacking Iver during
> motor trips to Long Island, was filed
In the New York county clerk’s office
i today by George Felnberg, her lawyer.
The complaint alleges that Ruth Is
„ the father of a child, as yet unborn
to Miss Dixon.
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923-FORTY-SIX PAGES.
SPEAKING OF STRANDED WHALES.
MISSISSIPPI STORM
I KILLS BJNJURES 50
Village of Savage Wrecked.
Victims Taken to Hospitals
in Memphis.
SNOW BLANKET IN WEST
Forecast Blizzard for Lower Lake
i
Region Fails to Ma
terialize.
i
, Bt th* Aftnoriaftd Pr*«».
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 16.—Eight
j person* were killed and fifty or more
Injured iq a storm which wrecked the
village of Savage, in Tate county,
Mississippi. late yesterday and swept
through sections of Panola and Qult
i man counties, according to word re -
j ceived today from the storm sffpit’
| area. r ‘
I John Kerr, a merchant- crushed
I when his store at was demol
' ished. died early today at Crenshaw.
| where he wastiiken for medical at
tention, acprffdTng to W. S. McCoy, a
telegraph operator at Crenshaw, who
brjgfgrTU the first definite news of the
t Storm’s havoc to Memphis today, and
three other persons, a man named
Chambers, his wife and son were
drowned when they were blown into
Cold Water river. Four negroes were
reported killed on plantations near
Lambert, Miss.
Mrs. T. H. Rich of Savage was
brought to a hospital here today with
her skull fractured. Her condition
was reported as critical.
SNOW BLANKET IN WEST.
Blizzard Predicted for Lower Lake
Region Pails to Materialize.
B.r the Pre»«.
CHICAGO. March 16.—The blizzard
predicted for the lower lake region ,
had'not materialized early today, al
though temperatures were reduced
sharply from those of ytesterday.
Blown by a strong gale, snow fell
in sheets in Chicago early today,
but by dawn had given way to sun
shine.
Much of the western plains state*
today lay under snows of from five
inches to a foot and a half, but snow
falls has ceased. Farther south
strong winds marked the eastward
progress of another storm which
swept up from New Mexico. Swirl
ing Into a tornado, that storm ap
parently took Its heaviest toll in
northern Mississippi.
Wire Service Stricken.
With wire communication in the
stricken area entirely eliminated lit
tle was known early today of the
effects other than the death of four
persons at Lambert, Miss., and al
most total destruction of the town
of Savage, Miss.. Injuries to a score
or more, and damage to property in
a half dozen towns and farming set
tlements, reports of which were re
ceived last night before communica
tion was lost.
The storm In the middle portion of
the Mississippi valley left Kansas,
(Continued on Page 11, Column 5.) 1
Remarkable Articles
From Tomb of King Tutankhamen
I
Pictured in the
Rotogravure Section
I I
j' Os Next Sunday’s Star
These official photographs will appear only
in The Star in Washington. They are close-up
\ views of the treasures from the famous tomb.
i . In Next Sunday’s Star
»
I
I ■: ! : -- TIZSTr --V ■■■" " I”J '' J |
100-Year Figures Blast Theory
That Winter Is Passing Forever
If Slightest Change Has Occurred in
Normal Temperature It Is Too Small
to Measure 9 Forecaster Says .
j Modern sages who wag their heads
1 and proclaim that the good ship
i earth is fast sailing into warmer at
mospheres. where summer is perpet
ual and snows are unkwown. are
merely indulging in self hypnosis,
according to Forecaster C. L. Mitchell
of the United States weather bureau
here. If even the slightest change
has occurred in the normal temres* -
tures of the United States, he'-Itaidr
it has been too small far sclgfice’s
modern instruments to, rffe^SHre.
Every winter brings •‘forth new
self-appointed profrtiets’who assert in
RUNAWAY LOVERS.
18AN0VLARE HELD
Police Await Word From
Richmond in Case of Couple
With Auto.
Hastily arranged plans of Dan
Cupid went to smash early this
morning when police, acting on a
telegram from Richmond, Va., au
thorities, arrested Thomas Gray Had
don, jr., eighteen years old, and Miss
Nancy Holland Chalkley, seventeen,
both from fashionable Richmond
homes, at a downtown hotel, and
locked the young couple up on
charges of. being “fugitives from
justice."
Policeman McDonald and two others
from the sixth precinct made the ar
rest after discovering Haddon’s name
on the hotel register. This was about
3 o’clock this morning. Just as the
discovery was made young Haddon
came down from his room to get some
thing from his father’s automobile,
which had brought the couple to the
city.
Drive to Police Station.
Haddon was attired in street
j clothes and, after talking to the po
licemen. he led them to the room
occupied by Miss Chalkley. Then the
party motored to the sixth precinct
station In Haddon’s machine, where
the charge was placed against them,
, Capt. Doyle explaining that this was
a mere formality necessitated by the
1 wording of the telegram from the
Richmond police,
i Haddon was detained at the sta
! tion and Miss Chalkley spent the
| remainder of the night at the house
° f story told by Haddon
this morning: “We were go ng to be
’ married. We had only about $8.60 or
$4 between us. but 1 thought we
(Continued on Page H. uoluinn_L)^^ <
t terms of apparent assurancajlhat the j
{ seasons are fieridedly
■warmer: that the of deep and |
I frequent snows, bringing’ on their i
I crest* snappy bpee2es and weeks of i
1 ice skating, have gone forever. This [
idea, which.-'the weather experts say j
is rapidjaf - booming a general he-1
lief. Utterly without foundation j
and
✓ " _lfty Tears of Records.
records of temperatures j
in. Washington have been kept at the!
local bureau for fifty years and an j
examination of them shows that j
there has been no measurable per- I
(Continued on I'age 2, Column 1.1 |
TWO D.C. STATUES
MAYBEEXCHANGED
1
Gen. Washington Memorial |
Likely to Occupy Place
in Lafayette Park.
Transfer of the Gen. Washington
equestrian statue, now being taken
down from its pedestal In Washington
Circle for repairs, to the position In
Lafayette Park now occupied by the
equestrian statue of Gen. Andrew
Jackson, and the transfer of the lat
ter to Washington Circle, (s being
considered by the office of public
buildings and grounds.
The latter Is satisfied that the
change will meet with almost unani
mous approval in the District; and
that when Congress is asked to pro
vide the necessary authority and
money It will do so readily. One of
ficial of the public buildings and
grounds office who is prepared per
sonally to draw' the plans for the
proposed shift, today stated his belief
that before the spring of 1924 the
change will have been completed.
President Favors Change.
It is known that President Harding
favors the change, and there is not
the slightest doubt but when the
proper time arrives he personally will
suggest to Congress to enact the nec
essary legislation. He has been
known to remark on more than one
occasion since his occupancy of the
White House that the view from the
front windows of the White House
was, in his estimation, the most beau
tiful one in the National Capital. One
gloriously bright morning late last
summer the executive and two very
high officials of the government were
standing looking out of a north win
dow in the eastroom. During a
pause in the conversation the Presi
dent is reported to have said, ‘ There
is the finest view in Washington.”
The fact that the Mills statue of
Jackson has for many years been the
brunt of criticism and abuse by vis-
Itors and even old-time residents,
principally because of its so-called
hobby-horse” effect, was called to
his attention. He was asked if he did
not think the view he admired so
greatly could not be Improved by the
removal of the Jackson statue and
the erection in the center of the park
of a more pleasing work of art.
W hen the suggestion was made to
replace the Jackson statue with the
greatly admired Washington statue
1 which Is so little known by the citi
zens of the city and is seen by only
a few of the visitors because of its
rather remote location, the Presi
dent is said to have agreed most en
thusiastically. He was familiar with
the Washington statue. More than
once he had paused to view it.
Sane Sculptor Made Statues.
The office of public buildings and
grounds was very shortly afterward
acquainted with this little conversa
tion In the window of the eastroom
and thus was born the seed of an
idea that may develop into an actual
fact within the next twelve months.
Strangely enough both of these art
works were created by the same man
—Clark Mills, one of the most dls
(.Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
Yannigans Beat
Regulars Again,
I toO,at Tampa
SpecUl Dispatch to The Star.
TAMPA. Fla., March 16.—George
Fisher’s terrific three-bagger over
Wade’s head, followed by Joey
Evans’ clean single to center In
the fourth, gave the Yannigans
their second successive l-to-0 vie- I
tory over the Regulars here to- I
day. Only five Innings were
played, the pitching supply failing
to last.
Slim McGrew was struck on the
pitching arm by a liner from
Japan’s bat in the fifth and forced
to the clubhouse for repairs.
GUARDIANS BOARD
LIKELYTO RESIGN
Change in Method of Ap
pointments May Lead to
Changes.
MEMBERS ARE .DIVIDED
■
Some Believed in Favor of Giving
Commissioners Opportunity to
Show Preference.
Change in the method of appointing
members of the board of children’s
guardians may lead to a blank#C
resignation of the present boards it
was learned today, when decaffs of a
meeting of the board yesjgr’day after
noon became knowny/At this meet
ing, and after a Wngthy discussion,
the board is reported to have ad
journed the understanding that
each mjMffber would decide the ques
tio_pA#or himself. What the final re
will be could not be ascertained
today.
Appointed by Judges.
The present membership of the
board follows: William W. Millan,
i president, and Norton M. Little. Mrs.
i Elizabeth B. Cflford. Mrs. Gilbert
! Grosvenor, Judge George C. Aukum,
I Dr. William A. Warfield. Mrs. Thomas
i H. Carter, Mrs. Lois K. Marshall and
| former Judge Michael M. Doyle.
Until e, few weeks ago the board of
| guardians was appointed by the two
j Police Court Judges and the justice
■ sitting in Criminal Division 1.
Congress, however, wrote into the
District appropriation act for the next
fiscal year a clause transferring this
appointive power to the Commission
ers. thereby bringing the board di
rectly under control of the municipal
authority.
How the question of resigning
came before the board of guardians
could not be learned. It may have
been prompted by a desire to give the
Commissioners an opportunity to say
I whether they wished the present
members to remain.
Involved in Controversy.
The board of guardians and the
trustees of the Industrial Home
School became involved in a spirited ]
controversy last summer over the j
question of how the school should be
used.
In designating the Commissioners
to appoint the guardians in future.
Congress at the same time abolished
the board of trustees of the home
school and placed the school under the
management of the guardians. The
effect of this legislation was to cen
tralize control over both the school
and the guardians in the Commis
sioners.
The guardians, it is known, began
discussing the proposal to tender
their resignations to the Commlss'on
ers at a meeting Wednesday after
noon.
The first conference, it is under
stood. failed to result in a definite
decision and the board resumed dis
cussion yesterday. According to re
liable reports, the members again
found themselves divided.
RUSSELL WINS DIVORCE.
Wife Found Guilty of Misconduct
in British Society Case.
By the Associated Tress.
LONDON. March 16. —The Hon.
John Russell, son and heir of Lord
Ampthlll, was granted a divorce to
day. A jury found Mrs. Russell
guilty of misconduct with an un
known man. but not with Harold
Maver, the corespondent.
The case attracted wide attention
In social circles.
U. S. Dark Spot Upside ,
Primitive Russ Tribe Thinks
By the Associated frees.
MOSCOW. March 16. —A tribe so
primitive that it believes Americans
live on the bottom of the world and
are, therefore, in darkness, has been
found in the mountain villages of the
Daghestan by Dr. F. A. Golder of the
Hoover Foundation.
These people, Dr. Golder said, upon
his return here, think that Americans
do their plowing while walking up
side down, with oxen to whose horns
candles are tied. Believing that the
world is table-shaped, with them
selves on its top, they feel that the
Americans are. Indeed, unfortunate,
because they are compelled to live in
eternal night.
From World Below.
Dr. Golder said that in many of the
villages delegations greeted him as a
man from the world below. Some
I were anxious to know how Americans
managed to get about. One old gray
beard, sorely perplexed by what seem
ed an unsolvable riddle, finally came
i to the conclusion that inasmuch as
Americans are a wonderful people,
they have undoubtedly taken a lesson
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♦ TWO CENTS.
FIRST QUARTER TAX
ON INCOMES BRINGS
OVERWMO
Specific Figures From Col
lectors Will Bear Out Esti
mate, Treasury Believes.
SUBSTATIONS HELP HERE
Biggest Check Paid Is for $1,750,-
000 by Corporation in
New York.
Indicating what officials describe
as further evidence of a wave of
prosperity, preliminary reports to
the Treasury today point to more
than 1400,000,000 income tax from
tho first payment of Income and ex
cess profits taxes for the calendar
year 1922.
Although specific figures were not
available early today at the Treas
ury from collectors of internal rev-.-
enue throughout the nation, cqjrfT-
Uonce was expressed on all sides re
ceiving reports that
due March 15 would much - more than
equal tho expectation* t)f officials who
had hoped the figa/re might reach
$400,000,000.
Paid In Washington.
paid taxes not only at
thg office of Deputy Collector H. Clay
"Powell, 1422 Pennsylvania avenue, but
at eight other substations located at
downtown banks and the Treasury
building.
No estimate of the Washington re
turns was available today. Deputy
Collector Powell indicating that he
would be unable to determine for
some time whether the city of Wash
ington paid as much or more than
last year
Unofficial reports, however, concern
ing the local situation were to the
effect that there were a few less tax
payers this year than last. This,
however, was wholly unofficial and it
was thought might not be borne out
by figures later available. Some pre
dicted that Washington at least
equaled Us last year’s record.
Many Pay In Baltimore.
Owing to the fact that a large mini.
ber of District of. Columbia taxpayers
probably sent their returns to Balti
more, the headquarters for this dis
trict, it will probably be some time
before accurate figures will be avail
able concerning the capital.
Highly optimistic reports from all
parts of the country, however, flowed
into Washington, indicating Increases
In some large financial centers, par
ticularly New York. Special reports
from Chicago, although unofficial, ex
pected that last year’s payments
there would be exceeded, although
first reports were that there would
be a reduction at the Illinois me
tropolis.
Increase In Manhattan.
The Manhattan district of New
Y'ork. according to Frank K. Bowers,
the collector of internal revenue,
Indicated an Increase of more than
$3,000,000. A statement by Mr. Bower*
last night shows recipls for the
Manhattan district up to midnight
$46,104,613, receipts for the corre
sponding period last year totaling
$42,153,564
Tax payments on the last day.
I March 15, In the Manhattan district.
I It was pointed out. showed a heavy
increase over last year, yesterday
returning $28,306,065. as compared
with $22,394,864 In 1922.
The largest check received in New
York was said to be from a corpora
tion amounting to $1,750,000. An
Individual return there was reported
as accompanied by a check for
$1,600,000 for the first quarterly in
stallment on the tax. There were
said to be several payments of more
than $1,000,000.
Collect g17.359.3f12 In Chicago.
Unofficial reports from Chicago
showed at 7 o'clock last night total
collections of $17,389,292. which was
virtually the same figure reached at
midnight March 15 a year ago.
Whether the Increase would seem to
be general was due to more taxpay
ers, to more persons returning the
entire year’s tax on the first install
ment or to an Increase in business,
officials seemed to be unanimous in
the interpretation that the income
tax figures showed that the much dis
cussed wave of prosperity was ac
tual.
Treasury officials expected to receive
’ later today preliminary reports from
all collectors of internal revenue
throughout the country and indicated
some kind of a preliminary aggre
gate total might be struck.
The Washington situation was re
lieved during the last day by addition
of the eight substations to such an
extent that the crowd at hindquar
ters, 1422 Pennsylvania avenue, dwin
l died later In the evening instead of
increasing. Only a few stragglers ap
i peared after 10:30 p.m., although the
office was open until midnight.
from the fly and learned to walk up
side down.
"They thought I arrived byway of
a hole in the ground, the ladder to
which is kept by the Czar of Mos
cow,” Dr. Golder asserted.
These people still make fire with
flint and steel and use stone ham
mers and shepherds' pipes. Justice is
administered through trial by ordeal.
The men, who are of remarkable phy
sique. go about armed to the teeth,
for they are feudists. The families
live in stone huts in the practically
valleyless mountains.
Wear Scanty Clothes.
Although the people are Moslems,
the women are not veiled and because
of the present shortage of cotton
cloth their only clothing consists of
simple sheepakin coats.
"They nearly overwhelmed me with
hospitality,” Dr. Golder said, “ap
pointing as my special guard a one
eyed bandit who had thirty-five
notches in his war club. He would
not let me out of his sight.”
As a result of Dr. Goider's visit into
this unfrequented region, the Ameri
can Relief Administration has sent
rations for 10,000 children to the
mountain villages, where starvation is
general.- William Driscoll has gone
to Daghestan to take charge of th«
operations. i