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WEATHER.
For District of Columbia —Fair tonight,
tomorrow increasing cloudiness, prob
ably followed by rain, continued cool.
Record for twenty-four hours ending
at 2 p.m. today ; Highest. 55, occurred at
2pm yesterday : lowest, 38, occurred at
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' REPARATIONS BODY
TO CONSIDER DAWES
REPORT TOMORROW
Will First Decide on Giving
Hearing to Representa
" tives of Germany.
OTHER POWERS TO GET
PROPOSALS IN 10 DAYSj
V Dawes to Make Trip to Brussels, j
Rome and London After
Completion.
..
the Associated Press.
PAUIS, April B.—The lime of the
official delivery to the reparation
commission of the reports of both the
expert committees —those headed re
spectively by Brig. Gen. Charles G.
bawes and Keginald McKenna —was
definitely fixed today for 10 o’clock
tomorrow morning.
Gen. Dawes plans to leave for
$ Brussels tomorrow, where he will sec
the Belgian minister of economics, M.
Van do Vyvere. From the Belgian
capital he will go to Rome and then
to, London, arriving there within
eleven days.
AVI 11 Study Report.
The reparation commission imme
diately upon receiving reports from
Chairmen Dawes and McKenna will
‘ down lo business and. study the
recommendations formulated by the •
experts, going into session at 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
The first decision lo be made is in
regard to giving the representatives I
of Germany a hearing. After this j
hearing, if it takes place, the commis- i
sion will give the allied governments i
its opinion as to what action should !
, he taken on the experts’ proposals. !
There is some feeling that this might I
ho done by the coming Saturday, but !
the less optimistic expect it will prob- i
ably be ten days before the reports
are turned over to the respective gov
ernments.
The Dawes committee this after
noon was holding its final session, re
vising the proofs of its report and
making the last-minute corrections ;
In the copy. ;
l.r Matin Mamnaary.
The reparation experts seem to have j
attained the objects at which they
aimed, declares Le Matin in present- f
Inga summary of the committee’s I
! forthcoming report which is accept
ed here as authoritative.
They achieved this, the newspaper j
. adds, without '“passing beyond the ■
limits set for them—that is, without !
raising the political problem of the j
occupation of the Ruhr or trying to
" fix definitely the amount of the Ger- j
man debt, since if tfie Dawes report I
gives exact details on the amount of
the yearly payments which may be I
exacted from the reich, it in no way j
fixes the number of these annuities, |
at least as regards the part which |
depends on the budget surplus of the i
. reich.” $
The report provides mainly, ac- j
cording to Le Matin, that Germany
shall receive no moratorium, a tem
porary concession will be made of
her railroads, a mortgage placed on
her industries, and a bureau estab
lished to govern the transfer of >
money from the country in such a i
manner as to disturb the exchange j
• market as little as possible. Her!
annual payments would be tapered '
upward to keep pace with her eco
nomic and financial ability.
Provide for Control.
Ts financial disorder prevents or
delays execution of Germany’s finan
cial engagements, the experts provide
, automatic institution of strict con- j
trol by the allies, which would be 1
vested with extended powers over |
the treasury of the Reich.
In connection with the Ruhr, the
experts consider economic re-estab- |
lishment of Germany can be durable '
only on one condition; The ecomonic •
unity of the country must be entire- I
ly re-established.
Question of Ruhr.
Without raising the question of I
military occupation of the Ruhr the !
experts indicate that it will be neces- I
sary for Germany to resume free dis- i
posal of customs and state industries i
like forests, coal mining and railroads 1
in the territory occupied by French ‘
troops. The railroad system of the
Ruhr and Rhineland would be under
special supervision of an allied rep- j
resentative in order to assure normal j
traffic and security for French troops. |
• Fnder the proposed reduced annual !
payments Germany would apply on •
the reparation account the first year
1.000. gold marks, raised by i
means of an international loan of I
800.000. gold marks plus 200.000,000 I
from the verkchrsteur or transporta- ;
tion tax. -
The second and third years she i
would pay 1.200,000,000 gold marks I
the fourth year 1,750,000.000 and the fifth ■
2.400.000. and so on. From the i
• sixth year the reparation commission •
would exact supplementary payments i
in addition to the foregoing of 2,460,-
000,000 gold marks, dependent on a
prosperity index carefully established
by the Dawes committee. The sup
plementary payments under this in
dex could gradually reach several
hundred millions of gold marks.
Source of Total.
’the supplementary total of 2,460,- ,
•00.000 marks would be thus obtain
ed: From budget receipts, 1,500,000,-
000 marks; from transportation tax
and railroad receipts. 660,000,000;
from mortgage on industries, 300,-
000.000.
The railroads of the reich would
be transferred for .fifty years to a
company with 26,000,000,000 gold
marks’ capital, composed ,of 2.000,-
000,000 in preferred stock, one-quar
ter of which would be sold for the
• benefit of the government, 13,000,-
000.000 in ordinary stock, with divi
dends depending on the company’s
prosperity, and 11,000,000,000 in priv
ileged bonds at 6 per Cent, 5 per cent
of which would go out as interest
and the remaining 1 per cent go Into
a sinking fubd insuring repayment
thirty-seven years after the fourth
year.
Sale of Brad*.
• The bonds, to be handed to the
•reparation eommisski, would yield
660.000. gold marks annually after
the fourth year. The commission
■would be allowed to offer its bonds
on the international markets and
rhus rapidly realize some 10,000,000,- I
f, OO gold marks.
In connection with the mortgage on
« industries, the repprt. says the news
paper, points out that the German
r industries have been able, owing to
the collapse of the mark, to free
(Continued on Page 2. Column 1.)
i
France Is Pleased
By Some Features
Os Dawes Report
By the A snort«ted Press.
PARIS, April 8. —Spokesmen for
the French foreign office say they
are glad that the Dawes body
j has arrived at three conclusions;
j First, that Germany is prosperous;
! second. that she can rapidly
ameliorate the financial situation;
third, that the experts have put
the payments so equitably low
that it will be impossible for Ger- )
many to plead that she is unable
to pay them.
"French opinion neither ap
proves nor disapproves the report
as outlined In the advance sum
maries printed." the foreign office
spokesmen reiterate. "France
will accept the report, study it
i and then make a decision. It has
taken the experts three months to
I arrive at these conclusions and
I the world might at least allow us
j three days to digest them.”
PARTY Os PEOPLE I
SUPPORTS JUNKERS
IN NORTHGERMANY
Masses, Fired With Hatred
of Jews, Uphold Hands of
Warlike Nobles.
Survival of a republic in Germany
dependa on the forthcoming elections
in that counlrii. William E. Nash of I
the European staff of The Star and
Chicago lOailg -V cues is making a tour :
j of Germany . and his dispatches tcill i
shed important light on the attitude |
of the people toward the republic j
and the reparations question, the j
j foremost with which any government
! in Berlin muet grapple.
BV WILUAN E. NASH.
! By TUdio to The St«r *nd the Chicago Dally
News. Copyright, 1924.
j SCHWERIN, Capital of Mecklen-
I burg-Schwerin, April B.—The cam
' palgning for the reichstag, which
opened here this week, shows the two
government parties are working to
gether for the overthrow of the re
public.
Mecklenbarg-Schwerin is consol i
. dating rapidly into a center of reac
i tion tor north Germany, as Bavaria is 1
j for the south and Cassel is for the I
| west, with prospects of trouble ex- j
I cellent It things go wrong constitu- !
j tionally.
1 Berlin is only four hours from
I Schwerin by rail. A ’'putsch” from here
i would be much easier than antoher
1 putsch from Bavaria. The junkers
i who control the government of Meek- >
j lenburg, were brought in by the local j
: diet elections last February through j
■ the agency of a powerful association!
| called the "landbund," a land league
i which groups ail the principal agri
j cultural interests of North Germany
I and which, denials to the contrary
i notwithstanding, plays an important
role In politics. (The word "junker,”
I in the proper sense, means simply a
large scale landed proprietor).
laoidbund Power Spread*.
From Mecklenburg the junker land
bund is spreading out its influence;
j over the neighboring provinces of ,
J Pomerania, East Prussia, Branden- j
i burg and parts of Hanover. Each big j
junker estate is said to have several j
sturdy "watchmen" who took part in I
the Kapp-Hitler putsches quartered]
somewhere on the premises.
Junker rule is minority rule, how- <
ever, maintained In power only by the 1
benevolent neutrality of another fao- !
; tion called 'racial freedom,” or the /
j “Deutsch Vollkescher,” party, which ;
is remarkable for its proselyting abll-
I ity. It is this racial freedom group,
j allied with the Hitlerites of Bavaria,
, which furnishes the great new elc
| ment of interest here.
Like Klaa Here.
| This group made enormous gains
iin the recent landtag elections and i
, bids fair to make big further strides
|in the reichstag elections May 4.
, Like the Ku Klux Klan, it claims
!to be 100 per cent patriotic, anti
■ Semitic, anti-socialist, and anti-par
i liamentary. It works with signs
• symbolic, such as the Swastika,
j "death to Hebrews,” which appeal is
i irresistible to the masses. No Jew
: shall be allowed to hold office as a
j German officer or German govern
j ment official or, furthermore, shall
! be allowed to practice law or medi
j cine, if they win out. say the
swastika boys. Jews must be grant
ed the right to live, they admit re-
I luctantly, but not the right to domf
i nate.
"Everything Jewish must be elimi
nated from German life,” said a
! prominent Voelkischer leader to the
• correspondent. "Even religion must
;be purged. The Old Testament is
; predominantly Jewish, and therefore
, corrupt.”
"We have a cult of old German
gods, including Wotan, Siegellnd and
Valhalla, which can easily take its
(Continued on Page 5, Column 3.)
Dead Pigeons Blocking Rainspout
Cause Damage to Capitol Frieze
Several drowned pigeons, their bod
ies lodged in a downspout which car
ries rain water from the dome of the
Capitol to the ground, so blocked the
outlet that the water flooded the pro
tective guttering, and, coming down
the wall, did serious damage to the
frieze around the dome in the ro
tunda.
An investigation by David Lynn,
architect of the Capitol, today, showed
that this was the cause of the streaks
on the frieze. The pigeons had evi
dently sought refuge from the steady
rain and were trapped in the down
spout.
The frieze was designed by Con
stantino Brumidl as bis last work
and he worked personally upon the
painting until within three weeks of
hia death. The frieze la a decorative
band around the rotunda seventy-five
feet from the floor. It was designed
by Brumidl when he was eighty years ■
old and he planned a fresco to en
tirely surround the base of the dome.
Brumidl himself executed paintings
of the landing of Columbus. Cortes
entering Mexico, the midnight burial j
of De Sota, Pocohontas saving the i
file
SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
COOUDGE SWEEPS
MICHIGAN. BEATING
JOHNSONjY 86,138
President’s Showing Made in
i 1,947 Precincts —Ford
Leading Ferris.
ILLINOIS PRIMARY TODAY
BEING WATCHED CLOSELY
President Hopes for 61 Delegates
in Bitter Contest—Nebraska 1
; I
Also Balloting.
I By tlie Associated Preas.
i DETROIT, Mich., April 8. —Calvin I
j Coolidge won a sweeping victory in !
j Michigan yesterday. Returns from !
I 1,947 of the state's 2,B9o'peclncts gave i
! him a lead of 86,198 over Senator
Hiram W. Johnson for republican
preference in Monday's presidential
primary.
Henry Ford continued to hold a
meager advantage over Senator
Woodbridge N. Ferris for the demo- |
cratic preferment, the vote from ,
1,907 precincts showing: Ford, 27,399; j
Ferris, 24,467,
Worn.* is Clone Hares
The closest contest developed in ;
the voting between Mrs. Etta C. i
Bolt wood and Mrs. Evelyn S. Mer- i
j shon, candidates for a place on the j
| democratic national committee. Only f
| 560 votes separated the two women i
with 1,907 precincts tabulated, the ad- !
vantage being with Mrs. Boltwood. j
Both Ford and President Coolidge
'carried Wayne county (Detroit), fig
ures from all but a few scattered i
outlying precincts indicated. Ford's !
margin in Wayne county was 2,834
and his total advantage throughout '
the state, including Wayne, was
2,932. Because of the closeness of the
race in the rural sections and smaller i
cities, where the missing precincts !
are located, the outcome of the Ford- 1
Ferris contest still is unsettled.
Coolidge Carrie* Count,.
President Coolidge carried Wayne
county by a margin of 15,287 votes
j over Senator Johnson.
| The more populous centers—De- 1
jtrolt. Grand Rapids and Hint—failed ;
ito prove the Johnson Strongholds
claimed for them, and all returned ,
substantial pluraltiea for Coolidge.
The rural sections and the Upper >
Peninsula were overwhelmingly in j
favor of the President. A survey of j
I returns early today showed that the
j Californian carried only two of the
seventy-seven counties that have re-
I ported. i
i James E. Davidson is far In front
of his two opponents for election to !
the single place on the republican .
national committee. Paul A. Martin •
and Prank A. Rasch. trailing in that'
order.
AKB.ESTS IN CHICAGO.
Bitter Factionalism Breaks Out in
State Primary.
I CHICAGO, April B.—lrvfense fac
i tionalism in the Illinois primaries ap
j peared early in the balloting today in 1
j complaints from polling places. The j
i arrest of the entire board of one Chi- '
j cago precinct was ordered when it j
I was charged that persons using fictitious j
i names were acting as judges and clerks. •
i Other instances of unauthorized '
' persons attempting to act as Judges
! and clerks were reported.
, Interest in national politics centers'
in the race between President Cool- i
idge and Senator Hiram W. Johnson I
of California for sixty-one delegates I
to the republican national conven- I
tion. Overshadowing the presidential i
contest in the state, however, is the i
race between Gov. Len Small and
Thurlow G. Essington. state senator, i
for the republican gubernatorial nom- 1
(nation, which has developed possi
bly the bitterest factional struggle in
the state’s history.
Partisans of all candidates early :
today maintained their claims of vic
tory, and were unanimous in anti
cipating a record vote, possibly ex
ceeding 2,000.000. Polls opened at
6 a.m., and will close at 5 p.m. j
McAiao In Hot Fight.
William G. McAdoo, unopposed for 1
the democratic presidential prefer- j
ence, is directly involved in the sharp- j
est division in the democratic ranks j
In recent years. A full slate of avowed I
McAdoo delegates is opposed by a solid
array of non-preference delegates i
openly pledged to the leadership of ;
George E. Brennan, state democratic !
chieftain. The fight between the Me- i
Adoo and Brennan forces reaches vir
tually every important place In the j
Medill McCormick, United States i
senator, is opposed for renomination
by four candidates, but his campaign ;
took especial note of former Gov.
Charles S. Deneen and Newton Jen
(Contlnued on Page 2, Column 2.)
life of Capt. John Smith, the landing
of the Pilgrims and Penn’s treaty
with the Indiana
It fortunately was not this orig
inal work of Brnmldl’s that was ,
damaged, but sections of the frieze
more lately done by Filippo Costag
ginl. The paintings which were
streaked by the rain on Sunday are,
Gov. Oglothorpe of Georgia treating ’
with the Indians, the reading of the '
Declaration of Independence, the sur- I
render of Cornwallis, the death of the 1
Indian chief Tecumsoh and the dis
covery of gold in California in ’4B. (
Sixteen years ago two of the Bru- )
midi paintings on the frieze were
similarly damaged. These Brumidl
paintings, on which the streaks can
be seen today, are the landing of Co
lumbus at San Salvador and the burial
°f De Sota in the Mississippi river.
"hen the Brumidl paintings were
damaged sixteen years ago a wom
an's coat was found lodged in one
gutter and a man’s silk hat in an
other.
The restoring of these paintings
would prove a very expensive oper
ation on account of the scaffolding i
that would have to be built. Work
probaWy will be delayed until next
year, when the architect of the
itoi plans to faavs the rotunda re
painted. _ .
WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1924-FORTY PAGES. *
A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY PUZZLE.
FIST FIGHT NEAR
1 IN HOUSE DEBATE
(
I
Watkins and Gaiiivan Sep
arated During Alien Bill
Discussion.
Two democratic members of the
House—Watkins of Oregon, and Gal
livan of Massachusetts —came close
| to exchanging blows on the floor to
■ day during debate on the Johnson irn
i migration bill.
j As Representative Hill, republican, j
Maryland, was completing his speech:
Representative Watkins walked over:
to a table on the democratic side of j
the chamber behind which w ere seat - |
led Representatives Sabatb of Illi- j
; nois and Dickstein of New York, who ,
j are leading the fight against the bill, j
j As he leaned over to talk to Sabath, j
Gailivan, in an adjoining seat, made j
a remark in an undertone, which I
Watkins resented.
Co ilea go n« Block Blow.
j The Oregon member drew back a
1 clenched fist and lurched toward Gal
> livan, who brought hit* arms up to
: a guard, but before Watkins could
; gel within striking distance several
j colleagues sprang between tho two
and a fight was averted.
1 In a race with the Senate, which
I has an immigration bill of its own,
; differing materially from the House
measure, the latter chamber went into
! session at 11 a.m.. an hour earlier
j than usual. Opponents of the John
j son bill, although admitting they
; were outnumbered, continued their •
j onslaughter, declaring its provision
' for a 2 per cent quota based on the
' 1890 census, discriminated against
prospective immigration from south
i ern and southeastern Europe in favor
| of those from the northern and north
, western part of the continent.
I The bill is designed to supplant the
' present 3 per cent immigration law
1 based on the 1910 census which ex
i pires June 30 next.
Madden Attacks BUI.
As debate got under way again
Chairman Madden of the appropria
! tions committee made a vigorous at
tack on the bill, declaring it a “farce.”
j He asserted that those supporting It
I were unfairly attempting to stigma-
I tlze opponents as “un-American.”
Insisting that he favored rigid ex
-1 elusion of undesirables from all ooun-
I tries, Mr. Madden said steps should be
i taken to prevent the influx of Mex
| lean laborers, whom he said were
j slipping into the United States in
large numbers.
I Representative Hill, republican,
i Maryland, opposed the provisions
! which would base quotas on the 1890
' census and declared the bill left the
i back doors open for surreptitious en
| try of aliens across the Canadian and
j Mexican borders.
D. C. HEADS TO GET
FAVORABLE REPORT
Senate Subcommittee Expected to
Submit Nominations
Tomorrow.
The nominations of District Commis
sioners Rudolph and Oyster to succeed
themselves will be reported favorably
by the Senate District subcommittee to
the full committee at its meeting to
morrow.
The subcommittee, consisting of
I Senators Edwards of New Jersey,
'chairman; King of Utah and Weller of
| Maryland, has completed its con
-1 sideration of the protests and recom
| mendations in regard to the Conunia
{ sioners filed with the subcommittee.
The members of the subcommittee,
it is understood, have not been great
ly Impressed with the protests made
against the Commissioners.
The subcommittee. It is understood,
will report against any further hear
ings on the nominations. The sub
committee members feel that ample
opportunity has been given the op
ponents of the Commissioners to pre
sent any argument or reasons
against confirmation, and that it
would merely result In delay If the
full committee should nows, grant
hearings. That is a matter, however,
that the full committee must deter
mine. . ,
Star's “ Roxie ” Radio
Fund Pasm Over
$l5O Mark Today
rontHbnti<m» to Th« Star's
‘•Roile” radio fnad reeeired to—
day follow:
Previously acknowledged 130.75
Jf. O. M 10.00
t ank 1.00
CavK 1.00
Mrft. Roy 1. I'rrnrr 3.00
Mrs. H. A. Polkinhorn . . 5.00
I A Friend 5.00
j Cash 3.00
L. W. Condroy 5.00
A. ». Hitchcock 7.00
I Charles A. Khrhart 10.00
The Ohio Cirla’ (Tab and
Jheir sponsor, Mrs.
Frank B. W tills 35.00
Aellle K. Humphrey ... 5.00
B. Coppes 10.00
Irving I,lager 5.00
Roland Linger 5.00
F. R. H * 10.00
• a«h 1.00
Elisabeth A. Kndieott. . 5.00
Ferd T. Schneider 5.00
ST 61.75
; CHECKS AND CASH
j SWELL RADIO FUND
Local Enthusiasts Respond
Generously to Project
Sponsored by “Roxie.”
Washington's radio enthusiasts
swelled The Star's “Roxie'’ radio
fund sl2l today, bringing the total
for tho two days in whioh this paper
has undertaken to help raise the esti
mated amount needed to install and
maintain radio receiving apparatus
in the Waiter Reed. Mount Alto and
Naval hospitals to $151.75. All of the
money contributed through The Star
will be turned over to James H.
Baden, vice president of the Commer
cial National Bank, and applied by
him to the fund created by “Roxie”
and "his gang.” at tho Capitol Thea
ter, in New York, for the purchase
of radio sets for the disabled service
men at the three government hos
pitals.
The majority of checks and cash
contributions received by The Star
today were for amounts ranging from
$1 to $25. The largest check, for $25,
came from the Ohio Girls’ Club. Con
tributions of any amount will be
received by The Star and acknowl
edged in its columns.
Leroy Marie !■ Chairman.
Leroy Mark, chairman of the com
-1 mittee in charge of the reception
committee for “Roxie” and his troupe ;
during their visit in Washington last
month, sent the following letter to
The Star under date of April 7: “I
phoned Roxie yesterday evening at
7 o’clock telling him of your won
derful front-page story concerning
the fund, and I trust you heard his
acknowledgment of it over the air
during his concert. 1
"I know that your co-operation Is
not only appreciated by him. but also
by the boys, who.ire so much in need
if it, the public and the writer. Hun
dreds of dollars are rolling in here
every day.”
Employes of the Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Company through William !
Montgomery, president, sent directly !
to "Roxie” last week $350 for his
j radio fund. The money was raised
by giving luncheons in the office, the
food being donated by a few of the
employes.
Pledge 925 a Month.
These employes also pledged to
oontribute $25 each month to tho
fund for one year, beginning May 1.
to be applied toward the upkeep
of the radio sets In the government
hospltala The monthly contribution
of $25 will be obtained by each em
ploye pledging 10 cents to be paid
on the first and fifteenth of ths
month, these being pay days at the
institution.
“This small contribution,’* wrote
Mr. Montgomery, "will total more
than $25 a month. Tho balance will
be kept in a separate fund to be
used to send the ‘boys’ from Walter
Reed and other hospitals to ball
games—those who cannot leave the
hospitals will be sent fruit, ciga
rettes, eta”
Spain to Advance Clocks.
MADRID, April B.—The Official Ga
zette publishes today a decree pro
viding that at 11 am., April 16, the
clock of .Spain shall be pat ahead
one hour until October 4,
DAUGHERTY HOME
IN OHIO IS RIFLED
Valuable Papers, Bearing on {
Old Law Practice, Reported j
Stolen in Columbus.
Former Attorney General Daugh
erty said today be had been advised
that his residence at Columbus,
Ohio, now unoccupied, had been en
tered by force last week and many
of his private papers rifled. Many
valuable personal papers were stolen.
All of them applied to his private
law practice before h© entered the
cabinet and had been stored there in
1921.
Hint on Arties.
The former Attorney General did
not indicate whether the matter
would be <3*ll ed to the attention of
federal or State officials.
Friends of Mr. Daugherty were
guarded in their statements as to the
burglary.
There was no one in the house at I
the time of the burglary, it was de- j
dared. Mr. Daugherty was in Wash-1
ington and Mrs. Daugherty in Florida. 1
where she has been for months. The ,
back door of the residence was found .
open, according to the information
received here.
The Daugherty home is known as
one of the magnificent residences of
Columbus.
Stored Personal Flies There.
Stored there were all of Mr. Daugh
erty’s personal and legal files, which
he had removed from his office at the
time he gave up the practice of law
to become Attorney General.
There were no government records I
of any nature in the house, it was
stated definitely for Mr. Daugherty
today.
Mr. Daugherty has not been in Co
lumbus since his resignation from the
cabinet.
AFFAIR NOT REPORTED.
Columbus Authorities Profess Ig
norance of Robbery.
By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, April B.—United
States deputy marshals made an in
spection of the premises at the home
of' Harry M. Daugherty, former At
torney General, today, following re
ports from Washington that the
house had been ransacked.
Deputy Garrett said no indications
could be found that the house had
been entered. Lacking authority, the
marshals did not enter the house.
Reports here were that Mr. Daugh
erty had been advised by Columbus
friends that his personal flies had
been removed by persons who gained
| entrance last Friday. The house has
1 been closed for sometime.
( No report of Uvo supposed burglary
1 has been made to local police or other
officials here.
HUNT OWNER 0F51,500,000
NECKLACE FOR TAXATION
By the Associated Pres*.
CHICAGO, April B.—Customs offi
cials are investigating reports that a
prominent Chicago woman, whose
name Is not disclosed, is the owner of
la recently imported emerald necklace
valued at $1,500,000, and on which the
80 per cent duty has not been paid.
Insurance companies are said to
have admitted that the owner of the
jewels was negotiating for a policy
to cover the stones, which are said
to have been reset since their pur
chase from a New York and Paris
firm three years ago.
First Serialization of
“Mistress. Wilding”
Rafael Sabatini’s newest story—listed among- “the
six best sellers” —begins in
Today’s Star
This fiction “beat” is considered by critics as one of the .
best stories ever written by Sabatini, whose other novels, in
cluding “Scaramouchc," have taken the country by storm.
’ Read the first installment of
\ “Mistress Wilding”
| - In Today's Star, on Page 34
City’s Population
Drawing Close to
Half •Million Mark
Washington’s population will be
within 15,000 of a half million
souls on July 1, 1924, if the esti
mates of the bureau of census are
taken as authority. It was learned
today that statistics for that date
have already been compiled and
that the population for July 1,
1924, estimated on paper, will be
486,930.
The figures of the census re
ports of 1910 and 1920 are used for
the basis of estimating the popu
lation. A ratio of increase Is as
certained from them and assigned
to the city’s population. On July
1, 1923 the estimate was 470,966. In
1920, the census returns showed
that there were 437,571 residents
of the city.
PROSECUTION MOVE
AGAINST DU PUNTS
BALKEDJSCHAIGE
Daugherty Witness Says
Company Gave Inadequate
Invoices on Old Hickory.
Prohibition enforcement policies,
1 under the administration of Attorney
General Daugherty continued the
main objective of the H>a.ugrhcrty in
vestigating committee today, although
short Rid* ftxcurslons were taken into
a mail fraud case in Boston and the i
Old Hickory Powder plan t controversy j
I in Tennessee.
After Brice K. Armstrong, a Chi- j
I cage prohibition agent, had brought/
(in a new string of charges about!
I illicit brewing and protected boot- j
legging iu the Illinois district, E. C. 1
. "Yellowley, chief of the prohibition |
I unit’s general agents, was called to
the stand and submitted of the I
I official records asked for by the com- j
i mitteemen. Adjournment was taken j
( until tomorrow, before senators had !
begun their detailed examination of .
the witness.
Charge* Against Du PbbUi.
1 The Old Hickory case was brought i
■ into the testimony by George W. I
■ Stock, a Department of Justice ac-j
’ countanl, who not only declared the'
’ Du Pont interests had led the depart
ment to accept inadequate invoices
of the property, but. he added, that
, confidential data gathered by him last
summer as basis for prosecution had
1 been turned over to the Du Pont lawr
] yers.
Stock also asserted that he had
been told by H. V. Green of Boston.
1 whose stock transactions were being
. Investigated under the mail fraud j
law. that Harry M. Daugherty serv
ed as his attorney before entering i
the cabinet. There was no federal I
prosecution in the case, the witness I
said, although he had favored one. j
Yellowley Submits Records.
The records submitted by Yellowley '
f related particularly to the Standard!
. ! Beverage Company case in Chicago. ;
i Armstrong was allowed to assist in a
j search of the documents for material
to justify his statement that the De
-1! partment of Justice had protested the
j seizure and closing of this plant.
A telegram from R. A. Haynes, the
! prohibition commissioner, to United
States Attorney Olsen, Chicago, ask
ing a recommendation for action
against the Standard company, was
one of the four documents read. An- !
other was a letter to Haynes from I
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, in j
charge of prohibition matters in the
Department of Justice, who protested 1
I "unwarranted procedure and loose !
j business” methods by the prohibition j
unit, and disregard of property rights
“in the Standard matter.” The letter
was written on February 8, 1924. and
contained a long account of facts as
to the company, saving the depart
ment was "faced with the prospect of
dismissing the case and take the criti
cism, or proceed to court with a los
ing case.”
Mrs. Willebrandt got an answer
from Haynes saying the “seizure was
warranted and justified by your de
partment,”
Chairman Brookhart suggested that
Mrs Willebrandt, "if all the facts
had been before her,” might have had
a different new.
Told to Drop Cue.
Armstrong said he and other agents
had seized eighteen half barrels of 3
per cent beer from the Western brewery
and recommended prosecution. W. O.
Potter, United States attorney at East
St. Louis, the witness said, told him
that he had instructions from the de
partment to drop the case and that
was done.
It was stated by the secretary of
the brewery company at the time.
Armstrong added, that a 15,000 "offer
, in settlement” had been accepted by
the government.
The witness told also of failures to
prosecute in the Garden City brewery
case, and of efforts made to remove
him as enforcement agent because he
would not "stop buying” liquor at sa
loons "they” did not want prosecuted.
Aam pa Democrat Prime tutor.
Asked who the federal .prosecutor was
in these cases, Armstrong said that
United States District Attorney Clyne at
Chicago, a democratic hold-over, was in
office most of the time. He expressed
the opinion that Clyn© had been "kept
in" by the republican administration be
cause the Chicago brewery ring "felt
they could handle Charlie Clyne.”
Speaking of injunction proceedings
handled by Special Assistant Attorney
General Middiekauf and his assistant,
August Kruz, Armstrong said they had
conducted the case so as to "delay serv
ice long enough to let the original own
ers get out’’ The witness declared there
would be delays of two of three years
in "closing up” these cases. He recent
ly had been called as a witness in three
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NEW REVENUE DILL
WITH MELLON PLAN
AND 1923 RATE CUT
Ol’O INCOMMITTEE
Finance Body Orders Favor
able Report on Strict Party
Vote—Scope of Reductions
Slightly Narrowed.
$69,000,000 DEFICIT
ESTIMATED BY SMOOT
Treasury Berision Scale Proposed.
Miscellaneous Items Stricken
Out by House He stored—Aotioa
to Be Asked Next Week—Speed
on Bonus Issue Sought.
The new revenue bill was order da
favorably reported to the Senate t*
day by the finance commituja.
It provides, as reported, for a
retroactive reduction of 25 per cent
on 1923 income taxes which arc pay
able this year: permanent revision
of the income tax rates in accord
ance with the plan of Secretary
| Mellon; a special reduction of 3?
I per cent in taxes on earned incortle,
j and repeal of many of the mi sot?-
Ilaneous and excise taxes.
Reduction* >arrowed.
The scope of tax reduction was nar
j rowed, however, from that provided
!by the House bill, warning of a
! Treasury deficit under its terms haw
! ing forced restoration of some of the
j miscellaneous taxes stricken out
! during House consideration of the
! measure.
J The measure was ordered reported
on a strictly party vote, 9 to 7, Chair-
I man Smoot said. Democrats an
| nounced their opposition was based
| on the Mellon income rates schedule
j carried by the bill.
The committee will be called either
tomorrow or Thursday to take up the
soldier bonus bill, Mr. Smoot said. He
predicted not more than three days
would be required to get a report on
the bill.
To Be Called Next Week.
The chairman does not expect to
call the tax bill up for consideration
in the Senate before the middle of
next week,
j As framed by the committee, Mr.
Smoot estimated the tax bill would
| fail by 869,000,000 of raising sufficient
I revenue to meet the regular govern
| went, expenses in the first year of its
I operation. This estimate did not take
I info account, he added, special ap
i propriation bills which might be
: passed by Congress this session, in
cluding the soldier bonus bill which
It has been estimated would require
an expenditure of 8135,000,000 the first
year.
Cut Treasury Provision.
In winding up consideration of the
measure the committee reaffirmed its
action of last night, eliminating tho
j Treasury provision to tax indirectly
j the income from tax-exempt secur-
I ities. This provision, it was estimat
j ed, would have netted the govern-
I raent 835,000,000 annually.
A protest against the section limit
ing deductions on gross incomes on
account of interest payments was
made to the committee by Gov.
Ritchie of Maryland. Senator Smoot
said the constitutionality of such a
provision was somewhat in doubt.
The question will have to be decided
on the floor.
The Mellon income tax rates now in
the bill provide for a 3 per cent nor
mal tax on incomes of 84.000 and
under and 6 per cent above that
amount. The surtax rates start at 1
per cent at 810.000 and graduate up
to a maximum of 25 per cent at SIOO.-
000. Surtax rates In the present law
start at 1 per cent at $6,000 and in
crease to a maximum of 50 per cent at
8200.000.
Democrat« 9eek. Substitute.
Committee democrats have been
working out a substitute schedule
which, it is understood, will differ
somewhat from the Garner plan for a
44 per cent maximum surtax rate
supported by House democrats. Al
-1 though republican leaders are in
clined to believe there is little hope
for adoption by the Senate of the
Mellon rates, no.- compromise sched
ule has been worked out, nor has any
support been given openly to the
Dongworth plan adopted by the
House republicans.
The Dongworth plan provided for
normal taxes of 2 per cent on incomes
below 84,000; 5 per cent on incomes
between 84.000 and SB,OOO, and 6 per
cent above that. It called for a flat
25 per cent reduction in surtax rates
in the present law. which would make
the maximum 37 Vi per cent at
8200,000.
House Increase Cat.
The increase voted by the House
in the estate taxes was eliminated
by the Senate committee, ee was -Va
new gift tax voted by the House.
The committee, however, imposed
the only new taxes carried by the
bill, 10 per cent each on radio and
mah-jong sets.
The democrats have served notice
they will propose several changes in
the tax schedules, particularly as re
gards the Mellon Income tax voted into
the bill by the republicans In place of
the Dongworth compromise rate adopt
ed by the House. The floor fight is
expected to hinge largely on the rate
schedules. Practically all tho ad
ministrative provisions of the bill were
agreed to by non-partisan votes.
DIVORCES INCREASING
IN CONSTANTINOPLE
Exceeded Marriages by 9,269 to
7,974 East Year, Official
Figures Beveal.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April B.—Divorces ex
ceeded marriages in Constantinople
during the last year, according to the
Daily Mail correspondent. He gives
the official figures as 9,259 against
7,974.
TWO CENTS.