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CHARGES ARE FILED
AGAINST GEN. HART
Conduct in Appointment to
; Quartermaster General
Post Hit by Rogers.
I Another s®n*sfion ha? developed in
mjt War Department as a result of
rli* filing of formal charges by Maj
<lfn. Harry 1.. Rostra, retired. former
•Quartermaster general, against Maj.
Hen. William H. Hart, who succeeded
mm in that office on his retirement,
\jiigust 22. 19-2. Beyond th* admis
sion that charges had been made, of
fiviats of the Wat Department today j
declined to discus* the case in any i
yay. eveji to the extent of revealing j
tJl® nature of th* charges. Front ■
other sources it was learned, however. j
that the charges had gone through i
tjlf regular military channel* and
were now before Ma.i. Hen. .lobn 1,.
Hines, chief of staff, hv whom they
will be submitted to fv»l. navis, kite |
Adeline Secretary of War. for such )
action as may he called for.
T*espite the r*tiren<-e of officials on j
the subject, it is understoWH generally !
that Hen. Rogers has charged that j
Hen Hart, while serving as a colonel ■
at the Brooklyn Army base in 1921 I
and 1 f>22 pursued improper methods I
to prevent the reappointment of H»n. :
Rogers. whose term as quartermaster I
general was about to expire, and to j
procure the appointment for himself. I
Furthermore, it is said to he alleged
that Hen. Hart procured or was re- i
sponsible for the publication of vari ;
ous articles criticizing the adminis- |
'ration of Hen. Rogers and designed 1
to show the impropriety of his r®->p- j
pnintment.
Roth officers affected have had ex-I
ceptionally fine military records. •*- 1
pecially during the progress of the j
W orld War. and were awarded the
distinguished service medal. Hen.
Rogers was with Hen. Pershing in
France, and served creditably as 1
chief of the Quartermaster Corps of th»
A.merican Expeditionary Forces until
•fitly 22, 191 s. when h» was appointed
quartermaster general. He was placed
on the retired list in August. 1922. at 1
the expiration of his term as quarter
master general by reason of disability !
Incident to his long and arduous
service. He was born in the District 1
of Columbia Jun* 29. 1557. and was
appointed a paymaster in the Army
In May. 1995. He has had heart trou
ble f«r some time, and is now under '•
treatment in Philadelphia.
Dep. Hart was appointed head of i
ttie Quartermaster Corpa in succession
to Hen. Rogers on the recommends- j
'ion of Secretary Weeks on the basi« j
of his fine record of .95 years in that
corps, including his administration of j
'he important military bane at New |
York City during »he World War. He ;
" I* from Michigan, and was graduated |
from the Military Academy in .lune. j
I SSS . Before his transfer to the Quar '
termanter Corps in November. I9on. !
be served successively in the Tnfan- |
try and Cavalry. He has been away ;
from the*city for several days op in- J
speetion duty, and was In New York 1
City yesterday, nn his way to Wash- '
ington.
AIR INQUIRY BOARD
MAY QUIZ DAVIS
AS FIRST WITNESS
; fCpntinued from First Paged j
from Us sincerity. For these reasons
titty expressed the hope today that I
the Army pilot would be omitted from
the list of witnesses.
Tt was after 5 o'clock hefore the |
lrfltugural meeting of the hoard broke
up yesterday. With the exception of
ap hour while the members were at j
luncheon in the White House with :
the President, the committee had been
In continuous session since 11 a m.
Apd one White House attache laugh-,
Ingrly declared the committeemen were '
so.engrossed in their work that they
were almost unpa rdOnahtv late ar
riving for the bincheon.
There was littT* for Mr. Morrow to
say when he left the cabinet room of
the Executive offioea. The entire day
bad been occupied, as It had been ex
pected it would he. by organization, t
Atr. Morrow explained that, it was
still too early definitely to determine
wbo would he summoned to aid the
board in its investigation of th® air
craft situation. He said this matter ,
could he discussed between now and
Monday and gave out the following
official statement:
hearings of the board will he j
held in the room of the House com- j
mjtte® on interstate and foreign
commerce.
>. Hearings Open to Public.
"They will He open to the public. I
It.' is expected that they will begin I
next Monday. The hearings will
proceed along the following line; The
bqfird plans to hear, first, the repre
sentatives of th® atr services-of the
Army. Navy and post office as to i
their present condition, organization..'
equipment, mission and the relation I
or the services to each other.
"The board expects thereafter to (
Invite numerous witnesses, including I
Hot- Mitchell, to appear before them
■with criticisms and constructive sug |
geetions."
The wording of this statement, i
car*fully prepared in the presence of
thl* entire board and given to the
newspaper men by Mr. Morrow only
In his official capacity as chairman,
definitely indicates that there will be
no fettering of Fol. Mitchell when he
answers his summons. He may offer
hofh "criticisms and constructive »ug
geetions" and hts testimony ts likely j
to prove of a highly sensational
character.
Formal announcement that the j
former assistant air chief would he !
given "his day" elicited no surprise I
Ini official circles. as a matter of j
fact, th* War Department, is known |
lo welcome the action. Although
Acting Secretary Dwight IV. Davis 1
made no comment, it is common j
knowledge that he is "bending over •
backward" trying to give Hoi. !
Mitchell every possible latitude in the 1
present, controversy.
The question of finances caused j
some Interest here todav. No an ;
notincement has been made as to how
the aircraft hoard will pay for the
large stenographic and clerical force I
it will need to conduct the exhaustive 1
investigation that is supposed to he,
planned for It. Furthermore. It has j
been customary In the past for com- !
mlttee* of such national importance to ;
b® Supplied with special legal advisers !
to assist them in their Investigation.
No fnnnsel Retained.
Whether or not this committee will '
be, supplied such assistance has not
been stated, but It is accepted as cer- !
tain that no special counsel has been j
retained thus far. The aircraft com- |
mittee has an• overwhelming task to,
accomplish In an Incredibly short time. ;
The President is anxious to have its !
report by the end of November. That
gives it only a trifle more than two
months to complete Its work.
Under such circumstances, the board
may soon be faced bv the necessity of
employing expensive assistance or
facing the alternative of narrowing
the scope of its work. President Cool
idge Is anxious that this inquiry shall 1
he sweeping and it i* believed that
when the proper time comes sufficient
fundi will be found to assure the
board any and all of the outside help
it may justly need.
I
?
lie BARRED |
/
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SHAPI R.II SAKLATVAI.A,
Member of British Commons, who. j
I Secretary Kellogg has decided, cannot i
i enter the United Stales because of [
his Communist utterances.
35AUT0ISTS HELD :
1 IN TAKOMA PARK
i
I
County Police Continue Drive
Against Evasion of Mary
i
land Tag Law.
Thirty-five more arrests were mad®,
Hhis morning in th* campaign of Mont-j
gom*ry I'oumy police against District >
iof Columbia motorists who live in
[Maryland, but have no Maryland tags. !
Five officers under Sheriff Plummer *
j of Rockville were stationed at Takoma |
j Park at the traffic rush hour andj
1 bailed Incoming motorists, summoning ,
them to appear before Justice of the i
Peace Kyle next Tuesday, evening at j
; T o'clock.
| In the drive yesterday at Silver;
, Spring Senator O. K. Weller of Mary-;
[land was among three-score of motor-;
‘ l«t* summoned to appear next Tuesday
jin Rockville Police Court. The Sena- j
| tor protested that he was not trying rot
[ *\ ad« th® low. hut his Japanese chauf- :
! teur was ordered to drive up to a curb, j
1 where detail* were exchanged, and he i
! promised Deputy Sheriff Roy Snyder j
[he would appear or be represented in;
j court.
In the hearing of about 12 cases at '
Rockville yesterday several rases ;
I were dismissed upon the represents-'
j rion of defendants that they were!
; driving autos that belonged to firms |
j not required to obtain Maryland 11-j
j censes, but a number were fined upon l
• admission that they lived in .Mary-;
'land and failed to procure tags of j
| that State.
In some cases drivers had no Mary- I
i land operators' permits and were ad- 1
t dltionallv fined. The police say the!
I State |$ defrauded out of many thou- j
; sands of dollars annually by the fail- i
. ure of motorist* who live within the'
1 State, but drive to and from Wash-|
j ington. to procure Maryland tags.)
■ using th* District of Columbia tags .
' instead because they are cheaper. I
KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN I
HOLD BENEFIT DRILL
Colored Orgrani&ation Gives Festi
val for Aid of Cardinal Gib
bons’ Institute.
An exhibition drill and outdoor ;
festival for the benefit of th® Cardinal j
Ribbons Institute a: Ridge. Md.. was
held yesterday by the colored Knights j
of St. John and their friends at Hreen j
i Willow Park. Anacostia.
The drill, held last night, was re. ;
• viewed by Rear Admiral William S. j
Benson, retired: Hen. Leo H. Schu nf ;
Evansville, fnd., supreme secretary of ;
the Knlghta. and .lames Houlahan of |
Pittsburgh, commissioner of Alle
ghany County.
The drill, which was participated In !
!by the vvomen'a auxiliary, was in ;
i charge of Col. Deßeef Holton. A j
dance was supervised hv Dr. Deo •
Holton. Eugene A. Clark, principal j
| of the Miner Normal School, presided ]
; over th® ceremonies.
1 Admiral Renson asked for th* con 1
1 tinned interest of the colored popula !
tion of Washington in furthering the j
work of the institute. Hen. Schu- ;
' told of the development of the Knight* j
l of St. John and urged a greater Spirit j
iof fraternalism. H. E. Daniel, prin- j
; eipal of the institute, calle.d on colored !
I Catholics to assist in carrying out the j
[ program of industrial education
j planned for Southern Maryland.
A children's celehratfon. under di
rection of Mrs. Habrlelle Pelham, com- j
I rnunity center secretary, was staged
during the day, and a series of Roy J
; Scout and sport events were held J
during the afternoon under supervl- j
slon of Dr. Aaron Ruaaell.
William Prater was In charge of the \
festivities.
BRITISH DISCLAIM PART ;
IN BAN ON SAKLATVALA
imposed by Kellogg!
I (Continued front First Paged
- |
! business fields. He tried it. but Soon ;
tired of the life, preferring politic*. j
"In Bombay, whet* he was horn, he I
[became a stormy petrel in local poli
; tics, particularly as an enemy against I
'.the English rule in India. He has |
ever been Incensed against the im
perialistic tactics of the empire."
j Mr. Saklatvala expressed doubt as
; to whether his brother would have al- |
; tacked the American Government or I
sought to have spread communistic I
l propaganda during hla visit to this
1 country. Betters from him Indicated.
, he said. he had a great liking for this
j country and desired to visit it.
Resides, my brother has no quarrel
.with the American Government." Mr. i
; Saklatvala said. "It is the British •
policy In India that has made him a !
j communist."
He pictured hia brother as a “fine. !
1 upstanding man. with piercing eye •
and cynical mien, hut of altogether '
likable personality."
VVIRTH REACHES V. S.
|
i NEW YORK. September 1S ( /P). —
! Former Herman Chancellor Carl .lo
; seph Wirfh arrived today nn the
steamship Stuttgart from Bremen, en
| route to Washington to attend the
1 second Interparliamentary Union con
ference.
The former chancellor, whose dras
tic reforms in th® Hernian finance
ministry during his stewardship in
1 1922 won him the title of the fight
ing Baden schoolmaster," said h»
planned to attend the conference
purely as a prlvata citizen."
A large delegation of Herman ad
mirers was at the dock to greet him.
t *
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C'„ FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1925.
WORK SUSTAINED
ON RECLAMATION
-
j Sargent Backs Secretary’s
Refusal to Spend Money
on New Projects.
!
|
j BY FREDERIC’ WILLIAM WIFE.
j Secretary Work has lust been sus
tained hy Attorney Heneral Sargent In
• the refusal to spend money on West
I ern reclamation project* that *r* not
I "feasible."
Mr. Sargent hold* that not only la
;i he Interior Department under no
] compulsion to begin such work, hul
j lhat. in th* vase of ih* Raker (Oreg.t
I project, construction cannot be h»gnn
j without further authority from Fun
j ares.*. Oregon and other reclame
j tion Stale* *r» contending 'hat Secre-
I tary Work Is required in spend money
'appropriated by Congress without r»-
| gat'd to his own views a* to ' f*asi
' Utility." He I* under heavy fire on
that score from Senator Borah and
| other Northwestern leaders.
Want* I .and Settled Elr*t.
i Fntil tens of thousand* of acres of
j Western farmlands irrigated al Hov
j » rnment expense are settled. Dr.
! Work asserts there i* neither thyme
j nor reason in carrying out new recla
mation projects. That is his defense
J against the drive launched hy the
I Senators from M'esiern States, who
[object to hi* attitude and i-harge him
i with refusing to carry otn laws passed
by Congress. The laws in question are
those enacted al th* late seselon, *p
propria ting fund* for a series of
reclamation projects in Oregon. Wash
ingion. Nevada. Idaho and Montana.
In th* case of two or three project*
provisos are attached which, in Dr.
Work's opinion, tie up the spproprin
tion* until the Stales involved have
carried out certain specified co-opera
j tive measure*.
'lade Personal Survey.
"I spent most of the Summer.” said
; Secretary Work In an interview with
[this writer, "making a personal tn
speotion of the several reclamation
| projects tinder way tn the Northwest.
| These Include the Riverton and Will
I wood Shoshone projects In Wyoming,
the Sun River project in Montana:
the KhtitS* Yakima project in Wash
‘ Ingion; the Baker. Val* and Umatilla
i projects In Oregon: the Spanish
! Springs project in Nevada and th*
[Owyhee project In f Oregon-Ida ho.
These various enterprises call for Ir
i rigation of tracts of land ranging in
; are a from tn.niVfi to 150.00 ft acres each,
j more or less. The cost of carrying
; out these projects varies from ss.non.
I OftO or $4,000,000 to as much as
$1 s 000.000 apiece.
| "I spoke very' plainly, not only to
, th* people of each district visited, hut
| In moat caaea to their United State*
Senator* and Representatives who
; accompanied me. In one or two States
, the governors were present and heard
me expres frank views. In sont» in
j stances I said that the proposed reels
motion area did not se*m to me to he
i the kind of land that could ever he
J made fertile enough to attract with
in « reasonable period of years set
! tiers vvho would he able io repay ihe
; Government for the farms they might
] take up. Therefore. T pointed out. I
! did noi think It feasible for the Hov
: ernment to spend money on new proj
ects from which there was plainly
j only a remote prospect of returns.
Slow to Pay United States.
"That was my thought with refer
l epee to the concrete schemes for
I which aproval was sought. But I
j wgs actuated hy other and farther
j reaching considerations. Since the
i Federal reclamation system was insti
j tuted .25 years ago. there has been ex
; pended by the United States for recla
1 matlon operations of all kinds $205.-
i ooo.oon. Theoretically, that entire sum
■ is repayable. Actually, only some $60..
000.000 has been returned. In rhou
; sands of cases farmers ha ye made no
effort to contribute their assessment*.
| There 1* reason to believe that Inter
i ested persons now end then advise set
j tiers not to pay. or at least not to
1 worry about arrears, because, they
1 are told. Uncle Sam will not press
! them.
"There have been moratoriums and
1 postponement* of payments daring
hack more than 10 years. Within six
months on one old project there were
I 20fi farm foreclosures: on another n
! single Individual recently foreclosed on
jl* farms. On another one hank has
! taken trust deed titles to practically
every farm In a small district. At the
present moment there are more than
5.000 farm* on Hov ernment-lrrigated
; lend, aggregating some 200.(100 scree.
. for yvhich it he* proved Impossible to
; obtain sertler-s.''
Awaits nn States.
I In th* case of the Vale reclamation
[ project in Oregon, th* Spanish Springs
project In Nevada and the Kittitas
j Yakima project in Washington there
was attached to the appropriation hills
|by Congress a stipulation that the
1 States In question had to assume re
; sponsihllity for "settlement and devel
jnpment" of the reclaimed land. It Is
! Secretary Work's contention that un
j til the State governments have for
■ mally contracted in perform their duty
[ the Federal funds cannot he made
( available. Some of the State* assert
! that they ere without constitutional
. authority to undertake the obligation*
| Hongres* imposed upon them, and lo
cal Interests demand that the Interior
[ Department proceed without further
; delay to expend the appropriations
i thst were voted. These varied in size,
as Initial annual grants, from $300,000
jto $900,000 each. Altogether Congress
made appropriations last Winter for
j new reclamation project* which will
! cost when completed l>«tw ®en $60.-
[ 000.000 and 1tt0.000.000. Other projects
' authorized by earlier Congresses and
; partly completed will bring the total
| conatruc-Hnn cost of new 'works to
I $110.000.000.
"Together, these different structures
will provide water for more than 400.-
[ 000 seres of land, or about 10.000
(farms. The construction costs will he
I much hirher than nn the older proj
ieet*. the estimates ranging from SIOO
J to $1 fio an acre.
Unolidie Backs 'York.
President coolidg* is supporting Sec-
Iretary Work to the hilt in the policy
iof "relentless economy" In the recla
i matlon fields. The administration Is
j Inclined to think that the demand for
carrying out certain projects is fo
!merited by politicians who yvant money
'spent in their Slates or districts he
g.use their personal prestige will there
ny he enhanced. This Is alleged to be
the case In Northwestern States with
close senatorial elections In prospect
next year. Farmers in those sections
<it re -is id to oppose the projects as un
| Justified bv existing conditions.
Secretary Work's argument* are
j hotly rejected and resented In the re
! gions where project* have been
llgunchd and funds actually voted to
begin them. He is accused of arbitrary
[use of his power and of shortsighted
j views of the food and population con
ditions of the future. The Northwest
-1 et ners quote a statement made to Dr.
\\ oi k hy President Coolifige wherein
the Secretary of the Interior was or
dered to "lay his plans for 20 years In
advance." It Is also pointed out that
it is not from the Federal Treaaury
that reclamation funds are derived,
hut from the so-called revolving recla
mation fund built up by sale of land*,
repayments, timber grants snd other
revenue from the public domain*.
(CoOTrlrbt.
If children could he reared free from
fear w-ould they be fearless men and
women?
r,
20 IMPORTANT HIGHWAYS MADE
| NEW WITH GASOLINE TAX FUNDS
Revenue Comes to Rescue Junt as Streets Began to
Break Under Enormous Traffic Burden—Law
j
*i Ha* Proved of Great Value.
BY \YH.L P. KENNEDY.
Thl* i* the fifth of n nerife nt nr
, tide a nn the nnpftitinn nt WtiKhinp-
I ton » Afreet*. The Mirth t dll nppenr
| oti Siinrtnu.
> Just #s many of our main thorough
i ■ fare* of traffic—outlawed hv age—
-1 ware breaking to him unbar tha in
i i creaslngly heavy load* thav ware
' never built to carry tha gasoline tax
i j came to tha raacua. In consequence,
i ] (luring tha laat year or I* month*
i there ho* been a great improvement,
t, with ahont 20 of the important traf
i fir high wh y* resurfaced, thanks to
, 'hi* special fitnrt. The good work will
• | continue on a tv- annually enlarged
• scale.
Her* are specific illustration*:
T'nder the returns for the fiscal veer
| 1925-
i| It iaconaln avenue, from Masaachu
-1 | sett* a v enue to the River road. 60
I feet wide and S.ooo feet In length.
Central n venue, from Renning road
[to th* district line, over » mile In
I length.
1 Forty-first street northwest, from
• Davenport to Lixlngstnn street, about
1 4.000 feet.
fieorgia avenue, from Military road
past Walter Reed Hospital, more than
I 0.000 feet.
Bladenabtirg road, from South Da
kota avenue to the District line. 3.500
feet.
) Seventeenth street from Pennsvlva- !
nia avenue to G street south. 4,500
| feet.
Fourteenth street from C north to R
j south.
Eleventh street southeast, from
I Pennaylvenia avenue to th« Rastern
1 Rranch.
1996 Improvement*.
! Under returns for th* fiscal v*» r '
I > 9 •*'
M street. Georgetown, from Twenty
ninth to Thirty.fifth Street, widened
and repaved. 3.500 feet. This is one
of th* best street surfacing job* ever
j don* in fh* Capital, it gives an ad-;
j equate and proper approach to the
! new Key Rridge. Engineers figure It 1
j will serve for 50 years.
Rladensburg road, from H street to ,
; 1. street, widened and repaved, which
j will complete an 30.f00t roadway lm
| provement from end to end of this
Street, from H street to th* District
i line.
j North Capitol, from X' street to
[Michigan avenue, to he finished this
j Fall.
| Q steel, from Thirtieth street to
[ Wisconsin avenue.
; R street, from Thirtieth to Wiscon
; «in av enue.
D street, from Fifth to Seventh
; northwest.
Eighth street, from Market Space to
I E street.
Georgia avenue, from Florid* ave-
I nu* to Barry place. This Is In front !
, of the ball park and will h* done after
the world series.
Thirteenth street In various loca
j tions *r* to be blanketed with asphalt
ion top of existing old granite block
| end concrete roadways. This i* In
I progress and will he completed in
| shout two months.
j One of th* biggest, improvement*—a
! »1"tt.000 job Is the widening of E
i street northwest from Fifth to Thlr- ;
! teenth street This Is to be done in
i the Spring.
Ta« lair Passed in H»?i.
j The gasoline tax is collected under
a law of April 23. 1924. with the title
| “to provide for a tax on motor vehicle
I fuels sold within the District of Co- :
i tumble. The law imposes a tax of
' 2 cent* per gallon on all gasoline sold
! for use In motor vehicles, and pro
i vide* in th» first paragraph that the
: proceeds shall be paid into the
I Treasury of sh» United States to the
credit of the District of Columhls.
"and shall he available for appropri
[at lon by Congress exclusively for
: road and street improvements and
, repair."
Most of the States have a gasoline!
I tax. some of them at higher rate*,
even up to 5 cents per gallon; but
In a good many States this tax Its
i diverted from streets and toads and
used for all kind* of purposes. In
passing the law for the National Cap
j Hal. Congress decided that this was
not a square deal towards the special
j interests paying the tax. since the
real argument for imposing the tax
was that the motor traffic was wear- ;
Ing out existing highway* snd that
the motorists should pay a fair pro- 1
i portion toward maintainlrfg the roads
: in proper condition for motor traffic.
, Representative Louts C. Cramton of
Michigan, who drafted the gasoline
[tax law. and Congress in passing It,
'definitely meant that the funds
! should go exclusively for the onlv
j just ifla hie purpose In imposing the
—to keep the roads in proper
I shape for motor travel.
Main Street* Treated Flr*t.
In selecting tha Item* of improve
ment under this gasoline rax. the
- District Commissioners and congress
ha-.e decided that traffic thorough
fares should receive first srtention.
tether than streets of minor traffic
needs, for the manifest reason that [
the tax Is paid bv the whole body of
motorists and I* more rationally ap
j plicabl* on thoroughfares that are
. generally used by the majority.
I rather then on those streets which
;sre need by only relatlvelv few- auto
- lets.
Even In the shbrt time that the
: gasoline tan fund has been available
j for effective use—a little over a year—
[a trucked betterment has resulted In
the v mere I traffic condition by im
: prove ment of roadway surfaces. In
[the future this Improvement will he ■
; very much emphasised, because the
I funds vilt be larger and will com* in '
1 regularly.
Th* gasoline tax Is collected through
I th* wholesalers, who make mnnfhlv
! ! returns to the collector of taxes of
their sates and then pay the tax of
'; 2 oents per gallon on those sales.
\ The collection I* thus easily made
and at a minimum of coat. The col- i
lector of taxes makes a monthly re-I
port to the District auditor who sets i
up the fund to the credit of the high j
. way department, which not I
until then—can spend the monev. So,
, it i» evident that there must he a de- 1
. ' lay in this work until the fund ac- !
I cumulates in dribs and draha, month!
. 1 after month.
i Collection* t’nder Estimate.
, j On June 7, 1924. Congress appro
i j priated for the fiscal year 1925. which
began the following July 1. for 14
, (item* of street improvement aggie
. I gating 1925.000. which total was as-
I sumed to he the revenue expected
, j during that year from the gasoline
. i tax. The event showed the collections
! | somewhat abort of the total #x
, I pec ted —as a result of which the
- ] House District committee held an in-
I ve.stigation to see why the fund did
. not com* larger. Rut it also developed
' that the actual coat of the 14 projects
' was shout the same amount legs than
, | the estimates for these 14 job*, so
. | that at the end of the fiscal year. July
) 1. 192*. the revenue* from the tax had
i ! about equaled the actual cost of the
-I projects that had been authorised.
Because the collection of the tax be
gan (50 days following the date of en
, aettnenr of the law. specifically on
- June 23. 1924. the collection of the
tax proceeded uniformly through the
year, and as the work provided to lie
done tinder the tax could not legally
be made an obligation against the tax
i fund until a sufficient amount was in
i hand to cover the coat, it resulted
that the work could only be carried
'on plecem“al. very different from what
would have been the case had the
entire amount been available at the
beginning of the fiscal year, as Is the
! ense with all other appropriations.
46 Projects Approved.
In the appropriation bill of March
3. 1925. which was the second year
of operation of this gasoline tax. Con
gress provided for aome 46 hem* of
.street improvement at an aggregate
cost of $312,000. In undertaking these
projects the situation with regard to
available funds wa« practically Iden
Goal with that in the preceding year.!
Roth annual appropriations for .
street work chargeable to the “ga.so-]
line tax road and street fund." which
Is the official legal title, provided that ’
th» work of paving snd reps ring done ,
from the fund should be assessed
| sgalnst the a ‘lilting property, the
same a* like Improvements *r* assess
able under any other fund and fur
ther provided that wh*n such ****** .
menis for work paid for from the |
fund were collected ihey should he !
credited to the gas tax fund snd be j
come available for subsequent use ot
resppropriation.
These assessments are provided for
by the so-called Rot land amendment,
which make* on*.half of the cost of
paving or repaving a roadway or one.
half the cost of setting curb assess
able against the abutting property.
! with certain exemptions from th* as
aeaaable cost in respect to the paving
of street I ntersect ii>n« and the paving
of roadways in excess of to feet in
width.
Returns Come In l.sle.
During the second year of the nper- j
j stlon of the gasoline tax fund the
i balance available for expenditure at
anv time will be materially augment- |
*d by thi* cl*** of collections. These j
return* come In anyway from six |
months to three years after the work j
has he*n completed snd paid for out j
■of the gasoline tax fund.
All of the Items of Street Improxe
: ntertl specified by Congress to he
done from the gasoline tax fund dm - [
ing the two years—Some 60 in all —
with th* exception of about a half
dozen. are either completed or are
under contract snd nearing romp!*- j
Mon. Those half dozen that have)
been withheld are delayed on account
of lack of fund* sufficient to Justify :
undertaking them.
ll should he taken into considers - •
tion that the fiscal year I#’* started’
onlv on July 1 last, and ft is now only
September, so |t is very evident that
the work got a flying start and has
j not been allowed to lag unduly.
During the past Rummer th* ;
mon'hly collection* under the gaso
line tax have shown a pronounced
Increase oxer those of th* proceeding
year, and xx hen the collections un
der th* assessment* provided for by
th* Rorland amendment begin to
come in at an active rat* it is an
ticipated that there xvill be a con- i
slderahlx- larger balance In th* fund.
This will be reflected In the hit dget
for the next fiscal year. IIUT. x»-hlch j
xx 111 provide for a sum shout equal
! to what i« expected to he collected
during the coming fiscal year.
Rut. the resurfacing under the
gasoline tax really fixes up a tela-,
i lively small ares of street surface *«
compared with the total area that is
constantly growing on account of;
nexv streets being opened.
DR. B. H. RANSOM.
0. S. OFFICIAL, DIES
1 \
Chief of Zoological Division
Won Wide Note in Sci
entific Field.
I
Dr. Rrax'lon H. Ransom. 46 years
old. chief of the zoological division of i
th» Rurean of Animal Industry. De- I
pertinent of Agriculture, for the last !
I 19 years, died at a loca! hospital last J
night after a short illness. He had
ninny university degrees and w-as a
nationally known zoologist.
H* was born at Missouri Valiev. !
lowa. He attended the University of |
Nebraska, receiving a bachelor of |
science degree In 1399. a master of;
arts degree in 1900 nad « doctor of ;
philosophy degree there in 190 S. He’
xvas a fellow of zoology at the Unix-er- |
sity of Missouri. 1909-01. .and had the |
same honor at the University of Ns- I
braska In 1901-02. He was a student !
at George Washington Medical School, 1
1902-04.
law* in I'. S. Service.
Dr. Ransom first came into promt- j
nenre hx the practical application of
his vast knowledge of zoology in the |
latter part of 190.1. at which time he !
became an assistant in the division of l
zoology, hygienic laboratory of the j
United States Public Health Service
and also the Marine Hospital Service.
He then, in 1903. became scientific as
sistant in the zoological laboratory. In ;
1906 he was appointed to the position '
which he held at the time of hia
death.
He had been an honorary assistant
: custodian st the United State* Na-
I tional Museum since 1905.
He was a member of the Helmintho
logical and Entomological Societies
of Washington, the American Micro
scopfcsl Society, the W ashington Acad
enty of Science*. Ajnerlran Societv of
Zoologists. American Society of
Tropics) Medicine and honorary mem
her of the American Veterinary Medl-
J cal Asaociatinn. American Society of
i Naturalists. * foreign correspondent
| for the Society de Pathologie Ex
j otique. also a foreign correspondent
| for the Royal Academy of Agricul
ture. Turin, in addition he was a
l fellow of the American Association
| for the Advancement of Science.
Was Phi Beta Kappa.
I He was a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa, the Sigma Xi and Beta Thea
; Pi fraternities.
I>r. Ransom was the author of nu
merous government publication* and
articles in scientific journsls on para
sitology and medical zoology.
He xvs* a member of the editorial
j board of the Journal of Parasitologv
and American Journal of Tropical I
j Medicine. He was also a member of!
| the Cosmos Club of this city.
For the last year. Dr. Rsnaom had
made his home at Battery Park. Md.
i He leaves his widow. Mrs. Virginia
'Ransom: hia father. G. H. Ransom of
j Denver, Colo.: a slater of New Orleans
and other relatives.
r #-
Italian Settlement Seen.
NEW’ YORK, September 1* <AP). —
Arriving here from Italy vesterdav,
Giacomo de Martino. Italian Ambas
sador at Washington, spoke hope
fully of an early and satlsfactorv
settlement of the Italian debt. Dis
cussing the Italian Debt Commission
soon to arrive, be said: The great
experience of Count Volpl in financial
matters promises a complete snd
rapid understanding with tha Ameri
can officials." f
NEW ERA DECLARED
DAWNING FOR CHINA
Long Dormant Patriotism
Rekindled by Shanghai Riots,
Bishop Roots Says.
hr th» A«»o<-i»teC
bautimork. s*p'*mber is.—Th*
recent Shanghai riot* have lighted
the flame of patriotism throughout
China, which mark* th* beginning of
a new era In the nation's life, de
clared ltfshop Logan Herbert Roots
i of Hankow, china, in a paper snlyz
| Ing China a situation, which he placed
I before the unofficial conference < n
’hineae- A merles n relation* at Johns
i Hopkins University today.
! He presented the following con*#
quence* a* "manif**rlv of fat teach
ing influence, whatever the facts"
' that may he developed hy th* official
investigation:
[ "It I'ghted the flame of patriotism
(throughout China, which marks the
! beginning of a nexv era in the na
! lion's life.
“it marked th* drawing together
of the rltident*. and th* industrial
workers, a combination which may
change the fsc* of ('hineae society.
"It emphasize* th* importance of
the industrial revolution which haa
actually begun (although as yet It ia
comparatively Insignificant) and
which has In thl* incident revealed
itself .** a powerful factor in the
present and hound to become more
powerful in the future.”
fsolated 2.04M1 Year*.
j Riahop Root* dexeloped hi* stib-
I t»ci under six main heads:
Development of nationalism, watch-I
xx-nrd* of nationalism, influence of !
j Russia, the Shanghai Incident, the po
j sitlon of missionaries and the Ameri-
I can policy toward china,
j "The background oul of which na
jtiontilism developed in Europe was in-
I t»inattonallam or imperialism in both j
I church and state." Riahop Roots said.
I ' whereas fh* background In Chins Is j
j ''.'*9° year* and more of politically im j
perlallstic theory and practice in a
} nation xx hich until modern time* ha* I
never needed to admit the existienc* |
j of any sister nation of equal standing
; either politically or morally." The deg
veiopment of nationalism in Europe"
he brought out. spread over 300 years. |
j w hile in china national seif-con-;
; scioii«ne«s hardly existed a xenera
' tion ago. growing with amazing !
rapidity since the war with Japan In I
1394.
A nt| - ini per la I ism. anti -ca pit a 1 ism |
and anti-religion are listed as watch
, xvnrd* of the nationalistic moxement. j
Bed Influence* Rad.
Th* influence of Russia Rishnp !
; Roots expressed as "Propaganda in !
the payment of Chinese writers and
teachers; schooling of young Chinese !
In Moscow and the financing of stu
j dent* to enroll in Christian schools.
1 afterxvard gaining the confidence of
the student*, causing trouble In the (
• administration and breaking up the i
school*.
"Undesigned influence, due to a gen
erous treatment of China and the,
sending of th» first ambassador to
, < ’hlna.
"Russian example in political and
social theory contrasted with Chinese
| theories w hich were discredited and (
largelx- abandoned in the Chinese revo- |
j I'ttion of 19H: contrasted xvfth Euro
pean aocial and political theorlea.
i w hich were discredited in Chinese eye*
hy the World AVer, and appealing to
• the Chinese mind her-anse not only
.preached hut adopted in the actual
! aocial and political fabric of |»* near- .
jest and greatest neighbor-nation."
| The exact facta of the Shanghai in
cident Bishop Roots cited as being in
I the process of official investigation.
;and therefore not to lie assumed to lie
' correctly known In detail.
The position of missionaries in!
! China is a question by itself, Rishop [
Roots asserted, because It is dealt
(with In specific clauses of China's
'treaties with foreign powers, rights
being guaranteed for travel, preaching
j and residence throughout China, free.
| doni of Christians to profess
, their faith, and th* ownership of prop.
[Arty for missionary pttrposea.
I'rges United States to l^ad.
i
Under the heading "American Pol-|
j Icy Toward China." Bishop Root listed:
“Clear recognition of the dignity of j
jth* Chines* people, and a w hole
! hearted sympathy with their aspira- |
, tions to become a strong and free
people.
“Constant recognition that depend
fence on our army and navy to pro-;
| tect the right* of our nationals in j
i China is seldom useful. • • »
! "Thorough study of general oondi- !
! tions throughout the Far East and a j
clear recognition of our opportunity
i and responsibility as Americans to!
j take the lead Ln proposing and carry-j
j Ing nut a thoroughgoing readjustment |
jof the relation* between Chini and
! foreign powers.
"The necessity of a program provid-
I Ins for progressive changes within '
i China. * • »
i “Immediate action. Delay hitherto;
i has been a diplomatic method almost
I s* exasperating and harmful ns da
| pendence upon force rather than upon
i fair dealing. We must not wait un
! duly for other nations to act. China j
I manifestly expect* us to lead in the,
j reconstruction of her foreign rela '
j tions. If we do not accept this re- (
| sponaibility we lose one of the greatest .
opportunities xvhioh has ever been j
presented to our Nation.”
Hnnds Off, Crane Advises.
Charles R. Crane, former United
States Minister to Chins, presiding at
last night's opening session of the tin
offic ial conference on chtnese-Ameri- j
can relations, likened China to a man
who has discovered a robber digging '
under his property wall.
Mr. Crane related * story once told
him hy former President Hsu of Chinn. ’
wherein a Ghlnese gentleman, walking '
home at night, found a robber digging i
under * wall and paused to watch [
him sympathetically, finally advising j
him that he was wasting his time |
where he dug led only to the well.
"How do you know so much about j
this house?" inquired the robber.
"Oh. it iR my house."
“That is what Europe has been do- |
Ing for a great many yearn.” declared
the seaalon chairman, "and the peo
ple inside the wall are beginning lo
take notice. They have been very
cunaiderate and kind for a long time,
hut they are beginning to feel n* i
though they had nearly enough of this !
digging under the wall.”
1 Dr. Sao-ke Alfred Rze. Chinese Min- .
I later to the United States, declared in !
I the principal address of the evening ,
[ that tha peaceful development of '
China and her millions, "fortunately
for the peace and security of th# !
world," is an absolute certainty "un
less that development is deflected hy j
foreign agency into channels of mill-’
tsrlsm.” Dr. Sze said that the opinion j
of the Chinese people regarding th#
now agisting treaties was highly criti
cal.
Gasoline Down to 14.9 Cent!.
OMAHA. Nebr.. September 13 (/P). —
Gasoline was reduced almost 5 cents a
gallon to 14.9 cents, including the State
tax of 2 cents, hy an Independent deal
er today after a reduction of a cent
and a half hy th» Standard Oil Co. of
Nebraska had been announced. The
new Standard price ia IS ceiUg, In
cluding ta*.
j
Started German Klan
T~
'Two American*. father and son. al
leged to he behind the recent organisa
tion In Berlin. Germany, of the
"Knight* of the Fiery Pro**." pattern
ed after the Ku Klux Klan. have been
> arrested by the German police. They
t are Otto Strnhachein, at labovei, and
I Gottharri Strohscheln. 30 (below l. both
j German born, blit now American citi
zen*. and recently re«ident» of Cliica- |
,LH FOLLEnE FOES I
SPLIT OVER RACE 1
Both Wilcox and Dithmar
1
» Stay in Lists. Unity
Move Failing.
J By th* Associated Pr»«.
j MIUVAVKpB. Wls.. September IS.
- Dissension in th# anrt-lji pollerte
! Republican rank*, which ha* Keen
! more or leas apparent during the cam
; paign for l T nlted State* Senator, came
j to a head yesterday when, after a ,
i conference of leader* for the purpose
lof uniting on one candidate. two
j candidate* appeared.
Roy p. Wilcox, selected by a con
vention of anti-I,a Follette Republi
cans meeting at Oshkosh August 15
jas the man to carry their fight
through th* primary, and Kdward F. |
; Dithnini . a Republican, who registered
as an independent. are in the run
-1 nlng. The conference succeeded in
| definitely eliminating one man. Arthur
i Barry, a Republican who filed as an
independent, and the only avowed
wet candidate.
! Out of the turmoil of two dtvys of!
.heated conference* came a statement
from Wilcox, defeated by Robert M. j
I.a Follette for the Republican nomf
! nation, that he was in the race to j
the finish a* an Independent candi
date and that he refused to com- !
promise. Dithmar issued a statement
' saving he had registered a* an inde-j
j pendent for the emergency which '
'■ might exist should Wilcox he defeat- j
ed In the primary. Wilcox was d® !
seated and Dithmar feels he is hound j
by his word to those who signed hi* -
registration petition to make the race, j
Woodward Plans to Rim.
In the background, waiting for the
situation to clarify. sits Daniel
; Woodward, with the indorsement of
, the Ku Klux Klan. who. without
making any apparent campaign in
the primary, ran a good third. He
has announced that he will get on,
j the ticket if he finds It necessary,
'although he declines to ntske cleat
how he intends doing this, in view
of the facl that he has not registered
, v* an independent, and cannot get on
i -he ticket in any manner, according
; to the opinion of politicians, unless
: he has his supporters write his name.
William George Bruce, the Demo
jcratic candidate in the primary who
did tfot poll 5 per cent of the total of
; the Democratic vote of the last gen
eral election. uffill also run as an in-
J dependent. John M. Work is the
Socialist nominee and George Haii- !
man is the Socialist-Igthor norrtto A e.
let Follette. who won the Reptih-|
i lican nomination by a plurality of |
approximately 30.n0n vote*, starts bis
'speaking campaign tonight In the
1 final round of the campaign at
; Steven* Point.
I.lght Vole Surprising.
In the face of an intensive primary!
| earppaign and in spite of the large j
j number of candidates in the field. I
; political observers had for three weeks 1
anticipated a very light vote in Toes- ;
• day's Republican senatorial primary, i
' but apparently no one expected so I
j light a vote as was revealed bv the j
! returns. Only a little more than one j
fourth of the registered vote was cast j
and the calculations as to the cause
j vary with the source. The statement!
|in Washington Monday night by ■
i Chairman Butler that the Republican !
; national committee would not support |
! Robert Da Follette. it-., in the event \
I of his winning the Republican nomi
nation was published throughout the
State Monday night and Tuesday, hut >
; was ignored hv the Da Follette |
i workers.
! How many votes were kept away
1 from the polls hy the statement Is a j
i question.
With only 88 out of 2.831 precinct* '
! missing the tabulation showed:
t.a Follette. 1T5.550: Wilcox. *1.721: ■
Woodward. 40.8*1: McGovern, 18.K80.
LITHUANIAN GETS 10 DAYS
; FOR IGNORING U. S. FLAG
| "My Flag la Red Flag." He Says.
Refusing to Remove Hat at
Officer's Command.
I Br the Associated Press.
XKW YORK. September 18.—For
failure to remove his hat in salute to
the flag, John Granetzer. a young
Lithuanian. Is serving a sentence of
10 days in a Brooklyn jail.
He pleaded guilty of disorderly con
duct while watching a Mardl Gras pa
irade at Coney Island. Coney gives the
I name Mardi Gras to a post-season
‘celebration.
! A police sergeant in his complaint
averred that when other spectators
told him that Oranetzer was ignoring
the flag, warning was given that his
hat must he taken off the next time
the flag passed.
Oranetzer failed to obey the warn
ing. saving. “My flag is the red flag,”
the sergeant deponed.
In the view of the magistrate who
sentenced him Granetzer was guilty nf
disorderly conduct because hy his re
fusal to take off his h*t h» created a
disturbance. The sentence was im
posed last Vtiesday after failure to pay
a f 25 fine.
ft*
; SAYS UNADVISED
; DRUG PLANE DEAL
I * ‘_i.
Neufield Jones Testifies in
Liquor Trial—Haynes
Aids Defense.
' Special Dispatch to Th* Star.
J BALTIMORR, September I*. That
|he bought the Maryland Drug and
Chemical Co. after conferring with
;Chlef lrev of the Intelligence Rureati
of the Treasury Department, and in
order to get In direct touch with th®
bootleg trade of Baltimore, was stat
ed yesterday by Neofield Jones, be
ing tried with his brother. Winfield
Jones. ,M. H. Caro. Isadora oiasser
i and Simon Kellner, all of Washing
I ton. In T'nited State* Court here he
fore Judge Morris A. Soper and a
jury on charges of conspiracy for the
illegal diversion of alcohol In vio
lation of th® Volstead act.
Jones testified as to his work a* a*
sistant director of th® prohibition
force of Georgia from November. 1321.
until December, 1322. when he re
signed He also told of working on a
number of cases for th® prohibition
department since that time, and men
tioned the Scarborough-l>anstnz case,
one of the biggest bootlegging case-=
ever unearthed in Washington, as on®
and the Della Hayes case as the other,
the latter involving an employe of the
prohibition department at Washing
ton. who was charged with giving in
i’ formation to the bootleggers. In both
| Jones said, he acted a* an "uncover
! man.” and was arrested in each css®
with the guilty parties
| Jope* said he first met h»rn
i through hi« brother Winfield, who at
'that time was working on a plan for
'the consolidation of all th® wholesale
[drug supply houses in Washington, of
I which Caro conducted on® of the larg
•«1 In the District. It was just about
I this time that Caro learned of the rev
location of th* permit of the Maryland
; Drug and Chemical Co. of Baltimore.
and he inforced Jones th® plan'
| could he bought at a very low figure
j from William Cohen, probably about
] *3,000.
Says Purchase Approved,
j Jones said he consulted Irey about
| buying the plant and said Irey told
’him h® thought the proposition very
good and advised him to buy it.
"Did Mr. Irey or any other Govern
1 ment official give you th® 8".00° to
j buy it with?" Judge Soper then asked,
ito which Jones replied in th® nogs
[five.
i Roy A. Haynes, prohibition rnmmi*
sinner, was put on th® stand hy th*
defense. ** a character witness for the
lone* brothers. As so on as Mr.
Hayn*s came into the court h* walked
right tip to Neufield Jones and shook
hands with him. and later with Win
'field Jones
■ As Mr. Haynes took the stand Rob
ert R. Carman. Jones counsel, bar!
tead Into the record a letter written hy
Mr. Haynes to Neufield Jones in No
‘ v ember. 13??. In which the rpmmis
sioner said he "regretted very much”
.th® resignation of Jones as chief of
'the prohibition force* in Georgia, in
which he described Jones' services as
•very valuable" and hi* resignation "a
great loss to the prohibition cause in
Georgia.”
Judge fJoper interrupted proceeding*
'to ask defense counsel if they wet®
{trying to prove that Mr. Jones was
a regularly employed Government
agent in his activities with the Mary*
t land Drtig and Chemical Co. and that
! he was instructed to enter pstensibl'
j into a conspiracy for th® purpose of
j unmasking thcyesl conspirators?"
t "Yas, yout* honor, tDATt is what we
• expect to prove.” Mr. Carman replied,
j Mr. Ha.vne* said he had employed
' Jon®* op only one ease since he re
| signed in 1322. and that a personnel
! cat*®, involving the bribery of an eni
j plot e of the department in 1324. Mr.
: Haynes said he had known both the
! Joneses practically ever since he first
' assumed office, in 1321. and alwavs
{regarded them very highly, especiall'
Xeudield Jones, for the work which
he had done for the prohibition cause
in Georgia.
Other Character Witnesses.
Other character witnesses put on
i the stand hy the defense were 'William
C. Kennedy, assistant chief of the
field prohibition forces, stationed at
Washington: Charles W. Warden, vice
president of the Continental Trust Co.
. of Washington: Joseph 11. Rilhrey. at
tornev for the Washington branch of
the National Surety Co. of New York.
; and Sid Houston, editor of th® Stars
and Stripes, of Washington.
■William Cohen, who, with Jessie K.
Raker and Charles Baker, has pleaded
guilty, was recalled to the stand yes
terday and cross-examined hy Attor
! ney Robert H. McNeill of Washing
i ton. counsel for Caro, Glasser anti
[ Kellner.
: MRS. HAYNES WINS
j WOMAN’S GOLF TITLE
j
Beats Mrs. Chapman. 6 and 5. to
Capture Championship
of District.
Mrs. J. M. Haynes, star woman
j player of fihe Columbia Country Club.
! who won the Indian Spring tourr.s
I ment last year, todav annexed th®
' woman's golf championship of th®
! District of Columbia at the Mash
ington Golf and Country Club, defeat
j ing Mrs. K. B. Chapman of Indian
! Spring hy S and S'. The result was
never in doubt Mrs. Haynes getting
[an early lead, which she maintained
! until the match ended on the thir
! teenth green.
Mrs. K. R. Tilley nf Indian Spring.
| who won the championship two years
| ago. won the consolation flight, de
[ feating Miss Phyllis Keeler of th*
'Washington Golf and Country Club
j h.v 10 and 8.
Mrs. Hsynes won her wav to the
final round hy a semi-final victory yes
terday over Mrs. H. A. Knox of
Indian Spring, on the fifteenth green.
5 and 4. Mrs. Chapman won in th®
semi-final on the last hole from Mrs.
1,. 1,. Steele, also of Indian Spring.
1 tip.
Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Steele were
all even going to the last hole, hut
Mrs. Chaptuan was on the green In
3 shots and down in 3 putts,
while Mrs. Steele took * for the hole.
The match today was the first
time either Mrs. Ha.vne* or Mrs. Chap
man had reached the final In the Die
trlet women's championship. Mrs.
Kmnry Smith of Chevy Chase, who
won the title last year, did not play.
MEXICO DEBT MISSION.
MFSXICO CITY. September 18 (4*l.
The Mexican secretary of finance. Al
berto J. Pani, left today for An
gele*. While ostensibly on a vacation
trip, it is reported in well Informed
circle* thst he will discuss with rep
resentatives of the international hank
ers the question of resuming seryire
on Mexico's foreign debt.
It is reported that Senor Pani is
taking with him written proposition*,
and that If these are rejected hy the
bankers an indefinite suspension in
the service on the deht will follow, tn
this case, it is added, the Mexican
government would make puhlle th*
plan submitted to the bankers.