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WEATHER.
(V. 9. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and slightly colder tonight: to
morrow increasing cloudiness, with
slow-ly rising temperature.
Temperatures—Highest, 51, at noon
today; lowest, 43, at 3 a.m. today.
Full report on page 7.
New York Stock Market Closed Today
v <)n 77-1 Entered as second class matter
O. I It. post office, Washington. D. C.
PAINLEVE DEFEAT
• IN W FIGHT SEEN
BEFORE END OF DAY
Socialists to Refuse Vote of
Confidence —Herriot’s Re
turn Regarded Likely.
THREATENED MINISTRY
PLEDGED DEBT ACTION
Befusal to Go Limit in Capital
Levy Makes Short Life of
Cabinet Assured.
B' ;lip Associated Press.
I’AIIIS, November It. The failure
«v 'lie Socialists to Kraut support to
Premier Painleve’s parliamentary dec
laration has left the ministry in a
\ ry shaky state.
\ rumor was current in parli.i
--,i :\ ary and official circles this morn
|ra that the cabinet might not even
f the Chamber of Deputies this
li 'ieinoon and that if it did It was
f i! doubtful whether it could last
the day out.
Pile possibility of a coup d'etut as a
means of solving France’s political
problem was suggested publicly this
H orning at the congress of the So
r. ilist party by Compere Morel, a
deputy.
"There is no way out but to resort
to illegal means." he declared, and
advocated the formation of a govern
ment which would be ready to resort
to such means.
Reference Explained.
It was explained that by his ref
erence to illegality the deputy had
In mind radical measures to overcome
.the resistance of the Senate to revo
lutionary financial policies.
Parliamentary and official circles
consider it most likely, in case M.
Painleve again resigns, that former
Premier Herrlot, leader of the rad
icals, will be invited to construct a
new ministry. In this case they be
lieve M. Briand would remain as
foreign minister.
Restoration of the French treasury
end improvement of the French finan
cial situation, of which the American
debt settlement is one of the most im
portant features, dominate the min
isterial declarations with which the
new cabinet faced Parliament.
Although emphatic in expressing de
termination to arrive at a definite set
tlement of the debts to America and
England, the declaration does not men
lion the means by which such result
may be reached. It says:
. ' However great might be the in
ternal effort of the country, it cannot
definitely shelter the franc from all
fisk so long as we have not concluded
an accord on the war debts with the
great friendly nations.
Determined Effort Pledged.
"Therefore we intend resolutely to
pursue, with the determination neces
sary to complete it, an equitable solu
tion of the negotiations begun in Lon
don and Washington by the preceding
government.
“The effort that the nation itself
trill make to save itself will at the
same time be the best guarantee for
jfche success of the negotiations.”
W The Socialist council last night
Voted lack of confidence in him, espe
cially because it was not his purpose
to go far enough in the direction of »
capital lew. The vote was 1,431 to
? ,228.
\ Having recently resigned in order to
' oust Minister of Finance Caillaux from
his cabinet because of his unsatisfac
tory debt arrangement with the United
States and his opposition to a capital
levy, and after having decided to
shelve the American debt question for
a time and finally 7 having decided to
take it up again forthwith, M. Pain
leve last night went over the entire
financial situation in detail with a
committee of the Socialist parliamen
tary- group.
< >ne of his ideas was a sinking fund
which would be derived from the pro
ceeds of a special contribution in the
f« rm of a sort of increased income tax,
which would permit of the amortiza
tion of between 60,000.000,000 and 1
0.1.000.000.000 francs In IS years. So
cialists thought this plan not entirely
Jn accordance with the party's ideas.
Opposes Party Proposal.
. The Socialists brought up the ques
* ti"M of stamping batik notes, in order
that hidden hoards might be dis
cow red, but the premier was averse to
stamping, because, lie put it. of the
difficulty of preventing falsification.
After the conference the Socialists
appeared before their council and de
bated the situation. M. Painleve was
attacked in a speech by Compere
Morel, who was supported by Paul
Fa tiro, general secretary of the party.
A resolution proposed by M. Faure
was approved. It declared that under
previous decisions of the party it was
compelled to withhold confidence from
the premier, and to leave in the hands
of the parliamentary group the de
cision whether refusal of confidence
should take the form of a hostile vote
In the chamber or abstention from the
chamber for specified reasons.
The general presumption had been
that the Socialists would aid Painleve
| so as to prevent the possibility of the
I ministry- being overthrown by the
f members of the Right.
STATE OFFICIAL MISSING.
Delaware Secretary and Comrade
Disappear on Cruise.
WILMINGTON, Del.. November
3 (A 3 ). —No word having been received
for a week from Secretary of State
"William O. Taylor and Edward R.
Pusey, both of this city, who are
cruising in Southern waters in a
small boat. Gov. Robinson, through
Senator Bayard at Washington, has
enlisted the aid of the Navy Depart
ment in an effort to locate them.
Senator Bayard reported to the gov
ernor that the Navy Department had
sent a Coast Guard cutter to search
for the boat.
The two men left October 17 in Mr.
Fusey’s 33-foot boat Bunny 111, in
tending to take the inland route to
Miami, Fla. They- were heard from
regularly- until last Tuesday, when
communication stopped. At that time
they were at Southport, N. C.. seem
ingly, according to the last word re
, reived, awaiting improvement in
weather conditions to proceed. The
families of both men today .said they
had heard nothing-
WAR ON HEADLIGHT PERIL OPENS
AS ELDRIDGE SEEKS POLICE AID
300 Specially Trained Men to Be Used in Curbing
Menace of Illegal Lamps—l,ooo More
May Be Called Upon.
B\ WILLIAM ULLMAN,
Automobile Editor of The Star.
Recognizing the menace to human
life that blazes In the blinding beams
of out-of-focus headlights, as pointed
out in The Star of yesterday. Traffic
Director Eldridge and the members of
his staff will turn their attention im
mediately to the task of eliminating
from the District’s streets and high
ways all cars with lamps that consti
tute a hazard for other motorists.
This assurance was given this morn
ing following a conference on the sub
ject in the director's office, at which
time it was agreed that such a cam
paign just now is of vital importance
to the welfare of all users of the Dis
trict’s thoroughfares.
1.000 Police Asked.
Special attention was given to the
fact that the city now is on the thresh-
I old of tlie Winter season, which brings
! added motoring hazards, and there also
j was a survey of men and equipment
I available for checking law violators.
One of Mr. Eldridge’s first moves
I will be to go before Maj. Edwin B.
j Hesse, superintendent of police, and
I ask that all the patrolmen under his
command, numbering about 1,000, be
directed to take an active part in ap
prehending violators of the headlight
regulations.
The director will urge that all mem
bers of the force not engaged direct
ly in traffic work be sent to the Bu
reau of Standards In squads of about
100 to receive special training under
the bureau experts, to fit them to de
tect instantly lamps that are out of
j adjustment. Mr. Eldridge said that
WALKER IS 15-10-1
I FAVORITE IN N. Y.
Tammany Confident Wigwam
Will Win Mayoralty Elec
tion Today.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 3.—Gov. A1
j Smith’s battle for a new Democratic
mayor of New York was before some
1,000.000 voters today for decision.
The voters of the entire State passed
upon his efforts to amend the State
constitution.
Tammany Hail was highly confident
of electing as mayor State Senator
James J. Walker, former song writer
and sponsor of legislation permitting
boxing and Sunday base ball and
-movies. Tammany pVedlctlons of Wal
ker’s plurality ran from 300.000 up.
Walker was a 15-to-l favorite in specu-
J lation. Some Republican spokesmen
predicted the election of the Republi
can candidate. Frank D. Waterman,
manufacturer and a novice in politics.
Predictions over four constitutional
amendments were not so certain as in
the mayoralty fight, though confidence
was expressed by their supporters.
Republican Opposition.
j One would provide a $100,000,000 gen
j eral public improvements bond issue,
| another a bond issue of $300,000,000 to
eliminate grade crossings and the
other two would make possible State
administrative and judiciary reforms.
Gov. Smith has stumped the State
for them, saving that as he Intends to
retire to private life he wants them to
j be his heritage to the State in grati
| tude for the honors it has shown him.
Although there has been some Re
j publican machine opposition to the
1 amendments, several leaders of that
party have indorsed all or some of
them. Former Gov. B. B. Odell, Re
publican, last night expressed his ap
proval. Republican opposition has
; been specially keen against the pro
posed bond issues.
The campaign for the amendments
has overshadowed the city campaign
in State interest since Gov. Smith’s
I sensational fight against William Ran
dolph Hearst and Mayor John F.
Ilylan to win the Democratic nomina
tion for Senator Walker. Hearst sev
eral days ago indorsed Walker and
yesterday he came out with criticism
of Gov. Smith, saying he had made
the mistake three times of support
ing him for governor and that that
was three times too many. The pub
lisher accused the governor of “al
ways making deals with the big in
terests." 9
Opposed By Miller.
Former Gov. Nathan L. Miller, who
j defeated Smith once for governor, op
! poses the $100,000,000 bond Issues.
Gov. Smith brands as "misstatements
of fact, known by you not to be the
truth,” charges of Gov. Miller that
the amendment was railroaded
through the Republican Legislature
at a closing session.
There is a hot fight in Buffalo.
Mayor Frank X. Schwab, Republican,
seeking re-election for a four-year
term, is opposed by Ross Graves, also
Republican. Charges involving a
“wide-open town" and a “whispering
I campaign" of religious bigotry have
! figured in the campaign.
——
i LEGION MEETING SHOW
OPERATORS INDICTED
| <<Q a y Paree” Cabaret, Closed Dur
| ing Convention, Basis of Federal
Grand Jury Action.
| By the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nebr., November 3. —
j Eight Omahans, operators of the "Gay
] paree” cabaret. In operation here dur
' ing the American Legion convention
I week, have been indicted by a Federal
| j, ran d jury. No other indictments
I concerning the legion convention have
! been returned.
| The men operated the cabaret,
which was closed during the last days
lof the convention by prohibition
i agents, who charged that the liquor
! law was openly violated,
i No action was made by the grand
I jury relative to the films shown by
the Fontenelle Film Co., in the "40
and 8” hospitality hut. Max Win
troub, president of the company, re
fused to testify, and it is assumed the
Government is pressing a further in
vestigation of films which depicted
iile in ' risque fashion. ’ •.
Wc\t tvmx Sfef.
V J V V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION V-/
lie will approach Maj. Hesse on this
subject without delay.
If the plan of the traffic director is
given the approval of Maj. Hesse,
there will be 1,000 patrolmen added to
the number of policemen already In
structed in the correct methods of de
tecting and remedying defective head
light equipment on automobiles in the
District.
Special Training Needed.
Director Eldridge feels that the en
tire police force should be prepared to
enforce the headlight law, and that
the number of officers to be given in
struction by Government specialists
i should not be confined only to those
!on traffic duty. He bases his opinion
j on the fact that motorists Who are dis-|
regarding this regulation drive in all j
' sections of the city, in outlying dis
i triots where no traffic policemen are
j stationed, as well as in the congest
ed sections. It is his belief that many
, more could be apprehended if all po
licemen were trained to spot these
menaces to public safety.
Already 10«* motor cycle )>olicemen
have been trained by Bureau of
Standards experts .in the technical
j phase of the work of identifying cars
: with offending lights In addition to
: this number of law-enforcement offl
j cers who cruise about the District
| streets to apprehend traffic wrong
j doers, there are 75 bicycle policemen
j who will be given the training which
permits them to detect at a glance
headlights which are out of align
ment. Besides the 175 mounted offi
cers who within the next few days
will l>e equipped with the technical
knowledge necessary for ferreting out
violations of the headlight law. there
(Continued on Rage 3, Column T.)
j Declares French
I Understated Toll
In Damascus Figlit
~ :
By the Associated Press.
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. Novem-
I her 3.—A traveler arriving here
j from Damascus states that the \
French bombarded three villages j
near Damascus last Wednesday in !
reprisal for acts of brigandage.
The French estimate that 1,200 1
people were killed in the bombard
j ment incidental to the suppression
of the recent insurrection in the
city referred only to those found
dead in rite streets, the traveler as
serts. as additional bodies to the
number of 440 were discovered in
the ruins of houses.
| KLAN AND DRY LAW
ENLIVEN ELECTIONS
One or Both Issues Before
Voters in Louisville, Detroit,
New Jersey and New York. I
By the Associated Press.
Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan
furnish the Issues in some of the
more spectacular of the election con
tests which are to be decided today
In 13 States.
The wet and dry question Is right
at the front In the New Jersey guber
natorial contest, with Harry- Moore,
the Democratic candidate, declaring
for modification of the Volstead act
and repeal of the State enforcement
act, and State Senator Arthur Whit
ney, Republican, favoring enforce
ment of both of these acts.
The Ku Klux Klan Issue has been
raised in the mayoralty fights in De
troit and Louisville, Ky. Prohibition ,
also has figured In the Detroit con- i
test as well as in the campaign for
mayor of New York, between State
Senator James J. Walker, Democrat, \
and Frank D. Waterman, Republican.
Klan Charge Made.
In the Detroit non-partisan elec
j tion supporters of Mayor John W.
* Smith have accused Charles Bowles,
j the opposition candidate, with being
a Klan candidate. Bowles denies he
is a member of the Klan and charges
that Detroit is a “wide open” town,
which he promises to “clean up.”
‘lnjection of the Klan issue in the
Louisville mayoralty fight had an un
usual result. William T. Baker with- j
* drawing as the Democratic candidate !
| within 48 hours of the election after !
the Republican committee had offered i
I a reward of SI,OOO it he could prove l
that he was not or never had been i
a Klansman. Joseph T. O'Neil, ■
former judge of the State Court of
Appeals, replaced Baker as the can
didate against Arthur A. Will, Re
publican.
Two Seats in House.
Two seats in the House of Repre
sentatives are at issue in today's
election, with the Republicans seek
ing to retain control over that from
the third New Jersey district and the
Democrats seeking to keep that from
the third Kentucky district. Frank
T. Appleby is offering in New Jersey
for the seat made vacant by the
death of his father and is opposed
by J. Lyle Kinmouth, Democrat.
Thurman B. Dixon. Democrat, and
John W. -Moore, Republican, are con
testing in Kentucky for the place in
the House made vacant by the death
of Robert Y. Thomas.
New York, Kentucky, New Jersey
and Virginia are to elect members of
the State Legislature, while the
voters of Pennsylvania will fill one
State office. Constitutional amend
: ments also are voted upon in New
i York and Ohio.
I Virginia voters also will elect a
governor and six other State officers
; as well as State officers in the various
I cities of the Commonwealth.
; Boston furnishes a special mayoralty
* contest unique In the number of can
-1 didates offering for the place—seven
i Democrats and three Republicans. At
one time 17 were in the field.
Kansas City, Indianapolis and Pitts
burgh are among the other cities
where contests for mayor are up,
j while San Francisco Is to decide the
l question of the purchase of a munlcl
j pal street railway.
Radio Programs—Page 34.
WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1925-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. *
I ITALIAN DEBT BODY
HAS PLAN 10 SPEED
PAYMENTS TO U. S.
Offers Three Suggestions
Aimed to Increase Italy’s ’
Ability to Pay.
ASKS THAT AMERICANS
BUY OF HER LIBERALLY
j Urges Investment of Capital With
Her to Employ Her Pro
ductive Labor.
! Laying its case, In 22 pamphlets, on
| the table, to show the difficulty of cre
ating enough surplus wealth for pay
ment of its debt of more than $2,000,-
000,000 to this Government, Italy has
made three specific suggestions as to
how the United States, economically,
may strengthen Italy’s resources and
thus enable it to pay.
First. The United States could re
ceive more liberally Italian products,
and thus increase the export trade
and prosperity of the country.
Second. The United States could
supply remunerative work for Italian
labor.
Third. Tiie United States could in
vest more capital in Italy looking to
ward the progressive development of
her productive resources.
These, in a nutshell, comprise the
direct and obvious conclusions drawn
from a voluminous documentary pres
entation by Italy at the first formal
i joint session yesterday of the Ameri-
Jean and Italian Debt Commissions.
No Definite Offer Made.
i Negotiations were proceeding in
j formally today, with no meetings
• scheduled between the two commix
j slons, to allow the Americans time to
j study and reflect upon the case for
! Italy laid down yesterday by the
j finance minister. Count Volpi, and his
! compatriots. The next joint session
I will be held tomorrow morning at 11
! o'clock.
A spirit of mutual respect and good
; will pervaded both I* alian and Ameri
j can quarters toddy as the negotla
j tions entered their next phase, but
I there was no authoritative informa
tion as to who would make the next
i step, the United States or Italy. Pre
| sumbaly, this Government will make
j some answer. Informally at least, to
j the Italian presentation, and later on
i both will get down to a discussion of
i terms.
No offer on the funding of the
j debt at all has yet been made by the
| Italians, a member of the commission
! said today.
| What the Italian commission is hop
j ing for in the way of consideration of
I their three specific proposals for eco
nomic assistance from America was
i intimated by Count Volpi in the con-
I elusion of his address in reply to the
| greetings of Secretary Mellon yester
j day.
Capacity to Work Chief Asset.
After summarizing the pamphlets
he had formally presented for his gov
j eminent, Count Volpi, according to
I the official statement issued afterward,
j said:
"In fact, T believe that once rela
! tions as of debtor and creditor existing
j between Italy and the United States
j are definitely settled, a new and larger
' basis will be created for the develop
j ment of fruitful economic relations
I between Italy, a young nation, poor in
natural resources, but rich In capacity
to work and to produce, and the
wealthy American j Republic, which
has already contributed so much to
the economic development of the
world, under the enlightened and wise
guidance of its President, Calvin Cool
; idge, and of the Government which
| assists him in his worthy endeavors.”
' It is known that the statements of
j the Italians in opening their case are
} receiving the most serious considera
| tion of the American commission,
j Each member of the American com
! mission was provided with a full set
i of the pamphlets, bound In blue paper
hacks, and concluding with the three
suggestions for foreign co-operation.
Mr. Grandi for the Italians ex
plained that the agreement reached
j between the commissioners as to
! publictiy of the actual progress of
! negotiations precluded his making a
I statement as to the facts in the case,
j In regard to his general Impressions
J of the first conference, he responded,
! through his interpreter, with a
; hearty and energetic, “Good, good:”
Has Power lo Negotiatr.
The Italian delegation differs in
| its personnel from the recent French
| Debt Commission. In the case of the
! French, Finance Minister Caillaux
| had gathered representatives of the
j various political parties represented
in his Parliament at home, and
brought to Washington a group of
great political complexity, represent- -
ing all principal viewpoints at Paris.
In the case of the Italian delega
tion, it was said today on good author
ity, the group is a unit, representing
the administration in power at Rome,
and is clothed with authority to nego
tiate and sign an agreement for fund
ing the Italian debt.
Should an agreement be reached by
the Italian commission now here, it
was declared in some circles here to
day, there would be no doubt about
its acceptance in Rome.
President Coolidge entertains the
two commissions and prominent lead
ers of the Senate and House tonight
at the White House.
For Frank Discussion.
The two opening addresses by Sec
retary Mellon and by Count Volpi
were made public in a statement from
the Treasury Department, after the
meeting, as follows:
The Secretary greeted the Italian
commission: "The American commis
sion wishes to express to you our
pleasure in meeting you here in Wash
ington around the table for a frank
discussion of the matters involved in
the debt settlement.
“We thank you for the complete
economic, fiscal and social studies of
the condition of Italy which were pre
pared for us as the result of our pre
liminary conference with your Ambas
sador and Mr. Alberti last Summer.
We are studying your documentation
in connection with similar investiga
tions by ourselves. I wish to express
our appreciation of the exhaustive na
ture of the documents you have fur
: nished us and of the prompt arrival
in America of your commission with
(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)
HOW TO GET ACROSS—THAT’S THE PROBLEM
“MILKING” OF BIG LIQUOR STORE 1
BASIS FOR INDICTING OF 39 MEN
Former “Millionaire Bootlegger” Tells Story of Tak
ing Contents of 893 Barrels of Whisky From
Bonded W arehouse in St. Louis.
B> the Aseo- lated Preep.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., November * —The j
story of how B*i3 barrels of Jack Daniel 1
whisky were "milked" of their con-1
tents while they stood in. a bonded:
warehouse in St. Louis is retold here
today. It is the basis for four indict-1
ments against 3!) persons from Mis
souri, Ohio, Tennessee and Indiana,
upon which the Federal Government
is basing its prosecution on charges of
conspiracy to violate the Volstead act.
Tiie story was secretly told to a (
grand jury at Indianapolis last week
by George Remus, former “millionaire
bootlegger.” In telling it he escaped
indictment and will bo the chief prose
cution witness when the 39 defendants
are tried.
Double Cross Alleged.
Remus, as alleged leader of the con
spiracy. was well informed as to de
tails of the gigantic "milking.” Re
sentment against a "double cross” is
said to have prompted him to talk.
As related by Remus, it appears
that Lem Motlow, wealthy Tennessee
distiller, who inherited the Jack Daniel
property, arranged with a group of
.St. Louis. Indianapolis and Cincin
nati persons for the sale of the whisky.
The price paid was about $200,000. A
legal transfer of property was also
made. Remus heading the purchasers,
and subsequent sale of the liquor at
bootleg prices is alleged to have netted
a profit of $1,500,000. This was In
June, 1923.
CHINESE WE !
AUTONOMY GIVEN
I
Powers in Customs Parley
Accept Principle of Pro
posal by Peking.
By the Associated Press.
PEKING, November 3.—A1l the
powers represented in the tariff con
ference today accepted in principle the
Chinese proposal that China be grant
ed tariff autonomy, conditional upon
China’s abolition of the Likin tax.
"With this development the activities
of the conference shifted to commit
tee No. 2, dealing with provisional
measures to be taken in the interim
period. This committee will meet on
Friday.
Following the acceptance of the
principle'of autonomy, the American
delegation presented a plan for put
ting this principle into effect, provid
ing for the removing of all treaty re
strictions on China's control of her
customs to be effective January 1,
1929, on the condition that China
meanwhile abolishes the Likin i
other restrictions on Vade. In the
interim, China is to enjoy an in
creased tariff on imports up to a maxi
mum of 12V& per cent, and on exports
of 7% per cent. The plan covers the
tariff situation in great detail.
The American proposal outlines a
new tariff treaty, providing for in
terim surtaxes, for uniform tariffs at
land and sea frontiers, specifying the
use to which the increase revenue
shall be put, providing for the aboli
tion of the Likin, and agreeing to ac
ceptance of a Chinese national law
committee Into force not later than
January 1, 1929.
WIRELESS STRIKE.
1
150 Operators Quit in England, Ty
ing Up Communication.
LONDON, November 3 (A 3 ). —A
! strike of about 150 wireless operators
| and receiving clerks in London, Liver
pool and Manchester has cut off Mar
| coni wireless communication between
i Great Britain and the continent and
i transatlantic countries since yester
! day.
The trouble arose through the dis
| missal of nine operators for reasons
lof economy. The rest of the staff
1 quit work, and have thus far refused
to negotiate with the Marconi com
pany or the Engineering and Allied
Employers’ Association, to which the
men’s union was referred.
The government wireless continues
to function.
j
Arnold J. Ilellmieh, collector of in- j
temal revenue for the Eastern dis- (
1 irict of Missouri, had supervision I
I over the warehouse. William J.
Kinney, brother of State Senator j
Kinney, was appointed by Hellmich I
as guager, his duty being to record j
withdrawals from the barrels in ac- I
cordanee with Government )>ermlts. I
While Kinney was serving as j
guager the whisky from all but one i
of 894 barrels was siphoned out of i
the building into a shed some 160 j
feet away and there bottled and os- j
tensibly prepared for bootleg trade.
Barrels Filled With Water.
In lieu of whisky the rifled barrels |
were filled with water and it was j
several weeks before the theft was j
revealed.
Huge profits were realized by local
retailers from that part of the j
whisky which found its way into the I
illicit liquor channels of St. Louis.
Profits were Increased by dilution of
the whisky and addition of alcohol.
It sold for 75 cents a drink.
It is also learned that seven al
leged overt acts enumerated in the
indictments refer to the passing of
money used for the purchase of the
liquor, the transporting of an elec- j
trio, pump from Cincinnati, via In- j
dianapolis. to St. Louis for use in !
siphoning ’ the whisky and five spe- '
cific instances of transportation of J
the liquor from St. Louis to points
outside the State.
RECALL OF BUTLER
TO MARINES LIKELY
i
i
Coolidge Expected to Decline
Plea That General Remain
in Philadelphia.
By the Associated Tress.
Probability that Brig. Gen. Smedley ;
D. Butler would be allowed additional
leave from the Marine Corps to con
tinue as head of Philadelphia's po
lice department was said today at
the White House to be slight.
President Coolidge still is consider
ing the request from Mayor Kendrick
that the general be allowed to stay in
Philadelphia, but the White House
considers the letter to the mayor last
year opposing the practice of using
military officers for police duty gives
ample answer to inquiries in advance
of his final decision.
The President also has received
petitions in the case from several
other sources, but he has given no In
dication as to when he will dispose of
the matter.
The President discussed the Butler
question at the cabinet meeting today.
[ His advisers are said to be of the opin
ion that Gen. Butler should return to
the Marine Corps at the expiration on
December 31 of his present leave.
i
ORGY FATAL TO TWO.
Men Burned to Death in Fire Fol
lowing Drinking Bout.
WASHINGTON, N. J., November 3
(A 3 ). —Two men were burned to death
in a fire following what police say was
a drunken orgy in the home of An
drew Gunderman last night.
The dead are Andrew Gunderman,
30, and Marshall Price. 35. George
Gunderman, 60, father of Andrew, is
in the Easton, Pa., hospital with burns
that are expected to cause his death.
Coolidge Will Not Sponsor Movement
To Make Armistice Day National Holiday
President Coolidge has no intention
of fixing a standard of observance of
Armistice day nor has he any idea
at this time of asking Congress to
make Armistice day a national holiday
throughout the Country.
With the near approach of Armistice
Day, November 11, President Coolidge
has received many inquiries as to his
idea regarding the proper observance
of the occasion.
The President said today, while dis
' cussing the matter with callers that
Qie manner of observing the day I
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour 9 *
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday'* Circulation, 98,914
OP) Moans Associated Press.
PRESIDENT HOPES
FOR HUGE TAX CUT
Thinks Total Slash May Ex
ceed $300,000,000 Limit
Set by Mellon.
| By the Associated Pr^ss.
; President is hopeful that
I taxes can be reduced by more than
: $300,000,000, although he believes no
i safe maximum can be fixed until the
j budget for the coming fiscal year is
completed.
Secretary Mellon’s recommendation
| was for a reduction of from $250,-
j 000,000 to $300,000,000. but it was dis
! closed today at the White House that
i the President was not convinced the
| cut would have to be held within that
j limit.
Estimates made in Congress have
I run all the way to $500,000,000.
Hearings Near End.
The House ways and means com
mittee called upon officials of the
Internal Revenue Bureau to outline
conditions there at the concluding
sessions today of Its hearings pre
| paratorv to drafting the new tax bill,
j The committee has heard argu
j ments for repeal or reduction of al
; most every tax now in effect, and to
j morrow it plans to start the actual
work of whipping the new revenue
bill into shape.
The committee has before it es
timates of the Secretary on the
cost of collecting various taxes.
These place the cost of collecting
eacli SIOO of revenue during the
last fiscal year at $1.44. He did not
have figures on the cost of collecting
specified forms of taxes, but esti
mated that it cost about $5,000,000
to collect returns on incomes of
$5,000 and less, with about $167,000,-
000 netted from this source.
At the opening of today’s hearing
a maximum income tax rate of 25
per cent normal and surtax rates
continued, and repeal of the inheri
tence and gift levies was proposed in
a statement submitted by Eugene E.
Thompson on behalf of the Invest
; ment Bankers’ Association of Ameri-
I ca.
j The association also asked elimina
j tlon of the provisions of capital gains
! and losses for purposes of the income
tax. Exemption of interest on bonds
of domestic corporations held by non
resident aliens except in cases where
a country imposes taxes on its bonds
held by a resident of this country also
was urged as was repeal of the clause
providing publicity of income tax re
turns.
Gregg Supplies Data.
The Internal Revenue Bureau ex
pects to bring the work up to date by
the close of this fiscal year, A. W.
Gregg, solicitor of the bureau, told the
committee. He said at that time all
but 15,000 contested excess profits
cases and only claims filed for this
fiscal year would be pending.- A plan
to give field agents power to settle
small claims for refunds also is under
consideration.
Proposals to eliminate provision for
capital gains and losses were frowned
upon by Mr. Gregg, who warned if
such action were taken it would re
quire many other changes in the law.
As he was testifying, Chairman Green
and Representative Garner, ranking
Democrat on the committee, compli
mented the administration of the bu
reau.
Exemption from the 5 per cent tax
on coin-operated devices of plaver
pianos was urged by IV. D. Nance
of Chicago, speaking for the J. P.
Seeburg Piano Co. Pianos with slot
devices are widely used by com
munity centers, he said.
Revision of the prohibition law to
permit pblicingof breweries rather than
extension of this power to prohibition
officials through imposition of a tax
on beverages was proposed by Levi
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should be left entirely to the dispo
sition of the different localities and to
the individuals themselves. As for him
self, the President proposes to carry
out the usual practice of going to Ar
lington National Cemetery and plac
ing a wreath upon the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. That will be the
extent of the President’s observance.
Without attempting to set up any
standard, however, for others, he be
lieves It would be very appropriate to
conduct observances in the public
! schools and possible at places of wor
l ship and at other public places.
TWO CENTS.
MITCHELL IS GIVEN
RIGHT TO SUMMON
LONG WITNESS LIST
Court Recesses Until Monday
to Permit Agreement on
Subpoenas.
MOTION OF DISMISSAL
AND ACQUITTAL IS DENIED
High Officials to Be Called—Great
Mass of Data to Be Brought
to Trial.
The highly important question of
| whether Col. William Mitchell would
: he granted witnesses to testify In his
I behalf before the general court-martiai
i trying him on charges of violating the
' 96th article of war was settled today
j when the court, after turning down
I the defense motion for a "not guilty"
j verdict, charged the trial Judge ad
j voeate to facilitate the calling of wit
! nesses, securing of documents and
everything else asked for by the ac
eused. To enable the prosecution to
accomplish this, the court recessed
until Monday morning at 10 o’clock.
Col. Mitchell yesterday presented
the prosecution with "a partial list"
of persons he desired subpoenaed to
1 testify for the defense, and which
i numbers 73 names. Examination of
I the list showed that the majority of
names were conected in some way
with, or had some knowledge of, the
controversy over aircraft matters and
national defense, in which Col. Mitch
ell played the leading part. It
therefore was regarded that these per
sons would be called to the stand by
the defense to substantiate the state
ments made by the aviator and for
which he is being tried.
Recesses Until Monday.
i The decision to adjourn and call
; the witnesses came a few minutes
I before noon and after the court’s
; denial, after an hour and a half’s
| argument of the defense, for a motion
; that the accused be found "not guilty’’
| on the ground that the prosecution
i had failed to prove the charges
ilodged against him.
A brief recess was taken at this
i point to enable both sides to confer
I on the witness subject and when
| court was convened Col. 11. A. White.
| nfilitary defense counsel, asked for an
I adjournment until Friday to prepare
| the witnesses. Representative Frank
I R. Reid, chief civilian counsel, moved
j to amend the motion until Monday
i because “we want to examine wit
i nesses on the truth of these charges
! which is easily provable.” On agree
| ment by Col. Sherman Moreland, the
trial judge advocate, the court grant
ed the request.
Howze Is Annoyed.
President Howze, however, clearly
j showed his annoyance over this
! latest move. He inquired of the
! prosecution the reason for the delay
iin the witness matter, and when
! Lieut. Col. Joseph I. McMullen, the
j assistant triai judee advocate, said
| yesterday was the first time he knew
|of any defense witnesses, Gen.
j Howze pointedly declared, "Vour
j statement is an admission of your t
i fault to have had the witnesses
ready for the stand.’’
Col. McMullen begged the presi
| dent's pardon and said that when he
jserved the charges on the accused
j he asked for witnesses, but the first
j he had seen in that connection was
l the "partial list” given him yester
| day. He said he issued summonses
last night by telephone for those in
the city, adding. "I could get 20 wit
nesses here in an hour if the court
desired.” Gen. Howze said it was
the duty of the prosecution to have
! the witnesses thoroughly prepared
I “outside” of court and ready for the
f stand at any call.
i Dismissing the argument. Gen.
; Howze then declared: “as president of
! the court. I would like to charge the
i trial judge advocate and his assistants
I to take immediate steps to facilitate
| the defense in securing documents, wlt
| nesses, etc., so this case can go on in
' a suitably orderly, continuous man
| ner.” He explained that the word
! “immediate” did not mean this after
: noon, tonight or tomorrow.
Raises I’oint of Dispute.
Maj. Gen. William S. Graves asked
of the possibility of the defense and
j prosecution disagreeing on certain
! witnesses to be called which the court
I would have to settle Monday morn
j ing and further delay the progress of
I the case, but this question remained
j unanswered when Col. Moreland arose
| and said an effort would be made to
I strike out certain names of persons
Who are at far distant points.
When the court had cleared Gen.
j Howze detained the trial judge advo
! cate and the defense counsel for an
i “executive” conference. It was said
i that both sides would confer this aft-
I ernoon on what witnesses are to be
j called.
Representative Reid's lengthy argu
j ment for a verdict of “not guilty” for
Col. Mitchell was begun when court
! convened. The first move on the cal
! er.dar was the opening statement by
| the defense, but just before adjourn
■ ment last evening Representative
! Reid made the motion and requested
time overnight to prepare an argu
| ment. which he said would be given
I on the opening of court.
Asks Case Dismissed.
I Upon the convening of the court
j today Representative Reid moved to
j strike out the charges and find the
defendant not guilty, citing the 18
I separate grounds. He then proceeded
to take up each charge In the specifl
j cations to show the prosecution had
j offered no proof of any criminal in
i L-nt when he issued his statements of
| September 5 and 9.
j He pointed to excerpts from the
I Army court-martial manual as au
| thorlty for the court to consider at
I this point whether the evidence Is
I legally sufficient to sustain the
charges, and if not sufficient, then to
direct the finding of not guilty in open
court.
Then taking up each of the specifi
cations In turn, he pointed out that
the prosecution had not offered a
scintilla of proof to show beyond a
reasonable doubt that the accused had
Intended that some harmful result
would come from the issuance of the
statement, or that he intended to
bring discredit on the Army and Navy
services.
On the other hand. Representative
Reid pointed out, the accused Intended
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