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2 THEATER MEN ASK iEXCISE TAX REPEAI > ? « , i Leaders in Stage World Citi Levy as a Burden to Spoken Drama. the Aeeofietrd Pres». ; Repeal or downward revision of th« #xeise or unisance taxes, including SqCii tilings a* levies on theater admit* ions, cigars and the like, was askeJ today at the House ways and meant Committee tax hearings. Llgon Johnson of New York City representing the National Theatrical Association, declared the 10 per cent tax on theater tickets sjlling for more than 75 cents was a direct burden tc the spoken drama. “Since that tax was imposed,” he ■aid, “the number of shows on the road has decreased by one-third. The cost of the spoken drama has so in creased that the tax cannot lie ab sorbed and has to be passed on to pa trons.” Income Is Limited. Johnson argued that the spoken drama was an “intimate" form ot amusement and because of this, un like the motion picture, must be con fined to small theaters so the patrons could appreciate the expressions of the actors. - Frank Oillmore. also of New iork, ■aid that each year fewer road shows left New York, in asking for repeal of the admission tax as one means of aiding the theatrical profession. Gillmore. who said he spoke for the Actors’ Equity Association anu Chorus Equity Association, cited us in example of the theater slump, that as a young actor he .played every night for six weeks in Texas, but he did not believe there was now a “legitimate" play in the State. Actors of today do not receive high salaries, he continued, and he doubteu If half of them paid an Income tax. The average working year of an actor in New York, he said, now is only 22 weeks. Brady Joins Appeal. William A. Brady, representing theatrical enterprise-* in New York City, argued that the 13 per cent tax constituted a large part of the problem of the theater, and, with other wit nesses, assailed the Treasury for urg ing its retention. He objected to a tax on theaters being likened to the tax on the Tunney-Dempsev fight in Chicago. That has been referred to as an “ideal” levy by Secretary Mellon. M J. O'Toole, New York City, sec retary of the Motion Picture Theater Owners' Association of America, ad vocated that all special taxes on the theater be eliminated. He urged that Congress in the future recognize the theater as a com munity institution and that the motion picture theater screens be re carded as “an element of expression the screen press of America—like the newspapers and magazines.” Probe Brings Little Success. A move by Democratic members to obtain information concerning activities of the American Taypayers League during the present agitation lor repeal of the Federal Inheritance tax met with little success at yes terday’s hearing. J A. Arnold, manager of the or ganization, although testifying he re ceived a salary of *I.OOO a month and that ths league had paid workers in several States, flatly refused to tel! how much money the or * anls l a i t had collected or where Its funds were deposited. ~ “I think this is a hostile Inquiry, he declared. “I can’t submit the or ganization to the investigation. I don’t have the authority. He said, however, except for a *SOO contribution the league had taken no part in the meeting here of the Na tional Council of State Legislatures whose representatives have appeared before the committee In favor re peal of the estate levy. Representative Garner, ranking Democrat on the committee, contends that funds of the tax league were used In establishing the legislative council and Arnold admitted under question ing he had sent a short note to Wil liam H. Blodgett, tax commissioner for Connecticut and spokesman for the council during Tuesdays meet ing. i Mondell Dispute Denied. During examination of Arnold late In the day Garner asked Arnold if Prank W. Mondell of Wyoming, for- Eier House Republican floor leader, ad not resigned as general counsel for the league because he had objected to some of its activities. The witness f*nied that Mondell had left in dis pute. saying he had severed connec tion with the league after several Iriendlv conversations. Chairman Green endeavored to de velop what the league sought to ac complish and Arnold said its purpose was to promote organization of tax clubs In various States in the interest of better tax legislation. He defended a. statement made by the league that the estate tax would result in social ism on the ground that it considered a *0 per cent rate confiscation, and that confiscation virtually constituted so ■ialism. Prior to Arnold’s refusal to answer Questions by Garner and also by Rep resentative Rainey. Representa tive Blanton, Democrat, Texas, appearing as a witness, charged that sffioers of the legislative council had sought to defeat him foe re-election because of his vote two years ago for retention of the inheritance tax. Selfish Support Charged. A number of committee members . *aid they had been informed that the American Taxpayers’ League obtained much of its ttnancial support from large corporations seeking elimination of thd Federal levy for purely selfish motives. Representative Crowther. Republi can, New York, described the discus sion ever lobbying, which raged at the hearing as a “tempest in a teapot” and said that some witnesses of the legislative council bad been questioned like they were "chfuken thieves." Gar ner argued otherwise. The Texan said he had proved that funds of the tax league had been used by Satterwhite, former speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, gt. the time he organized the legisla tive council. Garner added that this must he considered in giving weight to testimony by representatives of the qouncil. After spokesmen of the council, headed bv Blodgett, had concluded, W. C. Roberts, a legislative representa tive of the American Federation of kabor, opened for those favoring reten tion of the levy. Chester 11 Gray, Washington rep resentative of the American Farm Bu reau Federation, also argutd that the inheritance tax should be maintained as a permanent part of the Federal Government's tax structure. Retention Is Demanded. Mr. Roberts told the committee that the American Federation of Labor in sisted "that the welfare of our Gov ernment demands that the estate tax he made a permanent feature of our taxation system.” Mr. Gray said that the American Farm Bureau favored retention of the levy, because the tax was fair, could not be evaded, could not be passed to some one else and that its retention v-oiiM - --<• h'd-"**- v fa wcuiito ...iw.the iflat was not an emergency levy and run trough a generation to be PRilly cumulative in effect.” (Benjamin C. Marsh, executive see rty y of the People’s Reconstruction fcptgue, contended that the "Govern ment should increase the estate tat rates, enforce them and retain all th« proceeds to pay off the national debt.’ California in Favor of Tax. L Chester H. Rowell, representing thf Governor of California, declared thai State favored an inheritance tax, be caused it believed the levy legitimate and "vve need the money." lie urgeil retention of the Federal levy. Representative Raniseyer. Republl g ean, lowa, also was anmner witness urging retention of the tax. While the fight over the inheritance tax continued at the House committee hearing, a group of Western Republi can Senators met to consider a pro gram aimed to oppose the administra tion’s effort for its repeal. Characterizing the tax as “one of the most just levies, as well as one of e those most easily collected,” Senator g Borah of Idaho, a member of the bloc, *• gave notice that its repeal would be J fought to the last, s i TRIBUTE IS PAID T MEMORY OF WHITE I? • Late Ambassador Extolled by Kellogg—Mrs. Coolidge in Cathedral Audience. t Tribute was paid today to the mem ory of Henry White, former Ambas ■ sador to France, at a memorial ser j vice in Bethlehem Chapel of the ! j Washington Cathedral, attended by a distinguished array of Government officials and diplomats. ! Mrs. Coolidge was In the congre i gat ion. ' j These members of the late Ambas sador’s family were present: Mrs. Henry White, his widow: Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell White, his son and daughter-in-law, and his daughter, the Countess Seherr-Thoss. and her daughter, the Countess Margaret. Recalling Mr. White’s service to the . Nation, Secretary of State Kellogg i said: “There have been few Amer- I icans who have more generously and whole-heartedly given their lives to the service of their country." Citing the fact that Mr. White’s service was almost exclusively under the Depart ment of State, Mr. Kellogg said that he gave himself to his country from early manhood until the end “with out ostentation, without self-seeking, with the sole desire to serve.” Accomplishment of Task. “Mr. White accomplished success fully that most difficult task of repre senting the United States abroad tact fully. with dignity, with unswerving loyalty and without losing a single trace of his fine Americanism.” Mr. Kellogg asserted, in tracing Mr. White's career. President Roosevelt, the, Secretary pointed out, had shown his apprecia tion of the man by appointing him Ambassador to Italy in 1905. Mr. Kel logg said that the late Ambassador was his personal friend, eulogizing him as "a man of outstanding char acter. thoughtful of others, kindly, strong for the right, above petty meannesses and jealousies of life; that he recognized the worth and dignity of the individual.” Mr. Kellogg closed his tribute in this : language: “It is fitting that the ashes of Henry White will find their resting place In this great cathedral. It was the paramount interest of his later years, not only because of the artis tic beauty of the design, but because he knew that in the Nation’s Capital, to be fully representative of the Na tion there must be something to ex press supremely the spiritual aspira tions of the American jieople, the faith that is in the heart of every man. Henry White himself represented many of the finest traits of America and, because his Christian faith was the most profound of these traits, I like to think of him as resting here, as being almost a part of this, the vis ible expression of reliance on the Power that guides the destiny of our Nation.” Tribute By Bishop. Bishop James E. Freeman, also de livering a memorial address, said: “No word of mine can add to or take from his distinction. His record is made; his honor is secure. “In the chronicles of this Cathedral the story of his life must ever stand as one of its brightest annals. To those of us who have had this privi leged fellowship with him he has left a legacy of transcendent worth. His noble life and deeds require no enco mium from our lips. They are regis tered with Him who reads the hearts and weighs the virtues of mankind. We shall cherish his memory and the name of Henry White will through the years that lie ahead be associated with this mighty temple, of whose ideals and purposes he was the elo quent and high-minded exponent.” Attending the ceremony were Chief Justice Taft, Sir Esme Howard, Am bassador Honorio Pueyrredon of Ar gentina, the Belgian Ambassador and Princess de Ligne, Ambassador Davila of Chile, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Frank C. Kellogg, the Speaker and Mrs. Longworth, Associate Justice Butler. Senators Gillett, Bruce and Hale, Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Rep resentative from Massachusetts; Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cary Grayson and a number of others prominent in the . life of the Nation. TEXANS OFFER REWARD FOR DEAD BANDITS ONLY Bankers’ Association Lays Recent Crimes to Gangsters From North. By the Assoeiated Press. DALLAS, Tex., November 10.— Northern gangsters, to whom a series of recent bank robberies in Texas were charged, were warned to stay out of Texas today with the posting of rewards of from ?5,000 to SB,OOO "for dead bandits only.” William A. Philpott, jr., secretary >f the State Bankers’ Association, said the reward would stand until further notice. He declared he believed gangs from the North were largely respon sible for a dozen robberies this Fall. The amount of the reward will be determined from the funds on hand at the time a bandit is killed. - ■■■ ■■ • ■ Spies Sentenced to Die. TIRASPOL, Ukraine, November 10 OP).—Three Romanians, convicted of crossing the Soviet-Rumanian border for the purpose of espionage, have been sentenced to death by shooting. Tree, Not Woman, Believed Target Os Man Reported by Boy as Slayer Investigation of a report made to Montgomery County police author ities Sunday afternoon by Harold Mansfield. 16 years old, of Montrose, Md- that fco had seen a man shoot at a woman in a parked car on a side road near Alta Vista, disclosed the fact today that the shooting was probably target practice and that the l>r>«,lhi» murder theory was a myth. i> mal in* v*» canon was conducted today by Officer Robert Darby of the Montgomery County police. Examination vicinity by Offi cer Darby resulted in the finding of nine freshly ma/p bullet holes in » tree directly in line with the spot THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, I). 0.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1957. 5 BANDIT ESCAPES i IN PISTOL BATTLE d ici | Policeman Wounded as Thug e Opens Fire —Makes Geta i- ;; way in Taxicab. f ' f A gun battle at close range early r this morning between three policemen •• and a negro hold up man. who had n dropped his mask of porter and held up a barber shop customer yesterday afternoon, resulted In the wounding of one policeman and the escape of the bandit, who Jumped Into a taxicah as the driver fif'd and drove off Policeman O L. Green of the tenth * j precinct received a bullet through the ■ I left thigh as he attempted to arrest I Alvin Stamps, colored, 25 years old, ’ apartment -7. 2721 Eleventh street, who shot his way to freedom ns the . policemen closed in on him In front I of his apartment just before daybreak. Police Open Fire. Policemen C. D. Schamp and L. C. Avion fired at the negro as he wounded their companion, but the bandit reach ed the driver’s seat of the cab and drove off through a fusillade of shots, the bullets smashing through the glass and ripping holes in the body of the car. Acting on information that Henry ' Hoffman. 1425 Chapin street, had been held up at the point of a pistol by a negro porter at a barber shop at 172(5 Pennsylvania avenue and relieved of §650, the police went to the Eleventh street address given them as that of the barber-shop employe. Reaching the apartment, they were met by Mrs. Mildred Stamps, colored. 1 who stated that her husband was not at home. The three policemen with drew to the sidewalk and lay In wait for him. They waited from midnight until shortly before 6 o’clock. A taxicab, driven by Jesse Veiteh, 1349 Oak street, who said later that the negro had engaged him at Four . teenth and U streets and then re ques’ed him to wait outside the apart ment house, drew up and parked abreast of another car. The passen ger went in the building. Bandit Pulls Gun. Policeman Green approached the driver to ascertain the identity of his fare. The driver at first thought 1 he was about to be arrested for park ing abreast The other two policemen remained in the background. As the cop and the driver were talking, the negro reappeared »nd as Green ap proached him. he opened fire, his first shot piercing the policeman's thigh Then the gun battle began. AH three policeman emptied their revolvers, handicapped in their aim by the dark ness. Emptying his automatic, the bandit ran toward the cab as its driver jumned out and sought cover, and gained the driver’s seat. Policeman Arlon stated that he fired four shots at the fugitive at a distance of four feet arid thought he might have wounded him. The bullet-torn cab. w-th one door twisted off when it scraped against the car by which it was parked, was found an hour later on Twelfth street between R ami S streets. Policeman Green drove his own car to Garfield Hospital, where i his wound was dressed. Wife Is Held. Mrs. Stamps, who said that her husband had been employed in the ' barber. shop since early in the Sum . mar, was held for investigation. The hold up occurred while Hoffman was being shaved and his barber. Lewis Delesio. was steaming a towel in a basin. The porter jammed a gun in the customer's ribs and made him hand over his money while the U-rber, at first tanking his hitherto peaceful employe was joking, stood across the room, tealizing suddenly that a move might mean a bullet in his direction. CHICAGO GAMBLERS FIND GOING HARD I Hughes’ Order Closes “Bookies” and Hit-and*Run Bets on Cor ners Alone Survive. By th* Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 10.—Chicago's gambling fraternity, forced by the po lice to close up shop, today were mak ing hit-and-run bets on street corners while waiting to see what will happen as a result of Chief of Police Michael Hughes’ blanket order against gam bling. Chief Hughes called all police cap tains into conference last Saturday, just before departing for Washington to attend the flood control conference. Last night Chief Hughes got back. “Everything is shut up tighter than a drum," he wifl* informed. Half an hour later Chief Hughes called In a , captain to tell him that one booking office was running wide open half a block from the city hall. It was raid ed quick. Many of the gamblers formerly were engaged in the beer racket, but closed up shop and turned to gambling re cently when beer running became fraught with new hazards and less profits. 14 WOMEN MADE MAYORS. British Voters Favor Fair Sex at Polls. LONDON, November 10 OP).—Of the numerous mayors elected in Eng i ltsh and Welsh towns, 14 of them are i women, including Miss Margaret Bea van, welfare worker, lord mayor of • Liverpool. It Is an anomaly in British i civil life that woman mayors are not mayoresses. That title is reserved for the wife or other women whom the mayor ap points to assist at social functions. : Thus Mrs. Welsh, the new mayor of {Southampton, appointed her daughter mayoress to share the social burden > i of the office. J First Woman Jury in England. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Eng ; land, November 10 OP).—For the first i | time In English history a Jury corn ' j posed entirely of women was selected ' here. The case was a civil one and ■ : the court pronounced judgment in ac , eordance with the jury’s findings. where the car was parked. A canvass of the neighborhood resulted also In testimony being given by Webster Brown, which would tend to strength c*n the target shooting rather than the woman-shooting theory. Mr. Brown said that he passed tha car and later heard the shots, but that he passed by the car again after the shots were fired and saw the same couple, with the man with one foot on the running board, just as described by the boy who witnessed thp shooting. Montgomery County police of the opinion that the man wasjmoot ing at the tree pendirg the disclosure of any evidence which would Indi . cate that a et-lme had been commuted. TAXI IN BATTLE AND WOUNDED OFFICER Above: Officer* l\ I). Selieiup and L. C. Arion of the tPiitli preelnrt point ing to bullet hole* in taxirab made by Karmen in a battle with a colored •up man early this morning, lie low: Police Officer 0. L. Grepn, also of the tenth precinct, who was shot in the leg. MI. VERNON ROAD PROMISED BY 1932 Fine Arts Commission Ob tains Assurance Drive Will Be Built for Bicentennial. Assurance that Mount Vernon will be connected by a riverside drive along the south bank of the Potomac with the city of Washington by 1032: when the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington will be cele brated, has been given the Commis sion of Fine Arts. At the same time the commission has been assured that much of the work toward resto ration of Wakefield, the birth place of Washington, will be completed by 1932, the two hundredth anniversary of his birth. Chairman Moore of thp commission conferred a few days ago with Sen ator Swanson of Virginia and for mer Senator Underwood of Alabama at the latter's home near Mount Ver non, on plans for the celebration of the bicentennial, insofar as they af fect the birthplace and home of Washington. Wakefield is now under the administration of the Wakefield National Memorial Association, of which Mrs. H. L Rust of Washing ton is president. Plans for the res toration of the historic structure and grounds at present contemplate em ployment of a landscape architect and supervisor to restore the sur roundings in which Washington grfew to manhood. Surveys have been in progress by the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture since early in the year looking toward location of the projected Mount Vernon boule vard. The road, under plans virtually agreed upon, will start at the west end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, run toward the Potomac River ftnJ continue along the river bank to Mount Vernon, skirting the lowland between the railroad property and the river between Washington and Alex andria and then continuing across Hunting Creek to mount the highlands along the river bank between Alex andria and Mount Vernon. It will be of concrete and will lead directly Into the grounds of Washington’s home, taking much of the travel from the Fredericksburg-Washington high way, which is now used by visitors to Mount Vernon. The twfi projects will go forward simultaneously with a number of other matters, all to be completed or partial ly completed by 1932. These include partial completion of several of the public buildings in the Government triangle, completion of the Washing ton Monument Gardens, completion of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and completion of the Botanical Gardens in Northeast Washington. The Mount Vernon boulevard is to he a part of the great plaza scheme {or the west end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, and will be the chief highway running south from that end. Toward the w-est the Lee Highway will run through a sparselv settled section of Arlington County toward Falla Church, while a roadway is to be run from the Me morial Bridge to the Key Bridge at Rosslyn. GANGMEN THWARTED IN PLOT TO ESCAPE Tip Reveals Elaborate Plan of Whittemore Group to Shoot Way to Freedom. By the Aiiociated Pres*. NEW YORK, November 10.— The plot of a group of long term prisoners, members of the Richard Reese Whittemore gang of jewel thieves, to shoot their way to freedom has been thwarted by officials of the Danne mora State Prison at Clinton, officials said here today. Authorities asserted the scheme w'as halted through a tip from a prisoner, later reported stabbed by Leon Krnemer. supposed head of the group planning the prison break and who is serving a 40-year sentence. Kraemer was a pal of Whittemore, who was executed August 13, 1926, in Baltimore, for murder. Six pistols, two hundred rounds of ammunition, six bottles of liquor and several road maps of the Adirondacks region In which the prison is situated, have been discovered in the receiving room of the prison. Extra guards have been stationed at the prison and numerous transfers of prisoners have been effected since the discovery of the plot and its rami fications inside and outside of the jail. The stabbing of the man mentioned as the “squealer” took place in the exercise yard, where, it is alleged, Kraemer set upon the informer with a knife fashioned out of a spoon. PRIMARY LAW HIT. Illinois Judge Holds Measure Is Unconstitutional. CHICAGO, November 19 C4*).~ I The primary election law passed by the last session of the Illinois Central Assembly was declared unconstitu tional in a decision today by Judge Harry M. Fisher In a suit brought by Julius Kreeger to restrain the hold ing of a primary election next April under provisions of the act. The demurrer filed by counsel was over ruled. ! ■ ■ . ■ mt V I ■■ ' < I : STUDY TEMPORARY ; BUREAU CHANGES Bi:ilc!ir.g Corr.mission Mem i bers Discuss Phases of L Moving Problem. The problem of moving certain Gov ; eminent bureaus temporarily while the new building program is going on 1 was studied for several hours today by the Public Building Commission, ’ | but decisions were not reached. . | Senator Smoot, chairman of the commission, said the question would ' ! be taken up again tomorrow morning : for further discussion. The most im , j portani phase of the moving problem | is to relocate the large income tax unit now occupying the temporary , war .structure between Fourteenth, r Fifteenth. Ohio avenue and B street, which constitutes more than half of the site for the Commerce Building. Other Changes Affected. 1 Whether there will be transfers of • many other Government bureaus will 1 depend to a large extent on where it ' !s decided to house the income tax [ unit. ; ! It is possible that the commission ' will settle the moving plan. ; Formal ground-breaking ceremonies ! for opening the great public building • program in the Pennsylvania avenue | trihngle may be abandoned on account ’ of bad weather, it was learned today. > Consideration had been given in -1 formally to the matter, it was learned, as some high officials had been in • favor of holding ceremonies at the first breaking of ground in what ■ eventually may he the greatest single public building development in the National Capital. Decision Not Reached. Final decision, it was believed to day, had not been reached us to the Department of Commerce, but at the Treasury there were indications that i the matter of formal ceremonies had been given up for the Internal Reve nue building. Secretary of Commerce Hoover is out of the city and con clusion in the matter regarding the Department of Commerce may not fin ally be reached until he returns. The site for excavation for the Department of Commerce has not been entirely cleared of Its old building as yet' and the Hechinger Co., which is wrecking them, has until November 17 to com plete the job. t Uncertain weather conditions was believed to be the chief consideration weighing against the ceremonies It was recalled that last year Chief Jus tice Taft caught a severe cold In some outdoor exercises during inclement , weather and was very ill afterwards. Due to the fact that the Commerce site is not cleared completely, it wa» , thought probable the first excavation would take place in the Internal Rev enue site immediately south of the Post Office Department. When this might be has not been definitely de cided. it was understood, although the contract has been let and the Warren F. Rrenizer Co. will have authority to start now most any time. FALL ABLE TO SIT UP; MAY LEAVE SATURDAY I i Doctor Advises Return to Dry Cli j mate of New Mexico for Home ! Sick Ex-Official. J By the Associated Press. ! Albert B. Fall sat up to day for the first time since his collapse six days ago, and he still plans to leave for New Mexico byway of New Orleans. Saturday, despite weakness caused by itermittent coughing. • Dr. James J. Kilroy, the former In [ | terior Secretary’s physician, said that i i Fall is gaining strength consistently ! and that the congestion in his lungs j continues to clear up, although symp i toms of bronchial trouble are yet ap ! parent. j “Mr. Fall will continue to cough until he is nearly fully recovered." said Dr. Kilroy. “and that is why it , is best for him to return to the dryer climate of New Mexico as soon as possible, because there his illness will be alleviated. Mr. Fall is home sick, and although the return trip will undoubtedly be a hardship, it is better for him to get into a dry cli mate and among home people soon.” Kickapoo Stationed Off Maine. The new Coast Guard vessel. Kick i apoo, with specially designed machin ery for clearing ship lanes of ice, has ! been ordered in commission off the , Maine coast with a base at Rockland. The ice breaker will make an effort | this Winter to keep the lanes clear from the-mainland to the off-shore is , lands, which in former years have been shut off from communication with the outside world by Ice. I > A New York manager Is having . trouble finding 36 chorus girth with lons hair for his new music&^ftgnedy. LEWIS SAYS MINE PAY MUST STAND i I Declares Cut in Anthracite Scale May Lead to Indus trial Difficulties. By the Associated Pres». MOUNT CARMEL, Pa.. November 10.—The assertion of John L. Lewis, union president, that the greatest blessing that could come from the an thracite congress would be the signing of another agreement for five years or more between operators and miners remained a subject of discussion today among some of the delegates. Repre sentatives of operators, workers and the public are meeting in an effort to find a remedy for depression in the anthracite field. Gov. Fisher and Samuel D. Warrl ner, operator, both discussed the an thracite tax, which amounts to per cent of the value of the mined coal. The governor said he. would be happy to sanction repeal of the tax if a substitute method of raising $4. OtO.OOO could be found. Lewis Warns of Cuts. The congress was prevented from becoming a meeting of the “love feast” type last night by Lewis when he declared that the mine workers should disavow responsibility for the industrial strife which heretofore has beset the industry. The so-called an thracite problem he declared to be not on eof price, but of quality and service to the consumer. He warned those! who may believe that the salvation of ■ the industry is based on wage redue I tions and arbitration of the funda- | mentals of wage agreements not to j | try to impose their opinions on the I mine workers. The congress was called by the Mount Carmel Chamber of Commerce in an effort to bring about harmony in order to regain lost markets. The knowledge that the industry is faced with severe competition, Waring said, should act as a challenge to the mining communities to meet this com petition by stronger support, to labor to give a full day’s work for a full day’s pay. to transportation interests to do as well for anthracite as other railroads do for other fuels. Hoover Gives Address. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com merce, at the afternoon session, urged consideration of the problem of assur ing the public a continuity of the an thracite supply and reduction In costs. Another speaker was Senor Fred erico Gacio. consul of the Chilean em bassy. who said that he came to the congress to observe what was taking place, as almost identical problems in the coal industry were confronting his nation. “The mine workers have not and do not now join that great chorus of voices whose public lament for years past was that the industry wa« deca dent and was rapidly traveling to its goal of ultimate disintegration and dissolution," Lewis said. He declared that to term anthracite a “luxury fuel.’’ as he said had been done by managers and beneficiaries, was “treason." COMPANY CITS WAGES. Pittsburgh Terminal Announces Sec ond Reduction in Three Weeks. PITTSBURGH. Pa.. November 10 04*). —Officials of the Pittsburgh Ter minal Coal Corporation and United Mine Workers’ leaders were at odds last night as to the effect of the re duced wage scale the company put into operation yesterday. George Osier, vice president of the corporation, said the mines were closed down Monday to Tuesday, to give the non-union miners an oppor tunity to study the new scale, and that yesterday the working force in- J creased by 167 men. P. T. Fagan, dis- I trict president. United Mine Workers j claimed his reports showed approxi j mately 430 of the corporation’s men I refused to accept the cut. While operators claim that under the reduced rates coal cutters would average <8.40 a day. pick min-rs 86.16. loaders $6.10 and day laborers ?5.5f1. Fagan held that cutters were averag ing about S 3, and that loaders han dling six and one-half toes under union conditions, could each earn $3.77 a day. He claimed that 90 per cent of the company’s labor was In the $4.50 a day class. The new ucale, effective today, was 83 cents a ton pick mining. 58 cents a ton machine loading, 12 cents a ton cutting and $4.30 to $6.25 a day. inside day labor. It was M<e s.-cond wage cut announced by thi corporation sine* October 15. DAUGHTER OF ADMIRAL AGAIN RED CROSS AIDE 8-Year-Old Beverly Moffett Volun teer in Ranks of District Chap ter for Fifth Year. For the fifth consecutive year, Bevei ly Moffett. 8-year-old daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. William A. Moffett, enlisted yesterday as a roll call volunteer in the ranks of the workers of the District Chapter of the American Red Cross. Starting when she was 3 years o'd she has spent the period from Armis tice day to Thanksgiving every year in what she calls “Red Crossing.” Beverly has signed up Presidents, cabinet officers and other notables and has won several medals given by the organization for her work. She has more hours of volunteer service to her credit than any other child in the city. She is a student in the fourth grade of the Misses Eastman School. Man Says Wife Got Divorce 17 Years Ago Tken Came Home and Failed to Tell Him By the Aseociated Press HAMMOND, Ind., November 10.— John O. Donaldson. Hammond con tractor, has revealed through a suit for partition of property that lie has been living for 17 years with a woman who had secretly divorced him. The couple was married In St. Jo seph, Mich., in 1904. Six years later Mrs. Donaldson came to Chicago, charged abandonment, sued for and obtained a divorce. She was given the right to resume her maiden name. Mrs. Brousseau Denies D. A. R. Will Aid Chicago Mayor's Anti-British Crusade “There’s not a word of truth In it,” said Mrs. Alfred J. Brousseau. presi dent general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, today of a re port that her organization had pledged to Mayor Thompson of Chicago sup port in his campaign to rid Chicago public schools of un-American propa ganda. A published report today said a com mittee of the D. A. R. had called on the Chicago mayor here and promised to urge its Chicago chapter to help him arouse the people to the tmjjor tance of the fight. Dying Man Is Ready To Rewed Ex-Wife After 20-Year Rift ■ j By the Associated Press. ' CAMDEN. N. J.. November 10.— j John R. Keen, retired Delaware | / River ferryboat captain, who la regarded by physicians as dying, has obtained a license to remarry iiis former wife after a separa tion of 20 years. She is now Mrs. Emma Halbert. “I can die happy, anyway." he explained. Mrs. Halbert s second husband, whom she married after being di vorced from Keen, died 11 years ago. She has been caring for Keen at her home since he was taken ill with pneumonia. He is SO years old. ILLEGAL, GORDON SAYS Boats Scheduled Here for Tonight Not to Be Cancelled, Pro moter Holds. To award medals or other prizes or to declare a championship in any flstic I encounter in the District of Columbia ! is a plain violation of law, according | to a ruling by United States Attorney i Pevton Gordon. Maj. Gordon advised j John M. Oleisrner, editor of the Wash j ington News that the amateur boxing ! championship bouts scheduled for to i night at the Arcadia, if carried out. I would run afoul of the grand jury. } Mr. Gleissner. it is said, will ask i Attorney General Sargent for a ruiing ;in the matter. Mr. Gleissner said that , the promoters cf the tournament are j “marking time” as the result of Maj. I Gordon’s ruling. He pointed out that an opinion had been issued three years ago by Assist • ant Attorney General Donovan that a similar tournament at a local mili tary post was rvlthin the law. He cited the case of Charles P. Arnstein. chair man of the South Atlantic Amateur Athletic Union’s boxing committee, who, two months ago, he said, had taken the matter up with Maj. Gor don, who had assured him that the tournament as planned was within the law. Mr. Gleissner said that Maj. Gor don could not remember this conver ! sation yesterday “This leaves us in an awkward hole.” declared Mr. Gleissner. “We fear that printing of the story will cause canfusion among the holders of tickets, but it should not. because there will be a good boxing show’ to night.’’ He said further that he be lieved Maj. Gordon’s interpretation of the law was incorrect and that he hoped to get a ruling from the Attor ney General that would permit them to proceed as planned. He explained that if such a ruling could not be had that the program would be modified to the extent that no champion would be declared and no prizes awarded. GARFIELD AREA SEEKS WATER AND SEWERAGE Citizens’ Association Will Seek Commissioners’ Aid for Bet ter Facilities. Installation ot water and sewerage throughout the Garfield section will be urged on the Commissioners by the Garfield Citizens’ Association. The association at its meeting at Garfield School last night' also voted to ask the Commissioners to make Alabama avenue a boulevard, with stop signs at intersections. The proposition of the Hillsdale Citizens’ Association for the extension of Morris road to Alabama avenue was indorsed and a committee was appointed to co-operate with the Hillsdale association in working for the extension. W. H. Lewis, jr., president of the association: J. W. Small, Rev. A. D I Holder. W. W. Murray and W. R. ! Giles were named delegates to the | Federation of Civic Associations, and !B. B Joyce. J. W. Caldwell, J H. 1 Foster. W. P. Taylor and R. H Beverly were chosen alternates. It was decided to have a pdbllc meet ing at the school December 14. with prominent speakers. YOUTH IS ACQUITTED. Prisoner Freed on Charge of Brush-Sample Theft. James F. Clarke. 21 years old. of New York was acquitted in Judge Hitt’s Police Court today on a charge of taking a sample case of bushes. From the testimony it was shown that the youth kept the case to as sure return of a deposit of $2.50 he had made to Perry J. Brown, 1868 California street, manager -of the brush company. When Clarke stated that he would not return the case unless his deposit was given back to him. Brown hit him and an alter cation ensued. Brown, on the witness stand this morning, refused to answer questions as to the legality of the question of receiving such deposits. lOWANS TO ENTERTAIN. Secretaries Hoover and Wilbur and Wives to Be Guests. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com merce, and Mrs. Hoover, and Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs. Wilbur, are to be guests tonight of the lowa Society at its first recep tion and ball of the season to be held at the Willard Hofei. Among the many distinguished guests who will be present are President and Mrs. Wilbur of Stam ford University. Mr. Hoover is to be the principal speaker. Mildred Beck Berry. In the divorce suit service on the husband was by publication, as the plaintiff told the court she did not know his where abouts. After obtaining the divorce the woman returned to Donaldson’s home, hut did not tell him of the divorce. Donaldson said he learned of the divorce by accident from a friend who chanced upon the court records. The contractor is suing for a partition of property now held in the joint names of himself and his divorced wife. “While we are in sympathy with the right kind of books,” said Mrs. Brousseau, “we don't stand for anti- British or anti-anything sentiment in our organization.” The D. A. R., she said, is working to have the right kind of textbooks used in public schools, but “does not mix in party politics.” Mrs. Brousseau said a member of an other organization called on Mayor Thompson yesterday to urge him to include a certain book in the Chicago libraries. This caller was also a mem ber of the D., R. and was wearing its pin, she said, but did not represent the D. A. R. in any official capacity. _ GOODWILL ENVOYS DIFFER ON FUTURE Americans and Britons Di vided on World Outlook for Lasting Peace. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, November 10—Mili tarism as a continued menaca to world civilization Is seen by two speakers on today s program of the International Goodwill Congress meeting here, while two other speakers see omens of hope for peace. One of them. Dr. Arthur Pringle of the British Isles, believes that another war will prevent all future wars b\ destroying civilization. Dr. Arthur J. Brown of New York notes u “recru descence of narrow militarism spring ing up in every country." while Dr. S, D. Chow n of Canada visions dis aster for the world if the United .States fails to Join the League of Na tions. The fourth speaker. Dr. Joseph Wil son Cochran, pastor of the American Church of Paris, France, is of the opinion that Europe needs America “with his cross as a symbol of con quest” tather than with the sword or bag of gold. Dr. Brown painted a picture of re newed preparedness for war. The “tremendous power so lately acquired by America” causes a haunt ing fear in Europeans, in the opinion of Dr. Cochran. “No man has a right to call us dreamers, fanatics, or Utopians.” is the belief of Dr. Arthur Pringle. “This city of international good will, on which we have set our hearts and to which we pledge our strength, can only be built by persistent and by resolute refusal to be discouraged.” “Canadians are much affected ti the United States in ways other t»vm that of mere proxlmitv of the two countries.’’ is the opinion of Dr. fl. D Chown, who presented Canadian greetings. IT. S. STAND DEFENDED. British Editor Says America Not to Be Criticized for League Stand. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS. November 10.—America did n''* let Europe down at the close of the World War. Henry Wickham Steed, editor of the Review of Re views of London, England, declared at tl.a International Goodwill Congress here last night. "I confess that I have n. • re sented,” said the noted editor, “in the same way as many of my fellow coun trymen and millions of Europeans b e resented, the decision of the American peonie not to join the League rJ Nations or to ratify the peace treaties. I have always felt that ydur people are too distant from Europe to be able to follow, or. perhaps, to wiMi to follow European affairs with thvj discernment that is indispensable of responsibilities are to be incurred, and. on occasion, discharged.” Progress of the cause of world peace has been “considerable and very encouraging” in recent years. Sir Aus ten Chamberlain, secretary of foreign affairs in Great Britain, said in a let ter written to the congress. “The Dawes agreement and the treaties of Locarno,” he wrote, “have opened a new chapter in the history of Europe. Germany has been re ceived-back into the comity of na tions, and the work of appeasement and reconciliation, more especially among the greater powers, is steadily Increasing.” v CRUISER IS OFFERED. Warships Will Carry Body of Guatemalan Minister Home. The cruiser Memphis has been placed at tho disposal of the Guale malan government to carry to that country the bodv of .-.cr minister here, Senor Don Francisco Sanchez-Latcur, whq. died, seven! days ?.go. The Memphis, which is now at Charleston, S. C.. will proceed to the V\ ashington Navy Yard to receive the body. This Is the vessel which brought Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to Washington following his famous trans-Atlantic flight. SSOO Brooch Missing. Loss of a platinum brooch set with diamonds, valued at SSOO. was re ported to the police yesterday by Mrs. Samuel Korman. 1118 Allison street. Mrs. Korman explained that she placed the piece of jewelry on a windowsill w’hile trying on a dress in an F street store. When she re turned, she stated, the brooch was missing. ——-y- Trial Set in Anto Death. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Bid., November 10.— Leon Arnaducci of Washington, D. C., charged with manslaughter in con nection with the death of Narion J. call, whose automobile was forced into a ditch on the highway between Annapolis and Upper Marlboro. July -4, will be given a hearing here next Tuesday in Circuit Court. PIMUCO ENTRIES FUR TOMORROW. FIRS l 1 RACE—Malden 3-year-olds* claim ing: purge. $1,300: ft*,4 lurlongs. •Star Sapphire.. 107 Lareon if* Vulnerable US Blue Flag ..... 118 Corporcl 118 Spectacular ill Stella Mar 109 Sir Sweep . . I 112 lust a Pal lift •Alan’s Bay . . li:t lia Scrumptious low s . pea, T.. R00,t •••• Hi Stonedale lio Nat Clyman ... 110 SECOND RACE—3-year-olds and up* clalm imr: purse, $1,300: 1 mile and 70 yards. •Clinch 10ft *Forehead 102 Oureida . 107 sTypeoutter 11l •Pheasant 114 Centrifugal lift Jasonette 103 Roland 113 Herade 110 THIRD RACE—The Jockey Club Handicap: claiming: 3-year-olds and up: purae. $1,300: 0 furlongs. Sir Barley 05 Candy Pan 107 Sport Trail .... 105 Storm King .... 130 Rougette 101 a Contemplate .. 107 Tetra Glass .... 110 Centrifugal .... 10* Brush 103 False Prtde .... 10* Fantastic 101 Supsard 118 i Knockany .... 103 Gracious Gilt .. 11* aG. W. Foreman entry. FOURTH RACE—The Walden Handicap, 3-year-olds; SIO,OOO added: 1 mile. T a Flower Girl... 107 a Knapsack .... IV3 Ederle 100 Pink Lily 93 Scotch and Soda 108 Cayuga 117 c Eugene S 110 b Prate 112 Twitter lift Petee Wrack ... 11* c Solace 11* Black Friar ... 108 Reieh Count.... 120 a Cloudy ....... 110 Tinita 100 Princese Tina .. 103 b Glade 116 d Polish 1U a Samuel Ross-Saluftria Stable entry. bGreentree Stable entry, c Seagram Stable entry, d Weight includes 3 pounds penalty. FIFTH RACE—Maiden 2-year-olds: earn ing; parse. $1,300 : 5Vi furlongs. •Vigilant 113 Zermatt ....... 113 Kentucky Colonel 11* Broom Whisk .. 11* rromnelaine ... 109 Balkan Queen... 115 Jim Bean 11* True Love 115 Larock 118 •Rockhill 107 Buddha 112 The Answer .... 112 Indian Guide ... 11* Apple Pie 109 •Humdinger .... 107 Rough Sea .... 115 SIXTH RACE—The Monumental Handi cap: 3-year-olds and up: purse. $1,300: 1V» miles. Seventh Son .... 112 Watkinson 10* J. Fred A 113 Lieutenant 3d... 116 Gamble ....... 118 SEVENTH RACK—3-year-olds and up: •laiming: purse. $1,300: 1 mile and 70 yard* •Bowie Clark . . 105 *Sea Bee lb, ♦The Maior .... 10* Cheikh Barre. .. 11* •Franeais ..... 105 Know Me Gnome lit Twilight Song... 109 *Bud Bud in, Jaladlum 110 Spearo 11* •Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather cloud.v: track good.