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The Washington times., 1921-12-02

Roanoke. Va, as best man, and the
ushers were r. Kemper Mohler. John
Addison MohIer. brothers OF the bride.
groom: DR.. III. Owen Canada. all OF
Grottoes. and Messrs. George Calvert
BOWIE and William Shock Boteler. OF
this city.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mrs. j. Rupert Mohler. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Given Fulton. sister and brother.
in-law OF the bridegroom: DR.. and
Mrs. H. Owen Canada. all of Grottoes,
and DR.. Guy r. Fisher, OF Staunton,
Va.
Great interest Ia being shown In tho
public opening of the exhibit, THE
Menace to Civilization" at the New
Willard tomorrow at IL o'clock. These
pictures are being shown at this time
With the hope of giving an impetus to
the movement for disarmament.
Bella Crmo. the creator Of the work,
arrived In Washington today and will
be present at the exhibit Saturday and
Sunday. Some OF the patrons are:
Mrs. Henry Cantwell Wallace, Miss
Ailse Mellon, Senator Gilbert II.
Hisch~ock. Senator Samuai Morgan
shortridge. Senator Morris, Sheppard.
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Forces" and the 'psyctciogy OF tho
Future"
Or THU sday. December 8. DIR. do
kerlor will lecture az Wardman Park
Hotel on 'oGr Hidden Forces"
-
Mr.. and Mira. Edward Hamiin Ever
EFT have issued Invitations to = dance
for the Riding and Hunt Club on
Wednesday evening, December Il, NJ
Q o'clock, at their home In Sheridan
Circle.
Mrs. Arthur Doig IL visiting DR..
and Mrs. Robert Doig at their nome IN
San Diego, California. Major Dotg ex-
poets to join her there for Christmas.
after which they will return to Fort
Casey. Washington. where Major Dois
Is sta toned.
The Cleveland Park Congregational
Church, at Thirty.fourth and Lowell
streets, will hold q bazaar this
afterno Don and evening beginning at
o clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy T. Ansberry
will be hosts at dinner on December
20 in compliment to Miss Eleanor
Davies. debutante daughter Of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Joseph Davies. -
-
Mrs. Mark Sullivan will be at home
on December 8 and December IL.
-
Mrs Eggleston Bride.
Col. and Mrs. Thomas l.. Eggles-
ton announce the engagement VI
their daughter. Miss Verge Earl
Eggieston, to w. Marceilus Dalders.
ton on Wednesday. November %. at
8 o'clock at their home 1917 Hobart
street.
The wedding of J. Rupert Mohler
jr.. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Rupert
Mohler, of Grottoes. Va. and Miss
Helen j. Sheriff. daughter OF MT. aud
Mrs. Philip II. Sheriff. of this city
took place at noon yesterday at 81
Thomas Episcopal Church. the Rev
G. Earnest Smith, officiating.
The bride was given In marriage Nv
her father and was attended by her
sister, Mrs. George Calvert Bowie. as
matron OF honor. and Miss Trixie Mob.
Ter. sister of the bridegroom. as maid
OF honor.
The bridegroom was attended by his
brother. James william Mchler. OF
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mAntiepiece. which was thanked by
tall candlesttcks and q candelbrA
stood on the mantle shelf.
Tho bride. who was given In mar
rixgs by her father, wore . wedding
gown OF white satin made on simple,
straight lines. The long court train
Of tr!le. which fell several yards to
the floor, was made with wide bands
Of satin on the sides and a deep band
at the end. on which were clusters Of
orange blossoms. The tulle veil was
arraigned with q coronet of rose
point lace. She carried shower bou-
quet OF Bride roses and lilies of the
valley.
Miss Jean Tolley. a cousin of the
bride, who was maid of honor. wore
becoming frock of blue chiffon over
pink chiffon and carried an armful Of
pink roses ana blue larkspur.
I Miss Cecilia Eobb. young daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Robb, o.
Edgemore. and little Mics Phebe Sea-
grave. daughter of Col. and Mrs.
David Curtis Seagrave, who were the
flower girls. wore dainty frocks Of
white ruffled organdie and carried
baskets Of Sweetheart roses and tor
get-me-nots.
Walter Woods. of Memphis. Tenn.
wac best mcn for his brother, and the
ushers were Herbert Richardson,
John 0. Donaldson. George Gribble and
Major Sumner Waite, ". g. A.
The ,out-of.town guests who attend
ed the ceremony included Louis
Woods, of Memphis. Tenn, father Of
the bridegroom; Mr.. and Mrs. Rolshd
l.. Taylor and Miss Elizabeth Taylor.
OF Phila ieiphia; Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
and Mis-, Virginia Allen, of Baltimore;
Lieut.. Col William r. Davis. of Mary
land; Miss Sallie Skinner. Of Pennsyl-
vania. aid Herbert Richardson. Of
Memphis. Mr.. and Mrs. Woods viii
make their home In Memphis.
DR.. w. de Kerior, the eminent
psychologist, has arrived in Wash
ington and Is at the Wardman Park
Hotel. ~ :
DR.. de Kerlor lie in Washington to
mentally x-ray the conference dele
gates. He believes he will be able to
accurately Diagnose the immediate in
pending course Of International events
by studying the faces of Secretary
Hughes. Balfour, Kato. and other
conferences stars.
He IL the editor Of Our Hidden
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giy.s tea on Sunday afternoon ~
o'clock at It's headquarters, rs Flint
street northeast. when they will have
as speaker Miss Nellie M. Seaman.
of New Zealand; Nine. Hide Onowye,
of Japan, and Nine. Sri Hard. q
Segerstad. OF Sweden. who viii Al
speak on THE Women Of My COnn-
try" Mrs. Donald II. Hooker wfl1
be chairman. sx..3
Mr. and Mrs. e. @. Bender erter-
tanned last evening In honor OF Airs.
Bender's mother, Mrs. Clarence FeeA-
ian, to celebrate her fifitieth baftA-
day anniversary.
The color scheme of yellow yUe
carried out In the dining room 81
throughout the house, yellow chr9o-
anthemums being used In profusAne,.
The table appointments were all ~
yellow, and yellow shades on tbe
lights cast a golden glow over ths
room. "a
Miss Martha Evans OF Brazil, -
sisted the hostess In receiving. INA
Miss Lillian Bender presided at ~
punch table. ~
Carl Bender gave several piaao
selections during the evening. EI
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Charles Bell, Gen. Tasker Fl. Bliss.
Justice John I'll. Clark, Mary e. Ray
mond, Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Duncan
Phillips, Mrs. Albert Bacon Fall. Mrs.
James John Davis end others.
The exhibit Is sponsored by Freder-
lex J. Libby, National Council for
limitation Of Armanents; Bishop John
w. Hamilton. chancellor American
University; Rev. Or. William j.
Kerby. Catholic University; Miss
Emma Void. ,Women's Committee for
World Disarmament; Mrs. Frances 3.
Nichols. National Woman's Bureau,
and Rabbi DIR. Abram Simon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hartman. an.
nounce the marriage Of their daugh-
ter. Miss Florence 4. Hartman. TO
Mr. Morris Stokzis, OF London, Eng
land, on Sunday, November 81.
Mrs. Nanette Il. Paul. LII. B., is
giving course of six lectures on
parliamentary law for the League Of
Women Voters In Baltimore on Mon
day at o'clock at the Y. w. G. A.
headquarters.
The National Woman's Party viii
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Shaw. Miss Nina Lunn. Miss Eliza
beth zolnay. Miss Annette Ashford,
Miss Eleanor Hill, Miss Margaret
Treadwell, Miss Helen Colbert. Miss
May Taylor. Miss Dorothe Heiberg,
Miss zilla MacDougail, Miss Flor
ence Cline, Miss Doris Monroe. Miss
Trixy Moehler, Misd Elizabeth Price.
Miss Betty Carter. Princess Bertha
Cantacuzene, Miss Mary Emily Ham
ilton, Miss Anne Bryan. Miss Laura
Lejeune. Miss Edith Bacon. Miss
Corinne Stevens. Miss Diana Cum
ming, Miss Jane Carmichael, Miss
Marie Louise Johnson. Miss Kath-
crime Marriott, Miss Elizabeth Kemp.
Miss Marjorie Gelm, and Miss Kath-
crime Hall.
Bulgarian Minister Coming.
The Minister of Bulgaria and Nine.
Panaretoff. vino have been abroad for
two months. will sail on the Aquitania
December 10, for New York. The
Minister and Nine. Panaretoff spent q
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Jean Eliot's Mems
OF Capital Society

Commander and Mrs. Harry KIM
nell. entertained at luncheon today
Tor TWO navy buds. Miss Helen Crit
nm, daughter of Rear Admiral and
Mrs Robert Griffin. and Miss Cath
crime Cheatham. daughter Of Captain
ana Mrs. j. J. Cheatham. The table
was effectively decorated with pink
roses and about the house We're
placed great yellow crysanthemums
tied with blue--the navy colors--
which had been sent the popular
young hostess.
The guests asked to meet Miss
Griffin and Miss Chatham were:
Miss Gladys Chapman Smith, Miss
Mary Palmer, Miss Mary Stitt. Miss
Patricia Ainsa, Miss Katherine
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04
JapPrenier Assassinated
 In Tokio

Tokio, Nov. 4-Premier Takashi Har1a, head of the Japanese cabinet and for forty years prominent in public affairs in Japan, was assassin ated here today. Takashi Hara had been Premier of Japan since Sept. 50, 1918, He was a leader of the Say ulzawi tgovernment) party, the Pre- 1;sser headed the Japanese govern ment during a time when questions of wortld wide Importance were pending in the Orient.
 His policy was strongly anti-Bol- sshevik, but he consistently eontended that Japan had no aggressive or war like aims either in Siberia or China. He played an important part in creat- ine the Japanese policy to be fol- lowed at the Washington conference and in a public interview he pro- nouHaced all took of possible war be- tween Japan and America to be "ab- solubely baseless,"
 Washington, Nov. 1.-The State De partment this afternoon received con- firnnation of the assassination of Pre- mier Hara=
 The despatch to tine State Depart ment was Ineagre and stated that the Premier was "dead or dying" It gave no information as to the assas- sination merely stating that the Pre- n1ier came to death through 'an as- SaSsin."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04
Democrats
 Will Renew
 Bonus Fight

Washington, Nov. A. Republican and Democratic Senators were ar rayed against one another today in what was expected to develop into a bitter battle over the so-called soldiers bonus amendments to the pending compromise tax bill. Two Democratic proposals were to be dis posed of one by Senator Reed of Missouri, fer payment of the soldiers bonus by continuing the excess profits taxes, repealed by the pending meas ure. Another advanced by Senators Simmons of North Carolina and Walsh of Massachusetts for compen- sation of World War veterans from interest collected on the eleven bill 1ioa dollar foreign Indebtedness to the United States.
 Republican leaders predicted that both would be rejected by a substan7 ttal majority: They would seek to amendment is Haeonstttntianl
 Ths SiEa#aoRs-Walsh amendment they planned to knock oui on a point of order eR the ground that 1t IS
 The DeEasera4s were prepared however, ta Feaew the eehtroversy over the soldiers bonus. It was fearz ea by ttese iR charge af the tax plI
 t E s aasass aaf se pssd ala td Fras'ts foace is passage by teEaarrow Risat;
 Following tRe defeat Pf Senator Shoots proposal for a manufacturers sale tax oa one per ceat. 1t was ex= pectea that his ameadGneRt for 9 turRayeF tax ef pne-half of one per cent. we4tid share the same fate and his eattFs slH5sfltpte for the pending Spaoot predicted that the sales tax was rertaaq to be adopted pext year waaeR he aee5ared an entirsly new tax revision bill would have to be :writ- ten.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04

to deduct S155.OOO by certificate. Be. 26 dated April 1st. 1920, from tie Tax List of the Bryant Electric Cons pany? Aud is it not true that Sin. Bryant of this company is now SUD- porting Mir. Connor and Mir. Wilson for reelection?
 \ Scheme of HoIdup. st
 That the whole system of r and then reducing, was a sche of hold-up Of everybody who might have any, considerable amount Of property. is shown by the following, from which it will be noticed that it was the cus- tom of that office to raise the valua- tions in huge sums and then grant a reduction,
 Furnishing Atwater
 The Democratic candidate for mayor has not been immune from this practice. The Columbia Nut and Bolt company. of which he is treasurer, listed its property in 1917 as worth $34,o00. The Tax Commissioner raised it to $60,S90, He was th>n compelled to retain counsel ana ap- pear before the Board of Relief. who reduced it to a figure at which it was originally listed. In 1918 again ti3e property was listed for taxation tt s36.300 The Tax Commissioner l. creased it to $7s,790, He was again compelled to retain lawyer sa..dt again the assessment was reduced -a $37,500, Again in 1919 the Drcpe Y of this concern was listed a st1.2 ;. MT Connor advanced this figure to the sum of s91, ,806, and again 1t v-!s reduced to the proper figure.
 After the Grand List in any Siv+n year is filed and the Board of Appor- tionment has named a tax which is io be levied upon it, the law requit'es that it remain unchanged except as the Superior Court upon appeal ir' n the Board of Relief. may require. By following this system of Ceititlcttes 1f Error. the Tax Commissioners offiee reduced the Grand List. illegally, 1;y, the sum of sS65.453 in the year 19fei. In 1917 the total value of Certifica ~'sz of Error amounted to S1,244.795. m 1918 1t had risen to s2,071,S ,S97. in 1919 it was S2,755,S72.
 Was Conduct Criminal? If the increases in tax ass<Ss- ments which were made by Mir CoEanor are iuStifiable. then he ought to he criminaIly' Fable for dcfraudiIlg the city of the huge sums of money which he has, l';- / making these reductions. On tine other hand. if these increases in assessments were not just;Ga ble Gas I believe they were Ziog} then he was guilty of course = of conduct little less than criminal.
 I do not believe that the people of Bridgeport are going to continue to harbor in the City Hall men of i.is5 type. If Bridgeport has fallen to a point in it's civic morale where tle people are satisfied with officials wno corrupt their offices and use the DoB-, CTS conferred upon them to menaee the people of Bridgeport, then it is easy to see that the decline of e.lai community is far advanced.
 It is no wonder that industries
 who would be able to afford cnl-
 ployment to thousands of our
 people and thereby hclp te build
 up our community. refuse to io-
 cate here.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04

According to MT. Robinson, the list of the Columbia. Nut Se Bolt Co. was threet times raised by the tax com missioner to grossly inoriinafe- fig ures in three several years.
 Three times MT. Atwater, employing legal assistance, asserted hSs rights, and three separate times, the taxdn g power of Bridgeport reduced the fig
 lres to exactly those claimed by Mir. Atwater,
 It was the ogptnion among thought f,tl oitizens, today, that the Repub- Moan machine is in panic. Ehe statement in which the three times l,speaited unjust attempt to coerce Att water by employing the taxing pow CIT, cannot be denied, because the re- aponsible officials have admitted it, and have explained in detail what happened; how they. were compelled by legal force to-do justice, and how sion to threaten, punish and injure,
 In. the five rousing rallies which were addressed by Mir. Atwater and Town Chairman Cornell, last night, Cornell made an unqualified and wig orous opposition of the tax methods employed in city hall. He said in part:
 A Nest of Corruption.
 Tha office of the Tax Commissioner as it was, is the very nest of corrup- tion. It is here that a control and power lie which. have been used as a bludgeo to hammer tax payers, WnGlhSr. SI1all IOI1G-O"nSISy puS1heSS men, or manufacturers, into a, state of submission. The real power be- hind the Republican Administration is mere concerned today about re- taining control of the Tax Office than it is of anything else.
 Last night l asked that MT. Connor tell me why it was that he had re. duced by hundreds Of thousands of dollars the tax lists of Ger, sin indi- viduals and concerns. He has not re- piled. He does not dare reply, be- cause he cannot do so without in eliminating himself
 asked also that MT. Lewis pres ident of the Board of Relief. state why it was that without authority he 1 issued certain certificates as president the Board of Relief was not in ses- sion. He does not dare reply. Used as Tools.
 I charge now, fairly and openly, that Mir. Connor and MT. Lewis have | both allowed themselves to be used
 as implements in one of the most cor | rupt series Of practices ever foisted upon municipality. The figures show that cetrain concerns in Bridge port year after year have received re
 anywhere from $10,000 to $400. 900.
 I ask MT. Connor and MT. Lewis to state why it was that every single year since 1916 the American and l British Manufacturing Company have
 received reductions in their assess
 ments in amounts ranging from ssS.- l 750 to S400,000. If they answer that
 the s40o,0o0 reduction was supposed
 to have been made by the Board of Relief, I answer that I1iS was accom-
 plished through close cooperation of tie two. Answer This Question. Will NIT: COnnor please state what consideration it was which moved him
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04
Ministers Go Through With
 Recent Charge

Meriden, Conn.,, Nov: Alive of from their pulpits have recently crit fcized the police of teis city because of the prevalence of Hquop selling and immortality, which they charged existed here, and a delegation of the local W, O. T. U., appeared in the po- lice court today when the cases of John Altobello, a saloonkeeper of Grove stret, and his bartender, Daniel CaruSo, were called.
 The cases were continued until Mo- venpber ia under bonds of $500 each. Both are charged with violation of the liquor low. The eiergymen and e6hers are understood to be interesi- ed particularly ia the AltobellQ case, his place being one anonymously re- ferred to by the ministers in recent pulpit deeiarattaRs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04

The police are not fully satisfied that the wound in the mans chest was made by 0 knife or bayonet, but on the other hand are inclined to be- heve that the injury was caused by a ricochet bullet+ This theory is not substantiated however, by the report of Medical Examiner pr, Samuel M. Garlick
 At the autopsy 1t was positively established that McNally's body bore only three marks of injury, One of these was in the back, where the rifle bullet entered, another in the front where the same bullet emerged from the body, and the third was the deep, incised wound which is thought to have been made by knife or bayonet. ed and x-rayed, and no trace of a bull let or other foreign substance has been found, Had one of Dow's shots ricocheted into McNally, it is very been found in the body,
 Marks on the dead mans over coat, show that some missile or i'm p1ement carried away a portion of the cloth about as big as a dime, and at the edges of this hole are four oleanly sliced outs. These appear to have been made with a knife. The wound itself is as clean as if inflicted with razor, and according to phy- sicianS could not have been made by any kind of a bullet.
 dTdnLSu that McNaIIy was SlaDDeO as well as shot to death, the question arises as to who did the stabbing Here the police are up against a tough proposition. Dow absolutely denies that he yielded a knife or bayonet, and the witnesses have dis appeared. No amount of grilling and questioning can cause the young man to change his story, and it appears that he was in his bedroom on the second floor of the house when 8 policeman arrived in less than a min ute after the shooting.
 Another angle is provided by the fact that the two bullet wounds on McNally's body are practically on a horizontal line Dow claims that he fired on the man from the roof of his back porch and the location of the wounds indicate that the bullet must have taken decidedly freak course If this story ds true.
 The police are positive that Mo Na1ly and his two companions were attempting to burgaarize the Dow home and report that the liquor stor- ed in Dow's cellar was valued at S1,- 900. The trio knew of the supply, arranged to seEl 1t to someone, and then attempted to steal the stuff.
 Coroner John J, Pheian has com pleted tis Investigation, and the entire affair is now tn the hands of the pos Mce. L.szesn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04
eae4eaa4d Mayor Active.
Lill Report Cost
 Only S9,135.93

The LiH report cost ss.135-ss. The fund was subscribed by AZ persons The facts were made public by Sew ard Price, secretary of the Bridge port Chamber of Commerce, today.
 In the process of attacking the Chamber of Commerce various speak CTS in the Republican campaign, have charged that the report cost S30,000.
 The report was made by order of the chamber. in a referendum vote of Nov. 10. 1920. the ballot being S05-66. Says MT. Price:
 "The frequent statements as to the cost of the study indicate that this item, foo. may be- of public interest. So in the interest of accurate state ment and to protect those who are 50 informed the total and exact cost of the report is s9.135.93 and not s3e.0o0 as has been stated by speak CTS either uninformed or careless of fact"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04

Not content with this, in 1918, when the property was again listed for taxation, this time at $36,3OO, the Tax Commissioner increased it to $7S,790. Again I was put to the ex- pense of retaining a lawyer to pro- tect my company, and again MT. Connors was forced to make a reduc- ton to the sum of $37.
 &till pursuing his course of har- rassrnent in 1919 when the property was again listed. this time for 1.29O, Mir. Connor placed the valuation at S91,S06. Again I was forced to re- tain a lawyer to such an extent that the figure at which I filed the prop erty prevailed.
 And so it has been not only in my case, but dn hundreds of similar cases as we'll.
 If a change of administration will accomplish nothing else than to rid the City Hall of such officials as these. who sink honor and principle
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04
With
 I aking Twenty
 Bags Of Coal

Alleged to have stolen 20 bags of coal from the Hoffman Coal com pany, David Burroughs, of 1149 North avenue; Edward Smith, of Broad street. and David Stewart, of 366 Main street. all coIored. were ar raigned in the City court today. on charges of theft.
 Burroughs, who was employed by the coal company as q driver, was fined s15 and costs and given a sus- pended jail sentence Of 10 days Stewart was fined s10 with q suspend ed jail sentence Of 1o days, and Smith was fined S5 and handed d five days suspended Jail sentence.
 Smith served with the A. E. +. dur ing the war as first class, private.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04
Coal Strike
 Menace las
 Not Abated

Washipgtan, Nov. a-With B coal strike threatened the patiaR is many Haiiiions pf tons behind in its produc- closed today by the Geologlcal SpF= working days of this year Sa4;177,ae9 tons of soft coal were mined, which is 1aa, ,h9a,aaa tons behind the produc; tiea foF that PsFIaa last year a9d about iss,eee,da9 ions pshiaa the aEefage af ths WaF years Compared With fhe aEeEags .af All fpur year is duetioa is ehiefIy attrtbuted 4o de- ddas iadasffy TtShH tAIthaagHf ia t4 sems anarters 8 sfRHyeEs striker is held Fespansble. ,ag ggsHsqssa gsasaq#a sobs abis 5 Hn.sea AafhSags Igs raEurn ta work from fheir strikes in protest against Judge &nderson's abls eaFfT faaa% showed that about s,bgA miHers had walked pit in the Hocking Valley distrief:
 Ferre Haute, Ind, NQN. 4E-EHery union miner iH Indiana Eas idle to- day, aceording to John {4essler, dis trict pFesidem of the United Nine WorksrS of America. /
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-04

and integrity to the prostitution Of the functions of the offices which they have sworn to administer for the public good, then by all means let us have that change.
 Thia election. involves something more than the question of whether the Democratic ticket or the Repub- lican ticket shall be elected to office. It Is a struggle on behalf of honesty against dishonesty. It is a struggle on behalf of the people of the city against the corrupt polttica1 machine. Every device, every strategy known to the political mind has been brought into action that the present holders of office might retain them. They are inspired and they have be- come so bold that they admit that they are inspired by no other design to retain the offices which they hold except for the sake of office, and not for any reason connected with the public Service,