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Evening star., 1921-07-23
GEN. GEORGE H. HARRIES
DECORATED BY BELGIUM
Given Order of Leopold fer Services
Aiding Prisoners in
Germany.

Brig. Gen. George II. Harries. for
merly in command of the District of
Columbia militia and later with the
National Army in the world war ha :
been decorated by the Belgian govern
ment az a commander of the Order of
Leopold in special recognition Of his
services in behalf of Belgian prisoners
OF war in Germany. Gen. HarIies was
head of the allied prisoners commits
sion at Berlin following the armistice
Ihe presentation was made yester-
day at the Belgian embassy here by
baron de Cartier. the Belgian ambas-
sador, in the presence of NJ Silver
cruys, secretary Of embassy. and Mai
ID. NJ. Ashbr1dge Of the United States
Coast Artillery Corps. military incl
llsence division. War Department
Gen. Harries has also received the
distinguished service medal
Evening star., 1921-07-23
BANK LOSS, ST. 900.
Chicago Trust Company Suffers
Through Closing.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. July 23-The loss
to the Michigan Avenue Trust Com
pany Bank, which was closed Thurs
day IN the absence of it's president.
Warren c. Spurgin. will be more
than $l.0O0.O0O. and may reach ST.
100000. These figures were given
out by George NJ. Reynolds. chair
man of the Continental and Com
mercial National Banks board of di-
rectors and uncle of Spurgin, who
has mot been located. No action has
been taken against Spurgin.
At a meeting of depositors, it was
decided to try to save the bank.
rather than force it into the hands of
a receiver. The bank had close to
$4.000.000 in deposits and the auditor
has found $214.000 in cash and a
quantity of stocks and bonds.
The Michigan Avenue Trust had no
connection with any other Chicago
bank and was not a member of the
clearing house association.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
KU KLUx TAKES BLAME.
Texans Admit Tarring Two Men in
Letters to Press.

BEAUMONT. Tex, July o3-The
Beaumont local of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan today sent long let
ters to both newspapers here in which
they assume full responsibility for
the recent beating. tarring and feath-
ering of j. S. Paul. local physician.
and R. F. Scott. Marine Corps veteran
of Deweyville.
The communication bore the Of
fetal seal of the order and contained
more than four thousand words as
an explanation of the two attacks.
They are summed up with the fol-
lowing quotations.:
For while They rabble with their thumb-worn
! Their large professions and their little deeds
Mingled with the selfish strife. 10! Freedom
weeps.
Wrong rules the land and waiting justice
sleeps.
Belief was expressed here that the
letters will be investigated by Will
liam Joseph Simmons. grand wizard
of the order. of Atlanta, Ga, and the
developments maye be expected in
accordance with the head officials
j declared intention to submit to au-
thorities the roster of local branches
developments may be expected in
Evening star., 1921-07-23
COMMISSIONERS LIKELY
TO ACCEUT DEAN SITE
FOR new PLAYGROUND

Offer of the Woman's National
Foundation to the District of four
acres of the Dean tract. at Con-
necticut and Florida avenues, for
use as a playground will be COM
municated formally to the Commits
sioners today through Mrs. Susie
Root Rhodes. supervisor of play
grounds.
Mrs. Rhodes thanked the board
of governors of the foundation
yesterday for the offer. and there
Is little doubt that it will be ac-
cepted by the Commissioners. 1t is
stated that the property can be
equipped with playground para
phernalta and placed in commission
without delay.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
CONGRESS TO GET
RAILWAY PROGRAM
President Will Submit Plan
for Funding Debts of
Roads.

President Harding will submit to
Congress next Tuesday the admins
tration plan for funding the debts of
meeting without additional appropria-
|tions the claims of the roads growing
out of federal control.
An understanding has been reached
between the roads and the admins
tration, it was learned today, to
facilitate speedy settlement of the
claims of the carriers without any
new arrangement or modification of
the wartime contracts with the gov
ernment. Authority to fund the debts
of the roads, it was explained. is
given the President by the trans
portation act. but it was deemed ad
visable to acquaint the. Congress with
the methods under consideration.
Use of the War Finance Corpora
the railroad administration, the set
tlement of the governments financial
relations has been suggested, as we'll
as other means, but additional au-
thority from Congress would be re-
quired to permit the corporation to
actions.
Claims Waived.
After three weeks Of negotiations.
the basis upon which the railroads
claim would be quickly met. was said
to Rave been reached through the
roads acceeding to the adm nistra-
tons request to waive claims for in
efficiency Of labor in work done on
the lines by the government before
returning them to private control. In
waving such claim however. 1t was
declared the right of any of the roads
to sue on them in the courts would
not be affected in the event of fail
ure of settlement.
The administrations position dur
| ing the negotiations with the carriers
was declared to have been that the
roads ought to facilitate settlement
without considering what the gov
ernment regarded as extravagant
claims for efficiency of labor. Only
these claims, it was asserted. were in
dispute, and so far the railroad ad
ministration has refused. with the ap-
proval Of the President, to make any
adjustment on that basis.
On the other hand. the adminis:ra-
|'tion felt, it was asserted. that the gov
ernment had not been fair to the rail-
roads and should give them what was
rightfully theirs. At the same time it
was desirable to facilitate settlement
Of the railroad problem. which would
enable the closing of the railroad ad-
miniStration, an expensive government
agency.
Settlement Speeded.
The administration and the railroads,
it was maintained, had sought frank
understanding which, by laying aside
elaborate claims for inefficiency of labor.
would speed up the settlement desired.
While all railroads, particularly the
short lines, were not represented in the
Association Of Railway Executives with
whom negotiations were conducted. it
was believed that the understanding
reached would meet with the approval
Of all the carriers.
Debts of the roads to the government
have been generally estimated at about
$500, 100000. while their claims have been
put at various figures. Director Gen.
eral Of Railroads Davis in a recent esti-
mate to Congress declared that while
all the claims were not in it was thought
the total would be $3.50. 100000. which,
if settled on the basis of about 40 per
cent as heretofore, would approximate
$500, 900, 900.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
7AXREWSERSSEE
.%,O(o,oDQ,0)D GOAL
House Committee Sees No
! Hope of Reduction of
Gross Amount.

The House ways and means COM
mittee will set about tax revision with
the idea of raising $4.000,00O,00O In
revenue exclusive Of postal receipts
in the next year. Chairman Fordney
said last night after he. with other
republican members of the commit
tee. had conferred at length with
Secretary Mellon on the general sub
1ect of taxation. The amount re-
quired is the same as has been raised
by the present law and shows no
hope, therefore. of a reduction In the
gross amount needed. -,
The governments requirements Will
be met. however, in slightly diner.
ent manner than under the present
law. the chairman said Many
changes are proposed in the nope OF
readjusting the burden in way Ihat
will encourage commerce ana lnuus-
try and thereby increase the re'e-
nues. according to Mr.. Fordney.
VIII Confer With President.
Although the conference with the
Treasury head was said to have pro-
, yided a basis upon which the COM
: mittee may begin work Tuesday, Mr.
Fordney probably will take up the
subject with President Harding be,
fore proceeding 1t was understood
he hoped to confer with the PRESIDENT
Monday. -.
From Mr.. FOrdneyS remarks. IL
appeared that majority committee
members were agreed on abolition or
the excess profits tax and the substi-
tuition for it of some levy on cor
porations, probably around l5 per
cent Reduction in teh higher sur
taxes on income. also seemed assured,
since they are regarded at the Treas
urv as driving capital into tax eN-
empt securities and as discourage
ment to investments of nature which
produce federal revenue.
New Bills Provisions.
The new tax bill probably will be
made retroactive over the calendar
year of 1921 on incomes and other
forms of taxes based on the calendar
: period. AS to other taxes; Mr.. Ford
ney said he hoped to make most of
them applicable Immediately upon
passage of the bill.
Transportation taxes would be re-
,,eaied under Mr.. Fordneys plan. but
he said it might not be possible to do
so. Many of the special wartime
:axes, described recently by Mr.. Mel
IN as ''nuisanceS," are certain to be
eliminated under the program to be
advocated by the committee chairman.
AS for a reduction in the taxes on
normal incomes or the raising of the
personal income exemptions, Mr. Ford
ney held out little hope. He said.
however that if sufficient new sources
of revenue can be tapped to offset the
losses anticipated through abolition of
the excess profits and reduction of the
higher surtaXeS on incomes. the per-
sonal income exemptions will get some
consideration, as will the rates on the
normal incomes.
Chairman Fordney would not say
that a general tax reduction was pos
sible. but emphasized that the burden
could be made lighter through redis-
tribution of the levies.
Evening star., 1921-07-23

daughters. Olga and DR.. Hau's
wife. was shot in the back on the
streets OF Baden Baden in Novem-
Der. 1906. as she was answering an
alleged telephone call from a tele-
graph office. This telephone call
is said to have been the work of
Hau. intended to lure Mrs. Militor
TO the street. where a man with a
false black beard shot her Hau
fed to London, where he later was
arrested.
A barber testified he affixed
false beard on Iau that day.
Hau's wife. Lima. whom he had met
and married in Zurich. where they
were both students. committed sui
eide after her husbands convic-
tion. leaving a letter in which she
asked that the names of her chill +
dren be changed. for she believed
Hau had murdered her mother.
When convicted Hau was in the
employ of the Standard Oil Com
pany, assigned to Constantinople.
He was born In Bernkastel, Ger
many.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
OPPOSES POLICE SEARCH.
New York Mayor Reiterates De-
.mand to Police Commissioner,

NEW YORK. July 23-Mayor Hylan
has reiterated a demand made last
month that police officers be pre-
vented from searching private homes
or travelling bags carried on the
streets without first obtaining search
warrants. The subject was brought
out in a letter written to Police Com
missioner Richard e. Enright.
while it is imperative" the mayor
wrote. that vigorous efforts be
made to see that conditions of law
and order prevail. it is equally i'm
portant that unlawful methods
should not be indulged in in connec-
ion with the enforcement of the law.
Unwarranted inyasions of the rights
Of respectable people must not be
tolerated"
The mayor declared if members of
the police force persisted in making
liquor arrests without search war
rants they should be tried and prop
erly disciplined.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
KEEP SWATTlNG THE FLY.
Health Officer Says Pests Multiply,
Despite Cool Spell.

Don't let the cool weather stop you.
Keep swattinG the fly and give no
quarter. DR.. Fowler, health officer
for the District, said today that the
cool breezes and chill nights have not
been cool enough or chilly enough to
keep the army of flies from adding
, millions of recruits to their ranks.
The temperature. said DIR. Fowler. has
been by no means low enough to cause
any serious depletion of their forces.
BY all means. keep up the war on
the fly" declared DR.. Fowler. Don't
be persuaded by the cooler weather
that the flies have decreased in num-
ber at all. Swat 'em and keep on
Owatting EN-"
Evening star., 1921-07-23
NORTHCLIFFE IN U. S.
Reaches New York on First Leg
of Extensive Tour.

NEW YORK, July 23-Viscount
N6rthcliffe, British publisher and po-
litical power. arrived today on the
steamship Aquitania, on the first leg
of an extensive tour the prime pur-
pose of which is to study interna-
tional problems in the Pacific.
After visiting the United States,
Viscount Northcliffe will go to Can
ada. Honolulu. the Fiji Islands. New
Zealand. Australia, the Philippines.
Japan. China, Korea, the Strait set
tlement, Burma and India.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
Mr.. HERRICK DECORATED.
Ambassador to France Honored for
Postwar Work.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. July 22-The Journal Ohiciel
today publishes list of persons who
have been awarded medals by the gov
ernment as a mark of gratitude for
work performed for France in connec-
ton with postwar relief work.
Prominent among those decorated is
Myron T. Herrick. the American ambas-
sador. who is given the Vermeil medal
for his services in the development
of postwar works for Fronce heroes.
The Lafayette Memorial Fund also is
awarded a similar medal. with special
mention for it's work among French
children, and one is given to Raoul Dan
durand of Montreal. president of the
Franco-American committee.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
BAND CONCERT.

At the White House at ) pm.
concert by the United States
Marine Band. william II. Santel-
mann, leader; Taylor Branson,
second leader.
March. General Haywood,
Santelmann
Overture. La Dame Blanche"
B0ieldieu
Fifth Nocturne" .. .Leybach
Suite. Peer Gynt". Grieg
(a) Morning" allegrettO
pastorale: OBJ Asses Death"
andante dolorosa; (c) "Ani-
tra's Dance" tempo di ma
Zurka: (d) Dance of tn.
Imps in the. Hall Of the
Mountain King" ALA marcia
motto marcato.
Waltz, Morning Journals"
Strauss
Ballet music. "Prince Ador."
Reubner
Grand selection. "Offenbachi-
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1921-07-23
ARREST RUSSIAN GENERAL.

VIENNA, July 23.-Belgrade reports
that Russian general named Komi-
sarow was arrested Thursday on the
charge of being implicated in the re-
cent attempt to assassinate Crown
Prince Alexander of Serbia. Gen.
Komisarow, who resided in Pancsova,
near Belgrade. is described as a well
known anarchist
Evening star., 1921-07-23
112 DISTILLERIES RAZED.

GREENVILLE. S. c.. July 23.-One
hundred and twelve distilleries have
been destroyed and 200 gallons of MOON
shine whisky and 26650 gallons of beer
has been seized and poured out in Green
Vile county by Sheriff Carlos Rector
and his deputies since the first of the
year, according to his semi-annual re-
port made public yesterday.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
$50 LEAVE ARMY.

HAMPTON, Va, July 23.-About $50
enlisted men received discharge papers
a Langley Field yesterday. and some 300
others expect to be returned to civilian
life next week, at which time 400 or
more will be discharged from the garri-
son at Fort Monroe. The reductions are
expected to bring both posts to ap-
proximate peace-time strength within
few weeks.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
HEADS new THOUGHT.
James A. Edgerton of Washington
Elected President.

DENVER, Col, July 23.-James A.
Edgerton, Washington, D. c.. was unan-
imously elected president of the Inter-
national New Thought Alliance, in con-
vention here. Mrs. Melva Merrill, also
of Washington, was re-chosen secretary.
Others elected were: r. c. Douglas,
Boston. auditor, and Charles Watts,
Philadelphia, treasurer.
Philadelphia seemed to be favored for
the next convention, leaders said.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
By the Associated Press. q

By the Associated Press. q
SCRANTON. Pa, July 23.-More
than twenty persons were injured.
several seriously. when the Lacka-
wanna limited, one of the fastest
trains on the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western railroad. between New
York and Buffalo, was wrecked at
Glenburn. near here.
The most seriously injured are:
Charles Coolbaug1I; engineer. Scran-
ton; scalded: condition serious.
Jacob Gleishman, fireman, Goulds-
boro, Pa; scalded; condition serious.
Oscar Snyder. mail clerk. Strouds-
burg, Pa: crushed: condition serious.
X. H. Hart, mail clerk, Haeketts-
town. N. j.; crushed: condition serious.
James Simrell, conductor. Bingham
ton. N. Y; badly bruised about the
body.
The wreck occurred when the bag
gage car jumped the track and fell
across the roadbed. A mail car also
was derailed and toppled across the
other tracks. Two passenger coaches
left the rails. but did not turn over.
A locomotive. eastbound and travelling
light. crashed into the wrecked mail
car.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
Held After Shootingt

WICHITA FALLS Tex.-Henry
Adams, who several days ago was
taken to Matador. Tex, by party
of men. where an unsuccessful effort
was made to have q complaint filed
against h:m charging non-support of
his wife. Is held under bond. follow :
ing the shooting to. death of c. L.
Burden, prominent farmer of North
field. Four others. said to have been
members of a party which visited
Adams home at the time of the shoot
ing. are also being held in connection
with the case
According to reports. the party was
advancing toward a tent in which
Adams slept. when Il. shot was heard.
Burden fell WOundad. He was car
ried to wagon by his companions
and died on the way to hospital
Mrs. Adams. who was at the home
of neighbor at the time of the
shooting. denies that her husband
tailed to support her or that he had
mStreated her,
Evening star., 1921-07-23
HELD ON CHECK CHARGE.

Inspector. Daniel Sullivan, acting chief
Of detectives. has received a message
from the police Of Memphis, Tenn, tell
ing Of the arrest of William e. Root,
resident Of that city. who is wanted here
to answer charges Of passing worthless
checks.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
DETAILED TO EMBASSY,

Commander Edward G. Hammer. j-..
or the office of naval intelligence
Navy Department. has been detailed
as assistant naval attache at the
United States embassy. London
Evening star., 1921-07-23
Sentenced for Staying.

HARRISONBURG, Va-Edward Shift
lett. thirty years old. native of the
Blue Ridge mountains near here, was
convicted of voluntary manslaughter and
sentenced to four and a half years in
the penitentiary in connection with the
death Of Dosh Garrison, a mountaineer.
Garrison was stabbed to death on the
night of May % in a'free-for- r-all fight
at the home of his mother. The family,
according to testimony at the trial, had
gathered at the house to welcome home
Buckle Garrison. who had Just served
out penitentiary term for ''moonshin-
ing"
Evening star., 1921-07-23
Twenty Injured in Train Wreck
When Baggage Car Jumps Track

husband of Mrs Alma Curry, whose
body. with that of her daughter, Eerf'
Curry. was found in the woods near this
city, has been arrested at CaIaway
Ark. and returned to JonesborO. He
was ordered held on coroner's warrant
pending further investigation.
Mrs. George Harrison OF Jonesboro
who told Coroner o. c. Powell and
Sheriff Johnson that she had telephoned
Mrs. Curry at Paragould, asking her to
come to Webbs Mill to work at road
construction camp. was also put under
bond for her appearance before the
coroner's Jury.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
-Four Die in Ship Blast.

NEW YORK-Four men We're killed
and a number injured when an ex-
plosion occurred in an empty compart-
ment on the tank steamship Ari'"ore.
owned by the standard Oil COnpa, Of
New Jersey. The explosion is believed
to have resulted from a spark igniting
gas generated by crude oil.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
Suicide by Flames,

NORTHPORT. N. Y.-Despondent be-
cause her son. Rev. Thomas Oakley OF
Mexico. Mo-, had to return to his duties
in the west. Mrs. Adelaide Oakley, sew
enty-nine. committed suicide by setting
fire to her clothing a few hours after
he had left.
Evening star., 1921-07-23
Killed While Stealing Ride.

ATLANTA. Ga.-One man was
killed and another injured in the de-
railment of a Southern railway
freight train near here. Railroad
officials said it was admitted they
were stealing ride tc Atlanta to
look for work.
Evening star., 1921-07-23

Held on COrOner's Warrant.
tIONESBORO, Ark-James Curr,
Evening star., 1921-07-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.

i VIII NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted by any person other than
NV.
NOTICE-BENJAMIN KANDEL. 1925 14th ST.
NV has sold his business to Triton 2. Sofa.
Persons having any claims against the said
benjamin Kandel shall present the same at
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-21

trict which was among a number
of similar reports transmitted to the
house and senate immigration COM
mittees by Mr.. Hughes.
Publications of extracts from the
government reports was the sub
ject of discussion today in the
house. representative Chandler,
republican, New York, who former
ly was counsel in the United States
for Letvia and Lithuania, took ex-
ception to an official government
report which saiH the Let's and
tJitfsu4Iflans .5ee4tiffs % 4e,Sve tot
the United States were largely peo-
pie from the slums, the vast ma
jority of them Jews of the unde-
sirable type" He declared that
whoever made that report com
municated to this government that
which is absolutely false"
"I do not believe Mr., Hughes
authorized this or any similar re-
port" said Mr.. Chandler. ut came
from abroad. Mr.. Hughes is toe
big and noble Drained to consent tc
anything of that kind"
Chairman Johnson said he
thought Mr.. Hughes had read all
of the reports before sending them
to congress, and that he knew he
had signed the letter of transmittal
Representative Siegel, republi-
can, New York, interrupted to say
MIR. Hughes signed the letter in the
usual course.
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PAVING PROTEST WITHDRAWN AT
INDICATION BY Commissioners
that PRICES WILL BE Cheaper
Different Type May Be Laid at $3.50 Yard,
Swope Intimates; Presbyterian Sanatorium
and Other Property Owners on East Cen
trail Avenue Declare They Withdraw OBJ
jections To Work at That Figure.

the Presbyterian sanatorium AMI
other property owners if they would
object to paving at 90 cents a yard
less than the anticipated price of
$500 on the type of paving hereto
fore used in Albuquerque.
Mr.. Cooper and two other prop
erty owners said they would with
draw objections to the paving at
that price. They represent a large
share of the 45 per cent of the
property represented in protests
filed with the commissioners.
Mr. Swope said that black base
paving could probably be laid for
$3.50 a yard. The concrete base
type, heretofore used in the city,
will probably be bid for about So 80
a yard.
Mr.. Cooper and other property
owners made it clear that they were
protesting only against paving al
the present price-s3.90 a yard
The formal protest stated that
the present high cost of paving was
viewed with alarm" and suggested
that if no relief is forthcoming. that
| the city form q municipal paving
company.
Protest meetings will be held to.
night and Friday night for the prof.
ects on North First street and West
Gold avenue. Following the deci-
sion on all projects, bids will be
asked and the commission will be
guided in its action and the ac-
ceptance or rejection of bids by the
sentiments expressed by the prop
|arty owners at the protest meetings
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ing English. There were three
women in the same seat. The one
nearest us turned to her compan-
ions and declared we were French.
They began abusing foreigners.
"a crowd gathered. To the
children the old woman declared
we had spoken French words de-
rogatory to the former empress.
Neither of US understands French.
One of the old woman's compan-
ions tried to explain we had not
spoken about the dead former en-
press. but that We were discussing
the beauty of the park.
THE crowd, however, drew
nearer shouting we were French
and children began to throw
stones. My husband tried to pro-
tect me and we ran. and then two
civilians and the policeman came
to our aid"
Mr.. Tobinson declared he and
his wife were born IN Russia. Mrs.
Tobinson, he asserted, is the
daughter of American parents but
that he Is a naturalized citizen. He
said he could speak neither Rus
sian nor French.