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Evening star., 1921-09-17
STEPHEN EARLY WEDs.

Stephen T. Early of the Associated
Press stan. and Miss Helen wrenn,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus C.
Wrenn of Baltimore, were quietly
married today. and left Immediately
after on an automobile trip through
the north.
Mr.. Early served with the A. E. F.
during the war, having received his
military training at Fort Myer, where
he was commissioned first lieutenant
Shortly after his arrival in France he
was promoted to coptain. and won dis
tinction for meritorious service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Early will be at home
to their friends at All Quincy street
on their return to the city.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
SIX INDICTED IN DEATH
OF ENGINEER SHOT IN CAB
One Already Given Three Months
in Jail for tInterfering With
Employees"
By the Associated Press,


FITZGERALD. Ga, September H.
Indictment for murder rested today
against six former employees Of the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad, who were named in true
bill" returned by the Ben Hill county
grand jury after an investigation of
the shooting Of Engineer W. T. Reed
here while on duty on his locomotive
on the night Of July s.
Three Of the. indicted men, Harvey
Booker, Perry Booker, jr., and Tom
Hendricks, were arrested yesterday,
while the other three, g. Y. Myrick,
]. W. Hornsby and o. C. Fairfield. had
previously been taken into custody on
murder charges preferred by Reeds
widow. Three others also held on
charges by the widow, A. K. Halb
ALI Smith and A. T. Lisle. were not
named in the indictment and have
been released from Jail. TSial of the
six men has been set for the second
week in October.
Shortly after the indictments were
returned, the jury in the trial OF
Fairfield, one of the indicted men. on
charges of interfering with en-
ployes" Of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic. reported verdict of
guilty and he was sentenced to three
months in jail and twelve months on
the state farm. Fairfield was first to
be tried Of the twenty-six persons
indicted on that charge,
Evening star., 1921-09-17
PUTS TAX ON HIGH
CHARGES IN HOTELS

The Senate finance committee de-
cided today to place a tax of 10 per
cent on the amount in excess of SIS
charged by hotels for a single room.
in it's consideration of the tax revis-
ion bill. 1t also decided to place a
similar tax on an amount in excess
of So charged for a room occupied by
two persons in a hotel. This tax is
to be paid by the hotel.
The Senate committee completed
consideration of the tax revision bill
hands of the Treasury experts for
final drafting and will be ready to re-
port to the Senate on Wednesday.
when that body reassembles.
Senator smoot's Proposal.
The committee held meeting at
2:30 this afternoon to hear Senator
Smoot on his proposal to levy a man
ufacturers' sale tax.
The Senate committee at the sugges-
ton of Senator Penrose placed in the
bill provision, authorizing the pay
ment Of one-half of / per cent inter-
est on tax claims refunded by the
government. This is designed to get
quick action on claims for refund of
taxes and is the first time that the
government ever was called upon to
pay interest on claims due to citi-
zens.
The committee agreed to the House
provision authorizing an increase
from seven billion to seven billion
five hundred million notes. The COM
mittee also agreed to a fiat exemp-
ton on liberty bonds
An amendment adopted by the COM
mittee today exempts from tax. sales
Of works of art by one dealer to an
other dealer.
Calder's Liquor Tax Measures.
Senator Calder of New York an
nounced his intention to offer on the
floor of the Senate several amend
ments, one of them being a tax OF
$6.40 a gallon on distilled spirits
withdrawn for any purpose other than
manufacturing. This would be a tax
Of $40 gallon on whisky used for
medicinal purposes. Another amend
ment that will be offered by the New
York senator is tax on beer contain
ing not more than 2.75 alcohol. A
third amendment which will be offered
by Senator Calder would exempt from
the 16 per cent corporation tax al
building and loan associations which
receive less than per cent on theil
investments.
Senate Echedule.
The surtax schedule, applicable to
personal incomes, which was adopted
by the Senate committee yesterday
as compared with the House bill sur.
tax schedule, follows:
Evening star., 1921-09-17
By the Associated Press.


RIGA. September 16.-The unexpect-
ed delays inside Russia to American
relief administration shipments while
the suffering in the famine district
is increasing have brought more
vividly into view the difficult trans
port problems. and Col. William N.
Haskell. director of the American Re-
lief Administration work in Russia.
is expected Immediately to deal with
Monday
Advices that the first complete food
shipment destined for the Volga re-
nary five-day trip surprise the Riga
base of relief administration.
which. despite the failure of the So
Wet authorities to furnish railway cars
as fast as had been expected. had sue
ceeded in getting the shipments start
ed toward Moscow in fairly good time.
Leonid Krassin, soviet trade repre-
sentative, is due in Riga Monday to
take up with the authorities OF the
Baltic states the task of maintaing
winter communications when one of
the two usable ports is free from ice.
Even now. with the Volga region soon
to be cut OF from river transportation
by the November freeze, the problem
OI SdVlHS tnG SIaTVlnk mas DSCOEue H.
creasingly a race with winter.
Warehouses Piled High.
During the past few days more
freight cars have arrived in Riga
from Russia, but American Relief
Administration warehouses are be-
ginning to be crammed with millions
of cans of milk. mountains of rice
sacks and heaps Of bacon for the
sufferers. who are separated from the
desperately needed food by hundreds
of miles of disorganized. ramshackle
railroads.
Sufficient food is now in Russia for
a few weeks work of supply by
the relief administration. but. unless
cars arrive here more rapidly and
move away faster. the situation
threatens to become serious. The re-
the soviet officials here that they
should speedily begin moving exclu-
sively American food trains Of forty
cars each, with an American escort in
order to save delay. This matter re-
mains to be settled.
According to reports from the in
terror Of Russia the soviet central
officials are aiding to their utmost.
but their seeming lack Of control in
the provinces and the general inef-
Accurate reports of rumored pilfer-
ing from the first American food
shipments to Petrograd have reached
Riga. The cargo loss was less than
one-seventh of l per cent.
Esthonian and Letvian relief ship
ments are reported from Baltic
sources to have met with worse luck.
An Esthonian food train destined for
Petrograd is reported to have been
sent to Archangel for the red army,
while a Letvian train. accidentally
wrecked on its journey is declared
to have been found by a Lettish in
vestigator looted of its food at q
wayside Russian station.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
POSTMASTERS ORDERED
DEVOTE HOURS TO
THEIR DUTIES EACH DAY

Postmasters must toe the mark
from now on.
First, second and third-class
postmasters shall devote a mini
mum of eigh. hours daily during
the business part of the day to
their duties as postmasters," Post
master General Hayes today or
dered.
No explanation accompanied the
order. SO postma sters are put In
the old familiar position of wear
ing the shoe If it fits you"
'Postmasters shall give their
personal attention to the business
of their offices and shall not absent
themselves therefrom for a longer
period than two days without
written authority from the Post
Office Department. states the Post
master General.
In each instance, 1t is ordered,
such absence shall be reported
promptly to the department.
Evening star., 1921-09-17

Beginning with incomes Of $4,000
and ending with those OF $4,000 the
rate in each bracket would be reduced
1 per cent In the brackets from s20.-
be increased 1 per cent. and in the
brackets from $4,000 to s66.00o the
present rates would stand. Incomes
of $66, ,0o0 or more would be taxed at
the maximum rate.
Members of the committee explained
creased exemptions allowed to heads
of families and on account Of depend
eats there would be a reduction of
the income taxes all along the line
except in the case Of single men hav-
ing incomes of $1,000 or less.
The loss in revenue through the re-
arrangement Of the surtax rates was
estimated by Treasury experts at SIS
900, 900. making the total annual loss
in individual income taxes $17S.000.-
900. including $90.000.00O through re-
duction of the maximum surtax rates
emptions to heads of families and on
account of dependents.
Remove Medicine Tax.
The committee reconsidered yester-
day its decision to include in the bill
q manufacturers tax of per cent on
proprietary medicines and adopted
the House proposal to remove all
taxes on these articles. Its proposal
for a per cent tax on cosmetics.
perfumes and toilet preparations in
lieu of the present stamp taxes. ef-
fective January l, stands. however.
In order to make the taxes on soft
drinks uniform, the committee voted
to fix the tax on finished fountain
syrups at IN cents gallon. instead
of 10 cents.
The House plan to impose a per
cent manufacturers tax on the entire
wholesale selling price of q number
Of articles II sold in excess OF speci.
fed amounts was amended SO that
the tax would be paid only on that
portion of the selling price in excess
Of fixed sums. The per cent rate
. would apply as follows:
Carpets selling in sssi;ce excess ~ OF -
Of Sc a square yard: trunks selling
in excess of $35 each; handbags, suit
cases, etc, selling in excess of $40
each; purses. ETC., IS each: umbrellas
and parasols, IS each; fans. 81 each.
and portable lamps and fixtures. $40
each.
Under an added section a S per
cent tax would be paid on the total
amount of the wholesale price of Of
fice furniture and fixtures of ma
hogany. rosewood or other imported
cabinet woods.
organizations, headed by Benjamin c.
Marsh, executive secretary of the
Peoples Reconstruction League and
managing director Of the Farmers
National Council. sought to get a
hearing before the committee. but
were unsuccessful.
Those in the delegation included
&c. A. Lyman, secretary of the Ma
tional Board of Farm Organizations;
w. NJ. Clark. vice president OF the
Order of Railway Conductors: Her
man e. Wills. vice president Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers; Western Starr of the Farmers
Labor Party, and c. w. Holman of
the National Milk Producers FEEDER
alton.
The delegation said it was prepared
to urge heavy Inheritance and trans
fer taxes. to be levied Immediately.
and to yield from $2,00Q.000.000 to
81, ,60o, ,000.eQ every year until the full
cost Of tho war had been paid.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
NEARLY $4,000, 900 SAVED.
Cut Of 1895 Shipping Board EN-
ployes Made Since Reorganization.

Cut Of 1896 Shipping Board EN-
ployes Made Since Reorganization.
A total reduction in personnel of
1856 persons has been effected by the
Shipping Board since the new board
took charge, Chairman Lasker an
nounced today. The personnel of the
board employees in Washington has
been reduced from 1924 to $685.! AS
result of this the pay roll has been
reduced from $15,893,796 to $780,
$50. This includes the salary Of Off
cials to assist in reorganization of the
board and additions to personnel with
q combined pay roll of about 81, SEQ, ,0OO
T. Field staf1s in New York and the
rest Of the United States will be re-
duced on similar scale within the
next three months, the chairman said.
and EOropeAn STATS will be reduced
made in the personnel of the board
outside the United States to keep
Americans in all Shipping Board Of
fees.
The chairman announced the ap-
pointment of J. H. Sheedy of New
York as European manager, succeed
ing Frank E. Ferris. Mr.. Sheedy will
leave within a few days for his post
at London. He was connected with
the Ocean Steamship Company until
recently. J.
The European staff, as a result OF
the recent reorganixation, has been
reduced from $50 to about 100, the
chairman said.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
HELD AS HE HUNTS THIEF.
Chicken Roost Defender Wins His
Case in Court.

: Hearing noise which made him
think somebody was after his
chickens, William Swopes. colored
resident Of this city for sixty-three
gears, who lives at 2122 11th street.
grabbed .22-caliber pistol and
descended into his backyard Thursday
night in an effort to save the last of
his roost, which has been rapidly dis
Appearing. He failed to capture any
6ne, however, and. showing his pistol
Into his hip pocket, he made his way
20 the eighth police precinct to re-
port the incident.
. Arriving at the police station,
Swopes was accosted by Policeman
Victor P. Kew, who noticed a bulge
in Swopes' pocket and took him up
60 the desk. where a search was made.
Before l could say why or what"
Swopes stated. Il was showed into g.
cell and told I was arrested for car
rying concealed weapons"
: In Police Court yesterday Swopes was
brought before Judge Mcmahon. He
was charged with carrying a con-
eealed weapon with the unlawful in
Kent to use same. and also carrying
openly a dangerous weapon with the
unlawful intent to use same. Upon
hearing the testimony. the court ruled
that Swopes was acting under his
rights and had in no way violated the
meaning of the pistol regulation. Both
kharges were dismissed and Swopes
started home with hope that no more
chickens had gone during his nights
absence.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
POST TO MEET TUESDAY.

George Washington Post, No. 1. pio-
neer post of the American Legion and
the largest post in this city, will meet
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the board
room of the District building for the
purpose of electing delegates to the de-
partmental convention of the legion in
this city. which will be held October IA
and Is at the Washington Hotel. I'm
portant business will also be brought up
at this meeting, which will later be pre-
sented to the third national convention
to be held in Kansas City, Mo-, Octo-
ber 81.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
us: Relief Racing With Winter
To Snue Russia From, Famine
Many Unexpected Obstacles Thrown Way of Commits
sion Trying to Rush Food to Staruing Soviet Makes
Great Effort to Aid, But Helpless in Provinces.

tempting to discourage those wishing
to migrate by sending committees to
villages within reach and promising
food and grain to those peasants who
remain in their homes. 1t Is diff
cult. however. to organize sparsely
settled sections and check migration.
Provinces which escaped the terrible
drought are being secured by peasant
deputations for seed grain. Officials
say they have secured enough grain
to plant 100000 acres. provided it is
not eaten during the hard winter that
is coming"
At Filonovo refugees from Saratov
climbed all over the Near East Re-
lief car attempting to escape to dis
tricts where food might be obtained
There are 1000 of these homeless
ones in Tsaritsyn at present They
have no place to go. and the popula-
tion is already on short rations, and
Is unable to feed the emigrants. The
Tsarftsyn soviet is feeding 10000
children at orphanages. giving them
seven ounces of broad and sixteen
grams of sugar daily. They receive
soup three times a week when meat
can be secured. This work, however,
cannot be carried on later than Jan:
uary.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
PER CAPITA SAVINGS, $3.50.

The per capita savings Of the coun-
try's population was given yester-
day in figures issued by the Treasury
Department as $3.50. The savings Of
small investors throughout the coun-
SIS, 900. .0OO, 600. Of which $4,000, ,O0O.-
900 is invested in government securi-
ties and $6.000,000,000 is represented
by deposits in more than 10000 saw
ings banks
Evening star., 1921-09-17
Sir Generations Seen
At Reunion of Indians;
Oldest Is AGED l12
By the Associated Press.

~ Shc ASoOCl1tcu
THE PAS, Manitoba, Septem-
Der 17-Sfx generations OF one
family are holding q reunion at
Nelson House. They belong to
the Cree tribe Of Indians.
Sarah Donkey, aged 1l2. II the
common ancestor Of the other
I'VE. They are Caroline spence.
ninety, daughters John Donkey,
seventy, grandsons Ina Spence,
fOrty-fOuF. great-granddauEh-
ters Sarah Donkey, twenty-five,
Observation-Disclosures Je-
mfnn Donkey, two, great-gre0t-
great-grahddauEhter.
Sarah Donkey, the first. re-
taihs pOssessi0n of all her facui-
ties except her eyesfEht. which
In falling. :, She Travelled $50
miles by canoe for the reunion.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
FOUR RESCUED FROM MINE

CARBONDALE. Pa. September H.
All four men. who were caught be-
hind a fall of coal and rock In ths
Wilson creek mine of the Hudson
Coal Company. near here. Thursday
have been rescued and are little
the worse for their trying expert
ences. There was a large crowd at the
mine opening and the last two to be
brought out, after being entombed
nearly twenty-four hours. were given
cheer.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
DESPITE
Mr.. G|LLETT'S PLEA
Promise to House Speaker
Fails to Save Greek
Woman.

Speaker Gillett has made demands
upon the immigration bureau In be-
half Of a Greek woman, sister OF
one Of his constituents. who was de-
ported after assurance was given to
the Speaker by the immigration bu-
reau that she would not be deported
pending a decision on the appeal made
by the Speaker. and after the Speaker
was notified by the acting secretary
of labor that the woman was to be
admitted temporarily and then re-
examined.
The woman is Maria Loomos, who
arrived at Ellis Island, on the King
Alexander, Greek line. second cabin,
September /. Her brother Is George
X. Loomos, Is Saratoga street. Spring
field. Mass, naturalized citizen.
voter and business man. who onereo
to put up any requisite bond that the
sister would be given a good educa-
tion by him and that she would not
become a public charge. Mayor Edwin
F. Lepnard of Springfield appealed IN
behalf of Miss Loomos to the I'm
migration bureau and to Speaker 0li-
lett. -
Barred for nliteracy.
Miss Loomos was excluded Septem,
Der on the grounds that sne couao
not read and write, although her
brother has a number of letters show
ing that she can both read and write
Creek. which have been offered In evil
dence to the immigration bureau.
Sneaker Gillett's office telegrapneo
notice of an appeal to the autnose
at Ellis Island, which had the enect
of bringing the papers in the case to
Washington. The Department OF La
hor ordered the case reconsldered aho
os.urad Sneaker Gillett that MISS
Loomos would not be deporte9 UNI. y
a decision was reached. Through son,e h
oversight, however. II seems Ina no,,ns e
order of deportation was hoe
fernandez. ..;a.a hv
The Speakers Office was notineo oy
the acting secretary OF iapoI ihuis
day that Miss Loomos Wouio De au-
mitted for three mon months s,a 70 emd ers,' thet @
At the termination of that period she
would be re-examined as to illiteracy.
The Speakers Office had Information
from New York that the woman vas
to be deported on the s poai ;,nrninra nne !.
tion bureau assured the Speakers OF,
Ace that she could not be deporteo
until the papers in the case were sent
back to Ellis Island.
Wires Good News.
Tn6 speaker ouiS0
rranhed this good news to George X.
Eoomos, the woman's brother: .,,:nnt,s IN New "
the Speakers office at noon yesterday
when a wire was received from New
York that Miss Loomos had actually
been deported the night before and
that the brother. at the wharf and
hoping to take her back home to
Springfield with him. had been frantic
her behalf had proved unavailing.
The Speakers Office at once started
energetfcally to have arrangements
made for Miss Loomos to be taken of
the ship while en- route back to
Greece. or to have her brought back
here Immediately as soon as the ship
touches port. Officials of the De-
partment Of Labor and Of the bureau
Of immigration promised their best
efforts to correct the error made in
deporting Miss Loomos after the rul-
ing had been made that she should
be admitted temporarily with the
promise OF denomination to see If
she could pass the literacy test.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
10 EXTEND TRADES PLAN.
A- F. Of L. to Take Up Builders
Move With Hoover Confirmed.

Extension of plan to stimulate
employment in the building trades,
(which is said to have been successful
tfn st. Louis. will be brought to the
attention of the Hoover conference
son unemployment. officials of the
american Federation of Labor said
last night.
. The ST. Louis plan comprises def
Unite agreements between owners of
projected buildings and unions whose
members would be engaged upon the
minimized, if not entirely removed.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
5000 C0L0RED PEOPLE IDLE.

Fully 5000 colored people are out
pf work here, according to state
1nent today by Rev. S. P. w. Drew.
president of the White Cross free
Tabor bureau. These include over
seas veterans, he stated.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
OPERA COMPANY REHEARSAL,

Company are to be resumed Tuesday
evening at the Thomson School, 18th
and L. streets northwest. All who de-
sire membership in the chorus are ask
ed to report at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
PREMIER DECLINES
new IRISH PROFFER
FOR PEACE PARLEY
CONTINUED from First Page,

ders in the We're street district Of
this city last night. Troops were
rushed to the scene and a man who
interfered with them received a
bayonet wound. Several arrests were
made In the North Queen street area.
near We're street.
There were bursts of firing at inter.
vals. and the troubled district was
In ferment until 1890 o'clock. Rain
fell during the later hours and tended
to drive the rioters indoors.
LEADERS HERE opTIMrsr1c
Evening star., 1921-09-17
AssIaNED TO CAMP DIX.

. Mai. Harry R. McKellar. Medical
Corps. who has been on duty at Wal
ter Reed General Hospital, this city.
Dix. N. j. ~ ~
Evening star., 1921-09-17
PEASANTS FLEE IN FEAR.
Refugees Quit Foodless Districts
Only to Find Same Conditions.

Only to Find Same Conditions.
By the Associated Press.
TSARITSYN. Russia, September 5,
by Courier to Moscow.-Hunger is
Tightening its grip on the lower val
lev of the Volga Officials of the Near
East Relief, who reached this city to-
day. after making a survey of ten
provinces in famine-wasted. sun
scorched southeastern Russia said
conditions indicated wholesale starva-
tion by January If. outside bel, on a
large scale DID not arrive immeolarely
The situation at Samara was round to
be grave. but farther south 1t be-
came worse. There the soil Is poorer
and starvation is already at the door.
The relief workers suggest the pur-
chase of grain in Bulgaria and Con-
stantinople and vigorous steps to get
it to the famine districts before the
Russian winter comes and binds fast
the Don and Volga rivers.
There are in normal times 100000
workmen employed in the province Of
Saratov, but only 1000 are now en-
gagged in the factories. During the
past three months there have been
500 cases of cholera in this city and
40 per cent of them have been fatal.
During the same period 1850 cases of
this dread disease have been reported
from Saratov province. Two hundred
deaths from starvation have been re-
ported officially in the last fortnight.
Black bread made largely from
acorns is selling at the equivalent of
/ cent on ounce.
The relief officials visited the prov
inces Of Kazan, Samara, Simbirsk.
Penza, Tambov, Saratov. Astrakhan.
Don, Kuban and Stavropol. and pre-
viously had inspected conditions in
tho CoorNfan TeDubltC.
Starvation at Work.
"In the southern Volga provinces,
where the soil is thin. starvation has
already set in," said Albert E. john
son, chairman Of the Near East Re-
lief. Even in the provinces of Penxa
and veronezh. which do not touch
the >Volga, we observed constant
streams of peasants vending their
way westward. I saw SO wagons and
400 persons pass through one village
in eastern Voronezh in few hours.
The soviet government IA At
Evening star., 1921-09-17
WILL COMMAND ARTILLERY. J

Brig. Gen. Albert J. Bowley has
been assigned to the command Of the
18Th Field Artillery Brigade, Camp
Bragg, N. c.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20
IAKE MAHOFAt

BgNGALO WsITE, IDEAL sI.DCs ss.i.rIss5
TWO large plots. hjsh grerfsq, oksss
ing lakS Tifie clear Sacrifices.
G. w. 60tfLD 4..
EeekTnxn 81 cofslandt ~
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20

isEAL e.. HOME-l0 rooms. bath, all modern
IN. IN improvements, sleeping porch. shri,i.
os's. shade trees. garage plot 75xI 0u:s rtss.
IN non rR0ace. on near station. school etc. asE
tlS : 49, 49, .oou. make offer. KEMSEN DURYEE.