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The Washington times., 1922-10-28
d. .S.FACEDBY
.s1,000,000,0OO
. DEFICIT IN 1924
Income and Profits Taxes, Sc
curities and Property
/ Sales Fall OF.
BY w. II. ATKINS.
International Views Service.

A Government deficit Of nearly
$1,000. 100000 next fiscal year con-
fronts the Administration. It was
disclosed today by estimates Of
budget officers. The President and
his advisers are said to be con-
sidering recommending new tax
proposals to Congress to provide
additional revenues to run the
Government.
When the appropriation bills for
the next year go to Congress In
Dece mber. a wide gulf between re-
ceipts and expenditures will be re-
yealed. The receipts OF the Treas
ury Will be far less than was shown
by earlier estimates. Income and
profits taxes show the largest dc.
crease, now running 100000
behind last year. Miscellaneous IN.
trrnaI revenues are running Sl2o,'
OGO, 900 below last years figures,
Expected revenues from Govern.
nIent security sales and sales or
surplus property have fallen below
estimates.
No Increase For Incomes.
It is understood the Administrl-
tion is Weighing the question Of de-
irving more revenue from sales OF
luxuries. There Is no thought of
urging any increase in the present
scale Of income taxes. Treasury tax
experts are to be called together
early next month to help solve the
problem.
Treasury officials already were dis
turbed by the certainty OF a $780,
000, 900 deficit this fiscal year, end
ing June 90, next. This problem
now is aggravated by the prospect
of a still larger gap between in
come and outgo. the twelve months
following.
This Years deficit may be greatly
! educed by the Internal Revenue
Bureaus war on tax dodgers.
Treasury officials are confident II
will bring an enormous volume of
hidden tax money into the Treas
ury vaults. The sweeping meas
ures adopted to force evaders OF
taxes into line. warrant prediction
$500, 100000 or more will be
squeezed out Of wallets Of wilful
tax slackers.
Mellon Drafting Report.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
next week will begin drafting his
annual report to Congress and this
ID expected to embody important
fiscal recommendations.
Secretary Mellon. II is said. will
not be prepared to discuss 1eta''s
OF any of the proposals he kas
considered, until the
whole matter has been sobmitted to
the President and his Cabinet. De-
cision on the new tax policy Is
expected within two weeks, as
Congress soon after that will be
ready to receive annual ren)rts OF
officers. detailing their
next years needs, and Of the Budget
ISurtaf on the state Of finances OF
the Government.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
DAN|ELSURGES
BIC. NAVY AND
NO ALLIANCES
League Dinner Speaker Pleads
For Efficiency in Service and
Ship Subsidy.
ny Universal Service.

"The United States viii continue
TO shun entangling alliances" de-
clared former Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels at q dinner OF the
Navy League here last night
The Secretary's pronouncement
was considered particularly stgnin-
rant. coming a. II did on the eve
Of n formal Invitation to this Gov
ernment to participate In the Lau-
Same conference, at which q treaty
with Turkey will be negotiated.
'The voice Of the American peo-
ple has been heard and Needed on
this subject the Secretary added.
Addressing the $50 naval men
present, the Secretary urged that
the United States navy be kept TO
the highest point of efficiency un.
der the ratio allowed II by the fve-
power treaty. He criticized the
little navy" men In Congress VINO
have waged "a continual fight
against one Of the greatest branches
OF the Government" He declared
that tn Q country should proceed
with tie building on a large scale
Of auxiliary craft not covered by
The Secretary also appcsied for a
strong merchant marine, made
strong by a ship subsidy.
Among the interested listeners 70
the former Secretary's speech was
Lieutenant Lord Louis Mountbat-
ten, cousin OF King George Of Eng
land. In a brief address he de-
clared that out of the world war
had sprung "such q feeling OF af.
fectionate regard az could never
have existed between any other two
navies. -.
other speakers were Robert w.
Kelley, president Of the Navy
League. Admiral Robert e. Coontz,
the Hon. Sam Harris, Dominion
president Of the Navy League OF
Canada and Col. Robert Thompson,
honorary president Of the Navy
League. Col. Henry Breckenridge
was toastmaster and the Rev.
Canon william L. DeVries pro-
nounced the invocation.
Many Notables Present.
The guests were received by MI.
Kelly, Secretary and Mrs. DENLY,
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, vice
president of the league, and Mr..
Harris.
Many Ladies' were in the com.
pany. At one table the party In.
cluded Lady Mountbatten, Mrs.
Henry Breckinridse, Mrs. sidney r..
Bailey and Mrs. H. A. Brown,
whose husbands were at the speak
ers' table; Rear Admiral and Mrs.
w. r. Fullam. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen H. p. Pell. Miss Margaret
Harding, Comdr. and Mrs. Fred
erick Nelson and Stanley Hawkes..
other notables present were Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Thomas Washing.
ton, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Amos Fries,
Mrs. Frederick A. Delano, Mrs.
George Barnett, Mrs. Henry Wilder
Keyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Noyes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Murdoch. Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. William Nicholson.
Col. and Mrs. James Morris Morgan,
Mrs. James A. Drain, Rear Admiral
IL. Ii. Rousseau. Capt. and Mrs.
j. II. Dayton, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Charles McVay, and Capt. and Mrs.
Luke McNamee.
The Navy Band orchestra. under
the direction Of Charles Bender, fur.
nished the music and feature Of
the program was the playing Of
-Four White Stars on a Field Of
Blue" written by Mr.. Bender and
dedicated to Admiral Coontz.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
GAVE HIS GOATS GOOD
TIME, HER DEFENSE

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. Est took
the goats walking every day, and
they jumped and hopped with de-
light and climbed the trees for the
fruit" Thus Mrs. Anne Cherry.
holm sougIi - defend her landlord
from charges Of abusing and
neglecting his livestock.
Eli Breitenstein, sixty.four, was
the defendant, owner Of hogs,
sheep, and two goats. He was ac.
cused of not feeding them. The
sheep had not been sheared for
years, and their wool was full OF
ticks and lice.
Breitenstein was found guilty and
will appeal the case.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
MRS. ROz|ER s
MOTHER AIDS
GIRL ON TRIAL
Jurors in Tears as Woman De-
fends Daughter Accused
as Slayer.
.IIruroaAl 90 %
BY Universal Service.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2S.-Fry-
ing into the past life of Mrs. Cath.
crime Roster, who shot her husband,
Oscar, and his stenographer. Mil.
dred Reckitt, the State yesterday
cited reports of children's societies
and guardians of children's mora $
until Mrs. Susan NJ. Reid, mother
OF the defendant, stood up in the
witness box and cried:
II never said l took my daughter
to any society In order to break up
her intimacy with any man. I
never tried to force any man to
marry her. When she was fifteen
years, I went to the Children's So.
ciety for advice. was afraid she
might marry and she was too
young.
my daughter went to work as an
usher in a theater when she was
fifteen. or before that, even. She
did It to get money for clothes. II
was the only way she could have
anything. We were very poor"
mo Force" She Says.
. Prosecutor Speicer insisted IN
tones Of mock k-confidence:
Wasn't Oscar Roster forced to
marry your daughter?
mo" Mrs. Reid replied.
\ Two jurors made no effort to con.
ceal their tears as the mother con-
tinued.
"Her father beat and abused me.
He was drunk all the time. When
Catherine was born she was In con.
vulsions and suffered them through
the first year Of her life. 1 have
another child who Is an imbecile.
I, too, thought about suicide.
When ] saw my daughter s
baby for the first time, a month
after II was born. knew that
something had happened. She was
thin and nervous. Arthur Roster,
Oscars brother. told me that some
thing had to he done. as Oscar was
running around with Miss Reckitt.
Catherine broke down and said:
Mother, 1t is killing me-"
Corroborate Story.
william J. Clegg and his wife,
neighbors of the Rosters. testified
10 the same story. Mr.. Clegg said:
before the baby came, Mrs.
Roster was jolly and happy, peat.
and a wonderful housewife. After.
wards, she became weak and ner-
yous. The night she came home
from the hospital I asked Oscar II
he wasn't glad. He replied 1t meant
his good times were over. She
cried often and once Oscar said:
she's crying because her daddy
does not come home at night.
Twice during the day Mrs. Roster
tainted. Physicians say she Is
s,iffering from valvular heart
trouble and that a shock might
kill her.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
TELL TRUTH" "
CLARA WARNS
GIRL IN COURT
Mrs. Phillips Interrupts Her
Dramatic Description Of
Hammer Killing"
BY Universal Service.

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 2S.-Dra-
matically accused by Mrs. Cara
Phillips of not telling the truth.
Peggy Caffee testified as an eye
witness yesterday in Mrs. Phillips
trial for the hammer murder" Of
Mrs. Alberta Meadows.
Mrs. Caffee remained unshaken
after several hours OF cross-exam-
nation. Half way through Mrs.
Caffee's testimony Mrs. Phillips
warned her to tell the truth"
Mrs. Caffee had testified that
Mrs. Phillips purchased the ten.
cent hammer used in the murder.
Mrs. Phillips, leaning over the
able In front Of her, said In q
cold, even voice:
Tell the truth. Peggy; tell them
you bought the hammer"
Spectators rose from their seats.
Defense Attorney Harrington push
ed Mrs. Phillips back In the chair.
Clara Phillips bought that ham,
mer," shouted Mrs. Caffee.
Mrs. Caffee described how Mrs,
Phillips accused Mrs. Meadows Of
infatuation for her husband, Ar.
mour L. Phillips, ana how Mrs.
Meadows screamed to her for help
when Mrs. Phillips attacked her
with the hammer. She said she
saw Mrs. Phillips beat Mrs. Mead.
ows to death with the hammer as
Mrs. Meadows lay on the ground.
II saw the, hammer going up and
down and Clara's arm was cover.
ed with blood" Mrs. Caffee said.
Later. she said. Mrs. Phillips ask.
ed her to wipe the blood off her
face with a handkerchief and she
did 60
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
NAVY IS SECOND BEST
POKER HAND" IN TRADE

The United States navy is the
second best poker hand" in main
tanning Americas commercial su.
premacy on the high seas. Capt.
Luke McNamee. chief Of naval In.
teliigence told the student-body Of
the Georgetown University school
Of foreign service at its Navy
Day observance yesterday after
noon.
NAVAL power and trade go hand
in hand" Captain McNamee de.
clared. mo nation has ever retained
her domination in trade without a
dominant navy. The nation that
controls the sea controls the COM
munications Of the world and can
control what takes place in them"
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
TENNESSEE CENTRAL
RAIL ROAD SHOPS BURN

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 2S.--
The Tennessee Central railroad
shops are a smouldering ruin this
morning.. with one fire engihe stand.
ing by and nlavinC streams Of
water on the blaze that breaks out
interm'ttently.
The shops and considerable roll'ne
stock were destroyed nv a FIRE thst
broke out shortly before midnight
and ragged for several hours. Four
large locomotives were burned.
The loss had not been estimated
this morning by H. w. Stanley.
president OF the road, but is ex.
pected 20 approximate $3.50. 900.
partly covered by insurance.
The origin OF the fire IL unknown.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
POLICE HOLD SUSPECT IN
DEATH FROM STAB WOUND

Stabbed in his left arm, Harry
Cunningham, colored, sixty years old,
2l5 Third street, southwest, after
being treated at Emergency hospital,
died last night at his home, 2l5
Third street. southwest. The police
had hoped to call him as the principal
witness In police court today against
Thomas Sprinkler, who is alleged TO
have cut him. Ar.-. 49,.
The aged negro died from loss Of
blood from the wound In his arm,
physicians stated. SpinEler II being
held for the action of the coroner's
jury. ...
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
BREWERY MEN CONVICTED
OF MAKING oLD-TIME BEER

CINCINNATI, Oct. 2s.-A jury
In the United States district court
convicted Michael Hilsinger, re-
The three men were charged
with conspiracy to manufacture,
possess, transport and sell beer OF
Illegal alcoholic content In violation
OF the NATIONAL prohibition act and
In maintaining q common nuisance
on the premises Of the brewery.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
NEW SHIP LINE FROM
N. Y. 10 PHILIPPINES

TO meet the rapid development Of
American trade with the Philippine
Islands. the shipping Board shortly
viii inauRurAte q direct steamship
service from North Atlantic ports
to Msntia. II was announced today.
The first sailing viii be Novem.
Der 10, when the William Penn viii
leave New York with q cargo for
the Philippines.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
ROUTS SIX WHO
ENTERED Home
To THRESH HIM
invaders Had Guns. But Are
Kept Too Busy to Get
at Them.
NoRFoI,K oct oa as;x masI

NORFOLK, Oct. 2s.-Six mask.
ed men armed with pistols in
vaded the home Of Frank Uiman.
in Prentis Place, Portsmouth. last
night and attempted to drag VI
man into the street.
They beat him up badly but
had the fight Of their lives on
their hands. "
They did not use their pistols
because Ulman, who is an athlete,
kept them SO busy they did not
have time to get their hands in
their hip pockets where they kept
their guns.
Use Football Tactics.
Ulman used football tactics on
the masked men,, He "butted" them
in their stomachs with his head
and had two Of them winded
and on the floor at one time
Four OF the invaders, out OF
breath after their hard struggle.
ran from Clman's home when
they found the, man was too
much for them. r..-'t
The Portsmouth police are en-
deavoring to locate the men TO-
day and expect to make arrests.
Just why the men sought to beat
Ulman has not been learned.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
ZINC MAGNATE IS FOUND
SHOT, IN EVENING CLOTHES

ST. LOUIS, Oct. ss.--seiwyn c.
Edgar, seventy-one years old, re.
tired president OF the Edgar Zinc
Company and reputcd 10 BE- q mil.
lionaire, shot and killed himself,
police say, some time during the
night at his home here.
His body wIs found today, dressed
In evening clothes.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
Lamp ExpIodes, Causing Fire,

Explosion Of an oil lamp set fire
10 the home OF David Taylor. 40G
Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
last night. The blaze caused $500
damage before firernen from No. Q
Engine Company extinsuished Il.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
HUSBAND DYING,
|. WIFE ACCUSED
ASBLUEbEARD
Pm Burning Up," chicagoan
Tells Doctors-lnsurance
Plot Is Scented.
BY A. j. LORENZ.
Universal Aeryice.

CHICAGO. Oct. 2S. - His body
slowly burning up from poison. 10
seph Klimek traced the sensation Of
death creeping on him for physicians
today. The wife OF the dying man
was arrested. and. according to the
authorities. has admitted that she
administered white poison" to him.
With Klimek's charges that an at
tempt has been made to slay him for
his insurance. the authorities ordered
the bodies of two former husbands Of
Mrs. Klimek exhumed. Both are
said to have died under mysterious
circumstances, after their lives had
been heavily insured.
'"I'm Burning Up." He Says.
II seem to be burning up" Klimek
cried feebly throughout the day at
the hospital where he is under ex.
animation.
II have always been a healthy man
and only recently passed a rigid in.
surance test.
suddenly I found I could no
longer smoke. TlN acco made me
sick. Then I noticed that the soup
and coffee tasted funny"
Mrs. Kiimek, shortly after their
marriage, the husband declared, de-
manded that he take out more insur'
ance for her protection.
II Kept working despite the in.
creaslng pains. Gradually my legs
became numb, then my arms and
hands," Klimek declared.
Klimek, according to- oJAneighbors,
is Mrs. Klimek's sixth husband.
His stepson, Joseph Mitkewics.
Is employed in an engraving plant.
Tests OF food found in the Klimek
house were being made today to
determine alleged presence OF
arsenic. Klimek's stepson 10 also
beng held. Mrs. Klenik denied
the statements that she had been
married six times.
let them dig UP the bodies OF
my two former husbands, sne
cried. They'll find that one OF
them died Of pneumonia ana the
other OF a throat Infection"
Two Dogs Also Dead.
Confronted with her husbands
charges that his two dogs died
after eating scraps from the table,
Mrs. Kiimek said: ''I know what
killed them. They just fell over.
"If my husband has been poison.
ed, it's moonshine."
klimek from his. hospital cot de.
MED that he drank fnoonshine.
A search Of the Kiimek home
revealed package, said to be
arsenic, and Labelled rat poison"
five hypodermic needles. which
Mrs. Kiimek said belonged to Miss
Ida Enright. q nurse who had
formerly lived with them.
Mrs, Klimek's second husband,
Frank Kupicsk, died less than a
year ago. Her first husband,
father OF the man arrested with
Mrs. Klimek, Is said to have died
twenty years ago.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
j. s. To PROBE .,
FATE Of AGENT
LOST:|N RUSSIA
Shields, Relief Association
Helper, Believed Killed or
Kidnapped.
ny Universal ecrvice.

The case Of Philip ]. Shields, an
American citizen and an agent Of
the American Relief Association.
who is believed to have been kid
naped or murdered near 6imhirsS
on the Volga, was brought to the
attention Of the State Department
today. It 10 understood inquiries
win be made Of the American con-
suls nearest the scene Of the die
appearance.
Two Of the State Department
Bureaus said Shields was not tech
hically an agent or employe Of that
Department. and that when the
news came here first 1t was under
stood that It would be investigated
as Tar as possible by the American
Relief Association.
Unofficiaily, the circumstances
known here are that Shields dis
covered that by checking up sup
plies In the Simbirsk vicinity, about
four. tons OF food valued at about
$500 were unaccounted for. The
person responsible for the care OF
the food was, as arranged for in
all such cases. a Russian manager.
The disappearance Of the food was
charged to him and after the arrest
cnictus uibdppcdTeu. Iue tdCI tTlaI
the Russian accused Of the theft
10 liable to q death penalty Is
assumed here to be strong circum-
stantiai evidence that Shields may
have met with foul play by friends
Of the Russian.
The American Relief Administra.
ton supervisor has made q brief
report to the associations agent ut
Moscow stating that Shields had
disappeared at 6 p. m. October Is,
and had not been heard Of since
that time.
ClassmAte Searching For Him.
RICHMOND. Va. Oct. 2S.-Thomas
c. Barringer, Of the American Re-
lief Administration. now stationed
at El<abrinslav, has been ordered
across Russia. a distance OF 1900
miles, to aid n the search for his
former classrnate, Phillip ]. Barney
Shields, II was announced today,
Shields. who is a graduate Of the
University OF Virginia, has been
missing for several weeks from
Simbirsk, In tho volga Valley,
where for the past eight months
he has been connected with the
relief administrator,
Shields left college to fight In the
world war. returning. In 1s20lsf1
when he received his degree.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-05-17
Painting It White"
(From the Portland spectator)

At the risk of incurring arrest
at the instigation of Adjutant-
General White, The Spectator
thinks it its duty to tell the people
how progresses the gubernatorial
candidacy of that gallant soldier,
| loyal friend, and perfect gentle
man. To be quite frank, 1t is not
doing very well, despite the large
sums of money spent to give it
the semblence of healthy activity.
| Where the money acme from was
a mystery, until someone sugges-
ted that it was more or less free
will offering given in response
to a touching appeal made to Of
ficers of the national guard. But
one can hardly credit this story;
national guardsmen of Oregon
have never before been compelled
to contribute toward the campaign
expense of a candidate.
The gallant acknowledgement
is letting it be believed that he
is the candidate of the American
Legion. Discussing this, the Sa-
lem Capital Journal says "the
White campaign is evidently be
ing run on false pretenses, for
the claims of Legion support" for
the intrepid warrior. But the lack
of foundation for the claim is
very small matter. Didn't the
daughty adjutant-general intim-
ate that he was to have the en-
dorsement of the xxx? And did
MT he beg for it, and promise all
sorts of things, even to the estab-
lishment in the state chamber in
connection with his rather pain
full requisition department? Some
thing must be forgiven the xxx
for refusing to support the valiant
adjutant-general; he would have
proved a very serviceable tool in
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-05-17
Facts About the Klan

"The Ku Klux differs from fraterna organizations
In that the obligation political The ritual is sacrg-
ious mockey The whole scheme is vicious in principle and
menace to the peace and safety of America" declares
Henry p Fry eagle who investigated the order
for the New World and who has compiled the result
of his observations book entitled "The Modern Ku Klux
Kan" (SmaH, Maynard Co., Boston)
The basis for these conclusions While the organ
zation was Incorporated in Georgia it is not fraterna
organization in the usually understood but an at
empt to create in this republic Invisible Empire en-
tirely political and military in nature and designed to
function bodily 1t is under the control of one man VINO
openly calls himself emperor holds the position for life
and exercises despoc control the affairs of the organ
ization.
Candidates designed as aliens who received into
the organization not regarded members but as clt
zens instead of being initiated are naturazed ana
become subjects" of the emperor Membership is re-
stricted to limited class of American citizens including
only white, Gentle, AmerIcan-born Protesahts. All oCe
Americans ineligible
In propagating this invisibe empire the work is done
by highly paid efficient field force and carried on by
stirring up prejudice and hatred against the negro the Jew
the Catholic and the foreign born Under the claim OF e
enforcement of and order the Invisible Empire is at
emptnp to take into it's grasp entire awenforcng ma
cnery the United States including officers and men OF
the regular and armies national guard sherfs and
their deputies mayors police Officials, judges ana all per-
sons connected with law enforcement
of the order urged to purchase Whe rooeS
and helmets for the purpose of going abroad in disguise ana
conceang the identity of the The sale OF these
robes is monopoly owned by the emperor Inc whoe
proposition clearly money making scheme run Tor the
benefit of few insiders The order recently purchased for
the Emperor" $4,000 palace at Atlanta and several
times as much is I'd expended in fitting up the grounds
large printing plant and paraphernaa factory ana othel
activities outlined will bring the investment up to several
miions-al in the name of the Emperor.
The country divided into domains each presided over
by "Grand Goblin" who reports to the Imperial kleage
Each state or realm is like regiment and the KING
Kleagle in charge reports to his chief the Grand Goblin
The 'Neagle" field reports to the King Kleagle
only Ten dollars donation" is required for citizenship Ihe
Keage gets 81 of this and the balance is sent the King
Keage retains 81 for his part and RENTS 30 to the
rand Goblin" The Grand Goblin gets so cents and sends
S4 SO to the Imperial Keage who keeps $3.50 and pays into
the Imperial treasury" the Emperor So The whole
system carefully conducted well organized sales
system eages being obliged to file weekly returns on
printed blank The gown and helmet which cost not more
than $150 to make sold for $3.50