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Evening star., 1922-05-04
REACH AGREEMENT
ON MEXICAN OIL
Conference Between U. S.
Capitalists and Minister of
Treasury Concluded.
Y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. May 3.-The COM
mittee representing the five American
oil companies concluded it's ten-day
/, discussions with Adolfo de la Huerta
| minister of the treasury, this after
noon.
Results satisfactory. to both
parties have been reached" in tax
ation matters. according to a state
ment given to the Associated Press
by Walter c. Teagle, president of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
speaking for the committee.
Mr.. Teagle declined to comment on
| the efforts made to form a great
pooling company for the exploitation
seemingly is given rumors that a snag
was struck several days ago in this
project.
The statement as given out by Mr.
Teagle. speaking for the other men,
bers of the committee of five, made
the Atlantic Refining Company: L. L.
Doheny. president of the Mexican
Petroleum Company; f. c. Lufkin
president of the Texas Company. and
Harry F.. Sinclair chairman Of the
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
says:
Text of Statement.
THE Mexican government has
shown us every courtesy. and Minis.
ter de la Huerta has been most gen
erouS in giving us fully of his time
in order to cover the various matters
under discussion. Much consideration
has been devoted to tax problems. and
results satisfactory TO both parties
| have been reached.
/ AS to production taxes. basis OF
valuation of petroleum products has
been agreed upon. using actual selling
prices as g. criterion, and providing
moreover, for an increase in the rate
of taxation as selling prices advance
AS to export taxes, the arrange.
ment made by the Mexican govern.
| ment with the committee on Septem.
ber last. remains effective. and it Is
| expected that during a conference
which the secretary ode la Huerta)
will have in New York with bankers
| final disposition of this matter viii
| be reached.
| Views on the future. development
of the petroleum resources Of the re.
| public have been exchanged. and al
1 a later conference it is hoped that {
| satisfactory understanding may be
| reached"
Leave for America.
The American oil men left Mexico
| City this evening on a special trair
for San Antonio. Mr.. Doheny and his
| son are going to Los Angeles anG
| Messrs. Tagle and Lufkin to New
York.
Asked for a general summary OF
the results obtained from the series
of conferences. this member of the
| committee said a better understand
ing had been reached on the entire
petroleum situation in Mexico and
| that the tax problem had been salts
factorily ironed out. Senior De la
| Huerta up to the present has with
hsld comment on the conference.
Evening star., 1922-05-04
SOLDIER HELD ON CHARGE
OF ASSAULTING CHILD
Fort Myer Man Said to Have Been
Found, in Barn With Lit
tie Girl.

The grand jury today indicted AL
fred Lawrence, thirty-seven years
old. a Fort Myer soldier, on the
charge of assaul.ing nine-year-oid
Rita Ryon. 261s Pennsylvania avenue,
in stable in Georgetown on April 8.
According to the police, the soldier
was found in the stable with the
child by searching party, which
included her father. n policeman ar
rived about the same time and took
Lawrence to the seventh precinct sta
ton.
Other indictments were returned
by the grand jury today as follows:
Ernest F.. Smallwood. larceny from
the United States: Marshall Frazier.
violating section s26-b of the code;
James c. Grice, larceny and house
breaking; Howard Leslie Holt viola
ton Of the white slave act: Charles
Saunders, first degree murder.
The grand jury ignored charge
of murder in the first degree against
Martha Brown.
Evening star., 1922-05-04
CANADIAN ENVOY LIKELY.
Ottawa Again Considering Sendine
Minister to Washington.

OTTAWA. Ont. May 3.-W. l.
Mackenzie King. prime minister, an
nounced today that the dominion gov
ernment was considering the ar-
pointment of a Canadian minister ID
Washington.
His announcement was made. in re
ply to f. NJ. Macdonald. liberal mem
Der of the house of commons for
Pictou, y. S. who declared that there
should be devised more direct
method of handling diplomatic CUES
tions rising between Canada and th'
United States than the present one ot
going through the British embassy al
Washington.
Evening star., 1922-05-04
TAX FIGHT GOES
TO SENATE WITH
PLEA OF CITIZENS

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1922-05-04

amount to many millions. Still talk
ing about the surplus. we wish to
put the District on a cash basis. and
we give them five years in which to
levy tax and put little something
in the Treasury SO that in 1927 they
will have at least money enough Of
their own to pay the 60 per cent of
the current expenses as they go along
Is there anything unfair about that?
l cannot see it"
Most Items Agreed On.
With the fiscal relations paragraph
disposed of, the House took quick
action on the various items which
the ,confereeS brought back for ap-
prevail The House agreed to all
items except for an initial appropria-
ton of 100000 for acquiring Klfngle
valley. Piney Branch road and the
Patterson tracts for park purposes.
On this item the conferees must meet
again.
The only other item on which the
conferees were in disagreement WAS
81, 900 for tourist camp in Potomac
Park east, and on this the House re-
ceded.
The House accepted the Senate pro-
vision for erecting a home for feeble
minded on the site now occupied by
the aged and intirm, at Blue Plains.
This paragraph appropriates 100000
for erecting the home and authorizes
S250,Qoo.
New Conduit Approved.
The provision for a new conduit from
Great Falls to give the city a safe and
| adequate water supply was approved.
The Senate amendment appropriates
! 81. SOC, 900, authorizes 81 l,450.000 more to
be obligated. and recognizes the cost
will be SS,700,000.
The House also agreed to the Senate
provision for 100000 addition to the
Armstrong Manual Training School and
appropriating $4,000 for the purchase
of land adjoining the school.
Another item instructs the District
Commissioners to have plans prepared
| for a twenty four room addition to the
Western High School and including re-
pairs to the present structure.
An appropriation Of S25.000 was ap-
proved for the purpose of land for play
grounds.
The House rejected. 140 to ia, an
amendment offered by Representative
Davis which would have restricted the
night school course to grade classes and
the first two years in high school.
dol h,rr e.
Evening star., 1922-05-04
OPINIONS At ODDS
!: ON DEFEAT OF NEW
Not Blow at Harding, View of
Some Because of His
Hands Off.
BY n. O. MESSENGER.

Whether the victory of Albert ].
Bsyeridge in the Indiana senatorial
nomination contest was or was not
blow at the administration Will con-
tiaue to be d question of individual
opinion, dictated by party or factlonal
leaning. One fact will stand out
namely, that President Harding kept
hands off the contest most scrupu-
Iously. He did not sanction nor did
Senator New put forward the claim
that the incumbent was backed by
the administration.
Neutral opinion among 1ndianaians
in Washington inclines to the view
that a number of considerations en-
tered into Mr.. Beveridge's success in
the primaries. One of them. classed
as important and possibly controlling
was the part played by recru-
descence of the old progressive or
bull moose element in the republican
party in Indiana.
The Bull Moose party gave up the
ghost at indianapolis. Bainbrldge
Colby, who afterward became dem
ocrat, and John NJ. Parker OF Louis
lana. who also went over to the dem
ocrats, being its chief mourners Al
the memorable event of its demise
Republicans at Washington are Won
dering if the progressives are resur'
recting in Indiana and choosing Mr.
Beveridge as their leader.
Another factor discerned in the re-
suit is that Mr.. Beveridge made a
more spirited and active campaign
He is an attractive and gifted orator
possessing the faculty of placing ms
arguments in the most favorable
light. Senator New did not make a
notable speaking campaign. 1t is
pointed out that Mr.. Beveridge did
not advocate any particular policy
which was opposed by his rival.
Woman Vote Important.
The women voters are considered as
having played an important role in
the outcome of the contest. The pro-
gressive movement was especially
strong among the women in Indiana
in memory of Roosevelt, who was tht
idol of Mr.. Beveridge.
1t is prophesied by politicians here
that discussion of the cause of the
defeat of Senator New for renomina'
tion will soon give way to the more
imnortant and eXigent issue o.
whether a democrat or republican /!
Tn he sent to the Senate from Indiana
-, November. The first problem
Confronting the republicans will bs
the healing of the factional irritation
created in the contest. Both the sue
cessful and the defeated candidate OF
the republican ticket for the nomina
!! ton have already buried the hatchet
Mr. Beveridge declares himself
| s,snch republican and announces hi:
sunnort of the national administration
and marty. Senator New has givel
his allegiance to the candidate ant
his lieutenants are reported as hav
ing promptly followed the sam'
| course.
Approved by Mccormick.
Senator Mccormick. chairman o
rho committee of republican senator
mana eing the senatorial campaign II
Evening star., 1922-05-04

ment No. i. What Is II! 1Ou knO" tne
people of the District of Columbia are
legislative orphans They cannot vote.
They cannot have a word to say about
their taxation or anything of that kind.
not a thing but this Senate amendment
No. l, for the first time. gives them full
power to do it. That Is what 1t does
1t says to the District Commissioners
Fix your own estimates, fix your own
rate of taxation All, but l hear my
friend from Maryland saying, But you
raised the assessment to the full value
True; and why did we do it? Do you
want me to tell you why we raised 1t?
1T was because 1 know. and many
gentlemen on this floor know. that there
have been assessments against the small
home owner that were very nearly up
to the full value. or at least to the full
amount Of two-thirds, under the law,
while some of these houses OF multi
millionaires. houses worth half q mil
lion or a million dollars apiece, nave
been assessed at only about one-f1fth Of
their value. We simply put that in here
for the purpose of protecting the small
house owner instead of the large one."
Says 1t Meets Situation.
With reference to the working Of the
proposed plan Representative DAVIS
said:
"This bill meets the situation ex-
actly regarding school buildings.
Fairgrounds, water, eight or nine mill
lion dollars for a. new aqueduct, the
school for feeble-minded, and every
thing YOU need. 1t is a large bill.
The fact is next year If the taxes are
not right it will be the fault OF the
Commissioners, because they have
enough in this bill, SO that next year
the bill ought not to be as large in
amount as this bill. They have build
ings appropriated for that they Will
not build for two or three years. 1t
is said and published that the taxes
will be higher-$3, 100000, they say
which is all nonsense and bosh. But
we do tell them to raise a little sur
plus. I noticed one or two men look
ing at me who think and say that we
have already a surplus. How do you
know we have? Because somebody
told you so.
"Dig down into it and you will find
that there is no surplus. Furthermore,
I want to say that since 1878, forty
four years, the government of the
United States has advanced each year
for eleven months in each year all the
money, without any interest, running
into hundreds of millions of dollars.
This bill continues this advancement
for five years more. For instance
take the expenses of the current
year-has the District got any money
in it? No, sir; the government Of the
United States has got 1t all, and will
have it until they collect the taxes
about June 1. Then they rec0mpense
the government. In 1928 the govern
ment advances the money again, and
they always have done so without any
Interest,".
The interest at per cent on that
loan Tor. the fortyEnine - would
-15 y O.
Evening star., 1922-05-04
NURSES GET DIPLOMAS.
Twelve Are Graduated From
Emergency Hospital.

Twelve nurses received diplomas at
the Emergency Hospital graduation
exercises, held at Rauschers last
night.
The program began with prayer by
Truman Post Riddle. Navy chaplain.
and was followed with an address by
Col. Charles Keller, District Engi-
neer Commissioner. after which the
Evening star., 1922-05-04
bury Blair. Benediction was by Chap.
| lain Riddle

Those who received diplomas are:
Ina Jackson. Bethel, Va: Maidie Num-,
Uvalde. Tex; Rosa Vaughn, Waynes-
boro, Ca; Nancy Jordan, Boykins. Va,
Juanita Vawter. Atlanta, Ga: Gret-
chen Dyer, birmingham. Mass: Mrs.
Margaret Baldridge. Washington, d.
c.: Henrietta Weindenfield. Richmond,
Va: Jessie White, Chatham, Va:
Rada White, Chatham, Va; Ellinor
Cooper, Lawrence, Mass. and Ruth
Jones, Brownsville. Penn.
Following the exercises there was
a reception and dance.
The New York herald., 1922-10-15

oxide, transparent chromium oxide,
iIltramarine or cobalt blue, cadmium
yellow and madder lake
Upon the disputed subject of ''Oils and
Mediums" Mr.. Foch gives a long list OF
the mixing mediums upon the market,
but adds that "a painter can get along
perfectly and will have permanent re-
suits If he sticks to raw linseed oil. tur-
pentine and one varnish, either mastic
or damar. do not mean to say that
medium like copal varnish mixed with
certain colors is not a good medium, for
such a material will produce enamel
paints which will have permanent
gloss, but when you come to consider
that the old masters had only seven to
ten pigments ground in a drying oil like
linseed oil and that most of their paint
ings are to-day a complete example OF
permanence. there should be no reason
whx-the mind of the painter should be
clouded with a multiplicity of materials
and why many materials should be used
which may in time prove detrimental"
Mr. Foch is a professor of industrial
chemistry in the Cooper Union.-(Van
Nostrand Publishing Coz
The New York herald., 1922-10-15
Outlook Brings, 'Cheerfulness of Convalescence'-
Modens Gain Hearing in Conservative Circles
Native Painters Discard Theory That Work
Must Look Foreign.
BY HENRY MCBRIDE.

impossible resist feeling OF
hopeuness although
world situation
and without better wordtha
particularly CHASTITY the point of view of
finished connected with
breahd sigh relief might the
that things must mend
convalescen but that is not
with that that totter the
shutters light keep
the art public for another winter
AS that cuched at when
Of
that profuse the
worldwide authority
in brilliant position
who taking their inspiration
directly from immensely
goods
group generation had
fully that be good art must be
with true at the first
slanchat is gaining ground Bo recent
that the
writer
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critic until about 1914 was citizen OF the
world pe going critic He was about nine
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past contemporary obliged abroad
that France mad
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would subt
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previously ACQUIRED actual force
think it will do for win our
weight started the general
n The real dramatic interest
There are some death just captivating as
birth but and mammas Of that
The New York herald., 1922-10-15
M. Foch Tells How to
Paint Permanent Pictures

Macmillan Foch has written a small
handbook. How TO Paint Permanent
Pictures" that is a marvel Of simplicity
and dlrectness and that ought TO aid
students immensely. So many foggy
essays have been printed upon this sub
sect and so many teachers Of painting
ignore the subject altogether that Mr.
Foch may be said to have supplied
long felt want. 1t is not likely that old
artists will agree with all Of Mr.. Foch's
particulars. since old artists never agree
with anybody upon technical considera-
tions. but an example or two will point
out Mr.. Fochs clearness
In the chapter. for instance, upon
''The Simple Palette" he says: The
average painter can get along perfectly
with ten coiore. In fact the skillful
artist can paint practically any picture
he wants with red, yellow. blue. black
and white The red. in this instance.
would be a bright iron oxide. sold under
the name OF Venetian red. or light
Indian red the yellow would be medium
cadmium, the blue would be ultra
marine blue. the black would be lamp
black and the white would be zinc
white.
But in 5fder TO work no hardship on
the painter ten colors are all that are
needed for the average work. These ten
can be intermixed. with the exception
Of madder lake will not fade, will not
react upon each other, nor will they
Interfere with the drying Of each other.
Following Is the palette with which an
average painter can get along perfectly
and from which no bad results are ever
obtained lampblack. zinc white. bright
red Iron oxide. raw sienna or yellow
ochre. burn. umber, Opaque chromium
The New York herald., 1922-10-15

be what music Is to literature. 1t will
be the ESSENCE of painting. just as music
is the essence of literature. The
amateur of music experiences in listen
ing to concert, joy of different order
from the joy he feels in listening to
natural sounds. like the murmur Of
stream, the roar of a torrent. the whist
ling of the wind in a forest, or the
harmones Of human language founded
on reason and not on aesthetics. In the
same way the new painters will provide
their admirers with artistic sensations
due solely to the harmony Of odd lights.
"The secret aim of the young artists
of the extreme schools Is to produce
pure painting. 1t is an entirely new
plastic art. 1t Is still in its first stage
and is not yet as abstract as 1t would
like to be. Most of the young painters
work a great deal with mathematics
without knowing it. but they have not
yet abandoned nature, whom they
patiently question SO that she may
teach them the way of life, ASPicasso
studies an object as surgeon sdissects
a body This art of pure painting. II il.
succeeds in disengaging itself entirely
from the ancient school of painting, will
not necessarily cause such painting to
disappear any more than the develop
ment of music has caused the disap-
pearance Of different kinds of literature
or than the acridity OF tobacco has re-
placed the SAVIOR of food.
'"The new artists have been violently
reproached for their geometric preoc-
cupations. And yet geometric figures
are the essence of drawing. Geometry.
the science which has for its scope space.
its,fnsas tismerit ana fsl4tf tf6iiA. has beeif
from time immemorial the rule even of
painting. Up till now the three dimen-
sions of the Euclidean geometry have
sufficed for the solicitude which the
sentiment of the infinite arouses in the
souls Of great artists. The new painters
do not propose. any more than did the
old, to be geometricians. But II may
be said that geometry Is to the plastic
arts what grammar Is to the art Of the
writer To-day scholars no longer hold
to the three dimensions of the Euclidean
geometries. The painters have been led
quite naturally. and so to speak by intui-
lion, to preoccupy themselves with possi-
BILE new measures in space. which, In
the language of modern studios, has
been designated briefly and altogether
by the term the fourth dimension
This is so precise an exposition OF
what the best known cubists were after.
that 1t would have seemed that nothing
further need have been written upon
the subject, yet so slow is this vast mod
ern world in getting to the true founts
OF knowledge. that oceans, as the pub
lie knows. Of ink were spilled.
The New York herald., 1922-10-15
Music Programs
At Picture Houses

The musical features of the program
at the Capitol this week are confined
to the special music score and presen-|
tation which S. l.. Rothafel has ar-|
ranged for THE Prisoner of Zenda-"
The production will be introduced by AMI
elaborate prelude employing the entire
Capitol organization. including the or
chestra, Emo Rapee conducting; the|
ballet corps with Alexander Oumansky.
Mile Gambarelli. Doris Niles and Thalia
Zanou; the quartet with Betsy Ayres.
Louise Scheerer. Ava Bombarger and
Ray Hunter, and the Capitol Singers.
a company of thirty-five voices. The|
soloists will be Justin Lawrie and Eve
lyn Herbert. The theme of the hope
less love affair between the Princess
Flavia and Rupert Rassendyll has been
made into song called IF Love Were
ALL" composed especially for this pres
entation by William Axt and Martha
Wilchinski. 1t will be sung by Justin
Lawrie and Evelyn Herbert. The "Ode
to Ruritania' will be sung by the en-
tire ensemble. Alexander Oumansky has
arranged several colorful Balkan folk
dances for the entire ballet corps.
A Prizma picture of Beethoven's
Moonlight Sonata" depicting an epi-
'sode in the life Of the great composer.
with music setting from the master.
will be a music as well as screen event
at the Rivoli. Hugo Riesenfeld will pre-
sent brief idyllic interlude, I'm the
Glen.' with Miriam Lax. soprano: LII
liam Powell and Louise Boslet. dancers
The orchestra will be under the direc-
tion of Frederick Stahlberg and
Emanual Baer.
Michel Fokine, who Is to have charge
of choreographic productions at the
Strand hereafter. will make his initial
presentation to-day with LES Syl-
phides," an impressionistic conception
of Chopin's theme. He has devised spe-
cial scenic and lighting ornamentation
for It.
The music side Of the Rialto's pro-
gram Will have Franz Won Suppe's
Light Cavalry as the overture selec-
ton. played by the orchestra under the
direction Of Mr.. Riesenfeld and Joseph
Littau, with an especially orchestrated
fox trot composition as the Riesenfeld
Classical jazz selection.