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Evening star., 1922-03-16
SURE |NCEND|ARy
/. STARTED BIG FIRE
Chicago Continues Several
lDestjgations-Loss Now
Put at $8,O ,OO0,0 900.
By the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 16.-Several sep
arate investigations Of yesterday
mornings disastrous fire, which ewepS
city block and burned buildings in two
others. with loss placed by insurs
ance and propArty experts at $1,000
900, were continued today. Shirley T.
High, city IRE attorney. expressed
conviction that the conflagration, the
most serious since that Of 1871, which
virtually destroyed Chicago. was Of
incendiary origin. A negro employe
OF concern which was among the
first to go up in flames was sought
He was named by a fellow worker
who was arrested, but denied connec-
tion with starting the fire.
Costly Paintings Destroyed.
Included in the tabulation of losses
in the fire was that of ninety paint
ings by Henry Arthur Elkins, valued
at s25o,ooO. Among them was shift
ing Lights a painting OF Califor-
MIA sunset. valued at $4,000.
Jugoslavia and the United Serbian.
foreign language newspapers were
burned out
The Austin building, formerly
known as the Springer building. at
80 South Canal street. lad a sensa-
tional twenty-year history. Its de-
struction ended frequent recurrence
of damage suits. Indictments and ar.
rests. Several serious accidents oo-
CURED in the building. and once five
men were killed in it by a boiler ex-
plosion. 1t recently was sold for
81, 100000.
Fail to Reach skyscrnPers.
Officials of the board of under
writer's declared that the fire. tho
most disastrous since the great fire
Of 1871, revealed many problems
which would have to be met by fire.
men before they could hope to cope
successfully with fire In great mod
ern skyscrapers. The effect of tho
fire on the Burlington building was
declared to show that no skyscrapers
the modern fire department Is prao-
tically helpless against a blaze that
gets a full headway in the upper
floors of tall building.
Insurance men, underwriters ana
firemen declared that methods would
have to be devised to enable fire.
fighters to get more water to the top
of high buildings. The use of water
towers. such as are said to nave
proved effective in New York. by
means Of which streams of water can
be poured into the upper floors of a
building, also was advocated by the
insurance men, who pointed out that
the Chicago department lacked such
apparatus.
Evening star., 1922-03-16
NOTED "DVORCE MILL"
PRINCIPALS RECALLED
BY RENO HOTEL FIRE
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nor of New York has resided at the
Riverside, as have James Galley Of the
American Steel Company and p. +.
Dodge. president of the International
Paper Company.
Prominent moving picture stars
have made the Riverside their stop
ping place. but in most cases the pub
licity attendant upon such residence
caused them to leave for other cities
in the state. Such case was that OF
Mary Pickford. when she sought di-
vorce from Owen Moore. The legality
of her divorce still is matter Of liti-
cation in the Nevada courts.
Leaves Jewelry for Canary.
When the Riverside burned to the
ground Wednesday it was the home
of many seekers after single blessed
ness. Among them there were
thrilling rescues and many amusing
incidents. Also there were some
heavy losses of jewelry, for it seems
to be a Reno tradition that a woman
seeking a divorce must not only look
her best but dress to the limit OF
good taste. Mrs. Regina Rich OF
New York city, with a divorce pro-
ceeding pending, awakened by the
cry of fire, gathered her jewels In
her hand and prepared to leave, when
she suddenly thought of her canary.
Laying her jewels on the dresser, she
opened the window, took the bird
from tho cage and liberated it; In
creased to such an extent that she
had to beat a. hasty retreat. COM
pIetely forgetting the jewels.
Perhaps the greatest individual
loss was suffered by Mrs. A. Murray,
another New Yorker here, who made
her $4,000 worth Of jewels.
Judge A. J. Sanders of the Nevada
supreme bench dropped his judicial
dignity. and, following a perilous
trip down a fire ladder, made hur-
ried trip to the haberdasher.
Washington Woman In Fire.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park of Washing
ton. D. c., president of the League
of Women Voters. registered Tues
day night at the Riverside, and re-
tired for a good nights rest, prepar-
atory to beginning series of recep-
tions and addresses the next three
days. A few hours later she found
herself shivering in the streets of
Reno with all her travelling possess
sions gone.
Bottles of beverage distinctly
pre-Volsteadian. coming in quick sue
cession from a second story window,
thrown by a Rochester. N. Y, man
drew a willing throng Of rescuers in
that direction.
It was announced today that the
Riverside will be rebuilt. But the
new hotel will never be the same,
Copyright. 1927
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a return because he had received his
money through handbook making
He thought that If he told the source
of his income the state authorities
might possibly find it out and prose-
cute him.
He was assured that unless the
state made such a request the federal
the matter to the attention of the state
in question. He still hesitated. The
government learned that his deposits
aggregated 100000 and proceeded to
make out his income tax return for
him and invited him to make such
to have. He asked for no deductions.
The government submitted its bill
for taxes due and the individual in
question paid it without whimper-
and that's the last heard of the case.
Action Deemed Improbable.
incidentally, the states of the Union
may inspect federal income tay re-
turns. but for the purpose only Of
checking up income taxes due them.
1t is not considered likely that the
income tax divisions of any state
would seek Information for one pur-
pose and use it for another, though
this is within the realm of possibility.
The fact is the internal revenue
agents want all the income they can
collect. Other agencies OF the law
are obligated to detect and prosecute
fraud and lawbreaking. There is no
legal compulsion upon federal offlccr
to report violations of a law In an
other division or department of the
government-nom more than rests upon
the conscience of any citizen outside
the government.
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1922-03-16
SEE NO HARDSHIP
(. FROM COAL STRIKE
Stocks on Hand and Non.
Union Production Wilt Suf-
flee, Is Belief.

The threatened bituminous coal
strike was regarded today at the
Treasury as the only "cloud" on the
business horizon.
Steady improvement has been re-
ported in general business conditions,
high Treasury officials declared.
which probably will continue unin-
terruptedly. although the prospect Of
ing effect upon business expansion.
The strike should not seriously af-
feet business generally unless it
should be drawn out to unprecedent-
ed length. it was said at the Treasury.
Stocks of coal on hand and the con-
tinued production of non-union BIZ
luminous mines, officials here held,
should enable the public to continue
it's routine activities requiring con-
sumption of coal.
In this connection high Treasury Of
ficialS expressed the opinion that the
government would take no action In
the event of coal strike unless a.
hardship were worked upon the pub
lie. Such hardship, the officials said.
would not develop for some time after
a strike was called, and they express
ed the opinion that action by the gov
ernment looking to a restoration OF the
normal coal supply would not be
taken until the situation became so
serious that no other alternative was
left.
1t was indicated at the Treasury
that the government was not consid-
ering any step to anticipate = coal
strike nor believed there were any
measures of an anticipatory nature
possible.
Evening star., 1922-03-16
ESSAY CONTEST JUDGES MAKE
PROGRESS IN GIGANTIC TASK
Examining 1900 Papers Submitted by
School Children in Competition for
The Stars $1,000 Prizes.

The gigantic task of examining the
1900 essays submitted by the school
children of Washington in The Stars
$1,000 prize contest is progressing,
according to reports received today
from the board Of judges. 1t probably
will be two weeks more or longer,
however. before the winners will be
determined.
The essays have been divided
equally among the five judges for ex-
animation. After determining the
merits of the first quota Of essays.
each Judge exchanged them with one
Of his colleagues. This method of
rotation enables the judges to work
simultaneously in their examinations,
with view to an early decision.
When the judges received their first
quota OF essays at The Star Office they
were amazed at the number Of chill
dren who entered the contest and
Evening star., 1922-03-16
MRS. W. P. HEPBURN DIES.
Widow Of Former Representative
Ill for Past Year.

Mrs. William Peters Hepburn, widow
Of Col. W. P. Hepburn. former men,
ber of Congress from Iowa, died this
morning at her residence, 1924 East
Canitol street. She was eighty-four
years old and had been in ill-health
for the past year.
Mrs. Hepburn was born in 'Cantala
Iowa. She came to this city in 1881
when her husband was elected for the
first time to the House of Representa-
tives. He served eleven terms and
died six years ago.
; Mrs. Hepburn was q member Of the
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
and the Daughters Of the American
Revolution. Interment will be In
Surviving her are two children
Cant. Charles b Hepburn, U. 8. A., re.
tired, and Mrs. Margaret H. Chamber.
lain, both Of this city. =
Evening star., 1922-03-16
aILLET TO CONFER.
Will Take Up Procedure Tangle
With Fordney.

By the Associated Press.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 16.-
Speaker Gillett said today that he
would confer with Chairman Fordney
of the ways and means committee in
Washington Saturday over the par
liamentary situation brought about
as a result of the. expressed wish of
certain republican leaders to bring
the soldier bonus bill up Monday In
the House under suspension of the
rules.
The Speaker expects to arrive In
Washington on tho special train with
President Harding carly Saturday
morning and to see republican House
leaders before going to Massachu-
setts, where he will speak Sunday on
the arms conference treaties. Mr..
Gillett: appeared Interested when told
the Washington reports of the de-
yelopment Of q differences of opinion
among republican House leaders as to
the method Of bringing up the bonus
bill.
Mr.. Gillett had already indicated
that he would rule adversely on a
motion to bring up the bonus legis-
lation Monday under suspension of
the rules. He pointed out. however,
that there was nothing to prevent the
rules committee from bringing in a
special rule uader which the legtsla-
tion would have precedence and! could
be brought up at any time the House
desires.
The Speaker appeared undisturbed
nv the situation and left the impress
sion that he thought handling the
matter through q special rule was the
best procedure. Mr.. Gillett had al
ready said that he thought the bonus
bill q most important one ana that
the House should have rsamSmsnts time to sonf +
desired. Chairman Campbell Of the
rules committee and other House
leaders probably win sec the Speaker
Saturday and talk over the situation.
Some Of the administration, omcials
with the Presidents party do not Ap-
pear to attach much Importance 70
the speculation In Washington as to
how Speaker GiIlett will rule on Mon
day.. and regard the whole matter ~
an effort to shift responsibility.
Evening star., 1922-03-16
KISSES ARE MEASURED,
ALL KINDS OF-'EM, T00,-
BY new INSTRUMENT

BY the Associated Press.
=. SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. March
1s.-Kisses. some OF them. kick up
your blood pressure
So says ]. v. Breitweiser Of the
University Of Californfa's depart
ment Of education. He has meas
ured the "kick."
Given one man and one woman
who will kiss. Breitweiser told the
San Francisco Advertising Club
he would measure the linear ex-
tent and millimeters OF blood pres
sure resulting from:
The mistletoe kiss.
The stolen kiss.
The expert kiss Of the finished
fiirt.
The soul kiss.
Breitweiser said the instrument
he uses Is SO sensitive it will reg
lister the domestic kiss, the degree
Of frigidity in kisses ono woman
gives another she does not like.
and so forth through all grades of
OSCILLATION. s2- - - - - Z.
7, Brsitweisery calls his instrumeut
the kissograph.. --. *,
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Evening star., 1922-03-16
TAKES UP BANKING LAW.
House Committee Hears Crissinger
and Mckee on d. c. Measure.

Controller of the Currency Crissin-
ger and H. H. Mckee, chairman Of tho
district of Columbia clearing house.
have been invited to testify this aft
ernoon at a hearing in the District OF
Columbia committee room in the
House office building on the bill rec
commended by the District Commits
sioners, to establish a new general
banking law for the District.
REPRESENTATIVE Millspaugh OF Mis-.
souri, is chairman of a special sub
committee which will conduct this
hearing, the other members being
Representative Brown of Tennessee
and Representative Gilbert of Ken
lucky. The measure under considera-
ton is designed to protect the peo-
ple of the District against so-called
mushroom banks which started here
under state charters without any. To-
cal control over their assets.
Evening star., 1922-03-16

manifested much interest in the COM
positions with artistic covers. All OF
the contestants at the Shaw Junior
High School had their essays inclosed
In beautifully designed folders. while
a number OF the compositions from
the other schools had pasted on them
newspaper pictures of the leading
figures at the international confer
ence on the Limitation Of armament.
The judges of the contest, who will
soon announce the names OF the
efEhty-eight children who are to re-
ceiye the cash prizes for the most
merttorious essays in The Stars con-
Test, are: -
Senator. Arthur Capper Of Kansas.
Alexander T. Stuart, director OF in
termediate Instruction Of the public
schools and former superintendent;
Mrs Lyman B. Swormstedt,~ president
OF Women's City Club Justice
Wendell P. Stafford of the District
Supreme Court and Prof. Kelly Miller
OF Howard University.
Evening star., 1922-03-16
FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL.

James A. Daugherty. Blueneld, w.
Va, who served in q machine gun
seas, was found dead in q room in the
Stag Hotel, sos 9Th street, this after
noon. Daugherty registered at the
hotel Monday night and has been q
guest since that time. Tho condition
Of his arm indicated that he was
frightfully wounded during the war.
The night he registered he COM
planned Of suffering from sore throat,
and q. bottle Of iodine was found on
q dresser in hiN room. Only . small
quantity of the huid had been used.
Coroner Nevitt will investigate the
death later in the day.
Evening star., 1922-03-16
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
AGAIN INTRODUCED
WITH new CHANGES
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be received from any except those
VINO had service in the recent war.
An Old Objection.
"A common argument made against
the bill in it's present form is that
the country is not financially situated
SO as to carry out any plan for ad-
Justed compensation at this time.
years ago, and the inquiry naturally
arises as to when the country will
be ready to DO anything If it Is not
ready now.
The majority of the committee
believe that there is no question as
the requirements of this bill without
in any way affecting business con-
ditions injuriously.
Profted I'm First Part of War.
1.-The United States profited largely
by the European war for two years.
After 1t entered the war many large
fortunes were made. many greatly in
creased and an immense number Of
people prof1ted largely by the war.
and best situated financially of all
the nations on the globe. has been
hesftating and delaying the matter
of giving additional compensation to
its soldiers, other countries, and
among them some of those which suf-
fered most by the war and are now
the poorest. have acted promptly in
this respect"
A petition for a conference of re-
publican House members for next
Monday night to consider the COM
promise soldiers bonus bill was put
in circulation today by Representative
Lineberger Of California. former
service man, and received a number
Of ofsignatures within a short time.
Fifty signatures would be necessary
for the calling OF the conference. The
action taken by the conference would
not be binding on the members when
the measure came up for considera-
ton on the floor.
Signatures Being Obtained.
Several former service men, MEM
bers of the House. have signed the
petition, and in addition other MEM
bers who have been counseling de-
lay in taking up the bonus bill have
attached their signatures.
Representative Lineberger is not
satisfied with the form of the SOL
diers' bonus bill, and in a speech in
the House early in the week he urged
that the ways and means committee
give the House an opportunity to
vote on President Harding's proposal
that the bonus be financed by means
Of a sales tax.
Banks Could Make Lean.
Despite advice of Controller OF
the Currency Crissinger to the con-
trary. national banks. in the opinion
Of high Treasury officials. could make
loans upon adjusted service certifi-
Gates in the event of enactment by
Congress of the new compromise
bonus bill.
Should. the new bonus bill become
a law and national banks ask the
controller of the currency as to the
advisability of making loans upon
the adjusted service certificates
Treasury officials said today the
banks could lawfully do SO even in
the face of an unfavorable reply.
Treasury officials, however. eI-
pressed doubt as to the situation
which might arise in the event ma
tional bank examiners were in
structed against adjusted service
certificate loans made by national
banks regardless of the controller g
advice.
aILLET TO CONFER.
Evening star., 1922-03-16

jured in an automobile accident here
last night, was reported as favorable
by physicians today.
Mr.. Parrish received a compound frac-
ture Of the lower jaw and q fracture
at the base of the skull.
The accident happened while Mr..
Parrish was en- route to Roby to
make an address in the interest, Of his
candidacy for the United States sena-
torial nomination. He was accon-
panied by Judge Walter Pope of An
son, Tex, who was driving the car.
Judge Pope was not injured. Mp.
Parrish was taken to a hospital at
Stamford, forty miles away.
Evening star., 1922-03-16
PARRISH HAS CHANCE.
-
Texas Representative Suffers Frac-
tured Skull in Auto Crash.
By the Associated Pres.

ABILENE. Tex. March 1.-THE
condition Of Lucien Walton Parrish,
representative in Congress from the
thirteenth Texas district, and candi-
date for the democratic nomination to
the United States Senate, who was in
Evening star., 1922-03-16

scale for the Psnnsylvania anthracite
fields is being held in New York.
offloials here felt the two sides would
he 20 far apart no eettlenant would
he reached before April I. resulting
In the anthracite miners joining In
the suspension ot WORK. s
Evening star., 1922-03-16
TOWERS FALL SHORT.
New York Skyscrapers Adopt
Water Curtain

NEW YORK, March 16.-Water
towers. which have been used by the
New York fire department for more
than twenty years. would be of no
great assistance to fire fighters con-
tending with a confiagration such as
that which destroyed a section OF
Chicago's business district, officials OF
the New York department said.
The towers, it was said. are not ef-
fective above the tenth floor and can
be supported only from a compare
lively wide street, permitting them to
establish proper angle with rela-
ton to the buildings upper floors and
roof In fighting Office building fires.
it was said, the greatest menace is
the huge, funnel-shaped heat wave
which arises from the upper part of
burning structure and threatens
other high buildings several hundred
feet away.
Augmented by Sum.
The heat wave is frequently aug
mented by radiation, or sun rays.
playing through 1t and striking the
upper floors of a building a consid-
cradle distance away, causing IL to
burst into flames while fire fighters
are concentrating on the building
actually on fire.
Fireproof buildings, it was said.
are possible, but their contents can
not be made proof against the highly
charged heat weaves. which will set
fire to rugs and furniture behind
windows facing a burning building
hundreds of feet away. The greatest
aid to fire fighting noted by the New
York authorities, has been modern
improvements within the great office
and factory buildings themselves
Among these are standpipes. re-
uuired by law on all new construc-,
ton here, which extend from sub
basement to roof and are capable of
delivering water to the highest point
at high pressure. Another device
consists Of a water curtain. which
can be thrown completely around
building from open nozzles extend
ing from a pipe circling the outer
edge of the roof.
Evening star., 1922-03-16
MISS M1NrER 1EAyEs FRISCO.

SAN FRANCISCO. March l5.--Miss
Mary Miles Mintsss motion picture
actreSa Registered under the name
OF Asa Shelby was b paaeengef
today on the steamer Wthetmtne.:
sailing Tor Honofulu. .s1
Evening star., 1922-03-16
CONSIDER so PER CENT CUT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. March 16.-A
wage reduction of probably so per
cent in the present scale for miners
of the southwest is being considered
by members of the newly organized
transmissippi district association OF
coal operators, according to a state
ment here today by Harry N. Taylor
chairman of the association. No def
mite scale has been decided upon. Mr..
Taylor said, "but in order to bring the
price of coal down to q peace-time
basis. the operators cannot afford to
pay the miners wartime wages:
The contemplated reduction. he add
ed, would leave the basic wage scale
higher than the one In eneet before
the government took over the mines.
COUNT STRIKE BALLOTS.
BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March 16.-
Counting of the strike ballots cast
by the union bituminous coal miners
Of the United States and Canada was
begun today at the international
headquarters here Of the United Mine
workers of America Union ofncia1s
predicted the canvass would show q
large majority in favor Of q suspen-
sion Of work on April I. but an
nounoed that the vote would BE- made
public only by percentage, d practice
whioh will not show the exact num-
ber Of votes cast for and against the
walkout.
Although the conference on a-vsSs
Evening star., 1922-03-16
MEN OUTSIDE LAW
SAFE IN PAYING TAX

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FACT OPPONENTS
TO KEEP UP FIGHT

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be received from any except those
who had service in the recent war.
An old nhiACttOn
Evening star., 1922-03-16

Although this letter was published
on April 81. 1921, it was reported in
the papers that on May 4, 1921, the
House District committee had been
told that tho District Commissioners
desired the enactment of the Focht
blu. which was then in the H. R. 45S7
stage: The citizen4 committee made
9 public statement on May. S, 1921,
denying this. and again urged tho
enactment Of the CommissionerS bill.
In addition to this, on February ~.
1872, commenting on Mr.. Focht's
pawnbrokers bill, 1t was again pub
ifcfy stated by . member OF. the cit
i1enS committee that the District
Commissioners had disapproved al, 1t,
with the date Of their letter; and. the
cittzens' committee, in q brief state
ment sent to Mr.. Focht and otter
members Of tho House on March 10,
1922. called attention to the. fact that
the District Commissioners had dis,
approved Of his pawnbrokers bin.
i Those are all matters OF. record,
which any one can verify who takes
the trouble; and perhaps .wh4r the
subject comes up again Mr.. Focht
will inform the other membsrg. Of. TIE
House about them, 20 that they can
determine whether they want to pass
the Commtsgioners' bill Or. one; OF
which the ComndiegienerD have 1ig.
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