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Evening star., 1923-01-06
TAX ON GAS AND ST
REGISTER FEE, D. C..
RECIPROCITY PLAN
CONTINUED from First Page.)


mittee copy of a draft of a bill to
provide for a tax on motor vehicle
fuel within the District of Columbia
as evidence of the fact that negotia-
tions were now in progress with a
view to the establishment of reciproc-
ity between Maryland and the Dis
trict-
Il am taking this occasion to IN
form you that the draft left with
you had actually been prepared by
my ONCE and that it is merely in
tentative form, my idea being to
submit it to. certain number of
well informed persons for the pur-
pose Of securing from them such sug-
gestions as seem to be desirable.
Among others with whom / was
proposing to confer were representa-
tives of the state of Maryland, since
preparation of the bill was inspired
by a. proposal on their part for COM
plete reciprocity. based upon ;. the
of gas tax.
''Mr. Mackall and his associates
have Just left me after a conference
of some duration, in the course of
which certain notifications were sug-
gested< for the bill, which / am now
proposing to discuss with. my col
leagues of the District government
and with the other persons above re-
ferred to. 1t is my hope that final
agreement as to. the text of the de-
sired bill may be. reached within a
Comparatively short time, and. as
soon as this agreement is reached. it
will give me pleasure, If you desire;
to furnish you with a copy Of the
.bill.". t......sts
Evening star., 1923-01-06

MIS-. Cora E. Ketcham, wife of Rep
resentative j. c. Ketcham of Michi-
gan. died yesterday at her residence,
1905 18th street northwest, after Sc
rious illness OF three months.
Mrs. Ketcham was prominently
identified in farm, Organization work,
and was one OF the twenty-five
women invited to the agricultural
conference here last year. She serv-
ed as chairman OF the subcommittee
on home economics at that confer
her husband. who is prominent in the
activities of the National Grange
was chairman of the home economies
committee OF that organization, and
at the time of her death was one of
a committee of five women of the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
Also, she was a member Of the repub-
lican state central committee OF
Michigan.
Mrs. Ketcham came to Washington
April II, 1921. with her husband. who
is serving his first term in Congress,
Born at Woodland, Mich, June 90,
1874, Mrs. ketcham was educated in
the high school at Nashville. Mich,
graduating in 1895. She then became
a teacher in the public schools at
Nashville. She married Mr.. Ketcham
June 80, 1897. at Nashville, and had
three children-Mildred c., twenty
two years old. and John c.. jr, and
Ruth M, twins, aged eighteen, who,
besides her husband, survive her.
Brief funeral services were held at
the residence this morning at II o'clock,
in charge of Rev. James Shera Mont
gomery. chaplain of the House. and
Rev. Randolph of Foundry Methodist
Church. The body was taken to Hast
ingS, Mich, for burial
Evening star., 1923-01-06
CITIZENS PLAN MEETING
TO PUSH SCHOOL NEEDS

The citizens school committee NJ
five will call a conference of the sew
enty-nine civic organizations resnon-
sible for its creation probably some
time next week, at which 1t is plannsS
to map out a program Of procedure
will come up in the Senate, The in
tention of the committee to call the
conference was made known at a
meeting yesterday in the Office OF its
ch hairman, Henry III. Classic, in the
Union Trust building.
The committee is interested pri-
marily in having restored In the school
estimates the items cut out of the
original budget of the board of edu-
cation, particularly those affecting the
building program.
DIR. Abram Simon. president of the
school board, will be asked by the
committee to appoint q permanen MT
citizens school committee.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
China and Japan Wrangle
Ouer Return of K,uantltrlg
Another ''Shantung Episode" Threatens
as Island Government Refuses to Part
With ssLast FOOthOId."

centrated her principal economic,
! financial and colonization effort. Pur-
| chased from Russia in the war of
| l9O4-l9o5 at the cost of more than
| 100000 Japanese lives and a billion
dollars of expenditure, Kwantung
constitutes even a more precious pos
/ session to the Japanese than Shan
| tung. Russia's leasehold was for
| mally assigned to Japan at the
Portsmouth peace conference. The
Toxic government declares that Japas
nese title to the province was sancti-
| fed afresh by the Chinese treaty of
1915. During the seventeen or eigh-
| teen years that the Japanese have
been in occupation of Kwantung
| they have turned ii into a thriving
way, which bisects the province from
north to south, has become one of the
best equipped and profitable proper
ties in Asia. The lease of Port
Arthur and adjacent territory, COM
monty known as the Kwantung pen
| insula, covers 1903 square miles of
area.
The South Manchuria railway oper-
| ates 69S miles of line and owns about
| fifty square miles of land on either
side of the route. More than $1,000
Japanese subjects reside in Kwan-
tung, and because of the dominating
railways and their general importance
they are virtual masters or the prov
)
tory now has become so integral
portion of the japanese empires po-
iitical and economic scheme that its
surrender cannot be considered with
in the realm of debatable issues. The
PROVINCES two main cities. Port
Arthur and Dairen, have been con-
verted into prosperous commercial
communities filled with modern
buildings and facilities. Both have
been thrown open to commerce and
Port Arthurs old-time fortifications,
once stormed by Japan, have not been
rebuilt.
Was Bone of Contention.
1t was the extortion of the Kwan-
tung lease by Russia, with its threat
to the independence of China and It's
menace to the security of Japan. that
led to the Russo-Japanese. war eigh-
teen years ago. The japanese OF to-
day, though imperial Russia is no
more, still look upon the Kwantung
peninsula, with it's impregnable de-
fensive possibilities as an indispen-
sable bulwark against possible new
Russian aggression. whether the
Bear" wears czarist or. bolshevist
skin. The western world may rest
assured China's demand for restora-
tion OF Kwantung viii not be real
lied without the most stubborn re-
sistance of which Nippon is capa-
BILE.
Dipiomatists express the fear that
the Chinese may attempt to organize
the same kind OF sentimental crusade
in favor of Kwantung that they
fomented in the case OF Shantung.
Such a crusade would naturally be
launched first of all in the United
States, where there is so deep a reser-
voir of kindly feeling for the aspira-
tions OF the new China. Unless ad-
vance indications fail. more will be
heard Of the Kwantung controversy
moons.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-01-06

ICOnunueQ from First Page,1
period. Some Importance was at
tached to the visit, just previous to
that of the British, Of Ambassador
Harvey, who was closeted for a short
time with the Secretary.
Following the conference, 1t was an
nounced that the Secretary and the
British had discussed to some extent the
international aspects of the problem,
but that the most of the work would
be done at the Treasury Department
in business meetings between the two
member of the American commission. n.
Following the conference at the
State Department the British COM
mission went to the Capitol, where
they made calls of courtesy on Vice
President Coolidge and Speaker GIL
lsts eheFf for was ss Bptsh Bp SGia aas
sion over Sunday. it was announced
today from the Hotel Shoreham,
which is their headquarters.
THE British commissioners will be
entertained to some extent while in
Washington; according to engage
dinner at the British embassy to-
night, there will be luncheon Sun
day q the Belgian embassy, dinner
Monday with Eugene Meyer, jr., man
aging director OF the war Finance
Corporation: q reception Tuesday at
the British embassy dinner. Wednes-
day with Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury Wadsworth and dinner
Thursday with Secretary Mellon.
President Harding was requested to
sound Great Britain as to her willing
ness to discuss the cession by her to
the United States of her possessions
in the West Indies, including Trinidad
and the Bermudas, in e resolution in.
troduced yesterday by Senator Reed of
Missouri democrat. 1t was understood
that the territories might be accepted
In payment OF Great Britain's war debt.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Uubeknown to the western worsd
immersed in European affairs. new
and bitter conflict has broken out In
the far east between China and japan
1t concerns Chinese demands for the
evacuation OF Kwantung, the province
better known as South Manchuria-
which Japan holds under a S9-year
lease, expiring in 1897. The lease was
granted by China under group OF
the celebrated "twenty-one demands
in May, 1915. Peking's insistence upon
Japanese REIMBURSEMENT of Kwan-
tung threatens to precipitate another
"Shantung episode" into what the
world hoped was new and aIEicable
era in Sino-Japanese relations The
President of China, LII Yuan Hung,
likenS kWantung to sace-Lorraine,
and the Chinese house OF representa-
tives has passed resolutions repudtat-
ing the treaty of 1915 by which the
Japanese became leSsees and virtual
possessors of the province.
The kwantung controversy, 1t ap-
pears, became acute month ago, i'm
mediately following the formal and
final evacuation of Shantung by the
Japanese. Under the original Rus
sian leasehold of the Liao-tung penin-
sula around Port Arthur and Dairen,
which czarist Russia extorted from
China in 1898. China would have re-
covered possession of the territory
at the end of twenty-five years. That
period would have expired in March,
l923-two months from this time
and il is then that China now is de-
manding the restoration of Kwan-
tung by Japan.
Japanese Press Warns China.
The Japanese scout and resist the
Chinese claim. They say it is stimu-
lated by Chinese arrogance and un-
justifable pretensions arising from
a mistaken conception of Japanese
magnanimity in giving UP Shantung.
The Japanese press, while discuss
ing China's clamor in restrained Ian
guage, nevertheless is firm in insist
ing that it is hopeless. The Chinese
are warned that continued demand
for Kwantung not only is doomed to
remain unanswered. but that IL will
poison Sino-Japanese relations afresh
and arrest in the plans of japan to be
helpful in the political and economic
regeneration of China.
At the Washington conference on
far eastern and armament problems
in 192l-lS22, China. through DR.. Well
ington Koo, now foreign minister at
Peking. made formal demand for
abolition of all foreign leaseholds of
Chinese territory. On December 3.
1921, Mr.. Hanihara. soon to arrive in
Washington as Japanese ambassador,
announced that Japan would give up
Kiachow, the former German terri
tory in Shantung. but was not In
position to consider the surrender of
the Kwantung territory on the tip of
south Manehuria.
Last Foothoid in Asia.
Having restored Shantung and
evacuated eastern Siberia, Kwantung,
or south Manchuria, represents ia
pans last foothold on the mainland
of Asia. 1t is there that she has con-
Evening star., 1923-01-06
BAN ON CONTRACTS
I HITTING OPEN SHOP
Attorney General Rules Dis.
elimination Against Union
Employers Is Conspiracy.

Agreements and contracts having
for their purpose the maintenance of
an open shop labor policy are held
to contravene the conspiracy clauses
Of the Clayton act under a ruling of
Attorney General Daugherty. made
known here yesterday.
While occasioned by specific situa-
tlon relative to the builders ex-
change OF San Francisco, the decision
Is declared to be sweeping in its scope
and to cover generally, for the infor-
nation of federal district attorneys,
all phases of combinations affected
either by labor against employers or
vice versa
The ruling was regarded as of espe-
cial interest at this time In view of
the repeated reports that several
projects OF more than ordinary size
might be undertaken with clauses in
the contract setting forth a definite
policy toward employment.
Documents Submitted.
1t was learned that the ruling
was drawn after the attention of gov
ernment officials was directed to for
NAL charges that members of the San
Francisco exchange had agreed among
themselves not to sell construction
material to contractors who gave
preference to union labor In filing
their roster of workmen.
Documentary evidence which was
declared TO support the charges and
was alleged to show that pressure
was brought to bear on contractors
employing union labor was attacked
when the charges were submitted TO
certain members of Congress and to
the Department OF Justice.
The United States attorney at San
Francisco was instructed officially to
investigate and take whatever action
seemed necessary on the ground that
such an agreement would constitute
a clear case of illegal conspiracy.
Evening star., 1923-01-06

f. H. Jemison, for many years as
sistant superintendent of the Treas
ury Department, and widely known
in departmental and commercial cir
cles, died yesterday evening at his
home, 1880 1st street northwest. after
lingering illness.
Mr.. Jemison was a native of New
Castle. Del. He came to Washington
in 1885, entering the service of the
Treasury Department. His friendly
personality and his abilities were rec
ognized by governmental chiefs OF
the various administrations. ana he
was elevated from post to post until
he became assistant superintendent ten
years ago.
His, position brought him into close
association with high departmental
executives and many prominent con-
tractors in the business world, and
he numbered among sinS stanch
friends men of foremost rank in the
capital.
He was prominently identified with
the Masonic fraternity and was a
member of 3. B. French Lodge, No.
10, +. A. A. M; Columbia Chapter. No.
l. r. A. M; Columbia Commandery,
No. 2. Knights Templar. and Alnas
Temple, Mystic Shrine. He was af-
filiated with the United Brethren
Church.
Mr. Jemison asked for retirement
from the federal service few months
ago, when medical advisers declared
that his health was beyond recovery.
Officials and employees visited his
home regularly during his illness. and
on Christmas eve his departmental
associates sent him a collective tes-
timonial of their affection. :.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs
Isabelle Jemison; two daughters. Mrs
Ralph NJ. Cox and Mrs. c. o. McCul-
Tough, and one son, W. w. Jemison.
The funeral will be conducted Mon
day at 2 o'clock from the residence
The pallbearers, selected by himself,
will be James l.. Wilmeth, S. H
Marks. Charles A. Fenner, Charles A.
Harbaugh, Charles Fisher and Fred A.
Hornig.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
D. c. REPRESENTED
At CLUB OPENING
Many Washingtonians Attend
Blue Ridge Rod and Gun
Celebration.

Formal opening Of the new home
Of the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club,
across the river from Harpers Ferry,
in Loudoun county, Va, is being cele-
brated today by the club members
who have left their business and
professional. Offices in this city to
spend the week end there.
The attractive building, which re-
places and almost duplicates In ap-
pearance the former clubhouse that
was completely destroyed by fire No
Yember 19, 1921, was turned over by
the contractors to the building COM
mttee about a week ago. The many
features Of the new Nome will be in
spected by the members during the
day, and a special dinner will be pro-
vided by the chef this evening.
About thirty-f1ve members of the
club were expected to be present to-
day. according to Charles e. Hood,
secretary Mr.. Hood. with Henry d.
Champion. president of the club, and
about fifteen other members left
Washington yesterday afternoon for
the clubhouse. Twenty or SO more
left today, most of them on a special
Pullman car which left Union sta
ton at 9:10 am. The special car will
bring the members back Sunday aft
ernoon.
No special program in observance
of the opening or dedication of the
clubhouse will be held, the members
devoting the day and evening to try
ing out all the new equipment and
added facilities which have been in
stalled.
Fires were kept blazing in the two
great stone freplaces on the FIRST
floor, one in the main lounge and the
other in the library adjoining. The
new heating plant for the entire
building also was1tested, as this was
a feature not possessed by the for
mer building.
While the building itself mas been
finished, the grounds are yet to be
handicapped. This work will be car
ried out In the early spring by John
H. Small, Sd, member Or the club.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
PLANS CURB ON ISSUE
OF TAX-EXEMPT PROFITS
Senator Brookhart Would Prevent
Wholesale Declaration of Divi-
dends to Avoid Tariff.

AS preliminary step toward leg
islation to prohibit the issue of tax
exempt stock dividends by CORPORA
tions, Senator Brookhart of Iowa. re-
publican, yesterday made public a list
of stock dividends issued by s2s cor
porations. The list had been COM
piled by the Federal Trade Commits
sion. Senator Brookhart said he was
convinced legislation could be enact
ed to put a stop to this practice, by
which corporations are avoiding the
payment of income taxes.
The total amount OF these stock
dividents issued by 32S corporations {
was s2.14s, .425. issued in the year
1922. Under the decision OF the United
States Supreme Court these stock
dividends are not subject to the in
come tax. Among the stock dividends
issued were the following.
American Electric Heater Company
and Atlantic Refining Company, 900
per cent.
L s. Ayres Company, Indianapolis
400 per cent: Bartapress Company.
900 per cent; Beechnut Packing Com
pany, 400 per cent.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
ASKS YANKS' RETURN.
Resolution by Senator Reed fol
Immediate Rhine Withdrawal.

Under the terms of resolution in
troduced in the Senate yesterday by
Senator Reed of Missouri. democrat.
President Harding would be request
ed tc take steps to bring the Ameri-
can troops now in Germany back to
the United States Immediately. Dur
ing consideration of the Borah amend
ment in the Senate, which would have
added to the Navy bill a request to
the President to call an international
economic conference, Senator Reed
offered his proposal in regard to the
troops abroad as an amendment to
the Borah proposal.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
DISTRICT STREET
PROGRAM SAVED
BY HOUSE RULING
Continued from First Page.)

(Contlnued from First Page.)
the Commissioners Of the District of
Columbia are hereby authorized to
open, extend or widen any street
and so forth. That is permanent leg
isfation. It does not say that here
after they are authorized. 1T is true.
1t does not say in the Constitution
that you have got to use The word
hereafter in order to make it per-
manent.
"It is clearly apparent that the
language gives permanent author
ity. 1t does not say for the current
year. 1t is not in connection with
any item in the appropriation act.
1t is not tied to any specific appro-
priation for the year. 1t is legis-
lative provision of a permanent char
acter that was put in an approprta-
ton act that year. Now, l take 1t IL
that is to be conceded, then the gem
tleman will have no objection to the
In the bill simply gives the money
with whSch to carry out the authority
conferred in the permanent legisla-
ton"
Chairman cramton's position was
itdorsed by Representative Fred N.
Zihlman, republican, of Maryland, a
member of the House District COM
mittee, and by Representative Staf-
ford of Wisconsin, republican, who
is recognized as q. parliamentary. au-
thority.
Street Improvements Retained.
The House in committee of the
whole approved without any change
the section of the bill carrying ap-
propriations for street Improvements.
This includes 81 proposals carrying
total of $774,700, which have been
O.. KID. Here Representative Blanton
criticized what he called favoritism
toward silk stocking" neighbor-
hoods. although Chairman Cramton
had made it clear that the committee
had differed from the Engineer Com
missioner and the budget bureau, ex-
cee6inR their recomm endattons, ana
including a number of new streets,
homes, which are relieving the hous-
!" ApnroyaT also was given to the pro-
vision carrying $2S5, 1000 for assess
ment and permit work, including the
maintenance of motor vehicles, and
$4,000 for paving roadways under
the present system y
Representative Hicks of New York,
who was presiding in the committee
of the whole, temporarily left the
chair to register his complaint be-
cause the Commissioners are putting
avenue for several blocks He was
supported by Chairman 'Cramton in
his contention that the engineering
department exceeded its authority in
building these Shoulders" parallel
to the street car tracks. Representa-
tive johnson contributed the informa-
tion that Maj. Besson. assistant to the
Engineer Commissioner, has promised
that these shoulder curbs VIII be
abandoned. 4~
Evening star., 1923-01-06
BURNS BRING DEATH
TOFERNALD CHILD

Nellie Frances FernaId, two and
a half years Of age. died at O'Clock
yesterday, afternoon at Children's
Hospital from burns and injuries
sustained yesterday in fire at the
homo Of her parents, DR.. and Mrs
C. j. Fernald, 1914 Columbia road
The child was in the basement
where the fire started, as q result
of wood being too close to hot
furnace. She was unable to reach
the stairs and escape before the
flames had caught her clothing.
Mrs. Fernald, her mother, was just
returning from an errand when
Arthur C. Thurlew came outside the
house, bearing the child in his arms
She hurried to Children's Hospital
with the little girl in an automobile.
and remained at her bedside from
o'clock until she expired.
other Child Escapes.
Llewellyn Fernard, four years old,
escaped the fire without injury. Two
older brothers aged five and seven
years, were In kindergarten and
school respectively, when the fire
broke. out.
Dr. Fernald is we'll. known in
washington. He Is connected with
the Board of Trade and has been
active in medical and civic circles
for some time. He, recently moved
into the Columbia. road residence
from 91S D street southwest.
The FIRE damaged the basement and
lower. floor of the house to the ex-
tent of about $1,000, according to the
preliminary police report. Damage
to furniture and items OF houseware
may run the total figure up to double
the amount stated, az. a. result of
the water and chenicais used In ex-
tfnguishing it
Evening star., 1923-01-06
GAVE SPIRIT FTXER 5000 TO BURN
TO PROTECT HIM UNTIL WEDDING

fiancee. he testified, that the only way
he could keep life long enough to
wed was by burning money. So
Eddie, he said. gave her money to
burn-$600 in one lump and several
smaller payments.
He also paid for mystic bodyguard
to ride about on the truck he drove,
wardinE off the evil spirits that
Mrs. Santora denied the charges. as
serting the whole case grew out of
enmity between Katie and her step.
mother.
It took the Jury only fifteen minutes,
however, to decide not to believe her.
She will be sentenced January I9.
The maximum punishment is twenty
years Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
Railroads May
|Put$7OO,OOO,OOO
in Neu Equipment
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January - Indica-
tions of record expenditures by
the nations railroads for new
equipment and improvements for
the current year were pointed out
today by the Railway Age. which
stated it had received information
that twenty-seven roads planned
to spend more than s35o.ooo,oo0
this year.
Officials of the railways repre-
, senting ABOUT 40 per cent of the
nations trackage were reported
planning even greater expendi-
lures than now decided on IL con-
ditions were favorable.
Using reports from twenty-seven
roads. the Railway Age estimated
S700,000.000 would be spent this
year by the country's railways.
This sum, the magazine said,
would exceed that of any year in
the last decade, except 1917.
In general" the Railway Age
said, those roads are most active
whose recovery from the period OF
federal control has been most
rapid and whose earnings and
credit are high"