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Evening star., 1923-11-12
DROP IN GAS PRICE
EFFECTIVE DEC.
Utilities Board Orders ST
Rate Applied to Meter
Readings Next Month.

The reduction of S cents per moo
cubic feet in the price Of gas, ORDER
ed by the Utilities Commission last
week. will apply to the December
meter readings, the commission an
nounced today, in making public its
formal decision. The decision makes
the price Of gas 81 instead Of $l.o5 to
all consumers using less than $4,000
cubic feet month
In It's written opinion the commits
sion states that 1t did not feel tustt-
ned in accepting the claim Of the
washington and Georgetown Gas
Light Companies for 'an increase of
s2.soo,0eo in the combined value Of
the gas properties.
The dispute between the commits
sion and the gas companies on the
question Of valuation is the same as
IN the Potomac Electric Power yalu-
alioh case. namely, that the commits
sion did not make proper allowance
for increased costs between the xa.ra
1914 and 1916.
IN tnls rate case the gas companies
argued that since the District Court
OF Appeals has decided against tho
commission in the electric light vain
alton suit, the commission should AL
low the gas companies a higher valu-
alton.
In concluding its written state
ment, the commission says q reduc-
tion of cents in the rate TO private
consumers is reasonable and just"
Evening star., 1923-11-12
Repeal the tax on teleg1

Z. RepeaI IAe TAX OIL tciS5iaiho,
telephones and leased wires.
"This is the last Of the transportation
taxes established during the war, IS
source of inconvenience to every person
using the telephone or telegraph. and
should now be eliminated from the tax
system.
This would mean a loss In revenue
OF about $40, 100000 year.
"s Repeal the tax on admissions.
THE greater part of this revenue Is
derived from the admissions chaIgeo
by neighborhood moving picture
theaters. The tax is, therefore, paid
by the great bulk of the people whose
main source Of recreation is attend
ing the movies in the neighborhood
This would mean a loss in revenue
of about $70.000.0OO.
49, Miscellaneous nuisance taxes.
"Your committee may wish to con-
slider the elimination OF various small
inconsiderable bearing on the general
revenue Of the government, but which
are q source Of inconvenience to tax,
payers and difficult to collect; and
possibly there are some articles S OF
ard Of living cannot properly be de-
nominated luxuries, such as. for in
stance. ordinary table silver or
watches you may wish TO eXempt KEMP
There is not enough margin of rev,
enue available to permit the repeal
OF the special taxes which are proving
productive, but the law could be re-
yised to good advantage and some
of the nuisance taxes repealed WITH
out, material loss of revenue.
would Enforce Provisions.
40 In addition to the specific
recommendations which directly ar
feet government revenues. there
should be amendments to strengthen
the act and eliminate methods here,
impositioU of the tax. The exact
amount OF additional revenue to the
government, which will be brought
in by these amendments, cannot pe
estimated bynt certainly the amend.
ments Will heach much income thal
heretofore hsA, escaped taxation.
al. EstabIfs'h board of tax ap-
peals in the Treasury, but indepeno-
emit Of the bureau of Internal reVenue'
to hear and determine cases invoive
ing the assessment OF ihterhai fe'enue
"This will give an Independent
adninistrative tribunal equipped to
hear. both sides Of the controversy,
which win sit on appeal from s tns
bureau of internal revenue ana
whose decision will be- conclusive on
both the bureau and the taxpayer
on the question of assessment. Inc
taxpayer, In the event that decislon
is against him, will nave to pay
the tax, according to Sne asses
ment, and have recouraie to the
courts while the government. in
case decision should be against 1t,
will likewise have to have recourse
to the courts, in order to enforce
collection OF the tax.
aIs. Changes should be made in
the present law to simplify admin
istrafion, make the law more easily
understood, and permit a prompt
determination of liability in a man
ner more satisfactory to the tax"
NaYer." -
Evening star., 1923-11-12
HITLER UNDER ARREST.
Revolt Leader Taken-Von Kahr
Bans Communists.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. November 12.-Adolph Hit
Ter. leader of the recent Munich re-
volt. was arrested today near Lake
Staffel, south Bavaria He offered no
resistance.
According 20 advices from Munich
today. DR.. Won Kahr, Bavarian die
tator. has issued an order dissofvfng
the communist party In Bavaria and
forbidding publication of soctaIisr
newspapers. The dissolution .,of
putsch organizations by the re,chs-
wehr is in full swing. it is said f'-e
Adolph Hitler, who escaped from
the hands of state authorities after
his unsuccessful attempt to seize the
government, stayed yesterday in the
cottage of the peasant at Rosenheim.
about thirty miles southeast of Mum
hh. Hitler was not wounded in the
fighting. but injured his shoulder in
failing.
Reports that followers OF Capt. Ehr-
hardt are cooperating with Hitler
are unfounded.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
10000 MARCH IN NEW YORK
Wickersiham Advocates q. S, Join
ing World Court.

NEW YORK. November I2-fen
Thousand persons marched through a
drizzItnG rain in an Arimtsiee day
parade heke. Further observance In
cluded memorial services and pleas
from. all psalpits In the city to abol-
ish militartism forever and establish
lasting peace.
The para de down 9Th avenue was
n1ade up of soldiers, sailors, marines,
naval militia. boy and girl scouts,
members OF various patriotic orders
ard veterans of the Spanish war.
Memorial services at the Central
Park mali were attended by $4,000
persons. George B. Christian, IT.,
paid simple tribute to the late
President Harding.
ArraigninE. the allies, as well rs
Germany, for their failure to live up
to the letter and spirit OF the peace
treaty of 1918, George w. wicker
sham. former Attorney General of the
United States in an Amistice day
speech, urged the acceptance BY the
United States of the world court. as a
step toward securing the reign Of
international Justice" and relieving
the country from the criticism OF
Saying fine things and doing mean
ones.
FEES NAKES PEACE PLEA.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
District Pupils
Found Wanting
7 En- Ciuics Data

Washington public school chill
dren are not familiar with. their
own peculiar form of local gov
ernment, although. they are, wiz
ards with figures. educational
measurement tests conducted by
school officers show.
In a. general ctyfcs test given to
1892 eighth grade pupils not SO
per, cent. of them, answered COR
rectly simple questions concerning
the District government. The ques-
ttons were put to the pupils i'm the
following form;
The executives Of the District,
of Columbia are called. ..... They,
are appointed by. for a term
of ...... The executive work of
the District government is cons.
Quoted through departments, such
as the health department. public
SCHOOLS, etc.
OF the 1.792 given the test, the,
SB pupils made the highest rating
of 49.5 per cent. The SA4 pupils
had percentage off47.5.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
ABBEY SERVICE IN LONDON.
King and Queen. Attend Ceremo-
nies-U. S. Represented.

, A1SS-o xkcpTCScnlSus
BY the Associated Press
LONDON, November 1.-The peace
and quiet of Sunday added to the
so1emnity of the fifth observance of
;Armistice day. London's streets.
which usually are deserted on Sum
day, were crowded from. the early
hours Of the morning with people
going, to, Westminster Abbey and
toward thee cenotaph erected to the
memory of EnGiands unknown SOL
.dier.
, King George and Queen Mary at
tended the service in Westminster
Abbey. The hing laid. a lone wreatf,
of laurel. bound with poppies from
the fields of Flanders. on the grave
Of the unknown dead. The Prince
of Wales placed u similar wreath
at the foot, of the cenotaph in White
hall.
People Bow Heads.
At II o'clock the populace stood
with bowed heads for two minutes,
maintaining meanwhile profound
silence. Afterward the pilgrima gre
past the cenotaph began. Persons of
all clashes marched four abreast on
each side of the column. The pro-
cession continued all day. The
wreaths and flowers deposited formed
huge piles in the center Of the street.
AS a special tribute to the United
States, Post Wheeler, the American
charge daffaires. and. Mrs. Wheeler
were invited by the dean of West
minster- to. attend the services, in thu
abbey. No other foreigners, were
present as Representatives Of their
countries.
The streets of central London last
night presented a. strange scene of
mixed solemnity. jostiing and, rev
elry.- In all the principal hotels of
London there were merry thrangs
at dinners, dances and carniyals.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
BRITISH POLICY PASSIVE.
Will Not Act Alone to Danish
Crown Prince.
BY the AssocIated PreSa.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 12.-Great
Britain is not likely to take individ-
ual action looking to the ejectment
of ex-Crown Prince Frederick Will
lam from Germany. Nor is 1t at all
probable that she will stress his ban
ishment in any collective representa-
tions which may be made through
the council Of ambassadors. 1t was
declared here today
The governments law experts re-
gard the legal aspects of the case as
uncertain and obscure. It is true, the
kaiser's heir appeared on the original
list of war criminals, as did ex-Crown
II. however, Great Britain's allies
should demand collectively OF Ger
many that the eX-crown prince be
banished again, 1t Is considered like
~ the government will give Its CON
sent to such step in order to pre-
serve the semblance of the allied
unity.
Evening star., 1923-11-12

brought quick results. Up to Oc-
tober I6 the few regiments on hand
had completed construction of thir-
teen miles of tram tracks in TOXIC
and two miles in Yokohama and had
built forty bridges I'm Toxic and 4
similar number in the latter city
In addition the engineers have
built forty-three piers at Shfbaura,
on the TOXIC waterfront. while teIe-
graph units have strung zoo miles
of wire and railway units have laid
eighty-seven miles Of track. The
sappers In. their destructfon Of dan-
gerous hulks baye used fifteen tons
Of explosive.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
ARLINGTON H0NORS
WORLD WAR DEAD
Bronze Tablet and Elm Stand
as County's Mute
Testimony.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

cptClAi Dlsphtch 10 Inc StAr
CLARENDON, Va, November 12.-
An American white elm and a bronze
tablet. mounted on a concrete basis.
on which Is inscribed the names of
eleven heroes Of the world war. to-
day stand in Clarendon as mute tes-
timony to Arlington county's life
contribution in the world war. The
dedication of these two markers was
the outstanding feature Of Arling-
ton county's observance of Armistice
day. The ceremony. which was ar
ranged by the Woman's Civic League
Of Clarendon. attracted hundreds Of
county citiZens to the little triangle
on Wilson boulevard. which was
dedicated for the purpose by Ashton
c. Jones Frank NJ. Sherwood, COM
mander OF Arlington Post. American
Legon was master Of ceremonies
States Army Joined with the citizens
OF Arlington in making the ceremony
q most impressive one, Brig. Gen.
{. n; Martin. who, was accompanied
Army officers. having made the dedi-
eatory address and Sergt. Miller and
Corp. August having sounded taps"
Recalling days of 1917 and 1918.
States had no part in the jealousies,
tho ambitions and hatreds that were
the basic causes Of the war and held
aloof from the conflict until the
safety of the world demanded that
on the side Of right. and it was due
20 our strength that right pre-
mo finer Army" Gen. Martin said
has ever been sent forth by any ma
tion than that which represented our
country In the world war, and these
men whose memory we are honorine
today were part Of it,
Using the same trowel that was
used by Mrs. Harding when she plant
ed the memorial elm on the grounds
OF the Lincoln Memorial in April,
daughter OF Corp. Robert J. Bruce
who was killed in Russia. placed the
first bit of soil around the roots OF
the tree. She also unveiled the me-
mortal tablet.
Ashton C. Jones and fifteen little
girls were other interesting and i'm
pressiye features of the program.
Miss Fitch recited Joyce Kiimer's
Tree; Master Jones had as his sub
ject He Is Not Dead, He Is Jus,
Away" while the little girls recited
a few lines each of What the Trees
America" Onward. Christian Sol
diers" and other appropriate selec-
tions were rendered by the Clarendon
Band.
On the memorial tablet are in
scribed the names of the following
Capt. o. L. Housed. Lieut.. John Lyon,
Lieut.. Irving T. c. Newman, Corp.
Robert J. Bruce, Corp. Frank f. Dun
kin. Harry r. Stone. Harry E. Yer
million. Edward J. Smith. Henry G.
Smallwood. Archibald Walters Will
liams and Frederick Schutt.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
LODGE BACKSuS
! POSTWAR COURSE
Nation Reserves Right to Say
When,, How to Aid World.
Armistice Day View.
Blythe Associated Presa.

Blythe Assocss ted Presa.
BOSTON, November 12.--At the end
Of the world war America asked Tor
nothing and got precisely what she
asked. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
said in, an address at an Armistice
day mass meeting arranged by the
American Legion.
IT am proud to think that we. In
all the circumstances of the war. help
ed others and asked nothing ma
terial for ourselves" Senator Lodge
said. I'VE can, give that help TO-
the world which we have given as
government and as a people. but we
reserve the right to say that it should
remain with. us as tor when we shall
give. what we shall give and how
we shall give"
u. S. Makes OyvA Way.
"The thirteen colonies that formed
this government or the United States
were helped in their revoucipn oy
the armies of France. and from. tnat
day to this the people of tfAe united
States have made their way upward
in the world" Senator Lodge, said In
another part of his address.
They have risen from a few, Two
or three millions of people. mere
on the border of the Atlantic. In TO
the greatest and most powerful NJ
ton on earth. And during all these
years they have never asked help
and they have never Received help
from any other nation. They made
their own way; alone. That Is the
rea son. above all others that we
should be willing to extend help
ing hand to the less fortunate. But
that Is. something for us to decide.
as we have decided 1t in the past. and
in my Judgment, decided it rightly
in the past"
Defends Religious Rights&
Those who organize to make dis
elimination against a citizen because
of his belief seek to destroy the Con-
stitution of the United States and to
tear down the flag which symbolizes
the sacred principles of our bill OF
rights" Senator Oscar w. Underwood
of Alabama said in an armtstice ad-
dress on Boston common
The will of the majority may be-
come tyrannical." Senator Underwood
said. and may be the greatest enemy
of the liberty of mankind so far as
individual liberties are concerned.
But the fathers of the Constitution
curbed the power of the majority.
They gave freedom to worship God
according, to the dictates of ones
own conscience.
ITO the man who comest TO this
country, no matter from what far
flung field. and takes, on the duties of
citizenship. he assumes. e4uan rights
with any citizen. of the United. States.
That is what our flag represents"
DAWES HITS IsoLATIQM.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
Ohio Senator Sees Sermon on Mount
Solution Of War Peril.

. CINCINNATI, Ohio. November H.
peace strikes the dominant
note in America, when q wrong has
been done and nothing else remains
war will come ovar America, United
States Senator Simeon d. Fess said
here In an ArmistAce day address.
America has been. Is and always
will be that way he added.
Senator Fess declared that the
great problem confronting the world
was to make war and the chances
of war less. Make war horrible and
peace attractive" he said, hut re-
member the advice OF Col. Roose-
welt to Keep tho powder dry and
the big stick within reach"
Fear that the world. especially Eu-
rope, was drifting toward a return
to the middle ages when. the might
est ruled was expressed by Senator
Evening star., 1923-11-12
WORLD COURT FAVORED.
Pittsburgh Meeting Urges Mem.
bership After Nansen Talks.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. November H.
A resolution urging entrance In the
world court by the United States was
adopted at Pittsburgh's- Armistice day
neaee meeting after DR.. Fridtjof
Nansen Of Norway, scientist and ex-
plorer, had described the danger Of a.
Eew war in Europe. The resolution
was introduced by Judge w. H. s.
Thompson Of the. Unitd States district
court.
EVEN now we hear the rumble OF
war" declared DIR. Nansen. I'VE do
not know at what hour 1t will break
out When, five years ago, we cele-
brated the first Armistice day, we
thought we were coming to q new
sun. a sun of peace. But now, after
five years, where is the world today?
/ am almost afraid to say it, but 1
very much fear that a greater part
of Europe is right now in a darker
valley than in the days of the great
war"
Evening star., 1923-11-12
PERSHNl1 ATTENDS
PARIS CEREMONIES
Unrest in Europe Makes Peo-
p!e of France Sober.Minded
on Armistice Day..
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS. November 12.-France cele-
brated the fifth anniversary of the
armistice with more pomp and solem-
nifty. but less eXuberance and greater
intensity of feeling, than were dis
played on any November IL since the
last shot of the war was fired.
The momcntous events in Europe,
the unrest along the Rhine. the men
ace seen among the common people
against the security of France in the
reactionary nationaiists' open activi-
ties in Germany, and the return to
the reich of one of the men whom
they hold responsible for their losses,
all tended to make this day not one
of rejoicing for the people of France,
but one intended to show unalterable
determination that the calamities, the
end of which it commentaries, shall
not again be visited upon them.
PershinE Is Present.
The Paris ceremony ccntered around
the tomb of the unknown soldier,
where a large number of troops were
reviewed by President Millerand,
Premier Poincare, all the members of
the cabinet and MarshalS Foch, Pc
Gen. PerShing, general of the Ameri-
can armies, and the Marquis of Crewe,
British ambassador to France, gave
international character to the mani
festation. But each report of the
heavy guns from the Mont Valerien
batteries made for stern, sober faces
if a note of warning was being
sounded instead of the triumph OF
peace.
Promptly at o'clock men of all
-
formed in Invalides square, set forth
across Alexander bridge en-. route to
the Arc de Triomphe. Led by Gen.
Gouraud, military governor of PARIS,
they marched up the Champs Elysees,
which was decorated with allied
flags entwined, through an immense
concourse of silent people.
Hold Silentt Prayer.
The troops encircled the Arc, de
Triomphe; then President Millerand.
Premier Poincare and War Minister
Maginot arrived and Joined the group
Of marshals. generals and aInbassa-
doris, among whom were Gen. PERISH
ing and Myron T. Herr1ck. At IL
o'clock sharp the last report of the
cannon was. heard; all heads were
uncovered and bowed and silence was
observed for one minute.
Slowly President Millerand ad-
vanced ahead of the line of brilliantly
uniformed military men and dlplo-
mats: the troops filed past to the rem
dition of the Dead March" in Saul
followed by the organizations of war
veterans. orphans, invaiids and school
children, in pious homage to the un-
known soldier.
Similar ceremonies before the
monuments to the war dead took
place practically in every important
city in France.
Serpf Maginot of 1e1S now a e-pp-
erel. and the French minister Of war
lighted under the Arc. de Triomphe
at o'clock yesterday evening a flick
ering oil flame. which will burn for
ever alongside the tomb of the un-
known.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
DAWES HITS IsoLATIQN.
q. S. Part. in World Affairs. Urged
in Chicago. Address.

CHICAGO, November r2.-Prayers
and parades and speeches and silence
marked. ChicaEo's observance. OF the
fifth anniversary Of Armistice day.
Services were held in hundreds of
churches. and. at IL O'Clock church
congregations and others faced east
and stood in silence for one minute
in tribute to the unknown soldier. A
parade to the municipal pier, where
mass meeting was held. Was Led by
Gen. Josef Haller. Polish war hero.
who also addressed the mass meeting.
Gov. Small, Mayor William .E. Dever,
Maj. Gen. Milton j. Foreman and Mai
Gen. James, A. Stewart participated In
the parade and mass meeting.
Today schools and many public
buildings are closed in observance OF
the occasion. In an address. delivered
before the Palish Officers Club yester-
day Gen. Haller declared that the
American Legion in America and So
cieties of veterans in other countries
constituted the greatest force for
peace In the world today.
AID to Europe UrEsd.
Approval of Frances action in occu-
pying the Ruhr and plea for a more
effective participation in world Affairs
were voiced by Brig. Gen. Charles G.
Dawes. speaking at the Armistice day
celebration of a local post OF the
American Legion.
THE place of the political dema-
gogue IS certainly not in world af-
fairs" said Cen Dawes. This busi-
ness Of and B getting together and
telling c how to do something for D
won't get US anywhere. Neither will
q strict isolation policy. It seems
that every time a proposal for US to
render a little effective aid to Eu-
rope is made there is a howl from
California warning us to keep our
hands off. President Wilson had the
right idea, but he was ahead Of his
time"
Says France Cannot Par.
France, the general said, cannot be-
expected to pay her debt to us until
she has collected the full reparations
guaranteed by the Versailles treaty.
Right, courage and common sense
on both sides OF the Atlantic are
needed to straighten out the Euro
pean muddle," he said. 1T IL absurd
TO talk of asking the debtor countries
to pay us in gold now There isn't
that much gold. Our diplomats will
have, to figure out a way for them to
pay as in goods"
Gem Dawes paid a tribute to Gen.
Pershing in discussing the war and
the aHmistice.
Evening star., 1923-11-12

setting forth the views of the am
bassadors' council regarding the
princes return, there developed
among the allies a feeling that the
matter had been taken too seriously
since 1T appeared very problematical
whether any effective action by the
allies would be possible.
The allies would have been glad
il the matter had been dropped, and
they were disagreeably affected when
word came that Frederick William
had actually returned to Germany.
because the note of the ambassadors'
council had committed them to action
of some sort
Just what form that action will
take is said here to depend largely
upon Great Britain. II is understood
in allied circles that the initiative in
any step decided upon will be left to
London. since ii was on the request of
the British cabinet, 1t is stated. that
the matter was taken up in the first
place by the ambassadors.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORK, TOPIC,

Superintendent of Schools Frank w.
BRl1ou will speak on The Schools in
Social Work" at a meeting of the
Council Of Social Agencies in the
Raleigh Hotel this afternoon at 4
O'Clock. Miss Jessie La Sale, super
vising principal of the second df-
vision, who is introducing educa-
tiOnal measurement tests in the Dis
trict schools, also will speak.
Evening star., 1923-11-12
PARADE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Armistice Day Observance Quieter
Than in other Years.

SAN FRANCISCO. November IA
Quiet church services and prayers
marked this cfty's observance Of the
fifth anniversary Of the signing Of
the armIstiee.
yesterday, the first Armistice Sum-
day. civic center and Market street
were peopled with only the usual Sab
bath crowds. In the morning, a pro-
cession of military organizations, in
cluding the 30th Infantry Band. color
bearers, detachments from the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, National
Guard troops. boy scouts, war moth
ers and various other societies, was
held.