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Evening star., 1923-12-12
INCOME TAX PLOT
HERE IS CHARGED
Philadelphia U. S. Officials
AlIege Bureau Workers
Aided Weiss.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

cpcCidI DlspdtcH 10 LIE Stdr.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December IL.
A plot by several employees of the in
ternal revenue department in Washing
ton to aid corporations in obtaining re-
funds of excess taxes was dicovered
yesterday, federal authorities said, in
the trial and conviction of Matthew
Weiss of Brooklyn.
Warrants will be issued for the ar
rest of those involved, according to
Henry B. Friedman, assistant United
States attorney.
Weiss was convicted in the United
States district court of impersonating
a revenue agent. He formerly was in
that service, but was dismissed. Tes-
timony showed that he had promised
to obtain $4,000 tax refund for the
Quaker City Chocolate and Confection-
cry Company, N140 Germantown avenue,
and $4,000 refund for the Apex
Hosiery Company, Lawrence and Lu-
zerne streets. Weiss was to get 25 per
cent Of the return, which, he declared,
would result from his Influential con-
nections with the inside at Washing
ton"
Worked With Others.
Weiss did have inside connec-
tions," Mr.. Friedman said, Gin en-
ployes of the internal revenue de-
partment at Washington, who fur
nished him with information remedy
ing these and other cases, and criminal
proceedings will be started against those
in Washington shortly"
Mr.. Friedman added that Weiss ac-
tually succeeded in obtaining refunds
totaling $4,000 for three New York
concerns through inside Information
Judge Dickinson deferred sentence
and permitted Weiss to go on bail
Weiss familiarity with income tax
details was said to have been de-
rived from a federal school course
he took prior to his appointment as
a deputy internal revenue agent in
April, 1922. He was dismissed two
months later.
case of Matthew Weiss of Brooklyn.
who was convicted yesterday in
Philadelphia of impersonating a fed
eral agent, had been Investigated and
that one auditor in the income tax
unit was recently dismissed for al
legged connection with Weiss.
At the time of Weiss arrest. 1t was
said here, letter from, this income
tax auditor here in Washington was
them both In alleged irregularities.
So far as Treasury officials have
Investigated the case, they say there
was only this one auditor connected
with Weiss, and he was dismissed
from the service some time ago.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
R|TCH|E MAY SIGN
AUTO TRUCE TODAY
Final Approval of Sixty-DaY
Reciprocity Expected-Lo-
cal Office to Be Closed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, December Ia
Gov. Ritchie is expected to sign the
temporary automobile reciprocity be-
tween Maryland and the District Of
Columbia this afternoon. The gov
ernor attended the funeral this morn
ing of n. Charles Burke. at Towson,
and returned Immediately TO Annap-
oils. He is expected at the Baltimore
Office some time this afternoon and.
as the terms of the pact which will
allow motorists of the District and
Maryland to go into either territory
without carrying two licenses dur
ing January and February have been
agreed upon. Gov. Ritchie will mere
ly have to sign the document. which
has been prepared by Attorney Gen
eral Armstrong and approved.
The governor, il is said, will also
issue proclamation making the
reciprocity agreement officially
known.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
Senator Smith One Vote
Short to Defeat Cummins
on Second Ballot.
INSURGENTS THREATEN
TO HOLD ON FOR DAYS
Change in Some Votes of La Fol
lette Faction Considered
Hopeful Sign.

Although there was q break in the
ranks of the supporters of Senator
La Toilette of Wisconsin, the re
publican insurgent leader. the Senate
remained in deadlock today for the
election of a chairman of the inter
state commerce committee.
Senators Cummins, republican, Iowa,
and Smith, democrat, South Carolina.
were tied at forty votes each, on the
first ballot, while La Toilette received
three votes. Senator'S Brookhart.
Iowa, and Frazier, North Dakota, re-
publicans, and Shipstead and John
son, farmer-labor, Minnesota. voted
for Smith, but there was also break
in the democratic ranks with Senator
Bruce of Maryland voting for Cum
Minis
Votes for La Toilette.
Senators Howell and Norris. Ne
braska, and Ladd, North Dakota, re-
publicans, voted for La Toilette.
On the second ballot Smith fell only
one short of election. receiving IL votes
10 80 for Cummins and two for La Fol
lette.
on the third ballot the vote was.
Smith, Al; Cummins, 40, and La Fol-
lette. ..
Senators Norris and Howell Of Ne
braska, republicans, continued to vote
for Senator La Toilette.
After the third ballot adjournment
then was taken until noon Saturday,
but balloting will not be resumed
until next Monday.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
LABOR WILL GUST
BALDWIN AND TAKE
RE|NS, ,PARTyPLAN
Full Responsibility of Govern
ment, Without Coalition,
Is Leaders Aim.
Rr the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 1.-THE exec
utive board of the labor party is
sued a, communique this afternoon.
saying 1t had decided, in the event Of
labor being invited to form a gov
ernment, that the party should i'm
mediately accept the full response
bility of the government of the coun
try without compromising itself with
any form of coalition.
The Central News says the nations al
executive of the labor party, meeting
under the craftsmanship of Ramsay
Macdonald this morning. decided in
view of the governments anomalous
position to take the first opportunity
consistent with constitutional prac-
tice to turn the present ministry
from office and to assume office when
ever the labor party is asked to take
the responsibility of forming an al
tentative government.
Asquith Secs Baldwin.
In view of the persistence, despite
many denials, of the rumors that the
liberals were willing and had even
agreed to give some sort of sup
port to the conservatives, when par
Lament meets next month, it was
natural that all centers Of political
interest were considerably excited
yesterday when they learned that
Prime Minister Baldwin and Herbert
Asquith, the liberal leader, had had
an interview.
Political clubs and the newspaper
Offices hummed with reports and
counter reports based on the unex-
pected occurrence, which was gen.
orally regarded as confirming the Oft
repeated assertion that the liberals
and conservatives would make an
arrangement"
majority OF the political writers
in the morning press reiterate en-
phaticalfy a denial that any such ar
Tangement was made or is contem-
plated. The liberal newspapers treat
1t as an absurd myth, declaring that
the liberal party certainly will not
give the least support to Mr.. Bald
win and that neither Mr. Asquith
nor Mr. Lloyd George ever suggest
ed such thing.
Declared Still Hostile.
The conservative Morning Post is
equally emphatic, asserting that both
parties are hostile to any sort of
an arrangement.
The persistent character of the
rumor is ascribed in some quarters to
the labor politicians. The announce
ment of Mr.. Baldwin's decision to
hold on seems to have clinched
labor's resolve not only to accept
any offer to take up the government,
but actively to seek that RESPONSE
bility. Then, as the Daily Herald
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
Evening star., 1923-12-12
LONDON Halls U. S. PLAN.

LONDON, December 12.-The an
nouncement that President Coolidge
is willing American experts should
participate unofficially in the pro-
posed inquiry into Germany's finan-
cial condition is displayed by the
London newspapers with manifest
satisfaction. The Daily Chronicle
thinks the findings of the two COM
mittees, carrying the great authority
which will accrue from the presence of
impartial Americans, will have i'm
mense weight.
"a great step forward has been
entangle the chaos of European
finance" it says.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
D. C. DEFICIENCY REQUEST
SENT TO BUDGET BUREAU
Commissioners Ask Additional
Funds to Go Through Bal
ance of Year.

~ The Commissioners will transmit to
the budget bureau. late today or to-
morrow, list of urgent supple
mental estimates for funds needed to
carry the city government through
the balance of the fiscal year.
Every year the city heads find GER
tain appropriations are inadequate.
The contents of the supplemental
estimates will not be made public
until they are transmitted to Con-
gress for Incorporation in one of the
deficiency bills. The Commissioners
probably will be granted a hearing
by Gen. Lord 10 explain the items.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
GREAT WIRELESS STATION
King to Lay Corner; Stone in Bel.
gium. :.

:. BRUSSELS, December liking AL
bert next week will lay the corner
stone of a wireless station at Ruys-
selede that will have sufficient power
to communicate with all the big sta
tions of the world. In addition, there
will be built a relay station on the
outskirts of Brussels able to receive
three different stations at onces
Evening star., 1923-12-12

the Potomac river
at the foot of 14th
S tr e e t. Prelimi-
nary plans for
this pro 5e c t
which it is pro-
posed to make one
of the most prom
inent show places
of I h g National
Capital, were an
n o u n C e d last
n | & h t a t t h e
meeting of the
American Horti-
cultural Society,
at the New Ma
t / o n q ! Museum.
Thfc nr0rn raEoo kfaD
Evening star., 1923-12-12

with the American Rose Society and
with the department of public build
ings and grounds in establishing the
garden.
- The land now is used as a nursery
from which flowers are transplanted
to the various parks around the city.
1t is ideally adapted for rose culti-
walton, Department of Agriculture ex-
lexts saXs During the past summer
Evening star., 1923-12-12
FOUR CHILDREN BURN
TO DEATH IN HOUSE
Father Badly Hurt in Futile Eff
fort to Rescue Trapped
Family.
pr The Aeeocisfed Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOOGOOTEE, Ind, December H.
-Four children of the family of VIII
liam Thurman, a farmer living ten
miles south of here, were burned TO
death late last night when their home
was destroyed by fire. The dead are:
Herman. sixteen; Wilbert, thirteen;
Peter. eleven, and Harold. nine.
The father was severely burned
while trying to EescaA the childrAps
Evening star., 1923-12-12
BARTHoU NOTIFIED.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 12.-Col. James A
Logan, Americas observer on the
PREPARATION commission, officially noti-
lied Louis Barthou today that the
United States government would view
with favor the acceptance by American
experts of an invitation TO serve on
Evening star., 1923-12-12

A national rose exhibition garden,
probably the largest in the world.
will be established during the next
few years on a four-acre plot along
Evening star., 1923-12-12
0bregon Quits Capital Not to
Return, Say Pursuers of
Gen. Sanchez.
DRIVE FOR TWO STATES
ON WEST COAST STARTED
Revolt Joined by Federals at
Coalooman and Aquillilla, Say
Vera Cruz Reports.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NOGALES, Ariz., December l2.-
The revolutionary movement on
the west coast of Mexico has at
tained great proportions, accord
ing to aslvices received here today,
and has spread to Mazatlan, SIN
aloa. where the garrison has di-
vided. A report that several revo-
lutionary generals were executed.
following a skirmish in Sinaloa, is
being Investigated here.
VERA CRUZ, December 12.-Revo-
lutionary headquarters here an
nounces that rebel forces under COM
mand of Gen. Silviano Garcia have
defeated and dispersed the loyal
troops which were defending Coato-
tolaban, a town on the border Of the
states Of Vera Cruz and Puebla. Jose
Maria Sanchez, former governor of
Puebla, who was at the head of the
Obregon forces, is being pursued by
the rebels.
The statement also asserts that the
e
has been overthrown. while all troops
in Sonora and Sinaloa have Joined the
revolutionary movement,
The troops of Gen. Estrada" con-
tinues the statement. have begun
their advance toward La Piedad,
Michoacan, where 1t is expected the
first major combat with the Obregon
forces will take place.
Coast towns in Michoacan have
recognized the revolutionary move
ment. Several squadrons belonging
to the 65th Federal Regiment, which
were in garrison at Coalooman. have
joined the revolt, as have the forces
in Aguiliilla.
President Quits Capital.
Persons reaching Esperanza, 'Pue-
bla, from Mexico City. brought word
of President Obregon's departure
from the capital at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning, ostensibly TO review
troops at Queretaro, but it is be-
lieved here that the president will
not return.
The permanent, commission of the
provisional congress for the state Of
Vera Cruz has informed all corpora
tions in the state that the revolu-
tionary regime recognizes their
rights. Although the judges of the
state had been suspended, the provi-
sional government has notified them
to retain their offices in order that
the administration of justice might
not be impeded.
Flores With Rebels.
A message from Gen. Angel Flores.
a presidential candidate, announces
his adhesion to the rebel movement
and says he is moving his troops in
Sinaloa to assist Gen. Estrada in the
latter's advance on Mexico City.
Gems. Guillermo Castillo Tapia and
Carlos Dominguez, each in command
of detachment, have gone to re-
inforce the garrison in Puerto Mexico
and to organize military operations in
the south.
A telegram from Gen. Matus in the
state of Sonora, informs the revo-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 6.)
Evening star., 1923-12-12
WEATHER

Increasing cloudiness tonight. fol-
lowed by rain late tonight or tomor-
row; rising temperature.
Temperature for tweEty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest, SO, at
$3.50 pm. yesterday; lowest. 80, at T:15
am. today. Full report on page D.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

Continued on Page 2, Column s.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

Continued on Page 2. Column So
Evening star., 1923-12-12
From Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21

sengers would try to crowd into these
trains without regard TO the number
already on them.
THE conditions are actually even
worse than this, as the shuttle trains
while they start from Times Square
station and may be available for the
theater crowd. are generally made up
of less than onehalf the number OF
cars assumed for the other trains.
ITO visualize this problem little
more clearly. attention is called 10
the fact that the $4,000 people attend
ing the IS places of entertainment
when all seats are occupied. is more
than equivalent TO the combined popu.
lation of Mount Vernon. New Roch.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21
Mighty CrolUds Pack Subways
To Attend NelU York Theatres

NEW YORK, Apr 2l-The "sar-
dine" life led by playgoers who night
ly struggle their way in crowded sub
ways TO the Great White Way is
graphically described and character
lied as almost alarming" in a re-
port issued by Nelson p. Lewis, for
merly chief engineer CT the City
Board OF Estimate and Apportion-
ment. recently retained to study the
problem.
When smiling Broadway managers
hang out the standing Room Only
sign, as they frequently are doing now
adays, il means not even standing
room in the subways, the report dis
! closes, with sometimes as many as 900
passengers over capacity lead try
ing to get on every train leaving
through each of the five tunnels that
lead away from Times Square
Failure of the city to limit the mum.
Ter of public halls in any given area
as is done in London and other old
world cities, is blamed by the re.
port for the condition.
Between 3Sth and 51st streets and
| between Sixth and Eighth avenues,
says the report, there are no les:
than rs theatres. Their combined
seating capacity is $4,000 Forty
four of them, with a capacity of Sc,
900. are within a circle having a rad
ius of 1000 feet from the center o
Broadway and 42nd street.
Assume for a moment that of thes,
$4,000 amusement seekers, $500
come from the Times Square station
etween 500 and $3.50 From thi
station Interborough and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit trains run both mort
and south, while a shuttle train run
TO the Grand Central Station and tn
east side marlborough line. If thes
$4,000 people were equally distribute,
etween these five routes, ii woul
mean that 1000 people would hav
10 he accommodated by each. No,
if two-thirds of this total arrived lie
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21

tween 500 and Sis and one-third be-
tween Sis and $3.50. il would mean
that 400 people would arrive from
each of these five directions in the
latter quarter of an hour.
1.-The performances are over very
nearly at the same time. and the per-
iod during which the crowds wish to
reach the subway trains is consider
ably shorter. Let US assume, how
ever. that they will be obliged to oc-
cupy the same half-hour in dispers-
ing. A ten-car train. loaded tc
capacity. holds about 1900. while with
all the standing room occupied to the
limit of decency, it will hold 1000. If
then. such ten-car trains left in each
of these five directions every three
minutes. it would mean that s4p pas
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21
ANNE ARUNDEL GROWERS
HEAR INTERESTING TALKS
G. !. Gardiner And Mr.. Barnes
Stress Need OF Marketing To-
bacco Co-Operatively
IL JOIN ASSOCIATION

At the regular monthly meeting OF
the Anne Arundel branch OF the Mary
land Tobacco Growers Association
Claggett's Hall. Tracy's Landing,
was jammed to its capacity when the
Anne Arundel farmers who are mem
hers OF the association assembled TO
hear George l. Gardner tell OF his trip
TO Kentucky.
Mr.. Gardiner gave very conyinc-
ing talk concerning his visit TO the
Burley fields in the Blue Grass State
He exhibited samples of tobacco taken
at random on the Kentucky market
and quoted prices which the Kentucky
people had received on these samples
Many Of these samples were very or
binary grades of stock and everyone
present realized that the price
quoted on these samples were four
and in some instances five and six
times as much as was received foi
Maryland tobacco during the year JUS
closed.
$50 Cooperation Sought
He stated very forcibly the need
cooperative marketing of tobacco
and In concluding he said: Now al
we ask OF you farmers is 10 give IN,
SO per cent. cooperation and give ~
the next 60 days for our campaign
when you have completed your or
ganization and hand IL back to you
board Of directors and see what the,
will do with IL. We are going TO ge'
for you just what your tobacco Is
worth on the Baltimore market"
MIR. GARDENERS address was follow.
ed by that OF G. T. Barnes, who has
come for the 60-day campaign for in
creased membership in the associa
ton. Mr. Barnes address was yer,
interesting and educational The co
operative movement throughout the
United States was outlined in yer,
convincing manner. He sketche(
briefly how the association had gone
from coast to coast, and how a State
prior to the introduction of co-opera
ton was at the bottom of the list o.
"A States and how now this same
State was at the head of the list of 4,
States agriculturally.
Mr.. Barnes has come fresh from thu
cotton campaign which is now still ir
progress in the South. He said
These things can be done and will BE-
done. | believe that the farmer car
do these things If he only makes {
half effort"
Before the meeting adjourned
eleven new members were signed up
This included practically all the PEG
pie present who we're not members o
the association.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21
Carried Rnhonie placne

a report comes that q rat with all
the symptoms of bubonic plague was
found in the house of a man attacked
by this disease. Kill rats and you
prevent plague" explains a physician
Royal Guaranteed Rat Paste kills rats
quickly and with certainty. Get it to.
cay. 25c and soc tube. Sold and
guaranteed by J. Newton Gilbert, T..
G.-(Adv.)
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21

Two-base hit. Chandler Three
base hit-Love. Home run Hicks
Bases on balls-off Stamford, 8; on
Book, /; of Cox, 3. Struck out-By
Cox, S; by Standiford. 5; by Book, l.
Left on bases--William and Mary. g.:
st. Johns, 3. Passed Boston.
First tase by errors-w William and
Mary. 9; st. Johns. l. Hit by pitcher
Denton, Moss (hy Standiford). Time
2.l5. Umpire-Brockman, of Balti-
more.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21

ellie, the Pelhams. Bronxyiuo -
hoe and Scarsdale. ii is a,.,
than the total population
men and children, of Monet
vile, Bloomfield. Nutley en-. !. 3
Cedar Grove. Caldweu rss. q
Verona. and the remain5s~
Borough OF Caldwell "
Another comparison g ,h.
number exceeds the total pon@.
OF Orange, East Orange snI
Orange and is almos- eo,t.-,
the total population Of Pass.
ton and Little Falls"
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21
ST. JOHNS CRUSHED BY
WILLIAM AND MARY NINE


: a few days ago, Ia to 0 will re o,
the slab. Peterson probably will b,
the Navy selection to oppose him.
Score:
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21
Blind Mans Buff

VEN IN this age OF enlightenment some folks spend
their money blindy. They buy with their eyes shut
hey grope in the dark as truly if their eyes were
bandaged Il
And all the time powerful light is being thrown the
very things they need and vantl
Advertising beacon guide you in buying 1t shows
you what to where to buy-and when buy At the
time protects you against fraud and nferiory
Merchants and manufacturers who advertise deliber-
atey focus thousands of eyes upon their Their
values must be honest and their prices right they could
not advertise successfully.
Don't play blind mans buff with the elusive dollar
Spend few minutes each day running through the adver-
tisemens in this paper Then buy the products that have
proved up in the light of advertising
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-21

ADVERTISE IN THE ryr,
CAPITAL. 1T PAYS!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
INDUSTRY Is GROWING
c. @. Leel's Testimony Before /. c. c.
Shows Big Increase.

At the close of 1922, there were
ill industrial establishments in San
Antonio, giving employment to 49,.
OS2 people and manufacturing prod
uctS with a combined yCsrly value
of SJS,OSJ, $50. These facts were
brought out in testimony of C. C,
Leel, secretary of the Manufactur.
ers' Association of San Antonio, be.
fore the Texas hearing of the Okla.
homa freight rate case held by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
here last week.
An eight-page statement was pro,
duced by Mr.. Leel, showing indus,
trial development in San Antonio
from January /, 1880, TO January /,
1923, and giving the number Of man
ufacturing plants, number of EN-
ployes and the value Of manufac,
tured products.
An interesting fact brought out in
the testimony of Mr.. Leel was that
value of manufactured products in
San Antonio increased II per cent
during the three-year period from 1918
to 1922. Oil refining was given as
the most important industry in San
Antonio, the annual value of refinery
products being estimated at $3.50,
600. The cotton seed oil industry
ranked second in Importance with
products having yearly value of So,
900 600