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Evening star., 1923-03-14
REVISED TAXLAWS
MAY Be 1924 ISSUE
President Committed to e.
fort to Seek Cut in Charges
on Incomes.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

FLAMINGO HOTEL, MIAMI BEACH.
Fla. March 14.-At a time when the
American people are making out their
income tax returns for this year and
paying the first quarterly installment
there comes from the presidential en-
tourage the hint that another effort
to revise the tax laws of America
downward is as inevitable as is the
next presidential campaign itself.
President Harding stands commit
ted to such a course of action. He
is not satisfied with the present reve-
nue. laws and the only opportunity
he will have before the 1924 campaign
to suggest a program of change will
be in the December session of Con-
gress this year. Mr.. Harding's last
comment on the present revenue act
was expressed in an address to both
houses of Congress in which he said
Forecasts Recommendation.
1T would suggest insincerity if
expressed complete accord with every
expression recorded in your roll calls.
but we are all agreed about the diff
ficulties and the inevitable divergence
Of opinion in seeking the reduction,
amelioration and readjustment Of the
burdens of taxation. Later on, when
other problems are solved. I shall
make some recommendations about
renewed consideration of our tax pro-
gram"
Mr.. Harding goes before the people
next year. Shall he put the whole Ques-
ton of taxes UP to the electorate and
make 1t the issue of his campaign.
formulating a program that can be de-
bated on the stump? The political
strategy Of the occasion would naturally
be to revise the revenue laws and stand
on a record of achievement. rather than
of promise. especially because the re-
publican administration will be on the
defensive anyway and II new tax pro-
gram can be put through in the session
beginning in December, 1923, and ad-
journing sometime in 1924, making the
changes effective with the calendar year
1925, the orators will have something
concrete to boast about.
See Taxes as Issue.
Men Of the political sagacity Of At
torney General Daugherty, who is PreSi-
CONTINUED on Page Is. Column 2.)
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Week Regarded
AS Most Critical
OF Ruhr Inuasion
BY GEORGE WITTE.
By Cable to The Star and Cb,copo Daily

by cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1923.
BERLIN, March 14.-"If the present
deadlock in the Ruhr district lasts
another week without coming to a
head 1t Is sure to last another six
months"
This was the opinion expressed In
the reichstag when the question OF
the first serious blood shed in the
Ruhr struggle-that at Buer-came
up for discussion.
This week. the ninth Of the Ruhr
occupation. Is regarded In Berlin by
both the government officials and the
socialists who oppose the Cuno cab
met as the most critical since Essen
was occupied.
The reichstag was informed that
the excitement prevailing among the
masses In the Ruhr and especially IN
Busr and the adjoining mine centers
had reached the boiling point.
The socialists also warned the Ger
man parliament that reactionary or
ganizations were planning to start
a guerrilla campaign in the Ruhr DIS
trict against the French like that
which harassed the British troops IN
Ireland SO long and finally drove
them away"
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Washington Statue Down;
Weather Cuts 100 Holes

statue in Washington to show such
enects from elements and that It
also Is the first statue to be taken down
bodily and sent out of the city for
repair work. The repair work con-
tract calls for the return of the
statue to it's original position by
June 10. The statue will be Grated
and shipped in a freight car
In the opinion of officials of the
public buildings and grounds office,
this statue is looked upon as one of
the handsomest equestrian statues in
the National Capital. 1t. is the work
Of Clark Mills who also was the
sculptor Of the equestrian statue OF
Andrew Jackson in Lafayette park
and it was cast in Paris, France. -
The. statue was erected under an
act Of Congress Of 1853. which car
ried with it an appropriation Of $780,
600 and was unveiled in the presence
of President Buchanan. February
22. 1860. The occasion was a gala
one. Besides the chief executive,
there was present members Of Con-
gress and the Supreme Court and
many prominent citizens Of the city.
and some from every state in the
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Evening star., 1923-03-14

The bronze statue OF George Wash
ington, in Washington Circle. at New
Hampshire and Pennsylvania ave-
nues, Is being taken from its granite
pedestal today to be shipped to
Brooklyn, N. Y. where a hundred or
more holes, caused by the elements,
will be plugged. and where it will be
otherwise put in first-class condition
and appearance.
Most Of these holes in the bronze
are small-not much larger than the
head of match. while many of them
are as large as the average thumb
rail. The office of public buildings
and grounds had become fearful that
the massive head Of the first Presi-
dents mount might fall from its po-
sition inasmuch as many of the holes
had developed about the neck Of the
horse.
Col. c. o. Sheriff.. offlcer in charge
of the public buildings and grounds
today said. that this .is-. the Arst
Evening star., 1923-03-14
LEN|N NEAR DEATH,
FOLLOWING STROKE
Russian Premier Has Been
Suffering From Paralysis
for Months.
BY F. A. MACKENZIE.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1923.
MOSCOW, March 14.-"Our unhappy
country! This is the greatest blow
of all"
woman of the old aristocracy last
night when the news came that
Premier Lenin was gravely i'll. The
woman's husband had been shot by
the reds in the revolutionary fight
ing. all her property had been lost and
she had become Impoverished, yet she
had come to see Lenin as Russias's
supreme figure. Her grief is only one
sweep over Russia when the news
becomes generally known.
Lenin has won an immortal place
not alone among his fellow commun-
lists but in the affection Of all Russia.
1t is now possible to tell in fuller
of his illness: Upon his return to
preside over the meeting of the peo-
pies commissars in October. after an
illness following an operation for the
extraction of a bullet. he plunged
into work. The first night he toiled
Suffered Under Strain.
1t soon became evident that he was
suffering under a strain. When he
before the international communist
congress his voice was thicker and
he showed evidence of effort Then
came an announcement of his tenn
ously and he was confined in a suite
of four rooms in the Kremlin. for
merly occupied by Prof. Savilev and
Procureur Stal.
neikov. with Prof. Kramar and the
German professors, Forester and
Minowiski, as consultants. His old
nursing sister. who had attended him
during the summer, came back from
the Shema shko Hospital. She, with
task of nursing, his sister Mary di-
viding her time between caring for
her brother and assisting to edit the
newspaper Pravada.
Partial paralysis of Lenin's right
leg and arm followed and he was
able to move about only with spe-
cially made crutch. His doctors or
dered absolute rest. forbade the read
ing Of newspapers and excluded all
his colleagues, but permitted the oc-
casional presence of a secretary
His mind during these last weeks
has been concentrated upon stamp
ing out corruption and inefficiency.
upon completely winning the conf
O6nC6 VI lno pSdSAHtTS ana upon the
reconstruction Of industry.
Doctors Forbidden to Talk.
Occasional spurts indicated the
possibility of his growing better.
His colleagues were so ENCOURAGED
by the reports three weeks ago that
they confidently announced he would
attend and speak at the Forthcoming
congress of the Russian Communist
party. The Kremlin doctors were ali
pledged not to discuss his case even
with their own families. A fortnight
ago his condition became more grave
and the communist congress was
postponed for three weeks.
The news that Lenins illness had
taken a serious turn was made pub
lie by NJ. Lunscharsky, commissar Of
education, at an anniversary gather
ing in the Zimin Theater. Moscow. to
observe the sixth year, after the over
throw Of czardom.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
10000 MINERS STRIKE.
German Hos.ages Placed o
Trains Operated by French.

By the Associated Press.
ESSEN, March 14.-Sixteen thou
sand coal miners OF the three gov
ernment mines In the Recklinghausen
district Of the Ruhr are on strike In
protest against the occupation Of the
state coke plant near Westerhold.
according to German estimates today.
The plant was seized yesterday by a
party OF engineers escorted by a
battalion of French infantry. The
French authorities express belief that
the strike will last only few days.
German hostages today for the first
time were placed on the locomotives
of trains operated by the French and
Belgians. This move was the out
come OF repeated sabotage operations.
The hostages so employed were in
most cases burgomasters or other
municipal officials of the various dis
tricts. Relays of them will ride on
all trains both day and night.
The most serious case of sabotage
reported today was the destruction
overnight of a section Of railroad
track near the town of Steele. east Of
Essen.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Poland Gets Wilma District
Through Decision of Allies

Tho situation with Lithuania was
much improved before today's de-
cisfon by the council regarding Wilma.
M. Galvanauskas, who has Just re-
signed the Lithuanian premiership, Is
on his way to Paris to sign the set
tlement giving Lithuania the port Of
Memel. on the Baltic, but 1t Is antici-
pated the succeeding government at
Kovno will raise objections to the
attributing of wilma to Poland.
The declaration made by NJ. Sikor-
diet yesterday to the effect that the
frontiers established bv the treaty Of
Riga. between Poland and Soviet Rus
sia, are inviolate and can be brought
into question BY no ono, Is taken as
an assurance that the Polish govern
ment will be entirely satisfied with
the councils decision, since this Is
entirely in line with the treaty Of
Evening star., 1923-03-14
DENBY PARTY VOYAGES
THROUGH PANAMA CANAL
Senators and Representatives Sail
on Way to Witness q. S.
Fleet Maneuvers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON, IN
PANAMA CANAL, March 14.-Secre-
tary DENLY and the party of senators
and representatives accompanying
him sailed through the Panama canal
this morning en- route to Panama bay
for review of the American battle
fleet.
At Gatun lock the party was aug
mented by a number Of senators and
representatives who had made the
trip to Colon by passenger steamer
Gov. Morrow of the Canal Zone and
ranking Army and Navy officials also
came aboard the Henderson. which
later was to distribute her party to
battleships to witness the tactical
maneuvers of the fleet in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1923-03-14

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. March 14.-By decision OF
the allied council OF ambassadors.
rendered today, fixing finally the
frontier between Poland and Russia,
the wilma district 10 attached to Po-
land.
This decision comes as the culmina-
tion Of the long dispute between Po-
land and Lithuania :; with dramatic
incidents. beginning with the raid on
Wilma by the Polish general. Zell-
gouski, In 1920.
Besides wilma, Poland gets eastern
Galicia, which practically satisfies all
her remaining territorial aspirations
that had not already been passed
upon. =
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Public Utilities
Body Will Drop
Control of Coal

The Public Utilities Commission
tomorrow will drop control Of the
local coal situation. it was stated at
the District building today.
Commissioners Rudolph and
oyster. 1t was learned, already
have signed the order bringing
fuel regulation to an end, and 1t
Will be made public by Walter c.
Allen. secretary to the commits
sion, tomorrow.
This means that consumers no
longer will be restricted to 60 per
cent of their normal requirements
or hard coal. For nearly two
months the commission has con-
fined its regulations to anthra-
cite, believing that the soft coal
situation did not require regula-
tion.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
TALK ON U. S. RHINE ARMY
BILL POSTPONED AGAIN

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 14.-The conference
which Eliot Wadsworth, assistant
secretary of the Treasury. was to
have held today with financial repre-
sentatives of Great Britain, France
and Italy on the question Of reim-
bursting the United States for the
cost Of her army Of occupation was
postponed until Friday. Meanwhile
Mr.. Wadsworth hopes to receive Sec
retary Hughes reply to the allied
proposal to pay the United States out
of future German reparations.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
WILL STRENGTHEN FORCES.
French War Minister Retains
Glass of 1921 as Relief Army.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 14.-"There will be
no extension of the occupation, but the
electives will be reinforced" said the
war minister, NJ. Maginot, on his re-
turn from the Ruhr today.
If lave retained the class Of 1921
until the end of May" he continued
lit waa not to keep it in France. Fif-
sent to the Rhine army; that operation
who have been engaged in a very irk-
some business and give them a rest"
The German governments aim is
TO induce the French and Belgians to
negotiate before they have obtained
Temps in an editorial today.
filled, II a real solution Of the Ruhr
conflict and the reparations problem
IS sought, is that no German proposal
shall be listened to. first Of all, before
the German government annuls and
withdraws all orders, threats and
promises which have aroused and
aintaihed German resistance since
January II. or. secondly. before the
organizations established In the oc-
cupied territory by the allies are
operating regularly, taking possess
sion of their quota of coal and coke,
working the railroads, delivering
licenses and collecting dues-in q
word, doing what they are there for,
with the collaboration Of the authori-
ties and inhabitants"
Evening star., 1923-03-14
ILLNESS Is APoPLETIC.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 1.-THE condition
Of Premier Lenin. who is suffering
from a serious illness, indicated by
the official bulletins to be Of an apo
plectic nature. was unchanged, it was
stated In, the communique issued at
8 o'clock this afternoon
Evening star., 1923-03-14
When the Day is Over

out comes the $3.50 Edition Of The Evening Star-
with the last word concerning the worlds doings
local. national and foreign. Always told accu-
rately. Features are made of late financial news,
Sports finals and tomorrows Court calendar.
For sale by newsboys and
newsdealers throughout the city
Evening star., 1923-03-14
GERMANS ARE WARNED.

By the Associated Press.
RECKLINGHAUSEN March H.
Plans for operating the government
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
Evening star., 1923-03-14
REFUSES TO CANCEL
'21-DEMANDS' PACT
Japan Politely Declines to
Consider China's Proposal
for Abrogation.

By the Associated Press.
Chfnn's latest move to abrorate
the famous ''Twenty-one Demands,
treaty OF 1915, hns led Japan to
inform her that such n proposal fs
contrary to accepted international
practices and will "fnil to contri-
butte to the advancement of friend-
ship between our two cOuntries.n
In n note delivered to the
Chine~e charge at Toxic and made
public at the Japanese embassy
here. the Japanese foreign once.
not only fatty rejected the pro.
posnl that the treaty and its
kindred agreements be abrorated,
but declared it could see "abso-
lutely nothing" in them which II
"susceptible of further modftca-
tiOn.o
Evening star., 1923-03-14
PEKINa RECEIVES REPLY.

Japanese Courteously Decline to
Entertain Proposal for Discussion.
BY the Associated Press.
PEKING. March 14.-In reply to the
Chinese note seeking abrogation Of the
Sino-Japanese treaty of 1915, with its
fulhllment Of the twenty -one demands" ]"
Japan has declined courteously to en-
tsrtain . proneaal II diaouas the. t.satn
Evening star., 1923-03-14

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC. March 14.-Japan today re-
jected China's proposal to abrogate the
Sino-Japanese treaty Of 1915, which con.
tained the noted "twenty-one demands"
and extended for fifty years the Japa-
nese leases on Kwangtung peninsula,
including Dalny and Port Arthur.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
WEATHER.

Fair and colder tonight, with freez-
ing temperature: tomorrow increas-
ing cloudiness, followed by rain or
snow, Temperature for twenty-four
hours ended at 3 pm. today. Highest,
80, at 8 pm. yesterday. Lowest, 81. at
2 am. today.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
See Taxes as Issue.

Men of the political sagacity Of At
torney General Daugherty, who is PreSi-
CONTINUED on Page Is, Column 2.)
Evening star., 1923-03-14

The Stars carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition is
delivered to Washington homes as fast
as the papers are printed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-28
HARRISON WILSON APPOINTED
FREEHoLDER FROM HAMILTON

Following the resignation of Ira T.
B. Smith, Chosen Freebooter from
Hamilton Township, presented to the
Township Committee last week, to
take effect the Both of this month, the
Committee acted promptly by appoint.
ing Harrison Wilson to fill the unex-
pired term until it is regularly filled
at next falls election.
Appointment of MI. Wilson has re-
ceived general commentator, and the
interests of Hamilton Township on the
Board of ~Freeholders will be well tax
IN care of by the new freeholder, who
was for many years a member of the
Township Committee and who is per
sonally acquainted with most of the
members of the Board and familiar
with its work.
He has been a member of the Re-
publican County Committee from the
First Precinct, of Hamilton Township
for many years.
Mr.. Wilson's appointment is effect
i've the first of December and he will
take his seat on the Board at its next
meeting, to be held on December 18th.
Mr.. Smith will become a special
Deputy County Clerk on December list.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-28
P'Ulle-- Ocean City
Saturday Game Tie
Local Eleven Was Winner of
Earlier Contest This Season
Game Was Sensational.

Last Saturday the Ocean City and
Pleasantville football rooters witness
ed one of the most sensational games
Of the season, when the PleasantYille
warriors held Ocean City 10 a tie on
the seashore boys gridiron. In a game
played earlier in the season Pleasant
vile defeated Ocean City, and on Sat
urday the shore boys tried every
means to retrieve this defeat, but in
vain. The best they could do was 10
keep the score 6-6.
Pleasantville scored the initial
touchdown in the opening quarter
when Borden Painter sprinted ten
yards to score. However, he failed to
drop-kick the oval for the extra point
In the second quarter. Arthur Huff
veteran Ocean City halfback, was in
jured and Herman Selvagn was switch.
ed from tackle to the baekfeld. In
two plays through the Pleasantyille
line, H. Selvagn gained twenty-five
yards, and then his brother, Captain
Anthony Selvagn, tore through the in
vaders' line for fifteen more yards.
Downed once. he bounded TO his feet
and %sprinting through a broken field
eluding numerous tacklers. fell ovei
the goal line for a touchdown that
evened the score. Capt. Selvagn also
failed to register the extra point after
touchdown, which would have giver
the Ocean City warriors a victory.
The summary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-28
four INJURED in
AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Accident Happened Saturday
Night at Atlantic City End of
Albany Ave. Boulevard.
WRAY UNDER $1,000 BAIL.

In an automobile accident on Satur-
day night, at the Albany avenue en-
trance to the Meadow boulevard, four
local people were injured, three of
them probably seriously, when the car
in which they were riding was in col
lision with another car driven by Jas.
V. Wray, of Atlantic City. The cars
came together at Ventnor and Albany
avenues, in front of the Soldiers Mon
ument.
The injured, all of whom were TAX
en- to the Atlantic City Hospital, are:
Gilbert Nagel, SO, of III Oakland
avenue, Pleasantville, conclusion OF
the brain, fractured skull and severe
cuts.
Horace Nagel, 25, same address, bro
ken hip.
Eldredge Wigand, 9, also of Oakland
avenue, brain conclusion and fractur-
ed skull.
Lee Wigand, 81, the boys father,
alterations.
Gilbert Nagel and the Wigand boy
are said to be in a critical condition.
All of the injured were riding in one
| machine, going west on Ventnor ave
nue., with the elder Wigand driving.
| They turned when reaching the monu'
ment, and a car driven by Wray, real
estate agent, of 26 South Virginia ave
nue., crashed into the side of their car
| Wray was travelling north on Albany
avenue.
The impact turned the Wigand ma
chine over and hurled three of the
| occupants to the street. Gilbert Nagel
however. was pinned beneath the over.
| turned car.
Wray was arrested, charged with
reckless driving, and held under $1,000
bail. pending the outcome of injuries
i.ta-the. fouT.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-28
D. A. r. TO ENTERTAIN.

The General Lafayette Chapter, D.
A. R., will entertain at the Atlantic
City Country Club, Mortified, Satur-
day afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock. A fine
program has been arranged and will be
given after the business meeting. A
harp selection will be rendered by
Miss Josephine McCue, a vocal solo by
Madame Bingey, accompanied by Mrs.
Warren Sachse, an address on the bat
tie of Chestnut Neck by Rev. S. Mon
roe Van SAINT. Mr.. Van SAINT will ex-
hibit a block and tackle that has been
presented to him, which was on a
British vessel. which was sunk during
the battle of 1873.
The hostesses for the afternoon are:
Mrs. John F. Ryon, Mrs. Charles w.
Blake, Mrs. John G. Thomas, Mrs.
Samuel ireland, MRS. Daniel Collins,
Mrs. Richard Shane, Mrs. Edward Will
vert, Mrs. Charles f. Bowen. Miss Mi
da C. Blake and Miss Caroline L. Ryon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-28
Brown Prep. To Play
On Thanksgiving Day
Strong Football Eleven to Oppose
Pleasantville High School
Team at Old Ball Park.

On Thanksgiving Day, at 2.45 p. m,
Coach Stanley Parsell's light H. S,
eleven will meet the strong Brown
Prep. team, of Philadelphia. The
game will be staged at the Old Ball
Park washington e and New
road. Spencer Bennett, former ply
steal training director of the Atlantic
City schools, will referee. 81 Lipp.
man, former A. c. H. S. and Peddie
Institute football star, will umpire.
As preceding High School games in
Pleasantville have been in the hands
of competent officials, the Brown
Prep.-P. H. S. game will be in control
of the same men, who know the game
from A TO 2. Brown Prep, the team
that defeated La Sale Prep. last Fri
day by the close score 60, will have
a tussle on their hands to defeat our
boys on our field Turkey" Day. AS
Brown Prep. is the first team from the
State of Pennsylvania to oppose a
Pleasantville H. S. football team, the
game, no doubt, will draw a large
crowd.
P. H. S. has won all her home games
this season, and will make a strong
effort on Thursday to come out on top.
Such a well balanced team as repre-
sents P. H. S. this season is worthy OF
the hearty support of every true foot
ball sport in P~leasantville.
On Saturday the Alumni will en-.
deayor to show her younger opponents
how the game should be played.
1928 P. H. S. Football Record up &c
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-28
TAX ASSESSORS WILL SUBMIT
1924 DUPLICATES TO TAXPAYERS

STax assessors give notice in the adj
vertising columns of The Pl~easantville
Press to-day. as required by Section
SOP OF Chapter 236 of the Laws OF
1918, that they will sit as follows
Egg Harbor Township-Wm. Hauen-
stein, at his home in Pennington,
Thursday, Dec. Is, between 9 a. m.
and 3 p. m;
Observation-Disclosures E. Adams and
Geo. NJ. Bates at City Hall, Friday
Dec. IA, between 5 and 9 p. m;
when the assessment list for the
year 1924 may be inspected by any
taxpayer for the purpose of enabling
such taxpayer TO ascertain what as
sessments have been made against
him or his property and to confer in
formally with the assessors as to the
correctness of the assessments, to the
end that any errors may be corrected
before the fling of the assessment list
and duplicate with the County Board
of Taxation.
If taxpayers will avail themselves OF
the privileges thus provided in the
law, a more satisfactory understand.
ing of their tax assessments may be
had, and the trouble of making appeals
in many cases will be avoided.