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Evening star., 1925-11-06
MuHolini.

Details Of the plot to assassinate
Premier Mussolini on Wednesday In
Rome are coming in dispatches from
that city. They indicate that the con.
spiracy was actual, and that 1t was
nipped just In time to prevent q trag.
edy. One report Is that on informa-
ton given by the manager Of q hotel
facing the Palazzo Chigi, in which
Mussolini has his ONCE, the police ar
rested q former member Of Parliament
who had q rife trained on the balcony
upon which the premier was to ap.
pear a few moments later. Another
report says that when the room was
raided the police found the would-be
assassin with a rifle. range finder
and q number Of bombs. 1t Is also
stated that a powerful automobile was
standing at the back entrance OF the
hotel in which the assassin was to nee
after firing. Unless these reports are
oficially colored 1t would appear that
tho conspiracy was actual, and that
it was near to contamination.
Mussolini's life has been threatened
on several occasions. He has been
Evening star., 1925-11-06
Dutch" Anderson.

Disclosure that Dutch" Anderson,
the notorious criminal who was killed
at Muskegon, Mich, the other day
after his arrest for counterfeiting,
was a scion Of an aristocratic family
in Holland adds to the romance OF
this mans career. He was a mysteri-
Gus parsonage whose real identity had
been concealed for years. It would
now appear that his sobriquet,
Dutch" was acquired from his Euro
pean origin. He probably spoke Eng
lish with an accent when he came to
when he ran away from home. His
criminal career began soon after his
arrival here. The Rochester lawyer
who now reveals the true name, Ivan
Dahl Won Teller, and the circum-
stances of his life, indicates that it
was not long after his coming that he
fell into association with criminals,
and "soon his genius for crime began
to assert itself" Nothing is said about
the reasons for his leaving Holland
presumably ne was neaQeQ wrong
when he fled his home. If he had a
genius for crime" 1t would have
manifested itself there as well as in
this country. Imprisonment did not
correct him. Indeed, the present in
formant says that he was confirmed
in his antagonism to organized society
by an experience in the South, where
he was arrested for a crime which he
declared he did not commit, and was
held in a convict camp in punishment
That he possessed unusual qualities is
evident from the ingenuity of his
criminal practices and his capacity
for leadership. Yet 1t does not follow
that if he had turned these abilities
to peaceabIe and law-abiding lines he
would have been a marked success.
The master crook" Is often a COM
monplace person save for a bulldog
courage and contempt for law. An
derson. or Won Teller, was not a loss
to society, though he inflicted heavy
loss upon 1t.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

guarded by a group OF faithful ad.
herents ever since his entry into
Rome with his Fascist to assume
governmental direction. In this case
the abortive plot has decidedly
strengthened his position. The reac-
ton Of public sentiment has been
greatly in his favor. A great demon
stration was spontaneously organized
by the Fascist, and Mussolini, ap-
pearing on the balcony where he was
to have been the target Of the as.
sassin's bullet, addressed the multi.
tude. which gave him a reception
more enthusiastic than any he has re-
ceived in his career as the dictator of
Italy.
An instance of Mussolini's power
with his people was afforded on that
occasion. He announced that severe
steps would be taken against those re-
sponsible for the plot and also against
'the opposition at all costs" Some
shouts were raised in demand Of re-
prisals. Angry yells were sounded
that indicated fierce spirit of re.
venge, and had Mussolini not acted
swiftly and decisively the mob would
have been whirled by its emotion out
Of control to wreak terrible ven-
geance. Repeating a demand that his
followers should not indulge in re-
prisals. he shouted: You will obey
because 1 wish it," The angry cries
were turned into cheers and order was
restored.
Mussolini may be slain some day.
He is bitterly hated by many of the
Italian people. His present methods
Of suppression are calculated TO en-
gender even fiercer animosities. But
that possibility does not deter him or
swerve him from his chosen course.
He Is without doubt one of the most
remarkable, compelling personages in
history.
Evening star., 1925-11-06
Hard Coal Owners Not
In Control of Soft
To tho Editor of Tho Star:

To the Editor of Tho Star:
In the editorial captioned Goal
and Weather" in your issue Of Octo-
ber 80 you say that Mr.. Lewis, the
head of the miners union. contrib
uted a new thought to the present
controversy in the anthracite region
when he declared that the anthracite
ing is resumed in the hard coal fields
or not, inasmuch. as Lewis claims.
many Of the largest owners of hard
coal mines are likewise owners of
soft coal mines and are quite willing
to let the public buy bituminous in
substitution for anthracite" You
then go on to say: "If it Is true that
the bituminous and anthracite pro-
duction is controlled in some degree
by the same group Of operators, the
miners have it in their power to
agreeing promptly to resume hard
coal mining and thus put both COM
modities In the market"
You apparently give credence to
Lewis statement by saying 'the
charge Of a veritable monopoly of the
fuel supply by this joint ownership
has a serious significance"
Like most Of the statements issued
by Mr.. Lewis, this one Is absolutely
1h " VI thy VI DcilClp IL IL 10 llIClluCo
to indicate that the little interest
that some Of the anthracite operators
have in bituminous fields could infiu-
ence the production and marketing of
that fuel. The position taken by the
anthracite operators in urging their
customers to provide against suffer
ing by supplying themselves with bi.
luminous coal or coke was not be-
cause Of any interest that they held
In bituminous coal mining properties,
but simply because they felt them
selves helpless in the situation that
has been forced upon them by Lewis
and his associates. They realize that
some of the markets thus lost will
not be regained, but they also realize
that the anthracite consuming terri.
tory should not lull itself into a false
security under the impression that
mining operations in the anthracite
region are going to be resumed at
an early date and that the resort to
substitutes will not be necessary.
That Lewis should attempt to make
the public believe that the anthracite
operators would lose nothing by this
action is natural, but It is wickedly
false E. w. PARKER
Director Anthracite Bureau of Infor.
nation,
Philadelphia, November 4, 1925.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

they arc certain to be burnt. rotted.
rat-eaten or otherwise destroyed. In
private hands the papers are not
readily accessible to historians. 1t
was the sense Of the meeting that
an archives building at Washington
is especially important"
The arguments in favor Of a ma
tional archives building at Washing.
ton are unanswerable. The question
has been gone over repeatedly during
the past quarter.century. and valuable
public documents, scattered through
many buildings. continue to accumu-
late. The safety Of these papers Is a
national concern, and in an archives
building, a library Of a very useful
kind, priceless papers, not to be re-
placed II lost or damaged, could be
made available to those persons who
would use them in writing American
history. A campaign for the collection
of manuscripts relating to the Ameri-
can Revolutionary period could be
conducted with industry and success if
private owners of such papers could
be assured that the Government had
a proper place for keeping them.
Thousands OF persons would no
doubt be glad to turn over to the Gov
ernment letters and other papers of
the kind indicated If they felt that the
Government could insure their safety.
1t would be sensible and patriotic to
collect as many as possible of the i'm
portant manuscripts bearing on the
Revolutionary and other periods Of
our country, give them the care and
safety they deserve and make them
available for all time to students of
our history.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

the other side" The gesture is COM
pared to the French embrace and
kiss, done in the more unobtrusive
Western fashion" Around Salt Lake
1t means the same thing and more.
The alibi for Smooth's tabling Of
his feet continues:
In the West. when in doubt,
you keep your feet on the floor.
NoE. II Senator Smoot had stood
quietly over by the door, with both
hands in his pockets. the French
might have had good reason for
suspicion, or even alarm. 1t GER
tainly would have been no laugh
ing matter. This explanation Is
submitted because Senator Smoot
is too modest to speak for him.
self.
DR.. Ales Hrdliclxa, the distinguished
anthropologist Of the Smithsonian In
stitution, who recently returned from
one Of his periodical worldwide re-
serches in human skulls, says that
Tennessee has nothing on Tibet. The
secretary Of the Asiatic Society in
Calcutta has just sent DR.. Hrdlicka
an authentic copy Of an official COM
munication from the Tibetan govern
ment to tobacco firm which wanted
to introduce cigarettes into the an
cient Chinese province. The COM
munication reads:
Cigarettes ara very new things
in Tibet. The country Of Tibet is
a holy religious kingdom, and in
1t there reside many gods and .
lamas and protecting gods. BY
smoking cigarettes they will dis
appear like the clouds, and misfor-
| tune Will arise and the bad smell
which will spread everywhere will
affect men and animals, causing
sickness, death and disease to all,
and also the loss Of fortune and
wealth Of the people. Therefore
We want to be saved from this
and to study the benefit of all. The
Tibetan government does not allow
the smoking OF cigarettes in Tibet
to anybody. It would cause very
great harm and sickness to Tibet
| as well as bad fortune. SO we wish
to stop 1t.
| One of Washington's Interesting
foreign visitors Is Mile. Weiss. founder
and editor.in.chief Of L'Europe Non.
velle Of Paris. 1t Is her first visit to
the United States, but, as the brilliant
young Frenchwoman commands the
English language f1uently, she has no
| trouble in navigating. Mile. Weiss
hopes 10 lllcEcSI SOII10 american
group endowed with the interna.
tional mind in q United States edition
Of L'Europe Nouvelle. 1t is distin.
guished among European periodicals
| by the fact that It specializes, from
| week to week. in publishing the yer.
batim texts Of all great utterances or
pacts Of state in the capitals of the
world. Mile. Weiss thinks she detects
a growing interest in world politics
among thoughtful Americans. Having
| been brought up on the theory that
! Boston is the hub OF American cul.
ture. she is headed for the Back Bay
district.
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Up in the Presidents native sec.
ton, New England, where the anthra-
cite shortage Is beginning to be some.
| thing Of q pinch, they're saying (ac.
cording to reports percolating through
to Washington that therell probably
be no difficulty this Winter "in keep.
ing cool with Coolidge"
kcepyEiSht 2a:sa ------
Evening star., 1925-11-06

Winters arrival has sharpened pub
lie feeling over the anthracite strike,
which ran along for many weeks
without giving the country generally
much anxiety. There are renewed
predictions that the miners and op-
orators are killing the goose that has
laid their golden eggs by staging
finish fight, while consumers large
and small are seeking and contenting
themselves with substitutes for hard
coal.
Some thoughtful students Of the sit
uation maintain, however. that sub
stitute fuel offers no immediate solu-
ton Of the problem. For instance, the
Hartford Times declares: 1T is idle
to pretend that soft coal can be
burned as satisfactorily as anthracite
by the average householder. or that 1t
is desirable fuel even under the best
of conditions. 1t may be taken for
granted that consumers will demand
suffering II they do not get 1t"
Nevertheless, faith in substitutes Is
strong and growing. The Chicago
Daily News makes the sweeping sug-
gestion that the strike might well re-
suit in general abandonment Of an
thracite. There is no apprehension
Of q fuel famine" adds the Daily
News. There Is an abundance OF all
sorts of substitutes for anthracite.
Indeed, householders in many sections
Of the country are learning to dis
pense with that costly fuel. 1t is not
believed that their patronage ever will
be regained by tho dealers in anthra-
cite.''
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From Texas comes a confident as
sertion by the Houston Chronicle that
''the public declines to become
alarmed. Believing that anthracite
has ceased to be an absolute public
necessity" the Chronicle suggests
that ''the consumers should be very
thankful that the working Of eco
nomic forces has brought them out Of
their dilemma Of former years and
that their position of comparative In
dependence in relation to anthracite
production will hasten q reorganiza-
ton in the coal mining industry"
Availability of substitutes. the Man.
chester Union AYERS, lis becoming a
matter of public knowledge and the
good points of these other fuels are
getting the attention they deserve" :"
This leads the Union to proclaim that
"Old King Anthracite seems to be in
q fair way to go the route of other
monarchs that have chosen to play
tyrant and 81 led to their downfall. !"
Evening star., 1925-11-06
Winters Arrival Sharpens
Feeling Over Coal Strike

"Some hardship and inconvenience
may come" it is admitted by the
Williamsport Sun, IF the strike con-
tinues for a number of months, but
the people are determined not to be
forced to pay the BILL and are turn
Ing to or planning to turn to the use
of fuel which costs less and the sup
ply of which is not likely to be inter
rupted by wage disputes" The Grand
Rapids Press concludes that "Mr.
Lewis puts the hard coal business in
the role of a wild West desperate,
abashed for the first time because un-
recognized and unfeared at the bar.
and crying out: Don't you know
that ! can shoot your ears Off"
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Quoting the statement of President
Lewis OF the Mine Workers that "the:
American people are living in a FOOLS
paradise and are due for a FOOLS
awakening. II they think that the an
thracite strike is not a threat at their
comfort and security" the Lynchburg
News replies: Mr.. Lewis and the
mine owners are also living in FOOLS
paradise If they believe that the pub
lie will stand forever the recurring
seasons of extreme suffering he pre-
diets for this Winter as result OF the
strike. They will not only turn more
and more to substitutes, but they Will
turn more and more to other means
Of freeing themselves from the tyr
amy of recurrent strikes"
Justification for Government action
Is found by the Buffalo Evening
News. Coal Is a necessity Of life.''
the Buffalo paper says "and nothing
and nobody should be permitted to in
terfere with the movement Of an ade-
quate supply of it from the mines to
the bins. 1t is not asking too much
of the Government to insure the pub.
lie against such interference. Safe
guards there should be. What form
these should take is for the leaders in
the Government to determine"
Just now. however, the public's sole
resources against the miners and
operators, the Springfield Union in
sists, Is to abandon the use of anthra-
cite so far as possible and to turn to
substitutes. I'm New York City the
ban on the use of soft coal has been
lifted by the Board of HEALTH" the
Union points out, ''and, while hard
coal prices increase. residents there
turn to bituminous of less volatile
grades. In Massachusetts,, one Of an
thracite's fairest provinces, the use
OF bituminous coal is widely urged
and widely adopted.
Evening star., 1925-11-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE,

The secret Of "Bill" Borah's pug
nacity is out. He is a descendant of
Martin Luther. who once threw an
inkpot at the devil. This Is the
Idaho Senator's own account Of his
ancestry. as personally supplied to
this observer:
Years ago when I was a student
at Kansas University, Prof. Car
ruth, professor of German, be-
came interested in my name and
spent some time in tracing it back
as far toward the cave man as he
could. He became convinced 1t
was the same name as Martin
Luther's wife and so informed me.
My father told me years ago that
there were three brothers who
came to this country from Ger
many prior to the American Revo-
luton. Two Of them SympathiZed
with the American cause, and one
Of them with the Tory cause. The
one who sympathized with the
Tories returned to the old coun-
try. The other two remained. and
we are all supposed to be descend
ants of these two brothers. My
father also stated to me that the
name was the same name as
Martin Luthers wife.
II Col. John c. Coolidge OF The
Notch, Plymouth. VT, accepts the In
vitation Of his distinguished son to
spend the Winter at the White
House. there will have to be a cessa-
ton in some Of the ceremonial there.
That is to say, there will have to be,
if the colonel is to be thoroughly
comfortable. The Presidents father
has visited the Executive Mansion on
one or two other occasions. He had
an excellent time, except for the
servants over which he said he was
falling all the time. Said he had
never been used to having folk open
doors for him. or bring him chair,
or bow and scrape. or, anything.
The colonel can be dignity personi'
fed, when the occasion requires, but
lows it Is not his natural element.
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Signor Pirelli. the big business
man of the Italian Debt Commission,
represented his country on the repa-
rations commission and became a
close friend of Vice President Dawes.
Pirelli was greeted on arrival in
New York the other day by a cor
dial telegram from Dawes, express
Ing the hope they might meet be-
fore the Italians leave the United
States. The Vice President invited
Pirelli to attend the dinner In New
York on November IA, at which the
general will let down another bar
rage on the Senate rules. Pirelli
has some sad recollecttons OF our
country. His brother was one Of the
brilliant young Italian aviators sent
to the United States as an instruc-
tor soon after we entered the war.
After two years of intrepid flying
service on the Italian front, Capt.
Pirelli was killed in an airplane acci-
dent at Wright Field. near Dayton.
X 4
Our French friends are unduly ex-
cited over the fact that Senator
Reed Smoot put his feet on the debt
conference table in the Treasury
Building at q critical moment last
month. Utah friends Of Smoot are
to the front with the explanation
that in the Brigham Young country
when a man puts his feet on the
table It merely means that he's a
friend; that he intends no dirty
Y0rk himself. aud expects none from
Evening star., 1925-11-06
National Manuscripts.

At recent meeting Of the Sons of
lumbia suggestion was made Of a
Nationwide campaign to collect early
manuscript sources Of Revolutionary
history" The proponent said that
many documents Of paramount in.
terest pertaining to the history Of the
American Revolution are now in pri.
vate keeping. It was also said that 1t
should be manifest that papers Of the
kind mentioned should not remain in
private possession, for in the long run
Evening star., 1925-11-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Baffied.
The traffic regulations,
I do not know them all.
They've caused me agitations
Which sadly I recall.
I grasp the proper preaching
The Ten Commandments show.
Our Constitution teaching
I'm truly proud to know.
Though laws that guide the nations
Seem plain, I must agree
These traffic regulations
Are far too much for me!
Evening star., 1925-11-06
Tempering the Wind.

ways and means committee were
welded rapidly yesterday, shipping
$200.0o0.o 900 Off the income taxes. The
committee out.Melloned Mellon. The
Secretary Of the Treasury had pro-
posed that the total reduction on the
income taxes. surtax and normal tax
be s14o.Ooo.ooo.
The administrations proposal that
the surtaxes be reduced to a maxi
mum Of 20 per cent was adopted.
But the exemptions were increased
and the rates changed on the normal
taxes. Under the committee plan the
exemptions will be $500 for single
persons and $4,000 for the married.
The Mellon plan looked to a retention
Of the present exemptions, $1,000 for
single and $4,000 for married persons.
The committees normal rates run
1h per cent the first $4,000, 8 per
cent on the next $4,000 and per cent
on the balance. Normal rates under
the Mellon plan would have been 1
per cent on the first $4,000, per cent
on the next $4,000, 8 per cent on the
next $4,000 and per cent on the bal
ance. Furthermore, the committee
decided to retain the 25 per cent
earned income deduction in the pres
ent law, while the Mellon plan looked
to its elimination.
Democratic members of the commit
70 ,;t1,
favor on the cuts adopted; indeed,
they have been earnest in their de.
mands for still greater increases in
exemptions, and some Of them have
urged that the exemption should run
as high as $1,000. This plea for greater
exemptions than the present law pro-
vides must also have been looked
upon with favor by some Of the Re-
publican members Of the House COM
mittee. The Republicans have an
overwhelming majority in the new
House which will pass upon this bill.
They are in a position to ride rough
shod over the Democrats if they de-
sire to do 80.
in handling the tax-reduction bill, Is
particularly acceptable. since the final
enactment Of the bill into law long
enough prior to March Is next to per-
NIT the filing of returns under the
terms Of the new law will simplify
matters considerably. The House COM
mittee in a day has disposed of some
of the most controversial matters in
the bill, and Is bent upon having the
bill in readiness for introduction as
soon as Congress meets in December.
1t will be given the right of way in
the House and, unless present plans
fail. will be sent to the Senate before
the Christmas holidays. The Senate
win be given ample time to discuss
and pass the measure. so that it may
go through the conference stage and
then to the President for his approval
before March rolls round.
The decision of the committee on
the reduction of income taxes means
either that the administrations plan
for the elimination Of the Federal es-
tate tax must be abandoned or that
the total reduction in estimated reve-
nues from the new law must be in
creased considerably above the $780,
900 900 mark which has been set as a
kind of maximum limit.
The administration has been partic-
ularly insistent that the surtax rates
be reduced, on the theory that it will
be an aid to business and that every
aid to business is an aid to the peo-
pie, who as a whole are engaged in
the business of the country. The COM
mittee has agreed to the reduction
proposed.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

English is not yet recognized as the
language Of diplomacy. However, the
vocabulary is being acquired. Every
country gives studious attention to
the precise meaning Of the words
american dollar"
Evening star., 1925-11-06

The French astronomer who an.
nounces that there are thirty.five bill.
lion stars doubtless regrets that he
cannot turn them over to his country
as assets representing. say, a dollar
apiece. Explorations Of the Heavens
are fascinating in interest, but much
more difficult to capitalize than ex.
plorations on land.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

The visit of Caillaux has no doubt
been a means OF bringing up impor-
tant suggestions for future action. AS
a political demonstration before
French audience it is apparently Of
limited value.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

The Department Of Agriculture is
being congratulated on a wonderful
chrysanthemum show. The farmer
may yet be tempted to raise NUNS"
instead of corn and wheat
Evening star., 1925-11-06

A strong reason for averting next
war" is the obvious unpopularity Of
any situation that may call for the ad-
justment Of retail business to a new
and advancing scale Of wartime
prices.
Evening star., 1925-11-06

The taxpayer looks forward to
reduction. II bootleggers coulo be
compelled to pay up the taxpayer
might hope for a rebate.
Evening star., 1925-11-06
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