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PRISON DYNAMITED.
2 OFFICERS KILLED
OWICTS
Riot Quelled After Fight
Lasting an Hour With
Pittsburg City and County
- Police Aiding Guards
.PITTSBURG, Feb. 11.—Two prison
officers were shot to death and a
number of convicts were wounded,
or less seriously, today in a riot
tc the western penitentiary. After
an hour's fight, during which riot
guns, tear gas bombs, clubs and
bricks were used, the prison guards,
assisted by the county detect!?*' and’
Pittsburg police forces, succeeded in
quejling the disturbance, which start
ed when the convicts used explos.vesj
in an effort to dynamite their way to
| freedom. No prisoner escaped.
The dead are: 55 rllianr Pieffer, as-
ISkstant deputy warden and J. A.
an overseer.
Warden .1. M. Egan, reported that
the plot was born in the minds of
four or five “bad men" recently
transferred to the prison here from
the eastern penitentiary to be tlis
ciplined. He added (hat he believed
the plot was engineered by a quartet
of convicts known as “the four horse-.
men.’’
Thfcy had help fropi the outside,
the warden declared.
Prisoners numbering more than;
1,000 had just breakfasted and were
about to go to their tasks in the
workshops when the blast ripped the
main gates and a. sect.on of the wall,
’'rocked the entire Woods Run .dis
trict. shattered windows and caused
t residents to flee from their homes. \
Shot With Own Gens
Pieffer and Coax were nearby.
-They started on a run for the hole
in the wall but were intercepted by
15 convicts who disarmed them, beat
them and then shot the officers with
their own guns. The prison yard be
Came a battle ground as other pris
oners and other guards joined in the
fight. The guards concentrated near
the gates and threatening the prison
ers with the sawed-off shotguns, or
dered them to their cells. But the
explosion had signaled an attemp*
to escape and with liberty in sigh
rthey were stubborn and showed
■fight. Even the prisoners in their
'hells added their voice to the’con
fusion, shouting and beating upon
the walls anti bars, and cijaie de
fiantly to the guards in the tiers. A
few of these convicts got loose but
the guards met them hand to hand
and threw them back into the• cel *'
When it became evitz?nt that tne
gards in the yard were not faring so
well a call for help went to the ui y
and the county and city officeis St
were in the thick of th? fight.
Uprising Squelched
With this large force at his dis
posal, Warden Egan took commamb
He" stationed the county detectites
on the walls while guards and patrol
' men took up the battle in the enclo.v
i ure. The prisoners used pistols and
anything else lying around loose,
i The officers, however, soon got the
upper hand. The convicts were
backed against one of the gray stone
: i-walls and after a brief hand to hand
"struggle they gave up. They were
driven back into their cells and War-,
'den Egan immediately called togethet |
the prison board so that the leaders ,
of the revolt could be punished with
! out delay.
Defeated in Primary,
Berrien County Sheriff
Sends in Resignation
NASHVILLH, Ga., Feb. 11..—Sher
iff .1. V. Nix. of JSer.'ien county, has
wired his resignation to Governor
his action causing great
'i»A - pr>e here. He is said to have
rect n mended appointment as Noxxt
k Hughes as his successor. The county
‘ primary was hold the day before he
8 resigned ar.d Sheri ft Nix was de
’ (rated by Mt. Hughes. The officer s
’ friends say that he was unwilling to
' work for the county since its citi
zens did not seem to want. him.
Inasmuch as Mr. Hughes' term
t will not beginXor almost a year, it
- will be necessary to hoid a special
, election to fill the vacancy.
«■ The. Australian ballot system, used
for the first time in this primary,
J met. with considerable criticism, it
* is said. J. H. Gary defeated Jeff S.
“ Story for solicitor of the city court
of Nashville; J. H. Gaskins, clerk
7 of the superior court, and Joel F.
« Norwood, judge of the court of ordi-
* nary, had no opposition. Will Pow
|. ell was elected tax collector. Need
s am Harper was elected tax receiver
v over several opponents. Henry Over-
I street was elected coroner over Lewis
* Myers by JOO majority.
; Billion to Swindlers
1 During Year of 1923,
Ad Club Head Avers
* COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 12.
J; One billion dollars, one-fourth of the
money required to run the United
* States a year was obtained through
* fraud in 1223, Lou Holland, of Kan
« sas City, president of the Associated
“ Advertising Clubs of the World, as
« serted in an address before the an
„ nual convention of the eleventh dis
“ trict here last night.
L The fraud trials at Fort Worth
'2 were the direct result of the asso
« viation's'activities, Mr. Holland said.
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THE ATLANTA TRLWEEKLY JOURNAL
TAX REDUCTION MEASURES
BROUGHT TO HOUSE FLOOR;
MONTH’S DEBATE INDICATED
Garner and Mellon Plans’,
I Differing Widely, to Be
Threshed Out—Cut This
Year Provided
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. —Two re
ports on the new revenue bill, differ
ing widely on the question of in
come and surtax rates, were pre
sented to the house today by mem
bers of the ways and means com
mittee.
The measure, which ha« occupied
more than two months of the com
mittee's time, is expected to provide
at least a month's debate in the
house, where a change in. the rules
will premit its amendment from the
floor.
Chairman Green, in submitting the
committee report, which was adopt,
ed by a strict party vote in the com
mittee—although thre e of the Repub
licans, including Air. Green, are
known to favor its amendment —de-
i dared the income tax reductions pro.
vided for in the bill as submitted
will bring an annual saving to tax
payers estimated at. $341,440,000 after
it is in full operation, as compared
; with the estimated 1923 income re
! turns, together with an estimated rc
; duction of $232,750,000 in .1923 per-
I sonal income taxes payable this
I yea r.
The reduction in estimated reve
nue will be distributed as follows:
Normal tax, $91,600,000; surtaxes,
$101,800,000; earned income, $89,500.-
000, and miscellaneous or war excise
taxes, many of which were repealed,
$108,040,000. This will be offset bv
increases resulting from limitations
put upon capital losses and certain
deductions limited to tax-free in
come, which, it is estimated, will
bring in $49,500,000 additional reve
nue annually.
Hint Reduction Works
The normal tax on ihq first $4,000
of taxable income is reduced from 4
per cent to 3 per cent and upon the
remainder of the taxable income
from 8 to 6 per cent. The initial
surtax rate of 1 per cent is made
to apply at SIO,OOO instead of $6,01/0
and is increased gradually to 25 per
cent on incomes of SIOO,OOO and over.
Mr. Green said “the bill gives ma
terial relief to all income taxpayers
and the amount of the reductions
and consequent loss to the treasury
is larger in the lower brackets than
in the higher, though the percentage
of reduction, of course, is much
larger in the higher brackets than in
the lower.’’
Explaining the reduction in the
maximum sur tax from 50 to 25 per
cent. Mr. Green referred to Sec-re
tary Mellon’s argument that this
rate “should be considered the point
at which they (the sur taxes) could,
be applied effectively op the unit of
maximum productivity.” He added,
however, that “it is impossible to
accurately determine at what, rat?
of tax this point is reached, but it
seems to be generally conceded that
a 50 per cent sur tax has a constant
ly increasing effect in creating eva
sions and that it is inadvisable for
other reasons.”
Referring to the provision for a 25
per cent reduction in the tax on
earned incomes the chairman said
"the definition that at least $5,000
of the taxpayers’ income shall in all
cases be considered earned amply
provides for the small taxpayer,
such as the farmer and merchant
whose income is derived in ]>aiT
from personal services and in part
from capital, and approaches exact
justice as near as it is possible with
out making the law unworkable and
imposisble of administration.”
Loopholes Stopped
The following changes were cited
as designed to prevent the avoidance
of the income tax:
"The existing law provides that
the amount by which the tax is in
creased on account of the • from
the sale of capital assets shall not
exceed 12 1-2 per cent of the gain,
and in the proposed bill it is pro
i vided that the amount by which th.*
i tax i® reduced on “i-count of losses
1 from the sale of capital assets shall
’ not exceed 12 1-2 ner -ent of the
I loss.
- “The provisions of the reorgamza.-
j tl'in section have been rewritten to
: prevent the use of the section to
j escape proper taxation by increas-
■ ing the basis for depreciation or de
! pletion or by increasing the basis for-
determining gain or loss from the
j sale of assets transferred in con-
I nection with a reorganization or Im
j distributing as capital gains what
i are in effect dividends out of earn-
I ings.
“Where the grantor of a trust re-
I tains the power of revocation the
income of the trust is to be taxed to
him.
“The penalty imposed by Section
220 upon corporations availed of to
: avoid the imposition of surtaxes on
- the stockholders is now based upon
i all the income of the corporation
I which would be taxed in the hands
of an individual, and the presump
tion is created that any investment
company is availed of for the pur
pose of avoiding the imposition of
surtaxes on stockholders.
L'. Exemption Limited ’
“The deduction for interest paid
on indebtedness (other than interest
; paid or incurred in connection with
, the trade or business of the taxpay
ers) and the deduction for non-busl-
■ ness losses are allowed only to the
i extent that the sums of these items
‘ exceeds the tax-exempt income of
i the taxpayer.”
| The report of the eleven Repub
> lieans of the committee xvas the
I same as Chairman Green's except
for considerable additional argu
ment defending the cut in surtaxes
to a maximum of 25 per cent. It
pointed out that the high rates were
becoming increasingly unproductive
citing that incomes ot over SIOO,OOO
constituted 29.5 per cent of the total
income reported in 1916 and 5.4 per
cent and 4.5 per cent, respectively,
j in 1920 and 1921.
“The only way that the income*
tax as applied to large incomes can
he made an actuality,” the report
said, “is by reducing the rate of tax
to a sound level and thus lessening
the incentive to taxpayers to avoid
the tax.”
The Democratic report called for
a reduction in the normal taxes to
two per cent on net in<-i>mps up to
$5,000; four per cent rn incomes be
tween $5,000 and SB,OOO and six per
cent above that amount. Represen
tative Garner's original plan called
for a four per cent tax on incomes
between $5,000 and SIO.OOO and the
deduction to SB,OOO was explained
as necessary to cut down somewhat
the Joss in revenue which the
treasury reported would be sustain
ed under the plan. The surtax rates
proposed by the Democrats would
start with one per cent at $ i 2,000
and increase to 44 per cent on in
comes of $92,000 and oxer.
These rates, the report said, would
results in losses of revenue, under
treasury estimates, of $180,257,386 in
the normal taxes compared to $77,-
1)14.851 under the Mellon rates adopt
ed by the committee, and $139,803,195
in the. surtaxes compared to $200,-
352.243 under the Mellon surtaxes.
The figures were based on 1921 reve
nue returns.
Mellon Taken to Task
Citing Secretary Alellon's declara
tion that Representative Garner,
ranking Democrat of the committee,
was “playing politics” in offering
this tax revision plan, the report de
clared his expression was “an ,un
heard of performance, as insolent as
it is imprudent, and in the judgment
of the minority is in the worst of
bad faith toward progressive income
taxation.”
In addition to asking different, in
come rates, the Democrats proposed
higher estate taxes and enactment
of a gift. tax. together with the re
peal of a number of the miscellaneous
taxes in addition to those already re
vised by the committee.
The report explained that all fea
tures of the bill were considered by
the whole committee until the in
come rates were reached, when the
Democrats were excluded. Many
sections of the pleasure, other than
ihe income rates, are praised, par
ticularly “provisions relating to stop
ping loopholes in the administration
of the law, by which many largfe tax
payers escape their just taxes,” but
the report added that the majority
bill still "leaves large discretionary
powers with the treasury department
in tax matters.”
South Carolina Judge
Refuses Presentment
Asking His Removal
ANDERSON, S. C., Feb. 11 —Spe
cial Judge Charles C. Simms whose
recall was asked in a special present
ment Saturday by thirteen members
of the Anderson county grand jury,
who alleged that he had been under
the influence of liquor while on and
off the bench in a special present
ment, today refused to receive the
presentment. He declared that the
action of the jurors was illegal be
cause the grand jury had been dis
charged, and its members were with
out authority to reassemble, in giv
ing publicity to their action Satur
day, the jurors violated their oaths,
the judge declared.
Court convened as usual to-lav, but
was adjourned until tomorrow when
the solicitor nolle prossed the case
set ft '■ trial after Judge Smi n ba 1
refused to grant a continuan e, as
requested, without the consent of
defense attorneys.
PROCEDt RE \ ECESSA RV
TO REMOVE JUDGE
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Feb. 11.—Re
moval of Special Judge Charles C.
Simms, requested .of Governor Mc-
Leod by Senator Rufus W. Fant, of
Anderson, could be effected only by
impeachment or by the governor
upon the petition of two-thirds of
the members of the general assem
bly, according .to a ruling of Attor
ney Genferal Samue'l M. Wolfe, made
public today at the office of Govern
or McLeod.
$145,500 IN CASH IS
PAID TO EMPEROR
BY EVANS FACTION
(Continued from Page 1)
Evans regime xvas squandering the
funds of the organization. It was
shortly after one phase of this liti
gation had been completed in the
Fulton superior court that Captain
William S. Coburn, personal attorney
for Colonel Simmons, was shot and
killed by Philip E. Fox. publicity di
rector of the klan and a member of
the Evans official personnel. Fox,
at first, claimed that he shot Captain
Coburn because the latter xvas about
to introduce in court false affidavits
reflecting on Fox's character.
' Klancrest,” home of Colonel Sim
mons, on Peachtree road, was a gift
to him from the klansmen of Amer
ica, according to announcement at
the time the property was- turned
over to him. There was a big “house
warming” party, at which Colonel
Simmons was host, and klansmen
came from various parts of the coun
try to attend.
I NABI.E TO FIND SIMMONS
AT JACKSONVILLE MEETING
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 16.
Colonel William J. Simmons, said to
be in this city, could not be lo
cated directly today. A < lose local
associate of the former klan leader
stated that Simmons had not "sold”
his retirement from the Ku Klux
Klan for any consideration, but that
he had collected “royalty” on a basis
! of SI,OOO a month for a period he
would not specify. He also would
not specify the exact amount but
said that $145,000 xvould not be far
from it. This associate stated that
Colonel Simmons would not see any
newspaper man and that he would
not make any expression as to his
plans for the next few davs.
EVWS (OMTRMS REPORT;
SIMMONS IS ELIMINATED'
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 13.—Dr. W.
11. Evans, imperial w zard of th?
Ku Klux Klan, who is scheduled to
make a public address here Wednes
day night, confirmed through Mil
ion Elrod, of the klan publicity de
partment. the consummation of th>-
settleinent between th e faction head
ed by Colonel William J. Simmons
j and that of Dr. Evans
“The settlement.” said Dr. Evant
I “means the complete elimination of
I Colonel Simmons’ connection xvith
the klan and also that the offichu
second degree of the order will be
i given to all klansmen in good stand
ing without any additional charge. '
It was explained that the second
degree of the order had never been
g ven by Dr. Evans' faction and
th-’.t Colonel Simmons had placed ar.
initiation fee of $5 for the second
' degree. With the removal of Col
-1 on -1 Simmon- from the organization
I t waa said the $8 initiation fee fe
SHNDOIH CHIEF
HELIM OF DUTY
IN W ffIKE-UP
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. —-Sweep-
ing charges in the personnel of of
j fivers at the Lake Hurst, N. J., air
I station and others assigned to the
I airship Shenandoah, including the
I relief of her commanding, officer,
J Commander F. R. McCrary, have
| been made by Rear Admiral William
'A. Moffett, chief of the navy aero
| nautical bureau, and approved by
; Secretary .Denby.
Commander McCrary, xvho has
i been in charge of the Lakehurst air
I station, was also ordered relieved
from the command tyid “detached
; from all present duties.” Orders are
I expected to x be issued at an early
I date assigning him to sea duty.
I Orders directed to commander Mc
; Crary said that “upon being relieved
i by Lieutenant Commander Zachary
Landsdowne, as commanding officer
of the U. S. S. Shenandoah, you will
regard yourself detached from all
duties on hoard, that airship.”
Commander J. H. Klein also was
ordered “detached from all duties
on the Shenandoah and as executive
| officer of the naval station at Lake
hurst.” He will assume command of
the Lakehurst station. In addition
Commander Klein was assigned to
additional duty under training in
rigid airships and informed that his
existing designation as a, student
naval aviator will remain hi force
Others Are Moved
Lieutenant Commander Maurice
R. Pierce was detached from tem
porary additional duty on board the
Shenandoah and instructed to con
tinue his regular duties at the Lake
hurst station.
Orders to Lieutenant'Commander
Landsdowne said: “You are hereby
I detached from duty in the bureau
l of aeronautics; proceed to such place
i as the U. S. S. Shenandoah may be
' and report on board that airship for
, duty as commanding officer of that
l ship, relieving Commander McCrary.
I You will further report by letter to
j Rear Admiral Moffett for additional
I duty in connection with the navy
Arctic expedition.”
Commander Ralph D. Weyerbach
er, construction officer of the Shen
andoah, was detached “from all du
ties” at the Lakehurst station and
“in connection with the U. S. S, A
Shenandoah.” He will be assigned
to another station as yet unde
termined.
To Eliminate Frillion
Navy department officials made
1 public the changes without comment,
I but it was indicated that they had
i been made with a, view of eliminating
'such friction as has developed at
Lake Hurst and to place others in
charge so they might familiarize
themselves with the operations of
the station and airship before the
Shenandoah leaves for her polar ex
pedition.
Other officers relieved and trans
ferred included Lieutenant F. H.
Kincaid and Lieutenant Commander
J. M. Deen, who was detached from
all duty on the Shenandoah and or
dered to report to Commander Klein,
of the Lake Hurst station ior new
assignment to duty.
Lieutenant Commander B. G.
Leighton, on duty with the bureau
of aeronautics, was ordered to re
port to Lieutenant Commander Lans
downe for duty as senior engineer
ing officer of the Shenandoah.
Commander Lansdowne has had
extensive experience in dirigible con
struction work, and is well qualified
as an air pilot. He was Ihe official
observer for the navy on the British
’airship R-31, when it made a suc
cessful flight from England to the
(United States.
i He was later assigned to duty at
I the Zeppelin plant in Germany,
I where the dirigible ZR-3 now is be
iing constructed for the United States
| navy.
I Practical Joke May
Kill Nashville Man
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Feb. 12. —
j Charles L. Cornelius, president of the
I Nashville Automobile club. swal
i lowed a meta! “roach” here Monday,
least >n the role of a practical joke
: victim, and may lose his life as a
1 ‘result.
With friends, all of them promi
nent Nashville business men. Mr.
j Cornelius was dining at a down
j town hotel. As a joke, a metal bug
I was placed in bis food, and was
| swallowed before warning could be
I shouted.
At the hospital, where he was im
! mediately taken, physicians have
pronounced his condition as danger
i ous. An operation may be neces
i sa ry.
the second degree also would be
I eliminated.
The signing of the articles of
agreement between Evans and Sim
mons, it was declared, left Edward
Y. Clarke, former acting imperial
wizard of the klan, "high and dry.
complfctelv out of the organization.”
SIMMONS’ \( TION NOT TO
\FFECT ARKANSAS SUIT
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Feb. 13.
i Resignation of Colonel William Jos
eph Simmons as emperor of the
I Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and
I reported settlement of the differ
ences between Colonel Simmons ami
I Hiram Wesley Evans, imperial
i wizard of the klan, will not affect
, Dr. Evans’ $150,000 damage suit
• against Colonel Simmons for alleged
libel, now pending in chancery court
’ here, unless Simmons retracts the
I alleged libelous utterances upon
I which the suit is based, J. A. Comer,
| grand dragon of the realm of Arkan
sas and attorney for Exans, said
' today.
Mr. Comer said he had known for
I some time of the settlement arrange
i ment between Dr. Evans and Colonel
Simmons, and that it was his under
standing that Colonel Simmons had
■ agreed as one T)f the conditions of
the settlement to retract statements
; imputed to him to the effect that
Evans had misappropriated kan
| funds.
"Whether he has made such re
j traction or not I don't know, but if
he doesn't, the suit will not be drop
' ped," Mr Comer said.
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MELLON MOVES TO BAR
SCANDAL IN TAX COLLECTIONS
Drastic Rules on Former Em
ployes Practicing in Treas-
Duty at Their Cases Every
Working Day
RV I)AVID EAWRENI E
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
l< op» . isht, 1024.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 L—The
Teapot Dome oil controversy has be
gun to have effects in questions en
tirely unrelated to it. Talk of an
investigation of the relations be
tween lawyers ami their clients who
have income tax disputes with the
treasury has been going on for sev
eral days. Meanwhile Secretary
Mellon and the commissioner of in
ternal revenue. D. H. Blair, have
under consideration the issuance of
a new set of regulations governing
the practice of lawyers before the
treasury department.
One of the regulations undoubtedly
will provide that no former employes
of the income tax unit may appear
before the department in behalf of
any client whose case originated
while the lawyer was on the pay
roll of the United States government
and handled that case. Another will
provide that no* cases may be han
dled which originated more than
two years before the employe left
the department unless the explicit
permission of the secretary of the
treasury is given. The code ethics
of the American Bar association is
to be incorporated in the regulations
so that any lawyer appearing before
the treasury will have to state wheth
er he has read the*regulations and
whether he is conforming to them.
The punishment for violation will be
ffl SIMM
UPON SEPARATISTS
BERLIN. Feb. 13.—Bloody fight
ing has broken out between separat
ists and Germans loyal to the reich
in Pirmasens, Bavarian palatinate,
according to dispatches here today.
Heir Schwab, separatist leader,
was reported lynched by a mob of
infuriated loyal Germans.
. Twenty of Schwab’s followers were
burned to death in the city hall.
Dispatches received here up td
noon said a total of forty-nine were
known to be dead at that hour.
The separatists had lost twenty
eight killed and the citizens twenty
one.
The separatists had taken refuge
in the building which was stormed
by the loyal Germans and set on
fire.
Mobs of infuriated citizens contin
ued to hunt down separatists
throughout Pirmasens today.
Wherever ferreted out, the sepa
ratists were killled or badly beaten.
Trouble began late yesterday when
citizens of Pirmasens, reinforced by
the fire department, started a con
certed attack upon the separatists.
Provided with plentiful supplies of
ammunition, the separatists rallied
and fired heavy volleys.’wounding
many of the attackeis who were
armed with rifles, picks, shovels and
axes.
Firemen Fight in Air
The separatists barricaded them
selves in the city hall, a grim, fort
ress-like old castle. They held off
the attackers until the citizenry,
heavily reinforced with city guards,
renewed the attack with vicious en
ergy.
Firemen flung ladders against the
city hall and climbed up in the face
of separatist- fire, fighting as they
mounted. The attackers could make
little progress against the almost
impregnable position, so they set fire
to Uhe entire budding. As the dense
smoke clouds set lied smother! ngly
through the building, many of the
separatists fled from the deaih trap,
but twenty remaining Inside were
burned to death.
While the separatists funeral pyre
I that had beep a city hall was still
, flaming, the mob. now lost to blood
lust, launched a city wide hunt for
separatists, routing them out of beds
and houses to meet sharp punish
ment or death wherever found.
Ciitzens Lose Three
Later reports from Piramesens
said Schwab after being beaten al
most to death by the mob, “died in
the flames.”
Evidently the government commis
sar. who fell into the hands of the
mob during the murderous orgy,
was manhandled fearfully and then
driven back into the furnace-lihe
city hall where his comrades had
taken refuge and were roasting,
there to die himself.
The citizens' guard soaked the
floors and lower walls of the city
hall with benzine to start the fire.
Agonized appeals for mercy came
from the trapped separatists as the
flames surrounded them.
Desperate hand-to-hand fighting in
the midst of flames ensued.
Coca-Cola Syrup Price
Up 10 Cents a Gallon
Announcement was made Wednes
day by officials of the Coca-Cola com
pany that effective February 12, the
prite of Coca-Cola syrup was ad
vanved ten cents per gallon-
The increase in price, acording to
i the announment, is due to the ad
vance in Ihe cost of ingredients, al
though the 10-cent per gallon rise in
the price of .“ivrup is not commen
surate with the advance in the cost
; of raw materials.
i It was also announced that there
I has been no change in the company’s
policy with reference to discounts to
the trade, and it is understood that
the advance in the pric? of Coca-
Cola syrup wii! not affect the retail
price of the beverage.
Police Chief Beavers
Continues ill at Home
Police Chief James L. Beavers
continued ill at his home, 19 South
Holderness street, Wednesday, and
members of his family declared he
i was suffering from a severe at
tack of bronchitis. The chief has
| been away from his office sim e S-at
; urday, and his condition showed
I grave danger of developing into
I pneumonia, it was stated. Several
' cases in which he is a witness have
| been postponed until the chief is
j able to appear in recorder's court
lAn improvement ni his condition
was 'noted Wednesday afternoon.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY H. 102 L
, I the disbarment of these lawyers from
I practicing again before the treasury
I department.
Some of those who wish to make
the regulations drastic insisted that
no former employe of the income
tax unit should be permitted to prac
tice before that particular unit on
the theory that many innocent, would
suffer a hardship, being unable to
make use. of their experience On
technical questions.
There have been some flagrant
■ cases in xvhich employes of the gov
ernment with a knowledge of the in
side of some big tax question in dis
pute have resigned and gone to the
assistance of the taxpayer for a con
siderable fee.
> There have been other eases in
■’xvhich a favorable impiession made
• | by a treasury employe while han-
■ I dling a case with a big business con-
■ j cern ha« led to a resignation after
■ the case was closed and the employ
r ment of the treasury expert in the
; business of the firm affected.
■ Many former officials of the treas
ury as xvell as" former members of
• ; congress are practicing before the
; ; treasury department and unques-
• ( tionably nine out of ten are qbserv
f j ing the ethics, of the.ir profession, but
I the murmurs of criticism which late
ly have i>een heard caused the secre
tary of the treasury ami the commis-
I sioner of internal revenue to antici-
■ pate action by congress and formu
i late rules and regulations which
would meet all criticism.
What the treasury department
■ does may become the standard form
; for the departments of the govern
; \ ment. Realizing the public demand
; ; for c lean government, lobbyists and
■ i unethical lawyers will have a. hard
■ time in the national capital in the
: j next few months. The Teapot Dome
I scandal has done some good xvhere
! it was least expected.
DAUGHERTY DENIES
OFFERING IMW
TO WAR CRIWBAIS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Attor
ney General Daugherty denied in a
communication sent today to the
senate that the department of jus
tic® had made any settlement in war
contract cases by which immunity
from criminal prosecution was prom
ised provided the ci''L liability was
met.
Many cases had been settled with
out criminal prosecuiion, the attor
ney general said, but these involved
in the main overpayments by , th?
government through mistake of law
or facts and other contentions
which would not warrant criminal
prosecution.
“In the settlement of civil liabil
ity, in ttfe matters and cases re
ferred to. ” Attorney General Da ugh
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in any instance or case any agree
ment whatever, direct or indirect,
immediate or remote, expressed or
inferential, by the department of
justice not to prosecute for any
criminal liability where there was
such liability.”
"On the contrary in each instance
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Musician Falls Dead
As He Plays Dirge for
Wilson Funeral Films
NEW ORLEANS. La., Feb. 13.
While jdaying a funeral dirge dur
ing the '-•bowing last night of scenes
taken in Washington of the funeral
services of the late Woodrow Wil
son, William G. Russell, ember of
the orchestra of a local motion pi ■-
tore theater, fell dead from his
chair. II • was one of the oldest
miis-jcians in Ne.w Orleans.
John Sharp Williams
To Address Assembly
On Life of Wilson
.JACKSON. Miss.. Feb. 12.—John
Sharp Williams, who emerged from
his retirement and deserted his books
and the shade of the huge oaks on
his plantation several months ago
for a day to come to Jackson and
tell the people of this city about his
friend. Warren G. Harding, will
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