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ROSEBURC OREGON. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1925.
VOL, XXVI
NO. 23 OF P
VRQ REVIEW
VOL. XIII NO. IK OP THE EVENING I
V.'
OREGON ELEyElfS
HAb VISIUN Uhji
VICTDRYTDDAYl
Expects to Down Stanford
Despite Poor Showing
Made Thus Far.
HOPE RESTS ON ENDS
Mautz and Smith to Bear
Brunt of Defense With
Two Complete Teams
to Encounter..
(AmucIiM Pims Uawa Win.)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
Oct 31. The Cardinals will face
another gridiron threat from the
north this afternoon when they
line op against the University of
Oregon eleven in a coast confer
ence game.
Although Stanford won a decis
ive victory last week over the Ore
Son Aggies, the big lemon and
green team Is exceedingly optimis
tic about the result of today's
game. They are certain of a. vic
tory over the already twice victor
ious Cards.
Coach Glenn Warner apparently
will
laxe no cnancea of allowing;
the northerners to olle un an'earlv
lead, for, contrary to expectations,
he baa announced Intention of
starting his first team lineup. If
the regulara are able to score two
touchdowns it will be a signal for
the second team to take the field.
Coach Warner gave the second
eleven some new plays which were
withheld from the first team. Indi
cating that an entire new team will
be substituted if it appears safe,
rather than a string of substitutes
during the course of the game.
The Oregon squad, which ar
rived yesterday and took a light
workout In the stadium, is fortified
by two exceptional ends In Bob
Mautz and Sherm Smith. Mauti Is
heavy, fast, and is playing his third
year of varsity football. Smith is
smaller, but makes up for the de
ficiency In speed. He is the fast
est man In varsity.
The brunt of the defense will fall
upon these two men, beause Stan
ford's most consistent ground gain
ing tactics have been off tackle
plays, starting from a criss-cross
formation. If the two Oregon
wings are as good as their reputa
tion Indicate they will make the
going hard for the Cardinal backs.
The probable starting lineups
are:
Oregon Position Stanford
Smith I.E Shlpkey
Sinclair LT Poulson
Shields LO Swan
Carter C McCreery
Bailey RO Armour
Dixon RT Harris
Mauti RE Walker
Anderson QB Mitchell
Wetzel , ' LH Murphy
Vltua RH . Bogue
Jonea FB NeVers (C)
Aggie Vs. Montana.
fAMnrivtMi Vttm ImH Wire.)
BELL FIELD, Corvallls. Ore.,
Oct. 31. The University of Mon
tana and Oregon Agricultural
College football teams, clnshing
here this afternoon, fought the
first period without scoring. The
Aggies won the, toss and elected
to defend the south goal, with a
slight wind against them. The I
Aggies recovered a fumble by
Sweet, of Montana, and took the
ball to Montanas four yard line. I
where they were held for downs I
on line smashes. Sweet heavily
ontpnnted Denman and Snider of i
the Aggies. The quarter ended I
wth the ball In Montana's posses-
slon on their own 45-yard line,
Score end Hrt rerlod a and 0.
Red Grange Runs Wild Through
Hitherto Unbeaten Pennsylvania
Team With 226 Yards in One Half
M rM t -.awl WW 1
FRANKLIN FIELD. Philadel
phia, Oct 31. Red Orange ran riot
today In the mud of Franklin
Field In his first eastern appear
ance and Illinois overwhelmed
Pennsylvania's hitherto unbeaten
eleven. 34 to I.
While a record crowd of 82.0OO
looked on In amazement. Grange,
ran wild through ' Pennsylvania's
hitherto unbeaten team today on a
muddv field. The famous all
Amerlran star led an attack that
gave the westerners three touch
downs and an 18 1 lead at the end
of the first half.
The famous red-bead tore Penn's
defense literally to pieces In a suc
cession of dazzling runs through
human streets. Time after tbje
he shook off. atraight-armed and
lodged a half dozen tackier be
fore he was downed. When he
left the same near the close of the
- iv't.
The . S ..111 walk to-
night. V X.e ordinary and
usual Sat ui Jay night ghost,
but all kinds o( spooks,
witches, goblins and lmpa
who will be seeking to fright-
en the nervous and unwary.
Tonight is Hallowe'en, the
night when the witchea come
forth from their hidden caves
and ride around on broom-
etlcks, and the ghosts parade
' the streets with their biasing
heads carried In their hands.
As long as the visiting
spirits confine themselves en
tirely to parade and mls-
chlvous attempts to frighten
the unsuspecting public, they
will be entirely unmolested,
according to Mayor George E
Houck, In discussing the an-
ticlpated visitation.
However, If they resort to
acts of vandalism and get
too boisterous when trans-
S ferred out of their etheral
element, they will be Imme
diately called to time by the
police force, which ts being
increased to cope with the
situation.
Marking of cars or of win
dows with soap, grease or
other substances,, the defac-
Ing of property or the car
s' rying away of signs or other
I articles will constitute a mis-
demeanor, under the city or- w
ii dinances, and the police force
has been instructed to arrest
any person, children or adulta
alike, when apprehended In
anx such violations of the
law. .
1J
15
BY
PULLED OFF
$4,600 for Roberts Bros.'
Payroll Is Stolen in '
Heart of City.
ESCAPE IS MADE GOOD
After Asking for Ride in
Auto With 2 Employes.
She Holds Them Up
and Gets Coin.
'(AawUH Trrm Lnml Win.)
PORTLAND, Oct. 31. A lone
woman today held np two employ
es of the Roberts Brothers depart
ment store in front of the United
Statea National bank and escaped
with 14.600 mostly In silver coin,
which had been drawn from the
bank for the weekly pay roll.
As Philip Jones and Ennls Prl
chard, employes of the store, boaid
ed their parked car in front of the
bank with a leather handbag con
taining the payroll cash they were
accosted by the woman, heavily
veiled, who asked them If ahe
could ride with them, they report
ed. She drew a pistol, partly cov
ered with a handkerchief, and
forced the two men to drive, with
ber In the rear seat.
She forced Pilchard la remove
the money from his bag and trans
fer it to the one she carried. The
store employes were forced to
drive through aevrral downtown
streets, doubling back and forth
through the heavy traffic,
Finally the woman ordered the
car to atop and stepped out
Declaring she hsd a friend In a
car just behind, she ordered the
department store men to drive to a
point Just outside the city. Jones,
rnirtiiiri nn usee X i
half, giving way to Gnllleavan, he
was arcorded a terrific ovation In
trlbuto to the most amazing exhi
bition any eastern gridiron haa
seen In years.
In the first half Orange had car
ried the hall 16 times altogether
for the astonishing gain of 220
yearda. He scored three of the
four Illinois touchdown himself
and paved the way for the fourth
with a Er,.yartt run Jrom klckoff.
All told, Grange, for his sensa
tional afternoon's work, figured In
32 plays for a total gain of 3C
yards, representing about 80 per
cent of the entire Illinois advance.
Other Eastern Finals.
Michigan 54, Navy 0.
Nntre Dame 13. Georgia Tech. 0.
Dartmouth 14. Brown 0.
Harvard 14, William ard Mary 7.
Princeton 1. Swatthmore 7.
Vale 23. Army 7.
Cornell 17, Columbia 14.
ING
WAN
BANDIT
IHJS HOLD
MEETING TODAY
WITH SENATOR
Robt. N. Stanf ieU Discusses
Treaty Claim With Tribal
Representatives.
SUM 412,000,000 ASKED
Lands West of Cascades
Taken Under Unratified
. . Treaty Signed in 1845
Indians Claim.
Representatives of a score or
more Western Oregon Indian tribes
gathered In Roseburg today to
meet with Senator Robert N. Stan-
field and Indian attorneys for the
purpose of discussing means of
perfecting and presenting the
claims of the Indiana for $12,500,
000 in payment for lands taken by
t the government from the Indians
under the terms of an unratified
treaty.
The lands Involved embrace all
the territory west of the Cascade
mountaina between the Oregon and
California atate lines, amounting
to approximately five million acres.
According to the claims of the
Indian tribes, a treaty was pre
pared In 1X45 providing that the
government would buy this land at
a price of J2.50 per acre. The In
dians were to be reimbursed for
their personal property, houses,
stock and money and a reservation
in the Willamette valley.
Because of hostilities between
other tribes and white settlers
coming Into the Indian country, the
red men were . moved to reserva
tions on the representation that
they would be allowed to return to
their lands at a lat date, It Is
claimed. The treaty was never rati
fied and the Indians were kept
confined to their reservations while
the white men occupied the western
Oregon lands.
Copies of the ancient treaty have
been procured, bearing the signa
tures of representatives of many
Oregon tribes. Including the Alaea,
Slletz, Tillamook, Coqullle, Kwtanil.
Tootooney, Rogue River, Coos,
t'mpqua. Skoton, Sluslaw, Shasta,
Calapoola, Cow Creek, Tututin,
Lackmlut Checto, Molalla. Vara
hill, Chinook, Clackamas and other
bands and tribes of Indians. .
For a number of years efforts
have been made to get the claim
before the proper government
agencies.
In recent years the descendants
of the original signers of the treat
ies, and representatives of the vari
ous tribes, have employed attor-
neys and are carrying their claim
io congress, necogmtton nas been
given by the government In ap
pointing an agent to work with the
Idians. At the last session of con
gress a bill was presented giving
the Indians the right to bring suit
against the government for the
amount specified, but no action de
veloped. At the meeting today a proposal
will be submitted that Instead of
going Into litigation over the claim.
that a request be made for the di
rect payment of the relief claimed.
Senator Robert N. Smnfleld was
present at the meeting, and dis
cussed the matter with the Indians
and their representatives.
The meeting was attended by
nearly 100 Indians, mostly from
Douglas county, but Including also
representatives of nearly all the
tribes. Senaca Fouts and Klbert
Hermann, who are representing the
Indians aa legal counsel, and
George W. Rapp. attorney-in-fact
for the Indians were also present.
The meeting was held at the Mac
cabee hall.
The Indians and their representa
tlvaa went Into a detailed discus
sion of their claims, laying the en
tire., proposition before Senator
Stanfleld, In order that he may
properly present the case when It
comes up for hearing before the
senate. '
The legal advisers placed before
the senator a large amount of
documentary evidence. Including
the original treaty, statements of
various persons who have studied
the case were received, together
with other Important facts sub
stantiating the claims which the
Indians are making.
The chief purpose of the all-day
session held today. Is to get the
claims before congress aid secure
Immediate action. The Indians hail
formerly worked on I ho plan of
bringing suit to rolbct the sum
alleged to be due, but It Is thought
now that belter results can be ob
tained by pulling the proposition
squarely up to congress lor Investi
gation with a petition for the pay
ment of the sum of approximately
twelve and one half million dollars.'
claimed under the terms of the
(Coatinued on page t.)
Churches Challenged to
Undertake New Moral
Prohibition Crusade
WASHINGTON. Oct. SO "Pro
hibition has already yielded re
mits which fully Justify ita adop
Hon." This la the flat statement of
the administrative Committee of
the Federal Council of Churches
after considering Ita policy on the i
subject in the light of the recent
report on the prohibition situa
tion proposed by its research de
partment. I
There is nothing In! the report,
the administrative committee
says, 'to justity modification of
the stand of the churches for pro
hibition." The Council renews in the state
ment Ita pledge of unequivocal
support of national prohibition.
Prohibition is the deliberately
and permanently established pol
icy of the country. It declares,
adding, "the liquor traffic and the
saloon must not come back
again." .
The churchea must set them
selves with new purpose to see
that prohibition la enforced by
law and sustained by the na
tional conscience," it says.
The statement urges the friends
of prohibition in other countries
not to bef deceived by various at
tempts to interpret the Research
Heport aa a confession of failure
or even discouragement, and
calls the churches to undertake a
new moral crusade to strengthen
the handa of those who are re
sponsible for'prohibltion enforce
ment. It asks "voluntary com
pliance with the law In the in
terests of orderly government."
It appeals for a "new measure, of
ftrmniindedne? and good will on
the part of all in connection with
this vitally important issue lu
order that the outcome of the
great moral effort may be de
termined by reason rather than
by prejudice and self-Interest."
In concluding It exprense hope
and confidence that the report,
"calling attentlou as If does to
the real dangers with which we
are confronted, will stir th
churches to a renewed sense of
their responsibility not only for
the enforcement of the prohibi
tion law, but also for rallying the
conscience of the nation to Its
support."
The statement In full follows:
"In view of the widespread In
terest attracted by the report of
the Research Department of the
Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America on) the pro
hibition situation, and of the
serious misunderstanding which
have arisen in connection with
that report, the administrative
Committee or the Federal Coun
cil, composed of representatives
of the church bodies which are
members of the Council has au
thorised the following statement
of Its conviction as to principle
and policy.
"First of all, the Committeo
would emphasize ita unequivocal
support of national prohibition, as
expressed in many public utter
ances, and reaffirmed by the
Iquadrennlul session of the whole
'Council In Atlanta last Decetn
'ber. We declare our strong con
Jvlction that the policy of prohi
bition Is the deliberately and per
manently established policy of
ithis nation, that this policy has
not failed, but on the contrary
lias already yielded results which
fully Justify Its adoption, that the
liquor traffic and the saloon must
jnot come back' again, and that
ithe Churches must set themselves
iwlth new purpose to see that pro
hibition Is enforced by law and
! sustained by the national cons
! cience.
I "The statement adopted by the
.Federal Council In December,
.1924, as the authoritative expres
sion of Ita attitude toward the
I prohibition amendment, declares
Ithat "the effect upon the physical,
economic, social and moral life
of the nation of the extraordinary
effort of soclty to protect Itself
jfrom the liquor traffic, has been
!so beneficial that It Is now gen
erally agreed that the law will
stand, based aa It is upon the
I unassailable purpose to promote
the general welfare.' - The present
day duty of the moral citizenship
of the nation, we believe to be:
" 1 . To msgnlfy the value of
Earliest Si?ow for Half Century
Blankets Mid-West and Atlantic
States as Far South as Tennessee
(Ax-Ut-d Vrrm Lnanl Wire.)
NEW YORK, Oct 31 October
snow and freeze are being exper
ienced by a large portion of the
'Atlantic seaboard following similar
condition In the mid west.
I Football fields a far aoulh as
Tennease were enow covered to
day. Early now record were broken
In Connecticut, but heavier snow
falls vre reported In Wsshlngtnn
and Virginia. An Inch and a 9alf
In New Haven. Conn., was the
heaviest there In - 53 years, but
Washington and Northern Virginia
had a two-Inch fall, the earliest
Ines 1370. - Further aoutb. In
C harlottesville, six inches of snow
forced postponement of a font ball
game between the Itnlvemlty of
Virginia and Randolph-Mason, la
the principles of total abstinence
and the obligation upon the law-
aiiiamg citizens to practice the
ante;
; "2. To make unmistakably
Clear to both the lawless seller
and the lawleas buyers of lutoxl
rants that the liquor traffic has
keen permanently outlawed In the
I-tilted Statea as the enemy of
society;
3. To urge local, state and
federal governmenta. to cooperate
with Increased vigor against the
preseot organized resistance to
the prohibition law until aa ade
quate enforcement of that law has
been secured as tof any other so
cial legislation.'
The Administrative Commit
tee has seen nothing In the report
of the Research Department t
Justify any modification whatever
of the position thus taken by the
Council on the prohibition Issue.
The policy of national prohibi
ten, as the report shows, was
adopted by the Amercan people
Dy the overwhelming votea of
their elected, legislative assem
blies. This policy haa been rear
firmed by Increasing majorities
Wherever it haa been challenged.
"We would remind those other-!
wine good citizens, who by their
personal example and public ut
terance are lending countenance
to those who violate their coun
try's laws, or the reason which
led to the adoption of the 18th
Amendment. It rests upott three
tumlamental considerations: first,
the belief that in dealing with
gigantic social evils like disease
or crime Individual liberty must
lie surrendered in the Interest of
offeclive social control; cecond,
the belief that the liquor trarflc
Is such an evil a conviction
which la gaining strength all over
the world and which has recently
found official expression In the
report of the Special commission
on Drink of the Universal Christ
tan Conference on Life and Work
at Slockhaltu; third, the experi
ence gained by a generation ot
experiment with substitutes which
hits led the advocate of temper-
Mice to conclude that only drastic
fnderul action could bring about
the eradication of tho evils they
were fighting. Prohibition was
not a policy adopted hastily or
without due consideration and It
Is not to be set aside merely be
cause great difficulty or even
temporary revenues are encount
ered in carrying It out.
"The report makes clear the
remarkable social, gains which
followed upon the adoption of
prohibition: a lowering or the de
pendency due to alcoholism, a
great reduction .In drunkenness,
and other results of a socially do
slralile sort. It also calls atten
tion to the part undoubtedly play
ed by prohibition In Improving
business and economic conditions,
and. above all. nolnts out the In-
i disputable advantage gained by
ithe abolition of the saloon. At
Ithe same time, the report reminds
'us that national prohibition has
not yet been given a fair oppor
tunity to vindicate Its full value
to the physical, economic, social
and moral lire or the nation, and
calls attention to serious dangers
to which it la at present ex
posed. "The Federal Council grate
lully recognizee the splendid ser
vice which has been rendered by
the agencies especially authorized
by the Churches which for many
i decades have lubored persistently
and effectively to secure the adop
tion and the maintenance of pro
hibition. The Council pledge Its
active cooperation with all agen
cies which are ready to make a
sustained and constructive errort
to uphold the prohibition regime
In order that there may lie
conclusive demonatrallon of Us
'merit as a national policy. It
urge the friend of prohibition
In other countries not to be de
ceived by the attempt which have
been made by opponents of pro
hibition to Interpret the report as
a confession or failure or even
of discouragement nn the part of
ithe Federal Council or or lis con
stltuent church bodies.
! "The Federal Council calls up
on the churches to undertake a
(Continued on page 8 )
some part of Pennsylvania sleet
was brought out.
1 Halvsglng of the wrecked 8-51 off
Dlock Island, R. I . had to be sus
pended because of high seas and
the blinding flake. In Klyrla,
Ohio, a woman, blinded by anow,
was killed by a train. Rome ves
sels from the flreat Lakes were
covered with Ice.
Rain Wstrn Oregon Forecast.
I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31. Tho
weather outlook for the next week
beginning November 1, wa an
nounced here today by the United
States Weather llureaua as fol
lows: i
I Pacific Stales Th outlook Is,
for normal temperature with fair
; weather except considerable cloud
iness near the coast Occasional
rain In the westers part of
Washington and Oregon.
IS
HOT UP TO ALL
EXPECTATIONS
Grappling-Hoolc Stuff By
Evans in Headliner Is
Disliked by Fans.
HERMAN EASY VICTOR
Mitchell Takes Usual One
. Round to Put Crusher
on Brown's Effort
- "-to Come Back.
Before a crowd of spectators
that numbered nearly a thousand,
not all of whom left the armory
completely satisfied, the second
boxing card under the auspices or
the municipal commission, pulled
orr last night resulted In another
victory lor Cal Herman, the Salt
Lake welterweight who fought
Duke Evans, of Portland, and also
another ridiculously easy triumph
for Battling Mitchell, pride of the
local S. P. shop, who disposed of
Henry Drown within hi usual lime
limit of one round.
The ending ofl the Mltrhell
Rrown argument was a big disap
pointment to the ringworms, who
had expected to witness a gruelling
battle between two sluggera ap
parently evenly matched. Mitchell
waa favored to win, but it was
thought Brown would make him ex-
tend himself to the limit for two or
three rounds at least. Henry
started out aggressively and lt
looked as If he were going to show
some or his old-time aturr. Mitchell
allowed "him to send a rew- harm
less punches and then clinched for
time to decide where he could tap
Henry without committing a homi
cide. A lirown emerged from the
clinch he stood for a moment side-
wise to Mitchell, his head unguard
ed, and Mitchell, prompt to seize
the opportunity, landed a ,.nil..lr.
cular wallop on Henry's Jaw, and
mat wa tne beginning of the end.
Henry saluted the canvac. got
up quicRiy and Mitchell stilled In
wnn an ne had Thrice more Brown
went down, the Inst time to stay
until the gong sounded Just berore
the count or ten could be com
pleted. He waa not allowed to
ceed to further punishment, how-
over, occnuse the sponge hatl been
tossed tntu the ring from hi cor
ner a concession or defeat when
he rolled under (he ropes arier the
touriii Knockdown.
The main event went the ton.
round limit because Kvan is a
human Krappling hook instead or a
scrapiier and can absorb a barrage
or wallops that would ruin a
punching bag. Herman outfought
him from the start and would have
put nun nttt In an nnen battle
Kvan hung on repeatedly until the
crowd began razzing him In the
jDeginningor the seventh round.
front mat lime nn Herman haiier.
ed Kvan severely as orten as his
nanus were free, and In the
clinches played a tattoo on Evan's
Kiuneys. In the tenth round Herman
did his utmost In put the cmaher
on Evans and succeeded In making
him take the count of nine on one
knee. In the nilxuu thai fai!MM-Mi
I both men fell over the ropes. When
iney got back Into the ring ller
man'sent In an unceasing volley of
everything he had. but Evans
weathered the slotm on sheer
nerve until the gong put an end to
H.
Both preliminaries were hum.
mer. Bill iiavls and Mar Reymcra
were the principals In Ihe rirst, and
Keith Atterbury and Wildcat Mor
ns swapped punches In tho sec
ond. Both event wero declared
draw.
Bert Trlbbey, well known middle
weight pugilist or Marshfleld. art.d
as reroree. Another Marshrield ring
arllKt, Ace Boles, a lightweight,
was Introduced to the crowd li in
planned lo fealure both scrappers
on the next card, which may be
held on Thanksgiving day. A prob-
aom opjionent tor Trlbbey has not
yet been considered, but Bole may
on maicnen wnn riiarley immlee, a
cousin or tho raniotis Johnnie Dun.
dee, who recently located In this
city and who was alo presented lo
uie local fans last night.
Klamath Boxing Card.
KLAMATH FAM.S. Ore., Oct
31. Johnnr Tramhltas, or Portland
and Kid Mtarkey of Klamath Falls
will meet here In a 10 round main
event Tuesday night. Karl Hlolz
I of Bend and Chuck Rams of Klam
lath Falls, will go six rounds In the
seml-wlndup. The Modoc tribe
will be represented by Jack Crlm,
and the Klamath tribe by Wilbur
Harrington In a special event be
tween two Indian boxer. This
bout Is attracting nearly a much
Interest a th main event
SECOND CARD
DUCK EPIDEMIC AT
TULE LAKE CALLED
FORM OF CHOLERA
(AaorUIrd IT Lnant Wlrr.)
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.,
Oct. 31. At least 3.000 duck
already have died In the Tula
Lake country this fall and
the dlsMuic has been diagnoa- 4)
ed a aom form of bird chol-
era, according to George Ton-
kin. United States game war-
den tor California, and Dr.
Rudolph Snyder, Inspector for
for the United State Bureau
of Animal industry for Call-
fornla.
The two game official left
this morning for the south at-
ter a three-day Inspection trip
through the stricken district
Thus far the geese have not
been affected, the malady be-
Ing confined to varlou ape-
clea of ducka.
Tonkin declared last night
that the epidemic seems to be
on the wane, and he believes
that freezing weather and
4 anow storms will halt the rav.
age of the strange diseaae.
The two ofriclala Issued a
warning against eating duck
from this section for fear that
person will (utter severe In-
testinal trouble,
TAX REDUCTION
APPEALS APPLY
TO EVERY ITEM
Indications ' Are, However,
Committee Will Adopt
Views of Mellon. .
ESTATE TAX TARGET
Mondell Says High Income
Rates Responsible for
Slow Recovery of -Industries.-
f AwiritMV uu4 Wlrr.)
WASHINGTON, Oct 31. Con
cluding today It second week of
public hearlnga on revision of the
revenue lawa, the house waya and
mean committee ha received ap
peals for repeal or reduction of
practically every tax law on the
statute book.
There I every Indication, how
ever, that the committee will fol
low la general line the sugges
tions of the treasury, keeping Ita
proposals for total reduction In
revenue near the t3UO.UOO.000
mark, regardlesa of how closely It
follows the specific suggestion of
Secretary Mellon a to how the re
duction should be effected. The
committee will begin next Wednes
day, at bte conclusion of Its hear
ings, the actual drafting of a tax
reduction bill.
Frank W. Mondell, former repuh
llcan leader In the house, and
Jamea B. Colt of Boston, Mass.,
were allotted time tnilay for ap
pearance before the committee.
Exemption of tangible personal
property form the Inheritance tax
wa urged by Mr. Colt. Appraising
of such property for taxation, he
aid, constitute a burden on our
taxpayers wholly out of proportion
to the sums recnived by the gov
ernment from that source.
He estimated It coat enisle
31.113,600 to make return front
which the government collect le
han 3300.000.
Mondsll Glvs Vlaw.
Reduction of the maximum sur
tax rata from 40 to 30 Vr cent or
even IS per cent and a cut In In
heritance rate waa recommended
by Mr. Mondell.
"While the reduction of the ur-
fl'outinued on page 8)
Alien Property Custodian During
World War Accused of Swindling
Government Out of $7,000,003
(AanrlalM Tm lunl WIN.) '
NKW YORK. Oct. 31. For
what the government regards as
a 37,000.0110 fraud Involving
bribes totaling 3141,000, prosecu
tion nf Colonel Thnma W. Mil
ler, former alien properly custo
dian, Is to be pressed vigorously,
the department of Justice an
nounce. The government Is ready for
Immediate trial after Investiga
tion oi matter Involving Ihe Am
erican Metal company, begun
when Harry M. Pan utterly enter
ed his career s ltnrney-general.
The occurrences under lire were
during Ihe llsrdlng administra
tion. At the rcu It of payment In
cash and liberty bonds of $7.
000.000 by the I'nlled Slate to
stents or the two Merton Bro
ther of Krsnkfort-On-Msln, tb
fhqe m
ran rauiiii
SYHIAO IIEIILT
Atrocities Laid to Rec"--
of General SsmiL C
Recalled DicUtor.
CIVILIAN TO SUCCm
Damascus Is Armed Camp
and Country Sections
Are at Mercy of.,.
Brutal Hordes. W".
. (A-tatrct mm Ltaanl Win.).
PARIS. Oct 31. General ' Sar.
rail, France's high commissioner in
Syria, who haa been reticent with
regard to the recent fighting in
Syria, and especially Damaaea.
which underwent a severe bom
bardment haa been ordered home
by Ihe government to furnish a fall
explanation of the situation. -
He will not return to his neat for
a decision has been reached by
Premier Palnleve and his cabinet
that instead or a military commis
sioner, a civilian henceforth will
take up the task of supervising tb
mandated territory..
The French cabinet for several
lay has been much perturbed over
tho representation reaching It
from American and British official
sources regarding the bombard
ment of Damaacua by the French
drtillerists from October 13 to 30.
Atrocitle Charged
Lengthy deacriptlona were given
In these reports of amazing and ex
traordinary Incidents accompanying:
the shelling. The British consul
in Damascu In hi report to th
BVlttsa foreign office, which con
veyed It content! to the TttneV
government, described "atrocities"
by General Sarrail's regime. -.' .
The French authorities have not
endeavored to hide their displeas
ure over the trouble between , the
French and Syrian tribesmen. Be
fore announcement was made last
evening that General Starrall waa
to be recalled there was a direct
Indication that this would be the
culmination of the killing of great
number of the populace of Daman-
cus anil the razing of a large part
or the city by the shell of the
French gun. This came In a re-"
mark or the minister or the Inter- -lor.
Schrameck. when asked if the
high commissioner wa not tQ.bo
recalled.
"Tho most elementary dlsci-ettrm",
repllid M. Schrameck. "commands
us first to Inform the interested
parllea or Ihe decision and meas
ures or which they have been the
object before the presa Is permit
ted to publish them." . 9
Syria Still Seething
LONDON. Oct. 31. A dlsrjaleh
lo Ihe Evening News from Haifa,
Palestine, say the situation In
Iktmancua, where the French re-,
cenlly put down an Insurrection,
Is still critical, while the surround
ing country I "seething."1 The
French aulhnrltlc are aald td'be
Imposing heavy fine on the city. -
Owing to the lamascu liaur
genta' failure to deliver rifle In
accordance wilh the term ald
down by Ihe French, a fine of 10,
000 pound sterling ( 4x.500) .-w
imposed on Monday.
Of the 3.000 ririe demanded only
1.6S5 were delivered aad lour flnea
of Clio pounds sterling must be '
Haiti each day until the last rifle la
handled In, the correspondent re
IHirts. .....
The French guaranteed there
would be nn further bombardments
but barbed wire barrier have been
erected In the st reels to prevent
ambushes.
The clly Is reported quiet, but
with strong revolutionary under
currents. The country to. the
(Continued on page 3.) "
i
following disbursement 'wer
made by th brother, It la charg
ed: To John T. King, former re-
publican national committeeman,
i from Connect leu t 350,000, . of
'which he paid the late Jesa Smith
3211,000. ,
I To Miller, Smith and King - .
3.'IIM.oiin In liberty bond after
the brother through agents were
I reimbursed by the I'nlled State
I for wartime seizure of Mock of
,lhe American Metal company. '..
j Th charge are without fonn.
idation In the view of Colonel Mll
,ler. aa expressed through hie
counsel. Ilia official action wa
entirely proper, be insists, and th
grand Jury waa "hoodwinked" by
wltnense In secret. Miller whrxe
home I In Wilmington, Delaware,
will appear here next Wednesday
Cor arraignment.