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WEATHER. Cloudy tonight; tomorrow probably fair. ey ended at 2 p.m. today: 2 p.m. today; lowes}. 24, at terdays Lowest tonight Full report on page 28. ees. . Temperature for 24 hours Highest, 37, at about 30 9 p.m. yes- No. 28431 JONES TAX RIDE WOULD BE ERROR, “SENATORS BELIEVE Think Elimination of Fixed Ratio Imbroper on Ap- propriation Bill. MIGHT BE STRICKEN OUT ON A POINT OF ORDER Some Hold It Is General Legisla- tion on Measure to Provide Funds. . Bellef that the Senate appropria- tions committee made a mistake when it inserted a rider in the Dis- trict appropriation bill doing away with any fixed ratio of proportionate contribution on the part of-the fed- eral government for the national cap- ital is growing among senators, it was revealed today. 1 Furthermore, some of the senators Lelleve that this rider is subject to & point of order in the Senate, on the ground that it is general legislation in an appropriation bill. It is true that the Senate earlier in the session passed @ bill which s identical with the rider. This fact, it has been said, makes in order the placing of the mat- ter in an appropriation bill. Contention Not Borme Out. “A strict interpretation of the rules of the Senate, however, does not bear out the contention that the rider is in order, according to some of the senators. The rules of the Senate relating to amendments to an appropriation bill are very explicit. They say “Ne amendment shall be received to any general appropriation bill (the District bill is one.of them) the ef- fect of which will be to increase an appropriation already contained in the bill, or to add a new item of ap- ropriation, unless it be made to rry out the provisions of some ex- isting law, or treaty stipulation, or act, or resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session, or unless the same be moved by direc- tion of a select or standing committee of the Senate, or proposed in pursu- ance to an estimate of the head of one of the departments.” Hangs on This. Rule. It is under this rule that supporters of the rider on the District bill con- tend that the rider is in order. But the rider is not an increase in an appropriation, nor is it a new item of apprdpriation. It is general legis- lation. And the rules of the Senate with regard to general legislation say further alol “No amendmeni- general legislation shall be received to any general appropriation bill” There is no exception made in the rules with regard to -gemeral.legis- lation, no qualification to the eftect | that if such legislation has been fa- vorably acted upon previously by the t Closing New York Stocks, ‘Page 27 — e e Entered a3 second-class matter post office Washington, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS - PLEASE WASHINGTON CITIZENS WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH Business Men, Officials and Citizens’ As- sociation Heads Express Gratification, But Oppose Jones Rider. Vigorous opposition to the Jones rider in” the District appropriation bill as reported to the Senate Tues- day, and gratification that the bill contains additional appropriations for the District's water supply, strects and schools, was expressed today by President Albert Schulteis of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce, President Thomas Bradley of the Board of Trade and Secretary Charles J. Columbus of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion. Roundly scoring any attempt to change the fixed ratio of propor- tionate contribution in the District, which has worked to the prosperity of Washington for nearly half a cen- tury, the civic leaders reiterated their statements that such a bill would be a dangerous thing for the District. “It is ridiculous to expect a hand- ful of taxpayers in the District to pay the taxes for a world's capital,” sald Mr. Schulteis. “We feel, and have felt for years and years, that anything above the ratio of the fifty-fifty for Washington would be unfair. “The Chamber of Commerce has repeatedly indorsed the fifty-fifty plan, and believes that it is the only equitable and fair way to tax the District. “I believe that some day some Con- gress will be able to see this, and that we will have a return of this ratio of taxation, despite the atti- tude of the present Congress. Increases Declared Necemsary. “In regard to the increase in the water. school and streei items, as as others,” continued Mr. Schul- he chamber of commerce al- ways has_felt that it was highly essential that we have additional ap- propriations for these items; not on essential and desirable, but absolutely necessary. “If the water supply of the city broke down, wouldn't the members of Congress suffer with the rest of us? “We heartily concur, of course, with the additional appropriations for the schools. We have gone over this matter thoroughly and H. H. Glassie, chairman of the school committee, has submitted comprehensive reports. We feel that this is a very important matter. “In regard to the, streets, every one in Washington has feelings none too HOME OWNER'S TAX GREATER THIS YEAR crease Over Last Year’s Collection. Many Washingtonians are doomed plezsant about the condition of them. | Washingtonians pay enough taxes to i have thelr streets In good repair, and we belicve that it i3 only equitable and fair that we should have -them in this con- dition.” | ' ~ That the increase in the appropriations was a good thing, but that the Jones rider was most unfortunate, were the sentiments expressed by Mr. Bradley. _‘“"We simply must not cut loose from the fixed ratig and definite proportion of contribution,” he said. “We have gone along for 50 years under a definite propor- tion, and we have prospered. hope that the Senate will reconsider the Jones rider, and substitute something a Jittle more equitable and fair to the Dis- trict. 1If this condition is allowed to continue we will have each year.a feeling of uncertainty. Every new project that came up for the District would be turned down because the gov- ernment would not bear tne burden. Gratified Over Action. ate committee saw fit to restore the water power item to the appropria- tion. It is one of the most vital needs of the District. The chairman of our water supply committee, Francis R. Weller, and other engineers did much to convince the Senators of the abso- lute necessity of speedy action on this matter. I enly hope that matters can be pushed so that Washington can be I sincerely | “I am much gratified that the Sen-| -5 i rolieved from this imminent danger of water famine. “If you will remember, this is a matter that the board has been ham- mering on for years, and although it will take some’ four or five years to bring to completion, even when the work Is started, there is a great deal of satisfaction in the'fact that Con- gress is gradually beginning to realize the desperate condltion that Wash- ington is now in." Mr. Bradley expressed pleasure that $4.000 had been provided for a school manager. The Board of Trade, as well as other civic organizations, ~ has recommended that a school manager be appointed for several years. Such a manager, it is believed. will relieve the superintendent of schools of ar- dous duties and allow him to devote his entire time to the educational phase of the achool system. Political and Personal. “Taxation for the District,” said Mr. Columbus, “has never been levied | from a scientific standpoint, but al-{ ways from a political and personal one. It seems to depend solely an the whims and vagaries of Congress. Washington has had more tax legis- lation. shot’ at it than any other place (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) GASH FEATURE GUT in the world. It seems to me that some | vide for the seizure and destruction of JUSTICE HOEHLING DROPS HOPS CASE: Gondemnation Proceedings Not Legal Under Dry Law, Opinion Asserts. I Justice Hoehling of the District Su- | preme Court today decided that the national prohibition law does not pro- | malt and hops through condemnation proceedings, but specifically directs that such “offending and prohibited things” under the act are to be taken. under search warrant. He ‘accordingly directed the dis- missal of libel proceedings recently . FROM BONUS BILL £ enioh—pmepancs | 472,945,805 at $1.82 Is In- [Committee Excepts in: Gases Where Adjusted Gervic Pay Would Not Exceed $50. TUnanimous agreement to eliminate Senate, or has been reported by a standing committee, it will be ln| order. ‘Would Fail on Point of Order. Therefore, if any senator opposing the rider should make a point of or- der against it, a strict interpretation of Senate rules, it is said, would cause the rider to fail. to disappcintment if they expect to|the cash feature of the soldiers' bonus find their real estate tax bills lower | except in the case of men whose ad- this May as a result of the reduction | justed service pay would not exceed trom $1.95 to $1.82 in the ‘tax rate|$50 was reached today by the spe- this year. Of course, it is quite|cial subcommittee of republican mem- natural for Mr. Home Owner to fig-|bers of the House ways and means ure that a cut of 13 cents in the|committee, to which the whole bonus tax rate on each $100 of assessment | question was referred yesterday. would lessen his share of the cost| In lieu of the cash for the other The Senate recently put through a bill authorizing the purchase of the. Klingle road, Piney Branch and Pat- terson tracts of land for park purposes. The Senate appropriations committee has placed these items in the bill. But in this case the point of order| would not lie against the park pur- chase amendment, since it is clearly an item of appropriation and covered by theefirst section of the rules al- ready quoted. Has Fought for 50-50. The Senate in the past has stood firm against proposals from the House that an indeterminate arrange. ment with regard to the government’s share of the expenditures for the Na- tional Capital be adopted instead of a regular fixed ratio. It has fought for the 50-50 ratio, and finally only| agreed to the 60-40 ratio after long| controversy with the House, which | originally advanced the indeterminate proposal. The 60-40 plan was a com- promise. But it is a compromise| which seems to have suited the House, and it was placed in the Dis- trict appropriation bill, now pending, by the House. The sudden reversal of the stand of the Senate in regard to this matter has caused considerable surprise to some of the senators, who did not give the matter much consideration at the time the Jones bill, with the Caraway amendment. was put through earlier in the session. Fear Extra Burden om City. The rider to the bill inserted by the Senmate committee proposes that the ‘tax rate for the District shall be “reasonable,” and that for the pres- ent it shall be $1.75. After the money raised by taxation In the District has been used up, the federal gov- _ernment then is to make up any ad- ditional sum necessary to meet the appropriations made by Congress. In some quarters the belief is ex- pressed that the time will come, if this plan is adopted. when the citi- zens of the District will be compelled fo bear the entire burden of carry- ing on the upkeep of the capital city, notwithstanding the great holdings of the government in the city, of government. But rate the District expects to collect actualty more in taxes this May than while the tax rate was being reduced by the Com- missioners the assessors of property |der which the men accepting adjusted | were placing new values on land and, improvements generally. How It Works Out. The result is that with a lower tax last year. Here is how it will work out: 1931: city, $434,794,786. $100 of assessment. $8,478,498.33. 1922: Assessment for the city, $472,- 945,805. Tax rate, $1.82. Actual tax e collected in May, $8,607,613.65. O heessor William . Richards said today three things were responsible for the increase in assessments last vear: New structures, creased value of existing improvements and enhanced Jand values. Although the District sends out notice of the assessment which has been placed on personal property” no notice of incyeased real estate assessment is given, except in cases where an addition or new structure is put up during the yea such as a garage. Every even-numbered year a mew | assessment is made, and in January of the odd-numbered years appeals are heard. It would be impractical to mail no. tices of increased real estate-assess- ments to property owners, Mr. Rich- ards said, because the new asgess-] ment could be nullified by a taxpayer contending he .did not receive the notice of increaged assessment. N JATL WOMAN MOONSHINER. LONDON, Ky., Marca. 2—Mrs Mollle | Turner, Kentucky's firSt woman moons shiner in 8o far as it is known, is under sentence to serve three months in jail and to pay a fine as a result of being convicted on that charge in circuit court here. Turner the women'’s husband, is under a similar sentence, being con- wvicted of moonshining with his wife. Assessment for the entire Tax, rate $1.95 per Actual tax levy, ZADY RHONDDA AWARDED FIRST SEAT FOR WOMAN IN HOUSE. OF LORDS By the Associated Press. L.ONDON, March 2.—The petition of Lad¥ Rhondda to sit In the house of lords was granted by the committee on privileges of the house of lords today. If she takes the seat awarded her by this ruling she will -be the first woman to sit in the upper house of the British parliament, as Lady Astqr was-in the lower chamber. Lerd Donoughmore presided over the committee, composed of Lords Desart, Haldane, Chelmsford, Hyl- “ton, Wrenbury, Phillimore and Askwith. = “~After Lady Rhondda’s.right. to the present title was established ber counsel argued that the .sex disqualification removal act-had i clearly applied to a case like the present, and that the disability ex- isting in the past now being re- moved, Lady Rhondda was entitled to sit in.the house of lords. After further argument, the at- torney general on behalf of the crewn, said he raised no’objection * to the petition, which was there- fore granted. [ Lady Rhondda hus -becomes the first woman to sit in the house of lords. NG Interviewed after the decision, Lady Rhondda expressed her de- light that her case gone in her favor, ¥ Today’s decision, it is presumed, affects all the sses_in their d Lad. K Viscount Rhondds, Great ‘war-time food controller, who died ght on i in 1918 from-an' illness brou; Dy ‘overworkl =8 service men it was agreed;t6 add a new provision to the bonus bill un- | service certificates could borrow im- mediately on those certificates from banks a sum equal to 50 per cent of the total adjusted service pay, com- | puted at the rate of $1 a day for domestic service and $1.25 a day for foreign service. Chairman’s Statement, ..is official statement of the agree- ment of the subcommittee was issued by Chairman Fordney: ‘“The subcommittee, consisting of Chairman Fordney, Messrs. Green, Longworth, Hawley, Treadway and Copley, has tentatively agreed upon and prepared a provigion to be sub- mitted, which. in substance, is as fol- instituted by United States Attorney Gordon, under which United States | marshals tock possession of large! quantities of “home brew making®".at | the stores of Raphael Fransione and other merchants. The decision wa Tefiderdd'in the. Franzione casé and the court ordered the return of ethe property seized. v Cases Long Pending. “The prohibition enforcement officials last October raided several malt and hops merchants and took truckloads of their merchandise under a search warrant, which was held defective and were required to return the property. Recourse was then had to libel proceedings such as are used when the government wishes to pre- vent the sale of impure food and drug products. Attorneys Alvin L. Newmyer and Milton W. King, representing the own- ers of the seized malt and hops, filed a motion to dismiss the libel pro-i ceedings. The case was argued at length and briefs submitted_to the court. In concluding his opinion denying the government's claim, Justice Hoehling says: Justice Hoehling's Opinlon. «Just why the government con- cluded to institute the proceeding by libel in rem (which is not the pro- ceeding indicated and prescribed by the act), Instead of proceeding to seize the alleged offending and pro- hibited things by search warrant (which is the precise proceeding in- dicated and prescribed by said act). lows: ‘The. elimination of the cash fea- { ture of the bonus bill where the vet- erans are entitled-to more than $50 adjusted service pay, but adding a new loan provision to the adjusted service certificate title which will en- able holders of such certificates to borrow from any national bank or bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of any state 50 per cent of the suntof the adjusted serv- ice pay prior to September 30, 1925. This date was fixed because after that time the bill as originally draft- ed by the committee provides' for a larger percentage of loan by the gov- ernment and has not been changed the subcommittee. ELrld Expects Approval of Plan. Chairman Fordcby sald ithis plan was expected to ‘meet with general approval, since it enabled, the sol- diers who may be in need to obtain cash immediately after the issuance of the certificates; would relieve the Treasury of any large cash payment durifig the enormous refunding -oper- ations which must carried out In the next two years, and would place no ltylllonlj tax, burden upon the pub- Many details of - the Tropos: amendment €0 the ‘bonus bill remain to be worked out, and Mr. Fordney said it probably would be a week be- fore the plan was ready for subm sion to the entire republic: mem: bership of the committee. N e declared that there would be '} visions sateguarding tha rights of the holders of the certificates and limiting the amount of interest which the banks could charge for the loafs. Governor Is Heard. Gov. Harding of the Federal Re- serve Board was before thé subcom-~ mittee toddy discussing the interest rate and other questions. It'was sug- gested that the inferest rate should not exceed a figure greater than 2 per cent above the rediscount sxte of the regional reserve banks, b4 . Under another - tentative “provisio: being considered the (lfl:'u the cer- tifioates could not be d of | rvice men. the sei m mg:a only by nltllo:.al 3 and. trust'compan A Mr. Fordney o oo Tegard My be, the proceeding is not within the remedy Bhder and in accordance with which and that it is otherwise without the ——— 5) RECIPROCITY IN DISFAVOR authority of law. Canadian Representative Informed Congress Is Opposed. William S. Fielding, who came to ‘Washington several days ago in the interest of a general tariff reciprocity agreement between the ‘United States and Canada, has been advised by con- gressional leaders that Congress does not look with favor at this time on such an agreement. Mr, Flelding has bee in conference on the subject with Chairman Ford- ney of the House ways and means committes, who t ble opposition-to & putting into g‘r:;.ol n.f’:"m uelpmel‘! act. mm— - Are You Reading The Star’s Week End Fiction spmig’dég:clg:e ::oflgm _By ARTHUR B. REEVE - does not appear either in the libel court is of opinion that the present prescribed by the sections of the act the libel herein professes to be filed, twenty-four years old, was b i nection with the eI 3 Sclected to Succeed near Marion Center, educated at the normal school ut Indiana, Pa., the University of Michi- gan and the University of Pennsyl- vania, being graduated in_ medicine from 'the latter in 1885. practice at Fort Morgan, Colorado, later moving to Pueblo, where he practiced for twenty-five years. ever elected pre; oday expressed uni |9’ | C G EDITION o <, ikt =l = S | TOVATEAY LS A ' ny Star. 1922 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. il it == OUT OF THE GAME. Postmaster General Hays DR. HUBERT WORK. DR WORK CHISEN T0 SUCCEED HAYS Dr. Hubert Work, present first as- sistant postmaster general, will suc- ceed Will H. Hays, as head of the Post Office Department, it was learned definitely today at the White House. Dr. Work. whose home is in Pueblo, Col, will take over -the post office portfolio Saturday, when the resigna- tion of Mr. Hays becomes effective. The nomination of Dr. Work is ex- pected to be sent to the Senate shortly. Final announcement of the designa- tion of Dr. Work came as no sur- prise, his name having been connected with the office since the prospective retirement of Mr. Hays was an- nounced, several, weeks ago. His elevation to the postmaster generalship will leave the position of first and second assistant post- master generals to be filled, E. H. Shaughnessy, who was_second assist- ant postmaster generil, having lost his life in the Knickerbocker The- ater disaster. 3 Dr. Work conferred with' President Harding today over the question of the two assistants, but it was.indi- cated that.no decision had .been reached. > Born July 3, 1se0. ‘Hubert Work was born July 3, 1860, Fa. He was He began He was one of the y ident of iety. oungest men the Colorado State Medical board of health. He is now president f the American Medical Association, ‘When the United States entered the war Dr. Work volunteered for the Medical Corps of the Arm; commissioned as major and to the staff of Provost Marshal Ge wder, becoming liaison officer b tween the office of the provost mar- shal and the War Départment. He supervised the' medical features of the draft. He and his sons were all in uniform -when the armistice wi signed, and all are members. of the Amerlcan. Legion. Col, Work for six years served:as republican ‘national = committeeman. He was married, in 1887, M. Arbuckle of Madison, They | have two sons and a daughter, Dr. Philip Work of Pueblo, Robert Work of San Francisco, a’ construction en- gineer, and Mrs. A. W. Bissell of Chi- . HELD FOR CHILD'S DEATH. MEMPHIS, March 3—Mike tano, s being held s:-o( murder in’ con- f Blanks n.’l!‘. on a char said by .child’s” mothen. that .Gaetano -was X | For ten years|ceived here today. he was president of the Colorado lulel T o HITCHCOCK OPENS DEBATE ONTREATY Declares Opposition to Four- Power Pact Unless Changes Are Made. Senator Hitcheock ranking democrat on the Pacific treaty that he could not sup- port it unless amendments or reser- vations are adopted to meet his ob- Jections. four-power treaty was ncgotiated. the Yap-treaty yest _ portthe naval and Chinese treaties. "Bt con tain -objections removed,” ““This treaty was concelved in secrecy and its genesis suggests an old-fashioned | and highly objectional alliance. Four-Power Treaty Not in Agenda. The folir-power treaty, conference call or on the agenda. anticipated this treaty me rather significant,” said the sena- tor, adding that no notes or minutes or memoranda were kept by the dele- were “behind closed doors™ gations, and’ their meetings, he said, communiques to the public or press given out. “Everything was done to keep pub- lic attention fixed on the naval ne- gotiations, Chinese tariff and other matters, while there was a month of secret meetings in this treaty,” said he. Despite this, he continued, his first impulse was to support the treaty. “My first shock was to learn that the President, who issued the call for the conference, did not understand the treaty and had not learned of the secret agreement between the nego- tiators regarding the inclusion of the Japanese mainland,” said the Ne- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ——— AGREE T0 115,000 ARMY. Subcommittee Drfafting Appropria- tion Bill Favors Reduction. Reduction of the size of the Regular Army" to 115,000 enlisted men has been tentatively agreed upon by ’the sub- committes which is drafting the Army appropriation bil}, it became known today. The present strength of the Army 1s approximately 137,000 men. e REPORT SHIP SINKING. Norwegian Freighter Grontoft Lifeboats Are Smashed. BOSTON, March 2.—The Norwegian freight steamer Grontoft was report- ed sinking about 500 miles southeast of Cape Race in radio messages re- Her lifebo: had been smashed, the steamer West Kebar reported. The steamer Estonia ‘was proceeding to her assistan The Grontoft was bound from Orleans to Esbjerg. Today’s News In Brief House commmittee cuts cash feature from bonus bill, except in certain cases. Page 1 Home owner's tax is increased this year by added assessment. Page 1 Justice Hoehling drops malt and hops case brought under dry law. Page 1 Capt, Hibben scores Secretary Heo- liquor cases. . Page 2 Use of writ of prohibition delays Page 2 liquor cases. B‘inu case at Alexandria postponed _,when Wright is g:ent. Page § Dalil in lively wrangle over change in meeting place. = Page & Dr, William Warner Tracy, horticul- turist, dies in this city. Page 7 Great Lakes naval training station may be abandoned.” Page 13 Llayd George faces néw crisis. b > Page 13 oal fam! likely in case of strik Coal “'i'"' ly Fae 3 on, April ’s e 15 BW" mtl';n 'mfl r":":nu‘: of g.'z.l;‘:.: ‘ayesr. k ‘Capt. Hibben scores Secretary Hoover's M‘! Senate foreign relations committee, declared | in an address to the Senate today opening debate on the four-power Senator Hitchcock opened the discus- sion ‘because he expects to be absent a few days later. He attacked what he described as the secrecy with whica the He declared he had voted for ratification of terdery~and ‘would sup- have reluctantly come to gl that 1 cannot vote for the ratification of the four-power treaty un- less changes are made by amendment or reservations ‘are~adopted to have cer- e added. Senator Hitchcock said, was not in the arms “The public never looked for nor this seems to and no Member of The Associated paper and also dispatches the use for republication of all news dinpatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this Al rights of publication of special the Associated Press Press is exclusively entitied to the local news published herein. ! I | herein are aiso rpserved. Yesterday's Elopes With Wife’s Mother; Two Divorce Cases Are Result By the Associated Press. MAYSVILLE, Ky., March 2— Two divorce suits are pending | in the Mason county cireult eourt here because Cnrl Kellu twenty-three years old, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Addie Gal- lagher, forty-five, ran off to» xether, according to the peti- tions filed by Mra. Img Gall gher Kellum, eighteen, against her husband, and John Galla- gher, fifty-five, agal Mra. Kellum na: married two years Gen. Beach Makes Address, peelaring National Asset Is Being Wasted. Inland waterways of the United States are not “back numbers,” but economic assets which the govern- ment has neglected and the people al- lowed to waste, and which must be {utilized If the country is to bring down the high cost of living, accord- ing to an address by Maj. Gen. Lan- sing H: Beach, chief of engineers, U. S. A., at today’s session of the seven- teenth convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, at the New Willard Hotel. Gen. Beach prasented four funda- mental reasons why navigation is hampered on the wa erways, declar- ing that one often hears the state- ment that the waterways are a “back number,” but this is not so. Effect of Pilot Rales. Present pilot rules, he said. con- per the employment of good men. Carelessness and indifference the whistle three times before sailed away. to be provided, he said. ddevelopment of waterways, he said, charge freight rates as they pleased. carriersy Attitude of the raflroads of the country, toward the waterways, Gen. Beach said, is the fourth fundamental reason hampering the development of the latter. He said he did not want to be oconstrued as attacking the railroads, but told the members eof the congress that they might inter- pret his remarks as “an attack on some modern business methods.” Railroads won't pro-rate or issue through bills. of lading, the speaker charged, and in other ways have helped stifie competition. ‘Much of what the railroads have done,” Gen. Bench sald, “is simply a question of eliminating a competitor from busi- ness.” Other Speakers Heard. Others who spoke at the morning session included Millard F. Bowen of Buffalo, N. Y., who made a plea for a great lakes-to-Hudson canal; John G. (Continued on Page 2, Column 17.) FOUR REGISTERED MAIL POUCHES SPIRITED AWAY | Rankakee Baggage Room Robbery Includes Sacks Just Taken Off Train From Chicago. By the Associated Press. KANKAKEE, Ill, March 2.—Four registered mail pouches, each filled to capacity and believed to contain only registered mail, were stolen from the Illinois Central baggage room early today. The mail sacks had been taken from south-bound train No. 5, from Chicago. Phillip Gatchett and Peter H. Smith, local baggagemen, placed the pouches in the baggage room, locking the door after them as they returned to the train for other mail sacks, they said today. When they returned a few minutes iater the pouches were missing. P. E. Lee, another eman, said he saw two men sitting in an automobile across the street from the station just before the robbery became known. _Po- }lice believe that a third man entered e room earlier in_the day and hiding behind some baggage es with the mail when the two bag- gagemen left the room. . stitute the first reason, as they ham- of of Nebraska,|the boatmen themsclves were given {as constituting the second reason, the peaker telling of instances in his own experience where he had seen a boat drop freight in mud and blow it Proper terminals ought The third reason hampering the was the disposition of watermen to Gen. Beach gave several instances of the Instability of rates declaring that rates by water ought to be stabilized, and boat owners subjected to the same rules as other common Net Circulation, 92,931 TWO CENTS. , CITIZENS WILLING T0 SHARE EXPENSE FOR NEW STREETS Homes Fronting on Muddy Thoroughfares Generally Have Paved Alleys. T | ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY HELD BY COMMISSIONERS i Million-Dollar Annual A}:prvpril- tion for Four Years Needed for All Improvements. People of the city owning homes ¥ the streets now deen in mire as a resul* of the bad winter generally stand reafly and willing to pay their share of 50 per cent of the cost of paving the streets in front of their homes, it has been pointed out to The Star man who has been in- specting the streets of Washington. Th's is evidenced, it was asserted, by the fast that many of the houses fronting Of these muddy streets have fine pavel alleys in the rear. ° The Star man, during his Inspes. tions in many parts of the new sectioffs of the city, was able to reach the strezts cnly by using the paved alleys, and these enable the people to get to their homes without taking the chances of | ruining clothes and endangering taeir |limbs by attempting to negotiate the muddy streets in front of their homes. No Specific Provisien. Alleys do not have to be specifical, y provided for in an appropriation bif:, in order to be paved, it was explaineé. The Commissioners have authority ta pave alleys under what is called the “assessment and permit” plan. When a section is built up the Commission- ers can have the alley paved and then assess half the cost against the abut- ting property owners, and, it was pointed out, this is one class of B that is seldom, if ever, protested. B indicates, it was pointed out, that the people do want pavements, and will pay for them. In fact, The Star man during the course of his visits to va- rious parts of the city that citizens are drawing up petitions to be pre- sented to the Commissioners and to Congress, asking that they be given new streets to relieve them from the serious traveling _conditions which they now face. ° Only a small proportion of the cost of street improvements is paid for by the federa] government. It was ex- plained that when a street is Jm- proved the abutting property owners pay half of the cost outright. Then 60 per cent of the remaining half comes out of- ghe local taxpayers' pockets, being taken from the tax revenues of the District. The re- mainder is paid by the government. History of Improvements. Study has been made of the history of the street improvements of the Dis- trict by the officials of the office of the Engineer Commissioner, according to Col. Keller, and they have been traced back as far as 1885. In order to bring street improvements of the District up to date, it would take an annual ap- propriation of more than a million dol- lars for the next four years, the offi- cials have found. “We find,” said Col. Keller, in in- forming Congress of the resuits of his research, “that in the earlier days the street improvement proceeded at a very satisfactory rate; that beginning about 1910 the progress of street improve- ment began to lag and feil below the rate during the fifteen years preceding. Our estimate is, if street improve- ment is to be kept level with the growth of the city, furnishing facili- ties that correspond to the construction of new houses and that correspond to the legitimate growth of population as well, that to retrieve the loss that has been experienced since 1910 would quire an appropriation of $1,095,750 for each of the next four years. If we re- ceived that amount for each of the next four years, then at the end of that time we would have caught up in the progress of street improvement with the growth of the city.’ In the face of this information the | House allowed $113,600 only and the Senate appropriations committee in- creased this to $278,500, e ——— SUCCEEDS DI CESARO. Deputy Takes Posts After King Ac- cepts Resignation. By the Associated Press. ROME, March 2—Ki Emmanuel today accepted the tion of Giovanni Colonna DI Cesare as minister of posts in the cabinet af | Premier Facta and approved of the appointment of Luis Fulci, & deputy of the social democratic party, to suc- ceed him. Signor Di Cesaro offered his resig- nation on Tue y @as a protest against the practice of several of the Catholic ministers and Luigi Sturso, secretary general of the Catholic par- | ty, regarding appointments of under- secretaries. Severa: attempts were made by Di Cesaro's friends to have him recongider his resigpation, but 1 without avail. has learned Victor By the Assgciated Press. NEW YORK, March 2—Mary Pickford does not have to Dpay Mrs. Cora C. Wilkenning any part of the $108,000 which Mrs. Wil- kenning claims was due her as commission for getting the film star a raise to $10,000 a week. This was the verdict of a federal jury, returned last night, and un- sealed today before Federal Judge Neither Mary nor her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, was in court When the verdict was announced. Her counsel rushed to the tele- - phone to acquamt her with the news at her hotel. Counsel for Mrs. wlllkennlnc filed notice of an appeal. - h‘:er hotel suite, where she had been informed of her ry, the 56900 In. Aghting Mrs. Wilken: ng - '-h}.l ‘:rt {: obtain $108,000 of +hér _money. trial here this 5 was the third in' the case. g New| MARY PICKFORD WINS LEGAL FIGHT, BUT IT COSTS HER $300,000 TO DO SO and & appeared probable that Miss Pickford would have to make further disbursements before she hears the last of Mrs. Wilkenning. as an appeal to the circuit court is considered likely. “I feel sorry for Mrs. Wilken- ning,” sald Mary, “but I mever have settled a claim when I was in the right and I never will” “I would fight her ten times, more because I know I am just a target.” she continued. “Well. what are you mad about?” broke in her husband, Douglas Fairbanks. » “Nothing,” replied Mary, “but it's all so silly. I haven't had an agent since I was eleven years old. ‘When I want a raise, I go ask f it myself, and when I want & Job, I look for one.” In explanation of _her absence from the courtroom when the ver- dict was unsealed, Miss Pickford #aid she had an ides all along that it would be in her favor. ‘Anyway.” she added, "§ knew all about the mrfiafi.“ ofl ..point _out _every g 5 eak®d those that dida’t”