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WEATHER. Unsettled weather, with light rain late tonight or tomorrow; night, temperature above Temperature for t ended at 2 p.m. toda noon today; lowest, today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Entered as seco! post office Wal No. 29,127. nty-four hours Highest, 48, at 34, at 5:30 am. Full report on page 6. warmer to- freezing nd-class matter hington, D. C. ch WASHINGTON, DENBY DEMANDING A RECORD VOTE ON MOVE T0 COMPEL HIM T QUIT POST Coolidge Withholds Naming; Counsel Pending Outcome of Resolution in Senate Providing for Prosecution. COMMITTEE WILL QuIiZ MR. FALL’S PHYSICIANS Senator Wheeler Opens Drive Di- recting President to Ask Resig- nation of Daugherty—Says He Will Introduce Resolution at First Opportunity. The swirling storm of Senate protest against the Fall oil leases embraced today an ever widening circle. With Senate action to disavow the acts of former Secretary Fall assured, attempts were instigated | on the democratic side to drive both | $ecretary Denby and Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty out of the czbin_ct.; After a cabinet meeting at which | the whole situation was discussed Mr. Denby_ announced he had no intention of resigning and wanted a record vote on the Robinson reso- lution asking him to do so. From! the Senate floor Senator Robinson | replied that such a vote would be sought at the earliest possible | moment. ol At the Department of Justice it was indicated that Mr. Daugherty, Tuwilight Sleep Used on Chicken By Wary Thieves By the Arsoclated Press. GUILFORD, Conn., January 29. —"Twllight sleep” is the latest thing here In chicken thievery, the poultry thief prevention com- mittee asserted. Chicken thieves are using gas to put the birds into a state of unconsclousness ‘before making a sweep of the poultry houses, the committee stated. APPROVE SURTAX OF 35 PER GENT G. 0. P. House Leaders Seek Compromise Between Mel- lon and Garner Plans. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Republican members of the House ways and means committee have agreed among themselves to place the maximum surtax rates at 35 per cent. They are soliciting the ap- proval of Secretary Mellon and Pres- ident Coolidge, and some of the House members think the approval will be forthcoming, as it is the best com- promise they believe they can get in the House. Mr. Mellon proposed 25 per cent as the maximum, while the democratic plan, Introduced by Representative John Garner of Texas, provides for {a maximum of 44 per cent. leaders have been among the those who The republican trying to win converts democrats, _particularly represent districts with large cities in them, the supposition being that the big business interests will be able to persuade their democratic con- gressmen to go along with the re- publicans at 35 per cent rather than jeopardize the chances of the whole tax question belng ground between the upper and nether millstones of partisan rivalry. ‘Want Mellon Assurances. Thirty-five per cent {s better than nothing and 35 per cent is better than who is in Florida, had entertained no intention of retiring from office. ! A resolution asking for his removal | and making references to un-! prosecuted - charges made both in | the veterans’ inquiry and the oil in-! vestigation, was drawn up by Sena- | tor Wheeler, democrat, Montana. Delays Choosing Counnel. Although he went over the whole ground at the cabinet meeting, Presi- dent Coolldge delayed for the pres- ent his choice of speclal council to prosecute the oil cases. He expects 0 act after the Senate, probably late today, has adopted the Walsh resolu- tion, asking for such prosecution. He will ask for Senate confirmation for- the men he selects. As during yesterday's session, the Senate debate today ran the scale of the entire leasing problem, although the measure immediately under con- sideration was the Walsh annulment resolution. He said that the naval reserve oil Jeases were to the best interests of the country; that they were made in strict accordance with the law and that If the matter came before him tomorrow he would do the same Secretary sald that Col. Theo- dore Roosevelt, asslstant secretary of | the Navy, was entirely blameless of | anything in connection with these | leases and that any criticism of him | was both unjust and unfalr. i With reference to the Robinson resolution pending in the Senate, call- | ing for his resignation, Mr. Denby £aid he would like "“to see the senator | who would vote for a resolution be- | emirching the character of any man \eithout having accorded that man an | opportunity to be heard. Denby Wants Record Vote. \ “I want a record vote in the Senate, | on the Robinson resolution,” he con- | tinued, “so that I may determine what senators are willing to besmirch | and defame the name of an Amerlcan | citizen who is guilty of no crime and | who has bever been charged, tried or convicted in any court.” The attack on Mr. Denby, as well as the proposal to employ syeclal. counsel to prosecute the oil annul-| ment suits, were talked over at a | White House conference last night, attended by Senator Lodge and sev- eral other senators. The President| was not vet ready today, however, to | &nnounce who would be chosen to con- | duct the prosecution. Would Qutz Doctors. Just before the Senate met, the oil Investigating _committee heard a statement by Levi Cook. an attorney for former Secretary Fall, and d clded to question tomorrow the phy- siclans who have attended Mr. Fail since he came to Washington. The ktatement by his counsel today de- clared he was threatened with a ner- ( vous breakdown and requested that | his testimony be takep in his sick- room. “Senator Fall has been under a: great strain for the past few weeks,” | sald Mr. Cooke. “He traveled exten- sively and has been put to a great physical strain.” Urging that the committee as a| whole or a subcommittee examine ' Mr. Fall in his sickroom at the home of J. W. Zevely, Mr. Cooke sald it was the oplnion of the attending phy-, siclans that a delay in the examina- | tion tended only to aggravate his condition. He added that the doctors felt that any prolonged strain upon him at this time might have a m"llk detrimental effect, and read a state- inent prepared last night by Dr. John ! Wharton and three consulting physi- ' clans to that effect. The recom- nendation was made that the com- Inittee visit the Zevely home and take | Mr. Fall's statement without any un- | due delay. Reading Secretary Denby's state- | ment to the Senate later, Sennor| Robinson declared the Secretary was entitied to “a vote on the resolution.” “Let me say,” he added, “that every effort which I can make to secure a record vote will be directed to ob- jataing it Justias scon ew it s possi- e, “This is an {ssue that will not down. The record shows that atter Congress reposed the responsibility for the reserves in the Secretary of the Navy, he acquiesced in, consented to and epproved the transfer of these re- werves to the control of a depart- suent where he knew the policy of « {others for their | 000, Imaking rapid progress in ling the conservative democrats, enough of whom are said to be inter- ested in the republican proposal to encourage the republican leaders to go to Secretary Mellon in order to win his approval. Those democrats who are leaning toward the 35 per cent proposal do not represent a majority of their party by any means. but enough ar sald to be lined up to enable the re- publicans, with their aid, to get the 35 per cent rate through the House, but these democrats will not pledge themselves to vote for it unless they have assurance that Secretary Mellon vill_accept it and that they will be voting for something that will really be adopted. If the President and Secretary of the Treasury stand pat on the 25 per cent rate, democrats | do not warit to pat themselves in the position of abandoning the 44 per cent rate in the Garner plan. Mellon Plan Changed. The ways and means committee is already chapging the Mellon pro- posals considerably. The amendment accepted Ly the committee on Mon- day, which limits the 25 per cent re-) duction on earned incomes to those incomes of $20,000, is not what Sec- | retary Mellon suggested. the 25 per cent reduction to apply He wanted fto all _earned Incomes of whatever | size. The House itself or the Senate may change it later, but the chances are the maximum will not be in- creased. Another amendment which was not vital, so far as funda- mentals are concerned, but which af- fects widows, orphans and others who are dependent on the work of incomes provides that all income up to $5000 shall be regarded as earned income and subject to a 25 per cent reduction of taxes. This amendment was inserted be- cause of the widespread demand that Congress should treat widows and or- phans and invalids who are support- od by invested funds on the same basis as the class who earn their in- comes. The limit of $5,000, It was felt, would take care of all the cases | of this kind and yet wouid not carry too far. | the 25 per cent exemption Thus If a trust or funds from an in- surance policy of approximately $81,000 are set aside and invested at 6 per cent the annual income would be approximately $5000. This would take a 25 per cent reduction in taxes just the same as the man or woman who earns a salary of $5,000 a year. But if a person has a trust of $100,- the annual income from which at 6 per cent would be $6,000, the first $5,000 is subject to the 25 per cent reduction, but the remaining $1,000 takes the usual tax rates. The ways and means committee is P consider- the bill, and the all-important question of surtax rates has finally (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) . MAID ADMITS THEFT OF $80,000 JEWELS Hotel W.rker Denies Another Rob- bery of $50,000 Gems, Police Declare. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, January 29.—Helen Golden today confessed the theft of $80,000 worth of jewels from the apartment of Mgrris Abrams at the Ambassudor Hofel, Atlantic City, N. J., in August, 1922, according to the police. She denied, however, theft of $60,000 worth of jewelry from the hotel Ambassador,” here, where she had been employed as a mald. The Atlantic’ City robbery was planned by a sweetheart, whose name she gave the police as “Joseph Ander son” and who deserted her at Sea Isle, N. J., after lnklng the jewels, she said. ‘She escaped from Atlantic City by pretending to be drowned in the surf. Police sald she had been employeq as a maid in the Ambassador Hotel here, disguised and using the name of “Anna Hall,”" and had left the hotel after the robbery of $50,000 worth of jewels from the suite of Mrs. Margaret Throop. She, was traced through the label in a dis- carded hat. - She is sald to have a criminal record, which began here in 1919 d which includes an arrest in_Baltimore in 1921 on a charge of " obbery. She came here from Chi- cago. When arrested she had about $1,000 worth of jewels and a loaded 're- volver. A telegram she gld Just re- apived reads ‘Gend e sl 44—that's the argument being used ! {among. PLOTTOGRABU.S. FUNDS BY AIRPLANE INDUSTRY CHARGED Representative Nelson Sees Same Men Branded as War Grafters at Work. RESOLUTION OFFERED FOR FULL INVESTIGATION Government Air Services Accused of Propaganda to Force Big Appropriation. A sweeping Investigation of the alr services was demanded in the House today by Representative Nel- son. republican, Wisconsin, who de- clared he was Informed that condi- tions which now exist are a continu- ation of the same practices by the same parties “that wrote the blackest page {n America’s war history in the alrcraft fallure. Introducing & resolution asking for the appointment of a special commit- tee of inquiry, he sald: “I am preferring no charges against anybody. I simply wish to end this unspeakable condition in the alr serv- or set at rest these charges if found untrue.” Has Mass of Documents. Mr. Nelson sald he had more than seven thousand documents, which, he added, “I am told will show the same conditions which existed during the darkest days of the black scandal in the air services now exists in those services and that tie same firms which participated in the loot of more than $500,000,000 of the people’'s money are still’ getting the contracts under the same conditions and provisions they got those previous contracts.” He declared the air service s con- | ducting a propaxganda “over mountain and sea, desert and valley, in order to try to force Congress, through an aroused public sentiment, to appropri- ate more money than the officials of the air service seem to feel Congress would be willing to appropriate upon a proper presentation to it of the needs of the service,” and he asked: “Is this the purpose of the pro- posed flight of the dirigible to the north pole?” Sees Violation of Laws. Mr. Nelson said that in his opinion the Manufacturers' Aircraft Assocla- tion, Inc, and its methods of opera- tion “were In absolute vlolation of the Sherman anti-trust law,” and that he was convinced that an inves- tigation would show this, “not only as being as fact then, but its being a fact today.” Represenitative Nelson declared it |the duty of the House to see to it that the more than 7,000 documents are classified and scanned by compe- tent attorne under the direction of a committee, “in order that this House may be Informed as to the Droof or falsity of the charges that iare openly made that the alr service procedure today is corrupt and that our defense in the air 1s (n peril be- i cause of these conditions.” Conditions in the air service, he continued “now imperil America's defense in the air at this very mo- ment, when newspapers and maga- zines are being filled with state- | ments by officials of the air services { which can be shown to be plain and | deliberate misrepresentations. .. 014 Offenders Hinted. “A condition, 1 am informed, at present exists in our alr service which is a continuation of the same | methods by the same Individuals and corporations who have been bitterly condemned by unprejudiced fnvesti- gators and Investigating committees in the past as having been responsi- ible for the shameful fallure which | developed during the war.” Quoting a list of firms which he sald “participated in the contracts in which more than _$700,000,000 was spent and not a fighting plane de- veloped during the war,” Mr. Nelson declared: “Now, how did these firms proceed to take control of the situation? First, their friends and former offi- clals’ were placed on a so-called ad- visory board, which, instead of ad- vising, took control of the situation | untll it saw that its course was to | be disclosed, whereupon it promptly endeavored by resolution to divest it~ self of the usurped power and again call itseif an advisory board in an effort to escape just condemnation tor_its conduct. “Next, and most importantly, these ifirms got up what was then called jand what is now designated as ‘the icross-license agreement. What was the cross-license agreement? Says Patents Were Pooled. “Briefly, it was an agreement en- tered into by and between the mem- bers of the Manufacturers' Alrcraft | Assoclation, Inc, under which the patents owned or controlled by them were cross-licensed to each member of the trust by the other member: in effect, the patents were pooled. “Each member company was to pay into the trust treasury a royalty of 3200 fo{ each airplane built by it. Out of the ‘first deposits thus made the ‘Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation was to receive $175 of each 3?_00 l_)lun (Continued on Page 2, Column &.) FOOD ALLEN’S BOARD BOUGHT IS IN BERLIN 625,000 German Children in 1,635 Towns to Get One American Meal Daily. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 29.—Many car- loads of American food, purchased with funds raised by Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen’s committee for the relief of German children, reached Berlin yes- terday. ‘Within a few days 625,000 children in 1,635 citles and towns of Germany will' be eating one American meal daily, consisting of milk, cocoa and rolls. Twenty-five per cent of this feeding will be done In the occupled area. The German government is paying for 50 per cent of the food, which will be issued under American di- rection. The foodstuffs and other supplies are being handled freight see by the GeSiaaD FAUFAIA i WITH SUNDAY MOPNING EDITION D. C, Now's MY TIME BIG MEMBERSHIP FORA _ DRI BRITAIN MAY DELA RED RECOGNITION Macdonald Reported to Be Convinced of Need to Proceed Slowly. By the Assoctated Pross. LONDON, January 20.—Prime Min- ister Macdonald has met with cir- cumstances which have compelled him to go slower regarding the rec- ognition of Russia by Great Britain than he had intended to go when he took office, according to some politl- cal writers The political correspondent of the Daily Mail puts the premier's posi- tion as follows: Tt is unlikely that Mr. Macdonald will take any precipl- tate action towards recognition, per- manent officials of the foreign office and an examination of documents on file there having convinced him such 2 step would not be in the best in- terest of the country. He is anxious for recegnition as soon as possible and Is engaged in making the neces- sary preliminary inquiries. Meets With Delays. The Dally Telegraph's commenta- tor says that Mr. Macdonald already i has percelved that his alm, the un- conditional resumption of full rela- tlons with Russia, may have to be de- veloped ut a much slower pace owing to technical difficulties. The writer cites In this connection the old Anglo-Russlan treaties and tthe question of debts. He also sug- gests that Viscount Haldane, the lord chancellor, and Lord Parmoor, the lord president of the councll, who, he says, favor pacification of the conti- nent through the league of nations, are more anxious to bring Germany into the league than to recognize Russia. They wish recognition of the latter country to be accompanied by some promise on the part of sovietia of an acceptance in principle of the league covenant. Laborites Restive. Meanwhile, some of the laborites apparently are getling restive at the delay, Neil MacLean, M. P, and one of Glasgow's “advanced” laborites, writes to the Daily Herald: “What is this nonsense about inevitable delays and preliminary formalities before the Russian government can be recognized? Five days sufficed to recognize Greece after Venizelos took office. What could be done in the case of Greece could be done in the case of Russia. If the permanent of- ficials pretend otherwise they are sabotaging and their sabotage must ibe stopped swiftly and ruthlessly or this government is damned."” $205,6568 EXPENDED BUYING “EVIDENCE” U. S. Funds Thus Used in Dry Law Enforcement Stated by Assist- ant Commissioner. Federal agents in their efforts last year to enforce the prohibition and na cotic laws, spent $205,658 of govern- ment funds in buying “evidence.” This total was given by Assistant Prohibition Commissioner Jones in tes- timony before the House appropriation committee, which today recommended that $10,629,770 be set aside for prohi- bitlon enforcement during the coming fiscal year. Mr. Jones said the agents used marked money whenevér possible, Which they got back sometimes. The amount_of liquor an agent must buy to clinch his case, he said, depends on the bootlegger, and runs from a half pint to a carload. Does the prohibition agent drink the whisky when he buys it,” asked Chairman Madden. “Sometimes he has to,” replied Mr. Jones, “in order to make a second buy to use as evidence.” “So the agent,” remarked Mr. Mad- den, “is usually not a prohibitionist?" ‘Some of them,” Mr. Jones came back, “have to drink.” NOTED DOCTOR DIES. STOCKHOLM, January 2. —Dr. Ernst Westerland, famous Swedish physician, died yesterday, at the age a8 elghuy -2V % TUESDAY, JANUARY ¢ Epening Star. 29, 1924 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. The Star's carrier every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” system covers Yesterday’ s Circulation, 99,821 * TWO CENTS. =Wy, N WA VE! (AMERICAN SOUGHT | | AS LEAGUE AGENT Desired to Supervise Hungary's Finances in Connection With $10,000,000 Loan. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January | of nations, it is learr seeking t ervices of an American | to supervise Hungary's finances in connection with t league's $10,000,- 000 reconstruction loan to that coun- try. W. P. G. Harding. former governor | the Feder: R rve Board of the United States and now governor of the Boston Federal Reserve Bark, is understood to be one of the m 'der consideration for the post. F ever, it was said at league head- quarters here today that no appoint- ment could be made until the repa tion commission had approved terms of the loan. The gue considers that the ap- pointment of an American of the standard of Mr. Harding would not| only assure an impartial, neutral han- dling! of Hungary's finances, but would facilitate the efforts of thej league to float part of the loan in the | United States The officials of the league also are anxious to avoid appointing any one {dentified ‘with any country having a political interest in Hungary. In the case of the league's loan to| Austria similar efforts were made to | obtain an American to administer the finances of that country, but the league was finally obliged to choose a Hollander, because, it was stated in league quarters, of the disinclination | of the Washington government to | identify American interests too | closely with the league. 4 here, has been | of a- the | FORD WON'T COME 1} T0SHOALS HEARING Committee Has All Facts, He Wires—Sees Only More Delay in Testifying. Henry Ford today informed the House military committee he thought it unnecessary for himself or any representative to appear bafors the committee to further discuss his of- fer for Muscle Shoals, “Further hearings,” said Mr. Ford in a telegram to Chairman Kahn, “would only serve to delay action and unnecessarily consume the time of a busy and important committes of Congress already in possession of all the fact: Replies to Mr. Kahn. Mr. Ford's message was in reply to one from Mr, Kahn notifying him that the committee desired to wind up its hearing not later than today and that a number of members wished to question him regarding his bid. ‘The message follows: “In reply to your telegram that some members of the military affairs committee desire to ask me some questions and suggesting that I ap- pear before your committee or send a representative empowered to speak for me and especially in reply to your own statement that you wished to give us ‘a full opportunity to ex- plain your offer.’ I respectfully submit to your consideration the following: Reviews Hin Offer. “Invitations for bids for Muscle Shoals were asked for by the Secre- tary of War in April, 1921, Our offer was submitted by him in Februar 1922. Your committee has therefore had our proposal before it for prac- tically two years. Mr. Mayo, our rep- resentative, has appeared before you on numerous occasion and every phase of our offer has been fully in- { quired into and explained. Your com- mittee has therefore, reported to Congress two bills providing for ac- ceptance of our offer. I know of noth- ing that we can add that would be helpful to you. “Further hearings would only serve to delay action and unnecessarily consume the time of a busy and im- portant committee of Congress, al- zeady in possesslon of all the facts” | i { by he: | the next few weeks they will cover { the United States are people more in | and that then steps shouid be taken | mier Ismet Pasha’s groposal to re- 200 GET CLEAN-UP NOTICES IN ALLEYS Health Officer Starts Cam- paign for Better Sanitary Conditions. I | More than 200 notices to clean up or | face prosecution were served on own- | ers and occupants of alley dwellings h department inspectors to-| in their first offensive against in- | conditions. “*This onlq the beginning," i Health Officer Fowler. “We are in| earnest in this effort to remove all, objectionable conditions in the back | nd rs and additional no-| wil be served from day to day. l Each notice alleges the existence of | an “unwholesome condition” and| then specifies what the owner or oc- | cupant must do. | Asxigns Eleven Inwpectors. Dr. Fowler has assigned eleven in- | spectors to alley work and wilhln] day sanitar. | sald every by-way. in the city. Where the objectionable condition consists of dirt and rubbish the no-| tice is served on the occupant. In cases involving structural defects | in the houses the notice is sent to| the owner. While Dr. Fowler was issulng his | orders a subcommittee of the House ! District committee heard Charles A. | Baker, president of the Federation ! of Citizens' Associations, on the alley question. “It is a bad commentary upon the | ple of the National Capital that they have not been permitted to sat- ! isfy their own needs. Nowhere | telligent or better equipped for self- | government,” sald Mr. Bakerfl Replving to a question by Represent- | ative Gibson of Vermont whether he | thought a change in the method of | government in the District was de- sirable, Mr. Baker reminded the com- mittes that this question had fre- quently been brought to the atten- tion of Congress and that Congress had failed to act. ) Mr. Baker sald that while no formal action had been taken by the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Assoclations, the general sentiment Among the dele- gates s that the alley problem is a menace to the health of the commu- nity. “You can do no greater service to the people of Washington than in ceaning up these inhabited alleys” Mr. Baker said. The subcommities went into executive session and it was the sense of the meetins that steps should be taken first to put the alleys in a more sanitary condition to have the alleys vacated by viding suitable dwellings else 4 QUAKES RECORDED, BELIEVED IN CHILE One of Moderate Intensity Is Shown by Georgetown Univer- sity Seismograph. pro- ro. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, January 29.—Four earth shocks, begining at 9:45 o'clock last night, were registered by the selsmograph at La Plata observatory. The last quake was violent. The cen- ter of the disturbance, according to | the scientists, was in Chile between Santiago and Valparaiso. Advices from Mendoza, in western Argentina, say that the shock was felt in Chile from Talca to La Serena. One Recorded Here. | An earthquake of moderate inten- | sity was recorded between 9:06 and 10 last night, on the seismograph at | Georgetown University. Father Ton- dorf, the selsmologist, announced that the quake apparently was about 4,600 | miles south of Washington. e TURKS VOTE WET. Liquor Restored Unanimously as State Monopoly. LONDON, January 29.—Prohibition | in Turkey came to an ignomious end | Sunday, says a Constantinople dis-( ratch to the DaSy Mall, when Pre-| store liquor as a state monopoly re- celved the unanimous appreval of the [ aszembly, {ago, and $2,116,936 less than budget { the Treasury. | 51,620, |director, including salaries, { garding Mr. Carter's disqualification. Siberians Seize Lenin’s Death as Chance to Revolt By the Awsociated Press. TOKIO, January 29. — White forces in Siberia have seized upon the occasion of the death of Nicolai Lenin to proclaim a free state in Amur province, and have interrupted railway service to Vliadivostok and eastward, ac- cording to advices received by the Japanese government from Muk- den. POST OFFICE BALL CARRIES INCREASE Appropriations for This and Treasury Department Up $18,476,889. Nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars {s carried {n the annual sup- ply bill for the Treasury and Post Of- fice departments reported today by the House appropriations committee. The exact amount is $729,858,451, an increase of $18,476,889 over total ap- propriations for the two departments for the current fiscal year, but $5,447.- 695 less than budget estimates. Of the total, $609,976,246 is for the Post Office Department—3$24,754.487 more than was appropriated a year recommendations, and $119,882,205 for Move to Enforce Dry Act. The Treasury Department allot- ment does not take into consideration $1,309,051,075 or permanent and In- definite appropriations which do not require annual congressional action. It does, however, include $10,629,770 for enforcement of prohibition— more than was granted The Coast Guard, which charged with curbing rum smug- gling by sea, is allotted $10,651,649, or $793 881 less than was appropri- ated for the current year, and the customs_service is allowed $13.874,- 140, or $1.555,740 more than was ap- propriated a year ago. Of the Post Office allotment, major items are $124,937,100 for clerk hire n_first and second class postoffices, ! £87,000,000 for the pay of city letter carriers, $104,450,000 to pay rail- ds for the transportation of mail, $47,400,000 for maintaining the rail-| way mall service and $55,250.000 for the pay of rural letter carriers. Air- plane mail service is allotted $1,600 - 000, the amount voted it a year Employ 300 More Agents. In its report the committee pointed out that the increased appropriation for enforcement of the prohibition and narcotic laws would enable the Treasury to emglo}' 300 additional prohibition agents and 145 more agents to be used to prevent the illegal use of narcotics. In the bill is an item of $51,600 en- titled “floating expenses,” which, the report explained, would be used to purchase fast motor launches, costing from $3,000 to $5,000, for use against rum runners. The increased volume of imports, | the report sald, makes it imperative | that additional ‘funds be granted the | customs service. The amount rec- ommended, it was id, would place 1,128 additional employes on the pay 1l—259 of them at the port of New York—bringing the fleild force of the customs Service up to §585 em- ploves. Discussing Post Office Department revenue, the report said that for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, it would approximate $668,630,000, leaving an estimated deficit of about $28,000,000. Revenues mext year, it was estimated, will increase 7.5 per cent. On the basts of the appropria- | tion carried in the bill. this would entall @ deficit of slightly more than $2,000,000 next year. ENGRAVING BUREAU FUND. Increase of $412,015 Over Current Appropriation Made. For the bureau of engraving and printing the total of $5945,675 for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next recommended by the House appro- priations committee In the Treasury- Post Office_appropriation bill report- ed to the House today. This is an increase of $412,915 as compared with the 1924, or current, appropriations, These appropriations are divided as follows: For the office of the $435,000, is recommended, which is an increase of $187,060. For the salaries of em- ploves, $2,844,800 fis recommended, which is an increase of $390,500. For the wage of plate printers, $1.425,000 is recommended, which is an in- crease of $194,580. For engravers and printers’ material $1.240.775 Is recommended, which is a decrease of $359,225. Congress last year, in the enact- ment of the Treagury Department ap- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) INQUIRES ON LEGAL STATUS OF CARTER President Asks Department of Jus- tice for Official Opinion. President Coolidge has called upon the Department of Justice to give a legal opinion whether or not Public Printer Carter is legally qualified to hold that office. This was made known at the White House today following a petition from Typographical Union, No. 101, pro- testing against the administration of Carter and asking for his removal upon the grounds that he is disquali- fied from holding that office because he s neither a practical printer nor bookbinder, as is required, the petl- tion alleges, by law. The President is represented as not having glven any great study to this matter because of the allegations re- He is known to have remarked that before giving serious attention to this matter he will awalit the legal opinion from the Department of Justice. Appeal directly to the President that Mr. Carter be ousted from office on the ground that he holds office in violation of law has been made also by Repesentative Stengle of New Yoz, 'SENATORS PROPOSE AUTHORIZING HINES T0 CHANGE CHIEFS Would Empower Adminis- trative Reorganization at Veterans’ Bureau. CODIFICATION OF LAWS PROJECTED IN REPORT Simpler Rating Procedure and Methods of Appeal Urged by Committee. Full authority for the director of the Veterans' Bureau to put into foree a complete administrative reorgani- zation, both in the home office and tn the fleld, is proposed in a preliminary report filed with the Senate today by l:: zsp?r‘l'al committee, which has spent eight months ve: 4 the affairs of the hurxrf\ai.fn‘ gassiag der the plan reco director would be €nabled to estab- lish ratin boards in e 'y district and subdistrict to examine and rate claimants in person; to greatly sim- plity procedure on appeal and to make radical changes in hospital ad- ministration This is only one of a score of rec- ommendations made by the commit- tee, which proposes a codification of all of the laws affecting the hurea'x-v regulating compensation for disabled veterans, regulating war risk insur- ance of persons In the military ice and providing for Vfl(‘dlfl(v; habllitation of aisabled veterans. Need of Codification. “Codification of these statutes essentfal,” the report says, “and dc not need to wait and should not v upon the completion of the commit- tee’s report on the manner in which the Veterans' Bureau has been ad- ministered in the past.” Other changes in existing laws or practices proposed by the committ are: "Z'hnll a partfal ie lapse of war risk in c be permitted; that reinstatement any case be permitted for one year after the enactment of the code. But thereafter only when application is made within two years of the lapse: that physical disability and service origin short of total permanent dis- ability be no bar to reinstatement and that automatic reinstatement out of retroactive awards of compensa- tion be prohibited. That vocational training be Iimit- ed to those who suffered disabilit in line of duty and not the result of their own misconduct. between April §, 1917 and July 6, 1921. Perods of Training. That vocational training be limit- ed to those who made application on or befors June 30, 1923; that train- ing must started on or befors June 30, 1924, and that all training must be terminated by June 30, 1926. A slight increase in training al- lowances for veterans with children. Provision that trainees injured in the course of their training be given a right to compensation under the federal employees compensation act ht increase in the rate of compensation to veterans having sev- eral children, or widows with several children. Double compensation for widows and parents where husband and son or two sons, have died of service in- Jurles, nended, the reinstatement of Lons of Une of Limbx, That the loss of the use of limbs be made the equivalent of lost limbs in ascertaining total permanent dis- ability. That the ratings of disabilty be besed on average impairment in oc- cupations similar to that of tha in jured vetean. An allowance of $50 per month for an attendant for all helpless veter- ans, Reduction to $20 per month in the compensation to insane veterans, who have neither wife, child nor dependent parent, and who are maintained fres of charge in a veterans' bureau hos- pital That retroactive reduction in com- pensation be forbidden except where the beneficiary has been guilty of fraud. A stricter limitation on retroactive awards and retroactive increases of compensation. Increaned Burial Funds. An increase in the allowance for burial expenses from $100 to $150. That tuberculosis or mental disease developing within three years after discharge, shall. be presumed to be of service origin. That & veteran in hospital be re- quired to allot not more than three- fourths of his monthly compensation to his wife, dependent children. or dependent parents; any unalloted portion of such three-fourths to be deposited to his credit at interest with the Treasurer of the United States, and pald to him on demand ‘when he leaves the hospital That Veterans' Bureau hospitals be made available to all honorably dis charged veterans of the Spanis American war, the Philippine insur- rection, the Boxer rebellion or the world war who are suffering from tuberculosis or mental disease with- out proof that the disease results from military service. That the director be glven power to suspend compensation payments to all guardlans of insane veterans who fail to render accounts showing proper application of payments for the benefits of thelr wards. Right to Sue. That disputed clalms on war risk insurance may be sued for In the Court of Claims or in a federal dis- trict court, and the judgment paid forthwith out of the bureau's cur- rent appropriation. That benefits of the law be ex- tended to cadets at West Point and midshipmen at Annapolls so as to give them compensation and tralning for injurles suffered during the war and to allow them the same priv- ileges of insurance as are now given officers and enlisted men in the mili- tary service. That the salary of the director be increased from $10,000 to $12,000. Most of the proposed changes are based upon recommendations of John O'Ryan of New York city, general (Conunued on Page 2, Column &) 4 I3