Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1924, Page 2

R} 7 CHANGES URGED IN BALL RENT ACT Owners Propose Amend- ments if Committee Decides to Continue Measure. * Building owners asked saven amendments to the Ball rent act If the life of the Rent Commissfon Is extended, at the closing hearing last night Richard §. Whaley, the Rent Commission, charged thut landlords and real estatc men are making an organized effort to have & housing survey made for the pu poss of Geluying actlon, so that the Rent Commission will ‘automatically expire on This wus denied by Robert . couhsel for the Association, of Building Owners anc Manage Charl chalrman of 5. Howry, former judge o the United States’ Court of Claims appearing in opposition to the pro- posed continuance of the Rent Com- Tission, said that he trled for thres years to get possesslon of certain Property o owns, which was occu- pled by a womsan bootlegger, and that when he finally did get posses- sfon there were two wagon louds of empty bottles in the back vard. He Salil thut he had soen nina soidlers n uniform enter the house through the basement In one evening. The: was a sharp tilt between v and Representative | Hammer of North Caro- Jing, « member of the committee who cendured the judge for not having | had the womian arrested. Judge Tiowry #aid he reported the condl- tion to the police and nothing was | done. Closing tha srgument fn favor of the Lampert bill, which would ex- tend the Jurlediction of the Rent Commission us » permanent orguni- zation, Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, a membir of the commission declured that the real emergency begun with the signing of the armistice and has existad cver since. The Washington porperty owners. she charged, had put fictitlous prices on property, doubled the rent on . delupldated bulldings and charged dishonest rents. Referring to the figures cited by the buresu of labor statlstics and used by landlords tn the hearings, showing that rents have increased in Washing- ton only 34 per cent since the wur, Mrs, Taylor read & le(ter from Chafles E. Baldwin, acting commissioner, in which Bo stated these figures weré compiled from only 380 houses and 539 apart- am C. averace increase of the rents +f poorer people—that s, the govern- nt workers—has been approximately per_cent.” she suid. “Of course. € are the cases that come before cominission, and it must be stated | i are the extreme cases, shn“ « dany instances show {ncreases as high as 225 per cent,” she said. Amendments Proposed. The amendments proposed by the as- £ociation of property owners, through M. Doan, are us follows: I Linit the jurisdiction of the commission to apartments which rent for $50 and less, strike ouf the retroactive pro- siston and make detarminations of the commission effective on the date handed down 3. Teke away from the commission the right to initiate proceedings. 4. Require 25 per cent of the ten- &nts in un_apartment to join In a Petition before the commission can | act. 5. On request parmit the commis- sion to make a double determination, one where the lundlord makes repairs and the other where the tenant makes repairs, . Give the landlord the right to call to the attention of the commission the undesirubility of & tenant, and give tho commission” power to eject unde- IA?hleRun-nus, . Reduce the personnel of the com- mission from five to three, and requir that they be bonafide residents of the District three years prior to thelr ap- pointment. Mr. Dean also read Into the record a summary of reports recelved from fifty Tcal estate firme showing that 42 houses and 141 apartmonts renting for $30 or lews month are now vacant, The subcommiittee headed by Repre- sentative Lampert went Into executive scssion today with the hope that it would be bale to make its report to the full District committee in about a weelk. THROWS BANNER OVER| HOUSE GALLERY RAIL, Martinowski Repeats Offense of Week Ago and Doorkeeper Ejects Him. For tie sccond time within a few days, John M. Martinowsk! threw a banner over the railing of the gallery n the House of Representatives on which was sct forth his grievances against the district attorney and the Post Office Department, which he says have denled him his rights whes he was “cheated” by a music hous Martinowski threw his banner over the gullery rail on the opposite side of the Speaker's desk from the gal- lery in which he made his appearance about a week ago. As the banner fell over the rail, several members on the floor d, “Put him out, ar- rogt himy ert Kennedy, the doorkeeper of the House, noticing M rttnowm Just s he was dropping his banner over the rail, tore the banner down. He then took Martinowsk! to the guard iouse in the Capitol. The Capitol volice force then sent the prisonsr to the sixth precinct for observation. Orders were issued by the police hoard of the Capitol that Martinow. ii s to be hereafter kept out of the Capitol building and ground: At No. 6 the prisoner was held un- der & charge of viclating & law pro- h ng splay of banner: the Capitol building. s SON OF OTTO H. KAHN NOW UNION MUSICIAN By the Asvociated Press. NEW YORK, February 28.—Roger Wolfe Kahn, scventéen year old son of Otto H. Kahn, chairman of the board Qf directors of the Metropoll- n Op now 15 & journeyman mu- siclan and fazz saxophone artist, a paid-up member in good standing of Local No. 802, American Federation of Musicians. He paid his $50 initiation fee and $8 dues in advance after a musiclan’'s union committee of five yesterday had decreed his efforts on the saxo- phone were of sufficient artistic merit To permit his membership. He now may lead his five-plece jazs orchestra wherever and whafiever he will, so far as the union musicians are con- cerned. But Otto Kahn had not relented in his decision to forbld his son's am- hitlon to lead his jasa band in public oxhibitions. It was said that the unien membership was obtained to permit youth to lead his play at soclal functions and at rehe: in_the Kahn home on Fifth avenu Mr. Kahn approves his son’'s con nection with band, howeve Tecently gave his views on “that pe. oullar American form of music which s commonly and generally known as azz.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURS ENCOURAGING REPORTS OF G.W.U. MARRIED SIXTY YEARS MR. AND MRS, DANIEL THOMPSON. Cabinet Member Of 1849 Believed Still in Office aaministration and ersapparently any meaning to at le: of the r North ¢ 5 Interior Work recelved a today from the Re i Kneusels, pastor of St. Jos Church at Helena, N. C., addressed to “The Hon. Thomas Hwing, Hec- retary of the Interior, Washington, D. was signed by Rev. 1s and was a circular let- king for funds for comple- tion of the interior furnishing of the church Thomas Ewing was the first Sec- retary of the Interior. appointed by President Taylor in 1849—just seventy-five years ago And now officials of the Interior Department wonder whether the sender of the letter believes the Secretary of the Interior to be appointed for life. SACRED AMERICAN RELICS ENSHRINED (Continued from First Page.) carved stool. Tts height is not a foot from the floor. This glves the last touch to the altarlike siguifi cance of the shrine The cases and stools are carved simply but elegantly from Asbury pink Tennessee marble, quarrfed near Knoxville, Tenn. The marble imme- diately adfacent to and surrounding the manuscrints is all American mar- ble. The floor and the balustrade which surrounds the shrine are of forelgn marble, which corresponds with other stone In that part of the Library. The floor is of marble which camo from the Ishind of Tino, Greece, known as green vert Tinos. ' A gray Vermont marble border surrounds the green stone. Balustrade of Marble. The marble rail or balustrade is of Italian Carrara marble, just as can be seen around the chancel rall b fore altars in thousands of churches and hundreds of cathedrals. By this the atmosphere of a netuary again is cnhanced. Openings are provided at the sides of the balustrades, but are protected by barrier ropes sus- pended from bronze rosettes, Both cases contalning the most im- portant documenta of the nation are covered with double sheets of plate glass with apecially prepared gelatin sheets between the two plates to ex- clude the actinic rays of light. Trese plates were made under the direction of Gustavus T. Kirby, fo n’xerly of the American Art Assocla- tion. Denigned by Bacen. he entire shrine is the design ot Francis H. Bacon. brother of (he architect of the Lincoln Memorial. The design was evolved under the late Eliott Woods, architect of the Capitol. The location is in the main hall, second floor. The window that for- morly opened at this point has been closed with brickwork. By presidentll order of September 30, 121, the originals of the two documents were transferred from the State Department to the custody of the Library of Congress. The Secres tary of State recommenfled this on the ground that the documents would be in the safest place and custody at the library and could be so safe- guarded from {mpalrment by Injurious Hght, so as to be under continuous view by the public. A later appropria- tion by Congress provided this setling for them. Twenty-One Other Documents. This ehrine will be a central figure in the library's display of twenty-one other documents which have distinct Dbearing upon the natlonal history. These are arranged in cases adjacent to the shrine. They illustrate the development of American independence and the theory of democratic govern- ment. These documents include: The Columbus codex; a copy, on parchment, of all the commissions, honors, privileges and grants be- stowed on Christopher Columbue by King Ferdinand and Queen sabella, Apparently one of the four coples jnade under his personal supervision The Virginia Court Book, 1622-1626: oné of our earliest colontal records. An original Vote of the Provincial Co:‘xrt a;rn:u 'n::‘:m ‘lt7 May 23, 1698. volume of the original manuse Lawa of Bouth Carolina, 1704:1730 ~ The original Articles of Association ‘x’;u‘he First Continental Congress, Letter from the Massachusetts Com- mittee of Correspondence to the Virs ginia Legislaturc reporting the pas- uage of the Boston port bill, he finstructions by Virginia and Pennaylvania to their delegates in Congress to vote for Independenc: A certificate signed by John Han- cock, authorizing the secret commit. tee of Congress to purchase arms. The resolves of "South Carolina, April, 1776, against the landing of any peace commissioners from Great Britain. The “agreement of secrecy” (as to their proceedings). signed by mem- bers of the Continental Congress, (This includes fifty out of fifty-six signers of the Declaration, and about thirty others Richard Henry Le “resolution of fl%apendcm /"~ introduced June 7, Jefferson’s own draft of the Declara- tlon, with changes suggested by Franklin and by Adams, In their own hasd‘wlrlllln". riginal journal of the proc of the Conatitutionai convention =" Record of yea and nay votes in the convention. A tentative draft, econtal, :)ha‘r‘loxel in the handwriting of W:L':E ngton A record of the debat Paterson of New Jerse. ”' b ‘w“““fl The ratification by ala"lflll. The articles of confederation: the original roll—a parchment fourteen feet in length, signed by the dele- ates from the thirteen original tates. One of the original deeds of cession of western lands, 1787. i Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. Lincoln’s second ins: 1. To the right and left of the manu. script exhibition are the! signers of the Declaration and of the Constitution, with brief biographies. {COUPLE CELEBRATE ' 60TH ANNIVERSARY | Mr. and Mrs. Daniel 'P. Thomp- son Were Married in Annapo- lis in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Thompson, 433 1st street southeast, are celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary to- day. They were married at Annapolls, Md., February 28, 1864. At the time of their marriage Mr. Thompson was a paroled Unlon soldier at Camp Parole, near Annapolis. Mr. Thompson, who Is eighty years of age. ‘was born in Maine, and Mrs. Thompson, who is seventy-clght, wua born in Howard county, Md. The cou- ple_enjoy good health and were nble to recelve the congratulations of rela- tives and friends. { Mr. mnd Mrs. Thompson have lived | virtually wll their lives in Annapolis {and recently moved to Washington to 'Ive with their nephew and ni Mr. and Mrs. Willlam J. Curran COMPROMISE OF G. 0. P. ON SURTAX RATE WINS INSURGENTS’ SUPPORT (Continued from First Page.) in excess of $200.000, instead of 2. per cent on Incomes over $100,000, a: recommended by Secretary Mellon. Democratic maximumn suftax rates would be 4¢ per cent on incomes over $94,000. Retention of the brackets in_the present law for the surtax rates, Rep- resentative Frear, republican insur- gent member of the ways and means committee, gaid today, made the dis- tribution of proposed feductions more “on all Incomes than under the Melion brackets.” which he sald favored dis. tinctly higher {ncomes. Representative Nelson, Wiscon- sin. leader of the Insurgent group. said the insurgents were anxlous (o work out a compromize with the or- ganiaation republicans on a measure which woull ralse more révenue than the democratic schedule, on *a falr Lasls.” so that a soldiers’ bonus might more easily be met and party solidarity retained. He also said increases in the estate taxes and in- troduction of a gift tax would raise more revenue than had been an- ticipated. No Cut in Seaate Seen. Becretary Mellon was Informed yes- terday at a meeting with republican leaders of the Senate and House that no reductions in the surtaxes finally adopted by the House could be ex- pected in the Senate. Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance commit- tee, mald, however, that an effort would be made to get early action on the measute when it reaches that chamber. In view of the exhaustive hearings conducted by the House ways and means committee, he added, an ‘effort will be made to limit hear. ln¥ by the Senate committee, hose present at the Senate-House conference included Chalrman Smoot of the Senate finance committee: Ben. ators Curtis of Kan Pennsylvania, members of the com- mittee; Speaker Gillett of the House, Representative Longworth, and mem- Dbers of the House republican steering committee While negotiations tvers going on hetween the steering committée and insurgent leaders rumors threaten- ing & new break in party ranks were heard. Assertions made on thefloor by Representatives Mills, New York, and Treadway, Maseachusetts, repub- lican members of the ways and means committes, that they ~would vote against the measure as it now stood were followed by declarations of other Mellon rate advocates that they would not even suppoft a_compromiss on the income schedules. The strength of this movement had not been de- veloped, but Represantative Long- worth sald he thought most of the party would vote fof the compromise. Explaine Gift Tas. The fight to ditch the Gatneér rates will hinge on the vote on the pre- vious question, which will be made immediately the bill ls reported for final action. If this s defeated, the measure again will be opsen for amendment. Chairmah Oreen of the ways and means committes issued a statement explaining the Increase in inheritance taxes and the imposition of a gift tax, while Representative Mills put out a statement attacking every amendment thus far made in the biil and declaring in its present form it ¥should hot pass the House. Explaining the gift tax, which was approved on his motion, Mr., Gfeen sald “its effect on large estates will Probably mot appesr to ‘any great extent in direct revenues. but indi- rectly the receipts from income and inheritance taxes will bo largely sugmented. Under - existing law owners of larga estates can give away amounts without tax and thu: esoaps a portion of the income sur- taxes and all of the estate tax on the amount of the gift. The proviston in the amendment increasing the estate tax rates, which provides a 25 per c credit for estate taxes paid states, Mr. Green said, “represents the greatest reform and the most important change in our T ystem since the adoptien of | the progressive income and estate taxe Its practical effect, he de- clared, would be to make the “total amount of the inheritance tax to be paid under the state and federal pro- visions the same in esch state. Sees Big Deflett. Mr. Mills said the revenue bill re- ported by the ways and means com- mittee “at no point increased taxes.” “The present hastily-thrown-to- gether, lmprovised measurs,” he as- serted, “follows ne particular pian. It begins by making & grester tax reduction than the Treasdry can besr, and them, by the impositien of new taxés and the incréase of old. seeks to reduce the deficit of its owg cre- 3 /5 DRIVE COME FROM MANY CITIES $450,000 for Endowment Fund Given Here to Date, But Workers Expect Full Half Million Before Saturday. Reports from gll parts of the na-John H. tion today were encouraging to the soneral committes which is raisihg the $1,000,000 endowment fund for George Washington Unlversity. Other large citles of the country are striving to equal the record of tho National Capital, . which has raised miore than $450,000 to date, and which sum 16 expedted to be raised to a full $500.000 at the re- port luncheon of campaign workers | Saturday at the New Willard Hotel. An additional report of confribu- “4ions to the George Washington Uni- versity endowment fund was an- nounced today, as follows: Contributions of $1,000 and up— Mrs. Anne Archbold, $1,000; $. Kann HSons Company, $1,000; F. H. Smith Company, $2,500; ' thé Washington ,000; Woodward and Loth- $1,000. . Contributions of $500—Mrs. Mar- garet C. Buckingham, $500: Miss Isabell C. Freeman, $500; Mrs. Guy Despurd Goff, $500; Fulton R. G don, $500; David Jayne Hill, $600; McKeaver & Gons, 00; Marlow Coal Company, $500; Lewis J. Meigs, $500; William C. Rives, $500; Charl H. Walker, $500; L. K. Walker, $500; John H. Wilkins, $500. Giftx of $300 te $500 Alpha Kappa Kappa Fraternity, 14200: Bertha Birtwell, $300; Joseph $300; Edwin C. Burt, $30! ipman, $300; John W. C¢ Dr. Alfcs Winans Downey, : (. Esijc, $300; J. E. Hutchi $300; Sarah Leona Jones, $300; Jwing Lap $300; Charles Lin {ins, $300: Philip M. McKenna, $30 . Milans, $300; J. 'Ernes $300; Flora IL ' Mitchell, T. Newcomb, $300; Mrs. 1d 1. Palmer, 00; Bugene C. $300; W. W. R $350; Georga vy Seymour, §300; C. U. Augustus son, $300; ' J. Bradley Tanner, Donn B. Thomas, $300; Gladys Rosamond Twele, $300; Fritz V. %lzrh-m:n, $300; Kenneth J. Winfield, corge N. Acker, $30; Army Chapter, Behrend, $100; Louise Herry, $10 Mozelle E. Braden, $50; Mr. and Mrs. 5 _J. Mrand, $50: A. M. Bre- | wood, $50; Thomas Hrotrne, 2 | Frank B. Bryan, jr., $100; Rev. rard L. Buckey, $50; George Burnap, $50; Dean Caldwell, $100; Dolly M. { Caliahan, $150: George H. Carter, i )scar D. Clarke, $60; Mra, Alice | Clayton, $50 ner B. Collins, $20 | Hortense H. ook, $100; George H. Corey, $50: J. C. Corliss, $50; Edith Cheney, $200: the Chimney Cormer, 18100: Thomas Cowles, $100; Annle R. Cranford, Jeseo P. 'Crawford, Crawnius, $100; Virginia homas . Creighton, $200: S. 5 Allen Davis, $5 James H. W. De Knight, H Dowden. $100; Rosta F. 1850: Peter A Drury, $100 2. Robert B.” Ely, $80; B. $150; Bdwin H. Ttsz, §50; . Folkmar, M. D., $108; Her- ‘ooks. $50; Romulus A. Foster, A_Friend, $100; Mr. and Mrs. . St. P. Galllard, $30; Willlam T. Gill, $200; Willlam T. Gill, Jr., $100; Danlel P. Graham, $50; Oriffith Coal Corporation, $100: Randall H. Hag- ner Co., $50; Rose Lees Hardy, $30: R. Harris & Co., ;" 0: the Hecht Company, $100; Mary Clizabeth Hedrick, $100; Carl Hen ning, $100: Minnie V. Hensel, §5 Herman. $1007 Hecha . $50; Willlam Eliot Hudmon, Kenneth Johnston, $200: Sotho- Key, $100; Clarence E. Kell $100: M. 'C. Kilpatrick, $50; Kloman Instrument Company, $100; Maxwell M. Knechtel, $75; Charles F. Kra- mer, jr., $50; B. H. Lamore, $75; John W. 'Langley, $200; Mrs. Hanson T. A. Lemon, $100. ontributions of from Robert 8herman Lewis, $50; C. Lindquist, $60: Edith Blinston Lowa, 150; Lucy Holcombe C % 2., $100 1gom & Lyon McCauley, §180; A. MeK., $10 P. McLachlen, '$100; Nellio' R. Ma Farlane, $100; Frank H. Marks, $5 Cornelia T. Mathis, $50; May Boutell Mendenhall, $50; Arthur €. Merriam, M. D.. $100: Ernest M. Merrick, $50: Margaret Metzeroth, $100; Florehce E. Milliken, $200; Elisabeth Findiay Molster, $50; Kate C. Moore, $10 Willlam Lee Newton, $50; Harold Pack, $100: B. W. Parker, 335 Thornton J. Parker, $50; Neison $100; Chatles A. Pfender, $100; 1 $100: L. H. Reichel- . 950; Efizabeth X ce, $80: Jessie’ M. Robbins, $100: Efe-Marié Ross, $50; Tnex vai 00; Mrs. Willird Saulsbury, $100; Fraderick Schwertner, $100; ‘Mirlam M. Selah, $100; LeRoy N. 'Shaffer, $5 . Sheswood, jr., §60; J. W. Sherwood, major, M. C."950;" Willlam D. Shoe- maker, $100;' 7. T, Shull, $100: Elsla J. Bimpson,’ $60; Paul Sleman, $50: $100: D. Lowly Vegetable Advertised. Now the lowly vegetable is to be advertised. With the aid of a mifl lon-dollar fund the Vegetable Grow- ers’ Association of America plans to spread the slogan, ‘Eat vegetables for vitamines,” until it i8 a household word. There are about 100,000 grow- ers represented in the ofganisation. e mae Most Widely Known Songs. John Phillp Sousa, famous band- master and musician, maintaing that “Swanee River” and “Home, Swest Home" &re the most widely known eongs extant. It is because of the! srteat popularity that many attempts, without stfbcess, have béen made to trace thelr tunes to ancient folk songe. _— e ation, the wet result being, however, the creation of a defieit of over $300, 000,000 It increases the difficulties of administering an alréady complex law. by .admf to the complexities, and it definitely chafges the tax olicy of the dountry without hears B\gu without investigation and withotit adequate consideration. President Julius H, Barnes 6f the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in a statément, deslaréd the Mellon Surtex maximum raté of 25 per cent was supported by “the als most unanimoss opinfon of thoss who cofme i intimate conimct With the uestion of oapital nesds fér in- justry.” SEES FIGHT IN BENATE. Watson Declares 25 Per Cént Sur- tax Has Little Chanoce. Senator James . Watson, Indiana, after a conference today with Secre- taty Mellon, in which ‘he explained the situation existing in the Senate and the finance committée relative to the tax bill, expressed the opinion that the finance committee would re- port ott a bill that would very néarly approximate the Mellon bill tn ifs eul}nfl-l featur believe the Senate will pass a oo@ bill, but {ou must remember at the Senate 18 thore radical than the House, and no oné can predict Just what kind of Bill will finally agreed upot. From the time the bill is introdiced until final action thére will be a vigorous fight in the Senate between those fight! n“fm' ucnong: revision of the tax laws and fi mur standing for taxation based on political principles. 1 do not ezpect the Senate will be ablé to.pass & bill carfying the 35 nt surtaxes recommended vy ’ Last summer E) Tines Focomm lon, névertheless It o hen ot taxation Based z“ n ;'r’nme nd (2] t the seeking political advantage at every point.” tary Mefs | Hutchinson, Small, $50; Grace Colburn Smith, $50; O. Thaxter Smith, $5 Stanley P. Smith, $200; Stedman, $100; David L Hugh T. Stevenson, $50; Augustus . "tayicr,” §30; Lisie Thomas, $50; H. A. Thrift, $200; Francis E. Thuncy, $50; K. W. Titus, $160; Lillian M. Trueworthy — $100; Beatrice Trussell, $100; George P. Tucker, $75; Ruth £, Tuckey, $50; Lida J. Usilton, $100; I'rank L. Wakner, $50; C Walcott, §100; Edward M. $50; Katherine Wilfley, $5 Mrs. W, 1. Willis, $200 heart, $5 Levi Woodbury, $250; W. G. o ford, 950; James M. Woodward, 32 Neacy Benton Wright, $50; Willard . Wright, $100. TUp to $50. Mrs. Clifton Adams, A. Grace Al- den, Dave Alpher, Capt. Robert Ar- niour, Eva Baker, Helen V. Banskett, Huth K. Barnes, Johm A. Bartholo- mew, Wilmer T. Bartholomew, Otto Bauer, M. Agnes Beals, Mary V. Beck- ham, Andre M. Beneteaus John Biggs, Loulse M. Blake, Mrs. W. Bourdman, Mrs. William Bolen, Flor- ence Boughman, W. Sinclair Bowe Willlam H. Boyd, Mrs. C. H. Bradlsy, M. C. Brandt, Miss M. E. Brooks, Katherine Burden, Ham Burr, Lou- ive Worster Burfowes, Anna Camp- bell, Capito] Chapter, D. A. R.; James 8. Carpenter, Lilllan E. Carpenter, Edward R. Carr, Margaret M. Car- raher, C. J. Chapin, Annls W. Chieves, ¥. M. Clafiin, Churies T. Clagett, D. Edward Clarks, C. R. Cole, Margaret Conlyn, Lillian M. Connell, Marjorie H. Cooke, L. M. Cornwall, Jumws Coupol., R. 8. Cragin, the Cranc Com- any, Inc; John ¥. Cremen, Bessie e Crockett, Arthur W. Davidson, Mrs. George ¥. Davis, Rev. John H. | Dels, Junet L. Ditto, Mre. Horuco A | Dodge, 1da 8. Dove, A. J. Earl, W. Faton, Hugh Everett, ir.; C. Farrell, F. B. Farrington, Ma F. Farguson, Mrs Afthur Dr. J. A. Flynn, Charlotte Fosselman, R, B.” Foster. Daisey F. Fridley. Homer G. Wuller, A. L. Galeskl Hernardo B. Capuz, Margaret B. rnett, Otis H. Gates, H. C. Cause, H. C. Gauss, Margaret G ford, James W. Gidley, Dr. Har- old Giese, Ellen Golden, Harry 1. Gosnell, Mary Alice Hall, Kathryn Harrls, Dudley T. Hassan, Katherine Helbergor, W. I Vernon Hurr John E Flora L. P. Johuson, Sleanor 1. 3 Ralph A. Judd, G. Hertry 8. Kaufman, Miss R. B, man, Vernon Keliogg, Mrs. Joseph Slizabeth Keyser, Metell King, William A. Kinnan, Dr. C. Knott, W. A. Knowles, Fred E kel, I V. Dr. Eugene L. Levy, Frank B. Edward Me! McLeod, trude F. MacNichol, R. Marshall, W liam Mason, C. Le Roy Melsinger, Margaret D. Moore, Mrs, C. Mor- Katherine Morgan, William A B. Mullett & Co. Brothirs, Patty T. Newboid, Newkirk, L. Maude Norment, Yorton, R. L. O'Brien, M Orleman, Mrs. Harry Packard, Frank C. Page, W. Merrick Parker, 3 1. Parton, Sarah J. Patters 3 jorte Paul, Dorothy H. Peacock, Peck, Paul H. Peck. Marv Poer A. Peterson, Netta C. erson, Arietta Phillipps, Rev. Petcr , Emme . Philpitt . Lewis Pitcher, Harry B. Pitts, Mrs. Sarah Pratt, Merle Protzmam. tiei- man C. Rakeman, A. F. Randall, Jo- ise Rathmann, Preston B. Ray, *Ar- thur H. Redfield, Doroth Tetsin- ger, Rizik Brothers, E. (". Robinson, Juétine J. Roseman. Jacob Huben- tein, Karl Ruediger, Monta Rué- diger, Mrs. M. M. S8am@&, Mrs. Le Roy Saundefs, Mr. and Mre Frank C. Schrader, Emma D. Schutrumipf, T. A. Schwartz, John T. Scott, Georgs Gordon Selbold, Leslie M. Shaw, Miss Sheriff, Dorothea F. Shierman, Mrs Mildred S, Sherman, J. R. Sherrod, C. Estelle Sjegler. Annie Loufse Sin- clalr, Emily F. Sleman, Jame Mary Smith, elile D. Smoot. C D, Snow. Thomas Somerville, Thomas Somerville, sr.; 7. Southgate, Vens M. Nellie S. Spenosr, Paul E. Hodges. Thomas_ B. Kauff- Le M Littell, srnr J. Roy Stake, Charles J. Stookman, louise L. Strother, Mrs. Lillian Hathaway Stutler, Mrs. Ada Swigert, Mrs. Stephen L. Tabor, Flo Leland Thompson, J. C. Thompeon, Earl Tog- gart, James O. Tolbert, William Sydenham Torbert, Josephine Vace caro, Emily Van Arsdale, John Van Behaick, jr.; J. C. Voorhorst, Earl A. Wagonseller, Tso Wai-Hing. Ben jamin B. Wallace, Leafy M. Weadon, George P. West, Miss M. E. White, Robinson White, Mrs. Emma Will- cox, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willabrandt, George Francis Wiillams, Loufse Willlams, Mrs. Edward Willls, Dr. Myron r Wilson, 8. P. Wilson, George M. Wolcott, M. Louiss Wood, Beatrice Workman, BMary Wyatt, ERNEST W. ROBERTS, Former representative from Massa- chusetts, RELIEF WORKER DIES.. Funeral sefvices for Mrs, Allefi Abert Blair, widow of John S. Blais, who died st the residence of her brother, A. McL. Abert, 2439 Ontario road, Tuesday, were held in 8t. John's Church this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Interment was private, Mfs, Bialr was an aetive worker for the Prisoners’ Relfef Sooléty. Oné week ago.she spent the day at the soolety’s headquarters and went over plans for the Leatha Watts Mémo- rial University that the soclety is arranging to open to teach former gonvicts. Mrs. Blair, it is stated, had decided t. e full gharge of the women's Sgpmmem of the school. She frequently went out and per- sonally foufid positions for men and women just out of prison. She re- cently asked Beécrefary of the Treas- ury Meflon to contribute $100,000 to- ward the endowment fund of the so- clety. She had beert planning a trip to Néw York ity to ask contributions for the endowment fund of the unis versit. she was & girl she used to visit the jsils &nd speak words of encouragement to the ners. She had long been inigrested fn this and other welfare Wi DAY, FEBRUARY \DAUCHERTY SENDS 0; | Fred | Hessick & Sou, | Jones, William P. | *. | bench, was convicted in United States ' | others . | man, 28, 1924, ANTI-TRUST REPORT Senate Told Status of Prose- cutions —$241,550 in Fines Collected. i A report signed by Atterney Gen- eral Daongherty, reviéwing steps| taken by the federal government fo | enforce the antitrust laws, was sent ! to the Senats teday by thc Depart-! ment of Justice In response to a resolution of inquiry. % | 1t “was not made public in detail, the Attorney General explaining that { embarrassment might result should all the facts be disclosed. It showed | that of fifty cases indicating anti- trust law vlolations forwarded by the federal trade commission prior to March 4, 1921, thirty cases had been investigated and conclusions reached | that no proceedings should be in- stituted, | _All of these cases are under the Clayton act. Under the Sherman act, Department has acted on thirty- cases, seventeen criminal and seventeen civil. | The report said that an agmrewate | of $241,560 had been imposed and col- lected in fines in anti-trust cases since March 4, 1921, An additional $237,800 is {nvolved in cases pending in the iappellate courts. The Attorney General sald he was aware of no instances of lack of co- loperation between the Department of | dJustice and the Flederal Trade Com- mission, CONVICT BACHARACH | AND FOUR OTHERS| Charge Against Former Judgeship Aspirant. ARRESTED HERE IN JUNE Manipulation of Bank Checks in | 1922 Basis of Case. 5 { ! Harry B. Bacharach, prominently jmentioned a year ago a8 a candidate or appointment to the Polics Court court, New York, yesterday, with four of defrauding the Chatham and Phenix National Bank of New York city of $75,400, according to an | Assootated Press dispatch. The de- fendants, pronounced guflty on twen- | ty-tour counts, were, besides Bacha- jrach: Cnarles Bernsteln, former ! bookkeeper; Leonard C. Myers, in- jcoms tax accountant; Louis Feldman, | i ticket speculator, and William Perl- a paying téller of the Bank of nited States. harach was arrested here By | Department of Justice operatives last {June, and John B. Cunningham of the bu u of investigation of the De- yartment of Justico appeared at the sliminary hearing before United tates Commissioner George H. Mac- Gonald on June 6. Bacharach was. | charged at the time with violation | of the penal code under the national banking section and waived prelim- i nary hearing, being held under $5,000 | bond for the New York court. i Oftenses ta 1922, Charge. The alleged frauds, according to the dispateh, were committed in 1923, and wers effected through Bern- steln's alleged manipolations _of | checks of the others implicated. Tha j checks were cashed by his aileged confederates and withdrawals credit- to accounts of other depositors. { Bacharach was said to have been the jinstigator of the schete, which was uncovered by Joseph A. Genan, !pe<t cial bank accountant of the Depart- {ment of Justice. For guite a time| prior t6_appointment of Judge Schuldt | ito the Police Court bench frfends of Bacharack had been advocating his candidacy for the position and wide attention was attracted to him. He had practiced law hers for some years. | the FORMER BAY STATE HOUSE MEMBER DIES Ernest W. Roberts Left Congress to Practice Law in Capital. Ernest W. Robérts, for sightesn vears & fepresentative in Congréss from Massachusetts, at omné time & member of the board of regents and executive committes on the Smith- sonfan Institution, and a practieing attorney hefe sincs 1917, died at his home, 1918 N street northwest, last night following an illness of several months. Funeral sérvicss will be held at his late residence Satnrday afternoow at 2:30 o'clock. The body will be sént to the Woodlawn cemetery, Chélsea, Mase, his old homs, for burlal. Born fm Maine. Mr, Robetts was born {n Madison, Me., November 23, 1858, He was thé son of 0"?{ P. and Mrs. Eliza V. Robarts. () aduated from the Highiand Militry Acgdemy, Worces- Mase., in 1817 He received the . défree at the Boston Unlver- sity in 1881. He was twlee marriod. His first wife was_Miss Nella Lué Allen of Albany, N. ¥., wHom he mar- miod Novémbér 13, '1881. He was matried to Hhis sécond wife, Who was Miss_Sara M. Weeks of St. Albans, Vt, Febfuary 3, 1898. He practiced law in Boston for sev- oral years and latér setved fn_the state house of represefitatives and the senate. He was elected fo répresent the seventh Massachusetts district, in the United States House of Represenfa- tlves, in 1899, ~Later he was elected om the ninth district. He served s last term during hté 84th Congress. ‘As a member of the House naval affairs committee and one of the first membars of that Lods to réalize the necessity for submarines and aif craft, it 1s stated, worked hard to secure the mecéssary Appro< priations. Ho Is_survivéd by his wife, Mrs. Sarah ks Robefts, and three children, Ernest Weeks Roberts of Boston, Miss Deah Roberts of New York and John P&gé Robeérts of San Francisco. g LIGHT FUND EXHAUSTED. No Further Installation in Publie Schools. Installation of electrio lights in the blie sclidols during the present fiscal Jear will hlm’o&bmlflflm ack gf funds, it Was éaid today by Ei Greenwoed, vice president of the board of edtication. As chairman of the board's eommiittes on buildings and equipment Mr. Greedwood fias made an exhaustive investigation of the lighting S mpioned & program for (He st o electei of &l bflofiilm y $53, ““"EF :;u ropair o cording to Me. Gresfiwood, be kept {0 méet all emergencies. Pore tlons of it, he said, already have been pledged for repair work. fi I and side hall: DR. CHARLES D. WALCOTT. CLARES LEAGUE PICKS DRY AGENTS Tinkham Attacks Efforts to Control Enforcement by Patronage. Charges that the Ant League is engaged in & systemat: attempt to control the prohibition unit were laid befors the House com mittes on the civil service today b Representative George H. Tinkhar republican, Massuchusetts. Kking for his bill, which wouls ull prohibition enforce: under the clvil servic resentative Tinkham declared such emploves had been exemp from the civil rvice by section I of the Volstead act, which had be inserted in the law, he charged, b egislative bribe Challenged by Representative Wood- rum of Virgin a® to what he meant alagi SCIENTISTS FAVOR NATIONAL GALLERY Priceless Collections Now Pressed Out of Way by Great Museum Art Exhibits. i e e U. 8. Jurors Sustain $75,000 Fraud | -7us seisntiets of the United States, | who have noticed with apprehension | the way in which the visual history of man's occupation of the world is being crowded aside in the National Museum to give makeshift space to priceless art collectlons that are being | glven to the federal government, are now supporting the campaign of the Amerlcan Federation of Arts for a National Art Gallery.” This Is emphasizad by Charles D. | Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, under whose administra- tion are both the sclentific exhibits and the National Gallery of Art. Smithsonian Institution,” Dr. Walcott explains, “was founded through a be- quest by James Smithson, an Eng- lishman, in 1846. Art was included among the branches to be cuitivated; but sclence and history claimed prin- cipal attention in the early days. “The colection of American arche- ology. brought together by mors than half a_century of devoted labors, is now one of the most important arch- eological collections in the entire world and is visited annually by scientiste from practically every other nation. It should be constantly ex panding instead of being restricted, Dr. Walcott points out. Demand for More Space. “During recent years the art coi Tections given to the United States government for preservation and which are now valued at more than $5,000,000 have been demanding in- creasing space. _The Smithsonian Institution, having no special provi- sion for the housing of art works, cares for Its_collections in such spaces a& can be spared for them in { the four buildings of the Smitheonian roup, which were intended and de- fenod Tor solentific and historical exhibits. Finally it became neces- sary to remove the etinological exhibits—figure groups illustrating. the Indian tribes—from the main central hall of what is known as the New National Museum. “The more recent problem has been to provide still further space for the collection of portraits, including the twenty-one portralts of distinguished Jeaders of America and the allied nations in the war with Germany. Temporary installation has been ar- ranged by taking a part of the Hall of Amerfcan Archeology on the second floor of theé Natural History building, thos crowding archeoiogy into dark corridors and anterooms FHowsed in Dark Corridors, “Sclentists have been fearful that the growing _acquisitions of art treasures would before long supplant the anthropological specimens which are recognized as the best collection of the Kind in the world. In fact, they are housed In one of the dark upper corridors of the museum. “For this reason, and because science and art shounld both have buildings of specfal design in which the treasures which are being pre- served for posterity could be suit- ably displayed for study by scientists, artists and historfans, the sclentists Rave joined with devotees of art and with the curators of the governiment's &xhibits in urging the necessity for early ereotion of a specially designed national home for art,” Dr. Walcott ) —i‘rn@ Natfonal Gallery now pos- sessos paintings by Titian, Luini, Rube: Rembrandt, Maes, Gains- borough, Reynolds, Turner, Romney Raeburn, Hogarth, Comstable a many other artists’ of note. Charle L. Freer 6f Detroit gave the gov ernment the most Important art col- lectfon it has yet received and pro- vided 2 Flm'y building at a cost of $1,250,000, when he discovered th entire lack of suitable national ac- commodation. J “The United States cannot expect || other citizens to provide a building of euitable size to accommodate not only the existing gallary but the scores of valuabie collections that Will be given to the United Statés as soon as the government fs able to properly display them.” Sl Awaits Buliding. “America Is the only great nation without an adequate building, and nafional prids bo deeply stirred by this fact. The United States government has granted the Smithsonfan Institution a_site on the Mall in the city of Washington for a bullding to accom- modate the ari collection of the nu- tion,” continued Dr. Walcott. ; A 'fund of $10,000 has been raised by leading art lovers of tho country for the pufpose of securing archi- tects' plans for a mational gallery of art. A noted_architect, Charles A. Piatt of New York, has besn chosen THE EVENING The | by “bribery.” Mr. Tinkh xplained that he would ehow by tar | evidence that the ‘Anti-S: | had been told that the only | Volstsad act could be passed was b | exempting the personnel of the pro- hidbition unit from civil service and handing it to members Jongroes as patronage. He had fought section 38 and votr against it, Mr. Tinkham declared Cally Aet Tmmoral. is true,” said Mr. Tinkh | “that section 38 had to be put in | Volstead act in order to get it pass ;zh.u was immoral. If the exemptio | from civil service was order that members of Congress might patronage, I say that {s Immoral. “You don’'t mean to i nua; you,” said Representative Woodrus., that members of Congress bribed to pass the Volstead uct Responding, Mr. Tinkham said he did not mean there had been proper motives on the part of me; bers of Congress,” but on the part those who offered and fought for sec tion 38. “There is no reason,” sajc the Massachusetts representative “why that section should have beex tncluded in the bill” | The | charged with Mr. Tinkham, mind the prospec control the prohibition bure Asked by Representative New York if he did not be Ant!l-Saloon League was | control the prohibition u | out the country, Mr. Tinkham “I do” Representat clared he knew such v his own s of New York. Exception to the charge wide control of the forcement appointment: Representativ nith o there ti-salon organization, so e knew ldaho, and that most of tie appoi ments had bee mendations of resentative Hud: ade 1r was st Auti-Saloon Leagu “ulterior purpe and with ha that the was | Admitting t ‘(‘nfbr(“tnfl‘nl of { ute books, | believe in | stands at | appointing agents, sailed the attitude of Col. E. lowly, chief of general ugents, cerning appointments. Letter of Yellowley. A letter from Col. Yellow! vision chiefs throughout the cou was read by Mr. Tinkhum, denco that the prohibitlon submitting generall of the Anti-Saloon Le In his letter, Co! cussing how positlons should be secured, applicant secure nit Mr. T what righ nm ham wanted to kno an officia to a private organi: | ration, which has puid officers, re mendations for appointments? aloon League ls largely a seo n_organization.” In the state of Tinkham sald, pow hy documents the prohibition unit had been practice of submitting all rec dations for prohibition appoin to_the Anti-Saloon League. Representative Johnson inquired if there regularity invo such recommend loon League th eterans’ Bureau. ferring applications the American Legion A letter would be introduced lats Mr. Tinkham said, from Willfa Dodley F ent of th tional Reform Massachusetts, 3 prepared evidence i o for ix for positions to subject of se up as considered neces passage of the Volstead Mr. Foulke, in a Statement ! ulta @ the he: & 3 the Ant loon League for inclusion in provision e field force from e ments. “Tha service has been fliled by c gressional patronuge.” Foulke' atement, “with | employes Who have greatiy zed it and have hindered the enc ment of the law. and added to the waste, blackmall « scandals which have made the name of_prohibition agent Mr. Fouike alSo committes tigate the shooting of of Vermont in a recant b bootleggers and prohibition agents. il service reguil are these pians. FHaving made a study of tha worl st galleries and planned building, and studied 1 atready in the po. sion of the & i in House arve providing for bullding should f STAR COUPON “THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” By Frederick J. Haskin 1. word in my home. . Present this coupon and $1.00 at the Business Office of The Evening Sl:xf' l‘:: secure your copy book, a 5-color map of the United States, 28x22 inches, and a 32-page booklet con- taining the Constitution of the United States. Mall Orders—Add for postage up €6 130 miles, 6¢; 300 milex, Sei Ereater distances, ask postmawe ter rate for 2 younds. “eTha American Governuient.’ hy Prederfe Haskin, has alreads bécoms a housebold Tt in charming to rewd. and it seemw to me should be widely useful in education.” The Book That Skews Unclo ‘om At Work WILLIAM ALLEN WILHUR, ~ Dean, Columbien Cotlege. Georgs Washington University. ¢