Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1924, Page 2

2. * CALLS BONUSBLL | ESTIATETODLOW Smoot Expresses View on $2,119 000 000 Figure Given by House. The House estimate that its soldier bonus bill will cost $2,119,000,000 is “much too low,” Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance commitiee today declared. Mr. Smoot declared the similar pald-up life insurance bonus plan he himself has proposed would cost st least $1,600.000,000. He has modified his original proposal, which called for insurance policies valued on the 1% per cent interest, to make the rate 1 per cent, as provided by the House. This change would cut down the cost about $300,000,000 Agree to More Sections. Several additional sections of the| revenue bill dealing with technical ! administrative provisions were agreed by the finance committee Pending a_motion to place the bonus ahead of the tax bill, the latter m ure will be taken up again Monday. Republican members of the commit- tee have indicated they will ask to give the bonus priority = Many of these administrative pro. visions had been revised by the Treas- ury and all so far studfed have been accepted by the committee as well as cepted bv the committee as well as by the House. After more than two weeks of study of the revenue bill und with the out- look for {ts passage before June 1, regarded as pessimistic by Chairman Smoot, the committee was urged terday by President Coolidge to speed | p ils work. At least three more weeks will_be necessary for its con- sideration. Mr Smoot said, with all of he rate schedules vet to be discussed. | While republican members of the committee planned to sidetrack the bill for immediate consideration of the bonus measure, President Coolidge again let it be known that he had not changed Lis views opposing such legislation. Inquiries as to his atti- tude on the bonus bill passed by the House, however, brought the state ment that the President would not declare in advance of receiving legis- lation whether he would veto it. Visit White House. | honored custom attendant upon such i IRWIN B. LAUGHLIN, i reh, whose welection for the Greek poxt was announced by Pre: dent Coolldge yexterday. POMP TO ATTEND GARDINAL FUNCTION. Time-Honored Ceremonies | to Be Carried Out When Two Are Elevated. By the Assoctated Press, 5 ROME. March 22.—The program has virtually been completed for the secret consistory Monday when Pope Pius will officially create two Amer- ican cardinals, Archbishop Hayes of New York and Archbishop Mundelein of Chicago. The two prelates are directing their entire attention toward conforming with the time- | a solemn function. This will be car- Senators Smoot and Curtis went tc the White House vesterday, after a conference of republican members of {ried out with much formality, sl- | though with nothing like the pomp the finance committee. at which th program for fiscal bille was dis cussed. It was indicated the mem- bers favored taking up immediately the bonus bill and then rounding out the revenue measure. which has heen ! before the committee for more than | two weeks i The tax-rate schedules were not | discussed at either conference, it was paid. Outside of the committee mesting, its members yesterday took occasion 1o place on each other the respons bility for delay in work on the rev- enue bill. Chairman Smoot declared “exces- sive talk for reasons best known to the speakers has been indulged in in the committee meetings with the result we have not yet major section of the bill” He again threatened night sessions for mnext week if the work was not speeded up. Complalns of Absentees. Senator Harrison of Miss democratic member of the c aiso complained of delay in considera- tion of the bill and remarked that “only two of the nine republican members of the committee Were pres- ent today.” Democratic leaders generally (n- dicated they would seek to have the tax bill kept to the front in com- mittee. Mr. Smoot predicted that if the revenue measure were not passed be- fore June 1, when Congress plans to adjourn for the national party con ventions, only a recess would be taken at that 'time, with adjournment put off until such'time as the tax bill was completed. Little time would be required dispose of the bonus measure, Smoot thought, pointing out that re- publicans were generally agreed on a paid-up insurance bill, along the lines of that passed by the House. Such an agreement by the majority members would offset plans of the democrats for a full cash payment option. so far &s a committee Fote is concerned. SHP BOARDPROE BY HOLS STARTE The foundation for an exhaustive | inquiry into the affairs of the Ship- | ping Board and its subsidiary units | was laid today at the first formal ses- sion of a special House committee of | seven members. After reading a ler@iity document! prepared by Representative Davis, democrat, ~Tennessee, “committes prosecutor,” outlining information desired {rom the board, Represent tive White, republican, Maine, chai man of the committee, called Pre: dent Palmer of the Emergency Fleet orporation as the first witness. Sale, I October, of the seven!' President” ships to the Dollar Steam- | ship Company for $550.000 each on a twenty-year payment basis. was the first_subject taken up by Mr. Davis. Mr. Palmer said he was not acquaint- ~d with the negotiations regarding this sale, and when asked if any further salo of President ships had been made, replied in the negative. Regarding the proposal to sell the ten other President ships, now op- erated from the Pacific coast by the Admiral-Oriental and Pacific Mail Company, Mr. Palmer said a prelim- inary statement of views had been asked of the companies in the sale “so we could draw up plans before | asking for actual bids.” | Mr. Palmer sald about twelve or fifteen had been submitted, but that | no sale had been made. The com- | mittee decided to call Harry Philpbin, director of ships sale, for further ipformation on this point. Representative Davis, calling attention o the destruction of a large number of small Japanese vessels in the recent carthquake, suggested the board con- wider going into the market o furnish ‘hem with ships not suitable for Ameri- can use. Mr. Davis then questioned the witness as to contemplated policies regarding mslotenance. The Fleet Corporation head said “he had in mind keeping up all es- seutial trade routes” and called at- tention that the subject of consolida- tion was engaging his attention, “We have in some cases.” said Mr. Palmer, “parallel routes in.direct com- petition with each other.” This kind of competition is undesirable, he add- ed. and in order to provide a more flexible and paying service the routes would have to be merged. . The information gought by the com- mittes was grouped under twenty- four separate headings, and includes data relating to organization of the board and Emergency Fleet Corpor: tion, salaries over $3,000, inventory of vessels now onwed, vessels sold and the sales contracts, ploneer ship sales, bids received for vessels, and existing sntangible assets. The committee also requested in- formation as to docks, piers and warehouses, various orders issued by A. D. Lasker, former chairman of th board; copies of managing operators’ ntracts, advertising contracts and money spent for this purpose and with what companies. cumn Omnor Id“b':"‘ l?:z sommittee the wou suppl ind that the board's files were open for any information desired. to I taken up a | Mr. | and pageantry that will mark the actual bestowal of the red hats at the public consistory on Thursday next. Promptly at 9 o'clock in the eve-; ning his holiness will convoke L members of the college of rardin:;!fli | Bow in Rome in secret conclave in ! the famous ball of the consistory. | Hs will read the official nomination | of the two cardinals and will then | {awalt the formal approval of ecach| {prdate present, after which special | emissaries from the pontiff. clad in { priestly robes. wiil proceed from the | two coal black horses to the places elected by the cardinals-elect to re- | ceive notification | will carry what 1 The emissaries | is known as the apal biglietto” for cach nominee. These are large, richly embossed diplomas announcing in Latin that, the holy father has been picased to| designate the recipients as cardinals | of the Catholic faith. ' Archibishop Hayes will receive his biglietto at _the American College; Archhisbop Mundeleign has chosen the College of the Propaganda. Both will have with them a few friends. The emissaries will be Mgr. Gervasi, sec- retary to Cardinal Gasparri, 'Mgr. Tani, master of cercmonies for Cardi- inal Gasparri, and Chevailer Riggl, 1 notary of the Apostolic Chancelleory. When Mgr. Cervasi dellvers the big- | |lietto he will make a short address. | The cardinal designate will take the | iglietto and will immediately pass it to some one previously chosen, to open and read aloud. For Archbishop | Mundeleign_this_office will be per- formed by Mgr. Marchetti Selvagiani. secretary of the congregation of the | i Propaganda and for Archbishop Hayes by Mgr. O'Hern, rector of the ' Amerfcan College. . After delivery of the documents, the | icardinais designate will make short addresses in reply. the text of which ! will be taken back to the pontiff by the emissarfes. From the moment the oglietto is| actually delivered, the prelate is| henceforward known s a_cardinal. Up to that moment the Pope has | power to withhold the nomination but | | not afterwards. ‘WILL SHOW GRATITUDE. | New York and Chicago Catholics | | to Finance Exposition. ‘sult in North Dakota is to me much Br Radio to News. Copyright. 1024. ROME, March 22.—The Vatican has | been informed thta in gratitude for | the creation of two American cardi- nals the dioceses of New York hicago have offered to bear the total expenses of the missionary exposi- tion at Rome next year. This expo- sition will be one of the most at- tractive and important features of the year of pilgrimage which begins in 1925 and which will be oficially and | | Mr. New is working would be design- | Vatican in a liveried coach drawn by | sna | Coolidge campaign in that state. an- | nouncing the rewult of the North | state for the republican presidential !indicates a continuing faith of the ¥ | American people THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY MARCH 22, 1924, WILL BREAK GROUND |MELLON TELLS HOW TREASU FOR LIBRARY MONDAY| ESTIMATES GOVERNMENT INCOME City Officials and Civic Leaders to Attend Exercises for Mount Pleasant Institution. PLAN BEAUTIFUL DESIGN g Will Contain About 60, 000 Volumes. Buildin Work on the new $200,000 Mount Pleasant branch of the Public Li- brary will be started Monday, fol- lowing informal ground-breaking ex-I erclses at 10 o'clock, on the site at the southwest corner of 16th and| Lamont streets. The District Com- i missioners and other officials of the | municipal government, members of the board of library trustees and representatives of the Mount Ple: ant and Columbia Holghts Citizen associations will be present. Commissioner Oyster, to whom the | public library is assigned, will pre- | side. There will be brief remarks | by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the public library, and by Harley V. Speelman, president of the Colum- bia Heights' Citizens' Assoclation. The new branch library will be larger and mpre beautiful architec- turally than the Southeast and Ta- koma “Park branches. It will be built of Indiana limestone and its design will harmonize with embassies, lega- fons and other structures in its vi- cinity The Mount Pleasant branch will be a two-story basement building and it is believed will serve a community of from 100,000 to 150,000 persons. It ji& designed to accommodate between 50,000 and 60,000 volumes. HOUSE WILL SPEED WORK, PRESIDENT IS TOLD (Continued from First Page.) priations for salari but at the| same time effect 4 readjustment that would be satisfactory to postal worlers. The postal pay increase bill in its present form would involve an addi- | tional annual expenditure for the| postal service of nearly $160.000.000. President Coolidge has indicated his opposition to anv expenditure that, would require iricreases In either the' first or second clase postal rates or in parcel post charges. Will Aid Postal Workers. The pay increase plan upon which ed to bring the pay of postal workers to a level with employes in similar work in private businese. ’ Representative Longworth outlined | to the President and his colleagues | the amount of work that might be | done by the House before June 1, and | Mr. Madden went over the situation with regard to appropriation bills. Then followed a discussion of the | various pending bills, entailing large expenditures, which brought out that { the measures now before the House its committees would involve | total outlays of nearly a billion dol- | lars, in addition to the regular ap- | propriation measures. This estimate | includes the probable total of a pub- lic_buildings bill Few of these measures, the Presi-| dent was told, slood any likelihood of congressional action at this ses- sfon. AgTeeing with the President that every effort should be made to bring | about adjournment before the June ! conventions. Mr. Longworth reiterated | his belief that ability of Congress to | do rested largely with the Senll‘.vl He declared himself emphatically op- | ! posed to any recess over the con- vention period, or to a special sese sion, in the event of sine die ad- journment, before the regular De- cember session WILL EXTEND RELIEF. i President Promises Economic Aid to Northwest. President Coolidge, in acknowledg- ing vesterday the result of the North Dakota presidential primary, prom- ised “to advoeate legislation. use all the administration forces of the gov- ernment and orgaanize private enter- economic relief President acknowledged by tolesram a message received from L. B, Hanna of Fargo. former Governor | of North Dakota and manager of the Dakota primary, in which the Presi- dent was voted the preference of the nomination. Mr. Coolidge's telegram said: our telegram announcing the re- more than personal satisfaction. It in “their govern- ment, and a determination to sup- port what I belfeve are sound and wholesome policies of administration. ‘Pledges Law Enforcement. “I wish to assure you as ome who has taken a couragsous stand in the defense of the principles which I am attempting to uphold that I intend to execute the law for the protection of every public interest. “I intend to advocate legislation, | Mellon's _statement, | customs from the | yesterday | fession, given out by {use all the administrative forces of g{gflil‘_nted in a papal l"wuflo"‘mg govlernmonl“lnd organize private y. terprise to give sound economic Booths and pavilions for the expo- | 21} = sition will be constructed in the Vat. | Felief where it 1s needed. It is an t be R En e ! encouraging sign to find that the ican gardens and will cover over SfX | eople wish to support that kind of action. In am exceedingly grateful to you for your active and energetio leadership. 1 wish you would trans- mit my deep appreciation Lo all those who were assoclated with you." DECLARES DR. WOODS | LENIENT TO STUDENT Witness Testifies U. of M. Head Should Have Expelled Miss Simpson Sooner. ' | thousand square meters. Eighteen missionary Sections of the Catholic Church, extending Into every corner of the globe, will be represented. Conditions under which missionaries actually live will be pictured and an impression given of the results ob- tained. The costs of the expedi- tion will be upwards of ten million lire, or $500,000. H i URGES MORE WOMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRSi The District of Columbia chapter of the International Federation of Catholio Alumnae and all Catholic women were urged to take part in the affairs of the nation and to join the various woman's organizations by Archbishop Curley of Baltimore in an address before the ihird an- nual conference of the District chapter at Rauscher’s today. “I am not after monumental churches. Of ocourse, I should be pleased to see one erected in the archdiocese, but after more important work has been done,” declared Arch- bishop Curley. *“No education worthy of the name can Be considered unless the soul. will and mind are cared for. The welfare of the nation depends not on the amount but on the char- acter of education given.” He said that Catholic education aimed at developing the character and that there was no antagonism be. tween real science and the things taught by Christ. Archbishop Curley said that the country was governed by minorities because the citizens did not take ficient interest in the questions of the day. ‘“The state of Georgia is run by 5 per ocent of its population,” he declared. Other speakers were Mrs. Harry M. Bensinger, international president cf the organization; Sister Agnes Ber- nard, A. B, who spoke on * ual Rights for Women,” and Rt. V. II{{.t Ed{'fld:l:l. Ph. (ID 4 ports were read and members o various- Catholic organizations spoke. Special Dispatch to The Star., BALTIMORE, Md., March 22.—Sam- uel W. Shoemaker, chairman of the| board of regents, was the last wit- | ness for the defense yut on the stand | in the case of Miss Vivian Simpson | of Washington, who is suing in the ! city court for a writ of mandamus to compel Dr. A. F. Woods, president of the University of Maryland, to rein- state her as & student. Shoemaker in bis testimony said jthat his inquiring body was of the opinion that the president stretched the limits of his authority in allow- ing Miss Simpson to continue as a student’ after last March, after the ublication {n a Washington newspa- f'm of an article utmll‘lw to the .llpn.l- versity as & “pajama paradise. Leniency was deemed the fault of Dr. Woods, rather than the conten- tion by Miss Simpson that he over- stepped his authority in denying her reregistration, according to.the wit- ness. Miss Simpson was bissed by the student body at a session because she and a companion were the lone mem. bers who refused to join in a vote of confidence in the f: ity I’ollowllu the publication, said several of her class- mates, who were on the stand before Mr. aker. There will be no session of the Solon ‘Doth Hdes Wt start “Monday i when the trial is resumed. Secretary’/ Mellon, in answer to democratic criticism, has bared the entire Treasury system of arriving at estimates of government receipts. Three separate estimates are made, Mr. Mellon explained, in a statement made pudlic last night, these sepa- rate figures are then compared, and a | conclusion reached as to the most ac- curate. The Treasury rejoinder came in re- Ply to charges by members of Con- gress that the Treasury had used the smaller of two estimates, in com- puting the probable surplus, but that If the larger of the two estimates had | been used a greater amount of money would be available for tax reduc- tion, “In order to have the benefit of in- i dependent judgment upon the prin- cipal Items of recelpts. siad’ Mr. ‘the Treasury had adopted the practice of requiring independent figures from the govern- ment actuary on customs, incoma and profits taxes, and miscellaneous in- ternal revenue, and estimates A3 10 director of cus- tome and as to income and profits taxes and miscellaneous Internal rev- enue from the commissioner of in- ternal revenue.’ Figures Are Cited. As originally submitted to the un- dersecretary, these tentative figures were as follows: Z By the government Im‘.& 1925 Custor $540,000,000 $453,000,000 I 1,953,000.000 Miscellaneous ternal reveone.. 65,000,000 041,000,000 By the commissloner of Toternal revenve: locome and profits tazes . 1,750,000,000 Miscella By e alTecror of cstames = director of customs: Cistoras —oooor.o. §70.000,000 575,000,000 “The under secretary thereupon called a conference of those who made the estimates, and after considerable discussion the actuary’s figures for <toms for 1924 of $540.000,000 were raised to the directors of customs’ fig- ures of $570,000,000. The actuary's figures for customs in 1925 were cepted In place of the director of cus- toms' estimate because the actuary had had more experience in determining probable future conditions throughout the world which would affect customs receipts, and he felt strongly that the high level of customs receipts would not continue. In the estimate that cus- toms receipts would drop off the Treas. vry is apparently being justified, since the first six months of the fiscal year 1924 Stoms receipts were some $21,. 000.000 in excess of the corresponding 1,700,000,000 927,585,000 CONFESSES KILLING. BROTHER OVER GIRL, Both Declared in Love With Her—Captured in Moun- tain Flight. ¥ the Associated Press. CHAMBERSBURG. Pa., March Franklin county authorities today were checking up the stories told by Samuel Shockey and Iva Willis, held in connection with the killing of Shockey's brother, Jacob, in the mountains south of here Thursday night. After the coroner's inquest last night, Shockey was held as the slayer and the girl as a mate- rial witness. The police said that Samuel Shoc- key made a confession, stating that he killed his brother in quarrel RY DENIES AID OF KLAN PUTTADOO OVER, Roc[(well Says Candidate’s Stand on Issue Was Clear- ly Defined in Georgia. six months of the previous year. They are now only some $10,000.000 in ex- cess, showing a decrease in receipts for the two and one-half months since January 1, 1924, of about $11.000,000. It seems ifkely that the estimate of $570,000,000 for the fiscal vear 1924, will not be exceeded gnd may not be reached. No reason has been shown to change the estimate for 1925. Figures Are Rained. “In the figures for both income and profits taxes and miscellaneous 1n- ! ternal revenue taxes, it was felt that the commissioner of internal revenue: - had better means of estimatjon than| Dayid Ladd Rockwell, campsign the actuary, but that the frgures of | manager for William Gibbs McAdoo, $1,750,000.000 for 1924 and $1.700,000.- | said today that it was absurd to at- 000 for 1925, in view of the actuary's tribute the McAdoo landslide in Geor- | views of business conditions, might gia to the influence of the Ku Klux be too low, and the commissioner of 1o\, internal revenue was requested to|™ - 5 submit new fgures in view of what r. McAdoo's victory was o over- hadbesn Gimciased ac’ (he |conter. | whelming,” he declared, “that no sin- ence. The commisstoner of Interna Tevenue after deliberation raised his 5.° Cloment brought it about. As for figures for each of the years by the Ku Klux Kilan, the position of 3100000000 and thewo figures were!Mr. McAdoo was mot in doubt. A accepte Y the undersecretary and 1 , Ga., A L S eckler In the crowd at Macon, G BY DAVID LAWRENCE. over the grrn. Tae latter was a witness to_the shooling. i Jacob Shockey met the girl in Columbus, Ohio, While serving in the Army and came to his Frankiin county home with her about three weeks ago. According to the girl. Jacob struck her during the quarrel Which wae resented by Samuel. The killing occurred while the brothers and the girl were walking through the inountains. After shooting hi brother, according to Samuel's con- the police, he covered the body with leaves and went to his mountain retreat rear Beartown where state police captured him and the girl. Before the killing Samuel was wanted by the police on a charge of forgers. Iva Willis, who is twenty years old, told the police she was a widow. A bank book showing deposits ir & Columbus bank was found on her when she was arrested. About Apartment Houses. To the Editor of The Star: Our American Capital is not a com- mercial town, but one planned espe- cially for the convenience, comfort and pleasure of the sonnel of the fed- eral government, which composes the most important citizenship of Wash- ington. Being comparatively transient as residents, also victims more or less of high prices, the apartment house solu- tion for them is absolutely necessary, same as at all foreign capitals, As a reflection of the cuiture, pride and wealth of the entire country, also remembering that beauty is a chief as- set of any town, Washington should be beautiful—beautiful de riqueur. What mars the beauty of any city are ragged sky lines—houses of all heights, colors, conditions and character, also inhar- monious as to surroundings. Apart- ‘ment houses are no objection whatever if fashioned on these lines. They add in every way to the most beautiful street of the world—the Champs Elysees— and at lal foreign capitals, as for that ‘We must also consider the housing of the clerical force of the government. This Goes not mean that the finest natural beauty spots of the town are to be devastated of follage and spattered over with rows of attached small block houses. A study of foreign capitals again shows the m®st modest of houses dens attractive in design. S MRS. J. B. HENDERSON. Is Your Cons There goes the Emergency the Treasury. In past years the figures on internal revenue which had beem used by the Treasury In its annual reports had always been those .mbmhtcd by the commlssion- er. Up to today the collection of income and profit taxes indicate that the estimate for 1924 will be sub- l'.:.llfll")’ correct. In estimating probable receipts eight months and a year and a halt in_ advance as was necessary when the e estimates were made in October, 1923, for years ending June 30, 1924, and June 30, 1925, the Treasury has had no ulterior purpose other than an effort to arrive at the Probable correct figures and has used the best inteiligence available anywhere for that purpose. It must be borne in mind that this country ie now on @ high level of prosperity and with the adoption of & sound tax structure should 8o continuc. Estimates of re- ocelpts for internal revenue are prin- | cipully affected by changes in the industrial prosperity of the country. Estimates based on a continuation of prosperous conditions would ex- eeed actusl receipts if a change is made in the conditions, since the change must be downward. In like manner, when estimates were made in 1922 and the country was not then prosperous, a change made the estimate- fall short of the iotual receipts. Irrespective of any change in the industrial conditions of the country, a material factor in government revenue is that the great- ¢r part of back taxes has already been collected and less revenue may be expected in the future from this ource.” THE WVEATHER E Face Fight From Reed. ings. District of Columbia—Clouds tonight | and tomorrow: no change in tempera- | ture; lowest temperature tonight about | 34 degrees; moderate northwest winds. Maryland—Tartly cloudy tonight and ' tomorrow: no change in temperature; | moderate porth and northwest winds. Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. no change in temperature; fresh nerthwest winds P i West Virginia—Cloudy tonight and to- | morrow : no change in temperature. Recerds for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4{ p.m., 3 12 midnight, 36; 4 am., 37; noon, 45. Barometer—4 pm., 20.57; 8 p.m 12 midnight, 29.79; 4 am., 29.57 29.98; noon, 30.01. Highest temperature, 45, occurred at noon today. Lowest temperature, *36, occurred at 2 am. today. Temperature same date Highest, 75: lowest, 50. Coundition of the Water. Temperatdre and condition of the water at § a.m.: Great Falls—Tempera- y. last year— ture, 40. Condition, very mudd; Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide, 3:08 ar p.m.: high tide, 8:54 am. and Tomorrow—Low tide, 2 4:24 p.m.; high tide, p.m. and 3:34 :20 p.m. 52 am. and 41 am. and 10:07 The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:09 am., sun sets §:22 pm. Tomorrow—Sum rises 6:07 a.m., sun sets 6:23 p.m. Moon rises §:16 p.m., sets 7:12 am. Automobile lampe to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities. Temperature. o “kapinak RLL Abilene, Tex. HEZHIERSRER 2 23RES2RRLR LRSS BEEELUBRUSE LRI LLRREY 3 Loutsville Miami. Fla ARARSEBRAERY & BRREE25SRVRE B8R FT T T IS IY PET T PEN LT PU I P S © BBBEBREBLELYES 3 RERFRRIIL C. 291 8. Lake City 20. San_Aatonfo. 8an Diego .. 8. Fraocisco. . 2 B 8 88 88332 s8e82: 3 l (3 a.m., Greeawich time, today.) Stations. Tem el mperature, Weather. Part clouds Par Clondy Egrt cloudy FRIRBEBYES cience Clear? Hospital ambulance! Who has been hurt? It may be one of your dear ones, a friend or an un. known. A life is hanging in the balance, and that life will be saved if real ambulance service and able surgeons on duty every minute of the day and night can do it. It is your duty to help support the Emergency and Casnalty hospitals, Mail your subscriptions to the Emergency Hospital headquar- ters, 14th and G Sts. N.W. Your payments may extend over three Give all you can now. One dollar or a thousand dollars, Ne asked Mr. McAdoo what his attitude | in conditions | was toward the K. K. K. There were icries of ‘Put him out’ but Mr. Mec-} | Adoo insisted that nobody should be! _put out of any of his meetings sim- ply for asking a question. “He then proceeded to make an- swer: ‘I stand four square with re- |lpect to thls and every other order {on the immutable guarantee of lib- {erty contained in the first amend- {ment of the Constitution of the | United States, that is, for the freedom jof religious worship, freedom of | speech, frecdom of the press and the | right of peaceful assembly.’ | He pointed out that the epirit of | America was against religious in- | tole e. His answer was met with an outburst of cheers and applause. Seen Victory as Sigmificant. “While we were confident of a vie- tory in Georgla, we had no idea that it would be a landslide. We recall that Woodrow Wilson stumped the state in 1912, but that Underwood car- ried it. The victory over Underwood today is significant of the way the | south feels about McAdoo.” { The campaign manager was in high | pirits, declaring that the organiza- tion for McAdoo was growing so | strong that it would. without doubt, ibe able to control the convention. ! “The dispatches from Missouri aft- er the recent primary,” he added, “did . not give a clear picture of what hap- ipened there. We shall have a major- ity of the delegates at the democratic Moses Will Quit Senate to Enter Business, Report By the iated Press. MAN STER, N. H., March 22~A dispatch from Washing- tom to the Manchester Mirror yesterday says that Senator George H, Moses will quit the Senate at the ead of his pres- ent term. Senator Moses, the story says, contemplates going into busi- mesn. He was recentiy defented in the New Hampehire primary, where he was a candidate for delegate to the republican na- tional comvention. SENATE 0. K. OF CITY g HEADS IS FORESEEN (Continued from First Page.) were kept busy last night and today | receiving telephone calls and other | congratulations upon ! messages of their nomination for reappointment. The nominations were sent 1o the Sen- ate yesterday by the President following @ study of the report made to him by | Rush L. Hoiland, hssistant attorney general, who was desiguated by Pres- ident Coolidge to conduct a friendly inquiry into the acrivities of the Commissioners, with a special ref-, erence to certain acts while serving as members of the Zoning and Pub- lic Utilities Commissions. The report of Mr. Holland com- pletely vindicated the two Commis- sioners and assured the President that the charges made against the commis- sioners by several citizens who were protesting agginst their reappoint- | ment were triial ‘and not sufficiently | substantiated by the evidence obtained | by Mr. Holland. The expiring terms of Commission- | ers Rudolph and Oyster covered three | busy years in the history of the Dis- trict government. The increascd bur- dens that have come to the office with the rapid growth and expansion of the city have been reflected in their aetivity. Although the zoning law was en- acted prior to their appointments on March 14, 1921, that new task | was still im its jnfancy and has called | for constant and laborioms work since. Commissioners Brownlow and Kutz made the original zoning maps, but the job had to be dope in the short space of three months after the law | was passed, and naturally as time went on many necessary changes cropped up. Hold Many Hearings. The present zoning commission has had to hold public hearings every month in order to consider the appli- { | | | must first dispose of the b—m PUBLIC BUILDINGS PLANS DEFERRED Legislative Jam Considered Certain to Prevent Action Duiing This Session. There will be no legislation at this session of Congress providing any new public buildings for the District of Columbta. = This fact was made known at th White House today when a spokes- man for the President was summariz- | ing the details of conferences at White House last night betwee President Coolidge and the members of the republican steering committes of the House. In arriving at an | agTeement to some sort of a I H in order 4hat there may be an adjournment of Congress before the first w June the thought of public building. was thrown into the discard. It was explained that Congress Army and Navy and other departmental appro- priation blils, agricultural relief leg- islation and other legislation consid- ered as being of more importance at this time than a public buildings bill Of course, if Congress runs on high speed and succeeds in cleaning up it program, then it could take up legislative matters such as providin public bulldings for the Listrict and other sections of the coun How- ever, this is not thought to be likel; Several Buildings Planned. In the meantime the District mus wait to realize the plans aircady ap proved for half a dozen large federai buildings arranged at convenien: points in the Mall €outh of Pennsyl vania avenue and cast Just how long the District is very indefinite, according House advices. The likey as explained today, is for this Congress to merely report out & public buildings bill which will be taken for cor sideration at the short winter. In making this explanation White Houss official doubted if the passage of such a bill at this time would do much good, inasmuch as it i {1ative program to follow to state convention which is to be held | cations of property owners for changes i shortly.” in the original zoning of their hold- { other hand, i | knows pre-convention The state convention will be an in- teresting battle, for while Senator Reed | failed to carry the primary, his| friends will be active in_ his behalf in | the hope of preventing Missouri from | indorsing McAdoo. The fight, on the for McAdoo i& largely anti-Reed, and there are many for- mer Wilson men in Missouri who are | not especially interested in seeing : McAdoo nominated, but who wiil join | | forces with the McAdoo men to bring {about the repudiation of Senator Reed, who, besides his break with the Wilson administration, iz now harged with having dragged Mc- i Adoo into the oil controversy without ! Justification. 1 Mr. Rockwell is having a series of | confarences here with leading demo- | |crats He is an active person wko' politics bac jward and forward. Four vears ago he was the man who lined up o many states for James Cox of Ohfo that he assisted materfally in the final victory. Mr. Rockwell' realizes that the charge of K. K K. influence is being made against Mr. { McAdoo, but he calls it absurd. Cites Catholic Backing “Look st Tilinois” he remarked. “where William O'Connell, a leading Catholic, is managing the McAdoo campaign. Aiso in Wisconsin the jcandidate for delegate at large ls Tom Fleming, a Catholic. Would | these men take so prominent a part in the McAdoo campai not eatisfied that the man they are working for is free from religious prejudice?” The victory in Georgie is undoubt- edly a turning point in the whole | McAdoo campaign. It meant a great jdeal to his candidacy, for it was the | first southern primary after the re- cent revelations that he had accept- ed fees from corporations as an at- torney after leaving public office. Had Georgia turned McAdoo down it would have been the end of his candidacy. Conversely, those who | have been on the fence now are tak- | ing renewed interest in the cam- palgn. Battleground in Dakota. H The next fight is in South Dakota, where the Hearst Influence is behind the protest ticket. In Iowa there is a bitter fight. Wilbur Marsh, who is | one of the western allies of Charles F. Murphy, George Brennan and the so-called organization leaders of the | | democratic party, is a candidate for | national committeeman and is being fought by Clyde Herring, a McAdoo man, who recently ran for governor. ! The outcome is being awaited with | peculiar interest by democratic poli- ticians, for If McAdoo can get con- trol of the Towa delegation it will | help him in neighboring states of the west. Altogether the McAdoo campaign shows no evidence of Jiminishing energy, but, on the contrary, seems to have taken on a new lease of life since the victory in Georgia. TAX PAYMENTS SOAR IN LAST 8 MONTHS $1,588,457,045 Collection Is Gain of $201,704,239 Over Period Year Ago. The American people paid $201,- 704,239.84 more in taxes to Uncle Sam during the eight months, July 1, 1923, to February 29, 1924, than during the same period of the previous fiscal year. This was revealed by the bureau of internal revenue, which announced that collections during the period ending last month amounted to $1,588,457,045.92. Income tax payments for the same period amounted to $918,103,935.25, ,compared with $758,646,747.41 for the - previous corresponding period, an in- crease of $159,457,187.84. Collections of miscellaneous taxes for the period ended February 29, 1924, amounted to $670,353,compared with $628,106,058.67 for the previous corresponding period. an increase of $42,247,052. ‘The tax on small cigarett. the largest item of the lnbl::o"-l‘: for the eighth month period ended February 29, 1924, amountin to $133,332,837.46, compared with ($119,. 146,806.63, for the previous corre 'gundln period—an increase of $14,. 186.020.93. Total collections from to- bacco tax amounted to $216,087,269.54, compared with 984,975.25! an in- crease of $12,102,294.29. There were decreases in the collections on large and =mall cigars, chewing and smok- :ng tobacco, cigarette papers and ubes. . Admission taxes for the eighth month period ended - February 39, 1924, amounted to $50,846,358.02, com- pared with $44,470,857.64 for the pre- vious corresponding perfod—an in- creaso of $6,376,500.38. Taxes collected under the prohibi- tion laws, including offers in com- promise, penalties, etc., for the eighth [month periods amounted to $398,793.20, compared - with crease of $23,935.47. i | i $374,851.73—en fa- | The past three years also has been a busy period for the Commissioners in their role as members of the Pub- fic Utilities Commission. During their term of office the rates of all the pub- lic service corporations have been re- duced. Col. Charles Keller was chair- man of the Utilities Commission for part of the time before Maj. Bell was appointed They had been in offics but a few days in the spring of 1921 when a series of public hearings on rates be- gan. Street car fare Las heen reduced twice, from 4 tokens for 30 cents or 8 cents cash to 6 tokens for 40 cents with § cents as the cash fare. This was a reduction in the token rate from 71 cents to 6 2-3 cents The price of gas has been reduced from $1.32 to $1. This cut was made gradually in four different inquiries. Other Rates Reduced. The rates of the Potomac Electric Power Company have been reduced several times in that period, but the public has not received immediate benefit, due to ihe litigation pending | in the’ District Supreme Court over the disputed value of the power plant. Af the suggestion of the telephone company, the rate for unlimited serv- fee wi reduced more than a year ago from $5.50 to $5 a month. AL the present time the Commis- sioners have before them one of the gn if they were most difficult of all utility questions, | namely, to fix rules for th. handling of the depreciation of the several companies. Commissioner Rudolph has directed the financial end of the local govern- ment, taking in the assessment of property, collection of taxes, auditing of all municipal accounts, and, in ad- dition, has supervised the charitable and penal institutions. All existing laws relating to chari- ties and public welfare work are now e proper accounts being gone over by a commission of | citizens appointed by the Commis- sioners, assisted by William Hodson, expert of the Russell Sage Founda- ¢ Oyster Faces Traflle Problem. Commissioner Oyster has directed the activities of the police, fire, health and playground departments, a task that has kept him busy. In addition to supervising the rou- tine operations of these important services the Commissioner has had {to pass upon many changes in the ! traffic_regulations to cope with the | | rapid increase in the number of vehi- | cles, bringing with it the danger of | accident on the streets. ! Preparation for and the successful handling of the Shriners convention {1ast summer was probably the big- | gest task the present Commissioners {faced during their expiring terms. | “Commissioner Oyster _cstablished one-way strests for the Shrine con- clave, and was 80 impressed with the experience then that he retained many of them. He also has endeavor- ed to improve parking conditions in the downtown section. Many Betterment Bills. A long list of legislative bills for the betterment of the city and its physical improvement have been ad- vocated and supported by the present board. Notable in this respect has been the endeavor to carry out the long-standing _plan for completing | the park system of the National Capital. X Rudolph ! Although Commissioner came to the District building in 1921 with the experience gained by his previous term, which ended in 1913, he found that during the eight years intervening the municipal machinery | of the city had grown by leaps and | bounds. Commissioner Oyster was a mem- ber of the Rent Commission when | appointed by the late President ' Harding. And, while he had not!| previously served as Commissioner, | and Chamber of Commerce, which ! gave him a clear insight into Wash- ington’s needs. He also has served as member and president of the board of education. | —_— l $200,000 CLEVELAND FIRE Union Elevator Buildings Erected in 1869 Are Swept. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 22— Fite starting in bullding® formerly occupied by the Union Elevator Com- i pany early today destroyed five of those structures in the “flats” along Cuyshoga river here and badly dam- aged the Huron-Portland Cement Company adjoining. The fire was one of the most spec- tacular here in years. The elevator, built in 1869, was one of Cleveland's landmarks, It was valued at $154,- 000. Since last fall it has been occu- pled by a sced and oats shipping con- cern. ‘The total damage was esti- na?’tnd at between $200,000 and $250,- 000, Burn Picture of Po) PERUGIA, Italy, March 32.—A up of youths attacked the Catholic oung Men's Club at Gubblio, Province el et Sod dedes vy D! ot Da. &8s eru donated by Pope Xnr | | Burk, Charlotte Engel, § a_matter principally’ of appropriations. What is desired is to get legisiati viding the necessary money, actual building work could be & 1t was pointsd out that the p g tions committee is now seven years be- hind in appropriations for which authorizations. The latter f so.qe public buildings as well 2 things. President Urges Bulldings. Despite the fact that President Coolidge is represented as having agreed to puttiug aside the realiza tion of the government buildings for the District, he is known to fully ap- ipreciate the need for better housing facilities for the executive depart- ments. The President not so long lago, while discussing this subject said that some of the buiidings now ‘thousing the government are S0 crowded as to impede work, whi ! others are so scattered that they lo: their identity. “I believe is now mecessary.’ the President sald, “in accordance with pians aiready sanctioned fo unified and orderly system for {development of this city, to begin Ltk carrying out of these plans by authol izing the erection of three or fou i buildings most urgently needed an annual appropriation of $5,000,000. The buildings the President has in mind arc for the State Department, Department of Justice, Internal Reve nue and an archives building and addition to the Department of Agri- culture. it |PUPILS’ RECITAL GIVEN AT THE PLAYHOUSE Stndents at Associated Studios Heard in Interesting Program. Pupils of the Associated Studios presented an interesting program of {plano, voice and violin last night at the Playhouse. The auditorfum was well filled with a warmly appreclative audience. The quality of the presentations last {evening reflected credit upon the teach- jers of the Assoclated Studios, Otto Simon, voice: La Salle Spler, piano, and Henry Sokolov, violin Mrs. Jessie Blaisdell, who was also one of the accompanists of the eve- ning, revealed real ability in the first ‘movement of “Concerto, B Flat Minor, Opus 23,” by Tschaikowsky, with Mr. Spier, whose playing was brillfant at the second piano. Maisie Nohtnagel opened the program credi- tably with the second and third move- ments_of “Concerto, E Flat Major, Opus 73," by Beethoven. Hazel G. Hughes and Anna ‘Patters son sang well in Mozart's “Sull’ Aria,” a duet from “Figaro,” and Miss Pat- terson was heard also with Charles Watts in Mozart's “La ci Darne Ia Mano,” from “Don Giovanni,” which was well donme. Boito's “Serenata,” duet from ‘“Mefistofele,” sung by Frances Bogert and Hazel G. Hughes, was melodious and beautifully har- monious. Adelaide Watson and Dr. Carson Frailey eang with fino perception “O Haste to That Magical Isle,” by Boito, one of the most difficult voice numbers of the evening, and Dr. Frailey and John Waters sang with real feeling in Verdi's “Solenne in Quest' Ora.” Chaminade's chorus, “The Ange- lus," was creditably presented by Frances van den Bogert, Caroline Ida vivia Graz- 2ini, Blanche Braxton Howell, Hazel Gem Hughes, Lucio Murray, Apna Patterson, Carmelite Pitt, Adelaide Watson, Mrs. Nelle G. Canine, Mrs, Florence A. Conklin, Mrs. Edith R. {he had always been active in civic| Grainger, Mrs. Ida Willis Seaton, Mrs. {aftairs_through the Board of Trade | Estelle E. Shannon, Emil Araberger, Dr. Carson Frailey. John Waters, Charles Watts and Charles E. Wolfe. A bright. beautifully sung duet was Chaminade’s “Come for a Sweet De- light,” by Mrs. 1da Willis Seaton and John' Waters. Otto Simon provided an understand. ing and beautiful accompaniment for the voice numbers. 5 Jacob Levenson, violinist, plavel Beethoven's “Romance, F Major, Opus " and Hauser's “Hungarian Rhap- sody,” and Leo Alvarado, handling his bow with confident command, pre sented Sarasate’s “Romance” Krei Jer's well known “Caprice Viennois and_ Paganini-Kreisler's “Preludfum— Allegro.” Dartmouth Class to Hear Address by Pullman Porter By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 2Z—A egro Pullman porter will lec- ture to a class of 100 students at Dartmouth College next Tuesday. He ix J. B. Ford, whose home ix in the Bromx. Hix Tuesd; “puplla” are taking courses transportation. Prof. Malcolm Kier, riding in a Pullman recently, asked the porter y questions was %o impressed with the answers that he invited him to address the class.