Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Snow, probably mixed with sleet and rain this afternoon and tonight: freez- ing temperature tonight; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer. Tempera ture for 24 hours ende 2 pm. to- day: Highest, 18, at m. day; lowest, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion'is delivared to Washington homes i1, at 5 a.m. toda A i a.m. tod as fast as the papers are printed. ull report on page 'ClosingN. Y.Stgcks and Bonds, Page 28 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. 1924 —FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,946 TWO- CENTS. DISTRICT HEADS 0. Yintered as second-class matter post office Washington, D, C. WASHINGTO LUDENDORFF FREE, HITLER GUILTY, IN “PUTSCH” CASE Ny 20, D. ADMITS GOMMITTEE 29,190, FURY OF BLIZZARD TUESDAY, APRIL 1, * ADDS TO SUFFERIG * O FLODD VITIS Six Inches Snow Already Fallen Upon Homeless in Cumberland Region. DEVASTATED TOWNS LACK | FOOD, FUEL AND LIGHT led Cross and Other Aid Being Rushed Over Almost Impas- sable Highways. reezing bli side and heut rd 5 whippi many sections as a resul suffering d today fro Maryland the cities in West Virginia inundated in the wers Potomac flood ger dispatehes were ning out ud-covered section today over but erippled but each brought rd of added Several small tow on W P amage, s d their living in the s. at the merey of the storm, Town Wiped Out. Ma nown to hs reported to have been and carlier death toll there firmed. Suffer Vivors, scores of who re re- rted virtua esidents ¥ wiped out a are said to be mountai Kitzgilier is was where one entire on wiped patch to estroy- ily v in mpl messages wd, a higher partially th we ng as described Doints. up nd In zes that ge for food and survivors from PR torn away stroye mes: state b all : Relters rish contain to save i the Fuel Supply Gone, Most of the homes in the inud sectors depend upon natu their fuel. Miles of pipes wells to the cities by the flood, with some entire towns a; of heat, except in th kept their old fashioned Oil supplies are low and th increasing hourly as t *8torm adds to the suffcring Supplies are heivg ru a civg rushed to suffering people by the Led Cross fg fast as roads are repaired sufficientls 1o permit automobiles even Wagons to pass throug! ary land logislature I 4 $75,000 for use among offérs of aid are being r many quarters to ated al gas for from the were destroyed the th without means omes that result fireplaces. dem of nd the roblem most now in need Another Fatality, Another fatality ported th near Harr was officia Te- when -a to morning onburg, Va attempting Shenand were capsized t. Three swam fourth tired in and was wash b ferry na the safely fow swollen boat, curre but sank e river small ¥ strong hore, minutes wn the > been No sign has been foun J. Bowden Duryee o nd of the bod ‘e of Thriftg % swept from float boathouse Sunday further reports of fatal- section due to the flood ve been received, he Pot river suming its natural ay. It measured more her than norma ped two feet overn houses along the palisad inundated Saturday been released by av, but it ate the damage. The i3 100 strong to permit bo. “heir way up stream Bus of the flood’s was gradually arance to- s feet had Most that and Sunday had urrent still ats to push and take a cen- ravages here. RED CROSS IS ACTIVE. Disaster Relief Workers Extending Aid to Sufferers. American Red Telief organization t e Cross disaster been working top speed” within the last fort eight hours in widely separated s tions of the country, due to floods, tor- adoes, eyclones and mine ex #s announcement from h here today said. Red Cross personnel is working night and day to relieve distress fol- Jowing two at Defi wing a efiance. Ohio, and McCracken count Ky Nurses and field representati are 4t the scene of the serious mine ex- losion at W h, W. Va ere mal s were lost. Numerous Red Cro chapters along the flooded Potom #ire standing by to elieve suffering wherever nee d. - Reports from Yooded districts today are more isuring, the announcement said. In the southwest the Red Cross has dertaken relief measures arge scale, funds having ‘tted and ' trained diaste rkers rushed to the scene of torna- 5 and cyclones TOW ADDS TO SUFFERING. * cvelones ts T « Inches Already Have Fallen in Cumberland Region. cial Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 1.—. owstorm, which already has reach- six inches in depth, has added to ~ general paralytic condition pro- uced by Saturday’s flood, the great- st known in this territory, the Poto- 1ac having been nearly four feet ‘gher than in 1899, the vear of the ohnstown flood. It was over four eet higher than in 1902, and nuch higher than flood of 1877 The Red vork here v Cross is active in_relief and at nearby towns. vhere the suffering has even been greater than here. The Salvation Army has dumped coal and wood in . dry spot at Ridgely, W. Va.. oppo- | lite thig city, which was hard _hit, vhere the people may go and help hemselves. Ridgely is without water. | t has not regular water works, and i the | the | _|turned into several inches of | s | meet the | |Bavarian Fascist Leader Gets 5-Year Sentence. { Amnesty Probable. IVERDICT IS POPULAR War Lord Nominated as Candidate for Seat in Reichstag. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. 1By Radie to The S News. Coy MUNICH, April Justice, as con- ived in Bavaria, has found at last bsurd conclusion with the virtual of the Gen, scot-free, has didacy for the reichstag, heading racial party list. If Hitler, who bheen occupy- charming rooms in prison, need to five years in a [ after six »d behavior, and in the will be granted am- r wnd the Chicago Daily right, 1924, 1 P in ard | Ludendorfr, accused =h s fortress, will released | months for & end i { nesty. probably This was the most severe sentence high treason and to overthrow the for acknowledged | armed endeavor pvermment The courtroom ipeople standing. | trance. exam was packed, many In order to gain en- necessary to pass seven v soldiers and to be APRLGREETS CY TH SODDEN YO | Sleet, Slush, Rain, Thunder | and Lightning in Evidence. Fair Tomorrow. April foolt { Old Jupiter Pluvius had little |joke today and before he had been tormenting shivering Miss Spring- time many hours an astonished pub- llic anxiously was ng: What next After a touch of real summer Sun- day and moderate temperatures | terday, he loosened the winds of win- ter tod: pread sodden blanket lof snow over more than half the country and with roaring crescendos lof thunder and flashes of lightning | sent the nervous and superstitious fleeing to darkened cupboard. Morning dawned with every tion of Washinzton being 1 February blizzard. and sleet wers falling intermit- and befor into a his a indica- for a Snow, in rain n tled steady snow that of sloppy reached streets and pave Fair Tomorrow. It wis said at the weather bureau | that the storm will continue through | today and tonight, but tomorrow will }1‘. fair with a slightly rising tem- perature. Thursdas's weather will be more springlike, although real warm weather is not expected. The | temperature may drop to several de- | grees below freezing tonight, but will Quickly recover, the weather man pre- dicted The pre t storm is due to a mark- | ea disturbance that originated over North Carolina, mecting extremely high pressures traveling in a north- asterly direction. The center of the orm has not vet reached Washing- ton, but will pass over here tonight, when winds may rise to the force {of aga efore morning, however, they are sxpected to die out. orecaster Mitehell, at the weather { bureau found nothing very unusuai in today's weather. He pointed out that it will prove beneficial and fruits, as it will keep the buds { from ripening prematurely before the {period for possible cold spells has | passed. Today a vear ago, the fore- caster pointed out, the thermometer showed 15 degress below freezing and in some places it was 20 below freezing. Thunder and Lightning. Twice during the morning thunder rolled through the heavens and d et flashes of lightning illuminated shington. At the weather bureau | experts pointed out that although such phenomena have not occurred | here every winter, they are not alto- gether exceptional. Strong _currents air whirling up from the earth low-hanging clouds and create |an electrical force that gives off an effect generally associated with sum- | mer storms, it was explained. i | | |t 100 HONDURANS REPORTED SLAIN Casualties Suffered in Attack on Ferrera—Rebels Seen Losing Ground. | By the Associated Press. SAN SALVADOR, April 1.—Tt is re- |ported here that one thousand Hon- {duran soldiers have been slaughtered in an attack upon revolutionary troops commanded by Gen. Gregorio Ferrera. Dispatches received from Toncontin, headquarters of the Honduran revolu- | tion, state that Zuniga Huete, chief de- fender of Tegucigalpa, was not killed, as was previously reported, during Was | fighting with the revolutionists, but the memorable | was assas: nated in Tegucigalpa. Dr. Fausto Davila, who recently was appointed provisional president of Honduras by the revolutionists, has arrived at Puerto Cortez from the United States, and proceeded to Ton- contin, Gen. Ramos, chief of the garrison at Choluteca, has refused to surrender the towr io the revolutionists, saying e tood filled the wells and wrecked he springs. The city of Cumberland | " (Centinucd on Page 2, Column 4) he would turn it over only to the repre- sentatives of a legally constituted gov- ernment. noon the storm had | to crops | | ADOLPH MITLER. searched for arms. These precau- tions forbidding public assembies or placarding of the verdict had made one’expect a certain severity in the | judgnient, but when the judges enter- ed’and read the sentence it was seen that the Bavarian court is logical In its absurdity and that all of the ac- cused were practically pardoned. Hundreds of persons waited outside Colum Roosevelt Scents Fight and Hustles To Get Back Here Iy the Associated Press. AUBURN, N. Y., April 1 there is a fight Theodore veit, assistant retary of the navy, wants to be in it. There- fore, he hurried back to Washing- ton last night after attending banquet here. “Some one has thrown a brick- bat at me in Washington while I was up here, and 1 want to get back there,” he said. There is a fight on at W ton, and when there is want to be in it | | 1 | | ~When Roose- ' a shin fight 1 TY BALKED ACTION, SAYS PECK Group Got $250,000 Tract by Paying-'$10,000 Fine, De- clares Witness. I DAUGHER 1 | | A land frauds case in Oklahoma and a federal judgeship wppointment in New York were gathered today within the far-flung miscellany of | topics receiving the attention of the i Senate Daugherty investigating com- | mittee. H. M. Peck, formerly United States attorney for western Oklahoma, tes- tified that Harry M. Daugherty had helped cause a delay and failure in prosecution of the “Miller Brothers" land case in that state, with the re- | sult that the Miller group obtained a quarter of a million dollars, and have paid only a fine of $10,000 | Wayne Wilson of New York was | called to testify about an effort | federa) sudge, but he denmicd that | he had told Oicott it would be neces- | to put up a large amount money for “the boys” or had ever discussed the matter in any way with officials of the Department of Justice. Take Up Land Cases. Daugherty's part in stopping trial of the “Miller Brothers” Indian land fraud case in Okiahoma in the spring of 1921 was told today to the Senate Daugherty investigating committee by H. M. Peck, former United States ttorney of the western Oklahoma district. The case involved 10,000 acres val- ued at $50 an acre, Peck said. When it was ready for trial at Guthrie in May, 1921, he added, a “personal” let- ter from Attorney General Daugherty directed that a continuance be taken to the fall term of court. Peck described a request.for his resignation received from Daugh: " (Continued on JOSEPH LEITER SUES CO-HEIRS OF FATHER Duchess of Suffolk and Lord Cur- zon Among Defendants in Coal Land Action. { Marguerite Hyde, Duchess of Suf- folk and Berks; Earl Curzon of Kedleston, and the other heirs and beneficiaries of the estate of the late Levi. Z. Leiter, millionaire Chicago merchant, are named as defendants in a suit filed today in the District Supreme Court by Joseph Leiter of | Washington, son of the deceased; {Lathrop C. Campbell and William J. Warr, trustees under the Leiter will. The court is asked to determine whether the interest accrued from coal lands belonging to the estate is to be distributed among the beneficiaries of the estate now, or to become part of the { residue of the estate not distributable | until the termination of the trust set | out in the will. 2 Besides the Duchess of Suffolk and Berks and Curzon, the other defend- ants named are Charles Hengy George Howard, Cecil John Arthur Howard, Greville' Reginald Howafd, infants Mary Irene Curzon, Cynthia Blanche Mosley, formerly Cupdon; Alexandra . Curzon, infant, and her guardian, e Earl of Kedleston; Mary Meta. Campbell, Colin’ Meta Campbell and Audrey Nancy Campbell, all residents of England~and Thomas Leiter and Nancy Leifer, infants. Attorneys Min- or, Gatley & Rowland appear for the plaintiffs. tions and the stringent police regula- ' to | get J. Vanvechten Olcott appointed | of | PLACE COST HAMON GLOSE T05105,000 Manager Denies 0il Man Spilled Gold to Influence Chicago Delegates. DECLARES AL JENNINGS TOLD LIE TO SENATORS Dyche Says Slain Politician Did Not Want Place in Hard- ing Cabinet. of republican for Oklahon ame before the oil com- in an avowed ef- prosecutor, establish a con- ack as 1920 to select Scretary of the In- the late national The political activities Jike Hamon, | committeenian under scrutiny mittee again today fort by the Senator Walsh, spiracy as far a “complacent” | tertor. Under the Montana senator’s insist- ent questioning J. E. Dyche, who managed Hamon's campaign for the place on the national committee, tes- tified that the fight had cost Hamon $1 00, but insisted that he never desired to have a place in the cab- inet. committec 1o Ridicules Jenningw’ Story. s ridiculed Al Jennings' had told him iyments to the late of Pennsylvania and |others to secure the nomination of Warren G. Harding, and of indiserim- use of mon rong members | »f the Oklahoma delegation to the | Chicago As a matter of Dy d, Hamon didn't spend fluehce the delegation of tate to vote for Harding, but on contrary advised them to vote for Lowden on two ballots after they | were ready to get on the Harding band wagon R. H. Wilson, form perintendent of public was questioned | of large money | Senator Penro r Oklahoma su- Ssion. to him | to putting nomination and had told of contributing $25.000 to Harry M. Daugherty, the Harding preconvention manager, for campaign expenses. Questioned on Ol Stories. Mr. Wilson was questioned by the oil committee today regarding stories | of “oil influence” in national politics. | Hamon was quoted as saying he | had given $25,000 to Harry M. Daugh- |erty for the Harding campaign fund. |1n the early of the campaign, the | witness said, Hamon had appeared { friendly to the candidacy of Leonard { Wood { Wilson said, under questioning, that ! Hamon had made reference to naval ofl lands or leases. J. E. Dycke, who identified himself as a prohibitionist agent, with head- quarters at Oklahoma City, followed | Wilson in the wi chair. He said he had acted nager of Hamon's campaign in for re-election as republican n. 1l committeeman. “Nothing Dyche said when asked about Jennings' testimony that 15250000 to th | Pennsylvar | and | about Harding's Says Jennings Lied. Asked about Jennings' testimony {that Hamon had told him he spent |money indiscriminately with the no i | to it Al late Senator Penrose, $25,000 to Will Hays 000 to Daugherty to bring nomination and still holds land worth more than |Oklahoma delegation, the witness re- lthat deali Ipried: | “It Jennings d that. he |“There wasn't a dime spent on that delegation.” Dyche said he was with Hamon at Chicago and went home with him, and “he didn’t even buy me a dinner.” “Jake's dead and gone now. gen- tlemen,” Dyche said, “But 1 want to say that he did not try to throw the delegation. He insisted that the dele- gation ballots for Lowden after it wanted to switch to |Harding, so there couldn't have been a deal there.” Asked as to the likelihood of Hamon telling Jennings the story the former train robber had repeated to the com- |mittee, Dyche said people might say what they would about Hamon, “but |they couldn’t say he was a fool.” | TUnder examination by Senator |Walsh, the committee prosecutor, Dyche said he formerly was warden of the Atlanta federal penitentiary and had left partly “on his own initia- tive and partly not” He was not ad- verse to giving up the job, he said, because of the condition of his health. Wanted Place for Friend. Asked why Attorney General Daugherty wanted him to give up the place, Dyche said the Attorney Gen- eral had “a friend he wanted to put in, a friend from Columbus.” ‘Asked about Wilson's testimony that Hamon had told him he had given Daugherty $25,000 for Harding's campaign_expenses, Dyche said Wil- son was “a reputable gentleman.” “] would believe Wilson's state- ments_that Hamon told him that” the witness said, “But I would say he was ‘kidding’ him. great 'kidder, particularly was talking to democrats.” ‘Asked how much money was spent for Hamon in his committeeship fight against James McGraw, Dyche object- ©ed to answering on the ground’ that it was a personal matter. “As far as I am concerned, I have nothing to conceal,” Dyche said, “but it's a matter that was personal to Hamon.” = “Senator Stanfield,” republican, Ore- Jake was a when he Hamon had told him he gave! lied. | | SMOOT SEES EARLY | - TAXBILL PASSAGE 'Tells Senate Measure Will| ! Be Disposed of Before Convention. | | Congress will enact a tax reduction | measure before it adjourns or recesses | for the national political conventions, | | Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance | committee declared today in the Senate. Called upon by Senator Walsh of | Massachusetts, i democrat on the | Committes, to assure the country that | there had been no unnecessary de- lay in the handling of the tax meas- { ure, Senator Smoot said: | I want to say to the peopls of | the country that the Congress is not | going to adjourn until a tax-reduc- tion bill has become a law. There { has been an effort on the part of a great number of people, particularly | some of the business people, to make { it appear there is going to be no tax | legislation at this session. . Haw Given Axsurances. | “I have answered all such inquiries addressed 10 me by saying that I know koing to be tax reduction.” | by Senator Robinson of Ar-| sas, the democratic leader, as to the curacy of a statement that he had told President Coolidge a tax bill could | not be enacted before June 10, Senator | Smoot denfed that he had made any Such statement. | 79T don't sen what hold tax legislation in Congress until | that time,” he said, “unless it be that there is an absolute filibuster st e | Mr. Smoot agreed with Senator | Robinson that there had been no in- | dication of a filibuster either in com- !mittee or in Congre: Hopes for Report Next Week. The finance committee hopes to complete consideration of the bill Sat- urday, Chairman Smoot said, and to |report it next we “Is it the purpose of the committee report the revenue bill ahead of & with adjusted compensa- tion?" asked S n. “The bonus bill hasn't been consid lered by the committee, or, indeed, T | might say, even by the members out- side the committee room,” Semator Smoot_replied. i Later he amended this statement to | the extent of describing the steps he | had taken to obtain an estimate of the | bonus cost from Treasury experts and | to “analyze the reasons for the large variance between this and the House | estimates.” Income Tax Cut Voted. Unanimous approval of the pro sion in the revenue bill for a 25 per cent reduction on income taxes pay- able this year was given last night by the Senate finance committee. Other action by the committee in- cluded change in the corporation tax, insertion of a provision to prevent issuance of tax exempt securities, and rejection of a sales tax proposal. It was agreed to increase the cor- poration tax of 123 per cent to 14 per cent and climinate the special tax on capial stock amounting to $1 for each $1,000 of stock. Senator Reed, republican, Pennsyl- vania, who proposed the action, said it would make no material change .n the amount of revenue collected frem this source, but that present admin- istrative difficulties would be lessened by elimination of the capital stock tax. The vote on the motion was 5 to 4. can happen to | Jto 1 Call Amedment Illegal. Senator Reed also proposed the amendinent, which was carried by a similar vote, to make taxable the in- come from state and municipal se- curities hereafter issued. Opponents argued such action was unconstiiu- tional and would have to l.e brought about by a constitutional amendment. Such an amendment was defeated this session by the House, which also rejected a proposal such as was adopted last night. Both the corporation tax change and the tax-exempt securities pro- posal were carried by non-partisan {Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 1.—It now is possible really to hear the “Song of the Stars,” thanks to researches undertaken by Gen. Ferie, M. Jouaust and Maj. Mesny of the French wireless labora- tory, who have succeeded in trans- L!ormlm: light rays into audible sounds, according to a description of their invention, read at a meeting of the Academy of Science. The experiments, starting with the known fact that under the action (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) VOICE OF STARS MADE AUDIBLE | -BY EXPERIMENTS WITH LIGHT of light, photoelectric cells with a foundation of selenium give off an extremely feeble electric current, suc- ceeded in amplifying this current with a four-electrode lamp. Using this apparatus they obtained varia- tions of current of 3.5 micro-amperes with light from the star Capella, un- told inillions of miles from the earth. Continuing _their experiment with more powerful amplifiers they suc- ceeded in “hearing” the light rays through telephonic headpieces. The work of perfecting the dis- covery Is proceeding in the labora- tory. | wn THouGHT 1D GONE, EH? Belgium Starts Plan to Inspect Own Emigrants By the Associated Press BRUSSELS, April 1.—Inspection of Belgian emigrants bound for An has been undertaken by the gover: ment Emigrants will be examined physi- cally and mentally and their scrutinized, so that when they sail th may have the assurance that th enter the United States, provided quota is not filled. erica pape DAUGHERTY'S POS SOONTOBEFILLE President’s Decision Expect- | ed Within Two Days. Studies List of Eligibles. President Coolidge is proaching a decision with respect to a successor to Harry M. Daugherty Attorney General, and indications were given today after the executive had con- ferred again with Senator Pepper, republican, Pennsylvania, that the lection would be made within days. The which scertained nsideration ha under President of those would accept the place if it were of- | fered them, and now choosing among them. The list of eligibles is understood to contain only names of those who have been mentioned in the news paper dispatches since Mr. Daugher resigned fast Friday at the Pres dent’s request. President Coolidge also consulted today with Senator Curtis of K the republican whip of the Se and Senator Cummins, republic lowa, D'resident pro tempore of Senate. Senator Cummins urged the selection of Federal Judge William S. Kenyon of Towa Wants $100,000 Man for Job. While discussing with callers at the House today the filling of the at- torney generalship, President Coolidge said that he was looking for a § or a $100,000 lawyer to accept a $12,000 government job—with am automobile thrown in. In other words, the President made it very plain that he is endeavoring to appoint a man to succced Mr. Daugh- erty who possesses high charac ability, and who will be able ister the Department of Justice in con- formity with the standards which are expected. _The President, in discussing the t¥pe of man he is ambitious to bring into the cabinet as the new Attorney General, is said to have intimated that he will not be influenced by political expediency nor will he be guided by the so-called geographical viewpoint. In the latter respect, the President is known to have expressed himself to the effect that it makes very little difference whether the man comes from Florida or from the Pacific coast or from New England or elsewhere, if he measures up to the standards the President has mind. He realizes that there are cer- tain geographical balances which the administration likes to maintain, but sometimes that cannot be done if the main object in question is to be successfully attained. SHOT WHILE JEERING is engaged in BOB-HAIRED BANDIT| Cashier Thought “Hand Over the Cash” a Joke—Likely to Die By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 1.—Brooklyn's bob-haired girl bandit and her male companion shot and probably fatally wounded Nathan Mazzo, assistant cashier of the National Biscuit Com- pany’s factory in Brooklyn in an un- successful attempt to rob him of the company pay roll. When Mazzo replied to a command to “hand over the cash” with an in- credulous “Your kidding,” he w shot in the breast three times. The bob-haired bandit and her companion fled in a sedan. Police found a similar machine several blocks from the Natjonal Bis- cuit plant and in it a liverfed chauf- feur, bound and gagged. The car had been stolen, detectives said. L) in | REPORTS FUND BILL OF 4 DEPARTMENTS 849,160 for State, Com- merce, Labor, Justice. rrying a total of $66,849,160, which is an increase of $2.150.136 over the ropriation for the current fis- cal year, the appropriation bill for the depart of State, Justice, Com- merce, and Labor for the fiscal year beginning July 1, next, was reported to the House toda; This bill includes an $455,052 for empl in departments In Washington count of the tion act. The bill also includes $60,436 for the National Training School for | Boys, which is listed among the penal institutions. The appropri. prosecution of creased § ents increase of yes on ac- on for detection and crimes has been in- . due part moval of identifica from Leavenworth, Kan,, ton necessitating the addition of twenty-three employes. and partly to the increased amount of the work of spection of judicial officers. bureau to Washing- Increase for Commerce, The bill carries for the Department |of Commerce the total $23.769,105 which is $1,974,148 greater than the current appropriation and $277,920 less than the budget estimate. How- ever, $3,500,000 of the appropriation recommended is for the census of agriculture, which was mnot appro- priated for last year, and if that fig- is omitted from the decrease r smmerce under nt appropriation of $1,325,552 The estimates for the of Commerce exceeded the current ap propriation by $1.840,816. Deducti the estimate of $3.500.000 for the cen- sus of agriculture was a net nerease for comparable items of $1- 10,816. OFf this iner the budget estimates had accorde the bureau {of foreizn and domestic commerce all but $231.511. The House appropria- tions comn ittee decided that the in es for that bureau were entirely out of proportion. Increases in Pay. Increases in salary in the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Depart- ments for employes in the District of Columbta due to classification are shown the bill follows: State Department Justice Depart- ment 4; Commerce Department $308,503 Department, $44,720. The House appropriations com- mittee recommends the same limita- tion upon salaries to be paid in the District of Columbia under the classi- fication act as carried in all the reg- ular appropriation bills for 19 This limitation averages the salaries within grade or class and prevents all salaries being paid at the maxi- mum for the grade or class. On Basis of New Law. clagsification approved March 3, 1923, timates of appropriations contained lin the budget for the fiscal year 1925 for the greater portion of the em- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) tal for the the The act ON GAS TAX BILL Senate and House Conferees Meet to Conmsider Proposal Re- quested by Citizens. The conferencé of the Senate and House on the gasoline tax bill for the District of Columbia meets at 130 o'clock pm. today. Senator Ball, chairman of the conference commit- tee, said before the meeting began that he hoped it would be possible to get an agreement on the bill. The conference committee will determine whether it will hear the citizens’ committee opposing the inclusion in the bill of the personal property tax on automobil Senator Ball pointed out that both houses had left out of the bill the personal property tax on automobilcs, although both had intended to insert it. He suggested that from a par- lamentary standpoint it would be difficult for the conferees to include this personal property tax now. How- ever, he also said that in his opin- ion the House would never agree to the bill without such a tax Leing cluded. House Committee Asks $66,- | these four | re- | calculation | Department | provided that the es-! 3 WELFARE BILLS AND CURB ON GUNS | Unified Board, Compulsory School Attendance and Parole Body Favored. | | | | | PLAN HEAVY PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL FIREARMS Children’s Charities Board and Girls’ Training School ‘Would Be Under One Head. Guardians, Three welfare drastic of imbi: the meeting of the misstoners The most important was bill drafted by the commission on publi | welfare legislation, creating a board to public welfare, to take over the duties w performed separately by the board the board of measures to Washington to regulate in the Distr favorable board of Com put and t ar improve work in measure s firearms Co received tion today. the of children's guardians charities and the trustees of the Na- tional Training School for Girls They also made favorable report on the Capper compulsory school at- b red it to the budget hureau sanction. The third 7 of legisiation was the Ball bi blishing u board of parole t which also was sent 1o au, to Congress on regulating ous weapons is the most vet advocated. It outlines conditions under which which carry tendance and refe { for its { bur The bill se {sale of dange far-reaching in deta the shall be =old and under be licensed to Precautions for Sales. permitted to keep home or place of business | without a license, but dealers must fol- {low the same precautions in making all | sal | Here | vision is a re- = some of the outstanding pro- of the bil | 1f any person commit or at tempt to commit a_crime while armed ith a deadly weapon he shall, in ad- {dition to the penalt r the cr {be imprisoned for five years for ar | second or third offense under n rt may impose penalty, and for | 1 ersons so_con | d shall be imprisoned for fifteen rs. ye Prima Facie Evidence. trial of a person for the commission of a felony or of an at- tempt to commit a felony against jthe person or property of another, |the fact that he was armed would prima fucie evidence of intent to j commit said felony | v ed weapon with- ] a « on the person or i vehicle s be punished by impris- onment for not less than a year. The tion _covering the sale of weapon provides that no weapon shall be delivered by the dealer on ! the same day application made. And when delivered a revolver shall be unloaded & securely wrapped. A sale shall not be made unless the pur- nal known to the ents clear evidence of In | be | | is pe ion thereof or sale of same | ver or imita placard advertising the shail be displayed where it can read- ily be seen from outside the Store The bill provides penalties for vio lations of the license law, for false information about a sale or purchase and for altering identification records will Although they indorsed the bill | creating a welfare board. the Com- | missioners announced they would | submit it to President Coolidge be- fore having it introduced into Con- | gress, for the reason that it abolishes the Board of Charities, the members of which are now appointed by the | P to Coolidge. ident This bill is the first to be submit ted to the Commissioners by the com issi s welfare legislation | £ d by that body as the | 4 of revising all laws for Washington, 1t is intended to promote efliciency | by unifying under a single control | welfare questions now scattered be- tween several agencies. The bill wa: drafted following a public hearing at | which the weight of sentiment was favorable to the general principle of unification. The new board would be composed {of nine unpaid members appointed by | tha Comn for six {terms.” It also creates a director of public welfare to handle the werk | under the direction of the board. The | salary of the director has not yet | been ‘determined upon. The employes of the several exist- ing agencies are transferred to the Inew board. In addition to the duties of the three mentioned boards the |new board will supervise the jail, | workhouse and reformatory, Home {for Aged and Infirm, Tuberculosis { Hospital, Gallinger Hospital and the { municipal lodging house. | | Provides School Census. The compulsory school attendance bill makes it the duty of every parent and guardian to keep children in hool between the ages of seven and sixteen. The bill provides that any child be- tween 14 and 16 who has completed the eighth grade may be excused from school, provided he is actually and regularly _employed. ~ The bill also makes provision for the board of edu cation to take a school census of all children between the ages of three eighteen, his census would not only give an accurate record of the children who should be in school, but also would give the school board advence indor- mation as to the number between three and seven for whom provision would have to be made in the class- rooms within succeeding years. The parole bill creates a board that would be charged with the duty of paroling prisoners of the District upon certain conditions after they have served a stated part of the sen- tence imposed by the court. A num- ber of serious crimes for which no parole would be granted are specified. Cuban Paper Reappears. HAVANA, Cuba, April 1—President Zayas has revoked the order gmspend- ing the newspaper El Sol, ] charged with “ineiting to rewslut in connection with articies o Gen Carlos Garcia Velez's accusatin against the government, and the paper reap- peared yesterday.