Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1924, Page 2

SENATORS DELAY TEXAS LAND QUIZ Legislative Situation Cause of Action—Postal Chief to Have Testified. * The Senate committee investigating lleged fraudulent land sales in the Jower Rio Grande valley of Texas postponed today's hearings because of the legislative situation in the Senate. Examination of Rush D. Simmons, chief of the division inspectors, had been item planned for toda the committee, Jame: nsas City, Mo., who is ator Heflin, democrat, prosecution’ of the inquiry, also had called for the presonce of Post Office Inspector O. B. Willlamson, who was ucned to the case after Inspettor J. M. Donaldson of Kansas City was Telieved. The issuing of a supoena for John W. H. Crim, former assistant to the Attorney General, whose name was brought into the investigation ves- terday in the reading of slegram o Simmo! aited the return of Chairman Moses, republican, New Hampshire, who was hurriedly called out of the city vesterday Get Confidential Report. A “confidential copy” of the report made by Williamson has been ordered made available to each member of the committee. Yesterday's session produced evi- dence which the “prosecution” described as showing that R. B. Creager, re- publican national committeeman from Texas, attempted to use political influence with former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty to halt action against land companfes in_ the Rio Grande Valley. in his report of an conducted early in placed in the record. CHARGE HIGH SCHOOL ~ GIRLS RUM RUNNING Louisville Authorities Probe Re- port Automobiles Are Used in Bootlegging. the prineipal program of R Page of iding Sen- Alabama, in hy was investigation 1921, which By the Acsociated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., vestigation of Louisville Hi “cutting” cla their automo- biles for transportation of whisky has been begun, both by fed- eral prohi ops city board educal Vealed late ster Edw pttschaulk, the ooard, said an inve ports hig! a si April 4.—An in- reports that 1 School girls certain ad been ition of ye i and the president tnat bootleggers had e school girls as liquor runners on salary basis, had been ce Monday n announcement earlier by P. Green Miller, chief agent for Kentucky and Te that he had i tion gir were emploved to ru 1ot brough a quick denial from B. Tinsl principal, and a request that Mr. Miiler make public all the facts he had connection with the allegation matter of justice to th board of education, Mr. Miller in a supplement to 1 first statement declared he had in- tended no reflection on the student body as a whole. ture woman prohibition law violators would be taken to jail, photographed and their finger prints taken. s t LONE PIGELY WIGGLY SUSPECT IS SCUGHT Five Now Held Here as Reidy and Blundon Are Brought Back. Arrival of Dennis Reidy, one, and Earl Blundon, thirty-twe, from New York city vesterday, in charge of deputy United States mar- shals, brought to fiv being held in conne Piggly Wigely $14,000 hold-up March 24. One. Joseph Nally, accord- ing to the police. remains at liberty and is being sought. Appro $7.600 of the loot is bhel covered. All but $2.400 of this is in the hands of the police. the remainder is sealed in the safe deposit vault of the Hamilton Trust Company of New York, awaiting court action to release it Those now held by th addition to Rei nd Blundon, who were arrested in New York last Sat- urday, are: Arthur G. Hurley ,Leroy “Fats” Bradley and Georga W. Ros Rose, who is twenty years of auge and Tesides at 502 11th Street southeast, is a former clerk of the Piggly Wiggly Company Return Was Delnyed, Detective Sergt. Ira Keck was in New York since last Saturday. Tech- nicalities brought up by Attorney K. Henry Rosenberg, who was retained by Redyy & Blundon, delayed action there for several days, until they finally waiv hearing and con- sented to extradition. In order to safezuard the money, which Keck discovered, after an ex- haustive search in the Hamilton Trust Co. safe deposit vault, he obtained permission to have the United Sta marshal seal the box in which it w. placed, according to the alleged con- fession of Blundon and Reidy. The seal is now on the box, pending fur- ther court order. While it is said that $2,400 is there, there is a belief in po- lice circles that even more may be recovered at that place. Charges of robbery have been placed against Blundon, Reidy, and Bradley, A charge of conspiracy is lodged agatnst Rose. No charge Is against Hurley, Detectives sharing the credit in the case are Kelly, Sweeney, Wal- dron, Keck, Scrivener and Charles Mansfield. ASKS PAY INCREASE FOR 2,361 U. S. FORCE Tncreased salaries for 2361 em- ployes of the legislative branch of the government, as to.readjust their seales in conformity with the reclassification program for other government employes, are Tecom- mended in a'report made to the House today by Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee. As the situation now stands, these employes who have been receiving the $240 bonus, which has now heen stopped, would in reality suffer a re- duction in salary unless this legisla- tion pasxes. ) Chairman Madden pointed out that this increase will amount to $325,632 The present average salary for these employes of Congress is $1, The recommended average salary is $1.905, or_an average individual increase of $138. This increase of §325,633 does not include any inctease on account of pages and other session emploves whose services are of temporary char- acter. The amount added on account of these temporary employes would m: e aggregate increased cost in any. ¥4 something under $360,000, ion with the police, in of post office | Inspector Donaldson, | of | but that in the fu- | twenty- | the number | MAY ASK JOHN D., JR., TO AID OIL WAGE FIGHT Employes Consider Him Friendly in Request for 10 Per Cent Increa: By the Associated Press. N. J., April 4—John D. Rockefeller, j vaay be asked to in- tercede In diTerences existing be- tween mployes of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the com- | pany at the Bay Way plant here re- garding & request by the men for a ten per cent increase in wages. At a mass meeting last night at- {tended by 500 men the younger Rocke- feller was characterized as a friend of the laboring man, and it was inti- mated that his aid may be enlisted in the campaign to bring about in- creased wage scales. The request for more money was i th the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey March 3, and adverse jaction on it was announced two days ago by W. T. Teagle, president of the | company. 'AROUSED SENATORS | SEEK EXTENSION OF RENT INVESTIGATION i (Continued from First Page.) {Real Estate | ment toda: the real estate men, a sweeping in- vestigation of the charg The real estate men, he said, s anxlous for the investigation nybody. - The statément in full printed” elsewhere, At the same time, Alfred B, Moore, {who conducted a survey of rental { properties and property for [the District on behalf of the Senate | committee, denied he was responsible |for the “secret” report alleging the |real estate conspiracy. The present housing situation the District of Columbia is and the emergency le: {Rent Commission as was the |sity during the war,” the Senate com- {mittee was informed in a report sub- | mitted by Mr. Moore on__ hehalt of the Senate committee. The re- port deciored that “a body clothed with proper authority to |its decisions, to. determine ' right {from wrong' for ‘the best inter- jests of all, and to protect those who 'lodny are. unable to protect them- Board, issued a_state- are as in ‘chaotic,” is as great for at selves from tie chaotic conditions {over which they have no control” was needed to mecet the housing emer- gency here. Properties for Rent. Mr. Moore was aided in making his | survey by data obtained from real estate brokers and operators and by the metropolitan police department. | The number of apartments and | dwellings in the District of Columbia |between March 10 and March 31 for rent, as uscertained from actual in- rection, together with the rem iven as follows: Number of properties vacant and or rent, 1,137; number of properties isted for sale, 368; total number of cancies, fur rental and sale, 1,545 'he report listed 3 apartments found after to be vacant and offered for follows: Up to and r month, inspec- apartments and dwellin artments, per month, | apartn {dw $151 to $200 ents and 21 dwellin, month, 2 apartment: 18 dwellings; $2: nd upward per wmonth, 3 apartments and 17 dwelling: Some Unfit for Use. total number of 221 nty-six dwellings offered month,” the report I considerable proportion are not available as proper housing, owing to ! their physical or neighborhood condi- |tions or the high rate of rental de- 3 the detatled sched. these properties are more congested part of ithy ntained in the first, sec- ond sixth, ninth' and i eleventh police precinets. ! *The largest umber offered rent ifor $51 to ynsideration of the | size of the partment and the rentals |asked therefor, and the fact that there is_apparently’ no demand for small t these rentals will ex- seancies. artments renting from i to $100 includes five-eighths of {the number of vacant apartments in {the District. This is the class of apart- {ments provided in the many apart- ment buildings completed in 1923 and 1924 and a large proportion of those |now under construction. | the | ments f Not Sultable for Family. “The survey discloses the apparent fact that a very great portion of the apartmen®s renting from to $100 iper month, owing to their size, are ! unavailable for the use of, t ver- age family, and therefore are not in {demand | “The rentals of the properties of- fered in the higher schedules pre- {clude their use by any other than {those who enjoy incomes that are far above the average moderate sal- jary, and are therefore eliminated {from any comment herein. “The propertiesc offered for sale jare divided as follaws: Up to $4,405, | from $5,000 to $7,500, from $7,501 to 1$10,000, and from $10,001 upward.” Dwellings Bullt to Seil. The report said that the investi- !gators had been unable to find an: dwelling houses on the building in- spector's list which are at present {being constructed for rental purposes. {1t said also that there are now 3 | apartment buildings in various stages {of construction in the District. When {completed, they will contain 3,942 ,rooms, and intended to provide for 11,499 families, or an average of 2 2-3 rooms per family. The report cog- tinues “When is taken into considera- tion that a bedroom, a kitchen or kitchenette and a bathroom must be provided in the apartment from this average, it is therefore useless to hope that any relicf will be afforded {\he many government employes now requiring a family domicile at a fair |rental upon the completion of these buildings. | The report points out there are now in the employ of the federal government, | classified and unclassified, in the Dis: | trict, 65,025 employes, and that the num- ber of ‘employes of all classes In the | District_government Is 8,025; that the congressional employes number §25 In it ing a total number of government em- ployes in the District of 75,275, The report continued: Yearly Salaries Clted, “The average yearly salary of th, al employe is estimated to be that of the Distriet of Co- lumbia, $1.405: of the Senate, $1.304, and of the House of Representativ 181,756, sald the report. “It is esti. mated that the average salary of ail i government employes stationed in the District of Columbia is $1,408. St is Impossible to ascertain the percentage of unmarried - employes, stin ing that it be on a basis of per cent (which 1 think, in view of the large number of employes who have been long In government serv- is low) and assigning to each of 37,637 of those married the av- of four and one-half. persons family, we have u total of 189, person, Adding to this the 37 single people, we have a total of 1002 governmental employes to be { properly housed, practically one-half of the entirc population of the Dis- {trict of Columbia. Many Improperly Housed. th erage today are paying a rental In excess of the possibilities of their salaries would be an interesting study for the purpose of this investigation. There are a great number of téenants in the District of Columbia today improperly housed, both as to necexsary space and proper rentals, and there is' no relief in sight. “It has long been an accepted fact welcoming, on behalf of | st a_tcmporary continuation of the | neces- uphold { 1 aweilings and | $76 to $100 per month, 189 | apart- | the Senate and 1,400 in the House, mak- | 1“What proportion of these ppnpl«»{ that to permit a man of family to live within his means he must not pay over one-fourth of his income for rental or housing purposes. The con- ditions surrounding the employes of the government in the District of Co- lumbia are such that it {s an essential that they live and dress in such man- ner as may preserve their self-re- epect. Taking all of these facts into consideration, the government em- ploye in the District, receiving an average salary as above shown, would be unable to safely pay a rental for a dwelling house in which to house his family of over $35 a month, or an apartment rental of over $50 per | month, the difference being, of course, in the cost of his heating and other expenses of living in a dwelling house {which are not incurred in an apart- met. Renting Out Rooms. “It seems to me that this class of dwelling house nor apartment suitable for the housing of a family of an average of four and ! one-half persons is a thing not to be | found |near the above rentals except in {solated cases where tenants have oo- cupied properties for vears and the | owners have chosen to not raise theis rents to the present rent levels ! Rather, a portion of these employes {have been driven to the expedioncy of renting out rooms, or extra work iat night, and of being compelled to | allow their children (many of whom | have not fully completed their odu- | cation) “to obtaln _employment in { order to permit them to keep their families in a home that will allow them to retain their self-respect in the community with which they live iand among those friends with whom they are brought in contact, “Any family containing the esti- mated a age of four and one-half persons would require, both from a |sanitary and moral Standpoint, at !least three bedrooms. A reference to the present rental of a dwelling or japartment offeriny six rooms—that is, three hedrooms, liv room, bath and | Kitchen—in a respactable neighbo {hood in the District of Colum | da will pnvince any one that it | absolutely without the means of the | present governmental emplo; {ary of $1,408. 1 venture the state {ment that' never again will bhuilding iconstruction costs re: | level, ex me unusual e amity would up: 1 calculations. Cites Comparisons. no attempt to estimate the percentage in the difference of pre- war rents and those of the present day, though individual eases could be ited that would warrant them being | stimated from 75 to 25 per cent. { The salaries of the governmental em- plo have been raised but 20 per |cent. 1t is obvious that in order to relieve the present rental sit ton in the District some way must te found to reconcile the difference in increased cost of housing with the present sal aries of government employes in jus- tice to both the owner and the ten- ant. “Fvery “I mak business in the other than the government United States has meet these conditions their employe country of the en compelled to atisfactorily to or else lose their serv- ernment itself has met these conditions wherever it employs labor paid on a recognized wage s {but it is evident a large majority the clerical force of government em- ployes in Washington have not bene- | fited in proper proportion with other {labor. Peculiar Conditions Noted. “The peculiar conditions surround- ing the governmental employe in the | District of Columbia seem to preclude comparisons possible from statistical information gathered from centers enjoying the ben from large manufacturing in The salary nment e car i and his commodity at :, which, of course, 1pply and deman present 1 ereatl Linst ment clerk 7sed on the experience of the in- nd of th the govern- | District and congressional em- { ployes with wh this survey has brought us in contact, it is a serious situation. Through the creation !the Rent Commission under warti emergency the government assumed {to protect these governmental em- | ployes (as well as practically all oth- {ers employed in the Distriet of Co- for seemingly almost and practicaily all those in the District of Columbia pendent, either directly or in- ctly. upon the moneys paid out nt, ib {Columbia. for sala | Business Enlizhtenment. |, “Bvery bis business in the country, lin ‘the enlightenment of the present ‘day, pays almost as much attention to the sanitary conditions and the | proper housing of their employes as they do to the production and mar- Iketing of their ~ commodity, thereby {acknowledging that the properly | paid, properly clothed employe comes { to his daily labor in a frame of mind whereby he can give his best in the i service of his employer. { The government has partly assumed this in the creation of the rent com mission during the war emergenc {and from the experience of the first {commission and its accomplishments icame the second commission, now { functioning with fuller powers and | greater opportunity to adjust some | of the inequalities existing. For the government to abandon this question | before its solution would be a calam- lity to those who are dependent on {the Congress for both their livelthood and protection. | “The United States is the biggest business and the greatest emplover of !labor in the world, and in its protec- |tion of the indlvidual in its employ it ithereby protects itself. It is incum- |bent on the government to assume its | full responsibilities in this respect. Unenviable Position. “The real estate broker stands, to a |certain extent, in an unenviable posi- | tion between a class of owners who {demand their pound of flesh and the {tenants who must produce it. The iaverage owner is able to protect his |own interest in many ways, whereas on the other hand the average ten- lant, the innocent sufferer, who in this {particular situation is the govern- | ment employe, can only look to those who have the power through remedial legislation to protect his interests, {and_without their support he is in- | deed without a friend in court.” i DENIES “RING” EXISTENCE. |J’ohn A. Petty Declares Rumor Is I Without Foundation. | _Denial that there exists in Wash- |ington a lin a statement today by John A. Pet- |ty, executive secretary of the Wash- !ington Real Estate Board. { "I want to make the statement !that tn my personal bellef there is |absolutely no foundation in fact for |uny statement to the effect that a Ireal estate combine of property own- ers, bullders or real estate operators |exists for the purpose of maintaining {rentals or rent levels,” said Mr. Pet- {ty. "I base this statement on my i personal experience of eighteen years {in the lacal real estate field. During | that entire time I have never seen {nor heard of anything that in the jslightest degree justifies the state {ment that such a combination exists. i Real Estate Board. | “For the three years past ccutive secretary of the W Tteal Estate Board I have be. [tive conta. lzation and with all of the icies an activitie: ithis association, and this fact, to- ‘gether with my past business connce- tions, has made it possible for me i1to meet and know personally practi- ally every large builder, real es- ttate broker and operator in the eity. Never once in my experience have 1 heard any sub pertaining to the :\‘x! nee of ombine discussed by any individual or any group. ‘Several weeks ago I was authoriz- ¢d by the executive committee of the Washington Real Estate Board to communicate with the Senate District committee, and in a letter to Senator Bull 1 offered the full co-operation of the Washington Real Estate Board in any investigation that his commit- tee may desire to undertake, and ad- vised him that we were ready to ppear before his committes or ren- der any service that he felt could helptul. ‘TheSe rumors oceur time and and are given codsMerable the class of | in Washington at anywhere | S | *Jock Soot’ anl | the government in the District of | ‘real estate ring” was made | organi- | BOWIE ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY. FIRST RACE—The Valiant purse, §1,900; two-year-olds; four furlongs. Bother .. . 108 SEffort 108 i land King . Dusky Belle ... 108 109 IThist ood . 108 109 Vanidoso Goae T {109 Barmey Googla'.. 118 3 wN‘l‘ y evada sfock farm 0 el A e A oty S SECOND RACE—Claiming; purse, jfor three-year-olds and up; six and one-] furlongs. uire Wiggins | sl e > Whalebom o7 | Arendal { *Aunt Jane . *Capt, Costil *Rechabits ...... 108 Springtime handicap: ! purse, $1.400; for three-year-olds and up; five |and one-half furlongs. Good Times .... 114 tHidden Tewel ... 100 112 Lieut. Farrel 9 hamrock . 98 Swingalong .. 10 James F. O'Hara. 108 | 1Three pounds olaimed for rider. FOURTH RACE—The Capitol handicap; ,500 added; for three-year.olds; seven fur- 2 ngs. Swingalong . 1 i e 116 109 Leonand G. Des Atti] X | Yankee Princess. FIFTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,200 {for three-year-olds and up; six aad a half | furlongs. | Tranjanus ....... Rosa Yota . Coral Reef . *Apex s Julia M. | Marie Maxim . | *Little Alfred *Swoepstakes *Bucado *Balle Artisto |, SIXTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1,200; for ithr:s-y_x—vlfl- and up; mile and seventy yards. S 126 Frodericktewn ... 104 Thorndale . n2 *Guelph it 110 *Admirer Caro Fros . Normana Bo_ Foin ... ... Also_eligible— .2 102 (7 Royal Charlie ... 112 *Olive May .7} 102 *Ducks and Drakes 111 | *Aggravating Papa 95 RACE—Claiming; purse, $1.200; for throo-yoar-olds and up; mile and an eighth. | Soviet ... { *Boy From D, Mae:. i oo ! *Duc_do Morny... | The Foreignor ... 108 | Buper Bum ... .. 108 *Apprentice allowsace claimed. Weather clear, Track good. e CIVIC LEADERS JOIN IN BEAUTIFYING D. C. Members of Congress Also to Par- ticipate in Next Wednesday's Inspection Trip. 107 107 107 u2 106 107 *Our Birthday ... 2Groy Bard *Berbian iy The Peruvian ... *Kath'ne Rankin. Bell Flower Homs. 101 101 106 108 105 108 Several senators and -representatives jand a rumber of persons prominent in jtend the planned { American ie | Washington com lon_the Feaer. | The mee {intended to thoug luncheon, trip and next Wednesday « Association b and Its hundred a of a ser th, Followins The entire be taken of the city, advaniage to the govern- | mmitt Repr Robert Lu and Mre and Mrs. Barton Ame Mrs. Frederick er chairman of committee: Col. and and Mrs nd Mrs. 0. Sher | James Franklin Bell, Enginaer | missioner of t District: Mafi, O'Connor, Capt. John Wood, Deming, Dr. and Swiggett, Mrs. Frane ard, | Dr. James W, I per, 1 chatck, Dr. Th Coldren, Mr Mr. - and Jennings, Clagge Harry Ogilhy. H. P. Cam- and Arno Camm iz m_ outside of W ington will !come the following delegates from jcommittees in other cities named to help the association push the general plan for the Federal city {Glenn, Graham R. Taylor, Dr. Albert {Shaw, Harold Buttenheim, Arnold [Brunner and Electus D. Litchfield New York: Judge and Mrs. Biddle, {Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Rogers W ruff, Mrs. Frank Miles Day, Mrs. W liam 0. Rowland, Counte nta Eu {lalia and a number of members of the City Club in a party arranged by Robert Trucy, from Philadelphia; sdward Bennett and M Headburg of Chicago; Mrs. Dudl Smith and Mrs. Allen Brown Normal, 11L; J. Lockie Wilson of To- ironto, Canada; Herbert Hare of Kan- sas City, A. D. Taylor of Cleveland, {Miss H. M. Dermitt. Mrs. William Thaw and James D. Hailman of Pitts- iburgh, Dr. and Mrs. William H. Fuchs of St.' Louis. leinnati, Vance McCormick and J. {Horace McFarland of Harrisburg, Mr. {and Mrs. Henry A. Barker and Mr. {and Mrs. Richard B. Watrous of Pro: lidence, Dr. Henry Drinker of Merion (Station, Pa.; Prof. E. C. Branson of {the 1University of North Carolina, | Willlam C. Gregg of Hackensack, N. Edwa Seott Roy Payn. Red A. Delan the Wash Mre. rd Kies « James il 1nd_Mrs B Charles F. R. 1J., and Mr. and Mrs. William M. EI- | ifcott of Baltimore. 'SEEKS ELIMINATION | The personnel classification board, set up under the reclassification act, would be abolished and the duties of | that commission turned over to the |Civil Service Commission under the |terms of a bill introduced today by {Senator Stanfield, chairman of the i Senate committee on civil service. There has been strong opposition which has been unsatisfactory to many of the civil service employes, Senator Stanfleld also today a bill amending the civil rorv- ice retirement act which Is similar to the bill recently Introduced by Repre- ! sentative Lehibach in the House. Roth messnres ware refersad to the efvil | service committee of the Se Bandits Kill Bond Salesman. BELLMORE, N. Y., April 4.—A group of armed bandits today held up the | First National Bank, shot and killed Ernest L. Whitman,'a bond salesman who happened to bé in the bank, and | escaped with $2,000 in a_motor car from which they fired a fusillade of shots at pursuers. publicity by the press. I am sure, thercfore, that every member of the Washington Real Estate Board and the organization itself sincerely hopes that Congress will thoroughly in. vestigate this entire subje this way prove that the rumors are false or unearth such a combination if it actually exists and bring to light its nature and character of operation fundamentally purpose is organized for the of maintaining among real estate brokers a hich standard of ethical practices, and through jts membership is endeavoring to render the public competent, efficient and honorable service in real estate trans- actions, With these purposes in mind it naturally welcomes the op- portunity to finally determine the ac- curacy of such charges as are now made in order that the public may be fully advised of the real situa- tion™ X 2 1,200; et {the civie life of Washington will at- | dinner | the | { i i John M. | Albion | of | Alfred Bettman of Cin- | | OF PERSONNEL BOARD, to the work of the classification board, | introduced | and in | “The Washington Real Estate Board | C., FRIDAY, APRIL %, 1921 | FREIGHT TERMINAL BILL IS FAVORED House District Committee Indorses { Zihlman Measure for Florida Avenue Proposal. PRESENT RATES ARE SCORED { Intercity. Shipments Would Be Helped, Report States. Favorable report on the Zihlman bill to provide that any railroad company having tracks in the Dis- trict of Columbia shall have the right to have freight delivered on two squares near the juncture of Florida avenue and 1st street northeast, upon payment of a reasonable switching charge, was made to the House to- day from the House District commit- tee. This bill provides that if the parties are unable to agree upon what is a reasonable switching charge, then the rate shall be preseribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In stating the situation that exists Acting Chairman Zihlman pointed th rate $125 ta car of fifty tons at the lowest now quoted would have to pay to be switched from the Penn- ania tracks to these freight ter- 1 points, The House District committee, he says, made an investi- gation of switching charges in cities in the vicinity of Washington and found that the usual charge for switch- ing cars from one railroad to another within the city limits is nominal as compared with the rates in Washing- ton. Reviewed 1003 Legislation. Representative Zihlman reviewed the legislation in 1903 providing for the construction of the Union station and other terminal facilities, showing that a section of that act permitted altimore and Ohio railroad to struct and maintain @ track running south of Florida ave- nue within the ecity, and authorized delivery of freight upon three squares in_that vicinity There is a small adjacent square of land owned by the District govern- ment ard used as a storage yard for various building and other supplies, large quantities of which have to b handled at great expense from the southern part of the city because there is only Baltimore and Ohio de- livery into this square. “Rates Almost Prohibitive.” “The freight rates for shipments from one railroad to another within the District are almost g Representative Zihlman said. He pointed out the passage of this bill would save thouss of doliars i hauling charges trict government and the general pub- 1 o growing northeast section and northwest section He emphasized that the Interstate Commerce Commission has advised i that th a matter upon which Co gress might with entire propriety legislate. {SEES THIRD | UPTO LA FOLLETTE | { Preus Says if Senator’s Health Per- H mits, He Will Be Strong in West. nds The appear: the coming ance of a third party in national campaign de- | Follette of Wisconsin, { former Gov. Jacob Preus of Minne- sota, who was a luncheon guest at e White House today. Gov. Preuss is confident that the sentiment in the middle northwest is strong for La Follette and his doctrines that a third party organized under ban- according to ia Folle sota, the Montana ably Towa next ov. Pre publican of th to admit thi his experience: familiarty with soction, he helie situation correctly came to Washington st of a candidate at Duluth. Former Gov. Stokes of New Jersey also was a luncheon guest at the White House. 'TRAFFIC BOARD SAYS CITY CAN FIX RULES Holds Arterial Highway and Full- Stop Designations Are Up to Commissioners. Colorado, and prob- two Idaho, N N ing a re- regular type, he hates but from in politics and his the voters in that he is stating the The governor in the inter- . for postmaster The District traffic board does not believe an act of Congress is neces- sary to enable the Commissioners tn designate certain main avenucs as through traffic streets and quire vehicles to stop before crossing such thoroughfares. | The traffic board, composed of As- jsistant Engineer Commissioner Hal- {combe, Inspector Headiey and As- srstant Corporation Counsel Hart, made this report to the Commissioners today. They were asked for the re- port as the result of the introduction in Congress of a bill by Representa- {tive McLeod, creating. so-called { through traffic streets and also re- i quiring that vehicles to come to a stop before emerging from an alley, Hampered by Fund Shortage. The trafic board stated that lack of available funds for marking inter- sections and not lack of authority has prevented the adoption of the through traffic street system. They call attention to the fact that two estimates calling for a total of $32,- | 500 are now pending before the budget burcau to provide for this and other {traffic needs. They belleve if funds are made available the Commissioners already have power to declare cer- tain avenues os traffic, boulevards. The trafic Soard ie df the opinton {that the present regulations limiting {vehicles to six miles an hour enter. ling or leaving an alley afford ade- quate protection to pedestrians. —_— {ACTION ON D. C. HEADS DUE THIS AFTERNOON Subcommittee Is Expected to De- cide on Course Regarding Nominations. The Senate District subcommittee {in charge of the nominations of Dis- ‘trict Commissioners Rudolph and |Oyster to succeed themselves is to ave a second meeting this after- noon, at which it is expected the sub- {committee will determine upon its course of action in connection with {the nominations. Senator Edwards of New Jersey, chairman of the subcommittee, heid a mecting of the subcommittee late yesterday, at which the protests and also the recommendations regarding the District Commissioners were dis- cussed, but no action was taken, The indications were today that the sub- committee would report the names favorably to the full committee. out | freight | prohibitive,” | to the Dis- | pends upon the health of Senator La | $400,000 SUIT IS FILED | MURDERER TO SERVE IN EXPLOSION AT NIXON Ammonite Company Asks Damages for Blast at Defendant Plant. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., April 4—Sut for $400,000 damages was instituted in court here today against the N'xon Nitration Works of Nixon, N. J.. by | the Ammonite Company, Inc., of New York city, as the resuit of the ex- plosion at the ‘former company's plant March 1. The complaint alleges carelessness by the defendants, which resulted in the killing of nine of the Ammonite Company workmen, injury to fifty other employes and the de- struction of a large quantity of machinery, stock and other material. | The Ammonite Company rented a section of the Nixon plant for the manufacture of its ware, the com- plaint stated, and its equipment there was totally destroyed in the explo- sion. The Ammonite concern charges | that the Nixon Company maintains a common nuisance on its premises by permitting lands, buiiding, grounds, railway tracks and roadway to be aturated with guncotton, which is | escribed as a high explosive and | dangerous to human life, MOORE TELLS PLANS T0 BEAUTIFY CITY Fine Arts Body Chairman Says Best Talent of Nation Should Direct Development. | rles Moore, chairman of the Com ssion of Fine Arts, speaking at a dinner last night in his honor at the Arts Club of Washington, de- clared that Washington is the a- ‘llulml city and its development ae- {cording to an orderly plan should be carled out by the hest talent the whole nation has to offer. Mr. Moore recounted various steps in the realization of the wnt plan and suggested that by fthe time of the ¢ bration of the | two-hundredth anniversary of Wash- ngton’s birthday in 1932, the District of Columbia should have completed the original plan. In the matter of plans for a greater { Washington, Mr, Moore called atten- jtion to the 'fact that the authorities {of Arlington county are now taking up questions of new streets, avenues and boulevards and a zoning system, all projects in carrying out the idea of the d. lopment of the Virginia side of the Potomac in harmony with | the development of the city of Wash- 1inkton, | The government owns |the old F: fax e mp Humphreys Occoquan, in battle ved as & prop- . together with Arlington, Fort 3 and Mount Vernon, all belong in the park system of greater Washing- {ton, Mr. Moore said. President and Mrs {lvn Musgrave of the dinner. Ab friends were present ROBINSON ACCUSES LODGE OF BLOCKING WORLD COURT MOVE | i in Virginia | ate of Blvoir, now | and a_great t thous assas Arthur Frank- ub we 100 {and 1 i l ! | Discussing Senator Pepper's state- | {ment that the mistakes in respect to wppointment of officials who have ire before the Senate were the dead, Senator world court pro- | Robinson said! “He would make it appear,” | Robingon said, “that the dead jthe living s | wrongs of ! rightly complains | Referring to Senator PeDper's | ment that he would bra 'al ghoul” any p an political advantage iTepose of F'resic { Robinson declare Mr. | Senator and not for the the country so| ate- ‘a po- or par- disturb. 1 did not seek to hide ber {the minority leader thundered. “I did | | not characterize as ghouls those who y he had made terrible 2 y t disposition to speak d pectfully of the late Senator Ha: €. As most senators know, he was intimate personal friend.” ‘When it is said that democrats are muckraking,” said Senator Rob- ingon, “remember that republicans any time stop in- it were ready to take responsibility before their God their country “We did not alm Ameri we shot point blank at Albert B.| Fall; we did not aim at America when | we disclosed the machinations of Mr. { Doheny and Mr. Sinclair against the | public property: we injured nothing worth preserving when we referred to a grand jury the refusal of Sin- clair to testify, bolstered as he was {in that stand 'by the same propa- { ganda.” { _ Senator Robinson insisted that| President Coolidge had adopted the Harding policies and had retained in | office the agents and advisers Presi- | dent Harding had selected. “Long after Mr. Daugherty had be- coma discredited _throughout the country,” he said, “President Coolidge had retained him.” Daugherty's going, he said, “was not a question of honest administra- tion, not a question of failure to prosecute frauds against the govern- ment or failure to prosecute crim- inals who violated the laws of the country, but it wa question of political expedien For this Pres- ident Coolidge was responsible, he insisted, and it could not “be charged against' a dead President.” Senator Robinson declared the democrats had done their duty when they exposed “the treachery” of Al- be B. Fall as Secretary of the In- terior and uncovered “inefficiency, neglect and corruption” in the Vet: erans’ Burean Concluding an address of more than an hour, the democratic leader de- clared that if Senator Pepper was willing to “deceive” the American people with respect to the outcome of the {nvestigations, the democrats | would meet that issue by an appeal that “will inspire every man and woman in America who believes in honust and clean government.” Replying briefly, Senator Lodige de- clared he had made no eftort to lay action on the world court. tene has arked me In this Semat.. | democrat or republican, to take that subject up,” Senator Lodge said. Robinson Advances Query. “Does the senator expect a vote by the Senate on the world court at this ession?” asked Senator Robinson Senator Lodge said no one coulid fore- | cast a vote by the Senate at any time and added that Senator Robinson had had “the whole winier” i which to move to take up the subject and had not done so. “I would be very glad to take it! up and have a vote on it,” Senator Lodge added. “Then the senator will have an op- portunity to take it up,” returned the democratic leader. “But you've got to get it through the committee first, amended the republican leader amid laughter. nator Lodge said that while the | investigating committees themselves | ihad caused no delay in the work of | the Senate the Scnate itself had caus- led delay by spending “whole days ! discussing the _testimony the committees." Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada, wanted to know if Senator Lodge was in sympathy with the investiga- tions. 1 think,” Senator Lodge replied, “that when there is a case like that of the former Secretary of the In- terior it is the duty of the Senate to. investigate. ve would not resist any reasonable investigation.” 2 when | taken by | 3 |jewelry | trom {for t | from {its meeting 20 YEARS FOR CRIME Several Sentenced for Various Of- fenses—Negro Gets 8 Months for Killing Man With Brick. ! Justice Hoehling in Criminal Di- vision 2 today sent Leon Brown, col- ored, to the penitentiary for twenty vears. Brown was convicted of mur- der in the second degree in connec- tion with the killing of Levi Berk- ley, also colored, September 5 last. The sentence is the minimum under the law. Four years in the penitentiary were d.on Lewis Johnson, colored, cted of housebreaking. Arthur Schultz, a soldier, was given a term of three years In the penitentiary for housebreaking and a like sentence was imposed on Rov L. Diltz for vio- lating the white slave act He was charged with transporting 2 young woman from Pennsylvania January 8 last for immoral purpos Alphonzo Stark, Clarence Lee and rl Dean, all colored, who admitted a charge of grand larceny, were also sentenced. Lee was given cight months in the penitentiary, while the other two were sent to Occoquan for twelve months each. Stark was placed on probation. Edward Johnson, colored, w spend eight months in jail for ca ing the death of Norman, Canada No- vember 26 last when he hit him with a brick during a fight. BOB-HAIRED BANDIT INVADES BRONX CAFE By the Amsociated Press, NEW YORK, April 4—A bob-haired bandit, believed to be the daring Brooklyn highwaywoman wanted by the police for a series of sensational crimes, invaded the Bronx last night, held up a restaurant keeper and caped with jewelry and money tot; ing $400, after lockirg the victim his place of business. Accompanied by her inevitable male companion, a sleek-haired youth, in well fitting clothes, she entered the restaurant of Felix Di Malda, seated herself at a table and ordered dinner. After dining leisurely, the two arted for the cashier's desk, where Di Malda, who was alone with them the place, came forward to receive yment. As she advanced, the girl thrust the of a small automatic pistol Di Malda, and held it the her companion robbed him worth $250 and took $1 the cash regist Smilingly ordering the restaurant man to keep his “mouth shut” if he knew w was t for him, the pair walk out and the girl snapped a padlock on the door. They escaped in a tax- icab, The bob-haired ba appearance be st pre Tuesd cashier Company : frustrated her ttempt to hold up the place. e la st COOLIDGE TO ACCEPT WELFARE UNITY PLAN Presiden cept the de sed bill to create welfare in th on the board of District gov- pro pub ern This was made known to the Co missioners § ter vestord; ternoon rom lemp in reply to a communication from the city in which they asked for the opinion of the President on the measure. The Commissioners were nrompted t the bill to the Whi reason that of charities, are now tha board of and the Loard of ecretary t board Na- ris, s functions and power of : several agencies under the new rd of public w. It is probable that with this word the White House the Commis- gloners will send the bill to Congress mediatel S ERTISING WEEK an_educational standpoint, ink - About - W- LAUDS ADV “From Columbian College, Uni ity, today sing is . distinet form of ntation. To write advertising ssary to understand human Washington demands an un- high-grade advertising, be- shineton Is a cultured city Washingtonian are thoughtful, in- telligent and appreciate good things. That is why it is an excellent city for a universi A contest of any kind develops the mind, because it requires concen- tration and a new line of thought Dean Wilbur believ in Washing- ton that it s more the desire of sincere criticism than actual prize winning that prompts a contestant Dean Wilbur, together with Supt. F. . Ballou and Rev. F. A. Mulligan of Georgetown University, is to act as judge in the first and second con- tests of Advertising week, April 6-12 Contest No. 1 offers $250 in cash prizes for the best letters on “What I think about Washington advertis- ing.” Contest No. 2 offers $250 in h prizes for the best letters on “What I think was the best advertise- ment run during the Ad Club week, and why." The letters are not to exceed 500 words and are to be simply written TO CONSIDER D. C. BILL. The teachers’ pa 1 passed by th House will be considered by the ate District subcommittee on educa- tion at a meeting this afternoon. Senator Capper, chairman of the sub- committee, is keenly interested in the measure, and it 1is expected that prompt action will be taken. Whether any hearing will be held or not will be determined by the subcommittee at day. The subcommitiee will have before it the hearing which was conducted by the House District committce, and for that reason [t may not be neces- sary to held further hearings. THE EVENING eorge Washing- 2 PRODUCE EXCHANGE SALES TAX IS CUT Senate Committee Approves 50 Per Cent Reduction. May Report Tuesday. The tax on produce exchange sales was cut in half today by the Senate finance committee to conform to the action taken by the House in framing the revenue bill. This tax of 2 cents on each $100 sale previonsly had been ordered continued by the Senate. Another attempt by Senator Reed, republican, to provide taxation on state, municipal and federal securi- ties, now tax-exempt, was defeated. Adjournment of the Senate over Satur- day was proposed in a program outlined today by Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee, looking to completion of work on the revenue bill by tomor- row night so a report on the measure may be made to the Senate Monday or Tuesday. The week end adjournment | would give the committee an entire day {on the bill, and he thought this might | be sufficient. < New Taxes Voted. Starting on the excise_schedules, the only remaining section of the biil to be taken up, the committes last night ap- provial the reduction in automobile taxes and l of the tax on candy voted by the New taxes, however, were voted—10 per cent on radio sets selling for $15 or d 10 per cent on mah- jong sets s for $5 or more, both levied on the manufacturers The i the est taxes and X voted by the House were eliminated. joth were opposed by retary Melion. The rates in the present law estates of cedents were restored with a revision of the | brac ts designed to add $12,000,0p0 annu y t evenue from this source Some new taxes must be levied or a a will result, Chairman Smoot declared in referring to the additional reductions in_excise rates voted by the House, which are yet to be con- i sidered. He said that some of the special ap- propriation bills pending before Con- gress which would have to be com- sidered in connection with tax reduc- tion dealt a severe blow to the chances of retention of some of the tax cuts made by the House in the revenue bill. Prepares List of Expenditures. for aggres appro- Imost $6,000,000,000 are ave been pa r Senate. addition estimated by the which the surplus available for tax re- the next fiscal year was the Treasury. preparing a tra expenditures ks will have to be | revenue bill now ation 1a |b on action in y list of hich he care of include, he bill, which it is num of year of oper- said there were to over- said, ude $2 i acc h the Meilon | $33,00 in theater admis- and about §65,000,000 in | ctions on earned incomes The ions estimated to | have the bill as passed | by the were §446,270,000. al been made House | Plans were completed yesterd | ual booster outing of the Mer- {a | chants' and Manufacturers’ Association. | The booster committee met yesterday oon at a luncheon at Rauscher's the guests of Ross P. Andrews, ident the association, and an the 1924 booster com- of venty-five of the 200 tickets were taken by members of the committee aud Mr. Andrews announced that as {this would be the trip de luxe of the ssociation, no one would be asked to pure tickets. and that the limit is expected to be subscribed for | within the next few d The boosters 1l leave here at 2:45 o'clock on June 14 on a special train for Baltimore, where they will be trans- ported in taxicabs to the dock of the Chesapeak amship Company, to board the City of Atlanta. There will be four of daylight steaming | down bay, reaching Cape Charles City the following morning for church. After a few hours there the vessel will cruise in the vicinity of the capes, then procced through Hampton roads and up the James river to Jamestown for a short op, and then to Norfolk for |a four-hour stay for sightseeing, leav- | ing that city at 9 o'clock Sunday night for Balti where the vessel will arrive at 10 o'clock, and a special train will pla the boosters in Washington by 11 o'clock Monday. The members of the booster com- mittee follow L. . Andrews, | Horton, M. ¢ ibbs, Louis |John 1. Wilkins, Harry Crandall, | C. Graham, F. V. Killian, Philip King, | George De Neale, Henry Lansburgh, | Joseph Fisher, Eugene Young, | Maurice Kafka, Samuel Zirkin, L L. Goldheim, John S. Dunn, F. P. Ava- lear, B. H. Neumeyer, jr.; J. Harry {Cunningham, M. A. L , Joseph A. Berherich, Sidney West, Carl Droop, Gen. ‘Anton Stephan, Stanley Lans burgh, Richard L. Lamb, F. W. Har- | per. AL F. Jorss, C. Callahan, S. M. Selinger, Burdett Stryker, Al Payne. STONE IS APPROVED. Nomination as Attorney General Reported to Senate. The nomination of Harlan F. Stons of New York, to be Attorney Genera was approved today by the Senate Judiciary committes STAR COUPON chairman; “THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” _By Frederic J. Haskin. Present this coupon and $1.00 at the Business Office of The Evening Star and secure your copy of the book, a 5-color map of the United States, 28x22 inches, and a 32-page booklet con- taining the Constitution of the United States. Mail Orders—Add for postage up to 150 miles, 6c; 300 miles, Sei This is the book that is generally conceded to be the most authorita- tive and understandable account of the working side of the Federal Govefnment that has ever been written.