Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Mostly ¢loudy tonight and tomor- row, possibly becoming unsettled; lit- tle change in temperature. Tempera- ture for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. to- day: Highest, 65, at noon today; lows “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system every city block and the regular est. 40, at 6:30 am. today. Fall report on 1uge 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 12 — No. 29,194 intered as second-class matter post _office Washington, D. C. 100 TAKEN IN DRIVE TO R CAPITAL OF RUM AGENT HORDE White, Colored, Men and| Women Caught in Sweeping Clean-Up by Police. PRISONERS JAM CELLS OF PRECINCT STATIONS Jity Proved Far From as Wet as Critics Declared, Sullivan Asserts. Aronsed by charges that Washing- Yon is “wet," and Yollowing up Mal. ¥ullivan's ultimatum to clean the ®ity of bootleggers and rumsellers, a wiweeping city-wide raid was in prog- | ¥oss today, under direction of Lieut. | \g Davis of the vice squad, spong- Lz up the liquor spots and netting W0 prisoners before 11 o'clock. AL the stroke of through pre- nged s, 150 raiders from all stations. They retailing rum latter had a cks. Success 1 some raiding parties. Others their i down on the before the e to dispose of ohibition agents from nearby see- be lled D al { statement, Shepherd leaped from the in the raids. nti-liquor to hit the at the pate poli All Sections Raided. ymune. North- reast and south- s and liquor. Here At » and choice vin- o raiders cond precinet, Washine- " expected next week to hear S urth precinet, two net in the Many Warrants Returned. southeast many 1 be- un wanted on war- worn out had already | for work. Scores of | returned for service etow were tater in the The third dlean by ofiici veries of raids precinct was reported s there because of a made earlier in the | wonth befors the city-wide raids| xore planned. The tenth, eleventh | and tweifth precincts were untrou- | bled by the raids also. In the ei sther precincts the police and bibition ents, working together, wenternd their attention on the fomumanly known as the “pint “halfpint” variety of venders. | Not more than 600 gallons of lignor | Yad been seized by noon. At William Kanders, 4700 9th street, three fifty- yailon barrels wero seized, alleged to | wntain liquor, as well as champagne | ¥nd other liquors sald by persone in the house to be taken from a saloon yeeraied by Xander befors prohibi- on. | | Hotrl Is Raided. The Rochester Hotel, on 1 street ‘pear 9th, was raided shortly before oon and an occupant of a_room here arrested. Another raid was ytagnd on the Mount Vernon Apart- ments, at Sth street and New York ‘svenne, where Beatrice Shields, about thiry years of age, was arrested on rhasges of seiling and illegal posses- vion She was in a robe de nuit at 3he time of the arrest, and two quarts f alleged liquor were confiscated. A three-year-old youngster unwit- tingly betrayed his mother in George- jown this morning when raiders went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Martin at 1529 27th street Capt. Bean, Lieut. Pierson and Sergzt. RurKe of the seventh precinct headed the squad, but it was Privates Carroll wnd_Robinson, detailed to, that pull- 2d the strategic move that unearthed Sha alleged cache. As the officers were about to leave in despair at finding nothing Robinson called the Sittle boy aside and asked: “Where §0e5 daddy keep his stuff.” “Up there A 2 hole” said the baby, pointing to }he attie. Twelve quarts of so-cailed ~.rn whisiky were seized. Mrs. Martin vas arrested on a charge of illegal poscession. Dog Attacks Rxiders. Raiding 2 house on New York ave- wne near North Capitol street, Lieut. 3iivis was attacked by a dog, who Tuned a pair of trousers for the puider, but did not injure him. The & was beaten off and the raid went wn It netted two prisoners and WEEKS' TESTIMONY | ‘Daugherty Committee Will | committee, | By the Associated Press. thirty gallons of liquor. Instances similar to these character- ¥:od the raids, which have been plan- pd for two weeks. A conference be- #ween Maj. Sullivan, Lieut. Davis and “ommissioner James F. Oyster was old some time ago to devise ways ynd means for another clean-up of y;tail liquor sellers. Today's work Is fhe result Lieut. Davis carefully ylanned all details. Unforeseen cir- 3y mstances placed obstacles in the way of some of the raids, but police “icials were a bit jubilant at noon 1odas at the success of the venture. Satisfied Charges Wrong. “We are mopping up the wet spots,” Vi, Sullivan commented. “I'm satis- Wod there is not the large quantity of whisky in Washington that many Sersons imagined and I'm satisfied &hut 95 per cent of the stuff handled 4 hootlegiers is poison.” As a matter of fact, on many of the ds careful search failed to reveal existence of liquor. The reason y're not getting it in large quanti- s, say the police, is that it's not Trere. Leroy ~Asher, prohibition agent, pime down from Philadelphia a few ' ago, disguised himself as the »perator of a sand-hauling truck and wmnde a large number of purchases. ¥ merous other agents assisted in the wurk. The breach between prohibi- and police authorities, if ever wContinued on Pag ch 'REJECTED SUITOR SHOOTS GIRL, THEN, WOUNDED, iMan Follows Leona W hitter, Twenty, Frederick, in WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY, APRIL ¢ Foening Star. tion delivered to V as fast as the papers are printed hington) TWO CENTS. Auto, Firing at Her—She Turns Own Pistol on Her Pursuer Before Death. Special Digpateh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md, April 5.—After being shot three times, Miss Leona Estella Whitter, twenty years old, &rabbed the pistol from the hagds of Clinton W. Shepherd, her forty-two- year-old suilor, and shot him in a fight over the girls refusal of mar-i riage. Both are dead, Shepherd tak- ing his own life when he was wound- ed by his sweetheart. The tragedy took place last night along a country road near Frederick. While seated in an automobile, Shep- herd leveled his pistol at Miss Whit- ter and said she must marry him. She refused and pleaded for her life, but Shepherd fired and the_bullet went through her left arm. Miss Whitter jumped from the car and ran scream- ing down the road. Shepherd fol- lowed her in the automobile, firing as he went. A second shot struck the fleeing girl in the shoulder, but &he ran on for mors than a block before a third bullet tore throngh her abdo- men and she sank by the roadside. Shot Feurth Time. According to the girl's ante-morten machine and shot her a fourth time when she was crawling under a fence seeking refuge. Three motorists came upon the scene and stopped to inquire about the moans of the dying girl. Shepherd, however, pointed his pistol threateningly at the motorists and they sped on. Then, Miss Whitter told the author- ities before her death, Shepherd grabbed her and began dragging her 5 DUE NEXT WEEK Examine Others Previously. In Recess Today. The Daugherty investigating com- mittee was in recess today after an- | other week of ricochetting inquiry. Although darting from “deal” to “deal,” chiefly with war contracts and is| ccre- Weeks wiht referemce to air- | 1t is planned, how- Lo examine other witnesses on matter before questioning the | etary, and messwhile the com- mittee will have available for study documents relating to some of the | cases placed at its disposal yester- day for consideration in executive ion. Will Study Bank Records. Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon- tana, prosecutor of the inquiry, and | nator Moses, New Hampshire, a republican member of the commit- | tee, have been authorized to conduct | an investigation at Washington Court House, Ohio, of the accounts of the Midland National Bank, of which M. S. Daugherty, brother of the former Attorney General, is president. Contempt proceedings against the Ohio banker are under consideration | because he has refused to permit ex- | amination of the accounts by its agents to the extent desired by the and recently failed to | answer when called under a sub- | poena, subsequently questioning the legal right of the investigators to re- quire his presence. i S — MOTOR TROUBLE DELAYS GLOBE FLIGHT HOP-OFF Army Flyers Held Up at- Lake Washington After Plane En- gines Are Started. By the Amsocixted Press. SEATTLE, Wash., April 5.—Motor trouble with fhe plane of Maj. Fred- erick L. Martin, commanding the flight of four cruisers of the United States Army around the world, stop- ped a hop-off today just as the ma- chines were ready to rise from Lake ‘Washington after the engines had been started with difficulty. Maj. Martin said that another start would not be attempted until tomor- row. Maj. Martin also broke a metal tip oft a propeller. The main trouble, however, it was announced, was that his motor would give only 1,500 revo- lutions per minute, whereas he need- ed 1,700 to rise with his load of fuel. PRINCESS SUES GEST ever, the committee was concerned | back Into dropped his the automobile. He pistol. Miss Whitter said she grabbed it and fired the re- | maining bullet into her assailant Wounded, Shepherd dropped his hold on the girl, limped ino his machine and drove away. Other motorists came to Miss Whitter's assistance. She was brought to the city hospital hero, where she died early this morn- ing, after she had faintly breathed the’ details of the shooting. Slayer Kills Self. The police were soon on the trail of Shepherd, and they found him dying in his brother's home here. He had shot himself through the head and succumbed a few hours before his vic- | tim. The girl told also in her dving statement that Shepherd recently had been forcing his attentions upon her when she had jilted him because of his age. Last night herd came across ! waiting for a car to go in Adamstown, south offer to take her ho! mbile was accepted, a took place shortly afte Later police expressed the that poison and not bullet wounds d Shepherd's death. Poison tab were found in his pocket and in the room where he shot himself the found a partly filled glass of water which, presumably, he had taken with the poison. The bullet wounds alone, the authorities declared, would not have caused death belief Shepherd, a resident of this city, is | of a Frederick family. OIL PROBERS DEFER prominent county DOHENY'S HEARING - Senator Spencer Grants Op- erator Delay Because of Pressing Business. Edward I. Dohel for whom subpoena was issued by the oil com- mittee more than bl been granted an indefinite de ‘nator Spencer, republican, Missouri whose request the summons was nt out. Senator Spencer Doheny had advised him that of pressing business matters it was not convenient for him to leave Los Angeles, Calif, at this time. Th Missouri senafor desires to question the lessee of California naval reserve No. 1 concerning his contributions to the democratic campaign fund of 1920. Upon his last the committee, promised t. find the missing part of the note which he claims Albert B. Fall gave to his son, E. L. Doheny, jr., when he delivered $100,000 in cash to the former Interior Secretary in Wash- ington on November 30, 1 How- ever, the committee has heard noth- ing further from him regarding that matter so far as has been made known. Democrats on the committee de- sire to question Doheny further ri garding this note and also regarding several other matters. When the oil committee resumes its hearings Monday W. L. Kistler of Tulsa, Okla., and others will be ques- tioned regarding gossip of “oil deals at the Chicago republican national convention in 1920 a week ago, at said today that appearance before st February, Doheny BILL T0 GET LAND ATZ00 15 DRAFTED Mellon Sends Measure to House D. C. Committee for Ground on Waterside Drive. The House District committee today received from Secretary Mellon the draft of a bill proposing to authorize the parkway commission to acquire land along Waterside drive Adams Mill road, south of the Zoological Park. Secretary Mellon says he rec ommends this as a proper matter for legislation. The recommendation is accompanied by a letter from Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, which says that it is manifestly to the ad- IN PLAY-ROLE FIGHT Asks $510,000 Damages—Charges Breach of Contract in Favor of English Actress. NEW YORK, April 5. —Frincess Maria Carmi Matchabelll, known on the stage as Maria Carmi, today brought suit in the state. supreme court against Morris Gest, producer, asking $510.000 damages for. alleged breach of contract and asserting that Lady Diana Duff Cooper, Engiish actress, had been substituted for her in a role in “The Miracle” for which she had been engaged. —_—— vantage of the United States to pro- tect the Zoological Park from the un- sightly rears of the building that will be developed in this area. It is also important, he said, as providing means for connecting a roadway be- tween Adams Mill road and the low level drive in the Rock Creek park- way. Mast Act Promptly. This measure has the approval of the Zoological Park officials. The ti- tlo has been cleared after long litiga- tion, during which the question of ac- quiring the land has been held up in Congress. There is now an opportu- nity of obtaining it, and if action is not taken promptly, the land will probably be lost to the parkway sys- “tem. Gen. Lord, the budget officer, has notified Col. Sherrill that this legis- lation would not conflict with the MAINE OFFICIAL DIES. PORTLAND, Me., April 5.—Associate Justice George Mckay Hanson of the Maine supreme court of Calals, Me., past suprems chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, died late last night after an illness of one week. German Secret Groups Hit. COBLENZ, April 5.—By order of Gen. De Goutte, the French com- mander, vast operations have been begun throughout the Ruhr and the Rhineland with the purpose of sup- pressing the activitics of German se- * financial program of the President. C. D. Walcott, secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution, has notified Col. Sherrill that “this matter is of great importance to the Smithsonion Insti- tation.” PIRATES SEIZE SHIP. By the Associated Press, HONGKONG, April 5.—Pirates at- tacked and seized the Portuguese steamer Seixal near Kautkong on the West river today, killed three guards and wounded Capi. Assi, masfer of the vessel TAKES OWN LIFE make further effort tog ;| vances for agricultural FINANCIERS ASKED 10 GIVE FARM AID DENIED BY SENATE | President Requests Agricul- tural Credit Corporation to Help Wheat Growers. | BELIEVES U. S. FUNDS | MAY BE HAD INDIRECTLY Rest of Year—Need of Crop Diversification Stressed. President Coolidgs today asked the recently organized Agricultural Credit Corporation to undertake in co-ope tion with the War Finance Corpora- tion the extension of credit to north | Wwestern wheat growers for farm di- versification The request was embodied in a let- ter to C. T. Jaffray of Minneapolis | chairman of the board of directors of the Agricultural Credit Corporation, which was organized by eastern and middle western financial interests with a apitalization of $10,000,000 as result of th ‘ebruary conference ! here on the northwest farm situation. The President declared such a step should be tak hecause of the - ate defeat T Norbeck-Burtness bill providing for e to wheat farmers to enabie them to purchase stock and poultry, and added knew of “no n o v could be r that he ot > central The Preside s letter said “At the conference held in Wash- ington early iy tion with the agricul | in the northwest, one of the impor- tant questions considered was | movement toward diversified farming in areas of the northwest which have {in the past b n devoted mainly to wheat growi In my address the conferen rred to the Norbeck -Burtne then pending n the Congres h appronriated @ fund to be <1 by the Department of Agriculture in making loans t able them to poultry and the rms for dairyins farming. d that such a furid couls red in a sound and effec- manner, d with a gen- eral program refunding and ex- tension of overdue indebtedness. The Norbeck-Burtness bill. however, has failed of passage in the Senute, and it is th apparent that relief along these lines cannot be expected. “In_my address to the conference I suggested also that the conference consider what steps the financial, industrial and agricultural interests represented could properly take to rend material and eff, e assist- ance in the emergency. In respons to this sugg on th icultural redit_Corporation was organized. I am informed that the capital stock of the corporation to the amount of $10,000,000 has been subscribed by business interests throughout the United States, and it has been grati- fying to me to note the public- spirited manner in which these in- terests have come to the aid of the tion. Since the defeat of the Norbeck Burtness bill I have been conside ing what other steps the federal gov- ernment can take to aid in the move- ment toward diversified farming in the northwest. I recommended inmy address to the conference, and in a previous address to the Congress, that {the time during which the War | Finance Corporation may make ad- purposes be extended until the end of the present calendar year. | Could Secure Toan: “A resolution granting such an ex- tension has since become law. The | War Finance Corporation, however, cannot make direct loans to farmers. It can act only tkrough responsible |financial intermediaries. The ques- | tion has arisen, therefore, whether it | would not be practicable, and within |the general purpose of its organiza- | tion, to have the Agricultural Credit Corporation undertake, along sound and effective lines, some of the work | Which I had hoped the Department of | Agriculture would be permitetd to un- {dcrtake under the Norbeck-Burtness | bil | “I know of no more effective service { that could be rendered to the agricul- { tural interests of the central north- west. Where a farmer proves himself to be competent and industrious, and | willing to undertake the added re- ponsibility and labor incident to diversified farming, it should be pos- | sible for him to ohtain the funds and | the practical assistance necessary to | enable him to pur e livestock and | thus make a start toward diversifica- tio If such a program is soundl | administered, it should be possible ! to make loans of this character upon | sound security and without undue | fin. al risk. In connection with | business of this kind, morcover, your corporation would, T am informed, be {legally eligible to make legal ap- oquip al | tion for loans in substantial amounts. “I would appreciate it if you would advise me whether or not in your opinion, and in the opinion of vour board of directors, it will be prac- ticable for your corporation to under- take in co-operation with the War Finance Corporation, and along sound and conservative lines, a substantial amount of business of the character which I have outlined in this letter.” BOY, 12, KILLS ANOTHER TO.SATISFY_CURIOSITY Walks Up Behind Strange Young- ster, Sticks Knife in Back to See How Far It Would Go. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 5—Paul Rap- kowskie, twelve, last night stabbed to death a thirteen-vear-old boy he never had seen before, the knife would go,” he told police. He said he and a friend had stolen a butchers' knife in robbing a shop after they had failed to obtain money with which to attend a motion picture theater. Wandering down the street he came across William Cfifford, Jr., who was strolling beside his father. “I wondered how far tne knife would £0 into his back,” the boy told the police. “So T walked quietly be- hind him and stuck it in his back.” Young Clifford died on his way to a hospital. Hix father captured the assailant. i War Finance Money Available for | the ! to| | plication to the War Finance Corpora- | ust to see how far in | 5, 1924—THIRTY PAGES. B | | SENATORS APPROVE TAXON RADIO SETS iThose Costing Less Than | $50 Wholesale Exempted. | 10'Per Cent Levy 0.K.’d. All radio sets selling for less than | $30 wholesale were exempted from ! | the new proposed 10 per nt tax | by the Senate finance committee to- | day in winding up consideration | of the revenue bill. The committee ) erupt only also agreed to ex articles g for $25 o1 |iess from the jewelry of per cent, instead of articles selling for | less than $40, as voted by the House. | Wagehes selling for less than $60 ar. {exempt from the tax as passed by } the House. Previpus agreement to change the | brackets to which the estate tax jrates would apply so that $12,000,000 additional revenue would be raised | annually, was set aside and the pres- ent rates of the estale tax restored |to the bill. The House had increased | these rates to a maximum of 40 per| | cent over the present 25 per cent, |and this was opposed by Secretary | Mellon. | _The radio tax, which is applied to the manufacturer, was first fixed on all sets selling for $15 or more. President Cool- | idge yesterday voiced opposition to the imposition of new taxes as a general policy. In addition to cutting down exemption from the jewelry tax the committee ex- ¢luded from total exemption under this ax musical instruments, eyeghsses an spectacies. : = Articles used for religious purposes, however, were given compiete exemption from the tax. The changes in this tax, Chairman Smoot said, will bring in $2.000,000 more than 'under the pro- vision ‘as passed by the House. Freed from a meeting of the Senate this afternoon by previous agreement, the committee went ahead with a view Lo concluding today jts work on the A report of the measure to the Sem- ate bs next Monday or Tuesday was promised by Chairman Smoot. Most of the miscellaneous and ex- cise tax reductions made bv the House were approved last night by the committee in concluding its work on. the rate schedules, The present tax on telegraph and | telephone messages, eliminated by the House, however, was restored to the, bill, as were the levy on billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys. The former involved $34.000,000 in reve- nue annually, it was estimated, and the latter about $1,050,000. $47,000,000 Shortage. Restoration of thess taxes. coupled | with other changes in the bill passed | by the House, leaves the measure about $47,000,000 short of raising suf- {ficient revenue next fiscal year, Mr. | Smoot declared, but he predicted this | could be met ‘through probable in- creases in actual returns over Treas- ury estimates. This prospective deficit |does not include further losses in | funds which the government would | face with passage of special appro- | priation bills now pending and the | soldier bonus bill. . | _The tax on all coin slot machines | was placed at 10 per cent, whereas {under the present law some are charged only 5 per cent and some are entirely free from tax. Brokers who deal exclusively in farm products were exempted from i the tax on brokers. Bonus Measure Next. | The committee approved the action of the House in repealing taxes on the following: Beverages, cand | knives, dirks, daggers, liveries; hunting, shooting and riding garments, yachts nd motor boats, carpets, rugs, trunks, | purses and floor space of theatérs, { circuses and showers. The committee also approved the House action in reducing the tax on admissions and dues, automobile trucks and tires and accessories, jew- elry and produce exchange sales, A report of the bill probably will not be possible, Chairman Smoot said, before Tuesday. Action on the floor of the Semate will not be sought, then, for a few days, he added, in order that members may have an op- portunity to study the bill. The soldier bonus bill will be taken up by the committee immediately after disposal of the tax measure, Mr. Smoot said. He thought it was en- tirely possible, ke said, that the bonus bill would take precedence over the jtax reduction measure on the Senate foor. selii | | | STARTING BOMB MENACES MANY. CHICAGO, April 5.—Three families narrowly escaped death today when a meat market was bombed, breaking a £as pipe and damaging the apartments on the floors above. Policemen and firemen rushed into the debris and the gas fumes and rescued a half-dozen children. while the adult members of the family made their way to the street. The owner of the®meat market said he was unable to offer an cxplanation for the bomb attack. VEV! /r You'rt BOTH ! THE 1924 GOLFING Dies 2t Ninety-eight 8.L0RD 1 DEA: HASON S 65 Washington Patriarch Suc- cumbs to Pneumonia. Founded Brookland Church. John B. Lord, one of the oldest resi- dents of Washington, a pioneer mem ber of the Masonic fraternity and a leader in the Baptist Church in this city, died early today in his ninety- eighth year at his home, 1212 Monroe street northeast. Untfl a few weeks ago this patri- arch of Washington was active and alert despite his age. He succumbed to an attack of pneumonia. The outstanding achievement of his long life was the part he played in founding« the Brookland Baptist Church at 12th and Newton streets northeast. He was the donor of Lord Memorial Hall, adjoining the edifice, and also gave to the Baptists of the District the land and original build- ing of the Baptist Home for Children at 9th and Newton streets northeast. Born Near 6th and F Streets. Born near the cormer of 6th and F strects northwest on November 10, 1826, Mr. Lord lived to_see the Dis- trict of Columbia grow from farm- land to one of the beauty spots of the world. He saw the cowpaths and muddy lanes of pre-civil war days develop into the paved avenues of a modern capital city. He lived to witness and enjoy the discoveries and inventions of today that were unthought of in his boyhood. Mr. Lord was educated at the Mc- Cloud School and in his early man- hood he engaged in the sand and gravel business at the old 17th street wharf, now a part of the Speedway. He furnished materials for the er tion of the State, War and Navy building. Served As Guard. During the civil war Mr. Lord, who was then past thirty-five, served as a guard around government buildings in Washington. He moved to what is now Brookland in 1870, When the present suburb was a farm section. He was one of the eight constituent members of the old Queenstown Bap- tist Church, later named the Brook- land Baptist Church. His old home on Bunker Hill road, now Michigan avenue, was used for church services until the first church building was completed at Queenstown, a mile nertheast of the present church. He was one of the little group of men who worked with their own hands to lay the bricks and drive the nails of the first church. Mr. Lord at various times held prac- tically every position in the church and was for vears a teacher in the Sunday school. At the time of his death he was honorary deacon. Knew Abrakam Lincoin. He knew Abraham Lincoln, having served as a guard at the inaguration and as a marshal at the funeral of the martyred President. Mr. Lord was twice married, to Sarah J. Douglas in 1850 and to Lliza- beth Darby in 1875. He is survived (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) L] L SEASON. TWOD. C.BILLS GET BUDGET OFFICE OK.. Enlarged Utilities Commis- sion and Elimination of Crossings Favored. The bureau of the budget placed its stamp of approval on two | bills which the Commissioners are keenly anxious to have enacted soon | by Congress One is the measure, drafted by En- gineer Commissioner Bell, for reor- ganization of the Public Utilities Commission by adding two new mem- bers. The other is the bill to elimi- nate three of the remaining raiiroad | grade crossings in Washington. | Director of the Budget Lord notified Commissioner Radolph today neither piece of legislation is in con- flict with the finaneial program of the administration. They will now be sent to Congress for introduction Appointment Called For. Maj. Bell's plan calls for the ap- pointment by President Coolidge of a lawyer and an engineer to serve with the three District Commissioners as a public utilities commission. The city heads are convinced there is a need for two more men who could devote all of ther time to utility prob- lems while the Commissioners are handling their many other duties as city fathers and zoning commis- sioners. The lawyer would be chosen from civil life and would be chairman of the commission. The engineer would be detailed from the Engineer Corps of the Army. Both would serve for four years at the same salaries paid District Commissioners. The other bill today | that | would appropriate | GAS TAX WEASURE ARREENENT IES 0. ALL REVENUE | Conferees Decide That Re- turns Shall Go in Treasury to Credit of City. iTAGS AND PROPERTY RATES ARE RETAINED 'Muney Received Under Reciprocity Terms Must Go for Work on Capital Streets. The of te | House reached the gasoline tax ) Columt conferees the af agreement on for the Distric public the within the Distri It provide fee of $1 and pro vides that the personal property ta on automobiles shall be paid present. { The proceeds of the t and other motor ner vehic of the redit of Feex for Tags. . registr: charged < of electri d steam operated as follows ANl motor electric 1,000 operat having pounds rrying capacity, a charge of $20 per annum, for each ditional 1.000 less rated c capac The provisions of the to the tax on motor v e fuels taks ect thirty days after the e - ment of the act. The provisions « | the act relating to registration on motor vehicles take effect juary 1, 1 To inimum plus $2 pounds ¢ relating tax Ja Bring Reciproecity. | The gasoline tax bill is d | to bring about permanent recip the matter of automobile Maryland. the Maryland authori- | ties having agreed dopt st | reciprocity with the provided a gasoline tax be levi the Dis- he conference repor ! mitted by Senator ¥ be sub , chairman of to the Sen meets Monday Senai | ate | thers being no se: | today. The confe [ pect the adoption o | report by both house on the part of the Se tors Ball. Jones of W King of Utah. The conferses on the rt of the House are present. t himan of Maryland, Lampert « sconsin and Blanton of Texas. Protest by Citizens. | The imposition of the persons! property tax on automobiles after the | adoption of the gasoline tax was the subject of vigorous protest by th lnsldenw of Washington, who pointed jout that the bill was originally de- | siened to bring about reciprocity with { Marvland in the matter of automobil |licerses and not to increase the taxes | on automobile owners in the District | The effect of the bill as now agree: | to_will be to increase those taxes | . The Hounse provided in the bi it passed that body that a tax of 1 cents per horsepower be charged o | the annual licenss fee. This th House oconferces yielded and agre: { to the Senate proposal of $1 per y license foe. are Sen hington ar $200,000 for the erection of bridges | and underpasses at Varnum, Van Buren and Chestnut streets on Metropolitan braneh of the Baltimore and Ohjo railroad. The railroad would have to bear half the cost of the work. MAN ENDS 47-DAY FAST, DIES ON 61ST BIRTHDAY Decided to Forego Food to Rid Self of Stomach Trouble—Wife Expected to Recover. DAYTON, Ohio, April 5.—Daniel Johnson died last night, his sixty- first birthday anniversary, soon after breaking a forty-seven-day fast. He | started fasting early in February to rid himself of stomach trouble. Until last Sunday night, Johnson did not taste food. His wife fasting four days after her husband. She also broke the fast Sunday night, Johnson was taken to a hospital Thursday unconscious. His wife will recover QUITS SOCIE Mrs. Converse Finishes First Mo-, tion Picture Scenes. NEW YORK, April 5.—Mrs. Thelma Morgan Converse, daughter of Henry Hays Morgan, former American con- sul general at Brussels, and a twin sister of Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, has finished the first scenes in which she appears as a motion picture act- ress. She did a Cuban dance for a film soon to be relcased. Several months ago she said she intended making a career for herself in the films, because jaded society life offered nothing for an ambitious . woman. Only Church Si)ire Above Waters in Flooded Village By the Associated Press, PRAGUE, April 5—A flood, caused by the sudden melting of exceptionally heavy snows, has submerged the village of Bodrog- St. Marie, in eastern Slovakia. Only the church steeple shows above the waters. The ~ inhabitants, assisted by troops, fought the rising waters for a week, plugging gaps in the dykes. One peasant, finding noth- ing at hand with which to stop an inrushing stream, filled the gap with hiz body for several min- utes until help arrived. the | Mary started | TY FOR FILMS | |, The text of the gas tax bill will br found on page 4 | ASKS COURT ACTION N RENT SITUATION | Ball Says Survey Results Ap- pall Committee—More Money Sought. Senator Ball, chairman of the I | trict committee, was o strongly con ‘\'ll’n'l’d that the facts developed 1 | the investigation of the housing con- ditions here were such as to demand action by a grand jury that he reco mended to the full committee at it | meeting Thursday that the data ol tained be turned over to the Unitel States attorney for the District, was learned today. Senator Bail, who returned to Wa !!ngtun from Delaware tod: | that the committes had been “appall- | ed” by the information produced, but that it had been the judgment of a majority of the committee the in vestigation should be continued fur- ther before the information was turn- ed over to the district attorney. At | this time, he said, it was impossibl- | to make public the detsils of the in formation gathered by the committe. investigators, The committea g0 further with however, he said, him to ‘introdu resolution pro viding for the expen#Ture of an ad tional $5,000 to continue the invest, zation and to give the committee un til June 1 to make a final report { Senator Ball sai that he would seek action at the carliest possible time on this resolution. The resolu tion has been referred to the com mittee on contingent expenses of th: Senate, since it provides for the puy ment of the money out of the Senut contingent fund. was o wil to the invest on that it authorized ng | HOUSES SWALLOWED BY EARTH MOVEMENT By the Associated Pres GRANADA, & movement of th: zling the foremc is menacing the near Granada soveral entire o ppeared under A