Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1924, Page 2

SENATE RECEIVES REVENUE BILL WITH ~ DEFICIT INDICATED Total Tax Reduction Exceeds - Treasury Surplus by $50,900,000. The revenue bill as framed by the Senate finance committee has cut taxes $50.989.414 below the furnlus available for reduction, man estimated committee’s rey rmally Chair- ¥ in the bill ite. for the next Smoot rt on th, to the S pre- sented This fiscal s pparent deficit ar will wi predicted an be out, oot by in husiness conditions expected to re sult from “these sound taken placing ally is to be an The bill sideration next nority report. carrying the demc members mittee, will be basis up for con- Wednesday., A the views of sthe Monday econon mi- atic com- presente Revenue Cut $4:34.720.000, The committee bill provides for a not v in of estimated reduction annual avmparison the pre 1,72 against cut of $£446.000.000 under in with venue nt law us an the measure A% it passed the Hous. The provision for duction in pasable this per cent re- of 1 taxpuy- timated many hnical admin- the the income taxes year will ers T30.000, the Mr. Smaot | de changes mude in the istrative prov tax rate sched Provision f eollections und rade in_ only thre through the new taxes on mah-jong sets and a corporation tax. sav te instances— radio and change in the Radio Tax $10.000.000. The 10 and parts rocent would n tax on radio sets $10,000,000 reve- Rue annually, it was estimated. while the 10 per’ e tix on mah-jong would bring in $1.000.000 annually Increasing the poration tax r cent would bring additional revente, report held, while climination of th spécial corporation stock tax would cut off $85,000,000. The chanse would cost of collection of was said, and make & Jle distribution of the ation. reduction in normal taxes ommittee bill would amount to $85,000,000 and in surtaxes 1o $200,000,000. The House bill would have provided for u $130,000,000 slash in normal taxes and for only $15 000,040 in surtaxe! of in the 121 14 21y ¥ Explains Income Rates. Referrin taxes, plan said th relief to ularly to the cut in the income made in accordance with the of Secretary Mellon, the réport “will give material tax par- majority the lower re all to vision inenme the fall ayers, great whose | in brackets The reduction to a maximum plicable on Incomes over was designed, Mr. Blained, to fix the rates to insure & maximum of and at the same time “to remove or lessen pressurc which exists un- der the present surtax rates against investment of capital in productive enterprise.” Such & revision ot sur- taxes, he pointed vut, had been rlc- ommended Ly the ‘last three Secr taries of the Treasury The democratic plan for revision of the income rates as proposed by Sena- tor Simmons, North Carolina, would make the maximum surtax rate 40 per cent on tncomes of $500,000 and over and would reduce normal rates below the committee plan Taxes restored to the bill which were cut out by the House and the amount of revenue involved follow: Telegraph and telephones, $34.000. 000; draft and promissory notes. § 150.000. and billiard_and pool tables and bowling alleys, $1,050,000 POSES BESIDE LIKENESS. WHITE PLAINS Y., April 12.— Mrs. Raymond T. Baker, who was the wife of Alfred Gwinn Vanderbilt, Lusitania victim, posed beside a 1,200- pound marble bust, supposedly of herself, today, while jurymen studied her face in comparison with that of the graven image. They will decide later whether or not the carved features sufficiently represent her to warrant 5,000 payment to the artist. Baker appeared as defendant of e the surtax rates per cent ap- $100,000 and =moot a oductivity M ifi a $5,000 suit brought by the es-| Cardiano Sciarrino, Ttalian sculptor. She testified that ihe sculptor had cxecuted commis- slons to make three busts—one of her former husband and one of each of her two children—and had then of- fered to make one of herseif free. Sha declined, shc d, but told him 10 proceed with the work and, if sat- isfactory, she would pay for it. Later, £he maid, she saw the bust in a 5th avente shop window, and was in- formed that it was a likeness of her- tate of Pietro Treasury | Mr. improvement ! taxes upon | | | | arrested Girl, Wounded in Suicide Attempt, Weds in Hospital By the Associazed Press, BALTIMORE, Md., April 12.— Sitting in her bed in Mercy Tospital yesterday afternoon, Miss Jose- phine Matassa, elghteen years old, suffering from a bullet wound in- flicied in an attempt to tuke her own lite, became the bride of Joseph . Castagna, twenty-three. The bridegroom, who ix u medical student at a Richmond, Va., institu- tion, learning of his flance’s condi- tion, hurried to Baltimore. He ob- tained a marrfage license and made arrangements for the wedding. The ceremony was to have taken place Baster, but complica- tions developed and the event wax postponed. Because the wedding date had been announced and the i vitations mailed, it was sald, Miss Matassa became despondent at the delay and ler depression, according to the police, led her to attempt to end her lite, Her condition was reported yorable today. UNION MEN GUILTY. fa- Pair Convicted in Connection With Dover, N. H., Disorder. N. H., April 12.—Bert of Lawrence, Mass. an or- of the bir one union, and . Beal of Lawrence, Mass., ar- during disorders he Wed- sday night, were found g ty in trict court yesterday on charges arising from a demonstration. Sen- tence was suspended. Emsley was with Beal and two othe men while they were home of H. A. Newton, Pacific Mills. The mills have been closed since last November, when the workers declared & strike in protest sgainst a rearrangement of working chedule Fred ted agent of the Prelate Freed by Russians. LONDON, April 12 —Archbishop Zep- 'k, head of the Roman Catholie Church in Russia, released from prison by the soviet authorities, ar- ived at Riga, Esthonia in an exhausted condition, the correspondent of the The prelate was in prison a er his condemnation to death and sub- sequent reprieve on charges of re- sisting the bolshevik government. sl :343 CONTRIBUTIONS GIVEN FOR CHARITIES 173 Additional Returns in Easter Drive Received in Past Twenty- Four Hours. Three hundred and forty-three ad- ditional contributions is the record of receipts since the opening of the Kas- ter campaign of the Associated Char- ities and Citizens' Relief As threa days ago. Of these 173 have come in within the last twenty-four hours. An encouraging feature con- tinues to be the returns from the &roup letters sent to professional and business men. The total receipts from this source is $5086, The lawyers' group has a record of twenty-six re- turns, with & total subscription $147. A few of the twenty-three groups have yet to register their first returns. The Associated Charities seeks dur- ing this Easter campaign, as it doe: at Christmas time, through its four teen opportunit to visualize to the people of Washington some of the contrasts which exist between those whose good fortune has brought into their lives the assets of success, of health and of opportunity, as com- pared with others who may at some | time have possessed such assets, but at the moment are faced with ill health, debts and mental worry. It is to be able to bring to bear upon those with such heavy handicaps the resources of hope and opportunity that at this Easter season the Asso- ciatad Charities is asking the interast and financial co-operation of 10,000 ‘Washingtonlans. Poverty Inevitable. Always in a oty of nearly half a million souls like Washimgton under existing conditions there are in- evitably a large number of families 50 close to the margin of necessity that sickness or accident to the bread winner means actual destitu- tion for the children or other depend- ent members. The amount asked for by the Associated Charities to com- plete its general budget for the vear, namely $25,000, can easily be obtain- ed, If the finance committee can reach its goal of 10,000 contributors. Classes of Members. In order to suit different purses the finance committee has divided its list of members as follows: Two dollars constitutes one an associate member, $5 an active member, $10 a special member, $25 a supporting member, $50 a sustaining member and $100 a capital member. Contributions may be made monthly or quarterly by the partial payment plan, according te the convenience of the donor. Subscriptions sent to Ord Preston, treasurer, 1022 11th street northwest, may be designated either for the As- sociated Charities or for the Citizens’ Relief Association, or may be left to the discretion of the committee, ac- picketing the | ciation | |MADDEN TOOPROSE | HIT RATE LAW REPEAL. U_ s. PAY lNcREASEs Railrogd Men Appear Before Sen- (A ate Commerce Body. : ” Railroad representatives continued President He Will Favor < today before the Senate interstate Raise in Salaries Only When | commerce committee their arguments Merited. | | Tells aguinst repeal of the rate sections of the (ransportation act. i Howard Hlliott, ‘chairman of the 1 board of the Northern Pacific, predict- !fidence of the investing public, and prove detrimental to shippers and employes alike. HONOR NA |TO HELP BUDGET BUREAU NCY HANKS Deming and Yaden Confer With! Only in rare instances, and then only {when the merits involved warrant it, will Chairman Madden of the House ! apbropriations committee agree to any | BOY Scouts Make Small White Oak {increased compensation for federal em- 3 ployes. Mr. Madden made this position | Center of Ceremonies Near know in no uncertain terms following | Memorial. a conference with the President today, s during which time the matter of In- {crensed compensation for certain | L cinenestor employes was discussed. Chairman Madden stated that long as he has charge of the purse | With fitting ceremonjes small {White oak tree was planted today by ,lthe Boy Scouts of the District #% ! Columbia in honor of Nancy Hanks, e ot e e ntos Trens. | the mother of Abraham Lincoln. The o5 o e United State = Ftran. wa S ¢ ury he is going to oppose any un-|lree was planted in the shadows of necessary raids upon the public funds. {the great Lincoln Memorial, whe He said lie proposes to follow strictly | the name of her illustrious son the policy of the present administra-{e o 2 tion to conduct the government nlnl’\fi’furl\'r perpetuated. sound and economic lines. In this| The tree itself has a connection Chairman Madden ex- |Value, for it was dug uy plained that he intends to give the |lLincoln homestead near E Iest ¢ eration to the budget|Ind.. where undoubtedly the reau in its endeavors to keep down | dropped from a mussive oak under public expenditures. whose branehes the young Lincoln played as a boy. The homestead has BN iniaciRer s aavenve. been recently purchased by the state garding increased compensation |of Indlana and Is now being turned Madden stated that this has been | into a memorial park. re of by the reclassification The Boy Scouts, who officiated in Act and that s opposed 1o any |the planting today, were representa- Lurther increases s he is shown | tives of the various troops of the and substan- | city, and among them were I incre He | Scouts, the highest rank conferred in scoutdom. They were under the leadership of Lynn C. Drake, scout executive of the District. A delegution from Congress also took part in the exerc s, each mem- 1 ber present pitching a small shovel- | ful of dirt mround the roots of the {tree. Representative Willlam Wil- son, in whose district in Indiana the Lincoln farm is located. headed the delegation, and made a short address of tribute to the memory of Nancy Hanks. Other represcntatives pres- ent were: Henry L. Canfield and Sam- vel . Cook of Indiana, W. W. Arnold of Illinois, Charles 1. Stengle of New York and William H. Boyce of Dela- ware. JAPANESE QUESTION STIRRED IN GENEVA Advisory C\;mmitt; H-ns Tilt Over Relations to Women and Chil- dren Emigrants. historical from acorn tial reason for such | takes the position th i looking for wealth working for the gove uare going to be mistuke give their serviees principally 4 sense of patriotism and pride. President Coolidge today conferred with Willlam C. Deming. chairman of the United ‘States Civil Service Commission, and James (. Yaden, chief the examining division of that commission, regarding a number of matters pertaining to that agency The report of the special commis sion appointed to reorgumize the reclamation service of the govern- ment. which was yesterday submit- ted to the President through Secre- tary Work of the Interior Depart- ment, was discussed at some length today during a conference between resident Coolidire and Senator Jones | land Representative Summers Washington 'WILL COMMEMORATE FRENCH AID TO U. S. ISoma of Revolution to Celebrate Dispatching of Fleet 146 Years Ago. nd plandits by nment they ! they should from ! Associated Press. NEVA, April 12 —Japanese em | gration to Califor: and woman's equality with man were (w0 questions which gave an unexpectedly dramatic touch yesterday to the final session of the league of nations advisory committee on trafhe in women and {children. The committee was angaged in drawing up recommendations for presentation to the immigration con- ference to be held in month and in which the United States Will participate. One of the recom mendutions presented was that a com- petent woman should be especially charged with the care of the interests of women and children on all emi- grant ships. | The Japanese delegate objected to the provisions, contending that as Jap- anes emigrants were practically men, the prov out of place. This brought a sharp reply from the Italian delegate, Mar- quis Paulucci de Camboli, formerly ftalian ambassador to Japan, who sai “I have lived in Tokio and T know that the statement is inexact, for Japanase women go to California to meet their husbands.” The commission subsequently decid- ed to recommend that woman guar- dians sail on all emigrant ships. HITS MUD THROWING BY SENATE PROBERS Willis Declares Wrongdoing Should Be Punished, But Says Rights Overstepped. A meeting to commemorate the 146th anniversary of the dispatch of the French fleet to the support of the American forces during the Revolu- tion will be held by the Sons of the {Revolution In the District of Colum- bia tonight at 8:30 at the Army and iNavy Club. ‘} A feature will be an address by _.\la] de Bles of the Royal Welch Fuzi- {leers on “France the Standard Bearer lof Civilization." Hae will be guest jof honor at the dinner preceding the I meeting. ; The Fuzileers which will be honored by the meeting were created in 1689 In 1775 Sir William Howe, as colonei of the Royal Welch bought the regi- ment 10 Boston, where he was desig- nated commander in chief of British forces after Gen. ge was recalled. They served eight years against Américan troops in the revolution from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. On their regimental standards a long list of battle honors is inscribed, includ- ing Blenheim, Oudenarde. Corunna, Peninsula, Waterloo, Lucknow, Se- bastapol, and others, but not one of the American battles is found so in- seribed upon their colors. According to tradition the Welch- men_ refused these as battle honars, on the ground that they did not wish £0 to commemorate contests again those of their own blood. oo The meeting tomorrow night, which will combine these two items of his- tory—the Welch Fuzileers and the support of France—will commemo- rate the 146th anniversary of the de- parture of the French fleet under Admiral d'Estainge to America, since it took place on April 13, 1778, THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Maryland —Fair and warmer tonight; tomor- row mostly cloudy and warmer, Mod- erate southerly winds. Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor- TOwW; warmer tomorrow, and in the interior tonight; moderate variable winds becoming southerly. West Virginia—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy and warm- or; posaibly showers in north por- jon. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—é pm.. 55; 8 pm., 54; 12 midnight, 50; 4 am, 41; 8 am., Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio, speaking before the Vaughn Bible Class in the Calvary Baptist Church last night, said: “There is no disposi- tion in the Senate to condone wrong- doing, but I deplore suspicions, in connection with the Senate investiga- tions, which are only designed to throw mud at somebody.” Intimating that the Senate had overstepped its bounds of authority, he said: “It isn't the business of the Senate to handle the job for every department and everybody in the country. Referring to the fmmigration problem, Senator Willis said that “it is strictly ed such action would shake the con- | BY PLANTING TREE| of | Kl | Rome next | all | on for women seemed | THE _ EVENING STAR! \7\’ASHING'1‘()NE D. C! TU RDAY! APRIL 12 DEMANDS COURTESY. Hines:Orders Politeness to Disabled Véterans, H | Director Hines of the Veterans' Bu- reau has taken steps to insure cour- teous treatment by employes to dis- jabled veterans secking aid. ! In a letter to district managers mide { public ‘today, he calls for elimination of employes not qualified to meet dis abled men “with a genuine interest’” in their welfare, and suggests fre- quent personal investizations to make sure they receive “courteous and hu- mane” treatment. {SHIP BOARD TO UNIFY SERVICES TO BRITAIN Adopts Plan to Cover North At- lantic Trade—Halts Inquiry Until Tuesday. The Shipping, Board ihas adjourned until Tue; dozen questions bearing on the fu- ture of the American merchant ma- {rine were under discussion yesterday. Chairman O'Cpnnor announced that {the board had adopted the plan for 'the consolidation of the five services |in the north Atlantie-United King- ldom tou without the- withdrawal {of any vessels, as recommended by | President Palmer of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Subjects taken up Ly the commit- tee included direct goverpment of eration of ships, a new managin operators’ contract, foreign discrim- |inations, leasing of piers and ware- houses, rate conference agreements, trade route consolidations, pre jtial rates and the La Folleite Imen’s act. Chairman_ O'Connor testified that iboth he and Commissioner I'lumme {were opposed vigorously to the Ship- ping Board's participation in rate- I fixing conferenggs, and cxpressed the {opinion that i® it came to a vote {to withdraw the board would favor |“getting out.” He asserted that if j&ection 28, providing preferential rail rates to shippers using American vessels, I8 made effective that would be the time to withdraw. Y FIRMS investigation day. A full STATIONER Onfair Methpds of Competition Charged in Federal Trade Com- mission Complaint. Unfair methods of competition charged agafnst the National Associa- tion of Stationers and Manufacturers lof the United States of Chicaxo, the Wholesale Stationers’ Association of lthe United States of New York and twenty-two sectional stationers’ as- sociations in a complaint issued to- day by the Federal Trade Commis- |xion Orzanizations named virtually con- trol the manufacture of stationery goods in the United States, the com- plaint charges, and alleges that they are in a combination to stifle competi- tion The following local and sectional assocfations are named as respond- ents in the complaint, with their of- ficers and members: Atlanta Station- rs' Club, Baltimore Stationers’ ctation, Boston Stationers’ Associa- | tien, Buffalo Stationers’ Club, Chicago are itioners’ Association, 'Kansas Dealers’ Association, Louisville Stump {and Stationery Club, Northwestern | Stationers” Association, Omaha Sta- tioners’ Assoclation, Pacific North- | west Stationers’ Association, Phila- delphia Stationers’ Association, Pitts- burgh Stationegs' ~ Club, Richmond Stationers’ Assoclation, St. Louls Sta- tioners” Association, Stationers” Asso- {ciation of California, Stationers’ and {Publishers' Board of Trade of New | York, Stationers’ Association of New { York. Stationers’ Assoclation of New Orleans, Stationers’ Club of Buffalo, {Stationérs’ Association of Southern iCalifornia and the Stationers’ Club of i Toledo. HIT FEDERAL WASTE IN WATERWAY WORK |rociiyn Federal Grand 7ury| Speakers at Missouri River Confer- ence Score Loss of Mil- lions in Past. By the Amociated Press. KANSAS CITY, Aprll 12—The federal government was scored for “shortsightedness and an extravagant policy of false economy” by speakers at yesterday's session of the Missour! river improvement conference meet- ing here. The oongressional “practice of making piecemeal appropriations™ for development of the great inland waterways was declared already to | have caused the loss of millions. Maj. C. C. Gee, Kansas City, of the ACCUSED BY U. S.! Stationers' Assaciation, Colorado Sta- | Book | 1924, HOUSE MEMBER AIDS STAR’S ‘ROXIE’ FUND Representative Richards of Ne- vada Donates $10, Along With Letter Indorsing Project. | CALLS “DELEGATION CAUCUS” Declares Nevada Is Poor in Wealth, But Rich in Sympathy. Cotributions to The Star's “Roxie” radio fund within the last twenty- four hours swelled the total to | 363 The monay will be credited Ito the original fund created by xle” and “hls gang” for the pur- and maintenance of radio re- celving apparatus for the disabled service men in Walter Reed, Mount Alto and the Naval hospitals. One of the largest contributions today ame from Representative Charles L. | Richards of Nevada, who lauded the ef- {forts of 1 Star to help raise amount necessary to brighten the exist- ence, through the medium of radio, of the bedridden patients in the three gov- ernment hospitals, The letter which ac- Representati Richurds K of *10 fellows: he writer hus noted commendable effort on the part of your paper and ‘Roxie’ 1o secure public dona- tions for entertainment by radio for the unfortunate hospital inmates of this District. The compelling force of its i fluence eaused him to call a meeting of {his st lelegation’ te the House of { Representatives and there discuss the | advisability as to the extent of its con- tribution to said fund nstituting its being chase | recently the whole chairman *as well as its ng all these things with- I have the following idea attitude of my state to- { ward this laudable effort. The state | represented is the least able all to contrihute charity to any e, from the standpoint of wealth is ' the richest, however, when comes to sympaihy for the unfor- tunate. and if financially able its heartfelt abundance would be reflect- ed by a liheral donation from all of its people sufficient unto your needs The impossible cannot be cted. [but its “deleation’ evidenc its feeling toward these unfortunates and contributes the inclosed $10 to- ward their ultimate and = lasting | pleasure. You have my best wishes, fand those of my state, for its glor- j ious success.” | GLOBE FLYERS READY FOR SEWARD FLIGHT | Will Leave Sitka Tomorrow on 610-Mile Hop if Weather Is Favorable. of its | tn myselr, |as 1o the By the Associated Press. BITKA, Alaska, April 12--Nothing but unfavorable weather reports will I prevent the four United States Army {aviators, en route around the world, from hopping off from here today for | Seward, 610 miles north, omitting a scheduled stop at Cordova, 135 miles east of Seward. An_eight-hour battle was waged by the flyers yesterday with high winds and heavy seas to prevent the seaplanes New Orleans and Boston from being washed | ashort and dashed to pieces. Only the {prompt aid of a United States forest ranger’ boat and the use of heavier anchors saved the planes. The light anchors of the machines wers like toys in the strong gale, which swept them steadily inland until additional weights were attached. The fiyers landed here Thursday after 300-mile_flight from Prince Rupert i a March 17. Monica, Calif. 11 IN COUNTERFEITING PROBE ARE INDICTED Frees Two Women—Holds Five Men in $25,000 Bail. By tam Associated Press. NEW YORK., April 12.—Federal grand jurors in Brooklyn vesterday indicted for conspiracy in manufac- turing spurious $20 federal reserve notes, eleven men, who, with two women, were captured in this dity, New Britain, Conn., and Bayport, L. 1. Five of the men, who government azents alleged were leaders in a conspiracy to broadcast the counter- i feit notes throughout the nation, were held in $25,000 bail each. Bail for the other six was fixed at $10,000 each. Thewives of two of the prisoners were ordered relcased when prose- cuting' attorneys declared them inno- cent of participation in the alleged conspiracy. the | ralegr | skl ot/any of Khelbuni-| it | B. C. The flight was started from Santa | Star’s ‘Roxie’ Radio Fund Donations Now Total $633 Contributions to The Stars “Roxie” radio fund received to- day follow: Previously acknowl- edged . ... 8594.95 A. P. Ha ] 1.00 Dr. 8. C. Johnxo) 2.00 1.00 1.00 2,00 5.00 5.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 'WATSON BELITTLES | SCHOOL FIRE HAZARD | Declares Conditions Do Not War- | i rant Closing or Any Undue | Alarm. With the board of education mark- ing time over what action to tuke to eliminate 4he fire hazards found in many of the public schools during ithe reccnt annual inspection, F Chlef George Watson today expressed the opinion that the conditions not serious enough to warrant closing of the buildings “While I believe that all of the su Egestions made to the board of educ: tion in the report of the deputy fire are things that ould be followed up,” said Chief Watson, “I { certainly would have taken prompt on myself to bring about the are marshal | ings if T had thought such action was necessary “In the case of the Smallwood Vo T did lay particular stress on the fire dangers existing there and Superintendant of Schools Ballou acted promptly in co-operation with the fire marshal in correcting {that situation.” { No Need for Alarm. | hool officials are not unduly {alarmed over the conditions found by the fire inspectors, pointing out that many of them are transitory. Fire {Chief Watkon also cmphasized that {there is no occasion for alarm on t {part of paren | Some of the conditions found in the { schools the fire inspectors, such {as the storing of waste paper, old fur- {niture and books in the busements of | i 1 cation hool, the buildings, it was pointed out, are due to the proverbial and eften criti- |cized system of red tape Regulations of the District govern- ‘m»m. it was said, preclude the re- {moval of old furniture, books, etc {from school buildings until this m | terial is condemnéd by the property | survey officer. As a result such prop. |erty is stored in { school buildinks for davs and weeks | awaiting official condemnation. | , Superintendent of Schools Ballou |declared that the storing of paper | under stairways and in the basements {is something to be expected under the present collection svstem. The | District building office, he said, col- }lects the trash about every eight or ten davs, and it accumulates in the neantim If the fire inspectors visited the {=chools just before the collection was {made, he points out, they would find la condition such thev: report, whereas, they would not If they made the inspection the following days Some Repairs Ordered. A few of the conditions complained lof in the fire department’s report, it jwas learncd toda {list for correction next month. Many {of the complaints cannot he corre ed, it was said, because of the luck of funds | _ Fire Chicf Watson agrees with the | fire inspectors that the stage in the | Central — High School — auditorium should be equipped with a steel eur- tain, sprinklers and other safeguards, as required in theaters — | DANISH ELECTIONS VICTORY FOR LABOR Government Party Defeated in Par- liamentary Voting—Socialist Premier Seen. By the Associuted Press. COPENHAGEN, April 12 cial returns from the parliamentary elections show that the government party suffered a defeat, the laborites electing the largest number of mem- bers of any party to the folketing. The house will be composed of laborites, 44 liberals, 27 conservatives and 20 independent Iiberals. According to the newspaper Koben- hayn, the laborites, with the assist- ance of the independent liberals, will form a new government under the premiership of T. Stauning, chairman of the Danish socialist party and former minister without portfolio 10,000 MINERS VOTE ! are on the repair | the | the busements of | | ment { run for ORATORICAL CONTEST LEADERS SELECTED Winning Six of Each High School Submitted for Final Competition. H PRIZE FOR EACH GROUP | $100 to Be Awarded to Victors in i Seven Districts. Promptly on schedule the seven higt schools the District last night submitteq students in their respective The judgi land dejivery of It ne |promptness with which {pleted demonstrates | which has animated petitors alike throughout ress of the first phases of test The winning six in ecach Washington high - schoo names follow in alphabets have qualified to compete in spective schools The trict prizes of $100 eac Western—Dolores Carter Cook, Serge Korff, Norm Gorddn Minnigerode and Do . Central—Mary Betts Yvonne Levy, Ruth New Schwartz and Robert Ware Anne Arthur, it Miley, Robirt th Reilly and Mar in ¢ Columbia ading =ix contest to The Spar. iterary t the 1 he oratorical in of the mer more than 1,000 ora was mean task, and the t was com- and t prog- wh o heir f tar dis | | | | | harty Elizabe neman Ix aretic s Dorothy Mann 11, Baun Charles Joseph Sorrell Min Frank Wina Armstrong an Burgess zler Gaddis Annie Wheeier Dunbar—Romaine Brown ine Chappele, Rozelle Cowser, Gregory. Othello Thompeon lian Washington Zastern—Donald Bi m Clementson, Lydia ldwarde Graves, Riith Greenwood and Painter. SENATORS AGREE TO BONUS MEASURE * WITH FEW CHANGES Brooks. Dougluss, Murphy Lucinda elyn Beatrire 1. I Kathe Fran and Lil Wil Asen ¥ an (&ontinued from First Page.) day. Mr. Smoot cing port was ordered by general consen Copeland Hax Bill. Senator Copeland, democrat, New York, has introduced a bonus bill along the lines of that Senator Sim- mons will propose, except that M car- ries no insurance option. Using the dollar-a-day basis of credit, the Cope land bill would wuthorize a gove bond Issue of $1.500.000.000 1 period of sixty vears. which amount, it was estimated, would cover the entire cost. Cost of the Hous bill has been estimated by govern- ment actuaries at from $2,202,000,000 to $3.600.000,000, With & report of the Senato an immed expected on whether the bill will be taken up first Smoot of the finance nounced yvesterday he wo tax bill up for discussion middle of the week. } generally, however, have su) Iv that they would favor dispositi first of the bonus bill annou the re the bonus showd is tax or honus Chairman comm il 10 te w I call the about the publicans ' Wonld Include Women. An amendment agreed to would per- mit women who served Na and Marine Corps yoemen to the benefits of the measure. This group, numbering about 1100 was included in the measure last session, but was the House No opinion was committee as to w bonus bills showld b Ghairman Smoot said, peted a move would | the bonus bill ahead. mons declared he wr decision to non-part Senate. Leaders of both parties clared & week probably sary to dispose of the bonus bill and three weeks at least for the fax-re duction measure. The bill w by the House, minutes’ debite. The enlisted me women officers up to and including the of captain in the Army and iCorps and lieutenant in the would be entitled to the bonus Dellar a Day Baxis. The compensation would be figure on the baMs of §$1 u day for hon service and $1.25 a day for oversea service, exclusive of the days, with maximums $623, respectively. The insurance policies would valued on the basis of adjusted ¢ pensation due, plus per centy that amount. The policies have a fack value of about twe a half times this sum. lwans would be allowed on the { policies up to 80 per cent of the cur rent cash reserve of the certificates any time afier two vears from the date of their insuance, H in the re- ceive passe excluded b, d er the taken expr v the tax up first he ex P made leave to tor & ich a on of the have de will be neces Ta Marin Nay first six of $300 and and g AT O a domestic problem which we have a |United States Army Corps of En- right to solve from the standpoint of | zineers. who was the chief assailant America. T am more interested in the | of the “federal wastefulness in river kind of folks that we are going to|work, said completion of the Missourj have in this country fifty years from | river channel now would cost the at noon today. Lowest temperature, |now than L am in the labor that we | full total of the estimate in 1912, plus 38, ocourred at 6:30 a.m. today. are going to get into somebody’s[the $10,080,000 speat on the stre Temperature same date last year— | mill.” in the interval. Highest, 61; lowest, 45. He advocated keevil:fi :nt il-\imn Gov. Davis of Ka e, ‘Ielih.r:d Weather in Varieus until they have expressed their inten- | the pending waterwa egislation _Weather In Varlows Oitler. | flon of becoming full-fledged Ameri- | promised a boon to the grain growers cording to the respective needs of welf, and refused to accept or pay these two organizations. 46; noon, 63. Tor it 29.96; Barometer— p.m., 8 pm., 30.00; 12 midnight, 30.01; 4 am., 30.01; 8 | a.m., 30.08; noon, 30.06. Highest temperature, 63, occurred Honorary Colonpis, Actresses and All, Under Ban of Army There will be no “honorary onels™ In the United Staes Army STRIKE IN SCRANTON | By the Associat»d Preas. SCRANTON, Pa. April 12—A vote to call a general strike of the 10,000 empioyes of the Pennsylvania and BOWIE ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1,200; maidem, two- id filies; six furiongs. . 115 Oatherine Dougla; L 115 The Cresis. ] “Somebody Must Care” But Who? col- was 3,780 Citizens of Washington, up to this noon, had proved that they do care by sending in their mem- bership contributions for the As- £ sociated Charities and the Citizens’ Relief Association to enable these agencies to carry on their city-wide wel- fare work for families in distress. Are you one of these? If not; 'w_ill you send in your contribution today Cut out and sign subscription form printed below, sending with check for whatever class of membership you feel able. 10,000 Members Needed ASSOCIATED CHARITIES (including Citizens’ Relief Association) Ord Preston, T'reasurer, 1022 Eleventh Street N.W. Inclosed please find $....coneeen payment in full a8 3 : (AR first quarterly payment | " (Kind of memborship desired) ‘(or contribution) for the curreat year. § Memberships: Associate ... $2.00 ¥ Temperature. it § i 3 Weather. WU e dupaaised *quu aeey Abileve, Tex. £2.84 Albany ... '30.12 udy Clear Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cioady Clear Cloudy Clear Raining Clear. Cloudy Ptclovty o Cloody BEBBEEE & $3 Clear . Fogxy Clondy Clear . = Pa i i | i i \e& oy ) by her and four male companions. cans. “The eighteenth amendment” said Senator Willis, “never made a law- breaker out of anybody, but only showed up & lot of peoplé who were already lawbreakers at heart.” There is more lawbreaking in America than in Europe, the senator stated. “For example,” he said, “take London with a population of 7,000.000 and Wash- ington with a_population of about 500,000; statistics will sbow that there is four times as much crime committed in this city as there is in London.” Louis D. Bliss, teacher ofs the Vaughn Class, flayed the pessimists and the conservatives and told of the need of accomplishing good through well applied energy and optimism. Dr. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptigh Church, told of the value of co-operation among individ- uals and organizations. Rey. Dr. Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of the Columbia Heigths Christian Church, also delivered a brief address. The program included vialin solos by Durwood Bowersox and readings by Walter W. Beck. Invoecation was delivered by Dr. J. Stanley Durkec, president of Howard Umiversity. Dr. E. C. Rice and Edward Kines, who attended the first annual ban- quet, in 1891, and who have never missed a subsequent affair, were on Dinner was served by the embers under NAB BOB-HAIRED ‘BANDIT. Police Bepart Girl. Confessed to Pay Roll Bobbery. NEW HAVEN, Comn, April 12— TKAlly of New Fork, arrested ot shmitted to the Do ight, o the po- T ihey Poported. that she was the ‘bob-haired it ‘who took in the pay rell of m, mor:. T %5, Cwien 4572 was obtained Jan) of the west, SHIPYARDS LOCKOUT 100,000 IN ENGLAND Failure of Striking Union Men to Accept Employers’ Ulti- Brings Crisi By the Amsociated Prees. LONDON, April 12—About 100000 shipyard workers thronghout Great Britain are locked out today in con- sequence of the failure of the strik- |ing members of their unions in ! Soiithampton to resume work yester- fday in confermity with the ulti- | Matum of the Shipdbuilding Employ- crs’ Federation. The lockout is ineperative only at Southampton, where the yards are being kept open for the return of those men willing to go back to work. ‘Whenever the Southampton members of any of the fifteen unions involved resume. labor, the lockout against their fellow. members in other yard: will be withdrawn, the emplolyers declare. The union officials appealed to the ownecs last night to defer the but the employers contend- od they had no alternative. - Werkers em Mauretania. Reports from n state that when the Mauretania was taken out for Cherbourg yesterday, a num- ber of skilled British workers were aboard her, having, with the assist- ance of the employers, dodged the strikers’ pickets. Enough of these mechanics are aboard, it is added, to perform all the im t repair work on ‘the liner, only the un- skilled part will be dome by the French’ Workérs at Che¥boarg.” N Ll 118 1R. T. Wilson, jr., and J. 8. Sahmon eatry, SECOND = RACE—Purse, three-yearolds; five and 5 thrws youry sad up; seven furlongs. ‘lg *Jack Fairman... }a : purse. $1,200; Pt one mile and a fur. Hillside Coal and Iron Company. taken at a meeting of the general grievance committee last night in Pittston. The strike, which, would tie up ten collieries throughout the valley, i to become effective Monday. The vote was taken after the griev- ance committee of the central col- lieries reported that contractors were mining coal for the company and that company officials had refused to dis- charge the contractors on their re- quest. The 1920 contract between the men and company requires that the contract system be abol Any such designation has been held to be unauthorized by Army regulu tions, and the War Department has decreed against the creation at this time .of such a grade iu the commi sioned ranks Objections agalust any such prac tice, filed with the department, are said to have resulted in the decisiv hence, actresses and other preors now holding designations of honorary colonels bestowed by regimental or- ganizations, formally or informaily, are not to be recognized and the practice is to be terminated forthwith American Government” BY FREDERIC J. 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