Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1924, Page 2

2 COMMISSION CITES WELFARE BODY PLAN Gives Reasons for Recommending Proposed Board in Formal Statement. CONDITIONS CALLED UNIQUE| (:’}itizens and Organizations Urged to Consider Measure. the recom- mendation of the public welfare leg- iglation commission for a public wel- fare board for the District were cited in a formal staten issued by the commission last night After pointing out that it was sug- Zested that a department of public welfare be established with a single executive at its head, to be appointed by the Commissioners, to be in com- | plete control of the work of the de- partme; the statement announced the decision “after very careful con- sideration,” to recommend a board of public welfare to be appointed by the mmissioners, and the board members in turn to appoint an exec- | utive to handle administration work. Reasons Given in Sapport. The reasons offered in support of the commission’s proposal include the following If the present mystem of control of | ublic agencies 18 to b Y a busine will and pr must be devised upon citizens of o underlying N Which a the Dib- | t can At the publ commission the hearings held by the dominant _sentiment man_control of the organization and in f ticipation by the citizens of the District under a board form of organization. The same view prevailed in the opinions expressed Ly correspondence and personal in- terview. It should be clearly under- stood that the annual appropriations for pu welfare institutions and agencies in the District of Columbia amount, in round numbers, to § 000, The commission feel amount of money should by or under the direction of a board of citizens, with an executive respon- sible to it, rather than by a depart- ment with an executive mot respon- sible to a board Conditions led “Unique.” | 2 of public welfare organ- | 1 be su ful which ake into account the | existing in_the Dis | Washington is more than | seat of the national | he board form of or- | on the whole is better the particular needs of ston than is any other form of its situation and tra- 1cl does st our public welfare have been controlled boards of citizens. The commis- sion proposes to merge three existing | boards into one board of publie wel- farc, thus securing unified control but retaining the board form of or- ganization. It is wiser to continue hat fundamental form of organ tion under a plan of unified control rather than 40 sw g to the extreme form of centralization which is in- | volved in a departmental form of or- zanization, with one person assum- ing full responsibility. This is par- ticularly true in a community which does not have the vote and does not have an effective voice in its own government. “Continuity of Mamagement.” “A department controlled by one person who is tne executive lends itself too readily to domination by special interests,” while a board tends toward more stable policy and con- tinuity of management. The official position of the director of a department may be at stake in any controversy, while an unpald board is in an inde- pendent position. “Public welfare is one of the newer developments in governrsent. It deals with human beings in distress, and its work is not so definite, tangible, and measureable as are, for example, nolice and fire departments. A board can be an educative and interpreta- tive influence in the.community, ac- qualnting the public with methods and needs in a field where public education is very greatly needed.” Citizens' Adviece Sought. The commission asks that every ditizen and organizatioh in the Dis- trict consider this proposal for a board of public welfare and take ac- tion after dellberation. It is request- ead that the results of official tion by individuals and organizations be transmitted to the office of the com- mission, 31 District Building. Organizations which have sent offi- cial indorsements of public welfare bill to council of social agencies in- clude, the Washington Council of Jewish Women; Instructive Vistiing Nurse Society (approving with modi- fication that director should have power to employ and dismiss mem- bers of his staff); the Y. W. C. A;! the Juvenile Protective Association: §t. John's Orphanage: the Associated Charities, and the Anti-Tuberculosis Society. BABY SHOW SCHEDULED. Planned Under Auspices of Crit- tenton Home. Beginning Tuesday, May 13, a baby show under the auspices of the Flor- ence Crittenton Home will be held at 1222 F street from 10 o'clock in the morning until 5:30 in the after- noon of each day, through Saturday. The babies will be brought in from the home each day. Local merchants have agreed to furnish the necessary furniture for conducting the show and all of the money collected through the show will be appropri- ated toward the work of the local home, which is located on Conduit road. Those In charge of the show on each of the various days are: Tues- day, Mrs. Walter Brown; Wednesday, Mrs. A. B. McManus; Thursday, Mrs, H. A. Lockwood; Friday, Mrs. Fred Mitchell, and Saturday, Mrs. B. J. Duffies. Mrs. A. L. Douglas, treasurer of the board of managers of the home, is general chairman in charge of the show In addition to furnishing furniture for the show, Woodward & Lothrop and W. B. Moses will furnish dolls and other toys for the “tots” in the show to play with. “ALF” TAYLOR SPEAKS. Tennessee Society Hears Lecture on “Up Salt River.” Four hundred members of the Ten- nessee State Society last night listen- ed with interest to a favorite son of the state, former Gov. “Alf” Taylor, give his lecture on “Up Salt River.” The former governor explained that by “up salt river” he meant a place where all persons who suffer defeat politically or otherwise, right- fully belong. His address was a com- bination of humor and philosophy. Mr. Taylor, who is now seventy- five vears old, came into national prominence when nearly forty years ago he opposed his brother, the late Senator Robert Taylor, for Governor of Tennessee. Among the guests at the Raleigh were Mrs. Robert Love Taylor, widow ‘of Senator Robert Taylor, and Repre- sentatives Gordon Browning, B. Car- roll Reece and J. Will Taylor, all of Tennessee, and Judge B. M. Lindsey. ‘Dr. E. M. Ellison, president of the society, presided. Dancing followed. —— MAINE SOCIETY HAS FETE. {Revised Schedules On Income Tax Shown in Contrast The income tax rates schedule as framed by the House and Senate and included in the present law follow: Senate: Normal—2 per cent on incomes of $4.000 and under: 4 per cent on i comes between $4,000 and $8,000; per cent above §5,000. Surtaxes—Start at 1 per cent at $10,000, graduating up to 40 per cent applicable to incomes of $500,000 and 6 Sxemptions—3$1.000 for single per- .500 for heads of families. House Normal—2 per on incomes of $4.000 and under per cent on in- comes between $4,000 and $8,000; 6 per cent abov L000. Surtaxes—tart at 1% per cent at $10.000, craduating up to 37% per cent, applicable on incomes of $200,000 and over. Exemptions—same as present law. Present law Normal—4{ per cent on incomes of $5.000 and under: 3 per cent above. Surtaxes—Start at 1 per cent at 36,000, graduating up to a maximum of 50 per cent on incomes of $200,000 and over. ixemptions—3$1,000 for singlo per- ce | sons, $£2.500 for heads of familles with incomes of $5,000 and less, $2,000, for others. e TAX BILL PASSED WITH ALL MELLON PLAN ELIMINATED (Continued from First Page.) incomes of more than $5,000 are al- lowed but $2,000 exemption. Repub- licans made no fight on the proposal and it was adopted without a record vote. Amendments Turned Down. As a vote on passage approached various amendments offered from both sides were turned down with a chorus of noes and without expla- nation of their purpose by the au- thors, debating having been shut off. Republicans made no further af tempt to upset the Democratic pro- visions, Republican insurgents hav- ing stood firm In their coalition with the minority vesterday on two moves by the organization Republicans to knock out the Simmons income rate schedule. Aside from the rate schedule, which actually varies but little from that adopted by the House on a strict Re- | publican vote, Republicans were bit- | terly opposed to the substitute cor- | poration tax providing for a gradu- ated scale of rates applicable on un- disturbed profits and to the provision opening tax returns to public inspec- tion and the hearings of the board of tax appeals to the public. Both of the latter proposals were | adopted with Republican insurgents jolning with a solid Democratic vote. To both of these President Coolidge has indicated his opposition. These and the income rate schedule will be the principal points of differ- ence to be worked out in conference. Chairman Smoot declared on the | floor yesterday, referring to changes | made in the bill by the Senate, that | he hoped the measure would be modi- | fied in conference. Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, on the other hand, remarked that as head of the Senate conferees the finance commit- tee chairman would be expected to defend the Senate changes in confer- ence. Income Rate Schedule. Principal interest in the bill, the publicity and corporation changes, had centered in the income rate schedule, where party lines again were drawn. Both the House and Senate decisively rejected Secre- atry Mellon's proposal for a change in these rates, both going further in the cuts on the lower incomes and limiting somewhat the proposed re- ductions on the higher brackets. Calling attention to the expenses which might have to be met by the government next vear and which would not be provided for by the revenue bfll passed yesterday, Senator Smoot listed the following extra ap- propriation bills either passed or pending: Bonus _bill, $135,000,000; Bursum pension bill, $58,000,000; reclassifica- tion, $10.000,000; deficiency appropri ation, $10,000,000; Veterans' Bureau reclassification, '$32,000,000; postal clerk salary increases, $15,000,000. Additional Cuts Ordered. The following additional cuts were ordered by the Senate, Senator Smoot said, over that proposed in the com- mittee bill. Telephone and telegraph message tax repeal, $34,000,000; cor- poration tax modification, $10.000,000; further reduction in automobile parts, $5,000,000; repeal of tax on drafts and checks, $2,160,000; increased exemp- tions, $15,000,000. Should the bill be vetoed by the President, Republican leaders said they would attempt to pass a special resolution calling for the 25 per cent reduction in income taxes payable this year, now carried in the bill it- self. ~ - until tax | em e SERVICE FLAG TO BEAR HONOR ROLL OF 105,102 ‘Will Be Brought From Pihladel- phia for St. Andrew’s Brother- hood Ceremony. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 10.—A serv- fce flag, representing an honor roll of 105102 men of the Episcopal Church} who served in the world war, will be taken from this city to Wash- ington on May 18, to be placed in a permanent niche in the National Ca- thedral on Mount St. Alban, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew announces. The flag will also serve as a me- morial to the work of the brotherhood carried on by the eighty-three vol- unteer secretaries during the war. An_impressive ceremony marking the installation of the flag in the cathedral, will be held, the presenta- tion being made by United States Senator George Whartor. Pepper, in behalf of the brotherhood. Gen. John J. Pershing will receive the standard for the cathedral. The ceremonial will be broadcast by radio. The re- ligious part of the exercises will be conducted by Bishop Freeman of Washington, while senators and members of the House of Representa- tives will act as ushers, The secretaries of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew carried on during the THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MORE THAN $700,000 SEIZED NARCOTICS DESTROYED Scen( at the headqunrters of the of the com perv MARK TWAIN HAILED GREATEST U.S.AUTHOR Danghter Soloist at Missouri So- ciety Concert for Memo- rial Fund. Mark Twaln was hailed last night as the foremost author this country has ever produced, when the Missouri Society presented a concert in Mem- orial Continental Hall for the benefit of the proposed Mark Twain Mem- orial Park at the famous humorist's birthplace in Florida, Missouri. Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, who real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was the soloist. *ossessed of a voice of genuine qual- and a most prepossessing per- sonality, her efforts were received with enthusiasm and even after the ng number the audience remained ted and applauded for an enchore. Personal Friend Introduced. George Harvey, who was intro- by the president of the Mis- souri § s “a personal friend of Mark presided. Explaining the purpose of the concert, Col. Har- vey said it was “to encourage the people of Missouri in their endeavor to provide a suitable memorial, at the place of his birth, for the most illus- trious son of their great common- wealth,” Mark Twain started his profes- sional career as a newspaper reporter, Col. Harvey pointed out, and he will ever be held in pride, affection and reverence. In England, the speaker said, he is regurded as the representa- tive ra author of his time and e ywh even on the book shelves of_India, his volumes fairly swarm. Dr. C.'Alphonso Smith related some of the more outstanding achievements of the author. Irvin 8. Cobb, who was introduced as “the man who is regarded by a great many persons as the foremost humorist of today,” aid that no American author of {0- day could wear the mantle dropped by Mark Twain when death called him aw: Col d hers in Costume. The auditorium was well filled and the concert was presented in an at- mosphere reminiscent of some of the author’s most famous books. Guests were met at the door by Boys dressed in the denim_overalls and wide-brimmed straw hat that will always be associated with the far-famed Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, two boy characters created by the genius of Mark Twain. The boys gave out the programs. Some of Missouri's prettiest daugh- ters acted as ushers. Michael Raucheisen accompanied Clara Clemens on the piano. TAILOR TERRORIZED BY BLACK HAND NOTE Reports Threat to Kidnap Daugh- ter to Police After Three Days of Fear for Life. After living for three days in con- tinual fear for the life of his two- year-old daughter and the safety of his family, never once leaving the house, Willlam Tenn, tailor, of Geor- gia avenue and Irving street, last night finally reported the receipt of a blackhand letter to police head- quarters. Interviewed by newspaper men last night, he withdrew his right hand from his trousers pocket long enough to display the revolver which ho kept there, constantly on_the alert for the writer or writers of the threatening letter. The letter told him to leave 350 on the doorstep tomorrow night and warned him that if he reported the case to the police they would “come and get your daughter’ and possibly “get you.” “We 'are_a gang of 50, the letter stated. “We are from Califo We are California outlaw.” o o Practical Joke Seen. After investigation, detectives de- clared their opinion to be that the letter was a cryde practical joke or else & weapon with which some per- sonal enemy sought to terrorize Tenn. Tenn and Mrs. Tenn, who have nine children, have been in constant fear of danger since the receipt of the letter. They have guarded the child clogely ever sinae the letter arrived. “T would not care if it was for me, myself, that they made their threats,” Tenn stated. “This gun stays in my pocket. I want to keep this quiet g0 that I can shoot the one who wrote that letter when he comes to get the money. I have an idea as to who he is.” Despite the fact that police believe it an insignificant case, all precau- war an extensive religious work among the men in camps. Authentic Story tions have been taken to give the utmost protection to the Tenn family. of Czar’s Death F. A. MacKenzie, the Russian correspondent of The Star and the Chicago Daily News, has winnowed the wheat from the chaff of misinformation regarding the * * In a series of four articles terrible fate of the Romanoffs. * % Mr. MacKenzie will reveal the true, inside story of events leading up to the bloody assassination of the royal family at the hands * % The Msgine State Society held danco 4t the Thompson School, 12th @nd L streets northwest, last night as the closing feature of its spring program. F. C. Merritt was in charge. Refreshments were served. 9 of bolshevik soldiers. * x Facts were obtained only after extensive investigation. * * * % The series starts Tuesday in The Star. Harr it Ewome narcotic division of the prohibition uni EX-CONFIDENCE WOMAN’S WILL HELPS PRISONERS Sophie Lyons Burke Provides for Some Persons Serving Time and for Inmates’ Children. By the Amociated Press. DETROIT, Mich.,, May 10.—The will of Sophie Lyons Burke, reformed in- ternationally notorfous confidence woman, will be filed for probate next Monday, it was announced today b Judge Ira W. Jayne, special admini- strator, who bored open a safety box in order to locate the instrument The exact value of the estate, which has been estimated at various large sums, was not made public today. M °d last Wednes- day 3 E y-eight, after having spent the fi bhalf of her life in crime and the last half in assisting in the reformation of crim- inals, made many generous bequests to relatives and friends, and left a large portion of her estate to be de- voted to prison welfare work. It is to be kept intact for fifty years, A phie Lyons Memorial ho | | for children from two to four years | of age, one of both of whose parents | | are prison inmates, is provided for| in the instrument, which asks the| blessing of God Uupon its contents and expresses the hope that all the | testator's =ins have been forgiven. Many pieces of dazaling jewelry were found in a long black bag which | enclosed the wi Another box contained an equal array of jewels Including a large | diamond studded cross A piano for the Detroit House of Correction, magazines for prisons in New York, Massachusetts, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and_Michigan are provided for by Mrs. Burke. .\| sum of $500 is to be spent on any Jewish orphanage Fred W. But . one of the trustees, might name. Als £100 is to be spent annually on Sing Sing, $50 of which is to go to the sick and $50 for @Wlicacles for in- | mates in the death house. | ASK RADIO REFERENDUM | ON McNARY-HAUGEN BILL S. Specialist and University Ex- pert Debate Farm Problem From Chicago Station. By the Amwociated Press. { CHICAGO, May 10,—Radio fans were called upon tonight to decide by referendum the debate of Charles J. Brand, consulting specialist in | marketing of the United States De- partment of Agriculture, supporting the pending McNary-Haugen bill and Dr. B. H. Hibbard, head of the de- partment of markets of the Uni- versity of Wiscousin, opposing the bill, which was broadcast from a Chi- cago station. “The farmer is unorganized and has relatively no voice in naming the market prico of his products,” Mr. Erand declared. “He must produce a surplus for the sale of the whole people and that surplus is the cause of his trouble. The NeNary-Haugen bill merely provides a device to take care of the surplus in a way that will be fair to all the people.” In opposing the bill, Dr. Hibbard declared, “Any proposal for the pur- chase of surplus farm produce to be s0ld for what it would bring in for- eign countries, after the American consumer had been supplied at a des- ignated price, would be a ‘seller's monopoly.” Any plan of changing the general level of prices would fall in the crucial test since it would raise or lower all prices simultaneously. ‘What is needed is a restoration of a: economic balanc Third Arms Sale to Cuba. A third vequest from the Cuban government ior purchase of ordnance materials from the War Department's surplus stocks was approved yester- day by Secretary Weeks. The order amounted to $8,000. A statement was lssued at the Cuban embassy saying that the Cuban minister at Berlin had cabled his government denying he had made a statement attributed to him that American sugar interests wers be- hind the outbreak in Cuba. Elected Art Body Head. George W. Stevens, director of the Toledo Museum of Art, was elected president of the Association of Art Museum Directors meeting here. Homer Saint-Gaudens, the -depart- ment of fine arts of Carnegie Insti- tute, Pittsburgh, was elected vice president, and Arthur MacLean of | duct the hearing. t, showing Col. O. G, Forrer, chairman ittee on the dixposition of narcotics (left), and his two assistants, J. T. Wallace and R. D. Kinsey su- ing the burning of the “dope” seised throughout the country by federal agents, HEARING ON SURPLUS WILL GET UNDER WAY Inquiry Demanded by Blanton Ex- pected to Start Tomorrow Morning. The hearings demanded by Repre- sentative Thomas L. Blanton, Demo- crat, of Texas, on the legislative proposal to appropriate for perma- nent improvements in the National Capital the $4,500,000 surplus be- longing to the District, collected in taxes in the District and which is now in the federal Treasury, are expected to start tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock in the House Dis- trict committee room. Representative Beers of Pennsyl- vania has been designated as chair- man of the subcommittes to con- The other mem- bers are Representatives Lampert of Wisconsin, Stalker of New York, Kunz of Illinois, and Blanton. Acting Chairman Zihlman of the District committee is prepared nake a statement in favor of n by the House to turn the over to the District. Virtually member of the District com- has declared himself as fully atistied that the federal government is holding approximately $4,500,000 that belongs to the local government, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, the District auditor, will be the chief witness. tatives Hardy of Colorado Wright of Georgia, who repre- sentod the House on the joint com. mittee which investigated the.ques- tion of this surplus a year ago, also have bLeen invited to appear as wit- nesses Representative Blanton has re- served the right to call two other auditors before the committee in op- position to any recogmition of this Z00 BARRED TO ALL DOGWOOD VANDALS None Allowed to Enter or Leave With Blooming Branches in Cars. Out at the Zoo, where lions roar and snakes coil thelr sinuous selves in and out for the edification and delight of the public, there are acres and acres of beautiful parkway which Superintendent Hollister i3 protecting this year with a vigilant eye. For years it has been the custom to ailow none to break the plants and wildflowers in the Zoo. Any aato- mobilists caught on their way out of the Zoo with wild flowers or plants not only have been stopped and reprimanded, but their trophies have been taken away. This year, while the campaign_ for preservation of the flowering dog- wood is under way in all parts of Washington and vicinity, Superin- tendent Hollister has been co- operating. o automobile is allowed even to enter the Zoo with dogwood,” de- clared the superintendent. “We have stopped several this year who have attempted to come through gateways with the broken beaghs. I have given strict orders to all officers at the gates to allow nome to enter with dogwood, and I understand several have been stopped at the gute, reprimanded and turned away with- out being privileged to enter. “They would be stopped going out anyway, on the theory that they may have taken the dogwood while in the Zoo, so to make the ‘quaran- tine' against dogwood air tight we allow neither exit nor entrance with dogwood.” Superintendent Hollister is enthusi- astic over the campaign to save the dogwood, and expressed the belief that it is having a real effect. On a recent auto trip on & beautiful spring day, he said, such as many days in the past years when automobiles everywhere would be loaded with dogwood, he said he had seen only two cars with the contraband flowers. —_— Bound Over as Assailant. Willlam H. Green, twenty-thres years old, colored, charged with at- tempting criminal assault on young girls, was held for the grand jury by John Herron Art Institute, Indian- apolis, was elected secretary. Judge McMahon in the Police Court yesterday. Bond was fixed at $2,000. PLEASE MAY 11, 1924—PART L URGES FOURTEENTH | STREET EXTENSION Zihlman Will Bring Proposal Be- fore House Tomorrow—Indorsed by Commissioners. OPPOSITION IS FORESEEN Amendment to Appropriations Bill Excepts Project. The bill for extension of 14th street north through Walter Reed Hos- pital grounds is to be called up in the House tomorrow as the first business on District day, by Acting Chairman Fred N. Zihlman, The Secretary of War, the District Commissioners, the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agricul- ture and practically all Interests which have studied this proopsed development have given it hearty Indorsement. Those who are urging the bill em- phasize that it would afford a much needed new entrance to the Capital city from the north and would open up @ desirable suburban area to re- lieve the housing conjestion. Zihiman Spdnsors Measure, Representative Zihlman explains that he is bringing up this measure for consideration, following out an agreement reached more than a month ago with House Leader Long- worth and the steering committee on a program of uncontested measures will carry the unanimous support of the House District committee. Indication that there will be some opposition in the House to the 1ith Street extension bill was shown a week ago when Acting Chalrman Mc- Kenzie of the military affairs com- mittee had and amendment included in the District appropriation bill for the coming fiscal year which speci- fically excepts the extension of 14th street from the program of street development. Falled to Report Ruale. After the 14th street bill has been disposed of Representative Zihiman expects to call up the Gilbert bill for prevention and control of social diseases. Although the House District com- mittee voted unanimousiy authoriz- ing Representative Lampert of Wis- consin, as chairman, to ask a special rule from the rules committee mak- Ing the Fitzgerald workman's com- pensation bill the order of special business tomorrow, the rules commit- tee has failed to report the rule as requested, CITY HEADS READY FOR FINISH FIGHT ON CRAMTON PLAN| (Continued from First Page.) for the District appropriations during the fiscal year 1925 In announcing his plan Commis- sioner Oystor said the District was virtually out of debt. Other cities throughout the country place the burden of paying for permanent im- provements upon the generations t whioh they are the greatest benefi by bond issues to pay for them. Com- missioner Oyster pointed out that much could be done in this way in the District to bear the cost of im- provements that are badly needed, but which are hard to get from cur- rent appropriations. The bonds, he said, under his plan would be liqui- dated on a 60-40 basts. Capper Defends 60-40 Plan. Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, a member of the subcommittee that will handle the District appropria- tion bill in the Senate, came out last night in vigorous opposition to the effort being made to destroy the §0-40 plan of appropriating for the national capital. Coming on the' eve of considera- tion of the bill by the subcommittee, Senator Capper's stand gave encour- agement and strength to those who believe that the Senate will not be likely to follow the action of the House in striking out the 60-40 provi- sion of law and substituting a lump sum contribution of $8,000,000 as Uncle Sam's share in the maintenance of the federal city. Says Proposal Unfalr. “I do not believe that the appro- priation of an arbitrary lump sum of $8,000,000 is a fair or equitable method of determining the nation’s obligation toward the District of Columbia,” Senator Capper declared. “I regard the fiscal relations be- tween the United States and the Dis- trict as far too important a subject to be changed by tacking a provision to an appropriation bill. “If the Cramton amendment is to be considered by Congress, it should be presented as a separate bill and de- cided upon on its merits after carefui investigation.” Senator Capper pointed out that Congress couid not go thoroughly into a new fiscal arrangement this late in the present session. Senator Phipps of Colorado, chair- man of the subcommittee, tn an- nouncing last night that hearings on the bill will begin Tuesday morning with the District Commissioners pres- ent to testify, said he did not believe the hearings would last more than two or three days. Will Consider Citisens’ Views. Chairman Phipps has not discussed in any way the possible action of the subcommittee on the question of fiscal relations, but there is reason to be- lieve the subcommittee members will give serious consideration to the ex- pressed views of the people of the District. The reclamation of the Anacostia River and flats, which for several years has been confined to the area below the Benning bridge, may be carried on to the north of the bridge in_the next fiscal year. It is understood that Senmator Phipps is disposed to favor removing the restriction that has confined the roject to the south of the bridge it e is assured that all of the dredging in that section has been completed. The House already has voted for an appropriation of $150,000 for the project, without limitation as to its expenditure. Expense Eliminated. The restriction was applied in past years because the plans called for & costly draw-span in the Benning bridge in order to get the dredges up the stream. It is understood the plans for the work have been chang- ed 80 as to obviate the necessity for this change in the bridge structure. Senator Phipps belleves a great ex- pense has been saved by eliminating the need of the draw-span. While the Senate subcommittee probably will make a number of changes throughout the bill, the Cramton substitute for the 60-40 plan 18 by far the most Important feature of the House bill to be considered. WILL SELECT RIFLE TEAM. The National University Rifle and Pistol Club will select team members to_represent the club at the inter- collegiate matches to be held at An- napolis next Saturday at a final elimi- nation contest at the Camp ‘Sims range this morning. A team of five members and two_alternates will be selected. The club will shoot from 8:30 to 1 o'clock and the members se- lected will practice each afternoon during the week for the matches. e d oy Ralston to Speak. Senator Samuel M. Ralston of In- diana will speak at & meeting of the National Democratic Club of Wash- ington at the Raleigh Hotel Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Dr. Albert H. Putney is president of the club, Capt. David Pine, first vice president; Mrs, Walter E. Hut- ton, second vice president; Fred P. Myers, third vice president; Judge Robert Hardison, fourth vice presi- dent; Bates M. Stovall, secretary, and James R. Baker, treasurer. | desirability of | founding and malatenance of | speare’s tragedy FIVE MINERS TRAPPED. Imprisoned Pollowing Cave-In of Sulphur Ore. LEADVILLE, Colo., May 10.—five miners were imprisoned in the 1,500 foot level of the Empire Zino Com- pany Mine at Gilman, late today, foi- lowing a cave-in of sulphite cre, ac- cording to word veceived here to- night. The men were working on the sixth level and are thought to be the only workers in that section of the mine. Superintendent A. H. Buck has re- cruited a force of thirty men who are attempting to drive an emergency drift through the debris in an effort to reach the men befors they are overcome by gas. BOXER DEBT ACTION GRATIFIES CHINESE Cancellation Shows. American Vision and Generosity, Editorial Views. The Chinese people appear to be much gratified over the recent action of the House in canceling the remain- ing money due to the United States from China under the provisions of the Boxer war indemnity. If the ex- pressions of recent editorials from the Far Eastern Times, Peking Daily News and Peking Leader represent the feelings of the eastern republic the House action has served to estab- lish firmer ties of friendship between the two countries. The editorial appearing in the Far Eastern Times on May 9 and cabled to the Chinese minister here reads as follows: “This is one of those sweeping gestures of which the American mind, even the American official mind, seems to have a monopoly—one of those acts of gracious justice or just graciousness that betoken the broad outlook and the clear vision of a genius that is inherent In the race.” “America Leads Way. It saxys further that ¥America has led the way, but others are follow- ing very lamely on the path.”” It criticizes the British and French atti- tude on the question and concludes that “in the case of Great Britain and France it is especially incumbent on them as associates with China in the war to deal with these problems | both generously and expeditiously. | This surely is nbvious, and this de- sirability increased by the un- inviting odious com parisons with what other powers may is The Peking Daily News in an ed torial entitled “American Generosity,” said: “The action of the House, which will undoubtedly be concorded to in the Senate, will give the Chinese people another proof of American generosity. The United States gov- ernment has already taken the lead in returning to China the surplus portion of the indemnity, which funds have been and are being used in the tl Tsing Hua College and in sending Tsing Hua students to be educated in | ,Am-:ricu. Comparison Is Drawn. “It draws_a comparison of this ac- tion with Karakhan's attitude and points out that while Karakban in his 1920 declaration promised to re turn the Russian portion of the in demnity unconditionally and made smilar statements on his arrival in Peking, yet in the draft agreements negotiated with C. T. Wang he added one condition after another, retaining as_much control_as possible.” The Peking Leader says: “The report of the action of the House of Representatives drew forth unqualified praise on account of this additional proof of American gen- erosity resolution passed in 1621 by the Senate never came to a vote in the House, because of adjournment, and expressed the hope that tha Senate will soon follow the action of the House before adjournment.” GEORGETOWN STUDENTS REPRODUCE “HAMLET” Mask and Bauble Club Plays Be- fore Packed Hall in Annual Production. The Mask and Bauble Club play- ers of Georgetown University tackled in true professional manner Shake- of “Hamlet” last night before an appreciative audience that packed Holy Trinity Parish Hall. In stage setting and aoting the performance surpassed anything the Mask and Bauble Club players have attempted in their three previous per- formances of Bhakespearean drama. The cast in general showed the re- sults of careful coaching by the Rev. John A. Dixon, S. J., and Prof. John M. Kline, and, unlike the average amateur performance, there was no forgetting of lines or impatient waits during the shifting of scenes. In Charles E. Clifford, a senior, the Georgetown players possessed a Hamlet, who is graceful of figure and with a voice of fine expression, Mr. Clifford made a decided impres- sion in the difficult role assigned to him. James E. McLarney, '25 as Polonius, the Lord Chamberlain, deserved sec- ond place in honors, lending fine spirit to the role gned to him. Edwin J. Cashman, '26 had the dif- ficult part of playing Ophelia and did it well, while the other more conspicuous’ roles tere adequately filled. Through the generosity of the National Theater, the Shubert-Belasoo and Strand theaters, as well as the W. B. Moses Company, the George- town players were able to present strictly professional stage settin The platform scene before the cast! where the King’s ghost walks the ramparts, as well as the final scene showing the hall in the castle, were particularly _effective. In ~ other scenes, the settings followed clogely the simplicity of the Elizabethan stage. The cast was as follows: Claudius, John F. Dailey, *24; Hamlet, Charles E. Clifford, '24; Ghost of King Hamlet, Bernard M. \Vagner, '24; Polonius, James E. Larney, '25; Laértes, Louls B. Laplace, '24; Horatio, J. Gibbons Burke, '24; courtiers, Robert Sullivan, '26, Martin J. Harding, '27, and John E. Laughlin, jr., °37; ' Marcellus, Thomas E. Slattery! Bernardo, Thomas A. Callaghan, "25; Francisco, James E. Lee, First Player, Den- nis A. Shea, '27; Second Player, Vin- cent J. O'Leary, '26; Player Queen, John T. Doran, '26; First Grave Dig- ger, John A. Goodwin, '24; Second Grave Digger, R. Rutledge 'Slatt, *27; Priest, Stanley J. Wallace, Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, Robert C. Craine, '27; Ophelia, Edwin J. Cashman, ‘26. Louis J. Slattery was chalrman of a reception committee of students, comprising Santo A. Sottile, James H. Grasty, James S. Becker, William J. Kalt, Charles M. McNally, Alan Dailey, Joseph J. Gorman and Lou J. O'Leary. Meyer Goldman's Orch, tra furnished music specially arrang- ed for the occasion, while the stage settings were under the direction of J. Robert Shaw, '24. Among the Washington patrons and patronesses were: Rev. Thomas A. Emmet, S. J., Georgetown Preparatory School; Mrs. Herbert Hoover, DF. William Gerry Morgan, Minister Sao- Ke Alfred Sze, Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mrs. Lizzie Leclerc, Joseph P. Tumulty, B. F. Saul, Dr. George Tully Vaughan and Richard §. Harvey. | the South It points out that a similar | PITTSBURGH MAYOR ORDERS CARS BE RUN Promises Police Protection Strikebreakers-—Trolley Service Completely Suspended. to DANGEROUS TUNKELS CLOSED * No Chance Taken for Recurrence of Gas Poisoning. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 10.— May Willlam A. Magee late today made formal demand upon the Pittsburg! Rallways Company to restore street car service at the earliest possibl moment “‘wi whatever forces avallable.” The demand, which fo! lowed a strike at midnight last nigh of 3,200 motormen and conductor was answered by the announcement of the company that an effort woul be made Monday to restore scr with 500 men from outside Service was completely suspended day. In asking that the compan tempt to restore service, A Magee informed the company tk city was p ring to furn necessary police protect council, meeting in speec later in the day t the . quest, passed an “emerg nance which created a fund of § for the purchase of tear gas ¢ ment, riot guns and other mater Cites Franchise Terms. “The du of the Pittsburgh ways Company under the laws «f commonwealth and franchi: ed to It Mayor Magee's Arthur W. Thompseon, p the railways company, stated, make every effort to restore the = ice at the earliest possible more ¢ ® ¢ ] assume that you will im diately proceed to operate the ca the Pittsburgh Raiflways Compur ar | with ‘whatever forces are availabi: The worst traffic jam in the cit Pittsburgh resulted from the strik: Extra shuttle trains wers prov by the railroads to suburban to but afforded small relief. Automob trafic blocked the downtown str at, intervals throughout the day ’As the result of a trafiic jam in th New Liberty tunnels thirfy person were overcome by carbon monoXid gas thrown off by automobiles, the tunnels closed temporarily traffic. The twin tubes, runniug und hills for a mile and eighth, were recently completed opened to restricted automobile tr fic pending the completion ventilating system Protection Guaranteed. In promising police protection |street cars operated durfng the str Mayor Magee suggested that car run as trains in districts not se by railroads. Policemen 4 biles would provide prot such trains, he declared. tives of the carmen, when the plan to operate cars Monday clared there “would be no ¥ iking carmen 1 strike was made effe Mayor Magee | mands of the cal from 67 Both the carmen agreed to arbitration , but were unable to agr: form and scope of such atement issued tonight Rearden, international repr. > of the carmen’s union, that the carmen had offere s the controversy for a $-cent-an-ho increase.” The company contendsd during the negotiations that financial condition was such that could grant no increase. One of the Liberty tubes wa: opened for outbound traffic ton with an extra detachment of officers to regulate the cars. An automobile wa {to_the tube every ten seconds The biockade of the tu from a jam of city-bound the street leading to the tun: lines of automobile: the entire length poisoned the air. abandoned their cars and st from the tubes ile overcome while were carricd out by from the United States mines and members of the |department. While a number taken to hospitals, it was expected th all_would recover Engincers in charge of tha tunr were notified that D. R. Levy, & pert in tunnel ventilation, wb rive in Pittsburgh tomorrow i+ New York to advise in the problem ¢ ventilating the tubes. HOWARD U. GETS $36.704. Expects to Complete $50,000 Im: provement Fund This Week The school of religion of Ho University hopes to go over th this week in its campaign to $50,000 from the colored resider Washington for the endowment building fund. In three weeks, ,704 pledged, leaving about’ $13.000 b raised. With the completion of t Washington quota, the university w begin its drive in other cities to ¢ tain_the full amount of $ needed adequately to endow equip the school of religion. o total amount pledged to dats s $63.204.75 April Circulation Daily -- 99,676 Sunday - 103,508 District of Columbis. sx.: FLEMING NE! THE EVENING and S 3 ST faver mamed, ol ‘and.distributed fog the month of April, A.D. 1824, s e DAILY. COopies. Day: 99,561 16 . 102,146 17 . 102,120 18 101,661 19 os723 21 161,468 101,609 $3 has H SathSemanmesem [oTeyTro Less adjustments Total @aily net circulation..3,50157 Total average net paid circu lation Daily average number coples for service, etc Daily average net circulation. (\:‘U"BAY. B les. Days. g7 104,711 20 . 13 105,521 27 . 3111 414,031 Less adjustments . Total Sunday net circulation. Average net paid Sunday cir- culation . cees Average numbe service, etc 102,66 Average Sunday net circula tion Subscribed and sworn to before mo this day of May, A.D. 1024. (Seal.) 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