Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1924, Page 2

2 * HAM SAYS 5C FARE HERE IS IMPOSSIBLE W. R. &.E. Would Have Lost $1.000,000 Last Year by Cut, President Avers. FIRST TIME AT HEARING Capital Traction Case Completed by Senate Committee. fa tickets in effect Railway 1a tlars short o pro return ) cents been hthaton and ar have than a ¥ expen ion st on Senate inter, to in- r the i tam, president District committee N, first in rtor M progress have been devoted d = w. n to the auto- the radio Kad Ha o Cuts o th, in a2 i bus b u; reduction of keeping folks imar Mr. r by in su he will give Ham as- operating ex- uses . pay period have the raises in operating 5 and 1 conditions L e the, witr erved that if doubled the ably €0 into re- 2 replied the com- to double the v would mpr Mr. Ha not want the A bmitted McKellar | a apany b p payins dividends fa re tion company rred that the Costs of Operation. ¢ this draw incre r items was an from 1tended n to the T coal the in and entering into railwa du the before tigures, waze all following the almost ng and so zr was Utilities Com- the her rates, slowly. of the W then po that there two reductions in fare ‘ommission in the past SugE without tuation d with the state- that if reductions ordered commission had made no dif- the situation th like to hav h it wi war that constantly mission seeking he said The came very R & E. have been Itilities M ment the farence pany wou Althou; to completa th comr e Ham co be possible n in_time for to pass on the bill if last | fallen | which, | o | ot Proposes Creation of National Park at ort McHenry Site natjonal the Fort MeHenry, bill introduced by Representative Linthicum, Democrat, Maryland, and reported today by the House military committee. Sale of old buildings and restoration of the grounds with the proceeds would be possible. Kepresentative Hill Republican. Maryland, was in- trusted ith dr: ing up a repos on the question for further action. COTTON MILL PROBE VOTED BY SENATE A ated would be cre- military reservation Md.. under a park on Industry Suffering Depression, Says Walsh of Massachusetts, . Fathering Move. An inquiry into the cotton textile by the tariff commission was ordered today by the Senate on of Senator Walsh, Democrat, chusetts Senator Walsh declared the indus- |added that try was suffering a depression. He contrary to popular belief, think the situation re- importations of cotton, asked the inquiry Massachusetts, the leader, joined in asking ion. Dial and Smith, Demo- Carolina, suggested the did sulted not from therefore, r Lodee, . South tuation might | | | joinea be the result of a but voiced no ob- passage of the resolution. S LOCAL PUBLISHERS HIT RAIL CHARGES With Baltimore Group, File Formal Complaint Against Rates on Newsprint Ink. strike, to ection Alleging that they have been sub- ted over a period of years to ex and unreasonable charges on hipment of newsprint ink, the Wash- ington daily newspapers and four publishing companies of Baltimore today in a formal complaint before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission asking the establishment of reasonable rates on this commodity, and asking reparation. The publish- ing companies named in the com- plaint include most of those whose complaint alleging overcharge on rates on newsprint paper is now be- e the commission for decision. ghteen railroads, including the jor carriers In the east, are named efendants in the complaint. Rates cked are those on shipment of newsprint ink from Bayonne, Ho- boken and Jersey City and from Boston and Morr to Baltimore and Washington. An informal complaint was filed by Ma. operation were |the same group of publishers on Octo- ber 19, 1923, but the commission. in view of the attitude of the carriers, decided that the complaint was not susceptible of adjustmbent on the in- formal docket. - BALL URGES SENATE TO EXTEND RENT ACT Ask Wadsworth Army Bill Until Proposal Is Considered. will Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, will make an effort to have the Senate act this afternoon to adjourn early in June, [on the resolution to extend the Dis- Kellar has indicated | that he may Y to aitach the provision to the District ation bill when it comes te. To show that a to 1 that for the R & E. earnd on on th Utilities ¢ ation of $18,042,259.65 enator M -centfare appropri- before 5-cent fare would be company, Mr. Ham A 1923 the W. 324 per ocent ssion’s e Income Last Year. He inditectly contended v was entitled return on valuation, by stating that the for last year available f was $498.630.79 short 7 per cent on the valuation. It was t this point he revealed that had 5-cent fare been in effect last vear the company would have show. ed a deficit of $1,106,621.89 in operat- ing_expenses. Mr. Ham said that ne: i'is one the pre: the com- to a 7 per cent inco or return the t to wages, of the main factors in it rate of fare. Last year average cost of coal was $6.89 per ton as compared with $3.25 a ton In 1914, The freight rate alone on coal, Mr. Ham continued, is $3.13 per ton,” almost as much as the total delivered in 1914, Notwithstanding the additional cost of construction and maintenance of the underground system and the added dificulties and expenses in connection with the operation of t system, the present rate of fare within the District of Columbia com- pares favorably with that of other vities of similar size equipped with the overhead trolley,” asserted Mr. Ham Average Dividend Shown. One of the charts submitted showed that since the organization of the Washington Raflway and Electric Company in 1902 the average annual rate of dividend on preferred stock of $8.500,000 has been 4.43 per cent. The average annual rate of dividend on common stock of $5,500,000 has been 241 per cent, giving an average rate of dividend on all stock for the Iwenty-two vears of 3.55 per cent. “When the values of our varlous properties are finally ascertained,” said Mr. Ham, “it is our confident be- lief that said values will exceed our total capitalization, proving con- clusively that there is no overcapi- talization or so-called watered stock. “However, the question of capital- ization does not ffect the rates charged the public, as such rates are xed, regardless of capitalization, upon, the actual value of the prop- er The hearing adjourned until next Monda when Mr. Ham will resume stand. When the Capital Trac- tion Company completed its presenta- tion Senator Ball thanked Mr. Hamil- ton for the complete and thorough history of that company given to the committee. —_— SCOUTS TO SEEK FUNDS. $10,000,000 Planned at Once. ST. LOUIS, May 12.—Arrange- ments for the establishment of a $10,000,000 Boy Scout endowment fund, the income of which Is to be used for the promotion of all phases of the Boy Scout program in every section of the United States will be made at once, scout executives of the Boy Scouts of America announced today ¥ A “committee of bankers, men yeilk Campaign for Is valu- | of | the | order | o'clock, | | ! | until Senator Ball submits Tict rent act for two more years. The Army appropriation bill is the of business beginning at but Senator Ball will en- deavor to have Senator Wadsworth of New York, agree to lay the Army bill aside temporarily to get consid- eration for the rent question Senator Ball is prepared to present to the Senate today the confidential report which is said to show con- ditions in the local real estate and rent situation which were of such a nature that they were turned over by the Senate District committes to District Attorney Gordon several days ago. ; The nature of the revelations this report will not be in made known it to the if possible. BABY SHOW TO OPEN. Florence Crittenden Home Display Senate later in the day an Appeal for Funds. The baby show conducted by the board of directors of the Florence Crittenden Home will open tomorrow at 1222 F street northwest. Babies from the home will be placed in the window in order to bring to the pub- lic's attention the work of the home and its need for financial support. The show will continue until Satur- day. Some twenty babies are now in the care of the home, which also takes care of the mothers and affords them educational facilities. Basket weav- ing and other occupations are taught and classes held for the mothers twice a week under auspices of the board of education. The babies will wear garments made by the Girls' Club of the home, which is under the direction of Mrs. W. H. Hamond, Mrs. 1. G. Russell and Mrs. George Price. Mrs. John H. Harwood and Mrs. John Boyle, jr, are directing the baby show. The babies will be brought from the home, on Conduit road, in the Rotary bus. Mrs. A. S. Douglas is treasurer of the home and Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson is president of the board of directors. PAGES TO SEE CIRCUS. ‘Will Be Guests of Senator Elkins Tonight. The Senate pages are to have their annual outing at the circus tonight as the guests of Senator Davis Elkins of West Virginia. For many years Scnator Elkins has paid tribute to boyhoods' love of the hilltop by seeing that not one of the little chaps, who carry the messages about the Senate floor, fails to have night of nights at the circus. Chaperoned by Col. Edwin A. Hal- sey and Richard F. Field and their wives, the twenty-two Senate pages will take in the big show this eve- ning. Not only has Senator Elkins purchased their tickets, but he has added an appropriation large enough to buy each and every one the pea- nuts and pink lemonade that are in- separable parts of every well-orga- nized circus. Senate Passes Boxer Measure. A House resolution providing for remission of further installments of the Chinese indemnity was passed today by the Senate without debate. to Defer | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., MONDAY, MAY 12, ‘1924. INDUSTRIAL FACTS SOUGHT BY Y. W. C. A. Continued Study of Conditions Af- fecting Women Urged by World Committee. CHURCH C0-OPERATION ASKED Meeting Scheduled at Memorial Continental Hall Tonight. The Young Women's Christian Association should continue its study of industrial conditions among wom- en the world over, to determine the facts, and should co-operate among the churches in bringing Christian opinion to bear upon the situation. These were the principal recom- | mendations in a report presented to- day to world's Y. W the biennial meeting of the committee of the World's C. A. today at the Grace Dodge report, Dingman of headquarters, who however, could rot be here, on acount of work in China, was discussed by Miss Agatha Harrison of the world committee; Miss Mary Phillips, vice chairman and secretary of the British Y. W. C. A. work among industrial work- ers; and by Miss Lucy Carner, head- Ing this activity in the United States. Among the facts regarded as “de- plorable” was that “60,000 women work underground in Japan.” International Migration Service. Miss Ruth Larned of the interna- tional staff reported on the activities of the international migration serv- ict, which attempts to adjust social problems the world over arising out of migration. Centers for this work are malintained, she sald, In Belgium, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Den- mark, 'Greece, Turkey. Japan, the United States and C: A Records of this service are widely used, it was reported, by many other social agencies in the various countries. The international migration serv- ice, it was learned, is in the process of “becoming independent from th Y. W.C. A The “sessions this morning were opened by devotional exercises pre- sided over by Mrs. Robert E. Speer, president of the United States XWX A conference session this afternoon discussed “The Aim of the World' W, G AY Meeting Scheduled Tonigh Tonight there will be held what is described as the only open meeting of the entire conference, at Memorial Continental Hall,when there will be three speakers: Miss Landazuri of Mexico, Mrs. Mei of China and the Viscountess Gladstone of - Great Britain. They will speak from the subject, ~“Christian Principles of Conduct.” Mre. Herbert E. Day, of the local association, will welcome the dolcgates, and Mrs. Montagu Waldegrave, of England, president of the world Y. W. C. A, will preside. Much of the discussion of the con- feren it was said officially, re- volves around the keynote of the Y follows. “To promote Christian principles of social ~ and international conduct, believing that the world social order can only be made Christian through individuals devoted to the singld pur- pose of doing God's will, and that the principle of the equal value of every human life shall apply to na- tional and international as well as to versonal relations. IMMEDIATE PASSAGE written London by Miss Mary international president ideal ports Measure to Permit Be- ginning of Construction. to authorize erection of the Arlington Memorial Bridge was urged in a fav- orable report made to the Senate to- day by Senator Fernald of the com- mittee on public buildings and grounds, The committee tells the Senate that &upport and interest in this project is increasing outside of Washington, particularly in the southern states, and in other states across the conti- nent that are in line with the Lee highway It is pointed out that for many years the proposed bridge to the Arlington estate and Lee mansion has been under discussion and that as long ago as 1913 a commission was created to make plans for it. Nine years later, in 1922, appropriation was authorized’ to prepare a design and specification. In April of this year President Coolidge, who is a member of the commission, presented the completed plan to Congress. The committee on public buildings and grounds reports that the bridge commission is unanimously in favor of beginning the project immediately. It is contemplated that the con- struction of the bridge, with appro- priate improvements 'of Columbia Island into a beautiful park opposite the Lincoln Memorial, will cost $14,- 750,000, to be expended over a ten- year period. BAR MEMBERS TO GIVE SHAD BAKE SATURDAY Event, Complimentary to Justices of District Courts, to Be Largely Attended. The District Bar Association will zive its annual complimentary shad bake and dinner to the justices of the District courts next Saturday at Marshall Hall . Acceptances are being rapidly re- ceived from the guests and an out- pouring of the members of the bar is_anticipated. While the affair is given by the bar association the sale of tickets is open to all members of the local bar who may apply to George C. Gertman, secretary, during the week. An early application for tickets s requested in order that the committee in charge may know the number of persons that will attend. The steamer Charles Macalester will leave her wharf promptly at 10 o'clock and will make a special return trip in the evening. All the usual amuse- ments and sports which feature the annual outing of the bench and bar will be in evidence this year. Stanton C. Peelle, president of the Bar Association, has appointed a com- mittee of arrangements under the chairmanship of Walter C. Balderston. The chairman will have as aids Alex- ander H. Bell, Joseph A. Burkart, J. Morrill_Chamberlin, George C. Gert- men, C. Clinton James, Bolitha J. Laws, James A. Toomey and Edwin 1. Wilson. FISHING VILLAGE BURNS. 200 Families Left Homeless Near ‘Vancouver, B. C. VANCOUVER, B. C, May 12.—Two hundred Japanese fishermen and their families were homeless and without shelter today as the result of a fire which destroyed a large part of the village of Steveston, twelve miles from here, late yesterday. Two canneries, Lwo_score shacks and mess houses, eight small boats, l.usuwnnl All sleeping car berths on trains | five houses, an office building and a ronning out of London are ‘were o W. C. A, expressed in part as| OF BRIDGE BILL ASKED| | Senate Committee Favorably Re- Immediate enactment of the bill | ASPIRE FOR HONORS IN RUTH GREENWOOD, Eastern High School. ORATORICAL FINALS WILL END TOMORROW (Continued from First P to the convention of the crusaders at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind. Upon her, as leader here in th work of the students’ mission crusade, was conferred honor of reading the prologue in the pageant, “The Dream- er Awakes" presented during the past winter. Upon completion of her studies at Holy Cross she expects to take up a four-year literary course at Trinity College here. The title of her priz&-winner oration is “the Con- stitution.” Dorothy B. Smith of Western High School was scheduled to have de livered her oration before the judges | last week, but owing to a severe cold was prevented from appearing. She is a senior at the Western being the daughter of Dr. Frederick C Smith of 40 Kanawha street, Chevy Chase. Debating Society Member. Miss Smith is debating society a member of the of the school, and has won honors in oratory in’ the ast. is fond of athletics and takes part in the dramatic activities | of Western. She expects to attend | Carltor College, Minn. The title of her oration is “John Marshall and the Constitution.” When these three orators have been heard at their respective schools tomor- row the judges will have heard eight | local contenders, and will shortly | thereafter meet to select the local grand winner. This winner wiil re- | ceive a prize of 3300 from The Star| and will represent the District at the | national contest next month. Prizes | in the national contests are $3,500, $1.000 and $500. An alternate also | | Will be selected. ~Announcement of | the winner and alternate will be | made in the columns of this paper | as soon after selections as practical, and the winning oration reproduced Hearing Two Competitors. This afternoon the judges are hearing two competitors whose histo- ries and photographs were printed in The Sunday Star of yesterday. They are Rozier Gaddis, winner at the Armstrong Manual Training School, and Lillian L. Washington, winner at the Dunbar High School. The for- being_heard by the board of | o'clock, and the latter his_afternoon Ruth Newburn, winner at the Central High School; Frank 1. Winner, prize orator the Me- | | Kinley Manual Trai chool, and | Bdith” Miley, winner at the Business | High Schodl, were heard by the | judges. It may be stated at this time that the winning orations have clared by all who have read them to be of an unusually high quality, show- ing deep study of the Constitution and keen realization of its true place in the life of America. Compelling Interest Shown. Word received here from the vari- ous zomes into which the national contest has been divided speak of the compelling interest shown by secon- dary school pupils throughout the na- tion, now that the finals are being reached More than a million high school pupils took part in the preliminary contests, and to date the winner in the zone in New York has been selected. Later this week the grand winners in the five other zones out- side the District of Columbia will be chosen. ‘The national contest here June 6 will bring<to the National Capital, and place upon a distinguished platform. the six winners from the country at large, in competition with the win- ner here in the District. Such an array of sccondary schonl oratorical talent will be unique in the history of Washington, no since its foundation for the brilliar oratorical ability of the men sent to Congress from the states. Sehool Girl Oratory. | In many of the states, especially |in the middle west and west, school | boy and school girl oratory has long held an important place in the yearly school life, which it has yet to take in_this city. In many states the high schools of the state compete in oratory much as they do in athletics, and the winning orator is held in the greatest esti- mation, vying for “school honors” with the athletic leaders. That The Star's oratorical contest is placing secondary school oratory on the same high plane in the Dis- trict is the belief of educational leaders here, who expressed pleasure today at the announcement in The Sunday Star yesterday that this paper will sponsor a second oratori- cal contest in the high schools here next year. FATHER DROPS PISTOL IN CHURCH, CHILD SHOT Daughter Seriously ‘Wounded When Gun Falls From Father's Pocket During Service. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 12.—Four- teen-year-old Clinging Smith is in a critical condition today suffering from a bullet wound inflicted last night when a pistol dropped from her btather’s pocket. while they were in church and was accidentally dis- charged. The bullet struck the child in the abdomen. The Rev. C. L Scott, pastor of the Homeville Christian Church, had called upon the congregation to stand and sing @ hymn, as Willilam Smith the father arose from his seat, the pistol fell from his pocket and was discharged. Smith told the police that he had been held up several times recently and carried the weapon for proection. A Cautious Man. | | | | week From Life. _ Jinks—Why did Jones withdraw from polities so suddenly? Binks—The opposition dug up the faoct that his grandmother: still segs | being considere earth at that polut was LISy . ORATORICAL CONTEST RUTH CRAVE Holy MUSEUM DIRECTORS SELECT OFFICERS C. J. Hamlin of Buffalo Renamed to Head Organization for Coming Year. $250,000 GRANT EXPECTED rosx Academy. Will Be Used for Founding Insti- tutions in U. S. Parks. *. J. Hamlin, president of the Buf- Society of Natural Sciences, was elccted president of the American veiation of Muscums at the meet- ing of the organization at the Na- tional M this morning. The association is composed of the dire tors, trustees and curators of the various museums In the country and is holding its nineteenth annual con- vention here. Other officers elected were: Whiting, dircctor of the Museum of Art, vice pre lano of Washington, Coleman, secretary. R. S. Lull of Fale University and G. Rathmann director of the educational museums of St Louis public schools, were vlected councilors. Plans for Foundation. Mr. Coleman, in to the meeti ,000 for in useum F. A Cleveland treasurer; L. id that a grant of blishment f ional parks e edu ional foundation cessful in carrying through upport of this n declared that the funds allable within the next the buildlngs begun in the the arrival of the summer The museums will contain objects which will deseribe and explain the story of each park. Announcement was also made of three grants to the association for the purpose of furthering its object of having a museum in every com- munity Another result of these it was explained, wiil be a =n on behalf of the hundreds f small museums throughout the country and of hundreds of contem- plated museums which have not yet been constructed. The associa tion has been active in its work in Europe as _well as this countr: Charles R. Richards, director of th organization, addressed the assembly on’ the 1t of his tour of museums in that continent. Mr. Coleman an- nounced the names of the organiza- tion making the three grgnts as the Laura Spelman RockefeMer Memoo rial, the General Education Board and the Carnegic Corporation of New Yorlk. “The ‘no smoking’ rule in places of work are Pt to ca fire than prevent th declared Edward R. Lir n of the associa- tion’s nittee on fire hazards, in an address ore the organization. He said it was more effective to pro- vide facilities for employes to smoke or to allow them to do a reasonable amount of smoking while at wor Attempts by cmployes to concea lighted cigarettes and cigars, he plained, caused many more fires than if they were permitted to smoke The ions will end tomorrow night with a banquet. At noon they will be rescived at the White House by Presidgt Coolidge. Los Angeles and St 1.{:35 were offered as places for the cd@ vention next year. Semmes Motor Company Workers Defy Inclement Weather. Inclement weather conditions yes- terday did not interfere with ~the fourth annual spring outing of em- ployes of the Semmes Motor Company at Morgantown, Md., the employes be- ing guests of the company. Starting from the company's plant, G near 7th, in a driving rain, the party reached Morgantown long before Frank Cole- man, chairman of the refreshment committee, was prepared for them. Mike Deneane, chairman of the out- ing committee, assisted by Messrs Murphy, Ochsenreiter, Collins and Ray Semmes, had everything ready for the athletic contests. Jim Dyson carried off a cash prize in the egg-roiling contest; Richard Fendall and Richard Pierce won cigars in three-legged race, and Fen- dall also captured the first prize irt the sack race. The last of the events for the colored help, box of ties, was won by Fendall and Pierce. ‘Winners of the prizes in the events were: 100-yard dash, R IL Hill; three-legged race, Waiter McNey and A. S. Yarnall; potato race, Joe Cook- sey; sack race, R. H. Hill; balloon race, R. J. Bean; egg race, joe Cook- sey; tug-of-war, sales department. Ray Semmes and Edward Semmes, representatives of the firm, partici- pated in_the affair; Charles W. Semmes has been prevented from enjoying the outing because of ill- ness. Ray Semmes delivered an ad- dress, in which he complimented the men for their excellent team work that has assisted in making the com- pany’s business so successful. 'W. B. Roberts, jr. representing Graham Bros, Detroit, Mich, also spoke to the assembled employes. He said he was gratified to see such a spirit of co-operation existing in the organization, and said the local firm was regarded as being one of the most_successful firms in the country handling Dodge cars. its plan foundation, WORKERS FIND SKELETON Razor Beside Remains of Virginia Man Dead Forty Years. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., May 12—Work- men excavating for water extensions at Valley and Whitlock avenues un- earthed the skeleton of a man, near whose skull was found an old razor. Doctors gave it as their opinion that the man had died probably forty years ago. The skeleton was found not more than eighteen inches below the surface, and formation of the earth indicated, it was said, that the body had at one time been covered with under brush and leav If the association is suc- | | | ident; F. A.|more or reading his report | | | | . mony | es, as the ‘he victims, employes of the hall, @W 10, close. the place.atier b e ¥ | | bill is not easy to d MW’NARY-HAUGEN BILL DEFEAT IS FORESEEN Same Forces That Beat Norbeck- Burtress Measure Oppose Present Proposal. SITUATION IS COMPLICATED? Congress Faces Necessity of Pass-| ing Some Relief Act. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. not adjourn without | kind of agricultural | Congress will passing some legislation and the question of which of the many bills presented shall be approved is becoming more compli- cated every day. The McNary-Haugen bill has he right of way. A vote on it will be | forced shortly and until that meas- ure is disposed of all other proposals must wait. But the outlook for the McNary-Haugen bill's passage is not bright. The opposition to it is grow- ing largely because, when all is said and done, it is an experimental meas- ure and the opponents of it say the do not think $200,000,000 should be | appropriated at this time for any- thing. which cannot be proved of | direct benefit to the nation as & whole The bill has the support of the De- partment of Agriculture, but it has not yet won the approval of I'resident | Coolidge. Its provisions whereby the price of wheat would be raised arbi-| trarily on a basis which bears a con- stant relation to the fluctuating prices ©of other commodities are not accept- cd as workable by the President, but | his opposition has not been pul on that ground. Me is not in favor of $200,000,000 appropriations when there | iy divided opinion as to the merit of | the plan itself among farm interests. | Simpler Measure Beaten. | The Norbeck-Burtness bill, which| would have provided funds for diver- | sified farming, was a much simpler bill, but it failed in the Senate. | The same line-up of conservatives among Republicans and Democrats will be sufficient to defeat the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill, which is not be-| ing supported by any party, but will| have o run the gauntlet of bi-par-| tisan opposition. With the M of the way th ary-Haugen bill out | administration will face the responsibility of passing @wome other gricultural bill. The | measures which are attracting most | attention as possible substitutes for| the McNary-Haugen bill, though dif-| fering materially in_ principle from | it, are the rtis-Aswell and the Capper-Williams b Both are less along the same line but they have important differences in the gontrol and power to be vested in the governing commission which s to co-ordinate the marketing activities of the farmer. Follows Yoakum Idea. The Curtis-Aswell bill is based largely on suggestions made by ¥. Youkum, railroad pioneer of the southwest, who appeared lrecently at the hearings here. He de -rm.-s‘ thus o he terms of the Curtis-Aswell bill, in @ nutshell, means that the government will loan to the Inter-| state Farm Marketing Association a working fund of $10.000,000 at 4 per cent per year; this fund to be | used for organizing a marketing sy tem that will insure to the farmers an equitable share of what goods sell for to the ultimate con- sumer. For this loan the government | will receive ample security through a commodity assessment, the assess ments to be against such commodities | as the members 4 ments and methaod determined a boards of directors farmers of the different states. The lack of a_practical, well ganized system of marketing by t farmers Is absolutely the only thing | needed to make farming one of the | most profitable industries of the| country.” Asks $15,000,000 Fund. ( The Capper-Williams bill provides | for a $15.000,000 appropriation and a | machinery whereby the sale of the | f rs' products shall be iehed through a commission of and under rules made by the Depart- | ment of Agriculture. Under the Curtis-Aswell plan, federal marketing board would be separate from the Department of Agriculture as the Federal Reserve Board is from the Treasury Depart- ment though working in close har- with the government depart- ected by ments. The Curtis-Aswell bill calls for les: connection on the whole between the government and _the marketing of products than the Capper-Williams measure. At this writing, however, it is not apparent which Congress will prefer, for the situation that will fo low the failure of the McNary-Haugen termine. " Its pro- nents are in earnest about the bill, Rod will not give up the fight without a struggle, as there are some sections of the country which are so anxious for the passage of the bill that a systematic campaign for its indorse- ment has been carried on to influence senators and representatives to vote for it.. Most of the farm organizations favor it, though there are rumors that the directors here did not like it originally and were compelled to sup- port it by pressure from farm d 1\(,Y1Cl.~t. The farm bloc is lining up Ty for it, but that body was unable to put the Norbeck-Burtness bill through and | may find the same snag this time. PARK COMMISSION BIDS FOR 2 PLOTS OF GROUND Action Started for Acquisition of Squares Abutting Rock Creek Between Avenue and M Street. | | Action has been taken by the Rock Creek parkway commission for ac- quisition of two irregular squares of ground abutting Rock Creek, between Pennsylvania avenue and M street and 26th and 28th streets, and the west half of the square between L street and Pennsylvania avenue and 26th street and Rock Creek, for in- in the parkway. One parcel, O ed by the larke building oc: cupled by the Columbia Transfer and Storage Company, at 2613 Pennsyl- Vania avenue, has just been purchas- »d by the commission from Edward Terry, the owner of the property, for 00. 4 ers ot the property in the square on the west bank of the creek, between Pennsylvania avenue and M street, have fixed its value so hign that the commission has askel the Attorney General to institute pro- ceedings for its condemnation. The principal buildings in that area are the Peck Memorial Chapel, corner 28th and M streets, and Lawton's Carriage Factory, at 2708 M street. 7 LOCKED IN ICEBOX. Bandits’ Victims Escape Death byl Breaking Out. | NEW YORK, May _12—Seven men early today escaped death in an east side dance hall by breaking out of an icebox in which they had been imprisoned an hour and a half ear- lier by six armed bandits. Before foreing their victims into the re- frigerator the gunmen robbed them of their money and valuables and later broke into a safe. The gang escaped with about $1,500 in money and jewelry | mont |the Simmons | ful the | CHIEF DEPUTY NAJED. U. S. Marshal Promotes Caliahan to Robison Vacancy. Edgar C. Snyder, United States mar- | shal, for the District of Columbia, tu- day announced the promotion of Stephen B. Callahan, for more than twenty vears a deputy United State marshal, to the position of chief dep- uty made vacant by the recent death of William B. Robison, who had held the place forty Callahan is a native of New York but_ has lived in Washington since 1885, He Wits appointed a constable in 159s ¢ served until that office was abol- d when he entered the office marshal in 1902, He was placed of the deputies serving the justices of the peace charge of the deputies at i1 Court war Callahan served food administration for nine recailed to the mar- SMOOT SEES HUGE DEBIT FACING NATION| e ye is th in eharge writs from and later ir the Munict During witls th Warns President and Secretary Mellon Congress Situation Is Serious. TO0 MANY MONEY BILLS $476,000,000 Behind With Outlays and Revenue Loss Likely. Gloomy pictures~ of the financi Saturday govern- meat’s bill passed by the Senate | and numerous pending appropriation | bills become law were painted for President Coolidge and Seer tary Mellon today by Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee. The senator told the President situation was “serious. There will be a national deficit of more than $476,000,000 should all of the money bills passed or now under considerat Congress become law, it the was Revenue Loss Included. The measures in question ars those to which the President has so frequent- made known his opposition, holding that they el legislation and entail arranted expense of public The startling total given by Senator Smoot also includes the revenue loss to the government ich would follow the enactment of tax reduction bill in are an un $160,000,000. Dru Smoot his detailed co Senator the 1. | Varicus money bills to the President | and ury Tre d, and furnished figures showing the amount of money carried by h. He said erward object in doing this was to clear picture m Congress beyond the bur | zive of Frobl | ing in going submitted by budget Brig. is creat- estimates f the Gen. Lord, director of the budget, who conferred later with the President regarding the bonus bill, which the latter now has before him, while di Senator Smoot fizur, 1y out of the Whit House. agreed with them nd that roughly estimating the doubted e Utah sen- al deficit as large be in the event n are finally am or Smoot said sident Coolidgoe congressional zation of the of w after that the joint committce on reorgani- exceutive departments, member. has prac. a draft of a bill unanimous approval tee. He doubted, (f;flll*—"!. £ legislation will have | an_opportunity to be reported sut (;!-fu?z-‘:n]jn rmment in June. Jesides 1pleted which has the of the the revenue to he L.of the tax reduction provid to vari the various independe ing the bonus, the Bursum pe bill, increased postal pay, cation, deficiency and Veterans rean and District of Columbia plus measures. ills, includ- sur- En Route to Conference. | The revenue bill, changed consider- |ably by the Senate to conform to the Democratic program, was en route [to conference today by way of the House. Little delay in registering | formal disagreement to the changes was in prospect passed the in accordance with a program sponsored by the n organization leaders, and tage of the battle for party is expected to be under ay in conference before the s2cond half of the week begi The main provisions of the bill are in di: ite between the two branches of Congress, and not less than a week cted"to be consumed by the in_working out an agree- ment. Republican leaders are count- ing on the House for rejection of the undistributed profits corporation tax and full publicity of tax returns, written into the bill by a Democratio- Republican insurgent coalition in the Senate. May Ask Instructions. 1t is considered likely the House conferees will for “the instr tions on the corporation tax, as no change in the presented law was act- ed upon by that body. The House did turn down, however, a proposal for full publicity of turns. Only slight differences will confront the conferees on the income tax schedule, but they ‘e such as to invite a _consent to determine which party label it shall bear. RUM RUNNER CHASED. Queen of Fleet Overtaken by Po- lice Boats. NEW YORK, May 12—The fastest rum runner on the Atlantic seaboard, the May, armored and powered with four Liberty airplane engines capable of doing forty-five miles an hour, lies tied up to a police pier today after a running battle with faur police boats tor miles through the waters of New York Bay and the East River. The Mad had been in commission only three days. When the police finally drew along side the rum runner, four men were found aboard, one Wwith a fractured leg. The men were held for action by the federal court. Dozens of wooden boxes were heaved overboard from the May during her flight, the pursuers said. . PRESIDENT TO SPEAK. Will Open Recreation Conference Here on May 22. President Coolidge will open the national conference on outdoor rec- reation here May 22, and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy De- partment will act as executive chair- man. The conference will work through wrious separite outdoor life. #rom: of | | state should the tax | seeing | in the House, which | ters related to fe Delogates neill o peos 25-national 'POTOMAC OVERFLOWS | AT BOLLING FIELD | Continued Heavy Rainstorms Cause Marked Rise From Cumberland to Harpers Ferry. HIGH WATER HERE FORESEEN Wills Creek Again Menaces We: ern Maryland City Continued rains Potomac hav here, but precinct sury day along since | Jaunch belonging to ¢ member of the nth squad, broke 1 to Alexandria Another launc recovered Saturda Lieut. Harry R mand of the har today r d tha the wall Bolling within & foot of the about Pc reau on re pers 1 by the swift Lol port tomorre Beciuse Harpers of incomple erey this mornini bureau oflicials said to forecast cond | vail in this vicinily morrow bigh Twelve-Foot Ttise, rly reports from ( rning gave the inform | there had been a rise in the Potomac, whiie north it nberland, anks. 1t was due to the water from this ere th ditions prevailed in th fon in Marct R second repe received t o there had b two feet, s Stage. Repo fourteen feet it 18 belleved | feet nefore night The bu port 1 | t fro n an feet Cumber led additional 1 bove the indicated Harpers will T it ach weat re SENATE COMMITTEE 10. K.’S TEACHERS’ BILL = 7 Reports Measure Favorably t | One Major Change from That Passed by fio‘ A s the I» principal the K The Senate nt of £5,000 the Ho | Pine theo | teache | salary, ries shou the profe | would follow ch bill. passed bill gives to T is clos d such catures in Bill. jand o |ing bili d First, more land er | annual Secon salaries | veloped | 1906; | Third. it pay as a m of eleme substitute: matic iner annum u $100 a year f quate au | or “$30 per |increase of {ers, ana | Five. it authorizes emy | temporary teachers and t ment of annual substitute e i “BILLY” SUNDAY SICK. | | MEMPHIS, Te | (Billy) Sunda ars forced to ca 1 both of vesterday because of illness. Last night T d failed to resp satisfactorily to treatment, and a_ temperature 1 addition to the stral campaign here, sleep last wee seriously injured accident. Friday attack of food canceled his ne PIMLICO ENTRIES | FOR TUESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1.300: two.s maidens; four and one-half furlongs. .18 L ‘118 Js D15 s 18 1R. T. Wilson, jr.. entry. 4Edward F. Whitney entry §James Butler entry. SECOND RACE—The Comsclation chase: purse, $2,000; handicap: {o: and up; two milés and a quarter. . 157 St. Lawrence 13¢ 1British Warm 148 Wisest Fool tLaurel Park Stud entry. THIRD RACE—Purse, $1.300: olds and up; claiming; six furlongs. Abaris . The Gaff Rackhorn Merryland . Rosa Yeta. Dr. Chas, Well Spindale *Bluemondale degrees. stron ni poison t revi Piguo Kriitration 4Senalado 4Fiery Flight three The Delawars FOURTH RACE—Purse, $1300; threeses olds and up; claiming; six farlongs. Capt. Costigan Soa Sand “Play On... Soth's Lemon *Rosie H *Dr. Mayer Guvnor Sanf Conduit... *Miracleman ... Spartan ... FIFTH RACE—The Spring Juvenile: $507 3ded; two-year-olds; four and ome-hail ny e Foot Arbitration . Bother Soae X Hazy ... i Jobn F. Kieaver | 3Gymkhans. 5 . anrhxrl Fritchie L Extreme ....... 115 1Protty Business. 112 Anmnie Jordan Samael Ross and W. T. Siepp enirs lward F. Whitney entry. . 8. Cosden and Ral Parr entry. SIXTH RACE—Three-year-olds and up=s B;.fl'. $1,300; claiming; one mile and & ! Gray Gabl Veronica . SAltissimo ......] 95 Night Raider. ... 115 *Wessie B........ 100 SEVENTH RACE—P: olds and up: claim teenth. Ashland Toodle *Salmon . . Bounoe 1 *Bir Galahad 2d... 15 . 105 3 omasine - *Sir Galahad 2d. $1.300; three-y mile and & 95 95 110 ‘Vrarning The Hibernian Treviscot “Cozceal