Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled weather, probably, show- ers tonight and tomorrow: moderate temperature. Temperature for 24 hours ending 2 p.m. today: Highest, 75, at 3:40 a.m. yesterday; lowest, 55,-at 6 am. today. Full report on page 5. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. No. 29,233. (O0LIDGE RENENS * FEATTOPUSTPONE EXCLUSONLAUSE Calls Hughes and House Leaders of Both Parties to Conference. LONGWORTH FOF-iESEES \ CONFERENCE REPORT 0.K. Declares House Will Approve Mak- ing Ban Effective on July 1, After Parley. Further steps were taken by the | administration today to obtain post- ponement of Japanese exclusion. With the immigration bill embody- ing the exclusion provision pending for final action in the House, Presi- | dent Coolidge called into conference At the White House Secretary Hughes and the ranking House leaders of both parties. The President is understood to have presented again the adminis- tration’s view that Japanese exclu- sion should be postponed until diplo- matic negotiations can be conducted with Japan. The basis for the ad- ministration’s anxiety also over the matter was set forth to the House | members by cholz\ry Hughes. Further Action Delayed. The House rejected last week a conference report adopted at the b hest of the President to delay the| effective date of exclusion until March 1, 1925. The conferees since then have reported to the House an | agreement based on the original | House provision making exclusion e fective next July 1, but action on the report has been deferred until to- morroxw. Jhe House leaders called into con- ference by the President were Repre- sentatives Longworth of Ohio, Re- rublican floor leader, and Garrett of Tennessee, Democratic floor leader; Chairman Johnson of the immigration | committee, Representative Garner of | Texas, a_ranking Democratic mem- | ber of the House rules committee, «and Chairman Snell of the same com- | mittee. N | worth of jewelry. | both men to the rear end of a counter, C. Intent to Remove Washington Envoy IsDeniedby Japan By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 14.— Suggestions contained in Washington press dispatches that Japan might with- draw her ambassador from Wash- ington, leaving the embassy un- der the charge d'affaires, as a pro- test against the exclusion clause of the new American immigration bill, were denied emphatically to- day by the Japanese foreign office, which termed such a step as “undignified,” and asserted it is nntdeven being seriously consid- ered. BANDITS BEAT CLERK, SEIZE $5,000 GEMS Two Armed Men Stage Daring Hold-Up in J. F. Cooper’s Establishment. ROBBERS WERE UNMASKED 76-Year-0ld Employe Assaulted, Bound and Gagged. Two armed bandits today entered the jewelry store\of J. F. Cooper, at 50512 11th street, clubbed inte sub- mission with the butt end of a pistol the seventy-six-year-old clerk on duty, bound and gagged him in a chair and escaped with approximately $5,000 The clerk, Charles F. Adams, had just opened the store shortly after 7 o'clock this morning when one of the white men, unmasked, entered the store and inquired about getting a watch repaired. When Adams started to examine a proffered time- piece he was dealt a couple of blows on the head, stunning him. The other robber meanwhile had joined his com- panion. Struggling, Adams was then led by where he was bound with a rope to a chair and gagged with a hanker- chief. When he attempted to cry for help he was warned that a repetition of the attempt would mean his death. | Adams’ plea that he was about to faint saved him from being partially smothered with an overcoat which the robbers were about to place over his head Bit Bandit, He Sayn. Adams succeeded in Wfting one of the men on the right hand before he By calling in Representatives rett and- Garner the President initi- | ated an effort to gain bl-partisan | support for the plea for time in which | to negotiate with Tokio. On his return to the Capitol Longworth, acting as spokesn the House group, predicted t House would adopt the confer port on the immigration bill sxclusion effective July 1 of t} but said action on the repor be deferred a day or so bevond to- morrow. He declined to give any reason for the possible postponement. No Alternative Offered. It is understood that the discu sion on immigration at the Wh House was general, and those present nsisted that no definite alternative to the exclus agreed to by House and Sena as | nroposed. Longworth knew of mone that would be | when the report comes up for House approval, The majority floor 1¢uder indic: nevertheless, that there might be a last-minute shift of position. He de- | “clined to say whether there would be any effort made, even though it ap- peared futile, to revisa the conference report or recommit it to the con- ferees. | Republican insurgents in the House at _a conference today decided to make a stand asain prov sions of the immis il as ap- | proved by the conferees, but took no | exception to the + exelusion section. The insurgents object to the Senate provision which would place | immigration quotas on a race origin | basis after 1926, and to certain pro- visions which they declare would nul- 4 lify a section of the La Follette's | seaman act with regard to.landing of | alien seamen at American ports. 5,000 TAKE PASSAGE | FROM JAPAN FOR U. .| By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 14.—A canvass of the steamship offices shows that at least | 5,000 Japanese have booked passage and will sail to the United. States be- fore July 1, at which time the exclu- sion law is expected to go into effect. The Tokio Kisen Kaisha alone has hooked nearly 4,000 Japanese passen- gers for America, and may send the liner Korea Maru on a special trip with 800 more. ywi, The few hotels of Yokohama, re- built sincé the earthquake, are -rowded with Japanese residents of America temporarily in this country and anxious to return before July 1, according to the vernacular news- papers, and it is estimated there are at least 1,000 Japanese with pass- ports who will not be able to return 7o the United States because of in- | ability to obtain passage. The liner President Wilson, due to- morrow at Yokohama from San Irancisco, has 400 Japanese men srom the Pacific coast aboard. These w«xpect to obtain brides and return to ‘umerica before July 1, It is doubt- ful how many of them will be able to obtain return passage. s i " 1. S. FLYERS PREPARE FOR 878-MILE TRIP | By the Associated Press. | 'BREMERTON, Wash., May 14— Weather conditions permitting, the three. United States Army around- ‘he-world aviators were prepared .to leave Attu Island today for the long- .t hop of their expeditibn, with Paramashiru_Island, 878 miles dis- tant, in_the Kuriles, as their objective. ‘They arrived at Attu last Friday from Atka Tslahd. 2 Each of the three giant air cruisers!| has beely thoroughly overhauled for he mo®t exacting stretch of the fiyers’ 27,000-mile journey. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, piloting the cruiser (‘hicago, is in charge of the squadron. Maj. Frederick L. Martin, the flight ommander, and Staff Sergt. Alva L. Harve; his mechanic, | for a street car, he said, he paid no | the 'street toward | und a slouch hat. | by the hospital physicians as being was subdued, he told the police. While the younger of the two men was binding him to the chair his com- panion was rifling the show cases of several trays of rings, many of them t with diamonds and one valued as high as $600. Watches and oither ar- ticles were taken. The sale, which had not been closed before the in- truders entered the store, was search- ed, but there was no money there. A small amount of ¢ash reposed in the cash register, but in their hurry the hold-up men failed to investigate the er. Getting the gag from his mouth, Adams succeeded in unfastening the rope that bound him, looked over the stock to ascertain what had been tuken and left the store. He was taken to rergency Hospital and treated for several scalp wounds. Noticed Men at Curb. Adams recched the store shortly after 6:30 o’clock, he explained to De- tective Robert Livingston and Police- men F. L. Rawlinson and J. E. Fon- dahl of the first precinet, the twofini- formed members of the first precinct command being the first members of the police force to respond to the elderly man’s call for aid. Adams was taking trays of jewelry from the safe near the front window i hem in the show iees “when, e stated, he noticed two men standing at the curb in front of a lunchroom on the ®pposite side of the street. Thinking the men were waiting attention to them. Shortly after he opened the door to the place of busi- ness, however, he saw them cross the store, The vounger of the men, he sald, was about thirty or thirty-five years old and wore a light suit and light cap. The older man wore dark clothes | | Loss Estimated at $5,000. | Adams' condition was not regarded | serious and he was able to leave U:l:l hospital later in the day for his| home. Mr. Cooper, summoned from his home, in Cherrydale, Va., reached his place’ of business shortly -after € o'clock and conducted an examination to determine the amount of his loss. While he was unable to give the exact yalue of the property stolen, he said_he believed it would reach $5,000. Many watches that had been left to be repaired were taken, he said. 2 ROB DECORATING FIRM. Burglars gained access to the place of business of the Lansburgh Dec- orating Company,” 729 1ith street, late Monday night or early yester- day morning through a skylight and stole property valued at $1,737.50. The loot consisted of twelve pleces of silk, two pieces of. silk tapestry and a number of silk scarfs. Seaplane Landed On Bolling Field With Aid of Flood For the first time in the history of the air stations at Anacostia, D. C., a seaplane today was landed on Bolling Field—ie., where the field used to be, because the flood waters of the Potomac had risen over the seawall and penetrated as far 8s the line-of hangars at the Army post. Licut. A. J. Willlams, holder of the world's speed record, took an HS boat seaplane off the Potomac River gnd “set” it down on the area where airplanes land, without any difficulty. today were board the Pacific-American fisheries ssel Cathetine D, bound for Seattle rom Port Moller. The ship is ex- vected to reach Bellingham, Wash., May 28 He then opened the throttle and took off from the flooded field, com- ing to rest the second time in the river proper. @h WASHINGTON, PONGARE TOLEAVE PO UNTL FORMAL RETRENENTININE Question of Successor Baf- fles Radical Leaders as Well as French President. MILLERAND TO CONFER WITH HERRIOT SOON;; Many Obstacles Confront Effort to| Form Coalition Cabinet—Briand | Mentioned. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 14—Premier Poincare intends to withdraw from politics for the time being, taking a complete rest, and it is understood he will re- quest a leave from the Senate so as not to appear in the debates follow- ing his retirement as head of the gov- ernment. M. Poincare has received requests from all over the world, particularly | from America, to write articles giv- | ing both his views on European poli- tics and reminiscences of his twelve years as a government minister. He will resume his political activities | when he considers the time ripe. | Meanwhile the question of who is to succeed to the premiership is easier | put than answered and it provides | ample food for speculation among the deputies, who are already begin- | ning fo prepare for the obening of the chamber on June 2. ’ It is also receiving the full atten- | tion of President Millerand, who, it| is understood, will take an early op- portunity to confer with M. Herriot, | the Radical leader, on the political | situation, so that the interregnum | Letween the resignation of the Poin- | care ministry and the formation of a | new cabinet will be as . short as! possible. The composition of the new minis- try depends largely upon the attitude of the Socialists, who form a Jarge | section of the bloc of the left. It has always been a cardinal principle of that, party never to accept office, and a conference will be called an early date to decide Whether the rule shall be waived to permit members | of the party 1o “accept portfolios in | the new administration. | Bven should the party give its ap- | proval, odhier difficulties are foreseen. While 'some eminent Socialists such as 1 Boncour, Alexandre Varenne and Paul Aubriof are not expected to be .exacting in their demands, others, such as ILeon Blum and Vincent Auriol, will insist upon the party hav- | ing at least three important port-| folios—those of interior, finance and | foreign affairs. | Majority to Be Slend: - Assuming that all | these obstacies | that the majority of the left bloc| will be so slender as to render the | task of the government arduous. There is yet another consideration. The Socialists’ next door neighbors | in the chamber, the Communists, can- not be left out of account and they | have announced their intention to| call upon the new chamber for a| pronouncement at the earliest op- | portunity on the following points: First, withdrawal of troops from the Ruhr; second, resumption of rela- tions ‘with soviet Russia, and, third, general amnesty for political offen- ders, including Caillaux. For all these reasons political ob- servers are inclined more and more | to see a solutiod of the crisis in a | ministry headed by, M. Briand and supported by the moderate left and advanced right groups; which would give 300 odd votes. President Millerand will follow the established procedure of consulting the president of the chamber, as soon as he is elected, and the president of the senate, later summoning the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) DISTRICT JUDGESHIP - MAY GO TO GRAHAM Tllinois House Member Likely for Seat on Supreme Bench Here. President Coolidge is understood to have practically reached a conclusion regarding the filling of the vacancy caused by the recent death of Chief Justice C. J. Smyth of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. The President is represented as hav- ing eliminated practically all of the names of those suggested to him with the exception of Representative W. J. Graham of Illinois and possi- bly one or two others. Representative Graham was sent for by the President today and ac- cording to a statement made by him after his audience the filling of this judiciary appointment was the sole topic of discussion. While Mr, Gra- ham_declined to say whether or not the President had made up his mind to appoint him, he did gay that he thought there would be ‘some inter- esting announcement regarding this appointment coming from the White House very shortly. There are those having the Presi- dent's confidence who intimated to- day that the President seems inclined to promote Justice Robb of the Court of- Appeals to be chief justice of that court and to transfer one of the pres- ent Democratic members of the Dis- trict Supreme Court to Justice Robb's place on the Court of Appeals. The new_appointment then to be made would be to the vacant place on the District Supreme Court, which is now composed of four Democrats and two Republicans. Transferring one of the former to the higher court and ap- pointing a Republican to the lower court would make the personnel of the latter three Republicans and three Democrats. ‘When_asked about this possible course Representative Graham said today that-the proposition had not been suggested to him nor touched upon during his talk with Mr. Cool- idge. Mr. Graham said he felt com- plimented by the number of indor: ments for this place which have reached the White House, most of them being from members of Congress and not confined to his own party, ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | mittee D.. €., C ey SENATE 0OIL PROBE HEARINGS CLOSED Recess Taken Subject to Call” of Chair—Last Session Marked by Verbgk Tilt. WALSH AND SPENCER CLASH | Unanimous Agreement to Commit- tee Report Doubted. The Senate oil committ tentatively closed its hearin; naval oil leases, which have contrib- uted many colorful chapt an legislative history since they be- ,gfln last October. | Adjournment was taken subject to | ally set aside the unfin | busine | i, to| call of the chair. Senator Walsh of Montana, the committee prosecutor, sald he had no more witnesses call, and would not ask for another Learing unless the courts should com- pel Harry F. Sinclair to return and answer the questions to which he has heretofore refused to reply. Senator Spgncer, ouri, indicated there was a possibility | he might ask later that one of two | are overcome, there remains the fact | pieces of additional added to the record. testimony be To Stand In Recess. Until there is a decision the Sinclair contempt case, pending in the in | District of Columbia courts, the com- will stand in Most of the informa probably definite recess. | tion it has gathered already has been s to Amer- | | speed up by calling for MY.MY! 5 Tl“S.FBIED d’k" IF | CAN ONLY & HAVE TWO DELIVER IN WA NOVEMBER |Senators. Refuse Z'g_ Start on Job {""One Hour Earlier The Senate proved today that it is @ deliberat. erative body, by refusing to be hurried into going to work an hour earlier than usual. Senate leaders, who increasing difficulty in have had trying to 11 o'clock meetings, finally ran into a solid wall when all attempt at obtain- ing a morning quorum failed, even with the assistance of the ser- geant-at-arms. Meeting at 11 o'clock, forty minutes was spent in trying to bring recalcitrant mem- bers into the chamber ahead of time, after Which it was decided to adjourn until noon, the regular meeting hour. brief adjournment uulo(i the Army appropriation and gave senal 8 their tressured “morning hour” in which to obtain consideration of private and pet measures. | —_— |ORATORY OUTCOME Repubiican, Mis-| NOW UP TO JUDGES in- turned over to the law officers of the | the comm; hasten tteemen a report government, and see no occasion to the Senate. At the very end of the long train of hearings there another of the heated exchanges among committee members which have becgme more and more frequent under the increas- | ing strain of the inquiry. When the last witness had been excused, Senator .Walsh reminded Senator Spencer that the latter had “promised” to furnish testimony in substantiation of his statement in New York, in which Senator Spencer was quoted as saying that the things done under the Harding administr: tion with regard to the naval re- serves had also been done under the previous administration. “I-did mot make such a statement,” | retorted Senator Spencer. “All I I tended to y was substantially that things in regard to 1 done under the admini retary Fall had been done previous administrations Walsh to Prepare Report. Senator Walsh told the committee it was his purpose to begin at once the preparation of a report which he would ask the committee to adopt. He then said he wahited to direct Sen- ator Spencer's attention to the fact that his brother, -Jobn Walsh, who was haled before the committee re- cently by the Missouri senator had not fled the country, and was avail- able should Senator Spencer decide to continue the investigation of him, which he began several weeks ago. Senator Spencer replied that this witness was one of several he had in mind, but that he had not decided whether he would want to further examine him, Serving notice that he would ask for a copy of the report prepared by Senator Walsh as soon as it was available, Senator Spencer announced that he also was working on a synop- osis of a report. He added, however, that he hoped the committee could agree unanimously in the end. Doubt Upanimous Report. under After the meeting had been ad- journed. other members of the com- mittee expressed the opinion that a unanimous report would not be pos- sible. Democratic —members said unanimity of action was out of ques- tion unless Senator Spencer and one or two other Republicans, who sup- ported him, were willing fo abandon Their position and join the majority. Drainage of oil fields by wells upon adjoining property was discussed be- fore the committee today by Fred- erick B. Tough, chief petroleum en- Eineer of the bureau of mines. The Sfiness said that in his judgment drainage of Teapot Dome by wells upon the Salt Creek fleld would ot hove been prevented, as some wit- nesses testified, had the wells on that feld been located 500 feet or more from the boundary of the reserve. According to estimates made by the bureau of mines, 14,000,000 barrels of oil was recoverable from the total oil contents upon Teapot Dome. Asks Source of Questions. Senator Walsh pointed out after the witness had concluded his testimony that he had read his answers from a typewritten memorandum, and asked Rim__whether the questions pro- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Last Three School Competitors De. liver Addresses on Con- stitation. WILL STUDY MANUSCRIPTS Substance and Delivery to Count Half Each. | In | the hands of the judges now lies the fate of the eight high school contestants in The Star's oratorical contest on the Constitution, follow- ing the hearing of orators at the Eastern and Western High Schools and the Holy Cross Academy vester- day afternoon The judges, Justices McCoy and Sid- dons of the District Supreme Court, and Justice Robb of the Court of Ap- peals, today are going over the eight manuscripts which they heard de- livered during the past weeks at Cen- tral, McKinley, Business, Armstrong, Dunbar, Eastern and Western High Schols, and the Holy Cross Academy. Of such uniform standard has been the work of the eight contestants in The Star's zone of the national ora- torical contest that the judges are taking the utmost pains to Select the local grand prize winner, who will represent the District of Columbia in the national contest to be held June (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HOUSE COMMITTEE 0. K’S SURPLUS BILL | Orders Favorable Report on Meas- ure to Return $4,500,000 to D. C. Treasury. Favorable report to the House on | the Phipps bill which recognizes the surplus of approximately four and a. half million dollars belonging to the District of Columbia. which is now held in the Federal Treasury was ordered today by the House District committee. The action of the House committee is to glve moral support and strong legislative standing to this measure when it comes before the House as a Senate amendment on the District ap- propriation bill. The action was taken by one of the largest meetings of the District com- mittee of this session, and With only one voice voting in opposition—that of Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, Texas, who recorded his in- tention of putting in a minority re- port. Representative Beers, Republican, Pennsylvania, who was chairman of the special subcommittee which held hearings on this surplus, presented to the committee the unanimous agree- ment of those who had attended the hearings — Representatives Beers, Pennsylvania; Lambert, Wisconsin; Stalker, New York, and Kunz, Illi- nois—that this surplus actually be- longs to the people of the District. Representative Beers will write the report for the full District committee. Representative Blanton was a mem- ber of the subcommittee, but with- drew before witnesses were heard. as well as a delib- | Star. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1924—FORTY-SIX PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes | the government cannot afford further | | the pending * as ‘fasl as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,667 TWO CENTS. STONE AID STARTS TO LAY LINES FOR - RENT BOARD FIGHT [H. L. Underwood Confers With Ball Pending Argu- | ment Against Injunction. BASE BALL BULLETIN | | | HOUSING REPORT LIKELY TO BE BASIS FOR CASE Existence of Emergency Will Be; Contegded—BiIl Due to Con- ferees Tomorrow. The government today plunged | deep into its new fight to save the | life of the Rent Commission. | H. L. Underwood, special assistant to the Attorney General, conferred at length with Chairman Ball of the | | Senate District committee at the Cap- itol this morning over the latest de- | velopments in the rent situation. and immediately thereafter began prepa- {rations to present the argument Mon. day, for the Department of Justice in the District Supreme Court, protest- | ing against a temporary injunction | which would enjoin the Rent Commis- | sion COOLIDGE HEARTENED =z "7 """ " “" BY SUPPORT OF VETO| ' vened in the Balvs‘\\'n)ren case l'l’ which the defendant had asked for | & temporary injunction against the | J{{l('nl Commission on the theory that | . . he #ing emergency h PR SSE Victory on Bursum Pension Meas- | {15 L5, smozsency had paseca ure Means Renewed Drive Meanwhile the District Rent Com- for Economy. mission bill amended by the Senate to extend the life of the present law for one year, whereas the House had extended it Tor two vears, is lying on the Speaker's desk, awaiting a | motion to dispose of it | One of two moves are in order, | either to send it to conterence, or to | have the House agree to the Senate | amendment | The bill will probably be sent to| conference tomorrow if there is not | |an earlier agreement by 1o accept the changes made Senate. REJECTION FOR TAX BILL| President Will Act Unless Amend- | ments Are Made. in the BY DAVID LAWRENC! President Coolidge's first important victory in the exercise of his veto £ The Senate District committee in- | power—namely, the failure of Gon- |, igation fnto the rental situat gress to muster a two-thirds vote | sk HAL Guation to override his disapproval of the | “hktl rman Ball lnas.rtvpurlefl to | Bursum pension bill—means a re.|th¢ Senate will furnish, it is under: | newed effort on the part of the|8to0d. basic material for the Depart- | White House to make economy in|M¢Rt of Justice argument Monday | government expendityre the basis of | #8ainst the temporary injunction. Al-| 165 At a1l Siohe The lie. | though the original copy of the Ball| Mr. Coolidge did not oppose the TEPOLt, alleging serious irregularities | op the' part of certain real estate con- | principle of pensions, but states that | ofrny” b buos’;mg‘ Tent. ::["n;u;n:q property values, was mot available | early in the day to the Department | of Justice, it was arranged that a copy be transmitted late this after- | noon to Mr. Underwood. | Mr. Underwood has been in con- | ference with others who have made a | study of the rent situation in the | District and already has accumulated mass of material, although he was | only assigned to the case Monday. | | Mr.” Underwood conferred last night | | with Chapin Brown, counsel for the | | Rent Commission, and it is understood the two, who will make a great fight on what is considered the vital issue | Will Get Ball Report. bounties. He is against the soldier insurance bLill on the ground that the government budget nnot stand the increased expense. He will veto tax bill, if it is un-| mended, on the ground that it does | ot provide the revenue required to | carry on the government of the United States, Puts Shortage at $475,000,000. Already Senator Smoot, chairman the House$out | sumed | the building | near Key bridge | surging torrent, | tempt FLOOD IS ABATING INUPPER POTOMAC; STILL RAGES HERE Wreckage and Carcasses of Stock Syveep By—Reaches Twelve-Foot Stage. BODY OF WOMAN IS SEEN: VIRGINIA LOSS, $2,000.000 C. & 0. Canal Believed Doomed. Great Falls Disappear Beneath Waters. Although dispatches from the per Potomac Valley today reported sharp fall in the flood water ther the torrent was still swirling pas Washington with unabated fur: carrying on its muddy crest portion of wrecked homes. the bodies drowned horses and cattle and to: of indescribable debris. No accurate estimate of the dam age done around Washington can b attempted until the surging river r leases from its yellow depths the cores of home nd summer camp. that remained eit wholly or par- tial submerged at noon toda: cores of other houses are known have been torn apart and was! downstream. Reaches Twelve-Foot Mark. The high water mark was reached here shortly before daybriak, when official measurements sfewed th river be more than t:-vive feet above normal. It dropped *%out four inches by noon, but 1 ges of last ht are liZely to be reached again this afternoon when the tide comes in. With a stro. southe behind it, the ti may reach unexpected proportions A dispateh from Cumberland toda said that the flood hud subsided point where trains were being sen! over the main railroads to de- termine whether traffic can be re . Troops still guard the se tions of the city that were inunds nd grave fear is felt that some have been undermi by the waters to the point whs their cola is not improbable $2,000,000 Loss in Virginia. Frederick and Hagerstown | been released from the flood, bt Hancock, on the Baltimore and OF railroad, is iSolated and the dam. is reported as heavy. The Jame- River near Richmond was still risin today, but reports frem farther up the river said it was gradually going down. The flood damage in Vir ginia alone is estimuted at more than 32,000,000 Although no deaths have beenm r1e ported around Washington, fishermes standing along the banks of the rive: said they saw the body of a woman float past. Ef forts to reach it were unavailing A group of persons on t.» Highw: bridge saw a live horse and & Ii calf struggling the grip of the before any & e to save ti swept on dow to extreme st breeze in but could he animals they w of the Senate finance committee, has announced that the pending tax bill, | now in conference between the two houses of Congress, fails by approx- imately $475,000,000 to meet the gov- ernment requirements. This is based on the estimates of government actu- aries. In the face of such figures not only is it impossible for the President to | sign the bill, but it is difficult to see how Congress can deliberately legi late a deficit. It is true that occasion- ally the estimates have varied, and | that the figures have been $50.000,000 or so above or below the line, but in cach case since the war the bud- get has been balanced, a circumstance | that has helped to give the dollar un- usual strength in the currency mar- kets of the world. But at no time has Congress faced a deficit of near- 1y a half-billion dollars. Senate Ignores Suggestions. ‘When the Longworth bill passed the House it carried a deficit, but the Treasury Department suggested changes which would provide the needed rcvenue. The Senate has, in the main, ignored those suggestions, and made further cuts, while fail- ing to provide productive substitutes. Many people have the idea that the questions at issue are whether the rich shall be taxed heavily, whether big business shall escape levies, and whether the man of smaller income | shall be preferred. | From the viewpoint of the Treas- |ury Department, and particularly its actuaries, there is no such discrimina- tion. Big business can avoid *ax lev- ies just as investors who buy tax- exempt securities. The productivity of a tax is not altogether a matter of legislation. does to avoid taxes. Tax Evasion Possible. For instance, in respect to the un- distributed surplus taxes, some of its provisions undoubtedly would be evaded by skillful bookkeeping and it is not certain that the government can force the distribution of all funds when there is expansion to be taken care of. It is recalled that the government by no means succeeded in collecting all that it should of the excess profits taxes and that as the latter form of | taxation was more and more studied business found ways of avoiding its| heavy levies. The whole question of estimating tax receipts is a compli- cated one, but the Treasury experts have managed in the past to attain a remarkable degree of accuracy. Apart from the failure of the Sen- ate bill to provide enough revenue, there is also some uncertainty as to| the extent of government appropria- tions. The budget as framed by the executive branch of the government and the budget that will have to be met when Congress gets through ap- propriating are two different things. Congress has departed from the budget and threatens to depart still more. $3,000,000,000 Needed. In his New York speech’' Mr. Cool- idge estimated that nearly three billions of dollars would have to be appropriated to meet the bills being pressed in Congre: Most of these will not be passed, but a dangerously e proportion may be pushed throu the Jast mome: (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. of saving the life of the commission, | '0® TIVEr, probably to their death« have gone over all the groundwork | And the actuaries know | from experience just what business| in_the situation The case will be in the court Mon- maintain, based upon the clear- issue of the existence of a housing emergency. Counsel for Bates War- ren and Harry Norment, who consent- ed yesterday to permit ntervention by ithe government, maintain that the bousing emergency has passed. Issue In Supreme Court. ut The existence of a housing emer- gency was the question which the United States Supreme Court recent- Iy referred back to the District Su- preme Court for further determina- tion, in the case of the Chastleton Corporation vs. Sinclair. The mandate from the United States Supreme Court to the District Court, which will carry the instruc- tions concerning the housing emer- gency at the time of the filing of the Chastleton Corporation case, has not yet reached the Distriot Supreme Court, it was understood today. The customary thirty-day period has not yet elapsed for sending down this mandate. However, it was understood today in legal circles that the District Su- preme Court will hear the arguments for and against the temporary in- junction Monday with the unde standing that a similar question is at stake. The United States Supreme Court, in its decision on the Chastleton Cor- poration case, rendered April 21, said concerning the housing emergency, “In our opinion it is open to inquiry whether the exigency still existed upon which the continued operation of the law dependes Ruling Wap Sought. In referring the case back District Supreme Court the United States Supreme Court further said that the lower court. “may ascertain as it sees fit any facts that are merely a ground for laying down a rule of law, and if the question were only whether the statute is enforced today, upon the fact that we judi (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ADJOURNMENT JUNE 7 GOAL SET BY HOUSE | Both Parties’ Leaders Fix Tenta- ! tive Date in Conference With President. to the Agreement was reached by Re- publican and Democratic House lead- ers at a conference today with Presi- dent Coolidge to work for adjourn- ment of Congress on June 7. Legislation before the House was discussed in & general way with the | President by Representatives Long- | worth of Ohio and Garrett of Tennes- see, the Republican and Democratic leaders; Chairman Snell of the House rules committee, and Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democratic member of the ways and means com- mittee. Consideration was given to those bills which could be disposed of in | time for adjournment for the national political conventions. day, friends of the Rent Commission | Narrowly Escapes Dea Capt. Harry Brown, a well knov figure along the Potomac River in t vicinity of Georgetown. had.-a. narro escape from death today when his b the Marion C, broke from its moorins- |at Key bridge and drifted down Potomac. Capt. Brown was aboar and he stood on the deck signaling frantically for help as his unmanage: able craft raced along on the bosom of the roaring flood apt, Jacob Stulz, commander of | fireboat Fire Fighter, saw the helplec boat drifting toward certain destruc. tion against the heavy piles of Hizh way bridge. Ordering every man on deck, he steamed at full speed after the Marion C. caught her, and suc- ceeded in getting a line to Capt. Brown | before his vessel was crushed againe: the bridge. Fortunately the current there was not as strong as further ) the river, and the Fire Fighter su ceeded in’ towing the runaway boat .. the safety of Washington Channel | €. & 0. Canal Likely Doomed. It is doubtful whether the histori Chesapeake and Ohio canal will eve: again be operated: When large sec tions of its banks were washed away during the flood of last month, a sim: lar report became current, but th. operating company succeeded in re pairing the breaks and traffic was re sumed. This flood, however, has swept down the Potomac miles of the canal walls, from Harpers Ferry to Washington, and it is understood no further efforts to keep the canal in operation will be made. The Potomac and the canal have merged virtually from Great Falls to Chain bridge. In a_dozen places in that comparatively short distance the banks have disappeared, and so seri ous became the menace below Chain bridge that the canal was ordered drained early today. Great Fails h. disappeared ~ beneath the foamin: flood. The rocky sixty-foot gory down which it plunged has becr filled up by the flood, and even the high island from which sightsecrs viewed the cataract is submerged, the river reaching all the way over to the canal and even backing up into the new conduit. Potomac Park Inundated. Considerable of Potomac Park been inundated for the first time since the sea wall was built. The waters kave leaped over the sea wall and the roadway down near Hain's Point is under water deep enough to permit boatmen to take row boats {over it. A similar condition prevails {in the vicinity of the Washington anad Potomac Qanoe Clubs and Demp- sey's boat -house. Not only has the water filled the first floors of all three structures, but backed up over the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Tailroad tracks there, and canoeist< arc paddling back and forth across the tracks, carrying valuables to higher ground in anticipation of an other rise. Down at Highway bridge. tne amusement park and the grounds of the National Capital horse show have been inundated. ‘With the annua horse show but a few days' distant it is not known whether a _postpone- ment will be necessary. Operation< at both the Armv and Navy air st tions at Anacostia have been entire ly suspended. The river has no only’ swept into the hangars, but to- day had completely covered the fields For awhile, water even found it way into the office of the command- (Continued on Page 4, Column has