Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and cooler today; tomorrow fair with rising temperature, fresh west and northwest winds. Temperature for twenty-two - ended at 10 p.m. last nigh 66, at 4 p.m. Full report on Page . 1,000.—No. 29,244, SENKTE BL GVES RUST TN L. OVER HOUSE TOTAL Reported Measure, Carrying $28,102,019, May Come Up Tomorrow. AMENDMENT TO ORDER $4,500,000 SURPLUS USE Recorder of Deeds Building and Additional Parks Will Be Asked as Extra Items. The District appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1925, carrying a total of $28102,019, which s $3,449,322 zreater than the House bill, was re- yorted to the Senate yesterday after- noon from the Senate appropriations committee. Senator Phipps of Colorado, who made the report for the commlttee, announced that he would call the bill up at the earliest opportunity, prob- | ally tomorrow. | Cramton Plan Discarded, The committee struck out the Ciumton amendment, which provided 2,000,000 as the federal government's contribution toward the upkeep of the District, and substituted the fol- lowing: *$14,000,000, or, in licu there- of. 40 per centum of each of the fol- lowing sums, except those herein di- | rected to be paid otherwise.” The effect of this amendment is to restore the 60-40 plan of appropriat- fuge for the District. The committee inserted $14,000,000, so that when the bill goes to conference the conferees of the Senate will have & more ade- auate lump sum to discuss with the House conferees along with the 60-40 plan. Faver Use of Surplus. The committee authorized Senator T'hipps to offer a number of important proposed amendments to the bill from the floor of the Senate. One of these would authorize the use by the Dis- trict of approximately $4,500,000 of surplus District revenues, found by the joint select committee of Con- gress to be in the Treasury. Another amendment approved by the committee which Senator Phipps is authorized to offer from the figor provides for the construction of a fireproof addition to the courthouse of the District, at a cost not to ex- ceed $735,000, for the use of the re- corder of deeds and such other activi- ties of the District government as the District Commissioners may desig- nate. The amendment proposes to make immediately avallable $300,000, and the architect of the Capitol is directed to have plans for the build- ing prepared. Still another amendment authorized to be offered from the floor provides for the purchase of the Klingle Road Valley Park at $200,000, the Piney ranch Valley Park, $155,000; areas ior widening Piney Branch Valley I'ark west of 16th street, $107,000; a portion of the Patterson tract at $300,000. Total F $29,164,019, Should these amendments be adopt- ed by the Senate, as well as the other amendments carried in the bill as re- ported, they would add to the total of the bill $1,062,000, with authoriza- tion to contract up to §435,000 more for the construction of the addition to the District courthouse. The total ap- propriation carried in the Senate bill would then be $29,164,019. The Senate committee has added to the District bill a larger amount than to any other District bill submitted to It in the past, it was said last night. But members of the commit- tee feel that the House did not deal wisely with the District; that it cut the appropriations considerably be- | low the amounts contained in the budget estimates, and that needed im- provements in the National Capital should not longer be delayed. The Senate, it is expected, will back up its committee and put through the District bill practically In the same form aus reported yesterday. The full committee meeting yesterday agreed to practically every amendment which has been written into the bill by the subcommittee headed by Senator Phipps. Water Item Largest. The largest item of increase is for the increased water supply, $1,700,- 000, which, added to the $500,000 al- lowed by the House, makes this item $2,500,000. The Senate committee added $1,051 472 for the public schools. This in- cludes $3,750 for a business manager. 1t includes the following items for luildings and grounds: B For the preparation of plans and specifications for a new school bulld- ing for the McKinley Manual Train- ing School, $5,000. ¥or the purchase of a site in the northeast somewhere within a dis- tance of approximately a half mile of the Taylor .School, located in syuare 891, and for construction of a junfor high school on sald site in ac- cordance with the plans and specifi- tions used in the construction of the Langley and Macfarland junior high schools, $600,000. Purchase of Schopl Site. For the purchase of a site for a new school in the vicinity of 3d and Rittenhouse streets northwest, $20,000. Purchase of site, Burrville, $7,500. Purchase of site in the vicinity of 5th and Buchanan streets northwest, $50,000. For athletic field for the Western High School, $125,000. For the purchase of a site for a new school in the vicinity of South Da- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) hours Highest, Lowest, 63, at 10 p.m. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. DEFEAT OF DISLOYAL G.O.P. CONGRESS MEMBERS LOOMS Indications Point to Upset of Legislative Leaders Fighting' President; Tax Bill Effect on Race Vital. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Reports from varlous sections of the country would seem to indi- e that the people are thorough- 1y alive to the opposition raised by certain Republican leaders in Congress to President Coolidge's policies and the open resistance to them of men who could reasonably be counted on to support them. The signs are that the people are taking sides with the President and that some of those who are disloval to him will find in the eleetion that they have miscaleu- lated the temper of the electorate. Observers of these conditions and indications say that there is a_growing feeling among the peo- ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT IS CONTINUAL BATTLE Commander of American Airmen Happy That Worst Stretch Is Past. ENTERTAINED AT RECEPTION iCountrymen in Tokio Give Tokens to Flyers. By the Assoclated Pres: TOKIO, May 24 —The American avia- tors were guests this afternoon at a reception given by the American Asso- clation of Tokio, which the entire Amer- ican community attended. It was the greatest gathering the Americans of the capital have had in years. For an hour the fiyers were kept busy shaking hands and recelving congratulations. E. W. Frazar, president of the as- sociation, presented the aviators with silver cigarette cases suitably engraved, expressing the pride of Americans on the accomplishment of the fiyers, and their relief that the worst of the great task was over. He expressed confidence in thir abliity to encircle the earth. The fiyers were besleged by their young countrywomen asking for their autographs. Guests at Reception. at a reception given by the naval and military attaches of the American em- bassy, which the foreign community at- tended practically en masse. The great flight of the aviators and the terrible weather which they en- countered is vividly described by Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, acting com- mander. “Its been one battle after another,” he said, *“one continual fight to keep the airplanes from be- ing damaged by the terrific weather through which we have gone. We knew that the trans-Pacific leg would be the worst of our flight. It was ten times worse than we expected. “Fog, snow, hail, rain, wind and more fog conspired together to pre- vent us crossing the Pacific. The na- tives in the Alutian Islands said it was the worst winter and spring in ten years. We believed them. iad Worst “Naturally we are glad this leg is over, although we never doubted that we would come through. We are more confident than ever that we will come through. The rest of the trip, by comparison, should be easy sailing. It will be easler to cross the Atlantic where better conditions are assured.” Lieut. Smith talked reluctantly and modestly while he and his five com- panions were riding from Kasumi- gaura to Tokio by rallway, the first travellng by anything but alrplanes that they had done since they left Prince Rupert, B. C. Dressed 1n spick-and-span uniforms, rested after their long flight, they were jovial and chatty, being Interested in the news of the world, from which they had Dbeen cut off, and the reception ar- ranged for them in Japan. None showed the strain of their achieve- ment and thelr great battle with the elements. None would admit that he had done more than his “mission.” “Routine,” Smith Says. Smith continued: “To me it Is Over. Lieut. It has been a tremendous experience to us all, and to say we are glad we are here is to express it mildly. But I do not catch the idea of all these extravagant comparisons. We do not (Continued on Page 6, Column Z.) —— PLANE SCOURING HILLS FOR LOST LUMBERJACKS Forty Men Marooned for Weeks in North Quebec—30,000,000 Feet Pulp Wood Missing. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 24—Search for forty lumberjacks, ‘marooned for weeks with a lost drive of 30,000,000 feet of pulp wood and saw timber in the wilds of northern Quebec, was started today in an airplane from Menzobagues Lake, Canada, the American Paper and Pulp Association here reported. The timber, which was cut last win- ter, is belleved to have been “hung up” in the upper Gatineau River, about 150 miles north of Ottawa. The slow melting of northern snows has prevented the usual rush of water in the Canadian wilds and it s certain that the drive has been stranddd in the narrows of the river, assoclation officials sald. Dynamite and additional men will be sent to the wilderness to free the log jam when it is found. » 2 Tonight the aviators were entertained y has been the same as routine flying? ple that President Coolidge is working for the best interests of the whole people; that he is lead- ing the fight for the country at large and that there are conspicu- ous instances of a dissimilar course by some of the leaders in Congress, who are charged with playing for their own hand. * k *x X It would be an interesting spec- tacle in politcis if in the campaign for the clection President Coolidge should be recognized as leading the fight for the best interests of the whole people and some of the legislative candidates for public office_should be regarded as play- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) WORLD COURT PLAN IS SENT TO SENATE Committee Reports Out Measure for Tribunal Divorced From League. FURTHER ACTION INDEFINITE Pepper Sponsors Proposal; F\mghti by Democrats. Amended proposal for American membership in the world court was approved by the Senate foreign rela- tions committee yesterday and placed on the Senate calendar, where it 1s ex- pected to repose undisturbed during the two remaining weeks of the ses- slon. Acting just fifteen months to the day after it received the member- ship proposal of President Harding, the committee reported by a party Voté a resolution requiring that American membership be conditioned on amendment of the world court statute to divorce the tribunal com- pletely from the league of natioms, and providing in addition that this country reserve to itself the Monroe doctrine and others of its cherished policies. Johnson Sole Dissenter. The resolution was prepared by Senator Pepper, Republican, Penn- sylvania, who sald it was builded on the foundation laid down by Presi- dent Harding and approved by Pres- ident Coolidge. On the committee roll call it commanded the support of Chalrman Lodge and all the Repub- lican irreconcilables but one, Senator Johnson of California alone leaving his party leadership to oppose it. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, the Farmer-Labor member, also support- ed the proposal, but sald he did not approve it and would lay before the Benate shortly a peace plan of his own. The Democratic members, standing together, opposed the Pepper plan and Eave notice they would bring in a resolution designed to follow more el 1y the recommendations of the two Republican Presidents. Their proposal, which provides for the res- ervation framed by Secretary Hughes, but not for amendment of the court statute itself, was voted down in the committee, 10 to 8, with only Demo- cratic senators and Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wisconsin, supporting it. Lodge Plan Withdrawn. Senator Lodge's plan for erection of an entirely new court through the agency of a new Hague conference was withdrawn by its author just before the committee indorsed the Pepper plan by a vote of 10 to 6. Neither among the friends or emies of the court is there any ex- pectation that any resolution on the (Continued on Page 6, Column 5) =g ROCKS HURLED MILES INTO AIR BY VOLCANO Eruption of Kilauea Lasts Fifteen Minutes—Thunder and Light- ning Are Frequent. By the Assoctated Press, HILO, T. H,, May 24.—The greatest display of the week of volcanism from Halemaumau, the hottest crater in the volcano of Kilauea, came at 9:13 this morning, when there was a tre- mendous eruption lasting fifteen min- utes. It was presaged by earth temblors. The dust clouds mounted 7,000 feet, while showers of rock hailed down on the north side of the pit after being tossed, according to estimate of Roy Finch, volcanologist, miles into the air. “The dust clouds were tinged with black vapor, resembling smoke from burning oil. Thunder and lightning en- were frequent, the pit roaring like heavy surf. “There were further earthquakes at 10:10, after a cessation of several hours. A severe east and west earth- quake occurred in Walakea and Hilo at 1 o'clock this morning. Finch fears that the quake is based on a fault line in the Kau and Puna dis- tricts and that it may shake the whole lsland.” Finch told the tourists that an eruption ‘similar in ferocity to that of 1790 was easily possible. Because of the downpour of red-hot ashes and boulders over miles of surrounding territory, Finch advised those not re- quired to -remain at the Volcano House, a hotel near the crater, to depart, adding that he would go with them if it were not his duty to remain there as an ol rver. Flames, apparently from exialodm( gas, were observed above the pit fol- lowing this morning’s eruption. Sy WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION C., CONFESSON LETTER DEEPENS MYSTERY I KDNAPING CASE Missive Purports to Be From Boy’s Slayer Just Before He Commits Suicide. DAUGHTER THREATENED IF SEARCH CONTINUES Woman's Tip That Drug Addict Was Murderer Scouted by Police. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 24.—Two letters, one a threat and the other purporting to be a confession of murder, added tonight to the seemingly impenetra- ble wall of mystery surrounding the slaying of Robert Franks, thirteen- Year-old son of a Chicago millionalre, whose nude bady was found in a swamp Thursday, while his father walited to pay a $10,000 ransom to kidnapers. The thraetening letter was received by Jacob Franks, watch manufac- turer and father of the slain youth. It was written In scribbling manner, was ungrammatical in phrasing and warned Franks that his daughter “would be next.” tectives were hurried to the Franks home and placed on guard, although the police attached little importance to the missive. Intimates Suleide. The second letter signed “A Sorry Man," Police Morgan A. Collins and pur- ported to be from the slayer him- self and intimated that he had com- mitted sulcide. “Dear Chief.” the letter read, “I am the murderer and the kidnaper of the Franks boy. Wken you get this letter I will probably be a dead man. I intend to commit sulcide. 1 am sorry I did this inhuman plece of work." The police at first attached MNttle importance to this missive, which was typewritten, but took a sudden interest when it was compared with the typewritten demand for $10,000 racelved by Franks the morning after his son disappeared. A preliminary examination caused the police to be- lieve that both were written on the same typewriter, the shading of the letters and other characteristics be- ing similar. With this theory in mind detectives hurried to a west side postal sub-sta- tion where the letter was mailed last night, but secured little information of value. The police also started checking up on a man whose body was removed from the lake this morn- ing—he having been dead apparently but a few hours—In an effort to learn if he were the writer or had any con- nection with the Frank case. ‘Woman Offers Clue. Another bit of mystery was Inject- ed into the case when a woman called the Franks home and sald she was the former consort of a confidence man and narcotic addict whose name she gave and who, she said, she thought murdered the boy. The po- lice were frankly skeptical of the tip but started a hunt for the man. Two men, both instructors at the exclusive private school which Rob- ert attended, were under survelllance (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political Survey—Page 4. Parent-Teacher Activities—mage 21. Radlo News and Gossip—Pages 22 and 2. Schools and Colleges—Page 24. PART TWO0—20 Pages. Editorial and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 9. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 14. The Civillan Army—Page 14. Around the City—Page 15. News of the Clubs—Page 16. D. A. R. Activities—Page 16. Boy Scouts—Page 17. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 18. Fraternities—Page 19. At the Community Centers—Page 20. Veterans of the Great War—Page 20. PART THREE—10 Pages. Amusements, Theaters and the Photo- play. Serial, “One Year to Live"—Page 2. Music In Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 10. PART FOUR—4 Pages, Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and F turel The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—12 Pages. Classified Advertising. Spanish War Veterans—Page 9. Army and Navy News—P; 9. District National Guard—Page 9. Financlal News—Pages 10 and 11. ‘The Public Library—Page 10. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. &I » SUNDAY MORNING, A half dozen de- | was addressed to Chief of MAY 25, WHAT ARE ONE KILLED, 2 HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Bureau of Standards Expert Is Thrown From Machine on Langley, Va., Road. VICTIM'S SKULL CRUSHED Car One of Nine Returning From Party Honoring Officer. William §. Hance, jr., twenty-seven, an expert In automobile engineering at the Bureau of Standards, was killed late last night on the Langley, Va. road, about eight miles from Chain Bridge, when he was thrown from the road- ster in which he was a passenger as the car skidded and toppled on a turn. Two others In the car recelved slight injuries. The roadster was leading a fleet of nine automobiles back to Washington from the country home of William S. James, laboratory chief at the Bureau of Standards, who had been tendered a farewell party before his departure to & position out of town. Hance was thrown completely from the machine to the road, suffering a fracture of the skull. Donald L. Welkert, another member of the technical staff of the Bureau of Standards, rushed Hance to Emer- gency Hospital in his automobile. Dr. B. Mayo pronounced Hance dead on arrival. The two injured men, who were treated at Emergency Hospital for minor cuts and bruises, were John ©O. Eisenger, twenty-eight years old, of 3503 Wisconsin avenue, and Mor- ris Thorne, another employe of the bureau, who was driving the automo- bile which was wrecked. The accident occured about 11:30 o'clock. The automobiles were travellng at a falr pace, it was sald, when they arrived at the turn. Thorne’'s car was demolished. Hance, who lived at the Santa Rosa apartments, near 17th and R streets, is survived by a widow and a child. e e TWO HURT IN CRASH. Girl and Escort Injured When Car Hits Pole. Frank T. Callahan and Miss Mamie Seott, both of 610 Lamont street, were taken to Emergency Hospital last night suffering from injuries recelved when an automobile in Which they were pas- sengers struck a telegraph pole on the Baltimore boulevard near Laurel, Md. Callahan suffered a fracture of the jaw and cuts and bruises about the body. Miss Scott sustained minor in- jurles. Other passengers In the car escaped injury. TWO DEAD IN ST(_)RM. POPULAR BLUFF, Mo, May 24— Two persons dead, many injured, several probably fatally, and thous- ands of dollars dimase to property &nd livestock, is the known toli of the wind and electrical storm which swept southeast Missouri late last night. While reports of the storm's havoc are trickling in over crippled wire facllities, reports of additional loss of life in the storm still lacked con- firmation tonight. On the farm of E. Matthews, near Sikeston, about thirty houses and barns were de- molished, while a grain elevator owned by the Sikes-Mullin Company was picked up by the storm and 1ald across the tracks of the Frisco Rallroad, delaying traffic several hours. RUMANIANS TO MOBILIZE. ila Public By Cable e Sopsrients e VIENNA, May 24.—It has been con- firmed here that the Rumanian gen- eral staff has decided to hold the autumn maneuvers 'on the - Bessa- rablan border, all reserve officers and 100,000 recruits participating, to- gether with the regular army. The press of eastern Europe is virtually unanimous in commenting on the move in view of the extreme. ly delicate relations between Ru mania and Russia. Star. 1924 —NINETY-FOUR PAGES. Sell the United States patent office, which occuples the entire two city squares bounded by 7th and 9th, F and G streets, for $10,000,000, or as much more as it will bring. Straighten out F and G streets, which now swing out of line in pass- ing around the patent office. Extend S§th street through the pres- ent site of the patent office, making it a business thoroughfare. Thereby give Washington a new business center, which will enhance the value of all business rsal estate in that neighborhood. Use as much as is necessary of the proceeds from the sale of the patent office in building a new home for this branch of the government service, which has been crowded into a fire trap and for years unable, on account of cramped conditions, to give prompt service to American industry, which SUSPECT IN ASSAULT ON YOUNG IS KILLED Klan Controlled Police Shoot Al- leged Gangster After Wreck of Auto. By the Associated Press. HERRIN, Ill, May 24.—Officers were endeavoring tonight to deter- mine whether Jack Skelcher, thirty, an alleged gangster, killed here today in a revolver fight with constabulary, was one of the three or four men who attempted late yesterday to assassi- nate S. Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan liquor raider, near Okawville, Ill. An inquest was ordered late today. Skelcher's companion, wounded in the right leg as he tried to escape, was taken to a local hospital' where he said his name was “Brown,” but refused to make a statement. Skel- cher himself died an hour after he was shot, without having talked. Arrested in Ratd. Skelcher is sald to have been an enemy of Young. He was captured in one of the Herrin liquor raids di- rected by Young, and was among those indicted in connection with the riot last Febrliary in which Constable Caeser Gagle was killed and a deputy sheriff wounded. The touring car driven by Skelcher and “Brown” was of the same make (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) MISS ROCKEFELLER LET OFF TWICE AS SPEEDER Undue Leniency Charged Against Trafic Judge and Inquiry Ordered. By the Associated Press. 2 NEW YORK, May 24.—Since the first of the. year, Miss Abby Rocke- feller, daughter of John D. Rocke- feller, jr., has received two suspend- ed sentences from Maglistrate Nor- man J. Marsh In the traffic court upon pleas of guilty of violating the auto- mobile speed laws. . Commissioner .of Accounts Hirsh- disposed of May 14. ! The pmpers in the first case in- dicated that she was summoned to court on January 8 for speeding on Riverside _drive, and after pleading gullty on January 11, recelved a sus- pended sentence. No publicity at- tended the first summons or the dls- position of the case. Mr. Hirshfield made public five letters written to Mayor Hyland complaining that un- due leniency had been shown Miss Rockfeller and Commissioner Hirst- field indicated he would - hold hear- rm next week to determine whether the usual traffic court procedure had been followed in the case. * X - fleld began an investjgation into the. manner. in. which: the more recent case -against Miss Rockefeller was . ralgnment. 60 cents. THE WILD ATLANTIC CITY WAVES SAYING TO HIM? PATENT OFFICE SALE TO PROVIDE | BUSINESS CENTER TO BE ASKED Representative Bloom’s Resolution to Propose Radi- cal Changes in Streets Around Structure He Would Buy for $10,000,000. pays all its expenses in patent fees. Pay something like 00,000 sur- plus returns from this transaction into the United States Treasury. Give the District of Columbia at least $10,000,000 worth of property on which taxes can be levied. Bloom to Offer Resolution Briefly, this is what Representa- tive Spl Bloom of New York proposes in a resolution which he expects to introduce In the House tomorrow after having made a thorough study of the situation as a member of the House patonts committee after con- ferences with patent -office officlals regarding the mneeds of the service and drawing on' his own extensive experience in erecting large business structures Representative Bloom refers to a (ontinued on Page STORM HURLS TREES ON AUTOS AND TRACKS Bus Narrowly Missed on Bladens- burg Road—Entrances to Homes Blocked. Column 2. A heavy downpour of rain, driven by a thirty-seven-mile-an-hour wind and accompanied by lightning, left in its wake yesterday fallen trees, smashed automobiles and two small fires, the latter caused by lightning. Lasting only twenty-five minutes, and ending about 3 o'clock, the storm left 130 damaged or wrecked trees, some of which, lying across streets, blocked traffic for sev- eral hours. Nobody was hurt, and the property damage was compara- tively small. A bus, laden with passengers on the Bladensburg road near Mount Olivet cemetery, passed a tree a few seconds before it crashed down, blocking the road of trafiic until help came from the surface division of the District. At 13% street and Ohio avenue a large tree fell on a parked automo- bile, owned by Walter W. Woodruft of Arlington, Va., wrecking the machine. Nobody was In the car. O. V. Shorno, 2221 M street north- west, watched a tree fall on his machine, standing in front of his house, and partially wrecking it. A large tree fell across a street car landing platform on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between 18th and 19th streets, holding up traffic until it was.cleared away. Four trees. went down on H street between 7th and 13th, one of them Janding on an automoblle owned by Leon.O. Waddell, .715 H street, and pulling down electric light wires in its fall. The entrances to three houses were partially blocked by the fall of a tree in the 1700 block of 19th street. A tree fell against a house at 505 224 street. s Damage of about $50 was caused by a fire in the Capital Traction Com- pany garage at Union and O streets southwest, started by lightning strik- This fact was disclosed today when:| !N the chimney. Another * stiall “fire at 24 M street northeast was “cansed by lightning striking a cupols - | ——— "MISSING GIRL FOUND. GOUVERNEUR, .N. Y., May 24— Dorothy ‘Bush, thirteen, of Hermon, for whom a search has been made throughout: this region since she dis- appeared Thursday afternoon after leaving the schoolroom which she attended, was found late today in a sugar shack on a farm about seven miles from here by a boy hunting for stray cows. b John Dusharm, of Gouverneur, who was at the shack when the girl was discoveted, is- held upon. an open charge at “Gouverneur pending ar- ““From Pres thunder and | to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at month._Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. TAXBL APPROVED (TG, BY SEWATE HOUSE. K. CERTAN President May Get Measure by Thursday—Veto Not Believed Liksly. SMOOT NOW PREDICTS SURPLUS OF $2,000,000 Five Republicans and Magnus Johnson Voted Against Rates Indorsed by Conferees. The conference report on the tax reduction bill was approved yester- day by the Senate. It will be taken up by the House tomorrow, and if accepted there un- changed will be sent to the President The report is a compromise between the Senate and the House bllls, carry ing the Senate Democratic income rate schedule and the House provi- slon for limited publicity of returns and no change in the present corpora- tion tax. Approving Vote Large. The vote on approving the renc was 60 to 6. Thirty Republicans and t Democrats supported the conferen while five Republicans rmer-Labor, Johnson of Mi nesota, opposed {t. Besides Senator Johnson those voting in the negativ: were Brookhart, Ernst, Frazic: Moses and Norrls. Senator Brookhart annoupced, how - ever, he would vots to e~wrride a veto of the bill Senator Torris opposed the report because of the restrictior it made on his proposrl for full pul licity of returns, bt Jjoined wit other Republican af.d Democrat spokesmen In lauding the conferes measure otherwlis ne Coolldge Still § Yent. The taken by senators as a falr indica lon of th line-up should the Presidert veto th bill. This, however, is con8ldered un- ltkely by several Republican leaders The President conferred yesterd with Representatives Mills of York and Tilson of Connecticut, Re- publicans, members of the Hous Ways and Means committe.. who voted against the passage of tie bill when first before the House. They | said Mr. Coolidge Indicated litde to his probable final action on the measure. Although opposed to som- of the provisions, it is understood both representatives are in favor of | enactment of a tax reduction measur: into law. Upsetting previous calculations, | Chairman Smoot of the Senate fina committee and one of the administ; tion spokesmen in the Senate, de- clared yesterday the measure as now framed would meet all government expenses now regarded necessary the next fiscal vear, including the sol- diers’ bonus outlay, and permit iTrez\sur)‘ surplus of $2,000,000. vote was sev The House will take up the confer- | ence report tomorrow and | whelming acceptance there is pra- | dicted. Little time is cxpected to - o devoted to debate, and It Is conslg=red likely the measure may be engrussed and sent to the President by Thurs- day. an over- Leaders Praixe Measury Speakers of hoth parties yeste~day lauded the conference mamsurs as compared with the origingi preposal of Secretary Mellon. Senator John- son, Republican, California, declared the pending bill “Infinitely mors ju:4 and better than the bill proposed by Mr. Mellon,” on the ground that it offered more rellef to the taxpayers with smaller incomes. Defending the Treasury plan, Sen- ator McLean of Connecticut, one of the Republican conferces, declared (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) COOLIDGE’S NOMINATION WILL BE MADE JUNE 12 Vice Presidential Selection to Fol- low Same Day—Speeches ‘Will Be Broadcast. By the Assoctated Press. CLEVELAND, May 24—Tentative program for the Republican national convention here calls for speeches placing in nomination Iresident Calvin Coolldge at 11 a.m. Thursday June 12, the fourth day of the gather- ing. The President's nomination is ex- pected to be made on the first ballai The speeches for hoth Mr, Coolldg: and the vice presidential candidatc will be broadcast by radlo. After the nominations and completion of min detalls the convention will adjourn. The program calls for another day, Friday, but the majority of the delc- Bates and many visitors are expected t0 make their departure Thursday night. The convention begins Monday June 9, with local committees receiv - ing and assigning delegates and visi- tors to quarters. State delegations will meet Monday to choose & na- tional committee for the next four years. Perfection of final arrange- ments and distribution of credentials will also be on Monday's program. The formal opening of the conven- tion will take place Tuesday at 11 am., with the keynote address by Representative Theodore N. Burton of Ohfo. Mr., Burton's address will be carried to outside audlences in the vieinity by loud speakers ana throughout the country by radlo. At’11 a.m. Wednesday the conven; tlon will be permanently organized and the report of the credentials and other committees recefved. 5