Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1924, Page 1

WFATHER. Tncreasing cloudiness and slightly possible local thundershowers tomorrow h east_and ature for t 10 p.m. pm.; | Full report on Page 1 No. 99,258, CONGRESS CLOSES, IN TUMULT TO END; GEFICIENCYBILLAND - FARMAIDUNPASSED Much Important Legislation Goes Into Discard as Clock Automatically Brings Close to Fighting Session. 1,002.— No. WESTERNERS STRUGGLE | FOR RELIEF MEASURES Funds to Start Bonus Payments and Provide for Necessities of Government Departments Held Up by Pittman's Angry Objec- showers; southeast twenty-two | tic tion Over Omission. Congress ended its six nmmhs’: session last night in an atmosphere | of controversy and turmoil charac- teristic of the dissension which had marked its proceedings from the start Western senators and representa- tives in the final hours of the ses- ion fought and lost a desperate fight for legislation to relieve the farmer and to reform the reclamation policy of the government. Many other measures, including the bill authorizing construction of ‘cight new cruisers and moderniza- tion of battleships, and the de-| ficiency appropriation bill, carrying funds to operation of the honus law and for many other pur- failed in the final crush of ation when the session ended 7 p.m. bitter begin legi automatically 2 Special Move Lost. | Not only did the deficiency bill go down to defeat in the race against | + time, but a special resolution passed in the last five minutes by the House to make the bonus appropriation available regardless, was lost in the Senate. Iepublican leaders declared that only a special session of Congress could provide the necessary funds for the initial costs of the compensation measure The deficiency bill itself was block- | ed at the last minute by Senator Pitt- man, Democrat, Nevada, because of\ the omission of a reclamation appro- * priation proposed by him, and action on the emergency bonus resolution was prevented by objection by Sena- tors Borah, Republican, Idaho, and| King, Democrat, Utah. Let Postal Pay Bill Go. The postal ealaries increase Dbill, passed by both Senate and House by almost unanimous votes, also went by the board when President Cool- idge vetoed it on the ground that it was “extravagant.” No effort to call 1 it up for repassage was made in the #hort time remaining. A renewal of the Teapot Dome de- ba in the Senate, growing out of a futile effort by Senator Walsh of Montana to secure approval of the majority report of the oil commtitee, tied up business at that end of the Capitol most of the afternoon. The House cleaned up many minor Lills, but spent most of the day quar- reling over the reclamation legisla- . which had been attached by the nate to the deficiency bill. The principal features of the administra- tion reclamation plan finally were @ ted. but other changes were made to which the Senate would not Daugherty Probe Ended. Amonz the mourners over the un- ally painful demise of the session was the Senate Daugherty committee, | plans to resume sessions in mmer went awry because Chair- Brookhart failed to obtain op- portunity to call up an authorizing | resolution drafted for that purpose. | An hour before the final fall of the gavels on the presiding officers’ desks in the S e and House President | Coolidge went to his room in the| Capitol to affix his signature to last- | minute legislation. He signed a number of bills and received there the Senate and House committees ap- pointed to formally notify him of the adjournment. After it had disposed of the deficl- ency hill and its reclamation rider the House twiddled its thumbs dur- ing the last half hour of the session, Lut in the Senate the partisan strife contributed its dramatic note until the very end. Action on Oll Report. Senator Walsh tried early in the day to secure action on the oil report, but Senator Spencer, Republican, Missouri, objected to a vote until he had opportunity to state at length his objections to it. Despite Demo- atic charges of a filibuster, he talked for more than two hours, and when he had finished Senator -Nor- beck, Republican, South Dakota, ob- tained the floor to make a fight for farm relief. No sooner had the South Dakota senator moved to attach a wheat ex- port bounty provision to a pending House . bill, however, then Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, launched nto a speech of more than a half hour on the financlal record of the administration. That aroused a de- bate which continued until the de- man |of $2,625,162 moderate wind: hou : Highest , at 10 p.m. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Americans in SINNE WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION y Star, WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1924.—104 PAGES. Inflamed J apaneée Threaten Raid on Danee “Ronirz?” Political Ruffians, Insult Guests at Hotel—Demand Ban on U. S. Movies—Envoys Aroused. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, June 7.—Japanese seeking to solidify national sentiment against the new law excluding them from the United States carried their campaign into the foreign quarter here today. breaking up a dance at the Imperial Hotel. A bond of thirty ronin, or political ruffians, raided the dance and by in- sulting and profane s s created such a a fro for-all fight was averted only | by interference of some of the calmer Japanese gue who persuaded the intruders to 1 - { Handbills scattered by the ronin be- fore they departed demanded deporta- tion of all Americans, boycotts against American merchandise and motion pictures, exclusion of Amer- fcans from Japan, abrogation of all treaties between the two countries and *abolition of the evil of dancing, which is ruining our country. The handbills bore the signature, “Great Forward Association.” nee that Envoy Sees Demonstration. Tp to tonight the American com- munity had mot directly felt the ef- fects of enactment Wi the United TAXES IN DISTRICT RAISED §3.200,000 BY NEW FUNDS BILL Larger Allotments for Wages and Improvements Cause Most of Increase. The new District appropriation act will require the property owners of Washington to pay $3,200,000 more in taxes during the next twelve months than they paid last year, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, city auditor, announced last night. Maj. Donovan made it clear, how- ever, that only about $1,087,000 of this increased tax burden is due to the changes which Congress made In fis- cal relations by substituting a lump sum of $9,000,000 from the federal government in place of 40 per cent of the total appropriation bill. Due to Larger Grants. The remaining $2,000,000 of in- creased taxes is due, he said, to the granting of larger appropriations for salaries and improvements than were available during the last year. Although it has been previously published that the new act would raise the tax rate from $1.20 to $1.60 per §100 assesseq value, this is Maj. Donovan's first announcement of what the increase would amount to in dol- lars, The failure of Congress last night to pass the second deficiency bill will deprive the District until December which is urgently need- ed for various municipal functions. This failure, however, will not af- fect the predicted increase in the tax rate for the fiscal year, Maj. Donovan said. He announced that in fixing the tax rate next month, he will make allowance for the amount in the deficiency bill, for the season that that measure is certain to pass when Congress reconvenes in December. And when it does pass, the amounts in it will be charged against the rev- enues of the coming year just as though it had passed last night. Revenmes to Shrink. Maj. Donovan also revealed last | night that the 40 per cent of miscel- laneous revenues formerly credited to (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BANDITS GET $1,183 IN MIDNIGHT HOLD-UP Officials of Piggly Wiggly Stores Lose Cash at Point of Revolver. Four bandits last night robbed the manager and a cashier of the Plggly Wiggly Corporation of $1,183 in a midnight hold-up at 18th and Cor- coran streets. Paul Thomas of 3449 14th street, manager of the Piggly Wiggly store at 18th street and Columbla road, and Bernard Chase of 1207 Hamilton street, cashier, were in an automo- bile en route to the main store with the receipts of a heavy Saturday night's business. A large automobile hedged them to the curb. Two men jumped out, slip- ped .38 caliber revolvers from their pockets, and while one covered the two, the other grabbed the loot. Two of the bandits’ party remained in the machine. The other two jump- ed in the tonneau and the car dis- appeared down 18th street. Police said it was one of the most skilifully engineered hold-ups in recent months. Although exit points from the city were blocked for the automobile as soon as police head- quarters heard of the robbery, it is feared that the bandits made a safe get-away from the District. This was the second hold-up of | . |This Dawes Woman, Piggly Wigsly employes this year, an earlier robbery netting four auto- mobile bandits about $14,000, most of ficiency bill, with the reclamation “(Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) which later was recovered, with the arrest of three of the men. States of the exclusion law. For that reason tonight's demonstration made a profound impression, which also was manifested in official circles. The American charge d'affaires was among those at the hotel where the dance was raided. No Interference was tendered the ronin by the police, who were said to have been told of the program in ad- paper photographer: were also forewarned and were tioned in the advant bout the room where th o took place Force U. §. Fi Following the interruption of the dance reports were received that the ronin had appeared at several mo- tion picture theaters showing Amer- fcan films and had forced the man- agers of the houses to close them for the night. The motion picture business here has been noting the effects of the anti-American boycott for several days, the dropping off in business becoming more and more noticeable Tom D. Cochrane, far east man- ager for Paramount films, arrived in ~(Continued o rous posit demor ge 6, Column 2.) ‘Helen Maria,’Makes Hit as Candidate By a Staff Correspondent. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 7.—"I think it would be wonderful if the convention should nominate Helen Maria Dawes for Vice President,” murmured an attractive looking little lady in one of the hotel cor- ridors. “Helen Maria must be a woman, and wouldn't it be fine to have a woman on the Republican national ticket? But what a name —Helen Maria." So much for Gen. Dawes' and Maria” nickname. “Hell —_—— POINCARE POST GOES TO FRANCOIS-MARSAL Minister of Finance Selected by Millerand to Form New Cabinet. MOVE TO BRING SHOWDOWN Will Present President’s Message to Both Houses. (By Cable to The Star and New York World. Copyright, 1924.) PARIS, June 7.—Senator Frederic Francois-Marsal, minister of finance in the ont-going Poincare cabinet, agreed at 10 o'clock tonight to form a ministry and carry Millerand’s presidential mes- sage before the Senate and the Cham- ber. He will attempt to form his cabinet tomorrow, and will present himself before both houses on Tuesday after- noon. This step will bring the presi- dential crisis to an acute stage. Immediately after accepting Presi- dent Millerand's commission, Fran- cois-Marsal came out of the Elysce Palace and said: “The President asked me to form a government and 1 ac- cepted. I hope to find a few friends who will join me, so that T may have a cabinet formed tomorrow evening. The sole purpose of the new ministry is to carry the Presidemt's message, which will place the constitutional issue before parliament when the Senate meets again on Tuesday. I shall read the President's message and make a short ministerial declara- tion. The rest is in the hands of par- liament.” When asked if he did not consider it bad to prolong the presidential crisis he said, “Let us take it quietly and it possible with a smile.” Viewed as Temporary Post. Asked if he expected to remain promier, he replied, “This is just a twenty-four-hour ministry.” Two days of consultation have brought President Millerand very close to the realization that the coun- try is not with him in his fight for what he oconsiders his constitutional rights of his position. The written constitution port his contentions, but the un- written constitution registered in every presidential crisis since Mc- Mahon is against him. So zlso the majority of the two- score politicians who have talked with him are believed to have told him. Even his old friend, Governor Gen- ral Steeg of Algeria and senator of may sup- FOR RUNNING MATE sta- | | the BORAH NOW HINTED COOLIDGE'S CHOICE President Said to Oppose Lowden on Four Points, In- cluding Business Ties. HARM?NY APPARENT AMONG ALL FACTIONS Reports of La Follette Strength One Disturbing Factor in * Republican Circles. By N. O. Messenger. CLEVELAND, June 7 mation tonight from authoritative sources is that President Coolidge, while adhering consistently to his stand that ho will not seek to in- fluence the selection of the candi- date for vice president is in fact not in favor of Frank O. Lowden of Illinois on the grounds: First—Of his connection with big ness. ond—That recollection of the nts of 1920, when Mr. Lowden was ‘nt victim of circumstance, may be revived Third—That his asserted influegee | with the farmer vote has been ex-| aggerated. Small Hostility Feared. 1 Fourth—That the hostility to him | of Gov. Len Small of Illinois, re- cently overwhelmingly renominated, | might imperil the party’s prospects | in that important stat From the same sources comes the information that President Coolidge | would look with favor upon the | nomination of Senator Borah of ldaho for second place, but some of the Republican leaders apprehend possible opposition in the convention detmmental the prevailing spirit of harmony Tt is a spirited picture the gather- | “(Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) inno -— G. 0. P. TO STAND PAT | ON CONSERVATISM Leaders Stress Point That Party Is Not Reactionary—Merely Opposed to Radicalism. INSURGENTS TO BE IGNORED| Coolidge to Pit Personality and Record Against Foes. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 7.—The people of the United States are going to be given an opportunity to show at the polls next November whether at bottom they are conservative, not meaning reactionary—if the Coolidge campaign plans are being correctly interpreted here. As office after office in the coming Republican national convention has | been filled, none of the so-called pro- | e wing of the party has been in the filling. Represen- tative Theodore Burton of Ohio, key- noter of the convention and tempo- rary chairman; former Representa- tive Frank Mondell of Wyoming, permanent chairman; Charles B. War- ren of Michigan, chairman of the resolutions committee, and Senator William B. McKinley of Illinois, chairman of the committee on cre- dentials, have none of the flavor of progressivism as it is popularly un- derstood. It is of interest to observe, however, that the west and middle west has been recognized to the ex- clusion of the east entirely in these appointments. 0ld Guard, Too, Igmored. But if the progressives have not been recognized, neither, it is pointed out, have the members of the organi- zation which handled the Harding campaign. In fact, quietly, but as speedily as possible, the wheel horses of that organization are being eased out of their positions of tmportance. ‘The campaign of President Cool- idge, the bellef is growing, will rely very largely upon the personal popu- larity of the President in all parts of the country. This popularity is based on the belief of the peaple in his courage, his honesty of purpose and his being “one of the people.” A rigid distinction will be made be- tween ‘conservativeness” and ‘“re- action.” Conservativeness will be op- posed to “radicalism.” ‘The prediction is made here that the President will have behind him in such a contest the press in very large _(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Liner Slides From (Continued on Page 7, Column 2.) Under Professor Waving Farewell to Friends at Pier By the Associated Rress. NEW YORK, June 7.—As the I warning bell rang and the liner Majestic started to move slowly from her pler today Prof. Manley O. Hudson of the Harvard Law School, bound for Europe, stood waving good-bye to friends. A moment later, still waving he landed on the pier and saw the Majestic steaming away. The professor's quidk change was caused by the fact that he stood on the end of the gang plank, which was suddenly hauled ashore, While the Majestic continued on its way to Cherbourg with Prof. Hudson's baggage, the professor -himself obtained passage on the Adriatic, sailing a few hours later for Queenstown and Liverpool. He is on his way to take up summer work in the legal secretariat of “the league of nations. Among those who successfully boarded the Majestic were Harold F. McCormick of Chicago, who is going to Paris to join his wife, father | place and condition Ganna Walska; Mr. and Mrs. Lioneél Barrymore and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Widener of Philadelphia. ALL /LEOPOLD IS ACCUSED IN LOEB CONFESSION Declared Actua] Slayer of Franks. Diver Recovers Missing Typewriter. USED FOR RANSOM LETTER New Document Tells of Careful Search for Victim. B CHICAGO, June 7.—A crude, boyish plot was revealed today in the con- fession of Richard Loeb, who de- tailed his share with Nathan Leo- pold, jr., in the kidnaping and kill- ing of Robert Franks. Just after the confession was made public, a diver who has been search- ing for a week in a lagoon, found the typewriter which the boys, sons of Chicago millionaires, said they used to write letters to their victim's demanding $10,000 ransom. The broken machine was found in the the confession described. A picture of the thoughtless cruelty of adolescence was the outstanding contribution of Loeb's confession. He told how for three hours and a half he and Leopold drove about the streets in a rented motor the after- noon of the kidnaping, scanning scores of children, undecided which one to take. Killed for Excitement. These two youths, still in their teens, who admitted they planned to kill for excitement, casually looked over as prospective victims the play- mates of their neighbors and friends, scions of a long-established, highly - respected colony of wealthy Chi- cagoans, of which their own families are leading members. Loeb at 2:20 in the afternoon alighted from their car to talk with an instructor at a private ‘school |attended by the Franks boy while he looked over the crowd of children whom the instructor was overseeing at their play. While there Loeb talk- ed to his own younger brother, while just across the street stood the remt- ed car, with side curtains up, com- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) DELEGATE CONTESTS LEAVE NO FRICTION Settlement of Last G. 0. P. Dis- putes Leaves Little Evidence of Rupture Within Ranks. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, June 7.—The last stage of the preconvention period was reached today when the Repub- lican national committee wound up its work of hearing contesting dele- gations. Party leaders and convention man- agers, released from the grind of making decisions between warring factions, went in for relaxation of surveying the vice presidential booms which -are variously launched, and promptly deflated, or wafted along as the arriving delegates stir up the political airs. Five vice presidential booms had risen above ordinary mention today. The largest and seemingly healthiest was still former Gov. Lowden's. It had companions, however, in booms for Semator Borah, despite the fact that the Senator disowns it; for Sec- retary Hoover, despite the fact that he also turns in the other direction; for Charles W. Dawes of Chicago, de- spite the fact that the general's boom was guddenly overshadowed by Low- den’s, and finally, a boom for Dr. Marion Leroy Burton, president of the University of Michigan, who is going to make the speech placing President Coolidge in nomination Lowden Backers Lead. Lowden's backers continue to push their claim to first prominence on the ground that he would be agree- able to President Coolidge and add strength to the ticket in the agri- cultural west; Hoover's friends point out that he certainly is one of the acceptable ones; Borah's friends (Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) ROADS L TODAY’S STAR | PART ONE—38 Pages. ‘General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political Survey—Page 7. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 22 and 27. Schools and Colleges—Page 26. Parent.Teacher Activities—Fage 30. Radio News and Gossip—Page 32. Financial News—Pages 34 and 35. District National Guard—Page 36. Around the City—Page 36. PART TWO—16 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 13. News of the Clubs—Page 14. D. A. R. Activities—Page 15. Boy Scouts—Page 16. Girl Scouts—Page 16. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 16. PART THREE—I2 Pages. Amusements, Theaters and the Photo- Army and Navy News—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 11. Fraternites—Pages 10 and 11. 1] The Civilian Army—Page 11. PART FOUR—! Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S Pages. Magazine Sectlon—Fiction and Features. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—10 Pages. Classified Advertising. Review of New Books—Page 9. Serial, “One Year to Live"—Page 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 9. GRAPHIC SECTION—I12 Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION— Pages. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; Mutt and Jeff. Mr. Mr. and Mr: FISTS FLY IN SESSION OF ITALIAN DEPUTIES lufihefing Marked by Challenges to Duel Ends in Vote for Mussolini. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 7.—After a fortnight of discussion punctuated by numer- ous fisticuffs and challengesto duels, the chamber of deputies today voted support in the policies of the Mus- solini government by a majority of more than 250. By a vote of 361 to 107, the chamber adopted a resolution expressing ap- proval of the speech from the throne, and full confidence in the work ac- complished by the government of Premier Mussolini and in the program for the future set forth by the premier. Premier Mussolini, in an address emphasized his intention to work legally . with the assistance of the chamber and to ayold entirely re- course to royal degrees on the con- dition that the opposition allows the majority to legislate. He said that the deputies favorable to the government described the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Railroad Is Tied Up)| By Strike of Whole| Force — Five Men! , By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, June 7.—The entire transportation force, consisting of five men, of the Marion and East- “ern railroad, is on strike, tying up the entire system, twelve and one- half miles long. The dispute was heard before the United States Railroad Labor Board, the tribunal having assumed jurisdiction under the clause of the transportation act authorizing such action in dis- putes thought to threaten the in- terruption of commerce. The general manager of the road had brought the dispute to the at- tention of the board. The board admonished the transportation force to resume work pending the declsjon: of the disputa, - “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at G0 cents per monti. and service will start immediately. Telephone Main 5000 AD TO CLEVELAND. FILIBUSTER KILLS RECLAMATION BILL Senator Pittman Prevents Vote Because House Cut Sum Al- lowed for Irrigation. BONUS FUNDS LOST IN ROW Linking of Deficiency and Land“ Bills Angers House. Reclamation legis the bill designed to recommendations of fact-finding in Congress v tion, including ry out the cretary Work': commission, was killed a dispute which was ended sum- marily by the fall of the gavel an- nouncing adjournment. Early in the day the House dis- agreed with the Senate's method of hitching reclamation legislation to the deficiency bill carrying funds for the first vear's operation of the bonus. Later the House accepted the - ure in a modified form, which aroused the ire of Senator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, to such an extent that, with only thirty minutes of the session re- maining, he took the floor and held it against all preventing Senate from conducting any further business. The specific action of the House to which Senator Pittman took excep- tion was the elimination of an appro- priation for the Spanish Springs irri- gation project in Nevada. comers, Pittman Refuses to Yield. Launching a vigorous attack on the appropriations committee, Senator Pittman declared it had not hesitated to include “at this last minute propriations of more t each for two projects in Utah, which the reclassification burcau had re- fused to recommend, and for which no estimate had been made by the budget.” “You ask me to swallow that,” he said to senators who tried to make him yield the floor during the last minutes, .“but T won't. Call your extra session, and we will fight it out.” Several senators among the Nevadan's | closest friends crowded around him, pleading that he discontinue the fight. “I appeal to the senator said Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona. “Others are being hurt more than he by his attitude.” Senator Ashurst protested against elimination of the amendment, but added he would not “starve” the other departments of the government for “spite” by seeking defeat of the entire bill. The reply of Senator Pittman to all pleas was, “I refuse to yield." Longworth Attacks “Selfishness.” Still ranking, Senator Pittman was the center of a group of pleading members when adjournment was an- nounced. When the death of the bill was seen Iiepresentative Longworth of Ohio, Republican leader, in a one-minute speech in the House assailed senators who he.declared “through selfishness” had killed the bill containing the bonus funds. The House accepted the $300,000 carried in a Senate amendment for the North Platte, Nebr.. project, but insisted that the appropriation of $250,000 for Warm Springs, Oreg., and $1,047,000 for the Yuma-Carlsbad project in Arizona, inserted by the Senate, be eliminated entirely. Appropriations Reduced. It also voted to cut the allotment for the Salt Lake Basin from $1,500,- 000- to $375,000, to reduce the appro- priation for Owyhee, Ore, from $1,250,000 to $315,000 and to decrease the amount for the Kittitas phase of the Yakima, Wash, project from $1,500,000 to $375,000. A provision was added that no money was to be edyended to begin work on any reclamation project which had not been recommended by the commissioner of reclamation and the Secretary of the Interjor and ap- proved by the President as to its agriculture and engineering feasibil- ity and the reasonablcness of esti- mated costa. esterday when the Sen- | ac ate and House became entangled in the | $1,000,000 | FIVE CENTS IPAY INCREASE LOST BYPOLICE, FIREMEN, TEACHERS OF D. €. BONUS ALSO FAILS Senate Filibuster Kills Defi- ciency Bill Carrying $2,- 625,162 for Raises—Usual ‘ Ex!rgi $20 Swept Away. ‘IVIUST AWAIT DECEMBER | SESSION FOR REDRESS | ;Dism’c! Officials Expect Congress | Will Allow Funds, Retroactive to July 1—Hardships Seen in Reduction of Salaries for Five Months—Rent Body Hit. | Four thousand p and publi cemen, fire school teachers of V ington will wake ip this morning the in salaries they had expectc ceive on July 1, they will | temporary reduction in pay of $20 !month because the Congress to pass the | ficiency bill last night. | In a dramatic closing |the Senate a filibuster by Senator ‘Pitlm.’m of Nevada resulted in the deficiency bill being talked to death, lcarrying with it a total of §2,625,162.21 |for urgent requirements of the mun cipal government of failurc second Ultimately Get Increayes It was generally | that when Congre n December the policemen, firemen and achers will be granted thei to July 1. bu mber they will in their en- This also ap- fi 's to the United States park polic.. | The $20 a month which they w | 1ose for six months is the $240 bonus | When Congress passed the legisla- tive bills directing that the basic sal- aries of these three groups of | workers be increased, no one thaught ‘f--r.‘. moment that the deficiency bill, which carried the money for the in- cre: s, would fail, and, so, no provi was made for continuing ti nvenes | increase: from July retroactive until D find $20 velopes each month pl less sion Although ) J city auditor, night that Congress this back pay in December, it prove a hardship on the policeme: firemen and teachers to support themn selves and families on $20 le month in the meantime. The rent commission loses $43.( | by the failure of the deficiency hill {but Maj. Donovan explained 1 | night that this agency is saved ction taken in Congres wecks ago, authorizing the rent b | to use an unexpended balance $£34.000. Thi on needs for six mon it will Dor ed confidenc will appropriat will is several irid it has « is mot the comm but. with econom I ous conseqences, There will be no more white trafli lines painted on the downtown streets until December, because the fund is { exhausted and the deficiency bill car- | ried $5,000 for this purpose. 1 Annuities Also Withheld. | The bill carried $5.000 for payment of annuities to school teachers. Th annuities probably will have to b withheld the present month, Ma Donovan observed. | The Ith department has hausted t 00 allowed for con- | tagious d work, and the d- ficiency bill would have released an additional fund for that important service. Maj. Donovan said the com- missioners could avoid serious results in this case by giving Health Offic Fowler the emergency fund which they have each year for calamity or pestilence. The proposed Janney public school urgently needed, will not be built until next vear. The Commissioners needed $15,006 additional in order to Jet the contract for this building and that sum died in the deficiency bill he ex | Losses to Policemen. At the present time privates of il police department receive, including the bonus, $1,700, $1,800 and $1.900 a year, according to length of serv- ice. If the deficiency bill had passed they would have been pald on July 1 $1.800, $1,900 and $2.100 a year. Through failure of the bill they will actually receive from now until Congress meets again the old basic salaries of $1,460, $1,560 and $1,660 year. School officials were chagrined last night over the action of Congress “It's a great pity and a misfortune,” was the only comment of Superin- tendenf of Schools Frank W. Ballou. The teachers had planned a dinner at Rauscher's Wednesday night to celebrate the passage of the new sal- ary bill. Whether it will be canceled due to the failure of Congress to ap- propriate the necessary funds to put the new wage scale into effect, could not be ascertained last night Some See Inereases. A1l other officials and employes of the District will get the new salaries provided for by reclassification July 1, because their increases were car- ried in the regular District appro- priation Dill, which passed Friday night. The reason Congress passed separate pay bills for the police, fire- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1)