Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1924, Page 4

a > THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T, JUNE '8 1924-PART T District Suffers Set-Back Through Scrapping 60-40 Ratio and Failure of Vital Bills Tax Increase U p to 33 Per Cent | . Is Required by Payment by U. S Lump-Sum Plan Toward City’s Ex- penses Likely to Drop to One-Fourth. Move for Surpl Until 6 o'clock last night it looked it the first session of the Sixty- eigth Congress, then about to close, had taken lumbia unusu Before the o'clock last night it was all the hard legi throughout the entire trict legislation had been practically in vain and that the Distrlet is today worse off than when the Sixty-eighth Congress convened. Of paramount fact that this threw into the discard the ntag method of adjusting fiscal relations between the federal and District gov ernments. substituting for the G0-40 proportion. adopted a vy ar ago in place of the 50-20 Dl tut, lump sum_appropriution o o from the federal treasury port of the X. Representatiy mion of Michigan, author of this chanse, esti- mates is a 30 per cent contribu as the appropriation bill now stands T. S, Pays 25 Per Ceat. The District bill as pussed carries 5,105, and necessitats in taxes on pers 1y and real estate to 33 1-1 cont. A it is certain that there will be large deficiency and supplemental appropriations for the District, as ix admitted by Representative Cramton, the fed contribution in reality witl than 25 per cent Congress, durin ed, passed vital inter emong_which new sala teachers, polis n- tinuing the Distriet Rent Commission. xtensive hearings had bren held on ch of these measures. The failure the second deficiency appropria- ton bill, however, carrving 't new into” e fect Housc Leader Lonsworth commendable disposition every fair upportunity in the for the consideration of measures that would not ult wrangling, thus delaying & up. many other picces of important legis- ally well ion closed” at T vident that is the ngre importanc sion of ( per: 1 which crease r tangible prope o setting the were ry seh salsry schedules showed to g1 House Distr a r t Hearings. Stuart F. Reed, House lexislative District, has Representative man of the committee on the "k at_home dur on. In his Frederick Zihlman of Maryiand has been wcting chairman and in <pite of the fact that he was chair- ‘nan also of the important labor com- mittee under his leadership the House District committee had been unusually successfully in getting legislation before Congress xtensive hearings have becn held on many important m ng the District and {wenty-five subcommittee at work, with two and thre being held practically every day. The principal constructive meas- ure for the Dist has become law is for the of a park smmission to carry out a compre- hensive program of park and play- cround development. This legisl lon cyrr authorization for an- nual appro amounting _ to £1.100,00, or ear from every resident in the United States Move for Surplus Fails. In the rush business Friday night Representative Cramton en- deavored to have the House act favor- upon the bill which had passed ihe Senate making available the sur- plus Delonging to the District amounting to which is now held in th ates Treas- ury., A joint congressional commit- tee had determined that the federal government owes this amount to the District, representing taxes paid by the people of the District and which Congress had failed to make ap- propriations sufficient to consume. This effort to make the surplus awvailable had the support of Chair- man Madden of the House appropi tions committee and the legislation had been favorably reported to the House by the District legislative committee, after hearings had been held. Representative Cramton, how- «ever. endeavored to couple with the proposal to make this surplus avail- able a provision that would make the fat sum contribution of $9,000,000 om the federal Treasury perma- nent legislation Owing fo the fact that Chairman Madden was engaged in conference on the deficiency bill and unable to be present on the floor of the House, action was postponed until yesterday and then, in the final rush, with the ficiency bill failing, no further ef- fort was made to pass the surplus measure. This session of Congress settled the old controversy between Maryland and the District of Columbia by pass- ing the gasoline tax bill, which ef- fects reciprocity on automobile license tags between Maryland and the Na- tional Capital. It was specifically provided that the increased revenue under this ‘law should be spent on highway improvement and under sep- arate legislation a program of street improvements to the amount of $925,- 000 was agreed upon. Other measures which cluded reguiation of th dentistry and optometry trict. In the final hours of the session a hill passed providing for changes in the locations of alleys so as to make possible the erection of an addition 10 the O Street Vocational School. One of the last measures approved yesterday, fathered by Representative Zibiman, " ‘enablas the trustees of Howard University to develop an athletic field and gymnasium. This measure carried the approval of the Secretary of Interior and of the Dis- trict commissioners. Red Cross Bill Passen. Another measure passed last night which is of great intercst in the District authorizes an appropriation of $150,000 by the Government. when the American Red Cross has col- lected a similar amount for the erec- tjon of an annex to the Red Cross building as a memorial to the services of women in the world war. The Senate and House both passed measures regarding the extension of J4th street through and bevond the re s more than have been hearings t that ation ably passed in- practice of in the Dis- Walter Reed Hospital grounds. The | Senate measure provides for keeping open 14th street, which is now physi- cally open about two-thirds way through the reservation and open on paper the rest of the way. The measure as it passed the House pro- vided for deflection of 14th street, so as to skirt the southwest corner of the Walter Reed reservation. This measure was still in conference when Congress adjourned. * : Extension hearings have been con- ducted by the House District com- mittee on the proposed hydroelectric development on the Potomac River at Chain Bridge and Great Falls, ac- carding to the plans of Maj M. C. Tyler, at an estimated cost of $4 000,000. These hearings will be con- tinued when Congress reassembles in December. The Senate passed the Great Falls water power bill. The Lehlbach bill abolishing the personnel oclassification board and transferred its duties to the Civil Service Commission passed the House but died on the Senate calendar. Another Lehlbach blll _providi for imoreased annuities under | i are of the District of Co- | prom | House when Congre done | | that | employment was passed by the Sen- jate o mounting | prevented | been | Fails. optional retirement after thirty years of service failed of consideration in the closing days of the Congress, but t House rules committee has d to g this measure priv- status r early action in the s reassembles. A measure fathered b raway providing back stated bureau of engraving printing employes covering the period they were separated from this fleg n Friday. but was not acted upon in the Hous Legislation recommended by Presi- dent Coolidge and favorably reported by both the Senate and House com- mittees on _public bulldings and grounds, which provides for a $50,- 000,000 five-year program for the housing of government activities wernment-owned buildings in Wash- iton. is also promised early con- sideration in the December session Two very important matters of Dis- trict interest have not been consid- by the proper legislative during this Congress several measures prope different metbods of granting st to residents of the National | and for effecting a merger of Street railway companies in the District. o IMnal action was not reached on bill providing for payment of $68.000 dur to retired members of the Dis- e and fire departments ow- fact that between January and July 1915, sutficient nbt availabl i ‘Among the measures which are still ding before subcommittees or awailing action in the files of the full District committee are Cent Fare BilL Bills granting 5-cent carfare half-fare to school children Alley closing legislation Child welfare and mothers | legislation. including & new | the District Juvenile Court. slimination of grade crossings e sky laws Among the bills which have reported to the House from the Dis- trict committes and which are pend- ing the calendar are measures providing for the following Purchase of Klingle Valley, I'iney Brunch and the Patterson Park tracts tegulation and licensing of archi- tects | " An impounding law for motor ve- {hicles violating parking laws | A new imsurance code for th trict | Workmen's compensation insurance A non-stop boulevard bill, designed to speed up traffic and lessen ac- | cidents. | A bill providing a District flag Closing of alleys to permit erection of un annex to the O Street Voca- tional School. Widening of Nichols avenue from Good Hope road to S street southeast. Lincoin Holiday Bill. The Lincoln birthday holiday bill Widening of 4th street south of Cedar street northwest. Changing the method punishment from hanging trocution. Providing ners. Among_ the minor bills which have bécome law, are the following: Widening 'of Georgia avenue be- | tween Gresham place and Fairmont | street northwest. Providing _ for acceptance from | Charles C. Glover of a large park site | at Foundry run. * Amendment of the zoning law permit_erection of an annex to Harrington Hotel, Incorporation of the Medical Society and of the Girand Army of the Repub- lic. Exemption of property Daughters of the American tion from taxation. Changing the names of u number of minor District streets and avenues. Providing additional rallroad ter- minal facilities and cutting switci- ing_charges. Erection of a number of memorials and statues, including a bandstand in Potomac Park polo field in honor of District soldiers. Widening of several minor streets to eliminate dangerous corners. The House District committee has sent the following bills to spe- cial subcommittees, where they are now under consideration and on many of which extended hearings have been conducted: Regulation of the sale and adver- tising of viruses, toxins and analo- gous biological products in the Dis- trict. Increasing the membership of the Public Utilities Commission from three to five members. This commit- tee also has before it a a one-man Public Uti sion. Use of Milk Bottle: Regulation of the use of milk bot- tles and containers. Pure milk legislation. Abolition of capital punishment. Regulation of the sale and use of firearms and suppression of liquor traffic and other lawlessness. Peopie’s Counsel in D. C. Provision of & people’s counsel for the District. Investigation of Chain Bridge. Connecting District sewers and water mains to those of Arlington County, Va., across Key bridge. Regulation of the practice of chiro- practic. Regulation of osteopathy. Regulation of plumbing and gas- fitting. The following bills have been in- troduced and referred to the House District committee, but no action has been taken regarding them: Extension of Rittenhouse northwest. Increasing the membership of the board of tax assessors. Closing of a portion of Massachu- setts avenue northwest. Payment of claims for material and labor upon District buildings during the war. Widening of Park road between 13th and 16th streets northwest. Providing for commitments to the District Training School. Providing _ stringent laws for operating automobiles while drunk. Examining and registration of civil engineers. Incorporation of the Theodore Roosevelt Eudcational Association. Creating a board of paroles. Amendment of the zoning laws to permit owners to continue the use of buildings erected before the law became effective for their orig inal puposes. Amendment of the corporation laws regarding stock issuing com- panies. Closing of several minor streets; also a bill giving Commissioners the general right to close unnecessary streets and alley: Taxation of certain classes of banking business. Creation of a civil war fort park chaln and boulevard. Requiring landlords to heat apart- ments and homes. Opening a cross street from $th strest to Georgia avenue just above Florida avenue, to relieve traffic congestion. Placing control of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf under the president and board of managers. Several minor street extensions. Payment of a $10,000 fund to fam- illes of policemen killed in line of duty. A vagrancy law. Preventing intermarriage of mem- bers of the white and colored races Anti-picketing regulations. Provision of special automobile plates for af pension tor code N been Dis- f capital to elec- additional deputy coro- to the of Revolu- street the | | | | PRESIDENT the time picture wax made “Veterans' meant Dry Enforcement ) Probe Is Favored | By Senate Group A thorough investigation into prohibition enforcement was te tatively agreed upon yesterdiy majority the members of the special Senate committee which had charge of the inquiry into op- erations of the internal revenue buresu. Final decision to be made at a meeting here June 17 It is our purpe o den strate to the country that prohi- bition has been a flatfailure said Senator King, Democrat, Utah, 2 member of the committee, is of California. employment to committee some weeks to a bitter controver: and a message from Presids Coolidge, probably will not serve as_committee counsel Mr. Heney’'s name was discussed . ¢ by ttee members along with those of a number of other attorneys, but it was indi- cated afterward that a majority did not regard his selection us ad- visable The committee meeting was _the first held since the illness of Sen- ator Couzens, Republican, Mich- igan, forced a long recess. It was indicated the nenewed inquiry also would go thoroughly into rev- enue collections, probably takin in the past three administratio L= amen moermn FARM AID IS BALKED AS CONGRESS LEAVES Norbeck Carries Fight for Wheat Measure Into Closing Hours of Senate. proposed the heip g0 led Although supporters of farm relief legislation carried the fight to the very closing moments of Congress, the session adjourned without enact- ing any law for direct aid to agticul- turists. Realizing during the last few days that hopes of obtaining permanent legislation were Impossible, the farm bloc centered on the Bursum bill, providing for an export bounty of 35 cents a bushel on wheat and wheat broducts as an emergency measure. Senator Norbeck, Republican, South Dako'a, took up the cudgels in favor of the bill, with the assurances of House nembers that if it passed the Senate it would go through the House. After being repeatedly blocked by the pariiamentary situation, Senator Norbeck made his last effort to bring it to a vote with less than four hours of the session remaining. Refuse to Allow Vote. He sought to attach it to a House bill as a rider, and submitted such a motion. Opposition from both sides arose, and time was rapidly consumed with speeches. Senator Norbeck in- terrupted frequently with appeals to allow a vote, but without result. Thirty minutes before adjournment Senator Norbeck arose and rebuked the Senate for “failure” to come to the aid of farmers, and charged that “subterfuges’” were being used to block a vote. Senator Overman, Democrat, North Carolina, declared it was “too late to take up a rider of this importance,” and Senator Owen, Democrat, Okla- homa, accused the' Republican party of refusing to aid the farmers and being responsible for the formation of the Farmer-Labor party. —_—e—— COMMITTEE NAMED TO CONDUCT PROBES Senators Will Investigate Cam- paign Expenditures of Federal Candidates. Appointment of a Senate committee to sit during the campaign and in Vestigate expenditures of candidates | for President and Vice President, Congress and the federal offices was authorized yesterday by the Senate. The proposal was embodied in a resolution by Semator La Follette, ‘Wisconsin, leader of the Republican insurgents, and was adopted without 8 record vote. On motion of Senator Lodge, the following committee was appointed under the resolution: Borah, Idaho, chalrman, and Jones, ‘Washington, Republicans; Caraway, Arkansas, and Bayard, Delaware, Democrats, and Shipstead, Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. = On motion of Senator Reed, Demo- crat, Migsouri, the resolution later ‘was reconsidered and amended 80 88 o excimde candidates for the Hewse Past Congress the President's room in the Senate wing of the Capitol, yesterday, the Chlef Executive had just nigned the Reed- Session Rife With Storm and Bitterness The night has furnished excitement, <ixty-cighth congress, which ended its first Tast sensation, bitter partisan debate session and internal party strife of a character not witnessed in the Capital in many vears Six months and four days constitu d the life of the session, and for practically all of that time the membership divided attention between the floors of the House and Senate and the committee rooms where cabinet officers and their assistants. Army and Navy officials and a host of others passed in review before a group of in- vestigating committees which kept Washington and the country tingling with the thrills they furnished. FORCED CABINET CHANGES. During the period two office and the two houses locked dent over fiscal legislation cabinet officers were forced of horns repeatedly with the Presi- out The Mellon tax bill was born during the session. only to be discarded _for the Coolidge signed after Simmons-Democratic _ v lisapproving some of its provisions, President . plan, which The drastic immigraticn law, including its Japanese exclusion provisions, was placed on the statute books. BONUS LAW PASSED. The over the veto. exccutive disappro soldiers’ bonus law was enacted, vetoed and re-enacted The Bursum pension bill for civil war veterans met as did the postal salaries increase bill. Farm legislation, embodied in half a dozen measures which were put into shape early in the session, failed of enactment, al- though efforts were continued for it up to the last hour. Likewise, no railroad fegislation of great importance was placed on the statute books. This legislation, however, and much other was put into position where it can be taken up at the next session with much of the work of hearings and investigation completed. SHOALS ACTION DELAYED. Muscle Shoals, a question which has been in the forefront now for many months, once more went over for the settlement at the December session. One of the important factors in the work of the session was the balance of power held by the tor La Follette, Republican, Wisconsin. insurgent group headed by Sena- This group, by reason of the close ratio between the Democrats and Republicans in both houses, wielded a powerful influence. Joining with the Democrats, it seated a Democrat, Senator Smith of South Carolina, as the head of the Senate interstate commerce committee. In the House, again joining with the Democrats, it forced a revision of the rules. The constitutional right of congress to investigate government departments was never exercised to a greater extent. Beginning early with the Tea Pot Dome inquiry, Senate committees investigated Attorney General Daugherty, the internal revenue bureau, Russian recognition, the election of Senator Mayfield of Texas, the existence of propaganda touching the United States foreign relations, charges of land frauds in Texas, medical subjects. diploma “mills,” and many other 3 On the House side the shipping board, the bureau of engrav- ing and printing, prohibition, and many other subjects were in- quired into. Reports on the oil investigation have been submitted, but on most of the other findings have yet to be made public. SHOALS DAM FUND FAILS OF APPROVAL Measure to Improve Channel of River Goes Over to Decem- ber Session. By failure of Congress to pass the rivers and harbors bill at this ses- sion, no provision is made for the proposed construction of dam number 1 at Muscle Shoals to make the Tennessee River navigable. The bill, carrying an appropria- tion for dam number 1, was reported favorably on June 4 by the House rivers and harbors committee, but efforts to bring it to & vote falled, and it will go over to the December session. The following mention of Muscle Shoals is made in the committee report: “This item provides for the im- provement for navigation purposes of that section of the river between lock and dam.number 2 (the Wilson dam) and Florence. The construc- tion of the Wilson dam will com- pletely shut off navigation until lock and dam number 1 is completed. The district engineer reports that if the work Is authorized at this time, while his organization and plant are intact, it can be completed at an estimated cost of $1,609,000, but if the work is delayed until it is neces- sary to assemble new forces and new plant, the cost would be about $2.- 249,000 and would consume a much longer time in completing. The sec- tion of the river ce (256.5 miles) had been improved by the government under a project which provides for a channel six feet deep and 150 feet wide, and the completion of this dem and dams numbers 2 and 3 heretofore suthor- ized, will extend navigation on the river over the Muscle Shoals section.’ P Prominent Mason Dies. ALBANY, N. Y., June 7.—Edward B. Cantine, sixty-two, prominent Al- bany business man, and for years active in political and Mgsonio cir- cles, died tonight atter & brief ill- ness. He was grand lnl:u:br gen- eral of the 334 jent and Broetish i SEX REVERSAL FOUND AMONG LOWER LIFE British Scientist Describes Result of Experiments—Sees New Human Category. By Cable to The Star and Philadeiphla Publl Ledger. Copyright. 1924. i LONDON, June 7.—Those tempora- mental oysters which have been found to change their sex under varying en. vironment have counterparts in cer- tain water beetles upon which Dr. F. A E. Crew has been experimenting. Some of his discoveries relating to the laws of sex were related by Dr. Crew in a lecture before the Royal Insti- tution. He told his audlence how the head of a male water beetle was trans- ferred to the body of a beheaded female. That body then assumed the characteristics of the male. Among frogs he sald there have been cases in which an adult female has become & functional male, and bas been the sire of a family consist- ing solely of little daughters. It 1s possible to transform a male newt into female by controlled feed- ing. Changes Among Fish. Among -certain fishes it is the rule for about 50 per cent of the young emales to change over into males. At least one female pigeon is known to have undergone a complete sex- transformation, while In the fowl the progess of the tranaformation of & hen nito a cock has been observed Then applying his observations on sex-transformstion in the lower forms of life, Dr. Crow went on to say, there are human intersexes which are neither male nor female, but defi. nitely intermediate, and it is a mis- take to label them as either male’ or female, for they belong to a third sexual category. One does not expect a woman. to be- have like a man. The law should not expect the intersex to behave like either. *In these cases. the remedy SIGNING LAST-MINUTE BILLS AT CAPITOL D. C. BILL AMONG 105 SIGNED BY COOLIDGE PAY INCREASE LOST BY POLICE, FIREMEN, TEACHERS OF D. C. (Continued from First men and teachers was because these groups were not covered by the | classification act. Not only do the police and firemen have their’ wages temporarily re- duced, but they are prevented from getting the one_day off a week allow- ed them in the new salary bills until December. 1t is impossible for the Commissioners to grant the day off without more men, and the defeated | deficiency bill carried the additional men required. Pay Saving In Prompeet. When the second deficiency bill passes in December it will carry $256,- 950 less for the District than if it had passed before adjournment last | night. This represents the would have been paid polcemen and 115 new tween July and December. These ad- ditional men were to be appointed to make thé two forces large enough to give each man one day off a week. These men will be appointed when the bill finally passes, but the District will save the wages they would have received if appointed now. Other Items Covered. Other important items in the appro- priation for District projects and in- stitutions include For judicial expenses. procurement of chains of titie, th printing of briefs in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Suprem Court of said District, fiscal vear 1923, $3,955.9 For arrears July 1, For refund payment, $1,500 For painting traffic lines, includ- ing employment of necesrary per- sonal services and the purchase of supplies and equipment, $5.000. For the purchase and installation of traflic lights, markers, signals, con- trol switches and necessary inci- dental expenses and the employ- ment of personal services, $10,000. Community Cemter Salaries. For additional amount for salaries of employes of the community center department of the public schools for the fiscal year 1925, $3.400 For payment of teachers’ annuni- ies, fiscal year 1923, $1,526.20 and for he fiscal year 1524, $5,600 For fuel, gas, and electric light and salary to 165 that new including dvertising notice of taxes in 1922, $937.81 |4 Ik President Goes to Capitol to Affix Signature to Measures Before Congress Adjourns. resolutions to the ber of 105 were signed vesterday by President Coolidse his part making possible the adjournment of Congress. The District appropria- {tion bill was among the measures | | signea The President approvel about two Sills and as dthe num- | in | 79. | For furniture and equipment for ithe six-room addition to the Thom- son “School, $3,261. ¥or completion of the equipment of Macfarland Junior High and TLangley Junior High Schools, $2,000. An additional unt for the erec- tion of an eight-room extensible building, including a combination as- sembly hall and gymnasium, on a site to be purchased in the vieinity of, and to relieve the Tenley School, $15.0 Repairs to Buildings. For repairs and improvements to *hool buildings and grounds and for repairing and renewing heating. power for these schools, $112,058.7% dozen bills and vetoed gne—the pos- | tal pay increase measure—during the |day in his office. An hour before | Capitol and there surrounded by | members of his Cabinet he affixed his signature 1o all of the brought to, him before the adjourn- ment bell sounded the ending of the first session of the Sixty-eighth Con- gress. Among the bLills he signed were The Reed-Johnson' bill reorganizing | the Veterans' Bureau and amending laws pertaining to veterans. The Army appropriation bill carry- ing_$327,970,000. The independent offi tion bill cluding $ | Bureau { A bill_granting 150 acres of land to the Wesiern State College of Colo- rado for of the Rocky Moun- tain biological station. O.K.x Legislative Fund. The legislative appropriation bill carrying $14.229,000 The bill_granting public lands to the city of Golden, Colo., to obtain a municipal water supply. The bill to authorize an exchange of lands within the state of Wash- ington. The measure to provide for a girls’ dormitory at the Fort Lapwai Sana- torium, idaho. An act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, examine, adjudicate and enter judgment in any claims which the Choctaw and Chick- asaw Indians may have against the United States. A measure authorizing the erection of a hospital at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Santa Monica, Calif. Approves Monument Bill. A resolution authorizing the erec- tion of a monument in Washington to commemorate the services of the women of the United States in the world war. . A resolution authorizing”the erec- tion in Washington of a statue of Gen, San Martin, which the people of Argentina have presented to the United Statcs. . A resolutdon ‘authorizing an inves- tigation of the proposed Casper- Alcova irrigation project in Wyom- ing, the Deschutes project in Oregon and the Southern Lassen irrigation project in California. The Johnson-Reed bill to reorgan- ize the Veterans' Bureau and to pro- vide more liberal treatment for cer- tain classes of disabled. A Dbill to extend postal insurance and collect on delivery service to third-class mail A A resolution transferring powers and duties for protection of wild game and wild birds in Alaska from the territorial governor to the Secre- tary of Agriculture. A resolution making possible ap- pointment of members of the board of fax_appeals during the recess of ‘ongress. A_bill_to establish Utah National Park in Utah. i A bill to confer jurisdiction on the federal district court of mnorthern California to adjudicate claims of American citizens. An act proviling for equitable dis- tribution among the states of cap- tured German war trophies. Signs Ofl Measure. A bl to prohibit the discharge of oil int othe coastal waters. A bill to purchase, erect and repair buildings for customhouses and ware- 'houses in Porto Rico. A bill to authorize the withdrawal of lands for the protection of ante- lope and other game animals and birds, A Dbill to authorize payments of claims under the provisions of the so-called war materials relief act. A bill to quiet title to lands within the Pueblo Indian grants. A bill providing for grant of cer- tain Pueblo lands to the city of Phoenix, Ariz., for municipal park. A bill for abandonment of a portion of the present channel ©f the south branch of the Chicago River. A _bill to carry out the Provisions of the halibut fisheries treaty. A resolution permitling . certain aliens admitted in excess of quota to remain in the United States. A bill to establish the upper Missts~ pi River wild life and fish refuge. A bill to authorize the towns of Cordova and Ketchikan, Alaska, to issue bonds for a school building. A bill prohibiting the importation of crude oplum for the purpose of manufacturing heroin. ‘A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the United States Marine. Hospital reservation at De- troit and to mequire another site and erect op if.another hospital. ———— | ance has just swarded the Crom W olan, !on-' “of its-f¢ ces_approp: carrying $298.776,000, in 59,000,000 for the Veterans' Congress adjourned he Went to the | measures | |plumbing and ventilating apparatus, | and installation of sanitary drinking fountains, $25,000. For repairs to fire motor vehicles driven apparatus | ment, $5,000. For drainage of lots to abate nui- sances, $2,000. For maintenance of the public cre- matory, $1,000. For "the Police Court for printing. law books, books of reference, di- rectories and periodicals for 1923, $961.65, and for 1924, $1,500; and for compelmsation of jurors,’ $3,500. For support, ~ maintenance and transportation of convicts: for ex- penses of shipping - remains of de- geased oonviets and other similar ex- execution of writs of and committments in cases of indi- gent insane persons committed to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, $16 For D. C. Supreme Court. For the Supreme Court of the miscellaneous expens: apparatus and and other motor- for the fire depart- lunacy fuel, for manufacturing at workhouse, $10,000. For the National Training School for Girls, electric wiring and fixtures in the building recently acquired for white girls, $3,000 For care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be made by the board of charities, Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital fiscal vear 1922, $2.991.15. and fiscal vear 1923, $8,303.40;: for Eastern Dis- Densary and Casuaity Hospital, fiscal year 1922 $878.35, and fiscal year 1923, $6.236.15 _For maintenance of Gallinger Mu- nicipal Hospital, fiscal year 1923, $16,117.03. For the board of children’s guard- ians, for maintenance of feeble- minded children (white and colored). fiscal year 1924, $2,000. Fund for Indigent Inxane, For St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for support of indigent insane of the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1924, $100,000. For an additional amount for the United States park police force to bring their salaries up to a parity with the Metropolitan police and fire forces, $36,162.21. For'a bathing beach on the west shore of the tidal basin for colored persons, $50,000. For payment of judgments against the District, $4,213.94. For the payment of audited claims, $2,269. For remodeling and improving the heating system of the Capitol build- ing, $38,000. For completion of the frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol, $5,000. e CONGRESS ADJOURNS WITH DEFICIENCY AND FARM AID UNPASSED (Continued from First Page.) maintenance the and provisions as amended in the House, came up under privileged status. The item, whose elimination aroused Senator Pittman, was the ap- Dpropriation of $800,000 for the project at -Spanish Springs, Nev. Gaining recognition & half hour before the time set for adjournment, he an- nounced that the bill never would become a law until this item was S Revera othes Several others, including some of his best friends on the Democratic side, pleaded with him in vain to withdraw his objection and take his seat. The tension in the chamber i creased as the hands of venerable Senate clocks slowly approached the deadline, and disorder became so pronounced that Democratic Leader Robinson ~ suggested the sergeant-at- arms “be instructed to restore and maintain order.” With only a minute left, Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, then moved that the emergency resolution passed five minutes before by the House be adopted, but Senators Borah and King immediately demanded to be heard ‘While they were shouting for nition, President Cammins anhounced that the Senate had adjourned. Heuwe Follows Sumit. The House, however, failed to go through with its program to adjourn at 7 o'clock. Five minutes before that hour was reached Representa- tive Longworth, the Republican lead- er, proposed a fifteen-minute recess. The hands of the clock opposite the Speaker's dias were turned back, but when word of the Senate- adjourn. ‘ment was received the House follow- ed suit. £ Although Chairman Watren of the Senate appropriations committee in- ed that authority to make the firemen be- | MAYFIELD IS UPHELD IN SENATE SEAT FIGHT Evidence of Excessive Expendi- tures by Klan in His Behalf Held Insufficient. FINAL REPORT NOT DmD Republican Opponent Gets Permis- sion to File New Brief. The Senate committee investigating the election contest against Senator, Maytield, Democrat, Texas, yesterdav upheld his right to a seat in the | Senate | The evidence presented by his Re |publican opponent, George E. E Peddy, was held to be insufficient to support charges that excessive cam- paign funds had been spent in | behalf by the Ku Klux Klan or any 1922, The decision was announced ounsel for Peddy, who presenting testimony argued in executive session of the committes for a | tinuation -of the h during the recess of Congre Mas fleld’s attornes’s had actio: {declaring sufficient evidence already | had peen produced to enable the com | mittee to decide Report In Held Chairman Spencer, in the view of the committee that the fuil election: must act on the contest and that it would be necessary then to obtain action by the Senate itself. At the request of counsel for Peddy the committee agreed to make a fur- ther examination before it drafts its report into the charges of intimida l}un and unfair practices in theelec- tion. Briefs will be filed by counsel or s two phases of the case. “The subcommittee investigatinm the charges unanimously agreed the chairman said, “that on the evi dence thus far adduced there was 1 reason why Senator Mayfield shouli not retain his seat in the Senate. Digest 1o Be Prewented. “Questions were raised by couns.! for Mr. Peddy regarding alleged i timidation in the election, as well as violation of the Jaws of Texas certain legal proceedings at the elec tions. We decided to accept a digest of the evidence which Mr. Peddy = counsel will present on these ques tions. “The | | after have been for a severa) waeks, had committer sub-committee will examins during the re Should it be of the opinion that there is a sufficient show ing made to go into these matters the vill be further hearings. The committee has only considered and ie now only passing upon the charge iltegal expenditures, and it is on tha charge that our finding was nounced today. We have announced that excep ing Senator Mayfield's relations to t Ku Klux Klan and the relations of that organization in his election this committee is not interested in ti affairs of the organization.” Committe Is Praixed. Counsel for Senator Mayfield con gratu. ed the committee for the thoroughness and patience with which it haad fllndm‘l"d'thr investigation “A conclusion 'as to weight of ev dence expressed by not heard the evidence and has not read it, and has not heard it read Luther Nickels, counsel for Peddy, de clared in a statement issued after the committes had announced its dect sion, “involves a species of stultif cation which deprives the conclusiorn of all weight. At least soms wher members of the subcommittee, have neither read nor heart read, nor oth erwise considered all of the evidence l’}t»!ur» the case is final tried in th Senate all the evidence. of course will be considered. a person who ha: Indian Beverage Reivved. ago the American Indians on antic and Gulf coasts made a beverage from the leaves of the cassina. a plant which grew abund- antly in those sections and south of the equator. It was strong in caffei as tea and coffee are, and it made an excellent syrup also. The United States Department of Agriculture is studying the plant now as a result of the revival of the drink made fron cassma. The South Americans con- sume thousands of pounds of these leaves for beverages annually. e e e It matters little what it is that you want—whether a_situation or a ser vant—a want ad in The Star will reach the person who will fill your want, —_— Congress, other leaders of the Senate and House did not agree with him. The partially-enacted status of the deficiency bill' caused some senators to contend that the federal bureaus to which the appropriation would have gone were justified in proceed ing with the expenditure of funds and then reporting a deficicney to the next Congress Blocked by King. It was Senator King who also blocked the Navy Departments bill for cruisers and battleship improve ments. It had been passed by both House and Senate, but the Utah sen- ator had a motion to reconsider pend.- ing and served notice just in the tall end of the session that if an attempt were made to take it up he would require at lcast four hours to present his objections. Break Amons Drys. The House drifted along listlessls during the day but a§ the wind-up approached there was more activity. marked by a break in the ranks of the House “drys" for the first time since the arrival of prohibition, Representative Cramton, Republi cap. Michigan, proposed that teeth be put in the prohibition enforcement investigation, to be conducted during the "recess of the alcoholic _liquor trafic committee, by giving it two clerks, and permission to- hold_see- sions away from Washington. Rep- Tesentative Blanton, Democrat, Texas. who previously had' stood shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Cramton and other “drys” on__prohibition, opposed the proposal, referring to the inquiry as a “lot of nonsense.” The committee. which untjl recently had not held a session for"five years and is without a clerical force, he declared, was aim- ing to do some junketing during the summer, and he ‘insisted that its in- vestigation, could no more than dup- licate one which will be undertaken by a Senate committee. Resolutien is Rejected. The Cramton resolution was re- jected, 153 to 85, many “drys” joining with members who have tly worked for modification of the Voi- stead act in snowing the measure un- der. Immediately afterwards and without debate. the House adopted a resolution authorizing its veterans’ committee, during the recess, to in- vestigate oconditions in various vet- erans’ hospitals and soldiers and sailors’ homes. Just before adjournment members clustered ip front of the speaker's dais, and a8 they smoked and joked some one started a. song. . They drifted from the “Old Oaken Bucko! to “America,” “with- the. galleries standing and joining in. As the last notes died away, word came from the Senate that it had adjourned, Speaker «Gillett, danged his gavel, -and, ‘thece was a2 wild whoop-as-masnbers-fiock~ his . other organization or individual, 1o ¢ \ 1| explained g