Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1926, Page 2

0 *¥ THE EVENING STAR., WASHTNGTON, D. 20 PCT. SURTAX SCORED N SENATE Nerris Criticizes Democrats | for Not Sticking to Early Demands. ise on a tax rate in the revenue gain eame under fire in cnate today. alihoush alrendy proved by the votes of coalitlon Republican and Demoeratic of Nort the ng Demoerar on tee, explained that nority memb had s e 0 per cent maximum rae only part of their propos:l o mer reductf inconies Hetween $20.- 0 oy 0,000 was aeceptd by the Republic: “Whn Senator Why . nance e comn e you snder Repubiican our right men of great wealkh a just at last 25 per cent? Why didn't you stand on your principis of (o yed ago?” Norr srrender ehraski to tax Forced $22,000,000 Cut. sald that 0.000 in hd $100.000 w 10f the Demoeri ve had enough votes insurgent Republicans ny other rates as two years Senatc was Simmons as n netween ma g from he w rave notice he would k the Senate to vote azain on a pro posal to the maximum sur- TAX r » compromise on the sur- tax schedule was explained in detail under questioning by Senator Lenroot. 3 related that the members advanced a pro $41.000,000 additional reduc the surtaxes applying on in between $20.000 and $100.000. As an wative, he said the minor- ity members would propose a 25 per cent maximum rate. Norris increase nons S s ¢ comes Explains Agreement. An a was reached with ma tions were m reement ority members 1,000 additional ineom s, and on th t basis 1 the 1 cent maxin tor King, U'tih, said he was consulted_on rhe coripromise. Smoot of the commiltee ntirmed the agreement, “We relieved the small 100,000, Senator Simmons nd_therefore uccepted the cut for he bi on the basis proy by th T have discover, Iv way in which You can accom- plish results is by each side vield- ng and agreeing to compronises.” VICTORY FOR MELLON. man of r House Long-Advocated Principles to Be Em- bodied in Law. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Adoption b fraum of 20 comes of 1 the Seuate of the max- per cent surtax e than $100,000 means that for all practical purposes this tem my be considered as law. The louse and Senate being in agreement point, there will be nothing out in conference on this n of the bill, and with the ertain passage of the bill before the end of this month taxpayers can figure on the Senate schedule as the d on their income on " nce of the Senate ac- overes fmated. It ree-vear battle for a surtax has finally been won by those who have insisted that a pro- ductive rate was more impor.ant than & large rate. It has taken members of Congress of both parties a little while to get the full significance of this argument, but it was due to their disinclination to accept the arsument until facts could be adduced to prove it. Treasury figures show conclusively that as the Government has reduced Furiaxes more revenue has been taken in than under the high rates. lower Further Changes Foreseen. Indeed, the fact that the Senate ac- cepted the principle of a productive tax ma ther changes In the surtax rate three r years hence. It is not be- eved, incidentally, that Congress vould be disposed to go much lower n 20 per ceni in the next revision, rich is scheduled to occur just be- sore the 1928 presidential election, but the significant thing i that a cut been made from 37 to 20 per cent. Treasury experts have figured out be 1hat the Government could really col- lect its necessary revenues on a 15 per cent surtax, and Secretary Mellon, while making no public statement to hat effect, has felt for thiee vears that u 15 per cent rate would be cquitable. Some experts insist that t ghould be 10 per cent. They point to the rordinarily large receipts irom surtaxes in the years imme. diately following the enactment of the jaw In 1913, when the surtax rates were low and were not regarded burden by business as a whole. Affects Exempt Securities. The chief value of the surtax re- duction, apart from the effect on in- dividual incomes, is the relati which it has to tax-exempr secur Jivery investment hitherts on a tax. ‘ble security been compared with # tax-exempt to see whother the high vate of interest or dividends pald on the taxable investmen: would, when he Income tax was deducted bLe sreater or less than the vield on a tax-exempt municipal or State bord. States and municipalities have bheen able to borrow money at 4 per cent, for fnstance, and have attracted Trony tnvestors who felt that 4 per cent on & tax-exempt was hetter than a 6 or 7 per cent bond on which there mizht be 3 or 4 per cent o pay in Iederal taxes. It was all because of the sur- tax, which in some cases took 50 cents out of every dollar of additional income. Now the comparison will be more favorable to the taxable investment and the Government expects that jarge holdings of tax-exempts proba- bly will be tributed and reach the hands of investors who always have hought that type of security in the past. It mav also have a deterrent ~iece on the borrowing propensity of States and cities, a circumstance which may keep down the burden of iocal taxation, which has risen in re- cent years to unprecedented heights. All'in all the adoption of a 20 per cent surtax Is a victory for Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who from the start has expounded the very tax doc- trine which will shortly be enacted into law. Covyright. 1926.) _— WON'T CAPITALIZE SPORT. CHICAGO, February 4 (#).—Schol- astic standing before athletic prowess will always be the rule at Notre Dame. Rev. Matthew Walsh, president. told alumni last night that “Notre Dame will not capitalize its high foot ball rating to build a great stadium, at least not until its scholastic stand- has been placed on a higher plane. cholarship must come before ath- jetics, and Notre Dame will continue to use all of its available revenue to mprove its academic standism* 20 per cent the mi- the | ise .he sked levy of | th it incomes! steamer whereby re- | Sen- | wgned, | on in-| the forerunner of fur-| }SLEET AND SNOW FROM STORM SOON TO VAN The several varieties of snow, sleet and rain that bore down on the city with last night's northeaster and left the str i=d tion for motorists and pedes trians alike probably will not last very and more promised for tomor Of actual snow, the weather man s, the Capital had just half an ©h. but before the snow began in the nail hours of the morning & slick | flooring of <leet had laid a_hazardous | toundation. Skidding whea's and shoe ther were mich in evidence before n ot o its work today. more snow or rain was in sight and. with no change in temper predicied for tomorrow, the ire expected to be clean of and slush wture streets snow ! night. | in the amount of snowfall -1 ington can consider itself lucky aparatively heavy fall was reported Jushout the Eastern States north | of Maryland; Binzhamton, N. Y., had 17 inches, Albuny 17 inches, and New York City nearly half a foot. ! The northeuster which brought the storm here was still raging up the Atlantic today and over the lanes, where it caused more shipping last night. ireau stations along the wic coasi reported wind- terday more than 60 Wash- for a | c cos cuble | Weather North A | velocities of { miles an r. | The t rature tonight is not ex- pected to go below last night's mini- mum of 26 degrees. WOMAN RUN DOWN. Many Hurt in Traffic Accidents Dur- 1 ve ho ing Storm Here. woman lost her life, another was seriously hurt and many other persons suffered less dangerous in- ies through last ht during the blinding sleet storm t roared through Washington. Miss Maud C. McPherson, 53 vears old, & member of the night staff in the Government Printing Office, living at 605 Second street. died from a frac- tured skull soon after she had_been jrun ¢ vn by a one-man car on Capitol street between G and streets. It is thought that Miss McPherson fichting her way through the storm to her office, failed to sce the ap { | One to Sibley Hospital, only a few blocks distant, where ft was discovered that her skull had been fractured and other internal injuries had resulted McPherson” died an hour after she reached the hospital. Motorman Arrested. Coleman Dameron, 1601 Newton treet northeast, motorman of the car, was arrested, questioned as to the de- tails of the accident and paroled in charge of counsel for the coroner's in- quest, which will be h=ld at the Morgue this afternoon. Mrs. Annie McBackims, a sister, living in Texas, pas notified as Miss McPherson's closest known relative. Mrs. Clara Thomas, 47 vears old of 1611 Monroe street northeast, was run down by a taxicab on Rhode Is- land avenue near Eighteenth street shortly before 7 o'clock last night. She was taken to Sibley Hospital, where it was said she may have sus- [tained a fractured skuil. ~Charles B. { Hiley, 1209 North Capitol street, was driver of the cab. Other accidents reported to the po- lice follow: James E. Green, colored, 21 years old, 1844 Seventh street, was injured at Elghth and K streets northeast. Green, In a rented car, in which it is charged he had 36 quarts of whisky, collided with the car of William Law. 503 F street northeast, and over turned. A civillan pursued the fleelng col- ored man some distance, overtook him and turned him over to the police. He was so severely shocked, however, that he lost consclousness He regained consciousness 'ater In the day and police charged him with reckless driving and illegal posses- slon and transporting intoxicants. A collision between a bus of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. and a taxicab driven by James F. Hilde- brand, 1324 Otis street, last night, at Thirteenth and Harvard streets, Mrs. Hildebrand. wife of the driver of the taxicab who accompanied her hus- band, was shocked and bruised. Cab Hits Platform. . J. T. Stafford of Seattle, . stopping at the Raleigh Hotel, was shocked and bruised last night when a taxicab in which he was a enger hit the loading platform north of Thomas Circle. Mgr. Staf- ford was returning to the hotel from |a visit to Cathclic University. Ollive | V. Phillips, 515 M _street southwest, |driver of the taxicab, took the injured man to Emergency Hospital. He was | i not seriously hurt. Estelle Colston, colored, 23 years. 1333 Fifth street,’ was knocked down at Fifth and M streets early this morning by a motor truck of tne Potomac Electric Power Co., driven by Floyd Muthler, Mount Rainfer, Md. She was treated at Freedmen's Hospital for slight injuries to her body. At Ninth and M streets early last night_Annie Saunders, 30 years old, 1020 Ninth street, was knocked down by an automobile driven by Alonzo Jones of Riggs place and bruised about the head and body. Archle Goudrow, 10 vears cold, 218 John Marshall place, was treated at Emergency Hospital for injuries to his head and body. He was injured by an automobile ut (ennsylvania avenue and Sixth streec. Five-year-oid Harriet M. Kusen- bers, 1772 Columbia road, was knocked down at Co.umbii and Or tarfo roads yesterday afternoon by an automobile .iriven by Williim C. Looker, jr., 2.9 Q street. She re- ceived slight injuries to her face and body. Lester Petrie, 3921 Fifth street, and Policeman William C. CUff of the tenth precinct, were drivers of auto- mobiles that collided near New Hamp- shire avenue and Monroe street. lioth machines were damaged, but their oc- cupants escaped injury. SNOWSTORM SWEEPS COAST. Barges Sunk, Air Mail Halted, Sev- eral Deaths Reported. NEW YORK, February 4 (#).—The entire north and central Atlantic sea- board was blanketed in snow today as the result of a storm which has swept from northeast Georgia to Maine on the wings of a heavy gale. Two barges were sunk off New Jer- sey with a probable loss of eight lives, and shipping scurried to shelter from all points along the coast before heavy seas and danger from high winds and thick weather. The Pacific coast also was lashed by one of the worst siorms in recent years, which drove all ship- ping to shelter. Miners and business men of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, have been driven to the mine culm banks for fuel in the midst of the heavy snowfall. There was a 10-inch snow- fall, with drifts five feet deep in the anthracite region. So severe was the combination of the driving snow and a near-gale that all air mail service was suspended be- tween New York and Chicago. Trans- continental mail from San Francisco .Even Temperature and Bright Weather Promised for Today and Tomorrow—Washington Gets Light Touch of Fierce Gales That Hit Country. ets and sidewalks in a_perilous 2 under the warming sun rays of tended west to the Great Lakes. 1galn by tomorrow | proaching street car. She was hurried | Miss | 'RITCHIE ENHANCES CHANCES FOR 1328 Third-Term Candidacy for Governor Has Wide Significance. H IN SUN’S RAYS | | | | | i r was carried by airplane as far as Chi- cago and transferred to st trains. Be ween 8,000 and 10,000 men were employed in New York City this morning clearing the heavily drifted ree's. Snow was general through- out Maine and the general area ex- One death has been repor.ed in sew York | City because of the storm. | Comparatively moderate tempera- | tures have been offset by high wind, | | currving biting broadsides of sleety | flakes Southern States have reported | heavy rains. The Northwes' also has | been visited by storms and high winds. One transatlantic liner was report- ed in distress at sea. That was the Manchester producer, bound from | Halifax for Manchester, which re- ported her rudder post broken. The | erman steamer Hanover wirelessed | t she was hurrying to the | aid. The Olympic arrived | New York yesterday after a stormy age HURRICANE IN FLORIDA. | GOULD LINCOLN. Gov. Albert C. Ritchle's formal an- | nouncement that he will be a candi- date this year to succeed himself o | chief executive of Maryland has not « little political significance, both Na tional and State. 1 In the tirst place, Gov. Ritchle will | continue e than ever in the lime. light as a presidential possibility for | 1928, This of course, if he Is re- elected, as his friends conudently pre dict. 1 In the second place, the fleld now | becomes to a certiin degree open for | the seiection of a Lemocrac nominec | ior the Senate for the seat now hel by Senator W eller, Repubiican. v. Ritcnie determined that he | would be a candidate for the Senaie | racner than for governor, it is well | understosd he would have had the | nomination without oppusition. ! ! Boy Killed, Several Hurt, 300 Left Homeless. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Febru- ary 4 (®).-—Jackie Eugene Driscoll, 11 months old, Is dead and a number { of persons are injured as a result of | a windstorm of hurricane force which struck Green Acres, two miles wes |of Lake Worth, six miles south of here, yesterday Approxi te Position Strategic. In discussing Gov. Ritchie as a pos lo swnidard bearer of ihe Lemo | e purty in 1928 his friends, while admitting that he in looming up more | and more 1n that capaeiy, msist_that he governor 1s at present a candidate | .or Just one otfice—Governor of Mary- and—ana that he will attend stricty to his kmitting until he is reelected and thereafter. Time enough in 1428, say, to hegin talking about the | idential nomination There 1S no gainsaying however, that Gov. Ritchie, should he be re-elected, will occupy a very st tegie position with regard to the pres dent¥al nomination in 192 He will havé demonstrated his great popularity in Maryland at a psycho loglcal moment. He will have been elected to serve 12 years as governor of his State. a longer period than any ; other man has served as governor of one of the United States. He will have many of the elements of political strength which attach to Gov. Al Smith of New York, and he will not have a disability (So considered by many Democrats, though by no means all) due to his church affiliations Ritchie is an Episcopalian, while . Smith is a Catholic. 200 persons homeless. Twenty houses were com- | pletely destroyed by the wind. The Fouses, mostly, were of @ flimsy tem porary’ construction. Relief measures are already way and it was assured storm_sufferer had # last night. Among those injured in the storm | were the following: Willard Driscoll, Green Acres, se- vere scalp wounds. Charles Austen Driscoll, 3 years old, brother of the boy killed, serfous injuries, cuts and abrasions. D. B, Driscoll, brother of Willard Driscoll, back fnjured and internal in. ries that may be fatal. Vivian Davis, fractured skull. Phillip Squire, serious Injuries the head. PACIFIC COAST HARD HIT. are the fact under | that every place to sleen to Wet Views Advantage. He is considered a “liberal,’ positive “wet," S0 far as the Volstead Hard Fights. lact s concerned, and would have | much strength in’ States where Gov SAN FRANCISCO, Febrvary 4 (@), | 300 DUENELE 0 hat re {Coast In its grip for two days was|pmoro vt tnized as a leading exponent stlll riding rough-shod over a large | o¢'\what approximates the old doctrine area of the mainland and an equally | o Syate rights as contrasted to fur- :::e! ;z_n:mh ‘of orl“:m last: nlght and | ihey centralized government in Wash atening to unleash more raking | jniron, which has med popularity alcs Lefore it Bicaks iip. {in recent vears, partly due to the op- if not a | Ships Brought Safely Into Port After Hao |1 | b A survey of the shipping out In the | storm center, however, revealed no vessels in distress, and disclosel that | all eff rts to succor stricken craft had been successful. The Standard Oil tanker, Capt. A. F. Lucas, with the battered schooner | Ecola in tow, was bearing toward San | Francisco from the waters off Fort | Bragg, where the Ecola, crippled and derelict, with a crew of 12 and the skipper's wife aboard, fousht a gal. lant and winning battle of two days | with smashing, tearing wind and wave. | Old-time mariners said’this was the heaviest blow In 25 years on the Pa- cific. The four-master Alfce Crok, with lumber from Port Ludlow. Wash., for Honolulu, lay safe in Port Angeles last night after a 100-hour battle with les of 850 miles an hour. ive days and nights the crew without water. The schooner w waterlosged and her cargo of lumber was credited with keeping her afloat The master, L. Jacobson, and First Of- ficer H. Hanson were injured when huge waves crashed over the vessel | i | | | | | SYNDIGALISH LAW ATTACKEDINBRIEF Convicted Man Alleges Dis~l crimination Is Caused by Act. By the Associated Press. Willlam Burns. convicted of violat- ing the California syndicalism act, filed In the Supreme Court today a brief in support of his afforts to have | the act declared invalid when used | to punish membership in the L W. W. | He advised the court that after be- | Ing discharged from cmployment in a lumber camp In tne Yosemite tlonal Park for attempting to per- suade a fellow workman to foiri the order, he was arrestel, prosecuted | and convicted for violating the syndicalism law when his wallet was found containing a card showing thut he was a member of the organization. Recognizing the right of the State to enforce the law in the national park, Burns contended that the act was invalid because it established one set of standards and provided punish ments for certain acts when perform ed by those who advocated Industrial or political changes, but that similar ac's when committed by persons sup- porting the maintenance of existing conditions were not punished. He insisted that the law was un- constitutional because it punished him for membership In the I. W. W. in- dependent of what may have been his intentlons in joining the organization and participating in its meetings. BUILDING GIANT PLANES. British Craft to Weigh 15 Tons. Another to Carry 30 Passengers. LONDON, February 4 (#).—Huge seaplanes are in course of construc- tion for thé authorities, and when com- plete will be the largest craft in the world. One giant is having two 1,000 horsepower engines installed and when {ully loaded will weigh more than 15 ons. Another super flying boat will be driven by three engines, capable of developing 2,100 horsepower. It will have accommodations for 30 passen- gers. POISON PLOT FEARED. Suspected Candy Sent Bebe Dan- iels From London. LOS ANGELES, February 4 (#.— Candy, believed to contain poison, re- cently was sent through the mails to Bebe Daniels, motion picture actress, it was revealed by United States cus- toms officials. The candy was forwarded to Miss Daniels from London. It will be an- alyzed at San Francisco. British officlals have been asked to Jjoin in investigating the casey | [N | the past, it is said. position to the Volstead act. The Maryland governor made many friends at the last Democratic nation al convention In New York, where he was the candidate of his own State delegation und several other delega- tions before the balloting was_over. He has spoken in the Muddle West and been well received. He will speak before long in Richmond, Va. He is widely sought after as a aker in many par.s of the country. and will become beteer and better known in the next two years. Among those who have been most prominently mentioned as po:sible | Democratic nominees for the Senate in Maryland are Frank Richardson Kent of the Baltimore Sun: Alfred P. Dennis, United States tariff commis- Sioner; Omer D. Hershey and \.®.tam Curran, attorneys of Baltimore: E Brooke Lee, son of former Senator Blair Lee, and Howard Bruce, a promi- nent busine:s man 1 nephew of Senator W iil:«m Cabell Bruce. Senatorship Uncertain. cr: o allization | the sen- There has been no of sentiment in regard atorial nominee so far, it was said| today in well informed qua; The | desire has been to give Gov. Ritchie | full opportunity to decide whether he | wouid prefer to be a candidate for governor or for the Senate. It is| xpected, however, that the senato-| rial nominee wil be chosen largely by | the Ritchie organization, and that | whoever he be will be carried along With the governor to suce:ss at the| polls next November The Democrats in Marvland are | counung conndently upon carrying both the election for governor and for the Senate. Gov. Ritchie 1s even more popular in the State today than in He won the g.v- ernorship in 1924 by abou:r 43.000 votes over his Republican ononen.,| Armstrong, while President Coolidge was carrying the State by 14,000 over John W. Davis. The Republicans are enxaged in a contest in Maryland cver the nomina- ton for Senator, with Senator Weller seeking renomination and kepresenta- tive John Philip Hill opposinz him. The differences among_the Republi- | cans are pretty bitter. Furthermore, | Maryland is regarded as usuaily Dem ocratic, though at times electing a | Republican governor and Senator and | casting its electoral for a Republican candidate for President. Possibilities of 1928. When the time comes to nominate | a Democrat for the presidency in 1928 ‘he Democrats are likely either to g0 to the list of Democratic governors or to Congress. Today the governors of New York, Maryland and Ohio are the outstanding figures among the Demo- cratic State executives. Gov. A. V. Donahey of Ohio has his presidential aspirations as well as the other two, and he may make a bid for the nomination. But more often his name is mentioned as a possibility for the vice presidential nomination. If the Democrats should turn to Con- gress they will find several available candidates, among them Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader; Senator Walsh of Montana and Senator Harrison of Mississippl. Under the leadership of Senator Rob- inson the Democrats in the Senate are working with a very considerable degree of harmon: TO MAKE T 1D RACE. Ritchie Announces for Re- nomination. BALTIMORE, February 4 (P).—Al- bert C. Ritchie has announced his de- cision to seek a third consecutive term as Governor of Maryland rather than accept the unopposed nomination of the Democratic party for United States Senator. Acknowledged to be the foremost advocate of States’ rights of the pres- ent day and looked upon as a likely Democratic presidential candidate, Mr. Ritchie's statement of his plans, made last night, had been eagerly awaited. The governor explained his choice by saying: “I feel that after seven years in the office of governor I can serve my State better by doing what still lies ahead in the field of State government than 1 could in the Senate. Sees Senatorial Victory. “I am convinced that there are a number of Democrats thoroughly qual- ified for the senatorship who can de- feat the Republican candidate, and that one of them will do it.” By casting his hat into the guber- Gov. ‘Inatcrial ring, Mr. Ritchie for & second |in C., THURSDAY, F Asks Third Term ALBERT C. Maryland _governor, RITCHIE, who has an- | nounced his candidacy for renomin: tiol time departed from State political precedent. Until 1923, when he rolled up a record majority for a second term, no Governor of Mar d been reelected. It w out, 100, that Gov. Ritchie’s s pointed ven con | secutive years in office surpa service of any other present St ecutive, and success in the p mpaign would increase his five years for a mark unequaled by any governor in American history. Two Party Rivals. Two other Democrats are already In the race for the governorship. They are William Milnes Maloy, former chairman ot the b serviee Com- mission, anda Willlam Gordy, Jr., State controller. It understood One Repub. Marion A. Humphreys Siter, ULy —1S ne ted In his ~platform Gov. Ritchie stressed his opposition to Federal en- croachment upon Stiute rights, oppos: ing especially the Volstead law as u ate enforcement measure, ratifica tion of the child labor amendment and any action by Maryland approv ing a Federa) departm of educt wa i Hean aspi fled step” by who point Maryland greater length n the out ot was h political dectston s n that he years to a time than any governor now in o in the country: that if reelected 1l be afforded a record of 12 con » vears—longer than any Eov of any State the countr and that it is ‘one of fnes on record that a man o chooses to be governor erence to befng Senator.” G is Maryland's first executive more than one term. Unt'l he was re-elected an he ernor history few t libe pr Ritchie to serve 1923, when N in [ unprecedented majority, it had been that o no the gavernor executive an unbroken ru should be returned mansion. Sentiment in Decision. The governor made it plain that his decision was due to sentiment—both State and personal As tn the former. h has received petitions from the Democratic organi- zations of Baltimore and of 12 of Mary nd's 23 counties outside the city of Baltimore, asking that he again make the gubernatorial race. Regarding the latter he said: “Maryland is the finest State I know to live fn and no one could have a higher ambition than to b ernor. erous enough to suggest for the United States § tinued. “But wt grateful for the hor feel that after seven v fice of governor I can serve State better by doing what still lies ahead ate government than that [ run ate.” he cor every way they do me, I rs in the of- stand on State Ritchie said: “It is ry to say that I am op: posed to all encroachments by the Federal Government upon the rights of the State of Maryland and the liber- ties of our peopie “A governor tunity to res many Fede! has not the st effectively a good encroachments, but he is in a posi'lon to resist those which require affirmative offlcial action by his State. Of these, the principal ones now proposed are three. Child Labor and Dry Law. “My position upon these is as fol- lows: oppor. am opposed to the Volstead law as a State enforcement measure “I am opposed to the ratification of the child labor amendment, because I believe that the welfare of the child is much better subserved if each S:ate has the responsibility of passing fts own needed ler<lation n conform. ity with its own labor conditions, and Lecause i ao not want a lwederal bu- reau to fit children to bureaucratic standards. “I.am opposed to any action by this State approving a Federal department of education, or accepting for this State the provisions of any act of Congress enabling the Federal Gov- ernment to interfere, or to get a foot- Fo'd here which may lead to inter- tering, with the free and unrestricted rigut of the peopie o Marviand to Zontinue to educate their children in their cwn way as they have always done.” REGINALD DENNY MISSING, SOUGHT BY AIRPLANES Went on Fishing Trip Yesterday. Film Firm Fears He Met Disaster in Storm. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 4. —The Universal Film Co. has char- tered two airplanes to leave at dawn today in search of Reginald Denny, film actor, and two other men, who left Didll LeBU Y EoleIudy i e vA-k0ue S Wl Barbarine tor a fishing trip to Ensen- ada, Lower California. No word has been received from the craft, which was equipped with wire- less, and officials o1 the film company think the acto and his two compan- fons, Ben Hendricks and Hub Lloyd, that has been sweeping the southern Cioioiuid (oSt Aor tue past several days. A ‘fourth man was reported by a fisherman to be adrift without food or water on a barge off Point Dume, 20 miles north ot Santa Monica. CHARGE BY WAIST LINE. Church Women to Assess Supper Customers 2 Cents Per Inch. ROCK ISLAND, Ill, February + P).—Expressing their opposition to the oftused phrase that ‘nobody loves a fat man,” women of the Mis- slonary Society of the Geneseo Meth- od.st Church have extended a specia. supper invitation to persons of wide girth. The price for the supper, to be served Friday evening. will be two cents for each inch in the customer's waist line. For example, a man whose walst measures 64 inches must pay $1.08; - . tenure | her gov- | Some people have been gen- | FBRUARY 4, 1926. 'Wild, Fearless Bands of Burros Descend’ On Desert Towns; Ea By Consolidated Press. RENO. Nev., February 4.—A new type of plague, rivaling the locusts of | FEypt and the grasshoppers of Middle Western prairies, has struck desert jtowns of Nevada. The pest is the long-eared, pesky stubborn little burro, companton of man from the be Einning of the conquest of the West, but now one of his most tantalizing enemles, Driven from the mountains by snow and cold, the animals gather in bands, boldly fnvade strects and yards of the miall settlements, sweep down on un- | protected farms and mingle with horses and cattie in the pastures. Ger- lach, a small settlement north of hare, has ' launched @ drive | troublesome donkeys, | pah and other tow | of raids and depredation: | "The burros generally make their ralds at night, cating everything thev lean reach, even the family washing. They show no fear of man, flercely re d trom Tono- < cBme complaints t Even Family Wash sisting attempts to drive them away. | They bray nolsily around homes and | SENATORS APPROVE ecamps have complained 'Of raids by inoccasibie - canvona “and. mounatn D C. Committee Paves Way by Reporting Bill Revising Organic Law. heights before organized pursuit. Few | men afoot wiil venture to attack a| band. i The worthlessness of the animal for any commercial purpose discour- | ages organized war against him. i Jefore the coming of the light au- | tomobile the burro was the valued, | often loved companion of the pros pector. He carrled heavy packs with | an endurance the finest horse could | never hope to equal, His instinct for | finding water and his unerring re. | jection of poisonous springs saved | many a traveler's life. But now the | sturdy little pack carrier is not want- | ed. Hundreds have been turned loose by prospectors and ranchers, and they have multiplied and grown in- creasingly bold. Displaying a keen interest in the expansion and development of the free Public Library system, the Senate District committee today voted unan Imously to report favorably the bill to revise the organic law of the 1f brary so at to provide a basis for such expansion. While Dr. George ¥. Bowerr librarfan, was giving his testimony to show how far Washinston ls Lehind WATER RONT PLAN 70 SEEK BEAUTY Army Engineers Convinced Capital Has No Future as Seaport. 1 land ever | | Helding that the present und future | growth of Washington as a seaport | does not warrant ext ive prepara- tions for unlimited expansion of the port facilities of the city, Army en gineers, now drawing up plans for the ‘development of the docks and termi. nals on the Washingron water front on he Washington Channel side are {turning their efforts toward beautify ing the water front rather than pro- viding for a great commercizl expan. sion. Plans looking toward this end ar now being prepared in the office of the District engineer, and will he submitted soon to the chief of En- gineers of the Army for approval. The National Commission of Fine Arts will make the water-f plans its chief item o business its meeting on February 18 Although officials declined to revea plans so far prepared before they pproved by the chief of er gineers. they sald t er confer. ring with civic leaders and with ever: ageney concerned, & unanimous opin- ion had been expressed that Washing ! ton will probably never become a sea- it is not fitted 1o compe rger commercial port i that its shipping busi <2 will probably be altogether con ned to what is called river usiness namely fish, oysters, lumber and wood brought from points down he rive The export ington amou at business from Wash- | ts to practically nothing. the city is not an industrial center. actically no exportable surplus of agricultural products and manu factures little of importance for water-borne commerce, | Washington's import business, how- ever, for the calendar year 1924 reach ed respectable proportions, commerce for the year, mostly imports, being valued at $15.263.380. The principal items In the order of their tonnage were sand and gravel, gas-making coal, forest products and brick. shington ranked last among the States and Territorfes In exports in the third quarter of 1925, according to the Commerce Department. 1 n thoush the Potomac River as] ifar as Georgetown has an average depth of <1 tee and could be dredged | out to a considerably greater depth. | the commerce to maintain a great sys. tem of docks and warehouses is not available The investigation already conducted and the plans now being drawn up! result from authorization by Congress for a study and darwinc up of plans! for water front development of the Capital. The District Commissioners and members of the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce made an extended survey of the water front si uation last Summer and recom- mended cleaning up the water front. PASSENGERS INJURED IN STREET CAR FIRE Several Cut and Bruised in Effort to Escape Through Windows. cut and through car that circuit_en Several passengers were bruised fighting their wa the windows of a street caught fire from a sk the Washington Raillway and Llec tric line at Lighth strect and Florida | avenue last night. The cer was filled with flames and smoke and men and women broke windows to escape. Salvatore Asure, 23, of 2456 Georgia | avenue was cut about the hands and was treated at Garfield Hospital. Sev- others were cut, but left the| before police obtained their | names. The car was well filled with pecple at the time of the a.cident, althovgh not packed, accordins to the police. It was southbound, many of thos aboard being en route to downtown | theaters. | C. C. Nash was conductor of the | car and H. L. ONff was the muotor- man. | | | MRS. EMILY M. JONES DIES AT HOME HERE Was Resident of City 88 Years, Having Come During Infancy. Funeral Tomorrow. Mrs. Emily Magee Jones, 89 years old, widow of Thaddeus A. Jones and a resident of Washingtun since she was a year old. died at her home, 1304 Girard street, yesterday, after a short illness. Born in New York, March 24, 1836, Mrs. Jones was the daughtsr of the late Mr. and Mrs. James S. Magee, who moved to this city whea the was an infant. She is survived by two daughters, Miss Josephine L. Jones and frs. Emily Raysor, both of this city; four sons, Gordon, Frank A. and Thad- deus M. Jones, all of this city, and Wallace S. Joues of +ambridge, Mass., and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be cond.sted at the residence tomorrow afterncon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Georgze Fiske Dud- jey will officiate. Intsrmont will be in Oak HIill Cemetery. -— Found Dead in Bed. william Richardson, colored, 86 years old. was found dead in bed at his home, 1829 Sixth street, early this morning. asphyxiated by illuminating gas. Gas had escaped from a fixture in his room as a result of an accident. ihy 6. Arms Conference Due The State Department was advised today by Minister Gibson at Bern that the League of Nations' preparatory conterence on disarmament “‘probably” weuld meat on May 6. COLLECTOR, STRUCK manv other citles in library facilities members of the comnitte: indicated by their questions that are in sympathy with the plan 1ake reading material available In every section of Washington. Dr. Bower. an was accompanied in his appear ance before the commiitee dore W. Noyes, chairman board of trustees of the library. ar heo th ONHEAD, IS ROBBED Hit With fron Pipe, Victim Is in Serious Condition. Thieves Get $400. Budget Approves Bill. The bill HeS NOt carry a tions, but would create tie b under which the District Commission ers and the Burea: the Budget could transmit to Cong ach vesr larger estimates for m nance the library nd the establishment more neighborhood branch Dr. Bower that Dire approved gested one . Dr. by the complete mending the legisiation of mmitree rd hs Lord sug phraseolog testified, was ecom Attacked from behind and hit on| as the head with a plece of iron pipe by two unidentified white men, Charles | Miller, 61 vears old, 1206 E street | southe a collector for the J.|' pp f i | axnlntne Walter Farran Transfer Co., last night | library perfors was robbed of a handbag containing | functions $400 belonging to his employer. The | G VY0 5 © robbery occurred on Third street be- | order to obtain frc tween A and B streets southeast,| Necessary appropriat while Miller was taking the money to | Scope of Provisions. Mr. Farran's home, at 235 Maryland| Briefiy, the bill does the follov avenue northeast. The victim of the | i holdup is in a serious condition t0d&Y | Eetablishes sut at Casualty Hospital, but is expected | araction of more It has not been determin- | te opening of ot he suffered a fracture of | jie a7 tions under wh would be availible nearby Maryland : the trustee defl make rule for from the library and ment for the retention 10ss or injury of books The last scction of the bill author Izes the Commissioners to include in al es sums_8s deem for change in Bowerman truste b, rmons sed tantive law for 3 ar ocal 1iF N rime, aries not see the two men, who from behind, but before lapsing into unconsciousness he man aged to request a boy to notify Mr.! Farran what had happened to him. | He regained consciousness at the ho: pital, where Dr. MeNeal rendered aid, and was able to conve ives O'Dea and Cullin furnish no clue to the his assaflants. e of gives o hooks struck him v e taking the nates suc necessar existin, the ¥ the proper miin tles and for ditional Senstor Sa he thought = 1 were seen running fr t d the ick. and ‘the piece of pipe was found where it had been dropped. It had been Miller's custom to make sald library system of Speith, in oil, general merchandise, bituminous| ind Policeman W. E. Truesdell. the| driver, received a slight shock and the wagon case will come up in Traffic Court to Reputed Oldest oliections each day from drivers at the Farran stables.son D strest he. tween Second and Third streets south- <t, and take the money to his ployer's home. by the two men. \While responding to call assistance at the scene of the attack, the patrol wagon of the fifth precinct collided with the automobile of Davidi library, 1222 overturned. Zuckerman, and Fourteenth stree Policeman R. C ‘harge of the patrol wagon. was slightly damaged. The etermine on. responsibility for the col- RUSSIAN DIES AT 138. Peasant Daughter, 101. ROSTOV, Russia, February 4 (#).— Ivan Tretya. reputed to be the oldest peasant in Russia, died near here to- day at the age of 138 Ivan was married three times, tak- ing his third wife in his 100th year. He had 24 children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, is now 101. He never left the soil, was never ill and retained his halr and teeth to the end. in every war gaged for the last 118 years. Leaves Today in Congress Meeting an hour earlier than usual, the Senate pushed forward with the tax bill again today. The judiciary committee met in executive session to give further consideration to the aluminum in- vestiigation. The Senate District committee authorized a favorable report on the bill to improve the organic law of the Public Library. This com- mittee also passed a resolution formally requesting Controller neral McCarl to proceed with an examination of the books of the local coal dealers. Senator Norris of Nebraska gave notice on the floor that be- fore the tax bill is completed he will bring up a new amendment fixing a graduated scale of rates for taxation of incomes ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000. House. The House today took final ac- tion on the McFadden national bank bill and then continued con- sideration of the deficiency appro- priation bill. Army appropriation hill, carry- ing a total of $339,581,924, was re- ported to the House. Hearing is continued before ju- diciary subcommittee of House District committee on McLeod and Kvale bills to abolish capital pun- ishment in the District of Colum- bia. Naval affairs committee contin- ues hearing on wviation. Merchant marine committee con- siders White radio bill in executive session. Hearing continued before inter- state and forelgn commerce com- mittee on to aholish Railroad Labor Board and set up a system for the settling of disputes by mediation. Acquisition of sites for United States forelgn embassies subject to, hearing before foreign affairs committee. Military affalrs committse con- ducts hearing on proposal to amend Crow allotment act and other de- partment bills. Bill for standardizing screw- threads subject of hearing before committee on coinage, weights and measures. Public” buildings and grounds committee conducts hearing on proposal to amend act for the re- lease of contractors and subcou- tractors. Hearing on Air Mall Service be- fore committee on post office and post roads. Hear:ng before judiclary com- mittee on bill to refund taxes on legacie: Immigration committee contin- ues hearing on Perlman bill. Sesquicentennial celebration at Philadelphia considered In execu tive session this afternoon by cin mittee on industrial arts and ex- positions. em- and police think he. probably was followed from the stable | "} the 1liby He claimed to have fought | in which Russla en- | model for the people come Washington should be coun'ry because o m: to Washington ! Regrets Limited Senator Copels the motien nds. Fu I made for u fav for | port on the bill, regretted the limi‘ed = to propriations m restric! hours espec: on Sundays and and expressed the belief that arfes should be open as long as_possible. Dr. Bowerman gave the committea statistics to show the need for greater development of the library svstem Washington. He said that, although $1 per capita has been regarded i experts ak a fair standard of expendi ture for library service, Washington spends only per capita for . He mentioned Cleveland as a {city that pavs great attention to it | libraries, with a per capita expend | ture of $1.34 Senator Copeland suggested the de sirability of establishing branch 1it ries in the poorer sections of the city stating that in New York experience | has shown that libraries are greatl | used in those communities. Dr. Bow. | erman said the horities are allve to that necessity and have sought as far as possible to 1 MISSING GIRL FOUND IN CABIN IN WOODS Traced Through Letters Alleged Abductor Wrote to His Wife. Sy the holiday! h: By the Associated Preas CAMDEN, N. J, a cabin hidden in the woods on the outskirts of the city. detectives early today found 17-yearold Genevieve Vase, who has been missing from her home in acuse, N. Y., for three weeks. With her was Myron Faling, 32, also of Syracuse, married and a father. The girl was taken back to a cuse Ty her futher. apparently over joved At her release. Faling was ar rested. The February 4.—In father attempted to Faling when the pair met Camden County jail, but strained bv police. “It was her beauty made me do ft," said Faling when questioned by police, | “I was crazy. T guess. I loved her: I was made about her. 1 have guarded her and taken care of her and have not harmed her. She will te'l you I have alwavs treated her with respect.” “T did not know Faling." Miss Vase said. “except just tospeak to. One day 1 saw him on the streets He had an automobile and asked me to take a ride. I got in and he would not let me out again. We drove and drove. and finally came to the cabin In the woods. He made me get out and said if I dared to run away he would follow me and shoot me.” The couple were located through let ters Fa'ine wrote his wife, all speak ing in glowing terms of the beauty and sweetness of Genevieve. Mrs. Faling turned the letters over to the authorities U. S. DEPORTS 40 ALIENS. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. February 4 (P).—Deportation of about 40 alicns, most of them arrested in and’ near San Antonio. will be completed to- night when a dozen Europeans are taken to Galveston to be.“shipped.” Thirteen assorted aliens were started toward Mexico and the Far East to- day. All are charged with llegal entry. Fifteen Mexicans were taken to Laredo Tuesday night for deportatior, follov:ing their recent arrests in Kan sas City aud Chicago. attack in the was re- Leaves Rum for Coat. A thief stole the new $65 overcoat of Richard A. Oden of Clifton Ter- race from its hook in a downtown restaurant on Pennsylvania avenue near Fifteenth street last night, leav- ing an older coat in its place. In the pocket of the overcoat left there was a pint of liquor. Oden reported the m ter to tha Detective Bureau, and Detectives Kelly and Scrivencr started an inves- tigation.