Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorro tonight; lowest temperatui degrees, Temperatures—Iiighest, lowest, 47 at 7 colder re about 32 62 at b p.m. a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 e 29,886. ¥ O post office, TAXBILL IS SIGNED; MOST REDUCTIONS INEFFECT ATONCE Only Automobile and Theater Ticket Cuts Are Delayed for 30 Days. EXTENSIONS PERMITTED FOR FILING OF RETURNS | { Every One Must Make Tentative Statement, However, on or Before March 15. tax reduction Dill be with the signature of the of extensions < tax returns. reductic forded by the bill effective immediately on all vislons except the automobile and admission taxes, which be- fective in 80 days. The income provision applies to last year's Treasury | of der the new regulations citizens residents of the United States et fncomes esceeds $3,000 and corporations were given | . or two months’ exten- | to file complete returns. | make tentative returns, | on or before March 13, to- | th one.-fo of the estl-| mount of h s less than| the completed ra- | will bear interest 3 1 patd back ens residing or trav-; uding those in the! service, and all r persons outside the United' tates were giv until June 15, or ec_months’ extension, to file thelr teturns on the same conditions. This srder applies to taxpavers in Alaska, | u . and other United States pos l and tentatitve returns will rot be required in them . | Must Have Affidavit. However, tho return must be ac- companied by an affidavit explaining the cause of delay, and interest will be charged at the rate of 6 per cent @ year from the due date of the tax until paid. The Treasury sald it was not con-| Eidered necessary to grant an exten-| sion to nonresident allen individuals | and forefgn corporations having no of- | fice or place of business in the United | States. since such returns are not due | until June 15, if filed on the calendar | »year basis and not until the 15th day | of the sixth month following the cios- ing of the taxable year, if filed on a fiseal year basi All other returns, under the order. must be filed on their respective due dates unless a specific request for an | extension is made to the local collector | nue | nd printed instruction: ere in the hands of substantially all | f the §5 coliectors of internal rev- | 1o and thelr numerous branch of- | ces throughout the country toda and there was every indication that the full benefit of the $3587,811,000 tax slash would he carried directly and eompletely to the American people. Response From Public. 1 sliminary response from the tax. | vers showed that the substantial | inf afforded ls being welcomed with licating, same observers said, | 1t the pocketbook would vawn with ¥ willingness for Uncle Sam throughout the country t ar than time since the World War lald t1s heavy hand upon the resources of the 1'nited States. More than haif of those who have heen paying taxes to the Federal Gov- ernment will be relieved from paying @nythin 1ccording to latest es- tirnates. Slight more than 4,000,000 persons paid taxes to the Government during the vear 1924, records show, While under the 192 bill this year 300,000 who formerly paid will be | entirely exempt. ! At the local office of the deputy col- | Yector of internal revenue, 1422 Penn sylvania_avenue, all forms were on hand and up to noon a number of per- | mons had called to make out thelr re- turns, it was reported Banks Will Help. Washington banks were making ar rangements to assist clients in the making out of re nd the small army of & nts and tax adviser: Wwho have their headquarters here were precipitated into their busiest season Individuals ecountles | i i and the treasurers of | firms throughout the coun- | try were believed engrossed in the preliminary details, at least of making | heir accounting to Uncle Sam for the year's prosperity. Many had al- dy computed the necessary figures on income. and profits, and there re- piained only the fixing of the tax. Instructions went out by telegraph. gupplemented by mail, to collectors of snternal revenue last night releasing | the last two tax blanks, Forms 1040 | .and 1120. These are for persons with sarned net income of more than $5,000 mnd corporation returns, rpsueulh’el)fli = Forms Will Be Mailed. Forms will be mailed by the collec- tors to all taxpayers who filed shnilar returns last vear, but it empha- sized that failure to receive a tax blank from the Government does not | relieve the taxpayer from responsi- bility of making return on time Explaining the slips attached to | form 1040, which was used last year, @ statement from the Bureau of In. ternal Revenue sald these slips con tained instructions relative to the pre- ! tion of returns for the calendar | year 1925, showing the normal and | . purtax rates, exemptions of $1,500 for single persons, $3.500 for married per- sons living together, $3,500 for a head of o family, etc. The amount of net income which may bo claimed has | been increased from $10,000 to $20,000. ““Beneath the instructions,” said the gtatement, “space is provided for the “computation of tax'—the insertion of figures showing earned net income, amonunt of income taxable under the pormal tax and surtax rates—normal tax, 114 per cent on the first $4,000 in excess of personal exemption and’ credit for dependents, 3 per cent on | the next $£4,000 and 5 per cent on the balance—surtax, a graduated tux of from 1 per cent on net income between $10,000 and $14,000 to 20 per cent on net income in excess of $100,000. “This computation of tax and the fnstruction sheet should be retained by the taxpaver, with a_duplicate copy his return “hed also to the in (Continued on Lage -, Column 5.) | Democrat {of the Parkwood apartments, | started for the apartment rear door. i my | third tered as second class matter Washington, DG CIGAR ASHES GIV h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. E LIFE TO SCENE MARKING SIGNING OF TAX BILL Simmons Forgets He Ha: s Stogie in His Hand and President’s Neck Has Narrow Escape BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. ‘The tax reduction bill became a law of the land this morning when Calvin Coolidge affixed his signature to it. Beneath his slgnature the Presi- dent wrote the time—10:25—and then gave one of the two pens he used to Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the finance committee of the Senate. and the other to Representa- jtive William R. Green of Iowa, chair- man of the ways and means commit- tee of the House, both of whom handled this legislation in Congress. Others who were present during the ceremony were Secretary of the Treas- ury Mellon, Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord. director of the budget: Senator F. M. Simmons of North olina, ranking Democrat on the S finance committee; Repres Jobn arner of Texas, on the ways and means mmittee of the House, and Repre- sentative John Q. Tilson of Connectl- N. | cut, majority leader of the House. Despite all the interest and sig- nificance which attached to the little scene in the office of the Executive today, it was very undramatic. Hal it not been for the dozen and a half news camera men and motion picture operators lined up about the front and one side of the President's desk, the whole affair could have been dis- posed of in a minute or so. As it was, 10 or 15 minutes were consumed. ranking | During Ceremonies. There is no telling just how long this snapping of cameras and click- ing of the movle machines would have continued had not the Presi- dent thrown up his hands and called out “That’s enough.” “You never know when you have had enough; you are taking up all of my time,” the President admon- ished ‘the reluctant piolographers. Although the President wrote 10:25 as the time of signing the bill it was actuglly 10:22. During the interval there was some holding of positions for the picture-taking, and when the President thought of writing the time upon the paper, he pulled out his watch and wrote 10:25. He then handed the two pens he used to Sen- ator Smoot and Mr. Green, after which he arose and shook hands with those who had witnessed the event and thanked them for their great public service. It was the President’s intention to [ who were to be present were notified last evening to this effect. The delay was caused by the tardiness of Sen- ator Simmons. As the other principals were awaiting his coming they stood about the President us he sat at his desk and chatted, the principal topic being the tax bill itself and the record it established in {its preparation and passage. Senator Simmons came _hurriedly (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) DOGTOR IS BEATEN IN'YARD BY THUGS | W. F. Patten Attacked, Lies Unconscious for Three Hours in Basement. Slugged with a blackjack by one of two thugs early today in the rear 1746 K treet, Dr. William F. Patten, a prom- fnent Washington ear, nose and throat speclallst, fought his way through the rear basement door of {the apartment and collapsed on the floor, where he lay unconsclous for three hours, bleeding profusely from deep wounds in the lower jaw, under the left eve and on the nose. Regaining consclousness shortly be fore 8 o’'clock this morning, he strug gled up the stairs to his apartment | and telephoned first to a physiclan — who could not be found—and then & friend. Dr. Patten after the second call evidently collapsed again, for the bureau on which the telephone was placed was covered with blood when the friend he telephoned arrived. Taken to Hospital. Before the arrival of however, Dr. Patten had assistance, recovered ufficlently to go to the third precinct, | a few blocks away, where he reported b assault. He was so weakened then that ha was taken to Fmergency Hospital for firstaid treatment. Dr. Patten returned to his apartment, where, although his condition is not regarded as serious, physicians are keeping close watch over develop- ments. Dr. Patten had just left his auto- mobile in the garage at the rear of the apartment after an early morn- ing call, when _.the attack took place. “As T pulled inta the garuge.” he sald today, I heard a suspiclous noise, which caused me to sit quietly in the automobile about three minutes | while I awalted developments. fearing nothing, I attributed the apparent noise to imagination and While in the courtyard I felt a shock at my rear and a blow on my | left shoulder. Before I could collect senses I had been struck twice in the face. How I got through the door apartment house basement.” Had $100 In Pocket. Dr. Patten had $100 in his pocket [informed today by its agents in the | at the time of the attack and police were inclined to the theory that the assault was possibly preparatory to an attempt at robbery. Friends of Dr. Patten recalled that this was the second similar attuck made upon him, for almost under the same circumstances, more than a ar ago, he was set upon before he went into the apartment after leaving his automobile in the garage at night. He escaped from this assault without injur: Precinct Detective Blllman of the precinct is investigating the case today. Police are hampered by the fact that the darkness of the ene of the attack as well as the dden onslaught made it impossible | for Dr. Patten to recognize his assall- ants and to give even a vague de- seription of them. He remembered distinctly, however, that there were two of them. 84-Mile Gale on Lakes. BUFFALO, N. Y., February 28 (#). —Gales which lashed the lower Great Lakes during the past 24 hours reach- ed a velocity of & miles an hour early today. Mild temperatures accom- panied the gale, with some snow. SHOOTS FOUR, ESCAPES. | Ex-Convict Wounds Former Sweet- heart and Three Patrolmen. OWENSBORO, Ky. February (P).—John Milburn, 30, a former con- viet, went on a _rampage last night, shot and wounded one woman and three patrolmen. He escaped amid @ shower of bullets fired by wounded officers. The wounded are Mary King, 23, a_former sweetheart; Charles Hays, James Walker and Allen Wilson. The officers went to Milburn's bome to arrest him after he had shot Mary King on the street, because she declined to go with him any more. He fled, firing as he left. The police sald he apparently was under the influence of narcotics. Hays was wounded serfously NAMES DESIGNATED FOR NEW CRUISERS Pensacola and Salt Lake City First Two of Eight Authorized ~ by Treaty. The first two 10,000-ton Washington treaty cruisers for the United States It Lake City. The Pensacola will New York Navy Yard and the Salt Lake City under private contras Bids probably will be opened March 1 be built at the laid down under the program author- izing eight such vessels approved by Congress. They will be the first crulsers to be constructed under the limitation of armament prescribed by the Washington naval limitations treaty The Salt Lake City will be the first {naval craft to bear that name. The Pensacola will replace on the naval in 185 iCOAL PRODUCTION HITS 65 PER CENT OF NORMAL 85 or 90 Per Cent Expected Next Week After Miners Give Up Temporary Jobs. | _ Anthracite coal production in the | Pennsylvania fields had reached 65 per ed at Pensacol I can't tell, and I remember |cent of normal today, with the pros-| ecarcely anything after I got into the | pect that the output would be still{apd the States included in each and | further increased and would approxi- | mate 85 or 90 per cent by the end of { next week, the Labor Department was | coal flelds. Next Monday will see production materially increased, the Labor De- partment reports sald, because on that day many of the miners who had taken temporary Jobs during the lengthy strike will return to their old posts in the mines. The miners, the department was informed, gave two weeks' notice to their temporary em- ployers when they found the settle- ment of the strike was estabilshed. Even though coal production has | sign the bill at 10 o'clock, and those | 261 the | | Navy will be named the Pensacola and | These two ships are the first to be | lists the frigate of that name, lauch- | & 1 | i REGIONAL DIVISION INI.C.C. FAVORED| Smith Bill, Reported to the| Senate, Gives Members to " Each Section. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The principle of regional repre- sentation will be applied to the Inter- | state Commerce Commission under | the terms of the Smith bill, favorably | reported to the Senate by the inter- state commerce committee If that | bill becomes a law. Senator Smith of South Carolina, author of the bill, said today that he | hoped to get consideration for this measure as goon as some of the ap propriation bills have been disposed of, The bill provides thut the various sections of the United States shall have representatives upon the com- mission “in some degree commensur- ate with the extent and value of and the publlc interest in the railroad properties in such sections.” In or- der to bring this about, it sets up sev- en geographical divisions and specifies the number of commissioners to be appointed from each. As originally introduced, six divisions were | named, but the committee udded an- | other division—the Pacific group. Adds Two Members. The measure also provides for the addition of two members to the com mission, making a total of 13, on the gpound that the work of the commis- <@n has so rapidly increased that ad- dffional members are needed. n the House a similar bill has been | introduced by Representative Ray- |burn of Texas and referred to the | committee on interstate and foreign commerce. “South Carolina cannot pass upon a | shipping problem involving New York | effectively and New York cannot do ithe same for a shipping problem of | South Carolina,” said Senator Smith | today, discussing the need of having i all sections of the country represented { on & commission which must deal with | the vital shipping problems of the whole country. ¥ Divisions and Methods. The various geographical divisions | the number of commissioners to be | appointed from each are set forth in 1 the bill as follows; | New England group — Maine. New | Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, ‘;J‘nnnecllv\n., Rhode Island, one mem- er. | Middle Atlantic States—New York, | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, | Maryland, Ohio, District of Columbla, two members. Lake group—Michigan, Indiana, 11li- nois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis- souri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, three members. South Atantlc group—North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, been steadily increasing for two weeks | Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, two the Labor Departmént, on the hasls‘}nx:::bg‘ré, < ) of the advices, could not see 100 per (" Gulf group— Alabama, Mississippi, cent production for several weeks to|Jouisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Texas, come. The tangled fabric of industry | Tennessee, New Mexico, two members. in Pennsylvania must be given time| afountain group — Montana, Wyo- to return to normal and all the miners | — o Teas SEEe S SR I must have given up their temporary e i L eEeE HERUMMNER P 3 AND CREW CONVICTED 2o ere memtanead 16 serve srom s | Skipper Who Entered Forbidden to 12 years in the State prison for| 3 the robbery of a Greenwich Village | Zone to Rescue Ship Is Captured. Dillor Gets 6 to 12 Years. NEW YORK, February 26 (P).— Edward J. Dillon, son of the late Dr. Willlam J. Dillon of St. Louls, and cafe on January 22. ] | Moscow to intercede at Warsaw and, | uania. Blaze in Capitol Kitchen Flue Quelled Quickly; Use of Soft Coal Starts Fire Echoes of the late anthracite coal strike reverberated through the halls of Congress with decidedly discomfit- ing reality this morning when accu- mulated soot from soft coal ignited in one of the big kitchen flues of the Capitol and started a fire that might have proved serious. A score of fire companies, respond- ing to an alarm sounded from the south wing of the Capitol, checked the blaze, however, before it had done any serious damage. Ernest Zahn, chef in the kitchen of the House wing dining room, where the fire occurred, was the first to notice the flames, pouring from a big hot-air flue designed to carry the smoke and hot air from the cook stoves. Almost before workers could reach fire extinguishers the whole flue was lined with fire. Zahn dashed for the fan that forces a stronx draft through the pipe to auove Lhe smoke. ilad he not turned [\ off that machine, Fire Department officlals sald, it i{s possible that the flames would have been swept up through the Capitol, with serlous damage. The management of the Wouse restaurant, which controls the kitch- en, explained that the absence of hard coal during the strike had necessitated the use of hituminous coal. Soot quickly accumulated and when the fires were forced this morning this accumulated substance ignited. Intense excitement followed the ar- rival of the fire apparatus in front of the Capitol. Both the Senate and House office bulldings emptied hun- dreds of clerks on the plaza and many workers halted en route to offices to see how serlous the blaze was. Police reserves, responding in two [ to the alarm, had their hands fuil Leeping traflic lanes opel By the Associated Pres PORTLAND, Oreg., February 26.—| | Capt. Robert Pamphlet, rum runner, and nine codefendants were con- victed in Federal Court here yester-| day of conspiracy to violate the| United States liquor laws. Pamphlet, skipper of the Canadian rum schooner Pescawha, and his crew risked arrest and their lives a year ago by coming Inside. the 12- mile limit to rescue the crew of the wrecked lumber schooner Caroba off the mouth of the Columbia River. While inside the Ilimit they were seized by a Coast Guard boat. The United States Government, however, was not without chivalry in the matter, for in unofficial recog- nition of Capt. Pamphlet's act, no charges were brought for entering the forbidden zone on that occasion. As the Pescawha had allegedly vio- lated Federal law by rum running on previous occasions, the ship and its officers and crew were held on that ground. They will be sentenced later. | cratic party, which declared for a vig- { propaganda in Poland, saying that FRENCH VESSEL HELD FAST IN ICE FLOES, Freighter Off Newfoundland Is Leaking, But Reported in No Danger of Sinking. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Februar French freighter Kent wirelessed a request for ice hreaker: to come to her assistance, stating that | she was held fast in lce floes shout 125 miles off Newfoundland. The mes- | sage said that she was in no danger of sinking, but that several of her plates were sprung and she was leak- ing. The Kentucky was bound from Dun- | kirk to New York with copper and | general cargo. She carried a crew of | 46 men. | Capt. Robert Roberts. commander | of the ship, in a message to the local agents said he was caught in the ice floes late vesterday and had been un- able to get clear The vessel encountered severe gales several days ago. which spread eral of her plates below the line. The Kentuck POLELITHUANIAN ARMING REPORTED s of 6,314 gross tons. 1 | Troops Massing — Clashes; Occur, Meager Censored Rumors Indicate. By tho Associated Press. GENEVA, Swizerland, Febru- ary 2 Lithuania has asked the intervention of the League of Na- tions against Poland in connection with recent frontier incidents. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MOSCOW, February 26, — Troops are massing along the Polish border in anticipation of hostilities between Lithuania and Poland, according to reports emanating from Vilna. All outgoing news channels are cen- sored. according to the same report. However, explanations from Polish sources say that the authorities at Vilna consider an armed clash un- avoldable. The Polish army is reported to have made all preparations to meet an at- tack. The Poles interpret the preseni ac- tive campaign as a well prepared move to get the Vilna question again before the League of Natlons. Meager reports state that brushes between Lithuanian and Polish fron- tier guards already have occurred, the former attempting to take positions in Polish occupied territory, but being repulsed. Since the decision of the League of Natlons in 1923 awarding the Vilna area to Poland a Lithuanian guard has matched the Polish guard along the entire length of the border, mak- ing a double row of sentries. Recently the roads between Vil- komir and the frontier have been re- ported blocked with Lithuanian rein- forcements, consisting of infantry and artillery, moving eastward. The Poles say they sent representa- tives to the border in an effectual at- tempt to effect a peaceful solution. The present situation recalls the re- port, which was promptly denied, fol- lowing the recent visit of Soviet Foreign Minister Tchitcherin to Kov-! no, that Lithuania hoped to induce | induce Poland to return Vilna:to Lith- | Warsaw reports emphasize the so- lution adopted by the National Demo- ! orous campalgn_against Communist “now is the time to act; temporizing is futile.” Communist circles inter- pret the resolution as an invitation ! for a Fascist dictatorship in Poland. (Copyright, 1828. by Chicago Daily News Co.) PNEUMONIA NEAR PEAK. Health Office Reports 36 New Cases and 9 Deaths. Pneumonia continues to hover around its high peak for the year, 36 more cases being reported today to the District Health Department. The largest number of cases reported in! any single day this year totaled 39. The Health Department also re- celved reports of nine more deaths due to the disease. There have been 286 deaths and 848 cases since January 1. Radio Programs—Page 40 HOUDIN UREES B TOCURB MEDIUNS {Reid Beats Them at Their Own Game at Spirited Hearing on Measure. Houdini, the magiclan, appeared be. | $164,139.74 | tions, which s an increase of $5.000, fore the judiclary subcommittee of the House District commlittee today fin support of the Bloom bill to prevent fraud in fortune telling. Never has there been so much dis order in the House District committee room as during this hearing today. The room: was packed with fortune tellers, spiritualists and mediums of every description, many of whom could not even gain admission and who protested loudly against state- ments made by Houdini and members of the committee. Houdini did not do any of famous tricks for the committee, but rolled a telegram into a ball and threw it on the table, challenging any of the so-called mediums present to tell him what was written in the telegram. Reid Crashes Through. There was a dramatic pause, sev- eral of the mediums carefully shaded thelr eves and ussumed a thoughtful | pose—but did net answer. The ten- sion -was broken by Representative Frank R. Reid, a member of the sul- committee, who evidently had seen the telegram, for he sald: “I tell you—it savs ‘I cannot come. ':7Ar another time, when he was in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. BRIDGE GUARD RAILS WOULD COST $30,00: Bell Gives Estimates on Klingle, Calvert and Pennsylvania Avenue Span Safety Devices. Engineer Commissioner Bell is to- day sending to the House appropria- tions committee an estimate for $30 000 to install a guard rail back of the curb on three dangerous bridges in the District, he told the subcommit- tee on streets, highways and traffic at a hearing today. These three bridges are the Klingle Valley Bridge, the Calvert Street Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, southeast. This information was given when Representative Gasque, Democrat, of South Carolina asked him regarding the condition of the bridges with ref- erence to such fatal accidents as re- cently occurred, and inquired who was to blame. Commissioner Bell said that the Cal- vert Street Bridge and other bridges in the District are in very bad shape on account of age and that the rail- ing will not stop an automobile. He reminded the committee of efforts made more than 10 yvears ago to get the Calvert Street Bridge replaced. Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis- trict committee pointed out that that bridge does not belong to the District and was put up by the rallway com- pany. Col. Bell said that the District has full responsibility for mainte- nance of the bridge, but that it has not had sufficient funds to spread around ;ar_‘ld make this and other structures e. The Picture Sensation of the Year! In Next Sunday’s Star A full page of photo, his | ¢ Foening Star. | | | | regular annual appropriations, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as th, e papers are printed. Yesterday’s * P Means Associated Bear Breaks Fast By Dynamite Diet;) Cow Takes to Buns ’ By the Associated Press. GREAT FALLS, Mont., Febru ary 26—His Winter hibernating period interrupted by the con- tinued mild weather, a 100-pound black bear ambled down to & road camp mnear here and broke his fast by consuming a few sticks of dynamite, While the road gang stood aghast, Bruin munched on and then turned lelsurely back into the timber, unmolested by the men, who resolved to refrain from shooting at any bears for a while. Special Dispatch to The Star. BERRYVILLE, Va., February 26.—Glen Burch of this city has a civilized cow. She eats like people. Picking out a nice bakery truck on a side street yesterday, Bossie poked her head through the apper- tures at the rear and devoured six dozen buns. Somebody passed and her meal was cut ghort, several trays of ples and a few dozen loaves of bread escaping the fate of the buns. | 080071631 SUPPLY BILL IS REPORTED Budget Figures Cut $59,480 for State, Justice. Labor and Commerce Offices. rrying a total of $80,011,831.64, which Is $2,358.403 In excess of current | appropriations and $39,450 less than | budget recommendations, the annual supply bill for the four departments, | State, Justice, Commerce and Labor, | was reported to the House today by | Representative Shreve of Pennsylva- nla, chairman of the subcommittee | that conducted hear This total includes 47,491.90 In wh had to be justified in hearings, and in permanent appropria for the next fiscal vear. There is a { total of $192,000 for rent of buildings, | i | { | Section showing the— Golden Coffin of King Tut-ankh-Amen And Howard Carter and his staff uncov- ering the mummy of the Egyptian ruler. These pictures are published exclusively in Washington in The Star. Order your copy of next Sunday’s Star from your newsdealer today. | appropriations and's the budget recommendations; for the | $24,000 for the Labor Department $100,000 for the Department of Jus tice (an increase of $25,000), und| $68,000 for the Department of Com-| merce. | For the State Department a total of | $16,478,702.90 is recommended, which | s in increase of $332,280.13 over cur-| appropriations; for the Depart ment of Justice. $24,095,547. which i= @ decrease of §109,275 from current Commerce Department, which is an Increase of $1,196,718 over | current appropriations and $783,000 | less than the budget recommendations, | and for the Department of Labor, $9,536,305, which is an increase o $933,680 over current funds and $994,. 000 above budget recommendation $1,360,440 for State Here. of the Department ‘ashington the appro- of $1,360,440 is reported. | priation the budget fig.! which is the same ures. The committea increased by $1.000 000 the budget estimate of $6,054,0 for the Bureau of Immigration. ex- plaining that it would provide for continuation of the deportation of aliens and the maintenance of the Canadian and Mexican border patrals | ‘at an efficient strength.” The appro- | priation contemplates a force of 1,880 men for that purpose. An appropriation of $180.100 i provided for the new Federal Indus trial Institution for Women at Alder son, W. Va., for operating expenses for its first year. For the Industrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, created by the last Congress, $350,0 is appropriated. The committee informed Congres that the time has arrived when con sideration must be given to the over- | crowded condition of Federal peni- | tenttaries, and urged the House to provide for additional prison facilties. $20,000 for History. To start the work of preparing for | the several States an authoritative| history, an_appropriation of $20.000 is made. This covers the collection and editing by the State Department | of the official papers In the national | archives relating to the territortal | history of the several States. Twenty- | eight States have made official re- | quest for copies of the papers and | documents relating to their respec- tive States. For the United States contribution | to the Pan-American Union for the | fiscal year 1927 there is carried in the | prehens; | next District | who are now ! grant a hearing to 0.480 less than | Circulation, 104,805 TWO CENTS. Pr ELDRIDGE TRAFFIC BILL T0 BE RUSHED TOHOUSE FORVOTE Measure Meeting His Needs to Be Brought Up for Ac- tion March 8. SUBCOMMITTEE STUDIES PERMIT AMENDMENT Asks Director for List of Changes He Would Suggest in Laws for Vehicle Regulation an effort to rush throu; e traffle bill which w all the needs as seen by th director, a Learing will he held Mon day morning at 10 o'clock, at which M. O. Eldridge, the tramec strector has heen requested to lav before the subcommittes on streets, highways and traffic his recommendations { amendments to the present law. This subcommittes had before it to day a bill introduced vesterday M Chairman Zihlman of the House D trict committee covering pro amendments to the trafllc act ar ceived from George C. Havenner, resenting the Citizens’ Adviso cil, an amendment to cover th | of appeul on revocation or suspensio: of driver: The sub sentative Stalker, Republic York is chairman, intend: after the hearing on re a comprehens be reported to the full District ce mittee on Tuesda which would be the principal order of business on the in the House, permits. neittee, of which Repre- n, of New day weel from Monday Seeks Modifications. Fidridge apr tee today Traffie Director before the subco said that there are a number of prc visfons in the pending Blanton bil which ought to be modified. He em phasized that the clause authorizing the director of traffic to cancel driv ers’ permits {5 not satisfactory. As an illustration, he said he had just re cefved permits issued to four persons in the insane hospital ed these permits while e, and asked the co good would do t ese insane mer before revoking their perm: Mr. Eldridge said that there should be a provision for compulsory revo cation for certaln offenses, revocition {after hearing for others, and then a blanket provision giving authority to the traffic director. He said he was not_afraid of sabmitting any of his decisions to a review by the court. These provisions, he said, are In e with the law in & number of States. He pointed out that in New York State last vear 15,000 permits were canceled and sald there are many now out in Washingion that ought to he revoked. He told the committee that there are 200 cases now before the court for serio fenses agalnst the law in which has no authority to revcke permit. Frequent Jury Trials. Mr. Eldridge also pointed ou me traffic cases are handled b; corporation counsel and others by the United States attorney. He arzued that all trafic cases should be handled and who rece they were sa mittee what it {in the Traffic Court by the corporatio | counsel, excapt smoke screen which invelve a Federal offense. Mr. Eldridge also emphasized that if the driver's permit is revoked pend ing jury trial a jury trial will not be asked for as frequentl The committee asked Mr. Eldridge to prepare for them a comprehensive cases. | summary of all the changes he would | suggest in the traffic law. The amendment offered by George C. Havenner, representing the Cit zens' Advisory Council, provides that “every licensee whose permit shall be suspended or revoked by the director or his assistant for any cause not made mandatory by the District o Columbia traffic act, 1925, may appes to a court of competent jurisdiction and the decision of sald court in the matter shall be final. Provided fur. ther that an appeal to sald court shall not operate as a stay v said director or his suspend or revoke a permf PASSAIC STRIKE LEADER bill $146,713.68, which is an Increase | over the current year of $19,452.10. According to the terms under which | the United States and the other 20| American republics participate in the | N Taintoninee of the wnion. the quota | to'Join Picket Lines is based upon the population of the! Today. several countries. | For support of the National Train- | By the Associated Press. ing School for Boys in the District of | PASSAIC, N. J., February Columbia a total of §142,793 is recom- o nded, which includes not to exceed | Albert Weishord, organizer of $67.010 for salarfes. | woolen mill workers on strike in this Ths Departwient of Commerco bud | aistrict, has answered a polics erdec get shows Al S propose in e Fext acal year to move. the division | 2Eanst gatherings of strikera in large | groups with a counter order for more (Continaed on Page 5, Columut 2) O L "ts swel tho plcket lnes | today. | Poiice Commissioner Abram Prelskel $! ordered police to disperse crowds to- | day because of the arrest vesterday | of three pickets for calling out “scab’” | When mon-union workers entered the | Dundee mills at Clifton. | “We understand that two-thirds of | the workers would like to return,” DEFIES POLICE ORDER Issues Call for More Mill Workers graphs in the Graphic said Commissioner Preiskel, “but they have been intimidated.” | Mayor McGuire has ashed a workers' committee of 25 to confer with him tomorrow on the possibility of arbitra tion and an employers’ committee to meet with him later. | Weisbord said that although the | picket lines had been ordered enlarged today “we will not be provoked into violence by police clubs.” — May Send Venison to U. §. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb- ruary 26 UP).—Plans to ship New Zealand venison to San Francisco for distribution in the United States have been launched here, owing to a surplus of deer In various parts of the country. The animals have become a inern ace to farmers by doing much dam: age to crops. This fact led to the ! movement to kill them off and export the fruzen venlsom.