Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1926, Page 12

12 THY, EVENINXG STAR. WASHINGTON. V. U. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER T. 1926, SUCCESS OF FARM AIDBILL FORESEEN Dickinson Declares Revised | McNary-Haugen Measure Will Pass in 70th Congress. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. December 1~The re- vised McNary-Havgen bill, hence- forth to be known as the farm equality hill, will be enacted into Yiw before the end of the Seventieth b3l s, opresentative L. J. n, Towa, leader of bloc, told the Na- | of Secretaries of | ay. ort sessfon of Con- gress. beginning Monday, it will be introduced. said Dickinson, although | ection upon it in the present Con- | gress 1s in 4oubt. Widely divergent views upon the | proper course of farm relief legisla- | tion were aired today before the sgricultural executives, for Repre- gentatives Elbert S. Brigham, Repub- lican, Vermont, and F. W. Fort, Re- New Jers “no comp union or organization b e farmer until I am ready to #avor It for labor.” Dickinson based his demand for Federal regulation of crops to stabil- tions that the v stabilizes rail- legislation, manu- by a protective turlff and money prices hy the Fed- i7e prices upon ered reserve act. Every other na- tion he said, is adopting some method of control for its principal commodity—England _for rubber, Brazil for coffee and Japan for silk. The granting of power rights at Muscle Shoals to utility interests of the South was assailed before the Agricultural Editors’ Association by | Chester H. Gray of the American Farm Bureau Federation. WOMAN KILLS HERSELF | AFTER PHONING FRIEND Mrs. Anna C. Brooks, Colored, Wife of Minister, Dies Almost Instant- ly From Revolver Shot. Mrs. Anna C. Brooks, celored, 37 years old, wife of Rev. Robert C. | Brooks, pastor of Lincoln Congrega- it {tional Church, Eleventh and R streets, | J ended her life at her home, 801 Euclid street, last night about 7 o'clock by shooting. The shot was fired while she was telephoning to Mrs. Anna Smith, 1418 Eighth street, to let her know what she was about to do. Mrs. Smith asked the minister's wife to stpone the shooting until she ooulfflnun the house and talk to her, but Mrs. Brooks fired the shot that snuffed out her life almost instantly. She was practically dead when her husband, attracted to the room by the report of the shot, found her body resting on a bed, the pistol having dropped to the floor. Dr. Stmeon L. Carson examined the body and pronounced life extinct. Mrs. | Hi Brooks, former resident of Detroit, ich., had been a sufferer from bron- and had recently appeared de- d. She had made no mention an intention to end her life, how- ever, and husband and friends were greatly shocked when informed of her sufcide. 2 Rev. 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In addition to members of the squad and private detectives on duty In the stores, merchants and shoppers will be given further protec- tion by members of detective force and precinct commands. It is the intention of the police to arrest every person caught helping themselves to property of merchants or shopper, it is stated, none to be excused by reason of age or sex, and it will be a matter for the courts to determine the question of punishment. WARNS MOTORISTS. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, issuedl a warning to motor ists today to be unusually cautious in driving through the d>wntown bus!- ness section because of the Christmas shopping crowds. Many children are in these crowds, Maj. Hessa pointed out, and although chaperoned in most instances, many become separated from the adults and run aimlessly across the congested streets. CALLS ANNUAL MEETING. Highway Research Board, National Council, to Hear Reports. 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