Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1928, Page 7

CORPORATION TAX TEMISAMENDED Senate Committee Reduces to 12 Per Cent in Lieu of House Proposal. Reduction of the 1315 per cent cor- poration tax to 12 per cent rather than 111; per cent as proposed by the House was voted today by the Senate finance committee in beginning work on the House revenue measure. This follows the recommendation made to the committee vesterday by Secretary Mellon, who insisted that the tax reduction of $290.000.000 voted by the House must be (r)mn‘«‘d by the Senate to $201,000.000 at the highest. With the solid support of the Repub- lican majority on the committee, Chair- oot proposed at the outset t the $201.000.000 limitation a No vote was taken, but Senator Smoot expects the figure to _be approved. Votes for Tax-Reduction Bill Br unanimous vote the committee de- clded fo Teport a tax-reduction bill, Quieting reports that the legislation might be sidetracked in view of the de- mands of Treasury that the reduc- tion voted by the House was too large Senator Simmons of North Carolina, Democrat on the committee, today for a cut of $300,000.000. rged that at least the House bill be accepted. tor Barkley. Democrat, of Ken- asked the committee to cut the r cent to feated, 11 the 11°; per cent Tate, W proved by the same_vote. 12 Per Cent Rate Ordered. The motion of Senator Edge, Repub- fican of New Jersey, for a 12 per cent | rate carried 12 to 6. On this vote, Sena- | tors Reed, Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Caitornia, and Courens. Michigan, Re- | publicans, voted with three Democrats, Simmons. rth Carolina, King, Utah, and Barkley, Kentucky, against. three negative Republican votes were understood to be in favor of the 1215/ per cent rate, while the Democrats who opposed the 12 per cent provisions wanted a lower rate Plunging shead at full speed on the | the committee was hopeful of final tion possibly in a week which would set a record for revenue legisla- tion. In the interest of speed it was decided to abandon any open hearings. | 703 UNDER ARREST| | Month's Total Concerns Perscns Charged With Handling Intoxi- cants Illegally. | | Liquor squads here last month ar-| Tested 703 persons on charges of selling, | and transporting intoxicants, to a police report made pub- He today. Arrests for intoxication dur- ing the month totaled 1,181. There | were 28 arrests for driving automobiles | while intoxicated and two for driving | horse-drawn vehicles under similar con- ditions, making a total of 1923 arrests | resulting from handling and drinking | Intoxicants. | Numerous seizures were made during | the month in connection with the ar- | rests for alleged violations of the pro- visions of the Volstead act, one item | of interest to the authorities being 47 | automobiles and 2 bicycles, ths Qnly seized property not required to be de- stroyed. All the vehicles were turned over to the Internal Revenue Bureau, cars of value to be used in bootleg pur- | suits and the others to be sold. Seizures mentioned in a report of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, to the District Commissioners of the operations of the dry enforce- ment squads for last month. included the following: whisky, 6.866 quarts; al- cohol. 32 quarts: gin, 147 guarts; wine, | 28 galions. beer, 371 bottles quarts; champagne. 4,746 gallons; stills, 9. TREASURY EMPLOYE DIES FROM FALL DOWN STEPS Clarence Jackson, 42, Found Un-| conscious at Foot of Stairs rum, 11 6 quarts; malt, in Subbasement. Clarence H. Jackson, 42, colored labor- er at the Treasury Department, died latr last night at Providence Hospital from injuries sustained vesterday when be fell presumably, down a fiight of I, but he was nscious at the foot of the steps by Dr. Richard the Treasury. He was rom_wounds about 4 first aid et the | and was then | ce Hospital, in | ns cf the Pub- ‘Washington of bleeding profuse the head. He rec Treas transferred to care of Dr. G widow, i1l tn en. He was employed &s a rarrying ice to the water cook Th cost of living in Pinland is de- | Busines Is Good! “GGGY in Exe Putte “Camelor” Blue Serge 135w models Fine el in Remember—when y he House, but this lost by |tk | United States.” - THE | 'Research Body Commends, Group in Washington for Its Efficiency. Defends Feminine Force Against Attack Made on | Service Ability. ! ‘The high intelligence of Washington | | policewomen, who are under Lieut. Mina | | Van Winkle, is cited to disprove general | |charges as to the mentality of police | in a statememt issued by the Bureau | of Public Personnel Administration, | research organization with headquar- | ters here, in reply to figures published | by the National Crime Commission. The bureau disagrees with many of the conclusions drawn by the commission |as to the low intelligence of police | officers. ‘The bureau declares that the com- mission’s conclusions were drawn from | figures for only one city, Cleveland; | that they are several years old, and that | they have been misinterpreted. It pub- lishes results of intelligence tests given to police officers and applicants in Washington, Los Angeles, Detroit, San | Diego, Berkelev, Palo Alto, Minneapolis | |and other cities. Cleveland Figures Quoted. In Cleveland in 1921 only 16 per| cent of the police force was found to be in the groups labeled “very supe- rior” and “superior.” The crime com- mission interpreted this to mean that only 16 per cent of the police was of more than average intelligence, the bureau says, pointing out that these two groups include only 15. and not| per cent of the adult white popula- n All of the 15 white policewomen in Washington to whom the tests were given are in these two highest groups, the bureau adds, as are 75 per cent of the poltce officers in Berkeley, 60 per cent of more than 300 men in the Los Angeles Police School of Instruction, 44 per cent of 50 men in the Maryland | State Police Training School and 15! 'ACCORDS WOMAN POLICE HIGH RECORD FOR MENTAL FITNESS LIEUT. MINA VAN WINKLE. per cent of those applying for police work in San Diego before any elimina- tions were made for low intelligence. Charges isinterpretation. The bureau charges that the crime commission misinterpreted the Cleve- land figures in arriving at the conclu- | sion that 25 per cent of the patrolmen were of low intelligence. Other conclusions reached by the bureau show that there is evidence pointing to the conclusion that many of those with very high intelligence do | not make good police officers, that the highest maximum pay is generally too | low to attract the best type of man and that although politics enter int appointments to supervisory positions admission to the force is usually made without regard to political considera- tions. It concludes that weakness in police administration in large citles is not due to politics and low intelligence as much as to lack of the “social attitude.” GRAND JURY PROBE OF CHICAGO BOMBS HINTED BY U. S. JUDGE | (Continued from First Page) on account of the lawful the duties of office * °* °. “Article 6 of the Constitution makes | the national law supreme.” Judge Wil- kerson said, “notwithstanding those of any State. They are operative throughout the land and binding upon | every citizen in every foot of the| dLv;vharxe of In another phase of the Chicago po- litical situation the Federal Government | was unofficially understood to have adopted a policy of “hands off.” This was in the matter of authorizing the deputizing of several hundred deputy marshals to guard the polls primary election day, next Tuesday. A city hall report, unconfirmed from Federal sources, was that the Attorney General's office at Washington had de- | cided that deputization of -ddmpm’ 1o serve as poll guards would | be_contrary to law. No new facts were divulged in con- nection with the Federal arrest of Lo- | renzo Juliano and his reputed knowl- | edge of recent Chicago bombings. Juliano was being kept in custody early today, ing Pat Roche, special | agent of the Federal intelligence unit, in the hope he would reveal further in- | formation. Juliano has persistently denied knowledge of the Deneen-Swan- son and other political bombings. Expects Important Developments. “All T can say now,” said Roche, "ls1 that very important developments in | cleaning up bombings and murders may be expected within the next few days.” | Reports from the close-mouthed Fed- | | eral investigators were that 12 bombings and three murders were involved in the | questioning of Jullano and four others arrested with him. The Government | men have kept the results of their in- vestigation closely guarded. ‘Word from Washington was that re- ! gardiess of the stand of Chicago offi- ,cials, the vigorous campaign against liquor law violators would be continued . Washington prohibition authori- | ties were quoted by Chicago newspapers |as denying that the operations of their | skas, also knocked unconsclous; Adam Sieply, stabbed and beaten; Gottlieb ‘Waldvogel. clubbed unconscious, and George Zitzerer, beaten unconscious while seated in his automobile. At Democratic headquarters one wom- an declared her husband had been as- saulted by an automobile load of men led by Capone himself. The Cicero police force of 56 men, augmented by nearly 100 highway po- licemen and deputy sheriffs, patrolled the town during the election. They re- | ported no signs of violence. SARGENT REFUSES TO ACT. Attorney General Sargent today re- | fused to authorize the appointment of special Federal deputies to maintain order at the polls in Chicago during the approaching primary election. The Attorney General held that he was not authorized by law to sanction the use of Federal agents at such elec- | tions. His decision was made known in a telegram sent to Armour C. Anderson, United States marshal at Chicago. The message said: “In response to your request for au: thority to appoint special deputy mar- shals in connection with the coming primary election I find no ground for altering the decision made two years ago upon a similar request from you | that there is no warrant of law for such authority, and therefore 1 cannot grant your request.” ADVERTISING AIM STATED. Must Help Solve Economic Prob- lem, Says Evans. Advertising and educational pub- lcity must bear the brunt of the economic problem of today, according to Joshua Evans, jr, executive vice ‘ president of the District National Bank | and chairman of the board of trustees | of the Better Business Bureau, who, in | an address before the Advertising Club | of Washington at Harvey's restaurant | vesterday, declared that problem fs brought about by production outstrip- ping consumption and that the remedy lies in educating producers, distribu- tors and consumers. Business must know the attitude of men here were in any way connected | ¥ the public, particularly the reaction of WO —.. | the woman buyer, Mr. Evans said. Ac- VIOLENCE MARKS VOTE. | curate advertising that is frank and b | candid directs the public opinion along | the lines that will do much to equalize CICERO, 1li., April 4 (#).—In an elec- tion marked by numerous beatings and stabbings of Democratic poll workers by reputed Al Capone gangsters, Joseph Z Kienna, Republican president of the village, was swept back into office yes- terday by a two-to-one vole. In some precincts Klenna and his fel- low candidates met with little opposi- tion and received as high as three- fourths of the votes cast. Out of 25000 {Pfiuwr»d voters 20,000 cast their bal- ots. Throughout the day reports went to | police headquarters that gangsters, touring the three and one-half square miles of the town, were intimidating voters and attacking Democratic work- ers. At least a half dozen ‘luggings were reported outside of polling places, while two other vietims reported having n attacked after gaining conscio ness from blows on the head. One un- verified report of a slaying gained cir- culation Among the victims were Al Mazinitis clubbed unconscious; Willlam Pradow- S ortment 1o buy, Suits wive ry l.')"lm [ 60" ot buy here you get QUALITY VALUES, LATEST STYLES, PERSONAL SERVICE Universi 506 9th BRANCH--1350 G ST. N.W, ty Shop OPEN BVENIN N production and consumption, he added Lydia Dickson, Actress, Dies. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 4 (®) — Lydia Dickson, stage and screen actress died yesterdsy after an lliness of severai weeks. EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. TELLS OF GANS N PUBLE HEALTH 'Dr. Felix Underwood De- | scribes Training in South to Maternity Meet. Dr. Felix Underwood, Mississippl Siate health officer, told the delegates attending the conference of State di- rectors of maternity and infancy work 2t the Children’s Burcau of the De- sartment of Labor today of the advan- made in Mississippt_and Alabama in the training of county unit public health workers through co-operation »f the international health division of :he Rockefeller Foundation Miss Hazel Corbin of the Maternity Center Association of New York spoke on the training of public health nurses for maternity work in rural centers. Infant Deaths Decline. Dr. Mary Riggs Noble of Pennsyl- vania told of the decline in infant mor- tality rates in rural Pennsylvania and pointed to the construction of good roads as a contributing factor, saying, “Every mile of good road built makes possible a perfectly obvious gain in the swiftness with which commodities o medical aid in illness can be secured. Dr. Ada F. Schweitzer told of the instruction given to mothers as part of the child health work carried on in Indiana. Secretary of Commerce Hoover ad- dressed the delegates briefly yesterday afternoon at a tea at the Hotel Wash- ington at which Mrs. Aida De Acosta Breckinridge was hostess The increasing influx of Mexicans into the United States presents a new menace to the health of this country because of the high percentage of tuber- culosis among these imigrants, Dr. ulius Hess of the University of Illinois, o0ld the conference yesterday. Dr. Hess advocated the education of every expectant mother in the essen- tials of child hygiene as a means of lowering the mortality rate among new- born infants. PRESIDENT TO PRESENT FOUR GUARD MEDALS Gen. Stephan and Col. Oehmann Will Be Honored for Long Serv- ice, and Two Privates Are Others. President Coolidge has consented to and two enlisted men of the National Guard of the District of Columbia The presentation will be made at the White House at a date to be set by the President, probably within the next 10 days | Maj. Geri. Anton Stephan, command- ing the local Guard, has requested th President to review the entire Guard and at the conclusion of the ceremo- | nies, which it was proposed to hold on | the Ellipse, .to present the medals, but | the Chief Executive decided that he would rather present them at the| ‘White House. | Maj. Gen. StepHlh will receive a spe- | cial gold medal for 40 years of service | in the local Guard, while the other medals, also of gold, will be for 25 years of service and will be presented to Col. John W. Oehmann, command- | ing the 121st Regiment of Engineers: Pvt. Edwin M. Tansill of the band of the 121st Engineers, and Sergt. Francis | J. 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Appointment of a ctvil rescarch com- mittee some time ago was followed by a sharp drop in the market even though Premier Baldwin said that nothing drastic was intended. The rubber market has been followed | with especially keen interest in the United States. where the tremendous development of the automobiie industry | has necessitated importations of large quantities of crude rubber. tary of Commerce, headed a campaign | against British rubber control. Mr. Hoover advocated voluntary co-opera- tion by American consumers to cuf | down their consumption of crude rub- ber and to obtain maximum efficiency out of the stocks In use. American tire manufacturers _also | have been investigating the possibility lof producing their own rubber, the British restrictions stimulating research for rubber substitutes and for growing rubber in countries open to American development. AID TO WORLD TRADE SEEN. | Dr. Klein Believes British Action Will Help “General Atmosphere.” The belief that the general atmos- phere of world trade would be bene- | fited by the lifting of the British rubber export_restrictions was expressed here | today by Dr. Julius Kiein, chief of the | Commerce Department’s Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. | “If Premier Baldwin's announcement | means that an effectual abandonment | of the rubber control system is to re- sult,” he said, “American consumers will have reason for satisfaction “Further, the general atmosphere of world trade will be greatly benefited ecause one of the greatesi and most nnoying governmental with the conduct of normal business will no longer exist. | “All of these schemes for controlling output and prices of essential raw ma- terials by an unnatural welding of gov- ernmental and commercial interests are | a heritage of the great war, and the | closing up of the rubber control will | mean a great step toward clearing in- | ternational trade of essential handicaps. | “Of course, we must_refrain from | O o, A MENU PEAS a delicious Ask peas: —are tend [ trial W or. convinee. r zrocer. 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We are endeavoring to obtain the full data now and will be prepared to furnish the American trade and public with such |facts as we obtain later.” Secretary Hoover, who led an onganiz- ed campaign against the rubber restri tion enterprise, withheld comment while his department sought for fuller re- vorts. Almost from the outset of the Pritish rubber control. the Commerce Department, in league with the State Department and with associations in the American rubber trade, endeavored to minimize the eflect of the restric- tions. |F DIES AFTER OPERATION | coming year was estimoted to be at|J. Le Count Chestnut, Colcred News- | paper Writer, Succumbs to At- tack of Appendicitis. J. Le Count Chestnut, colored new: paper man and former teacher at Dun- bar High School here, died at his home, in Brooklyn, N. Y., yesterday, following an operation for appendicitis, according | to word received here. | Chestnut was born in this city, the | son of Rev. J. L. Chestnut. He was a | graduate of Amherst College, in 1907, | and had attended Miner Normal School | here. His teaching career also included ORMER DUNBAR TEACHER | service at Claflin University and at sev- | | eral high schools, in addition to Dunbar | | High School. As president of the Musolit Club here, | Mr. Chestnut purchased the club's present home. at 1327 R street. He | left here to become manager of the | the Blaine bill, which is really the lonz- | | Chicago Defender and later established | a domestic credit bureau in New York. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. | Margaret E. Chestnut. a teacher in New | York high schools: two daughters, An- |nie Laurie Chestnut and Katherine Chestnut. and by his parci# Italy now requires that all sales | automobiles must be registered with the government as well as every finan cial transaction in connection with motor cars. | | | | | | | | rather = 7 COMPROMISE SEEN FLOODBILL STATU ONWORKMENBILL WILL BE STUDIED | Controversy Over Compen-‘House Rules Committee to sation Believed to Be Near- | Give Two Hours to Hear Plan ing End in House. ‘ to Rush Measure. Compromise on the workmen's com- pensation bill which has been in dead- lock in the House for the last seven | vears is practically assured. Representa- | tive Underhill, Republican, of Massa- chusetts s sponsor of one measure which proposes to leave the field open to private business enterprises. Repre- sentative Fitzgerald, Republican, of Ohio is father of another bill proposing com- pulsory industrial insurance under ad- ministration of a new Government of board. | mittee are of the opinion that the The compromise will be effected | jones bill can be easily whipped into through the Blaine bill, which proposes | shape to meet the ob ns of Presi- compulsory _workmen's compensation | dent Coolidge for all employes in the District with| Several members of the co the administration placed in the em- |including Chairman Reid, belie ¢ ploye compensation commission no extensive doctoring will be ry Representative Underhill was asked at | to bring with administra- the meeting of the House District com- | tion policy. Lam- | As disciosed yesterday. Mr. Coolidge's ® | views are that the bill is open to criti- lcism because it does not specifically state how money authorized by it shail be_expended. The Hous omorrow for a hearing o by Chairman Reid of the rol committee ‘L.t th es flood measure he statu islal calendar. T 07 the -ul~: hody said would be allotted in 9o0d ontrol zislation, e time to be al- lotted propo f the measure and the other nall to thoss in opposition. Members of the flood-control com s committee has set % a request 000,600 . proferred mittee, what the present status of the contro- versy s. Representative Underhill stated that as far as he knows the legislation is still before the Senate committee “Opponents of the Underhill bill have placed themselves on record in favor of should be served with a dressing horemen’s act.” Mr. Underhill said of 3 parts hot butter, 1 , 1 part “I have examined this measure care- fully and find that it does not have the feature of throwing the Govern- ment into the insurance business. I am inclined personally to accept the Blaine bill.” Representative Lampert insisted that he wants a meeting of the subcommittee as soon as possible. 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