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MACDONALD AGAIN ‘FAGES HOUSE TEST 10Coal Mines Bill to Be Up, With Amendment Creat- ing Crisis. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 17.—The Macdonald ‘overament is faced with another test *Thursday when the committee stage of the coal miles bill will be completed, but whatever happens to the measure, the general expectation is that the gov- ernment will be found still in office. An amendment on this bill which is expected to create a touchy situation | stands in the names of two Conserva- tives and three Liberals and proposes to strike out a provision giving district committees statutory power to fix mini- mum price for coal in & given district with penalties for those owners who sell coal cheaper. If the Liberals vote solidly for this amendment, there is a possibility of the government being defeated. ‘The Liberals’ attitude. however, is described as somewhat uncertain and if a similar number vote with the government or abstain from voting as they did on the quota division there will be a loophole for the government. The matter will be decided at a party meeting called for tomorrow. ‘There seems no doubt about the at- titude of the Conservatives, who are expected to vote solidly for the amend- ment. As the government is understood to regard the minimum price provision as vital to the bill, it is reported it will drop the whole measure should this be thrown out by the House of Commons vather than accept the amendment or resign and go to the country on this 1381 sue. ‘That is said to be its present attitude in any event with, of course, the bare possibility of the government's temper changing between now and Thursday. The general belief is that neither of the opposition parties would take any such action as would force the Mac- donald government out in the midst of the Naval Conference. ENGINEERING COUNCIL FORMS AIRPORT GROUP Committee Will Co-operate With Government in Study of De- sign and Construction. Creation of an airport committee to co-operate with the Federal Govern- ‘ment in solving engineering problems in connection with the design and con- struction of airports was announced to- day by the American Engineering Council. The members of the committee are Prof. Ralph A. Fogg, head of the de- partment of civil engineering, Lehigh University, chairman; Perry A. Fellows, city engineer, Detroit; W. W. Horner, chief engineer, St. Louis; Harrison E. Howe, editor, Industrial and Engineer- ing Chemistry, this city; Alexander Kilemin, head of the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, New York University, and H. G. Shirley, commissioner of ‘highways, Richmond, Va. GEN. PERSHING TO SPEAK ON FLAG OVER AIR CHAIN Story of the Writing of “The Star Spangled Banner” to Be Told Over N. B. C. System. *The story of the writing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key will be related by Gen. John J. Pershing in_an address tomorrow aft- ernoon, at 5:15 o'clock, over the Na- tional Broadcasting Co.’s network. Gen. Pershing’s talk on the subject of “The Anthem of the Flag” will be the last of a series of patriotic addresses ar- ranged especially for school children by the United States Flag Association. Other speakers who have preceded Gen. Pershing in this series are Vice President Curtis, former Attorney Gen- eral George W. Wickersham, Represent- ative James M. Beck, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, Mrs. J. Borden Ha riman and Secretary of Labor James J. SPECIAL NOTICE. {ONG DISTANCE MOVING; FULL OR PART Toads to_or from St. Louis, Detroit, Buffalo, N. Y. City and way points Satisfaction eed in every detail. 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MADRID, March 16.—Tossed about by a bull with wide, sharp horns, Sydne; Franklin, Brooklyn bull fighter, mdn))" was in a hospital, injured seriously, al- though probably not fatally. In a second off guard, as he whirled his maddening red cape in front of the enraged beast's eyes, he turned his back on the animal, which impinged him and bandied him about like a play- thing for several minutes. Dr. Crespo, his physician, predicted Franklin would live, but said it would take him 40 days to recover. ‘The bull which proved Franklin’s nemesis was his first of the afternoon. Franklin went out jauntily to face the beast and danced capriciously in front of it with his red cape. He made a whirling pass at the bull with his cape, and, turning for an instant, was caught on the brute's right horn. The bull lifted the limp form of the American and tossed it about as a rubber ball, which it seemed to balance in midair. Finally Franklin rolled off and fell writhing in the arena, while others in the ring chased off the bull to keep it from gouging him again. He was given emergency treatment and taken to the hospital, where, after IN SPANISH RING | | | SIDNEY FRANKLIN. coming out from under chloroform, he complained of intense pain. Frankin, the son of a Brookiyn policeman, received his early education in the bull ring in Mexico City, where his proficiency led him to go to Madrid, where after an apprenticeship he made several public appearances and acquit- ted himself well. The spectacle of an many Spanish admirers. He recently said he hoped to inaugurate bull fight- ing in the United States. AL GAPONE, FREED, WITHHOLDS PLANS Fisher Signs Papers Releas- ing Gangster and Bodyguard Two Months Early. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 17.—Gov. Fisher today signed the papers making effective immediately the release of Al Capone and his bodyguard, Frank Cline, frome the Eastern Pennsylvania peni- tentiary. CAPONE AND GUARD EAGER. Two Months Deducted from Year's Sentence for Good Behavior. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 17.—Al- phonse “Scarface Al” Capone and his bodyguard, Frank Cline, eagerly awaited their release today from th: Eastern State FPenitentiary, where they have served 10 months of a year's sentence for carrying pistols. Two months were deduced for good behavior. Some newspapers said that a group of Capone's friends had arrived here from Chicago and were prepared to meet their chieftain at the prison gates and escort him to the train. There also were rumors printed that some of his enemies were in the city and that he would be warned to leave the United States. The reports lack confirmation. A veil of secrccy has been thrown about Capone's plans after he regains his freedom. Both he and his attorney have refused to say where he will go. It is generally believed here, however, that he will head for Chicago. Capone and Cline were arrested as they were leaving a motion picture house here on the night of May 16, They had come from Atlantic Capone had attended a “peace parley,” at which a truce designed to end the gang con- flicts in Chicago had been signed. Pistols were found on both prisoners and they were held in $30,000 bail each. The next dav, after they had been in- dicted and picaded guilty, Judge John Walsh sentenced them to one year in prison. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to obtain Capone'’s release. e AMBASSADOR HAILS MUSIC AS LANGUAGE ;57 1N |Senor Don Alejandro Padilla of Spain Is Speaker in “Con- clave of Nations.” “Seven little notes, combined in dif- ferent ways, are understood and inter- preted in the same way by the most distant and different countries,” said Senor Don Alejandro Padilla, the Span- ish Ambassador, yesterday afternoon in speaking over a coast-to-coast nélwork of the Columbia Broadcasting {Co. in the “Conclave of Nations.” b4 Music was hailed by the Ambassador as the great universal language. “I wish we could have an international written language such as music,” he continued. “The majority of composers from most of the foreign countries went to Spain for their inspiration, because in the soul of the Spanish people there is the richest and most varied folklore in the world,” declared the Ambassador | | in tracing the history of Spanish music. The Ambassador was introduced by Senator James M. Couzens of Michigan, who described Senor Padilla’s long and Maveh 22 | successful diplomatic service. CONFEREES PROPOSE LABOR INNOVATIONS Urge Six-Hour, Five-Day Week, and U. S. Aid for Jobless of Nation. Gathered from scattered parts of the United States, unemployed workers, meeting in an international unemploy- ment conference at 509 G street, this morning proposed a revolution in American labor _conditions. A program of radical labor uuwvl-l tions, which was formally adopted, in- cluded a six-hour work day and a five- day week, Government compensation for the unemployed, a new Govern=- ment department under direction of a “secretary of unemployment,” the non-! employment of children under 18 years of age and free transportation of labor- ers to and from construction jobs. Prior to the meeting Dr. James Eads How of Los Angeles led a group of delegates to the Capitol to arrange a hearing_before congressional commit- tees. ‘Tomorrow morning conference representatives will appear before the appropriations and commerce commit- tees of the House. . COVENTRY’S WIDOW DIES. WORCESTER, England, March 17 () —The Countess of Coventry, widow of the ninth Earl of Coventry, died yesterday. She survived her husband only three days. The Earl of Coventry died at his home, Droome Court, March 13, at the age of 91, The countess was ughter of the second Earl of Crave They { #0-1212 D ST. N.W. Phone National 0850 Were married in 1865. FIGURES SPEEDED ON INCOME TAYES Estimate for Mellon and Hoover by Nightfall. By the Associated Press. The Treasury today wired a number of the large income tax collection of- fices in various parts of the country to report by telegraph estimates of the March 15 returns in their respective areas. In this way officials belicved that by nightfall a preliminary estimate would be ready for Secretary Mellon and President Hoover on the amount of money that Uncle Sam had received on his first big “pay day” for the calendar year 1930. Adding machines and sharp-pointed pencils today were being used with dis- patch in the offices of the Internal Rev- enue Bureau, but‘it was impossible to figure just how much money had been received. 4 Up to the close of business on March | figures are available, the Treasury had collected a total of $49,358,998 since the first of the month from income tax pay- ments. $56,804,350 Last Year. During the same period last year the collections amounted to $56,804,350. This, however, was not taken to indi- cate much, since during the year before, 1928, the collections were $8,000,000 above the 1929 receipts, but when com- plete the 1929 receipts exceeded those of 1928. The Treasury has cstimated that the total of the payments made last Satur- day should approximate $550,000,000. The collections last March were $601,- 000,000, but since that time Congress has authorized a 1 per cent cut in the normal income rate. Treasury officials have been unable to tell what effect the stock market col- lapse of last Fall will have upon the returns, They were as much in the dark on this today as they have been, as the only accurate answer will be found when the payments are totaled. Urged Economy. In order to keep expenditures in line with budget estimates, President Hoo- ver at a recent White House breakfast conference called upon congressional leaders to put the brakes on all ex- penditures not recommended by the budget. At that time bills proposing an outlay of more than a billion dollars in excess of budget figures were pend- ing in the House and Senate. ‘The congressional leaders assured the Chief Executive that most of these measures would be tucked away on committee shelves to gather dust and some Democratic members took occa- sion to denounce the President, saying that Congress had gone beyond the budget in cutting down expenditures as g:nding probably never had a chance of being passed. MINUTE MEN TELL VALUE OF VISITATION CAMPAIGN 13,227 Workers Report Information Gathered From 47,286 Families. A committee of 85 “minute men” enlisted from the various denomina- | tions in this city attended the co- operating churches in the Washington | directed survey and visitation evangel- {ism campaign yesterday and gave short ! talks on the value of the survey and | the potential value of the visitation campaign. It is estimated that approximately 1200 colored workers will begin the sur- i vey today in four districts under the | i leadership of Rev. J. H. Marshall, Rev. ‘W. H. Jernagin, Rev. Augustus Lewis and Rev. Robert Brooks. | | " According to reports made by city i headquarters Friday night, 3,227 work- | ers in the local survey have obtained information from 47,286 families. 1 Classifications indicate that 27,946 of |thm persons are enrolled in Sunday schools. Will Rogers Says: SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Talk about “having to see Paris” and “so this is London” and “must visit Clare- more,” but till you have seen Agua- caliente, Mexico, you have just grown up in ignorance. A beautiful spot, and the most sober and orderly crowd. Why, you wouldn’t hardly believe they were Americans. Every nation must have its legal- ized form of gambling. We have our Wall Street. Mexico gives you a more even break; they have “roulette.” Also a percentage of your losings go to the government. They are a primitive race; they put government above broker. Folks will take a chance. Old Noah gambled on not getting the “foot and mouth” disease in there with all those animals, and old King Solomon bet a hundred women he wouldn't pay 'em alimony, and won his bet, “Viva la Mexico.’ HE EVENING American in the bull ring won him | Treasury Expects to Make | 14, the last day for which complete | 'FISCAL RELATIONS ' SIDELIGHTS GIVEN Figures in Tables Capable of Interpretation Two Ways. Other Data Discussed. (Continued Frow First Page.) e i the distinguished chairman of the sub- | committee on District appropriations, who has an ax to grind in the matter of deductions arrived at. This question arises particularly in the case of two tables. Surveying the first of these, Mr. Sim- mons remarks, with pardonable pride; “It is very interesting to study this table, knowing that when we changed from the 60—40 arrangement to the lump sum the Federal contribution, in- stead of decreasing, increased. Is that a fair statement?” Mr. Donovan—“That is a correct statement when related to the time of change.” yes; and that while the total amount of the bill has increased gradually the Federal contribution has also been in- creasing to such an extent that now, in- stead of $9,000,000, it is considerably in excess of $10,000,000, and it was $10,- 155,000 in the 1929 bill.” Yet in one column the table under discussion shows that the United States contribution since the lump sum adop- tion in 1925 has never risen above the high mark of $2,237,466, and the esti- mated contribution of the United States for 1931 is set down as $9,000,000. While the lump-sum contribution in 1925 was higher than the 60—40 contribution of 1924, it was lower than the 60—40 contribution in 1923. appropriations for 1925 were $11,000,000 greater than those of 1924. A Matter of Reasoning. How does Mr. Simmons reach his conclusion, with the help of the audi tor's table, that the United States con- tribution now, “instead of $9,000,000," is “considerably in excess of $10,000,000, and it was $10,155,000 in the 1929 bill"? ‘The process of reasoning that leads to this conclusion is interesting and highly | informative. Before the lump sum went into effect the District and the United States di- vided between them in the proportion that each contributed certain miscella- neous revenues. After adoption of the lump sum all of these revenues previ- ously so divided were credited wholly to the District, but for the purpose of creating an impression a Federal con- tribution has been computed for each year since 1924 by adding to the lump sum that proportion of the miscellane- {ous revenues which under 60—40 would have reverted to the United States. ‘This is obviously faulty logic. The United States no longer contributes 40 per cent to the “activity or source from whence such revenue was derived,” and the contribution of 40 per cent to the {activity or source of the miscellaneous revenues was the only justification for | collecting 40 per cent of the revenues.| ‘When the United States contributed 50 per cent to the source of these revenues | it collected 50 per cent of the revenues. Now, with a contribution that approxi- | mates 21 per cent. the United States | continues to be credited with a fictitious | contribution of 40 per cent of the mLs-| cellaneous revenue receipts. : Sixty-Forty Ratio Dropped. It is true that if Congress were ap- propriating for the District on the 60—40 basis the million dollars or so, that represent 40 per cent of the mis- | cellaneous revenues, and which are| credited to the District, would be a| Federal contribution. The point is that | the United States no longer contributes | on the 60—40 basis, and 40 per cent of | the miscellaneous receipts, credited as| a Federal contribution, is based on noth- | ing more tangible than thin air. Why, not credit 50 per cent, or 100 per cent, | for that matter? Naturally, as the business of the Dis- trict increases, the miscellaneous reve- nue receipts increase, and the 40 per ' cent arbitrarily set down as United, States equity in these receipts pro-| duces a sum that increases steadily. This explains the happy picture of the increasing Federal contribution por- | trayed by Mr. Simmons with the help of the auditor’s table. | Depends Upon the Basis, It will be noticed, however, that while | the District auditor has compiled the tables, he carefully refrains from com- ment as to the equity or the reason- ableness of the assumptions of Mr. | Simmons. Mr. Thatcher remarked that ! | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. _ | cause the taxpayers of Washington have Mr. Simmons—“At the time of change, | And the total | and public parks and the Washington aqueduct. They make an imposing pa- rade. Their combined salaries and al: lowances amount to about $119,000 a year. All of them are charming gentle- !men. and the purpose of Mr. Simmons in placing their names and thejr sal- aries in the record is obviously one of two—either to show that the Washing- ton community receives the expert services of these able men without cost | (as their salaries were paid by the Fed- |eral Government), or merely to allow District residents to run over the names and check them against their Christmas card list. If the former purpose is in mind, it is well to mention the fact that the Army officers assigned to the District | Building—the Engineer Commissioner |and his assistants—are not there be-| isought to be relieved of the cost of | paying the salaries of civillans who | might execute their funciions, but be- {'cause Congress has ordered them sta-| tioned there. In this connection it will be borne in mind that if Gen. Crosby takes office as a civillan Commissioner his retired pay could doubtless be set down as an item of expense escaped by the District because it has generously been shouldered by Uncle Sam. The i residents of the District, of course, help to pay the salaries of the Army officers. Through their Federal taxes they con-| tribute almost three times as much to- ward the payment of salaries for these Federal officers as the people of, say, the State of Nebraska. Their per capita share is $6 higher than the average for | all the States. High School Instructors Elsewhere. As for the other officers and non- commissioned officers on duty here, | those assigned to the high schools as | military instructors could as well have |been assigned to the high schools of {other cities, which have the same privi- |lege enjoyed by the District in utilizing, free of charge, the services of these jmen. It is a matter that rests with the icities. “Some of them do and some Ido not,” according to Representative Collins. “Certain persons tried to get this work in the New York schools, but |1t was opposed and defeated.” Officers assigned to the District | Militia by the War Department occupy | a status comparable to those assigned | to the militia organizations in the States. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, explains the status of the officers assigned to the office of Public Buildings and Public | Parks. | “As this office is £z, indepndent extab- {lishment,” he says, “not connected with the municipal government of the Dis- [trict of Columbia, I do not consider that {any of its employes should be consid- ered as coming within the class enumer- lated. The duties of the officers herein | | named involve the expenditure of funds |appropriated in the District of Columbia. acts, but in relation to Washington as| the National Capital rather than as the municipal government. The officers are not ‘assigned to and serving the District |of Columbia.’ "™ Yet Col. Grant and his subordinates | are included in the list. The other Army officer mentioned is |Maj. Brehon Somervell, District Engi- ineer. There are United States district | engineer officers scattered throughout | the country. | Shoes for a Centipede. | By far the most intriguing table of | those used to indicate the generosity of |the United States to the District, how- ever, is one that ligts items making up the surplus property turned over to the District by the United States Govern- ment, free of charge, and amounting in value in 1929 to $279,000. There was some uncertainty as to whether the District asked for this property or whether it was merely handed over. Mr. Donovan did not know. Mr. Simmons suggested that if the District had not received these gifts free their purchase would have been | necessary. ~Mr. Donovan would not | agree to that, though he was willing to say that “eventually it may all be used.” | Included in the long list of supplies are 3 boxes cups, $1.25; 28 hogs and 1 sow, $560; 1.808 spools cotton, darning, 2.68; books, non-fiction, $60; 53 doot grills, $334.50; nurses’ hats and rubber boots, $318; hair clippers, 72 pair, $48; hair clippers, 36 pair, $27; 1,915 pair rus- set shoes, $7.516; 5,375 pair russet shoes, $20,124; 2,290 pair russet shoes, $8,- 999.70; 2,650 pair russet shoes, $10, 324.50; 614 pair russet shoes, $1,891.12; |263 pair russet shoes, $810.04; 17 pair russet shoes, $52.36; 2,774 pair russet shoes, $8,543.92; 75 microscopes, $6,075; 92 microscopes, $7,452; 2 cases 25, cubic centimeters, $10; spool cotton, thread, $911.22; 44 pounds mercerized cotton carpet warp, $17.16; 132 pair shoes. $359.10; 4,245 pair shoes, $12,098. One also finds that 60 revolvers were turned over to the Zoo. Such facts lead to the conclusion that the District is well shod and that the Zoo is excel- lently prepared against a general revolt of the inmates. Representative Collins offered -the suggestion: “I notice, among other things in these tables, you have transferred in excess MONDAY, MARCH 17, bottles, | the miscellaneous receipts are growing of 5,000 blankets, and also liquors and and that the bills he had referred to| each year. He said: “That will mean more than the $9,000,000 that comes from Federal sources?” Mr. Donovan—"Yes, if considered on the basis set forth.” ‘The basis set forth is, of course, vital. It might be fair to regard 21 per cent of the miscellaneous revenues as a Fed- eral contribution anJ add it to the lump sum. But 40 per cent no longer bears any relation to the division, on paper, of these receipts. Of equal interest to the District is the table inserted in the record showing the United States contribution and the District’s tax rate if the pending appro- priation were made on the basis of 60-40. ‘The former is set down as $15,467,947 and the latter as $140, in- stead of the current $1.70. | Based on the premise that the 1931 budget under 60-40 would be identical with the current budget under the lump sum, the above conclusion is correct. Premise Held Far Fetched. But the Promise is pretty far fetched. Therefore, the conclusion is worthless. It appears to have been arrived at for the purpose of indicating that a return to the 60-40 method of appropriating for the District would merely result in a drastic reduction in local taxation and an equally drastic revision upward of the United States contribution. ‘The current budget—and this will not be debated—was framed on revenue avallability with a $1.70 tax rate and a lump sum of $9,000,000, plus certain surplus revenues to the credit of the District. It was not framed on the basis of appropriations needed to carry out pending and necessary projects of | improvement in the Capital. A budget (framed on the anticipation of a 40 per Icent contribution from the United States, plus local revenue receipts from the current tax rate, would be much higher than the 1931 budget under; study. It would enable the District to| go forward with many projects that; now are blacklisted because no money is available to pay for them. As far as known, there has been no public agita- tion in the District for a reduction in the local tax rate, and the fixed ratio has not been advocated from any quar- ter with that purpose in mind. It would have been more enlightening, not only to the District, but to the members of Congress, 1ad Mr. Simmons directed the auditor to prepare a budget for the | purpose of illustrating what could be accomplished in the District under the existing tax rate, plus a 40 per cent contribution from the Government. The preparation of such a budget would not only present the other side of the picture, which Mr. Simmons, of course, wants to be presented, but the reasons for presenting it would be more sound than those offered for picturing the current budget on the s of dividing its cost 60-40 between the District and the Federal Government. The latter picture has nothing to do with the price of eggs. The Parade of Army Officers. Interested taxpayers in Washington Wwill doubtless derive much comfort from the list of Army officers placed in the record by Mr. Simmons, with the sum total of their salaries computed. The officers and non-commissioned officers are on duty here in connection with the District. 'nv!rnmeni &pe public schools, the District Militias. public buildings 1 f| thorized by the Secretary of War to |shoes and various other items, which ‘mnkts it appear that the departments washcd something off ‘on you gentle- men.” But at that point, unfortunately, the conversation suddenly switched to other i ‘matters, e i {ALUMNI OF GALLAUDET HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET | Progress on Two Scholarship Fund Drives Is Reported at Kappa Gamma Event. Representative alumni of Gallaudet ' College from New York, Pennsylvania, | Maryland, Virginia and the District at- | tended the thirtieth annual banquet of | the Kappa Gamma Fraternity of the college at the Hotel La Fayette Satur- day night. Rev. Guilbert C. Braddock, vicar of St. Ann's Church, New York City, was guest of honor. Favorable progress was reported by committee chairmen on two new schol- arship funds, drives for which were launched last year. They are the Shrine and the Epsilon scholarships. Other guests at the banquet included Rev. A. D. Bryant, '80, one of the oldest living graduates of the college, who has | been a resident of Washington since 1864. and President Percival Hall, char- ter member of the fraternity. WALES US.ES CAMERA. Changes Steamers and Gets Into Midet of Wild Life. BUTIABA, Uganda, March 17 (#).— the Prince of Wales is now aboard a smart little river steamer in the neigh- borhood of the White and Victoria Niles at Murchison Falls, Nyasaland. Thus far he has been busy with his camera, taking pictures of crocodiles, hippopotami and elephants, which abound in this area. ‘The Prince transferred from the pad- dle steamer Samuel Baker at a point where the Nile meets Lake Albert and boarded the river steamer Lugard, which he is using as a base for his operations ashore. The Samuel Baker made an ordinary scheduled run and the Prince and his party were treated in all respects as ordinary passengers. The Lugard, how- ever, has been reserved exclusively for the royal party. Service Is Authorized. Second Lieut. Jose M. Plaza, Ecua- dorian Army Reserves, has been au- serve with a unit of the 2d Field Artil- lery Brigade, U. S. A., at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., until July 1 next. GREAT Young People’s Service Tomorrow Night Saint Mark’s Chureh 3rd and A Sts. S.E. Preacher, REV. FRED'K LAWRENCE 1930. DE RIVERA, EXILED SPANISH DICTATOR,. IS DEAD IN PARIS Ex-Premier Dies Suddenly of Blood Clot Month After Resignation. Spain Will Honor Late Leader Wednesday With Full Military Rites. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 17.—The hand which ruled Spain firmly for nearly seven years today was stilled in death. Garbed in the sackcloth and sandals of a Carmelite monk, the body of Don Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja was in an unpretentious suite of a mod- est Latin quarter hotel. Tonight a train will take it back to Madrid, where in life De Rivera was dictator of Spain. The end came in exile in Paris, the same city of exiles to which during his seven yvears of power he doomed many of his fellow citizens. Sunday morning his_two young daughters, Carmen and Pllar, stopped in their father's room on their way to mass to ask after his health. He had not been well for a few days. “I feel much better,” he replied. An hour later they returned to his room and found him dead. He was 60 years old. Death Due to Blood Clot. Senorita Carmen called her brother, Miguel, who is here recuperating from wounds received in a duel a few days ago at Pamplona, Spain, in defense of his father's reputation, and Miguel called the family physician, who said death had been due to embolism (a blood clot) probably occurring as a re- sult of the diabetes from which the former dictator had long suffered. Not far away in_a cafe his arch political enemy, the Duke of Alba, now minister of state in the cabinet of Gen. Damaso Berenguer, Primo’s successor, sat at lunch and wondered when a nearby table, which a waiter had told him_had been reserved for Gen. Primo de_Rivera, would be occupied. Told that Primo was dead, in duke was one of the first to call at the hotel to pay his respects to the man he had vigorously opposed in life, Death came to Gen. Primo de Rivera on the eve of his departure for Weis- baden, Germany, where he was to’take the cure for diabetes. Interment probably will take place Wednesday in the family vault at the Cemetery of San Iridro at Madrid. Gen. de Rivera came to Paris short- ly after he resigned his dictatorship last January 28. His resignation came after a long period of unrest at the sternness of his regime and in the face of growing revolutionary feeling. He turned over the reins of government to Gen, Damaso Berenguer, whose minis- try in the last few weeks has done so much to undo the acts of the Primo Rivera dictatorship. As he lay in state, with his daugh- ters and his son kneeling in prayer, a continuous procession of notables from the military, official and political worlds of Paris, filed by the narrow iron bed. Almost the entire Spanish colony pass- ed through the room. DEATH SHOCKS SPAIN. Effect on Political Life of Nation Is Held Uncertain. MADRID, March 16 (#).—Former Premier Primo de Rivera will be buried I GEN. PRIMO DE RIVERA. with the full military honors of a Spanish captain general, who dies while in active command of troops, accord- ing to plans formulated tonight. All Spain was shocked to learn of his sudden death. King Alfonso heard of it as he was preparing to go to the race track and immediately canceled his engagements, expressing his sorrow. Premier Damaso Berenguer, the resigned dictator's successor, did the same. The Union de Patriotica, the politi- cal organization founded by Primo, is planning to send special trains with many of the dead leader’s supporters to Hendaye, on the Franco-Spanish frontier, to escort the body to Madrid. All the members of the De Rivera cabi- net who are in Madrid also will 2o to the frontier to meet the body. ‘The_effect of his death upon Span- ish political life is still uncertain. The former dictator died just as the opposi- tion groups, with growing emphasis, were demanding the Berenguer govern- ment to do something to “fix the re- sponsibility for the dictatorship.” Primo 1s survived by three sons, Antonio, Miguel and Fernando, two daughters, Carmen and Maria Pilar. Jose d Forced Self Into Control. Forcing himself into control of the Spanish government, Gen. de Rivera turned the civil government out of office in the notable movement of Sep- tember, 1923. He reached the pinnacle of his career at that time when he broke the Span- ish constitution and brought into pow- er the military dictatorship, putting all the political parties hitherto ruling Spain into the background. Until that moment his political life had run on modest lines. ‘Throughout the period of power the dictator displayed notable energy. An untiring worker, he devoted himself to every phase of administrative work and no problem that arose was shelved. The development of industry and com- merce, the financial situation, interna- tional relations (especially with the transatlantic republics), labor questions, transports and other means of com- munication—all were taken up. Born in Cadiz, January 8, 1870, he began his military career at the age of 14, when he entered the military acad- emy. He won numerous promotions and decorations for bravery and meri- torious conduct. I KAYE DON T0 MAKE MORE SPEED TESTS ! Try for Record May Be Mads After Preliminary Runs Today. | By the Associated Press. | DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March 17. | —Kaye Don, British race car driver, today pronounced his giant 24-cylinder Stlver Bullet machine ready for another series of test runs over the ocean speedway here preparatory to making an assault upon the world speed rec- ord of 231 miles an hour. During two preliminary trials Satur- day, the machine developed an oil leak and trouble was experienced with- the radiation system. A crew of mechanics was kept busy making repairs over the week end. Low tide is at 3:45 p.m., but with favorable beach and weather conditions, Don expected to take the car onto the tc:)ul'se at least an hour before that ime. ‘While it was believed Don's first at- tempt would not take place until to- morrow racing circles discussed the possibility that favorable conditions would result in an official speed trial immediately after today's test runs. On his first test Saturday Don at- tained a speed of 198 miles an hour. He hopes to set a record of from 240 to 250, although the designer of the machine, Louis Coatelen, who ar- rived here from England, said that it huhl top speed of from 310 to 320 miles an hour. CELEBRATION DELAYED. George Washington U. Postpones Affair for Glee Club Victors. Ceremonies which were to have been held in Memorial Continental Hall to- night in honor of George Washington University’s Glee Club for its victory in the recent intercollegiate glee club con- | test have been postponed to an indefi- nite date, it was announced today by the university officials. ‘The new date of the celebration will be annouced within the next few days, it was explained at the university. Man Ac ATLANTA, Ga., March 17 (®).— Atlanta’s first case of reckless walking has been booked against Dr. Paige, 76, who was hit by an aut and injured sug:rtly Police said Paige had started across a street against a red traffic light when the automobile .driven by ichard Walker, a Negro, hit him. The Negro was charged with reckless driving. TIRE BARGAINS Genuine cused as Reckless Walker. ! T. 4 tomobile i { i i DUNLOPS 30x4.50 Fully Guaranteed Dunlops are better and cost no more than mail order house tires. LEETH BROS. 1220 13th Ss. NNW. Met. 0764 LEATHER TARIFF CUT IS APPROVED : A-3 SOLDIER 1S FOUND DEAD NEAR ROAD Pvt. David L. Williams, 42, Believed Struck on Head at Fort Humphreys. David Williams, 42 years old, a private in the Engineer Corps, United States Army, attached to the.Engineer School detachment at Fort Humphreys, was found dead in the wood on the reser- vation. 20 feet from a road near the non-commissioned officers’ quarters early today. There were indications that he had been struck on the head. The body was found by Pvts, William | J. Storey and John E. O'Hara, who be- |gan a search for Williams when they found that he had not returned to his barracks during the night. | . Storey told officers of the post that he and Williams had been drinking last night. He said they were returning to the barracks when Williams sat down at the side of the road to rest. He said that when he learned this morning that Willilams had not returned he asked Pvt. O'Hara to_help search for him. Capt. Harley Latson was designated to make an investigation of the case. An autopsy was being performed today by Lieut. W. H. Powell, Medical Corps, attached to the post. Williams® service record shows his next of kin is his mother, Mrs. Margaret ‘Williams of 210 Franklin avenue, Scran- FRANCE TO DISCUSS 'TAX POINTS WITH U. S. | Question of Amounts Levied on Foreign Companies Will Be Taken Up by Agents. By the Assoctated Pres: PARIS, March 17.—France and the United States, it was learned today, will engage in a series of conferenges over the WHoTe question of the taxalon of foreigners and foreign compani soon as data have been prepared by\the respective Treasury Departments. The conferences will be carried on Paris between representatives of American embassy and the foreign offi and it is considered likely that a spe: clal expert from the American Treasury Department will come from Washington as_observer, The conferences will follow a long, series of protests by the embassy here against the Prench system of double taxation on American companies - erating in France either as agents for| firms in the United States, as subsidia; corporations or as independent com: panies with capital in America. This system, while on the statu books for a long time, has only been enforced against American companies during the last two years. American business men say it has created such a situation that a number of corporations have been on the point of liquidating their business here and abandoning the French field. HAVOC CAUSED BY MATCH. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 17 (P).— A lighted mateh in the hands of a man seeking lodging in_ the basement of a vacant apartment building on the East Side last’ night caused a gas that leveled the building, Modification of Oddie Amend- 'may aic. tree other mes, passeripy. vhose names were not taken by police, ment, Carrying 7 1-2 Pect. Reduction, Voted by Senate, By the Associated Press. i The Senate today approved a pm-' posed miodification of the Oddie hire, leather and shoe tariff amendment to cut from 17!z to 10 per cent thc rate carried in the amendment on goat and | kid leather. ‘The vote was 42 to 33 for the 10 per cent rate suggested by Senator Walsh Democrat, of Massachusetts. This was the first of nine attempts to modify the Oddie to prove successful. The Oddie amendment itself has yet to be voted upon. A perfecting amendment by Senator Howell, Republican of Nebraska, to re- duce the proposed Oddie rates on side upper and patent leather from 52-10 cents a square foot and 10 per cent to 52-10 cents and 48-10 per cent also was adopted, 36 to 35. — Governor Quits Post. POTSDAM, —Provincial Gov. Wilhelm Momm has resigned after exposure of his wife as perpetrator of the theft of welfare funds and silverware from the guber- natorial mansion. NO (HARGE FOR EXTRA PASSENGERS METROPOLITAN 1727 PPING OR INESS CALLS 1.'0 SH (L OUR| ere cut by flying glass. Germany, March 17 (®). | A New !.ow Price This Highgrade CORPORATION NNECTICUT AV )NE PQTOMAC 2 #M ¥ GOTTLIEB, MGR Man’s movement. Special $1 2.95 Elgin Strap Watch Neat, handsomely designed case with dependable Elgin TUESDAY ONLY Boldsmith & To. 1225 F. Strect. N.W. NEAR THIRTEENTH , STREET Estab. 1873 ! 5 : 5