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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers this afternoon, followed by fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 93, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, No.. ‘AT, Brhe Entered as second class matter Washington, > ;G .WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1930—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. DRY MODIFICATION BILL IS REPORTED BY SENATE GROUP Measure Cuts Jones Law Penalties for First Offenses. SENATORS WOULD LIMIT CRIME BODY FUNCTIONS | Proposal Is Made to Cut Support to $50,000 and Hold Group to Prohibition Study. By the Associated Press. The House bill modifying the Jones bition law to provide slighter pen- les for first violators of the dry act | was reported to tre Senate today by | its judiciary committee. At the same time, conferees of the Senate and House again reported dis- agreement on the provision put in the | second deficiency appropriation bill by | the Senate res:ricting the Law Enforce- | ment. Commission to an appropriation of $50.000 next year and confining its ac- tivities to a study of prohibition alone. House Expected to Back Hoover. A move is expected in the House to authorize the $250,000 for the com- mission requested by President Hoover. _Chairman Norris of the Senate ju- diciary committee expressed a willing- ness to bring his resolution proposing a Senate investigation of prohibition enforcement to a vole, but this was laid aside and it is considered dead for this session. Leaders were hopeful of getting through the prohibition bills which Teceived the committee’s approval. _The committee amended the House bill to provide the smaller penaltics should apply only where there has been no previous conviction or pre- vious violation of the dry law within two years. The committee also approved the House measures defining petty offenses under the dry law and authorizing de- fendants to waive jury trials. How- ever, no action was takes on the other bill ‘of the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission program to allow trial of liquor cases by United States com- missioners. $500 Maximum Fine Proposed. The bt modifying the Jonss law would fix & maxivam fine of £500 and a jail senicrce of not m an six | months for thosc convicied who do not sell, make or transport more than & gallon of liquor. Meanwhile, prohibition came to the fore in the House, where Representa- tive Celler, Democrat, New York, in- troduced a Tresolution calling for an Representative Celler, in his resolu- bion, set forth that Campbell relinquish- €d\his post as prohibition administra- tor \ “under conditions that indicate great laxity in the enforcement of the Voistead ‘act and, the interference by New York Republican politicians in the enforcement of that act. Camipbell resigned rather that accept & trangfer to Boston under the read- Jjustments, which attended the transfer of prohibition enforcement from the | Treasury to the Justice Department to- day. Inia statement last night, he charged \there w brewery, whisky and gicohol permits “that local politicians and ceriain administration officials in | Washingtyn feel must be restored in | order to jecure necessary support for can ticket in New York this | While Gdvernment officials scanned | the statemgnt closely, no public ex- | pressions or} it were forincoming from that source It was a topic of discus- sion on Cgp,‘m Hill Celler\ resolution said “the en- | of the Ritz-Carlton Central Park Casino, | us of the fashionable | n} repeated the -Camp-'| \ certain United States | ‘Treasury officials yare insincere in their efforts to nn!nrr‘(‘ the law and have publicly demonstfated that fact” and said the FPederal York City in the office of the' * * ¢ Campbell ch B t Principals Arrested iy Guadalajara | ‘When Plans Beca MEXICO CITY, government 1 (#).—The hat a plot Chihuahua | been frus- | ted in Guadalajara. ) erted when plans of the Aes came known. The instigators thave been ' WORK ON ME Action Reported | building has been stopped in the in- SENATE EXPECTED 70 VOTE INCREASE { | INPENSION RATES |Admitted by Administration Leaders as Hope for Ac- tion Today Wanes. | CONFERENCE IS LIKELY IF AMENDMENT PASSES | Veterans’ Relief Bill Situation Raises Doubt Over Adjourn- ment Before July 4. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Walsh-Connally amendment to the World War veterans' pension bill, increasing the compensation to be made disabled veterans, is liksly to be adopted, it was admitted by administra- tion leaders in the Senate today. This amendment, which would make the rate of payment to the disabled vet- erans of the World War the same as the rate paid Spanish war veterans, is expected to be adopted with a margin of 4 or 5 votes. Its adoption will be opposed by administration Senators and by the President. ‘The pension bill, it is expected, will be sent to conference between the two houses if the Walsh-Connally amend- ment is written into the measure by the Senate. What sort of a compromise could be worked out in conference was a mere matter of conjecture today. Some of the Senators expressed the opinion that in the end the Senate might have to yield if the House conferees stood out against this amendment. Hope for Vote Today Wanes. Hope of final action on the veterans’ bill in the Senate today grew dimmer after the session opened at noon. A number of Senators announced their desire to speak on the veterans' bill, thereby delaying b vote. Senate leaders discussed the advisability of seeking unanimous consent to'vote at 2 or 3 o'clock tomorrow on the bill and all amendments. ‘The situation in the Senate in con-! nection with the veterans’ bil! today a serious doubt as to the DPos- sibility of an agjournment of Congress before July 4. Unless the disposition of the veterans’ bill and the District ap- propriations bill can be expedited, it looks now as though Congress will be in session next week. The Walsh-Connally amendment to the veterans’ bill would increase the maximum rate of payment to disabled veterans from to $60 per month and the minfmum rate from $12 to $20. La Follette Takes Floor. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, a member of the Finance Committee, which handled the veterans’ bill, took the floor soon after the Senate met | today and delivered a strong plea for increasing the rate of payment to the World War veterans who would benefit under the pending bill. ‘The Senate took up the Ilgeislation yesterday, with Senator Watson of In- diana, the majority leader, urging speedy action. Walsh and Connally led the fight for adoption of the Democratic figures and were opposed in debate by Reed of Pennsylvania and Fess of Ohio, Republicans. Reed Pleads for House Bill. Reed, who offered a substitute for the Johnson-Rankin bill, which was vetoed by President Hoover, pleaded for the assage of the House bill. “I hope for the sake of getting some- thing for our veterans,” he said, “we will stand by the rates in the bill.” This remark was regarded as significant in view of his conference with President Hoover on veterans' legislation. He estimated the cost of the Walsh- Connally proposal would be $58,000,000 in the fiscal year beginning today and that it would run as high as $167,000,~ 000 in 1935. The cost of the House rates, he said, would be $31,000,000 this year HUNTER BROTHERS ALOFT 476 HOURS Record Refueling Flyers Say They Won't Land Until Plane Gives Up. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 1.—Continuation of the Hunter Brothers’ travelogue of the air depended today upon the endurance of man and material. With the 476th hour aloft passed at 12:40 pm. today the question at Sky Harbor Afrport was: Miieh wili break first—the men or the plane?” The 175th refueling was accomplished at 9:10 am. The City of Chicago has received only cursory attention during the flight—and this mainly in greas- ing the motor. The usual care of struts, wires and mountings has been neglected—cast aside by the importance motors are checked for repairs after every 50 hours of flying time; after the 200-hour mark, they are completely overhauled. Other parts of the planes receive the same care. Sleeping Situation Acute, With a new romance of the skie: 500 hours aloft”—only one moon away, the sleeping situation is becoming acute. The two brothers—John and Kenneth —sleep whenever they feel like it— whether for a few minutes or a few hours. They eat the same way—every- thing irregular—if they are hungry they gorge; if not they nibble. “How lolr can this last?” those on the ground as] If all goes well aboard the City of Chicago the 500-hour mark will be | reached at 12:40 p.m. tomorrow. The brothers vow, however, they will do their sky-rocketing in the sky on the Fourth of July; they said last night they were not coming down until their Stinson- Detroiter monoplane gives up, Walter and Albert Hunter, the crew of the refueling plane Big Ben, said | they thought their brothers would stay | up until Saturday at least. | Faces Perilous Task. Kenneth Hunter, the wingwalker on | the Hunter Brothers' barnstorming tour of yore, was faced with a perilous task today to avoid a possible accident to and $82,000,000 in 1935. Walsh said the higher rates would end agitation among the veterans and make | any additional relief unnecessary for 12 years. He cstimated the amendment | woulld provide for 638,000 veterans with- | in three years. . XICO CITY COURT BUILDING HALTED in Interest of Government’s Campaign of Economies. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 1.—Newspaper reports today said that work on Mexi- co City’s new $3,000,000 Supreme Court terests of the government campaign of economies. Some months ago the thieves’ market, dating back to the time of the Aztecs, was demolished to make room for the new court edifice and excavation had arrested, the report said been started. SPEEDING BREDAL , | to see that the damages to the town's of the Republican National Coj and Fulton Lewis, vealed that shortly after their the couple ran afoul of passing through Mount Members of the council wi completely informed as to e: happened, but they were sure 1. The bridal car and two chines which w;r:l following stopped for speeding. 2. One of the automobiles ally struck the motor cycle of ) Chief of Police Eugene Plumer, throgwing him 1o the ground, partially * ing the motor cycle, and 3. Nobody was arrested. Councilman Floyd B. particularly irate over the and succeeded in having & pmd' ordering police to - seemed t fact resolution a war- AUTOS ROUSE IRE party, directing the corporation counsel motor cycle were paid and instructing Plumer to inform the mayor and coun- cil as to the identity of the persons he stopped. Mathias charged the persons who | were stopped had attempted to use their influence to “hush the matter up.” He | reported police had told him the cars ‘were going 52 miles an hour and that it was only “luck” that Plumer was not seriously injured. One of the drivers, Mathias claimed diplomatic im- " council was informed that Plumer fell on his holster and broke the rudder. In the many refuelings, papers and strings have been torn from the end of the rope lowered from the “Big Ben” and blown aft, collecting | about the rudder and stabilizer. Last night, Kenneth said he would crawl along the fuselage sometime today and remove the paper. He added he would Wwear no parachute because it would hamper his movements. Dale Jackson, who with Forest O’Brine set the old record of 420:21:30 in the St. Louis Robin, flew to Chicago yesterday and planned to go aloft today to drop a victory wreath onto the wings of the City of Chicago. Sparta, Il., whose back pastures were used by the Hunter brothers for their airplane training fields, sent a commit- tee of entouragement to Sky Harbor Airport today. Headed by Mayor W. W. Lynn, the moral support group included the sec- retary of the Chamber of Commerce, Will Keigley; Nathan R. Lessley, a banker, and Leo Campbell, head of the Sparta’ Rotary Club, “We're here until the plane comes to earth,” Mayor Lynn said. The mayor sald a subscription had been taken in Sparta yesterday and that $300 was pledged toward a munici- pal airport, to be named after the Hunter brothers. A delegation of 500 or so was pre- paring to come to Chicago if the plane remained aloft throughout today, Mayor Lynn said. $4,000,000 POST OFFICE BILL SENT TO HOOVER Funds Will Make Possible Addi- tion Doubling Working Space in D. C. Structure. The Elliott bill authorizing an ap- propriation of $4,000,000 for the erec- tion of an annex or addition to the ‘Washington City Post Office so as to double the working space was today sent to the President. The House approved the conference Teport on this measure, the Senate hav- ing receded in conference on its amend- ment which would have reduced the lngmpmuon from $4,000,000 to $3,- 000.000. ‘This completes the administration | the front sight of his revolver. He was shaken and bruised, but not badly hurt. Police admitted that the bridal car was stopped, but inasmuch as no one |was arrested, refused to reveal the |identity of the persons in any of the | machines. They said all members of the party were courteous and affable and offered to pay for all damage -y X pr submitted to the House com- mit on public buildings and grounds, all of its bills having been pussed. Dr. Prestes Leaves Paris. PARIS, July 1 (#).—Dr. Julio Prestes, President-clect of Brasil, with his suite, left this forenoon for London after a three-day visit i Paris, of refueling. ofim airlines, it was pointed out, | Bill to Make July 5 Holiday in District Is Passed by House On motion of House Leader Tilson, the House today by unani- mous consent approved the bill which has already passed the Senate making July 5 a legal holiday in the District. This legislation was sought not only to permit Government employes. and others to enjoy the three- day holiday, since July 5 comes on Saturday, but also to assist banking institutions whose work would be complicated if Saturday were a business day. FOSTER ARRESTED INLINGLE MURDER Alleged Owner of Gun Used Held Incommunicado in Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 1.—Frank Fos- ter, wanted for questioning in the Chi- cago killing of Jake Lingle, Chicago | Tribune reporter, is under arrest here. | Police Detective Capt. Joe Taylor an- | nounced today the much-hunted man was arrested last night and placed him incommunicado in the City Jail. SUSPECT WALKS INTO RAID. Police Claim Prisoner Trailed Lingle | for Gunmen. | CHICAGO, July 1 (#).—One of the men particularly sought in the Lingle murder case walked unsuspectingly and | unexpected into the arms of the law | last night. He is Grover Dullard. They say he | is a gunman, a beer peddler and a | “Bugs” Moran " gangster. But what | they say with especial pertinence s | that he is the man who trailed Jake Lingle, Tribune reporter, on the day Lingle was slain, and that he “put the finger” on Lingle—pointed him out to the man who actually fired the murder bullet. It may even develop, detectives inti- mated, that Dullard provided the shoxi- barreled .38-caliber revolver the nse%s- sin dropped beside the reporter: tody as it lay in the Illinois Central subway under Michigan avenue at Randolph street. Dullard was arrested with eight others, including a young woman, in a rald by State's Attorney’s men on the Loop headquarters of the “Moran The offices have been under survelllance for some time. Walks in During Raid. Dullard was not present when the of- ficers entered. He walked in while the raid was in progress. The offices, po- lice said, are the “pay-off” headquar- ters for the Moran men. A book con- talning 150 names, presumably of gangsters, was thrown from a window as the police entered. It later was re- covered. Another raid was made a few min- utes afterward on a room in the Com- monwealth Hotel on the North Side. Two men were arrested. A third raid resulted in the arrest of Jack Zuta, known as the operator of a string of (Conmzu'ei on Page 2, Column 8.) WOULD ERECT MEMORIAL TO WORLD WAR DEAD Representative Luce Initiates Move to Create Commission to Study Project. By the Associated Press. Initiating a move for erection of a national memorial to men and women who lost their lives in the World War, Representative Luce, Republican, Mas- sachusetts, has prepared a resolution to authorize creation of a commission to study the matter in conjunction with the Pine Arts Commission. Luce is chairman of the joint con- gressional committee on the library, which 1s charged with the responsibility of acting on all national memorials. Although there are memorials to cer- tain World War organizations in Wash- inglon, there are none dedicated to the American World War dead. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Arlington Cemetery, in Virginia,/across the Poto- mac River from the Capital. consider the question of what form the memorial should take, where it might be placed, and how the project may best be advanced. %Warrenton VRGINA FARNER AND 2 BRLS SHOT Holds Colored Man Accused of Firing Car After Wounding Trio. Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, July 1.—Allie Corbin, 65-year-old farmer, is believed to be dying and his two daughters, Estelle and Isabel, gre in a serious condition at the Fauquier County Hospital here suffering from bullet wounds and burns about the body. Elwood Payne, 27, colored, is in jail here charged with attempts to kill the three by shooting the farmer and the two girls, then setting fire to the ma- chine in which the three lay wounded. Payne denies all charges. Physicians today indicated that the two daughters may recover,, but hold out few hopes for Corbin, who was shot through the head. The two women were wounded in the neck and head and were burned severely., Corbin also was burned seriously. Farmer Shot Through Head. Payne, who was driving the car for Corbin last night, shot the farmer through the head during an argument as they rode along a road near Rec- | tortown, according to information re- ceived by Sheriff W. S. Wolf. He then drove to the Corbins' home, where he told the daughters their father was ill and they must take him to a hospital, authorities were told. After the girls entered the car Payne is accused of driving them some dis- | tance from the house, then running the car into a field, shooting both young women and pouring gasoline over them and the automobile and setting fire to it. Payne then disappeared, according to the story told Sheriff Wolf by Isabel, who was able to reach a nearby house and sound the alarm. Suspect Denies Charges. Estelle, though wounded through the neck, succeeded in dragging her father and herself from the car before the machine was destroyed by flames. Payne, who was captured soon after- ward at his home, immediately denied the charges of the two girls. He indi- cated the shooting and burning was ac- cidental, authorities declared. C. Carter, prosecuting attorney; Sheriff Wolf and deputies opened an investigation, but withheld further ac- tion pending the outcome of Corbin's wounds. The hearing for Payne will be delayed. ON TREATY MONDAY Hoover to Call Session Immediate- ly After Adjourn- ment. By the Associated Press. President Hoover has decided to call the Senate into special session for con- sideration of the London naval treaty on next Monday, if Congress adjourns any time this week. Congressional leaders were making a drive today to assure an adjournment by Thursday night in order to permit a holiday over the Fourth of July. Both Senate and House leaders were confident the end could be reached by then, although veterans’ relief legisla- tion must first be settled and the differences between the Senate and House over appropriations ironed out. HELEN NOT QUEEN Instructs Ladies-in-Waiting to Call Her Princess. VIENNA, July 1 (#).—An agency telegram from Bucharest today said that Queen Helen had requested her ladies-in-waiting and other attendants never to use the word “Queen” when addressing her, but simply to say “Princess.” The story was accepted here as indication that reconciliation with King Carol was still remote. MORROW IN EL PASO Confers With Commission to Rec- tify U. 8.-Mexico Boundary. EL PASO, Tex., July 1 () —Dwight W. Morrow, United States Ambassador to Mexico, conferred here today for sev- eral hours with members of the Inter- national n to rectify the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. The Ambassador who is en route to Mexico City, J)lmned to leave at 1 p.m. aboard President Ortiz Rubio's special Radio Pr(;nan;”on Page C-8 { train which was sent to Juarez to be placed at his disposal. “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 FRP as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,272 (#) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. SENATORS REPEAT STAND FOR $12,000,000 U. S. SUM, KILLING HOUSE SCHEME Workers Report for Tasks at Usual Hour. LAY-OFFS SEEN IF CRISIS LASTS 3,000 Employes to Lose Pay Rais . Temporarily. Despite the fact that appro- priations for the conduct of the| municipality of Washington ex-| pired at midnight last night the! District Building opened for busi- | ness as usual today and every-| thing went along smoothly, al- though none of the District work- ers knows when his next pay day will be. The deadlock at Capitol Hill which has held up the appro- priation bill, customarily passed in May, was met by an order to de- partment heads by the District Commissiongre toa- calling on them for &' olicy ‘vt business as usual. The order reads: “Ordered that as Congress has not apropriated money for the fiscal year 1931, or adopted a continuing resolu- tion, heads of departments are to con- tinue on the basis of the 1930 appro- priations for maintenance and operating expenses, eliminating all improvements and new work. Effect on Salaries. “That annual employes (and certain of the per diem employes Wnose serv- ices are covered by the 1930 act) of the District government are to continue in the service on the basis of the 1930 salary appropriations, with the under- standing that no money will be available with which to pay salaries until Con- gress takes some affirmative action on the 1931 bill. “That none of the improvements contemplated by the 1931 bill now pend- ing in Congress shall be undertaken until it becomes law.” While it is not so stated in the order, it was said at the District Build- ing that it was based on the premise that a “sudden emergency” existed. The net effect of this proclamation, for today, at least, is that nobody has been Jaid off as far as can be ascer- tained. In most of the departments it would be a matter of extreme diffi- culty to segregate the employes and lay off thosc whose work deals only with “improvements and new work” and re- :ain those whose work deals with ‘main- tenance and operating.” This will have to be done in the next few days if the regular appropriation bill fails and some kind of a start has been made on it in most of the departments where it is a factor. Architect’s Office Hit. Perhaps the d-partment worst hit of all is the municipal architect’s office, and this on account of the method of paying most of the force. There are 51 employes and of these, 11 are on the annual salary roll. The remaining 40 are per die mworkers. When an appro- priation is made for a new building, 3 per cent of it is allotted for office serv- ice of draftsmen, inspectors, etc., and the salary roll of the 40 per diem em- ployes is met out of these sums. There is available about 10 days pay for the force on projects authorized in 1930 an dbeing cabried on with money provided in the 1930 appropriation bili. After this money is gone these men and women must be laid off unless a new appropriation bill is passed. Passage of a continuing resolution will not help these workers since it will carry no new projects and therefore there will be no appropriation for them. Nine of the 40 are women. Last January the Commissioners, after a long study decided to increase slightly the wages of per diem laborers in all of the engineer departments effective today. Yesterday they were compelled to order these increases indefinitely postponed, since they were not sure that they would have even the money to pay the men their old rates. About 3,000 workers, including unskilled labor- ers, mechanics, carpenters, painters and the like, are affected by this. All. Workers on Hand. As far as is known not a single District worker failed to show up on account of the uncertainty of getting his pay. In the District Bullding the day went on about the same as any other day except that department heads were frantically figuring on the. divi- slon between their maintenance and new construction rolls. The District Commissioners assembled at their regular bi-weekly board session at 10 o'clock and acted on numerous routine matters. One of their first actions was to disapprove a bill pending in Congress to change the name of Meridian Hill Park to Henderson Park. “While it is true” they wrote to Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District Committee, “that Senator and Mrs. Henderson took an active part in the development of this area and that Mrs. Henderson had a large part in establishing the park, it s the opinion of the Commissioners that the historic name of this park should not be changed, but that if it is desired to recognize the part played by Senator Henderson in the develcpment of the city some other method of doing so be found.” Three Privates Assigned. The Commissioners assigned three privates in the Metropolitan Police Department to the White House police force_on _recommcndation of W. H. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 200 Jobless in Mobile. MOBILE, La., July 1 (#).—The re- pair shops of the Mobile & Ohio Rail- road Co. at Whistler, a suburb of this city, closed today, throwing nearly 200 men out of work. A notice posted on the shop gates said the sus lon would be for an indefinite peri Rain caused cancellation of the third game between the Nationals and the Browns this afternoon, 4 D. C. Income Rises And $10,000,000 Is Held in Reserve Although the District is unable to spend any money, it has a comfortable surplus in the Treas- ury and the tax collections for the year ending yesterday broke all records. Tax Collector Chatham M. ‘Towers estimated the year's re- ceipts at $34,700,000. The re- ceipts for the previous fiscal year totaled $33,484,825.35. ‘The District has to its credit in the Federal Treasury approxi- mately $10,000,000, according to the estimate of Acting Auditor A. R. Pilkerton. is money is free of all claims, but may not be used until Congress says the word by passing the appropriate legislation. BROOKHART BILL READY FOR HOOVER eral Pay Measure Is Adopted by Senate. ‘The Senate today adopted without de- bate the conference report on the Brookhart bill granting additiemal pay increases to a large number of Gov- ernment employes, both in Washington and in the field service, by correcting inequalities growing out of the Welch salary law of 1928. ‘The House having already approved this report, the bill will be ready to go o the White House for signature today or_tomorrow. ) The conference report was called up by Chairman Dale of the Senate Civil Service Committee, and his motion to ratify it was agreed to by unanimous consent. Representative Lehlbach of New Jersey steered the bill through the House. As finally acted on the bill will not be retroactive, but will apply only from now on. The interpretation placed on the Welch law resulted in some emplayes receiving raises of $120 and $200 a year, while others were %mms only $60 and $100. The gene: pnrp?e of this bill is to give an increase of one additional salary step within their re- spective grades to those employes who were moved up only one step in 1928, - The bill also restores the authority of the Personnel Classification Board to review allocations of positions under the classification law, subject to the approval of the President. It has been estimated that this bill will result in salary increases amount- ing to approximately $1,500,000. ITALY RAISES TARIFF ON AMERICAN AUTOS First Retaliation in Europe for U. 8. Law May End Exports of Cars to Nation, By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930 ROME, Italy, July 1.—The first actual retaliation in Europe against the Smoot- Hawley tarift was revealed today, when it was discovered that yesterday morn- ing the Italian government put into ef- fect a tariff decree raising the rates on American and foreign automobiles by approximately 100 per cent. American dealers here consider the new duties prohibitive, and perdict that if the new tariff continues in effect no more Ameri- can cars will be imported into italy. Under the new schedules the duty on some American autos would be equal tos 150 per cent the price of the car when sold to the Italian dealer. One automo- bile which until yesterday oaid 15,000 paper litre must pay 31,000 under the new rates, an increase of more than 100 per cent. . GUARDS ESCAPE DEATH IN FIRE ON ARMORED CAR Youths Flee as Stolen Automobile Crashes Into Money Ladened Machine and Sets It on Fire. By the Associated Press, BROCKTON, Mass., July 1—Two guards narrowly escaped death in a burning armored car today when it was struck by a stolen automobile, over- turned and burst into flames. The two men, who were locked in the armored compartment _with several thousand dollars, were Earl Crumbling and Man- fred W. Bourne, both of New Bedford. ‘They were released with considerable difficulty as firemen were extinguishing the flames. The accident occurred when two boys in a stolen automobile backed into the armored car and fled to the woods as it toppled over and flames shot from be- neath the hood. Crumbling and King were cut and bruised, but their injuries probably were not serious. {Report of Conferees on Fed- | Substitute Old Bill for New Resolution. FIGHT PUT BACK WHERE IT BEGAN House Must Now Study Original Measure. -The Senate Appropriations Committee this afternoon sub- stituted the regular District bill as passed by the Senate more than a month ago in place of the continuing resolution adopted by the House yester- day. By unanimous action the Senate committee took the House resolution, struck out all after the enacting clause, and put in as an amendment the complete text of the regular bill carrying the $12,000,000 Federal contribution in place of the $9,000,000 advocated by the House. With the District of Columbia “broke” the Senate appropriation committee is expected to repori out this afternoon the resolution the House passed yesterday to continue last year’s maintenance money for the District govern- ment until some agreement is reached on the regular appropria- tion bill. It appeared almost cer- tain beforehand that the commit- tee would make some change in the measure, which came from the House still providing for $9,- 000,000 as the Federal contribu- tion, It was the $9,000000 lump sum which brought about the deadlock on the regular bill, and there were no signs at noon today that the Senate group would be likely to recommend the reso~ lution in that form. Could Amend Resolution. ‘There are a number of alternative ways in which the resolution could be amended, and there was no certainty prior to the meeting which method the committee would follow. The general impression was, however, that there would be some revision made. If the Senate changes the resolution that action would send it back to the House, and should the House fail to ac- cept the Senate amendment the con- tinuing resolution would then be in dis- agreement between the two branches, Jjust as the regular bill is at present. One alternative step would be for the Senate committee to strike out entirely the last section of the continuing reso- lution, which fixes the federal contribu- tion at $9,000,000. It was pointed out this morning that the omission of this section entirely would have the effect of having the 60-40 law of 1922 ap- plied to the resolution. That law pro- vided that 60 per cent of District ex- penses be borne by the District and 40 per cent by the Federal Government, Varied Figures Possible. An alternative would be to amend the third section of the resolution by writing in the $12,000,000 lump sum, which the Senate voted for in conn tion with the regular bill six weeks ago, It is also possible that some figure be- tween $9,000,000 and $12,000,000 could be inserted. Still another possibility would be to strike out all after the enacting clause of the House resolution and insert, as a substitute, the terms of the regular bill or any part of it. During a debate on the situation in the Senate several days ago, Senator Jones of Washington, who will preside as chairman at the meeting this after- noon, told his colleagues at that time that if the Senate is to humiliate itself by accepting $9,000,000 “then we ought to do it in connection with the District appropriation bill.” He added, however, that the Senate, judging by the vote taken last week to the effect that $9,« 000,000 is not sufficient, does rot ap- prove of such a course, “So it occurs to me,” Senator Jones then said, “and 1 make the sugges- tion that there is no reason for the passage of any such joint resolution. In my judgmeni, with a reasonable stand by the conference committees of both houses, a satisfactory adjustment can and ought to be made. There should be mutual yielding in the in- terests of the District.” Although the Senate voted originally for $12,000000 as a fair contribution from the Federal Government in view of the growing total of District appro- priations, in their efforts to reach an agreement with the House the Senate conferees have offered to come ccwn as low as $10,000,000, but thus far the House conferees have declued to agree to any provision above $9,000,000, By the Assoclated Press. More than one billion dollars, in the old, large size currency was yet in cir- culation today, almost a year after the large notes were replaced. tarting the new fiscal -fe"' e Treasury found that $1,060,795,609 of the old currency was still outstan and that $3,750,640,324 of the small notes 'werl }n circulation, tely 8166 During June approximal - 000,000 of the old currency was retired, for at the end of May there was out- standing a total of $1,226,000,000 of that variety of money. At that time there also was outstanding $3,659,000,000 of new currency, issued last July 10, which et ™ $1,060,795,609 IN LARGE SIZE CURRENCY STILL IN CIRCULATION $3,759,649,324 of Small Bills Are Out Almost Year After Issue by Treasury. g showed an increase during the month of mately $100,000,000. mates have placed the amount of old currency 'that would disappear irom $23,000,000 to $125,000,000, and Treasury officials have said any one's {huu’:. on the question was as good as eirs. ‘They pointed out that some currency issued in 1890 still was onuund.u;& zllth ‘l,“l'fig:oflllnndu” 'med, though ue was s years ago. e Federal Reserve bank notes is- sued during the war still are in tion. This issue was discontinued about six years ago, and the last statement showed that on May 31 there was $3,260,000 outstanding. i » 4