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* JOBS BUREAU BILL SUBSTITUTE ASKED Congress Fight Looms When Graham Proposes Doak Measure Instead. A fight over legislation to establish a national employment system is expected to occur in the House Monday, when Chairman Graham of the House Ju- diciary Committee will propose substi- tution of a bill drafted by Secretary of Labor Doak for the measure by Sen- ator Wagner, Democrat, New York. Chairman Graham was instructed to propose the substitute bill yesterday, When the committee approved the ad- ministration measure by a vote of 13 to 7. Called “Makeshift.” Representative La Guardia, Repub- Hcan, New York, immediately an- nounced that he will oppose the Dcax measure, which he termed “a make- shift.” Under the Wagner proposal a system 7% State-Federal employment offices, under the supervision of a new bureau in the Labor Department, would re- ceive Federal aid. The bill would au- thorize an appropriation of $1.500,000 for the first year, 75 per cent of which could be alloted to the various States if they matched that sum. Would Give U. S. Fund. The Doak measure, on the other hand, would authorize the same amount for co-operation between the Labor Department’s employment service and the State agencies. It would eliminate provision for Federal aid to State agencies, but weuld allow establishment of Federal employment agencies in the States, with State permission. If the House accepts the substitute it will be returned to the Senate. Wag- ner has served notice that he will op- pose it. FOUR SUPPLY BILLS SENT TO PRESIDENT Measures Carrying $1,790,000,000 Leave Only Three Appropria- tions Schedules Incomplete. Four appropriation bills aggregating $1,790,000,000 were sent to the White House by the Senate during a busy five-hour period yesterday. ‘They were: The $1,083,148,923 Treasury-Post Office bill, carrying, among other items, $61.- 000,000 for immediate expenditure on public building construction as an aid to employment. Thep $445,765,735 War Department measure, with the Senate provision to give 20,000,000 bushels of Farm Board wheat to fi;emun:!mployed eliminated on objection of the House managers. "l‘he $215,578,860 Agriculture Depart- ment bill. The $45,672,838 measure for the Dis- trict of Columbia. Only two of the nine regular supply bills and one of the two deficiency measures are awaiting congressional ap- val. w"i‘he independent offices bill, carrying | |side entrance in an effort to divert at- ! Life in Danger GUARD DIES SAVING YOUNG MONARCH. KING ZOG OF ALBANIA. By the Associated Press VIENNA, February 21.—Precautions | for the safety of King Zog I, 36-year-old self-made monarch of Albania, were redoubled - today as police investigated an unsuccessful attempt against his life as he left the opera last night. The King's adjutant, Maj. Topolai, received 1 of the 12 bullets intended for the monarch and was killed instantly. Anothcr bullet wounded an Albanian | court official, M. Lipozova, in the hip. The two assassins, who gave their names as Asiz Cami and Nadk Tielezzi, were captured by chauffeurs of other cars standing behind the royal vehicle. They were badly manh: . es- tioning brought no other explanation than they had acted through political motives. g Killing Attempts Numerous. A blood feud exists among the Al- banian mountaineers against the King, | and there have bzen frequent attempts to kill him. He rarely emerges from his palace at Tirana without clouding his movements. He came to Vienna last month to seek treatment for an indisposition which was diagnos:d™ as a disorder orought on by his smoking 150 cigarettes a day. In Tirana it is said that his mother prepares his food to prevent his | being poisoned by his cooks. Maj. Topolai and M. Lipozova were leaving the opera, “I Pagliacci,” by a tention from their royal master, who was proceeding through the front door of the building to his waiting car. As he prepared to enter th: car the two assassins aim and were about to fire when Maj. Topolai rushed in front of the King and was killed as he was about to draw his own gun. Precaution to Be dncreased. After the King returnied to his hotel suite Herr Schoeber, foreign minister, | called and expressed his regret at the incident. He promised that precau- tions for Zog's safety would be re- over $1,000,000,000, was returned to conference yesterday. BEATRICE WHOLEAN ADOPTION VOIDING DEMANDED IN SUIT (Continued From First Page.) to the disposition by way of reinvest- ments of the proceeds of the sale ot land belonging to the son or in which he had an interest and she has never asked for an accounting. Denial is made that any portion of the son's estate went into the purchase of the land and improvements known as premises 2437 Fifteenth street, which has been built by Mrs. Henderson with her own money and as a home for/ herself. Articles appearing recently in the public press, Mrs. Henderson tells the court, reflect a patriotic ideal and de- sire on her part of over 20 years stand- ing to have the Vice President of the United States in a home commensurate with his position. She is perfectly capable, she says, and able to give a doubled. King Zog before the World War was head of the Zcgolli, a,ruling family of the Mati district. He fought in the Austrian army during the World War and afterward entered the political life | of his own country. He became premisr and then was elected President, hold- ing that office for three years before proclaiming himself King late in 1929. He bas never been crowned, rumor having it that he is afraid the corona- tion would be attended with a new at- tempt against his life. ARMY OFFICER HONORED FOR TRIBUTE TO MOTHER Secretary Hurley Commends Lieut. Col. H. J. Weeks Writing Obituary. By the Associated Press. ‘The War Department forgot sabcrsl and spurs long enough today to com- | mend officlally one of its officers—not for a d-ed of herolsm but for his tribute | to_his dead mother. The officar was Lieut. Col. Harold J. home out of her own estate for this urpose. ‘This desire has been mani- yested in the past by offers of this defendant to give other buildings ‘o the United States Government for ‘that urpose, which have, up to the present zmt‘ been refused. Denies Dissipation of Estate. ‘Mrs. Wholean has always known of this desire of Mrs. Henderson, the court is advised, and until the filing of this suit has never objected to nor opposed this desire. Mrs. Henderson denies that she has by gift disposed of a large portion of her own estate, and also denies that her estate has become dissipated. She admits that she has made gifts of a small portion of her estate, which she had a right to do, but says that she is still possessed of vast and valuable real estate holdings, sufficient in value and amount to respond to any claim, if any she has, that Mrs. Wholean may urge against her, when urged at the proper time. The d-fendant asserts there is no need or necessity for the appointment of any one to make partition or division of the estates which she holds FLAG TO BE SHOWN U. 8. Emblem in Werld War to Signal Homage to Washington. Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson, senior chaplain of the 1st Division in the World War, will delivir the battle flag homage to George Washington on Sun- day evening at 8 o'clock in the Colum- bia Heights Christian _Church, 1420 Park road. The battle flag he will use was the first American battle flag dis- played on the front and was under enemy fire on many battlefields and crossed the Rhine. The service is dedi- cated to Washington, and the speaker In the homage will give five rcasons why Washington is enshrined in_the hearts of soldiers forever as the First American. BAiNflCONCEBT.V By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bendmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Young America”. ... ...Cohan Overture, “The Marriage of Figaro.” 0za: Four Indian love lyrics. “Temple Bells.” “Less Than the “Kashmiri Song. 1l I Wake.’ lange, “Master Melodies, No. 2.” Roberts Patrol characteristic, “Turkish,” Michaelis Waltz suite, “My Affinity” .Bendix Pinale, “Flufly Ruffles’ Gre “The Star Spangled Banner.” Pacific Record Is Broken. VICTORIA, British Columbia, Feb- Tuary 21 (#)—The Canadian Pacific Empress of Japan has clipped 3 15 minutes from her previous record of 8 days, 6 hours and 27 min- lJoo-mllem voyag; She yesterday days, 3 hours and 12 es. gun." rt | country to another. To cope with them, ‘Woodford-Finden \ een | quieting. He has been ordered to re- Weeks of Chattanooga, Tenn. H)s! mother was Juiia Shoemaker Weeks, | daughter of an Army officer, who went | to the fronti:r country in 1871 as the wife of an Army lieut:nant Col. Wecks, after his mother's recent | death, wrote a brief obituary of her life for a publication devoted to scrvice activitics. It came to the attention of general staff officers and through them to Secretary Hurley. “Never in her life did I hear the word | ‘can’t’ come from her lips,” Col. Weeks wrote. “Tears, yes, but only tears that mourned the dead, who could not be with her to watch ov r the growin brood. * * * She sent the only son ol enough away to serve in the Philippines. When next her country called she sent two sons to France and four wer: in Army camps at home. No heroics, no pictures of ‘the gallant mother, no looking for sympathy. just duty as the tradition * *. May the sons be worthy of the life Julia Shoemaker Wceeks gave to h r country.” Secretary Hurley was touched. wrote the colonel “The beautiful tribute to your noble mother * * * made a d-ep impression upon me. As I read it, the picture of the frontier was vividly present, with the Army protecting the march West of the covered wagons of fronti'r days * * * I can measure the depth of the affection you rightly haye for your mother’s memory and ho:‘;‘"oud}y you revere her life and accomplishments. In Ithat r verence the Army joins, for it 1is in the service of such noble women | that th> safety of tae Nation must | argely rest.” He CHICAGO OFFICIAL ASKS CONFERENCE ON CRIME Invites Prosecuting Attorneys of 50 Large Cities to Parldy I | | By the Associuted Priss, CHICAGO, February 21.—State’s At- torney John A. Swanson today sent let- ters to prosecuting attorneys in 50 large cities over the country inviting them |to confer here on the Nation's crime | problems and their solution. Swanson said criminals have Nation- { wide organizations, enabling them to |move rapidly from one part of the on Problems. | he added. law enforcement officers must co-operate with each other. The date of the mecting will be set later. B ot King Carol Has Bronchitis. BUCHAREST, Rumania, February 21 (™ —King Carol's cold has taken' the form of bronchitis. He has a high fever, but his condition is not considered dis- | Ramspeck, NG STAR,A WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931. SHOALS BLLVETD | [orsune v 00 ISCHALL ATTACKS | SEEN AT CAPTOL Measure _Reaches ~Senate. White House Silent on Approval. (Continued From First Page.) ta, Halsey, Hardy, Haugen, Hickey, Hoch, Holaday, Hope, Hull of Wiscon- sin, James of Michigan, Johnson of Illinois, Kading, Kelly, Ketchem, Ko- rell, La Guardia, Lambertson, Leavitt, McClintock of Ohio, McLeod, Mapes, Menger, Michener, Miller, Mouser, Nel- son of Wisconsin, Peavey, Pittenger, Reece, Schafer of Wisconsin, Schneider, Sears, Selvig, Shaffer of Virginia, Short, Simmons, ~ Simms, Sinclair, _Sloan, Smith of Idaho, Sparks, Speaks, Sproul of Kansas, Strong of Kansas, Summers of Washington, Swing, Taylor of Tennessee, Thatcher, Vincent of Michigan, Wainwright, Walker, Welch of California, Williamson, Woodruff of Michigan, .Wurzbach, Zihlman. Total Republicans voting_for, 87. Farmer Labor—Kvale, 1. Democrats—For: Abernethy, Allgood, Almon, Arnold, Aswell, Aufderheide, Ayres, Bankhead, Black, Blanton, Bloom, Box, Boylan, Brand of Georgia, Briggs, Browning, Brunner, Buchannan, Busby, Byrns, Canfield, Cannon, Cart- wright, Cochran of Missouri, Collier, Collins, Condon, Connery, Cooper of Tennessee, Cox, Crisp, Cross of Texas, Crosser of Ohio, Cullen, Davis, Derquen, Dominick, Dorsey, Doughton, Doxey, Drane, Driver, Edwards, Eslick, Evans of Montana, Pisher, Fitzpatrick, Fuller, Fulmer, GambrHl, Garner, Gasque, Gavagan, Glover, Goldsborough, Grand- field, Green, Greenwood, Gregory, Grif- fin. ‘Hare, Hastings, Hill of Alabama, Hill of Washington, Howard, Huddle- ston., Hull of Tennessee, James of North Carolina, Jeffers, Johnson of Oklahoma, Johnson of Texas, Jones of Texas, Kemp, Kerr, Lartham, Lankford of Georgia, Lea of California, Lindsay. Lozier, Ludiow, McCormack of Massachusetts, McDufly, McMillan, Mc- Reynolds, McSwain, Mansfield, Mead, Milligan, Montet, Mooney, Moore of Kentucky, Morehead, Nelson of Mis- souri, Norton, Oldfield, Oliver of Ala- bama, Oliver of New York, Owen, Parks, Parsons, Patman, Patterson, Prall, Quin, Ragon, Henry T. Rainey, Rankin, Rayburn, _Reilly, Rutherford, Sanders of Texas, Sandlin. Smith of West Virginia, Somers of New York, Steagall, Sumners of Texas, Tarver, Underwood, Vinson of Georgia, Warren, Whitehead, Whittington, Wil- son, Wingo, Woodrum of Virginia, Wright, Yon. Total Democrats for, 128. Foes Poll 153 Votes. Republicans againsi—Ackerman, Allen, Andrew, Arentz, Bachmann, Bacon, Beck, Beedy, Beers, Blackburn, Bohn, Bolton, Bowman, Brigham, Britten, Brumm, Cable, Campbell of Pennsylvania, Carter of California, Chalmers, Chind- blom, Chipperfield, Clark of Maryland, Clarke of New York, Cochran of Penn- sylvania, Cole, Colton, Connelly, Cooke, Cooper ' of 'Ohio, _Coyle, Cramton, Crowther, Culkin, Dallinger, Darrow. Dempsey, Denison, De Priest, Douthrich, Dunbar, 'Eatcn of Colorado, Eaton of New Jersey, Ellis, Erk, Estep, Esterly, Evans of California, Fenn, Finley. Fort, Foss, Free, Freeman, Garber of Vir- ginia, Gifford, Golder, Goss, Hadley, Hale, Hall of Tllinois, Hall of Indiana, Hancock of New York, Hawley, Hess, Hogg of Indiana, Hoff of West Virginia, Hooper, Hopkins, Houston, Hudson, Mor- ton D. Hull, William E. Hull, Jenkins, Johnson of Nebraska, Johnson of Washington, Jonas of North Caro- lina, Kahn, Kearns, Kendall of Ken- tucky, Kendall of Pennsylvania, Kinser, Kopp, Kurtz, Langley, Lankford of Vir- ginia, Leech, Lehlbach, Letts, Loof- bourow, Luce, McCormick of Illinois, McFadden, McLaughlin, Maas, Manlove, Martin, Merritt, Moore of Ohio, Morgan, Murphy, Nelson of Maine, Niedringhaus, Nclan, O'Connor of Oklahoma, Palmer, Parker, Ruth Baker Pratt, Pritchard, Purneli, Frank M. Ramey, Ramseyer, inson, Rogers. Sanders of New York Seger, Seiberling. Shott, Shreve, Snell, Snow, Stafford, Stalker, Stobbs, Strong of Pennsylvania, Sullivan of Pennsyl- vania, Swanson, Taber, Temple, Thurs- ton, Tilson, Treadway, Turpin, Under- hill, Vestal, Wason, Watres, Welsh of Pennsylvania, White, Whitley, Wiggles- worth, Wolfenden, Wolverton of New Jersey, Wolverton of West Virginia, Wood 'and Wyant. Total Republicans against, 150. Democrats against—Douglas of Ari- zona, Linthicum of Maryland and Palmisano, Maryland. Total Demo- crats against, 3. Total voting against—153. For—Republicans, 87: Democrats, 128; Farmer-Labor, 1. Total for, 216. Against—Republicans, 150; crats, 3. Total against, 153. Total vote—369. Voting present—1. Paired—40. Absent and not voting—21, Speaker Lopgworth—1., 7 Vacancies—3. Total House membership—435. INEW REVOLT WAVE ENDS WITH 61 DEAD IN SOUTH AMERICA _(Continued Prom First Page.) harbor, but they were captured by civilians. The American killed was Reginald A. Skidmore of Bethlehem, Pa., assistant marine superintendent of the Grace steamship lin's. He was eating his lunch at his club in Callao when a stray bullet stmick him. PARAGUAY REVOLT “RED.” ASUNCION, Paraguay, February 21 () —President Guggiari, after an ex- traordinary cabinet session, has ordered prompt military measures to put down a “Communist” band which yesterday captured the frontier town, Villa En- carnacion, later abandoning it. Several alleged Communists were arrestzd here in conneétion with the troublz, describ'd in dispatches from Posadas, across the Rio Parana, in the Argentine, as a revolt. No other Para- guavan towns were believed affected. The rebels. led by Marcos Karner, Abdulio Barthe and Facundo Duarte, captured the police headquarters, the customs house and all public buildings, interrupting communication with Po- sadas, although they did not capture the telegraph office. The Paraguayan consul at Posadas first reported the capture of the town and in a later tele- gram, filed early today, sald the rebels had all left. Villa Encarnacion has a population of about 15,000 and is situated on the Rio Parana about 227 miles from Asuncion, Paraguayan capital. A ferry connects it with Posadas and it is the terminus of the Central Paraguay Railway. It hides and tobacco. It is the center of a rich agricultural and grazing_ district. The Pareguayan President, Dr. Jose P. Guggiari, assumed office in 1928 for a four-year term. He is a Liberal and his administration has been known for varjous reforms. ARGENTINE PLOT NIPPED. BUENOS AIRES, February 21 (#)— main in bed for several days. His pulse is norm: 18 Red Suspects Held. MANILA, February 21 (#).—Con- tinuing a recently begun campaign against Communists, the prosecuting attorney of Manila today filed sedition cl against lltlllued reds. Three Communist leaders were simi- larly charged & few weeks ago. A number of army officers, said to total between 10 and 15, are being held here in connection with a plot against the government which was to have culmi- nated in an uprising last Monday dur- ing the pre-Lenten celebration. Gen. Toranzo, sought as leader of the plot, has fled from the Argentine. The others are said to be in the na- tional pes dismissal from the army and Ushuala prison ,colony Irwin, | Ransley, Reed of New York, Rich, Rob- | Demo- | I subseribed to by Gen. Sadino. exports much Paraguayan tea, timber, ' MISS IRENE PHILLIPS, Stamp clerk in the La Porte, Ind., post office, has never seen the New Jotnerville c1d field, at Henderson, Tex., but it has made her wealthy. She is reputed to have sold 116 acres in the field for $70,000. She still has 400 acres, estimated to be worth $200,000. Her initial investment-was $500. 'She did her negotiating by mail with a friend. —A. P. Photo. NICARAGUAN TRUCE PROPOSAL IS MADE Agent of Sandino Sees Fight- ing Useless Pending U. S. Withdrawal. | | | | By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, February 21—An! offer to “intercede” in the Nicaraguan guerilla warfare with the object of put- ting an immediate halt to fighting there was made in a statement here today by Dr. Pedro Zepeda, foreign representa- tive and trusted emissary of the in- surgent leader, Gen. Augustino Sandino. Dr. Zepeda suggested that arrange- ments be made to cease offensives on both sides. In return for guarantee ggainst attack in his mountain strong- hoids, he said that he believed Sandino might agree to desist from raids on towns and lines of communications. Sees Fighting Futile, Inasmuch as the United States Gov- ernment has announced its intention of withdrawing the Marines from Nicara- gua, Dr. Zepeda said, there is no use of prolonging the wartare during the time it takes to accomplish this, San- dino having already indicated that he would lay down his arms when—but not before—all the Marines are gone. | He offered 1o take an airplane to Nicaragua and personally confer with Sandino on the matter if he were sure it would be favorably received by the Moncado Nicaraguan_government and the American authorities. Zepeda sajd that 7 insurgents had been killed and 17 wounded in fighting thus far this week in the El Tulle region, near Ocotal, but claimed that the government forces lost 40 dead while 3 American Marines and 7 mem- bers of the guardia were wounded by | the insurgents. | A'little over a week ago, he said, |{ the Sandinistas took the town of Somoto. but evacuated it after a few | hours in the face of an offensive by | Marine aviators. One cf the planes | dropped a bomb on the home of Gen Camilio Lopez Arias, President of the I Niciraguan Senate, and destroyea it “We shoot all our prisoners,” he | said. Acked to repeat his statement he said: “Yes, we shoot them. You think that is hcrrible. It is. But it is in retaliation for the same kind of treat- | ment. Moncado’s men shoot all of cur men that they capture.” U. S. POSITION STATED. American officials said today that no agreement for an armistice was neces- sary to bring a cessation of hostility between Nicaraguan goverhment forces and the insurgent forcessunder Gen Augustino Sandino. Hostilities would cease, one high offi- clal said. the moment that the insur- gents lay down their arms and returned to gainful occupations. No formal ar- rangement is necessary for such action | The ending of hostilitles, it is said, is solely a matter for the insurgents them- sclves. Officlals here would not look with | | particular favor on a formal agreement | The State D-partment now has in its files a former agreement by him to abide by a previous settlement, which was de- signed to end civil strife in Nicaragua All of the insurgent leaders agreed to the settlement excepting Sandino, de- spite his written undertaking to do so. The recent effecting of a plan by Secretary Stimson and President Mon- cada to push forward a vigorous cam- paign against the Sandino forces with a determination to annihilate them was considered the reason for the offer to “intercede” by Dr. Pedro Zepeda, WALES HOPS IN PLANE ANTOFAGASTA. Chile, February 21 (P)—The Prince of Wales and Prince George, his younger brother, took off from the Porte Zuelo Air Station at 9:45 o'clock :his morning in an am- phibian plane for Santiago, escorted by six_army airplanes: | They will stop for lunchzon at Co- piapo and are due at the El Bosque Air- pert, Santiago, at 5 o'clock this evening. | HOOVER IN SENATE Appointment of Gunnar H. Nordbye as Judge Seen as “Studied Affront.” RETSESGT ‘ ‘Terming the President’s appointment of Gunnar H. Nordbye of Minneapolis to the Minnesota Federal judgeship over which so much controversy has arisen a “studied affront to me on the part of the Attorney General,” Senator Schall, Republican, of Minnesota yesterday went before the Senate with the state- ment that he would fight confirmation, explaining Nordbye “is especially un- desirable to me.” President Hoover yesterday named Nordbye for the post, ignoring ap- pointees suggested by Senator Schall. Listen in Silence. ’ The Senate listened in silence to Senator Schall's statement, in which he expressed the hope that his colleagues would support his opposition. Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota had said he thought the name should go to committee and that any com- plaints against the appointee should be heard before confirmation. Senator Schall had sought the ap- pointment of Ernest Michel, whom At- torney General Mitchell refused to recommend. President Hoover made public corre- spondence between himself and the blind Minnesotan concerning the judge- ship. The President wrote Schall he could not appoint Michel, and asked the submission of 10 names of men Schall thought capable of filling the bench vacancy. Latcr a second letter was_written, making the same request of Senator Schall, but no answer was received. Request Is Repeated. ©On February 18 the President repeat- ed his request, at the same time sub- mitting a list of eight, among them Judge Nordbye, requesting Senator Schall to give any information he had ‘as to the qualifications of any of thse men for the judgeship.” The Senator replied the same day, offering a list of 10 men, but saying nothing of the President's list. Then Mr. Hoover wrote Senator Schall again, asking for his views on the President’s list. Receiving no reply, President Hoover yesterday nominated Nordbye, PLANE FORCED DOWN BY SQUALL OF SNOW Ten Passengers Aboard Ship Land- ing at Aberdeen, Md.—Heavy Traffic Over Week End. A snow squall of blinding intensit: sweeping across the New York-Wash- ington airway near Aberdeen this morn- ing, forced a plane with 10 passengers aboard to land on the emergency field at Aberdeen Proving Grounds en route from the National Capital to New York. Another plane, which had left 10 mi utes earlier, missed the storm com- pletely. After spending 10 minutes on the Aberdeen field, the plane was able to continue on ta Philadelphia and New York. Light rains and fog. which have ham- pered flying along the coast for sev- eral days, began to clear away and to- day passenger operations out of the Capital were resumed, with the heaviest ddvance bookings in the history of the service. The New York, Philadelphia & Wash- ington Airways Corporation line to New York reports 251 reservations for today had been taken last night, 13 hours be- fore the first plane of the day was scheduled to leave. This is only 12 less than the greatest number of passengers ever flown in intercity traffic. Pilots on the line reported that along portions of the airway there was a tendency for ice to form on the planes below altitudes of 500 feet, but that by flying above this height they could keep their planes free of ice. b CITY NEWS IN BI{IEF. TODAY. Dance _and entertainment, State Council, Daughters of America, Almas Temple, 1315 K street, 8 p.m. Colonial party Missouri Washington Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Card party, Good Will Chapter, O. E. S, Odd Fellows’ Temple, 419 Seventh street, 8:15 p.m Dance, Ohio Girls' Club, Colonial Hotel, 9 p.m. Mceting, League for the Larger Life, 1336 I street, 8:15 p.m. Dance and banquet, Washington Col- lege of Law, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Banquet, Martha Washington Semi- nary, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, Michigan State College Alumni_Association, All Souls’ Uni- tarian Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets, 6:30 p.m. Concert, Home for the Blind, 3050 R street, 7:30 p.m Play, Community Drama Guild, Wil- son Normal School, 8 p.m. Card_party, Washington Review, No. , W. B. A, 1750 Massachusetts avenue, 8:15 pm Banquet, District Chiropractic So- ciety, Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 p.m. FUTURE. Hike, Wanderlusters' Club, meet, club house, Franklin Park, Va. tomorrow, 3:30 pm. Brigham Young's Son Dies. SALT LAKE CITY, February 21 (). —Brigham Morris Young, son of the Mormon pioneer, is dead. Hs suc- cumbed yesterday after an operation for appendicitis. He was born in this city in January, 1854, the son of Brigham and Margaret Perce Young, and was an active worker in the Latter Day Saints Church. | 'WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY | Issue of The Star's Sunday Magazine.‘ “The Birth of Yankee Doodle,” A new-poem by Alfred Noyes. “The General By John L. 's First Birthday Celcbration,” Coontz. “To Honor Washington With Trees,” By Herve W. Miner. “IVashington Portraits in the Capitol,” By Myrta E. Cawood. “Building the Washington Monument,” By John Clagett Proctor. ‘Together with a dozen other especially interesting features—among them, & first-run story by Cosmo story by Laura Miller, “Those Were the Happy Days”; drawings by | i Hamilton, “The Bridge Forum”; a Dick Mansfield, Boys' and Girls' Page, Music and Art Notes. \ IN THE SUNDAY STAR| Society, ; En Route to Launching MRS. COOLIDGE of New Haven,|Qc CHRISTENS SHIP. Conn., and her close friend, Hills of Northampton, Mass. With her on the platform as she christened the ship that bears her hus- band's name were her daughter-in-law, R. Stanley Dollar, president of the Dollar Steamship Lines, for which the President Coolidge is being built; Mrs. Dollar and Miss Diana Dollar. After the launching Mrs. Coolidge | was guest of honor at a luncheon at the Tidewater Club. The special train, with her private car attached, was to leave for New York late in the after- | noon. The President Coolidge was towed to |a pier, on the opposite side of which her sister ship, the President Hoover, which is to make her miaiden voyage from New York to Manila late in the Summer, is being outfitted. The Presi- dent Coolidge will tober. 1 go into service in Mrs. R. B, | By the Associated Press. EWPORT NEWS, Va, February from a little river that flows through the farm at Plymouth, Vt, wher: Calvin _Coolidge Coolidge, one of the two largest ships ever built in this country for the Amer- jcan /merchant marine, was christened As Mrs. Coolidge crashed the bottle against the prow the ship’s huge hull slipped smoothly and silently out of her of several thousand persons, including a special trainload of gussts from New York, Philadelphia and Washington, Mrs. Coolidge was accompanied to Newport News by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Coolidge Decrease Is General in 51 Cities With 141-2 Per 21.—With a bottle of water played as a boy, the liner President by Mrs. Coolidg> today. cradle into the James River. A crowd cheered. D. C. FOOD PRICES o Ui Cent as Average. Retail food prices in Washington de- creased 11 per cent during the one- year period ending January 15, it was revealed in a statement issued today by the Bureau of Labor statistics Prices continued to decrease during the last month of the one-year period, dropping 2 per cent between Decembe® 15 and January 15, according to the bureau, These decreases, it was pointed out, were a part of a general falling off in 151 citfes reporting to the bureau. The whole during the one-year period was {14%; per cent, while for the month { ending January 15, it was 3 per cent. Decreases Tabulated. During the one-month period, following decreases were noted. Strictly fresh eggs, 13 per cent; but- ter, 11 per cent; oranges, 9 per cent: lard, 6 per cent; pork chops and navy beans, 5 per cent, bread, 4 per cent; sliced bacon, olcomargarine, cheese, rice anid canned tomatoes, 3 per cent sliced ham, flour, corn meal, macaron| pork and beans, coffee and prunes, 2 per cent; sirloin and round steak, chuck roast, plate beef, fresh milk, evaporated milk, rolled oats, canned corn, canned peas and raisins, 1 per cent, and rib roast, wheat cereal and tea, less than five-tenths of 1 per cent. Prices of five articles follows, however: Cabbage, 16 per cent; hens, 2 per cent; leg of lamb, 1 per cent, and can- ned red salmon and bananas, less than five-tenths of 1 per cent. The bureau noted n> change in the prices of vegetable lard substitute, corn- flakes, potatoes, onions and sugar. Figures Are Compared. Prices have cecreased more in other cities than in Washington, according to the bureau’s statistics. A comparison of the figures for the one-month peri.d Tollow: the increased as Fall River, Little Rock, New Haven, Omaha, Peoria, Portland (Me.), Provi: dence, Salt Lake City, Savannah and springfield (Ill.), 5 per cent; Birming- ham, Cleveland. Columbus, Jacksonville, Los Angeies, Manchester, Mobile, Newq{ York, Philadelphia _and Portland (Ore.), 4 per cent; Bridgeport, Butte, Charleston (S. C.), Chicago, Cincin- ati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Louis- vidle, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapo- lis, Newark, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Rochester, San Francisco. Scranton and Scattle, 3 per cent; Baltimore, De troit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Nor: folk, Richmond, St. Louis and St. Paul, 2 per cent. For the one-year period, the decreases were as follow: Portland (Ore.), 19 per cent; Detroit, Fall River, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, Omaha and Peoria, 17 per cent; Atianta, Bufialo, Butte, Hcusion, Indianapolis, Louisville, _Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. Louis, Seat- tle and Springfield (Ill.), 16 per cent; Boston, Cleveland, Kansas City, Man- chester, New Orleans, Rochester, Salt Lake City and Savannah, 15 per cent; Birmingham, Chic2go, Columbus, Dal- las, Denver, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland (Me.), St. Paul, San Fran- cisco and Scranton, 14 per cent; Balti- more, Charleston (8. C.), Cincinnati, Mobile, Newark, New Ycrk and Rich- mond, 13 per cent; Bridgeport, New Haven and Norfolk, 12 per cent, and Jacksonville, 11 per cent. TO BE HELD MONDAY Dean of Newspaper Women Will Be Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret B. Downing, newspaper writer and au- thor, who died yesterday at her home, 1262 Lawrence street northeast, will be held at St. Anthony's Church Monday rorning at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Known as the dean of Washington newspaper women, Mrs, Downing was the author of “The Tales of Well Known Folk in Social and Official Life” and “The Development of the Catholic Church in the District of Co- lumbia Since Colonial Times.” She average decrease for the country as a | Boston, 6 per cent; Atlanta, Buffalo, | & SENATE RECEIVES - WICKERSHAM DATA iMass of Material Featured by | Woodcock’s “Home Option” Theory as Solution. | __(Continued From First Page) | mittee, however, indicated they felt pro- hibition had been found wanytmg? pAll agreed conditions were bad and those who made recommendations urged re- vision or modification for light wines and beers. The group included Andrew Fureseth of the “International Seamen's Union, | John P. Frey of the American Federa- | tion of ‘Labor and A "O. Wharton, fed- | eration vice president. The 32 State surveys were made | chiefly under the direction of Dr. James M. Doran, former prohibition commis- sioner, by Prohibition Bureau attor- s. "They ranged from a frank recital | of "aileged wholesale violations in Wis- consin to a description of “satisfac- tory ccnditions” in New Mexico and other Southern and Western States, | Maryland, New York, New Jersey and | Massachusctts were not represented. The material also contained studies of liquor systems in_ various- countries and with it went a letter of transmittal from Chairman Wickersham. “Much of the testimony and many | statements given to the commission,” he_said, “were received as confidential s0 that necessarily the documents and statements transmitted contain but a part of the material which the com- mission took into consideration in the preparation of its report.” MUCH DATA HELD BACK. Material Gathered in Confidence Kept by Commission Aides. The mass of Wickersham Commission testimony now facing the Senate was described at commission headquarters today as “less than half” of the data gathered by the commission, In submitting the data late yester- day, Chairman Wickersham said that, in compliance with the Senate resolu- tion request it, only non-secret ma- terial was being transmitted. He inti- mated that much of the testimony upon ' which the commission’s prohibition re- port was founded fell under this cate- | ory. The data withheld was sald at the commission to tomprise “thousands of letters, suggested plans, testimony by officials ilaken n confidence and the facts gleaned in private conversation by members of the commission.” “Naturally,” one commissioner said, ‘prohibition officers could tell us facts in private they could not put in a public report.” RACKETEER IS MURDERED BY ENEMIES HE SOUGHT Police Believe Killing Is Result of Attempted Secessions From Bootlegging Confederacy. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 21.—John (Aces) Mazza, small-time racketeer, went hunting for his enemies last night, but they found him first. Cautiously entering a cafeteria on the East « Side, Mazza peered around in- tently and went out the door—back- ward. A dozen shots rang out from across the street and Mazza went down, firing as he died. Two others—Joseph Koski, 20, and Peter Rufello, 21—were caught in the hail of bullets and wounded. Mazza, 20, was identified by finger- print records at police headquarters, showing he had two convictions for possessing burglars' tools. Police theorized it was another case of vengeance resulting from the at- tempts of “lone wolfs” to secede from a bootlegging confederacy established on the East Side last Fall. COOLIDGE’S “NIGHTCAP” IS MADE OF CHOCOLATE By the Assoclated Press. SIGNBOARD BILL IN FINAL STAGES Report Expected to Reach House and Senate Within Next Few Days. Legislation to give District author- itis adequate control over billboards and other outdoor signs in the National Capital is*entering its final stages today, a complete agreement having been reached late yesterday by the Senate and House conferees. The report is expected to be pre- sented to House and Senate within the next few days, and its ratification by both branches will send the measure to the President for.signature. Only two changes were made in con- f:rence, one to strengthen its general effectiveness, and a slight modification in the penalties. P Commissieners Given Power. In its final form the bill would em- power the Commissioners, after public hearings, to make such regulations as they deem advisable to, in so far as necessary to promote the public health, safety, morals and w:lfare, control, restrict and govern the erection and maintenance of all outdoor signs on public ways and public space under their control and on private property within public view. No person, firm or corporation could engage in erecting or maintaining out- door signs in the District witho\t first obtaining licenses. The original license would cost $5. with an annual fee of $5 thereafter. For good cause shown the Commissioners would have authority to reject or revoke applications for li- censes. The conferees also modified slightly the penalty section for violations of the regulgtions by making the mini- mum $5 and the maximum $200. Indorsed by Civic Groups. ‘The proposed legislation has been in- dorsed by scores of civic organizations and is regarded as an important meas- ure in connection with the future of the National Capital. The bill passed the Senate it April during the last session and went through the House with amendments two weeks ago. The purpose of the conference yesterday was to work out an agree- ment on the amendments. ' ‘The conferees who put the bill in final shape are: For the Senate, Sena- tors Capper, Republican, of Kansas; Jones, Republican, of Washington, and King, Democrat, of Utah. For the House, Representative Zihlman, Repub- lican, Maryland: Representative Hall, Republican, Indiana, and Representa- tive Mary T. Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey. The District Commissioners are hope- fully awaiting final action on the con- ference report, in view of the neces- sary steps that must be taken to carry out its purpose before the end of the year. In recommending the legisla- tion, they pointed out the need of remedying conditions within the city before the opening of the Washington Bicentennial celebration. Public Hearings Planned. As soon as the bill is enacted, Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the engineer department will take up with the Com- missioners plans for public hearings. These are provided in the bill as a pro- tection not only to the civic interests which have unanimously supported the legislation, but also to thcse businesses which will be affected by it. A committee then would be formed to study existing regulations and decide on whatever changes are necessary in them in the light of the new legislation Linked as it is with the Federal pro- gram for improvements in the city, the campaign to eliminate or reduce out- door edvertising to a minimum in th District and at the highway entrances to the city has had the support of leading business interests as well as 62 civic organizations which have indorsed it. Some of the latter organizations in- clud: powarful groups in nearby Mary- land and Virginia. The American Civic Association, the Washington Bicenten- nial Commission and the Committee of the National Capital of the Garden Club of America have been instrumental in obtaining from at l-ast one large out- door advertising company and scores of hotels and business firms pledges of co-operation in the removal of bill- boards at the apprecaches to the Capital. . JOBLESS THREATEN TO SACK MEXICALI Work or Food for 3,000 Asked. Governor Will Discharge All Foreign Employes. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 21.—A dis- patch to Excelsior today from Mexicali, Lower California, said 3,000 peasants Rave threatened to sack the city Sun- day unless work or food is provided them immediately. ‘The peasants sent an ultimatum bearing 3,000 signatures and demands which must be met today to avert looting of the city. ‘The correspondent described the senders of the threat as “hungry, job- less peasants.” He add=d that military and police authorities are greparing to take whatever precautions become necessary. The dispatch said the governor left Mexicali today for Tijuana, issuing orders before departure for immediate discharge of all foreigners employed in saloons afd restaurants. They are to be replacel by Mexicans. The correspondent says it is expected that the orders will be extended to in- clude field and office employes of the large agricultural companies operating in the region. INCOME TAX FACTS. No. 20. March 1, 1913, is an important date in income tax history, the existing income tax law, adopted in accordance with the sixteenth amendment to the Constitution, having become effective on that date. To determine taxable gain or deductible loss in the sale or other disposition of property acquired before March 1, 1913, and sold or otherwise disposed of after that date, a comparison of the cost of the property with its fair market value as of March 1, 1913, is necessary. Whicliever amount is greater is the figure to be compdred with the proceeds of the sale in determining tax- able gain or deductible loss. “Fair market value” is defined by income tax regulations as the amount “which would induce a willing seller to sell and a willing buyer to purchase.” The regulations further state: “What the fair market value of property was on March 1, 1913, is a ques- tion of fact to be establ by NEW YORK, February 21.—It's an old Massachusetts custom. Every night before he goes to bed, Calvin Coolidge makes himself a nightcap of hot chocolate. Bruce Barton, who recently spent a week end at the Coolidge home in Northampton, told about it in a mag- azine article. They spent the evening in the library, he said. The former President sat with his feet on the d ~his talk punc- tured Y frequent laughe:’ They went out into the K o'clogk. Mr. Coolidge made late. . Mrs. Coolidge brought of crackers and some apples. hen at 11 pe croco- t @ can competent evidence. * * * In the case of property traded in on public exchanges, actual sales at about the basic date afford evi- dence of value, but in each case the nature and extent of the sales and the circumstances under which they were made must bé considered. Thus, prices received at a forced sale or prices received for small lots of prop- erty may be no real indication of the value of the property.” The basis for def ining gain or loss frem the e or other disposition ©of property acquired after February 28, 1913, is, in general, the cost of the property.