Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1931, Page 2

HOOVER TO OCCLPY WASHINGTON'S PEW Will Attend Service in Alex- andria Church—Patriotic Rites Tomorrow. Observance of the 199th anniversary ©of George Washington's birth, coming year before the great bicentenntal aflnflxlllm}s here in 1932, mawu-wm)’.&gmm,wm ieally every r g; directing the attention of his congregations to the religious aspects of the first President’s character. President Hoover will pay his annual homage to the founder of the Republic by attending a special service in his- toric Christ Church, in Alexandria, oceupying the pew that Wi n used during his Sunday devotions while & vestryman of the church. Tomorrow the departments of the Government, except Congress, will be closed during the day, and business generally il be at @ standstill, as thousands join in the public demon- strations, at which the civic virtues of ‘Washington will be extolled. Pilgrim- ages to Mount Vernon and other spots in Virginia associated with memories ©of Washington will be made today and President Hoover, other guests at the today in Christ ‘Church will be members of the Wash- ington Society of Alexandria, which was formed a few months after the first President died in 1799. A special sermon will be delivered by Rev. Wil- liam Jackson Mcrton, rector. Pohick Church Service. Old Pohick Church of Fairfax County likewise will be the scene of Impressive services today. Washington, the Magon and vestryman of Truro parish, will be in_the program arranged by Rev. C. A. Langston, rector, and mem- bers of the Pohick vestry. The sermon at this service will be preached by Rev. P. T. McFaden of Winchester, Va., past grand master of Masons of Virginia. The Bible lessons will be read by Rev. Robert Allen Castle- man, rector of the Falls Church church, with which Washingtan also was asso- clated. The Bible used will be brought to Pohick Church by & committee from Prederic] Lodge, No. 4, F. A. A. M. It was printed in _1668. The members of the George Washington Masonic Memorial Association are expected to attend the service in a body. The serv- jce will start at 3 o'clock in the after- noon and will be broadcast by Station ‘WJSV. Amplifiers will be installed out- side 80 that every one may hear. ‘The same radio station will broadcast from Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 1, of which Washington was & mem ber, at exercises tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. when Senator Pess of Ohio will bes er. som 8t Asheville, N. C. A patriots’ memorial offering of gifts of stones to be placed in the fabric of Washington Cathedral in honor of George Washington and as memorials to American patriots has in- n:glh:nud by a committee of sponsors with Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock of Wash- ington as chairman, it was announced last night. Among_the services in local churches of Washington Cat of the Sons of the Revolution. He will assisted Rev. memoration will be Dr. Thomas Edward Green, president of the Dis- trict Sons of the Revolution. Right Rev. Cameron J. Davis, Bishop Co- adjutor of Western New York, will preach the sermon. Other Observances. ‘The Association of Oldest Inhabi- tants, District of Columbia, will observe Washington's birthday tomorrow fol- lowing the regular monthly meeting of the association at the Western Presby- terian Church, from 10:30 to 12 o'clock. Representative Sol Bloom of New York, a director of the Washington Bicenten- nial Commission, will make the address. “Washington’s Farewell Address” will be read by George C. Havenner, presi- dent of the Federation of Citizens' As- sociations. Members and their friends are requested to be present. The fourth annual pligrimage of the Order of De Molay to Mount Vernon will be featured at 1:30 o'clock today with a sight-seeing trip which wiil close with a sbecial service for the dele- Bates at Washington Cathedral. To- morrow the dslegates will place a Wreath on the tomb of Washington at llt;:mhvrrmn. the House of Representatives at 11 o'clock, Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania will deliver the ‘Washington oration. The principal events fomorrow wdll be the military mass of the American Legion in the Church of the Immacu- late Conception and the seventeenth Joint celebration of the patriotic so- cleties in the District in Continental Memorial Hall. Program for Tomerrow. ‘The mass at the church will start at 10:30 o'clock in the morning, with| Right Rev. John M. McNamara, Aux- | iliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, presiding. The celebrant will be Rev. Prancis J. Hurney, pastor of the church and past departmental chaplain of the American Legion. The deacon will be Rev. Joseph Sullivan, rector of the Marist Seminary. The subdeacon will be Rev. Stanislaus Czyz, assistant at the Immaculate Conception Church. These three priests were war- time chaplains. Very Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P, will preach the sermon, and the assistants to Bishop McNamara will be Rov. Father Mathias of the Friars of the Atonement and Rev. Dr. John K. Cart- wright of St. Patrick’s Church. Seventy five Quantico Marines will form a mili- tary guard of honor. At 12:30 o'clock luncheon will be served, and afternoon exercises will be held in the auditorium sdjoining the church at 1:30 o'clock. The speakers will include James J. Davis of Pennsy resentative Hamilton Fish, Jjr. York, and William Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives and secre- tary of the Washington Bicentennial Commission. The Army Band will furnish musie. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock mem- bers of George Washington Post, No. 1, the ploneer post of the Legion, will make = pilgrimage to Mount Vernon, starting from the club house at 1441 Rhode Island avenue. Willlam E. Por- ter, commander of the post, will place & wreath on the tomb. Puértotic Exercises. The joint patriotic exercises in Con- tinental l‘t!flofl’ll H:}ll"nun:lo &clg tomorrow morning un auspices of the Sons of the Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, Sons of the American Revolution and Children of the American Revolu- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, STAR FOURTH AMONG LEADING U. S. DAILIES IN ADVERTISING 23,988,449 Lx nes in 1930 Maintains Year- by-Year Record, and Local Display Ads Exceed All Papers in United States. Continying & record it has main- tained year after year, The Evening Star finished fourth among the newspapers of the entire country in advertising lineage for 1930. The Star's total lineage for the year, 23,988,449 lines, was exceeded only by that of three other papers published in cities of a lation much greater than that of the District of Columbia and its combined metropolitan area. In local dispiay advertising the survey revealed that The Star was first in vol- ume of lineage of all newspapers in the United States. ‘This record for total and local dis- play advertising emphasises two impor- tant facts: ‘That the National Capital and the shopping area extending 25 miles into Maryland and Virginia, constituting what is known as the Washington mar- ket, is responsive to advertising. Fur- thermore, it indicates that The Star’s highly concentrated circulatiorf in this market of nearly 800,000 population can be reached at a single advertising cost through The Evening and Sunday Star—a fact which both local merchants and national advertisers alike recognize, One Capital Paper Listed. ‘The total lineage of the 50 leading newspapers for 1930, in which The Star alone among the papers in the District of Columbia is included, was given in the survey as follows. 1. New York Times, 26411908, 2. Detroit News, 25975684. 3. Chicago Tribune, 25,204,260. 4. Washington Star, 23.988,449. 5. Baltimore Sun (evening and Sun- day), 23,707,800. 6. Pittsburgh Press, 21.457,986. 7. 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch, 20,255,200, 8. Newark Evening News, 19,305,493, 9. Philadelphia Bulletin, 18,831,433, Los ‘Times, 18,810,834, Kansas City Star, 17,888,203, Chicago Daily News. 17,612.286. - _‘.“HE' York Herald-Tribune, 17,- 14. 15. Columbus Dispatch, 17,230,196, Milwaukee Journal, 17,135,035, 16. Los Angeles Examiner, 17,059,602, 17. New Orleans Times - Picayune, 17,014,966, 18. Boston Herald-Traveler, 16,414,- 12, 19. Brooklyn Eagle, 16,034,420. 20. San Prancisco Examiner, 969,481 21. Oakland Tribune, 15,967,686, . New York Sun, 15,809,562, . Seattle Times, 15,759,186. . Buffalo News, 15,627,393. . Philadelphia Inquirer, 15,337,375, . Providence Bulletin, 15,088,326, . Boston Globe, 15,070,227, Denver Post, 15,017,844, Houston Chronicle, 14,910,826. Cleveland Plain Dealer, 14,766,~ Cleveland Press, 14,602,866. . Los Angeles Herald, 14,594,412, . Indianapolis News, 14,562,432, Dayton News, 14,541,366. Baitimore Sun (morning and 98,263, . am News, 14,186,632, 37. Louisville Courler-Journal, 1 105,428. 38. Flint Journal, 13,658,484. 39, Cincinnati Times Star, 13,352,602, 40. Minneapolis Tribune, 13,318,745, 41 New York Evening Journal, 13,- 6.124. 42.” New York N-ws, 13.061,138. Minneapolis_Journal, 12.931,000. Cincinnati Enquirer, 12.890,668. . Omaha World-Herald, 12,750,160. Houston Post-Dispatch, 12,746,- 47. Boston Post, 12.428,178. . Grand Rapids Press, 12,275,340, . Chicago American, 12,182,994, . Detroit Pree Press, 11,884,894, The Local Situation. Total advertising for the year 1930, Star, daily and Sunday, 23,988 449. Post, daily and Sunday, 7,501.536. Herald, daily and Sunday. 5,939,020. “Times, dally only, 7,746,182, News, 2,924,247, 15, 35. Sunday), 14,1 36. Bil 231 STIMSON HOLDS UP DATA ONNICARAGUA Senate Refused Information Prior to 1929, but Is Sent Later Documents. By the Associated Press. Declining to produce any documents relating to Marine occupation of Nica- ragua prior to January 1, 1929, Secre- tary Stimson forwarded to the Senate yesterday communications and agree- ‘ments covering four years of American- Nicarauguan relations. Mr. Stimeon in his Jetier of trans- mittal to President Hoover, which was with the relating to Marine occupation would “not be compatible” with Amcrican in- terests. The documents were requested by the Senate in a resolution introduced by Senator _Johnson, Republican, Cali- fornia. They were referred to the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committee and ordered printed. Mr. Johnson't m e&d on the Secretary’s message was: “The Senate took fts stand when the London naval treaty was up and de- cided to accept what the President ‘wanted in referring to the production of %umenu, s0 there is nothing to be Refers to London Pact. He referred to the administration's refusal to furnjsh the documents which led up to the London pact. Coincident with the Secretary’s recent formal statement pressaging the com- plete withdrawal of Marines from the Republic after the electlon next year, the documents revealed a letter sent last month by Mr. Stimson to Secretary of the Navy Adams urging that instruc- tions be issued to the proper Marine authorities looking toward expediting the withdrawal of Marines. Secretary Stimson asked that com- plete withdrawal of Marines after the installation of the new Nicaraguan ad- ministration on January 1, 1933, be made the objective of Marine officers in pressing forward their training of the Nicaraguan National Guard to take their place. “I think it should be impressed 1pon the commander of the guardia that that is the objective to which he should work and should devote his energles,” Mr. Stimson wrote. Includes Three Sections, ‘The documents were divided into three sections. The first concerned the Ma- rines, the second the American super- vision of elections and the preparations being made 0 far to supervise the elec- tions next year. The third related to the correspondence and agreements be- tween the two governmenis relating to the building up of the National Guard of the republic. In a general statement regarding the Marines, Mr. Stimson disclosed tha' President Jose Maria Moncadg, after eight Marines had been killed last month, took the intiative to raise ad- ditior funds to increase the guardia in the insurgent area. ‘The exact terms under which the guardia would be increased’' and the method of paying for such an increase was not disclosed recently by Mr. Stim- son in his statement of policy on the republic. The statement accompany- ing the documents revealed, however, that Senor Moncada has secured an advance of $1,000,000 to increase his forces by 500 men. contribute an extra $15,000 a month for the maintenance of these additional men with an additional initial appro- priation of $20,000 for their equipment. ‘The development of roads in the in- surgent areas, which is contemplated to in troop movements and con- tribute to the eventual wiping out of the insurgents will cost $13.000 monthly, the statement disclosed. The training school for native officers in order that all Marine officers might be completely month. McSwain of South Carolina, on behalf of the Socicty of the Sons of the Revo- lution, will present & gold medal to Elizabeth Bryan of the National Cathe- dral 8chool for the best essay on “Con- tribution of the Carolinas to the War of the Revolution.” Following this Miss Helen Harman, regent for the District of Columbia for the Daughters of the American Revolution, will pre- sent their meda] to Mrs. Irene Blythe of George Washington University for the best essay on American history. ‘The oration of the day will be deliv- ered by Augustus Owsley Stanley, for- mer United States Senator from Ken- tucky. Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer will tion. The United States Marine Band Or- will render a concert from 10 to 10:30. Dr. Green will be the Prederick o’ cloti’ v the headed Maj. Gen. Her- B. Croshy, Mp:aenfimvo John & sing Beethoven's “The Heavens Re- sound” and Mozart’s “Alleluia.” Masons At Monument. ‘The officers of the Advisory Board of Clubs of the District of Co- lumbia and representatives from the 22 Clubs in the District He has agreed to| CHANCE FOR EXTRA SESSION DWINDLES Capitol Hill Rejoices as Call Appears Wholly in Presi- dent’s Hands. (Continued From First Page.) the failure of the Muscle Shoals legis- lation, although he firmly believes it should ‘The whole matter is likely to go into the national campaign next year. The President’s veto of the soidiers’ bonus loan bill has been promised to Congress not later than Thursday. It may come earlier. What the Presi- dent will say in his message has been subject of much speculation. It has been suggested that he might give warning that if the bill is put through over his veto he will feel it necessary to call a special session of o pass legislation increasing taxes so ms to meet the payments necessary for the soldiers’ bonus loans and to care for the half billion dollar deficit which stares the Treasury in the face on June 30. The congressional leaders last night, however, insisted they did not believe that the President would fol- low such a course. $112,000,000 Available. In the Senate itself, the declaration was made by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, a strong supporter of the bonus bill, that the cost of the legis- lation for the veterans of the World War could be met. But to make doubly sure, he had included in the Navy ap- propriation bill before it passed the Senate an amendment making avail- able to meet the bonus loans & sum of $112,000,000 already voted to the Gov- ernment insurance fund. He said that this sum, added to $785000,000 cover- ing the bonus sinking fund and other money in the insurance fund, would take care of all demands. Furthermore, Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate Pinance Com- mittee, who voted against the bonus bill, told the Senate he did not believe it would be necessary to increase taxes or to hold a special session of Congress because of the bonus legislation. Senaior Reed of Pennsylvania, who on Friday obtained from President Hoover assurance that he would send his veto of the bonus bill to Congress by Thursday, said there had been no indication to him that President Hoover contemplated calling a special session of Congress. He added that he did not believe a special session would be neces- sary. Senator Johnson of California asked Senator Vandenberg if it would be- necessary to enact Jegislation to meet the bonus loan payments. He was told by Vandenberg that “not a single penny is lacking to meet the payments. “Then I take it,” said Senator John- son, “there has been utter, gross mis- representation in some official quarters :nn:uin l;‘!thp"?. {rlg(:;()img the mathe- ics of this legislation,” referring to the bonus loan bill, ¥ Navy Bill Appears Shelved. The Senate leaders said they, were confident that the soldiers’ bonus loan bill would be put through notwithstand- ing the disapproval of the President They said that they did not believe more than 20 Senators would be found voting to sustain the President’s veto. It would take 33 to sustain the veto. It is understood that Senator Watson, Re- publican leader of the Senate, who voted for the bonus bill on its passage, will not vote to pass it over the veto of the Chief Executive, and that sev- eral other Republican Senators also will seek to sustain the veto. The House, which passed the bill by 363 to 39, is certain, it is said, fo override the veto. Before it adjourned late yesterday the Senate put through a $20,000,000 hoe pitalization bill for the war veterans, | with amendments, which now ;zp;;ged by 1932 will cost approximately | i conference with the House. Incidentally, it appears that the naval building program bill, desired by the administration to start the Navy on its way to the strength permitted this country under the London Naval Treaty. has been shelved for this ses- BARKLEY SCORES LAME DUCK" POLICY Senator Would Have Newly- Elected Congress Meet at Earlier Date. Abolition of the so-called “lame duck” sessions of Congress as a means of wip- ing out evils of far-reaching effect in national life was urged by Senator Alben ‘W. Barkley of Kentucky in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Wash- ington Star and broadcast last night over a Nation-wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting System. His ad- dress was heard locally from Station WMAL. ‘The present system, which permits members of Congress who have been repudiated at the polls to sit and logis- late through the short sess.on of Con- gress every other year, Senator Bark- ley branded as “absurd.” “Such a system,” he declared, “makes ours the most immediately unresponsive 1?3{:'1;'4"& l:)di‘tn any ;?vlll-d nation n world. It makes it necessary for members of Oongress to become candi- dates for re-election before they have taken their seats or begun their duties or made any kind of legislative record as a result of their previous election. No such condition exists in any other parliamentary government.” Ne Need for Delay. No one can contend with reason, Sen- ator Barkley sald, that there is any need for holding up the assembly of Congress for a year after the election of its members. To make such a conten- tion, he declared, “is not only absurd on its face, but is an actual denial of representative government to the people of the entire country.” Under the system as it exists, said Senator Barkley, the country may have representative government, but it has to wait 13 months to begin it, unless the President calls an extra session of Congress, which never is done except under extreme compulsion. “The result of this parliamentary situation,” he explained, “is that & de- feated and repudiated Congress still hangs onto the job for one whole ses- | sion after its defeat and repudiation. No parallel can be found to this in either government or business. There is not a private enterprise worthy of investment in the United States that would retain its entire force in opera- tion for four months after finding it wholly unsatisfactory in the perform. ance of its duties, and there is not private enterprise in the whole country which, after firing one set of employes, would wait for 13 months before allow- ing the new set to begin work, If no private business would tolerate such | a plan, why should the people’s busi- ness be compelled to tolerate 12" Says People Want Change. Senator Barkley listed many reasons for supporting the enactment of the “lame duck” amendment to the Consti- tution, which, he pointed out, has been | pending before Congress for many years | and which has been overwhelmingly ap- | proved by the Senate on several occa- sions in recent years. “The people all over the Nation de- sire the amendment. The press in every State, with few exceptions, has | urged its passage, the American Bar Association repeatedly has indorsed it, and the complexity of our modern legis- | Iative system requires it,” he said. “The voice and the conscience of progressive and enlightened men and women demand it,” he concluded. “Let us have it.” The full text of Senator Barkley's address appears in the editorial section of today's Star. CITIZENS TO PROBE HIGHER GAS BILLS; D. C., FEBRUARY " 22, Proposed Mt. Ve 1931—PART ONE. minal there now. PLANS FOR NEW ROAD TERMINUS INCLUDE BEAUTIFEED RESTAURANT. In connection with the Mount Vernon terminus of the new Memorial Boulevard, architects have prepared this design for a concession building to replace the present restaurant and novelty shop arrangements in the rallway ter- DRYS DRAW UP %2 PLANS SECRETLY Dozen National Leaders Meet Here to Organize for Prohibi- tion Campaigns Next Year. A dozen national dry leaders met secretly here yesterday to work en the constitution of & close-knit organiza- tion, encompassing all the Nation's dry organizations and dedicated to “the placing of dry planks in both political platforms in 1932.” This was disclosed last night by one of the leaders at the meeting. All those |at the gathering were members of the | “board of strategy” appointed late last | year by the national conference of or- | ganizations supporting the eighteenth amendment. All Dry Groups Joined. The proposed constitution of the new | organization today was described as making room not only for the 33 or- ganizations of the national conference | but for other dry groups and outstand- ing business and professional men not members of any organization. One leader denied emphatically to- night that the meeting considered the choice of a dry “czar” to guide the work of the dry organizations in the coming presidential campaign. ‘No man capable of filling that role has_yet loomed up,” it was said. “The present plan contemplates es- tablishment of a moblle organization more along the lines of a board of directors, where & group will sit around a table to decide upon the policies t0 be followed.” Co-Operation Ts Aim. Under the plan, it was said, none of the member bodies, such as the Anti-Saloon League, the W. C. T. U. or the Methodist Episcopal Board of Tem- perance would lose their identities, but all would co-operate in co-ordinating one central plan. Work on the new constitution was described as virtually completed. The “board of strategy” will hold another meeting Monday to consider plans for the 1932 campaign. The results of these meetings will be laid before the national conference, which will begin a series of sessions Monday night. Four of the 16 members of the strategy board were absent today, but pected at the resumption of meetings next_week. COMPLAINTS CITED (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) franchise or trackage rights in the District. ‘This action was taken on recommendation of the Public Utilities | Committee, which declared that every legitimate means should be used to de- | feat the proposal to pay Ma; William A. Roberts, assistant corpo- ration counsel, but speaking as a dele- gate to the federation, urged the feder- ation to defer action on the committee report pending an investigation, point- ing out that May had certain rights which should be protected. Mr. Clay- ton declared, however, that May's line would be abandoned because of the Fed- eral building program in the Pennsyl- vania avenue-Mall triangle, and that if he is given anything for “getting ont” of the District, the Federal Govern- ment and not the District should pay | im. Charles 1. Stengle told the federation that May paid $252.000 for the railway at a bankruptcy sale, and later sold a portion of the line for $150,000. Now, | he said, it is proposed to pay him | $98.000 ‘out of District revenues and | $102,000 out of Federal revenues to abandon the line. “Would you consider that a fair deal?” he asked . H. 1. Quinn explained that Mr. Sten- gle's figures did not include the cost of improvements made on the line after its acquisition by Mr. May. “How much good will would be in a railway line if it was laid today?” Mr. Clayton asked. “Busses are the mod- ern’ vehicle of public transportation. It is up to us to protect the District against any unreasonable, unnecessary and unjustifiable expense. Why can't this matter be settled in court? If there is any expense or damage, the Federal Government should pay for it.” Another report of the Public Utilities Committee indorsing the set-up in the sliding scale now in use under the so- called consent decree for determining electric rates was declared out of order because it conflicted with a resolution previously adopted by the federation urging an immediate application to the District Supreme Court to change the debated the question of dissolving the Citizens’ Advisory Council, and ad- journed abruptly at 11:30 o'clock with- out taking & vote when the discussion | became involved in & hopeless parlia- mentary tangle. The discussion was precipitated by a report of a special committee headed by Edwin S. Hege, appointed to in- vestigate the functions, activities and necessity of the council. The committee recommended that the question be post- poned until December, due to the close- ness of the approaching council election in_April. Pred S. Walker moved as a substitute to_the report that the federation dis- solve the council at the end of its pres- ent term, and & protracted debate fol- lowed, with James G. Yaden leading the fight for the council's continuance. It was brought out during the discussion June. The MecLeod bill authorizing the ap- propriation of $30,000 of District funds to feed underfed and undernourished school children was unanimously op- posed. Harry N. Stull and Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter were delegated to voice the federation’s opposition at hearings on the bill Tuesday before the House Dis- trict Committee. Called “Serious Slap.” Mr. Stull declared that there are no starving school children in the District. and asked who would feed them when the schools are not in session. “Chil- dren have got to eat,” he said, “while in or out of school.” Mrs. Rafter told the federation that the school children are now milk-fed at 10:30 o'clock every morning while in school under the supervision of mem- bers of Parent-Teacher Assoclations. She described the efforts to get an appropriation to feed the children as ‘simply ridiculous,” and a “serious slap at the people of Washington.” Selden M. Ely, however, said there are some hungry children in Washing- ton’s schools, but that the Community Chest officers should find out who they are and administer relief. Mr. Stengle then moved that the results of a survey now being conducted to ascertain the contract. For more than an hour the federation number of underfed children be re- ferred to the Community Chest. To Maintain Health To Prevent Tuberculosis and Other Infections 1. Breathe fresh air. Sunshine and good ventilation house dust . Avoid crowds. Avoid overfatigue. sion. An embryo filibuster, started by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, with the support of other “little Navy” men, was nipped in the bud 50 as to permit the Navy appropriation bill and the hospitalization bill to go through, by the agreement not to press at this time the building program bill. The coming week promises to be busy, despite the breaking of the leg- islative log jam. Immigration, “lame duck” sessions of Congress and other subjects of interest are to be up for consideration. In the Senate s report from the Nye Committee on the nomi- nation and election of Senator Davis of Pennsylvania is expected. —_ Richmond Fire Kills Man. RICHMOND, Va., Pebruary 31 (#).— One man was fatally burned snd an- :‘ & wreath at the Wash were m - lnlwnm it this morning at 9 o' {ment house fire other was seriously injured in an aparte here early today. ’ Get enough sleep by reti . Eat plain, nourishing foo vegetables, and less meat. 8. Use pasteurized milk, cre. 6. Try to avoid worry. B Your mind acts on your b Don’t us Avoid are essential. and close air. e common drinking cups. ring early. »d. Use more fresh, green am and butter. e cheerful. Think kindly, ody. Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone District 8311 1022 11th Street N.W. virtually the entiré membership s ex- | that the council has not met since last | BURDENED SENATE ASKS MORE FACTS ON DRY SITUATION (Continued From First Page.) creates s profitable liquor market, and, notwithstanding efforts of Coast Guard, customs and prohibition forces, foreign liquors are available in large quantities.” Conditions in Indiana were described as ‘“very bad,” with “liquor violations constituting the largost class numeric- ally of any one other class of violation™ and with drinking prevalent among “minor boys and the so-called middle or_better class of adults. The report upon Arkansas said illicit distilling was “general throughout the ozarks,” and that conditions along the Mississippi River were “most unwhole- me.” some. It was in these six States that the reports before the Senate pictured by far the worst conditions arising under the dry laws. In the remaining 26 States, although the presence of large quantities of illicit liquor was noted, there was little caustic comment as to the results of prohibition. The 11 States in which eonditions generally were described as satisfactory were Virginia, Arizona, Alabama, Michi- gan, Maine, North Dakota, Idaho, West Virginia, Georgia, New Mexico and South Carolina. State Conditions Listed. Of Virginia it was said that with the exception of the police chiefs of two citles, officials were “agreed that their forces work in harmony and co- operate about 100 per cent.” In Arizona the commission investi- | gator was told by one prohibition offi- | cial that the State is “bone dry,” others testified some liquor was being smuggled in from Mexico. Another report sald Alabama condi- tions were “improving” and that the a‘o‘n‘f' ‘was “progressing under prohibi- Maine was said to have excellent dry law conditions with the exception of Bar Harbor, where society people were sald to create an “attractive market.” The 15 States in which reports de- scribed conditions as ranging from gen- erally satisfactory to generally lax were land, North Carolina, Wyoming, Mis- sissippi, Ohio, Vermont, Texas, Pennsyl- vania, Tennessee, Kansas, Minnesota and Utah. In Missouri a United States attorney reported drinking_ was decreasing day | by day, while a Federal judge in the | same “section was quoted as saying | drinking was on the increase among business men. In Texas conditions in the northern districts were labeled “generally satis- factory,” but those in some southern | sections were characterized as extremely bad, with liquor plentiful and enforce- ment organizations inadequate. “Plenty of good moderate-priced liquor is available, both in Fort Worth and Dallas,” the report said. “Foreign liquor is likewise available, but in small quantities and at higher prices.” Somewhat similar conditions were de- scribed as existing in the other States. DRY PROPOSAL PASSED. Another Wickersham proposal to aid | prohibition enforcement was approved | yesterday when the House the | Christopherson bill to strengthen the padiock law. ‘The measure now goes to the Sen- ate. It was the last of the pi 1s submitted a year ago by the Wicker- sham Commission to be given House sanction. 1t permits the institution of proceed- ings by serving notice on absentee owners of property used for liquor law violation through publication. Under the existing law, Federal authorities have to serve the individual personally. Many absentee property owners have thus avoided service. In reporting the bill for the Judici- ary Committee Representative Chris- mp:erscn, Republican, South Dakota, said: “Experience has shown that parties engaged in illicit sale of intoxicating beverages, in order to circumvent this statute have been known to convey an interest in the property in question to an unknown party, and, the Govern- ment being unable to locate or make personal service on such unknown own- ers, the action failed.” ‘Two other measures suggested by the Wickersham Commission have be- come law and a third is pending In the Senate. That pending is the proposal to permit juryless trials before United States commissioners. REAPPORTION FOES FLAY DRY BACKERS House Minortiy Report Says Vote Rise and Jealousy Prompt Its Sponsors. By the Associated Pre ‘The assertion advocates of ex- cluding aliens in counting population for reapportionment of Representatives were moved by the consideration “that it would probably increase the dry vote in the House” was made before the House yesterday in a minority report from its Judiclary Committee. Chairman Graham and four other Judiciary Committee members, dissent- ing from the majority’s recommenda- tion for a constitutional amendment to affect the exclusion, also declared “jealousy” on the part of smaller States was an underlying cause for demand for the legislation. House leaders predicted the measure would fail to reach final consideration at _this session. ‘With Graham, Representative Dyer of Missouri, Stobbs of Massachusetts, La Guardia of New York, Republicans, and Celler, Democrat, New York, signed the minority report. ‘They declared the proposed amend- ment would attack “a sacred compro- mise,” reached in process of forming the Constitution, by which “the yardstick of population was the measure on which taxation and the distribution of Fed- eral powers were divided among the States.” Seven York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, nois, Michigan and California—had a otal foreign-born population of 9,546,467 in 1920, the minority report continued. This was 68'% per cent of the 14, 000,000 foreign-born persons in the United States. ‘The minority said it was clear that aliens ‘could not exercise political power, but that to exclude them as the “basls” for State pewsr was incorrect. States—Massachusetts, }Ille“w d Missouri, Jowa, Connecticut, Rhode Is- | RASKOB WET MOVE STIRS DEMOCRATS Party Leaders to Block Plan to Discuss Dry Law Issue at March 5 Meeting. Persistent reports that Chairman Raskob intended to bring up_the pro- hibition issue at the March 5 meeting of the Democratic National Committee stirred party leaders in Congress yes- terday to send out notice that any lll:h move would be opposed as out of order. Members high in the Democratic councils have said since Raskob called the party meeting that its sole purpose was to present to the committee a plan for erasing the $500,000 party debt be- fore the 1932 campaign gets under way. However, reports have poured in at the Capitol so persistently that the Democratic chairman was preparing to ask for a commitment of the party against prohibition that the leaders in Congress took steps today to protest privately against any move in this di- | rection. Wets Avoid Topie. The antagonism to opening the pro- hibition issue at the March 5 session is not confined to the dry ranks alone. Some of the members of Congress with wet inclinations are prepared to send but | word, also, to Raskob that they feel it would be a mistake to stir up this issue 80 far in advance of the presidential cam| . Southern Democrats are taking the initiative in the protest against the pro- hibition commitment. They have the active support of Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader and vice presidential candidate with Alfred E. Smith in the 1928 presidential race. It is their contention that the na- tional committee is without authority to | commit the party on issues and that such authority rests solely with the na- tional convention. Neither Raskob nor Jouett Shouse, executive director of the national com- mittee, were here vesterday to com- ment on the prohibition reports, but the Democratic congressional leaders took steps to see that word reached them. Has Plan on Debts. It was conceded. however, that if any national committee man makes a motion on prohibition at the party meeting it bly cannot be ruled out of order without a thorough thrash- ln’ out of the subject. t was known that Raskob has pre- pared a plan for raising the amount of the party's debt and will ask formal approval of this at the March 5 session. However, his statement that policies would be discussed has led to belief in some of the persistent reports. ‘Those who do not believe prohibition will be brought up pointed out that the anti-prohibition forces would have less strength in the national committee meeting, where each State has equal representation, than in the national convention, where some of the large ‘wet States will have greater power. U. S. MUST RETURN "BEER RAID SEIZURE Test Case Jury Frees $50,000 Home Brew Ingredients—Damage Suit Looms. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, February 21.—Federal prohibition agents were denied the right today to destroy a $50,000 stock of in- gredients for the manufacture of home brew seized in a raid. The Government's libel action, re- rded as a test case of the prohibition epartment's right to confiscate such stocks, was upset by a jury verdict which’ returned the stock, "seized in a raid last May, to the National Beverage Distributing Co., defendants in the libel 1| action. ‘The Government also faced a possi- ble action by the beverage company to recover deterioration damages. Shortly after Federal Judge F. A. Geiger read the jury's verdict freeing the stock, Norman J. Morrison of Washington, special Government prose- cutor, asked the court for a certificate of “probable cause.” It was granted. A. H. Sawyer, defense counsel, ex- plained this certifies the court's belief that there was probable cause for the agent to believe the law was being violated and there were grounds for a raid. In case of appeal for Government payment of the losses of deterioration, he said, the Government might use the certificate. Losses were chiefly in the damage to 10 tons of hops seized in the raid. he said. ‘The trial hinged chiefly on whether there was any illegal intent in the sale of the hops and malt and the company's knowledge of the purchasers’ interided us es. Judge Geiger had advised the jury it might give the Government complete control of the stock, split it according to portions used or intended for illegal purposes or find as it did. A similar case is pending against an- other store catering to home manufac- turers of beverages. Raids on the two stores followed a similar raid in Chi- cago by E. C. Yellowley, Federal pro- hibition administrator for this area. Morrison will examine the record in the other Malwaukee case to see if there are new points that might be brought up, before asking its dismissal. The Chicago case is still pending and Fed- eral officers said no effort will be made to bring it to trial. BALL TO HELP JOBLESS T0 BE HELD WEDNESDAY A ball to aid the unemployed will be held at the Willard Hotel Wednesday !:'ztnlnj by the All States Officers’ So- clety. Ploceeds will be turned over to Central Union Mission angh, erans of Forelgn Wars. The will use its share for its soup and lodging house. The ull;‘h being planned by a grt of committees appointed by Miss Johnson, ident of the society. will be by Sydnor’s Orchestra,’ the Vet- which bas donated its services. ’ rnon Concession Building SENATE APPROVES ADDED NAYY FUND Appropriation of $10,000,000 for Destroyers Passed With Provisions. i By the Associated Press. Scuttling a little Navy crew of 10, 63 Senators yesterday added $10,000,- 000 to the Navy Department sppropria- tion bill to start work on 11 new destroyers already authorized. The vote gave Senate approval to the first increment of destroyers al- lowed the United States under the London naval treaty, which limited this jcountry's destroyer strength to 150, 1000 wons. A little later the House declined the Senate amendments and sent the $358,- 900,000 biil to conference. Two Provisions« Added. ‘Two other important provisions were added to the bill by the Senate before it passed the measure, both looking to an increase in naval officer strength. One would authorize the commis- sioning of the entire 1931 graduating class at the Naval Academy regard- less of whether this exceeded the au- thorized officer personnel. Chairman Hale of the Naval Committee said 175 of this class would be denied com- missionsy unless the amendment was approved. The other would permit each Sena~ tor and Represcntative to appoint four men to Annapolis every vear instead of three as at present and &s by the House, Wage Scale Adopted. Senator La Follette, Republican, Wis- consin, who, with' Senator Democrat, Utah, led the fight against the destroyer succeeded with an amendment for maintenance of eximn'S. scales among employes in three classes in navy yards, ment arsenals and Coast tions. He said the Government maintain present wage standards example to private industry. Twenty-four Democrats j Republicans and the one flm Senator, Shipstead, Minnesota, Yote ing for the destroyer fund. Eight Re- publicans—Blaine, Brookhart, Frazier, La Follette, Norbeck, N d Nye—and two Democrats— and Wheeler—opposed it. PERU ACTS TO CURB _ NEW REVOLT MOVE AT CITY OF AREQUIPA (Continued From First Page.) provisional president Luis M. Sanchez Cerro in power last year. Sanchez Cerro at that time was & lieutenant colonel in the army and many times had been in conflict with the Leguia regime. When he began a revolt at Arequipa the movement quick- ly spread to Lima and there a military junta threw out the President, assum- ing power. Sanchez Cerro was offered a post in this government, but he scorned it and threatened trouble if the leaders of the revolt in the south were not given & chance to finish the job they started. ‘The junta yielded and Sanchez Cerro flew north in an airplane, Tecelving & wildly enthusiastic reception. He went in ‘almost immediately as provisional President. Since then there have been sporadic outbreaks against his rule, but none has been successful. TEXAN VICTIM OF REVOLT. Body of American to Be Returned to United States From Peru. PARIS, Tex., February 21 (#.—R. A. Scidmore, American killed in the Peruvian revolt yesterday, was the son of J. T. Scidmore, who lives 3 miles east of Paris. Several other relatives live in this section. Mrs. Scidmore, formerly Kathleen Sims of Bethlehem, Pa. and their 3- year-old son, will return with Scidmore's body, arriving in New York March 9 on the S. S. Santa Barbara. ARGENTINE PLOTTERS JAILED. Government’s Effective Sleuthing Un- covers Revolt Plans. By the Associated Press. : BUENOS AIRES, February 21.—EM- cient sleuthing frustrated a revolt which was to have broken last Monday dur- ing the pre-Lenten carnival, and be- tween 10 and 15 army officers and sev- er:: police officials are in jail as a re- sult. The movement was headed by Gen. Toranzo, who was inspector-general of the army during the deposed Irigoyen regime and had since enjoyed his liberty, but was forbidden to leave the capital. RAT SETS HOUSE ON FIRE HONGKONG (#)—An aged Chinese woman, living in a village near Canton, and her two grandchildren were burned to déath recently when a flaming rat ran into their home and set it on fire. Two street urchins had captured the rat and, dipping it in kerosene, touched a watch to it. Maddened by pain, the creature ran into the old lady's house a few yards distant and jumped into the bed, which caught on immediately. INCOME TAX FACTS. No. 21. In determining the profit or loss from the sale of property acquired by gift, the basis de- pends upon the time the proper- ty was acquired. If the property was acquired by gift after De- cember 31, 1920, the basis is the same as it would be in the hands of the donor or the last ing owner by whom it was not acquired by gift. For example, a man in 1926 bought stock at $100 a share and held it until January, 1928. He then gave the stock to his son, who in 1929, when it was worth $150 a share, gave it to his wife. If in 1930 the wife sold the stock at $150 a share, the difference between the cost of $100 and the selling price of $150, or $50, would be taxable income to the wife. Had she told it in 1930 at $80 a share the deductible loss would have been $20 a share. If, however, the property was acquired by gift on or before De- cember 31, 1920, the basis for determining the profit or loss from the sale would be the famr market value of the property at the time of its acquisition. For example, during 1919 a daughter received from her father certain securities which = chased in 1918 for $12,000. the time the daughter received the stock in 1919 it had a fair market value of $15,000. She sold it in 1930 for $18,000, the taxable gain being $3,000. 'Had she sold the stock at $12,000 the g;dula%fihle loss would have been The fair market value '?t'hl & would willing seller to sell and & willing buyer to purchase.”