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A2k FRANCO- [TALIAN NAVAL AGCORD SEEN Belief Is Inspired in Well In- formed Circles by Re- ports From Paris. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 24.—Settlement of naval differences between France and Italy was regarded today in well in- formed quarters as entirely possible un- der the arrangement reported to have been reached today at Paris between France and Great Britain. It had been taken for granted here that Mr. Henderson, Mr. Alexander and Mr. Craigie would come to Rome if an accord were reached with the French in Paris. Anxious to Contribute. , it was said in authoritative cir- cle!s':u {¢’ anxlous to show the world that she is willing to contribute something to world disarrrament and will not be obdurate about . few thousand tons of naval construction. Her demand for parity, it was said, would be considered satisfied if her fieet were roughly equivalent to that of France in categories beiow battleships. Under the Washington accord she was granted parity in capital ships with the French, AGREEMENT HELD CERTAIN. Henderson and Alexander Plan to Leave for Rome Tonight. PARIS, February 24 —An agreement between the French and British for- eign ministers, Aristide Briand and Ar- thur Henderson, on the conditions under which France will adhere to the London naval treaty was virtually reached this afternoon. . Seek Italy's Adhesion. Mr. Henderson and A. V. Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, will prob- ably leave for Rome tonight in an ef- fort to obtain the adhesion of Italy to the accord. It they succeed the London tripartite treaty between the United States. Great Britain nr::l Japan wer 3 poshould {hly decline to enter the agreement, it was understood this aft- ernoon, the FPranco-British arrange- o o o present sime hasdechined 1o o presen e l'upbcrlbe to a safeguard clause. This safeguard clause, as suggested by M. Briand, would it Prance to resume her liberty of action should Italy in- tnesify her naval building. Maust Disarm Men. While the naval negotiations were going on, Deputy Jean Fabry, once an aide to Marshal Joffre and a former minlflli".‘ of Lh;hc“(fi:giu, wlrnedn s ix;hn frequently speech in the Ch.lm&ry‘:’f“l:)‘epufifi. of the difficulties attending rmament. “Cruisers may be sent to the bottom,” he said, “but modern liners will become fine cruisers. If we abolish the pursuit airplane, the commercial airplane will soon become a war implement. “It is men and their minds that we must disarm. We must also realize the conditions of obligatory arbitration and penalties toward an aggressor state.” CONSENT DECREE IN LIGHT RATE FIXING OPPOSED BY KEECH ‘would be advanta- public and the utility con- that the arrangement would be just and reasonable, and in accord purposes of the public utility the decree was based. “In view of the substantial period of time which has elapsed since the preservation of the thing which has inured, in the opinion of some, to both the public and the utility, and at the same time return to the commission, if it ever has been removed, its func- tion as & rate-making body, thus ren- dering the commission able to adjust rates, when need therefor be found, without being hampered by having to 80 to court, with its incidental delay. A modification of the consent decree will not remove, in my opinion, the most serious objection to the present situation in that it would, under the construction placed by your body, con- tinue you impotent, a situation which New Giant THE EVENING on Skyline TOWERS OVER BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT. FETTEL LR A new shaft of stone, the City Bank-Farmers Trust Building, reaches for the sky out of New York's financial district. The structure has 60 stories and is 745 feet high. At the left is the new Bank of Manhattan Building.—A. P. Photo. 167H AMENDMENT UPHELD AS VALID | Unanimous in Reversing Judge Clark. (Continued From First Page.) amendments could be constitutionally ratified only by conventions in the | States. | ‘The Government contended the lan- | guage of the article was clear and e tirely free from ambiguity, and that | there was no room for the construction | adopted by Judge Clark. | It insisted that no limitation had been placed on the discretion of Con- gress in deciding which mode of rati- fication should be adopted. ‘The decision was delivered by Justice Roberts before a crowded court room. | He stated that Congress was granted | complete jurisdiction to decide the | mode of ratification and that it had the right to refer the amendment to legislatures for ratification. Roberta said that the contention had been made by attorneys upholding the | Clark decision that the eighteenth | amendment took power from the people | which no other amendment did. He sald that, in the opinion of the court,| there were a number of amendments | simjlar in connection with which the same t could be raised. Among them he named the thirteenth, four- teenth and the nineteenth. In conclusion, he said that in the, national prohibition cases in 1920 the court had proclaimed the validity of the amendment and that it now re- iterated the position it had taken then. ‘There was a brief flurry at the con- clusion of his decision as & few listeners urried to the doors, but this subsided quickly and Justice Roberts proceeded | to the delivery of another opinion. Ratification Valid. Justice Roberts reviewed in detail the | ments in favor of and against the validity of the amendment. | He said the language of article 5 of | the Constitution was not ambiguous, as was contended by opponents of the amendment, adding it clearly gave Con- gress the liberty to decide whether con- | stitutional amendments should be sub- mitted to State Legislatures or State | conventions. Justice Roberts said Congress was not | restrained in the exercise of its dis- cretion, adding that ratification by State | Legislature was valid. SEES NO ILL EFFECTS. Woodeock Says There Has Been No Let- | Dewn in Dry Enforcement. Prohibition Director Woodcock said today the ill effects upon enforcement he had feared might develop from Judge Clarke's decision declaring the | SENATORS MAY ACT ON SIGN BILL TODAY will become » five-| gynreme Court Decision Is Blaine Asks Delay to Study Conference Report When Capper Calls It Up. The Senate may have an opportunity today to take up the conference report on the bill for the regulation of sign- boards and other forms of outdoor ad- vertising. which was given approval by the House yesterday Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict Committee called up the confer- ence report late yesterday, at which time Senator Blaine of Wisconsin asked that it be deferred until he could study the report of the conferees. The only other discussion was a request by Minor- ity Leader Robinson for an explanation of the measure, which was given by Senator Capper. The bill gives the Commissioners au- thority to make regulations, after pub- lic hearings, to control the erection and maintenance of outdoor signs. It also would enable them to control, in so far as necessary to promote the public health, safety. morals and welfare, the placing of signs on public ways and public space under their control, and on private property within public view. Another section provides for the is- suance of licenses to those engaged in the erection of outdoor signs. MURDERED WOMAN IS IDENTIFIED AS CLUES ARE SOUGHT _(Continued_From_ t Page.) cians who examined the body, agreed with other doctors that the woman had been dead for several days. He said close examination of the scalp disclosed that the roots of the hair were gray. indicating that brownish-black dye had been used to change the color. L Broaddus said she was 5 feet 7 inches in height, weighed about 135 pounds and appeared to be about 40 years old. Magistrate Cicero Burros, who also is coroner for Caroline County, announced that death was at the hand of parties unknown. He continued the coroner’s proceedings, pending developments in the police investigation. Mrs. Smith, according to Associated Press reports, left Tappahannock Wed- nesday after having worked there ‘for two months. She had told friends she had worked last December in a restau- rant at Urbana, and had come originally | from North Carolina The strange man in whose automobile she drove away was said to have been “from North Carolina.” Examination of the dead woman's is to my mind clearly not contemplated | eighteenth amendment invalid appar- | hands indicated she was not used to by the public utility act. “Further, a mere modification of the consent decree would possibly put the commission in the anomalous position in which it found itself on December 31, 1930, of declaring that the rate of return realized by the company was ex- cessive and unreasonable, but under your construction of the consent de- cree unable to do anything about it. Likewise, to modify the decree, would, of course, do nothing to remedy the situation and would, in effect, be a re- saddling of itself with an obstacle which would prevent it from giving to the public that which the act intended, namely, just, reasonable and non-dis- criminatory rates. In fact, the com- mission would be even in & worse posi- tion under modification of the decree for the reason that it would then be- come its own, rather than an inherited obstruction “It the commission believes that my understanding of the conference is not | in all particulars accurate, and that the power company could reasonably have gotten the impression chat ils| purpose was merely to seek a modfica- | tion of the present terms of the consent decree, I would appreciate it if the commission would take stepe to acquaint | the company with the fact that I am opposed to such & course. Or if the commission prefer, advise me so0 that 1 may acquaint the company with my view. The purpose of what has gone before is to prevent any possible mis- understanding as to my position.” U. S. FLAG HELD SUPREME Heflin Asks Ban on Other Pennants Above It on Bhips. Under a resolution sponsored by Benator Hefiin, Democrat, of Alabama, Secretary Adams would be requested to refrain from permitti the pennant indicating that religious services are be- ently had not materialized | “I have seen no slackening of enforce- | ment due to the decision.” Woodcock said, “nor have I received any reports of a let-down due to it.” The prohibition director went to the | Bupreme Court to listen to the decision. DRYS TOLD OF RULIN! Word of the Supreme Court decision | upholding the validity of the eighteenth | amendment was flashed today by a spe- cial messenger from the Capitol to the meeting room of the national confer- ence of organizations supporting the| eighteenth amendment, representing 33 | temperance groups. | The entire conference, in secret ses- | sion, stood for & moment in silence as word reached the meeting room. Ernest Cherrington, secretary of the World League Against Alcohollsm, and resident of the conference, sald this “tribute was paid to the sound judg- ment of the SBupreme Court in uphold- ing the amendment.” BICENTENNIAL GROUP | WILL DINE TONIGHT Dr. Marvin and Dr. Havenner to| Address Northeast Suburban Committee. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, chairman of the District Bicentennial Committee, and Dr. George C. Havenner, in charge of civic activities in connection with the celebration, will be principal speak- ers at a dinner of the Northeast Suburban Bicentennial Committee to. night at 7 o'clock in Sherwood Hall, ing held on board ship from being placed above the American flag The pennant would be raised on a separate staff in some other part of the ship. The resolution stated that the United States is “the emblem of both civil and religious liberty and as such is entitled to the first and upper- most gl:ae." He i introduced a similar measure in past Congresses. Picis China Names Envoy. NANKING, February 24 (#).—Sam Young, fprmer consul general for China In Ne ‘ork today was appointed Min. Twenty-second and Jackson streets | northeast. ‘The Northeast Committee is com- posed of presidents and three delegates ¢ach from the Burroughs and Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Associations, the Brookland, John Burroughs, Lang don and Woodridge Parent-Teacher Associations, the Burroughs Athletic Club, the Woodridge Book Club and the Woodridge Garden Club. The committee was organized to pro- vide assistance and information to Bi- centennial visitors in the community and to plan celebrations, athletic events and pagea: M. C. Wilson is general hard work, it was stated. “marks of toil” were absent. Carolina Authorities Queried. North Carolina authorities are being queried in the hope they can shed fur- ther light on the woman's habits and past life. Fredericksburg and Tappa- hannock authorities are co-operating in the investigation. Among reports being given atten‘‘on was one that Mrs. Smith had left a husband and several chil- dren in North Carolina Another clue was the report, that a farmer living not far from the spot where the body was found saw a mo- torist examining a culvert on the Rich- mond highway with a flashlight several nights ago. The man drove off when he noticed that his movements were being observed, it was reported DAUGHERTY’S MOTHER IS DEAD AT 95 YEARS Trial of Banker Son on Funds Charge Will Be Continued After Rites. ‘The usual B7 the Associated Press. WABHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, February 24.—Mrs. Jane Daugh- erty, widowed mother of former Attor- ney General Harry M. Daugherty, and Mal S. Daugherty, who is on trial here for alleged misapplication of funds while president of the closed Ohio State Bank, died at her home early today. She was 95 years old. Mrs. Daugherty, one of the signers of the $40,000 bond for her son Mal, had been ill only four days from influenza and heart disease. Indications were that the trial of Mal would be continued until after his moth- | er’s funeral. It was delayed late yester- day until this morning when Judge Charles 8. Bell, who is hearing the case learned of the seriousness of the bank- er's mother’s iliness. She had been a widow for 67 years. Safe Looted of $107. Burglars entered the Home Plate gas filling station, 2045 Georgia avenue, last night, Lonle Horner, manager, in: formed the police. workeg the combi- chairman Mrs. A. B. Stickel vice chairman of the commiitee, nation of the safe and stale $107.38 a | c'ock, check and pistol. STAR, WASHINGTON, ISHOALS BILL GOES 10 HOOVER'S DESK Veto Expected as Senate Adopts Compromise, 55 to 28, After Long Fight. By & vote just short of the two- thirds majority necessary to override a presidential veto, the Senate yester- day passed and sent to the White House & bill providing for operation of the Government $133,000,000 power and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals. The bill reached the White House shortly after noon today. ‘The Senate voted, 55 to 28, to adopt the conference report on the bill, which would authorize Government manufac- ture and_distribution of hydroelectric power. The measure was approved by the House last week. Veto Is Expected. Although President Hoover has not committed himself, friends of the measure believed he would veto it. It was pointed out that a similar bill died by pocket veto while Calvin Coolidge was in the White House. The bill is a compromise measure based on the same bill that was turned down by the former President. Under | the compromise provision, the nitrate | plants would be leased to private inter- | ests for quantity production of fertilizer | if & lease could be found within one year from the date of enactment. If no one | would lease the nitrate plants under the terms of the bill, the Government would operate them for experimental produc- tion of fertilizer. | Dam to Be Constructed. Ten million dollars for starting con- | struction of Cove Creek Dam on the Clinch River in Tennessee, in connec- tion with the Muscle Shoals project. was added to the second deficiency bill today by the Senate Appropriations Committee. In addition the Cove Creek Dam is designed to make the Tennessee River | navigable and aid in controlling flood waters that go into the Mississippi. | Little adjustment will have to be made before the great nitrate plant and its two power units can function at full capacity, for the Army has kept the | machinery oiled and the entire outfit in a stand-by condition, ready to go, | during all the years Congress has been debating the matter. | Designed to produce nitrogen munitions and fertilizer, the plant has been picking up pin money by selling | power. Three municipalities and the Alabama Power Co. have been its custo- | mers. During the past eight years the aver- | age annual expense of the plant has | been approximately $67400, with an | average annual income of more Lhun‘ $250,000, according to Army records. Roll Call on Bill. | ‘The roll call on the bill follows: ‘ | | For: Republicans—Blaine, Borah, Brook- hart, Capper, Couzens, Frazier, Hatfleld, Howell, Johnson, Jones, La Follette, Mc- Nary, Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Pine, Robin- | son of Indiana; Schall, Steiwer and | Thomas of Idaho. Total, 20. ! Democrats—Barkiey, Black, Blease, Bratton, Brook. Broussard, Bulkley, Caraway, Connally, Copeland, Fletcher, George, Glass, Harrs, - rison, Hayden, Hefflin, Kendrick, Mc- Gill, McKellar, Morrison, Pittma Robinson of Arkansas, Sheppard, Smith, Steck, Stephens, Swanson, 1homas of Oklahoma, Trammell, Wagner, Walsh of | Massachusetts, Walsh of Montana and Wheeler. Total, 35. Against: Democrats—King and Tydings. To- tal, 2. Republicans—Bingham, Carey, Dale, | Fess, Glenn, Goff, Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, Metcalf, Morrow, Moses, Oddie, Partridge. Pat- | terson, Phipps, Reed, Shortridge, Town- | and Watson, Total, 26. | D.C.TRAFFICBILL | VOTE SET TODA House Will Act on Conference Report Approved Yesterday | by Higher Group. | Final legislative step in passage of | the new District traffic bill probably will be taken today when the House considers the conference report on the measure, approved by the Senate yes- terday. ‘The Senate yielded to the House in conference by restoring the provision for issuance of congressional tags to give members of the House and Senate special consideration in parking their cars while on official business. The bill would confer on the District | Commissioners the authority to make | new regulations; es of vehicl ance of permits and the carrying on of traffic studies; require the titling of all automobiles, beginning next January; give the judges more leeway in fixing penalties for certain traffic offenses. The Senate committee had previously eliminated the congressional tag provi- sion on the theory that special parking | areas could be marked off near Govern- ment buildings for officials. In confer- ence the provision was restored, with slight modifications. GIRL SHOT IN HAND Playfully wielding a gun in an effort to induce her “boy friend” to take her for an automobile ride vesterday after- | noon, Miss Elizabeth Sauter, 18 years old, of 1418 A street southeast, was shot through the left hand when the revolver exploded accidentally. George Coakley of Landover, Md., who Miss Sauter was trying to induce to take her for a ride according to the police, drove the girl to Casualty Hos- pital, where she was treated and later sent home. Her condition was said to be not serious. for |4 D. C., TUESDAY, 12 Qutstanding U. S. Women Chosen FEBRUARY 24, 1931. MRS. COOLIDGE PLACED ON LIST BY JURY OF FIVE MEN. Upper, left to right: Grace Coolidge, Grace Abbott, Jane Addams and Martha 3 Lower, Jeft to right: Carrie Chapman Catt, Minnie Maddern Fiske, Helen Keller and Ernestine Schuman-Heink. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 24.—A mythical hall of fame—for the female sex only—was created yesterday when a jury of five men selected “America’s greatest living women."” They were chosen from among 2,786 women nominated by readers of the magazine Good Housekeeping in & sur- vey lasting four months The final selections included Grace Coolidge, chosen because she ‘“shares | with Dolly Madison a reputation for | exceptional graciousness, amiability and | distinction as hostess of the White | House.” The judges also pointed out | that she writes poetry and was re- | 12 | sponsible for a million-dollar endow- | woman, w] ment for & school for deaf mute chil- | dren. Others honored were Grace Abbott, | chief of the Federal Children's Bureau; | Jane Addams, ploneer in social welfare ‘ work; Cecilia Beaux, artist; Martha Berry, one of the first to provide edu- cmh(o for Southern mountain children; Willa Cather, novelist; Carrie Chapman Catt, woman's suffrage leader and anti- war worker; Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress; Helen Keller, blind and deaf furthertd education for the blind; Florence Rena Sabin, sci- entist; Ernestine Schumann-Heink, singer, and Mary E. Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke College for 30 years. ‘The jury was composed of Newton D. Baker, Dr. Henry van Dyke, Booth Tarkington, Otto Kahn and Bruce Barton. LANE DUEK BIL VITE S TODAY House Debate Opens on Plan to Induct Members Soon After Election. By the Associated Press. With & vote insured late today, the House today opened debate upon the ;. yayan Indians settled in America | 52id, “that the Mayas arrived in Amer- long-standing controversy over abolition of “lame duck” sessions of Congress. Chairman Gifford of the House Elec- tions Committee, author of the aboli- tion resolution, contended it would permit the seating of a new Congress on January 4, or two months after the November elections, and the taking of | office by the President and Vice Pres- ident January 24. ‘The Massachusetts Republican said that under the Constitution now if a President-elect died the House must select one of the surviving candidates, while his resolution would permit the politics as the President-elect. Representative Tilson of Connecticut, the majority leader, said that the coun- try had been: getting along for 140 years under the present system and urged the House not to rush toward amending the Constitution “I don't think we should take that risk,” he said. Several times the Senate has adopted the Norris resolution to abolish this short meeting. It failed of passage in the House three vears ago because of opposition to having two indeterminate sessions. The Norris resolution falls to fix a date of adjournment for the mession replacing the ‘“lame duck” assembly. So does the Gifford resolu- tion, but Republican leaders sponsored an amendment to limit it to probably four months. In bringing up the measure, Speaker Longworth and other majority leaders fulfifled a promise made to its pro- ponents early this session. The Speaker sald he would not oppose the measure | send. Vandenberg, Walcott, Waterman House to elect a President of the same ISENAIE U K ,S Bl[[ it [ | . I\ if an adjournment date for the new | session was fixed in April or M While Senator Norris of Nebraska, is | known to feel the House should act on | his measure, because of his long ad- vocacy of the change, the House leader determined to have considered only the one sponsored by Representative Gifford, Republican, Massachusetts. COTTON MILL PRESIDENT DIES AT DANVILLE HOME By the Associated Pre DANVILLE, Va., February 24.—Harry R. Pitzgerald, cotton mill president and former head of the American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association, died early today following a heart attack. He was 58 years old. He had been directly connected with the Riverside and Dan River Mills, founded by his father, for more than 40 years. He was employed as office boy at 17 and 30 years later was elected president. During the World War he served on | two committees of the War. Industries Board. He was & trustes of Emory Uni- versity, at Atlanta, and of the Ferrum School, at Ferrum, Va. His mills recently were subjected to a four-month strike, which ended Jan- uary 29 by a vote of the workers. He is survived by his widow and four <aughters. Stricter safety regulations for the installation and maintenance of gas fixtures in lodging places for transients was recommended yesterday afternoon by & coroner's jury which investigated the death by asphyxiation of two roomers at 233 Pennsylvania avenue last Tuesday. The jury found a verdict of acci- dental death in the cases of Harry Gal latin and George Campbell, both of whom had expired when other lodgers, tracing the odor of gas to the room which they shared, found them lying near a heater from which gas was flow- ing. Ln thy testimony was introduced at the three-day hearing refimtng the installation of f“ heaters in the lodg- ing house, particularly with relation to & stop cock on the stove in the death room, ‘The stopcock was described by Dis- trict plumbing inspectors as “danger- ous” when used on a gas connection. ‘The cut-off, it was explained, swung in a full circle. An inexperienced person. witnesses sald, could extinguish the STRICTER GAS SAFETY RULES FOR LODGING HOUSES URGED Probe of Death of Two Roomers Shows Stopcock on Stove Was Dangerous to Inexperienced. flame and then return the unlighted gas into the jets at a single motion of the valve. The jury recommended to the Dis- trict Commissioners that stricter in- spection methods be maintained in lodg- ing houses and that unsafe equipment be_condemned. The fire rescue squad and an am- bulance doctor were summoned after the bodies were discovered. Indications were that the two men accidentally turned on the gas when they put out the stove on retiring. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt and mem- bers of the jury questioned at consider- able length the manager of the room- ing house, the owner of the premises and the plumber who repaired gas heaters in the house during 1927. It was testified that the heaters had been equipped with metal pipe con- nections, replacing rubber hose, on in- structions from 'the District Govern- ment. The owner lained he sup d the regulations yhi been complied with since he rece! no further complaint from District Mspectors. By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, February 24.—Prof.| Alberto R. Escalona, noted Mexican| archeologist, has returned from Yuca-| | tan with what he belleves is proof that | sometime prior to the fourth century before Christ. | Their civilization flourished, he said | |in an interview after his arrival, until | | between 1063 and 1103 A.D., when their | cultural leaders mysteriously disap- | | peared, and their civilization fell into | decadence. He could not say what prompted the Maya wise men, priests and chiefs to imlgnte and leave their people to their | HOLDS MAYAN INDIANS ARRIVED IN AMERICA PRIOR TO 336 B. C. Mexican Archeologist Uncovers Proof in Yucatan—Says Civilization Flourished Until 1103 A. D. | by the Mayas to the Spaniards because fate, but he pointed out that their de- parture was simultaneous with the dis- appearance of the cultural leaders of the Toltecs, a preaztec civilization of Mexico. “It now can be stated as a fact,” he ica some time before 336 or 356 B. C. The first date noted in the hieroglyphics is somewhere within that period and it served as the basis for the Mayan computation of time. “The Mayas arrived in Yucatan about 275 B. C. and settled the city of | Chichen Itza between 235 and 255 A.D."” He said that the word Yucatan was derived from the Mayan “Yuaktan,” meaning “noise makers” and applied of the noise produced by their guns. TOADIDLEINU.S. 'House Amendments Approved | in Plan to Start Nation- | | Wide Employment Bureaus. ' By the Amociated Press. | Congressional action on the Wagner | bill to establish a system of national employment exchanges in co-operation | with the States was completed today when the Senate concurred in House | amendments. | | The measure, which the House passed | | yesterday in place of a substitute pro- | posed by Secretary Doak, now goes to the White House. ‘The Senate action was taken without | debate or a record vote. Last of the New Yorker's program for permanent unemployment relief, the measure authorizes appropriation of $1,500,000 for the first year and $4,000,- 000 for three successive years for co- |operative Federal-State employment |agencles. They would be directed through the Labor Department, with a director-general, assisted by an advisory council, including labor representatives and employers, | Mr. Wagner said he expected early action on his resolution to provide a special Senate investigation of unem- ployment insurance. This measure is now before the Audit and Control Com- mittee, with approval by the Commerce Committee. Mr. Wagner said he had assurance it would be reported favorably | soon. \PROBE OF TARIFF GIFT CHARGE IS ASKED IN SENATE (Continued From First Page.) | port®in the World, the evidence was first unearthed by the Nye committee. It said that witnesses had been found who were willing to testify that the Senator in question did receive money, but no definite evidence could be ob- tained to indicate that the money was used or intended to be used for cam- paign purposes. “On the contrary,” said the World report, “there was a statement from one witness that the money was intended as compensation for services in the fight for a higher sugar tariff. It was because of this situation that the evi- dence has been turned over to the Lobby Committee.” ‘Whether the publication in the New York World and the statement made by Senator Nye will bring the whole matter into the Senate today remains to be seen. Any Senator could rise and place a demand for an investigation by the Lobby Committee or some other com- mittee of the whole matter. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John §. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant, March, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” Overture, “Man Lives but Once, ‘Wagner Entr'acte, “Pantomime—Harlequin and Columbine” _(Millegrame); “Buck Dance—Hot Foot” (Lake). Symposium, “Pucciniana,” Von der Mehden Irish dance, “Lilt” . Severn “On the Beautiful Hud- Hermann HEAD SHAVING BARRED MEXICO CITY, February 24 (#).— Head shaving as a hazing practice was prohibited today in orders issued by the rector of the National Normal School. Hazers several days ago shot and wounded & university freshman who sought to evade capture by the self- appointed barbers. TWO HELD IN THEFT SOON AFTER REPORT Auto Supply Store Found Burglar- ized, Youths Taken Within Two Hours. Less than two hours after officials of the Brightwood Auto Supply Co. re- ported that their establishment had been broken into and robbed last night, Detective Elmer Lewis arrested two Maryland youths, recovered a large amount of the stolen money and obtain- ed a confession from his prisoners, The confessed burglars are Luther Cramer, 19 years old, and his brother, Milton, 22 years old, both of 316 Gar- land avenue, Takoma Park, Md. Officers of the auto, firm at 5913 Georgia avenue early this morning dis- covered receipts of yesterday's sales, about $240, had been stolen from a box s;clreied among accessories stored in the office. Precinct Detective Lewis of No. 13 station found that burglars had forced open the door of the coal shute outside the store, made their way into the establishment, and departed in the same manner after taking the money. Lewis questioned Luther, who had been employed by the automobile firm until two weeks ago. The boy was ar- rested after he is alleged to have con- fessed to the officer. Milton, a bricklayer, was taken into custody by Lewis a short time later while working on a building under con- struction at Seventh and Rittenhouse streets. The two youths turned over $220 of the stolen money, police say. SEED LOAN CHIEF DENIES ACCUSATION| Discrimination Against Shenan- doah Valley Farmers Charged by Virginia Agent. Bs the Associated Preas. George L. Hoffman, chief of the ‘Washington Seed Loan Office, denied today there had been discrimination against Shenandoah Valley farmers in approving applications for drought re- lief loans. ‘The charge of discrimination was made by Jean Wysor, agricultural agent for Montgomerys County, Va. He con- tended farmers in the dairy and live stock districts had met difficulty in ob- taining loans because the crops they raised would be used for feed instead of being sold. “We have on hand a large number of IMLEAN ALIMONY - CONTEMPT DENIED Maj. Peyser Also Seeks Re- lease of Injunction Against Mexican Divorce. Attacking jurisdiction of Justice Jesse C. Adkins to grant a temporary injunc. tion against Edward B. McLean, mii- lionaire publisher, to prevent proseci- tion of his suit for divorce in Mexicn against his wife. Mrs. Evalyn Walh McLean, Maj. Julius I. Peyser, former* president of the District Bar Associa- tion, today appeared for the publisher and asked that the order be stricken from the records. He also calls_attention to the fact that no service has been made on Mc- * Lean of the restraining order, nor o® & rule to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court and punished for neglecting to make pay- ment of $7,500 monthly allowance to his wife and children, as ordered by the court last month. The special counsel also asks that an attempted service of the rule to show cause on McLean's attorneys of record, Wilton J Lambert and Leon Tobriner, be quashed. The law, he contends, does not authorize service on an at- torney of such a court order. Peyser has served notice on Frank J. Hogan, Nelson T. Hartson, Edmund M. Jones and Adolph A. Hoehling, counsel for Mrs. McLean, that he will call both motions to the attention of Justice Adkins, Thursday, at 2 p.m. The restraining order and the rule to show cause both call for hearings, March 2. Maj. Peyser makes it plain that he appears for McLean only for the quash- ing of these orders and not otherwise. $30,000 SCHOOL FOOD RELIEF HIT BY DISTRICT RESIDENTS AT HEARING of the school children in the District are undernourished. Later in the testl- mony, Dr. Fowler, District healtn of- ficer, emphasized that Mr. Noonan was apparently confused between underfed and undernourished children. Mr. Gans said that “if this is the best way to feed underfed school chil- dren, I favor this bill. I do not like the word charity, but you can make this legislation so that it will come as a gift from the free heart of the city.” Representative Bowman, Republican, of West Virginia, asked Mr. Gans if he knew whether $30,000 or $300,000 would be sufficient for the work pro- posed. Mr. Gans replied, “I do not know, but this is a start. I do not want to see any child in the Washing- ton schools go hungry.” Mr. Bowman again asked whether Mr. Gans under- stood that this money came from Fed- eral or District funds. Mr. Gans an- swered, “If the children are hungry here, I do not think they would care so much whether they were fed from Federal or from District funds. My idea is that it is every citizen's duty to help out.” Representative Loofbourow of Utah, a new member of the District Commit- tee, sald: “It seems to me that this is | a matter for the citizenship of the District of Columbia and not for the Congress. Why do you not take care of your own?” ‘When Dr. Fowler took the stand, he explained that Mr. Noonan must have mistinterpreted some of the figures from the Health Department. He ex- plained the difference between an un- derfed child and an undernourished child. The former represents a lack of food, while the other might have all the food he needed, but not the ability to digest it from Jack of appetite, nlu'lu ic disturbance or other complica- ions. Problem for Home. Regarding the McLeod bill, Dr. Fowler said: “I do not think public funds should be used for the feeding, either of children or adults, here or elsewhere. This problem is one that should be met in the home. Nobody questions that there are children in the District schools who are underfed or under- nourished, but the percgntage is not as great as that presented by Mr. Noonan. I think the situation may be well met without a Federal law.” He was questioned regarding the ability of the Health Department to make & report on more than 70,000 school children in the District. He told the subcommittee that in the past year his assistants had been able to examin~ about 4,000 school children and a more extensive examination is now in prog- ress, since he has recently been given additional assistants. Stoll Opposes Plan, Mr. Stoll, speaking for the Federation of Citizens’ Associatidns. said: “Mr. Noonan has painted a ghastly situation which does not exist. He has taken isu- lated instances here and there in re- gard to underfeeding. Our contention is that if there are any underfed chil- dren there must also be underfed mothers. After all, it comes back to a remedy of conditions in the homes themselves, and we do not concur in the principle of the McLeod bill. A. J. Driscoll, speaking as president of the Mid-City Citizens' Association, said that temporarily his organization is opposed to the McLeod bill, and be- lieves that the Board of Public Welfare can cope with any underfeeding among school children. At any rate, he wants a scientific study of the situation before indorsing the bill. Mrs. Rafter, also speaking for the Federation of Citizens' Assoclations, op- the McLeod bill, saying: “Of course we have hungry school children here and probably also hungry fathers and mothers. But the appropriation authorized by the McLeod bill would be but a drop in the bucket, because it would take about $30,000 a year to pay expenses and salaries for administration of the proposed law.” COME TAX FACTS. No. 23. Where an automobile is used solely for pleasure, allowable de- ductions for maintenance and operation in an income tax return are limited. There may be deducted the cost of the op- erator’s permit, license fees, State or local taxes imposed on owner- ship of the car (personal prop- erty tax), and in certain States and the District of Columbia the gasoline tax, where such tax is imposed by law on the consumer rather than the dealer. Follow- ing is a list of the States where the tax is deductible by the con- sumer: Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indi- ana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michi- gan. Missourl, New Hampshire, ew Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsyl- vania, Rhode Island, South Da- kota, Virginia, Washington and ‘Wisconsin. In States where the tax is im- posed on the distributor and not application from the dairy industry,” Hoffman said, ‘requesting loans seed for feed for their herds. We are now communicating with the appli- cants to make arrangements for the payment of the loans, inasmuch as the crops used for feed would offer no se- - wuau of ‘@airymen have ‘Thre Saturday loans mide from the Wi ton office numbered 1,998, BZETY $336,209, and Virgifia re- ceived 1,48, totaling $236,340. h Carolina "had 600 loans app! L, amounting to $100,000. the consumer, the distributor may deduct the tax, provided it is not added to or made a part of his business exzenm. If & car is used for both busi- ness and pleasure, the deductible expenses should be computed ac- cordingly. For example, if the total expense of operation and maintenance, plus depreciation, for the taxable year amounted to , the car having been used three-fourths of the time for business and the balance for pleasure, the allowable deduction would be $600.