Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1933, Page 12

CONTRACTORS SEEK NEW PAY GUTS IN BUILDING TRADES Group to Confer Tuesday on Plans for Reducing Wage Scales. ORGANIZED CARPENTERS RESIST SLASH TO $8 Protest Meetings Arranged on Be- half of Common Labor, Paid 35 Cents an Hour. 3 union carpenters planned Vigorous resistance of some kind against the pro- posed pay cut from $11 to $8 a day on six big Government prcjects, a group of contractors arranged to mect Tues- day to discuss the possibility of reduc- ing the wage scales of other building trades. Meantime another movement was put under way today on behalf of common labor, which is said to bz receiving 35 cents an hour, or $2.80 a day, to fight for an increase in pay. Carpenters discussed ways and means ndling their problem at a lively g last night of Unicn No. 132 at ! ters’ Hall 2 of deal- | rs who had ac- ad of the union | s understood to over to the District | , which meets early next weck. Labor to Fight Slash. Organized labor will put up a vigor- ous fight against reduction of the car- penters’ scale, it was indicated today, especially as it is now taken as an at- tempt by the contractors to lower the wage scale of organized labor, especially of the building traded. The three prin- cipal means of dealing with the ques- tion from the point of view of the carpenters were said to_be negotiation with proper officials under provisicns of the Bacon-Davis prevailing wage law, negotiation with contractors who are roposing the cut, or a strike. According to one labor leader, the | saving to be made by cutting the wages of organized labor would go into the of the contractors and the Government would not save a cent. On the other hand, one contractor said he would be willing to turn back to the Government the savings he could make by a reduction in wages paid to his men Contractors Meet Tuesday. The mecting of contractors to con- sider 1t ion of wages to other crafts of the building trades will be held Tues- dey afternoon at the office of R. E. Milor, 2 subcontractor cn the Post Of- fice Department Building, who is chair- man of an Executive Ccmmittee of facon Contr:ctors. | ndeorstcod that this session the possibility not only of wages of bricklayers and ., but also of other crafts Government buildings. actor who plans to ettend said bricklayers were being day, on the union work on nt buildings, whereas he knew 21 other buildiers outside of nt work, who were paving s here in Washington $4 a As word of this m-vement to cut down neral pay ca S ton rculated through union circles early tocay there arose more un- official talk of a possible strike against the proposed cut. One labor leader, for instanee, seid the hoisting engineers would not lift stone or materials for any werkers who they considered were vio- Jzting the union rules by accepting a lower pay scale than authorized by the unizn. Protest Meetings Planned. Plans for th» protest meetings for unorganized labor went forward today, wiih arrangements made for a meeting to ke held for labor on Tuesday pizht, and colcred labor on Thursday night. Those behind this movement Tomted out that on the same job there were working union bricklayers receiv- ing $14 a cay, and laborers who were ben paid $14 a week. If any kind of cut is to be made in the higher-paid labor, it was p-inted out, some of the thus saved should go to the paid labor Which is being paid S14 a week. Many weeks, how- this labor can not get in a full cay week, and has to sacrifice pay whatever days are lost. Protests may be made to President-elect Roose- and to Scnator George Norris on 'f of the 35-cents-an-hour labor, it was said. D. C. PROBES FRAUD CHARGES. T Painters Claim $1,628 Due for Work on Harrison School. District officials today launched an investigation into the complaints of 10 workmen employed by subcentracters on the Harrison School addition in the 2100 block of Thirteenth street that they had been defrauded of a total of $1,628.13 by Brown & Overcash Co., ainting subcontractors, who have since eft the city. The amount, according to affidavits filed ‘with E. S. Dawson, investigator of clajms for the District, represents the difference between the amount paid the men and the amount due them under the prevailing wage scale of $1.37% an hour—at which rate they were hired. Conclude Work. ‘The subcontracting firm, which for- merly maintained an office in the 400 bleck of H street southwest, unexpected- ly concluded work on the Harrison School job January 28, leaving the painting and interior decoration work incomplete, according to information in the hands of the corporation counsel's office. It is understood the subcon-| tracting firm had been paid up to that date by the general contracters for the job, Culbertson & Kelly Co., Inc., of Detroit. | The affidavits filed by the 10 painters’ —whose individual losses, they declare, range from $40.80 to $278.25—state that the men signed papers required under the law that they were being paid the prevailing wage scale in accordance with the Bacon-Davis act. Without expressing an opinion on the matter, Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride said today h&® was of the belief the matter was one to be dealt with be- tween the contractors and subcon- tractors, and would not involve the Dis- trict. ‘Work Continaed. At the office of Culbertson & Kelly it was said the subcontracting firm aban- doned the job “uncxpectedly” and that the work was being completed by em- loyes of the general contracting firm. g‘bey were unable to tell where the Brown & Overcash concern was from. Painters employed on the construction project told Dawson, however, that Brown hailed from High Point, N. C, end Overcash from Pine Bluff, Ark. Action on the part of District author- ties in the matter, if any, will not be taken before Monday, when Dawson will submit his report dealing with his investigation. Dawson said today he was satisfied the men had been hired at the prevailing wage scale of $11 per day, but payment of wages had been *plt ‘ofi” until finally the subcontrac- tors left without reimbursing their em- loyes. pl” ‘the district attorney’s office it was #aid no action would be taken in the matter until it was presented at that of union labor in | “A Real Scientist” Is Hairless, House Told by Blanton By the Associated Press. Represt tive Blanton, Demo- crat, of Texas, told the House “a real scientist” is bald-héhded. He was differentiating between ‘real scientists” and ‘“‘these so- called scientists, these potato sclentists, who have long hair.” “A real scientist hasn’t got any hair,” Blanton said. His reference to “long-haired scientists” applied to specialists of the Agriculture Department who have been engaged in devel- oping potato types. ATTAGK IS CHARGED BY BALLSTON GIRL Tells Police Man Who Hired Her as Nurse Took Her to Maryland Cottage. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BALLSTON, Va., February 4—A story of brutality at the hands of a man by whom she was allegedly employed as a nursemaid for his two children was un- folded to local authorities today by Lil- lian Carman, 15, of 1004 Preston avenue, after she had been missing throughout the night from her home. The girl, according to her mother, Mrs. Luiu Carman, had apswered an advertisement by a man who claimed that he wanted a nursemaid for his two children. When he communicated with her he informed her that he re- sided in a large downtown hotel in ‘Washington, and when he called for her last night, she claims, he informed her that he was going to take her into Washington, pick up his wife and two children and go to & Summer home he claimed to maintain near Leonard- town, Md. Mother Becomes Suspicious. Becoming suspicious, the mother in- vestigated after their departure and learned that the man did not live at the hotel. Thereupcn, a search for the couple was started by police. Upon her return here shortly after 9 o'clcek this morning, the girl told her mother that after leaving the house she had been threatened with violence by the man as she made an outcry and that he then tock her through Ana- costia and to a point which she believed was in the vicinity of Fort Washington, Md., where they spent the night alone in a cottage. Not only was she assaulted at the cottage, she said, but also on the rcad there, having been forced to accompany the man into the woods. Girl Placed on Car. ‘The matter today was reported to Mrs. Mae E. Jacobs, superintendent of public welfare, who called at the house and took the girl with her for ques- tioning. The girl told her mother that upon their return to Washington this morn- ing the man, who gave his name as “J. Clark,” tried to persuade her to attend a show in Washington before her re- turn hoge, but she refused, so he took her to Rosslyn and placed her on &n electric car for return to her home. After leaving her, she said, he turned around and went over the Key Bridge into Washington. She failed to cbtain e teg numbers of his car, but said that he had District licenses. COMMITTEE NAMED ON CAR MERGER Ham, Fleming and Doolittle From W. R. & E. Group to Meet Capital Traction. ‘To work out details of the street car merger with the committee of the Capi- tal Traction Co., already named, a committee to represent the Washington Railway and Electric Co., composed of Wiliam F. Ham, Robert V. Fleming and F. W. Doolittle, has been named, it was announced today. The W. R. & E. Co. committee, will hold several meetings with the Capital Traction representatives, George E. Hamilton, G. Thomas Dunlop and John M. Perry, to work out details of the merger recently authorized in a joint resolution of Congress and signed by President Hoover. Under provisions of the merger reso- lution, the agreement for the unifica- tion must be framed within six months of the passage of the resolution, al- though the stockholders have two years to ratify the agreement. Then the agreement must also meet with the ap- proval of the Public Utilities Commis- sion before the unification can finally become efTective, 64TH ANNIVERSARY OF WEDDING MARKED Mr. and Mrs. William H. Scribner Are Guests of Honor at Dinner at Home Last Night. Mr, and Mrs. Willlam H. Scribner, 840 Varnum street, were guests of honor at a dinner at their home last night in commemoration of their sixty-fourth wedding anni- versary. With them was their one child, [Le- roy Scribner, 61, of the Varnum street gqddress. The Scribners, who were married in Fulton, IIL, have lived In Washing- ton for 50 years, during which time Mr. Scribner was employed for a time at the Gov- ernment Printing Office and Mrs. Scflbnero fl:b tsl;‘: . Pension Office. Williams H. Seribner. Pension Office. She after 36 years’ service. Born in Duchess County, N. Y., Mr. Scribner, who is now 90, served in the 3rd New York Cavalry during the Civil War, and lost a leg in a battle at Ream’s Station, Petersburg, on June 18, 1864, He is & member of Burn- side Post, G. A. R., which has 18 sur- its original roster of more than 1,000. Scribner N. Y, in 1844. She is a member of Joppa Chapter, O. E. S, and of Our Flag Chapter, D. A. Mrs. W. H. Scribner. . In 1902, 1903 and 1904 she served as vice president and secretary of Columbia Chapter. il SR | of | fications of the “tax jungle” that has CAMPAIGN TOAVOID TAX OVERLAPPING PLANNED IN STATES Interstate Conference to Take Drive Before Several Legislatures. MORE STUDY REQUIRED FOR DEFINITE PROGRAM Committee to Be Formed to Collect and Distribute Data Among Lawmakers. ‘The Interstate Legislative Conference of the American Legislators’ Association today paved the way for carrying on a campaign in State Legislatures for the adjustment and co-ordination of Fed- eral and State tax systems to avold overlapping and conflicting levies. This action was taken when the assembly adopted a report of a Com- mittee on Procedure, headed'by State Senator He Parkman, jr., of Massa- chusetts, which opposed any definite declaration of taxation policy by the assembly. In presenting h{‘ report Senator Parkman said that members of the committee felt that this conference, which was the first of its nature called, rules for taxation, and that it was the idea that a Continuing Committee of the association be formed to collect and disseminate tax data among the State lawmakers. A resolution embodying these ideas is being introduced this afternoon, and it was said it would be adopted. In deciding against any definite policy, the assembly followed out the sentiment expressed by members who felt that the problem of long standing ‘was one that should be given deep cgn- sideration. Against Definite Policy. The difficulty in the way of the early settlement was_brought out in debate this morning when State Senator Edgar Brown of South Carolina spoke in op- position to the proposal that the As- iemb]y outline no definite policy. He avored an expression that would defl- nitely put the association on record in favor of segregating certain forms of taxation in States and other in the Fed- eral Government. c Dr. C. B. McCulloch, delegate from Indiana, differing with Senator Brown, pointed out, for instance, that should the sales tax be left to the States, one State might adopt and another State reject this levy to the consequent detri- ment of business in the State where it was applied. If income tax, he said, were left to the State. the State would be confronted with the situation that the levy is unconstitutional in some Jurisdictions. ‘Through three sessions yesterday and | last night at the Shoreham Hotel. the who are members of State and fiscal officers the rami- delegates, legislative bodies, their States heard sprung up in this country treated from various angles, and it 1s on the basis of these deliberations that some pro- gram is projected. Succeeding speakers, re-emphasizing a thought of President Hoover, who ad- | dressed the opening session, made it clear that no immediate solution may be expected of a problem that has been increasing with the years. It was re- peated, however, that the conference, the first of its nature ever held, fur- nishes a startinz point. There are 32 States represented here. and the del- egates express themselves as feeling that their own State bodies, and those of the other States not represented, will be brought to a better knowledge of the whole picture of taxation by rea- son of this conference, and be impelled to a unity of action. Overlapping Taxation. At dinner last night, the Assembly heard the subject of overlapping taxa- tion discussed by two members of subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee which has surveyed the problem — Representative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, the chairman, and Representative Chindbloom, Repub- lican, of Illinois, a member of the group. Representative David J. Lewis, Demo- crat, of Maryland, was another congres- sional speaker. ers that the Federal Government was not the lone offender in invading tax fields already occupled by the States, but that the States likewise were cul- pable, having gone into Federal tax provinces. He said he fet certain that when the time came to reduce taxes, Congress would be glad to treat with the repre- sentatives of States to see how duplicate levies could be avoided. Illustrative of the way the tax burden in the country has grown, Mr. Vinson said the subcommittee study had shown that in 1929, when the National income was $90,000,000,000, the tax was $10,- 000,000,000, or a ratio of one to nine, whereas now, with the Naticnal income reduced to between thirty-five and forty billion dollars, the tax is about $9,500,- 000,000, or & ratio of one to four. Representative Chindbloom told the Delegates that the message they should bring to their States is that the “people back home” must qdit their demands for extensive Governmental services if they expect economy. . He criticised in particular those various activities car- ried on in the States on the basis of 50 per cent appropriations from the Federal Government. “There must be an aroused public sentiment against public expmdi.t'um to get a reduction in taxation,” he warned. & Representative Lewis ‘Con- gress has been deliberately excluding the middle classes from taxation,” pointing to the disparity in rates on income tax and death duties between this and foreign countries. Saying in- heritance levies do not start until the $100,000 bracket is reached, that in- come up to $2,500 is exempted for married_couples, and then citing the serted that “no country can ms tain itself on skyscrapper taxation. States must face their duty in the matter of their government,” he emphasized. “They are not doing it now.” He suggested that there might be a division of the inheritance and in- come_ taxes, with the lower backets left for State levies, and the higher for national. ‘The Marylander said, however, that he had no idea his sug- gestion would be adopted. Repeal Issue Injected. Possibility of tax relief through modi- fication of the* prohibition law entered deliberations of the conference for the first time yesterday afternoon when delegates participated in a round table conference of problems of their States, of Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida. The issue was raised by State Repre- sentative McMillan Lewis of Missourl, who said “we’re looking for help from the tax on beer, when and if it comes.” Mr. 3 presents the St. Louis dis- trict, said he did not vision the beer tax as a cure-all, but did expect it to afford some relief. State Senator Elwood Griffenberg of Delaware, another speaker, said his State also was looking for aid !mor‘n this could not set down any hard and 12“1 Representative Vinson told his hear- | range from those points, Lewis as-| ingto; “The middle classes of the United) y; at & session marked by the appearance | suff Duke of Manchester Evades Debt Prison, Paying Old Hotel Bill By the Associated Press. MARGATE, England, February 4—The Duke of Manchester evaded a British " yesterday when he paid into the court_the amount of an old un- paid hotel bill at Broadstairs. ‘The duke, who was married Greenwich, Conn., in December, 1931, to Miss Kathleen Dawes, formerly an actress in d, was sentenced Thursday to 42 days in prison without suspen- sion when he failed to appear to show why he should not be im- prisoned for failure to pay. The duke’s marriage in Con- necticut followed within 10 days a divorce which became final from the previous Duchess of Manchester, LEER. TRAMMELL, 46, DIES SUDDENLY Florida Senator’s Brother and Seeretary Victim of Blood Pressure. T, Lee R. Trammell, 46, brother and secretary to Senator Trammell of Flor- ida, died last night at his home, 617 C street northeest. He was stricken during the afternoon, after leaving the Capitol. Death was attributed to a | ruptured blood vessel due to high blood | pressure. Mr. Trammell, who had been in his brother’s office about 12 years, became his secretary a year ago on the death of R. R. Tomlin, who had held the position for some time. He was regarded by legislators and others on Capitol Hill as one of the m(;et(emumt ficuurks in the service. ore coming to Washington Mr. Trammell was secretary of the Ocala, Fla., Chamber of Commerce, and prior to that he was in charge of accounts for the Florida Citrus Exchange. He was a native of Polk County, 5 He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Daisy Trammell, and two sons, James, 12, and Lee, jr., 15. ' Funeral services will be held here tomorro¥ afternoon, with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Final arrange- ments have not been completed. WOODIN COMPOSITION CHOSEN FOR PARADE President-Elect Roosevelt Selects Official March for Inaugura- tion Ceremonies. The “Franklin Delano Roosevelt | March,” composed by William H. Woodin, president of the American Car & Foundry Co., close friend of Mr. Rcosevelt, has been selected as the official band music for the Roosevelt inaugural parade, it was announced today by Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Inaugural Committee. ‘The march was chosen at the request of the President-elect, Admiral Gray- son seid. Mr. Woodin has created a number of compositions of chamber music, and leaders of the service bands who have heard his latest march de- clare it to be a real contribution to band music. The following additional members were named to the Entertainment Com- mittee by Admiral Grayson _today: Bishop P. Hill, Waverly Taylor, John F. Brawner, Jcseph B. Reynolds, Claude W. Owen and Col. Arthur O'Brien. Huston Thompson is c! g MRS. ANNA CRAMER DIES; FORMERLY RESIDED HERE Word of the sudden death of Mrs. Anna Cramer, 61, former resident of this city, at her home in Seattle, Wash., was received here last night. She was a rative of Cockeysville, Md,, and a Civil War veteran and employe of the Government Printing Office. Mrs. Cramer’s husband, Leslie E. Cramer, is disbursing officer for the Alaskan Railway. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sisters and a brother. The sisters are Mrs. Thomp- son, wife of Capt. B. W. Thompson, assistant chief of detectives, and Mrs. Ella Priester, of Baltimore, the brother, Alfred Bierly, being a resident of Clar- endon, Va. Interment will be at Fred- erick, Md. the conference as an observer for the Governor of Florida, said the problem of co-ordinating Federal and State taxa- tion was as much a matter for consid- eration by the National Government as by the States. Congress faces the task, she con- tinued, “of cutting down the cost of government, and at the same time of devising means of taxation that people are able topay.” She pointed out, how- ever, that illogically enough, while there is & general demand from the taxpay- ing public for a retrenchment in gov- ernment, so often these same demands are coupled with requests for govern- mental expenditures in which the indi- viduals themselves are interested. Confused With Santa. “I think that in the mind of the public the characters of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus have become confused,” she said. Dr. Douglas Gordon, president of St. John's College, at the conference as a representative from Maryland, said the great problem in his State is to reduce taxes on land. He expected he said, that a small sales tax—probably of 1 er cent—would be imposed by the pres- ent session of the Maryland Legislature. Dr. Gordon said the Maryland gaso- by the lower rate prevailing in Wash- n. Another speaker from nearby was C. H. Morrissett, tax commissioner for ; terson, representing 1 suggested that State Legislatures might memorialize Congress to with- draw the Federal Government from the tion, which is oc- the gasoline tax Shouid be spplied th the proper share being allocated to the States. John R. Spring, tax commissioner from New Ham , suggested that the conferemte give some thought to a tax on trucks engaged TURDAY, FEBRUARY_ ¢4, 193 TWO SEARCHES BY POLICE FAIL TO LOCATE MYSTERY PROWLER Woman Employes of Representative McClintic Alarmed by Noises and Lights. CANNON ASSAILS WETS IN CONGRESS FOR BACKING BEER House and Senate Groups Held Band of “Lawless Lawmakers.” CHURCHMAN ADDRESSES RALLY OF DRY LEADERS Nearly 200 Attend Meeting Last Night Called in Protest Against Collier-Blaine Bill. Members of the House of Represen- tatives and the Senate Finance and diciary Committees were assailed as band of lawless lawmakers” by Bishop James Cannon, jr., last night at & mass meeting of drys, called in protest against the Collier-Blaine 3.05 per_cent beer and wine bill. Nearly 200 members of dry organiza- tions attended the meeting, which was held in the Washington Hotel. Bishop Cannon, speaking as chair- man of the Board of Temperance and Social Service, representing the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, declared: “Both the Judiciary and Finance Commiitees of the Senate have reported favorably a bill, which deliborately, with full knowledge of the facts, nullifies the Constitution, and have intentionally 80 framed the bill as to make it as difficult as possible for its constitu- tionality to be passed upon by the courts. In short, the House of Repre- sentatives and the Judiciary and Finance Committees of the Senate have put themselves on record officially as a band of lawless lawmakers, who are willing to nullify openly the Constitu- tion they have solemnly sworn to up- hold and support, in order to gratify the hysterical clamor for intoxicating “We protest that these lawless law- makers have brought disgrace upon our country and deserve and will,"we be- lieve, receive the condemnation of their conctituents, except, ufierhaps. in those centers of our population where un- blushing, shameless graft and corrdp- tion dominate the political life.” Mrs. Peabody Presides. Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, chairman of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement, presided and intro- duced the 15 speakers. Attacking the procedure followed in adopting_the Collier-Blaine bill, Ed- ward B. Dunford, attorney for the, Anti- Saloon League, said “the humor in the performance is exceeded only when the reasons advanced for the adoption of the measure are analyzed. If it were not for the national headache this leg- islation might cause, it could fairly be treated as a colossal joke. “The difference between the beer bills of the House and Senate is the difference between a ‘simple’ and an ‘aggravated assault’ upon the Consti- tution, “The Collier bill sought openly, frankly and directly to legalize ordi- nary pre-prohibition beer and was so framed as to permit a decision upon its constitutionality by the Supreme Court.” “The Senate bill constitutes an ag- gravated assault by stealth with intent to maim, disfigure and destroy the eight- eenth amendment by nullification through withdrawing the penalties from the manufacture and sale of beer, and is purposely framed to make it more difficult to secure a ruling upon its con- stitutionality by the Supreme Court.” Canon Willlam Sheafe Chase pointed out that attempts in England to win the public away from hard liquor by making beer available had failed. The only effect of these experiments, he said, was to increase the drinking of both beer and gin. He also said sim- ilar experiments in several States and Territories had failed. Scores Intoxication. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president of the District of Columbia Federation of Women'’s Clubs, cited testimony of her late husband, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, to show that 2.75 per cent beer is intoxi- cating. She also quoted a statement daughter of the late William F. Bierly, | from Dr. Richard C. Cabot, who said: “A considerable proportion of men drink beer, not because they are thirsty or because they like the taste particu- larly, but because they want to produce | a certain sensation of exhilaration and forgetfulness. This being so, they will g0 on drinking beer until they attain the desired result. It may take a little more time, but it lands a man in the same place he would reach a little more quickly by the whisky route.” Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, president of the National Woman’s Democratic Law Enforcement League, charged that the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment is financed by millionaires who want to bring back beer in order to be relieved of their income taxes. “They wish to put on the poor man's family a $4,000,000,000 tax on beer an liquor in order to raise & paltry $150. | 000,000 revenue, thus diverting from the channels of legitimate business each year billions needed by the poor man to buy bread, milk, clothes, shoes, furni- ture and educational advantages for nis children. “Those against the beer bill represent millions, while those for it represent a noisy, self-seeking minority.” She also charged that both the Dem- ocratic and Republican national con- ventions last year were “packed” with wet supporters. Denies Job Prospects. Denying that the beer bill would bring about an increase in employment, Wil S. Bennet?, secretary of the American Business Men’s Prohibition Foundation, said the beer industry em- ploys fewer men per dollar of invest- ment than any other ess. After asserting that - prohibition has greatly increased the production and :le !:lfd!mh fruits, vegetables and milk, e E “The only real argument in favor of line tax revenue was affected adversely | the bill from the business man’s stand- | Protection of any law of the land.” She point is the possibilities of beer as a source of tax revenue. But the eco- nomic sacrifice involved would greatly offset any possible tax benefits, aside from the obvious bad ethics of any such trade.” He also said the purchase of grains by the brewers would not help the farmers, because all the grain, after starches had been extracted, would come back on Mrs. Tilton, chairman of the ‘Women's National Cemmittee for Edu- cation Against Alcohol, said the “beer for revenue measure shifts the tax burden from the shoulders of the wealthy to the poor man. This is a rank Democratic heresy.” John B. Nati He also criticized er | those who would resort to “violation of units | the Constitution to balance the budget.” | and have to to James B. Pritchard, representing the Saracene, an organization formed mfim that & was the yard of the home of two woman employes of Representative James B. McClintic sent police hurrying wu\oruidmuzwlumh:l‘ht. Near McGill Residence. The house is about five blocks from the home of Senator George McGill of Kansas, who reported a mysteri prowler a nce, of his resides street, Wednesday night. Mrs. Wells, who lives with Miss So- renson at the home of the latter's pa ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sorenson, de- clared she heard the voices on the lawn. At the time, she said, she and a friend were sitting in a room on the first floor. ‘When she retired & short time later, she continued, she saw a light flash ::lo":! & window of her second-floor bed ‘When Miss Sorenson returned home some time later, however, she saw shadows fiit across the lawn, she told police. A few moments later, she said, she heard a noise at the wipdow, as though some one were tapping on the pane. She notified police, but a thor- ough search of the neighborhood failed to disclose any trace of the supposed prowler. Hears Tapping Again. 2 ‘When Miss Sorenson went upstairs & short time later, however, she heard a tapping on the front door, she said. s, bt gl SO - . search was made, less as the first. ‘The women became more alarmed than they ordinarly would have, it was explained at the home, because of the reports an armed prowler had visited Senator McGill's residence. The Senator’s home still is under police guard. CHILLUM CITIZENS WANT HIGH SCHOOL New Senior Institution Near‘[ Third and Sheridan Streets Urged by Group. The District Commissioners and the | Board of Education were requested to ask Congress for an appropriation to provide for the erection of a new senior high school by the Chillum Heights Citizens® Association at its meeting last night in the Joseph R. Keene School. Members stated if the school were erected in the vicinity of Third and | Sheridan streets, it would not only take | care of pupils in the northern part of the city, but also all children east of | Rock Creek Park, thus relieving the congestion in a number of the other high schools. Cyrus T. Bright, who introduced the | resolution, requested that the secretary | send copies to the District Commis- | sioners, the Board of Education and | the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. | The association asked the District Commissioners to construct a sidewalk on the north side of Kennedy street from Second street northwest to Blair | Road northeast so that the proper pro- | tection may be provided for the large number of school children who are forced to use this street to reach the| Keene School. Members stated that & number of | | children had been injured on this street in the last few years. | Capt. Joseph Morgan of the sixth lice precinct was asked to study new | lighting facilities for the intersection of Blair road and Concord avenue northeast and recommend to Maj. H. C. Whitehurst, Engineer of Highways, that proper lights be installed. The Streets and Lights Committee was instructed to call upon Capt. Morgan and make this request. Members stated many serlous accidents have occurred at this intersection. INQUEST TO BE HELD IN KILLING OF DOCTOR Dr. Christopher C. Stultz, Colored, Found Shot Dead—Wife Is Arrested. An inquest will be held this afternoon | into the death of Dr. Christopher C. Stultz, 36, colored, who was found shot to death in his office-apartment in the 600 block of Third street northeast yes- terday afternoon. The body was dis- covered by Policemen Willlam Melvin and W. D. Young of No. 9 precinct, who broke into the apartment when | some one reported there was ‘“some- thing wrong in there. Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Stultz, 29, col- ored, who said she was Dr. Stultz’s sec- ond wife, was arrested as she entered the apartment buflding shortly after the body was found. * Detectives said she admitted shooting the rh.vsichn because he accused her of infidelity. Since the death of his first wife, Dr. Stultz had lived at the Third street address with their three small boys. MRS. R. P. RAWLINS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Robert Patterson Rawlins, 72. of 3302 Eighteenth street northeast, died late yesterday at Sibley Hospital after 8 lingering illness. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock at her residence, with Dr. James H. Taylor, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Dobyville, Ark., where her husband, who died here two years 2go, is buried. Mrs. Rawlins was borp in Arkansas, living in Okolona, Ark. and El Paso, Tex. Since the World War she made her home here with her daughter, Miss Harriet J. Rawlins, who was with her at the time of her death yesterday at the hospital. Others surviving are two sons Edwin of Arkansas and Frank of Albuquerque, N. Mex. Fisher, president of the Woman’s Coun- cil of the Washington Federation of Churches, declared. “Is that the question you put first your daughter?” she asked. “If it is, neither you nor she deserves the declared the influence of moral women, if properly loyed, can do & great deal in combat! the drive to reinstate the liquor traffic. Mrs. Jennie Wright of the Federa- tion of Women'’s Clubs also took a vig- gm.un stand in opposition to the beer Recent statements of 'L-edm church Churehes; Dr. .Samuel of the Presbyterian Churc] Francis D. Nichol, representing the Seventh-Day Adventists. g to this bill which und wine 1] s {of the Pirst Baptist Church; Dr. Alhg‘mn; lands, “ ane AMERICAN BUYING WINS SENATE VOTE Johnson Amendment, Like| Bill Passed by House, Re- stricts U. S. Supplies. Bills designed to boost tariffs against depreciated currency coun- tries were rejected today by the House Ways and Means Subcommit- tee, which has been considering the Republican plan. A motion to make & favorable report to the full com- mittee on the Hill bill for automatic increases in duties received a tie vote, 4 to 4, which was tantamount to rejection. The United States Government must purchase American-made goods for all its activities, under the Johnson amend- ment to the Treasury and Post Office appropriation bill, adopted by the Sen-‘ ate last night by a vote of 41 to 12. The Johnson amendment is almost identical with the Wilson bill, passed recently by the House by an over- whelming vote, providing for the use of American-made goods by the Gov- ernment. As finally adopted, the Johnson amendment provides that foreign-made goods may be purchased by the Govern- ment if similar products are not pro- duced in the United States in sufficiently and reasonably available commercial quantities and satisfactory quality. It was contended during the Senate debate, however, by opponents of the Johnson amendment, that in practice, the Johnson amendment wopld result in the purchase of American goods. And so it was designed to work. . The Democrats in the Senate were widely split over the amendment, with the Democratic leader, Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, opposing the amend- ment, and Senator Walsh of Montana, assistant leader, supporting it. House Acceptance Necessary. The Johnson amendment still has to be accepted by the House when the appropriation bill is returned to that y. Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, the only Republican voting against it, proposed an amendment to exempt Canadian wood pulp and other foreign raw ma- terials, but this was rejected, 57 to 16. Thirteen Democrats and 28 Republi- cans supported the Johnson proposal. Eleven Democrats voted against it, with Blaine, a8 follows: Black, Bulow, Clark, Connally, Costigan, George, King, Mc- Gill, Robinson of Arkansas, Smith, and Thomas of Oklahoma. Senator Walsh of Montana argued free trade, like disarmament, was de- sirable, but this could not be achieved until all countries brought down their Nmm walls and America increased her avy. Senators Tydings of Maryland and Smith of South Carolina, both Demo- crats, opposed the amendment, the lat- ter declaring tariff walls already were too high and the amendment would ;:pple.r_nent the tariff with an ‘“em- Tydings said if the United States was going to “pursue an isolation policy” it should “stop producing more than the people consume.” Return of Money Proposed. The Marylander offered an amend- ment to provide for return of any money to the Treasury that was lent to farmers to produce crops of which there is a surplus. This was ruled out by order. Senator Copeland, Demo- crat, of New York, also lost an amend- ment which would have exempted for- eign goods already contracted for. In a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday, Henry J. Harriman, president of States Chamber of Commerce, con- tended emergency legislation is needed to stop the influx into the United States of products from countries with depre- ciated currencies. “Foreign products whose price in the United States is based upon depreciated foreign levels have brought our own prices down and have prevented normal Testorative processes and will continue to do so unless Congress takes some emergency action,” Mr. Harriman said. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. by ‘TODAY. Reception and dance, Arkansas State Soclety, Willard Hotel, 8:45 p.m. Minstrel show, Transfiguration Hall, Gallatin street, 8 p.m. Card p;:&rvmmu' Administration Branch, al Employes’ Union, No. 2, 710 Fourteenth street, 8:15 p.m. Lecture, Harry D. Appleby, “Tech- Facf Life, 916 Sixteenth street, 8:15 p.m. Dinner. Washington Board of Trade, Willard Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Joint meeting, Ladies of the G. A. R., Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Women of the Moose, 1414 K street, 8 pm. Lecture, Diosdado M. Yap, president Modernist Party, Philippine Is- , “The Desire of the Filipino Peo- ple for Freedom,” 918 G street, 8 p.m. Card and bingo party, benefit of needy family, Southern Dairies Audi- torfum, 60 M street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Lecture, H. J. Wadleigh, “The Busi- American interests the youth of the ness Cycle in History,” 21; H street, 8 pm. Dance, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Dance, Georgetown | Dental BT RS Card party, W. B. A. Officers’ Club, y;hmmpm Loan & Trust Building, Benefit bingo party, 2541 Third street northeast, 8:30 p.m. the United | Qrcutt, 1 BROHNSUBMITS PLEA N BEHALF - OFU.S.ARNAL Declares That Senate’s Elim- ination of Funds Would Destroy Service. DEFENSE OF SYSTEM GIVEN TO ROBINSON Postmaster General Says Invest. ments of $200,000,000 Would Be Wiped Out. Declaring elimination by the Senai: of all airmail appropriations for next year would “practically destroy the aeronautical industry” and wipe out in- vestments aggregating more than $300,- 000,000, Postmaster General Brown late yesterday went to the Capitol in per- son to plead for continuation of the airmail service. The Postmaster General laid before Senator Robinson, author of the amend- ment which killed the airmail appro- priation, a defense which he prepared personally after more than five hours of labor at his hotel Thursday night. Sees Reduction in Future. The Postmaster General's plea, Which is regarded as one of the most com- prehensive documents yet, framed on the il and its relation to society, was made public last night at the Post Office Department. In it Mr. Brown expressed the belief that a general busi- ness recovery would make it possible to reduce the cost of airmail service to the point where further Government subsidies would be unnecessary. + “Eliminating or crippling the airmail at present,” Mr. Brown said, “will prac- tically destroy the aeronautical industry, With a gross annual turnover of $50,= 000,000, taking into account the $25.- 000,000 disbursed by the airmall operators, and will wipe out investments ;){e the E‘td‘e_lml government. municipali- s and private enterprises a ati more than $300,00,000.” e Finds Moral Obligation. Brown said he rested the case of ths airmail “squarely upon the legal and moral obligations of the United States Government by reason of covenants contained in the route certificates issued pursuant to the provisions of the McNary-Watres act, vesting in the holders of such route certificates the right to carry the airmail over their ;espec!v,sve {gu\e? and receive just com= ensation therefor, until the of April, 1936.” ety He assured Congress that “no furth g?(xt-un;:u‘ route certificates or roug ensions will be mads o ministration.” a2l He said public patronage of the air- mail depends upon frequent schoduie and upon its facilities being available to every part of the country, Fears Drop in Revenue. “Discontinuing the service to an; portion of the country,” Mr. .Bmwl’l sald, “would reduce the airmail reve= nues by a vastly larger sum than the airmail postage normally originating in the part of the country affected. Thus it is obvious that ' curtailing mileage flown is more than likely to increase the net burden to the Post Office Department, if the operator is ;4; l:eour:sx;nbgsed his actual costs, and, , there kesp. him'in the S e it . Brown said the $19,000, propriated by the House for ?geo 3& mestic airmail service, which was stricken out by the Senate, the imum which will suffice for this important service it the extraordinary progress it has thus sacrificed.” St doihe Airport to Be Closed. PITTSBURGH, February 4 - county commissioners ;zsr.er(::)y 1:‘22 nounced abandonment on June 30 of Rodgers Field, city-county owned air~ Port near Aspinwall, that is used by the qutd States Army Military activities :«llll_lpg:! trng:{:;:ed ;9] the new municipal 3 rs Field will a buyer can be found. IS - Marriage Licenses. Morris Abrams, 1458 Colu - 5 mbia rd., and Ri 0 Emerson st.; Rey k Howard E. Severe, 29, ve and ‘Katherine V- Weedon. 410 1308 Emie: son st.: Rev. Albert Evans, 5 T R Lélana 942 B st. sw. and erson, 24, g ame address; Judge ore Brickard, 29, Glenn Dale, Md and Beulah E. Beckeit, 24, e Md; Rev. Henry H. Rowland, >0 chcivilles ol en A, Hutehitison, 44, 1000 East Capte 3 ela S. Whitmer, 40, Va: Hev. J. Harvey Dunia, 0 Manassas, nk Gregory, 25, and Mary Alice Ing- Us. 1% both of Fort ‘Himphress: Reve Jona " Frank Randelk- 10, and Ella Williams. 17, both of 2411 El obert PRt v:ns rd., s.e.; Judge Robert wis Simms. 58, and Ruth_O. Broome, 40. both~ of 916 16 : 40, botn” 16th st; Rev. W. M. Trvin 24, B Births Reported. nd Marian C. Updike, boy. M. ana Nora Ven Meter: boy. encvieve Pratt, boy. Harty B_and Lo Feen; boy and Beulah G st.; Rev. H. orgia W. Brown. boy. ohn W. and Virginia' Johnson, boy. Arthur and Emma Tetlow, boy. t a Tillett, and Lillian Laschalt, 1 son, gir} Hay B and Ruth E Taliaterro, gir J. Reginald and Ruih Royston,. gir] John A. and Page Johnson, Paul and Violet Blasemgame, girl. Glaude E_and Martha Hn'e‘g. s, ! gir Kermit V. I.. 0, sirl. Kathryn and d Estelle Bre ank M. and Edvena E. Breto, Earl and Mary Fernanders, boy Thomas and_Viola_Morris. James and Salley Williams, Arthur and Dorothy H. Roberts. te and Opie Mathis, 'bay. George and Christine Bullock, boy. Howard W. and V. Francis and Elizabeth Rose. boy. Thomas and Rosa Driver, boy, Ditamus and Rhodis _Collins, boy. Carroll_and Rachel Holland, boy. Harry and Mary Dent, gir} James E. and Ellen M. Hi W. and Naom! L. Thoi uel and Minnie Flood, & Arthur and Mable Luckett, girl. George and Dollie M. Adams. girl. Robert and Henrietta Robinson. girl. Howard M. and Estelle Blacklord, irl. George T. e Brown. Joseph W. ‘and Mariha I. Mosby, boy. —_————— Deaths Reported. by. 88, 401 3d st. YoM Jrahum, 'S, National Lutheram B:';’l.'fime B. McGhee, 83, Providence Hos= pital, : , mith, 81, Gallinger Hospital, At B orrison, 6. 1065 € st n6, ard T. Pettit, 73, 4110 Jenifer st. Aadrem % 380 66" 1001 Sath st. m E. : Sioiee o Mazwell, 65, 61 Rhode Island ave ne . Marocker, 65, 928 C st. s.w. B i Brmert, 03, 428 708 st Cornelius Sullivan, 61, Hatrls Hotel. ey Gallinger Hospital. Walter Reed Hospital. ‘iinols John Hessick, M st. Marion Boyd. infant, Children’s Hospital. Berbara C. Binney, infant, Children’s Hos- itgl. P'Shillp Knight, infant, S¢. Ann's Infant Oard party, benefit Pythian Home, lum. ASiilen Lyttle, 62, Bt. James Tate, 59, Gal Edna Vi &8 Robert Smit 1, Martha B. 2 av.