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NEW HOLSECROLP LKELY T0 WeH .. FIGAL FNOS Deficiency Subcommittee Ex- pected to Take Up Lump Sum Issue. BUDGET BUREAU PLANS TO SUBMIT NEW TOTALS Estimates Also Will Be Revised on Bill for Independent Offices—Many Changes Due in Regroupinge ‘The District appropriation bill, which failed at the ciose of the last season because the House refused to approve a conference agreement on the lump- sum contribution by the Federal Gov- ernment for support of the National Capital, is likely to be considered at this session by the Deficiency Subcomi- mittee instead of a District Subcom- mittee. New estimates are to be submitted by the Budget Bureau on both the Dis- trict and independent offices appro- priation bills. Organization Delayed. ‘The organization of the House Ap- propriations Committee has been held up, and due to the fact that Repre- sentative Buchanan of Texas, who is to succeed the former chairman, now House Leader Byrns, has not yet been officially approved as chairman, he has not made even a tentative slate of sub- committee appointments. The President’s program for reor- ganization of the entire administrative branch of the Government will mean radical changes in the organization of subcommittees on appropriations. It is understood that a number of burcaus.| and independent establishments will be wiped out, and that there will be rather drastic co-ordination and regrouping of existing agencies, so that whatever roster of subcommittees might now be made up would be rendered almost unservice- able as the result of the rcorganization, which the President proposes. Grouping Planned. Because the District budget contains only the relatively small amount of ap- proximately $40,000,000, it is contem- plated that hereafter the District bud- get may not be handled by a separate distinct subcommittee, but that the Dis- trict budget may be considered in the same bill and by the same subcommittee with several other agencies of the Gov- ernment in much the same way that the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor bill now is handled. ‘The prospect is that the new Appro- priations Committee will be divided into & smaller number of more important fubcommittees, so that all of them will have plenty of work and none of them handle one unit of the budget. o S SR Sl DEMOCRATIC DEBIT NEARLY $700,000 Jannnry-Februnry Statement Shows Aggregate Receipts of $286,263. By the Assoclated Press. A bank balance on February 28 of $57,256 and unpaid obligations of $751.- 290 were reported to the House today by the Democratic National Committee. The statement filed by Ambrose O'Connell, assistant treasurer, covered January and February. Cash_contributions were reported at $152,125; receipts from medallion sales at $2,123, and loans at $60,000, bring- ing aggregate receipts to $286,263. Disbursements were given as $229,006. Largest among the unpaid obligations were owed to: $60,000 to the Country ‘Trust Co. of New York City, $90,250 to John J. Raskob, $45,000 to Joseph P. Kennedy, New York City; $10,000 to Henry Morgenthau, New York City; $15,000 to the late Mayor Cermak, Chicago; $20.000 to M. L. Benedum, Pittsburgh; $25,000 to R. W. Morrison, San Antonio; $10,000 to W. K. Vander- bilt, New York City; $10,000 to Vincent ; $10,000 to R. H. Gore, Chicago; $10,000 to Howard Bruce, Baltimore, and $10,000 to Robert B. Meyer, New York City. Major cash contributions included: D. D. Eastham, Waxahachie, Tex., $4.000; Edward S. Harkness, New York City, $4.000; H. L. Stuart, Chicago, $5,000; Ralph M. Shaw, Chicago, $10, 000; Postmaster Generai James A. Fe ley, $5,000; Frank A. Duff, New York City, $5.000; Joseph C. Trees, Pitts- burgh, $5,000: M. H. McCloskey. Phil- adelphia, $5,000; Patrick McGovern, New York City, $10,000; Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, New York City, $10,000. A report filed at the same time by the Allied Forces for Prohibition showed a February 28 bank balance of $1,165, as compared with $2,713 on January 1. FOSTER BURIAL RITES TO BE HELD IN D. C. Former Superintendent of Penal Institutions Here Died at Havana. Funeral services will be held at the W. W. Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street, at 11 a.m. Wednesday for Charles C. Foster, former newspa- perman and superintendent of District penal institutions, who died Thursday in Havana, Cuba. Burial will be in Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Claren- don, Va. A former newspaper man, Mr. Foster came here from Louisville, Ky, in 1917 to take over superintendency of the workhouse and reformatory. ' During his administration the jail superintend- ency was combinmed with the other two. as it now is. He left the District in 1921 to join the staff of the New York Telegram. In recent years he had been director of publicity for the Cuban-American Jockey Club. Before coming here he had worked on numerqus newspapers as sports editor and writer. He was sports editor of the Louisville Courier- Journal when appointed to the penal post_here by Commissioner Brownlow. While here he lived at the jail and at Lorton Reformatory. His widow, Mrs. Gertrude O. Foster, formerly of Barcroft, Va.,, and one son survive. — Minstrel at Camp Springs. CAMP SPRINGS, Md., March 13—A minstrel show will be keld in Beli's Methodi-, Epscopal Church here Pri- 2 gay night. I ALKING and marketing are | 7 the two hobbles of the youngest and one of the prettiest of the cabinet wives. She is Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, a mother and a hostess. Secretary and Mrs. Wallace have three children, Henry B, the fourth Henry in successive generations, who is 17, and graduates this Spring from high school in Des Moines; Robert, aged ‘14, and Jeap, who is 12. The two younger children also are in Des Moines, and their gentle and charming jmother is torn between the desire to stay here with her husband and a wish to keep an eye on the younger genera- tion. She does not want to take them | out of school and plunge them into a new one at this time of the year, so it probably will be next Summer | | before the small Wallaces reach Wash- ington. Drake University Student. Before her marriage Mrs. Wallace lived near Des Moines, and Was a stu- dent at Drake University when she married the young agricultural expert. Since then they have lived | Moines, and although*Mrs. Wallace says she was not born with agricultural curiosity she has acquired it and can now understand the meaning of ‘“geo- ponics” and “crop rotation.” She gives the impressicn of being the type of MRS. HENRY [ The Foening Stap RNING EDITION , WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1933. | A. WALLACE. ‘wife who would listen rather than argue a doctrinary point. Mr. Wallace has been the editor of a paper from the time he left college. He is passionately interested in agri- culture from a scientific, a humane and a political point of view. His business has kept him jumping around the State and jumps in Iowa are broad. So Mrs. | Wallace has kept the home fires burn- ing with an occasional excursion to a Farm Bureau picnic. Her social life has been simple by choice. She enjoys her friends and she enjoys people, but she brings ‘to the Capital a freedom from the gnawings of social ambition. Favor Colorado Summer. ‘The one flaw in the ointment of this distinction conferred upon the Wallaces is the children’s fear that they may not be able to go to their cottage in Colorado for the Summers. This place, which is near Colorado Springs, is definitely heaven on earth for the young members of the family and even accession to the White House will not make up for the lively freedom of that vacation. Mrs. Wallace reads biographies and good current fiction. The only popular literary pastime barred to her is night Des | reading of detective stories and-that, she claims, is impossible because she gets 50 excited that she can’t sleep. Her taste in furniture veers toward early American, though she loves the English pieces which fill her Iowa home. She is a gracious and captivating lady. SIDDONS PORTRAIT 1S GIVEN TO COURT W. W. Millan and Chief Jus- tice Wheat Pay Tribute to D. C. Jurist. An ofl portrait of the late Justice Frederick L. Siddons, who served with distinction for many years on the bench | of the District Supreme Court, was pre- cented to the judges of that tribunal today by members of the District Bar Association. The portrait was received by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat, presiding over a session of the court. The presentation was made by W. W. Millan, president of the bar association. Justice Siddons became a member of the local bar in 1888 and practiced law here for 25 years, until he was ap- pointed District Commissioner in 1913. Some two years later, in January, 1915, | he was appointed to the bench, serving | until his death in June, 1931. Pays Homage to Memory. In making the presentation Mr. Millan said: “Justice Siddons was a kindly man, & courteous gentleman. Search this court house througho;lt and youdwfll l’;lot fvill;d! thploye of any grade who l?;reedueinyg his time on the bench that does not remember him with affection. Canvass the bar and you will not find any embers of bitterness, censure or un- pleasant memory cherished against him by any lawyer because of anything he | said or did in the trial of any case. 1t is for these reasons, rather than be- causz of custom or convention, that we ccme to pay him the tribute that is offered today.” £ Praised by Justice. Chief Justicz Wheat, in receiving the portrait, said one of Justice Siddon’s outstanding qualities was his devotion | to duty. “To him judicial duty was always a matter to be treated rev- erently,” the chief Justice said. “No detail was petty or trivial, to be passed over hurriedly, to be looked upon light- ly. Whatever pertained to the admin- istration of justice demanded of him 1 his best thought, his most patient ef- fort. Neither time nor labor was to be regarded as wasted when devoted to that sacred office. It was all part of the liturgy of the temple in which he was_priest and prophet.” 2 The portrait was turned over to Mr. Millan by W. C. Clephane, chairman of the Bar Association committee in charge of obtaining the picture. The flag with which it was draped was given to the association by United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder. The presentation was attended by the immediate members of Justice Siddons family, with the exception of his son, ‘who could not be present. CHABITY SHOE STORE ' MAY CLOSE SATURDAY The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, local charity organization which has distributed more than 20,000 pairs of shoes to Washington's needy, will close its offices at 727 Seventeenth street this Saturday unless sufficient contributions are received before that time to warrant continuance of the filled, If enough shoss cre sent in this ‘¢ Old Woman will ecn_im t9 i w.ca until ey haic oge: POLICE TAKE THREE IN STORE ROBBERIES Sound of Breaking Glass At- tracts Officer in Time to Prevent Looting. Timely arrival of policemen resulted early today in the arrest of three col- ored men in two stores which were being burglarized. Hearing the sound of breaking glass while patroling his beat a block away about 5:30 am, Policeman G. A. Beacham, fourth precinct, ran to a Sanitary Grocery Co. store at Seventh street and Maryland avenue southwest, where he found the pane in the front door shattered. Entering with drawn revolver, he found Amos Randolph Stepney, 25, of the 400 block of C street couthwest, filling a burlap bag with chewing gum, candy and groceries. He placed the man under arrest. Two Others Taken. Responding to a radio call to a store at 1004 First street about 4 a.m., Po- licemen C. A. Cartmill and L. I. Mason, first precinct, arrested two men as they. were hurrying from the store. The pair gave their names as Eug A.. Marshall, 36, of the 100 block Pierce strect, and Linwood Davis, 42, of the 1100 bleck of First strest. They had entered the store, the officers said, by smashing the glass in the dgont door. Jewelry valued at approximately $350 was stolen last night from the home of Samuel J. Gompers, 2517 North Capitol ene of street, chief clerk of the Department of ! Labor. The burglars gained entrance by jimmying a rear window. Joseph S. Hart, 2619 Third street northeast, reported the theft of jewelry worth $273 from his home. Two suitcases, containing clothing val- ued at $250, were stolen from an auto- mobile parked in front of the Harris Hotel, Massachusetts avenue and North Capitol street, Charles I. Grandy, Swiss- ville, Pa., reported. g Show Window Broken. Joseph Smith, manager of the Marx Jewelry store, Seventh and G streets, reported a show window of the storc was broken early yesterday morning and six watches were stolen. An unsuccessful attempt’was ml(‘!’em“; 1 EMPLOYMEN T AGEN CY SET UP 2 break into the lquor locker of a store at 201 Maryland avenue north- east, Louis H. Lamb, proprietor, re- )-leld up by two passengers in his taxicab, Clarence Hancock, 513 Elev- enth street southeast, was robbed of $740 at Fifth and ¥irginia avenue -southeast early yesterday. THREE HELD FOR JURY . ON ASSAULT CHARGES Fight Resulted in Youth Being Thrown Through Glass Door Early Sunday. GAS MERGER ASKED OF NEW CONGRESS BY COMMISSIONERS ‘Measure Considered at Last Session [ndorsed for Reintroyuction. VALUE IS MENTIONED ONLY AN AMENDMENT Proposal of Late 'Sen:tor Howell " Was for Washington and Georgetown Agreement. Enactment of a measure permitting the merger of the Washington Gas Light Co. and the Georgetown Gas Light Co. was asked in a communica- tlon addressed today by the Public Utilities Commission to Vice President Garner and Speaker Rainey. ‘The commission indorsed the reintro- duction of the merger legislation, which was considered at the last session of Congress. The measure was passed by the House, but the Senate did not reach final action on the bill. Common Ownership. The two local gas companies are in common ownership, and it is believed certain economies in administration and operation could be effected through merger of the {wo,companies. The com- mission had indofsed the merger bill | considered by tiie last session of Congress. The merger bill contains no state- ment of value of the properties of the two firms. An amendment introduced in the Senate, however, did touch on the matter. This was proposed by Senator Howell, who since has died. This provided for an agreement by the two gas companies, in merging under the proposed legislation, that they should waive any claim to “going con- cern” value in valuation ofr the company. g Taxicab Ads Not Approved. ‘The commission at its session today declined to approve an application mI permit operators of taxicabs to display advertising matter or devices in their machines. The action was taken in re- jecting an application submitted by | J. H. Royer, jr, an official of the Premier Taxicab Association. ‘The commission also deeided that hereafter monthly reports on operation of taxicabs would be required only from organizations operating a fleet of 10 or more cabs. Such reports concern income and expenses of taxicabs. This move was designed to lessen the amount of accounting work of the commission. PARLEY TO WEIGH D. C. ENFORCEMENT | Rover Will Confer With Vernon E. West, Representing Commission- ers, About Withdrawal of Funds. ‘The question of enforcing liquor laws | in Capital speakeasies, now that the Federal Government has withdrawn its | funds from that activity, was to be dis- cussed this afternoon by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant Corporation Counsel Vernon E. West, the latter representing the District Com- missioners. 4 ‘The city heads have decided to adopt no policy on the subject until Mr. Rover | has outlined his views, as his office rosecutes all liquor cases arising under e Volstead act. The action of Prohibition Adminis- | trator Amos W. W. Woodcock in with- drawing funds heretofore used in pay- ing informers to ferret out speakeasies has virtually crippled this activity in the District, as no District funds have been diverted to the purpose, and jt is | regarded as dcubtfyl if any will be in | the future. . The fact that the speakeasy «onfer- ence takes place on the same day as| President Roosevelt submitted his mes- sage to Congress on beer was a coinci- dence. There was no knowledge of the beer message at the District Building until after it had been arranged. SHROPSHIRE IS TRIED ON MANN ACT CHARGE 18-Year-Old Girl is Principal Wit-| Against Youth, 20, in Dictrict Supreme Court. Homer B. Shropshire, 20, went on trial in District Suprems Court today on a charge of violating the Mann act. Della Wills, 18, was principal witness for the Government. She said she came to Washingion with Shropshire from her home in Roanoke last year, and that he forced her to lead a life of immorality. She also said that he fre- fl“;nul nes: beat her. . hropshire was arrested after two policeman found the girl on the street and obtained her story. The case is being prosecuted by As- sistant United States Attorney Jchn J. Sirica, while Shropshire is defended by Attorney Denny Hughes. - FHP . “Statistical Map”. Placed in Morgue COLORED PINS SHOW NUMBER OF HOMICIDES, SUICIDES AND TRAFFIC DEATHS. Acting Coroner A. Magruder McDonald (left) is shown telling Detective Sergt. K. Wilson of the homicide Harry squad how his new map will be used to keep track of the number of deaths investigated by his office. —Star Staff Photo. (>} “STATISTICAL MAP.” enabling the two acting coroners and members of thelr Juries to| see at a glance how many homicides, suicides and traffic deaths have occurred in the various police_precincts since the first of the | year, has been installed in the inquest | room at the District Morgue. With the assistance of Detective | Sergt. Harry K. Wilson, chief of the| homicide squad, Acting Coroner A. Magruder cDonald brought the map up to date today, using colored pins to represent the three types of fatalities investigated by Acting Coroner Chris- topher J. Murphy and himself. “The. colors are rather apropos, I think,” Dr. MacDonald pointed out. “Red for homicides, usually murders of one kind or another; yellow for sui- cides and white for traffic deaths.” A count of the pins revealed the fourth precinct has led the city in homicides thus far this year, having a total of eight red pins stuck up against it. The greatest number of suicides oc- curred in the third precinct, while the fourth preeinct is charged with the largest number of traffic fatalities. Only one precinct—the eighth, com- manded by Capt. John Bowers—is free of pins. Altogether, a count of the pins dis- closed, there have been 23 homicides, 37 suicides and 14 traffic deaths in the District since January 1. The figures by precincts follow: Homicides—First precinct, 2; second, 6: third, 3; fourth, 8; fifth, none; sixth, 1; seventh, none; eighth, none; ninth, 2; tenth, none; eleventh, 2. Suicides—First precinct, 1; second, 5; | third, 11; fourth, 2; fifth, none; sixth, | 3; seventh, 2; eighth, 1; ninth, 5; tenth, 5; eleventh, 2. Traffic—First precinct, 4; second, | nane; third, 1; fourth, none; fifth, 2; sixth, 3; seventh, 2; eighth, none; [ ninth, none; tenth, 2; eleventh, none. GLASS BILL VN TOSUBEOMMITEE McAdoo Substituted for Nor- beck to Provide Demo- crats a Majority. By the Associated Press. The Glass bank reform bill was re- | ferred today by the Senate Banking | Committee to a subcommittee headed by its author, Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia. ‘The far-reaching Glass bill, designed to revise the national banking laws, was referred to virtually the same sub- | committee that has had it under con- sideration for the last two years. | Senator McAdoo, Democrat, of Cali- | fornia, was substituted for Senator Nor- beck, Republican, of South Dakota, to give the Democrats a majority. Other members are Bulkley, Democrat, of Ohio; Wolcott, Republican, of Connec- ticut, and Townsend, Republican, of Delaware. McAdoo Bill Not Reached. ‘The ccmmittee failed today to reach consideration of the McAdoo bill pro- | viding for an insurance fund to pro- tect bank deposits, but CRairman Fletcher anncunced another meeting weuld be held tomorrow, when it would be taken up There were indications that the Mc- Adoo bill would be referred to the Glass Subcommittee, as the Virginian’s meas- ure provides for a liquidifying fund similar in some respects to the Cali- fornian’s proposal. Speedier Action Planned. In view of the tremendeus number | of bills before it, the committee estab- | lshed a new practice by providing for Tegular meetings every Tuesday morn- | ing. This action was taken to speed | consideration on the many and varied | Pproposals for reorganization in strength- ening of the national bank laws. Senator Glass reintroduced his bank | bill Saturday in virtually the same form in which it was approved by the Senate last session. One change, however, provided for divorcement of security affiliates from national banks within two instead of five years. The Glass bill is designed to curb the | use of Federal Reserve credit for specu- lation and give the Federal Reserve | Board a stronger hand in regulating | the use of its funds. ALUMNI PLAN FETE Eappa Sigma Entertainment to Be Held Friday Night. Kappa Sigma, national college fra- ty, will hold its annual alumni banquet at the Olney Inn at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Music and other entertain- ment are on the program for the af- fair, which will be stag. Among those expected to attend are Senators McAdoo and Austin, Judge J. Harry Covington, William J, Graham, Admirals Cary T. Grayson and Ridley McLean and several Representatives. FOR EFFICIENCY Efforts Being Made to Save Plight When Unit Is An unofficial “employment agency” has been’set up for the twoscore em- ployes of the Bureau of Efficlency who will be thrown out of jobs when the burcau is abolished May 31, under the economy act. ‘Taking cognizance of the plight of these workers, many of ve long service in the Oov(emg:nt E. C. cock, secretary of Commission, who is president of the Association of Personnel Officers, has written his associates in the executive department and independent establish- ments asking them fo see what they can do toward placing these. Efficient ‘Workers Cut Off. “There are & number of employes in this bureau.who are splendid and effi- BUREAU JOBLESS Two Score Workers From' Abolished May 31. of them we can in the filling of essen- tial positions which become vacant. As a matter of fact, this is a bargain coun- ter of fine employes for personnel offi- cers who have vacancies which they must fill. Thus both our desire to b2 f to efficient career ployes and the availability of this clent personnel will lead locate one or more of sary jobs. Suggestion Is Invited. you do not yourself have jobs eff- in neces- tion. Along with the letter Babcock in- closed a list of 24 employes of the bureau whose 35-Cent Payment On $1.25 Car Lures Driver Into Court Marcellus Hill. was “just try- ing out” a car for which he had paid a 35-cent down payment on a purchase price of $1.25 yester- day when was arrested for drivirg with dead tags. ‘Today, Judge Gus A. Schuldt took his personal bond, but said he must get new tags before he drove the car any more. Marcellus told court attaches he didn't know whether to get tags—which would cost a mini- mum of $3, according to the traffic bureau—or to discard the car, which would make him out only $1.25, and possibly only 35 cents. He said he guessed he'd get. tags. TRIAL OF BOWLES, ATTORNEY, BEGUN U. S. Promises Proof of Em- bezzlement of $20,000 From Realty Man. Trial of Norman S. Bowles, disbarfed attorney, on charges of embezzling $17,500, opened in District Supreme Court today before Justice Daniel O’Donoghue. The Government alleges the money was paid by Edward B. Dean, sr., wealthy real esiate operatcr, in settle- ment of a claim against him held by Miss Christine Rock. Shortly after the payment of this money, Dean filed suit against Bowles and several young wom- en, claiming they had blackmailed him into paving them large sums of money. In his opening statement, Assistant United States Attorney John R. Fitz- patrick said the Government would prove Dean paid $20,000 in $1,000 bills to Albert D. Esher, attorney for Miss Rock, in settlement of the young wom- an’s claims. He sald it would be proved Esher kept one of these bills as his fee and turned the remaining $19,000 over to Bowles, who wa$ acting as agent for Miss Rock. The testimony, he declared, would show Bowles gave Miss Rock $1,500, telling her the case had been settled for $6,000. It is charged he em- bezzled the balance of $17400. Esher was the first witness called to- day. He was asked by Pitzpatrick to testify concerning a conversation he had with Bowles in October, 1931, relative to the claim. Esher declined to answer on the ground that the conversation was privileged communication between at- torney and client. He said he was of the opinion he represented both Bowles and Miss Rock, but that there was no hostility ef interests involved. Miss Rock was called to the stand| and said she was willing for Esher to testify. She said Bowles.was to receive a At’fl::" of h:&e settlement, T ring argument, Justice O'Donoghue ruled that Bowles was only the agent of Miss Rock and that since she waived the claim of privilege, it could not be invoked in his behalf. Court was recessed for lunch after Echer had been instructed he testify. — 14 SCARLET FEVER CASES ARE REPORTED IN COUNTY Report of Prince Georges Health Head Says Most Are Mild in Character. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 13.—Fourteen cases of scarlet fever, most of which have been mild in char- in Prine 1 hope, to | Cor Auxiliary to Present Comedy. Md., March Rebecca must | 3000 SEEK T0 PAY * TANES QARTERLY {Real and Personall Property Demands Obtained by Assessor. More than 3,000 applications for pay- ment of real and personal property taxes during the next fiscal year in quarterly installments, instead of semi- annually, as heretofore, have been ob- tained by loca! home owners from Wil- liam P. Richards, tax assessor. This is provided in the new law en- acted at the close of the past session of Congress, which also provides that owner occupants of dwellings here may make their March payments either in April or in two installments, in April and June. Less than 1,000 of the applications, however, as yet have been returned, Mr. Richards reported. Mr. Richards revealed today also that he has proposed an amendment of the { new law which now limits one of the | benefits of the new act to only the owners of dwellings. This provides that sale of dwellings for delinquency in tax payments shall not be valid if the sale is in consequence of an error in the computation of the amount of taxes due thereon. N Mr. Richards proposes that the act be amended so that this provision be ex- tended to all classes of ‘local property | owners. The matter now is in the hands of Vernon West, assistant corporation | counsel. {HANNA AND PATRICK CONFER ON MERGER Purpose Is to Get Report on Progress, Says Utilities Board Chairman. John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co. was scheduled to hold a cénference today with Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, regarding the proposed merger of 'the traction company and the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co., operator of the other local street car system. Gen. Patrick said the purpose of the conference was to get a repcrt on what progress has been made on the pro- posed merger of the car companies. Congress at the last session passed a bill providing for the merger of e two car companies under certain conditions. Financial plans for the merger of the two companies must have the approval of the stockholders of the companies, after which such matters will be re- viewed- by the utilities commission. | Both the car companies have commit- tees at work on the proposed merger agreement. Y ASKS $100,000 TO BUILD MEMORIAL TO JEFFERSON Representative Boylan Makes Re- quest for Appropriation in Resolution. Representative Boylan, Democrat, of New York, introduced in the House to- day a resolution authorizing an appro- priation of $100,000 for the erection of to Thomas Jefferson in Representative Luce, blican, of Massachusetts, also mtmefl a bill providing for the creation of a commis- sion to consider the erection of a World War Memorial in Washington. The commission would bz composed of five members appointed by the Presi- :l‘mt, ‘:hlch ‘would report its conclu- ions Congress. The Luce bill carries an .vgmpmuon of $25,000 for the expenses of the com- a memorial Potomac NATIVES MEET FRIDAY, Entertainment to ¥ollow Brief Business Session. mmnt‘&umwmmm snnhlu_;th and K streets, Friday, A brief business meeting will be fol- lowed by a program of entertainment., PAGE B—1 REVENUE OFFICES OPEN AT NIGHT T0 RECEIVE RETURNS Checks on Sound Banks to Be Accepted in Lieu of Cash. MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY IS OFFICIAL DEADLINE Long Lines of Taxpayers Seek Aid of Deputy Collectors and Agents. ‘With income tax returns due by Wed- hesday midnight, and at least one- fourth of the taxes due, arrangements have been made for the office of the deputy collector of internal revenue here to be open until 9 o'clock tonight and tomorrow night, and midnight on Wednesday.’ The office is in the southwest cor- ner of the Internal Revenue Bureau Building with the most convenient en- trance near the corner of Twelfth street and Constitution avenue. ‘The office was crowued today with long lines of taxpayers waiting to be assisted in making out their returns. About 30 deputy collectcrs and revenue agents are on hand in various offices nearby to help the taxpayer and to take his oath. Checks to Be Accepted. Payment may be made to the cashier in that office by cash, money order, or a check on any bank that is not in the | hands of a receiver. It was explained that checks will be received on banks which have been closed by the Presi- dent’s banking holiday and the col- lector of internal revenue will attempt to make collection from the bank. If for any reason the collector is unable to get payment on the check, it will be returned to the taxpayer with a request for payment by some other means. The return itself must be filed on or before Wednesday midnight to escape the penalty, but it is only necessary to pay at that time one-fourth of the tax ue. Large Crowds Expected. Larger crowds than usual are expect- ed during the last three days because exemptions are lower, forcing more peo- ple to pay this year than last, and there are no deputy collectors or revenue agents scattered throughout the city in banks and stores, as they have been in the past. The only Federal agents avail- able are stationed in the deputy col- lector’s office and adjacent rooms. ‘Washingtonians, however, need not call at the local office, if they want to file their returns by mail. The returns must be sworn to before a notary public. and directed by mail to “the Collector of Internal Revenue, Baltimore, Md.” TWO DRUG STORES REPORT ROBBERIES Nearly $300 Worth of Loot Taken, Including Cash, Whisky, Candy and Tobacco. ‘Two drug stores in widely separated sections of the city were broken into last night and aimost $300 worth of lookt. including three cases of whisky, taken. George E. Robins, proprietor of a drug store at 728 F street northeast, reported the store was entered through a basement window which had been left open. A safe was opered and two cases of whisky and $150 in cash taken from it. Twenty dollars was taken from the cash register. On the other side-of the city thieves broke into the drug store of Dr. Mal- comb W. Morgan at 3001 P street and stole candy and cigarettes worth $30 and a case of liquor. Finger prints of the burglars were obtained at both places. At both stores the burglars found the keys to the safes in which the liquor was kept and opened them without difficulty. BLANTON OPENS NEW FIGHT FOR PAY CUT Move for Rereal of Classification Act of 1923 Exempts $1,800 Salaries. Representative Blanton, Demacrat, of Texas, renewed his fight today for a reduction in the salaries of Federal and District employes by introducing a reso- lution in the House to repeal the classifi~ cation act of 1923 and all its subse- quent amendments. Salaries under the resolution would automatically: revert to the status pre- ceding the effective date of the classifi- cation act for positions involving the same, or substantially same, duties. The resolution, however, would exempt em- pioyes whose sataries did not exceed $1.800 a year when the classification act hecame effective, or employes whose existing salaries under classification are not more than $1.800. A list of the high-salaried itions in the Govern- ment service is carried in the resolu- tion, which points out that “there are numerous efficient and worthy employes drawing salaries below $1,800 who have zealously worked for the Government for years, who have not had a raise in salaries for 10 years, the appropria- tions designed to ‘relieve them having been used in giving preferential classifi- ut&:n and ratings to pet heads of units” “For Congress to regain its necessary control over the continual raising of salaries,” the resolution added, “it is necessary to repeal the classification act, stop making lump-sum appropria- tions and return to specific appropria- tions for ell branches and departments of Government.” A R .HOSPITAL FUNDS ASKED $50,000 Sought for Eastern Dis- pensary and Casualty. An appropriation of $50,000 for the alteration and repair of Eastern and Casuait;