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ARMY TO CLAIM ANNEXTO PRISON Department of Justice at Loss to Place 1,697 in Leavenworth Cells. (Continued From First Page.) prison administration, penologists as- sert. Cummings disclosed that the drop which occurred in prison population due to release of prohibition offenders has been offset by arrests of violators of the new liquor laws and of crimi- nals rounded up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its drive on gang | terrorism | Latest figures of the Prison Bureau show a total of 14,064 Federal prison- ers are in the Government’s various penitentiaries, reformatories, prison farms, jails and other penal institu- | tions. | ‘The Army is understood to have argued that the Department of Jus-‘ tice is in a position to relinquish the Leavenworth annex now that the War Department has released to the Prison ‘Bureau the former military prison on Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay. ‘The military authorities declare the annex is needed to house military prisoners formerly confined at Alca- traz and a group held at the prison in New York harbor. No Exchange Recalled. The Justice officials contend there was no understanding that Alcatraz| : would be exchanged for the Leaven- | worth annex. Alcatraz has a capacity of only 500 prisoners, while the annex can ac- commodate three times that number. ‘The island prison, recently recondi- tioned and equipped with latest de- | vices to detect and prevent escapes, is reserved for the more hardened, incorrigible prisoners. Included in this category are such gangsters as | Harvey Bailey, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Albert Bates and Al Capone. | ‘These notorious convicts, designated by Cummings as ‘“trouble-makers,” | are being transferred from the other Federal prisons under a gradual weed- ing-out process that has been pro- ceeding quietly for months. Leased Annex for Five Years. The Department of Justice leased | the annex at Fort Leavenworth from the War Department in October, 1929, | for a period of five years. The Justice officials have expended about $180,000 in maintaining the prison. The orig- inal lease expired last October, at which time an extension until June 1 was granted. Further extensions have been refused by Army authorities. The annex is used chiefly to house drug addicts and other convicts in- | volved in narcotic law violations. Army officers and other residents in the vicinity of the annex are said to have complained about the housing of these prisoners on; the military reservation, on the grouhd that their presence constitutes a hazard to the community. The residents are said to live in fear of a prison break. HOLMES BEQUEATHS $250,000 OF ESTATE TO U. S. TREASURY (Continued From First Page.) Court bench and during his few years in retirement, the noted jurist re- ceived from the United States Gov- ernment approximately $490,000. By the terms of the will more than half ot this amount will be returned. The estate is valued at about $550,000, but other bequests took up approximately $292,500. $100,000 Goes to Nephew. largest bequest goes to the This The nephew, who lives in Boston. was for $100,000. To his nephew he also left all editions of the works of his grand- father, his father and himself and the right to select 100 books from his library. A portrait of Cooper, by Copley, which hung in the dining room of the I street home, also was left by the tamed jurist to his nephew, as was the pastel of his great-grand- {ather, Jonathan Jackson, also by Copley, and the red rug “with which | the front parlor of my house on I | street is covered.” | He gave the portrait “of my Aunt vivors of Mary Clark, and to Dorothy | Q. Vaughan was bequeathed the painting of “my grandfather, Abiel | Holmes.” | To his cousins on his father’s side | Mr. Holmes left substantial sums. To | the survivors of Mary Clark, a cousin, | e left $50,000; to her sister, Eliza- | beth, $10,000; to Dorothy Q. Vaughan, $25,000; to Wentworth Upham, $10,- 000; to the Massachusetts Historical Society, certain portraits; to the Bos- ton Museum of Fine Arts, $25,000; to Annie Gough, $10,000. A number of bequests went to servants and mem- bers of his household. J. G. Palfrey Named Executor. John G. Palfrey, a member of the Boston bar, is named as executor and to him is left $5,000 for gifts to those whom he believes Justice Holmes would have desired to be remembered, but who were inadvertently overlooked in the will. The last will and testament was drawn November 3, 1931, and there are four codicils changes. | After a few bequests of paintings and portraits of members of his fam- ily and certain heirlooms, Justice | Holmes left his library, engravings, | etchings and lithographs to the Li- | brary of Congress. To the president and fellows of Harvard College, Jus- tice Holmes bequeathed $25,000 to be ‘used, preferably, for the law school. ‘The will was filed through the office of Attorneys McKenney, Flannery & Craighill. S CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY’S RETREAT CLOSES TODAY Representative McGroarty of Cali- fornia Speaker at Student Coun- ¢il's Communion Breakfast. Catholic University’s annual student retreat was to close this morning with | a mass by Rev. Timothy McCarthy in the crypt of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, followed by the third annual communion breakfast sponsored by the Student Council and Student Spiritual Council. Representative McGroarty of Cali- fornia was to be guest speaker at the breakfast, to be held in the university dining hall. Most Rev. James H.| Ryan, Bishop of Modra and rector of | the university, was to introduce Mc- Groarty. Rev. Dr. George B. Strat- mefer, retreat master, and the Very Rev. Dr. Edward G. Fitzgerald, uni- versity chaplain, were to be guests of the student body. Remo J. Iannucci is chairman of the student councgl. making minor | e Top: Part of the long line wait- ing at the office of the deputy col- lector of internal revenue, Twelfth street and Constitution avenue, for | official help in filing income tax | returns. Bottom: General view of | the office, showing how Federal agents advise taxpayers at different desks, and assist them in prepar- ing their returns. At right: A Fed- eral agent in shirtsleeves working out a fine point in the taxpayer's return and showing him where and how the amount should be entered. —Star Staff Photos. | BY HAROLD B. ROGERS. | ITH Friday midnight the | ‘ ‘ ; deadline for filing income | tax returns, Governmeni | experts are being faced | with a milling horde of lWashingloman.s. anxious to get zheiri | papers in on time, but more anxious | that, under the new regulations this | year, the figures are correct. ‘Through Room 1002 at the Bureau of Internal Revenue, at Twelith street |and Corstitution avenue, last week | poured a continuous stream of Wash- | ington business and professional men, | Government workers and people from |all strata of life in the National | Capital. The flood reached its peak Thurs- | day, the warm day last week, when 1,901 persons filed through the big room and were given expert advice and help. The average for the past week as a whole was about 1,800 persons a consist of a veritable small size mob converging on the deputy collector's office. | 12 Experts on Job. In spite of the fact that 12 Govern- Nt o | ment experts have been distributed ary (Holmes) Parsons” to the sur- |among 12 different banks and branche s throughout the city, by far the biggest | crowd still flocks to headquarters, wheire they feel the peculiar kinks and knotty problems in this year’s in- come tax puzzle can be straightened out. It's a good thing there are plenty of long and wide corridors at the new Revenue Building. That helps to re- | lieve the somewhat ruffied feelings of taxpayers, who aren't any too | overjoyed, anyhow, at having to give | up part of their hard-earned salary or profits for the year. These corridors have been in con- | stant use during the past week, as | long lines of taxpayers filled up the | limited space inside of room 1002 | and overflowed into the hallways out- side. Sometimes the lines are run | east and west, sometimes north and | south. But no matter how long the | lines, nor how inclement the weather | out of doors, there will be plenty of | Sdoideadostesdesdertontoatostosd o Specialising in . % Perfect DIAMONDS Also ccmplete line of standard and all-American made watches. Shop at the friendly store— goure always greeted with o ligation to bup.: Y p 54 L) ool % KD ““‘“ * Smile—wish no 9009 % Bt > | “YOU MEAN A THOUSAND—DON'T YOU?" “No, Mr. Jones! That great Hudson Six /eeks like a thdusand dollars, but prices really start at $695, f. o. b. Detroit. And easier, safer driving with the Electric Hand for only a few dollars extra.” See page B-2. fo ] | weather.” | Pifteenth streets. Many times lines | day. This week, however, with only | S0 big that even the force of about 30 | five more business days and nights re- | deputy collectors and revenue agents, | maining, the big rush is expected to | Working at top speed at a number of Met. 106 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MARCH 10, 1935—PART ONE. o space for those who are willing to desks, cannot keep up with the stand and wait to be in “out of the amount of business People standing in line are handled by a revenue agent at the head of the line. He assigns taxpayers to desks of the experts as soon as there is room. Then, with a relieved sigh, the taxpayer who has stood in line Old Headquarters Different. 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Very Easy Terms—Your Piano in Trade HOMERL.KITTCO. 1330 G Street Crowds Besiege Income Tax Experts as Deadline Nears <‘[;|_UB PREPARES | INTERNAL REVENUE BUILDING BECOMES BEEHIVE AS TAXPAYERS SWARM IN FOR ADVICE. takes his place at the desk to tackle the job ‘of finally making out the | return, 10 Per Cent Trim Confusing. FOR CELEBRATION 17 Speakers to Use Only 17 Words in St. Patrick’s Day Party on 14th. Seventeen speakers, giving 17-word speeches, will be the way the Co:mo- politan Club celebrates the 17th of March—on the 14th, Larry Rubel of |Underwood & Underwood is in charge of ar- rangements. Because St Patrick's day comes next Sun- | day, the club will | celebrate it at its regular luncheon meeting at the Carlton Thurs- day. The speak- ers are to con- finetheirspeeches | to St. Patrick and | all the details of the luncheon will be in harmony with the nature of the | occasion. | The special guests will be the Min- ister from the Irish Free State, Michael | MacWhite; Senators F. Ryan Duffy, | Larry Rubel. H. 0. L. C. MEASURE AGAIN BLOCKED IN LOWER HOUSE —_(Continued Prom First Page) H. O. L. C. appraisers found they could not pass a required examina- tion unless they purchased for $10 a | | BUS LINES AWAIT TERMINALS RULING Utilities Commission Considers Forcing Off-Street Plan, Following Hearings. book written by an official of the loan | corporation. Blanton named Philip Kniskern as the author. ‘Wants Probe of Graft Charges. ‘Tossed in here and there were sug- gestions from Representative Sweeney, Democrat, of Ohio that his resolution to investigate charges of graft and in- efficlency in the agency ought to be approved. Representative Ramspeck, Demo- crat, of Georgia, obtained adoption of an amendment to forbid the corpora- tion to employ any one connected with a business organization having deal- ings with the H. O. L. C. Another amendment adopted pro- vided that any appraiser must not work for a company holding a loan on property to be appraised and must have no interest in the subject matter of the loan under his consideration. Members of the House Banking Committee in charge of the bill, said it was capable of relieving any merito- rious case of distress among home owners’ mortgages on their property. Seeking to ban political considera- tions ‘in_advancing H. O. L. C. em- ployes, Representative Andrews, Re- publican, of New York, forced a vote that was grooved in party channels, | Thousands of questions are asked.| wisconsin; Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wy- | with the exception of one or two But the outstanding one of all this year has proved to be the trouble- some one about deduction of 10 per cent earned income. Thousands of taxpayers have come in with their returns made out as far down as that one item, and blank all the rest of the way. In the past many of tkese persons had their blank all filled cut ready for swearing to it, and pay- ment of tax, if any. C. C. Keiser, deputy collector in charge, sits at this desk in a small office off the main room, working out the more difficult kinks, brought vp | to him for reference by his «gents and deputy collectors. He unswers the telephone on hard questions 1e- | ferred to him by his secretary. But Miss Margaret G. Doyle, whose attractive smile and pleasant voice has smoothed the ruffied feelings of thousands of troubled taxpayers, re- lieves Keiser of many of the routine | type of questions pouring into the | office. It is she who enswers most of the phone calls—and there are few questions to which she does nct know the correct answers. Office Handles Colleclions. ‘This is the big time of the year for the deputy collector’s office, here, but t is not the only work *hat is cone 1 room 1002. For this office is open throughout the year, and handles col- lections, and Internal Revcnue prob- lems on all business davs. ‘Taxpayers may be worried, harried, perplexed. and ready ‘o tcar their hair when they come into famcus room 1002—but it is there that friendly Government men and women help them to “pack up their troubl>s.” Just in case procrastinators put it off until the last minvte, the doors to room 1002 will not close on Fri- | | day night until the clock strikes the | last stroke of 12 midnight, the final deadline. — Auto Dealers to Meet. ‘The Washington Automotive Trade Association will hold its regular March meeting Wednesday night, at 8:30 o'clock, in the blue room of the Ham- | ilton Hotel. The Hous | In the design of oming, and Louis Murphy, Iowa; Rep- | resentative John J. O'Connor, New | ‘ York; Chairman Leo Crowley of the | Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.; Frank Riley, Legal Division, N. R. A.; Arthur O'Brien, president, Friendly | Sons of St. Patrick; J. F. T. O'Con- | nor, controller of the currency; Jo- | seph B. Keenan, Assistant Attorney | General; Ambrose O'Connell, execu- | tive assistant to the Postmaster Gen- | eral; Willilam Bray, secretary to the| Postmaster General; Willlam Leahy, | Abner Drury, Willlam Montgomery, | members. It was defeated. So was one by Representative Mott, Republican, of Oregon, to bring H. O L. C. personnel under the Civil Service. Chairman O'Connor, Democrat, of New York, of the Rules Committee, as- sailed the bill as one “for the relief of lending institutions.” He accused the H. O. L. C. head of being “unreason- able and egotistical.” Bessemer to Lecture. “A Philosophical Introduction to the Thomas Brahany, Vincent Callahan | Study of Organic Design” will be the and Martin McNamara, | subject of a lecture by Auriel Bes- | The Special Reception Committee | semer before members of the Art includes Robert W. McChesney, Louis | League of Washington, at the meeting | Payné, Preston W. 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