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Washington News COLLINS TAX BILLS MAY BE SCRAPPED BY HOUSE GROUP Subcommittee May Write Own Program to Raise District Funds. DIRKSEN AND NICHOLS LEADERS IN PROPOSAL Hearings to Start Tuesday, With District Officials First to Be Called. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The special Tax Subcommittee of the House District Committee gave in- | dications today it may scrap the Collins tax bills and write its own program of taxation designed to raise the $6,000,000 needed to offset the anticipated revenue deficit in the coming fiscal year. The Collins bills, it has been esti- mated, would yield about $12,000,000 | in additional revenue. Chairman Col- lins of the House Subcommittee on District Appropriations has announced, however, he would not press for action on all of them at the present session of Congress. He said he wanted the Tax Subcommittee to select only those | that would produce the needed $6,000,000. Two members of the Tax Subcom- mittee—Representative Nichols, Dem- ocrat, of Oklahoma and Dirksen, Re- publican, of Illinois—already have taken the position that the impending study of the financial and tax struc- ture of the District may show the need of developing a program entirely different from the one contemplated by the Collins bills. The Collins measures, however, will form the nucleus of the subcommittee’s study, and will be given serious consideration. Hearing Scheduled. In fact, the subcommittee has ar- ranged to begin public hearings on the Collins bills Tuesday at 10 am. | Later, the subcommitiee will broaden | the scope of its investigation to include | the existing tax assessing and tax collecting machinery, as well as pro- posals for reorganization of the ad- ministrative set-up of the municipal government—all with a view to in- creasing efficiency and bringing about possible economies. Plans for the hearings on the Collins bills were mapped out at the initial meeting of the subcommittee late yes- terday—a meeting that had twice be- fore been scheduled and postponed. The Commissioners and a group of District department heads will be | called as the first witnesses. These include Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer; Tax As- sessor Fred Allen, and Traffic Director | William A. Van Duzer. The subcommittee will start its far- reaching investigation without the aid he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937. ‘Saved’ by Fire Brigade Locked in by Accident, Two Youngsters Are Reunited Mrs. Jean Audubon Joseph, 2V, years old. and her sons, Jimmy, 1 With Mother. (left), and —Star Staff Photo. year-old brother, Jimmy, today had the fun of being “rescued” by firemen after their mother had accidentally locked the door behind her as she stepped out of her third- floor apartment at 2755 Macomb street to visit a friend down the hall. The mother, Mrs. Jean Audubon, spent many anxious moments outside the door, however, while waiting for the firemen to arrive “T always carry a key with me, but I forgot one this time,” she said. “I realized it as soon as the door closed.” Joe and Jimmy, who were left alone in the apartment for about 15 min- utes, kept on with their playing for awhile. Then they missed their mother and began to cry, Mrs. Audu- bon said. They dried their eyes when they saw something happening outside the HIRTY - MONTH - OLD Joseph J. Audubon, jr, and his 1- window. It was Truck Co. No. 14| raising a ladder to the third-floor win- dow. And pretty soon the boys saw Lieut. F. E. Barber and Pvt. P. C. Plaskett stepping through the window. In a moment mother and sons were united. It was the second time the Fire De- partment had come to the younger boy’s aid, the first occasion being when he was only a few months old. “Jimmy choked on something that time and I didn't know what to do but call the Fire Department,” the mother said. Joseph, jr., refused to discuss his feelings while he and Jimmy were locked in the room. “Goin’ down and see the cherry blossoms,” he said, pulling on his snowsuit. The boys’ father is an employe of the American Express Co. TRANSIT FIGURES AGAIN SLASHED $576,134 Lower Land Ap- praisal in Utilities Com- mission Evidence. Again slashing the Capital Transit Co. valuation estimates, the Public of an adviser, since it instructed the chairman, Representativz Kennedy, | Democrat, of Maryland to end his negotiations for an appropriation or; $10,000 for that purpose. Kennedy | wanted to employ William A. Roberts, | former people's counsel, to assist the | subcommittee | Dirksen Takes Lead. Dirksen was the first member of the subcommittee to suggest that it | might prepare its own taxaticn pro- gram. And Nichols followed with the warning that “the subcommittee may write some tax bills itself.” Dirksen pointed out that $6,000,000 is the amount needed to meet the prospective deficit, and declared the subcommittee’s aim should be “to raise that amount and no more.” “In raising that amount,” he said, “we want to develop a fair tax base. Manifestly we can’t develop a tax | base that won't be opposed by scme group. But we've got to get the | money and get it as equitably as pos- sible. The base we lay down, I be- lieve, will last a long time. In view of that, we should develop a good one—one that may serve as a model | for the States.” Dirksen also suggested that the subcommittee probe into the real es- tate tax rate and the assessment and tax collection machinery, which he branded as “archaic as Noah's Ark.” “Real estate is not a sacred cow,” he declared. “We should examine the real estate tax to see whether im- provements can be made in that.” In “overruling” the tax collecting and assessing machinery, Dirksen said, the subcommittee should take steps | to prevent professional tax title buy- ers from getting possession of the tax ocertificates to the “cream” of proper- ties on which taxes are delinquent. | A.A.A. Mourned With Ceremony __As Notices Come Catafalque at Old Post Office Building Gets Scant Respect. The body of one of the New Deal's favorite sons—Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration—lay in state today at the old Post Office Building. For many there was still life in the corpse, a pink-cheeked baby doll resting in a crepe-draped shoe box, but for others it was just a corpse. ‘The mourners were made up for the most part by employes of the de- , with offices in the Post Office. ‘They received their furlough orders this morning, notifying them their services terminated May 1. Eight hundred and fifty workers are af- fected. Some of the mourners were sad- faced, but a few of them failed to show the proper respect for their late friend and ate their lunches as they looked on. The catafalque for the coffin was set up outside a first-floor office. It rested on a low stool. Overhead hung a wreath, and on it was attached & card which read: “In deepest sym- pathy.” 1) Utilities Commission today placed in evidence a $576.134 lower appraisal n!; lands owned by the transit company in | the District. 1 This evidence was given in figures | prepared by Harry D. Scaftlin, a | member of the oBard of Assessors, who took the stand during most of | | the morning session of the bresent | | hearing. Scaftlin’s lower estimate on land | values served to accentuate the widen- | ing gap between the valuation figures prepared by the transit company and those submitted by the commission’s experts. Earlier evidence presented by the latter had eliminated approxi- mately $10.000,000 from “reproduction costs new” and $9,000,000 from the historical costs values as estimated by the company. Scaftlin placed a total value of $2,121,931 on the company’s lands in the District, as compared with the company valuation of $2,708,065. Lands used and useful for operations in the District were valued at $1,- 524,567 by Scaftlin. The transit com- | pany gave these lands a value of $1,- 886,590. Rights of way accounted for $191,589, according to Scaftlin, as contrasted with a value of $328,893 given by the company. Miscellaneous pieces of land which are not used or useful for operation purposes received an appraisal of $405775 from the commission’s expert. The company had placed a value of $492,582 on such land. ATTORNEY TO SPEAK Richardson Will Address Colum- bia Historical Society. William E. Richardson, local attor- yney and president of the Society of Natives of the District of Columbia, will address the Columbia Historical Society at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Mayfiower Hotel. He will tell the story of the old “Friends’ meeting house” on I street and its Colonial background. Frank K. Sanderson of the White House staff will sing several songs, accompanied by his wife. This will be the 293d meeting in the history of the society. Parks Permit Office Hours Set for Rushing Business Although Interior Department em- ployes start on a warm-weather sched- ule Monday, coming to work at 8 am. and quitting at3:30 p.m., Albert Clyde- Burton, in charge of recreation in the National Capital Parks, today an- nounced the permit office will be open from 8:30 am to 5 pm. The permit office is now located in the new In- terior Building and visitors are advised that they should use the Eighteenth street entrance. Soft ball and basc ball diamonds under the park system have been open for some time. Tennis courts in Ana- costia Park, Montrose Park and Ban- neker Recreation Center are being re- MEMORIAL DESIEN CONTEST SOUGHT House Resolution Would Amend Jefferson Commis- sion Legislation. The House today had pending the resolution of Representative Wearin, Democrat, of Iowa to amend the act setting up the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission by providing for a Nation-wide competition for a | design for the memorial. The commission under the resolu- tion would be restrained from pro- ceeding with construction of the pro- posed $3,000,000 memorial at the Tidal Basin until the competition is held. It would be conducted by the American Institute of Architects, which would select the winning de- sign and submit it to Congress for consideration. Wearin asserted before the House that the 6 per cent commission which would be paid John Russel Pope, author of the design of the proposed memorial, is in excess of the sum ordinarily allowed on Government construction. For contracts over $2,- 000,000 the commission is limited to 23 per cent, Wearin said. “Thomas Jefferson himself insisted that the design be selected under competition” when the Capitol was | built, Wearin said, adding, “There is more than one architect in America.” ‘While some of the opponents of the memorial plan contend the Pope de- sign will mean elimination of practi- cally all the Japanese cherry trees around the Tidal Basin, officials of the National Capital Parks say the have mnot yet seen a finally approved plan and cannot yet say with certainty. They say they do not know just exactly what the grades will be in the vicinity of the memorial and some offi- cials declare it is possible to design the approaches so only a few of the trees will be affected. However, they declare this is a matter for the future to de- cide. During the last five years a re- placement program has been under way, with the setting out of new trees, inasmuch as the prospective life of the original trees from Japan is only about 10 years more. Some 500 trees have been planted under the replacement plan. . Device Eliminates Fumes. A device designed to eliminate the harmful effects of carbon-monoxid fumes from exhaust gases has been invented by George D. Wuerfel, To- ledo, Ohio, mechanical engineer. conditioned and no date has been set for their opening. The pay clay and concrete courts at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue, operated by the Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc, were opened yesterday. The new picnic groves in Fort Dupont will be opened Saturday. Two sections have 80 units, permitting large parties up to 600 persons to be accom- modated in & section. Each unit has tables, benches, drinking water and fireplaces. Picnic groves at Ford Hunt, Va., on the Mount Vernon Memoria: Highway, will be opened when ready, Clyde Burton sald ening Sfar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ELGEN WELCOMES INQUIRY BY HOUSE INTOUTILITIESAGTS Commission Head Ignores Criticisms of Transit Firm’s Service. MRS. MASON IS PUZZLED BY LIQUOR LAW ATTACK Defends Board Authority on Debts of Retailers to Wholesalers and Manufacturers. A House District Committee inquiry into the local public utilities act, or~ dered after attacks had been made on the Capital Transit Co. for seeking & higher rate of fares, was welcomed today by Riley E. Elgen, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, which is engaged in making a valuation of the street car and bus system. “There is no relation between the present valuation hearing, compulsory under the law, and the company’s ap- plication for higher rates,” Elgen said. He ignored attacks made on the transit company’s service. except to say that the Utilities Commission is constantly endeavoring to prevent crowding of busses. Puzzled by Liquor Act Attack. Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, acting chair- man of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said she couldn't understand the attack made in the committee on that section of the liquor control act which gives the board authority to take action against retailers who are delinquent in payment of private debts to manufacturers and whole- salers. “This provision is designed to pre- vent any tie-up between manufactur- ers and retailers or wholesalers and retailers,” she said. “I don't believe the provision should be changed.” Mrs. Mason denied the board was acting as a “collection agency” for wholesalers and manufacturers, as charged by Representative Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland, but is simply carrying out the provisions of the con- | trol act, which she said the board feels is “very workable.” Valuation Never Applied. There never has been a new valua- tion applied to the properties ab- sorbed by the Capital Transit Co. in effecting a merger of Washington’s street car and bus system, Elgen pointed out. “There is no relation between these valuation hearings and the recent application of the Capital Transit Co. for a higher rate of fare,” he said. “The question of a valua- tion has been considered since 1931 and has been repeatedly demanded | by the Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations. A valuation has to be de- termined under the law.” During the present hearing officials of the Capital Transit Co. had as- serted during arguments with com- | mission attorneys that the company would be unable to learn what it re- garded as a “reasonable return” on | the valuation that is likely to be agreed upon. Oppose Overcrowding. Commission members today also defended their position opposing the crowding of busses and street cars | during rush hours as cited by Schulte. “In no other city,” said Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the com- mission, “is there an order against the crowding of busses and cars, but there is such an order in effect in this city.” He said the commission constantly is striving to reduce the traffic load by feeding in additional busses along routes during rush hours. The revenue passenger figure of 26,377,110 for the two months of January and February of this year is nearly double the number of such passengers carried in the correspond- ing months of 1933, which was 14,- 795,260. That was about the time of the merger. Relative passenger carriage will be studied by the commission when it | conducts a hearing later on the tran- sit company’s application for a higher fare. A. B. C. Board Defended. In suspending permits of retail licensees who are delinquent in private debt payments, Mrs. Mason said the A. B. C. Board is simply carrying out the provisions of the District liquor control act. At the same time she said the board would co-operate with the House District Committee in its in- vestigation of the alcoholic beverage control law. Mrs. Mason, who is acting board chairman in the absence of George W. Offutt, called attention to two sec- tions of the law which prohibit manufacturers and wholesalers of liquor having substantial interest in the business of retail licensees. In these two sections it is set forth that “reasonable extension of credit” by & manufacturer or a wholesaler to re- tail licensees shall not be prohibited. Explains Board’s Action. Explaining the board’s action, Mrs. Mason said: “About a year ago the board dis- covered retailers were indebted to manufacturers and wholesalers so much that a defining of the term ‘reasonable credit’ was found neces- sary. In a hearing conducted by the board, wholesalers unanimously agreed on 15 days as a reasonable time limit for payment of debts, with 30 days set as a maximum time limit. “At a subsequent hearing retailers agreed to the arrangement. The rest of the year was spent in trying to educate the retailers. Retailers re- ported delinquent in payments were warned, but no acton was taken against them at that time. “On March 1, this year, the board found there were 45 retail licensees who were delinquent. Thirty of these cases have been heard by the board, which ordered one-day suspensions for 15 and served warnings on the other 15. The remaining 15 cases are still pending.” Mrs. Mason said the board’s action was based entirely on violation of the time limit agreed upon and that the amount of indebtedness was not taken into eonsideration. A Cars Piled Up in Virginia Wreck LL 23 Scene at Burke Station, 14 miles south of Alexandria, as 15 cars of a fast freight were wrecked last night. BARED ATHEARING Washingtonians Hoedwink- ed, Marshall Tells House Subcommittee. Unscrupulous real estate have “hoodwinked” Washington peo- ple in recent schemes, Joseph W. Marshall, director of the Better Business Bureau, charged today at a hearing before a special subcommittee of the House District Committee. Marshall said nine different types of real estate transactions had been the chief cause of complaints filed | with his bureau, and called special at- tention to free lot-development schemes and cemetery sales. The lat- ter, he said, “has been and is a most prevalent evil right now.” Marshall also charged that men whose activities in the securities field | have gotten them into trouble have | turned to the real estate business. He | cited the case of a group of men under | indictment for fraud in the District | who are attempting to get a Ilcense| in Virginia to start a real estate de- velopment. Most of the cases that come to the attention of the Better Business Bureau, he said, cannot be | successfully prosecuted. | Free-Lot Scheme Described. | One of the cases described by Mar- | shall involved a free-lot development scheme. In this case, he said, the | letters sent to prospects declared the | offer was being extended only to 25 selected persons. Yet, Marshall de- clared, his bureau reecived 225 in- quiries about this particular scheme. Charles J. Rush, executive secretary of the Washington Real Estate Board, likewise told the subcommittee “some damnable misrepresentations” have been made by unscrupulous real estate dealers in recent months. P “They do everything that no legiti- mate licensed broker would do,” he declared. Indorses License Bill. Marshall and Rush both indorsed a bill which the subcommittee had un- der consideration to license and reg- ulate real estate brokers and agents through a commission appointed by the Commissioners. Roger J. Whiteford, counsel for the Washington Real Estate Board, ex- plained various features of the bill, and also urged its enactment. Other witnesses included H. L. Rust, presi- dent of the H. L. Rust & Co., and Joseph W. Cheney. Chairman Palmisano of the sub- committee suggested an amendment to the bill which would prevent brok- ers who are not members of the bar from drawing deeds of trust or mort- gages. OFFICIALS NAMED Heads of Divisions in Jewish Appeal Announced. Heads of the men’s and women's divisions of the $80,000 United Jewish Appeal were announced yesterday by Louis E. Speigler and Mrs. John M. Safer, drive directors. Mrs. Aaron Shalowitz, Mrs. Leo- pold V. Freudberg, Mrs. Fedora J. Lewis and Mrs. Sidney Hechinger will lead the women’s division, and Ed- ward ‘C. Ostrow, Dr. Ivy A. Pelzman, William ‘G. - Hich and Gilbert Hahn will head the men’s division. Funds raised will go half for relief of European Jews and half for Pal- estine reconstruction. dealers | months with various | Passenger Train | Saved From Crash Into Derailed Cars | Freight Fireman Rushes | to Stop Train Ap- ! proaching Wreck. A a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BURKE STATION, Va., April 15.— Split-second thinking by a fireman last night probably saved several lives when he ran along the tracks and stopped a southbound express passen- ger train on another track northbound after 15 cars of his fast freight piled up on the main line of the Southern Railway here. & The cars, all except one of them | loaded, were derailed when a truck on a car near the head of the train collapsed. No injuries were reported. | Traffic on the main line was tied |up for more than seven hours and | trains were routed over the R. F. & P. | tracks via Richmond. Only one line |of track had been openec today, | while two wrecking crews rushed clearing of the wreckage. The passenger train was three min- utes late and this probably saved it from piling up in the wreckage. Had it been on time it would have been running parallel to the freight about | the time the cars left the track, train- men declared. As soon as the airbrake line was broken and the engine and one freight car remaining on the track were brought to a halt, Fireman J. M. Blanks of Monroe, Va., leaped from the locomotive cab, ran down the track and placed a red flare to stop the pas- senger just as it appeared around a | curve. The train was brought to a stop within a few feet of the piled-up ‘wreckage. Members of the freight train crew, in addition to Blanks, were Engineer W. W. Clements, 109 Harvard street, Alexandria; Conductor E.S. Houchens, 117 North Albert street, Alexandria; Brakeman J. D. Warwick, 112 North Albert street, Alexandria, and Brake- man G. R. Olinger, Braddock, Va. The passenger train was pulled back to Alexandria with the aid of a hastily summoned engine, the regular locomo- tive being unable to back the long string of coaches alone. . Merle Thorpe Is Speaker. Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation's Business, will be guest speaker at 8:30 o'clock tonight at a meeting of the Amity Club at the Hamilton Hotel. President Moe Blumenthal will pre- side. <« The tank car in the right center of lower photo was torn in two by the impact. A fast passenger train narrowly missed piling into the derailed cars. REALTY RACKETS —Star Staff Photos. JUNIOR HIGH STUDY TOPIC OF SESSION {Conference Opening Tomor- row to Consider Methods and Problems. ! The Junior High School Confer- | ence, sponsored by the officers and | tewchers of the local public schools in divisions 1 to 9 .or all interested in education, will be held tomorrow and : Saturday at the Langley Junior High, First and T streets northeast. Registration for the two-day meet- ing, whose theme is the evaluation of the past and the prospectus of the future of the junior high school, will | be at the school, starting at 9 am. The first general session will open at 7:45 pm. Tomorrow afternoon those inter- Federal Bureau of Investigation, meeting at the Raleigh Hotel at 1:30 p.m. The group will be welcomed by J. Edgar Hoover, director, and will be shown G-men methods in crime detection. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi- dent of the Board of Education, will preside at the first general session to- morrow night. Supt. Frank W. Bal- lou will give an address of welcome and the main speech of the evening will be given by Thomas H. Briggs, professor of Education at Columbia University, evaluating the past of the junior high school. Following the principal address, a panel of four, in- cluding William G. Carr, director of the research division of the National Education Association; Margarietta Collins, principal of Gwynn's Fall Park Jurior High, Baltimore; Edgar F. Long, professor of education at Mary- land University, and C. O. Williams, associate professor of education at Pennsylvania State College, will give talks of five minutes each. The dis- cussion will then be thrown open to the floor. There will be musical selections by the Gordon Junior High School Or- chestra under the direction of Helen C. Shaw, teacher of music. Fairfax Rotary Elects. FAIRFAX, Va. April 15 (Special). —Directors of Fairfax Rotary Club have been elected as follows: Judge A. C. Ritchie, Thomas P. Chapman, jr.; George B. Robey, W. T. Wood- son and F. D. Richardson. Officers for the club will be elected by the directors next week. Mayj. Brown Seeks Drivers’ Aid To Bar Sunday Traffic Snarl Co-operating with the Maryland authoritfes in an effort to avoid repe- tition of last Sunday's traffic snarl on the Washington-Baltimore Boule- vard, when thousands of motorists drove here to see the cherry blossoms, Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown said today he would appeal to the public not to use the highway this week end. Maj. Brown said he probably would request radio stations here to lend their aid in trying to keep Wash- ington drivers from doing their Sun- day traveling over the main aitery between the Capital and Baltimore. The police chief said reports from railroads and automobile clubs indi- cated this Bunday's cherry blossom ’ visitors would ' exceed in numbers those here last week end. The worst traffic tie-up police have ever witnessed occurred last Sunday, when cars made a solid line between Baltimore and Washington. It took many motorists three hours to make the trip between the two cities. At a meeting of Maryland and Washington automobile clubs in Bal- timore yesterday Maj. Brown jokingly suggested the only solution to the cur- rent week end traffic problem was to persuade the Japanese government to give cherry trees to Baltimore, Phila- delphia and other seaboard cities. ‘The motor clubs decided to erect signs in Baltimore, diverting all pos- sible traffic off the Washington-Balti- more Boulevard and through Ellicott City and Glen Burnie. ested will be taken on a tour of the | Society and General PAGE B—1 'SURVEY PRESSED 10 FIX SCOPE OF LOCAL WAGE LAW U. S. Women’s Bureau Can- vass to Be Completed by Time Board Is Named. INFORMATION TO AID STUDY BY CONGRESS Statute Inoperative Since 1923 Had Benefited 12,500 Women and Children. With Census Bureau estimates ir.- dicating more than 25,000 women and children will benefit from revival of the District minimum wage law, a special governmental survey is being pushed to determine more exactly the scope of the law's benefits. The study being made by the Labor Department's Women's Bureau was begun prior to the recent decision holding the minimum wage law consti- tutional, at a time when a new law was being considered. It is expected the canvass will be completed by the time the new Mini- mum Wage Board for the District has been appointed. The Commisisoners are delaying formation of this board at the request of President Roosevelt, who wishes to give Congress an opportunity to de- cide whether new legislation to rein- force or amplify the old law should be adopted. Previous Benefits. When the original law was in force after the World War, approximately 12500 women and children received benefits. The law became inopera- tive in 1923 when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. The ruling was reversed several weeks ago by the present court The 1930 census showed 2,375 em- ployed minors and about 13,000 women employed in occupations most likely to come within the provisions of the act. In addition, there were more than 40,- 000 women employed in clerical and professional jobs, and it has been esti- | mated that 10,000 of these may benefit from the act. ] The last census revealed 254,986 women in the District, of whic 88825 were wage earners. Of latter group, 30,636 were in cleric work and 10,524 in professional pos tions Categories most likely to benefit were: Waitresses, 1,700; servants not in domestic service, 1,336; hairdress- ers, 1,144; elevator operators, 229: women in laundries, 1928; laun- dresses who work at home, 2,726: dressmakers and seamstresses not in factories, 1,500; in manufacture of clothing, 689; food and allied indu tries, 140; paper printing businesses, 997, and miscellaneous types of work, 290. th Boys 17 or Under. Of 59,792 boys 17 or under in 1930, 2,375 were employed. Census Bureau officials said no at- tempt has been made to revise the above figures as of today ‘The Labor Department survey al- ready has covered more than 7,000 women employed in hotels, restaur- | ants, laundries, department stores, fac- | tories, beauty parlors and other estab- | lishments Officials at the department refused to discuss details of the investigation until the survey is completed. They said an announcement will be made | when the final report is received. | Domestic workers are not affected by | the law, but all other women and minors engaged in trade, business or | industry or branches thereof are within the administrative jurisdiction of the act. . BAND CONCERT. | By the Soldiers’ Home Band in | Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John | 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; An- ton Pointner, assistant. Program. | March, “The Carnival King”._ Paull | Overture, “Triumphal”____Von Suppe Trio for flute, violin and cello, “Nocturne” __ -- --__.Doppler Musicians John Prezioso, Franklin B. Charles and Leon Saylor. Excerpts from musical comedy, | _“The Blue Kitten"._ Friml Fox trots, “There’s No Depression in Love” (Dougherty); “Under the Texas Moon"__ _______Perkins Valse Hawaiian, “Kilama Wailani,” Kalli Finale, “For the Freedom of the World” __ -------Zamecnik “The Star-Spangled Banner.” By the Marine Band in Marine Bar- racks auditorium at 8 pm. today; Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William F. Santelmann, second leader. Program. Danza, “Huemac,” De Rogatis (Argentina) “Noviando”.. __Gilardi (Argentina) Violin solo with orchestra, “Scher- zando Appassionata,” Bemberg (Argentina) Soloist, Musician Albert Schoepper. | Orchestra arrangement by the soloist. | Preludia, “Elegia”__Calvo (Colombia) Arrangement by Musician Luis Guzman. Three Argentina dances from “Mil- longas” (op. 63), Williams (Argentina) (a) “A la sombra de un ombu.” (b) “Equilibrista sobre botellas.” (c) “Arrastrando el ala.” “Canclon No. 1" (for string quartet), Leng (Chili) Second Leader William F. Santel- mann and Musician Frederick Pfeif- fer, violins; Musician Frank Scal- 2ett, viola, and Musician John Auer, cello. Valse, “Secretos”_. Calvo (Colombia) Arrangement by Musician Luis Guzman. Symphonic poem, “Gampo,” Thomson (El Salvador) Duet for vibraphone and xylophone, “La Golondrina” Serradell (Mexico) Musicians Charles Owen and Oliver Zinsmeister. Overture, “Salvador Rosa,” Gomes (Brazil) “The Star-Spangled Banner.” —— A check of the 675 students at the Missouri College of Agriculture dis- closed representatives of 3 foreign countries, 10 States and more than 100 Missouri counties.