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WEATHER.
HJ. S. Woathrr Bureau Forecast.)
Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder
tonight; lowest temperature about 32
degrees.
Temperatures—Highest, 62 at 5 p.m.
yesterday: lowest. 47 at 7 a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30
V r , OQ CCR Fntered as second class matter
“ J ) oou ‘ post office, Washington, D. C.
TAX BILL IS SIGNED;
MOST REDUCTIONS
IN EFFECT AT ONCE
Only Automobile and Theater
Ticket Cuts Are Delayed
for 30 Days.
EXTENSIONS PERMITTED
> FOR FILING OF RETURNS
Every One Must Make Tentative
Statement, However, on or
Before March 15.
As tr.e 1326 tax reduction bill l*e
came law today with the signature of
Coolidge. the Treasury
granted a number of extensions of
time for filing tax returns.
The reductions afforded by the bill
f> f -c ante effective immediately on all
’•revisions except the automobile and
the-.ter admission taxes, which be
come effective in 30 days. The income
tax provision applies to last year's
tamings.
Under the new regulations citizens
f oil residents of the United States
v iioso net incomes exceeds $5,000 and
domestic corporations were given
milil May 15. or two months’ exten
sion, in which to tile complete returns.
They must make tentative returns,
however, on or before March 15, to
gether with one-fourth of the esti
mated amount of tax.
If the estimated tax is less than
Shown to be due on the completed re
turn, the difference will bear interest
et S per cent a year until paid back
American citizens residing or trav
eling abroad, including those in the
military and naval service, and all
ether persons outside the United
States were giv»n until June 15, or
three months’ extension, to file their
returns on the same conditions. This
•rder applies to taxpayers In Alaska,
Ibiwaii, and other United States pos
sessions, and tentatitve returns will
rot be required in them . j
Must Have Affidavit.
However, tho return must be ac
companied by an affidavit explaining
the cause of delay, and interest will
be charged at the rate of 6 per cent
e year from the due date of the tax
Until paid.
The Treasury said it was not con-!
tidered necessary to grant an exten- 1
sion to non-resident alien individuals!
and foreign corporations having no of-1
lice or place of business in the United j
States since such returns are not due i
until June 15. if filed on the calendar i
• year basis and not until the 15th day l
of the sixth month following the clos
ing of the taxable year, if filed on a
fiscal year basis.
All other returns, under the order,
must be filed on their respective due
dates unless a specific request for an
extension is made to the local collector
of internal revenue.
Telegraphic and printed Instructions
were In the hands of substantially all
of the 65 collectors of internal rev
enue and their numerous branch of
Jices throughout the country today,
and there was every indication that
the full benefit of the $387,811,000
tax slash would be carried directly and
Completely to the American people.
Response From Public.
Preliminary response from the tax
payers showed that the substantial
relief afforded is being welcomed with
.PpiriT, Indicating, some observers said,
that the pocketbook would yawn with
more willingness for Uncle Sam
throughout the country this year than
at any time since the World War laid
its heavy hand upon the resources of
the United States.
More than half of those who have
been paying taxes to the Federal Gov
ernment will be relieved from paying
anything at all, according to latest es
timates. Slightly more than 4,000,000
persons paid taxes to the Government
during the year 1924, records show,
while tinder the 1920 bill this year
k,300,000 who formerly paid will be
entirely exempt.
At the local office of the deputy col
lector of internal revenue, 1422 Penn
sylvania avenue, all forms were on
band and up to noon a number of per
sons had called to make out their re
turns, It was reported.
Banks Will Help.
■ Washington banks were making ar
rangements to assist clients in the
making out of returns, and the small
prmy of accountants and tax advisers
who have their headquarters here
were precipitated into their busiest
Season.
Individuals and the treasurers of
Countless firms throughout the coun
try were believed engrossed in the
preliminary details, at least of making
their accounting to Uncle Sam for the
past year's prosperity. Many had al
ready computed the necessary figures
on income, and profits, and there re
piained only the fixing of the tax.
Instructions went out by telegraph,
(supplemented by mail, to collectors of
internal revenue last night releasing
the last two tax blanks. Forms 1040
.and 1120. These are for persons with
earned net income of more than $5,000
and corporation returns, respectively.
Forms Will Be Mailed.
Forms will be mailed by the collec
tors to all taxpayers'who filed similar
returns last year, but it was empha
sized that failure to receive a tax
blank from the Government does not
relieve the taxpayer from responsi
bility of making return on time.
Explaining the slips attached to
form 1040, which was used last year,
r statement from the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue said these slips con
tained instructions relative to the pre
paration of returns for the calendar
year 1925, showing the normal and
, surtax rates, exemptions of $1,600 for
single persons, $3,500 for married per
sons living together, $3,500 for a head
of a family, etc. The amount of net
Income which may bo claimed has
been increased from SIO,OOO to $20,000.
"Beneath the instructions," said the
fctatement, “space is provided for the
‘computation of tax’ —the insertion of
figures showing earned net income,
amount of Income taxable under the
normal tax and surtax rates—normal
tax. l per cent on the first $4,000 In
excess of personal exemption and
credit for dependents. 3 per cent op
the next $4,000 and 5 per cent on the
balance —surtax, a graduated tax of
from 1 per cent on net income iietween
SIO,OOO and $14,000 to 10 per cent on
pet income in excess of SIOO,OOO.
‘ This computation of tax and the
Instruction sheet should bo retained
by the taxpayer, with a duplicate copy
*. Ids return. Attached also to the in
on 2, Column 5.)
CIGAR ASHES GIVE LIFE TO SCENE
MARKING SIGNING OF TAX BILL
!
Simmons Forgets He Has Stogie in His Hand and
President’s Neck Has Narrow Escape
During Ceremonies.
lIV J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
The tax reduction bill became a law
of the land this morning when Calvin
Coolidge affixed hla signature to it.
Beneath his signature the Presi
dent wrote the time—lo:2s —and then
gave one of the two pens he used to
Senator Keed Smoot of Utah, chair
man of the finance committee of the
Senate, and the other to Representa
tive William R. Green of lowa, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee of the House, both of whom
handled this legislation in Congress.
Others who were present during the
ceremony were Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon, Brig. Gen. Herbert M.
I.ord. director of the budget: Senator
F. M. Simmons of Xorth Carolina,
ranking Democrat on the Senate
finance committee: Representative
John X. Garner of Texas, ranking
Democrat on the ways and means
committee of the House, and Repre
sentative John Q. Tilson of Connecti
cut. majority leader of the House.
Despite all the interest and sig
nificance which attached to the little
scene in the office of the Executive
today. It was very undramatlc. Ha-1
it not been for the dozen and' a half
news camera men and motion picture
operators lined up about the front
and one side of the President’s desk,
the whole affair could have been dis
posed of in a minute or so. As It
was, 10 or 15 minutes were consumed.
DOCTOR IS BEATEN
IN YARD BY THUGS
W. F. Patten Attacked, Lies
Unconscious for Three
Hours in Basement.
Slugged with a blackjack by one
of two thugs early today in the rear
of the Park wood apartments, 1746 K
street, Dr. William F. Patten, a prom
inent Washington ear, nose and
throat specialist, fought his way
through the rear basement door of
the apartment and collapsed on the
floor, where he lay unconscious for
three hours, bleeding profusely from
deep wounds In the lower jaw, under
the left eye and on the nose.
Regaining consciousness shortly be
fore 6 o'clock this morning, he strug
gled up the stairs to his apartment
and telephoned first to a physician
who could not be found- —and then a
friend. Dr. Patten after the second
call evidently collapsed again, for
the bureau on which the telephone
was placed was covered with blood
when the friend he telephoned arrived.
Taken to Hospital.
Before the arrival of assistance,
however. Dr. Patten had recovered
sufficiently to go to the third precinct,
a few blocks away, where he reported
tho assault. He was so weakened
then that he was taken to Emergency
Hospital for first-aid treatment. Dr.
Pattep returned to his apartment,
where, although his condition is not
regarded as serious, physicians are
keeping close watch over develop
ments.
Dr. Patten had just left his auto
mobile In the garage at the rear of
the apartment after an early morn
ing call, when .the attack took place.
“As I pulled into the garage," he
said today, ‘‘l heard a suspicious
noise, which caused me to sit quietly
in the automobile about three minutes
while I awaited developments.
"Hearing nothing, I attributed the
apparent noise to imagination and
started for the apartment rear door.
While in the courtyard I felt a
shook at mv rear and a blow on my
left shoulder. Before I could collect
my senses I had been struck twice
in the face. How I got through the
door I can’t tell, and I remember
scarcely anything after I got into the
apartment house basement.
Had $lOO In Pocket. .
I)r. ratten had $lOO in his pocket
at the time of the attack and police
were inclined to the theory that the
! assault was possibly preparatory to
an attempt at robbery.
Friends of Dr. Patten recalled that
this was the second similar attack
made upon him. for almost under the
same circumstances, more than a
year ago, he was set upon before he
went into the apartment after leaving
■ his automobile in the garage at night.
He escaped from this assault without
k injury.
I Precinct Detective Billman of the
i third precinct is investigating the
i case today. Police are hampered by
the fact that the darkness of the
: scene of the attack as well as the
! sudden onslaught made it impossible
! for Dr. Patten to recognize his assail
ants and to give even a vague de
scription of them. He remembered
; distinctly, however, that there were
| two of them.
84-Mile Gale on Lakes.
j BUFFALO, X. Y„ February 26 UP).
| —Gales which lashed the lower Great
| Lakes during the past 24 hours reach
ed a velocity of 84 miles an hour early
I today. Mild temperatures accom
j panied the gale, with some snow.
Blaze in Capitol Kitchen Flue Quelled
Quickly; Use of Soft Coal Starts Fire
Echoes of the late anthracite coal
strike reverberated through the halls
of Congress with decidedly discomfit
ing reality this morning when accu
mulated soot from soft coal ignited
in one of the big kitchen flues of the
Capitol and started a fire that might
have proved serious.
A score of fire companies, respond
ing to an alarm sounded from the
south wing of the Capitol, checked
the blaze, however, before it had done
any serious damage.
Ernest Zahn, chef in the kitchen of
the House wing dining room, where
the fire occurred, was the first to
notice the flames, pouring from a big
hot-air flue designed to carry the
smoke and hot air from the cook
stoves. Almost before workers could
reach fire extinguishers the whole
flue was lined with lire.
Zahn dashed for the fan that forces
a strong draft through the pipe to
juiove .he smoke. Had lie not turned
*
W\t Watvmx Sfetf.
V V J V V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
There is no telling Just how long
this snapping of cameras and click
ing of the movie machines would
have continued had not the Presi
dent thrown up his hand 3 and called
out “That's enough.”
“You never know when you have
had enough: you are taking up all
of my time,” the President admon
ished the reluctant p lotographers.
Although the President wrote 10:25
as the time of signing the bill It was
actually 10:22. During the interval
there was some holding of positions
for the picture-taking, and when the
President thought of writing the time
upon the paper, he pulled out his
watch and wrote 10:25. He then
handed the two pens he used to Sen
ator Smoot and Mr. Green, after which
he arose and shook hands with those
who had witnessed the event and
, thanked them for their great public
I service.
It was the President’s intention to
' sign the bill at 10 o'clock, and those
I who were to be present were notified
last evening to this efTeot. The delay
was caused by the tardiness of Sen
ator Simmons. As the other principals
were awaiting his coming they stood
about the President as he sat at his
desk and chatted, the principal topic
being the tax bill itself and the record
it established in its preparation and
passage.
Senator Simmons came hurriedly
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SHOOTS FOUR, ESCAPES.
Ex-Convict Wounds Former Sweet
heart and Three Patrolmen.
OWKXSBORO. Ky., February' 26 J
(A>). —John Milburn, 30, a former con- i
vict, went on a rampage last night, j
shot and wounded one woman and ■
three patrolmen. He escaped amid j
a shower of bullets fired by the
wounded officers. The wounded are
Mary King, 23, a former sweetheart:
Charles Hays. James AValker and
Allen 'Wilson.
The officers went to Milburn's
borne to arrest him after he had shot
Mary King on the street, because
she declined to go with him any I
more. He fled, firing as he left. The 1
police said he apparently was under
the influence of narcotics. Hays was !
wounded seriously.
NAMES DESIGNATED
FOR NEW CRUISERS
Pensacola and Salt Lake City First
Two of Eight Authorized
by Treaty.
The first two 10.000-ton Washington
treaty cruisers for the United States
Xavy will be named the Pensacola and
Salt Lake City.
The Pensacola will be built at the
! Xew York Xavy Yard and the Salt
Hake City under private contract.
Bids probably will be opened March 15.
i These two ships the first to be
' laid down under the program author
izing eight such vessels approved by
Congress. They will l>e the first
cruisers to be constructed under the
limitation of armament prescribed by
the Washington naval limitations
treaty.
The Salt Lake City will be the first
i naval craft to bear that name. The
i Pensacola will replace on the naval
I lists the frigate of that name, lauch
ed at Pensacola in 1859.
COAL PRODUCTION HITS
j 65 PER CENT OF NORMAL
| 85 or 90 Per Cent Expected Next
Week After Miners Give Dp
Temporary Jobs.
! Anthracite coal production in the
| Pennsylvania fields had reached 65 per
; cent of normal today, with the pros
] pect that the output would be still
further Increased and would approxi
{ mate 85 or 90 per cent by the end of
| next week, the Labor Department was
[ informed today by its agents in the
! coal fields.
Xext Monday will see production
! materially increased, the Labor De-
I partment reports said, because on
I that day many of the miners who had
taken temporary Jobs during the
lengthy strike will return to their old
posts in the mines. The miners, the
department was informed, gave two
weeks’ notice to their temporary em
ployers when they found the settle
ment of the strike was established.
Even though coal production has
been steadily Increasing for two weeks
the Labor Department, on the basis
of the advices, could not see 100 per
cent production for several weeks to
come. The tangled fabric of industry
in Pennsylvania must be given time
to return to normal and all the miners
must have given up their temporary
jobs before production will again run
up to the normal output.
Dillor Gets 6 to 12 Years.
XEW YORK. February 26 OP).—
Edward J. Dillon, son of the late Dr.
William J. Dillon of St. Louis, and
John Hardman, both 21 years old, to
day were sentenced to serve from 6
to 12 years in the State prison for
the robbery of a Greenwich Village
case on January 22.
off that machine. Fire Department
officials said, it is possible that the
flames would have been swept up
through the Capitol, with serious
damage.
The management of the House
restaurant, which controls the kitch
en, explained that the absence of
hard coal during the strike had
necessitated the use of bituminous
coal.
Soot quickly accumulated and when
the fires were forced this morning
this accumulated substance ignited.
Intense excitement followed the ar
rival of the fire apparatus in front
of the Capitol. Both the Senate and
House office buildings emptied hun
dreds of clerks on the plaza and
many workers halted en route to
offices to see how serious the blaze
was.
Police reserves, responding in two
oars to the alarm, had their hands
full keeping traffic lauts open.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926-FIFTY-TWO PAGES. *
REGIONAL DIVISION
j IN I. C. C. FAVORED
Smith Bill, Reported to the
Senate, Gives Members to
* Each Section.
i
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
IThe principle of regional repre
sentation will be applied to the Inter
. state Commerce Commission under
j the terms of the Smith bill, favorably
I reported to the Senate by the inter
j state commerce committee if that
, bill becomes a law.
Senator Smith of South Carolina,
I author of the bill, said today that he
j hoped to get consideration for this
j measure as soon as some of the ap
propriation bills have been disposed
of.
The bill provides that the various
, sections of the United States shall
have representatives upon the com
mission "in some degree commensur
ate with the extent and value of and
the public interest in the railroad
i properties in such sections.” In or
der to bring this about, it sets up sev
■ en geographical divisions and specifies
i the number of commissioners to be
appointed from each. As originally
j introduced. six divisions were
j named, but the committee added an
| other division—the Pacific group.
Adds Two Members.
i The measure also provides for the
! addition of two members to the com
; mission, making a total of 13, on the
' gnound that the work of the commis
st*n has so rapidly increased that ad
! dlional members are needed.
■ n the House a similar bill has been
j Introduced by Representative Ray
; burn of Texas and referred to the
I committee on interstate and foreign
commerce.
“South Carolina cannot pass upon a
I shipping problem involving Xew York
i effectively and Xew York cannot do
i the same for a shipping problem of
South Carolina.” said Senator Smith
| today, discussing the need of having
' all sections of the country represented
' on a commission which must deal with
i the vital shipping problems of the
! whole country.
Divisions and Methods.
i The various geographical divisions
I and the States included in each and
i the number of commissioners to be
j appointed from each are set forth in
I the bill as follow*:
j Xew England group —Maine. Xew
Hampshire, Vermont. Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, one mem
ber.
Middle Atlantic States—Xew York,
| Pennsylvania, Xew Jersey, Delaware,
i Maryland, Ohio, District of Columbia,
; two members.
Lake group —Michigan, Indiana, Illi
nois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Mis
souri, Xorth Dakota. South Dakota.
Kansas, Xebraska, three members.
South Atantic group—North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, two
members.
Gulf group Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana. Arkansas, Oklahoma. Texas,
Tennessee, New Mexico, two members.
Mountain group Montana, Wyo
<Contlnued on Page 2, Column 7.)
HEROIC RUM RUNNER
AND CREW CONVICTED
Skipper Whc Entered Forbidden
Zone to Rescue Ship
Is Captured.
By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Oreg., February 26.
Capt. Robert Pamphlet, rum runner,
and nine codefendants were con
victed in Federal Court here yester
day of conspiracy to violate the
United States liquor laws.
Pamphlet, skipper of the Canadian
rum schooner Pescawha, and his
crew risked arrest and their lives a
’ year ago by coming inside the 12-
mile limit to rescue the crew of the
wrecked lumber schooner C'aroba off
the mouth of the Columbia River.
While inside the limit they were
seized by a Coast Guard boat.
The United States Government,
however, was not without chivalry
in the matter, for in unofficial recog
nition of Capt. Pamphlet’s act, no
charges were brought for entering
the forbidden zone on that occasion.
As the Pescawha had allegedly vio
lated Federal law by rum running on
previous occasions, the ship and its
officers and crew were held on that
i ground.
They will be sentenced later.
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FRENCH VESSEL HELD
FAST IN ICE FLOES
Freighter Off Newfoundland Is
Leaking, But Reported in No
Danger of Sinking.
By thr Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 26.—The
French freighter Kentucky today
wirelessed a request for ice breakers
to come to her assistance, stating that
she was held fast in ice floes about
125 miles off Newfoundland. The mes
sage said that she was in no danger
of sinking, but that several of her
plates were sprung and she was leak
ing.
The Kentucky was bound from Dun
kirk to New York with copper and
general cargo. She carried a crew of !
46 men.
Capt. Robert Roberts, commander
of the ship, in a message to the local
agents said he v-as caught in the ice
floes late yesterday and had been un
able to get clear.
The vessel encountered severe gales
several days ago. which spread sev
eral of her plates below the water
line.
Tho Kentucky is of 6.314 gross, tons.
POLE LITHUANIAN
ARMING REPORTED
Troops Massing Clashes
i
Occur, Meager Censored i
Rumors Indicate.
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Swizerland, Febru
ary 26.—Lithuania has asked the
Intervention of the League of Na
tions against Poland in connection
with recent frontier incidents.
BY JUNIUS B. WOOD.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
MOSCOW, February' 26- Troops
are massing along the Polish border
in anticipation of hostilities between
Lithuania and Poland, according to
reports emanating from Vilna.
All outgoing news channels are cen
sored. according to the same report.
However, explanations from Polish
sources say that the authorities at
Vilna consider an armed clash un
avoidable. ,
The Polish army is reported to have
made all preparations to meet an at
tack.
The Poles interpret the present ac
tive campaign as a well prepared
move to get the Vilna question again
before the League of Nations.
Meager reports state that brushes
between Lithuanian and Polish fron
tier guards already have occurred, the
former attempting to take positions
in Polish occupied territory, but being
repulsed.
Since the decision of the League of
Nations in 1923 awarding the Vilna
area to Poland a Lithuanian guard
has matched the Polish guard along
the entire length of the border, mak
ing a double row of sentries.
Recently the roads between Vil
komlr and the frontier have been re
ported blocked with Lithuanian rein
lorcements, consisting of infantry’ and
artillery, moving eastward.
The Poles say they sent represents
tfves to the border in an effectual at
tempt to effect a peaceful solution.
The present situation recalls the re
port, which was promptly denied, fol
lowing the recent visit of Soviet
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin to Kov- 1
no, that Lithuania hoped to induce
Moscow to intercede at Warsaw and
induce Poland to return Vilna"to Lith
uania. 1
Warsaw reports emphasize the so
lution adopted by the National Demo
cratic party, which declared for a vig
orous campaign against Communist
propaganda in Poland, saying that
"now is the time to act; temporizing
Is futile.’’ Communist circles Inter
pret the resolution as an invitation
for a Fascist dictatorship in Poland.
(Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily New* Co.)
PNEUMONIA NEAR PEAK.
Health Office Reports 36 New
Cases and 9 Deaths.
Pneumonia continues to hover
around its high peak for the year, 86
more cases being reported today to
the District Health Department. The
largest number of cases reported in
any single day this year totaled 39.
The Health Department also re
ceived reports of nine more deaths due
to the disease. There have been 286
deaths and 848 cases since January 1.
Radio Programs—Page 40
iIOUDINI URGES BILL
TO CURB‘MEDIUMS’
Reid Beats Them at Their
Own Game at Spirited
Hearing on Measure.
Houdini, the magician, appeared be
fore the judiciary subcommittee of the
House District committee today in
support of the Bloom bill to prevent
fraud In fortune telling.
Never has there l»een so much dis
order in the House District committee
room as during this hearing today.
The room was packed with fortune
tellers, spiritualists and mediums of
every description, many of whom
could not even gain admission and
who protested loudly against state
ments mads by Houdini and members
of the committee.
Houdini did not do any of his
famous tricks for the committee, but
rolled a telegram Into a ball and threw
it on the table, challenging any of the
so-called mediums present to tell him
what was written in the telegram.
Reid Crashes Through.
There was a dramatic pause, sev
eral of the mediums carefully shaded
their eyes and assumed a thouehtful
pose—but did not answer. The ten
sion • was broken by Representative
Frank R. Reid, a member of the sub
committee, who evidently had seen
the telegram, for he said: “I can tell
you—it says ‘I cannot come.’ ”
At another time, when he was ln
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BRIDGE GUARD RAILS
WOULD COST $30,000
Bell Gives Estimates on Xlingle,
Calvert and Pennsylvania Avenue
Span Safety Devices.
Engineer Commissioner Bell is to
day sending to the House appropria
tions committee an estimate for $30,-
000 to install a guard rail back of the
curb on three dangerous bridges in
the District, he told the subcommit
tee on streets, highways and traffic at
a hearing today.
These three bridges are the Klingle
Valley Bridge, the Calvert Street
Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge, southeast.
This information was given when
Representative Gasque, Democrat, of
South Carolina asked him regarding
the condition of the bridges with ref
erence to such fatal accidents as re
cently occurred, and inquired who was
to blame.
Commissioner Bell said that the Cal
vert Street Bridge and other bridges
in the District are in very bad shape
on account of age and that the rail
ing will not stop an automobile. He
reminded the committee of efforts
made more than 10 years ago to get
the Calvert Street Bridge replaced.
Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis
trict committee pointed out that that
bridge does not belong to the District
and was put up by the railway com
pany. Col. Bell said that the District
has full responsibility for mainte
nance of the bridge, but that it has not
had sufficient funds to spread around
and make this and other structures
safe.
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Bear Breaks Fast
By Dynamite Diet:?
Cow Takes to Buns
By th« Associated Pres*.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Febru |
ary 26. —His Winter hibernating ;
period interrupted by the con- \
tlnued mild weather, a 100-pound
black bear ambled down to a road
camp near here and broke his j
fast by consuming a few sticks of j
dynamite.
While the road gang stood J
aghast. Bruin munched on and
then turned leisurely back Into J
the timber, unmolested by the
men, who resolved to refrain from
shooting at any bears for a while. '
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERRY VILLE, Va., February j
26.—Glen Burch of this city has a I
civilized cow. Hhe eats like people.
Picking out a nice bakery truck on
a side street yesterday, Bossle
poked her head through the apper- i
tures at the rear and devoured six
dozen buns.
Somebody passed and her meal (
was cut Fhort, several trays of pies
and a few dozen loaves of bread i
escaping the fate of the buns.
JMIS3I SUPPLY
BILL IS REPORTED
Budget Figures Cut $59,480
for State, Justice. Labor
and Commerce Offices.
Carrying a total of $80,011,631.64, !
which is $2,358,403 In excess of current
appropriations and $59,480 less than
budget recommendations, the annual
supply bill for the four departments, ;
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor, i
was reported to the House today by
Representatix e Shreve of Pennsylva
nia, chairman of the subcommittee
that conducted hearings.
This total includes $79,847,491.90 in
regular annual appropriations, which
had to be Justified in hearings, ar.d
$164,139.74 in permanent appropria
tions, which is an increase of $5,000,
for the next fiscal year. There is a
total of $192,000 for rent of buildings.
$24,000 for the Labor Department,
SIOO,OOO for the Department of Jus
tice (an increase of $25,000), and
$68,000 for the Department of Com
merce.
For the State Department a total of
[ $16,478,792.90 is recommended, which
I is an increase of $332,280.13 over cur
rent appropriations; for the Depart
ment of Justice. $24,096,547. which is
a decrease of $1*09,275 from current
appropriations and $270,480 less than
, the budget recommendations; for the
I Commerce Department, $29,735,847.
which is an Increase of $1,196,718 over
current appropriations and $783,000
less than the budget recommendations,
and for the Department of Labor.
$9,536,305, which is an increase of
$933,680 over current funds and $994,.
000 above budget recommendations.
$1,360,440 for State Here.
For the work of the Department
| of State in Washington the appro
priation of $1,360,440 is reported,
which is the same as the budget fig
: ures.
The committee increased by $1,000,-
i 000 the budget estimate of $6,084,000
, for the Bureau of Immigration, ex
plaining that it would provide for
| continuation of the deportation of
I aliens and the maintenance of the
; Canadian and Mexican border patrols
| “at an efficient strength." The appro
j priatlou contemplates a force of
! 1,880 men for that purpose.
An appropriation of $190,100 is
| provided for the new Federal Indus
i trial Institution for Women at Alder
! son, W. Va., for operating expenses
for its first year. For the Industrial
Reformatory at Chlllicothe. Ohio,
created by the last Congress, $350,000
is appropriated.
The committee informed Congress
that the time has arrived when con
sideration must be given to the over
crowded condition of Federal peni
tentiaries. and urged the House to
provide for additional prison facilities.
$20,000 for History.
To start the work of preparing for
the several States an authoritative
history, an appropriation of $20,000
is made. This covers the collection
and editing by the State Department
of the official papers in the national
archives relating to the territorial
history of the several States. Twenty
eight States have made official re
quest for copies of the papers and
documents relating to their respec
tive States.
For the United States contribution
to the Pan-American Union for the
fiscal year 1927 there is carried in the
bill $146,713.58, which is an increase
over the current year of $19,482.10.
According to the terms under which
the United States and the other 20
American republics participate In the
maintenance of the union, the quota
is based upon the population of the
several countries.
For support of the National Train
ing School for Boys in the District of
Columbia a total of $142,793 is recom
mended, w r hich includes not to exceed
$67,010 for salaries.
The Department of Commerce bud
get shows that it is proposed in the
next fiscal year to move the division
(Continued on Page 5, Column 2.)
Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,805
MIDGE TRAFFIC
BILL TO BE RUSHED
TO HOUSE FOR VOTE
i
j Measure Meeting His Needs
; to Be Brought Up for Ac
tion March 8.
; SUBCOMMITTEE STUDIES
PERMIT AMENDMENT
j
| Asks Director for List of Changes
He Would Suggest in Laws for
Vehicle Regulation.
j In an effort to rush through a. com
prehensive traffic bill which will mee
all the needs as seen by the traffic
director, a hearing will be held Mor.
day morning at 10 o'clock, at which
M. O. Eldridge, the traffic director,
has heen requested to lay before the
subcommittee on streets, highways
and traffic his recommendations for
amendments to the present law.
This subcommittee bad before it to
day a bill Introduced yesterday by
Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis
triet committee covering proposed
amendments to the traffic act and re
ceived frbm George C. Havenner. rep
resenting the Citizens’ Advisory Coun
cil, an amendment to cover the right
of appeal on revocation or suspension
of drivers’ permits.
! The subcommittee, of which Repre
• .tentative Stalker, Republican, of New
j York is chairman, intends, immediate
I ly after the hearing on Monday, to
• prepare a comprehensive traffic bill to
| be reported to the full District com
| mittee on Tuesday, which would be
j the principal order of business on the
1 next District day in the House, a
I week from Monday.
Seeks Modifications.
Traffic Director Eldridge appeared
i before the subcommittee today and
said that there are a number of pro
: visions in the pending Blanton bill
j which ought to be modified. He em
• phaslzed that the clause authorizing
I the director of traffic to cancel driv
i ers’ permits is not satisfactory. As
• an illustration, he said he had just re
! ceived permits issued to four persons
; who are now in the insane hospital
| and who received these permits while
i they were sane, and asked the com
! mittee what good it would do to
! grant a hearing to these insane men
j before revoking their permits.
Mr. Eldridge said that there should
! be a provision for compulsory revo
| cation for certain offenses, revocation
i after hearing for others, and then a
; blanket provision giving authority to
i the traffic director. He said he was
I not afraid of submitting any of his
j decisions t« a review by the court.
I These provisions, he said, are in
i line with the law in a number of
! States. He pointed out that in New
York State last year 15,000 permits
: were canceled and said there are
| many now out in Washington that
! ought to be revoked. He told the
i committee that there are 200 cases
■ now before the court for serious of
j senses against the law in which he
: has no authority to re.voke the
permit.
Frequent Jury Trials.
t Mr. Eldridge also pointed out that
some traffic cases are handled by the
! corporation counsel and others by the
i United States attorney. He argued
; that all traffic cases should be handled
5 in the Traffic Court by the corporation,
j counsel, except smoke screen cases.
' which involve a Federal offense.
I Mr. Eldridge also emphasized ths’
if the driver's permit is revoked pend
j ing jury trial a jury trial will not be
! asked for as frequently.
| The. committee asked Mr. Eldridge
' to prepare for them a comprehensive
; summary of all the changes he would
; suggest in the traffic law.
j The amendment offered by George
j C. Havenner. representing the Citi
j zens' Advisory Council, provides that
• “every licensee whose permit shall be
j suspended or revoked by the director
| or his assistant for any cause not
| made mandatory by the District of
- Columbia traffic act, 1925, may appeal
I to a court of competent jurisdiction
i and the decision of said court In the
; matter shall be final. Provided fur
j ther that an appeal to said court shall
, not operate as a stay of any order of
! said director or his assistant to
suspend or revoke a permit.”
PASSAIC STRIKE LEADER
DEFIES POLICE ORDER
tissues Call for More Mill Workers
to Join Picket Lines
Today.
| By the Assoeittnd Pres*,
i PASSAIC, N. J., February 27.
| Albert Weisbord, organizer of 7,000
i woolen mill workers on strike in this
j district, has answered a police order
against gatherings of strikers In large
I groups with a counter order for more
' workers to swell the picket lines
■ I today.
1 Police Commissioner Abram Prelskel
1 • ordered police to disperse crowds to
|: day because of the arrest yesterday
, of three pickets for calling out "scab"
. 1 when non-union workers entered the
' j Dundee mills at Clifton.
'! “We understand that two-thirds of
' | the workers would like to return,”
, said Commissioner Preiskel. "but they
! have been intimidated "
J Mayor McGuire has asked a workers’
committee of 25 to confer with him
I tomorrow on the possibility of arbltra
| tion and an employers’ committee to
I meet with him la ter.
I Weisbord said that although the
i picket lines had been ordered enlarged
I today “we will not be provoked into
| violence by police clubs.”
May Send Venison to TJ. S.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb
ruary 26 (A*). —Plans to ship New
Zealand venison to San Francisco
for distribution in the United States
have been launched here, owing to a
surplus deer in various parts of
the country.
The animals have become a men
ace to farmers by doing much dam
age to crops. This fact led to tho
movement to kiU them oil and export
the frozen venison.