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Evening star., 1926-02-26
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.

The tax reduction bill became law
OF the land this morning when Calvin
Coolidge affixed his signature to 1t.
Beneath his signature the Presi
dent wrote the :25-and then
gave one of the two pens he used to
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. chair.
man OF the finance committee of the
Senate, and the other to Representa-
tive William r. Green Of Iowa, chair
man or the ways and means commit
tee Of the House, both of whom
handled this legislation in Congress.
Others who We're present during the
ceremony were Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon, Brig. Gen. Herbert NJ.
Lord. director of the budget: Senator
r. NJ. Simmons of North Carolina,
ranking Democrat on the Senate
finance committee: Representative
John y. Garner OF Texas, ranking
Democrat on the ways and means
committee OF the House, and Repre-
sentative John Q. Tilson Of Connect
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, 1t was very undramatic. Had
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 Presidents desk.
the whole affair could have been dis
posed of in a minute or SO. AS 1t
was, 10 or Is minutes were consumed.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
BRIDGE GUARD RAILS
WOULD COST $4,000
Bell Gives Estimates on Klingle,
Calvert and Pennsylvania Avenue
Span Safety Devices.

Engineer Commissioner Bell is to-
day sending to the House appropria-
tons committee an estimate for s30,-
600 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
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-
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
Evening star., 1926-02-26
CIGAR ASHES GIVE LIFE TO SCENE
MARKING SIGNING OF TAX BILL
Simmons Forgets He Has Stogie in His Hand and
Presidents Neck Has Narrow Escape
During Ceremonies.

| There Is no telling just how long
this swapping of cameras and click
ing of the movie machines would
have continued had not the Presi-
dent thrown up his hands 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 photographers.
Although the President wrote 1925
as the time of signing the bill 1t was
actually 1922. 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 1925. 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
service.
1t was the Presidents intention to
sign the bill at 10 o'clock, and those
who were to be present were notified
last evening to this effect. The delay
was caused by the tardiness of Sen
ator Simmons. AS the other principals
about the President as he sat at his
desk and chatted, the principal topic
being the tax bill itself and the record
1t established in its preparation and
passage.
Senator Simmons came hurriedly
Continued on Page ., Column 1)
Evening star., 1926-02-26

Echoes Of the late anthracite coal
strike reverberated through the halls
Of Congress with decidedly disconflt-
ing reality this morning when accu-
mulated SCOT 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 fiue designed to carry the
smoke and hot air from the cook
stoves. Almost before workers could
reach fire extinguishers the whole
fue was lined with fire.
Zahn dashed for the fan that forces
A strong draft through the pipe TO
move The smoke. Had he not turned
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Bear Breaks Fast
By Dynamite Diet;
Cow Takes to Buns
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Febru-
ary 26.-His Winter alternating
period interrupted by the con-
tinued mild weather. a 100-pound
black bear ambled down to a road
camp near here and broke his
fast by consuming a few sticks of
dynamite.
While the road gang stood
aghast. Bruin munched on and
then turned leisureiy back into
the timber, unmolested by the
men, who resolved to refrain from
shooting at any bears for a while.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERRYVILLE, Va, February
26.-Glen Burch Of this city has
civilized COW. She eats like people.
Picking out a nice bakery truck on
a side street yesterday, Bessie
poked her head through the apper-
lures at the rear and devoured six
dozen buns.
Somebody passed and her meal
was cut short, several trays of pies
and a few dozen loaves Of bread
escaping the fate Of the buns.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
.1OUD|N| URGES BILL
T0CURB 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 been so much dis
order in the House District committee
room as during this hearing today.
The room was packed with fortune
tellers. spintualists and mediums OF
every description, many OF whom
could not even gain admission and
who protested loudly against state
ments made 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, sew.
eral of the mediums carefully shaded
their eyes and assumed a thoughtful
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 L cannot come
At another time, when he was in
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1926-02-26
HEROIC rum RUNNER
AND CREW CONVICTED
Skipper Who Entered Forbidden
Zone to Rescue Ship
Is Captured.
By the Associated Press.

by tuo abooSlotco 1000
PORTLAND, Oreg., February 26.-
Capt. Robert Pamphlet, rum runner
and nine codefendants were con
yicted 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 r.
mile limit to rescue the crew Of the
wrecked lumber schooner Caroba OF
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
milton Of Capt. Pamphlets act, nc
charges were brought for entering
the forbidden zone on that occasion
AS the Pescawha had allegedly vio
lated Federal law by rum running or
previous occasions, the ship and its
officers and crew were held on that
ground.
They will be sentenced later.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
COAL PRODUCTION HITS
SIS PER CENT OF NORMAL
IS or 80 Per Cent Expected Next
Week After Miners Give Up
Temporary Jobs.

Anthracite coal production in the
PENNSYLVANIA fields had reached SIS per
cent Of normal today, with the pros
pect that the output would be still
further increased and would approx
mate IS or 80 per cent by the end of
next week, the Labor Department was
informed today by it's agents in the
coal fields.
Next Monday will see production
materially increased, the Labor De-
partment reports said. because on
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 en-
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.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Blaze in Capitol Kitchen Flue Quelled
Quickly; Use of Soft Coal Starts Fire

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.
SCOT 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
cars to the alarm, had their hands
full keeping traffic; lanes open.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
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
Navy will be named the Pensacola and
Salt Lake City.
The Pensacola will be built at the
New York Navy Yard and the Salt
Lake City under private contract.
Bids probably will be opened March 15
These two ships are the first to be
laid down under the program author
izing eight such vessels approved by
Congress. They viii be 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
naval craft to bear that name. The
Pensacola will replace on the naval
lists the frigate of that name, LAUGH
ed at Pensacola in 1859.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Nav Send Venison to U. S.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand. Feb
ruary 26 CP.-Plans to ship New
Zealand venison to San Francisco
for distribution in the United States
have been launched here. owing to a
surplus of deer in various parts Of
the country.
The animals have become a mer-
ace to farmers by doing much dam
age to crops. This fact led to tho
movement to kin them of and export
the frozen Tenison.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
PASSAIC STRIKE LEADER
DEFIES POLICE ORDER
Issues Call for More Mill Workers
to Join Picket Lines
Today.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PASSAIC, n. j., February IL
Albert Weisbord, organizer Of 1000
wooden mill workers on strike in this
district, has answered a police order
against gatherings of strikers in large
groups with q counter order for more
workers to swell the picket lines
today.
Police Commissioner Abram Preiskei
ordered police to disperse crowds to-
day because of the arrest yesterday
of three pickets for calling out "scab"
when non-union workers entered the
Dundee mills at Clifton.
I'VE understand that two-thirds Of
the workers would like to return"
said Commissioner PreiskeL but they
have been intimidated."
Mayor Mcclure has ASKED a workers
committee of 25 to confer with him
tomorrow on the possibility Of arbitra-
ton and an employers committee to
meet with him later.
Weisbord said that although the
picket lines had been ordered enlarged
today I'VE will not be provoked into
violence by police clubs"
Evening star., 1926-02-26

dfy HAS dSheu Tic
Intervention Of the League of Ma
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 Wilma
All outgoing news channels are cen
sored. according to the same report.
However, explanations from Polish
sources say that the authorities at
Wilma 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 we'll prepared
move to get the Wilma question again
before the League of Nations.
Meager reports state that brushes
between Lithuanian and Polish from.
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 Wilma
area to Poland a Lithuanian guard
has matched the Polish guard along
the entire length of the border, max
ing a double row of sentries.
Recently the roads between VII
komir and the frontier have been re-
ported blocked with Lithuanian rein
torcements, consisting Of infantry and
artillery, moving eastward.
The Poles say they sent representa-
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-
no, that Lithuania hoped to induce
Moscow to intercede at Warsaw and
induce Poland to return Vilna>to Lith-
uania.
Warsaw reports emphasize the so
luton adopted by the National Demo
cratic party, which declared for Wig
orous campaign against Communist
propaganda in Poland, saying that
now is the time to act; temporiz1ng
is futile" Communist circles inter-
pret The resolution as an invitation
for Fascist dictatorship In Poland.
Copyright. 1925. by Chicago Daily News Co..
Evening star., 1926-02-26
SHOOTS FOUR, ESCAPES.
Ex-Convict Wounds Former Sweet
heart and Three Patrolmen.

OWENSBORO, KY, February 26
R.-John Milburn. 80. a former con-
vict, went on a rampage last night
shot and wounded one woman and
three patrolmen. He escaped amid
a shower of bullets fired by the
wounded officers. The wounded are
Mary King, 20, a former sweetheart; !;
Charles Hays. James Walker and
Allen Wilson.
The officers went to Milburn' S
home to arrest him after he had shot
Mary King on the street, because
she declined to go with him any
more. He fed. firing as he left. The
police said he apparently was under
the influence of narcotics. Hays was
wounded seriously
Evening star., 1926-02-26
REGIONAL DIVISION
IN |. c. c. FAVORED
Smith Bill, Reported to the
Senate, Gives Members to
Each Section.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The principle OF regional repre-
sentation will be applied to the Inter.
state Commerce Commission under
the terms of the Smith bin. favorably
reported to the Senate by the inter
state commerce committee If that
bill becomes a law.
Senator Smith OF South Carolina
author of the BILL said today that he
hoped to get consideration for this
measure as soon as some of the ap.
preparation 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
properties in such sections" In or
der to bring this about, 1t sets up sev
en- geographical divisions and specifies
the number of commissioners to be
appointed from each. AS originally
introduced. six divisions were
named, but the committee added an
other division-the Pacific group.
Adds Two Members.
The measure also provides for the
addition Of two members to the com
mission. making a total Of 13, on the
ground that the work of the commits
sAn has SO rapidly increased that ad-
d ional members are needed.
n the House a similar bill has been
introduced by Representative Ray
burn Of Texas and referred to the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce.
South Carolina cannot pass upon a
shipping problem involving New York
effectively and New York cannot do
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 commission which must deal with
the vital shipping problems Of the
whole country.
Divisions and Methods.
The various geographical divisions
and the States included in each and
the number of commissioners to be
appointed from each are set forth In
the bill as follows:
New England group - Maine. New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts
Connecticut, Rhode Island, one mem
Der.
Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Delaware
Maryland. Ohio, District Of Columbia
two members.
Lake group-Michigan, Indiana, ILL
nois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, North Dakota, South Dakota
Kansas. Nebraska, three members.
South Atlantic group-North Caro-
lima, 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
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1926-02-26
FRENCH VESSEL HELD
FAST IN ICE FLOES
Freighter OF Newfoundland Is
Leaking, But Reported in No
Danger of Sinking.
By the 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 foes 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
As men.
Capt. Robert Roberts. commander
of the ship, in a message to the local
agents said he was caught In the ice
foes late yesterday and had been un-
able to get clear.
The vessel encountered severe gales
several days ago. which spread sew
eral Of her plates below the water
line.
The Kentucky is of 6,314 gross tons.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
Dillon Gets 6 to 12 Years.

NEW YORK, February 26 R).-
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 IL years in the State prison for
the robbery of a Greenwich Village
cafe on January 22
Evening star., 1926-02-26
PNEUMONIA NEAR PEAK.
Health Office Reports SO New
Cases and g Deaths.
BY JUNIUS b. WOOD.

Pneumonia continues to hover
around it's high peak for the year. IS
more cases being reported today to
the District Health Department. The
largest number of cases reported in
any single day this year totaled 80.
The Health Department also re-
ceived reports Of nine more deaths due
to the disease. There have been 286
deaths and sS4S cases since January l..
Evening star., 1926-02-26
84-Mi1e Gale on Lakes.

BUFFALO, n. Y, February 26 up.
Gales which lashed the lower Great
Lakes during the past "a hours reach
ed a velocity of 81 miles an hour early
today. Mild temperatures accom-
panied the gale. with some snow.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
DOCTOR IS BEATEN
IN YARD BY THUGS
w. F. Patten Attacked, Lies
Unconscious for Three
Hours in Basement.

Slugged with a black jack by one
Of two thugs early today in the rear
of the Parkwood apartments, 1746 h
street, DR.. William f. Patten, prom
tnent 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 Tor
three hours, bleeding profusely from
deep wounds in the lower jaw, under
the left eye and on the nose.
Regaining consciousness shortly be
fore s o'clock this morning, he strug-
eled up the stairs to his apartment
and telephoned first to physician
who could not be found-and then a
friend. DIR. 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 teiephoned 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
the assault He was SO weakened
then that he was taken to Emergency
Hospital for first-aid treatment DR.
Patten returned to his apartment,
where. although his condition Is not
regarded as serious. physicians are
keeping close watch over develop
mentS.
DIR. 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, II heard a suspicious
noise, which caused me to sit quietly
in the automobile about three minutes
while I awaited developments.
Hearing nothing, l attributed the
apparent noise to imagination and
started for the apartment rear door
While in the courtyard i feit a
shock at my rear and a blow on my
left shoulder Before L could collect
my senses I had been struck twice
in the face. How I got through the
door 1 can't tell, and 1 remember
scarcely anything after I got into the
apartment house basement.
Had 500 In Pocket.
DR.. Patten had $1OO 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 q
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
/ injury.
Precinct Detective Billman Of the
third precinct is investigating the
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 vague de-
| scription Of them. He remembered
! distinctly, however, that there were
two of them.
Evening star., 1926-02-26
P0[E-[|THUAN|AN
ARM|NG REPORTED
Troops Massing - Clashes
Occur, Meager Censored
Rumors Indicate.
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA. Switzerland. Febru-
ary 26.--Lithuania has asked the
Intervention Of the League of Ma
tions against Poland in connection
with recent frontier incidents.
Evening star., 1926-02-26

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1926-02-26

,Cont!nued on Page :. Column 81
Evening star., 1926-02-26

10. :. weather BureaU Forec0ot.I
Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder
tonight; lowest temperature about 80
degrees.
Temperatures-IIigh 62 at pm
yesterday: lowest. AZ at am. today
Full report on page 9.