Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1921, Page 2

9 - NEW TAGTICS USED [HAMHLTON SMITH INEASTLAKE CASE Grilling Postponed by Police and Confessions Sought by Milder Methods. From Staff Correspondent of The Rtar. RICHMOND, , October 6.—Rich- mond police authorities today decided to de several days their pro- wrilling of Miss Sarah E. imore nurse, and Roger held in the city jail here with the slaying of the t Colonial B they will us, endeavoring to get com= from the prisoner: ke. the accused man's ¢ posed ri Knox D. Eas in conneetic ter's pi¢ tactic: plete Do conf 1d brotner, ‘ame nere today from | Frederick 1., has promised to aid the in wringing _all :tion out of the Navy he would give the d Dossible mechan to the crime. 1 his brother for half is morning, and sbtained noth- | »out the mur is not olu tie crime proved 00 ken to Murderer's Row. ciised man has heen placed | in murpderer’s row. in the where he will remain until | to Montross October 24, Knox. to face the grand s< Knox Is in 2 cell in the n of the jail. this no connec- s J am sure ok Jury. ynan's secti sak fast morning. e was allowed to shave A stood by him. He had grewth of beard on his vhile six-day eina Poarch, a matron at the has heen placed in the cell with nox for the purpose of pre- her from attempting to end The authorities hope the alsa will he able to obtain a that counsel for prisoners have changed their d will not request a prelimi- nz for their clients. Neith- -y ask for bail. cuses Mixs Knox. r the murder of his_wife Knox by East- grilling here late ive Sergt. William! identification expert of the 1 poiice department, who was Gov. Westmoreland Dav {0 investigate the sensa- . which is ranked second se_of 1912, Although 1 that Miss Knox ‘ed Mrs. Margaret h i jealous rage, at that he is in ted in the murder. nurse. however, in- s committed but Detective break d Mr. Toler, 'man _in the but she will Ke nor Miss Knox ind on.” said Detective are both guilty of the . and it will be proved ox was told that ifessed that she tlake the nurse's turned pale, but she Le did not believe it. °n brought into the word, but looked as he was taken from ntinues to Shield Him. face of lake's effort to ire blame for the crime is still shieldimg had left the room Miss ctive Toler: “That more about the In the placve the e ! on the nu er h aid to Det know any than 1 do him [ with howev East- has bheen trying to from the woman, and believes she came ach to seek revenge. tted that he had bor- from the nurse. He owed her $500 and his was indebted to her m other statements an, the authorities the last few years her only because he her. s Knox visited Colonial told the authorities n_met her and save her in jiu jitsu wrestling. told the authoritles at Beach by Miss Knox that 1 friend of the mur- 11 was branded by East- ridiculous. He said that been any friendship women and pointed s wife had appealed to owed d that he 1ial Beach authorities to w y from the town. Knox revealed nas not aiready told the tmorcland county officials. 8 story of her presence ¢ coltage on the morn- 1o was committed. <new She Was Coming.” , intimated that that she was She said she A1 outhouse adjoining waiting a signal ture of the signal 10x stoo the from him. The 1 she failed to reveal. When informed by Detective Toler hat blo: ined fingerprints which teboard box in of the Eastlake house, ihe murdered woman fell e was struck with the hatchet, ond with their own, both East- 1 M Knox id they had of the articles in the returning to the sceme of th_officers. tained underwear found stlake home, tied in a tively identified as Detective Toler the chain of cir- ce about him. The cer said, is similar by Eastlake. ial Beach, Detective d a number of let- versonal effects, d to show that the nurse enraged over the fact failed to answer her com- In one of the letters declared that she would :n_body” over to phy- Baltimore for scientific purpose is believed she made hreat to force Eastlake to con- tinue his attentions to her. Taken to Richmond Jail. <ed couple, accompanied ive Toler and Town Sergt. Hall and Detective T. K. both of Colonial Beach, ichmond at 3 o'clock yes- won and were taken to rdquarters, where their r nd finger prints were ta¥en for the bureau of identification. ‘They were then examined by Mr. r 1d the two- Colonial Beach and taken to the Richmond which tend had hecome er iy jail. When the prisoners reached tichmond they were forced to wait the Union station for about ten for a patrol to carry them @ headquarters. A curious crowd immediately gathered around them. but apparently failed to annoy them, Zn route on the train here, East- and Miss Knox were the center «1 attention of the passengers when they became known. HEastlake was hand ‘nm‘d. but the nurse was un- shackled, Miss Knox, conversing with a rep~ salt fish, bread and |\Washington since 1874, second vice o i hS DIES AT SEASHORE Prominent D. C. Coal Dealer, 32d Degree Mason, Held Many Offices. | { W. HAMILTON SMITH. W. Hamilton Smith, a resident of president of the J. Maury Dove Com- pany and a man nationally known in the coal trade, died suddenly in Atlantic City last night. Mr. Smith had been ill with angina pectoris since last New Year's eve, but his condition was considered to be im- proving. Only this morning his busi- ness associates received letters from him telling how much he had been benefitted by his seaside visit and expressing the hope that he would be back at work by next Monday. ‘With Firm Forty-Five Years. Mr. Smith had been with the Dove company for forty-five years. He was president of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, vice president of the Standard Coal Company, and was one of the organizers and vice presidents of the National Retail Coal Mer- chants’ Association of the United States. He was also a member of the Board of Trade. He was con- sidered an authority on every detail ©of_his chosen business. Surviving Mr. Smith are his wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Steele Smith of this city, and a son, Dr. W. Hamil- ton Smith, jr., of Hagerstown, Md Mr. Smith's first wife was a Miss Hodkinson. Born in_New London, Conn., Februar 1§, 1862, Mr Smith came of oid New England stock. He was_eligible to every patriotic so- ciety, including the Society of May-: flower Descendants. His grandfather, William Hamilton, was born in 179¢ in one of the four houses left stand- ing after the burning of New Lon- don by Gen. Benedict Arnold. while Oak Hill cemetery of that city con- tains the graves of many generations of his forbears. High in Masenic Order. Mr. Smith's connections with Mas- onry were varied and of long stand- ing. He was made a Mason in Har- mony Lodge, N. 17, F. A. A. M., In 1886, was master 'of the lodge in | 1890, and from 1891 until his death was its secretary. He became a Royal Arch Mason in Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3, August 5, 1889, affiili- ated with Hiram Chapter, No. 10, Sep- tember 5, 1894, and with Columbia Chapter. No. 1, 'on whose roles he is | still carried, May 2, 1908. He was knighted in Columbia Com- mandery, No. 3, Knights Templar, Oc- | tober 16, 1891, and was a 32d degree | Knight Commander of the Court of Honor of the Ancient and Accepted | Scottish Rite, having received his de- | grees in the local bodies, Mithras! Lodge of Perfection, Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose Croix; Robert de Bruce Council, Knights Kadosh, | and Albert Pike Consistory, AL R. S. thirty-one years ago. He was also | a noble of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine of which he was illus- | trious potentate in 1912, { Funeral Here Saturday. The body is expected to arrive ini Washington some time tonight. Rose | Croix funeral services will be held | Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Scottish ®ite Cathedral, 433 3d street northwest. Officiating clergymen will be Rev. Willlam Tayloe Snyder, rector of the Church of the Incarnation, and Rabbl Abram Simon, pastor of the Eighth Street Temple, an old persom\l! friend. ASSIGNED TO COMMAND | OF CAMP HUMPHREYS, VA. Lieut. Col. James A. Woodruff, Washington Man, Ordered to Important Post. Lieut. Col. James A. Woodruff, Corps of Engineers, today was assigned to the command of the important en- gineer post and school at Camp Hum- phreys, near Accotink, Va. The order was made on the recommendation of Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engineers, to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Col. Mason M. Patrick, ! Corps of Engineers, to the office of chief of the Army air service, with the rank of major general. Col. Woodfuff was graduated from | the West Point Military Academy at| the head of the class of 1899, and was awarded a distinguished service medal for “service of the highest character to the government” while in command of the 10th Forestry Engineers in France during the world war. Although born in Montana, he spent most of his early life in this city, and made a high record in his studies in the District schools, including the Western High School. He has served several tours of duty in this city- and is now stationed at Camp Humphreys. —_— HEADS CITIZENS’ LIST. John Bojkovski First to Register in Campaign. The first man to register in the organiged citizenship campaign of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions was John Bojkovski, 833 Mis- souri avenue. Headquarters for the campaign had scarcely been opened in Room 501, District building, this morning, when John presented himself and said he wanted to become a member of the citizens’ movement in the District, his new home. He s2id he has been in this country for_more than fifteen years, but came to Washington only ten months ago. He was assigned to the Central Cit- isens’ Association. Registration week does not open until tober 23, but there are indications that many men and women will not wait until that time to enroll. resentative of The Star on the train, denied the statement of Detective Boulware that she said she met East- lake in Japan. The nurse said she had never been out of the United States. Eastlake and Miss Knox were or- dered transferred from the Freder- icksburg to the Richmond prison by Circuit Court Judge Joseph Wilson Chinn of Warsaw. Va.. under protest of the accused couple’s counsel ISUPPRESSING CRIM {ured | Van Winkle, { poses. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,.D. C., [NEW ENGINEER COMMISSIONER ; OF D. C. ASSUM UP TO RESIDENTS Mrs. Van Winkle Declares City’s Police Facilities Are Wholly Inadequate. Suppression of crime in the District of Columbia lies wholly in the hands of its residents and will be meas- cording to their wants, de- clared Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle, head of the womans' bureau of the District ! police department at a round table: session of the conference on social hygiene for the women of the District ; of Columbia in the auditorium of the Interior Department today. “The average individdal of this city is loth to go too far in the un- covering of certain crime,” said Mrs. | ‘and the chief cause for the increase in criminal offenses here is due to no other reason than that there are men In this city who are| | teaching anarchy instead of respect for the law. Call Facilities Inndequate. The facilities for running down bootlcggersand such offenders are to- tally inadequate, and I do not hesi- tate to say that right at this moment | there is not a sound automobile or motor boat in he whole ptolice de- partment.’ | Mrs. Van Winkle gave detailed ac- { counts of methods used by the police- ! wemen of the city and said that com- i allowed to flourish_on account of the tardiness { of the courts in handling such cases. She enumerated several instances of flagrant violators of the law being set free with nominal fines. H ussing the social problem, Mrs. Van Winkle dwelt at length on vice, al and clandestine. what means should be taken to control it, in whose hands it ould be placed and what steps aré necessary to be taken for its prevention. Oftern Special Program. As a preventive Mrs. Van Winkle submitted a program for social pro- cction, included in which were many suggestions for laws for delinquent giris, for dance .halls, certain mo- tion picture houses, cafes and restau- rants, missing persons, the age of consent.' private hearings for sex offenders and an institution for the care of the feeble minded. Presiding at the second round table at the convention, Dr. Kate Karpeles, attending physician at the city alinic of the department of health, discussed the supervision and treatment of in- fected persons at clinics, at home, at work, in institutions, and the status of reporting same to the public health Gepartment. Dr. Karpelas said that the munici- pal clinic needed expansion. She sald that funds were necessary at once for reforms required. and suggested that further appropriations be put at the disposal of the public health officer. Address by Dr. H. H. Hazen. Dr. H. H. Hazen addressed a third gathering and stressed the necessity of informing the community about social diseases, about local conditions and about work as conducted along these lines in other parts of the country. A summary of the joint sessions, ith Mrs. Whitman Cross presiding, will be taken up later today, when women and women organizations of the District of Columbia will be in- ! structed as to the best method of procedure to be followed to make the proposed program effective. The conferece will adjourn tonight. WILL START DRIVE IN CONGRESS TO AlD. ANACOSTIA FLATS (Continued from First Pake.) ning bridge. Much of the ground in- volved in the improvement was do- nated, while the balance was acquired through purchase or condemnation. ‘While more than ten years has been consumed in bringing the work to within’ a short distance of the Ben- ning bridge, it is believed that the execution of the project as contem- plated beyond the bridge would not consume more than five or six years. ‘The character of the ground to be re- claimed, coupled with the fact that a highly "efficient working plan has been " built up, would make rapid i progress possible, it is ‘stated. In only one year has Congross ap- propriated as ‘much as $300,000 for prosecuting the program. The next highest amount provided in a single year was $200.000. Generally the ap- propriations Lave ranged $100,000. . EEileroand Has Special Advantages. Asldg from the general benefits to be derived from the carrying through of the reclamation scheme for the full distance proposed, another argument ibeing advanced in favor of Congress authorizing continuation of the work concerns the proposal for the loca- tion of the National Botanic Gardens and Arboretum at Mount Hamilton, which borders the flats north of Benning bridge. The Mount Hamilton plan is now before Congress, having the indorsement of the National Com- mission of Fine Arts and government officials generally. Engineers have stated that if this plan is adopted the flats scheme could be amended so that a portion of the swampy land would be available to the Botanic Gardens for experimental pur- This would eliminate a consid- erable expense for dredging and wall construction. The money thus saved, it is said, would be sufficlent to cover the cost of the purchase of the Mount Hamilton tract. { Government officials are hopeful, therefore, that Congress not only wiil remove the restriction relating to work south of Benning bridge, but will ap. prove the Mount Hamilton site for the purpose of a botanic garden, so that plans may be made immediately for the establishment of the garden in con- Junction with the prosecution of the Teclamation work north of Benning bridge along lines securing the greatest economy to the government. New Bathing Beach Plamned. An announcement made today the officer in charge of public build- ings and grounds which will interest ‘Washingtonians generally relates to the plan for establishing a bathing beach in the lake that is being form- ed west of the Anagostia channel and south of Benning bridge. This lake will be several miles in length, and will be equipped, at its lower end, with a lock which will keep the water at a defluite level. Two islands will be constructed in the center of the lake and other steps taken for making it one of the beauty spots of the capital's park system. Facilitles will be pravided for boating, and, ult mately, it is proposed to establish a bathing beach, which probably will be considerably larger than the one now operated in the tidal basin. In connection with the plans for de- veloping the reclaimed section be- tween the Anacostia and Pennsylv: nia Avenue bridges, engineer officials today called attention to the north bank of the channel between these bridges as offering, in their opinion, an ideal site for wharves and a gen- eral industrial devglopment. This sec- tion is between the gas plant and the channel, and will,_ in time, gov- ernment engineers believe, become on of the busy spots of Washington’ water front. —_— GETS CUT IN COAL PRICE. BUDAPEST, October 6.— Negotia- tions by which French coal mines will supply fuel for the gas works of this city have been completed, the arrangement permitting the works to buy coal 10 per cent lower in price than was demanded by mines {n Czechoslovakia and Upper Sileala. Newspapers express satisfaction with the arrangement,, + Col. Churies Keller subacribing to oath of office administered by Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the board the retiring Comminsi BUSTER SNOOK IN TO BE LAID IN POMP BY OLD BOOTS Buster old, Snook, thirteen years a Dblack-and-white Spanish poodle, will be laid beside his father, Boots, in the animal cem- etery at Astin Hill, out the Ttk street pike, tomorrow afternoon after funeral services which are to rival in their formality the last rites of many of his human friends. The body of Buster Snook lies today at his formér homs, the resi- dence of Mrs. Selma Snook, .85 Adams street northwest. Surround- ed by floral tributes, sent by many of his friends in life, Buster 8nook rests in a specially made Jambskin asket bearing a silver plate with the inscription, “Our Darling Bus- ter.” All day long many of his friends have been passing in and SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED IN COMMUNITY CENTERS Educational and Recreational Activities Already Getting ‘Well Started. Activities along civic, educational and recreational lines are rapidly getting w community' ténters, it was announced today. by Miss Oecil B. Norton. Regis. tratfon is'now going on at all of the centers. The Johnson-Powell Community Center will be open on Tuesday, Fri- day and Saturday evenings and Tues- day, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- day afternoons. 'On Tuesday and Fri noons three children’s clubs will meet, namely, French, rhythm and social dancing. _On Thursday afternoon there will be dramatics and folk dancing. The Friday afternoon ac- tivities will be the same as Tuesday, with the addition of violin lessons. The Thomson Community Center an. nounces a schedule of five nights. The Park View Community Center will be open on Wednesday and Fri- day nights. Petworth Community Center, being a one-night center, will open on Fri- day' nights. Burrville, Randall and West Wash- ington Community Centers are one- night centers, and will be open on Friday nights. The West Washington Community Center is located in the Phillips School, and is having its opening to- night, with speeches by several prominent men In the community. The Garnet-Phelps Community Cen- ter activities will be held in the Gar- net School instead of the Phelps, as of last year. This will be only dur- ing the month of October, however. After November-1 they will be in the Phelps School, which is now under repair. ‘The Wilson Normal Community Center is announcing an interesting | schedule for the coming season. This center will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings and Tuesday and Friday afternoons. A special effort is to be made for the children of the neigh- borhood, the activities as far as pos- sible to be free; otherwise a nominal fee will be required. On Wednesdays the gymnasium will be available for either men or women. The follow- ing state societies have become af- filiated with this center: Alabama, Delaware, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey. Thae center is making a spe- clla featurs of ' its Spanish and French class under Prof. Gustav A. Gambs and Mme Gambs, both of whom are teachers of wide expe- rience. Clagses for this work will be formed for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and as these classes will be limited, early application is re- quested. The East Washington Community Center will be open every night ex- cept Saturiday. Announcement of the schedules for the other centers will be made at a tater date. BILL AIDS DISABLED. Senator Robinson Waunts to Pro- vide for Totally Incapacitated. A Dbill amending the act creating the Veterans’ Bureau was offered in the Senate yesterday by Senator Rob- inson of Arkansas which would pro- vide that when any beneficiary has been rated by any of the government agencies having jurisdiction over ex- service men as totally disabled for a period of more than six months, and been found, upon examination by competent medical authority, to be unable to successfully follow any ma- terially gainful occupation, such ben- eficiary shall be adjudged permanent- ly totally disabled and entitled to all the benefits under the war risk in- surance act. —e. AIDE TO GEN. FOCH. Brig. Gen. Connor to Be With Marshal During Visit in U. 8. ary aid-de-camp to commander-in-chief of as & gue gation of the conference on limita- tion of armament. Gen. Connor served In both the com- bat and supply branches of the Amer- ican expeditionary, LAMBSKIN COFFIN r way In the nineteen | Brig. Gen. W. D. Connor of the gen- eral Staff has been detailed as honor- 'sh. Foch, the allied forces during the world war, during the latter’s visit to the United States st of the American Legion and as a member of the French dele- await the outcome of megotiations among the republican senators look- ing to & program that would com- mand united support. out of the parler at the home to take a last look at the bhody of Buster Snook, remembered in life as a good dog and a faithful triend. Under the table on which the casket, Snowball, the deceased, and Tricksey, his sister, crouch and sob in doggEy sorrow. They will be among the occupants of the limousine which follows the automobile hearse to the cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Buster Snook’'s body will be placed in a family plot. already occupied by the body of his father, Boots, and by a family friend, Blackle, a cat which lived in amity with canine friends during its short life of a year. There is space for two more graves. Friends of the dog family of Snook hope it will_be many years before they are filled. 'TEXTBOOK SHORTAGE CONDEMNED BY CITIZENS rests of | mother i ’Connecticut Avenue Association Asks Board of Education to Use Part of Funds. | Denouncinz the shortage of text- { books in the public schools, which, it | | waggated, caused many of the pupils | |o‘ublc up” and others to use “dog-eared” and badly soiled pages, the Connecticut Avenue Citizens' As- sociation at a meeting last night in All Souls’ Memorial Church adopted a resolution asking the boand of educa- tion to use part of the ten-thousand- dollar fund understood available for the use of books. The resolution was introduced by H. C. Cobb. H. B. Plankinton was named ahalr- man of the membership campaign to co-operate with the Feneration of Citizens’ Associations on the city- wide membership drive to begin Oc- tober 23. A report was made by W. B. West- lake, chairman of the public utilities committee, that as a result of pointing out recently that the street railway service on Connecticut avenue was in- adequate the Capital Traction Com- pany had increased the Chevy Chase car service materially. Sergt. Fred Sandberg, finger-print expert of the metropolitan police de- partment, gave lantern slides on the system of identification and urged that in connection with the census bu- reau a universal finger-print bureau be established to take record of every person over five years of age through- out the United States. TRY TO COMPLETE LOCAL FUND FOR CONFERENCE Committee Urged to Renew Work in Preparatign for Entertaining of Foreign Delegates. Daniel J. Callahan, acting chairman of the committee raising the fund with which to defray the expenses { of the District in its share of the re- ception and entertainment of the in- ternational visitors who will be here during the long period of the con- ference on the limitation of arma- ment, /s today urging the various members of his committece and the several subcommittees to renew their efforts during_the next few days, in order that the work may soon be completed. Mr. Callahan announced today that the amount subscribed thus far is $24,056. The subscriptions received during the last twenty-four hours are: Beck- er Leather Goods Company, $50; Na- tional City Company, $50; Chapin Sacks Manufacturing Company, $100; Guy Curran & Co., $60; E. L. Stock, $25; John J. Range, $25; Fadeleyv & Co., $25; W. A. Simpson, $5; Hotel Continental, $50; Snyder & Little, $10; Franklin & Co., $25; The Hecht Company, $100; William H. Gottlieb, $10; the Von Steiner & Baumgartner Co., $10; Washington Topham, $10, and E. F. Droop & Sons, $100. OFFICIALS TO SPEAK. Secretary Hoover and Others to Ad- dress Mining Congress. Secretary of Commerce Hoover, George S. Rice of the bureau of mines and H. C. Morrls, chief of the field di- vision of the Department of Com- merce, will be among the speakers at the convention of the American Min- ing Congress, which opens in Chicago October 17. Other speakers will be Charles M. Schwab, C. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central, and Senator Reed of Missouri. ‘The convention will consider a con- structive platform to be drafted, adop- tion of which will be an objective of the organized mining industry. In connection with the convention an exhibition of mining equipment will be held in the Chicago Coliseum. Exhibits will be set up from practi- cally every mining state and from Mexico. TO RESUME RAIL INQUIRY. General inquiry into railroad con- ditions and problems will be resumed October 13 by the Senate interstate commerce committee, according to ‘announcement. brotherhood representatives will reopen the hear- ings, which were suspended last August, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921. .|REACH AGREEMENT of the party which promised immedi- ate relief from oppressive war taxes. Practically every change in the rates or repeal of present taxes is post- poned until January 1, 1922, and the reductions made after January 1, 1922, are to be accomplished through prom- ised cuts in expenditures that may not ! materialize, with contingent borrow- ings in that event, as well as certain borrowings to pay the $170,600,000 es- timatsd to meet savings stamps and Pitman aoct redemptions and expend- itures. Raps Republican Metives. “The purpose of the republican ma- Jority sesms to have been cemtercd upon the exemption of millionaires from the higher surtaxes and the ex- emption of corporate interests and mo- nopolies from the payment of proper taxes and inordinate profits. In pursuit of this purpose, the committce has di- vided the income taxpayers of the country into two classes—those who have incomes greater than 366,000 a year and those who have incomes less than $66,000 a year. 3 “There are 11,077 millionaires in the first class and 3,321,683 people in the gccond cluss, The committee, in its | solicitation for wealth, has accorded these 11,077 millionaires very sub- | stantial relief by the appeal of the higher brackets of the surtaxes, while the 3,321,683 ordinary taxpayers have been given no substantial relief.” The democrats gave notice that they would offer amendments to the bill largely increasing the surtax vrates on incomes up to and above $200,000; restoring the corporatfon capital stock tax; reducing the nor- mal tax on incomes below $15.000: limiting_the exemptions allowed to ALFRED WOOD DEES ATHS HOME HERE Civil FOR REVISING TAX (Continued from First Page.) Investment In tax-exempt securities, which has resulted in a tremendous loss in revenues under the present income tax laws, is attacked in an amendment to the tax revision bill offered today by Senator Waish of Massachusetts, democratic member of the Senate finance committee. Because of the constitutional in- hibition against the imposition of in- come taxes upon sccurities issued by states, counties and municipalities, Scnator Wash has approached th matter through the federal inher: itance taxes, He proposes that when tax-exempt securities pass through an estate which has to pay an estate tax (only estates of over $50,000 pay an estate tax) the tax-cxempt securi- ties will be segregated and required to pay a larger rate than the other estate properties. The additional rate on these tax-exempt securities is fixed by Senator Walsh at 15 per cent. In this way the government would recoup somewhat the loss sustained by not being able to collect taxes on the income from tax exempt securi- ties. Long-time Resident, War Veteran, Held Many High Posts. heads of familles to incomes below $20.000 and repraling tha tax on freight, passenger and Pullman trans- portation. Deals With Gift Practice. Senator Walsh’s amendment also deals with the practice which has grown to large proportions in recent years among holders of large estates of making gifts to relatives and members of their families of large parts of their possessions for the purpose of reducing their taxation. These gifts result in lowering the surtaxes on the income of the donors. Laurel Entries. First race; claiming; for two-year- olds; five and a half furiongs—*Thrill- His amendment sceks to limit the|er, 109; *Swagger, 108; Orris 114; L - m‘fuse !;:Tl h;s grown up through | epjsaale, 107: Wilfex, 112; Sword, ALFRED WOOD. gift making by providing an excise & S & g = tax upon gifts. It exempis gifts up North Wales. 107; Colando, 112;| Alfred Wood, a resident of the Dix to $20,000, but provides that the donor Zeal Dissolute, 112;trict for more than half a centur: shall pay & graduated tax, commenc- | epounce, 112; *The Vengeance, 104;{died ut his residence, 1712 Cocora: ing at 1 per cent on the amount from $20.000 to $50.000 and increasing through various brackets to 25 per cent on $10,000,000 and over. Cites Increasing Lons. Senator Walsh said that there had been a steady and increasing loss in the revenues of the government due to the exchange of tax-paying s ritles for tax-exempt _Eecurities, street northwest, at midnight, after an illness from which he has suf fered a 3 Services will be held at the residence Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock and burial will be in the Rock Creek cemetery. Mr. Wood was born Roose, 117; Motmer Carey. 109. Selling; for three- up; one mile—Gath. lu 0; Hackamore, 112 Bodansky. 104 cey, 108; *Charlie Summy, 113: *Mollie Barnes, 101 Third race, handicap; for three- year-olds: one mile and a sixteenth— Copper Demon. 126: Jeg, 120; Dark| Horse, 112; Montalvo, 1 Conn., March 31, 1% amounting to about $600,000,000 a| Fourth race, felling; for three-year-{with Company Connecticn year. There are in the country about|olds and uu; six_furlongs—Edna D., | Infantry, during the first part of ti $30.000.000,000 tax-exempt securities, | 106; Napoli, 113; Vic, 106; *Burgoyne, | war hetween the states and later including those of the federal gov- Sulphur, 109° *Frederick the Great, |the Adjutant General's office here ernment and the states and divisions ‘10s: Coca Cola, 101: Martha Luckett, | Washington. He recei his ¥ of states. 110. *Amackassin. 111; *Who Cares,|orable discharge from the army The democrats on the finance com- |108: *Sunrose, 1 Mark West, 108;}1¢ mittee yesterday put in their minor- | Dairyman, 113; Perigourdine, 116 ity report in which they declared that | *Sugarmint, 108. § the bill “neither fulfills the promises| Fifth race, for maiden three-year- of the republican party for a simpli- | olds and up; mile and seventy vards— fication of tax law and procedure nor | The McNab, 112: Lough Bagle. 108 satisfies the demand of the demo-! Willlam of Corotoman. H cratic party for a complete surveydier, 108; Gallivant, 108: Phoenix, 108; of existing taxes and their modifica- | Fern Graes, 105: Barcoy. 112; Nor- tion and simplification.” { fords Choice, 109 Rajah, 108. Minority R Sixth race, claiming, handicap. for Sotiy, Mepent Wiled. ! three-vear-olds and up: one mile— Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, a Dresden, 115; *Faunus, $3; *Charlie republican member of the finance com- | Summy, 102: Lads Love, 113; Crom- mittee, also filed a minority view, de 110: Devil Dog, claring that he was in general accord | 10 with the democratic report in so far| as it criticised the served VMI'A Wood was emploved for s time by the old Metropolitan Railroa:d Company here, and la: became s re of the company. He ved as gecretary of the old ship company which maintained line between here and New York. an«d later was made sccretary and treas- urer of the Old Dominion teamshiy Company, running between New York and Norfolk. This concern was rold in 1891. Mr. Wood entered the sery ices of the Washington Loan and Trust Company after the steamehip company was sold and remained with that company until hiz retirement. about 4 year ago. Mr. Wood was a deacon in the First Congregational Church and was iden- ttied with its activities for man IS8, S active in the early work of the Y. M. C. A, and for geven years was a member ¢! its board of nanazers. He was a_member of the Burnside Post, G. ber of the Asso habitants. al h:)ard 'l‘-; the l-‘lorTru’; Enl(enlon Mis: sion. He is survived by a daught: Miss Olea M. Wood. e ASSIGNED TO FORT TOTTEN. Col. Andrew Hero, jr. Coast Ar- tillery Corps, at Camp Jackson, §. ., has been ascigned to duty, at Fort Totten, N. Y. tean Rubidium, 115. Seventh race, claiming, for tyo- proposals of the | vear-olds: five and a half furlongs— majority to reduce, the supertaxes Achlin, 109; Joseph Brant. 112; Rack | upon large individual income: “p. 109 Wag, 117: Barris- peal the excess profits tax and the|jane, 112 iad, 107: South | capital stock tax, to retain the trans- | preezes, 11 . D., 104; Little portation taxes and to greatly aggra-. Ammie, 109 vate the existing disparity between|RBaamer.er, 117; Chaste corporation and individual and part-|Gommander Colin, 112. nership taxes” He added, however,| sapprentice allowance claimed of that he felt the recommendations of fye pounds: the minority would “do little more ? . than palliate some of the monstrous| v eather clear; track fast. iniquities of this bill. without curing any of its fundamental evils. | HEADS N. Y. DRY AGENTS. “There is nothing to be gained by : the forced and inconsiderate enact-| Designation of E. C. Yellowley. ment of the present bill,” said the|chief of the general prohibition democratic minority report. ‘“That,agents. as acting prohibition director bill affords no relief to the country.|of New York state to succeed Harold There will be no reductions effective |L. Hart, who has resigned, was an- during this calen year —nine ; nounced today by Prohibition Com- months after the advent to full power | missioner Hayne: Star, To give our patrons who do not have the opportunity during the day to attend this sale, we will keep the Piano and Phonograph Departments open evenings for one week, starting tomorrow One Week Sal OUR PLAYER-PIANOS We have an unusually large and fine assort- ment of instruments to show in the One Week Sale. Besides the Player-Pianos we have taken in exchange, there are a great number of genu- ine Pianolas, including Steinways, Weber, Whee- locks, &c., shop-worn, &c., that we have reduced 650000 Player-Pianos On Terms as Low as $10 Per Menth Prices Are From. . Our Phonograph Department Besides used instruments of other well- known makes are Vocalions taken in ex- change for larger models, also quite a num- ber of desirable styles, brand new, which have been discontinued from the catalog. A specially timely feature of the event is a large number of the beautiful art and period models at present so much in demand. Both upright and table art styles. Phonographs—Small Type From. ....... $30.00 Phonographo—Upright Cabinet Type From. $60.00 Phonographs—Period Model From. .. ... .$245.00 Sold on Terms as Low as $5.00 Per Month There are about twenty-five instruments sim: lar to above models at $60 each. Terms as low as $6.00 per month.