Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1922, Page 11

ONMORALS OF D.C. So J. H. Keeley Fleads in Urg- ing Sanitary Buildings for Alley Dwellers. “Don’t cconomize on the the Capital city any longer,” was the plea of James Hugh Keeley, speaking day before the Senate District com- ittee in support of the Jomes bill for construction of sanitary dwell- ings to house the alley population of norals of the District. . Mr. Keeley said that the cry to- « was for economy. He urged, nowever, that it was poor economy to permit the alley dwellings to o . with their immorality and preading qualities. istrict would tuation years controlled ‘their ut they do not, and, therefore, e compelled to come to Congress to relief. ‘Bond Issue Provisions. The hearing today was granted to representatives of the Emergency Housing Association of the _I)ls!rh-l. which i back of the Jones bill. This measure would authorize a $6.000,000 issue by the District, the money de- r being u to purchase land n ry dwellings to be r sold tosthe present alley dwellers. It is estimated that with the payment of a moderate rent—far less than would be the charge ordi- a einking fund could be laid uld pay off entirely twenty-five : citizens of the have cleaned up this aid, ago, he if the; ch w i issue within ss has enacted a law which ihit the atley dwellings ndoned July mest. The v provided they must be . 1918. The Jones bill ne-third of the alley given up July, I one- uly. 1923, and one-third in s will give opportunity, it said, to provide the houses needed e_people. > filton Waldron. president of ociation, was the first wit- hess heard today. He told the com- mittee- that the last police census Showed there were 9,000 alley dwell- wrs here, 7,000 colored and 2000 white. He said that some of the dwellers in the former “red Hght” district had moved into the alleys. Senator Ball's Suzgestion. Senator Ball. chairman of the Dis- trict comm cgested that people who dyell in the alléys should move to other cities asd into the third in 1924, land and Virginia could give the alleys here as_sgon as possible. Mr. Waldron said he did not be- lieve that it would be fair to at- tempt to shift the problem of these ¢« dwellers to Maryland and Vir- witness described the filthy conditions ip some of the alley dwellings. He said that the babies in those alleys die three times as s the babies of the rest of the enator Ball said he believed the t health officer had a right to close up these dwellings if they menaced the health of the city, and also that he thought it was the duty of the alley dwellers to go some- where else, if they could not find proper places to live in Washington. Mr. Waldron pointed out that the supporters of the Jones bill were not asking Congress to appropriate funds, but merely to authorize a bond issue, which would be paid back ir. full in twenty-five years. Doubts Private Action. He predicted that if the alleys are closed without any provision being made to care for these people it will cause terrible congestion in houses outside the alleys. He was questioned by Senator Jones as to the possibility of the matter being handled by private enterprises, and replied that he did not believe that it could or would be so aandled. “We have gone to the thropists of the countr: Wald@ron. “They have told us that if Congress proposes to close these alley dwellings Congress should care for the people who live in them. Rev. Francis J. Lukens read to the committee a_statement prepared by William V. Mahoney, executive secre. tary of the association, in which Mr. Mahoney made a strong appeal’ for action in favor of the Jones bili., Mr. Lukens suggested that if the alley dwellings were to be closed a com- mission should be appointed with which the dwellers might confer and seek advice and aid. Mr. Kelley in his testim out that in the great cities of Sowth Wmerica and Europe the slum and alley problems had been handled suc- cessfully through government aid. The hearing will be coutinued Fri- morning at 10 o'clock mony pointed WARNING! Always say “Bayer” when you buy Aspirin. When you see the name “Bayer” on tablets you are getting genuine the | He declared that the farms | DONTECONOMIZE | | ways Hen’s Jump Fires Gun Set for Thief, Fills Farmer With Shot JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb- ruary 21.—Peter Thelin, sixty~ six, a farmer, wa rought to a local howspital tod: suffering from a gunshot wound inflicted by » Dominique hen. Thell Iate yesterday wet 1o ing tax shotgun in hin henhouse after the trap was fixed to turned antistaction to walk away. The hen drop; e sary te amputate the limb. D. TODISEUSS BONUS| Views on Sales Tax Plan Espgcia!ly Desired by Con- ‘gress Committee. Secretary Mellon and Commissioner Blair of internal revenue were re- quested 1o appear today before the special committee acaling Wwith the problem of raising finances for the bia, day. v " | tives of this country and 1.978,940 were oldiers’ bonus. The committee plan-{ /o’y Virginia, of whom 1,360,807 were EADERS of THE WASH. ] ned to have its first session late in|whites, INGTON STAR vialting the day and to take up with these of- nr“|_he colored population, 617,324, 75 °‘;"fl,°r':4lzu W‘L"s’»f.}é’a%"& ficlals particularly the question of a per et were o Vs STAR Office and Reading Room sales tax. fhe state, of all races combined, de- (| Bfw!®, fefent street, a-ondon It was understood that Mr. Mellon about a_manufactur- wn by Treasury ex- would be ers’ tax b perts and submitted to the | charleston, Sav: Becretary. 1t w d that this plan ) Office, 1418 H st. n.w. Tel. Main reception and forwarding of vas patterned & the special sales | vertisement. mail, advice obtained on all was patterned after the spec 5 | vert maliMadvicelonta Al taxes in the 1921 revenue bill and was o drawn 4 (0 raise any sum from a| quarter of a billion dollars to a bil- lion dollars. Before the committee went into ses- sion opponents of the sales tax made a final drive for signers to a petition opposing this kind of tax to finance the bonus. The various copies of mal petition which had been in circulation were to be called in later in the day with a view to their presentation later to majority leaders. ‘When he appeared at the first bonus tax hearing two weeks ago Secretary Mellon opposed any form of wid Spread tax, declaring that i administration would present almost insurmountable obstacles and that its enactment at this lime would be un- Wise, because taxes now in force were at about the maximum that the trattic would bear. The special subcommittee to which the majority members of the House and means committee have once more referred the question of how to raise the necessary funds for the soldiers’ bonus was prepared to attack the problem again toda Meanwhile, with the general un- derstanding among House members that the subcommittee would pro- pose some sort of a manufacturers’ or_wholesalers' _tax_with_which_to Your Cash and Checks ‘They are quickly, accu- ratelyclassifiedandentered when you use the National “Cash - Received” and “Check Register” Loose Leaf Forms. & Ask your stationer for National Nos. 7072 C D and 7072 C E. The binder to useis National No. 9271. Look for This Trade Mark Whea You Buy Looze Leaf and Bound Books NATIONAL BLANK BOOK CO. Snide, Holyoke, Mass. finance the bonus, those opposed to any form of sales tax were marshal- block the plan within the committee. A gellllnn drawn up by twenty-two repu levy, who met yesterday gt the call of Reprerentative Dickinson of Iowa, was being cirdulated today with the hope of securing enough signatures, they =aid, to convince the majarity members of the committee that it would be impossible to put a sales The petition already had been freely circulated and signed before adjourn- mn;{:'t of the House yesterday. be voted out ofithe ways and means committee itself was a which much of 1‘““““’“ at the Capital centered to- day. were said to be solidly against such a tax, ecessary anly = = n < defeat it. present estimates were that four of the a gai doubtful. 8,332 Persons Residing in Virginia, Four-tenths, of 1 per cent of the|was pa population of Virginia, or 8,332 per- sons, residing in that state in 1920/ | were born In the District of Colum- persons and 1,695 colored. Of the 2,309,187 inhabitants of Vir- ginia, 9 were colored and the remaining 1,261 were Indian: other non-wh lation of the state, 2,277,482 were na- creased from §9.4 in 1910 to 85.7 in 192(. Atlantic As a wedding gift from the pre: dent of the French republic, P! Mary will 3 porcelain and a Gobelin tapestry. MRS. LYDIA L. DOMER, 86, . SUFFERS FATAL STROKE \ their strength in an effort to licans opposed to this kind of a Mrs. Lydia L. Domer, eighty-six, widow of Rev. Samuel Domer, D.D, died suddenly at her Home, 1918 15th stroet, yesterday morning, following a paralytic stroke. Mrs. Domer had suffered a stroke of paralysis previously about eighteen months ago, but had recovered suf- ficlently to bo able to move about Her room with assistance. Her late husband was for twenty- six years pastor of St. Paul's English Luptheran Church here and for the greater part of her life she had been an _active worker in religious circles. She was born in Selinsgrove, Pa., on May 14, 1836. Shé met Dr. Domer when she was a member of the choir of the Lutheran Church at Selins- grove, where Dr. Domer had received fa’call’after graduating from the Get- tysburg Theological Seminary. For several years she lived with Dr. Domer at the Susquehanna Fe- male College at Selinsgrove, whera he was president, 3nd later resided in Reading, Pa., where Dr. Domer was attached to ‘St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. After three years' residence in that city Drerand Mrs. Domer went to Shamokin, where Dr. Domer pastor Trinity Lutheran Chureh for two v, At the end of that time he was called to St. Paul's English Lutheran Chureh of_this city, arriving here in 1874 with Mrs. Domer. Dr. Domer re- signed In 1900 on account of failing health after a notable career in phe local field. Mrs. Domer was a recognized leader in many lines of church and benevo- lent work. 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She was 3lso president of the King's Daughters, was hogorary president of Dr. Domer’s Bible Class and was one of the original members of the board of lady managers of the National J atheran Home for the Aged, serving continuously, since its organization in 1894 to the present time, and being ite firat vics president, from 1894 to She is survived by six children; all of this cit Alleman, Mrs. Eulalie Domer Rheem, M. Blai Domer, William A. Domer and Harry . Domer. The funeral will be held from St. Paul's Lutheran Church tomorrow at 2 o'clock. the church at 11 o'clock morning and will lie in state until the | hour of the funeral. of various organizations will be pres- ent. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. John T. Huddle, D. D., as D. by R . of the National Lutheran Home for the Aged. Honorary pallbearers are: F. Fox, George W. Linkins, George F. Muth, Dr. W. W. Stewart. ¢ Lefdies’ Aid Society of St. Paul's con- | tive pallbearers will 3 a period of|Bateman, Edward E. Muth, L. 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