Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 3

S ONLYADAYS LEFT FORTAX RETURNS Revenue Bureau to Observe Longer Hours to Receive Income Reporis. With the last day of grace for making income tax returns only four ¥s away, the rush at the local oi- o of the internal revenue bureau been increasing and was expected by James C. Young, in charge, to con- tinue up to the last minutes on Wednesday, March 15 The average number of returns filed daily by residents of the District dur- ing the week past has been 1.800, 1t { was announced, although the total to date was uot believed by Mr. Young 10 be as great as last vear. The total income from the District from thi source for the entire year will be much less than it was last, it was be- lieved. Although part of this de- crease could be attributed to general| depression, Treasury officials said a: considerable part of it could be ac- counted for by the cuts effected in the new tax law. The raising of the ex- emption for married men from $2.000 to $2,500 if the total income was less than $5.000 was believed to be a fac- tor in this decrease. Open Until Midnight. Reginning Monday, .special hours | will be observed in thej local revenue office. 1422 Pennsylvania avenue for the convenience of tre public. and it was believed would be taken advan- tage of by many who have not yet filed returns. Monday and Tues- ay the hours will be from 9 am.. to 9 pm.. and on Wednesday, the last of the filing period. the office wiil be open until midnight. Penalty for not making a return by Wednesday night, it was explained, is set by (he law as a fine of not more | than $1.000 and a further penalty of | per cent of the amount of the tax e, “unless the taxpayer later files| a return and it is satisfactorily stown : that the delinquincy was due to a reasonable cause, and not to wiliful | neglect.” If because of illness or, absence, it was explained. a taxptyer is unable to file a return on time, an appeal for an extension of not to ex- ! ceed thirty days may be made not! Jater than March 15 to the collector | of internal revenue at Baltimore. ! With the appeal should be filed, also, | it was explained. “a full recital of the | causes for del At the local office the rush be- an as early as February 6, Deputy | ctor Young explained. and spe- | cial counters were set up by February | 13 to take care of the added b present twenty-three deputy s and ravenue agents are busy help- ing Washingtonians make out their re- turns. They also administer the oath, which is required with every return, | without cost to the public. May Pay Quarterly. The tax may be paid in full or in anarterly installments. the first of Abe Martin Says: —— Mrs. Tipton Bud got a pustal card from her niece, t'day, who’s in Californy, sayin’, “I'll be home murder after next.” What's become o' th’ feller that used t’ chew th’ ends o’ his mustach? NORTHWEST CITIZENS TABLE RIDER ACTION Effort to Indorse Jones Amend- ment Fails Before Association at Tenley School. An effort to have the organization indorse the Jones rider to the District bill, which would change the ratio of taxation and the entire fiscal relation- ship between the District and the fed- eral government, was laid on the table at a meeting of the Northwest Sub- urban Citizens' Association last night at the Tenley School. Albert E. Shoemaker was the au- thor of the motion to have the asso- ciation indorse the Jones rider. His motion was tabl chairman of the legislative committe Mr. Shoemaker was instructed to take up the matter of taxation with the Federation of Citizens' Assoclations. Bootlegging in_the District and al- leged failure of the government to en- | force the prohibition law came in for criticism from Dr. J. W. Chappell, who said he was in favor of prohibition, but not in favor of a law that cannot | be enforced. \ Increase in electric light rates in order to bring about a lower rate of fare was opposed by the association. The appointment of Daniel Sullivan as chief of police was indorsed and a letter of congratulation will be sent to the new chief. The assoclation indorsed purchase by the District of a triangular piece of | however, and. as ! ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON 1TWENTY‘-E]GHT TEACHERS DYIN FOR WANT OF A SMALL PENSION Former Instructors Who sPent Lives in Service Suffer From Privation and Dis- ease While Senate Holds Back. Suffering painful and, in some cases, incurable maladies, some of them blird, but all of them old and decrepit, their earning power sapped out under tne strain of their work of instructing many of the prosperous men and women of this city today, twenty-eight former | school teachers in the local schools are { walting. hoping that well earned re- lief will- come to them befors the death that stalks near. _These men and women who have given their lives to teaching have in tho past scorned the attractions of the commercial world that might have given them plenty in the evening of their lives. But it was only a stroke of fate which put them just over the edge of the law's firm technical- ities, which denied them the pension of a few dollars which would provide jthem with the few comforts of their ! declining days and show them an appreciation of a work well done. They trained the young men and boys of vears ago, the men and women | who are enjoying now the middle age of life in comfort—the comfort which the hard, vitality-eating task of | teaching made possible. When the retirement law for teach- ers became effective, the unmoveable, | insympathetic. parrier of legal tech- nicality ruled them out. But those who knew them saw the injustice. They should be provided for. Controller's Decision. The controller of the Treasury ren- derod a decision to the District Com- missioners October 11, 1921, in which he raled that section 11, pears in the present teachers' retire- {ment act, prohibited the payment of an annuity to any teacher who was not in a pay status during the month of June, 1919, or since that time. | These twenty-eight teachers whom it {i= proposed to bring within the pro- visions of the law by the amendment |worn not in this status. In the Senate a bill was introduced. It went through all the red tape channels for iapproval, and not a staying hand did it encounter. i The bill which would provide a few {dollars apiece for the relief of these Imen and women was placed before the Senate. But there it stays on the {BILL FOR MORE JUDGES UNDER FIRE IN SENATE One Provision, for Assignment to Other Than Home Districts, Vigorously Attacked. The bill to authorize the appoint- as it ap-; calendar day after day, while the lives of these men and women are fast being eaten away, in most cases, by the ravages of disease. which might be traced back to the well done service for the children they taught for the city. The periods of service range from nineteen to forty- nine years. | Fear s held up the bill every time it has been reached on the cal- endar. It was the fear that passing of the bill would establish & prece- dent which would shower down on { Congress a demand from hundreds | throughout the government service | who have failed to get within the protecting bars of some retirement system. That Is the only reason. No one has yet suggested that these ! people should not have the aid that would be provided for them by the passage of the bill. Forced to Ret Many of them would have been on the rolls when the original law was passed. They did not leave through choice, but were relieved because of their physical infirmities. They had not been able to save on the small salaries that were paid. It looked like 2 lifetime of work ahead, but they were willing, but time does not reckon with salaries and inability to save. They needed to work. Just an instance. The report of the ! Senate District committee urging the passage of the bill contains a letter signed by all of the members of the board of managers of the Washington | Home for Incurables, citing the need for the luw. In part it savs, making an appeal in the interest of one of the inmates: “She is a woman of the highest character, retired only after she be- came almost entirely helpless from that terrible diseas: arthritis de- formans. a Dprogressive and most painful malady. Besides our personal interest in her. we know of many others under similar and even worse conditions, because unable to be plac- ed in our home, owing to our lack of accommodations. We do earnestly request that the said bill be passed, not only to meet exceptional cases, but as a wise policy to establish in the interest of the entire teaching force as well as for the public benefl {ROYAL HONEYMOONERS SEEK QUIET IN ITALY Squads of Soldiers to Keep Curious ! Tourists Away and Help | Preserve Incognito. Italy, March 10.—The | FLORENCE. SANITASTE! A Coffee Flavor Rich and Rare A steaming cup of golden brown that prom- ises much and gives more! A measure of morning joy that turns the table cover into a Magic Carpet of Bagdad! What a zestful start for the day’s work springs from its clear and glowing depths! It is the taste. The wholesome : taste. The delicious taste. The satisfying taste. It is the Sanitaste—that flavor rich and - rare, peculiar to Sanitary’s Famous Green Bag Coffee. Itis the taste preferred by good taste. It is the taste that has captured the taste of the nation’s capital. of River | ment of nineteen additional federal | Italian authorities ure taking extraor- |district judges, ~called before the | dinary precautions to see that Prin- Senate yesterday afternoon by Sena-|cess Mary and her husband, Viscount tor Cummins of Towa, was under fire| Lascelles, are not unduly annoyed by whick must accompany the filing of Eround at the intersection the return. The cashier at the local | road and Wisconsin avenue. oftice is cepting payment from ———— those w 3 hing to take advantage of | the local facilities, but it was said! that payment may also be made by money order or check made out to “Collector of Internal Revenue, Bal- timore, Md.” Such_payment, which goes to Collector Galen L. Tait at Raltimore, should be mailed in time to reach the office there on or before midnight of March 15. Many persons who will be exempt | from payment of tax are required| to file a return_ on their income be- fore March 15. Deputy’ Collector Young pointed out. “The fact that! by reason of the exemptions—$1,000 for single persons, $2.500 for married nersons whose net income for 1921 ‘was $5,000 or less and $2,000 for mar- ried persons whose net income was more than $5,000—a person’'s income :uay not be taxable. does not relieve Limm of his obligation to file a re- turn.” Mr. Young explained. “Re- turus are required of every single prrson whose net income for 1921 was 00 or more, or whose gross in-| e was $5,000 or more, and every n arried person whose net income was more or whose gross income | 5000 or more. Divorcees and persons not living with husband or Wife are classed as single.” ORDERED TO COLUMBUS. Warrant Officer Charles R. Hogge, at the Engineer School., Camp Hum- phreys, Va., has been érdered to Co- lumbus. Ohio, for duty as assistant to the engineer supply officer. SPECIAL NOTICES. MR. HOOVER GOING WEST. Secretary to Visit Colorado River Reclamation Project. Secretary Hoover left Washington last night for Phoenix. Ariz., to visit the Colorado river reclamation project. He was accompanied by C. C. Stet- son of the Department of Com- merce, who is secretary of the Colo- rado river commission, of which Mr. Hoover is chairman. Hearings are scheduled before the commission at Phoenix on March 15. . From the Arizona city, the Secre- sary may go to his home, at Palo Alto, Calif., for a short stay. He is 2xpected to be away from Washing- ton about three weeks. Officials of the department sald there had been no indication of a recommendation of an appointee for fish commissioner to fill the post left vacant by the resignation of Dr. Hugh M. Smith last December. Sec- retary Hoover had been expected to make some recommendation for the post before he left Washington. ADMIRAL REASSIGNED. Rear Admiral Charles W. Dyson has been detached from duty in the bu- reau of engineering, Navy Depart- ment, and assigned to duty as gen- eral inspector of machinery of ves- sels building for the Navy on the At- lantic coast. SPECIAL NOTICES. CREDITORS OF THE FIRM OF FLYNN jount, 947 W are hereby not! fied to send bl iynn, 620 B st. s 12¢ THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE stockholders of The Corcoran Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbla, at thelr ‘fice, 604 11th st. n.w., on Monday. April 3. 1922," for the purpose of electing ) di- rs for the ensuing sear. Polls open 12 m., close 1 p.m. LOTIS R. PEAK, Secretary. JOHN L. EDWARDS COMPANY.—NOTICE is lereby given that the undersigned. all residing in the District of Columbia, kave formed a limited partuership for the transac- tion of business as stock brokers: that the un- dersigned, John L. Edwards, A'bert P. Ma- deira, and Will'am Thompson Rurch, are gen. eral partners: that Henry P. Eiwin ix a spe- cial partner and_has contributed to the com mon stock of the partnership the um of 000, which has been actually paid in in A that sald partnership commerced on v 3, 1922, and b to terminate on De- Dated at the City of Wash- (Signed) JOHN L. ARDS. ALRERT P. MADEIRA, WIL- LIAM THOMPSON BURCH, HENRY P. ER- VIN. 3, 1922, D AND UPRIGIT PIANOS FOI KENT: taken in as part parment on Victrolas ORCH, 1110 G Kranich & Bach _and_Emerson_pianos. BRENTWOOD _CITIZENS: Resd Mt. Kainier TAX SALE LIST. Shall we plunge Into the same hoie? DR. K NOTICE 15 IERERY GIVES #naual mesting of stockholdeis of Theater eld_on Wednesday, March 1 . in_the office of Harry ) .~ Metropolit:n Theater Building, nd F sts. n.w. pal Life Incurance Comp: States of America will be of the company, 301 Wilkins buf forenoon of said day ROBERT D. 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This might result, it was said. in placing “dry” judges in wet communities, and vice versa. tion was brought up by Senator | Broussard, democrat, Louisiana, orie of the leading opponents of the Vol- stead law. He said the bill's provi- sion authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to assign district judges to work In other than their own states might result in trials by judges who were “not in accord with ideas of the community.” Senator Caraway, democrat, Ark- ansas, said he had been approached by a man urging support of the bill and told that “the only excuse” for the assignment provision was to meet tain judges to enforce the law. Senator Cummins, republican. fowa, in charge of the measure, said that never during its consideration by the committee had he heard any sugges- tion that some organization was be- hind the bill for the purpose cited by Senator Caraway, adding that he i deplored “any narrow or sectional view” in dealing with the bill and {lack of confidence in the Chief Jus- tice. He could not assume the as- | signment power would be abused. “If 1 believed that, 1 would want to abolish all courts,” said Senator i Cummins. The extra judges proposed, Senator Cummins said, were needed urgently { to correct present “shameful” admin- istration of justice, and the congested condition of federal court dockets. The bill went over for further con- | sideration. —_— i ASKS 3 TOKENS FOR 20c. {Correspondent Believes Present Car- fare System Unjust to Many. To the Editor of The Star: There is general dissatisfaction for ithe way in which the street car fare has been arranged—8 cents cash fare ! or six tokens for 40 cents. That means if a passenger is to benefit by the so-called reduction he irzust invest 40 cents in tokens—a lgrent mistake. Instead of lowering, it seems to have increased fares, for | the reason that we are required to invest more money to get the little reduction. Consider the little man, +| for he is the one after all who must |suflar. as he is not in a position at all times to put up the necessary 40 cents with which to buy tokens. 1f the fare reduction is in good faith | why nct meet him half way? Let him isnend half of the money and get half of the tokens—three for 20 cents. Give the little fellow a part of the | blessings. There never has been a i time in the District, to my knowledge, { when the price of the number of cash ifare rides cxceeded the price of the rides by 8 cents. Example: Six cash- fare rides, 48 cents; six token rides, | 40 cents. Why not make the cash fare 7 cents? CHARLES F. A. LONGUS, Secretary Benning-Glendale-Oakland Citizens' Association. —_—— NEED OF THEATER SEEN. Business Men Around Columbia H Road Form New Association. | ~Representative business : men in Northwest Savings Bank building Thursday evening and organized a business men’'s association for the purpose of looking after the develop- ment of that section and its business interests. Francis M. Savage, president of the Northwest Savings Bank, was elected ,temnonry president of the assocla- tion and Frank J. Sobotka | was {chosen temporary secretar:. { Need for a theater in which meet- {ings of various sorts could be held, Others | ! The prohibition enforcement ques- | a situation caused by refusal of cer-; relative number of ticket or token| the vicinity of 18th street and Co-! lumbia road held a meeting, in the! ! the curious when they reach Italy. | The honeymooners are expected to ar- | rive at Flesole, three miles northeast of Florence. by train tomorrow after- noon, but their desire for secrecy is so great that it is possible the couple may motor there from Pisa, in order to escape possible demonstration. It Is their desire to remain incognlto ! during the stay in Italy. The Viila Medici, which the newly |married couple wili occupy. will have a squad of carabineers at each of its six gateways. The schoolhouse in Fiesole has been commandeered to bil- let the carabineers when they are off duty. The military measures will be taken not through any fear of un attack on the princess and her husband, but to ishield them from the curious tourists | who hve filled the hotels here weeks earlier than is usual in order mot to miss a chance of seeing the visitors. It is expected that the couple will stay at the Villa Medici for a fort- night. They will have no guests or visitors, but the members of the Brit- ish colony are to be permitted to dec- orate the villa with flowers and to re- plenish them at intervals during the i visit. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS i SEEN PREVALENT HERE| iBaltimnre Man Rebukes Washing- ton for Laxity in‘Care of Dumb Beasts. To the Editor of The Star: i 1 was in Washington Saturday and 1 must say that 1 am greatly sur- prised at laxity of the laws regard- ing cruelty to animals and fowls. at the Center Market. I saw chickens 1in coops that had been standing all{ day in the rain, the fowls were chilled through, and on that and other occasions I have geen horses along B street between 7th and 10th | streets, that were not blanketed. ; standing patiently hour after hour in the coldest weather. Some of the animals used by thel| private trash collectors have paper shoes, half starved and look ready to die of ill treatment. 1 believe there is a society there for the pre- vention of cruelty to animals, with two agents using automobiles to cover the city. It certainly seems that more could be done to protect our dumb friends. Why was it that the licepse law regarding horse- drawn vehicles, which enabled any lone to help an ill-treated horse or mule, was revoked? Washington is certainly very far behind in this re spect and it is to be hoped that it will soon wake up. l ERNEST S. KING, Baltimore, Md. WILL INSTRUCT GUARD. Staff Sergt. Edward J. 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