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Every member is urged to come and help to make the day & success Committee on Sta L Citizens' Committee In passing from the old fiscal sys- tem for Washington to the new, about to be inaugurated Ly Congress. the same kind of preparedness campaign for Washington is demanded in 1922 | as was conducted in 1915 on a broad and exhaustive plan, according to a report unanimously adopted at a meeting yesterday of the citizens’ joint committee on fiscal relations The report was submitted by Theo- dore W. Noyes. chairman of the exec- { utive committee of the general com- mittee. Delegates representing Washing- ton Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association, Federation of { Citizens' Association; Washington Citizens Asso- District of Columbia Ban clation, Washington Real Estate % | Board. Cosmopolitan Club and the | Federal Employves' Union were pres- lent at the meeting i The meeting was called to order by {Mr. Noves. who announced that the {death of Henry B. F. Macfarland left | the committee without 2 chairman | Edward F. Colladay was elected | unanimously to chairmanship of the { ganeral committee and Richard L ‘Conner secre! ¥ pro tem | 'The executive committes is com- i posed at present of Mr. Noyes. Mr. Colladay, D. J. Callahan. E. C. Bran- | denburg " and Corcoran Thom. The | committee was authorized to increase its number, with power to act in deal- ing with the situation Tweo Members Mourned. At the suggestion of E. H. Tucker. president of the Northeast Washing- ton Citizens' Association. a special committee was appointed suitable resolutions expressing grief at the death of Mr. Mactarland and | A. S. Worthington, and appreciation of their fine public service as members of the committee. i The report submitted by Mr. Noyes and adopted by the committee out- I Tined the activities of the committee iat the time of its creation in 1815, When it was organized to present the District's case adequately before the !joint select congressional committee, With representatives from the Board of Trade. Chamber of Commerce, Re- tail Merchants _ Association—now ciation—Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations. Committee of One Hundred, Builders and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, Bar Association and Columbia Heights, Northeast and Georgetown | Citizens' associations. After noting the procedure before the joint con- gressional committee in 1915, and the | subsequent _course of Congress in the framing of District appropriations, the report continues: “And now that in 1822 Congr | about to legislate a new fiscal sin substitugion for the half-and-half plan of the organic act it retains the principle of a definite proportionate contribution for which Washington | has consistently contended, though it changes the ratio from 50-30 to 60-40. hus the response of Cengress in to the District’s contentions of First, the United States should contribute largely to the ex- { penses of the capital, but the Dis- ! trict should pay more in taxes. spe- cifically in the tax on_intangibles. and in the surrender of sources of fevenue hitherto exclusively enjoyed municpality. Second. | 11915 st 1 by the capital c that the United States should con- tribute to capital upbuilding a fixed and definite proportion of the cost of such upbuilding. Third. that this proportion should be 40 per cent in- the act of 1878, Committee Task Not Ended. “Since definite answer is thus giv- en to the primary contentions of the citizens' joint committee, and since a | few permanent fiscal svstem. along | the main lines of the citizens' com- ! mittee's contentions. is in effect | adopted with the understanding that |t is to endure undisturbed for many vears, it has been suggested that the citizens' committee has fulfilled SPECIAL NOTICE! SOTICE_IS_HEREBY GIVEN THAT CER- tifieate Xo. 19954 for two shares of the capital stock of The Capital Traction Company of the ict of - Columbia, issued in name of t M. Williams. lost or destroved on 5% and_that application pital Trae- 5 M. Williams for the {ssnance to her of a duplicate certificate of said stock In lieu of the one lost or destroved.® NO. 12194, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OF: fice of Compiroller of the Currency, \Wash togton, D. C., May 3. 1922.—Whereas, by sa isfactory evidence rresepted to the undersiga i as, been made to appesr that ‘-The Hamilton, National Bank of Washington." i the City of Washington, in the District of Co- fumbis, has compiied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required fo be complied with before an assoclation »hall be suthorized to commence the business of Tul banking. Now, therefore, I, D. R. Crissinger. Compttoller of the Currency, ds herebs cerilfy that “‘The Hamilton National Bank of Wal ington,” in_the City of Washington, in the Dietriet of Columbia, is authorized 1o commence the busimess of banking as provided in section fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutesgof the United States. Conversion of fhie Hamilton Savings Bank. with a taaia office and three branches located within the limits of the city of Washington, District uf Colum. bla. Tn festimony whereof witnesz my hand and seal of office this FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 1922, (Seal.V D. R. 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Make your own hats in the latest style. We guarantee the result. Braids, flowers and terials greatly reduced: frames, 65c. Hats made to order, $3. stitching—good work, quick-service. HARRIS HAT FRAME SHQP, 1010 ¥, 18* / claring for Preparedness Cafnpaign Like FIGHT FOR FAIR FISCAL. PLAN i | | That of 1915, When Exigency Arose. | rtheast | to frame ! Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso-} | stead of 30 per cent, as provided by Unanimous in De- ts functions, has ended its tack, and is ready to be discharged. “But in passing from the old fiscal system to the new there remain sév- eral important labors within the scope of the committee's = parpose i which justify and demand the com- mitted’s continued existence. “For example, organized Washing- ton must fight under the new fiscal svstem for .the retention of the 50-50 ratio (1) where that ratio is contractual, as in respect to the pay- ment of inferest and sinking fund to meet the 2.65 bonds, the funded debt: or (2) where the 50-50 ratio should be applied in order to prevent its retroaetive elimination, as in the future expenditure of tax surpluses accumulated in pursuance of thg terms of the half-and-half law for !the purpose of expenditure on the half-and-half plan. The 60-40 ratio should not, in equity, be retro- actively applied. (3) Organized Wash- {ington must fight also to carry over |into the new fiscal system the sound [basic principle of the organic act jthat the primary obligation as capi- tal upbuilder is upon the nation, and Ithat the capital community is merely | the incidental and impotent fontribu- ltor. This vi ciple is threat- {ened in may ct and indirect, and 1 | opy i “To convince Congress that pay- fment by the District taxpavers of !one-half of the cost of capital up- building constituted a fair and rea- sonable contribution by the local | community toward National Capital | £xpenditures and that the tax-burden t reby imposed upon Washington taxpavers was sufficiently heavy when compared in the light of surrounding circumstances with the city tax-bur- |dens of other comparable” American cities, Your committee has made elab~ orate comparisons of the tax-burdens of typical American cities, using in succession the census figures of 1915, | of 1918 and of 1520. In every case where a committee. either of Senate or House. or a joint committee, has siven a hearing and_thoughtful con- sideration of these figures, the deci- sion of the committee has been that in comparison with other American cities Washington is fairly and rea sonably texed. It will be necessary in the future to keep these compari- sens up to date in order that the capital community may be thoroughly prepared to show, whenever the occa- sion demands, that a contribution of 60 per cent of the of capital maintenance constitutes reasonable and adequate municipal taxation in Washington. “The understanding among the lead- ers in Congre: that the new ratio of contribution is not to be disturbed for many vears: that both Congress and | the “capital community lieved of the arnual controversy and ital. and that the new fiscal system is with evervbody co-operating. to bs liberally and sympathetically construed jand applied, and in good faith to be | thorough! tested out. Obligation of Preparedness. “The necessity - of utilizing Washing- ton's preparedness figures of tax com- | parisons may therefore be delayed, the | longer the better. But the obligation of ipreparedness remains. and the ralsing {by the new law of the standard of sessment from not less than two-thirds to fuil valuation, with a corresponding decrease of the tax rate (if the actual burden is to remain the same), com- Washington to prove again and {again that the tax-rate alone is no meas- [ure whatever of comparative tax bur- dens. Washington's standard of actual |assesement is through the conscientious | {labors of its assessors so high in com- parison with assessments in other cities | that its tax-rate is comparatively low. and this low rate is, as a result of the new law, to be still further lowered, since the framers of the new law declare | that its purpose is not to increase taxes, ibut to equalize and_more equitably to | distribute them. With the increased | standard of assessment the tax-rate must be decreased one-third to produce exactly the same amount of tax-revenue. Washington must, therefore, be pre- pared to prove in the future that a tax- | rate from $1 to $1.30 per hundred. when applied to genuine 100 per cent full as- i sessmeft valuation, taxes Washington | as heavily in total burden as other cities with low assessments and tax rates two, three and four times as large as that of | Washington. “When Washington's _tax rate ranged from $1.50 to $1.52 and $19% it was repeatedly challenged as In- jdicating'a tax burden less than half that of other specified cities. Wash- {ington must hercafter demonstrate that with genuine full assessment | i valuation a rate of $1 to $1.30 means the imposition of a tax-burden upon | l‘\!Sh”’tgl(’:n as great as that imposed } lin cities whose tax-rates are many | times as great as that of Washington | “Washington must be prepared to show in the future that with full as- sessment valuation meaning in differ- ent American cities anywhere from 20 to 100 per cent of real value the} corresponding diversity in tax rates lin those cities ranging from $1 to 1$10.63 has no significance whatever {in a comparison of actual tax-bur- idens. “It will be necessary to show in fu- |ture vears, as was done, utilizing the census_figures of 1918, that the tax- rate is no measure whatever of com- parative tax-burdens, since, if it were the cities of Illinois, Jowa, Nebraska and Washington state would be shown to be taxed in 1913 anywhere from three to six times as heavily as ) the cities of Ohio, Rhode Island, Vir- ginia and Wisconsin; which demon- | stration reduces to an absurdity the | original proposition. | “The tendency to rely upon the shiiting, unreliable tax rate as a standard of measuring comparative tax-burdens is, however, strong. and must be resisted in the future with even greater vigor and effectiveness than in the past because of this de- crease in Washingt6f's tax rate, in effect compelled by the terms of the capital's new fiscal law. Proving the Surplus. ; “An immediate specific obligation upon organized Washington, as rep- resented by the citizens’ committee, is to prepare thoroughly to co-op- erate with the District Commission- ers in presenting Washington s case | to the joint select committee of Con- sress which will determine the ex- istence and amount of the accumu- lated tax surplus of the District and | will ascertain and _report, after a careful weighing of opposing equi- ties, whether the United States has millions of District money in its pos: session or whether the District ‘I indebted in millions to the United States. “The same kind of preparedness campalgn for Washington is demand- ed in 1922 as was conducted in 1915, on a broad and exhaustive plan, and, as was repeated on a less elaborate scale in dealing with the facts and figures of 1918 in preparation for hearings on the Mapes bill, and sup- plemented by Statisticlan’ Grogan's tables based on the figures of 1920. “The ascertainment and full presen- tation_of District financial equities arising from departures in the past from the- principle and pledge of the organic act of 1878 constitute a ‘for- midable and vitally important task which calls for the enthusiastic and tfreless co-operative labors of . the District Commissioners and of or- ganized Washington.” —_— GETS ENGINEER DEGREES. Charles Fremont Longfellow, a graduate of Western High School of the class of 1917, has completed‘a five-year course in electrical engi- neering at the, Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, graduating June 12 with the degrees of bachelor of science and master of science. He is spending a short vacation at _the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Longfellow, 5615 Potomac avenue northwest, and will later en- ter the research laboratories of one of the largest electrical companieés in the east. 5 f | t are to be re- (... friction over the financing of the cap- S Some folks are so lazy they have a new auto delivered. Why call it th’ “liberal ele- ment” when it kicks on payin’ $150 a case. (Copyright National Newspaper Service ) 0P LEGSLATNE PLANSHARNONZED Congress Leaders Agree With President to Put Tariff Through at Once. Things are looking up for the ad- ministration. Much to the relief of Congress and administration leaders. the legislative program in the House and Senate appears to be emerging from the state of chaos in which it} was floundering up to this time and to be taking more definite form. On| all the measures, excepting the sol- diers’ bonus bill, better teamwork be-} tween the legislative and executive branches seems assured It cannot be said that there is plain salling ahead for that measure, by means. The republicans of the nate have definitely pledged them selves to pass the bill before this session adjourns or a recess is taken. But the question is, will the Congress pass a bill which President Harding will sign? There is no change in the Presi- dent's attitude, expressed in a letter to Chairman Fordney of the ways ind means committee, toward the class of legislation he will approve. and none of the propositions now nding conforms to his characteri- tion. Chairman McCumber of the Senate finance committee insists in the belief that the President will{ s1gn any bill sent to him. But the Fordney letter is still on file and the latest word from White House sources is that it_megns just what it says in plain English and expresses the President's. meaning and intent Subsldy Flurry Passes. The little flurry over the ship sub- sidy bill has blown away like a sum- mer squall at sea. The President has expressed his willingness that the House postpone action on that meas- ure until the tariff bill is out of the way and especially until the members jof the House have had opportunity to sound the sentiment in their districts | { upon the proposition. The contention of members of the House was this—that there as not sidy bill getting through the Senate before the clections with the present state of congestion, and that the House men would simply be driven up to a hazardous hurdle with no good purpose to be accomplished. They would have to take the jump in the dark, it was contended, and were uncerfain, in many cases, of how the public in.the mass feels about the legislation. President Harding is known to en- tertain no doubt of the ultimate ap- proval of the pending bill. once the people thoroughly come to under- stand its provisions, classed by him as highly beneficial to the best inter- ests of the whole country. He has more than once pointed out that it is not an administration hobby, but a non-partisan_economic measure where possibilities for good are incalculable. Delay Believed Over. It is thought at the Capitol that the tariff bill will move with greater dispatch from now on, and that dila- tory tactics will soon be abandoned. The Senate republicans have agreed with the President that the tariff bill, shall be passed at the earliest practicable moment, and in face of this harmony of purpose between the White House and the Capitol it is believed that the Senate will get tired of delay and finally bring the bill to a vote. The House is expected in a short time to enter upon a session of three- day recesses, and this course, it is suggested, will serve to further ac- centuate public interest in the prog- ress of the bill through the Senate and focus attention upon that body. Ground for gratification by the ad- ministration over the political out- look was established by the result of Monday's primaries and by the an- nouncement of Samuel W. McCall that he would not be a candidate for the senatorial nomination in Massa- chusettes against Senator Lodge. While the renomination of Senator Hale of Maine and Kellogg of Minne- sota was expected, the size of their leads was pleasing. Politicians at the Capitol say that had they been defeated, such an out- come on top, of the situation in In- diana, Pennsylvania and lowa would have been very disconcerting. —_— WEST VIRGINIANS MEET. Celebrate 59th Anniversary of State’s Coming Into Union. Members of the West Virginia So- ciety gathered at the Thomson School last night and celebrated the ffty- ninth,anniversary of their state's ad- mission Into the Union. The society, however, held off the program long enough to register opposition to the proposed reduction of the $240 bonus to government employes by unani- mously adopting & resolution to that effect. Former Representative Joseph Holt Gaines was the principal speaker. He traced the history of the state. from the civil war up to the present and then discussed general conditions ex- isting there. = A Tusical program was presented by the Columbla Quartet, under the direction of William Braithwaite, and solos were given By Mrs. Warner Gibbs and Mrs. Graee Zabdn. Charles H. Knott presided. 4 The program was arranged by the entertainment committee, of which Col. J. Willlam de Grange is chair- man. lnumhfir of persons making returns | tion—more than twice as | Fewer Paupers, Fewer Very Rich InD. C. Than in the Average City There are evidently fewer paupers, fewer extremely wealthy persons, but more of only moderate means in the District of Columbia than in av- crage cities of the nation. These revelations are made in the results of personal income tax re- turns for 1920 made public today by the collector of internal revenue at Baltimore, for the District of Colum- bia, which is in the Baltimore district. The average net income reported from ‘the District was $250.90 low- er than is shown for the nation, the average return here heing only $2,988.50 as against $3,260.40 for the nation. Local taxpayers also paid on their incomes a lower average than that for the nation, $122.42, as against $148.08. = Indicating, however, that more per- son§ here are above the taxable fig- ure than throughout the country, the here was 15.94 per cent of the popula- large as that for the nation—6.85. A List of the Larger Incomes. There were two persons in the dis- trict who reported incomes between HOW TO BE HAPPY ch to The Star. LES, Calff., June 21.— “Have a husband who is not only ir terested in his own work, but in vours as well. Have two children who are as much in love with their father as with their mother. Stay with them until they can walk. Then dont worry over being away from them part of the year. Families think 1ore of you when they adon't see you all the time.” There you have the roval road to pe happy, although married. The advice comes from Blanche Bates, noted ac- tress, who, in private life is Mrs. George Creel. Her home is a delight- ful place on the Hudson river, just north of New York city. Her boy and girl, cight and six years old. rema there with a governess. Miss Bates has maintained her family ties along w-cognized correspondence school ethods until recentl But now Bates, her son, has discovered that {the telegraph is quicker than the| {mail, but then let Miss Bates tell you about it herself. S Recently in her hotel in Chicago she was awakened and handed a mes- {Sage. 1t contained four ominous words. “something terrible ha 7‘\‘31 | cd” and was signed “Bates” W {he concerne Well, rather! She made a quick dash for the telephone. | The long distance call was put in. But there was no reply. Then she bezan to rush telegrams. Finally, after a wait of hours that seemed like days there came a telegram from the gov- erness reading has another flock of |CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION ! PLANS FOR FOURTH | Barry Farm Residents to Have Big Celebration at Green Wil- low Grove Park. {Citizens Association last night in St i Methodis® iscopal Chure D. C, WEDNESDAY,' JUNE 3$400,000 and $500,000 a year, but none ! 192 At a meeting of the Barry rarm || 21, 1922.° made returns of higher figures. There was one between $300.000 and $400,- 000, three betwcen $250.000 and $300 000, two between 200,000 and $25 000, one between $150,000 and $200.- 000, twenty-five between $100.000 and 3150.0000, six betwecn $90,600 and $100,000, eleven between $50.000 and 390,000 and nineteen between $70,000 and $30,000 The largest number of returns was flled by persons making between $1.000 and $2,000 yearly. They num- bered 31.226. The number of returns for the year filed in the District was 69,730, repre- senting net income amounting to $208,388,174 and tax of $8,536,632. ) A5 compared with 1919, the fgures show a growth of 11,114 returus filed, as well as an increase in the total net income amounting to $41,989.070 and an increase in the tax of $365.193. The growth In the number of per- sonal income tax returns, as well as the expansion in the net income and the variation in the amounts of tax for the period 1916-1920 are shown 1in( the following table: No ot ® Year. returns. Net income. Total tax 1916, .. 08 $67,334.621 104.357.892 eoe 188,966,315 1919.. 166,399,104 208,388,074 THOUGH MARRIED exhausted relief and then sént a me ~ge reading, ‘no more telegrams That, she believed settled it when she reached this ty she stop- ped over before proceeding to San Diego. The hotel cierk told her thar! a telegram had come for her, but that| he had had it forwarded to San Dicgo. She put in a call for that city and| 21t0 asked the local office for a copy. | It took a couple of anxious hon before the message was located. Hot | from the wire it read: I “Sister has eaten 21l of the plum! jam. She has an awful stomach ache. | Where did you put the ‘peppermint; drops? Bates Agaln the word was sent back to the New York home to restrain Bates from contact with the telegraph office even though force had to be used and 50 save his mother from the experi-| ences of the last few davs { But correspondence school methods are not everything in Miss Bates'| philosophy of happy married life and. i I | ing it she said: “Many mothers trs to win all of the| admiration and affection of their chil- dren instead of teaching them to idol-, ize their father. It is a great mistake. | The knowledge that his children ad- mire him will make a good man a! better one and a bad man not £o bad.! Not long ago Bates had an operation| on his throat. He was directed not! to talk and had obeyed heroically un- der strong temptation. Two frien whom I had not seen for vears drop- | ped in. 1 went out of the nursery for| a moment. One of them said | this is Blanche's little boy. Who! did Blanche marry, anyway?" H “0, some actor, I foget his name."| replied the other indifferently. { Bates raised on his elbow regard- | less of results and roared out { IS EXPLAINED BY BLANCHE BATES || But | Ky the rearing of her children. Explain-! SO sabhy. ST hav know my father is! [@ s ates is frantic for fear I'll have yvou know my father is, k-mer\'ivu?"g—.:‘n Sut your threat to[not an actor. He writes | and 15| ¥l Y them a famous author besides i Mits Bates took time for a sigh of ! (Copstig i *Is it costing you too much to live? If you want to save on cloth- ing, groceries, entertainment, home building and planning, vacations and the cost of living generally, Good Housekeeping “will help you. It will bring joy and order into your home. In the big July issue, 64 features and 7 stories. How about tak- ing a copy Lome tonight? July GoOoD HOUSEKEEPING Tropical Worsted Twenty-Five Dollars A combination of com- plete summer comfort and the dress-up appearance of material—the featherweight of this suit appeals to men. an _all-wool White Flannel Trousers, $8.50 MEYER’S SHOP 1331 F STREET { Jonn's |irrangements were finally completed [for the holding of a patriotic cele- {bration July 4, afternoon and night.| At Green Willow Grove Park on Sum- iner road southeast. . i There will be speaking. music. fire- | works, base ball and track athletic games in the afternoon. Every-church. civic and benevolent society in.the, lcity of Washington will be extended | {an invitation to participate. 5 i An old-fashioned country dinner | 1will be served by the various churches and organizations of the suburb. President Elzie S. Hoffman stated {that on_ April 7 last the streets in { Barry Farm west of Nichols avenye. {after a lapse of sixty years of private inaman’s chance of the ship sub-;ownership, are now publicly owned | {through a confirmation of the award {of the jurors in the land condemna- {tion case concluded in Justice Wen- jdell P. Stafford’s branch of the Dis {trict Supreme Court. and that this |is sufficient cause for the holding of the patriotic celebration. | _A communication from City Post- niaster Merritt O. Chance was read by | Secretar:! a i mail daily throughout | ing the request. Mr. {upon investigation by his department {the amount of mail did not warrant ja second delivery. Rev. E. w. N | Schneiweiss, J. E. Scott and Mrs. G | Banks were appointed a committee to confer further with Mr. Chance on the subject. The following new members were [admi Dr. T. Howard Garnett, James M. Ricks, Grant Greenfleld. Rev. {Willlam Williams, Willlam Colen and William Martin. In. a resolution offered by Matthew Taylor, unani- {tles will be asked to furnish two {“Slow" signs for Sheridan road near { Macedonia Baptist Church. The exhibit of the Needle Craft Club held at the Birney ~School Thursday last was favorably com- the association. . {NEED CONGRESS ACTION | |- FOR MERGER IS BELIEF | Points in the letter of S. R. Bowen. | i vice president and general counsel of the Washington Railway and Electric { Company. written in reply to an opin- iion of Corporation Counsel F. H. Stephens of the District government, which held that consolidation of the Washington . Railway and Electric | Company and the Capital Traction | Gystom needed no congressional au- thorization, are summarized by com- pany officials, a8 follows: First. It is the belief of the com- pany that congressional authorization Ts necessary for the proposed conseli- dating company to take over the Stock of the Potomac Electric Power | Company. This is necessitated—al- though Mr. Stephen’s opinion contain- ed no mention of the Pepco—because the Washington Railway and Electric . Company is authorized by law to hold the Pepco stock, and because the La Follette bill prohibits a company from owning more than 20 per cent of the: stock of a public utility wl}heut spe- | cial congressional authorization. t Henry Braxton, in answer (o deliveries of | mously passed, the District authori- | mented upon by various members of ! ADDITION. HOUSE INTEREST YOU. X We Invite Your Phone Main 6140 BRICK GARAGE IN REAR. QUARTERE ROCK CREEK PARK AND BUT A STEP FROM 16th STREET. Inspection Any Day or Evening This Week L. E. BREUNINGER & SONS Builders and Owners n a Most Attractive Section A Reautiful Detached Brick Residence 1604 VARNUM ND 3 BATHS. WITH A SERVANT'S ROOM AND BATH IN THE BASEMENT IN oo T HousE xg'ogg)?réx-xAu TYPE, 40 FEET WIDE: LOT IS 65x138 FEET TO AN ALLEY. TWO-CAR D OAK FLOORING: RED TILE ROOF: LARGE SHADE TREES. CLOSE TO THIS HOME CONTAINS MANY UNUSUAL FEATURES THAT ST. N.W. e 706 Colorado Building Second. The question is raised by the company as to whether there is to a consolidation or merger, the in- were contained In the letter which Mr. Stephens opinion on the non-necessity of legal The other questions related to tech- nical points which deal with the power of the companies to merge. PRAeReaen READ Booth-Tarkington’ GENTLE JULIA * FOR 25c s £933 G St. °““’"§ « H - 8 - 10th & G Sts._ O O A chachicd ) {any existing legislation compelling | the minority stockholder to cc.)nsenll ference being that there is none. . hese two questions with others: indicated the office ofi the corporation counsel was not dis-. posed to regard as pertinent to hl'i authorization for a merger. ‘\ R. N. Harper President H. L. Offutt, Jr. Cashier W. P. Lipscomb Lewis Holmes C. J. Gockeler N. L. Sansbury Viee Presidents Our Executives Are at Your Service District National Bank 1406 G Street A Good Bank is doubly an asset It's worth something to a man or woman to be able to refer to the District Na- tional as “my bank.” It carries with it a substan- tiality that is valuable. It tells of an assotiation that is progressive and effi- cient—classes you with a financial institution that does everything for its cus- tomers that it should do— and does it with a heartiness that makes y o u r banking relations pleasant, and agreeable, and sufficient. Ask our depositors what sort of service we render. We'll be glad to have a share of your business. .