Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1924, Page 3

WELLER CRITICIZES GREAT FALLS PLAN Says Power Would Not Un- dersell That Generated by Steam Plants. Developments of the hydroelectric Possibilities of the Potomac Triver as & source for cheap electric power for Washington and surrounding _terri- tory must be considered primarily as aneconomic matter and not as a matter of sentiment, according to s R. Weller. chairman of the supply committee of the Board of Trade. . Weller was one of the imoving factors in securing passage of the bill authorizing completion of the new $3,000,000 water conduit now un= der construction along the Conduit road. angincering figures M. C. Tyler, Engin d States Army, while they show aller unit cost of power develop- Juent both by partial and complete development of- the power possibili- ties of the Potomac, fail to show & sreat cnough margin _ of difference over costs of electric power produc- tion by present am plants in Wash- jurton to make the hydro-electric de- velopment the eomplete success its backe declared. The Tyler report, on which « subcommittee ol the House District committee will hold hearings in con- jicetion. with the Zihlman-Moore bill 20w before the House does not take into practical consider- «tion two fuctors, both of prime im- portance in a power development, Mr. cller said. Delivery and Use of Power. These two factors are: Coct of de- Mvery and possibility of use of the ultimate power developed, both of which enter greatly into’ the eco- phase of any development of the Potomac river. The Tyler report claims a produc- tion cost per kilowatt hour of elec- h the Great Falls tations of llectric ipany’s annual report for f 6.5 ceuts per \duction, a dif- mill This, Mr. does not economically river develop- ticularly the ion and distribution in un- srground conduits as required by the law is added. The present steam plant selling power in Washington fixed its aver iige distribution and delivery co: lust year at .2 cents per kilowatt lour. The ate consumer in Washington pays 10 cents per kilo- watt hour for electric power de- Jivered, although the large consumer pays less on a contract basis. The Fovernment departments and Qsers of electric power here buy it mnuch cheuper than does the Wash- ington househoider, on account of the continuons use and the doing away sive transformers and a of underground conduits. fyler's report does not consid tribution cost of the power de- o Potomac. o b ne-cent pow et talk,” M. mere “Even thre: er ¢ 3 hows @ Cost wri cent or five vithin the bounds pleted deve! e e a Source of electric energy. The mauy factors entering into the de- Mvered of €lectric power ot con- sidered in {he Tyler report would add Zreatly 10 the cost 1o the consumer. In other words, Mr. Weller claim of possibility under Potomac river would not be able to un- dersell the cost of power now gener- ated by stem plants to any Ereat ex- fent. even with the possibility that coal ne Iy to steam-plant production of power may £o hizher. Tn fact, coal is new on i tively lew guautity orice ba: the engineer claims that the declara- tions of contervationists that the na- lion's coal must be =aved by full utilization of water as a means of power development are false, point- ing to the many billicns of tons of ooal underground in West Virginia alone. Quenticn of Linking System. Unless the government purchased the Benning plant of the Potomac Llectric Power Company, which now develops the power used ington, Mr. Weller said. in all prob- 3 engineers of the local 1 pla would advise a linking up of its «y tion unless a greater margin of dif- 1. setween the production cost a: Great Falls and the steam plant cos: could be shown. Mr. Weller will not testify at the ming hearings unless he is asked subcommittee. whose cpresentative Fred N. Zihiman of Marsiand. He will, how- cver, attend the hearings as a repre- sontative of thie Board of Trade, which is greatly interested, he said, in the entire power development matter. At the present time, Mr. Weller, said there is need for but about' haif the possible output of the Great Fulls and €hain bridge power de- velopments, industries and house- holders here needing but about 300,- 000 horsepower against a possible river development of about 630,000 liors power. SPECIAL NOTICES. . ALL_ KIXDS OF siaes. evergreen, furnished and plante Tawns put in first-class order and cared for. 1 1 A. HERRELL & SON, garden. mpara- And the WITH BEST OXTMEAL, o aper, $6 fo $1 7o ) week das. appointmen . t oniy. North Cap- . SEE REIL’ garage, remodeling your Jiouses or stores. Phone Linc. 1414. TED TO BRING A VAN LOAD OF FUR- ew York. Philadelphia and Wil- Washington. MITH'S ORAGE' CO. ALL TOTS T N AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS. 1G 4 TRANSFER COMPANY, INC., AIN 6433, 1125 14th ST. N.W. ML Our Printing —has made & legion of satisfied cus- The National Capital Press 1212 D 8t. N.W. Emma_ H. 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Plans are Leing arranged for its annual dinner by the International Association of Arts and Letters, to ibe held at the La Fayette Hotel on { February 28, and attended by diplo- { matic representatives from five conti- nents. Europe will be represented by Tsamados. charge d'affaires for Greece; Australia by Sir Donald Mac- kinnon, high commissioner from Aus- tralia; Africa will be represented by 8. Yousry Pasha, minister for Egypt: Mirza Hussein Khan Alai, minister from Persia, will represent Asia; Senor Dr. Don Ricardo J. Alfaro, mii ister for Panama, will represent Span- ish South America, and Dr. Manoel de Oliviera Lima, former ambassador of Brazil, will’'represent Portuguese Sonth tmorica. Each will respond to { the toast of the evening, “Arts and Letters—The Universal Bond." to be given by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, who will preside. The menu and program arranged by Dr. Tom Williams will symbolize the | FILIANOS IN PLEA FOR INDEPENDENCE |Special Mission Members | Appear Before the Senate Insular Committee. five great continents. ! i The special mission sceking inde- pendence for the Philippines prese ed its plea today to the Scnate insular committee. Manuel Roxas, speaker of the ¥ pino assembly and head of the mis- sion, declared there was ample evi- dence that “we are a homogenous pes | ple, with the same customs and habits and possessed of a strong sense of nationality. “Have you considered what the re sult would be upon your tra asked Senator Willis, republics Ohio. Willing to Take Rixks. “Yes," replied the witne: v willing to risk it.” ¢ the island was, he said it had creased in the past decade, and a serted there was no fear by Filipinos of “either industrial or military in- | ion.” The Japanese have known of our | islands since the sixteenth century e said. “and at one time the richest island, Luzon, was under control of a ishogun. But' it has been established that the Japanese will not colonize v y 1in the tropics; that they do not pros- |per there. U, S. EDITORS ON WAY i .| TO FLEET MANEUVERS that the cost of power zenerated by the | {More Than 100 Sail for Culebra Aboard Transport, Guests of Secretary Denby. ! { By the Associated Pres. 1 CHARLESTON, 8. (.. February 11— { With _more than a himdred editors {and publishers, representing daily | newspapers in thirty-two states, on iboard as official guests of Edwin i Denby, Secretary of the Navy, the {naval transport Henderson steamed jout of Charleston harbor yesterday, bound for the Atlantic fleet, off { Culebra Island. Rear Admiral Frank I Schofield personally representing Mr. Denby, and Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, com mandant of the United States ma jrines. are making the trip with the newspaper chiefs.” 1t is a coincidence, in a way, that the Henderson i named for'a former commandant of the Marine Corps. On the way to Culebra Island the Henderson will stop at Port au Prince and at Santo Domingo, From Culebra island trips will be made to the YVirgin Islands and Porto Rico. Be- the editors and publishers will be distributed among the capital ships of the fleet, the better to observe the Navy in action. The party will break up, February 28. e purpose of the trip to Culel Island,"acconding to Nave ofleiale 1y to give editors and publishers of leading American newspapers an op- portunity to learn at first hand about the American Navy in its operations. When the invitations were distrib. uted Secretary Denby himself ex- vected to make_the trip, but press of i conditions In Washington is given as the reason why he could not come. DANISH AVIATOR KILLED. EJ. P. Hansen, in Airplane, Collides i With Wireless Antenna. I By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, February 11.—The Danish aviator, J. P. Hansen, was killed yesterday when his airplane collided with the antenna of the naval wireless station on the river front here. The accident occurred while Hansen ‘was carrying out “stunts” in a bomb- ing maneuver. Thirty thousand spectators saw the accldent, whih occurred shortly after midday. They were horrified when the airplane burst into flames after it had struk the lofty wires. It {dropped to earth like a ball of fire. { The body of the aviator was taken jout of the burning wreckage, but { was charred beyond recogmition, I Hansen was {orty years old and re- cently accomplished & fight o Andes with 3 passenger. = O o B¢ -— GERMAN PRINCES IN U. S. Two Cousins of British King at Aiken, S. C. AIKEN, S. C., February 11.—Prince Richard of Hesse, Princess Augusta of Hesse, Prince Waldemar of Orleans and Princess Marie Louise Olga of Hesse arrived here yesterday. The two princes are nephews of the late Empress of Germany and cousins of King George of Engiand. S s st RUMMAGE SALE HELD. A rummage sale conducted by the Church of the Ascension, located at 12th - street and Massachusetts ave- nue, is being held at 1733 Tth streef. the church announced today, in order to avold confusion among those ex- pecting to attend the sale. The sale is being held lz the Parigh Aid So- clety for the mefit of the church. A peculiar feature of work under- ground is that sounds miners from great distances. The men in one deep mine knew the time for a meal from the rumble caused by a' certain train, and mysterious sounds in a part of a pit reputed tq be haunted were traced to a steam hammer on the surfacemiles away. i Asked what the Japancse population | fore the fleet tactics and maneuvers | reach the ‘ THE EVENING 1 MA!D RIPORTS THERE'S A MAN AT THE DOOR WITH A BUNDLE AND $ 5.65 T PAY ON T U SHOUT 1D YOUR WIFE TO COME DOWN -THERE'S A MAN HERE TRCM BLACK'S WITH A BUNDLE AND IT'S PROBABLY FOR HER. YOUR WIPE PINALLY EMERGES T TOP OF STAIRS, SCRUTMNIZES BUNDLE, AND ADVISES YOU TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT (T © McClure Newspaper Syndicate | TAX-CUT MEASURE PRESENTED WITH 3 MINORITY REPORTS | (Continued from First Page.) per cent to 3 per cent, and upon the remainder of the taxable income from 8 per cent to 6 per cent. The initial surtax rate of 1 per cent is mad o on incomes of $100,000 and over. Relief to Taxpoyers. Mr. Green said “the bill gives ma- terial relief to all income taxpayers iand the amount of the reductions and consequent loss to the Treasury is Dlarger in the lower brackets than in | the higher, though the percentage of {reduction, of course. is much larger in the higher brackets than in the Tower.” _ ! Explaining the reduction in {maximum surtax from 50 to 25 icent, Mr. Green referred to Mellon's argument that this - “should be considered the point t which they (the sesurtaxes) could be applied effectively or the point of maximum productivity.” He added, however. that “it is impossible to accurately determine at what rate of this point is reached, but it seems pe generally conceded that a 5 the i ito b |per cent surtax has a constantly in- icreasing effect in creating evasions fand that it is inadvisable for other !reusons. Cut on Earned Incomes. Referring to the provision for a 125 per cent reduction in the tax on \earned incomes the chairman said the definition that at least $3.000 lof the taxpayers income shall in all icases be considered ecarned, amply provides for the small taxpayer, such las the farmer and merchant, whose {income is derived part from per- | sonal services and in part from capi- tal, and approaches exact justice as inear it is possible without mak- {ing the law unworkable and impos- isible of administration.” | The following changes were cited as designed to prevent the avoidance of the income tax “The existing law provides that the amount by which the tax is increased on account of the gain from the sale of capital assets shall not exceed 121; per cent of the gain, and in the proposed bill it is provided that the {amount by which the tax is reduced on account of los from the sale of capital, assets shall not exceed 121 per cent of the loss. “iThe provisions of the regrganiza- tion section have becn rewritten to prevent the use of the ction to escape proper taxation by increasing the basis for depreciation or deple- tion or by increasing the basis for determining gain or loss from the salo of assets transferred in connec: tion with a reorganization or by dis- tributing as capital gains what are in effect dividends out of earnings. Income of Trusts. “Yhere the grantor of a trust re- tains the power of revocation the income of the trust is to be taxed to him. “The penalty imposed by section 1220, upon corporations availed of to avoid the imposition of surtaxes on the stockholders, is now based upon all the income of the corporation which would be taxed in the hands of an individual, and the presumption is created that any investment com- pany is avalled of for the purpose of avoiding the imposition of surtaxes on_stockholders. “The deduction for interest paid on indebtedness (other than interest raid or incurred in connection with the trade or business of the taxpay- ers) and the deduction for non-busi- extent that the sum of these two {items exceeds the tax-exempt income of the %axpayers.” Report ‘of Republicans. The report of the eleven republi cans of the committee was the same |as Chairman Green's except for con- |siderable additional argument defend- ling the cut in surtaxes to a maxi- mum of 25 per cent. It pointed out hrice Daily SCOTTS EMULSION < of S © \ anu Depend upoa it, noth- ing is “just as good” as SCOTT’S EMULSION FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS orvice Charge Never Over §180 f—;—-——— ! WHEN YOU THINK ¢ Patnting, Paperhangiag and Decora Tne think of Kuyleer % ites made on Tequest. HARRY W. TAYLOR CO. PAPERHANGING AND PAINTING 2333 18th Bt. N. Tel. Col. 1077 1 i N ‘STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, 'THE WORLD AT ITS WORS ness losses are allowed only to the | THE C. 0. D, ===BUNDLE. —BY GLUYAS WILLIAMS VOU TROT' T0 THE DOOR TRY- ING T REMEMBER WHETHER YOU'VE HAD ANYTHING SENT” QT COD YOU READ YOUR NAME AND AD- DRESS, ASK IP HE'S SURE TS FOR YCU, POKE AND PROD IT, AND DE- CIDE IT% CERTAINLY NOI ‘ORDERED Foian YOU ARE NOW REQUESTED TO ASK THE DRIVER DOES HE KNOW WHAT 15 IN THE BUNDLE AND CAN YOU OPEN IT <10 BOTH OF WHICH HE flN“'aWERS NO-MAKE - IT-SNAPPY SHE'S DRESSING AND CANT COME DOWN SO YOU TURNISH A LONG- DISTANCE DESCRIPTION OP SI2E SHAPE AND APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF BUNDLE > / & N Ul == ABOUT THIS TIME GERALDINE EM- LINE OF CROSSPIRE IN WHICH ERGES PROM MAKING TUDGE IN DRIVER. AND YOUR WIPE DI5 - KITCHEN, ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILIV CUSS THE MERITS OF SENDING FOR THE BUNDLE AND FAMILY LIPE THE BUNDLE BACK __GETS BASK TO NORMAL THIS PLACES VOU IN DIRECT ates were becoming in- unproductive. citing that constituted .5 per cent of the total income re- ported in 1916, and per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively, in 1920 and | 192 higher estate taxes and enactment of a gift tax, together with the repeal £ a number of the miscellaneous axes in addition to thos: already re- ed by the committee, he report cxplained that all fea. tures of the bill were considered by the whole committee until the income 4 re reached, when the demo- | excluded. Many sections income tax | mes can be report said. of tax to a lessening the to avoid the }=is | sound {incentive level and thus - praised, partieularly “pro- to taxpayers ; S oo ating to stopping loopholes in the administratign of the law by which many large ‘taxpayers escape ! their just taxes,” but the report added that the majority bill still “leaves large discretionary powers with the | ‘Treasury Department in the tax mate A Taste of the “Real Thing” This is the sort of weather you can ex- pect lots of during the next six weeks—and it's the weather that’s rough on roofs. A freeze and a thaw work havoc— unless everything is tight. Do you know what condition your roof is in—and if you don’t know positively— wouldn't it be a good idea to have us exam- ine it? A little attention now may save the roof—and you a lot of expense through damage that may result. With us you are deal- ing with experts who know what they know by scientific research and long experience, This knowledge and skill are at your disposal. ya Phone North 2044 2120-22 Georgia Avenue Poxition of Democrat. The democratic report called for reduction in the normal taxes to per cent on net incomes up to $5.000; 4 per cent on incomes be- | tween $5,000 and $§,000, and & per |cent above that amount.” Represent- |ative Garner's original plan called for a 4 per cent tax on incomes be tween $5,000 and $10,000 and the rq duction to $8,000 wis explained sary to cut down somewhat the in revenue which the Treasury reported would Le sustained under result in losses of revenue, Treasury estimates, of $186, compare the Mellon rate Surtixes compare under the Mellon fisu were b reverue retur teply to Charge: Citing secretary Mel tion that presentative Garner, ng democrat of the committee. “playing polities” in offering this tax rcvision plan, the report declared | his expresslon wax “an unheard-of performance, as insolent as it Is im- | prudent, and in the judgment of the | minority is in the worst of bad faith toward progressive income taxation In addition to asking different in- come rates, the democrats proposed VALENTINES lc UP .oisti% L ASSORTMENT PEARLMAN'S %25 SHoP 933 G Only $10,000! I can give n man with $10,000 & remarkable buxiness opport . This business ix extab- lisked; the product is recog- nized ax foremoxt in its line; the poaribilities for expansion are virtunlly unlimited. Ad- dress Box 339-E r office. FOR RENT 1416 K St. N.W. Approximately 1,900 Sq. Ft. Of office space on one floor. Consisting of 9 modern offices with all latest im- provements. Will rent to one tenant. ONLY $200.00 Month Morris Cafritz Company, Inc. 1416 K St. N.W. Main 617 declara- 1" OUR NURSERY content produced in J. THOS. KELLEY. saliva tl bolic Acid, Zonite can be freely | used as a gargle or throat spray | at sufficient strength to destroy all i d which it comes The promptness with which Zonite relieves most throat affections has been a revelation to tens of thous- FEBRUARY 11, 1924 PUBLIC LAND SALE PROFIT, $339,411,874 Figures Believed Record, Compared ‘With All Other Countries, Report Shows. A net profit of $339,411,874 has been | made by the United States from the sale of public lands—believed to be a record revenue from this source com- | pared with all other countries—ac- ! cording to a tabulation made by the | Interfor Department’s general land office. The figures cover the period dating from the beginning of the country’s history up to June 30, 1923, Exclusive of Indian land sales, ag- gregate recelpts totaled $491,300,484, while expenditures for administering the public domain amounted to $151, $88,609. The tabulation shows $88, cession of lands and $208,776,021 was paid to Indians in annuities and for “quieting” and purchasing their titles | ple, has been appointed commissioner 389 was spent for purchase andI LEWIS TO HEAD BUREAU OF NEGRO ECONOMICS Chicagoan to Succeed Late Phil H. Brown as Commissioner of Conciliation. Morris Lewis of Chicago, a repre- sentative of the National Association | for the Advancement of Colored P’co- of ‘conciliation and head of the reau of negro economics of the D partment Labor, Sacretary Davis | announced today. Lewis' name W presented by republicans of Illinois. He succeeds I’hil H, Brown of tucky, a leader among colored repub- licans in the south, who died in Wash- ington two months ago. . To form a rainbow the sun must not be more than 42 degrees above the horizon, i i PEA New and fil’ed BOOK SHoP to sections of public lands. Buys Any O’Coat In the House How’s that? Kuppenheimer and Grosner All of them—and the former prices would sound so ridi- culous that we’re afraid to they are. house of Kuppenh Tomorrow Morning Look at the Your Milk In delivery milk for children should be protected. That is why our Nursery Milk for infants and our Grade A Milk for older children are double sealed. 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