Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1924, Page 3

ARBORETUM PROJECT URGED BY OFFICIAL Dr. David Fairchild Favors Pur- | chase of Fort Hamilton Tract by Government. MRS. NOYES BACKS PROPOSAL Would Prove Beneficial to Public and Scientists, He Says. An adequate arboretum for species of trees, shrubs and plants, such would be provided in the proposed Fort Hamilton tract, is greatly need- «d. according to Dr. David Fairchild of the Department of Agriculture. Demand for such a tract is two- fold, Dr. Fairchild told the commit- tec of the Natiomal Capital of the arden Club of America last Monday. @t the home of the chairman, Mrs. Frank B. Noves, 1239 Vermont avenue. The arboretum. in his would serve the double purpose of Providing a great repository near the National Capital not only for the pleasure and education of the public, but for the use of government scien- tists located here, who now e no Dplace appropriate for experimentation and propagation of their trees and shrubs. Dr. alrchild w. yined by Mrs. Noyes in urging that Congress should | uilton tract, of | purchase the Fort H several hundred acre Tllustrated Lecture Given. 1o his illustrated lecture, Dr. hild presented cealing a few »f trecs, plants and shrubs, both useful #nd ornamental, gathered in the thirty vears of his experience in the govern- ment ser: gricuiturist in charge plant introduction had lection from foreign countri bution all over the United numerable valuable specimens. there was no place at the Capital, he pointed out. where these were even so much as represented Aniong the trees and plants imported Wwith great benefit to this country, he said. were the date palm, peach, cherry, pluni, apricot and walnut trees, white- burk pine, dry-land elm, avocado or al- lizutor pear, Japanese cherry tree and Mg i Fairchild reviewed the work of of the world's great arboretums, uid vrajsed the Arnold arboretum at Boston, built by Dr. Charles 8. Sargent. > “second to mone.” Shaw Garden: near St were alvo highly resard: ed by airchild The Fort Hamilton tract, Dr. Fair- ehild said. had many features commend- gz it for use as an arboretum. With it~ sutficient acreage, its favorable loca- tion near the Capital and with even a stream of water flowing through it, making the development of water gar- s cconomically feasible, the tract sidered, he said, s thoroughly tory in every essential particu- a Urges Favorable Action. project should be pushed this time, he pointed out, especi ¥ on unt of the drainage opera- tions in the vicinity. An actual sav- ing could be effected, he believed, by transforming some of the land into water gardens. instead of going to the expense of drainage. The speaker urged the Garden Club of America to do all in its power to bring about purchase of the tract by the government. The The recent campaign for preserva- | was , a rious tion of reported, b the flowering dogwood frs. Frank B. No a success. Explaining the v phuses of the campai message had been taken to the pub. Mrs. Noyes said the campaign had -ssive that one govern- the city, which had to decorate with dogwood, overwhelmed by protests who declared they would not eaf there until the doz- wond was removed. Public sentiment had been aroused #gainst the destruc- tion of dogwood, Mrs. Noves said, un- th it was now sidered a “wrong” to break its branches. ves, expressing gratification over the results of the dogwood cam- 1. announced that next year the organization would encourage the planting of dogwood. been frem patron Married in June? Gude execute the floral F.—Advertisement. Let work. 1212 BENEFIT FOR SEMINARY. Maryland State Society to Play Cards for St. Mary’s. The Maryland State Society of Tashington will hold a card party at the City Club on Wednesday afte noon, for the benefit of St. Mary's Female Seminary, which was de- stroyed by fire last January Gov. Ritchie and headed the list of prize donors includes many of the busine; of Washington. i The seminary was one of the his- 1oric buildings of the state—a me- morial built in 1829 in honor of the first settlers and located near the spot where Lord Calvert made his treaty with the Yaocomico Indians under the famous “mulberry tree.” Among the patrons of the affair on Wednesday are Mrs. O. E. Welle Mrs. Charles Linthicum, Mrs Zihlman, Mrs. William St TBowen, Mrs, Joseph Francis K A. M. Ritchie, Mrs. Gilbert Dent, Mrs D. Blackistone and Mrs. John Ma- gon Brown. SPECIAL NOTICES. has which houses n and how the | ASKS WEEDS BE CUT. Oyster Appeals to House Owners to Beautify City. Commissioner Oyster last night ap- pealed to householders and owners of vacant lots to keep down the high Wweeds that mar the appearance of the National Capitai. The Commissioner pointed out that the recent rains have caused grass and brush to grow wild, and he re- minded owners that there Is an act of Congress cmpowering the health department to require the cutting of weeds when they exceed a certain height. —————— CONVENTION OF DEAF TO ASSEMBLE HERE Associations for Hard of Hearing Will Start Meetings Tuesday. SESSION TO END Experts to Speak on Vital to Work. FRIDAY Questions The American Federation of Or- sanizations for the Hard of Hearing, Ing, will convene here Tuesday night, June 3, and will hold sessions through Friday. On the opening night of ference addresses of welcon iclivered by Dr. Gilbert for the city of Washington, by Mis: Flo . Spofiord for the Speech Reading Club of Washington and by . Charvles W AT S for the | medical profession of this eity. Dr. Harold Hays of New Yoik. president of the national organization, also will nd Miss Betty Wright, fleld ¥, will talk on the past, pres future of the federatiol Rehubilitation Sexsion . Speakers at the session on rehabil- itation the following morning will be Frederie G. Eltor director, New York stat bureau chabllitation; Dr. Caroline A. principal emeritus, the con- will be venor ro by e eret. ent and ANALYSIS OF TAX BILL CHANGES A detailed analysis of the changes made in the existing revenue law by the bill as agreed to In conference and approved by the Senate yester- day afternoon has been made by Sen- ator Walsh of Massachusetts, a mem- ber of the Senate finance committee, which handled this bill. The bill is law tn the form 1 by the Senate yes- terday. Senator Walsh points out the fol- lowing changes in the existing law: 1. The bill contains a provision for @ veduction of 23 per cent in the tax payable {n 1924 on the incomes of A923. 2. The tax maing as unde wit, a flat tax upon ¢ the 1 rporations re- law —to £ 1215 per cent upon the’ net f:ucome of corporations. The present capitul stock tax s vetained 4. The rates of the estate tax, which In the existing law range from 1 per zent of the amount of the net estate in excess of $50.000 to 25 per cent the amount by which the net es- : 5 §10.000,000 have been al- tered Lo vange from 1 per cent of the net cstate not in excess of $50,000 to 40 per cent of the amount by which | the net estate exceeds $10,000,000. f. For the calendar year 1924 and each calendar year thereafter a tax is imposed upon transfers by gifts of any property whether made directly or indirectly, The rate of the gift tax ranges from 1 per cent of the amount of taxable gifts not in excess of $50,000, to 40 per cent of the amount of which the net estate ex- ceeds $10.000,00 . The existing law provides for a normal tax upon the first $4.000 of net income of 4 per cent, and upon the remainder of the net income of 8§ per cent. The bill provides for normal tax rate of (1) 2 per cent upon the first $4.000 of net incol (2) 4 per cent upon the next $4, of net income, and (3) 6 per cent upon the amount of net income excess of the amounts taxed under (1) and (2). 6. The surtax rates are reduced so as to begin at 1 per cent on the net income from $10,000 to $14,000. and reach a maximum of 40 per cent of the amount of the net income in ex- cess of $500,000. The existing law provides for surtaxes beginning at 1 per cent upon the net income between £6,000 and $10,000, and reaching a maximum of 50 ‘per cent of the amount by which the net income e | ceeds $200,000. 7. In the case of an individual the Clarke ., Northampton, Mrs, Ingersoll Thornt Ann placement scereturs New York League. and Mrs. Harold Ripins, Mis ne Olin. Walter 0. Smith, Miss Emma B. Kessler. S, Ufre and Judge Kathryn Sellers Wednesday night will be devoted to ons on the deafened child by lowing: D Yor fity: Dr. ( ardson, Washington; Miss Louise | Wimsatt, who will give a demon stration in connection with her sub- Jjeet of the work for hard of hearing children in the public | and Dr. Franklin W. N. Y.; Dr. Karl Menninger, Topeka. Kan.; Dr. W. B. M n, Dr. Walter | Patterson, Washington, D. i Miss Marine Durfee, Miss | Miss Pauline Smith | beth Brand. Annual Business Meeting. The annual busincss meeting will be held Thursday morning, followed | by discussions_on “Sound Magnifica- {tion and Its Application to the Re- | qu afened.” by Dr. { Harvey Fletche York; Dr. GordonBerry, Worcesteg. Mass., and | Dr. Walter Wells, Wéshington, D. | €7 After luncheon the be agers will elect officers and decide | on_the place of the next conference. Senator Ro! S. Copeland of New | York and Fred De -Land., honorary superintendent of the Volta Bureau, will he speakers at the banquet to be given at 0 o'clock Thursday | night. At this time the Speech Read- ing Club of Washington will give &, pantomime. Lip Reading Discussion. { The final session of the conference will be held Friday morning and will | be devoted to “Lip Reading and Speech Conversation.” The follow- ing will speak on this subject: Miss Persis Vose, Portland, Me.; Miss Ju- liet Clark, Los Angeles; Miss Lucy McCaughrin, Cleveland; Miss Eliza- beth Brand, Toledo, Ohio; Dr. Jacob Reighard, University of Michigan; Miss Hermine Mithoefer, Cincinnati A lip reading session will be organ- ized at this tim a platform will be adopted and committees will be ap- pointed immediately preceding the formal close of the conference. At 4:30 o'clock the delegates will be re- ceived by President Coolidge at the White House. Throughout the conference sight- seeing trips about the city will be taken, and Wednesday afternoon the delegates will be guests of the Volta Bureau at tea. and Miss Eliza- SLAYER GETS 35 YEARS. Sentenced in Virginia Poisoning; Victim's Wife Faces Trial. MATHEWS, Va. May 24—Frank < was tentenced to thirty-five ¥ rs in the state penitentiary after being found gullty of first degree murder today in connection with the | 10 from poison. Ginnie Smith, Mile Smith's widow, Mrs. jointly indleted’ with . will be placed on trial Monday, it_wa's announced. Miles “and Mrs. Smith, witnesses testified at the man’s trial. had been | on intimate terms for some time. On PApril 9 Miles purchased some poison’ at a drug store, it was shown, and the mith died after a few hours® Miles and the widow were arrested soon after the funeral. Miles [ was charged with being an accessory before the fact ___ SPECIAL NOTICES. FAPERMANGING AND PAL T ot VIl call nnd extimate cheerfully Now is the time. Branch Studio, Koom 3413 @ st. mw. Chas, F. Addrews. Ph. M. 0 i WILI, NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR Tning contracted for by any one other than Jusself. JOSEPH WILKINS, 215 12th st, se. Y VING TO CHICAGO — LEAVING MM DRITING omid take one to three, con: genial_people. Phone Col. 5889-J. TRE ART OF CLEANING RUGS Wiy tave dirty, faded out rigs? Hooser's e will restore them fo original colors. © $1.25. PROGRESSIVE SALES CO.. ¥ n.w. = S g WHY NOT HAVE YOUR PIANO POLISHED N ed 16 make It look Tew? We alta win. wax and polish floors. Work will be price reasonable. Answer to WINDOW SCREEN: All kinds of remodeling and repairing. E. F. SCOTT. Pot._ 2424, Special Notice. Oficers, ani mesess ot Fereat Tmpics o, 9, 1. B. P. 0. Daughters of Elks_are hereh: notified to be present Sunday night, May 1924, at 19th Street Baptist Church, corner 1911 ud Eve sts., n.w., at seven . p.m., for the purpose of attending the sermon of Morning Star Lodge, 40, I. B. P. 0. Elks of W. Plense wear your badge, no special uniform. Ty order of LULA STEVENSON, Danghter Ruler. Attent: Jl‘.“ri‘“l.\'fi SNEAD, Financial LADIES —adorn _your garden hats or corsage flowers from the beautiful sample line 1 am selling at one-half price. Harris Hat Frame Shop. 1010 F _st._n.w. . ecreta; GOING TO BOSTON, JUNE 2, ON . Wi share drawing foom With Tady. North 8516, IAVE ROOM FOR ONE-HALF LOAD ON JIAVE o Cgoing to Philadelphia Tuesdas. 1 rate. ‘Phone: Sunday, Franklin 3639- n 057 . ELECTION OF NINE (9) American re {rll"\;:l‘e fl;:lv ). C. will be held at the office of e yany 56 Dorl 7t at. nw. on Thursday, June o m; 101 pom. 9, 1024 POl e ERGMANN, Secretar —CEMENT WALKS, STEPS, m""'”‘l TR CY INCRE' " o Line. 500. HE_ANN trustees of the FLOORS LAID, SCRAPED AND FINISHED. 01d floors made to look like new. ACME FLOORI) C __ Main 989, 1311 H S’ N.W. 300 General RELIABLE AU I o WORK—QUICK SERVICE FAIREST PRICES ALWAYS Repairing R. McReynolds & Son Walter | schools here, | Bock. Rochester, | Louise Howell, | rd of man- | death of Fred Smith, who dled April | |isters and every tax is to be credited with 25 per cent of the amount of the tax which would be payable If his earned net income constituted his entire net in- come, but not in excess of 25 per cent t his normal tax. Earned income is defined as wages, salaries, profes- sional fees and other amounts re- eived as compensation for personal services actually rendered, including In the case of a taxpayer engaged in a trade or business in which both personal services and capital are m terial income producing factors, reasonable allowance as compensa- tion for personal services, not in ex- cess of 20 per cent of the taxpaver's share of the mnet proceeds of the trade or business. It is provided that net incomes of $5,000 and less shall be considered as earned, and that at least $5,000 of net incomes in excess of that amount shall be con- sidered as earned. 1t is further pro- vided that the amount of th- net in- come shall not be considered to be in xcess of $10,000 8. It is provided that the amount by which the tax is reduced on ac- ount of losses from the sale of capi- tal assets shall not exceed 1213 per cent of the loss. There is no such limit_in the present law. 9. The principle contained in the revenue act of 1918 that liquidating dividends constitute a sale of the stock instead of a distribution of arnings, has been restored. This puts liquidating dividends within the capital gains secticn of the bill and recognizes the real effect of such dividends. 10. The section with reference to re- organization of corporations has been rewritten to eliminate existing un- certainties in the present act and to include other usual forms of cor- porate reorganization in aid of busi- ness, such as the splitting of one corporation into two or more corpora- tions. 11. Provisions have bedh inserted to prevent the use of the reorganiza- tion section to escape proper taxa- tion by increasing the basis for de- preciation or depletion or by increas- ing the basis of gain or loss from the ITALIAN RULER OPENS PARLIAMENT IN POMP Ministers Glitter in Gold Braid and Spectators Forced to Wear Evening Dress. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 24—The most striking feature of today's state opening of parlfament by King Victor Emmanuel was the fact that it was utterly anti- thetical in general tone to that of the parliamentary inaugural of 1920 when the Socialist domination of the situation might be sald to have been embodied in the Socialist deputy, Petre Abbe, who attended, wearing peasant blouse with no collar. Today's ceremony was resplendent with a profusion of gold braid on the brilliant uniforms of the min- one of the specta- tors who attended was compelled to wear full evening dress. Three years ago the opening of parliament was chiefly characterized by a tumultuous babel of deputies in @ general scramble for seats, while today, under the stern discipline of Premier Mussolini, the keynote of the cntire program was one of extremse orderliness. Tumult Three Years Aso. Three years ago, when the king entered and took his seat on the throne, all the socialist, communist and republican deputies’ arose from the seats and left the chamber, leav- ing the monarch to read his speech from the throne with an air of notice- able trepidation. Today when the sovereign entered he was acclaimed by the entire chamber, the deputies and spectators alike chéering for sev- eral minutes, and he read his address with proud dignity in keeping with Italian national traditions. The ceremonies today compared most favorably with those surround- ing the state opening of the British parliament from the points of view of color, precision and general dignity, There were no untoward incidents to mar the occasion. Every one who attended both today’s open- ing of parliament and that of three years ago was struck by the extreme Qifference in atmosphere. Most of the afternoon newspapers commented upon it. People Force Appearance. Imperio, Fascist organ, in a leading article declares: “King Victor Emmanuel must have | Specialists in Painting. Slip Covers and T | "Pli23-145 L 8T NoW. Main 7208, T FPERS, HOTELS, CHURCHES. HOUB Ky Mo have rugs washed, i Twed "and restored to original colors at serilie ence: very reasonable: 20 vears of ertence. PROGRESSIVE SALES CO., 808 b.w. 3 URNITURB “red at your :!Im:(’ldfl:ll 341-R, Star office. ANTED TO BRING A VAN LOAD OF FUR- thie- sitore from New York, Philadeiphla, Befne- REPAIRING AND UPHOL- home: will go anywhere. Ad- WASH, TO RICHMOND. FPECIAL RATES: ikes-Barre, Pa., t Va—Wash. fo Vaah.— Wi —THAT 18 THE LATEST I ewelry. We execute the designs that ‘mowt pleasing to you, ‘‘Select assortment Sifts.” Watch and, - welry “repairing S Herrmann, 811 E st. n.w., 20 “MODERNIZE ; ores, garages: alterations and g stores, - ga! ;_alteral e trn nd_Builder, 1010 ne Frank. 0T W, € MAIN 14 Calls Roofers —and only those who can execute the best work. TRONCLAD Refins 1121 5th o.w. Company. Phone Main 14, Automobile Painting, Heve your car painted like new in 3 to @ days by the Lyk Glass Auto Painting System And save money. 2018 12th St. N.W. Phone Potomac 101, WE ARE BORN— VE RPEND i OF NN vhe- On a Mattress felt proudly satisfled that at last he was free to speak as a king. There are no more words of utopian uncer- tainty, but words of reality.” One’ of the striking examples of today's popular acclaim occurred when thousands of Romans gathered in the square in front of the Quirinal palace to greet the sovereigns as they returned from Monte Citerfo. The crowds cheered so long and so in- sistently that the royal family finally had to come out on the balcony and acknowledge the plaudits of the mul- titude. e Lake Steamer Is Rammed. PORT HURON, Mjch.,, May 24—The freighter Frank C. Ball of the Tomlin- son line rammed the passenger steamer Huronic of the Northern Navigation NALLY DIE— B 'n ke sours in good condition—it will pay you interest on the Investment every "' Bedell’s Factory Main 3621 'l? B Company as the latter was lying at Point Edward dock at Sarnla, Ont, to- dav. The belief was expressed that the steering gear of the freighter went afoul. in | AGREED UPON sale of assets transferred in connec- tion with the reorganization, or by distributing as capital gains what are in effect dividends out of earn- ings. The deduction for discovery depletion is limited to 50 per cent of the net income from the property de- pleted. 13. In the case of a trust where the trustee has the discretion to distrib- ute the income or not. the income is taxed to the beneflciary If distributed und to the trustee if not distributed. 14, Where the grantor of a trust reserves the right to change the trust in favor of himself, the income of the trust is taxed to the grantor. 5. The tax under section 220, which seeks to penalize corporate forms used to avoid imposition of the surtaxes on the stockholders, is now based on all of the income of the cor- poration which will be taxed in the hands of an individual. The rate of tax has_been changed from 25 per cent to 50 per cent in the bill as re- ported. 16. The application of the present law requiring income for a fractional part of a year to be placed on an an- nual basis is restricted to cases where @ return is made for part of a year as the result of voluntary act of the r in making a change in his the A board of tax appeals, the members to be appointed by President, with the advice and con- sent of the Senate, is created to hear appeals from the assessment of addi- al income and estate taxes, The board will sit locally in the various judicial circuits throughout the coun- iry. The cases of both the govern. ment and the taxpaver will be pr sented before the board and the prac tice will be similar to that before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Upon @ decision in favor of the gov. ernment the additional tax can be as- | sessed by the comlissioner of inter- nal revenue, und the taxpayer is left to his remedy In the courts for a re- . v of the tax. If the decision is in favor of the taxpayer, the commis- sloner may not assess the tax, but is left to his remedy in the courts in a suit to collect 1t. In any court pro- ceedings the findings of the board shall be taken s prima facie evi- dence of the facts contained therein. 18. The tax on telephone and tele- graph messages is repealed. 19. Title VI of the existing law im- posing a tax on beverages and the nstituent parts thereof is repealed. 20, The excise tax upon automo- biles and trucks is retained with this modlfication: chassis of trucks sold for less than $1,000 are exempt. Un- der the present’ law there is no ex- emption. The tax on tires, inner tubes, parts and accessories sold to any person other than manufacturer is reduced from 5 to 213 per cent 21, The tax imposed upon admis- sons by title VI of the existing |law is changed to apply only to ad- missions in excess of 50 cents The taxes fmposed upon candy, dirks, livery and hunting garments and vachts, by paragraphs (8), (9), (12). (13) and (14) of ‘tion 900 of title IX are repealed . The taxes imposed upon ecar- pets, trunks, valises, purses, lighting fixtures and fans, by section 904 of title IX are repealed. 24, A tax of 10 per cent is imposed upon sales by manufacturers of mah jong and similar tle sets. 5 25. The tax upon the sale of jewel- ry has been amended so that it will not apply to articles used for relig- jous purposes or to articles sold for an amount not in excess of $30. . The taxes imposed upon tors of theaters. circuses and other public exhibitions by para- graphs (5), (6) and (7) of section 1001 are repealed. 27. Brokers exclusively engaged in negotiating purchases and sales of produce and merchandise are ex- empted from the occupational tax of $50 fmposed upon brokers. 28, produce by paragraph 4 of schedule A of title XI (stamp taxes) Is reduced from 2 cents per $100 to 1 cent. 29, The stamp tax of 2 cents for each $100 imposed upon drafts, checks and promissory notes, is repealed. 30. Publicity: (a) It is provided that Income tax returns shall be open to the ways and means committee and finance committee and provision is made for the publication of the amount of tax paid by each taxpayer. (b) It is provided that all hearings in contested cases before the board of tax appeals shall be open to the public, and that all evidence before the board and the record of the board | shall be open to public inspection | TAX BILL APPROVED, 60 TO 6, BY SENATE; HOUSE 0. K. CERTAIN (Continued from First Page.) pro- pr “the entire theory of operating the government by taxing about 1 per cent of the people, when probed, is shown to be an economic fallacy and a physical and financial impossibil- ity “If the reformers really want to benefit the small taxpayer,” he added, they should reduce the tax upon the | producer of his hread, his clothing and all of his necessitles. This will | not only help the taxpayer, but every one else, and the final result will be a material reduction in the cost of living, together with every incentive to increase wages to the deserving. Urges Pending Law. He urged, however, that the pend- ing bill become law, and “an intelli- gent solution of the tax question be taken up in the near future.” The income tax rate schedule ap- proved in the report yesterday was proposed by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the finance committee. It provides for a reduction In the present normal rates of 4 per cent on incomes of $4,000 and under, and 8 per cent above, to 2 per cent on Incomes of $4,000 and under, 4 per cent on ni- comes between $4,000 and $8,000, and 6 per cent above $8,000. The surtax schedule calls for a general scaling down in the present rates, and would start at 1 per cent at $10,000, gradu- ating up to 40 per cent at $500,000. BAD FAITH IS CHARGED TO THEATER MANAGERS Revolting Association Resents In- junction Against Deal ‘With Equity. By the Associated Preas. - NEW YORK, May 24—The Man- agers' Protective Association in a statement today charged members of the Producing Managers' Assocla- tion—the *“die hard” managers—with bad faith because of their action in obtalning a temporary injunction pro- hibiting the Managers’ Protective As- sociation from making any contracts with the Actors' Equity Association. “If the injunction should be con- tinued beyond the expiration on June 1 of the existing agreement between the Producing Managers’ Assoclation and the Actors’ Equity Association,” said the statement, “it would force every theater in the city to close down, every actor would be out of work and a strike would, In effect, be forced by the court.” The statement further charged that the Producing Managers' Association itself recently had sought to obtain just such & contract with Equity as the one of which it now complains. The injunction, which is returnable Monday, was granted yesterday and temporarily restrained the Managers' Protective Assoclation and Equity from entering into any mutual con: tract. The tax imposed upon sales of | [AY 25 “BUDDY POPPY” SALE WILL START TUESDAY Funds to Be Used to Benefit For- mer Soldiers—Flowers Made by Disabled. COOLIDGE BACKS cmuufi Veterans of Foreign Wars Sponsor Annual National Event. Immortalization of the little red poppy which grows on Flanders Flelds is one of the two objects of the buddy poppy campaign which starts here on May 27. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, senfor vice commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, discussed the campaign last night in a prepared statement. “The second object,” he continued, “is collateral to the first, for it is in memory of those fallen comrades that the Veterans of Forelgn Wars con- duct this campaign around Memorial day each year to obtain funds for the relief of the disabled and less fortunate ex-service men and their dependents. And by so doing they are asking the the cities of the country to assist them in honoring the dead by helping the living. Made by Disabled Veterans. “These poppies are being made in the buddy poppy fa ry in Pitts burgh by the disabled veterans them- selves, They are being sold in vari- ous localities in the Distriet of Co- lumbia by members of the V. F. W. posts, and th dies’ auxiliaries, and are recognized by the little V. F. W. tag with the symbol, ‘Buddy Poppy’ and the cross of Malta. They will be sold simultaneously in every city and village throughtout the United States. “President Calvin Coolldge inaugu- rated the campalgn by accepting the first poppy that was made. Others to receive and pin on their coat lapel one of these popples were, Gen. Pershing, Gen. Hines, Samuel Gom- pers, Secretary of Labor Davis and other members of the President's cabinet, governors of states, mayors of cities and others prominént in public iife. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur ac- cepted an immense anchor standing five feet high, reade entirely of pop- pies, and which is to be -ast on the seas in memory of those men of the Navy who lost their lives during the wai Approved By Coolidge. Presldent Coolidge, in a letter to Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, the commander- in-ch of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, wrote It is @ pleasure to comply with your request for a word of indorse- ment and approval of the poppy cam- | paign which the Veterans of Foreign Wars are organizing. I note with | particular interest and satisfaction that the poppies are to be made by disabled ex-service men. I hope the effort through this movement to per- petuate and strengthen the national sentiment of obligation to those who erved their country in the world war will eminently successful. “Very truly yours "ALVIN COOLIDG By purchasing poppies Washing- | tonians will help the disabled men to | earn an honest living and give them | the necessities of life, a little com- fort and @ measure of happiness for them and tReir dependents, it fs pointed out Gen. Stephan night: “The funds derived from the sale of | these ‘buddy poppies’ can only be | usea. nd will only be used for the following purposes Ansist Ex-Service Men. “To aid, benefit, comfort and assist all the ex-service men and their de- | pendents who come to us for rellef “To provide cheer and comfort to | veterans in hospitals. To acquire, maintain and decorate | suitable burial places for deceased soldiers “To maintain in Washington and in other cities a service bureau to carry out these objects of assisting the disabled. “It is for this reason that this mes- sage is broadcast to urge every citi- zen to purchase and wear the little V. F. W. ‘buddy poppy’ on Memorial day.” “nder the auspices of the Bquality Walter Reed Post, No. 284, a four- day campaign will be conducted, be- ginning Tuesday morning and lasting until 4 p.m. on Memorial day. The chairman of the campaign has made an urgent appeal for fifty women to volunteer their services to fill the concessions that have been allotted. Volunteers will communicate with Frank G. Thomas, 2525 Hall place. Phone West 1039, - added in his talk last q 1924—PART 1 PRESBYTERIANS 0. K. PASTORS’ PENSION Proposal Offered by Committee Headed by Will H. Hays Unani- mously Approved. $600 Ministers to Get Half of Salary; May Retire at Sixty-Five. MINIMUM OF SET By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 24.— Will H. Hays, former Postmaster General, presented a new pension plan for ministers, misslonaries and all accredited wofkers of the denomi- nation at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America here today. The plan, which Is the product of a year's work by a special lay com- mittee of which Hays is chairman, was adopted unanimously by the as- sembly. If the plan is accepted by a ma- jority of the 10,000 Presbyterian churches of the country it will mark one of the most Important steps taken in years toward providing for serv- ants of the church In their old age, and for their widows and orphans as well. $600 Minimum Set. The plan is based on salary and service; the minister or other eligible church worker pays 21 per cent of his salary annually toward the pen- sfon; the church he serves pays 7 per cent. At the age of sixty-fiv is eligible to retirement 0% 4 pension equal to half of his averia salary, with a minimum of $60 The resolutions adopted Lz the as- sembly today provide that the Hays plan hereafter be the pension system of the Presbyterian Church and that it will begin functioning not later than April 1, 1826. Thev call for a change in the title of the board of ministerial relief and sustentation to the board of pensions; provide for the abolition of the so-called honor roll of the board of ministerial re- lief and recommend that the present sustentation department be closed to all further membership. Controversies Delayed. Discussion of the pension plan oc- cupled most of today's session. There were some committee reports, but as yet none of the controversial bills and overtures have reached the floor of the assembly. The assembiy sidetracked efforts intended to lead to erection of u na tional Persbyterian _Church and school at Washington, D. C., referring a resolution on the subject to the general councll. A sentiment opposed to increasing the church expenses expenses was strongly in evidence during debate on the resolution. Rotation every five years of the annual meeting of the general as- sembly was approved at today's ses- sion, which also voted in favor of increasing the per capita tax from 11 to 13 cents per communicant mem- ber to provide sufficient funds for holding the assemblies in far parts of the country. Under the rotation plan the country is divided into five areas, and it fs proposed to hold each successive as- sembly in a different area until the five-vear swing 1s completed. No session of the assembly will be held tomorrow, but prominent clergymen and laymen attending the assembly will speak in several churches of the city. Frank O. Low- den, former Governor of Illinois, will address a popular meeting in the afternoon. Cuban Rebel Leaves U. S. 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Dick- erson, Lynchburg; E. S. Shields, Farm- ville; Aaron Russ, Tazewell, and J M. Lewys, Gloucester. John R. Hutchenson, director of tie extension service of 'Virginia Poly- technic Institute, addressed the con- vention on “Co-operative Marketing of Farm Products” appealing to bankers to co-operatc more closely with the farmers. Time and place of the next con- vention was left in the hands of the executive council. RICH NEGRO SLAIN. Cabaret Owner Had Befriended Hundreds. NEW YORK, May 24—Barron D. Wilkins, wealthy negro cabaret own- er, who has befriended hundreds, was shot to death tonight for refusing aid | to a man known as “Yellow Charles- ton" after “Yellow” was said by po- lice to have killed a companion in a pool room brawl. “Charleston,” police sald, was fle ing from the scene of the killing when he saw Wilkins standing in front of his famous cabaret. He pleaded for money, Wilkins refused, officers | whereupon, police declare, Charleston fired three times, leaped into a taxi- cab_and escaped. Wilkins died on the way to a hos- pital. The other man killed was Wil- liam Harris, thirty-two. Wilkins was fifty-five. Wilkins had been famous for al- most two decades as a character in the night life of New York. His cabaret was much frequented by white patrons. It was Wilkins' boast also that he was the first to back Jack Johnson, former negro heav weight champion, a statement born out by the fact that Johnson made Wilkins' cabaret his headquarters during his stays in New York FOUR MEN ARRESTED IN AUTO TIRE THEFTS Observant Student Detects Rob- bery—Said to Admit Sys- tematic Operations. Arrest of four colored men by po- licemen of the second precinct yes- terday, and the subsequent recovery of twenty-four automobile tires, led officials of that precinct to the bellef that they had broken up a gang of spare tire thieves, which has been conducting successful operations on parked automobiles here during the last month. Although the majority of the tires recovered were said to be spares stolen from the rear of automobiles police sald two of the tires had been taken from wheels of automobilex while parked «t various locations around town, through the use of Jacks Confesston No charges against the me Reported. have been placed , although they were said to have confessed to the thefts last night, and by their confessions led police to the second-hand stores and other establishments where they had disposed of the loot The arrests were offccted through the strategy of a high school student whose name was withhcld by the po Jice. This boy saw t en remoy ing a tire from an automobile. He held his counsel and awaited develop ments. Then he took the number of the automobile and reported it t Capt. Peck and Licut. Ready at the second_precinct. Preci “tectives Poole, Howard, Barbee and Salkeld irs mediately were put on the case, the result being yesterday's round-up. Value of the tires is estimated at more than $500. Still others are vet to be recovered. police say. The charges will be placed tomorrow an the case will g0 to Police Court earl in the week Cubans Quit Patriots’ Move. HAVANA, May 24.—Dr. Oscar Sou and Carlos Alzugaray, members of the supreme council of the Veterans' and Patriote¢ Association, have oeased work with that organization, accord- ing to cards published in local news papers this afternoon. These men, re- cently released In $1,000 bail each after having been arrested at the outbreak of the revolt movement in Santa Clara Province. could not br reached tonight for verification. 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