Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 4

00 TOASSIST P. 0. HOLIDAY RUSH Local Offlce, W|th Rest of Country, Equipped to Handle Christmas Mail. While an army of about 50,000 spe- cial employes is being mustered to handle the flood »f Christmas mail throughout the country, the Wash- ington City Post Office announced to- day it had about completed its plans to cope with the deluge of packages and letters, the peak of which is ex- Pected to be reached the 18th or 19th. In response to the constant appeal to the public from every | quarter to “Shop Early—Mail Earl Postmaster William M. Moon clared today the volume of mail p: ing through the post office at present 1s heavier than last year at the same period. This fact causea the estimate regarding the peak of the mail to be moved forward a day or two as com- pared with 1923 N ures could be given at the number of extra be drafted into the mail rush here, because that will move through both incoming and out- not yet been dete was believed, however, that cargier foree of about 420 gmented by about present employes Christmas the volume the office, golng, has mined. Tt regular n would 400 and an would & of 580 ffectitve ded to the present force Decembe I December 2 and daily w e in ex Ty continuing ur branch ope the | til 8 pm diting its Anacostia, Argy. et and Park road; road; Connecti- tur strect; Florida Northeast, east, Southwest. West End and oad, the latter in the drug Wardman Park Hotel. Station Hours Designated. The following suburban and special however, will observe the & hours of 6 p.m. from 16th to the 23d Brightwood, vy ase, Clarendon, F street, in e Land Office Building; Friendship, 1 Woodward and Lothrop's; at F hth and H streets (this station will remain open until 9 pm. December 20); Navy, in the Navy Bullding; George- town; Pennsyivania avenue, in th Post Office Department, St. James’, Hotel; Seventh and Tre ding. The Park »nal main he publ mail nt st Columbia Dec eenth stree Christmas Mount Pleas, Brookland. cut avenue, avenue, 1 Park R ‘Truxton Woodl store o street stations, regular closi northeast s serg's. in the Tr Woodridge the superin: The static ndent station street remain op during this period The following stations will be open Sunday, December 21: Centr te 11 p.m.; Columbia pm.: feut avenwe, 5 p.m.; Florida avenue, 5 to 8 North- on Fourteenth n untfl 11 p.m. road, D e umber of clerks | s - { derson, Mr. and Mr. | Emerson How ENVOYS JOIN IN CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF AYACUCHO (Coritinued from Third Page.) City, Senorita Carmen de Espantosa of New York City, Senor Don G. Espar.toso and Senora de Espantoso of New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Evans, Jr. ; Miss Meta Morris Evans, Capt. and Mrs. Arthur P. Fairfield, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Field, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Finney, Miss ' Edith Finney, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Carol H. Foster, Col. Eric Fowler and Mrs. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frantz, Right Rev and Mrs. James E. Freeman, Capt. and Mrs. Willlam W. Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs. Hampson Gary, Senor Manuel Giron, jr.; Col. and Mrs. Herman Glade, Third Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs. Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot H. Goodwin, Asistant Secretary of the Interior 'and Mre. Francis M. Good- win, Maj. and Mrs. Peyton Gordan, Mrs. W. C. Gorgas, Judge and Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham, Mrs. Frederick Dent ant, Mr, and Mrs. Robert J. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Graves. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas reen, Mr. and Mrs. James Green, Dr. Charles Noble Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Melville rosvenor, Mr. and Mrs. Newton W Gulick, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M Gunther, Senor C. Gutierrez Madueno and Senora de Gutierrez Madueno ew York Cits nor Dr. Marvel Gutierrez and_the Misses Gutierrez of New York, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Walter Stanley Haas, Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner, Lieut. Col. James F. Hall, Mrs. F. T. Hamilton, Miss Escalona Hamilton, Capt. C. S. Hammond, Dr. and Mrs. Lee Harban, Miss Marie Jane Harban, Mr. and Mrs, Willlam Hard, Miss Laura Harlan, Miss Alice Harriman, Mrs. J. Borden Harr man, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Harri- | man, Comdr. and Mrs. C. C. Hartigan, | Judge Charles S. Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Havens, Mr. and Mrs Harry C. Hawkins, Col. and Mrs. ‘ Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M Healy, Comdr. and Mrs. J. B. Hen- . Cyrus Hendrick Mrs. Joseph Hengstler, Mr. Herbert C. Hengstler, Mr. and Mrs, Edward J. Henning, Miss Delphine Hoyl Senor Don Eduardo Higginson of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Frank | Hight, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam A. Hill, Miss Hilda Ann Hill, Mr. and Mrs John Dean Gillett Hill, Capt. and Mrs. Frank Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Hills, Miss Mary Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mr. Frederick William Hinkle, Justice and Mrs. William Hitz, Mrs. J. P. Hoekzel, Miss Ruth E. V. | Holmes, Dr. and Mrs. Willlam Holmes, Mrs. George D. Hope, Mr. and | Mrs. Thomas Hopkins, Assistant At-| torney General and Mrs. Hoppin, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Houghton, Miss Gracia Houghton, Dr. and Mrs. L. O, Howard, Miss Lucy T. Howard, Mrs, Miss Elizabeth Howry Mrs. Frederic Huldekoper, Mrs. W. W. Husband, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cheney Hyde, Mrs Davis Ireland. Miss Louise Ireland, Mrs. Ollie James, Mr. and Mrs. John D. | Johnson, Dr. and M Loren B. Johnson, Miss Marie Louise Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Perry Johnso Mr. and Mrs. E. Lester Jones, Mi: Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge E. Jor- dan, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, | Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann, Capt. and Mrs. Austin Kautz, Mr. and | Mrs. I n Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kilen, Miss Louise Lacey, Mr. H. | Mr. and Mr. and to 8 pm.; Park 8| Southeast, 5 to 8 South- t0.S pam.; U street, p.m., and West End, to 8 p.m The ¢ before Christmas, the reg r hours a& ob ved before the ho days will . because postal of-| ficlals believe there will not be a| sufficient volume of mail to \\..u'x":.l_l‘.(k later hours Hour Shift in Sight. em the City Post| ware that he will soon go r shift and is facing the days cheerfully The car- is looking forward to eat- ing his Christmas dinner with his family, for on that day there will be only one delivery—a partial delivery n fact, because the post office closes | at 11 a.m. For conte road, Ev Office i m a 12-ho grueling rier also ploye in who | of he convenience of those plate sending gifts out town, Postmaster Mooney has pre-| pared a mailing schedule, which if| followed to the letter will benefit the | sender, the receiver, the parcel and the postal employes The schedule follows: d the Far West, mail than Saturday; Southwest Illinois, Towa and other S fiddle West, Monda California not later Saturday; es of the December 15; s sday, December Indiana and Kentucky, Wedn y, December 17; New En- ®land States, Thursday, December New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Fr December 19; Vir- ginia, Maryland, West Virginla, North Carolina, Saturday, December 20, and Washington, D. C, Saturday, December 20, Packages Bear Christmas Seals. Virmally every other package re- ceived at the City Post Office today for dispatch bore Christmas seals or uoti not to open until Christmas. These packages, by being early, will be assured of delivery, while, if med by the sender to be delivered Christmas morning, they stand little chancé of reaching their destination et that time. Packages cannot be handled “with gloves,” nor will they be Intentionally rough-handled, post- al s explain, but If they are and securely wrapped no warm will befall them. Small par- cels, such as jewelry, should be sent tirst-class registered ma Money should be sent by money order. istmas cards should not be held to the last minute, because in the past the post office has been flooded with cards, and the burden of distri- butfon {s greatly increased. Mr. Aooney suggests that all Christmas ards be committed to the mails be- een December 10 and 20. STATUE MADE U. S. PARK. Status of Liberty Shrine on Bed- low’s Island Changed. NEW YORK., December 10.——The Statue of Liberty on Bedlow's Island now a national monument and its en-pointed, star-shaped base is a national park. Announcement of the w status was made by the Army In- formation Service on the basis of a proclamation issued nearly a month ag0 by President Coolidge. The presidential proclamation also designates as national monuments: Castle Pickney, on Shutes Folly Island, in the Cooper River, a mile from Charleston, S. C.; Ga.; Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla and Fort Matanzas, Fla. The president's proclamation was based on an act of Congress of 1906. POISON DART USED. Woman Pedestrian Wounded by Party in Auto. VANCOUVER, B. C.. December 10. —Police are searching for a myste- rious cartained car from which a woman pedestrian was shot today with a dart said by medical examin- ers to have been smeared with lead and cedar poisoning. Officlals Dbelieve the dart was propelled from & blow-gun or air pistol. Prompt cauterization of the wound was reported tonight to have placed the woman out of danger. — 16; Ohio, ! Willlam Mather Lewi {Mrs. Wal Fort Pulaski, | and Mrs. Charles E. Langley, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Larner, Misses Larner, Mrs. Constance Lathrob, Dr. and Mr: Mr. and Mr: Ernest I Lewis, Dr. M. Olivera de Lima and Mme. de Lima. Dr. and| Mrs. B. J. Lloyd, My. and Mrs. Breck- | inridge Long, Misd Lon{ Jean Long, Miss Laura Evan Lovett Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lovett, Assistant Attorney General and Mrs. Robert H. Lovett, Comdr and Mrs. Robert T. S. Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon A. Lyon, jr, Rev. George W. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McChord, Mr. and ce McClure, Miss Tula Me- Donald, Mr. and Mrs, Ben M. McKel- way, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Waddell, | American Ambassador to Chile and | Mrs. William Miller Colller, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic D. McKenne Miss McKenney, Miss Frederica Me- Kenney, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Albert McKenney, Miss Francesca McKenne: Mr. and_Mrs. William McNelir, Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie, Lieut. Comdr. | and Mrs. S. B. Macfarlane, Mrs. John | H. Magruder, jr.; Mrs. Horace R.| Maher, Mr. Severo Mallet-Prevost of New York City, Miss Winifred Mallon, | Mr. and Mrs. Isaao T. Mann, Miss Alice Mann, Mme. Laurinda March- etta, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. N. E. Margetts, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Marlatt, Miss Frances W. Marsh, Prof. and Mrs. C. F. Marvin, Miss Helen Marvin, Mrs. James Marwick, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye, Mr. and Mrs Stephen T. Mather Dr. and Mrs. John Merriam, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene . ir.; Capt. Hugh Miller, Dr. and J. R. Mohler, Miss Mirlam C. Mohler, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, Miss Dorothy = Mondell, Mr. Frank Mondell, Mr. William Mondell, Capt. Cecil R. Moore, Mr. Charles Moore, Mrs. Francols Berger Moran, Miss Mary P. Morgan, Mrs. Joseph Noell, Mr. and Mrs. Har- ry Norment, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Norton, Dr. and Mrs, William F. Notz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, Mr. Thomas J. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. John Callan O'Laughlin, Justice and Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel, Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Oulahan, Senor C. A. Oyague and Senora Oyague, Mr. Leigh Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Parker, Miss Elizabeth Parker, Mr. and Mrs. G. Logan Payne, Mr. John Barton Payne, Judge and Mrs. Stan- ton J. Peelle, Mrs. Frederick Perry, Lieut. and Mrs. Henry L. Phelps, Mr. and Mrs, Spencer Phenix, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Plummer, Miss Virginia Pochon of Front Royal, Va.; Miss Arica Pochon of Front Royal, Va.; Capt. and Mrs. Edwin T. Pollock, Lieut. and Mrs. Horance L. Porter,| Mr. and Mrs. Marcial Prem, Miss D. Prentice, Judge and Mrs. John W. Price, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Putnam, Mrs, Willlam Crispin Quick, Miss A. P. Randolph, Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Richardson, Senor Don Jose Richling of New York City, Dr. A. Cesar Rivas, Justice and Mrs. Charles H. Robb, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Robinson, Dr. Alfonso Robledo and Senora | Robledo, Admiral and Mrs. Hugh Rodman, Miss Rooney, Lieut. Comdr. Donald Royce, Mr. and Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. 1,500 MILES - ON ONE FILLING CASPAR OIL is the only per- manent and indestructible blend of pure castor oil and mineral oil. It is a FREE FLOWING ofl that embodies all the unparalleled lubricating properties of castor oil. Try CASPAR OIL Today. Caspar Oil Sales Company The force of education is so great that we may mold the minds and men- ners of the young and give them the impressions of such habits as shall ever after remain. CHARLES FICKLING, Manager | Katherine Weller, | Walker Wil'ebrandt, Mrs. Marinu | George Julian Zolnay, | Zolna; | narat, | Brig. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Schrefne: Etheldreda Winthrop Seabury, Virginia Selden, Assistant Attorney Gensral and Mrs. Seymour, Mr: John B. Sherman, Mrs. Ruth Ship. ley, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Sinnot, Mr. and Mrs. Hal H. Smith, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. George L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Smith, Miss Lucille Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Smith Dr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Snyder, Mls Katherine C. Snyder, Miss Eleanor Sny: der, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Soyez, Miss Anne Squire, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stead, Mr. and Mrs. Worthington E. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wardell Stile Miss Elizabeth Stiles, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Sweinhart, Mr. and Mrs. Ed H. Symonds, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Tal- cott, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Talty, Mr. and’ Mrs. Frank J. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred P. Thom, Right Rev. Mgr. C. F. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Tigert, Senor Don Toribio Tijerino of New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Titus, Mr. and Mrs. George Oakley Totten Mr. Lawrence Townsend, Mr. and Mrs Lawsop Treadwell, Miss Mary Tread well, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tucker man, Mr. . Edgar Turlington, Mrs Elonzo Tyner, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Van Valkenburg, Mr. and Mrs. Alex- an k-3 Vogelsang, n. and Baroness Von Belou, Mr. and Mrs Lliot Wadsworth, Mr. and Mrs George Wadsworth, Mr. and Mrs Floyd Waggaman, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walker, Mrs, Elizabeth R Walmsley, Rev. Edmund F. Walsh, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs Harry Wardman, Mr. and Mrs Charles Warren, Capt. Weaver, Maj and Mrs. Douglas L. Weart, Mr. and Mrs. Georze T. Weitzel, Miss Weitzel, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph I W Mr. and 8 . Wells, Dr. and Mrs. Walter Wells, Assistant Attorney General and Mrs. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. McCeney Werlich, Maj. and Mrs. Parker West, Mr. and Mrs Willlam West, Miss Eleanor Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Robe Carl White, Mr. and Mrs. Francis White, Mr. and Mrs. Frank White, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Wile, Mrs. Mabel wil- . Westel R. Willough- by, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Orme Wilson, jr.; Miss Wol- stenholme, Capt. Johu E. Wood, Mr and Mrs.’ Charles H. Woodhull, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Price Wright, Mr. ana Mrs. Arthur N. Young, Mr. and Mrs Evan Young, Miss Young, Mr. and Mrs. Miss Elizabeth Miss Margaret Zoina; Capt. and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Q. Ash- burn, Col. and Mrs. Conrad S. Bab- cock, Col. and Mrs. George C. Barn- Lieut. and Mrs. Victor C. Bar- ringer, Ji Col. and Mrs. John B Bennett, Rear Admiral and Mrs. John D. Beuret, Capt. and Mrs. Bion B Bierer, Miss Blerer, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Claude Bloche, Miss Bloch, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Joel T. Boone, Col. and Mrs, James C. Breckinridge, Capt. and Mrs. Edward H. Campbell, Capt. and Mrs. Dudley N. Carpenter, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Fox Connor, Maj). and Mrs. James F. Coupal, Surg. n. and Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, Brig. Gen, and Mrs, Albert C. Dalton, Ma). Gen. and Mrs. Robert C. Davis, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Hugh A. Drum, Gen. and Mrs. Le Roy Eltinge, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Hanson E. Ely, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Logan Feland, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Rich- ard 8. Field, Capt. and Mrs. K. J. Fielder, Col. and Mrs, Henry C. Fisher, Brig. Gen. and M Amos A. Fries, Mi Elizabeth Fries, pt. and Mrs. George E. Gelm, Col. and Mrs. Wil- liam J. Glasgow, Miss Harriett Glas- gow, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Luther E. Gregory, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Wil- liam C. Harllee, Maj. Gen. William H. Hart, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank T. Hines, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Henry H. Hough, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles F. Hughes, Maj. Gen. and Mrs, John A. Hull, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Benjamin F. Hutchison, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Merritte W. Ireland Miss Elizabeth Jackson, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Edgar Jadwin, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hilary P. Jones, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John W. Joyes, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. J. Miller Kenyon, Miss Ken- yon, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Summer 2. W. Kittelle, Miss Kittelle, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Rufus H. Lane, Miss Slizabeth T. Lane, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. E. K. Lang, MaJ. Gen. and Mrs. John A. Lejeune, the Misses Lejuene, Gen. and Mrs. Herbert M. Lord, Capt. and Mrs. Charles H. T. Lowndes, Col. and Mrs, Nathaniel F. McClure, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Albert McCormick Capt. and Mrs. Ridley McLean, Miss McLean, Capt. and Mrs. Robert W. McNeely, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Willlam Mitchell, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Robert E. Noble, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Dennls E. Nolan, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wil- liam W. Phelps. Rear Admiral and Mrs, David Pot- ter, Capt. and Mrs. Charles F. Pres- ton, Capt. and Mrs, James C. Pryor, Miss A. C. Reaume, Capt. and Mrs. Milton E. Reed, Col. and Mrs. James H. Reeves, Capt. and Mrs. Willlam P. Robert, Miss Robert, Capt. and Mrs. George H. Rock, Col. and Mrs. Louls V. Scherer, Mrs. J. L. Shadel, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Clarence O. Sher. liam lett, Mr, and Mr: ZINOVIEFF LETTER 15 HELD AUTHENTIC Baldwin Reports on Probe of Document Urging Revolu- tionary Activity. By the Associated Pres LONDON, December 10.—Prime Min- ister Baldwin stated in the House of Commons today the subcommittee of the cabinet after examining all the evidence put before it had come to the unanimous conclusion that there was no doubt the Zinovieff propaganda letter was au- thentic. The famous Zinovieff letter, urg- ing revolutionary activity in England, was made public during the helght of the recent election campalgn, and was generally oredited with helping along the landslide for the Conserva- tives. The authenticity of the com- munication, purporting to have been slgned by Zinovieff as head of the Phird, or Communist, International of Moscow, was hotly denled by the Moscow authoritles, when the Mao- Donald government took them to task for it An investigation Into the authenti- city of the letter begun under the MacDonald ministry was continued by the Baldwin government. e MRS. IDA 0. TRENIS DIES AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS Funeral Rites Held in Home To- day—Was Member of D. A. R. and U. D. C. in Capital. Mrs. Ida Offutt Trenis, prominent member of the Daughters of the Amer- can Revolution and the United Daugh- ers of the Confederacy in this city and a well known musician here, died t her residence, 3056 R street, Mon- night, after a lingering {illness. “uneral services were conducted at the residence today. The obsequies flag of the Daughters of the American Revolution was placed upon the casket, while members of the Stonewall Jackson Chapter, U. D. C. attended the services in a body. Miss Marfe J. McGuire read blank verse, written by Miss Gretna Perrott Bos- well, at the services. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Trenis is survived by her hus- band, Bertram Ewell Trenis; a son, Bertram Ewell Trenis, jr.; mother, Mrs. Gertrude Offutt; a sister, Mrs. Benjamin Gantz, and two brothers, ‘Warren Offutt and Mortimer Offutt. Mrs. Trenis was born in Georgetown and was the daughter of the late George Warren Offutt, president of the Potomac Savings Bank of Georgetown, and Gertrude Tribby of West Virginia. She received her early education in the public schools of Washingtos, graduated from the Western High School and completed her education at the Eastern College of Virginia. She was a well known musiclan, hav- tng studied under Archibald Almstead and Archibald Krutz. She was from childhood a member of the Dumbarton Church of Georgetown, and later be- came organist of the Congress Street Church of Georgetown. Mrs. Trenis was a member of the Arts Club and was a past regent of the Abigail Hart- man Rice Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, during which time the chapter accomplished conspicuous ‘work n the interest of the great Americanization cause. She had as her colonial ancestor Col. Ninfan Beal and as her revolutionary ancestor Hurphrey Luckett, one of the 12 apostles for freedom from Maryland. She was also an active member of the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy, having served in various officlal capacities and had been nominated for the presidency, and would, it is said, have been elected unanimously to said office the night of the morning she dled, to lead and serve, as its chief executive, Stonewall Jackson Chapter, No. 20, U. D. C., the first and oldest chapter in the District of Columbia. A chalr with a back that forms a coat hanger and with a collar draw- er and sliding foot rest has been invented. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Willlam R. Shoemaker, Capt. and Mrs. Yates Btirling, jr.; Rear Admiral and #rs. Edward R, Stitt, Miss Stit, Rear Ad- miral and Mrs. Joseph Strauss, Miss Strauss, Maj. and Mrs. Oscar N. Sol- bert, Mrs. Swalm, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Harry Taylor, Col. and Mrs. Thomas T. Turner, Col. and Mrs. Julius S. Turrill, Brig. Gen. Lutz_ Wahl, Miss Wahl, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Kenzle W. Walker, Miss Dorothy W. Walker, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Dion Willlams, Col. and Mrs. Herbert O. Willlams and Col. and Mrs, Franklin F. Win, i, AR EEARAR IR NRIRIZNRIRNZ it % A Royal Easy Chair for Chrigtmas! R pSe e e R oty v PPt et et Sabe St OVERSTUFFED CHAIRS—Choice of Ve- lour, Tapestry or Genuine Leather. $49.00, $5 5.00, ‘Wood Frame Royal Easy Chairs 319.75, $29 00, $42.50 Other Comfortable Chairs and Coxwell Chairs Overstuffed Fireside Chairs, try and velour, loose cushion seats...... SRR D e e Sk tapes- $39-0 COURTS THROW TAX PUBLICITY BAN BACK FOR CONGRESS’ ACTION (Continued from First Page.) but In criticising its methods of operation. The only limitation'on the press is libe!—namely, the printing of even A true statement which may be dam- AgIng to an individual. But in recent years the newspapers have publish- ed records taken from congressional proceedings which unquestionably damaged individuals, but no prosecu- tions ever have been undertaken by the Government to redress wrongs of that sort. So the Government in the present instance is compelled on the one hand to consider whether any dam- age has been done to individuals by the publication of income tax returns in the newspapers, and if that dam- ago has been done the Department of Justice must prove that it was not done through the distribution of the same Information to those who were by law given access to the records. The Department of Justice cannot argue that publication has done damage, therefore, but simply that the law forbade publication except in & certain way—by individual applica- tion to the offices of the collectors of Internal revenue. Newspapers were well advised by counsel before they published the in- come tax data that they had a right to do 80 under the Constitution and that if the law forbldding publication was to be applied to the press it was unconstitutional. The Kansas City case was won by the Journal-Post by contending that its constitutional rights permitted it to publish information lawfully ace quired. The Post is owned by Walter 8. Dickey, a prominent Republican and one of the most ardent support- ers the Coolidge administration-has; a man who from time to time has been mentioned for a possible cabinet portfolio. The relations betweem the New York Herald-Tribune and the administration are also close. So the Government cannot be aoccused of per- secution in selecting defendants, but the wonder is growing in. Washing- ton and elsewhere that the Depart- ment of Justice ever began the suits In view of the certainty of defeat. In Congrss it would appear that the court procedure was determined upon as a means of delaying actlon until it can be determined what the country wants—income tax payments reveal- ed or suppressed. Sentiment for and against is not confined to party lines, The Treasury Department considers the provision obnoxious and wants it repealed. President Coolidge iil sign a repeal measure If put up to him. Why then are the leaders walting on a court opinlon? They hope that the whole question of the relationship between an income tax return and publication may be settled once and for all. If the courts take the posi- tion that Congress cannot forbid pub- lication in a newspaper of informa- tion made available by Government bureaus, will the courts also say that the newspapers cannot publish other parts of data, private or public property? If the Supreme Court de- cides uitimately that income tax in- formation must be kept secret, Con- gress will be saved a controversy and prolonged debate. The general bellef of lawyers who have studied the precedents Is that the publication of income tax returns will not be held illegal and that Congress will have to take other steps to guard the tax- payer's return, even to the point of determining what can be done with the Information after it is given in confidence to congressional commit- tees. For the Senate has often marked a document “confidential” especially a treaty, but the newspapers have published the same without being prosecuted for so doing. (Copyright, 1924.) THE COATS FOR WOMEN A striking collection of the mewest Coats Zresh, mew lot of Coats, just , mew lot of Coa Epoal, Sasy sr Senc creations at s e T B0 Now: | government ECONOMY SHOWN INMINERAL SURVEY Geological Director De- plores Depleted Force Due to Small Salaries. Work of the United States Geo- logical Survey during the fiscal year 1924 was so directed as to assist in the economical development of the Nation's mineral resources, George Otis Smith, director of the survey, de- clares in his annual report today. Dr. Smith, however, laments the fact that the inadequacy of salaries in the Gov- ernment service prohibits retention of trained technical men. Explorations in northern Alaska, the expedition down the Grand Can- yon of Colorado, discoveries of what are belleved to be commercial de- posits of potash in Texas and an In- vostigation of the oil-producing for- mations in Montana are some of the accomplishments cited by the di- rector. Surveys in 44 States. During the year geologic surveys were made by the fleld men of the bureau in 44 states and Alaska, while at the same time 21,000 square miles were covered by topographio surveys in varlous part of the United States, all of them surveys of great eco- nomic usefulness, but the value of which the public does not yet appre- clate. Air route maps of more than 100,000 square miles were also compiled by the survey for the Army Air Service many milllon acres of land were clas- sified as to their mineral or non- mineral character; the flow of streams were measured at 1,700 gauging eta- tions to determine their value for power, Irrigation and other pu poses; a large amount of investig: tion and study was devoted to the mineral resources of the country, and many chemical analyses were made of rocks, minerals and ores. ‘The Colorado Canyon expedition, which attracted public attention, well exemplifies the success won hy unit- ing specially trained topographie, hydraulic and geologic engineers in a carefully planned and skilifully exe- cuted effort,” says the report. “This traverse of the Grand Canyon com- | pleted the Instrumental surveys of | Colorado River that had been begun | 12 years before at Kremmling, in northern Colorado. Miles of Canyons Mappe: The mapping of 253 miles of can- yons and the examination of 22 pos- sible dam sites during the year was a task fraught with danger, but the engineers regarded the danger as only “in the day’s work of sclentific exploration. This thor- ough survey of the Colorado and its | principal tributaries is the necessary preliminary to the making of Federal and State plans for the full utiliza- tion of the natural resources in a region where water gives value to land. “Equally noteworthy and equally spectacular are the exploratory ex- peditions into Arctic Alaska, the first made in the Summer of 1923 and the second started in the following Win- | ter. This geologic examination of the naval petroleum reserve in nortiern Alaska has been undertaken at th request of the Secretary of the Navy | to determine the possibility of finding ol in quantities sufficient to add ma- | terfally to the reserves for the future | use of the Navy, if not, indeed, large | enough to augment the Nation's sup- vly for other needs. %The first season’s examination along the Arctic coast of Alaska verlified the reports of la.ge seepages of oil and of geologic conditions sufficiently favorable to oil accumulation to war- rant the secoud expedition, which started northward with dog sledges trom the Yukon in February last and had crossed the Endicott Range by Much The area to be traversed and ped by the three parties of this axpeamon is roughly 3,700 square miles, and includes the largest tract of unexplored United States territory. “This search for an oll field in Arc tic Alaska fllustrates the emphasis now put on geologlc work In the ex- ploitation of fuel resources, but the nature of the exploration and the ex- perienced personnel available for it fittingly mark the status of the Geo- logical Survey's work in Alaska after 25 years of uninterrupted effort. In the quarter of a century since 1898 slightly more - than $2,000,000 has been appropriated for the investiga- tion of the mineral resources of Alaska, and by this means over one- fifth of the area of the territory has been covered by reconnoissance geo- logic surveys.” ————e Assigned to Bolluzg l‘leld First Lieut. Benjamin R. Morton, Army Air Service, under treatment at Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo., has been relieved from duty in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War and assigned to station at Bolling Fleld, Anacostia, D. C. MYSTERIOUS BLOW KILLED VETERAN Perryville, Md.,, Death Unsolved, - With Officials in Conflict Over Evidence. Special Dispatch to The Gtar. BALTIMORE, Md., December 1( With official opinion in corflict as to the cause of the death of Albert Marshall, a World War veteran, found with his skull crushed Sunday In a cottage of the rehabilitation center at Perryville, Md., the mystery was n nearer a solution today than on Mon day morning, when the gathering of evidence was begun An inquest conducted by Coroner Howard W. Green of Elkton resulted in a verdict that Marshall came to his death as a result of a vicious blow, received in a manner unknown to the jury. The coroner expressed the opin ion that the man was murdered. Co M. B. McMullen, in charge at the Per ryville reservation, said he believed Marshall was the victim of an acci dent. Offictal disposition of the case rests with the Gov ent, since the body was found on Government reser- vation. About 30 w es have beer questioned. R, Pl 22 2 T 2T 7 7 227, Barber 8 Ross s “TheBig Hardware and Housefurnishing Stare 11™ AND G STS. 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