Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1925, Page 2

® 137,111,760 ASKED N DEFICIENCY BILL £150,000,000 of Sum Con-! tained in House Measure to Go for Tax Refunding. ing rgency ernment, at needs of the which includes expen I of $157,111,700 for Federal Gov 520,500 for of the Su-| trict of Colum- | protection at the $7.500 addi- | the office of the Coast Guard and of miscellancous Court of the 000 for f Observa prem bia, § Naval tiona perso ommandant of $14,000 the carrying the priation bill o the House The bill the for expenses the first for today messen- vote appro- reported electos to | | Congress, ficien 1 of § 1 to the w House ad- ludes the al gratuity members of the Congress to pay of have journed in 0,000,000 u | who died sin Jur in include for taxes the bill refunding internal nue legally assessed and colle 1,200 continuation of work on dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Alabama; $3,000,000 for purchase of pital stock of land Water- ways Corporation 000 for the prevention of epidemic diseases, $150,- 000 for repairs of the Coast Guard cutter Manning, $51,000 for tion of the post office and courthouse at Paris, Tex ,000 for Insect in vestigation ational par or expen the Tuebio Indian Board and for expenses of the Department of Justice in suits to en- force acts to regulate Cutter in Bad Co The appropriation of $150,000 to the Coast Guard cutter Manning, Cha man Madd appropriation | committee repor: nceded to en- | abla that boat to be repaired and| returned to fits station off the Vir-| sinia Capes as soon as possible. A recent survey the vessel resulted her withdrawal from active serv jce. It is estimated that the amount| recommended will place her in good condition for a service of 10 more vears and will prevent the Coast Guard being further handi- capped in its work of rescue and re- lief of vesscis in distre Ttems recommended in the bill com those sums considered so urgent that it would be unwise to delay thefr enactment. They are in addition to funds carried cu upply bills | now pending, which will not be avail- | e until after next July 1 The committec report showed total | internal revenue receipts for the last eight years, including the first quar- ter of 1925, amounted to 56, exclusive of $2,539,336,1 nts and collections re- e audits and field in- Refunds over this pe- the per cent re- were placed at $404,- | | da, 1s possible vestigations. od, including fund_of 672 Refunds were made to 253 ayers in 1923, to 192,252 in the fiscal year 1924, and to 41,324 in the five months of the fiscal vear 1925, exclusive, however, of $2,576,664 refund under the 25 per cent reduc- tion in taxes. The committes 320 tax- xpayers refused to appro- priate $12,000.000 requested for re- funds for next year, preferring to make this sum available as the money might be required Denles Budget Requests. $3.501,200 carried for Muscle the report sald, is the re- of $10,501,200 authorized for t, and this amount coupled with the $3,040.390 carrfed in the War Department bill now pending, will complete Dam No. 2, the power- | house and ail apparatus ready for the delivery of power. t is estimated,” the report added, hat work being carried on now will completed by midsummer and funds for continuation of the work will be depleted about the middle of January, and the urgency of thi item is therefore apparent.” The committec omitted a budget request of $30,000 for the expenses | of President Coolidge’s Agricultural | Commission an $275,000 of the funds heretofore appropriated for er and b nprovements and further y the St. Law- River proje mmitt the repa that they The Shoals, mainde: this pr | arbo surv for rence 2 has not rt said, “for the rea- | are propositions of importance for which there is appar ently not sufficient substantive law to bring them within the jurisdiction of mittee.” included | ASSERTS COOLIDGE DENIES SPONSORING DISTRICT RENT BILL | | i ‘r | | sed fr | nowledge of the conditions as they exist here now Scores of letters from leading local bankers and business men have been received by the Washington Real Estate Board, expressing thelr oppo- sition to and anxiety over the rent bill. The proposed legislation is srought to the attention of the Wash- | ngton Board Trade, the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association morrow and in the near future will be brought up before the local Bar Association and the local Bankers' Assoclatic Property owners in all parts of the city continue to the Real state Board their protest agains he measure LEDOUX'S ARMY QUSTED | FROM CHURCH QUARTERS | Parish Authorities Act on Grouud‘\ That Use as Sleeping Place | Is Insanitary. as YORK, Jar “Mr. Zero,” followers today were Camp Memorial Congrega- hurch, which had been used | ping quarters since Christmas. Fai & in his efforts to obtain a re- newal of the permission to allow his en to P in the church, Ledoux irned the church keys over to Dr Walter H. Rollins, uperintendent of : York Congregatic Confer- I NEW | doux oyed from th al and his 'rbain unem- ousted told Ledoux objact ct but ted to its occupancy was insanit ns he per- the men the authorities on the did to Fire Threatens Stockyards. ), January Fire which destroy the plant of Packing Co. in the stockyears shortly after was brought under control extraordinary alarms dozen firefighting com- scene. The cause of undetermined and_the believed to have been hreatened to he Chicago th to the fire was S rought a buy securities from mny are ax good as your [ |numbers of the machine were ob- |tained and police will question the [ Fear Felt For 53 Isolated a Month On Isle Off Britain‘ By the Assoc LONDON ted Press. | January ~The in- habitants of the little island Bardsey, off the southwest point of Carnarvonshire, have been isolated from the mainland for a month, owing to the recurring gales. and thelr friends on the mainland are becoming anxious. Navigation of the strait between the island and Carnarvonshire, al- though It is only two miles wide, has always been difficult. owing to the strong current, and for some time it has been impossible. The last boat taking siores from the mainland for the 53 inhabitants left a month ago, carrying a fort- night's supply. In the absence of telegraphic or radio communica- tion it is impossible (o learn how the islanders are faring. Ordinartly they subsist largely on fish, but the gales have stopped all fishing 4 MORE MOTORISTS HITAND RUN AWAY | | Two Unidentified, License Number of One Known and One Arrested. | | | The Washington police added (hn! names of four more hit-and-run auto- mobile drivers to their “wanted list” | during the past 24 hours. Three auto- mobiles were struck and a boy nar- | rowly escaped injury after a toy ex- press wagon in which he was riding | was crushed. Another motorist struck and injured a boy, but re- porizd the accident to the police. The | condition of the streets making the | driving hazardous has slowed up| traffic generayly and was blamed for several of the crashes. Fails to Stop After Cra Driving a machine in which there were several girls, an unidentified motorist crashed Into another ve-| hicle near Fourteenth and Clifton reets shortly after 4:30 o'clock yes- ¥ afternoon. Witnesses report- the police that the driver did stop after the crash. The tag owner today Melvin White, 11 years old, of 214 T street, near New Jersey avenue and M streets was riding in a toy express wagon when an unidentified motorist struck the wagon, crushing it and narrowly missing injuring the boy The driver failed to stop and make known his identity. Police are seek- ing him, Backing from the curb, J. H. Fra- zier of 710 I street northeast re- ported to the police that another un- identified man driving & machine struck him, near Fourteenth and F| streets, about 8:15 o'clock last night The driver of the other machine falled to stop. The license number of the machine was obtained. Refuses to Obey Signal. Charges of falling to stop after colliding and failing to make known his identity were filed against Nich- olas Ieart of 929 M street. Keart was arrested by Traflic Policeman Blackwell, who sald that Keart failed to obey a police signal. Frank Bartl, 10 years old, 637 H | street southwest, was struck and| knocked down by an automoblile driven by Maj. Henry S. Aurland, U.| S. A.. 2303 Ashmead place, near North | Capitol and H streets, about 4:30| o'clock yesterday afternoon. The boy | was taken to the Sibley Hospital, where physiclans found he was unin- jured. Eli Watkins, colored, 48, 1244 Bla- densburg road northeast, was severely | injured by a street car at Benning road and Eighteenth sireet northeast | last night about 7:30 o'clock. He was struck by a car operated by Motor- man John H. Haley, 4128 Galt place northeast. His left leg was 8o badly crushed that it had to be amputated when he reach Casualty Hospital. His condition this morning was re- ported as serious 61 SAVED IN SHIP FIRE ARE LANDED. IN MEXICO Steamer | | Taken From Japanese Ginyo Maru 1,500 Miles South of Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 5.—Sixt one person rescued from the Japa-| nese steamer Ginyo Maru, which caught fire last week 1,500 mil south of Los Angeles, Calif, have| been landed at Manzanillo by the| American steamers San Francisco | and San Julio, according to a report | to the Department of the Interior from the immigration inspector at Man-| zanillo. Those Japanese, included Ger- | brought into port 4 Americans | Danes, 7 Peruvians, 2 Brit-| 'ts and 1 Frenchman. | The official report gave no informa- | tion concerning the whereabouts of | nyo Maru. PUPILS BACK IN SCHOOLS | Next Break in Routine Comes at| End of Semester. The District public schools re- opened today after the eleven-day | Christmas hollday period and 67,000 children began the last lap of the first semester, which ends January 30. The second Semester, beginning February 2, will be marked by the semi-annual turnover in the school population. NEW REICHSTAG MEETS. Communist Demonstration of Small Proportions Marks Opening. BERLIN, January §.—The newly elected Reichstag, which s faced by an intricate political situation, con- vened today. Except for a Com- munist demonstration of small pro- Coolidge Now Honorary Member Of State Fencibles of Philadelphia Membership in the State Fenci- bles of Philadelphia, an honorary military organization founded in 1813, was conferred on President Coolidge today by a detachment of the Infantry Corps of the Old Guard, which visited the White House, attired in the gold-laced, brilliant-hued uniforms of tie or- ganization, The detachment, which was in charge of Maj. Emmanuel Firth, was divided into groups, each of which wore the uniform of a par- ticular perfod in the country | likew | or any place to go. | committee |line and the remainder of rtions the opening Was uneventful. Zagreb prison. THE EVENING INAUGURAL PLANS 10 BE READY SOON Galliher to Lay Tentative| Program Before Coolidge Wednesday. President Coolidge will have fore him some time Wednesday complete program for the public cere- | monies that are suggested as most appropriate in celebratlon of his in- auguration next March Willilam T. Galliher, chairman of the fnaugural committee, and Senator Charles Curtis, chairman of the joint congressional committec, tomorrow afternoon to the final detalls and Mr. will lay the proposed, program before the Prestdent early Wednesday. Committee (o Meet. be- a will arrange Gallther meet | | | | The joint congressional committee | will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow | morning in the office of Senator Cur- tis to complete the detalls of its program. In anticipation of a long session with the other members of his board, Senator Curtis has asked Mr. Galliher to defer his engage- ment until the afternoon. Although it is admitted t the size of the military parade should be guaged by the question of whether there is to be an inaugural ball, it has been pointed out that the com-| mittees preparing President Cool-! idge’s program have never stipulated just what form the evening enter- nment should take Members both committee and the joint congres- sional committee declined to discuss that phase of the program today in view of President Coolidge’s previous fnsistence that he would not approve | an official inaugural ball, which was| se baaned Ly both of his prede- | | Mr. Galliher's cessors in office, President Harding and President Wilson. In other circles, however, it was made plain that neither committee has taken a definite stand for anj “official” inaugural ball in the sense | of wishing President Coolidge to accept such briiliant affairs as were the custom 15 years ago. At the time President Harding was inaugurated the charity ball, an innovation that proved as brilllant as any of the pre- vious official receptions, met the re- quirements for the evening enter- tainment. Entertainment Sought. The concern of the committee is centered chiefly upon the advisabllity of inviting large numbers of State troops here to participate in the pa- rade, expect them to entertain Wash- Ington and its guests all afternoon | and then be turned loose In the eve- | ning without anything definite to do Some entertain- | ment for thelr benefit, at least, should | be arranged, it is said. i Should President Coolidge still trown upon all forms of evening en- tertainment, it {s probable that the! will lmit its invitation to National Guard contingents to participate in the parade. Some nearby State regiments may be in- vited, the cadets from both West Point and Annapolis surely will be in the mili-| tary sections of the parade will be| composed of members of the Regular | Army, Navy and Marine Corps. 1 CHICARO S CURBED INLAKE WATER USE Supreme Court Rules Against‘ City, Affirms Injunc- ! tion Order. | | | | i | | Chicago suit today The lost the sanitary district in the Supreme Court injunction of the Federal Dis- trict Court at Chicago, restraining the sanitary district from diverting from Lake Michlgan more than 000 feet of water per minute | was affirmed by the highest court The injunction is to go into effect n 60 days without prejudice to any | permit which may be issued by the Secretary of War. The Federal Government had con- | ceded that in recognition of Chi-| cago's serfous and perplexing prob- lem, it would not object should the | Supreme Court draw its mandate so | that the Secretary of War could,| should he see fit, permit the sanitary | district to continue to withdraw the| present or even an increased vol- ume of water pending action by Con- gress JUNK DEALER IS VICTOR. Wade H. Coombe, superintendent of | licenses for the District, today lost his appeal to the Court of Appeals from a declsion of the District Su-| preme Court requiring him to grant junk dealer's license to Jacob R.| Sells at 1215 K etreet northeast. The | opinion of the appellate court was | rendered by Judge James F. Smith of | the United States Court of stoms Appeals, who sat as a member of the ' lecal tribunal i As the property was lawfully used for the junk business when the zon- ing law was adopted, says the court, is clear that a continuance of that Jise was permitted. despite the zoning | aw. Ship Drifting Helplessly. BOSTON, January 5.—The British Sachem, from Liverpool to Boston, is drifting helplessly in heavy seas, 350 miles off the Newfoundland coast with her rudder broken, according to a message recelved today by agents of the vessel here. The steamer | Manchester Hero is hurrying to the assistance of the disabled ship. Croatian Leader Under By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, January 5.—Stefan Radich, leader of the Croatian peas- ants’ party, was arrested this morn- Ing in a secret room at the home of Deputy Kochoutitch and taken to Arrest. | military history, starting with the War of 1812 and running down to the World War. Mr. Coolldge also was asked to attend or direct his military aides to attend the forth- coming quadrennial ball of the or- ganization. The membership was the third to be received by the President from honorary military organizations. He had previously been made a member of the Ancient and Honor- able Artillery Company of Boston and the Governor's Foot Guards of Conneeticut, |or haul TAR, WATER CUT OFF WHEN TOWER FALLS. WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, J! ANUARY 1925. The picture shows the wreckage of the water tower at Lee pred yesterdoy under a heavy weight of snow and fce Va., which col clghts, 30,000-Gallon Water Tank in Suburb Cras Crushed many water the weight of of a 30.000-gallon tank which furnishes water for scores of families in Lee & Va., through the steel beams which held it high in the air vesterday afternon and crashed to the ground, cutting off the water supply of Lee Helghts As the heavy tank crashed to the ground, one of the main sup- porting beams, which carried a pipe convering water from a well to the tank, fell with crushing force, narrowly missing the ma- chinery which pumpgd water into the tank. A thin stream of water, enough to supply hot water fu naces in the homes which dot the territory along the heights imme- diately above Cherrydale, was be- ing pumped through from an auxiliary supply today, but resi- dents of Lee Helghts were with out water in suff quantity for household use ording to John T. Unger, who operated the ma chinery which kept the tank full of water. Unger narrowly escaped with his life when the tank fell, carrying with it great blocks of ice weigh- under tons ice, tore CONCERTED EFFORT hes Under Terrific Load of Ice & hundreds of pounds and crush ing in the roof of the struct housing the pumping machinery He had left the engine b but a few moments before the crash v get a shotgun that he shoot down some of the big fcicles which hung from the base of the great tank and wa feet awav when the ta a and fell. Had he in the engine house, he douh would have been killed under the great chunks of ice, which crushed in the roof. Lee Heights residents were with- in two inches of being entirely cut off from their water supply, for a great beam fell within that dis tance of the pumping engine. It was immediately cut away to allow sufficient space for operation of the engine, which permits the flow of a thin stream of water. The tank which fell was support- ed by four great iron girders, § feet in height. and held 30,000 gallons of water. It about half full when it fell property which drew water from the tank is owned by E. T. Coc rell of Washington, and is betn d by Ruby Lee Mina STARTED a might moment was Th TO CLEAR STREETS OF SLUSH (Continued from First P: in defic such tho T clared w fency for menace prompt lite removal to and property es governing to! appropriations along with the situation since Friday will be augmented, not only by large reserve forces of men, but by the use of trucks from other branches of the Engineer Department and by pri- vate trucks hired for the occasion Col. Bell said this morning he is more inclined to favor the employ- | ment of sufficient trucks and shovel | gangs to push the snow into sewers away in preference to the peration of having motor plows push it toward the curb. The motor plows, Col. Bell said, are alright in the early stages of a snowstorm, but that ut the present time the most effectual move is to get the snow off the streets. The Commissioner exnressed the be- lief that the Commissioners should | have at their disposal every year a fairly large contingent fund avail- able for expenditure inany emergency such as a enowstorm. It cannot be calculated in advance, | he said, exactly how much of a fund | is needed for such work, but he| pointed out that no harm would be | done in making a iarge appropriation | at the beginning of the vear for the | reason that if occasions requiring its| use should not arise the money could ! remain available for future exigen-| cies. mere Important Health Step. | n. Cumming, in di the slow removal of snow from streets, expressed the opinfon that slush should be cleared away from streets and sidewalks 28 soon as pos- sible as an fmportant health measure. “Thousands of employes have been | that Surg. C cussing | the | jgoing to work with wet feet of late, and that is a very dangerous prac- tice.” he said. ‘“Wet feet are pneu- monia-breeder: Men and. women should take every precaution to pro- tect their health under such circum- stances.” The protest of the automobile asso- ciation advisory board took the form of a letter to Senator Lawrence C. | Phipps of the subcommittee on appro- priations for the District, and a copy was sent to Representative Frederick R. Zihiman of the House District com- mittee. Text of Letter. The text of the letter follows: “My Dear Senator Phipps: “In behalf of the motorists of Washington we desire to call your attention to the deplorable condition of our city streets and roads as a result of the recent snowfall. We understand that all snow removal funds heretofore appropriated by Congress for the use of the District Commissioners are exhausted and that no funds are now available for this work. Cur assoclation has recently made | g ering both street car and auto- an exh-ustive study of the question of snow rexoval and as a result of this work we are convinced that in the end it is much more economical to appropriate money to remove Snow than to provide funds with which to | repair the damage to our streets and roads which is caused by allowing the snow to remain on the streets until it disappears as a result of natural causes. Book In Inclosed. “A copy of our snow removal book, which will give you an idea of what is being done along this line throughout the snow belt in various parts of the United States, is inclosed herewith for your information. The pounding and grinding action of the trafic in the snow ruts and holes causes the street and road sur- faces to rapidly disintegrate. For In- | inches e who are best informed on the|produce a blow equivalent to 35,00 de- | to 40.000 pounds per wheel SRR REMOUAL OF SNOW | | ent | probably | through | condition of | passable in |of co-operation between stance, a truck conditions. whi exerts a pressure on eir proper duties in incurring a |road surface of 5,000 pounds per wheel | of | will, when dropping two into #hese holes three ruts, or and in other : th the successful completion of {and one-half to four times the static { Col. Bell's conferences the little band | Joad. {of 400 street cleaners who have been |pounding action on the roads and | struggling b The damage caused by this streets {s further accentuated by the grinding effect of the chains which must be used by passenger cars a trucks when the streets are covered | with snow Damage in 1922, Two vears ago, during the Winter of 1922, the damage to our streets and roads caused by one heavy snow amounted to severeal hundned thou sand dollars. The effect of the pres snowfall will probably damage our streets and roads to the extent of at least $100,000. This could have | been obviated by an appropriation of a few thousand dollars for the re- moval of the snow before the damage was done. he economic loss to the business interests of the city and to the Fed- eral Government as a result of our lack of organization preparedness amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars. That this loss is irrecoverable is shown by surveys made in other great centers of popu- lation Urge Adequate Fund. “In view of these facts, we respect- | fully urge that an adequate appro- priation be made at once by Congress to remove the snow from the principal highways and streets of the city and funds be provided now for an ample snow removal program for the balance of the year. “The motorists of Washington, personal property taxation, registration fees and gasoline taxes, are contributing their fair share of taxes, and we believe that they are entitlod to reasonable and just con- sideration in this matter.” Following are the names affixed to the protest: George W. Offutt, secr tary: Dr. Fred V. Coville, Edward Brashears, Isaac Gans, Walter B, Gu. Stanley H. Horner, Pyke Johnson, Rudolph Jose, A. M. Loomis, Dr. E. G. Seibert. Mr. Hacker's faithful band of workers so far have made but little headway against the great pitted against them. Y. erday they succeeded in opening up parts of G street and Fourteenth street. The eight plows avallable for the ] downtown section were virtually use- less, due to the frozen and packed the snow, but trucks were put igto play to cart away the chunks of 'fce and congealed slush that were scooped up by hand. The work of clearing the snow away from sewer openings and from crosswalks was progressing slowly today in the congested District, but roadways continued virtually im- most parts of the city. Automobiles consequently are forced to use street car tracks, seriously mobile traffic. With a view to working out a plan municipal and traction snow-cleaning forces, Maj. W. E. R. Covell of the Public Utilitles Commission conferred toda with officials of the Washington Rai way and Electric Co. and the Capital Traction Co. Fierce Fighting in Morocco. BIARRITZ, January 5.—Fierce fight- ing has occurred at Rincon-Medik, Morocco, some kilometers from Tetuan, between Spanish occupying forces and tribesmen, according to private advices received here. It is stated that the Spanish lost a major and a captain and that a lleutenent “olonel was badly wounded. odds | DISTRGT T0 BUY NEW SHOW PLOWS Eight to Be Added to Force to Prevent Blockades in Future. This is a story of anow and lessons. The latest lesson of snow stands out prominently in the background the most recent statement of Morris Hacker, superintendent of street cleaning, who today announced that he would make imm, arrangements to buy eight new lows sgment the force of 17 now in uee in removing the slush which has made Washington's streets for the last few days unenviable rivals of the well known rocky road to Dublin Phe new plows will be the same type as the ones now in use, 10-foot blades which are attachabio to heavy trucks Keller Remark Recalled. back 1922, aimost when Commissioner Keller, sitting hief engin District, February 12 made “Washingt 1l not be c without a we ned plan moval of This was just when Washington walked waded through snow and slush to and h n through the remnants of the | blizzard which figured in the Knicker- bocker tragedy It in 2 t ught again for the after the period New Lesson Learned. e that time equipment treet Cleani ntil tod: abl gradual been Departmer there are trucks, rs apparentl But there this most remova to facili | plows | which has the g to fight well arned left before it moved is pack Otherwise ' On the ir cels of Hacker to Saturday Distri hara packed plows. There judgir in opinion until 19 ed to I inst plows two tra from 1 widespre: the slush fternoon cials to be are qu in W specu- the wad not claim it removed me hington expressions of the situa of the oppo | removed {was too {by the | thousands however, E | pieke tion 2 dvent the lessons been well learned April, 1922, six purchased with lHowing out nd when th’ attendant 14 plows ready to ind streets of the After the first big 6 10 of the husdred s there were |open the slush tional Capital { storm on Februar: | plows neec { men and worked and | snow disappeared in & jiffy. Some {days later in that year another big | snow id steet storm blanketed | streets. Fourteen plows got out and the snow off the streets 1 Makes Up Deficit. vear 1924 did bring problems of rer i but this year made up for the {of its essor. And with 1925 came the lesson that snow must be moved before being | packed | There was an made this time fout now. The sot not any oval laxity pressing snow o r little discovery is being followed hing trucks, which |flood dust and dirt off Summer streets {can be used instead of tractors to e off snow. Morris Hacker does | K much of the merits o ordingly. he is equip- n think so tractors. Ac {ping the flushinz tank trucks with | snow blades and the battle is going on against the slush today with these | vehicles augmenting the forces of the snow plows, - UPTO CIVIC PRIDE |Law Is Not Being Invoked to l Force Citizens to Clear | Their Sidewalks. | | Only civic pride and a humanitarian viewpoint will cause property owners in the District of Columbia to re- | move the snow from the- sidewalks in front of their resdences, according to Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas, who stated today that be- cause of the lack of funds in the District Street Cleaning Department chest it was doubtful if all the snow in front of the municipal buildings | themselves could be removed. and { certainly not if much more snow fell iduring the Winter months. It therefore is not logical to pen- {alize a citizen for failure to remove {the snow in front of his dwelling | when the District government is un- {able to remove its own snow, offi- clals say, ‘ Legal Phrases Explained. { Under the existing regulations the failure to remove the snow in front of residences is not punishable under lany District police law. However, !under a statute passed by Congres |in 1922, property owners who neglect jto remove the snow hours can be sued by government in the Municipal Court The Street Cleaning Department provided enough funds are available |is supposed to remove the snow from |the sidewalks in front of delinquent | property owners and then swear out 1a declaration to the same in Municipal | court. | Penalty Added to Cost. After the suit is filed and judgment rendered the defendant is compelled to pay the costs of the removal of the snow, which money goes back into the coffers of the Street Cleaning De- partment, and a $25 penalty as well. Last year several of these suits were filed and the above judgment render- ed. far this year, despite the fact fthat the city Is fairly honeycombed | with delinquent property owners, no declaration has been made out by the Street Cleaning Department, for only such declaration can be made out when the department itself has | removed the snow. PLAN PLANE CURE TEST. Effect on Deafness to Be Deter- mined This Week. MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., January 5. Following receipt today of informa- ! tion supported by the statement of a physician that the heating of Joseph Kling of Brooklyn had actually been improved by an airplane drop of 9,000 feet last week, Maj. William N. Hens. ley, jr., commandant of Mitchel Field, announced that a series of tests woul - be conducted this week with Kling to discover the possibilities in airplane flights as a cure for extreme cases of deafness. X How much real value stands back of the stock or bonds you are asked o Yoyt along | the | within elght | the District | Only Two Nations Fail to Show 1924 Gain In Business Spain and Germany Lag Behind, Survey By U. S. Reveals. Progressive Improvement - ness conditions In nearly nations of the world was noted ing 1924 by the Department of Com- merce today in a survey of world busi- ness conditions. Germany and Spain alone showed a downward trend in business conditions, with price levels fn Germany above world levels and an agricultural situation seriously af- fected by credit stringency, while the business situation in Spain was d bed as steadily becoming less promising. Sweden’s economic condi- tions during the year were said not to have been as favorable as was antici- pated when the gold standard was re- introduced Notwithstanding eivil aqu threatened famine, dar in different parts c East, considerable progress was made, the department said, and on the whole the vear was better than its cessor. The gradual bus; the war, earth- ke, uths improvement in Latin American economic conditions which began two years ago has made marked progress during 1924. Re- viving European markets have afford- ed good prices for the products of {Latin America, such as coffee, sugar, cereals, nitrate and metals. Tnited | States sales to Latin America during | 1924 were about 101z per cent greater €10w- | than {n 1923, while our purchases of | Aatin American products have in- creased little, if any, due to the high | prices offered for them in Europe. CONGRESSMEN HIT STREET CONDITIONS |Members of Both Houses Score Failure to Remove Snow Promptly. sers of both H = joined today in of Washington's streets w Year snowstorm. nator Capper of Kansas char- cterized the streets as “a disgrace and expressed the opinion that Con- gress and the Commissioners both were to blame—Congress for not ap- propriating sufficient money for street cleaning and the Commission- ers for not getting tne:r ing forces into action earlier. The Senator said he is going to in- vestigate the snow-removal systems used In other cities, particularly to find out how much money cities of a size comparable to Washington usu- ally spend In this work. When he obtains these mgures added, he will present them to Congress. Senator Ball of the Senate District committee, who protested Saturday | about the slow removal of here, said today he wouid confer in | this connection with the District E gineer Commissioner. Defends Commissioner: Representative Ernest W. Vermont, who comes from a that gets its full share of sn | | | deploring gress pnditions since tha N ibson | of | tory for the District officials and says that | it is physically impossible | to clean the streets here in such a; | ermergency because the streets ar. i\\x<:.. and there are so many of them. He contrasted the 400 engaged on snow removal here with many thou- sands similarly engaged in | New | York |~ Representative Charles Undar- hill of Massachusetts, another mem { ber of the House District committee | sald that the District officials should | not be severely eriticized, because it | is so seldom that they have such con- ditions to mect that they are not pre- pared to meet with a big job of snow removal. He believes that they are | doing the best they can under the { circumstances and that any delay in 1 lack of experience Urges Co-operation. Representative Underhill said that he does not know where the blame | lies, but that there should be the best co-operation between the city officials |and the District residents and Con- gress. He emphasized that Congress | has passed a law requiring cits remove snow from their walks ad- jacent to their residences, but that this law is not enforced as it is in his own locality, where those failing to re- move the snow are haled into court nd fined or the city removes the ,w and assesses the cost against the property owner Representative Stalker New York drove into Washington from Simira, N. Y., after the and said that he found no congestion until he was this side of Rockville. Then he found the roads in a de- plorable condition. Representative Stalker belicves that the Commis- sloners should have an adequate ap- propriation to clean the streets and that Congress should provide this appropriation. He believes that there is something wrong in the District and censored the citizens for not eaning the sldewalks, declaring that the law should be enforced com- pelling them to do so. He expressed the opinion that the District Commis- sioners should clean away the snow with the money on hand and if more is needed Congress should provide it Representative Stalker said that the principal streets in the District are {worse than any of the highways in motoring to Washington and that the National Capital is more remiss in failing to clean sidewalks than any city he has passed through. BUILDINGS BILL TO PASS. | Senator Smoot Confident of Success of $50,000,000 Measure. Passage of the $50,000,000 public | building bill, providing for new struc- tures to house the Government depart- ments in the District of Columbia is as- | sured, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah | said today while at the White House The Utah Senator also indicated that the Arlington Memorial Bridge bill would not be delayed by the motion to reconsider it in the Senate. Pedestrian Falls, B:t;;l Arm. Newton C. Lamond, clerk in the ‘War Department, while on his way |to work from his home, 1606 Nine- teenth street, this morning, slipped on an fcy sidewalk, fell and broke his right .arm. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital where he was treated. Police Badge Stops Bullet. PITTSBURG, Pa., January 5.—His badge of authority probably saved the life of Patrolman Edward Fallon yesterday when it stopped a bullet fired by a negro the officer was at- tempting to arrest. A second shot struck Patsy Gaglardino, a bystander, in the shoulder. Fallon was knocked to the ground by the force of the ullet, floods and | prede- | the | each Winter, has the utmost sympathy | the work can well be attributed to | s to | snowstorm | HEH COURTDENES RENT CASE WAIT Rent | { | | | | Constitutionality of Board Involved in Decision. dur- | United States Supreme Court today denfed the petition writ of cer |t the “ink against IE: : District Court of Appeal cases he cor | stitutionality Rer | Commission | The { preme [P | jorari in ase *ack in th |one of the n " the of Distri e re hed pe a the U orari | Jackson Jacob H. District ¢ to grant decigi Hilto! of Appeals ha appeal bb, holding had the Ball £ an eme fter 1 the 1 to in the geney wa applicatic | the the | | o Municipa and have { final judgme | property i F. Peck, th | sought from lowance o had been der peals. Attorney | resenting granting tice Taft was not i by of the 1 then submitted t bership_of States Supre GOTHAM JUDGE HITS D. C. COLLATERAL SYSTEM T the wri Louis the d that shape f the highest « applica for 0 ion the of the v review wae | (Contin From Fioat one-armed men who any er policen w the judge said familiar enough w | to set the num he believed that tions shc | besides apprehen committ an mot in this re g the staud | number tr much to prevent violatior | Judge Cob that the pro miles an ho serted that should be no speed ally it had been f have one. He exp officer making an tion for a definite mueh more likel tlon than court the « that to fast of He there pra necessary that a traffi r a viol limit wa rsed to | 3y | | | ndi clans that i Dlates for vehicie that they to park me with n. He said, howev on the part of doct lowed except ir gency | A biles speed Broadwa | urged that | limit be set the judge | stood that {at all in New way the majority | The judge said {that ‘on certain str men encouraged motorists | up traffic, but that the ‘mm in case of a | this nd were ough Fifth as in New a1l for Washington Jones of Wash that he had there v ihet aniome York, mile the sudge ever unde speed iging by atr i that was to definite would t spee acc b of used against the torist The, question of the nss of screens and punishment brought up by ton of Texas, | if they {lawbreakers in { Cobb said that in b | of a smoke screen | as misdemeanor wit {or one vear in jail, or he hoped that non arivers would screen plan for ev And may 1 say said Judge Cobb, ‘that | vou is not to glut the minor traffic violations. nitions of policemen cases will in my opinion much and besides me Ifrom court of any toxicated and committee will 2:30 o'clock th |” December Circulation paily ... 95,318 ;Sunday. 3 103,766 District of Columbia, ss LEROY W. HERRON of THE EVENING and solemnly swear that actual numbe coples of the papers named, sold and distr ed' during the month of December, A.D. was as follows " smoke Blan Judge Cobl ntative s opin shou n the asse fin both the New of the smoke ding arrest witl admo ) do just as the keeping & but reckless, ir lagrant cases.” The hear Dr. Harriss afternoon Adsertising Mauage UNDAY STAR DAILY. D Dars b=t 17 18 19 95,670 w9,181 77402 95,258 3,138 Less adjustments | Total daily net circulation | Total average net paid circu- lation .o . Daily average number copies for service, etc.. 94,457 of 861 Daily average net circulation 95,318 SUNDAY. Days 21. 28. Copies 105,162 103,566 Dass 14. Copies. 105,653 105,660 420,041 Less adjustments ... .o 4975 Total Sunday net circulation. 415,086 | Average net paid Sunday eir- | culation . Average number of copies for service, ete. 103,170 Average Su nday net circula- tion A TR 103,766 LEROY W. HERRON Advertising Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Srd day_of Javuary, A.D. 1 (Seal.) ELMER F. YOUNT, otary Publle,