Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1925, Page 3

GOURT HEARS PLEA OF BISHOP BROWN Episcopal Jurists Take Up Appeal of Prelate, Accused of Wrong Teachings. By the Assoclated Pr CLEVELAND, Ohto, The court of review of the Protest- and Episcopal Church, called to meet here today to hear the appeal in the of Bishop William Montgomery Brown, had before it briefs from both sides. The bishop was con- ted Ly the trial board of the House of Bishops last May 31 of uttering doctrines not held by the church. His counsel today relied up- on much the points as made the trial in an effort to prevent affirmation of the conviction and pronouncement of sentence. Eight points of canonical or civil law were advanced by Joseph W. Sharts of Dayton, Ohio, attorney for the accused prelate, each being an- swered by the brief of the “church advocate,” Charles Dibble of Kalama- zoo, Mich. The point had to do with the constitution of the trial board, alleged defective machinery for review, the jurisdiction of the SPECIAL NOTICES. 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Washingt , 192 hereby make T (we) the undersigned. application for refund from the Po- fomac Electrie Power Company for mount due to me (us) under a certain dectee of the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, in Equity Cause 341, on account of bills paid during o whole or any part of the period from August 1, 1917, to December 31, 629, and state in support thereof that 1 am (we are) the identical person (persons) who applied or contracted for electric service with said Company for the premises and for the period here- inafter named ahd that I am (we are) entitied to collect said_refund: Name ... oo (Wrife or ‘print name plajaly.)’ To Date From Date Location of Premises (District of Colunibia " (Signature of Applicant) “Otail Address) " (Telephone’ Number) Witness to Applicant’s Siguature “{Signature of Witn (address of Wi cases where any chanze has oc curred in the status of the person to Whom service was furnisbed, such as bankruptey, assigoment, or the application should be the persou duly autborized. pany reserves the right to re idavit or additional proof ry. to substantiate the ant to colleet refund. | o | ELECTRIC POWI e By WM. F. HAM, President. —n death, otherwi made by 3—-The Cor auire where nec right of app! POTOMAC PANY, LT RERt 4 | ban |tax office here in an | spe | roads in Virginia, | the trial board, its failure to order dep- ositions from all members of the House of Bishops, application of _the legal doctrine of judical notice to canonical trials and the denial of a motion that the “prosecution” furnish a blll of particulars. The appeal brief said also that the constitution of the Protestant Episco- pal Church in America had purposely omitted specific authority to try a bishop on questions of doctrine be- cause the “mutual bishops in matters of doctrine was the heart of the Protestant Reforma- tion in England, when the bishops of that country refused to follow the dictates of the Bishop of Rome.” Dentes Supreme Power. The church advocate's brief denied that conclusion could be derived from the Reformation, the doctrine of apos- tolic succession or from the doctrine of indelibllity of orders. “The contention that a should be & law unto himself in mat- ters of doctrine would establish each bishop as pope and absolute monarch in his own dlocese,” said Mr. Dibble's brief. Many pages of each brief were de- voted to a discussion of where the doctrine of the church could be found. Bishop Brown's conception of God as identica]l with nature was also the subject of lengthy arguments in the bricfs. The appeal of his counsel de- nied the ersonal objectivity of God” which was asserted by the church ad- vocate at the trial and quoted that portion of the first article of religion which declares: “There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts or pa “We are willing to stake our whole case upon the logical conclusion fol- lowing from that affirmation,” said Mr. Sharts. Says Church Faces Ridicule. Accepting this challenge, Mr. Dib- ble’s brief in answer pointed out that the quotation from article 1 was in- complete. The remainder of the arti- cle reads, he said, as follows “—of infinite power, wisdom and goodness: the Maker of all things both vigible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons of one substance, power and eternity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.” “Just how,” continucd the brief, n it be said that this article teaches that the Godhead is impe sonal?” In similar fashion the Sharts brief reasserted Bishop Brown's conten- tlons that there is no justification for the doctrine of the Holy Trinity and that there is doubt that Jesus ever lived. It also reaffirmed his state- ment that Christianity was but a re- statement of the sun myth of ancient Egypt. Conflicting historical, theo- logical and philosophical authorities were cited by both sides on those points. In conclusion Mr. Sharts told the court that a decision in Bishop Brown's favor “would save the church from the ridicule of the world,” while Mr. Dibble in his conclusions eountered with: Either this defendant is guilty as charged (of teachings contrar to those of the church) or else Christian- ity is a form of sun worship.” 3D.C. MEN HURT AS CAR GOES THROUGH BR!DGE Fall 25 Feet at Berrys Ferry, Va. and Are Pinned Beneath Auto. teh to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va. January 13— Three Washingtonians are in the Winchester Memorial Hospital today uffering from injuries 'sustained Saturday night when their automo- bile struck a sharp curve, crashed through a raillng of the bridge across the Shenandoah at Berrys Ferry and plunged 25 feet to the landing upside down, pinning its occupants beneath it. Fdward Windham, James and John Wright, the victims, of 43 New York avenue, were en route from Washington to Winchester to visit at the town. Wright, owner of the machine, was driving. All three were rendered uncon- scious. About an hour later one gained consciousness and extricated the others. They are expected to re- cover. ’ Special Disp McKee TAIT WILL SCAN 125,000 TAX RECORDS FOR REFUND | Believes About 5 Per Cent of These Will Get Part of Last Pay- ment Back. Special Dispatch to The Star. £ BALTIMORE, Januar 13.—More than 125,000 income tax returns will be searched by clerks of the income effort to return to taxpayers the final instaliment of the 25 per cent refund due on 1923 income taxes. “Practically all taxpayers in the Maryiand district to whom a refund is due already have been paid,” said len L. Tait, collector of internal revenue. “The only class of taxpay- ers still awaiting checks is those whose incomes were derived to some extent from tax-exempt securities, “To find th individuals we will have to search all the income tax re- turns filed for 1923 in the $5,000 class and above. There are about 125,000 of these. I expect that less than 5 per cent of them are entitled to benefit by the search, but the search must be { made.” RAIN IS CAUSING RAPID RISE IN VIRGINIA RIVERS Snow and Sleet Adding to Diffi- culties of Travel—Farmers Handicapped. al Dispateh to The Sta RICHMOND, Va., January 13.—The except those of the concrete variety, are quagmires and are almost impassable. The rains, snow and sleet of the last 10 days have made travel difficult. The rivers are rising rapidly in every part of the State, due to the heavy rainfall of the last 48 hours. Farm- ers are unable to get their tobacco and other produce to the markets, and merchants are drawing heavily on re- serve stocks of foods to meet the de- mands, JAMES WILEY CLEARED IN PROHIBITION CHARGE Only Companions Were Held for Grand Jury by Alexandria Commissioner. Dispateh to The Star. ANDRIA, Va., January 13. James Wiley, who was arrested Fri- day night near Lorton, in company with D. C. Davis and Joseph Hicks, and charged with violating the pro- hibition law, was acquitted and not held for action of the g rand jury, as previously stated. Davie and Hicks were held for the grand jury following a hearing be- fore United States Commissioner J. Barton Phillips. No evidence was produced to show that Wiley had any connection with affair. Davis furnished bond in the sum of £1,000 and Hicks put up $300. A llveryman in Berlin has a four- story hotel £or his horsas, independence of | bishop | THE EVENING § TAR, WASHINGTON. Tho House yesterday clearly indicat- ed that it favors making avallable the surplus now idle in the Treasur: amounting to $4,438,154, which the Dis- trict property owners paid in taxes. Final vote on the measure, which has already passed the Senate, was prevent- ed by dilatory tactics engaged in by Representative Louis C. Cramton, Re- publican, of Michigan, and Represent- ative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, leaders of.the opposition. This throws the legislation over two wecks, until the mext District day in the House. In the meantime Represent- ative Cramton hopes to get a hearing before the House District committee on his bill which would link payment of | the surplus with his proposal to make permanent change in the fiscal relations between the Federal and District gov- ernments by _establishing a lump-sum annual contribution of about $3,000,000 by the Federal Government, the District to pay all the rest A test vote forced by Representative Blanton late yesterday on his motion to strike out ‘the enacting clause was defeated 47 to 32. Point of Orler Lost. Previous to that Representative Cramton had made an unsuccessful at- tempt to defeat the bill by raising the point of order that the District com- mittee had no authority to report such a bill because, he claimed, it provides for an appropriation, and _therefore should properly come from the appro- ttee. He was overruled Representative John Q. Tilson of onnecticut, presiding in the commitiee of the whole House Representative Frederick X. Zihl-{ man Was in charge of the bill on the floor and much gratified at the active support of such recognized author- ities on the subject as Representative Martin B. Madden, chairman of the appropriations committee; Represent- atives Guy U, Hardy, Republican, of Colorado and William C. Wright, | Democrat, of Georgia, both members of the select joint committee which investigated the surplus question; Representative Ralph Gilbert, Dem- ocrat, of Kentucky, a member of the House District committee, who made a | strong legal argument on the equities involved; Representative Charles L Underhill of Massachusetts, a mem-| ber of the House District committee, who appealed to the sense of justic of his colleagues to live up to a bar- gain Congress itsel? had proposed. is Confident. Representative Zihlman offered the motion for the committee to rise when it was evident that opponents of the bill intended to prevent conclusive action yesterday by submitting a series of amendment Representative Zihlman who supported him in the fight, how- ever, confidently predict that the District surplus bill will be passed on the mnext District day, Monday January 26. When the bill comes up again Rep- resentative Cramton intends to offer as an_amendment his proposition that the Federal Government shall con- tribute annually a lump sum of $9,000,000 in lieu of the old 30-50 or more recent 60-40 definite propor- tion scheme of paying the expenses of the National Capital. Representa- tive Zihlman will promptly make a point of order that such amendment is not germane. When the bill is again taken up the House will be called upon to vote on 2 pending amendment by Representative Cramton proposing that the surplus be made available for purchase of land and construction | of buildings for public schools, play- | grounds and parks. This is to make the measure conform with the bill which Representative Cramton intro- duced last week and which has been referred to the House District com- mittee. Conference of Leaders. Shortly before the House adjourned yesterday there was a conference on the floor between Chairman Reed cf | the District Committee, Chalrman Madden of the appropriations com- mittee, Representative Zihlman and Floor Leader Longworth. In explaining the legislation Rep- resentative Zihlman said: “This Senate bill is before the House as a result of the investiga- tion made of the surplus revenues of the trict of Columbia by act of Congress. The committee appointed under that act were Senators Phipps | of Colorado, Ball of Delaware, Harris of Georgia, and Representatives Lvans of Nebraska, Hardy of Colorado and Wright of Georgia. “The committee made a report find- ing a true surplus of $4,438,154.92 and this bill proposes to credit that money to the District of Columbia. The report of the committee was unanimous, with the exception of former Representative Evans, who made a minority report disagreeing with the findings of the committee. This amount was found after an ex- tensive investization, the employment of an auditing firm from Baltimore, to be the funds of the District of Columbia which were appropriated and not used and which remained in the Treasury of the United States. but which belonged to the District of Columbia just as much as the other 50 per cent formerly appropriated to the Federal Government.” ZihIman and those Inquirs’s Scope Defined. Representative Cramton contended that the surplus investigation com- mittee, made a one-sided investigation and that it did not carry its inquiry back to 1874, as dirccted by Congress. | Representative Zihlman argued Ihfl( if Congress limits its share in paving the bills of the National Capital to a lump-sum of $9,000,000, then the Budget Burcau and Congress are not justified in slashing the estimates of the District officials for local needs that the people are willing to pay for. He added: “The needs of the District are many and why should not this $4,438,000, which has been found to belong to the District, levied as taxes upon the District, be made available to be ap- propriated by Congress for the build- ing of new schools and for the im-| provement of streets and for the ex- tension of water mains dnd for the extension of sewage mains in the Distriet of Columbia. Result of Careful Study. “The committee, after a most care- ful investigation and after a com- | plete audit, has found this sum as a free surplus which should be availa- ble for the needs of the District. The question has been raised as to wheth. er Congress, because of the 50-30 policy, because of the fact they ap- propriate dollar for dollar to meet these needs, should nmot be in duty bound to appropriate a like sum in dedicating this money and authoriz- ing its use for improvements here in the District of Columbla. Representative Hardy, who made the report to the House from the joint investigating committee, told his colleagues that “the joint com- mittee spent weeks looking into this matter pretty fully. We employed one of the best firms of accountants, in the United States to go into these matters. We took up the Mays re- port, which had been made quite full, gnd the Spaulding report, which fol- lowed that. We found that under the Mays report there was §2,049.- {969.76 that had been charged against | the District and by law had been | (utlected. Under the Spaulding | port there was §394,188.38. which had “peen found due the United States by | the accounts under the law. 'HOUSE TEST ON D. C. SURPLUS SHOWS MAJORITY FOR PAYMENT Final Vote on Bill Making $4,438,154 Available Blocked by Opponents—Justice of Claim i Shown in Debate. ! | the District, and by collected. Many of th by this Congress settling these mat- ters stated that they were in full Made Thorough Inquiry. “It did not have a detailed audit of all the books from 1874 down, but it had the advantage of all these reports. Then it brought before this committee all the people it could find who- had some knowledge of thewe matters. It brought Mr. Spaulding before the committee, it brought Mr. Thomas Hodgson, who had been in | the Treasury Department for 30 years and had written the items for the District over 30 years, and it ques tioned them in detail where any par- ticular point could be brought up. It considered every item suggested by these peoplo, including the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Johnson), who discussed various phases of the items “We followed the law as the law was on the statute books and did not try to make the law say something it did not say. “There is no law on the d#tatute book which says that the District of Columbia should pay 50-50 on the Congressional ~ Library, on some bridges or the Lincoln Memorial. The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. John- son), who represents the ideas of the gentleman from Texas, sald to our mittee that— It is my unqualified opinion that the cost of the Congressional Library and everything in it and 3 per cent interest must 1 set against any claim of surplu; law had been laws passed Calls “It is only harges that you can bufld up any ich extravagant claims charged against the District of Columbia. This surplus has nothing to do with any policy whether you are a friend of the District or whether you are not; it 13 a question of bookkeeping and ustice. The surplus should be ac- knowledged. “The committee weighed very car. fully all these questions of polic. laws and incidents, and it took up everything that Mr. Spaulding sug- gested should be taken up, and ever: thing that Mr. Hodgson suggested, and weighed them in connection with the law. Then we arrived at what we thought ought to be the state of We came period after 1911, when the| began to accumulate in the District. In these years they accumu- lated a surplus to the amount of sev- eral million dollars, “The District c lons of dollars payers than the ated. This was ims Absurd. through such absurd to the surplus ected several mil- more from its tax Congress appropri- figured down to §4,600,000. Then we made some charges that we found ought to come out—a part of the bonus to the Di trict employes and other smaller items, and after striking the balance we found that there was a surplus of §4,438,154¢ due the District. Aside from all other questions at issue, there is no question but that an audi without charging the cost of the Con- gressional Library and the Lincoln Memorial and other buildings and improvements, but considering the strict law, that this surplus is due to the District of Columbia.” Issue of Plain Justice. Representative Gilbert argued that the surplus should be paid to carry out the bargains that Congress itself made, as a matter of plain and sim- ple justice. He spoke as follows: “What is the sole question we are here to decide as a committee? It is, Shall we stick by trades we have made in the past, even though they were unwise? When you have de- cided that question, then you have othing before you except a mere matter of accounting. It was shown that the 50-50 plan, although per- haps fair at its beginning, became unfair to the country, but while that 50-30 plan was in existence, should not we live up to it? Then it was changed to a 60-40 plan, which, in my opinion, was still un- favorable to the country, but while the 60-40 plan was in existence, must we not live up to it? “When you decide those two ques- tions then you simply have no ques- tion of fact before you further than the mere matter of figures. You have no question of sentiment before you. You have no questica before you of policy, but just a question of cold facts and figures. The trouble that the country is in, in this matter from our standpoint, is that every commission, committee or accounting that we appolnt ourselves to report to us these figures decides against us. That, is the trouble we are in. Result of Long Inquiry. “Let us take Mr. Johnson's idea, that if a fair accounting were made back through all these vears, it would be found that the District was In- debted to the country in a vast sum, say $50.000,000. Is he considering that as a matter of law or as a mat- ter of equity and policy? “I shall read to you what he says. If we were cAnsidering, it as an equitable proposition. from’ its origin, perhaps that is true. I have the high- est regard not only for the ability of Mr. Johnson but for his opinion and his industry. He tells you what he bases that on, and if you agree with him in that policy, then it is true. What is that policy? This is his language: ‘In excess of $530,000,000 spent in beautifying and upbuilding the Dis- trict of. Columbia.’ “As read from the hearings he holds that it would have been better or it would have been wise to charge | the District with certain parks and | buildings including the Congression- al Library. As to that I do not care to enter into a discussion. “Congress has decided those ques- tions in the past and has adopted a policy, and whether wise or unwise it seems to me that our duty now is simply to find under. those policies what amount is due. “That commission was our com- mission. The committee that in- {are the fact | sive. vestigated those facts was our com- mittee. We appointed a committee to investigate and report to us the situation as it existed. That com- mittee consisted of three Senators and three Representatives, and whether they acted wisely or un- wisely T am not here to say; but it was our committee and they reported against us as to what they believe , and if we appoint an- other commission have we any as- surance that the commission's find- ing is going to be any different; and if it is, are we going to put ourselves in the attitude of accepting only those reports of those committees which are favorable to us? “The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Blanton) makes a great argument about the fact that they did not go back as far as the Congress directed them to go. ntlemen should bear in mind that this committee itself not going to make any investigation If we. appoint one, The committee that was appointed did not make the Investigation personally, because they are not public employed public a a report of what the accounts showed at this time. ‘The: themselves did not do it What did they do as to accounts previous to 19117 They found that certain bookkeepers, cer- tain public accountants, had made i vestigations up to that time. Made Three-Year Search. “It s true, as pointed out by the gentleman from Texas, that Mr. John- son, while he was chairman of the committee; had one investigation made; and the Mayes—two of them. father and son—spent nearly three years in that investigation of those accounts up to 1911. Whether they included all that should have been included 1 do not know, but they included everthing that your commit- tee thought should be included; and if you apvoint another committee, how do we know that their findings will be any more satisfactory to ux than the findings of the committee you have already appointed and that have found against us “Iet us now square accounts, the District what our own committee wnd the auditors say we owe them, nd then be governed in the future by the facts as they appear, and make a better trade from now on. but do not repudiate the amount our committee says we owe simply be- cause we made a bad trade.” Representative Underhill argued that common sense, a question of jus- tice and sticking by a bargain ought to settle the controversy. He con- tinued: Must Use Common Sense. “But the only way we can arrive at these great questions, those of us who have not a legally trained mind, those of us who are not accountants, those of us who come from a distance and know little or nothing about local conditions, is by the exercise of com- mon sense, the best judgment we can We called before our committee experts on these various questions, experts on the legal side of the ques- tion, experts on the financial side of the question, experts on practically every question raised. Sometimes they voluntarily appear, and sometimes we pay for their services. “Now, what other road can we trav- el, what other line can we follow than to welgh the evidence we have pre- sented to the committee and then come to an intelligent decision? As now constituted there are 10 law on our committee. Each one of them has a reputation probably surpassed by none in their own immediate dis- tricts. Of the 10 lawyers on our com- mittee all but one are in agreement on this question. Of all the actuaries or accountants who were before the committee every one of them is in agreement. Congress is inclined to neglect the District, while, on the other hand, the District is prone to expect too much from Congress. It should netither be abused nor pampered. When it needs bread we should not give a stone nor are pap and plums £00d for its healthy growth. District Acted in Good Faith. “So I have tried to look at this and other questions from the standpoint of justice, equity and common sense. To ‘hold fast to that which is good rather than to Insist upon the strict letter of the law. “There are some phases of the bill that do not please me particularly, but I recognize that the people of the District of Columbia acted in good faith, that they had confidence in Congress and the United States Gov crnment to give them a fair deal. Per- haps the District of Columbia made a better bargain than the Congress of the United States. Notwithstand- ing, they made a bargalin, a trade. That 1 gather from the testimony pre- sented to our committee. It seems to me that we ought to stick to that bargain, stand by our trade, no mat- ter if it does cost the sum of four and 3 half million dollars. This money does not come out of Sur constituency at home. Representative Wright, who was a Democratic member of the surplus in- vestigation committee, said: Had Expert Counsel. “From an accounting and bookkeep- ing standpoint, and giving due con- sideration and welght to the organic law of 1878, as well as other laws passed by Congress from time to time, and the rulings of the controller of the Treasury, we believe this report to all practical purposes reflects the fiscal relations between the United States and the District of Columbia and shows the surplus to the credit of the District in the Treasury of the United States. “We investigated the status of the accounts between 1874 and 1911. Not in detail; we did not have a thor- ough audit made of them, but we sought all of the information we could get about these accounts prior to 1911. We had before us Thomas countants to make pay $8,950.00 Near F St. Car Line N. E. Section SEMI-DETACHED BRICK HOUSE Seven large rooms, bath Large hall, h.w.h., concrete basement. CYRUS SIMMONS Main 1023. 1410 H St. N.W. ANNOUNCEMENT With a determination to make the Inauguration of President Coolidge a complete success, the hotels comprising the Washington, D. sociation agreed at C., Hotel Men’s As- their meeting last November to make no advance in the reg- ular rates during the Washington, D. Inauguralperiod. C., Hotel Men’s Association T. A. McKee, President. Laurence Mills, Secretary. accountants, but they. D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925 &, Hodgsniak mott cimsciiatious | medsseis trianiy man, an able man. He had been with the Treasury Department here from almost time immemorial, and I ven- ture to say that he knows more today about the fiscal affairs between the United States and the District of Co- lumbia than any living man.” Chalrman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee in discussing the entire subject of fiscal relations hetween the Government and the Dis- trict and the appropriations to be made for the National Capital sald: The commission which acted and recommended a credit of $4,438,000 for the District was composed of men who went thoroughly into the question. 1t is true they did not go | back to the year wh they were direeted to go back to, and aceepted the repdtts from previous audits be- tweéen the period of 1878 and 1911, ” think it is fair to assume that the Government itself owed the Dis- trict, and that the District ought to receive credit for what the Govern- ment owes. I think the time has) come when the question should be settled. . Stmply Credit on Books. “This is not appropriation. simply credit on the books of Treasury to the credit of the rict of Columbia. Later on, how- there would haye to be an ap- propriation, and the question then would arise whether we would ap- propriate $4,438,000, or whether we wou'd appropriate on the 50-50 basis, which would be about $8,860,000 a year, or whether we would appro- priate on a basis of 60-40, the Gov- erument paying 40 per cent and the District 60 per cent, or whether we would continue to appropriate on the lump-sum basis, which is now in ex- | istence, and which was adopted by the last session of Congress. “The fact that the lump-sum basis wasg then adopted has been taken as a | mandate by the committee on appro- priations, which will report, when the District appropriation bill is reported into the House, on the lump-sum basis. The argument in favor of lump-sum basis has been that as the city of Wash- ington grows, and the expenses grow with its growth, there ought to be a limit beyond which KFederal contribu- { tions should not go, on the ground that the District ought to be permitted to tax itself as much as it likes for its own improvements, and that it ought to have free a hand as may be with- out extravagant waste; for I still think that we, who are responsible here, ought to hold a restraining hand over e travagant waste, even of money collect- ed from the taxes paid by the people of the District, regardless of whether the Federal Government makes any {entribution or not. “So it seems to me that we have a very clear duty to perform. We ought to do whatever Is nécessary to be done: First, to protect the futegrity of the an 1t is the Di Tn:x a great big, juicy bite of steak, plain—and then a second bite with Gulden’s mus- tard spread on top. That’s all you'll ever need to + convince you how much Gulden’ adds to the taste of hot meat Not for steak alone. "Try it with hot roast beef, crrned beef, sork chops. You have a revelation in store for you!l There's a bottle of Gulden’s on your kitchen shelf. Every house- wife has it. Bring it to the table tonight, and put it beside your pepper and salt. You'll never start a meal without it again. Send for our leaflet “How to eat a Steak, and Why.” Charles Gulden, Inc. Dept. PPI, Eliza- - - = EVERY AGE ILK is very impor- tant in the diet of all, whether their work be muscular or mental, because it contains, in addition to the ele- ments of other foods, a certain 'substance in- dispensable to growth, health and efficiency. Further, all these in- gredxents are in just the nght propornon for a well balanced ration. Milk builds up' the } tissues.” It never die-I tresses. It keeps the 3 body in repfllr' warms x it, furmshes it with en- ergy. It is Nature's. Best Gift to Man, and, regardle.u of cost, of- fer! more for your money than any other food you can buy. S e R SRR TSP For the very best milk, there is none to excel that of— Telephone West 183 3204-3208 N St. N.W: . second, to protect the interests of the people.of the Dis- trict; third, to give the people of the District as wide Jatitude as we can to | make guch {mprovements as the futur. of the District may require, and that | we then ought to limit the amount that | we contribute and leave the.people of | the District as free as they wish to be | to levy taxes to meet whatever obliga- tions they want to incur within reason. “I think we ought to adjust this p lem, and I think it would be well to ad- | just it in company with fthe recom- mendation made by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Cramton), also to adjust | the question as to wheth future to have a percentage tion from the national iump-sum contribution.” contribu- | Treasury or a | | MELLON FILES APPEAL IN RAIL INJUNCTION Seeks to Stop Trains Where Roads Refuse to Pay Customs Of- ficers Overtime. Andrew W Treasury, Mellon the | yesterday appealed from a | permanent injunction granted by Jus- tice Adolph A. Hoehling of the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum- | bia preventing the stopping of trains of the New York Central Railroad ind 10 other railroad companies which run trains aeross the Canadian bor- der. The Treasury Department in- sists that the which provides tha® owners of vessels arriving at an American dock after office hours shall be required to pay for the overtime work of customs inspectors that look over their cargoes, applies also to railroad trains reaching the border after office hours After the customs threatened to stop the trains arriv- ing after hours when the companies declined to pay the additional cost of inspection suit was filed for injune- tion Secretary of officials had Beneath a canopy of gorgecus Ori- ental rugs that protect him from the sun, the prophet of the Mohammed moves across the de: I Sth Street from our holiday sage of the reductions. 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