Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1925, Page 10

10 THE EVENING DUAL INHERTANCE TAX LEVY BARRED States May Collect Only on Assets Within Their Bounds, Supreme Court Rules. States in imposing excise taxes on the transfer of estates of deceased per- n tax only that part of the personal proper hich is situated within _their borders, the United States Supreme Court decided yes. terday in four cases from Pennsyl vania involving the estate of Henry C. Frick, the late Pittsburgh steel magnate. The estate was roughly valued at $145,000,000. A part of it, in New York valued at m 200,000 at ‘m Government imposed a tax of $6,338, 858 upon the estate, and Pennsyl vania sought to collect its transfer or exdise tax on the total estate also before this or other such items were deducted and without any allowance for taxes paid in Kansas, West Vir ginta and other States for the trans fer of stocks in corporations under their jurisdiction. empt in Pennsylvania. Yesterday's decision by the Federal Supreme Court, rendered by Justice Van Devanter, held that the value of the tangible personal property in New York an achusetts should not have been ded in determining the clear value on which the Penns vania tax was computed, and that in determining this clear value the stocks in corporations of other States should not have been included at their full value without deducting the transfer tax paid to such State in re spect of those stocks. It found, how ever, that the Federal estate tax should not be deducted before impos ing the ePnnsylvania State tax. assachusetts, Confiscation Seen. The exaction by a State of a tax which it has not the power to im pose, Justice Van Devanter asserted constitutes the taking of property without due process of law in viola tion of the fourteenth amendment While a State may so shape its tax Jaws as to reach every object under its jurisdiction, it cannot give theimn any extraterritorial operation, he ex plained, adding that the power to tax tangible personal property rests ex clusively in the State where the prop erty is situated, regardless of the domicile of : 2 in New York s wholly under t States, he de clated, and, despite their consent to such procedure, it could not be taxed by, Pennsylvania L. E. Spiegler to Speak. Louis E. Spiegler, chairman of the extension activities committee of the Jewish Community Center and prom inent Zionist worker, will address the Bible class of the Adas Israel Syna gogue, Sixth and I streets, Thursday evening at 8 o'clock Mr. Spiegler will speak on Jewish current events. The officers of the Bible class are Jess Chesson, president; Ethel Zoffin, vice president: Mary Aro ecre: tary; Mr. M. E. Gilfond, advi Rabbl Louis J. Schwefel of the Adas Israel Congregation. Temperature May 28 ATLANTIC CITY NEW YORK ... » WASHINGTON * HOLLYWOOD . PR A wonc opportus 10 see this &0 much talked-about State. Days By Water and Land Combining pleasure with {nvestment possibilities + A HURRY! Tour : and Starts 5 + make Your June 5 reserva- 5th tions TOUR INCLUDES $ EVERY EXPENSE Leave Washington by b Baltimore—making - _conng with Merchants = and Steamship to Jacksonville This water trip includes Gth. 7th and Sth of June. Jackeonville Miner affording inepection of Daytona, Indian River City. Ci : Stuart, West P Beach and spending the” night at the BIL LOWS in PALM BEACH, Coral Gables and arriving in HOLLY WOOD, " tou to Miami_the same day. » return trip 1s the same $5,000,000 Housing Plan A bond and mortgage com- pany organized to finance home building for thousands of HOLLYWOOD lot owners. PPPPPRP—- 8-Day Railroad Round- e s Twice a month we feature these rail ‘and sighiseeins tours. Offering You ‘the same BUS trip along the Dixie - Highway - ax_in’ the water trip—PULLMAN $59 ( R, substitutin water way. Al expenses are included Open Every Evening Until 10 P.M. Phone Us at Once— Main 347 a:d Main . 6755 and 6756 Subscriptions to the Hollywood Magazine taken at this office Abe Martin Says: Nothin’s impossible for a purty woman ’cept gittin’ ac- quitted when a few of her sis- ters are on th’ jury. | Nobuddy'll begrudge "William Jennin’s Bryan fer Thavin’ retire. done, but if King Boris had had an up-to-date mustache a bullet couldn’ have left half o’ it. so bow-legged he couldn’t stop a truck full o’ alcohol on th’ Rock- ville road. Secretary Mellon says that pro- hibition, flappers an’ business generally are all right, but what most o’ th’ country wants t’ know is what kind of a place t’ live in is Florida in Summer? Four an’ a half out o’ ever’ five seem t’ have spiraea. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION 643 Louisiana Ave. N.W. 54th issue of stock now open for subscription. | | | Money loaned to members | on easy monthly payments. I} James E. Connelly, President || James F. Shea, Secretary | | | STAR, PLAN CONSTRUCTIVE | DR. WALDRON TO SPEAK. MARKETING PROGRAM Te’mpomry Halt in Stock Sales by Chicago Company Followed by Association Proposal. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jun —7he signing by counsel for the Grain Marketing Co. of a stipulation that it shall sell no w stock in_ fllinois until July 28 followed vesterday by an nouncement from the Illinols Agr cultural Association that it would now turn its attention to a ‘“constructive marketing program.” The Illinois Agricultural Associa tion had petitioned the Illinols Com- merce Commission to place the com pany under its jurisdiction as a pub- lic utility, contending that more than $5,000,000° worth of the propertles of the company, valued at more than $16,000,000 altogether, were Illinois public elevators leased by five merged companies, venders, and subleased by the Grain Marketing Company. It was agreed that the case be continued un . the date when the option ain Marketing Co. on the properties will expire. The continuance was agreed to by the complaining association, on condi tion that the defendant company sell no more stock in Illinois enough t’ retire on if he’ll jest | O’ course, th’ damage has been | Mrs. Tipton Bud's nephew is| Continuing our Frelinghuysen U, Commencement Program Announced. Frelinghuysen University will hold its commencement exercises at the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran streets, to- morrow night at 8 o'clock. Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron will be the com. mencement orator. Music wlil be fur- nished by the Capital City Clef Club, under the direction of Prof. Lewis T. Thomas. Rev. Dr. Charles L. Russell preached the baccalaureate sermon to the graduates at the Israel C. M. E. Church Sunday night. The festivi ties will be continued with a celebra- tion tomorrow afternoon at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church. HONOR IS PAID HUGHES. NEW YORK, June 2 (#).—Charles ¥. Hughes, former Secretary of State, was formally notified yesterday by Elihu Root, also a former Secretary of State, that he had been made an honorary member of the New York ical and Biographical So- rank B. Kellogg, present | of congratulation. The honor was conferred upon Mr Hughes at a special meeting of the society. Only six other men have re- ved the honor. Clearance Sale Lamp Shade Department At Prices You Can’t Afford to Pass Up $15.00 Table Lamp Vases, with fixtures . $8.00 Table Lamps, polychrome. . .. $10.00 Bridge Lamp Stands. . . ...... $15.00 Floor Lamp Stands. . . . ........ $20.00 Silk Shades for Floor Lamps. ... $10.00 Decorated Parchment Shades. . . Any 8-inch fringe. Lamp Value $195 to $350. Special— $1.00 Yd. Frame— 25¢ ... $7.50 ... $4.00 ... $5.00 ... $9.00 ...$12.00 ... $5.00 Wire Shade §5000 Lamp Stand and Shade $25.00 penheimer’s SAODP UNIQUE 806 E St. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SEVENTH AREXLXRR Special Sale of VOGO 1,098 Pairs to wear. All Sizes in the Lot 140 Pairs Colonials, Patent, Tan, Suede and Satin _ $1.85 26 Pairs Patent Tongue Pumps 153 Pairs Patent Two-Tone Pump and Ribbon Ties 53 Pairs Tan and One-Strap Pumps 125 Bairs Black and Blonde Satin 53 Pairs Sport Oxfords and Pumps (Rubber and leather soles) 83 Pairs Utilla Calf One- Buckle Pumps (Low heels) 85 Pairs Oxfords, Black Calf, Patent and Tan (Low and Cuban heels) Women’s Spring Shoes Another one of Saks’ remarkable shoe sales affording an opportunity to 1,098 women to wear a new pair of ex- cellent Spring shoes, the latest models and colors and made High heels Cuban heels Low heels 380 Pairs Assorted Strap Pumps and Oxfords Saks” Shoe Section—First Floor See Window Displa)';Seventll Street Side WASHINGTON, D. C of State, wired a message | TUESDAY, GOVERNMENT RESTS CASE IN LOPEZ-FRAZIER TRIAL Finger-Print Evidence Held Con- clusive in Controversy With Alleged War Veteran. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,, June 2. —With a declaration by three identi- fication experts that the finger prints JUNE 2, 1925. of Arthur Frazfer and those of Arthu Lopez-Frazier were not made by the same man, the Government rested its case in the LopezFrazier trial in United States District Court. Lopez Frazier claims he is Arthur Frazier, World War veteran. The finger prints of Arthur Frazier taken twice while he .was in the Army and the finger prints of the claimant do not tally. They were not made by the same man, the expert testified. The chance of two men having the same finger prints, Walter S. Kaye of which is now everywhere so don't put it off! Main 4799 the War Department about one in 10,000,000. declared, Wakefield Gavel for President. President Coolidge yesterday | noon received from M & | Rust, president of the V | tional Memorial Association, | made from the wood of che tree on the Wakefield estate, the| birthplace of George Washington This gavel was trimmed in silver melt- | ed from silver articles once belonging 'to the Washington family. On Conduit Road Just Over D. C. Line We want to thank the public for their generous response to our opening on Sunday. We were rushed from early morning till late in the evening, and at the close of the day 80 lots were sold which proves to us that the public really appreciates a fine piece of property priced far below its real value. g BROOKMONT is directly on the Cabin John Car Line and the Conduit Road, it also extends to the Canal and Potomac, offering choice Camp Sites and p ermanent Home Sites at prices ranging from $100 to $4OO Per Lot (5 cents to 15 cents per foot) Come out today, don’t wait for Saturday or Sunday, as the site you want may ! Salesman on property daily to sh there is no obligation on your part A. J. WATKINS REALTY CORPORATION On terms that every one can meet, just a few dollars down and the balance in t mend this property as a first-class investment, as we are certain, with the Government in this section and those now planned, Brookmont will be the o Our development work is now unaer way, streets are being laid out, Stored and Remodeled Guaranteed Work—Best Materials LOW PRICES New England Furrier 618 12th St. N.'W. Frank. 6355 Just as we expected from the very day we signed the Contract for the purchase of the farm BROOKMONT sale which took place ars. We strongly recom- all the improvements now under way by utstanding success of the year. side walks going down and activity is be snapped up before you get out you around, or write or phone and we will drive you out; 1407 New York Avenue N.W. - Store Wilt Be Closed uesday and Wednesday For Great Prepqmt«fom