Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1927, Page 7

C, JANUARY 26, 1927. N The Julius Lansburgh F urniture Co., 909 F St THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. WEDNESDAY, Qi TAXCUT FORECAST | I 'MISS CLAWANS CLEARED. | Charge of Attacking Mrs. Rosen- 1 I i I TITIIIL i HINES BACKS BONU BILL BY WOMAN Representative Rogers in Plea for Direct Government | Loans to Aid Veterans. By the Associ Women's le; erowned with new la a bill introduced by Edith Nourse I setts, proposing loans on bonus dorsed by Dire erans' Bureau. The bill is one of several pen the House veterans' commit Gen. Hines told the committee that it provision for a 6 per cent interest rate on the loans had his approval. Gets Veterans' Bouquet. Mrs. Rogers previously had argued before the committee that the interest rate be made as low as possible y sistent with good business practice, al though some of her brother-R atives wanted to put on a ¥ in order to discourage borrowing. Just before she went ir com mittee session Representative Rogers received from former service men ill at Walter Reed Hospital a large hou quet and a letter wishing her luck in today’s hearing. The letter was ad dressed to “Our Friend and Buddy, Mother Rogers.” She was active in the work of the hospital during the war and for sev- eral years thereafter. Legion Men Appear. Representatives of the American Legion who were present at the hear- ing supported the plea for a low in- terest rate, even contending that it might well be put at 4 per cent. LUTHERANS ADVISED OF CHURCH ACTIVITY Dr. Norlie Gives Statistical Review of Past Work and Outlines Fu- ture Convention. ed Press cumen was | today whe presentative it certificates, or Hines of i | ¢ 1 rate “It is time to make a study of the confessions of the world, looking to all churches becoming one,” Dr. O. M. Norlie of Luther College, Decorah, Jowa, president of. the Amer Lutheran Statistical Association, de- clared, in his address before the tenth annual convention of that body, which opened in the Luther Place Memorial Church, Thomas Circle, this morning. Dr. Norlie reviewed the work of the organization during the past year and outlined work to be done in the future, stating that the association, which is the only church statistical society in the world, has done more work In the 10 years of its existence than had been accomplished in pre- vious centuries. He further advocated a census of all the schools and catechisms of the world. ‘He declared Washington to be the greatest statistical city in the world, stating that more money is spent in Washington for statistical work than for any other one thing except war. Rev. E. H. Meuser, pastor of St. Mathews' Lutheran: Church, in dis- cussing religion in Washington, term- ed it the most peculiar city in the United States, although it is nearer the ideal city than any other in the country. & “There are 170,000 church members in Washington and 65,000 Sunday school members, out of approximate- 1y 476,000 people,” he stat leaving 240,000 unchurched people. “Tt s estimated that there are 7,600 members of Lutheran churches in Washington out of 24,403 claiming that faith,” he stated, “or 62 per cent of the Lutherans do not actually be- long to the church.” “We would not have enough Lu theran Churches in the city to take care of the more than 20,000 Luther- ens if they did join church,” he add ed, “as the equipment and accommo dationg_afforded are not su nt.” Rev, Henry Manken, president of the Lutheran Ministers’ Association of Washington, welcomed the statis tical association and its members. Rev. G. L. Kieffer, librarian of the soclation, of New York City reported that the United States Census lhns‘m' i8 co-operating in full with the asso- ciation work. The afternoon session was devoted to addresses on Lutheran wor rious sections of the country Ira Frankenfield, Tower City, C. W, Cassell, Luray, V Westling, Keokuk, Towa, and T & N. Lenker, Minneapolis, Minn. Charles B. Lewis of Nebraska discussed *s tistical Graphs and Religlous I tion.” The convention will remain in ses slon tonight and tomorrow. DELETED KELLOGG STATEMENT NOT T0 BE GIVEN TO PUBLIC| inued from First P 1t did a few months before Solorzano's | government Was overthrown, the | knowing ones knew that the sig had been given in New York or Wash ington for the fireworks to begin in | the near future Lawrence Dennis, charge at Managua, wa ‘heeler as the State “king-maker” in Nica ed that e gua, fiscal and 1 hands of appointees of partment. 5 “‘Nicaragua_is this ‘moment bitterest bondage in which people ever found themselve clared, adding “From the beginnir intervention in terest of profita bankers to this more than at Brothers and J. & W York, were and are tk Nicaraguan woodpile Charges Exploitation. American | s described by Departments He add t in Nicara- | in the) State the is the | | | | free | mon; this . New niggers in the “Other American concessions sce ers and holders—notably Knox group, La Luz and Lc es Min- ing Co.—have played bad part, but the State Departm policy is built around the exploitation of Nica ragua by Brown Bros. and J. & W. Seligman. “The big stake being plaved for this moment, and on which the futu of Nicaragua absolutely depends, the control of 51 per cent of the stock of the National Bank of Nicaragua with the concessions At heavy cost, under between the death of Preside Chamorro and the overthrow Solorzano-Sacasa government, ragua recovered control of th and the railroad. Now the bankers determined to regain control of bank, the railroad and the conce which enslave the peop “The purpose of putting Diaz into power was to effect this. . The average life of a house in this country is 100 years, according to fig- ures of a lumber manufacturers’ asso- siation, ¥ t is t Diego of the Nica. bank nal | 1 De- | t brief respite | | field Near Mount Rainier Dropped. | Special Dispateh to The UPPER MARLBORO, Md., January Miss Ethel Clav of Washing- was yesterday acquitted in cuit Court here of a charge of as- intent to kill Mrs, Myrtle the latter’s home at Ce | dare: near Mount Rainier, Md., te tosenfield was discovered and, G. . Rosenfield, bound zed when he arrived home one lawans and Mrs, of Washi with the quitie 1 by .| cut motion Miss Clawans, the case and entered a plea of “not mfessed the A " and awans was discharged. for | TONING DEFENDERS FIND WORK AT END $1,170 of Fund Is Returned to Contributors—Court’s Action Closes Case. With the distribution of an un- expended b to its contributors, the citizens’ committee on co-operation in defense of the zoning law toda: wound up its affairs after success- fully defending the District’s zoning law. statement issued by John Ihlder, secretary of the committee, showed that $1,170.44 of the original fund of $2,082 has been returned to the original contributor: The committee was formed early in 1925 to aid in upholding the zoning the constitutionality of which ked by Mrs. Annie Steer- man, who had erected three stores in a district zoned for residences only Personnel of Body. of George A. Finch, hlder, B. A. Bowles, Fred G. Coldren, Edgar B. Henderson and Gen. Eli A. Helmick. Contribu- tions were made by citizens’ associ- ance A the | by | | | | sure a s | Martin B. { man FOR NEXT WINTER Madden Sees Substantial Reduction in Levy After Surplus Is Established. Congress will not reduce taxes at this session, but next Winter it will the tax rates sufficiently to in- ving of at least 50,000,000 to the American taxpayers, accord- ing to the prediction made today at| the White House by Representative | Madden of Illinois, chair- of the House appropriations committee. Mr. Madden made this optimistic orecast following a lengthy confer- ence with the President, during which time they discussed the gen- eral situation in the House respect- ing appropriations He said the sentiment of the House gely in favor of applying the 1926 Treasury surplus to the reduc- tion of the National debt and any ef- fort to secure legislation to use this huge surplus for any other purpos such as refunding it to the taxp: as originally proposed b: President, will be handily defeated, Mr. Madden said. Substantial Cut Forecast. However, there Is not the slightest doubt in Mr. Madden's mind about what the Seventieth Congrs when it assembles next stated that there is every re believe that the business of the coun try is not going to experience any real depression in the meantime and that the revenues will be rolling into the Treasury in such a liberal fashion as to warrant another very substantial reduction in the peoples’ tax burden He stated that the Treasury figures to date indicate that those who will frame the next revision legislation will have a Treasury surplus of at least $450,000,000 or $500,000,000 to have before them as a working basis to fix these new rates. The Illinois Representative is not anguine about this tax cut for next vear, but is strongly inclined to think there will be another reduction follow: ing it closely; perhaps in the very next year. He said he based his an- ticipation for this second future re- is ations and individuals The committee was prepared to carry the case to the United States Supreme Court, but this was not nec- due to a_decision of the Dis- trict “Supreme Court in July, 3 holding that the zoning law is consti- tutional. Attorneys for Mrs. Steerman ried the case to the Court of s, in which it remained until y 14 of this year, when they asked that it be dismissed. “Had the Supreme Court of the District decided that the law was unconstitutional, making it neces sary for the District to appeal,” sald Mr. Thider, “we should have been without the protection of the zoning law for a year and a half, during which time irreparable damage could have been done. Supreme Court Acts. “Consequently, the thorough work of the corporation counsel’s office and the defense committee’s attorney, IBdward M. Bassett, has been more than justified,” he said. “The recent decision by the United States Su- preme Court upholding the constitut- tionality of zoning regulation proba- bly ends the danger of our local law being again attacked as it was in the Steerman case. Consequently, the committee believes that the work for which it was organized is finished.” The financial report of the com- mittee revealed that only $911.56 of the $2,082 contributed to the fund was disbursed. The major portion went to Mr. Bassett in the form of a retainer fee and expenses. COMBINED COURT URGED FOR CAPITAL TO RELIEVE BURDEN a criminal branch like the present Police Court and a civil branch which would take over the work of the present Municipal Court. Presiding Judge Praised. “All nine judges could be under a directing head such as the present presiding judge of the Municipal Court, who has made such a success of his work there. The advantages of such a move would be countles: iiven so large a number of avail ble judges, the presiding judge could centralize upon some portion of the unfinisheed work of either court which might need attention. In the matter of jury trials it is believed that four or five judges could be kept constantly at their work until it was finished. It is notorious that many of the requests for jury trials are made only to postpone the evil day, and that when the cases are be- ing called readily and tried such re quests will number a small percent- ge of those now being ‘made. Such it should not only clear situation, but should speedy administration uch as the District of sadly needs without incur- additional expense. plan is adopted we believe for two additional Police s suggested in our last re- unnecessary. In addition feel that the question of economy gained in housing the two courts in one building in the future should be considered. The possible objectionable iture of having those attending the 0 courts in one building might be of justic Columbia any o branches. ile the minority of our commit- who sponsored the magistrate sy! still favor 1t, now that its adop- en rejected by the commit- join with the majority in commending to your im- action looking toward the ing of the Police Court and the Municipal Court.” The report bore Mr. Smith, chairman e A. Leftwich Torbert, George W. Offutt, Mrs. and Mrs. DIES FOR HERr(VZVHIl:DREN. Mother Perishes Trying to Rescue tee the signature of Other members Sinclair, William S. ertman, George Frederic Farrington Offspring From Blaze. WARREN, Pa., January 26 (#).— A mother and two of her five children were burned to death early today in a fire which destroyed their home on | Stone Hill, an isolated district near a number of Summer camps. The mothe Clarence B. Hills, after jumy om windows with three older children when the house found ablaze, returned to the structure to save her two William, aged 2, and a |3 vision upon his conviction that a sub- ntial lowering of the tax rates next nter will undoubtedly serve to in- crease the revenues of the Govern- ment sufficient to pile up another surplus that would be of sufficient size to warrant another slash in the taxes. It was pointed out by Mr. Madden that there is always the danger of unexpected raids unon the Treasury, which, if successful, could easily con sume a large part of a surplus, and because of this possibility the leader- ship in both the House and the Sen- ate must always be on the alert to check these effor Cites Raids on Surplus. He pointed out that at the present time several appropriations have been passed which override the figures of the budget and which will cut into the estimated surplus for the list year. He named the rivers and harbor: as an example. He pointed also to the fight being made by the supporters of the big Navy movement to an appropriation for the Navy estab- lishment as an example of what he meant by saying that those who are guarding the Nation's money bags must be ever ready for the unexpected, | Mr. Madden said also that there will be a number of emergency mes ures passed-at the present session that will carry appropriations not figured on when the estimate of last yea Treasury surplus was made. The President was told by M den that the work of the apy - tions committee has been proceeding in splendid shape. The only supply bills to yet be passed are the ones pro- viding for the State Department, De- partment_of Justice and the Depart- ment of Labor, which is one bill; the District appropriation bill, and - the legislative appropriation bill. When these are out of the way his commit- tee will then present the general de- ficieney bill. FORMER GOVERNOR CAMERON EXPIRES Virginian, Born in 1842, Was Said to Be Oldest Surviving State Executive. By the Associated Press, LOUISA, Va., January 26.—William Cameron, former Governor of Vir- inia, died here yesterday at the home of his son, George V. Cameron. He had been in failing health for several months, Former Gov. Cameron was execn- tive of this State from 1882 to 1886. At the time of his death he was said to be the oldest of the seven living ex-Governors of Virginia. Surviving_are two sons and daughter. The funeral will be held Thursday in Petersburg, Va. The services will be conducted by the A.P. Hill Camp, Confederate Veterans, of which the former governor has been a member. William Evelyn Cameron was born in Petersburg November 29, 1842, son of Walker Anderson and Elizabeth Walker Cameron. His father was de- scended from Sir Ewan Lochiel Cam- eron, celebrated chief of Clan Cam- eron in Scotland. Former Gov. Cameron's early life was spent in his native city, where he attended various schools. His first early employment was that of clerk on a Mississippi steamboat. In 1850 he was selected for a cadetship at West Point and took a preparatory course in St. Louis. In 1861 he acted as drillmaster of the Mississippi State troops and was captured at Camp Jackson, but es- ed the same night to return to Vir- ginla. He immediately joined at Nor- folk Company A, 12th Virginia Regi- ment, and subsequently took part in every engagement of Lee's army ex- cept Sharpsburg, being at that time disabled by a wound received at ths second battle uf Manassus. MISSING VIRGINIA POSTMASTER JAILED By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, January 26.—Joseph Deboe, postmaster of Rural Retreat, Va., who is alleged to have fled from there two weeks ago when a shortage of $3,000 was found in his accounts, was arrested here yesterday. Deboe, who has a wife and two chil- dren, was reported to have been ac- companied by a girl from a small col- lege in Virginia, but she was not with him when he was taken into custody he: one monthold infant. All three per- | d. . Hills v alone in the house, except for an aged man, John Seeley, who made his home with the family. Seeley suffered burns. The husband land father was at worl'in a lumber campy . b scbitthy He was arralgned before a United States commissioner and his bond fixed at $6,000, which he was unable to furnish, and was lodged in the county jail. The removal order to get t! Deferred Payments Deferred Payments Last Three Days of Our January Clearance ‘Comeinand See Our DuPont Duco Store Demonsiratiog] Folding Card Table $1.69 Well braced and nicely finished. No Phone or Mail Orders 3-Piece Jacquard Velour Bed-Davenport Suite *149 White Enamel Metal Kitchen Stool A suite built to provide extra sleeping accommodations minus the added cost of a spare room. 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