Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1927, Page 3

REAL ESTATE LOANS BUSINESS, APARTMENT. CHURCH. HOTEL, THEATER. RESIDENCE AND GARAGE PROPERTY. CONSTRUCTION LOANS. FRED T. NESBIT 1010 Vermont Ave. Main 9399 For Colored Attractive Apartments In New Modern Buildings 2922 Sherman Ave. N.W. 3 Rooms and Bath Electricity Janitor Service Rent, $52.50 References Required. as 901 14th St. N.W. Main 6181 JUST COMPLETED DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS The Yade 13th & M Sts. N.W. Just North Mass. Ave. 1 room, Murphy bed and $40 bath, only ...... 2 rooms, kitchen, ba porch, only Elevator Service Frigidalre Easy Walk to Busin Section and Departments OPEN EVENINGS H. R. HOWENSTEIN (0. 1311 H ST. N.W. 3810 Gramercy block th of Harrison at 3 8 th —TOI&GHT- One sou TAX SYSTEM DATA | Commissioner to See if Han- dling of Delinquent Payers Can Be Improved. | | i | | Commissioner Sldney ¥, Tol will be in an Investigation this week of the municipal departments under his supervision with a view to famil farizing himself more thoroughly with thelr activities. Partlcular attention will be given to the offices of. the tax collector and tax assessor plans to make a comprehensive study of the business practices of these departments The Commissioner has had called to his attention especially a condi- tion long criticized and condemned by civic organizations and even mem- bers of Congress which permits the tax titles to hundreds of parcels of property to fall into the hands of a small group of speculative investors every year for non-payment of taxes. With only a meager knowledge of this situation, Mr. Taliaferro express- |ed the opinfon that it probably was due to an unbusinesslike system in the tax assessor's office which should be reformed. Assessor Against System. Tax Assessor Willlam P. Richards also admits that the practice is not a good one and points out that Con- gress should provide a method to remedy it. Recently beforé the Gib- son committee of the House Mr. Rich- ards advocated a plan which would offer more protection to property owners. nreD’;l'l‘r:quen: taipfl_\‘ers under the . system have their property sold at public auction, in mm‘x’y ‘c):.m)s without their knowledge, and not until about two years later when the tax titles are about to pass to one of the speculative investors are they advised of the situation. In the meantime, however, they might have pald taxes on the property unaware that one of the investors had a lien against it. The condition is due to the failure of the tax assessors’ office to warn prop- erty owners that their tax payments are in arrears and the property is slated for public auction. After a tax bill is once rendered against a piece of property no further effort is made to collect the money If a taxpayer comes to the tax collector's office and pays his bill that ends the matter. But it he should neglect or forget to pay it he must suffer the consequences. The office works on the theory that the law makes the property owner the custodian of his property and he must attend to such matters as keeping the tax payments up to date. Example Is Furnished. Here is one good illustration of how the present system works. Just a few days ago a property owner of promi- nence received a notice from the tax Best Ho;ne Value Chevy Chase, D. C. N. L. SANSBURY CO., INC. 1418 Eye St. N, offers an exclusive environment, acces- sibility and in- dividuality—y et at moderate cost. Villa Sites and Wooded Plots All Sizes to eyt Phone or Call For Lithographed Map Showing Sizes. Eto. Hedges & Middleton Incorporated Realtors 1412 Eye St Frank. 1503 SPECIAL NOT BE RE s Col. 236%. . RNITURE REPATRIN cring at your home Address Box Star office. Ww. Wi o TH. FE b 002 ine. 5 AND UPHOL i g0 anywhere. FOR ANY any other than myself. No. 7 Truck Co. D.C. 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Philsdelbiia or Do 'H'S TEANSFER AND STOR- TVIL ENGINEER AND DI h“*mx rt plan maker and supervisor. eit or small d:llflhvxn 2913 14th st. n. \trv]m"rlE 71: res 3551 m, FORMERLY Shop 3G st now.. > vee her friends o i B]‘!YRE PO .hHL ,hFO ts contracted by any other than m OHN EDWARD BANNISTER. 450 170 T THE G ind o O e S M TR ‘lease ‘call M AL—FORMULAS FO! as M ineratogionl sobors BonRential sorvics. guaraniced. &nal, Phone Col. 9843, 0007 Pouios: aveiriw OF THE 1s now with Bertha where she will be and_patrons ¥ 1. st 3. comner 1ith et and N mencing a o'¢lock a.m. 'of seven managers o conduct the affairs f the company is required 1o be held at the ve meetin > the sixih article of the by-laws of the y it Is provided: “At ‘the annuai of the company the first business | hall be tho appolntment of A chais foan. who shall conduct the meeting eletion in accordance with the rporation between the hours of ', and § p.m. mount of premium note ce furnityre and fixtures 2 s Sl o annual statement W ady for stribution At the office of the company out February 5. 1027, v order of the board of managers s Se WHILE THE collector that the tax deed to his - erty had been sold in March, 1!24.‘,::‘,& speculative investor for non-payment of taxes and unless it was redeemed by next March 19 the purchaser, un- der the law, would be entitled to re- tain it. This property owner was quite certain that he had paid his taxes in 1923, the year in which he was charged with being delinquent, as well as in the subsequent years. So he searched through his personal files and found the receipted bills. * Surely the tax collector must be in erro; he lht}u[h!. An investigation of the reco: in the tax collector's office whlc;dsloh lowed, bore documentary evidence that the taxes on the property had been paid and had never been allowed to become delinquent. An employe in the office suggested that perhaps , the delinquency was on a special assess- ment. Another volume of records was searched. Then it was learned that the delinquency was on an assessment for a_water main extension in 1923 The first installment of this asses ment, which the property owner was given the option of paying in three in- stallments, had been paid. He had overlooked the other two. 23,000 Put On Sale. Therefore, his property went auction block in March, }1024, !::m not been notified that he had failed to pay the last two installments of this special assessment, nor had be been warned that the property was to be sold or had been sold after the sale. The District, however, continued to accept tax payments from this pmperlyl z:rvnsri despite the fact that a speculative investor held the tax title. And had not the notice been sent to this property owner to re- deem his tax title before the time limit expired next month, he would still be oblivious of the potental fate of‘rl';’ls real estate holdings. ere were 23,000 parcels of - erty placed on the auction blockpll:.ll,l month by the tax collector for non- payment of taxes. Approximately 13,000 were acquired by the specu- lative investors. Just how many of the owners of these properties know | that the tax certificates to their hold. ings are in the hands of the specu. lators is a matter for conjecture. Two years hence, however, unless the present system s reformed the tax assessor will advise fsctao them of the Fortunately for the propert tion, he had not left Washington. He redeemed his property immediately by paying the tax plus the prescribed penalty. Had he been out of town or in foreign lands, the speculative investor undoubtedly would have come into legal possession of the tax title and would not surrender it to the property owner until he had exacted a commission for his investment. Business Methods Different. | A business firm keeps its c; advised from month to mmtmog payments and arrears. The District Government cannot do this under its present system. Only in a limited number of cases does it have the nd. dress of the owners of real property The tax bills are made against the property and the records of payments kept in numerical and not alphabeti- cal order. Moreover, Tax Assessor Richards points out ‘that property in the Dis trict changes hands so often that it would be exceedingly difficult to keep an up-to-date record of the owners. This 1s one reason why real estate tax bills are not mailed. Only those sent through the mall are done so at the request of the owners, who keep the tax office advised of any changes in property holdings. Other property owners must call at the tax assessor's office for their tax bills. Mr. Richards' plan to correct the present delinquent tax payment evil contemplates the creation of a new and separate department in his office to bs known as the tax arrears di- vision. This division, he belleves, should be in charge of a competent THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DL 0, FEBRUARY 6, 1927—PART 1 Photograph shows how limbs were torn off by unauthorized employes of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. Thirt when 50 Norway maples were trimmed eenth street without pormhn‘on of the city government. RESTORATION OF OLD FORTS IN PARK DRIVE PROJECT BEGUN De Russy Selected for Treatment First. Some Sites Already Acquired—Nego— tiations on for Others. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY Restoration of the old Civil War forts and battery emplacements sur- rounding Washington. to be a part of the chain along the route of the pro- posed fort drive, has been started un- der the direction of the office of Pub- lic Bulldings and Public Parks of the National Capital. Some already have been acquired by the Government, while others are In the negotiation stage. However, a few of the old places have been wiped out by the progress of buflding, and no effort will be made to acquire these; first, be- cause it would be too expensive to take over the buildings, and secondly, because the original breastworks thrown up by the Unlon forces have been destroyed. In all of these that have been acquired or are to be ac- quired the old emplacements can still be made out, and only need a little cleanihg up of the underbrush. Fort De Russy Picked First. The first one selected for treatment was that of Fort De Russy, in Rock Creek Park, just north of Military road and east of Daniel road. Few people know that one of the old Civil War forts is in this part of Rock Creek Park, because scrub trees have been allowed to grow up and these have been in turn covered by a thick growth of wild vines. It was inaccessible even to those on foot, but a force of men was started to work cutting down the trees and breaking a way through the under- brush, and this work was followed by & corps of men constructing a road so that automobiling sightseers may drive in and view of the old works. Aside from a view of the old works proper, a further cleaning up has opened a beautiful vista from the heights occupled by the fort, so that the people may get a fine view of the park to the east. The second fort selected for im- provement is that of Fort Davis, at the head of Pennsylvania avenue southeast and at its junction with Alabama avenue. It is located on the northwest corner of this intersection, and its improvement marks the first step of the Federal Bureau to im- prove the park lands for use by the people of the Southeast. This land, since its acquirement as a part of the park system, has been lent to the Bo- tanic Garden as a nursery, but fhis permission was recently withdrawn. A corps of employes has been set to work remodeling the old house on the place, cleaning up the land and build- ing walks and roadways so that the people may make use of it. At the same time it is to be put to other use- ful purposes. Nursery to Be Established. The public buildings and public parks office will establish there a nursery for high altitude trees. They will be raised there for the parks. It already has a nursery on the Ana- costla River, in Anacostia Park, for growing low level trees. Nearby is Fort Dupont, which has been lent to the District of Columbia for nursery purposes. This includes an 80-acre tract recently acquired. It was said that the latter will not be improved as a park for some time, be- cause it was the belief that the de- mands of the Southeast and North- east sections were great enough to give them more park lands. How. ever, the Glover and Archbold park- & In Georgetown are being opened and cleaned up and walks installed sc that the Northwest will have more ac cessible park lands. Slowly, but as fast as funds wil permit, the Park and Planning Com- mission is purchasing the sites of the old forts, which have been selected to be included in the park drive project. As in other land purchases, some of these are held up by the re- striction by Congress on the purchase price, which cannot exceed 25 per cent of the assessed value of the land. The proposed park drive as at pres- ent laid down will start at the Dis- trict line and Conduit road, where three batteries were located. They are Batteries Parrott, Kemble and Vermont. The latter already is a part of the Government property there in- cluded within the reservoir and fil- tration plant. lawyer, who would be authorized to take delinquent property owners into 2 |court and force them to pay any tax arrears. With a dozen additional employes for this division, the tax assessor is confident that a record could be kept of all delinquent taxpayers and that arrangements could be made to notify them from time to time to pay the back taxes or else go into court. Under this plan he sald it would be virtually impossible to sell a plece of property for non-payment of taxes WEATHER IS GOOD —have' us put your roof in first-class cendition without the knowledge of the owner. More than 75 per cent of the textile JRONCLAD £z, S5 workerain§ Fort Gaines Next. The next post in the line is Fort Galnes, which is north of the line of Massachusetts avenue and east of Grant road, which the drive will fol- low for a greater part of the distance in this section. It then goes over to Fort Bayard, at the junction of River road and Fessenden street, and thence to Fort Reno, on Grant road, east of Wisconsin avenue. Both the latter already are owned by the Govern- ment. By a natural curve the drive then will pass Fort De Russy, in Rock Creek Park, passing through that park reservation to Fort Stevens. It was of Early’s attack on Washington, and was under fire until the commanding officer of Union troops ordered him out of danger. A large stone tablet marks this spot, but only a small strip of ground is owned there. When the members of the House and Senate committees on appropriations in charge of the District appropriation bill made a trip there last year, they suggested that about a half a block of land more should be acquired to give this site a proper set off, and the city planners have included such a plot on the list of lands to be early purchased. The drive then proceeds Georgia avenue to a point near Kansas avenue, where the Govern- ment has just purchased the large plot of land which was Fort Slocum. A similarly large tract is to be ac- quired at the site of Fort Totten, just south and east of the former, and here the old earthworks are practically in- tact, except hidden to some extent by scrub growth of itrees and under- brush. Proceeds to Bladensburg. The drive then proceeds across town to Bladensburg road to the site of Fort Lincoln, near the District line and overlooking the Anacostia River, and eventumlly Anacostia Park when the improvement is carried above the Benning Bridge. From this point the drive will cross the river and proceed to Forts Mahan, Chaplin and Sedgwick, on either side of the line of BEast Capitol street, when that thoroughfare is extended. However, only Forts Mahan and Chaplin have been selected for ac- quirement. Fort Sedgwick is left out of the list for some unexplained rea- son, although the old breastworks are visible there, and it furnishes a com- manding view of the Anacostia River channel and valley. Efforts now are being made to interest the Govern- ment in the purchase of this tract also, and it is understood that it has been offered at a comparatively cheap price, being, as it is now, in an un- developed section. However, like all other plots, the advance of building may wipe it out at any time. The drive then proceeds by way of Benning road and Alabama avenue, the latter the thoroughfare to lower Maryland points, to Forts Dupont and Davis, mentioned above, and follow- ing this thoroughfare westward to Fort Baker and Fort Wagner, com- manding a view of the city to the west and the Maryland approaches to the east, situated as they are on the great ridge in the eastern section of the city. These two forts are in a proposed parkway to be acquired in that section. Fort Stanton Acquired. Fort Stanton, in Anacostia, and overlooking the river, has been ac- qQuired, while Fort Snyder is located in the southeast corner of St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital, already Government owned. The last two on the list are Forts Carroll and Greble, on the road to Blue Plains, the District poor farm, and both furnish a commanding view of the Potomac. These latter are not separate projects, but are in- cluded in a parkway proposed between St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and the Blue Plains farm, which is on the list to be acquired as soon as possible. across One of the favorite household irticles owned by the Prince of Wales 1s a Japanese gong made of stone whic] he keeps at St. James' Palace. SCHOOL BOOKS! New and used High School Books. BIG BOOK SHOP, 933 G St. to Jacksonville Amri b BRI T MIAMI o o o 8 Mt HELD IN'SLAYINGS Brother-in-Law of Murdered Woman Taken in Hunt for Assailants. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., February Sought as the reported victim of flog- gers, whom pelice are attempting te connect with the slaying Friday of Mrs. Lottie Bell Ingram and her infant. Newton Ingram, her brother- inlaw, was arrested today at Griffin near here and brought to detective headquarters, where he was held in- communicado for questioning £ Ingram, who recently was married to a widow of 20 years his senlor, de- spite, authorities were told, vigorous objection by the bride’s family, was taken from the home of his brother- inlaw by four men on the night of January 27 and severely whipped, ac- cording to police reports. Mra. Ingram was said to have recog- nized two of his assallants, and de- tectives said they were investigating the theory that Mrs. Ingram and her baby were slain by a member of the whipping gang who feared ex- posure at her hands. A. B. Van Diver, 24, a son of New- ton Ingram'’s wife, is one of four other men held on a blanket charge of sus- picion. A coroner’s jury heard testimony in the case foday but adjourned until next week without returning a_ver- dict. Meanwhile the police sought to identify a mysterious nocturnal caller at the Ingram home who wis heard by a neighbor to knock on the door early Friday and be admitted by Mrs. Ingram after explaining that he had been sent there by her husband to spend the night because “the law’ was ‘after him. Burney Ingram, the husband, who was employed at a cotton mill at night, returned home early that morn- ing as was his custom to find his 20-year-old wife in bed with her skull crushed and by her side their 14- month-old baby, who had been stran- gled to death. A blood-stained flat- iron and a plece of cord lylng nearby bespoke mute evidence of the tragedy. FLYER OFF TO FIND ARCTIC BLIND SPOT NORTH OF ALASKA _ (Continued from First Page. 5.— three planes take oft together for the flight over the mountains. To get over the Brooks Range, Capt. Wilkins said, the planes will have to reach an elevation of 10,000 feet and forced landing in the mountains would mean a long hike for the flyers. One of the smaller Detroit planes, sald to be easier to maneuver and land on ice, will be used by Capt. Wilkins and Elelson in the flights 600 miles out over the polar basin. The explorer plans to make landings on ice, take soundings of ocean depths and thus determine the likelihood of the existence of land nearby and its probable direction. Determination of the direction of polar ocean currents is another im- portant objective of the expedition. Trip Held Perilous. ““To make these observations,” said Capt. Wilkins, “it will be necessary to land on the ice. We will take chances of making safe landing and take-off after we get our observations. Such operations, of course, are exceedingly precarious. Consequently we are go- ing fully prepared to foot it out, go with the ice flow across the polar area to Siberia, or wherever we can strike land, and live chiefly on the game we cah find on the way.” “The two planes left at Point Bar- row will be prepared to bring aid to us in case we can keep our radio sending outfit in operation,” Capt. ‘Wilkins said. “It would be utterly foolish, however, for a relief party to set out if we are unable to radio our position.” If contact is lost for more than two days the supporting party left at Point Barrow will be under orders to return to Fairbanks, leaving Capt. Wilkins and Efelson to “foot it out” if their plane is unable to take off. “Glven a chance to get out over the unexplored area of the Arctic,” Capt. Wilkins said, “Eielson and 1 should be able to make some contribution to science, whether we do this in six weeks, traveling by plane back and forth, or in two or three years on foot.” Sl e The British Royal Mint produced 86 million fewer coins in 1925 than in 1924. The output in 1926 was 188,775,657. Phillips Income Tax Problems Simplified for All No. 20. While ordinarily the basis of de- termining taxable gain or deductible loss is cost, certain exceptions are pro- vided by the revenue act of 1926. One is that if the property has been included in the taxpayer's last in- ventory, the basls shall be the last inventory value thereof. In order to reflect the net income corectly, inven torles at the beginning and end of each year are necessary in every case in which the production purchase, or sale of merchandise is an income-pro- ducing factor. The inventory should include raw materials and supplies on hand that have been acquired for sale, consumption or use in productive proc- esses, together with all finished or partly finished goods. Only merchan- dise "title to which is vested in the taxpayer should be included in the inventory. If the property was acquired by gift after December 31, 1920, the basis is the same as it would be in the hands of the donor, or last preceding owner by whom it was not received by gift. For example, a man in 1921 bought stock in a corporation at $100 a share, kept It until January, 1922, when it was worth $120, and then gave it to his son, who, in 1925, gave it to his wife, the stock then being worth $150 a share. If in 1926 tho wife sold the stock at $200 a share the taxable gain 1s not $50, but $100 & share, the gain over the cost to the preceding owner, who did not acquire the stock by gift. In computing the gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of prop- erty acquired by gift or transfer in trust on or before December 31, 1920, or by bequest, devise, or inheritance, the basis is the fair market value of such property at the time of acquisi- tion. For example, a taxpayer re- celved in 1919 a gift of real estate having a fair market value of $10,000, which he sold in 1926 for $15,000. The original cost to the donor was $12,000. The taxable gain, however, is $5,000. PARIS BEGGARS’ QUARTER COMES TO LIFE AGAIN “Court of Miracles,” Where Crip~ ples Are Made to Order, Fails to Be Put Down. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, February 5.—The Beggars' Quarter, where cripples are made to order, has cgme to life again. It was called the “Court of Mir- acles’” for 600 years, when it held forth in a quarter mile area in the heart of Paris. The police scoured the place clear time after time, but the final blow was the cutting of new streets and the building of new buildings a generation ago. That op: eration let in sunlight and air which drove out the profesional beggars. Across the river from the old cathe- dral of Notre Dame a modern court of miracles, still on a small order, is in being. The good-looking blonde who goes into the narrow Rue Maitre- Albert comes out apparently minus a leg, walking sad-faced and weak, on two rented crutches. The blind, the halt and the lame emerge in rented rags, with forged police permits and sometimes with borrowed bables, thin, wan infants, to excite pity. Begging is well regulated in Paris but on holidays and to a lesser extent on Sundays the police are purposely blind. However, the begging usually is done professionally in the guise of selling something that no one wants, postal cards, faded violets, pencils and even the family dog, who promptly runs away from the kind-hearted pur- chaser. 16th at R—N. 10000 Roast Turkey Dinner, $1.00 From 5:30 P.M. to 7:45 P.M. PAINT Certainteed Lacquer CERTAINTEED No. 911 Floor Varnish 90c¢ quart $3.00 gallon WEATHERSHIELD Paint Expert Paint Advice Free MUTH Quality Since 1865 710 13th St. N.W. Terrace Apartment 1601 Argonne Place Just North of Columbia Rd. at 16th St. We have to offer in one of Washington’s Most Exclusive ment houses, located in the most fashionable section of the Ni Capital, apartments of one room, dinin, wltg bnflxn fixtures and Murphy bed, to d all at reasonable rent some with porches. art- on's alcove, kitchen, tile bath ive-room, mtzdon hall and The apart- ment with plenty of heat and fresh air, 24-Hour Telephone and Elevator Service Inspect Them Today Before Deciding William S. Phillips & Co., Inc. Main 4600 Bighbietn One of the highest I K h, Ll | H. R. HOWENSTEIN CO. Adams 8710 1311 H Street N.W. Apartments Cor. 13th and Clifton Sts. N.W. Facing Central High School points, with ificent view of entire city, convenient to 11th and l4th street car lines, markets and theater in 1 to 4 rooms and bath. 4 Elevators—Frigidaire Large Porches—Incinerators Hardwood Floors—Kitchen Cabinets Inspect Now—Get Early Receptio 3 Rooms, Kitchen B Tk e e arranged DIRECTOR ASSAILS BOOTLER DEGREES Council Official Deplores In- discriminate Use of Term “University.” Unless the indiscriminate use of the term ‘“university” is halted, the letters which signify a university de- gree will soon mean practically noth- ing, David Allan Robertson, assistant directer of the American Council on Nationul Education, said in an address before the Federal Schoolmen’s Club at its monthly dinner “meeting at the Lee House last night. Mr. Robertson deplored the ““bootlegging” of degrees, and feared that it would soon become necessary to define'a degree by plac- ing after it the name of the institu- tion by which it was granted. Mr. Robertson praised the exposure made by The Bvening Star of the ease with which a university may in- corporate and issue degrees in Wash- ington. He declared that some means of checking the activities of the educational underworld must be found if the letters A. B.,, M. A. and the rest are to continue to mean something. Mr. Robertson spoke on the sub- ject, “What's What in Education.” e stressed the need for standardized terminology in education and said that lack of accepted definitions for various terms used in educational in- stitutions has led to confusion and misunderstanding among educational institutions of this country and Eng- land. He declared that some standard of terminology was necessary to bring about the adoption of the same scholarship standards in all univer- sities and colleges. Mr. Robertson pointed out several terms such as “seminal,” “research,” “unit,” ‘“university” and ‘“thesis,” which he sald mean one thing in one institution and another thing in an- other. About seventy-five members of the club attended the business meetings and dinner. Dr. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the club, presided. CHAPLIVS PLEA DENED BY COUR Receivers Not Halted Plans to Force Open Safety Boxes. in By tho Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February new attack upon the receivers! placed over the California properties of Charlie Chaplin as a result of the divorce suit brought by Lita Grey Chaplin, today failed to halt prepara- tions of the receivers to open forcibly the comedian’s safety deposit box in Los Angeles and Hollywood bank Today's attack on the receivership came in the form of a notice filed by Al Reeves, business manager for Chaplin and general manager of Chaplin Studios, Inc., that he will appear in Superior Court Thursday and move that the order appointing the receivers be vacated. The receivers, W. I. Gilbert and Herman Spitzel, said today they will begin opening the safety deposit boxes Monday in order to comply with a previous court order for an Inventory of the Chaplin properties. Some of the keys were obtained by the re- ceivers at the Chaplin studios, and they said that chisel and drill will be used if necessary to open the other boxes. Telephones for Bus Lines. Bus lines operating between Welh- seln and Chefoo, China, are being made among the most efficient in the world. Recently 18 new motor busses, made in America, were added to the fleet, and a telephone system to be used in case of breakdowns or acol- dents, is being installed. Fach auto- mobile will carry a fleld telephone, which may be connected with the wires along the side of the road a any time. The bus company leases the right of way from the govern ment. Sy A stolen kiss has cost many a man 50 years’ matrimony. R S TS T e e B A W 1 VITAMINS AND HEALTH A vigorous body, health, sound bones, depeni much upf: 5; potent—yet unseen health-giving rays of su it Scott’s Emulsion, rich in cod-liver oil vitamins, helps drive away the weak- nesses that so often threaten the body during the darkened days of winter. Scott’s Emulsion is Nature’s ood-tonic, some call it the “cream of cod-liveroil,” it’s so pleasant totake. 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