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FRENCH TO GET . CASH FROM BERLIN Director of Budget Makes His F\st Statement on Rep- arations. By Cable to The Star and the New York B aid “rribune, ‘Copyright, 1038 PARIS, December 24.—For the first time since the Dawes plan became ac- tive the French government made an officiel statement regarding utilization of sums received from Germany, when Charles Dumont, general director of the budget, declared in the Senate last week that France would receive in 1929 al total of 7,800,000,000 francs, of which 2.250,000,000 francs will be paid in cash. The occupation army and debts nerican and British treasuries will llow 3,642,000,000 francs. The bud- will take & further 1,000,000,000. Speaking about public debt, M. Du- mont declared the floating debt has been reduced to 17,000,000,000 francs ng 1928. While the fl;’sflng d'e)l:t decreased 40,000,000,000 francs, e m debt increased 23,000,000,000, 1 to the conversion of national efense bonds into rentes. During 1929 ing fund will not be faced with ities of the national defense These will only mature in 1930 francs month- rate bonds. at a rate of 3,000,000,000 1y, while in 1926 the monthly reached 8,000,000,000. Plan 145,600,000 Francs Surplus. he Senate is mow busy discussing h:r ’19:9 budget, which will be voted before the end of the year. The Sen- ate finance committee reduced by 61.- 000,000 francs the expenditure already voted in the chamber and increased by 38,000,000 francs its receipts. If the chamber agrees to these changes the total expenditure will amount to 45, 308,000,000 francs, and the receipts 45,453,000,000, with & surplus in receipts of 145,000,000 francs. However, if France's economic activity remains as brilliant in 1929 as it has been this year, it may be expected that the sur- lus will be more. pA: the end of November, the Treasury had collected a total of 39,326,000,000 | francs—2,382,000,000 more than during the same period in 1927 and almost 3,- 100,000,000 more than Poincare expected in his budget estimate. Unless the political situation changes for the worse, this improvement will continue, as the ench public is gradually gaining con- ence in the country’s financial abil- v. The chief evil in France at the resent moment, which hampers fur- ’ er economic development, is the cap- italists’ hesitation to invest their money long terms. Foreign Trade Deficit. While short term money may be had &t 31, per cent, long term loans still gtand at 6.25 per cent. Therefore, the debenture issue is very limited. Sta- taistics for French foreign trade show & persistent deficit during 1928. At the end of November the value of imports amounted to 48,235,000,000 francs— which is 500,000,000 more than in the same for 1927—while evports only are 46(;:.3008:?0 :I;lncH.Z!S.- 000 less than year. m"i‘hls fall in export value was almost entirely due to reduced prices for French raw materials and manufac- tured goods. In fact, the weight of ex- ports increased 10 per cent. ‘The com- n of the present figures for the French foreign trade with those of 1913 is particularly striking. Imports have Inernsega 12 per ce:nt, while exports ad- ced cent. n'xl\'hls wee}k)‘e:lamk of France balance | sheet showed the state bank’s gold de- posit again was increased by 80,000,000 francs bought from London. ~ Fore seeing the heavy payments to be made | at the end of the year, the bank ac- quires fresh gold, as the ratio between bullion and sight liabilities must not fall below 35 per cent. At present, it stands at 39.12 per cent. PRESIDENT PLANS QUIET CHRISTMAS AT EXECUTIVE MANSION (Continued From First Page.) i Tor the First Lady have lost any of their popularity throughout the country be- cause of the drawing near of the end of their regime in the White House. Among the gifts were numerous boxes of flowers and candy and baskets of fruit, besides four live turkeys, and a countless number of greeting cards and telegrams and other messages of good wishes. Although the departments were closed today es a result of an executive order excusing the thousands of Federal em- loyes from work so that they might gave all of today for a holiday, the President did not take advantage of this order. He devoted the latter part of the forenoon to work. He was up even earlier than usual, and, after his brief morning stroll, went to his study on the second floor of the White House and dictated to his strenographer for more than an hour. Receives Several Callers. Soon after completing this task, he went to his desk in the executive office, awhere he was busily engaged until the funcheon hour. It was his aim to dis- pose of as much routine business as possible with the hope of leaving his desk clean when he departs for his visit to_Sapelo Island. ‘The President made no engagements for the day, but he interrupted his work long enough to receive several business callers, among them being Secretary of | the Navy Wilbur. The largest of the turkeys sent to the | White House has been prepared, and | everything is Christmas dinner when the President sets the time. It is understood that the President eand Mrs. Coolidge will follow their usual custom and attend special serv- ives 2t the First Congregational Church tomorrow morning. The President has not decided yet Just when he will return from the Bouth, but the general impression is that he will not be back before January 1, in which event the usus' New Year reception & ihe ‘Tbite House will not MRS. J. A. WDONNELL IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Funeral Services to Be Held Wed- nesday in St. James’ Catholic Church, Mt. Rainier, Md. Mrs. James A, McDonnell, mother of J. Bernard McDonnell of the Wash- ington Post staff, died at her home, 3412 Campbell street, Brentwood, Md., yes- terday after a long illness. She had been a resident of this city and sub- urbs since 1890. She was a native of Port Henry, N. Y., and lived in Balti- more for a number of years. Besides her son mentioned above she s survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Jennie Manning, and seven other children, James A. McDonnell, jr.; ‘Thomas F. McDonnell, Miss Mollie, Miss Nellie, Miss Prances, Miss Anna McDon- nell and Mrs. Jane Krieger. She also Jeaves several brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be conducted in James’ Catholic Church, Mount inier, Md., Wednesday morning, fol- ving brief services at the home. In- :rmenh will be in Mount Olivet Ceme- Ty, IR T A 14-year-old girl was recently ar- rested at Newcastle, England, for street selling of beta, in readiness for the | MRS. COOLIDGE AT MISSION " Mrs. Coolidge attended the Central part in the celebration. poor children at Keith's Theater today. VENING PARTY 1 Unfon Mission’s Christmas party for Photo shows Mrs. Coolidge taking —Star Staff Photo. The author of the following article fs known to thousands of tourists and pil- grims to Bethlehem. where he occupies a position among the priestly guardians of the Church of the Nativity, the basi- lica of which rises on the spot where Christ was born. Rev. Father Giulio Brisino has reached the venerable age of 94 years. He came to Bethlehem from his native Italy 68 years ago. Since that time he has never relinquished his post around the famous shrine. He has passed through war and tumulf; more than once he saw the church’ desecrated by hostile Bedouins under the old Turkish regime. when it was used and sheep. tured, and be of ill treatment. s ¢ ‘thousands of Americans can attest, his kindliness of spirit or his faith in the essential goodness of man. as a stable to house camels BY FATHER GIULIO BRISI O F.| ©Of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem. Palestine. BETHLEHEM, December 22.—The sun appears exactly at 6 o'clock in Bethlehem on Christmas morning. One moment night still envelops hills and fields, but the next, with amazing sud- denness, the world is bathed in a sil- ver glow. This silver-suffusion again lasts but the barest fraction of a minute. It is| as if even the sun feels that upon striding across the blue mountains of Moab and catching sight of the little town where the Lord of the World was born it is proper to adorn itself with an_even more gorgeous color. And this is then also what takes place. Silver is followed by a deep scarlet, For a moment it seems that the universe is in flames. This is one of the most miraculous sights of Bethle- hem, and I have been told by men and women from the other ends of the world that they had journeyed across oceans and mountains just to be present at a Christmas sunrise in this little town. It would not be difficult for a person with some imagination to reconstruct the original setting of the fields around Bethlehem where the shepherds tended their flock on that memorable night 2,000 years ago, and the little town where St. Joseph and the Virgin had taken refuge in a grotto; with this ex- ception, however, that the hills, now s0 barren and bare, were then covered with forests. Existed in Middle Ages. ‘Those forests still existed in the mid- dle ages, as the records of the crusades indicate. Since that time Islam has passed over Bethlehem and the Holy Land, and the passing of Islam is like the teeth of the ugly Arab goats. After those animals have gone through a meadow not a blade of grass remains. But apart from that the grottoes are still here adjoining the fields of Boaz and Ruth, and in Winter nights they are lit up with camp fires. Bedouins sleep around the fires and flocks of sheep and goats find shelter from the December cold. Two thousand years ago they were Jewish shepherds who kept their vigil here. There are again Jewish shepherds in Palestine at this time, but they do not live near Bethle- hem. They and their colonies are to be found farther north, in Galilee. The ancient landmarks have, after all, not changed a great deal. It was in the field of Boaz that Ruth came to pick up some of the ears missed by the mowers. Boaz saw the comely maiden and fell in love with her. From their union issued Obed, who was the an- cestor of the Hebrew poet—King David, and David was an ancestor of both Joseph and the Virgin. If it ever could be said of any town that it was a town of stone and severity, surely Bethlehem answers to that description. Not only are the dice-like houses drawn up out of stone, but the fields are covered with stones and monotonously gray is the entire stretch of the valley until it gradually dissolves in the Desert of Judea, that in turn does not end until it reaches the Dead Sea. Deep Concern for Place. It seems only natural that we of Bethlehem, who have consecrated our lives to the guardianship of the cradle of the Lord, should also have a deep concern for the ideal of peace and human brotherhood that was ushered into the world by the choirs of heaven on the night when Christ was born. And, to be sure, very often we stroll of an evening through these selfsame fields where the shepherds heard the angels’ hymn, and ask ourselves the question: Is peace any nearer? Has the. world at last understood the mes- sage of love and justice that He brought from heaven with His birth? I have been allotted a long life. Soon I shall have reached the century mark. ‘When a boy, in my native Verona, peo- ple still talked with awe of Napoleon. Everybody in town nearly had seen him as he passed through Italy with his armies. Those are my earliest recollec- tions, and from that time onward, it seems to me, the history of Europe and of the world has been more war than peace. France has gone through four revo- Jutions in my time. Thrones were set up that have been swept away. King- doms that existed in my youth have CHRIST'S BIRTHPLACE CALLED TOWN OF STONE AND SEVERITY Bethlehem on Christmas Mornings Is Des- cribed by Guardian of Church of the Nativity. and Bismarck, men who filled the world with terror or with admiration. Time | has borne them away. Others took their | places. They disappeared in turn. Hardly a year has passed since I came to Bethlehem 68 years ago but some new war broke out. Humanity has suffered perhaps more grucsome wars the last 50 years than ever before. New Power at Work. And still, T am thankful to have lived till this day. There is—who will deny it?—a new and mysterious power at | work. There is a will to peace, a strong | desire to have done with barbarism. America is no stranger to this stirring of a new hope in the hearts of men. That a people so powerful and mighty as America should place herself at the head of a world-wide peace movement is something that looks to a man who believes in God's direct concern and direction of the world and His creatures as something significant and gladdening. ‘There is only one danger, as we strangers and foreigners see it, and I make the remark with humility and with a heart filled with love and ad- miration for the American people. The danger seerns to be that a nation grown strong and powerful might be led to enforce its desires and ideals upon the rest of humanity. If Americans believe that their grandeur lies in marvelous machinery and steel vaults and towering buildings, her ambitions are vain. Other great and greater peoples have been on this earth. Their place knoweth them no more today. When we, who have faith in America, think of her rising influence in the world, we look across the maze of worldly things and we look at the luminous figures of Lincoln and Wood- row Wilson, spiritual giants, men who reckoned no.cost too great to help in making the world better and happier. Can Attain Outward Peace. If America sets her heart on peace, we shall have peace. That is outward peace. Inner peace can come only if on Christmas morning men and women allow the Savior to be born again in their hearts. Before I conclude this letter I cannot refrain from saying that in the past year we have made discoveries here in Bethlehem which go a long way to refute the doubts and criticism of those who maintain that Christ was not born near the site where now stands the Church of the Nativity. ‘When necessary repairs to the founda- tion of the church were made in June we broke away a section of the flooring. From the aperture emanated an odor of dead air. Armed with torches we descended into the opening, -and to our surprise we found ourselves in a grotto, of the kind and type that are found in the neighborhood of Jeru- salenr, and which are used by shep- herds on stormy nighits for shelter for themselves and their flocks. All_we know from the Scriptures is that Christ was laid in a manager; that is to say, in a stable, Here in Bethle- hem the grottoes are the stables till this day. There can be no doubt any longer on the correctness of this site. ‘The more since the columns of the first primitive Christian chapel that stood on this place before the pagan Em- peror Hadrian destroyed it and in- stalled a grove to the lascivious god- dess Adonis, are still lying about! crumbled and worn in the subterranean crypt, faithful witnesses of the past. (Cepyright, 1928.) Nathan Hale Descendant Dies. NEW YORK, December 24 (#)—Wil- liam Hayne Hale, a descendant of Na- than Hale, died suddenly of heart dis- case Saturday at his Upper West Side home. He was 67 years old. Mr. Hale was born in New Orleans, the son of Willlam George Hale, lawyer and jurist, and was a £-luate of the Univ_rsity of Texas. Durinz recent years he had been an officicl inter- preter at Ellis Island. LOCATED AT RALEIGH f HABERDASHER H 1310 F °ST. Lo FINE SHOES beenv forgotten. Everywhere the ban- ners of the people have come through the thunderstorms of war and up- heaval. Great meteors flashed in the heavens. I think of Lincoln, Garibaldi or | i MEN ~WOMEN STAR, WASHINGTON, CELLS ARE FILLED INNEW YORK RAIDS More Than 197 Suspects Taken in Whalen’s General Clean-up of Underworld. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 24.—Cells at police headquarters were filled today as a result of the first drive against the underworld by Police Commissioner Whalen's reorganized detective bureau. A weck end clean-up, which was conducted without specific orders from the newly appointed police head, netted more than 197 suspects, ranging from persons wanted on murder charges to ordinary panhandlers. \ From the precinct stations suspects were transferred to police headquarters to await appearance in the daily line- up. Long before the drive had been completed, accommodations at head- quarters were exhausted and orders were issued to hold the overflow in sta- tion house cells. Unofficial word that the subordinates in the detective bureau who failed to show results would follow their former chief, Inspector John D. Coughlin, out of the organization was said to have inspired the activity. DOUGHERTY AND HESSE EXTEND YULE GREETINGS Christmas and New Year Messages Are Given to Members of Police Force. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty and Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of police, extended Christmas greetings to the force today through the daily bulletin, issued by the department. Commissioner Dougherty’s felicitations follow: “As Commissioner in charge of the Police Department, I wish to extend to you my hearty appreciation and con- gratulation upon the efficient manner in which you have performed the duties required of you by law during the year which is now drawing to an end. “I express to you and your families my sincere good wishes for a merry Christmas and a New Year replete with happiness, health and prosperity.” Maj. Hesse's printed statement says: “Permit me to extend to you and to the members of your family the sea- son's greetings and to express to you my appreciation of the loyal service rendered throughout the year. “For the new year, and for all the years to follow, it is my hope that hap- piness and contentment may be your lot, and that as a law-enforcement agency we may continue to merit that public confidence so essential to ef- fective work.” COOLIDGE TO LIGHT TREE LAUNCHING CHRISTMAS FETES (Continued From First Page.) an entertainment for mothers was held Friday. The Christmas program of the mis- sion is carried out over nearly a week. ‘Tomorrow night a free supper will be served after the Christmas religious service for homeless men and boys. Each man and boy will be given a pair of socks and a bag of candy as a gift. Gifts of toys are solicited by the mis- sion for the children’s entertainment to be given Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when ice cream will be served and the gifts distributed. Christmas cheer is spread over the entire city today and tomorrow. Spe- cial dinners are being served in the jails. Orphan asylums were generously remembered. Fruit and candy for every child was contributed to four such institutions—the Episcopal Home for Children and the Saint Joseph, Saint Vincent and Good Hope asylums—by the employes of the Willard Hotel. The Glover Park Citizen’s Association will conduct a Christmas tree and enter- tainment at the Industrial Home School. A four-day Christmas program at Gal- linger Hoopital is being provided by the Ladies Board, the Chaminade Glee Club, the Y. W. C. A, the Kiwanis Club and the Board of Lutheran Mis- sions. Other Christmas celebrations are scheduled as follows: Wesley Heights community tree, Forty-fourth street and C:¢ aedral avenue, 7:30 tonight, with cr ol sing- ing, Santa Claus and address by Rev. John C. Palmer. Georgetown community tree, Mont- rose Park, 7:30 this evening, with carol singing by 500 children. Bethesda community tree at Wiscon- sin avenue and Bradley lane, 5 p.m., today, with carol singing by the choirs of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Episcopal Churches of Bethesda. Rhode Island avenue community tree at Rhode Island and South Dakota avenues, 7:30 tonight, with community singing led by Mrs. J. W. Coles. Christmas = party of . employes of Acacia Mutual Life Association, this morning, with 350 employes taking part in a good fellowship program. Christmas party for children of south- west section at fifth precinct station house, where gifts will be distributed to 1,000 boys and girls. Foxhall Village community tree on Greenwich Parkway, 7 this evening, with carol singing by the citizens. Children will gather at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church and march to the tree singing carols. o Mob Loots Yule Profiteers. BERLIN, December 24 (#).—At- tempted profiteering in Christmas trees yesterday cost North End venders their entire stock in trade. Encouraged by a thriving business, the venders raised their prices 100 per cent. The public rebelled and looted more than 1,000 Christmas greens. The venders were saved from the infuriated and rapidl; swelling mob by the emergency squn{ which the crowd pelted with stones, Wilkins water, 1321 Conn. Ave. N.W. © D. MONDAY, DECEMBER o4, 1928 FIRST LADY GREETS 1,400 NEEDY TOTS Mrs. Coolidge Aids in Distri- bution of Gifts at Annual Christmas Party. Fourteen hundred underprivileged children of the District had their faith | in Santa Claus restored today when | they attended the Central Union Mis- sion’s annual_Christmas tree party on the stage at Keith’s Theater. Mrs. Coolidge, in accordance with her annual custom of six years' standing, was hostess at the party. She. wished the youngsters a hearty Merry Christ- mas just before she gave away the first of the 1400 “kiddie bags,” which had been filled with gifts by the Washington public. | The party was started a few minutes | after 11 o'clock, when motion picture comedies were shown. Then the Central | High School Trumpet Quartet, composed of William King, Earl Edwards, Griffith ; Johnson and Carmine Errico, plaved three Christmas carols. Not to be outdone by the high school musicians, 20 boys and girls living at| the Mission's Emergency Home _for Children, 624 Louisiana avenue, con-| tributed their bit to the musical pro- gram by singing a group of Christmas | songs. Sania’s Appearance Greeted. Suddenly the theater was darkened and sleigh bells were heard in the distance. In a burst of red lights, Santa | Claus bounded upon the stage to greet | the joyously applauding children. Santa, portrayed by John S. Bennett, superin- tendent of the Central Union Mission, announced that he had a separate bag | of gifts for each child and a great| “surprise” for all. Santa’s surprise was revealed in the introduction of Mrs. Coolidge as “the most beautiful, the most gracious, the First Lady of the Land.” Dressed in gleaming white, Mrs. Cool- idge waved to the children as she walked upon the stage, carrying a large bouquet_of crimson carnations in one hand. Mrs. Coolidge wished the young- sters the happiest Christmas they ever had, and led them in shouting a “Merry Christmas” to Mr. Bennett. A similar greeting was shouted to Mrs. Bennett, whom Mrs. Coolidge beckoned to the stage to receive from her the boviquet of carnations. told the children that the flowers were me.” Mrs. Coolidge then gave out the | first of the 1400 bags, which were handed fo the children of all ages as they filed across the stage from their | seats in the auditorium. Theater Opened for Party. Although the theater is not now in operation, Keith's was opened, heated and lighted for the annual party of the Central Union Mission by the Keith- Albee management through the courtesy of George T. Thompson, superintendent of the local building. The staff of elec- tricians and stage men necessary to op- erate the curtains, lights and motion | pictures, volunteered _ their services | through' the stage employes’ local union | and included W. I. Trumbull, Tom Maskell, Erving Reid, J. E. Taylor, W. Harton and William Bennett. Today's party for underprivileged | children was only the beginning of the | Central Union Mission’s Christmas ac- | tivities, which will continue through tomorrow. Nearly 300 families will re- ceive baskets containing the ingredients of a Christmas dinner this afternoon and tonight, while preparations are be- ing made today to serve 300 destitute men with dinners at the Mission, 613 C street at noon tomorrow. Christmas dinner and a Yule celebration with a trimmed tree and other holiday decora- tions will be staged in the Emergency Home for Children for the 41 boy and girl residents of the institution tomor- Tow also. to “‘Mother’ Bennett from you and !, Bankruptey Papers Filed. The D. C. Chemical Co., Inc., today filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. No schedule of assets or liabilities ac- companied the petition, which was filed by Attorney Ralph A. Cusic Pay Your Bills Stm:t the Christmas Hylidays with a The First Lady | " 3o (Clegn Slate THE MORRIS PLAI Easy to Pay Monthly Deposit $540 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE _MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. 1512-1514 H St. N.W. Situated in the center of the Financial sec- tion of Washington, opposite the Veterans’ Bu- reau and one block from U. S. Treasury Dept. Rooms single or en suite, each with running 24-Hour Elevator Service Randall H. Hagner & Co. —INCORPORATED— Building Christmas card, designed and executed by Miss Marlan Lane, artist, for the leading organizations of the city, to be presented Mrs. Coolidge at the Com- mas Tree celebration tonight. munity Chi POLICEMEN TO PLAY SANTA TO CHILDREN Big Tree Is Prepared in Squ Room of Fifth Precinct—Yule Preparations Made. Figuratively, but not literally laying aside their blue coats and brass but- tons in favor of bright red suits and false whiskers, police of the fifth pre- cinct tomorrow will play Santa Claus to the needy children in their precinct. For the past several weeks the po- lice have been receiving donations of toys, clothing and foodstuffs ffom neighborhood merchants.. Over 800 bags have been filled with candy, nuts |and oranges, and in addition so many | bunches of bananas have been conawed ! that police last night sent sevaral ot [them % tie cliys hospitals. Several crates of oranges were left over after | the bags were filled. | In the squad room of the station house, a big tree has been dressed, and around it by 10 o'clock tomorrow, will | be arranged the bags, together with the | hundreds of toys, hats and coats, and other articles of children’s clothing— all new—that are piled high in the | cloak room. Already police have distributed a number of pairs of shoes and stockings. and tomorrow the other clothing will be given to the families on a list of needy the police have compiled. The officers have also gathered the names of | the sick children on their beats and to | these the bags of candy and toys will be_carried. This is the sixth year police of No. | 5 have played Santa. The work of col- lecting and distributing the packages is directed by Capt. W. E. Sanford, Lieut. O. T. Davis, and Policemen John O’Connell and W. P. Als. Marriage Licenses. aze licenses have been lssued to the in Noble D. Butler, 22, this city, and Lily M. Kelsie, 23, Hinton, Va.; Rev. Walter H. Brooke H. Ciay Bayley, 44, and Ann B. Chamblin, 38, both of Warrenton, Va.: Rev. Willlam MR "Brice. 22 and Blizabeth Cren illie Price. 22 an 7 57, 1oV ety A entana Bhrk M Rev: Wil liam_ D._Jarvis arbrough. 26, and Elizabeth Crump. vier Frede: 31, and Nylah E Hammill ¥ Downs. Francis J. Drobka, and_Marie ' Johnson, George Joh John_Hupso! v, Grorge. Berch Y. 20; Rev. A ] h ok Gach, 1.°21, "Goth ‘of Richmond; Rev. H. 31, Milwaukee, Wis., 33, this city: Rev. o n. n. 30, and Carrie Perry, 24 Hanks 21, and Mary Davis, 2" and Bertha M. N. Gooc! 3. and Marion Bowher, Hollister. and Christen Hunter, William D. Jarvis. 1l D. White, 28, Atlanta, Ga., and y Pender. 27, Greenwood, Fla.; Rev. arvey D, Smith il Stephenson, 31, Danville, Va., ret_M_‘Payne. 28, Prederick, Md.; e B. Harrington. 22:_Rev. R. Bromeli, 3 . Hillman J, Bolton. ‘24 Motor busses have replaced stage coaches in Appenzel, Switzerland. W ; ¢ ; ¢ ¢ f ; ; £ * If you attend the “Strange Interlude” this week You'll find it convenient and expedient to park your car in the Capital Garage. It'll be safe from overtime parking fines and reckless drivers. 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