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The Argonne th and Columbia Road N.W. Four rooms, kitchen, bath and reception room, .south- ern exposure. Reasonable 2001 16th St. N.W. Exceptionally attractive _apartments of three out- 'side rooms, reception -<hall, bath and large wkitchen. Reasonable Rentals wurns QUPERIOR = GARAGES FRAME METAL Shick sTucco oc PORCHES REMODELED :: REPAIRED BUILT :: ENCLOSED 20 MONTHS TO PAY REASONABLE PRICES ‘WE_REBUILD-REMODEL-REPAIR TELEPHONE MAIN 9427 TONEBRAKER BuiLoE R 820~11ST..NW. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY | debts contracted by any one other than my- sell. SAMUEL W. BRASSE. 718 Park rd. n.w. GENERAL REPAIRING AND REMODELING and fireplaces. Phone Lin. 10247, Wm. Brice. i i WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY dehts unless contracted by myself. FRED- ERICK JENKINS. 540 13th st. s.e 1° MR PAINTER. WE OPEN AT 7 AM. FOR SOur convenienice: buy your paint on_way to work. The BECKER PAINT & GLASS CO., 1239 ‘Wisconsin ave. ARE YOU MOVING? OUR VANS WILL Serve you better. Vans operating between #1i Eastern cities. Phone Metropolitan 4095, MOVET CO.. INC.. 1110 New Yorl w. s VISITORS, ~TAKE HOME Roosevelt's Washington Bird List. & Lothrop. ‘entano’s. CARPENTER. 'LDER — REMODELINQ. m;h?n l;:(;lo.‘!d. :ol"u:mrll. cnv&lalu, dh‘m‘.l- v rs” exp. Wash., sub.; good work. A0 28217 i e ‘THE SPRINGER SANITARIUM (DR. N. SEII'IICL Mgr.)—Drink and druz diseases. (Near Towson) Lutherville, Md. Phone “Towson 996 or Pranklin 915. > TOP SOIL—LARGE OR SMALL QUANTI- ties, delivered: also yards graded, small ex- cevating. re: le. _Main 923. SNOWDEN, 1INC, load of furniture going to mond. Va. April 1. Franklin_7246. ARE YOU MOVING ELSEWHERE? OUR transportation system will serve you better. Large fleet of vans constantly operating be- tween all Eastern cities. Call Main 9220. DAVIDSON TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. PRESIDENT ‘Woodward NTED —To haul van loads of furniture to or from New York, Phila. Boston, Richmond ana points South. Smith’s Transfer & Storage Co., | 1313 You St. North 3343. FLOQRS scraped, cleaned. finished: band or machine work, R E NASH: FLOOR SERVICE. COLUMBIA 211 AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. “Country Home” and Household Goods AT AUCTION. One of the Finest Count Montgomery County wil Sple, on the “premises, Homes in d “at_Public April 4th, 1929, at property is on improved State road ville, Md.. and will b in rnes: 1 inspection Mar. Abr. Tat, Apr.fnd and Abr. 3rd. from clock p.m. till 5 o'cloek before May d in cash Balanee, or all cash at option of the mveyancing at the expense of ehold Goods, some antiaue, to ‘clock a.m. Thomas O. White Barnesville, Md. mh27—7t THOMAS DOWLING & GC. AUCTIONEERS, 1115 Eve Street Northwest. One-third cash on or of which is to be s Trustees’ sale of brick apart- ment building of 20 apart- ments and 4 built-in garages, No. 529 Lamont street n.w. By virtue of a certain deed of trust, duly recorded in Liber No. 5796, at folio 409, among the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby. the undersigned trustees will sell at public auction, in front of the . on_ W] AY, THE TENTH el Eremises. ED APRIL. AD. . AT FOUR P.M., the following described land , Situate in the District of Co- designated as and lot 24 Zepo's cor . “Whitney Close, n Liber 41, folio 42, of the of the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, except the part dedicated for alley and thown on plat recorded in Liver 80, folio 196, of the aforesald surveyor's of- fice_record 'ms: Bold subject to & prior deed of v, 40000, further particulars of ale: two vears, with interest, secured by a deed of trust. or all cash at purcheser's option. A deposit of 51,000 required. Conveyaneing, ITecording, etc. at the purchaser's cost. Terms to be complied with within 30 days, otherwise deposit forfeited and the property may be advertised and resold at the discre- tion of the trustees. JACK N. LEONARD, HENRY J. KANE, Jr.. Trustees. . OWEN & SON, Auctioneers, 1431 Eve St. N'W. TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABL DWELLIN( OPA: NBOETI'?% FI D P, STS. SE. By virtue of a certain deed of trust duly recorded, in Liber No. 5858, folio 157 et seq., of the land records of the District of Colum- bia, and at the request of the party secure thereby. the undersigned trustees will sell, at ublic_suction. in_front of the premises. AY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL, D. A O'CLOCK P.M.. the fol- lowing-described land and premises. situate in the District of Columbie, and designated s and being fot No. 42, in' square 1061 ag of 4 mh31.4p2.4.6.9 THOS. Per plat recorded in Liver 26 folio 3§ he Tecords of the office of the surveyor o the District of Columbia. Sold subject to a prior deed of ,000.00. further particulars of will be annoiinced at time of sale: the purchase price above said trust to be pai in cash. A deposit of $500.00 required. vevancing, recording. etc.. at cost. Terms to be col}whefl with _within thirty (30) days. otherwise deposit forfeited and “the property may be advertised Tesold at the discretion of the trustees. HYMAN M. G SELIG C. 3 A ees. MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE. Fidelity Storage Company Storage, fmh‘lzgdrzo;::rmgdlu. automo- Motk DONT WORRY ON MOVING DAY!!! SPECIAL RATES ON LOCAL LONG DISTANCE MOVING A | our financial policies. TRANSFER., DESIRES | or "near Rich- | NELLON FORESES D OF .5 DEBTS Treasury Chief Declares Fur- ther Tax Cuts Possible Under Present Policies. <~ (Continued From First Page.) oter the previous methods where. float- ingy a bond issue of only $200,000,000 was beset with difficulty. He described the Treasury’s fiscal operations which last year, he said, involved $10,000,600,~ 000, “with the least possible disturbance to the busihess life of the country.” He praised the part the Federal Reserve System plays in this machinery to carry on the Government's financing. The Treasury’s financial fundamentally, he declared “still con- form, as you see, to the traditions established: when the Government was first founded. We cannot do better,” he concluded, “than to 1ollow those tra- ditions, and to make sure that, in fund- amental matters, our’ actions square with those great, immutable principles which our forefathers, with. such con- summate wisdom, made a part of the very structure of our Government.” Tradition Guides Government. Mr. Mellon’s speech follows: “In this country tradition plays an important part in goverrinent. In the conduct of business, on the other hand, we are singularly free as a people from being hampered by precedent. If a bridge must be built or a new process developed or an industry established, we find the best and quickest way to do it and gre not concerned because it was never done that way before. It is this initiative in blazing new trails, this| enterprise in overcoming difficulties, that have made America great. “But in the conduct of government we have been slow, and rightly so, in introducing innovations. We have changed somewhat and can still im- prove the structure of governmental machinery, especially in the co-ordina- tion of related or overlapping activities, In so far, however, as fundamental policies are concerned, they have been based, and are based today, on certain guiding principles, which, with the pass- age of time, have assumed the force of great traditions. “This is particularly true as regards ‘These policies are few in number and may be easily enumerated. One is the keeping of ex- penditures always within the revenues. Another is the payment of the public debt. A third is the levy of the lowest taxes consistent with the Government's needs; and still another is the support of the public credit so that the financial integrity of the Government shall be a rock amidst the fluctuations of internal and world finance. “It is of these policies that I wish to speak. They are of general interest because the business of government has become so vast in extent and is so far- reaching in its influence that the man- ner in which it is conducted is of - ital concern to every man, woman and child in the country. “In so far as keeping down expendi- tures is concerned, we have always be- lieved that they should be kept within our revenues, and that the piling up of debts for current expenses, except in time of war, is strictly to be avoided. But before the establishment of the budget system eight years ago there was no way of knowing 'what our ex- penditures would be. Each department went to Congress and secured whatever it could in the way of appropriations. Since the budget system was estab- lished, however, Congress has recog- nized the importance of a balanced budget and has adhered strictly to the policy of keeping appropriations well within the budget estimates. Debt Paid Promptly. “Turning now to the question of debt payment: No other part of our finan- cial policy has been more consistently maintained than that providing for the prompt payment of the public debt. Even in the early days, after tae Revo- lutionary War, when a debt of 60 mil- lion dollars with an interest charge of less than 5 million dollars a year con- stituted a problem of the first magni- tude, the newly formed government, with its slender resources and inade- quate financial machinery, set about paying its debts. The same thing was true after the Civil War. After the ‘World War this policy was continued and has been responsible for much of the progress made in paying off the iebt. “Today that debt has been reduced to manageable proportions and about 300 million dollars a year saved in in- terest charges. Eventually, as the debt is paid off entirely, this drain on our revenues will be removed and we can look forward then to a very great reduc- tion in taxes. “Already taxes have been restored to a peace-time level. Over 2,000,000 in- dividuals in the lowest brackets ha been relieved of all liabllity for Fed- eral income taxes, and the substitution of moderate rates for excessive ones has benefited all along the line. Productive business, by being relieved of oppres- sive rates, has found it possible to ex- pand in an orderly manner. As a result, prosperity has become more general, the national income ' has increased, and, during the year 1928, which set a new record for prosperity, the Government received revenues adequate for its needs, even with lower rates and fewer tax- payers. : Further Progress Possible. ““The fairness of taxing more lightly tion. There is still much that can be done and should be done when revenues show sufficient permanent increase. At present there is a growing demand for further reductions in taxes on earned income. It is a position with which I have always been inh sympathy, as is evidenced - by the recommendations which the Treasury made to Congress as long l& as November, 1923. At that time Treasury sald: . “The fairness of taxing more lightly income from wages, salaries and profes- sional services than the income from a business or from investment is be- yond question. In the first case, the income is uncertain and limited in du- ration; sickness or death destroys it and old age diminishes if. In the other the source of income continues; it may be disposed of during a man’s life-and it iples - | still further carried into law whenever revenues justify such action. “Another piace where progress can be made is in the administration of the man, I realize out your income tax return each year. co., SHIPPING LONC‘-—DISTANCEE .~ MOVING . Loads or part loads to and from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Norfolk, Pittsburgh and points en route. Since 1896 DAVIDSON romaceco. STORAGE CO. 117 H St. N.W. ‘Main 9220 to 9230, The form which you must fill out doubt- less seems unduly long and complicates and it is not unreasonable that you should ask, first, why the law cannot be simplified, and secondly, why the re- turn cannot be reduced to a few short, simple questions and answers. - - Treasury Is Sympathetie. eppreciates and sympathizes with ury app! and sympa that point of view. But there is an answer to each of these questions and the first one is that, if the tax laws are to cover all the intricacies of modern business, then thess laws must, of neces- sity, be technical in their provisions. Suj w& for example, that for the i:u- en? w we should substitute the simple statement that ‘all income shall be tax- able’ at given rates, without any at- tempt to define the word ‘income’ and ignoring all such complicated and un- pleasant matter as exemptions, credits and deductions. What wo'-ug hlppe’l; Neither the Treasury nor u.xa would know, for example, whether |- were deductable or SECRETARY MELLON AT MICROPHONE Secretary Mellon, photographed in he delivered an address over a network be that they would be obliged to go into the courts to determine tax liabilities. True simplicity can be attained not by omitting vitally necessary statements and definitions, but by making them as clear and brief as possible. If such statements are omitted in the name of simplicity, we may perhaps secure brev- ity. but it will not be true simplicity. “Now for the second question. An at- tempt is made each year to simplify the tax return, and it might be possible to shorten it still further and to make it | seem less formidable if it were not nec- essary for one form to cover such a va- riety of cases. The real opportunity for improvement lies in simplifying the administration of the tax laws, and this the Treasury is making a determined effort to do. The Government is trying to settle each-tax case promptly and finally and with due regars. to the in- terests of both the Government and the taxpayer. The progress which has been made in this direction is encouraging. “It was the general rule in both State and Federal taxation that if a dispute arose over the amount to be paid, the dispute was not allowed to postpone payments. This rule has been relaxed by the creation of the Board of Tax Appeals, where the taxpayer can liti- gate all claims for additional taxes be- fore payment is required in the ordi- nary case. If, however, the taxpayer prefers to have recourse to the Federal courts, then he must pay before bring- ing suit. Tax Refunds Are Upheld. “But this does not mean that the Government should keep money to which it is not entitled. If the taxpayer is dissatisfied with the amount he has pald, either upon his original return or as determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a responsible and conscientious official of the Treasury, who has the assistance of expert techni- cal and legal advice, then the taxpayer may claim a refund and eventually go to the courts if necessary. It is worthy of note, however, in administering this difficult law, and particularly the excess profits taxes levied during the war period, that so small a part of the taxes paid have had to be refunded. “Since 1917 the Bureau of Internal Revenue has collected almost $39,000,- 000,000, and has assessed more than $4,000,000,000 of back taxes. During this time it has refunded less than $1,000,000,000, or approximately 23 per cent of the amount collected, notwith- standing the large amounts refunded under interpretative court decisions or because of retroactive legislation or un- der provisions of the law which can be administered only through refunds. Even the credits and abatements al- lowed since 1922 have amounted to less than $2,000,000,000. It is a record of efficiency that would be hard to equal. And yet responsible public officials, while not charging dishonesty, have at- tempted to discredit this record because occasionally a refund of several million dollars has been made to a single tax- payer. They neglect to state that the taxes paid by such individuals or cor- porations often run into the hundreds of millions, of which only a small part | is ever refunded. “Honest criticism, of course, is de- sirable and makes for efficiency in gov- ernment. But it should be constructive, criticism and not made in such a way as to increase the difficulties of admin- istering a law as to which large respon- sibilities for administration must be vested in and assumed by the officials c with its enforcement. Respon- sibility must be placed somewhere. I am convinced that the enforcement of the tax laws must, of necessity, remain an administrative problem, not a legal- istic one, and that any policy of admin- istration which shuns such responsi- bility by transferring the problem to the courts for solution endangers not only the law but the very existence of the income tax. Secrecy Is Defended. “The Treasury has not, and will not, evade its responsibilities in this respect. It is in furtherance of its policy never to endanger the integrity of the income tax that it has maintained a consistent attitude with respect to the so-called ‘tax publicity’ question. The Treasury policy has always been that tax returns and the information disclosed therein should under no circumstances be open to public inspection. This policy is based upon the principle that taxpayers should be permitted to contribute their share of the revenue necessities of the Government without subjecting their business affairs to the scrutiny of their competitors, the idly curious, the so- licitors of contributions and unscrupu- lous practitioners seeking out possible future clients. \ “This policy is not affected by the regulations recently issued by the Treasury ding for the publication of refund decisions. What will be pub- lished wil] be a brief summary of the relevant facts and a citation of the statutory and applicable judicial ug- thorities. It is believed that the pub- lication of such decisions will remove any possible grounds for misunder- standing or for loose and unfounded charges that the decisions of the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue are not ‘made in accordance with law. “Now as regards the public credit: 1t has been the aim of the Government in recent years, we have evolved the machinery The Star radio studio last night, where of stations of the Columbia system. —=Star Staft Photo. out some such machinery as that pro- vided by the Federal Reserve system. This may be seen by reviewing briefly how such quarterly financing is done. The principal source of Government funds is from tax payments, made on quarterly tax payment dates on the 15th of March, June, September and De- cember and deposited to the eredit of the Government with the Federal Re~ serve banks, If these payments were permitted to remain in the Federal Re- serve banks, outside the ordinary ckan- nels of trade until needed for Govern- ment expenditures, there would be a stringency in the money market every quarter until the money was distributed to the commercial banks of the country. “So what the Government does to ayoid this situation, is to sell short- term notes or certificates timed to ma- ture on quarterly tax-payment dates, and the proceeds, generally speaking, are left on deposit at interest with the sub- scribing banks to be withdrawn into the Federal Reserve Banks from time to time as needed during the succeed- ing quarter for the Government's cur- rent expenditures. When the tax pay- ments _are received, they are used to pay off in whole or in part these cer- tificates or notés maturing on the same date, and, in this way, transac- tions often involving half a billion dol- lars or more on each side, are cleared through the banks in the course of a few days, without involving the with- drawal of these vast sums from general circulation even for a single day. If the tax payments and other receipts should exceed the amounts needed for expenditures for any three months' period, this surplus loan always be profitably applied in reduction of the public debt. By the use of the method which I have just described, the Go ernment is enabled to carry on its nancial operations with the least pos sible disturbance to the business life of the country. “Such, in brief outline, are the Gov- ernment’s financial policies. They still conform, as you see, to the traditions established when the Government was first founded. We cannot do better than to follow those traditions and to make sure that, in fundamental mat- ters, our actions square with those great, immutable principles which our forefathers, with such consummate wisdom, made a part of the very struc- ture of our Government.” KILLS ESTRANGED WIFE AND SISTER-IN-LAW Slayer Is Near Death After Firing Bullet Through His Temple. By the Associated Press. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, March 30.— As a climax to marital difficulties of six months’ duration Peter Ghilanos, 29, shot and killed his 28-year-old wife Mary, and her widowed sister, Mrs. George S. Ynodinus, on the threshold of their home here tonight and then seriously wounded himselr. After the slaying he kneeled beside the body of his dead wife and fired a bullet through his temple. Physicians said he has no chance for life. Ghilanos, a mill worker, had been living in Pittsburgh since he and his wife separated. His sister-in-law was a wealthy widow of a prominent restau- rant proprietor. THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland and Vrginia—Mostly cloudy with probability of light showers today; showers tomor- row and somewhat warmer. ‘West Virginia—Showers today; tomor- row rain and colder. ’ Record for 24 Hours. ‘Temperature—Midnight, 48; 2 am., 48; 4 am, 48; 6 am, 46; 8 am,, 41; 10 a.m., 43; 1. i 3 lowest, 38. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide. 6:39 a.m. and 7:19 pm.; high tide, 12:06 am. and 12:22 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:27 am. and 8:10 p.m.; high tide, 12:55 am. and 1:13 .m. P Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 5:56 a.m.; sun sets, 6:30 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:53 am.; sun sets, 6:31 pm. Moon rises, 12:08 a.m.: sets, 9:25 am. Automobile lamps to he lighted one- half hour after sunset. Weather in Various Citles. Temperature.~ Precipl- 5 tation, 8 Max. Min. [13 l'a 58 H Asheville, 1 Cheyenne,” Wyo. Cleveland. Ohie to do this. And yet there was a time, | De, not so very loi 5 ago, during the|Des M Spanish-American War, when, in order | 52} to float a bond issue of only $200,000,000, | E1 P: the market had to be prepared and the operation carried through with the greatest care. “Compare the difficulty of that rela- tively small undertaking with the ease with which the Government's vast financial operations can be carried on . Last year these operations in- volved more than a 12-month period the Government col- lected over $4,000,000,000 chiefly from customs duties and income taxes. - paid out a like amount; and, in addition to this, made provision for the third Lib- loan, which came due in September and amouynted, at the time refunding tperations commenced, to over $2,000,- 000,000. The Treasury was obliged to ! produce funds with which to pay off this part of it for|san P lower rates of due at some con- $10,000,000. Within | Mob Loulsville, - K. lll“rqult:e. Mich. phis, Te! BESIRNIRLNI/LRS2BI 3 zfzz:s:a:zzs::ssssa::::==aa=g=====ss BR282; REPORT ABSOLVES FORGE, HESSE SAYS Retiring Police Chief Is Laud- ed for Work by Banquet . Speakers. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, retiring tomor- row as superintendent of the police de- partment after nearly 36 years in its service, was tendered a banquet at the Hotel Mayflower by officers of the de- partment last night, at which repre- sentative citizens joined in lauding his work, expressing confidence in his in- | tegrity and wishing him good fortune in his retirement. In reply to more than three hours of laudatory speeches, Maj. Hesse modestly sidestepped the praise in favor of the men of the department, whose loyalty | and labors, he said, were responsible for any of the success that the department had had under his tration. In speaking of the work of his men, Maj. Hesse took occasion to refer to a report by the Bureau of Efficiency, follo an investigation made at the request of the Commissioners, which absolved the department as a whole of charges of graft heard during recent sessions.of Congress. “They did not find anything that mattered,” Hesse said. ‘“There were a few minor things, of course, but the re- port meant that we were a clean depart- ment. We have had no scandals in the department. Of course we have had some men in it that we didn't like 50 well. It would be strange on a force of 1,300 men to find it otherwise. But as a wl;ole ‘we are an honest police depart- ment. “You have heard the cha fre- quently that there is a ‘ring’ con- trol of the department. There is. It is composed of the executive officers, the members of my cabinet. I want to tell you that there been harmony among these officers, and loyalty to the people of the District. That is the ring that has been in charge, and I hope when I leave the department it is controlled by a ring as efficient and harmonious as mine. “Leaves With Clean Hands.” “I came into the Police Department,” Maj. Hesse concluded, “with clean hands, and I go out with clean hands.” Another retiring officer of the depart- ment, Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, whoe had shared some of the experiences of his superior officer under fire. came in for a share of the kind words bestow- ed on Maj. Hesse. The first speaker. Dr. Homer J. Councillor, director of the Vaughn Bible class, concluded a speech lauding Hesse by saying: “I feel T should not take my seat without ex- pressing also by appreciation of the work of that sterling officer, who has been un- afraid to do his duty—Capt. Guy E. Burlingame.” The remark was greeted with loud applause. Maj. Hesse, Dr. Councillor said, was one of the men who, by service, exalt the offices they hold. Hesse did not seek his job, Dr. Councillor said, but the way he served the public when called upon was testified to by the gathering of men of many occupations to do him honor. Charles W. Darr, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said the cham- ber had repeatedly by resolutions adopt- ed expressed its satisfaction with Maj. Hesse's work. “The criticisms which have beset him from time to time have been absolutely unwarranted. He has emerged from them all with un- shaken self-respect,” Mr. Darr sald. He pledged the support of the chamber to Inspector Henry G. Pratt, who will take the oath of office as Maj. Hesse's successor tomorrow. Associations Get $5,000 Checks. Edward F. Colladay, Republican na- tiopal committeeman for the District, was called on for a speech, but instead took occasion to present to Maj. Hesse a check for $5,000 for the Policemen’s Relief Association. The money was part of the proceeds of the Charity In- 2ugural ball, and the presentation was made on behalf of the ball committee. Mr. Colladay then presented another check for $5,000 to George S. Watson, chief engineer of the Pire Department, for the Firemen's Relief Association. Odell Smith, chairman of the public order committee of the Board of Trade, recalled the days when Maj. Hesse worked as a clerk in a drug store for $2°a week, and traced his rise through conscientious performance of duties to the highest office in the police depart- ment. He said that as soon as Maj. Hesse's health had improved because of his retirement, he hoped he would return and work for the civic associa- tions as well as he had worked with them in the past. Favors Hesse as Representative. Two former police Commissioners and two members of the present Board of Commissioners added their tribute. J. Thilman Hendrick, during whose ad- ministration Maj. Hesse was chief clerk of the department, and Frederick A. Fenning, who recommended his pro- motion to the position of major and superintendent, were the former Com- missioners. Mr. Fenning said he hoped that in later years when Washington was allowed the vote, Maj. Hesse would be sent as its representative to the Senate. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, the present Police Commissioner, sald: “When during troublous days charges were made against Maj. Hess, the Com- missioners checked up carefully on all the available facts. After this investi- gation we wrote a letter exonerating him, and the first he did with it was to take it home to his wife. That is the character of the man. My daily contact with him has made me realize his sterling worth as a public officer. I do not think he could have survived the many attacks made against him, however, if he had not had the support of all of the men on his force.” Commissioner Sidney Taliaferro. said he had found in contact with Maj. Hesse that. the latter had mno office hours, but was available for any kind of duty at any hour of the day or night. Engineer Commissioner William B. La- due, who was unable to be present, wrote a letter commending Hesse. Blanton Letter Is Joke. Inspector Willlam S. Shelby, who 'to | 8Cted “as toastmaster, created a sensa- tion when he beg: reading another “regret” letter dal in Abilene, Tex., the - home town of tativ tical joke, however, and the guests Eflf. hearty, laugh at the portion which expreueé deep sorrow at the im- pending retirement of “my friend, Capt. Guy E. Burlingame.” ‘hes | Henry A. Hesse, Rev. Francis J. Huraey, of William E.. Leahy, attorney; E. H. Van Fossan of the United States Board of Tax Appeals, and A. Cloyd t, baritone, solos, accompanied by Robert. Thomas. Acts from the Fox and Palace Theaters added to the entertainment. Iollm “officers present and their guests low: Rey. Willlam S. Abernethy, F. Am— feld, E. W. Brown, D. L. Borden, - deus R. S. W. Burke, James F. H. Bremimerman, Frederick M. Corn- Bean, John E. Bowers, Frank | M. Beckett, Charles Modern Boy Saves Farm: on Block by Speed With Plane New Twist Put Into Old: Plot as He Alights and Pays Mortgage. By the Assoclated Press. KINGSTON, Mo, March 30.—The fabled long lost youth who came home to pay off his mortgage on the old homestead just ss it went under the auctioneer’s gavel, has nothing on Ralph Cox. Ralph did it in an air- lane. P Ralph, the son of Henry Cox, Mariable, Mo, farmer, last Fall felt the urge of the air. He wanted to be a pilot. But his father didn’'t have the money and besides, there was that pesky mortgage on the farm. But Ralph found where he could borrow enough money to attend a flying school—provided his father would sign the :wbe Mr. Cox signed it and Ralph wen 2 The father heard from Ralph at a Topeka flying school, then the letters stopped. Things went hard for Henry Cox. The mortgage came due, the note was pressing, taxes were unpaid. Finally the sheriff came and told of foreclosure proceedings. . The day for the sale on the court house steps here was set; the time, 9 o'clock. Farmers came from ail over Caldwell County, for the Cox farm was a buy. Raising his hammer, the sherift opened his mouth to dispose of Henry Cox's farm. ‘There was a roar overhead. An air- plane was circling. The farmers ‘There aren’t many airplanes in d- well County. Down came the plane, into a fleld across the way, and out stepped Ralph. He advanced on the courthouse, peeling bills from a roll. The mortgage paid off, father and son went arm in arm to the bank where re| the note. “Ain’t he a fine boy?” Father Cox is inquiring. - NORTHEAST ROUTE SOUGHTBY WLKINS Passage to Orient Is Hope of' Explorer in Projected Polar Venture. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, March 30.—Discovery of a “northeast passage” between the occident and the orient, those co-oper- ating with Sir Herbert Wilkins in his proposed trip across the Arctic in.a submarine admitted today, was one of the most vital possibilities of the under- taking as planned by the explorer. Sir Hubert, who will leave for the Pacific Coast tomorrow by plane in connection with incompleted details of his next exploratory adventure, said yesterday he had been working on de- tails of the project for some time. said it had not yet been definitely de- cided that the Defender, one of the early submarines built by Simon Lake, would be used. The Defender, which recently under- took a series of'tests to demoristrate its practicability as a rescue craft for disabled submarines, is at present lying oft the lake shipyards at Bridgeport, Conn. For the proposed Arctic.trip it will - be necessary to install new bat- teries and make rather extensive al- terations. “One of the most interesting reac- tions of the public to our plan,” said Sir Hubert, “is the surprise that a sub- marine can travel under ice while it is under water.” Credit for the scheme of obviating the difficulty involved in this, Sir Hubert said, belonged to Mr. Lake. An inverted sledge will cover the conning tower to protect it from coming in con- tact with ice. The Defender, one of the most fa- mous of the lake submarines, was built more than 20 years ago. It was ex- tremely active in commercial subma- rine work for many years. Put out of servicé more than 10 years ago, last year it was reconditioned. MAN WHO ESCAPED BY FORGERY IN CELL Leavenworth Warden Refuses to Give Details of Return of Von Eschen. By the Associated Press. 4 LEAVENWORTH, Kans., March 30— Richard Von Eschen of St. Louis, who escaped. from the Federal penitentiary here March 2 with Hays Van Gorder by means of a court order forged by t.heBe hne(x‘-, hm;r:ed to the prison. yond cor a report that Von Eschen is in his cell, Warden Thomas B. White would not reveal how his re- arrest was effected. In doing so the warden said he was following & Department of Justive regu- }AUnnurnrhldd!ngw mmn:neement of in- formation regar leral prisoners. ‘Two reports were in circulation as to the return. One was that Von Eschem read of Van Gorder’s capture at Milan, Mo., a week ago, and returned volun- tarily, and the other belief was that he * | the northwest corner of the intersec- He | In the was captured in Tllinois near St. Louis. Von Eschen served half of a four-year sentence for dealing in stolen motor cars. He has forfeited all possi- bility of clemency by his escape. well, Maurice Collins, Robert Cott Edward P. Colladay, E. Golllfl:"derl: C. P. Clark, Janfes E. Chinn, Homer Proctor L. , J. Thil- man Hendrick, Willlam H. Harland, W. E. Holmes, E. T. Harney, Ringgole Hart, Albert J. Headley, William H. Harrison, E. J. Kelly, J. J. M. Luckett, C. P. M. Lord, Charl Lingamfelter, William E. Leahy, Lamb, Wilton J. Lambert, H. R. Lol man, G. Lauten, M. G. McCormick, J. C. Morgan, Guy A. Matlock, J. W. Mc- Frank J. Sol 3 8. Shelby, Joseph P. Stephenson, Joshua G. Stott, Au- brey Tasier Sidney Taliaferro, Edmond "y al 10N .m,mm Ernest H. - Fossen, c W. P, Breniser, Wil- B 3 MARYLAND SENATE CHANGES BOND BILL Jones’ Amendments Reduce Courthouse Issue to $130,000. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 30.—Fol- lowing up the action of wiping out the bond issue of $175,000 providing for the acquisition of land west of the court- house for an enlarged site for the pro- posed new building, the Senate of Mary- land today passed amendments proposed by Senator Eugene Jones of Kensing- ton, to the bill pr ing a bond issue of $150,000 to ke added to the $150,000 provided by the last Legislature, for the purpose of building a modern building. The amended bill reduces the amount of the bond issue to $130,000 and elim- inates the section which would have permitted the acquisition of the square west of the courthouse. In its place is an amendment authorizing the pur- chase of a triangular plot of land west of the courthouse, with authority of | the county commissioners to relocate Court street. . Land Boundaries Given. The amendment says that the land to be acquired, either by purchase or condemnation, is to be within a line beginning at a point on the north side of Jefferson street, 47 feet west from tion of Jefferson and Court streets, thence with the west side of Court street in a northerly direction 330 feet to the northwest corner of the property of the Farmers' Banking & Trust Co., and thence in a southwesterly direction in a straight line to the point of be- ginning. The county commissioners are limi- ted in the amendment to the expendi- ture of $30,000 for the acqusition of land and improvements on the land for the new project, and amendment specifically saying that “no other land shall be acquired by the county com- missioners and paid for out of the total amount authorized under the pro- visions of this act,” other than that in the triangle described. amendment is designed to pre- vent the commissioners from under- taking the purchase of the whole square as proposed by those who planned the enlarged courthouse project, and fol- lows the scheme mapped out some months ago by Senator Jones. It will provide for squaring off of the present Jot and remodeling the present build- ing. Another amendment restricts the use of the money to the construction or reconstruction of “the present courthouse building, located on the present site.” Had Plans Drawn. Senator Jones some time ago had plans drawn by a Kensington contrac- | tor designed to keep the proposed new or remodeled courthouse on the present site, with the addition of the triangular section which he propesed in the bill. Senator Jones at that time said that he thought this was a liberal provision. The amendments will save the site of the present bank building of the Farm- ers' Banking & Trust Co. The bank had planned to erect a larger and more modern building on this site, but sub- sequently found that its charter does | not allow it to spend more than $15,000 | for a building. Application for a change | charter was refused by the bank- ing commissioner of Maryland, and a bill introduced in the Senate and passed 1 ?getl;;gmbody l;emocflnz !hi limit is in .~ Dr. Geo: . :fih 1 theorflthe i G lon in louse, said it will not be | passed. He has the bill in his desk, and | has announced that he will not report | it, so that the bank will have to con- tinue with its present facilities. | o GIRL DRIVER CLEARED. Taximan Fined at Winston-Salem in Accident Fatal to Child. | WINSTON SALEM, N. C., March 30 | () —Miss Helen Hermanco, daughter of a wealthy Toronto business man, and formerly of Atlanta, today was absolved of blame in connection Wwith an auto- mobile accident in which James Foster, a child, was killed March 26. Lewis Luther, taxicab driver of -Greensboro, e whs Taseq the coct Tor mimaton 5 e cos Oth;:hflidl‘:sW& for violation Hermano, who was drivi a car in which the child was ndmn; and the taxicab driver were held on manslaughter charges at the time of the accident. The court today ruled the death acidental and that the taxi- cab driver had violated trafic rules, The child was the son of Mrs. J. Balfour and grandson of Dr. D. 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