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c ALEXANDRIA MAKES! CHANGE IN TAX LAW Grants Citizens Six Months’ L.eeway in Paying Second Half of Levy. Epecial Disprich to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 12.—The| Jaw governing the semi-annual collec- | tion of real estate taxes was changed | by the Citv Council at its meeting at City Hall vesterday with the ndnp!lnnl of an ordinance granting taxpayers an extension of six months before the | second half of their annual tax bills becomes due | As the law formerly stood the first half of the annual bill fell due on May 15, and if unpaid, the total amount of | the al bill was immediately ad- | judged delinquent and the penalty for delinquency was at once imposed for toth the first and second halves, Under New Ordinance, Under the new ordinance the first half of the annual tax bills will become due on June 15 and the second half will not become due until November | 15, whether or not the taxpayer has paid the first half of the yearly bill The penalties to be assessed for non- payment will be, on the first half, 1 per cent, if paid during the period June 16 t0 30: 2 per cent if paid in July; 3 per cent if paid in August, 4 per cent if paid | in September, 5 per cent if pald in October, 6 por cent if paid in Novem- | ber and 7 per cent in December, On the second half there will be a penalty of 1 per cent if paid in the period from November 16 to 30; 2 per cent if paid in December, and in addition to these penalt terest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum will be added from January 1, 1930. “We have made a change in ordi- | nances governing real cstate tax collec- "SUBURBAN NEWS. open their 1 after keepin George W. Morgan, one of 3 The whole town of Seabrook is jubilant over the decision of the Prince Georges County Board of Education to re-| it closed for a vear. the leaders in the fight to have the school reopened, i the good news which has been put over the door, while a group of youngsters who will enter the “register” joy over having a school near their own homes instead of having to be taken by bus to an shown holding & sign announcing hool next September other community. —Star Staft COUNTY MILITIA ACTIVE N CANP IMT. RAINIER COU {Governing Body Claims ATTORNEY IN DEFENSE OF MAYOR Disorderly Conduct Charge Is Effort by Polit- NCIL TO EMPLOY Town Head's Arrest on | Prince Geor COUNTY TAX PAD TOTALS M08 Collections Under 1929 Levy| Increased by Higher Rate in Prince Georges. R BY GEORGE PORTER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July 12. —Taxes collected during the months of May and June, the first received in rges County under the 1929 levy, totalled $284,098.26, according to the quarterly report of R. Ernest Smith, county treasurer, compiled today. The total includes State and count | and those obtained from several spe- | clal assessments. Chief Source of Revenue. ‘The chief source of revenue was the county general levy, from which $205,- 693.11 was received in taxes from May 1 to June 30. This was an increase over the same period last year, when only $188,972.20 was collected from the levy. In 1928, nowever, the rate | was only $1.30 while this year it is $1.36. | Other items set forth in Treasurer | Smith's report discloses the following | sums were collected from the various other county tax sources: ! Stbcks and bonds levy, $1.907.56; | rolling stock levy, $4,030.09; bank stock | levy, $4,010.78, and domestic corpora- tlon stock levy, $631.19. | ‘The amount paid the State of Mary- land during May and June from State | taxes collected was $34,773.30, accord- ing to the county treasurer. Sanitary Tax. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission was paid $5956.71 from the | seven-cent sanitary tax, and $23,332.06 from the front-foot benefit charge. The | SUBURBAN NEWS.” INSANE MAN KILLS HIS FRIEND'S WIFE Parkersburg W. Va., Engi- neer, in Mad Frenzy, Shoots Woman at Evington. By the Associated Press. ALTAVISTA, Va, July 12—Roy Miles, rallway engineer, of Parkersburg, W. Va., today was awalting removal to the State asylum at Staunton after shooting and killing Mrs. Charles Ran- dall, also of Parkersburg, the wife of Miles' best friend, at Evington, near here, yesterday. Miles apparently was seized with a maniacal frenzy without warning. It was only after a desperate | battle for possession of a rifle that Ransdall saved himself. Bound With Ropes. When the county authorities reached Evington they found Miles bound with | ropes and in a state of hysteria. Miles recently lost his position with the Chesapeake & Ohlo Rallway and had brooded over the matter. He was persuaded to visit his father at Evini ton, and Randall, alarmed at his mor- bidity, decided to accompany him there. Yesterday Miles told Randall that he would like to talk to him and his wife. Randall told Miles to come to his room. As he entered the door he leveled a rifie and shot Mrs. Randall through the breast. Randall then grappled with Miles and subdued him. Declared Insane. A commission of lunacy was held a few hours after the shooting, and Miles was declared insane, being taken to Rustburg, where he is under surveilance | | REVISON IS URGE ! ommendations. s row o o N i DRNNG ANOTHER ESEAPE Ruth Hancock Goes Down at Indian Head—Miss Kenlan Saved. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. BERWYN, Md, July 12.—Falling from the top of the porch of the resi- | dence of United States Senator Thomas | D. Schall of Minnesota, near here yes-' terday morning, Henry Myers, 27, a painter, sustained internal injuries and shock, necessitating his removal to Providence Hospital by the Prince Georges County rescue squad. The man is said to be employed by the Senator and was painting the roof | when the accident occurred. —— JADWIN FLOOD PLAN By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. INDIAN HEAD, Md., July 12.—Swept into the currents of a whirlpool while swimming in the Potomac River yester- day afternoon, Miss Ruth Hancock, 16 years old, of Glymont, Md., was drowned and a companion, Miss Lois Kenlan, 16, of Accokeek, Md., barely succeeded in' making her way to safety after an attempt at rescue. The two girls are said to have been swimming in deep water off the pier at Indian Head, when the Hancock girl was caught in the whirlpool. After several unsuccessful efforts to reach her com- panion, Miss Kenlan, nearly exhausted, reached the shore and summoned aid MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 12.—Approved | _The harbor police in Washington dis- resolutions asking the Federal Govern- Patched their patrol boat, which dragged ment to revise the Jadwin flood control | the waters more than six hours, but plan, or to delay work on some of iis | failed to recover the body. It is ex- principal projects if this cannot be | pected the search will be renewed today done without congressional action, were | by divers from the naval station here. prepared for submission to Washington | Miss Hancock was the daughter of today by officials of the Mississippi Mr. and Mrs. B. A, Hancock. Her Flood Control Association. | father is emploved at the naval powder The association passed the resolutions | PIant here and also maintains a stcre at its annual meeting here yesterday in the village. The girl is survivea ov and instructed W. H. Dick, re-electeq bher parents and several brothers and president, to submit them to responsi- | Sisters. ble officials at Washington. | Three demands—abandonment of | plans for fuse plug levees, increased pay | for lands in floodway areas, and com pensation for flowage rights—were Marchioness of Townshend, mayvor of made by the association. Lynn, England, who has been visiting Senators Caraway of Arkansas, Rans- | Lynn, Mass,, hopes to write scenarios dell of Louisiana and McKellar of Ten- | for American films. She thinks they are nessee said they would support the rec- | more alive and more interesting than | Mississippi River Control| Group Prepares Resolution to Be Sent to Capital. By the Associated Pres: Visitor to Write Scenarios. NEW YORK, July 12 P).—The Silver Spring and Hyattsville| ical Foes to Discredit Administration. Maryland Natlonal Capital Park and |lest he make an effort to kill himself. England’s. Planning Commission was paid $2,552.88, | He appeared to have no knowledge of being the amount received from the the homicide during quieter moments. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, awarded the contract. Their estimate | thre-cent tax for saning - . MOUNT RAINIER, Md, July 12— was $64,776. er special taxes include the Ed- AriseA Gve Wi 0lhs yheiiien ‘z vesan) M The corporation counsel was author- | monston road tax No. 1. from which ANITA STEWART TO WED | ized to draw up specifications for bids | $477.25 was received. and the Edmon- | | NEW YORK HEIR JULY 24 | tions,” Mayor Willlam Albert Smoot, in explaining the change, “be- cause on the For Convenience of Payers. “The adoption of the semi-annual col- Jection of real estate faxes was made | By a Saff Correspondent of The Siar veniencs of taxpayers after| CASCADE, Md., July 12.—The Serv- udy of the tax laws of cities | ice Company, Silver Spring, Md.. par- collecting their tax biils semi-annually. | ticipated in the first rezimental parade | ‘We adopted the metiod which at that | held by the regiment at Camp Ritchie | time deemed best to us. [t eason. The company, led by Lieut. | “Since then we have learned that|Lewis V. Kreh was one of the best ap- | | Men Busy on Parade and Rifle Range. effort of their political foes to discredit | ¢, "ine establishment of & garbage serv- | ston toad tax No. 2, which produced | their administration by causing the ar-| ice in the town, which will be paid for | $733.33. | bl rest of the mayor on a disorderly con- | out of the general fund, . [ uThe treasurer announced that the | The mayor and council have also ap- | sutomobile tax s, now ng sent duct charge, the Town Council of Mnumw_m_d a’pnn o stall hlgh-pnw‘;r;fmh Sitall 1o Anlatest. chatae: als| Rainier at a special meeting last night | electric_lights of 250 candlepower on | though interest at the rate of six per | authorized the employment of an at- | Rhode Island avenue from the District | cent is charged on all other tax bills | torney to co-operate with the corpora- | line to the Brentwood line and on | not paid by July 1 | tion counsel in defending the town EISEMAN'S SEVENTH & F Film Actress Fixes Date for Cere-| mony After Receiving Final De- eree From Former Husband. Thirty-fourth street from Rhode Island By the Associated Press. when the taxpayer did not pay the first | pearing organizations that passed in re- | half of this made his entire quent, working a hardship, ause the second half really was not 13 for six months. The new inance rectifies this, and the second f is not 1t now until Novem ber 15, six later than was the case in the ordinance, o hal To Connect Gas Mains. An appropr f $700 was made by he connection- of on Morgan place | mont, assuring | n a much im- | view, Scrgt. Voigt, the new mess sergeant. has taken his task seriously, with the | result_that at the regular daily inspec- tion the kitchen of the company has ranked high. The medical officer of the | camp inspects the kitchens of each out- fit dally, Headquarters 2d Battalion of Laurel, Md., received the highest rating, with a mark of 91 per cent. Puts on Guard Mount. 4 lle, Md.. put rount Wednesday The Council also appropriated $250 | to defray one-half of the expenzes of | sending the Citizens' Band to_Lexing- | ton, Va., the Alcxandria Fire De- | partment for the a 1 convention of the State Firemen's Associa- tion August 26, 27 and 28. | Mrs. John esident of | tment Auxil- | 3 re the council | 2nd asked that the appropriation for the band be made, promised the coun- cil that the auxiifary would raise the | other 5250 needed to take the band to | appropriating $2,500 to Tan Yard sewer, on South reet, result $1.200 for the cor crete culvert at Jann ane and Tay- lor's Run; $1.000 for the construction of a wooden bridge 12 feet wide by 42 feet long over Hooff's Run at Prince street, and $1:500 for buikheading and at the King street dock were rece and held over Several other measures, including one | for the purchase of an aerial truck for | the Alexandria Fire Department and were tion. but were | cil meets in an | y Hall Tuesday | retain the of informal session at Ci afternoon at 3 o'cloc The council also d action on | the application filed by Agnes G. Carl for permission to construct and main- | tain a pasoline fi ¢ statton at the | southwest corner of Washington and ‘Wilkes streets DOLPH SPEAKS TO CLUB. |} - " | First Rotary President of Wash-| ington Visits Arlington. Br a Staff Cor t of The 12.—John | hington | Rotary Club, was a guest yesterday at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club e Was advantage of po: teaching in the wi ot ork among young a member of the s | Ar- | He sing the | club br on, presi | dent, p | WOLFINGER NAMED. Hagerstown Man Appointed U. §. | Commissioner for District. Special Dispateh to The Star, BALTIMORE, July Judge Morris A. Soper of the United Stat Court has appointed D. Angle Wolfin- gar of Hagerstown, former State's attorney of Washington County, to the B of United States commissioner for that distriet. With the appointment of Mr. Wolfin- ger, who was unanimousl: the Washingten County Bar Assoch tion, the office will filled for the first time since the resignation of the late Alexander Hagner more than'tw years agn { indorsed by | be It is not necessary to have had an Account at this Bank to Borrow EASY TO PAY Monthly THE MORRIS night. The company is famous through- out the regiment for its discipline and the perfection of its close order drill and the manual of arms. It has won the guard mount drill on’several occa- sions, The entire personnel of the Service Co. went on the rifle range yesterday morning and fired the practice course, preparatory to firing for record. Li year the company stood fifth in th: regiment in qualifying men with the | Springfield rifie and Lieut. Kreh, wh 0 | has cevoted a great part of his time | during the past year in coaching the | ifferent men. expects an even larger number to qualify this year. Men quali- s marksmen, sharpshooters or ex- perts are paid accordingly, provided they attend camp the following year. There are 959 enlisted men and 53 | officers present ‘in camp. The Service Co. has many men who have bzen with the ofrganization a long time. Master | Sergeant Ward P. Burdine, 10 years; | Lieut. Kreh, 1 sented with the new medal Railroads being extended in the Sudan are cxpected to give additional insur- ance against the risks of famine in years | of bad grain crops. and grades them accordingly. | head, and, if necessary, to carry the case to the Cireuit Court. ! | The mayor, John Beall, is scheduled to be tried tonight before Justice of Peace Robert Joyce. The charge was brought, against him by Charles Calvert, attorney for Willlam S. Keys, & dele- gate in the Maryland Legislature, after | the latter had been arrested for violat- | ing a town ordinance by conducting building operations without a permit. The council last night instructed Bird L. Dolby. corporation counsel, to secure | the services of State Senator Lansdale 5. Sasscer, to assist in defending the mayor. | | | Authorize Paving Bids. Bids for the paving of several streefs anthorized as part of a town road im- provement program, were opened at last night's meeting. Jarboe & Hough- ton of Mechanicsville, Md., were the| avenue to Bunker Hill road, she work | to begin immediately and to cost about | $670. The lights wiil be of the same type as now in place on Rhode Island avenue inside the District. Vote Tax Rate Reduction, Upon the report of the town Asses- sors, L. Rosenfield and D. J. Oreutt, | that the real property of the town show- | ed a valuation of $4,249.844, the council | voted to reduce the tax rate for the | coming year from 40 to 20 cents per | $100, making the town one of the first in the county to cut its tax rate. The valuation reported by the assessors, how- | ever, was considerably more than the last ‘previous valuation, which was $2,- | 413,000, | The fire tax, recently authorized at a referendum, was fixed at six and one- half cents, per $100, although the law glves authority ‘to set this tax at 10 WINNER OF HONOR FLAG. | Boys' Club Camp Squad No. 6, un- der the leadership of Jack Hendricks, won the honor flag and prize for the first week in camp on general inspec- tion, with a total of 221 points. The inspection covers cleanliness of quar- ters, personal appearance, morning dip, setting-up exercises, response to reveille, work hour, special work, leaders’ super- vision and neatness and manners while in mess hall. Entertalnment in the form of vaude ville and minstrel shows is being fur nished the camp by Tiler, Mulligan and | | | Wolfe, three members of the troop. Two | A. Fraser of Omah are given cach week and the, costumes are camp products. show: parts and HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 12.—Anita Stewart, film actress, who several weeks ' ago announced she would be married | soon to George Converse, heir of the | millionaire New York family, last night | said that July 24 had been selected as the date of the weddihg. | The plans for the wedding were laid ' following the granting to Miss Stewart | yesierday of a final decree of divorce | from Rudolph Cameron, stage actor. | The ceremony will be held in the patio | i of the bride's home. W. 0. W. HEADS RENAMED. SEATTLE, Wash,, July 12 UP.— W.| Nebr., has ten- dered his resignation as sovereign cam-l mander of the Woodmen of the World because of recent suits entered against OPEN UNTIL 6 PM. SAT TROUSERS for HOT WEATHER s4'—i—sandup URDAY o lowest bidders HAILSTORM RUINS and will probably be cents per $100. | . the order in Nebraska and criticisms | Order Platform Removed. directed against the administration by | “The District Commissioners today or- | the courts. All the other officers also | dered the loading platform in front of | Tesigned, but the annual convention 1 on Connecticut | immediately voted the unanimous re-| Palm Beaches Mohairs Linens Worsteds Many of them will match.your odd coats. | toward the Potomac River along | the ground two inches deep. " Crops in | the next morning are ruined to the CROP AT CLIFTON Stones Five Inches in Circumfer--| ence Do Much Damage in Virginia District. years in the Maryland | o National Guard; Capt. Cissel, Cook Ter- | rence P. Brady, 10 years; Sergt. Paul H. Curran, 9 years. The company also | included among its members several men with World War service; Capt Joseph C. Cissel, Lieut. Louls V. Kreh, | rgl. Paul H. Curran, Master Sergt. | Logan J. Purcell, Staff Sergt. John E. Waters. Company F on Range, Company F, Tuesday, changed off | from regular tactics and took to the | rific range. All men were up early pre- aring themselves in various ways for he day's work and each man was giving | rifie particular attention so good re- ts would follow when used on the range. The commanding officer, Col. D. John has announced that an attrac- | | be presented to all en- | d men of the regiment who have perfect attendance a* armory drills for | the past Rscal year. Members of Com- | pany F who will receive one of ‘these medals are First Sergt. E. D. Devlin, | Company Clerk L. C. Reely. Sergt. W. D. England, Sergt. H. J. Troy, Sergt L. Bassford and Epecial Dispatch to The Star. CLIFTON, Va. July 12—Fairfax| County was treated to its second freak storm on Wednesday afternoon. A se- vere wind and hail storm hit the south- western section of the county, sweep- ing in a narrow strip from Manassas ull | Run. Hailstones five and six inches | in circumference fell in such numbers that they were piled six inches deep in some sections. | In the woods, where there was no | opportunity for drifting, they covered the neighborhood south of Clifton were ruined and some of the farmers are facing serfous financial difficulties, with the ruin of their season’s work staring | them in their faces and the scaton too far advanced to make up for the loss. Emmett Atkins, who operates the 300- acre farm of J. U. Kincheloe, lost his entire crop of corn and oats, all_his garden produce and vegetables. Corn over six feet high was so badly broken and beaten down that it cannot recover. Oats which were to have been harvested extent of 400 bushels on this one farm. Hay is beaten down. buildings unroofed and leaking. Dan Davis, a farmer in the same neighborhood, was another heavy loser, every crop on his farm being ruined. Cuba produced more than 5,000,000 | | tons of sugar last season. * vou serve your 3‘ friends, er your family, Simpson's Golden Flake Butter- milk you will make yourself popular as a hostess, Everybody likes real country-style buttermilk this kind of weather—a n d that's just what Golden Flake is. . Natural, pure, freshly churned bufter- milk. T hick with flakes of golden butter. Sold at Grocery stores, Order it—Atlantic 70. PLAN:- BANK Under Superviion U, 5. Treasury (1 1408 H Street N. W, &2 A popular hostess of the Carolinas was Racheal Caldwell. Stoutly smpporting the Colomies — she was “forced throngh circumstances fto serve many a meal to British soldiers. iCHANGE CHART PROGRAM. Navy Hydrographic Office to Map South America Before Mexico. The hydrographic office of the Navy | Department has modified its fi\'mnnnl chart program, it was announced to- Aviation charts of the east and west coasts of South America will take | precedence ahead of those for the west coast of Mexico from Punta Arenas | northward to Rosarlo. The increasing demand for aviation charts of South | America and the lack of aviation ac- vity along the west coast of Mexico area has made this change advisable. Added to the program has been an ' additional chart of Anagua, Nicaragua. to_Tela, Honduras. . The hydrographic office has just issued a special aviation operating ‘chart to cover the area in the vicinity of San Diego, Calif., used l;‘,r the aircraft squadron of the battle eet. FLAG IS DEDICATED. A new American flag was dedicated with a fitting ceremony by the 160 chil- dren and mothers at Camp Good Will, in Rock Creek Park, at sundown yester- day. The old flag, which had flown | over the camp for several seasons, was hauled down, disposed- of in accordance with military regulations, by burning, and the new colors strung. up.. Patriotic songs were sung throughout the ceremony, and Edwin S. Potter, field secretary of the Summer outings committee, told of the history and meaning of the flag in a short talk. Cleaned and Special Price Three Days Onl Thursday, Friday and Sa Ladies’ Wear Suits Long Coats Kimonos Bathrobes 1731 Hand Pressed the Mayflower Hote avenue, south of De Sales moved at a cost of $500, street, re- | cluding the | | Cost of resurfacing incidental to the re- | moval. The action follows decision by | the Public Utilities Commission after a | public hearing recently to abandon the | car stop at that poin There just isn't any other flavor like it! Fine ham . .. cooked en casserole. Choice spices +..blended as no one else knows how. That’s all there is to Underwood Deviled Ham. But it makes the best sandwich you ever ate. election of Fraser and his aldes to! another four-year term. | The offer by Comdr. Fraser of his | resignation came as a climax at the conclusion of the reading of his annual report. The convention was thrown into an uproar. harge Accounts Solicited Open All Day Saturday HARRY { AUFMAN: 1316 -1326 Seventh St NW__ Men, Here's Something to Talk About! $15,817-50 & 520 UNDERWOOD Deviled Ham Popular priced tins at leading chain and independent grocers PLEATED AND PLAIN SILK DRESSES Of All Kinds Thoroughly Dry il y— turday 1 Any of These Men Garments Cleaned and 1.00 Suits Tth St. NW. PHONE POTOMAC 3900 All Work Called for and Delivcred 004 \Y Overcoats Topcoats Bathrobes DOLLAR CLEANING CO. PHONE POTOMAC 3900 All Work Called for nd Delivered Suminer Suits 11 Two for $21 Models for Men and Young Men of Gabardine Tropical Worsted Mohair and Pure Linen With Two Pairs of Pants We have set the whole town talking about our clothing values and here’s another exceptional sale. Suits of the better type, styles that are right up to the minute and tailor- ing that compares with the best, and to sell at a price that ie extraordinarily low. Light, medium and dark shades. Sizes 34 to 48. Linen suits are triple shrunk. A Companion Sale—Men’s $1.50 10 $3 Imperial and Arrow Shirts Of ~ broadcloth, cham- bray, zephyr-weight ox- fords, madras, 80-square percale and other weaves. S Neckband, collar to match, collar attached and laundered collar attached. Plain colors, whites and fancies. Sizes 1375 to 18. Kaufman's—First Floor Men’s $5 Summer Oxfords