Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1929, Page 5

. ORTIZRUBID S OF FORVISTTOU.S, President-Elect of Mexico May Come to Capital While on Trip. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 3.— President-elect Pascual Ortiz Rublo last night left for the United States, which his chief rival in the national elections of November 17, Jose Vasconcelos, had already entered at Nogales yesterday. The President-elect will go by way of | Brownsville, Tex., and New Orleans, at | *© which latter place it was said he might | ~-nd & few days. He intends to enter | Johns Hopkins Hospital in_Baltimore | and probably will also visit Washington. } It has been reported he may talk with | former President Plutarco Calles when | he returns from France. | The departure was made with some secrecy. A few hours before train time | baggage was removed quietly from the Ortiz Rubio home and placed in the | unostentatious wooden car attached to | the rear of the regular passenger train for the border. Persons who will travel with the President-elect boarded the car here, but Ortiz Rubio met it at a | suburban station to avoid attention. Accompanied by Soldiers. The train carried a carload~of sol- | diers, about three times the size escort | that accompanies regular trains. | On the eve of his departure for the United States the President-elect gave an exclusive statement to the Asso- ciated Press, sending friendly greetings 10 the people of the United States and promising fo make his government one of reconstruction and concord. “I accept with pleasure the invita- tion of the Associated Press to send to the people of the United States on the eve of my trip a message of friend- ship. I have been for many years a sincere admirer of that great Nation, which, due to the high stage of civiliza- tion it has reached, is the pride of all inhabitants of this continent. “I believe it indispensable for the prosperity of both countries that the bonds of friendship which happily tie us be further strengthened on a basis of mutual respect. I desire with great earnestness that the prosperify of the United States continue to develop as brilliantly as heretofore, because the prosperity of the United States will con- tribute to the prosperity of America, and the prosperity of America will mean sooner or later the prosperity of human k uring the past 20 years Mexico has | been struggling to better the living con- ditions of her people. The different armed movements which have taken place since 1910 are incidents of a somewhat violent process of democrati- zation. These movements of action and Teaction constitute the so-called Mexi- can revolutions. ‘Work of Predecessors. | “Four constitutional Presidents—Ma- | dero, Carranza, Obregon, Calles—all of | them coming from revolutionary ranks, have occupied the presidency of Mex- ico since the 1910 movement. Those four men have carriéd out successively different misisons in this phase of po- litical evolution of my country. “After the provisional terms of Emilio Portes Gil and after 20 years of strug- gle, the intensity 6f which has been gradually decreasing, Mexico can now face the world, proud of her accom- plished work and confident of her future. “I believe that the revolution, now that my predecessors in office have over- come the obstacles set by their enemies, has finally entered the stage of actual doings. I will strive to make my gov- ernment one of reconstruction and con- cord, to obtain on the basis of adminis- trative honesty and of common sense a reasonable advantage for all resomrces of the country. - < “I will assume office without political rancor. ‘The last presidential election demonstrated that the National Revolu- tiom‘ll party. which nominated me, is undoubtedly the political party that best Tepresents the social ambitions of the . majority of the Mexican people.” FIRE-RIDDEN SHIP SINKS. Liner’s Cargo Destroyed and Flames | Sweep Upper Decks. PHILADELPHIA, December 3 (A)— With its cafgo destroyed by fire, the Holland-American Line steamship Bin- nendijk rested today on the bottom of the Delaware River in 35 feet of water while firemen continued to fight the flames that swept its decks. The ship's captain, Henryk Buhse, estimated the damage to the vessel and cargo at $500,000. The ship. a 4.240-ton vess:], was to have sailed from this city yesterday, | but, due to bad weather, the sailing was postponed. In the afternoon the Afire, | believed to have been smoldering in the | cargo of linseed oil and linseed cake for | several hours, burst from No. 2 hold and Quickly spread to other compartments. A group of 25 firemen were overcome by smoke. The Binnendijk arrived here & week ago from Rotterdam via Boston, | Body of Cave-in Victim Rescued. WILMINGTON, Kent, England, De- | cember 3 (#).—The body of William | Sales, who was buried alive when the well on his homestead caved in on_him Priday. was recovered Sunday. Sales had expressed the wish that he might | die on the homestead where he and his | wife had lived many decades. Mrs. | Sales, aged 82, stood for hours by the well while the rescue party retained hope of finding her husband alive. Shaking with sobs, she told how they had lived in their little fvy-clad cotta since they were married. A son, 62, was in the rescue party. Sales fell into the well when & stone | slab at the top gave way under his step. A ton or more of earth fell on top of him. New Tanker Launched. CHESTER, Pa., December 3 (#).—The | motor ship tanker Pacific Sun was launched yesterday from the yards of the Sun Shipbuilding Co. It was built for the Motor Ship Tank Co. to operate along the Pacific Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern refinerles, carrying petroleum products. She is propelie®f by a single screw and weighs 13,450 dead weight tons. CITIZENS URGE | morrow by THE EVENING Another Millionaire Launched John D. Rockefeller, 3d, Meets Reporters as He Starts Work in Fa By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 3.—John D. Rockefeller, 3d., who is 23, took his initia} plunge yesterday into one of the duties that go with acquiring and giv- ing away millions. In his fathers office in the Standard Oil Co.’s headquarters at 26 Broadway, the grandson of its founder met re- porters to talk of his plan to begin work in the company's office next week. The _reporters were introduced by John D. Rockefeller, jr. to “My son John,” and then the questioning began. What was the salary of the son of one of America's richest men going 2 “Just what any other young man would get in his place,” said John D., r. “We don't know, yet, but if you're thinking of 5 or 10 thousand—that's | way too high.” Going to Brouse Around. ‘Where and how was he going to be- gin work? “I don’t know yet,” said John, D., 3d. “Father has so many interests—I'd Jike to dive into all of them—the coal and ofl and philanthropical flelds.” “Don't tie him down to coal or oil or anything,” said his father. “He's going to brouse around. I want him to work along the lines of his greatest interest. Come down after he has been at it a year and we'll check up on him.” Was he going to don overalls and | father's methods.” ther’s Office. learn the oil business from below the | ground up? % “That would be darned interesting,” said John D., 3d, <'but I doubt if I'll have time.” Just what would his dutles be then? “I'll sit in on conferences and read reports and do what father did when he came in here—try to learn anything and everything I can about the busi- ness.” sald young John. “By the time we get fo the fifth son we'll have a definite technique estab-| lished,” remarked his father. At any rate, we hope he'll improve on his Likes to Work. Young John D., 6 feet tall, with blond hair and the Rockefeller chin, sat at ease in his chalr and answered ques- tions put to him. He likes tennis and squash; he likes to reaa—fiction and ! economics, which was his major sub-! ject at Princeton University—and he likes to work, he said. He has been simply reared, and the | travels he has taken generally have | been made third class. For several Summers he has gone to Europe, and this Summer he circled the globe as secretary of James G. Macdonald, chair- man of the Foreigi\PoJcy Association. No pictures were takén of him toda; “He's just like any one else’s son, sald his father. “There's no reason why a picture should be taken of him. Re- member, my children have a hard enough 'time just as it is, just being my children.” DOUBLE TRACK Manor Park Association Ad-| vocates Half Fare for Children. ‘The Manor Park Citizens’ Association, in a resolution =dopted at a meeting in | the Whittier School, Fifth and Sheri- dan streets, last night, requested the Public Utilities Commission to complete the fare hearing investigation by taking action upon a request of the associa- tion for a double track on the Third street line of the Capital Traction Co. The reguest also included a five-minute schedule upon this line, an express car service during “rush” hours, half fare for school children and free transfers between Capital Traction cars and Washington Railway & Electric Co. cars at_Georgia avenue and Kennedy street. It was announced at the meeting that an effort would be made to obtain the services of Representative Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, chairman of the District committee, to address the next meeting of the association, to be held January 6. ‘The group expressed desire in a reso- lution saying that the Center Mar- ket should' Temain in operation until the Government actually is ready to begin work upon another site, and that the new market be located in the ap- proximate geographical center of the city. mdnhn D. Smoot presided at the meet- | 2. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. First’ Congregational Church bazaar | First Congressional Church bazaar | and turkey dinner will be held tonight from 5:30 to 7:30. A moving picture, Buster Keaton in “Steamboat Bill, jr.” will be shown at 8:15 In the church auditorium. * Ladies of McKendree Methodist Epis-°| copal Church will hold thelr snnual turkey_supper and bazaar this evening from 5 to 7 o'clock, & Phil Sheridan Woman's Relief Corps will meet tonight at 8 oclock In the G. A. R. Hall for election of officcrs, Department Council of Administra- tion 'Auxiliaries, United Spanish War Vterans, will give a card party tonight at Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Masea- chusetts avenue, at 8:30. Meeting of council will be held at 8 o'clock at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southenst. Canadian Club will meet in the gar- den of the Mayflower Hotel tonight ai 8:30 gharp. Fion. Erie H, Louw. Minis- ter of the Union of South Africa, will be the guest of the evening. Vincent B.' Costello Post, No. 15, the | American Legion, will meet tonight in the board room, District Building, ‘at | 8 o'clock. Installation. Illustrated lecture, “Pollination and Pruning o Date Palms in North Africa,” will be given tonight by W. T. | Swingle, first American to visit the | date region of Moroceo, at the meeting | of the Botanical Society of Washing- ton, to be held in the assembly room of the Cosmos Club at 8 o'clock. Neil | E. Stevens will speak also on “Fore- | casting berries. Rev. F. Bland Tucker of St. John's Church, Georgetown, will conduct the Bible study at Business Women's Coun- cil meeting this evening at the Church of the Covenant. son, professor of religious education of American University, will show mov- ing plctures in connection with his lecture on a trip through Palestine, Bazaar is being held" today and to- the Columbia Hospital Alumanae Association at Columbia Hos- ?lu‘; for the benefit of sick nurses’ und. Ladies’ Ald of Gorsuch M. E. Church is holding forty-first annual bazaar and turkey dinner tonight and tomorrow.at Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street. Luncheon served also from 11 am. to 1:30 pm. A the Keeping Quality of Cran- “‘Half Century of Electricity,” will be the subject of a lecture given tonight at the Jewish Community Center Forum by E. O. Crittenden, chief of the divi- You'll have more left for Christmas Gifts if you buy .Your Clothes at WAYNE Genuine Blue LAMBKIN OVERCOATS Liged in the newest models with Genuine Skinner’s Satin $9950 Made of inest lamb’s wool. Will not stifie or harden from exposyre to rain, sleet or smow. The ARISTOCRAT < GROUP World's Choicest Woolens Made to your Measure $33.50 SUITS . OVERCOATS TUXEDOS Shillfully Tailored of se1ecud Al Wool Fabrics Ready 10 put on $99.50 [] WAY NE Every WAYNE Garment is guaraniced 10 satisfy or we will refumd your momey. T, A. Di ook of 725-14th STREET, N.W.5 Phone: National 0346 Mer. P" Conpons with eversg@urchase Dr. Arthur J. Jack- | RULING TO BE GIVEN ON LIQUOR PERMITS Supreme Court Consents to Decide Time Limiting Au- thority of Bureau. By the Associated Press, The Supreme Court yesterday con- sented to pass on the authority ol the Prohibition Bureau to place a time limit on permits governing the use of liquor in the manufacture of medicinal prepa- rations. The question was raised in three cases from New York. i When the government in October, 1927, attempted to put into effect regu- lations governing the use of liquor in the manufacture of medicinal prepara- | tions and of alcohol in the manufacture | of denatured alcohol, so as to make all permits end on definite dates, and re- quire rencwals, the Galeno Chemical Inc.; the Union Course Pharmacy, P. T. Chemical Co., Inc.; the Curatons Co., D. P. Paul & Co., Inc., and W. H. Long & Co., Inc., obtained from the Federal Court in New York City orders prohibiting the Prohibition Bureau from interfering with the per- mits they held. ] The courts held that the prohibition act did not require that all permits contain a definite time limitation, and that it was beyond the power of the Secretary of the Treasury and the pro- hibition commissioners "to issue the regulations planned, — sfon of electricity, Bure f . Public sinvited. 7! ikl Women’s Guild, Incarnation Church, nth and~ Gallatin _streets, is serving home:cooked chicken dinner tonight and tomorrow night at the church in connection with Christmas bazaar, 5 to 7:30 o'clock. - FUTURE. Lincoln Post of the G. A. R. will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the G. A. R. Hall. Card party will be Thousand Dollar Clul avenue tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Bridge and five hundred. | Benefit, Nativity Church. given by the One b at Georgia ‘The autochrome leeture will be given by Fred Payne Clatworthy at the | Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, 1410 Columbia road, at 8 o'clock tomor- row night. " Jaquess Gulld of Washington Lodge, Theosophical Soclety, 1218 H street, giving a cafeteria supper and bazaar tomorrow evening from 5 to 9 o'clock. The . turkey dinner committee of Sacred Heart Parish will give a card | party at 8:15 tomorrow night in the | Sacred Heart Parish Hall, at Sixteenth street and Park road, Hutradena Club, Inc., of World War Veterans, will meet tomorrow night, 8 o'clock, at Holy Name Guild, 1727 Thirteenth street. Election of officers. District of Columbia Public School Association will meet at the' Franklin Administration Building _ tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Miss Bess Goody- | kontz, assistant commissioner of educa- tion, United States Department of In- terior, will talk on “The Expanding | Elementary School Curriculum,” West Virginia Society will hold an- nual apple, cider and ginger bread party | temorrow night at the Washington Club, Seventeenth and K streets, International bazaar in the Ameri- | canization School, Tenth and H streets, | will be concluded tomorrow night. | Lunch and dinner will be served. ’ Lions Club will meet for luncheon in the Jefferson room of the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow, noon. Bureau of Chemistry and Solls will hold & banquet in the garden of they Mllyflngr Hote} tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. o'clock, Department of Labor dinner will be held in Chinese rom of the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow evening, 7 o'clock. : & for stiff neck What agony! Those awful painsinneckandshoulders. Hard to work when you feel that way...Pat on Sloan’s—repeat every hour —its heat warms you like sunshine, Pain goes. 35¢. SLOAN'S |Liniment S TAR, WASHINGTON, OCEAN MAIL LINE ADDITIONS ARE SET 7 IBrown Fixes Replacements on 13 Routes—Total Cost Put at $245,500,000. Postmaster General Brown vesterd: placed the cost of replacements and ad- ditions to be required of shipping firms given ocean mail contracts on the 13 routes certified to the Shipping Board at $245500,000 over 10 years. Three 28-knot, 45,000-ton ships for the five- day weekly service on thé North Atlan- tic_will cost $90,000,000 of this. The principal shipping companies operating on these routes—with the ex- ception of the North Atlantic compan! and two companies operating Gulf of Mexico lines—have agreed to the tevl!a- tive program of new construction. The Leviathan may bz substituted for one of the three ships required to' be- fur- nished if the United States Lines should be the successful bidder for the North Atlantic fast mail contact. Forty-three new or reconstructed ve: sels are called for under the replac ment plan to be launched within eight years of the award of the mail con- tracts. ~On the North Atlantic route from New York to Cherbourg and Southamplon, three class 1 ships, capa- ble of not less than a speed of 28 knots and of 45,000 tons, would be requircd within six years. ' Postmaster Brown has put the total cost of these three vessels at $90,000.000. The first ship would be built within two and a half years of the time the contract was awarded, the second within thtee years and the third witlin six years. On the New York to Plymouth, Cher- bourg and Hamburg Line, a weekly service of seven and a half days each way will be required, but until new ships are available, the service may be operated at nine and a half days to Hamburg. On_this route, four class 2 ships of not less than 30 knots 20,000 tons will be required, at an es! mated cost of $32,000,000. EARLY SHOPPING, AID TO MERCHANT Association Secretary Holds Prac- tice Will Greatly Reduce Christmas “Exchanges.” ‘The volume of after-Christmas “ex- changes” in Washington stores should be materially reduced this year, Edward Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and | Manufacturers’ Association, said today. ““The merchants believe that this sit- uation is a direct result of the record- breaking movement which started late in November to get Christmas shopping well under way, or even completed. i1 advance of the usual last-minute rush. As a result, the shoppe: giving more careful attention to the selection of their gifts,” said Mr. Shaw. “Merchants recall that in previous years the two or three days immediately following Christmas were to them al most a nightmare, as a result of their attempts to satisfy customers who sought to exchange unsuitable gifts. This is a difficult task. as stocks by that time have been depleted by the Christ- mas rush, “Merchants have ‘welcomed the new movement, which seems to have swept the country this year, in behalf of early- season gift-buying. Many feel that it is a direct result of the educational cam pgign which has been waged persist- exuy by various women's organizations. These groups for years have been ham- mering home the point that the shop- pers who mak?® their selections early in the: Christmas season get a far better result than those who wait until the last minute, when the stores are crowded and the stocks are depleted. “Retail merchants of Washington are confident that because of this display of good judgment on the part of their cus- tomers there will be fewer exchange re- quests than in former yea hose who are doing their holiday shopping miow are doing it carefully and under the most favorable conditions. ‘Those v'ho later rush through the stores to fill their Christmas lists will shop careles "7, It is this careless shopping. which emuses the after-Christmas ex- changes.” Damage Award Cut $30,000. CHANDLER, Okla., December 3 (#).— A $50,000 verdict for damages awarded by a District Court jury here to Fred | P. Branson, former chief justice of the State Supreme Court, against the Okla- homa Publishing Co. of Oklahoma City, has been reduced by District Judge Hal Johnson of Shawnee to $20,000. Judge Johnson sheared off $30.000, asserting that evidence did not show that the Oklahoma City Times' article on which Brn’;laun's suit was based had evinced malice. Haitien Leader Dies. PARIS, December 3 (#).—Dr. Rosalvo Bobo, one-time provisional President and revolutionary leader in Haitl, died here yesterday at the age of 56. Dr. Bobo was staying at the home of his brother, Henri Laraque, counselor at the Ha: tian legation. Bandits Slay Mill Owner. MEXICO CITY, December 3 ().—A dispatch last night to El Universal from Puebla said that the owner of a mill at Tepcojuma was killed by bandits, who also sacked nearby ranches. Pursuing troops engaged in a running fight with the raiders, ' It was reported there were some casualties, although the exact certained. 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The other series, led by Dr. E. A. Doug- lass, studled tree rings from Pueblo Bonita an® dozens of other ruins, Value of Findings. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, _president of the National Geographic Soclety, in assessing the value of the finds of the expedition, says “They have pushed back the historic horizons of the Southwestern United States to a period nearly eight cen- turies before Columbus crossed the Atlantic. . “They have discovered not only the age of the great communal dwelling of Pueblo Bonita, metropolis of our aborig- inal Southwest, but also have dated 3ome 40 other ruins whose time of oc- cupancy hitherto had been unknown. “Moreover, they have developed a tree-ring calendar which can be ap- plied to all early ruins in which datable | timbers exist. “A collateral finding of great inter- est, yet to be developed, is the possible relation belween the weather cycles clearly revealed in this tree-ring calen-, dar of the Southwestern United States and similar cyclic variations being re- corded by a third National Geographic Scciety expedition (in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution), an expe- dition which still is in the fiel, at Mount Brukkaros, Southwest Africa, making daily observations of solar ra- diation.” Dates of Ruins. In many instances, Dr. Douglass' re- port points out, oné group name is ap- plied to several ruins. The “talkative tree rings” engbled the explorers to date each ruin of the groups studied. Thus, in the Mesa Verde group, Cliff Palace is dated 1073; Oak Tree House, 1112 Spring House, 1115; Balcony House, 1190-1206; Square Tower House, 1204, | and Spruce Tree House, 1216 and 1262. | Explainipg the procedure by which | the tree-ring.calendar was worked out, | Dr. Douglass says: “The method which we have used in extending the historical calendar of the Southwest 4s the outcome of a long at- tempt to read the diarles of trees. Every | vear the trees in our forests show the | swing of time's pendulum and put down a mark. They are chronographs, re- seasons are set down through definite imprints. Every vear each pine adds a layer of new wood over its entire living surface of trunk and branches. “If every year were exactly the same, growth rings would tell the age of the tree and little mare. Only in rare cases would they record exceptional events of any Interest to us. But a tree is not a mechanical robot. It is a liv- ing thing, and its food supply and ad- venture through life all enter into its diary, A flash of lightning, a forest | fire, insect pests or a falling neighbor may make strong impressions on its life and go into its diary. ‘But in the arid regions of our South- west, where trees are few and other | vegetation scarce, the most important thing to man and trees is rainfall. This | fact has helped vastly in our dating work, for certain sequences of years be- come easily recognized from tree to tree, county to county, even from State 'to State:’ Sun Spots Studied. 2 From sun spots to tree rings seems a long scientific jump, but it illustrates how one fact of science may have far flung results in other fields, for Dr. Douglass is an astronomer. “Originally my work was a study of sun spots,” he writes. “It {s known that there is a perlodicity in their occur- | rences; they are most numerous at in- tervals of i1 years. As an aid in that astronomical investigation, I studied trees, for solar changes affect ous weather, and weather in turn affects {the trees In Arizona's dry climate, as | elsewhere. “The first confismation of our gen- eral interpretation of a relationship be- | tween tree rings and sun-spot priods |came in a most dramatic way. “Evidence of the 1l-year sun-spot | cycle had been easily found in Arizona pine trees. The regularly recurring periods had been recorded for 500 years | by tree rings, except for the interval | from 1650 to 1725. During that 75 years | the tree rings gave no evidence of per- iodical changes in the weather such as || were'to be expected. “Several years after we had encoun- tered this puzzling fact the late Dr. E. | | Walter Maunder, an eminent English | | astronomer, unaware of my findings, | wrote to me that he had discovered that | | there were no sun spots between 1645 | and 1715, and that if my tree rings did not indicate some effect of this absence | is & Preseription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,| ; Bilious Fever and Malaria.| ! It is the most speedy remedy known. i d healthfulness of your home er Hard Coal that s you can enjoy “Healthful Heat” el. And—trade marked with-’ Linc. 1203 0000000060000 00 cording clocks, by which the succeeding | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1929. DATES OF INDIAN RUINS FIXED BY STUDY OF RINGS OF TREES S Bl o Wi Columbian History of Early Tribes in Southwest America. le in the pre-Columbian history of the of important Indian ruins in the South- ional Geographic Society. | Out of the annual growth of tree rings a zalendar extending 1,200 years from 700 AD. has been constructed, with aid of astronomy, geology, archeology and | ) of sun spots, my work was being con- | | ducted on an erroneous hypothesis. “The coincidence between the failure of Arizona trees to register any sun-spot | entirely independent study, that the | customary sun-spot cycle did not occur years helped confirm the relationship | between the growth of trees and solar | changes.” | HIGH COURTTOFIX | NEW ETHICS OF SEA| | Whether Seamen Shall Submit to Appeal From $12,000 Verdict. | By the Associated Press. . ' In the days when men went down to| | the sea in sailing ships the efficiency of | the mates was measured by’ their ability | to swing belaying pins against the heads | of recalcitrant seamen, but the lower | Federal courts have decided & new code | of ethics must rule, and the Supreme | Court itsell yesterday decided to pass| on the question. | While the American steamship Alpha | was lying at anchor off the coast of | Venezuela its second assistant engineer | | used & monkey wrench on Robert Cain, | a gallor, who' was late in coming on| ich. 3 In the old day the assault would have | befn excused as necessary in preserving | ipline. Not so now: When Cain sued. the Alpha Steamship Co. and others in New York City he obtained a | Judgment for $12,000. for the injuries suffered, . The steamship. company protested | that it was not liable for indemnity for injury sustained by a seaman resulting | from an assault of a superior officer | |other than the master, committed in anger because the seaman had been derelict in his duty, and asked the high- est court to make a ruling which would | | be_controlling upon all vessel owners in | the future. The court consented. RULING SAVES $37,642 FOR GOVERNMENT District ' Appeals Court Reverses Mandamus Ruling Against Mellon, McCarl and Imcas. Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the | Treasury; J. Raymond McCarl, con. | troller general, and Robert H. Lucas, commissioner of internal revenue, y terday saved the Government $37,642 by winning a decision of the District Court of Appeals on their appeal from the action of the District Supreme Court | In granting a writ of mandamus against them requiring the payment of that sum to Arthur D. Hill, executor of the es- | tate of Peter C. Brooks of Massachu- setts. The appellate tribunal in an | opinion by Justice Charles H. Robb re- | verses the action of the lower court. | ‘The executor had claimed that the | |amount was due the estate as interest | on a judgment entered by a Massachu- setts court in its favor August 1, 1927, in a suit against the collectot of in. ternal revenue for the erroneous or illegal assessment and collection of in- | | ternal revenue taxes. The interest was | claimed for the period between the date ' of the judgment and the date of its| payment. | The case turned on the interpretation | of Section 2117-b of the revenue act of 1926, which provides interest at 6 per | cent from the time of collection of illegal tax and the date of entry of the Jjudgment, for its recovery only, and not up to date of payment. . 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