Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 4

NE, LAW FRAMED " 10 PROTECT LIENS Result of Five-Year Study to Come Up Wednesday at Joint Conference. e results of a five-year study. in m’enllom of a tentative, K;:I draft of a P! uniform State mechanic's lien act for promulgation throughout the United States, including the District of Columbta, will be considered next Wed- nesday at s joint meeting of repre- sentatives of a Department of Com- merce committee on the subject and the National Conference of Commissioners n_Uniform State Laws. 2 1f the provisions of the proposed uni- form act are agreed upon at this meet- ing, the draft then will be submitted to the National Conference of Commission- ers on Uniform State Laws. at Chicago in August, for indorsement, and then will be promulgated throughout the for adoption, it was pointed out gn’lu V. Imiay, Wash- ton lawyer, Who is a member of both the national conference committee and the Department of Commerce group on the subject. Protection for Owner. e proposed uniform code, pfln‘ed},) e designed to set up additional protection for the owner of a building roject, as well as sublienors, including &bor. ‘building . material concerns and subcontractors, from the possible in- solvency of the general contractor. . 'While the subject of more dras Jaws to this end has not been widely agitated in the District, public atten- tion it is ex- he has been drawn seriously to matter in a number of States where,.»l; is said, protests have been raised n: double payments assessed against the owners of new building projects because of defaults by contractors. R The prol uniform ac & by representatives of va ous &1‘3"‘& endeavor affected by the subject. Members of m“?’] e bers of the Department Of - n:g:.m committe lrem%‘l;:.‘ W&;e&re. go‘::mr&x k: rtment; wl?lfam F. r president of Ohew, Balimore O on ot Bullders F. Highlands Burns, Balti- ‘more, president o‘f the Maryland Oasu- a1ty Co.; & representative of the build- ing trades department of the American Federation of Labor, Mr. Imlay, repre- senting the National Conference on Uniform State Laws: C. Clinton Jum}:a of Washington, former president of the Tnited siates BULAE K o, former Stewart A. Jellett, S ident of the Heating and Pip E goe:(ncmrs' National Association; Wil- liam B. King, Washington attorney; Gerhardt F. Meyne, Chicago, of the As- sociated General Contractors; Victor Mindelefl, th'-lxnn'zn. rexpru::xctm; ct'llg erican Institul of i A s "1, Paul, Dayton, .Ohio, !l;.e American Engineering Council; W. 8 Rossiter, Cleveland, former president National Builders’ Supply Association; E. W. Shepard, New York, National As- sociation of Credit Men, and Frank Day Smith, Detroit, {::‘tlgnll Lumber Manu- turers’ Association. “c'me new draft of the proposed uni- form law would require that the con- tractor give a sworn statement of his debts on a project to the o‘:n:;rb;fuu:: final by the owne: l‘).ymemzh’e general _contractor. Under this m the owner would ake payments, if any due, to the sub- mnon on the property, instead of to the contractor, as a means of protect- ing himself against a possible double yment, in case the contractor prove vent. Such direct payments to sublienors would be required done under it w_!e_hmbuenm g;;; to the owner. e Owner wo g:":npoweud to withhold from the contractor amounts sufficient to cover the payments due sublienors, Definite Relief. Other provisions of the uni- form code, it is ekplained T lmhyf ‘would follow zemnllnthe Kovlsmm of the present District . bor would have priority over other claimants in Hen suits. It would be possible for the owner to make bond for the payment of ust _costs for the construction of & Luuam; as & means of relieving himself of any possible double payments grow- ing out of the insolvency of a contrac- tor. The District, Mr. Imlay points out, now has four uniform acts which have been sponsored by the National Confer- ence of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. These are the negotiable instruments law, the uniform warehouse Teceipts act, the uniform bill of lading act and the uniform fiduciary act. CANADA PROPOSES RETALIATORY DUTY TO BEAT U. S. TARIFF (Continued From Pirst Page.) United States between $800,000,000 and $1,000,000,000 worth of we buy from the Canadians only $400,- 000,000 or $500,000,000 worth. The bal- ance of trade being so heavily in Ameri can favor, the Canadians consider that our tariff policy is correspondingly un- fair and ungenerous. ‘The net and frankly designed effect of the proposed form of Canadian re- taliation ainst American goods will be to favor British trade. It is the snnounced purpose of the Dominion government, under its present scheme of tariff revision, to improve and ex- tend “British preference” by facilitat- ing the entry of goods from the mother eountry in every direction. As an additional slap at Uncle Sam for the blow he is about to deliver to Canadian exports to the United States, the Dominion “nance minister an- mounces new income tax regulations. Hereafter American citizens who work in Canada but live in the United States, will be required to pay taxes on the in- come they derive in the Dominion. ‘The ruling will hit numerous residents of American border towns and cities who cross the line daily to various oc- eupations in Canada. Canadian cor- porations which pay dividends to Ameri- can non-resident stockholders will also be called upon to deduct income tax before accounting for these dividends 0 their Yankee associates. The new vision will retroactively apply to 929 incomes. Addressing last week’s United States Chamber of Commerce meeting in ‘Washington, Lieut. Col. J. H. Woods. g]endent of the Canadian Chamber of mmerce, uttered these frank words: “I think I am within the limit of moderation when I say that Canada 88 a whole is feeling a sentiment of tnjustice toward it in your somewhat yuthless enactment designed to prev the sale of our goods in your country. ‘We find difficulty in establishing any market with you and we are growing to feel what is even 'se, that if through earnest efforts and sound mod- ern methods we cultivate a market with you, that market may be cut off from s at any moment.” One of the striking points in Col. ‘Woods' address was his reference to the proposed new higher American rates against Ci an cattle. :flnud out that while cattle exports the United States from Canads are 80 small that they cannot affect ap- bly market prices in this country, takes from 30 to 50 acres of land to look after one steer. The conversion of fi:t amount of Canadian land to the rO] 24 owing of wheat, Col. Woods ex- ined, is of great competitive impor- armer because ]lARGE CROWD SEES | i SADDLE CLUB SHOW i Annual Charity Meet Is Held. Veterans Are Present as Guests. A large crowd turned out for the | annual Spring show of the Wardman | Park Saddle Olub, held yesterday at (the Wardman Park Saddle Club for | the benefit of the Chaumont Unit of the American Women's Legion. The pro- ceeds will be used to purchase trained ! dogs to serve as guides for blind war veterans, Several thrills were furnished by spills at the jumpe. Among those who had a fall, but continued, was Miss Polly Foraker Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry, chief of Cavalry, receivi applause when he rode in a special jumping class for military officers, an event added after the list of nine classes on the program had been finished. Gen. Henry came in fourth in the event. The open jumping class, listed as sixth on the program, was divided into two classes, one judged for performance and the other for performance and conformation, after Maj. George 8. Pat- ton, one of the owners entered in the event, had raised objection to confor- mation being considered in the class. Mrs. Chewning Wins Ribbon. Mrs. Margo Couzens Ch!wnin& riding “Bean Beétle,” was awarded the blue ribbon for performance, and Gwinn W. Rust, riding “Bandit Flag,” the blue ribbon in this event for conformation. Mrs. Edward Shields, national presi- dent of the American Women's Legion: Mrs. Albert N. Baggs, president of the Chaumont Unit, and Miss Mary Don- nelly, past national president of the American Women's Legion were among the leaders of that organization in at- tendance at the show. A number of veterans from Walter Reed Hospital, including some blind ones, were guests in the box of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Curtis and later were guests of the Chaumont Unit at suj A The list of box holders for the occa~ sion included the following: The national president of the Ameri- can Women's Legion, Mrs. Edward Shields, and members of the executive board of that organization; Mrs. Nich- olas Longworth, Secretary of Com- merce and Mrs. Lamont, Senator and Mrs. Couzens, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Shelton, Mrs. David Dunigan, Mr. and Mrs. Philip George ‘Walker, George Nenoist, Maj. and Mrs. Hugh Saum, R. B. Lyons, Mrs. Wi lace Chiswell and Miss Mary E. Dol neily. Winners of Events. The winners of first, second and third places in the events were as fol- lows: Hack and hunter elass—Col. N. Cootes, riding “By Jingo.” 3 Maj. George 8. Patton, second, and Maj. W. M. Grimes, third. Saddle class, owners riding their own mounts—Vernon G. Owen, first; Maj. George S. Patton, second;” Miss Emelyn Davies, third. (Mrs. Willlam Chewning came in fourth for a white ribbon in this event.) Children’s saddle class, for children 12 years old and under—Harriet Somers, riding Billy, first; Robert Palmer. riding Diplomat, second, and Betty McCor- mick, riding Agate, third. Pair of saddle horses, lady and gen- tleman riding—Bernard Cox and Mary Ellen Corby, first; Lodge Bowles and Mrs. J. R. McKenny, second, and Mrs. Hugh K. Murray and Maj. George S. Patton, third. Pony jumping class, for children— Robert Palmer, who rode two, Diplomat and Beauty, first and second, and Meade Palmer, riding Busy Bee, third. Open jumping class—Mrs. William Chewning, riding Bean Beetle, blue ribbon for performance, and Gwinn W. Rust, riding Bandit Flag, blue ribbon for conformation. (This class was split for separate judging for performance and conformation, following complaint. Officlals were unable later to furnish names of other ribbon winners in event.) Children's saddle class, for children between the ages of 12 and 16—Miss Louise Myer, riding Redeem, first, and Meade Palmer, riding Busy Bee, second. Open Saddle Class. Open saddle class—Lodge Bowles, riding Miss Saul's horse, first; Rowland Dawson, _ridin mount owned by Vernon G. Owen, second, and Emelyn Davies, riding Spotty McCann, third. Bernard Cox, riding Joe Straus for Knrll W. Corby, was fourth in this event. Children's saddle class, for children between the ages of 12 and 16 years— Miss Louise Myers, riding Redeem, first; Meade Palmer, riding Busy Bee, second. (Officials unable to supply name of other winners after event.) Handicap jump—Maj. R. E. McQuil- lan, riding Tilson, first; Mrs. William Chewning, riding Bean Beetle, second, and Southern Melody, owned by Melvin C. Hazen, third. Military officers’ class—Lieut. B. B. Bosserman, first; Lieut. Tom Robinson, second; Maj. W. M. Grimes, third, and Mej. Gen. Guy V. Henry, fourth. Judges for the events were: Mrs. Fontaine Murray Thraves of Virginia Beach, Va.; W. W. Osborne of Gordonsville, Va.; Henry Leonard, this city; Louis Leith of Middleburg, Va., and Col. A. W. Chaflee, this city. John V. Gheen, proprietor of the Baddle Club, explained that the show was for the “useful horses,” or those | used regularly in rides around the bridle paths of Washington, rather than for just show horses. FISHERMEN PERISH IN GIANT TYPHOON 200 Missing as Japanese Fleet Is Wiped Out—94 Bodies Recovered. By the Associated Pre TOKIO, May 3.—Nearly 200 Japa- nese fishermen were believed today to have perished in a sudden typhoon which lashed their big fleet last night between the Islands of Saghalien and Hokkaido. Dispatches to the Rengo News Agency stated that 94 bodies were re- covered, but more than 100 men were | missing. Five hundred fishing boats + were wrecked and damage estimated | at $2,500,000 was done. Lured by herring schools within the bay, 10,000 fishermen aboard 2,000 boats put to sea from Odomari, a fish- ing town of Southern Saghalien. A majority of the male population of the town was aboard the boats. Without warning the typhoon struck with terrific violence. Some boats went down quickly, others were swamped as they ran for the harbor, while still others were smashed upon the rocky shores of Odomari Bay. One-fourth of the boats were lost. typhoon came at the peak of a prosperous fishing season. beaches a rich catch was drying. This was swept away. At the height of the storm land- slides fel] from the bluffs upon the city, destroys numerous homes of those who Jost fathers or sons. Nearly 5,000,000 persons with incomes g&mmmnwulmmm Along the || THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MRS. CHEWNING TAKES JUMPS i b IR r e L MRS. JEFFRIES CHEWNING, The former Margo Couzens and daughter of Senator Couzens of Michigan, tak- ing her mount Betty over one of the 4-foot jumps yesterday in the open jumping class at the Wardman Park Saddle Club Horse Show, gi benefit of the Chaumont Unit, American Women's Legion.. every year for the ssociated Press Photo. A\ MISS FRANCES SAUL. FALL HURTS FATAL TO FRANCES SAUL, YOUNG HORSEWOMAN (Continued From First Page.) and there her injuries were at first be- leve slight. Later examination revealed, however, that Miss Saul had received internal injuries, from which she died at 9:25 o'clock last night. Miss Saul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Saul of 2224 Wyoming avenue and Kensington, Md., insisted from her hospital bed that Blue Step be entered in _the show. Mr. Saul is head of the B. F. Saul Co., one of Washington's most promi- nent real estate mortgage companies. He is vice president of the Ameri- can Becurity and Trust Co. Her family acquiesced and Mr. Bowles came here from Virginia to ride the mare in yesterday's contest. Miss Baul was delighted to learn that the mare's chance of winning had not been marred by the accident, and was greatly inter- eited in the outcome of the Ehow. Miss Saul was considered one of the best riders in the city. She had en- joyed the sport since childhood and her friends considered her an unerring ,vugl%e of horseflesh. e_young woman had planned to enter Blue Step in various sho this year in and about Washington. Miss Saul, a graduate with the class of '24 at Trinity College, previously had attended the Madames of the Sacred Heart in Torresdale, Pa., and Georgetown Visitation Convent here. Besides her parents, Miss Saul is sur- vived by three brothers, John, Bernard and’ Andrew, and a sister, Mrs. War- wick Montgomery of Washington. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. ety MASSACHUSETTS FLYERS HERE TO INVITE HOOVER Legionnaires Ask President to At- tend Tercentenary Celebration in Boston Next Bummer. Bearing invitations to President Hoover to attend the Bay State ter- centenary celebration next Summer and to District of Columbia American Legion members to attend the annual American Legion convention in Boston next October, the American Legion plane, New Arabella, now completing a 10,000-mile tour to 75 American citi landed at Hoover Fleld at 4:26 pm. yesterday, four minutes ahead of schedule. ‘The plane was met by Legionnaires and members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, and the pilot and passengers were taken to the Capitol and introduced from the floor of the House. The plane flew here from Pittsburgh, making a stop ad Uniontown, Pa., where the party was received by a Legion band. DEEN ENTERS RACE DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., May 3 (A).—|in Dewitt T. Deen, Daytona Beach attor- ney, today announced his candidacy for Congress from the fourth con- gressional _district, to succeed Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen, subject to the Dem- ic primary in June. He is a wel | from Maimi, | 50 there was nothing to hurry about.” 'THREE RUM CASES | INDBERGH ENDS CARIBBEAN FLIGHT Makes Hop From Miami to New York at 135 Miles Per Hour. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., May 3.— In sunny mood, Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh came home today after flying the blue waters of the Caribbean on the inaugural flight of the new seven-day air mail linking North and South | about 135 5 leisurely flying,” he said. “I'd turned over the malil in Miami to another plane, His plane was the specially built racer in which he recently set & new trans- continental record. Landing some distance from & crowd gathered to see him come in, the colonel taxied directly into a hangar, the doors of which were then closed. He chatted with reporters for a few minutes be- fore going to New York, joking about a report that he had been killed while in Panama and asking if y stories had been printed that e’ was abogt to make another transatlantic ight. gle said he had no immediate plans to announce and did not say where he was going after reaching New York, but it was taken for granted that he would go directly to Englewood, N. J., to rejoin his wife at the home of her parents, Ambassador and Mrs. Dwight ‘W. Morrow. Mrs. Lindbergh did not accompany her husband on this flight, one of the first of any extent since their marriage in which she has not participated. Col. Lindbergh made the hop from Miami, approximately 1200 miles, in 8 hours and 57 minutes, POSTPONED IN COURT Police Charge Truck Load of Gam-| bling Paraphernalia Seized in Raid. The cases of three men arrested on charges of violations of the prohibition law after a raid Priday on the Roma Restaurant, 707 Twelfth street, were continued until April 9 at Police Court yesterday on the request of Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart. The men arrested, Thomas Restifo, 39 years old; Louls Rinaldi, 40. and Vasio Mario, Girard street near Four- teenth, were not officially charged at court. Police placed complaints of possession of 12 quarts of whisky, a pint of Italian wine, setting up & gam- ing table and maintaining a nuisance against the men. About 30 patrons of the restaurant, mostly young men and women, were seated at tables when the raiding squads, composed of the vice squad, headed by Sergt. O. J. Letterman, apd a group of prohibition agents, led by Agent Warren G. Heddens, entered on a search warrant. More than a truckload of gambling paraphernalia and strong boxes con- taining gambling equipment were re- ported seized by the officers. Police reported finding roulette wheels, card :llie; and horse race betting cquip- e ROBINSON ENTERTAINED BY ARKANSAS SOCIETY Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkan- sas, the minority leader, who was one of the delegates to the London Naval Conference, was the honor guest of the Arkansas State Soclety last evening a a meeting in the Mayflower Hotel. One of the largest groups of native Arkansans ever to assemble in the Capital greeted Senator Robinson. Speaking extemporaneously, he said he was convinced still further reductions aval armaments would be accom- plished in the future. Representative Claude Fuiler, the president, presided at a meeting of the soclety. BSouthern melodies were sung lored quartet and later there was CAMP MEIGS—5th & Fla. Ave. N. i« BRIGHTWOOD—8025 Ga. Ave. N.W. € LARGERLUMP SUM URGED BY CITIZENS Federation Asks Senate to Stand by Appropriation Committee. (Continued From First Page.) taxes, $20,468,000; tax on tangible per- sonal property, including public serv- ice corporations, banks, building asso- ciation, and so forth, $4,180,000; tax on intangibles, $2,750,000; miscellaneous revenues, $3,550,000, and the usual con- tribution of $9,000,000 by the United States. ““Up to the present time it has not been necessary to increase this $3,000,000 cash fund, notwithstanding the fact that expenditures now exceed $40,000,- 000 & year, due to the fact that Co gress now allows the District to re: celve credit for the $9,000,000 lump sum contribution on the first day of each fiscal year, and to the further fact that legislation passed in 1926 ad- vanced the tax-paying months from November and May to September and March. Iam inclined to the view, how- ever, that with the mounting totals of appropriations, it is only & question of & very short while before the need for considerably augmenting the $3,000,- 000 cash fund will be before us. “Although the bills as rendered by the assessor of taxpayers for the fiscal year 1930 carry to tax rate of $1.70, the fact is that had not the District the surplus revenues to fall back upon to supply the deficit in current revenues, the rate would be in excess of $1.80. Each five cents added to the $1.70 rate, based on property assessments, would raise about $650,000. A ten-cent in- crease would provide $1,300,000, slightly under the estimated deficit of $1,500,000. Prospects Are Pointed Out. “At this time it seems evident that in the fiscal year 1932, the District's surplus in the Treasury would be en- tirely exhausted and that the budget for that year must be framed with only current revenues in view. What the total of the budget for that year will amount to is at this time entirely prob- lematical, as the recommendations of the departments have not been submitted. ‘The Commissioners will have this prob- lem before them within the next few weeks. “For 1931 the running expenses of the District Government are estimated at $31,900,000. The current revenues of the District, on the basis of a $1.70 tax rate for that year, exclusive of the con- tribution of the United States, total $31,000.000, so that the running expenses in 1931 will be $900,000 more than the District will collect from its own reve- improvements for 1931, the amount is $12,100,000, and if there be deducted $3,065.000 for the Municipal Center, the net of $9.035,000 would rep- resent the annually recurring improve- ments. This amount exceeds the con- tribution of $9,000,000 by the United States. “If current revenues had to be raised to pay the total of the 1931 District bill as passed by the House of Represent- atives, the tax rate for that year would be $1.90. If there be added to the total of the bill provision for the amount necessary to pay police and fire salaries, as contemplated by the measure reported out by the House and Senate District committees, namely, $800,000, together with pension increases, and the charges arising against District revenues under permanent and indefinite appropria- tions, the tax rate for that year would be $2.00. Estimates Cover Five Years. “Our best estimate at the present time covering the Reflod of the five years beginning wit) creases shows that the average annual increase, using the $1.70 tax rate, would be about $1,300,000. Of this amount $680,000 would come from the tax on real estate on the basis of an annual increase in assessed values of $40,- 000,000; $300,000 from the tax on tan- gible personal property, public service corporations, banks, building associa tions and soforth; $150,000 from th tax on intangibles; and $200,000 from miscellaneous sources. “This annual increase would not be sufficient to take care of the probable annual increase in running expenses. “From what has been said it must be clear that we are now faced with an increase in the tax rate. Just what this increase will be I am, of course, unable to say at this time. That is something which the future will have to_decide. “Then we have the Municipal Air- port proposal, armory for the National Guard, new Center Market, Children's Tuberculosis Sanatorium, new bridges, Including the replacement of the Calvert Street Bridge; new jall building, exten- sion of the District Supreme Court Building, additional buildings for Gal- linger Hospital, sewage treatment works, improvement of the waterfront along the Washington Channel of the Poto- mac River, buildings for the National Zoological Park, branch library sites and buildings and others. All of these improvements have been recommended to the Commissioners during the past year or two. At a very rough estimate these improvements would cost between $35,000,000 and $40,000,000.” Excursion Is Studied. Before the federation adjourned President Havenner appointed a com- mittee to study the feasibility of me bers of the federation taking a daylight or moonlight excursion, as suggested by A. H. Gregory, the organization’s treas- urer. With Mr. Gregory as chairman these members will serve on the com. mittee: W. I. Swanton, E. M. Richard- son, Miss Edna Sheehy, Mrs, Elizabeth Sullivan, H. Oden Lake and G. H. Dun- nington. Guilford S. Jameson presented a mo- tion that $25 be contributed for the cause of national representation to the Joint Committee on National Repre- sentation and this was seconded by Fred Emery, who pronounced this one of the most worthy endeavors in which the federation could engage. Louis Gelbman failed in an empt made Reduced 4 Group of Our Regular $30 & $35 NEW SPRING SUITS $24.75 On Convenient Terms These are all new Spring suits we've taken from Comprising cassimeres; cheviots, worsteds and tweeds, in all wanted shades. All sizes. PAY WEEKLY OR MONTHLY No interest or carrying charge for credit. EISEMAN'S $30 and $35 groups. In convenient sums. | Times, which recently was inserte 1932 for revenue in-! MAY 4, 1930—PART ONE. REDUCTION OF TAX AREA BY U. 8. SEEN AS AIDING D. C. REVENUES Assessor Richards Declares That Taking Away Money-Producing Sites Actu~ ally Increases Returns to City. Withdrawal of taxable property by governmental purchase or condemna- tion and its transfer to the exempt list does not reduce the District’s means of ralsing revenue through real estate assessment, but in reality adds to the base of assessment, “widens it and strenghthens it,” according to Willlam cP} Ia.lchlrdl. tax assessor for the Dis- rict. . Mr. Richards’ views on a matter of wide interest to Washington are made known in a letter to William Price of the editorial staff of the Washin t(;n. n the Congressional Record by Repre- sentative Simmons of Nebraska, chair- man of the subcommittee on District apropriations. Mr. Richards' letter follows in full: Text of Letter. “Dear Mr. Price: The statement is continually made in the newspapers and out of them that the purchase of private property by the United States will tend to weaken the base of tax- ation by taking away property now as- sessed, thereby reducing our means of raising wevenue through assessment of real estate. “I have been asked the question by several and once by you whether this was not true, and my reply is that the whole idea is based on no facts and is more or less a figment of the imagina- tion. With the average citizen of ‘Washington the ides, or notion, has be- come fixed by constant repetition. The purchase of property by the United States from private citizens not only does not narrow the base of assessment but even adds to it, and widens it and strengthens it, and this is so for the following three reasons: “First. ‘That purchases of property by the United Btates are generally at a figure that enables the owners to in- vest in better pleces of property. The shift in business locations from one place to another may thereby even add to the volume of the business. “Becond. The wealth of a city does not depend on its area or the amount of ground covered by either business or residences. “Third. The real estate wealth of a community is directly proportional to the number of inhabitants, so that if the number of inhabitants grow even while purchases are belnf made the value of the community will grow in the same proportion, Explains His Deductions. “Taking up the first assertion that property purchased by the United ftates is at such figures as to produce an increased assessment base, I will refer you to a few instances: “The Southern Raflway received an award greatly in excess of the cost of the property and then expended an amount even in excess of this award. The assessable base in this case was increased instead of being diminished. In the new location of the Southern Rallway offices, old properties were re- moved and the section greatly improved to the advantage of the surroundin property. In this process the price for old and obsolete properties enabled to require that half of this sum be ex- pended for national representation and H half for local suffrage. 'The presiding | officer sustained a point of order made against this proposal. A division on making the appropriation resulted in a | vote of 36 for and 9 against. ! The federation approved proposals to landscape Iowa Circle anew and widen the street, to extend McComb street as a highway, to improve New Hampshire avenue from Buchanan street to the District line and provide a short route to Baltimore, with a bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks and to construct a bridge at Franklin street northeast over the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio | Rallroad. The organization also reaffirmed its | stand favoring the elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing at the tracks of the metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, as re- quested by the Burroughs OCitizens’ Association and the Columbia Heights Association. Armory Hearing Notice Given. A vigorous Pmm! “against this great outpouring of the public treasury” was made by Mr. Emery, as the varlous projects came up for consideration. Dr. Havenner called to the attention of the federation the h day in the board room Building, with reference to a new Na- tional Guard armory. James F. Duhamel treated the federa- tion to a brief review of the financial ;cmdmnn of Washington in the early lays. New delegates presented were Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter and Miss Gertrude M. Young of the Parent-Teacher As- sociation of the District of Columbia. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER INJURED IN CAR CRASH Mrs. Henry 1. Schmidt, 50, of 106 Eighth street southeast, and her daugh- ter, Miss Marion E. Schmidt, 22, were injured yesterday afternoon when an automobile driven by her husband got out of control and plunged into a tree at Second and C streets after it had been struck by another car. Mrs. Schmidt and her daughter were taken to the Providence Hospital. They were discharged immediately after re- ceiving treatment. Police reported that Mr. Schmidt wi driving west on C street when a ma- chine operated by Miss Mary O. Keech, 19, of Dubois, Md., crashed into his car as her automobile came into the intersection while traveling south on Second street. The Schmidt car was badly damaged. The drivers of the two vehicles escaped injury. No charges were pre ferred against either operator. Seventh & F S the owners to move elsewhere, givin them a cholce of new locations sns enabling them to erect mew and better improvements. In this instance the ramifications o‘! changes, of course, were ve! eat. "Anl:nytl';: power company sold prop- erty at Fourteenth and B streets and changed the location of their office to Tenth and E streets, which is & better location for the company, and which has had the effect of raising the value of land surrounding the new locality. “Another instance is that of a hotel which had seen its best days. It was s0ld to the Government at a figure that would enable hotel business to be car- ried on in a better location or else allow the money to be used as a better income producer. Increase in Value. “The second assertion as to relation between area and real estate value can be confirmed by comparing the sale at Fourteenth and G made in 1908 and the one made about 16 years afterward, when the price obtained was 3 times the former sale. The area and improve- ments remained the same, but the in- crease in population ‘turned the trick.’ Or to illustrate in another manner, it is found that one-half of the wealth of the District of Columbla is included in about one-sixteenth of its area. If this area of wealth be shifted slightly from one geographical conter to another the vol- ume of business will not be decreased and consequently the exchange of wealth, which is the basis of real estate wealth, will remain the same. The location of certain centers of business properties are constantly changing and there is no difference whether this change be brought about by a purchase of property by the United States or by the necessities due to a change in the number of inhabitants, the results are bound to be the same. “In the third assertion to the wealth of & community tional to its number of inhabitants is shown by recent statistics. A study of all of the cities of the size of Wash- ington will show that real estate wealth may be approximated at $2,000 per per- son, and that for cities double the size of Washington the wealth of the real estate will still be found to be $2,000 per person, or possibly a little more, will still apply. This will show that a rear- rangement of our living conditions and business location must still meet with the same ratio of wealth per person. An ‘Actual Benefit. “Not only do I assert that the pur- chase of property by the United States will not interfere with the real base of assessment, but the actual results now arising are the widening and enlarge- ment of this base by reason of the fact that every new bullding put up by the United States holds forth an induce- ment for new clerks and consequent en- largement of the population, all of which has its reflex in the ultimate amount of assessment value. It cannot be denied by any one who stops to think on the matter that the recent activities of ‘Uncle Sam’ have taken up some of the slack felt so keenly elsewhere.” [FLYER’S DIVORCE CASE HEARING IS GRANTED Lawrence E. Hoover's Petition Against Wife and Officer to Be Heard Here. Justice Willlam Hitz of the District Supreme Court has granted the appli- cation of Lawrence E. Hoover, World War aviator, to set for hearing, next Wednesday, the suit for an absolute divorce which he filed March @, 1929, against his wife, Mrs. Muriel De Vere Lyttleton Hoover, then residing at the Wardman Park Hotel, and Brig. Gen. George A. L. Dumont, former military attache of the French embassy. Hoo- ver is called to Rumania on business, the court was advised. Neither of the defendants has been served with notice of the sult and they are sald to be in France. Notice by publication has been given by Attorney Frank J. Kelly, representing the hus- band. Justice Hitz has named At- torney Austin F. Canfield to appear for the defendants. Mrs. Hoover was & noted English beauty and was married in London, November 23, 1918, following a war- time romance. Shortly after the wed- ding they came to Washington. In July, 1925, Hoover in his petition told the court, business took him to China, Where he was delayed two years. In his absence he charges that the wife recueg;d visits from the French military A Bank —doing DEBENTURE DEFEAT AHOOVER VIGTORY Retention of Flexible Clause in Tariff Is Held Score for Prestdent. (Continued From WFirst Page.) debenture and the flexible provisions. sugar, cement, lumber, silver, shingles and logs. Probably the conference re- port will have to wait before it goes to the Senate until after the nomina- tion of Judge John J. Parker has been disposed of in that body. Coalition Badly Smashed. ‘The Senate coalition, which wrote into the tariff bill the debenture and flexible amendments disagreed to now by the House, was badly smashed in the final days of tariff consideration in the Sen- ate. On the passage of the bill seven Democrats were recorded as voting for the bill and one was paired for it. Only five Republicans voted against its pas- sage. While the President has made no statement to that effect, it was generally understood that if the debenture clause was retained in the tariff bill he would veto the measure. The action of the House yesterday makes it practically certain that the bill will not carry the debenture clause when it is finally put in shape to go to the President. The House debated the debenture clause yesterday for 2 hours and 20 minutes, and gave three hours of its time to discussing the flexible provision amendment. Representative John Q. Tilson of Con- necticut, majority leader of the House, read a letter which he had just received from the President reiterating his oppo- sition to the debenture clause. Under date of May 1, 1930, the President’s let- ter follows: President’s Letter. My dear Mr. Tilson: “I have Iour letter of inquiry as to whether I see any reason to change the views which I expressed on April 320 last year upon the so-called deben- ture plan introduced by the Senate e tariff bill.. I do not. “Some minor alterations have been made in the plan which do not‘'go to the essential fact that the practical worknig of it will depress and not ele- vate prices to the farmer. The plan in the present bill presents an additional objection in that the export subsidies proposed vary with different cul- tural products and thus are widely dif- ferent to different farmers. They vary from about 9 })er cent upon the cost of production of rye to apparently near 100 per cent on tobacco. In the latter case growers could apparently afford to raise their Froduct and export it for the subsidy alone. “Since my previous statement the Tariff Commission has estimated the cost of the plan to the Treasury, if put into operation and on the basis of present exports, at about $280,000,- 000 per annum. “\Po'un hlmtullg HERBERT HOOVER.” ‘The supporters of the debenture clause insisi that it is the only way in_which the tariff can be really made effective on wheat, and some other agricultural products of which this country produces & surplus over domes- tic needs. Called Mere Gesture. Its opponents contended that it was a mere gesture which would not really aid the farmers, but the grain traders, but would take $280,000,000 out of the Treasury in direct subsidies to these traders. ; Percy Quinn of Mississippi threw the House into wild laughter when he said: “They say the President will veto this tariff bill if it contains the debenture. :‘tm‘mmmoneuu-mmu e did.” i The House sent back to conference several other amendments to the ad- | ministrative features of the tariff bul, | ncluding amendments, fixing the number |of members of the Tariff Commission, the salaries which shall be paid them and the manner of selecting them. The Senate provided for a bi-partisan com- mission of six, while the House provided for a “non-pa P of seven. IRISH SCHOLAR TO SPEAK AT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, Prof. Eoin MacNeill Will Present Two Faculty Members With Honorary Degrees. Prof. Eoin MacNelll, Irish scholar, will make the principal address at & college convocation to be held at Catho- lic University at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Prof, MacNeill also will sent to Right Rev. James H. Ryan, rec- tor of the university, and Very Rev. John A. Ryan, professor of moral the ology, the testimonial of a doctor literature degree conferred uron the lo- cal educators by the National University of Ireland. The chancellor of the university, Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, will preside at the exercises. sMALL things BIG March through your bills like a general. Take command of your private obligations and get them “in step’” with your campaign “to win.” A loan may enable you to be your own Chief-of- Staff. You may obtain such aloan from this bank. Come in—You'll like us and the way we do things. Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury ) Loaning Hundreds to Thousands e