Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1930, Page 23

COUNTY TAXSUITS DEMURRERS FILED Actions Brought in Name of State Following Adverse Decision of Courts. By & Staff Correspondent of the Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., December 13.—Demurrers t0 22 of the 1,077 suits for the collec- tion of delinquent taxes that were re- cently instituted by Attorney William C. Gloth were filed in the clerk’s office yesterday by the law firm of Jesse, Phillips & Klinge. More than a year ago Gloth filed approximately 400 such suits in the name of the Board of County Super- visors, but when they were brought | before Judge Howard W. Smith he ruled that the act under which they were filed was unconstitutional, and the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sustained Judge Smith's decision. In Name of State. ‘The present suits are brought in the name of the Commonwealth of Vir- nia, by which means county officials to receive favorable consideration in the courts. Attorineys for defend- ants and the Arlington County Cham- ber of Commerce have attacked this method of collection on the grounds that the costs involved are excessive and that such action is detrimental to the proper development of the county. In a statement issued in connection with the filing of the demurrers Jesse charges that he can see no justifica- tion for the filing of the suits, to which Gloth replies by maki public copies of two letters, one of which he claims was written by Jesse to State Tax Commissioner C. H. Morrissett on Sep- tember 24, 1930, and the other Morrissett’s answer, which is dal September 27, 1930. These letters, Gloth declares, more accurately explain the situation than can be done in any other way. Contents of Letters. Jesse's letter to Morrissett asks whether the latter requested the Com- monwealth’s attorney of Arlington County to institute proceedings in the name of the State for collection of taxes and, if so, when the request was made. Morrissett’s reply is as follows: | “I took action under section 403 of the tax code of Virginia on July 9, 1929. This was done as a matter of course, because the policy of the State 18 to collect its taxes, and it is likewise the policy of the State to encourage the localities to collect their taxes. No tax aystem can be successful unless the taxes are collected. Persons who pa; E their taxes are demanding that al others do the same. Persons who do mot pay their taxes are throwing a greater burden on the persons who do pay their taxes.” BRITISH WAR DEBT OPPOSITION DENIED Mosley Manifesto Recently Is-| sued Discussed by One of 18 Signers. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December llv—'rhe mani- Commonwealth's | THE SUN RODIN AND FAMOUS PUPIL Ernest Durig, Swiss sculptor, helding an exhlbl“on here, is shown above with the Frenchma WEARY OF BEING MEASURED POPE QUIT RODIN, SAYS DURIG Pupil of French Sculptor, Here with Ex- hibit, Describes Incident in Vatican in Which Fortune Gave Him Break. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Mr. Durig, who was formerly from Rodin, the famous French sculptor, gme %}""::flc:":o. b b !‘a); lous subject e for him, althouj practiced a method in his work, which | he’is SHil) a comparatively young man. at one time lost him a prominent patron | While tn Europe g‘ made portrait busts who had already given him several sit- | Of Guiseppe Motta, president of the —. | Swiss Confederation; Benito Mussolini, premier of Italy; Paul von Hindenburg, An interesting anecdote concerning | preoldent of the German Republic, and DAY STA this event is related by one of the great master's pupils, Ernest Durig, who i | now holding an _exhibition at the May- | flower Hotel. Mr. Durig arrived Washington this week to attend the presentation of his work, a portrait bust | of Henrl Dunant, founder of the Red Cross Society, by a group of Americans of Swiss origin to the American Red Cross Museum. | Rodin, relates Mr. Durig, was very particular about taking measurements. He never executed a portrait bust with out carefully measuring distances be tween eyes and nose and other features, | carrying out to an exact degree the di- | mensions which were taken. Contrary in this respect gwmwwhmuolhln famous teacher, Durig neVer took, nor does e to this day take, any measures | in the execution of portrait busts. Upon | the occasion when this practice of tak- measurements lost Rodin a distin- ed sitter, Pope Benedict XV, Mr. Durig sccompanied “the master” to Rome, as well as to the sittings of the Pope which were held at the Vatican. | As Rodin mmund the pontifical fea- the pupil, stood quietly by, | recordin every feature and line on the Pope's face. Before the bust was complmd Pope Pius, who was none | festo issued a week ago Mosley, in which he urlld of five men be set up to deal m economic crisis, with it no of repudiation of t Britain’s debt, according to a statement issued tonight by the Laborite, W. J. Brown, who was one of the 18 signers. Dealing with the misapprehensions which, he said, had resulted from fssuance of the manifesto, Brown stated: “No_ repudiation of the war debt in any shape or form has been mthl\luefl&dhmmmufl eontributions to the sinking fund for yment of the debt, fixed at a time none foresaw the present crisis, lbwld be reduced in the light of pres- ent_conditions. While Mosley nikwm declare them- selves satisfled the deep effect their manifesto hl had, the Labor ranks have generally ignored it. The Conservatives have been paying more attention to it than any of the other because, they assert, in it the sertions of members of other flrflu that the setting up of a board of men would amount to & dlch(oflhip the statement declares, evade the issue because the manifesto made it plain that the power to make and unmake rernmlfl" should continue to reside Parliament. FORGETS RUM DONOR, MAN IS HELD IN JAIL Judge Promises Freedom If Name of Giver of Liquor Is Fur- nished Court. B the Assoctated Press. CADILLAC, Mich, December 13.— Recorder’s Judge E. J. , who i holding Frank Harrand, 38-year-old farmer, in jail indefinitely because Har- rand claims not to know from whom he ebtained liquor that made him arrand has since November 7 in jail here Sempt citation. 'He was lh' fl\flu light, recelved sentences of $60 mnmmn ‘did not believe Harrand fold the truth and sent him to jail. x::r the Circuit Court upheld the ac- “It is not altogether logical to punish the man who is gullty of a misdemeanor (being drunk),” Millington said today “and let the man who is guilty of a felony (furnishing liquor) go unpun- fshed. The only way to enforce the Maquor law, whether it is a good law or & bad law, is to enforce it against the man making money out of it. gEarrand can walk out of jall any minute he is truthtul” he added. P iy BLIND PENSIONERS LIKE CROWDS AND TRAVELS Mail Check Service Aid Refused for Adventurous and Various Other Reasons. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 13. — Cook Qounty’s blind pensioners have vetoed strong at the time, became fatigued nu constant measurements taken by in, and was obliged to cancel further 8 necessary to complete the por- | soul trait. Rodin's work was never finished, and we are told that the press of Rome wl.l indignant at the time that further been denied Rodin, the lrut master. Methods Less Fatiguing, Some time later, however, Durig, who | had remained in Rome to study, after Rodin’s return to France, was given a sitting by the Pontiff, who found the young sculptor'’s methods less fatiguing than those of Rodin. This bust, one of | the first made by Durlg, is now on ex- hibit in Washington. the present Pope, Plus XI. Since his residence for the past two | years in this country, Mr. Durig has sculptored many American notables, in- cl\ld\nl George Eastman of Rochester, N. Y., Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen and 'H'oml.l Edison. Mr. as yet unfinished and upon comple- twn of his visit to Washington, Mr. Durig expects to go to the Florida home of the great inventor and there com- plete the portrait. Upon the recent visit of Rabindra- nath Tagore, Mr. Durig had the good fortune of securing the famous Indian philosopher for a sitting. Tuor- on]y consented to sit for Mr. Durig beca of a former acquaintanceship in l\m)po Technique His Own. Although Mr. Durig has carefully followed the theory -of his famous teacher, a theory that real art remains true to the forms of nature, he has de- | veloped a technique entirely his own. | Rapidly making free-hand sketches of | his subject, the sculptor chisels without Erzumlnlry measurements, a rough lock of marble into the living features of the subject he has sketched. Rodin's Eupu like his teacher, has a gift for reathing into his marble an extraordi- nary likeness to his living subjects. Mr. Durig might be suitably given the cognomen of the “humanitarian sculptor.” He tells you that it is his ambition that the bust of Dunant, which has just been presemted to the Red Cross, will merely be the beginning of a series | of portraits of famous benefactors of humanity as well as study groups sym- bolic of what is good and uplifting in the human race. Coincident with the exhibit held by Mr. Dufl. lt the Mayflower, is an ex- hibition Rodin's works also being shown at t.hl' hotel. . Acfgmpu’l}ed gyu 1)}13 hwflo and small laughter, Mr. TS now staying at the Dodge Hotel. WASTE PAPER IN BAG LEFT ROBBERY VICTIM Miami Detective Chief Says Pair Under Arrest Have Confessed Taking Man’s $500. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., December 13.—Chlef of Detectives L. O. Searboro announced today two men under arrest here have confessed they took $500 from W. J. McLeod of Charleston, 8. 0., a Winter visitor in Miaml, in a eonfidence game yesterday. They gave thelr names as Edwin Flelds and James Wilson. McLeod said he gave s stranger 3800 to place in & bag which he was told held $5,000, with the understanding that s joint deposit was to be made in a bank to their account. He said the stranger left him hold the bag, saying he would be back in & moment. He did not return and Mc- Leod finally peeked into the sack to find it contained only waste paper. Bcarboro said Fields and Wilwn had ten $50 bills when they were arrested. —— LEGLESS AUTOIST FINED $60 ON TRAFFIC CHARGES | gathe Tells Court He Was on Way to Buy Shoes for Wooden Legs When Arrested. John Mack, 66 years old, & legless motorist, who was arrested for anvtl:s without & permit and passing a in fines from Judge John McMahon in | Trafic Court yesterday. | Mack said he was on his way to pur- chase shoes for his wooden legs when stopped. “I just emsed through that light, judge,” Mack explained. “The police | still have one of my legs.’ “All right, $10 flm on the light charge and $50 for failing to get a permit,” answered the magistrate. PR 16 M The South African [ove‘mment has started plans for the development of & great dairy industry. Army Plebe Team Member Gets Date With Faith Bacon NoteFromYoungCadet on b Leave in Gotham Equals Exploit of His Mentor. By the Consolidated Press. NEW YORK, December 13.—The Army has already spotted one objective in New York and galned an uncondi- tonal surrender, no matter what the outcome of the Army-Navy foot ldl b.t- tle thll fternoon in Y&tl The story concerns a nnnbc o( '-ho rlobe leven, which was given tonight on eave in New York by the West Point | commandant as a reward for mssisting the varsity in practice games. This mn[ man, deciding to try out some of own theorles about life in the big city, wrote a note addressed to “Leading Lady, VlnlLlel ‘West Forty-second lfi‘!fl New York,” requesting the pleasure of her companny tonight, after the eve- ning performance. The leading lady tulated. The answer came T ht hlck from Faith e Vanities, accepting Only one other cadet has ever on record as hnvlnx lflumphed fmn .)}lmjn';blll ;l" 8] ldul of stbitics at "“‘.‘;! Foint '%.'“P.I"'-“Jé Julia hrnn; n a Brudvly hlt. to nu dinner with mm—n:nahmm “That boy old spirih” sald the major, when he learned of his 1930 prototype. ‘“There’s certainly for the new Amy r.hat s mlu up.’ LEFT N NO WILL Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va. 'December 13— | Thomas P. Chism, prominent furniture | dealer, who died here this week, left nin will 1" far as h:-n be ascertained by close relatives, who are & pe- tition asking the mn’z"""m’.‘n administrator for the estate valued un- officially between $70,000 and uoom KEEPER IS ALON E From Tower to lan of getting their checks by mail. tters were sent to them explaining they could stay at home and still re- ceive their money, thus saving lm{ to the public welfare office, the approach of pay day all but of the 1,180 appeared in person. Attaches of the office asked why and got._the following replies: “I'm not ukm; my chances.” t\m to come down.” steal By the Associated Press. SBAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, De- cember 13.—Death dwelt for 12 days in Otter Head Lighthouse while Gil- bert MacLachlan of Toronto, the tender, called in vain to the outside world for aid. John Moore, fell from the lonely signal tower on December 1 and was killed. MacLachlan found his mate's body near the beach, 40 feet below, late that day, half buried in the snow, ing the the little house slternately WITH DEATH | Signals Futilely for Help After Comrade Falls 40 Feet Death in Snow. katched over his dead mate and sig- naled with the station foghorn, but no ship came near the stark headland. Twelve miles downshore, Jack Mills, at Puckasaw, at last heard the distress calls and set out for the lighthouse, a three-day journey. 90 back with a Mills undertool telegram to the nn authorities, but was blocked by the . weather, -nd MacLachlan, to keep the house cold, lived on soda biscuits until Deeem!m 11, when the Edison’s bust ' WASminG . IWASHINGTUN{EE SCHOOL HONORED Ballston Institution Elected Member of Southern Asso- ciation of Colleges. By » Staff Correspondent of The Star. BALLSTON, Va., December 13.— Through election as & member of the Soythern Association of Accrofllmd Secondary Schools. and cole,:c Washington-Lee High Schobl has as- sumed its pl a8 one of the fore- most schools the South, according to information received My by 8. P Vanderslice, principal, from Dr. W. Smithey, State chairman of the I.o ciation. Washington-Lee was elected to mem- barsh.lj; in the assoclation st the recent annual meeting at Mllnu hqv%n recommended by the Staté chai n for the honor. V-ndmll« was_in- formed that the election was 'itllmll recommendation or reservation, the sociation being of the opinion’ that ne restrictions were necessary, although such restrictions .are frequently im- posed upon new-members. College Entrance Provided. Membership in the assoclation will make college entrance and transfer of students from one school to another much easier for the student, since the standing of the school guarantees him against loss of his credits if he has the recommendation of the school be- hind him. Receipt of this information comes upon the eve of the most active period in school affairs that has been en- countered so far this year and is ex- pected by the faculty to M:tulltlon[ stimulant to the students participating. At next Tuesday's assembly Tolbot Riggs, coach at St. John's Colle; Anmu will deliver an address, . being the awarding of letters and stars to the following members of the 1930 foot ball squad, the numbers following the names indicating the number of years the player has received = oy ")"‘onme tain, 3 T, CAp ¥ Howard Crouch, mAlhn 3; Louls hwl\, Allen, 2; Elwood Clements, 3 Scott ; Arthur Hammond, Robinson, 3; Archie Via, Hood, 3; Joe Eilis, 1; Clifton burner, 2; Pler Goodrick, mana; be made by O. On next. Tu.dny night the newly nized Parent-Teacher Association 1 meet at the school and will be en- tertained by the Girls’ Glee Club, and on Thursdsy night there will be pre- sented in the school Aumwrtm two one-act plays for the library fund. These 'fi dtrel:flon of Mrs. Marie Malott, head f the English it. On Monday morni; receive 70 new stu been promoted from the elementary schools as a result of satisfactory marks during the first semester. Principal Vanderslice says that it will be neces- sary for these students to go into after- noon sections until the un letion of Lhe new addition, which 1 not be until after the first of the new year. ‘With the which go out next week there be honor certificates to the students 'ho have averaged 90 or better in their studies. Use of these certificates is just being inaugurated. MAN AND BOY SCOUT ARE KILLED BY TRAIN Two Seriously Injured After Being Trapped on Trestle by Express. By the Assosiated Press. e Famets Tet ptde o an s in a) roru? the hny'- over to the west-bound track. There is & sharp turn nesr the east approach and the engineer of the express train apparently was unable to stop his train in I time to avold striking the four hikers. 'THREE ARE CAUGHT | IN POLICE MURDER | | Spectacular Manhunt Staged After Motor Cycle Officer Is Shot Down. By the Assoclated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. .’l n;mbl ;‘I; Captured after a spectacul ‘manhul through the H-r.ksnuck Mesdows h South Kearny, Raymond George, allas Raymond llm oolored, two ofiur colored t.hl ‘were under arrest for the kllun‘ of Motor ml- mn Bdward Ruark. than 100 police snd ecounty omm took part in the hunt. Ruark the iths, en. route to Newark from New York in a stolen aufomobile, to question them econcern- ing s siaying in Bayonne warlier in the evening. George told police he shot the policeman because he believed Rw\rk'unln.lb‘.nfl!‘flhlll NORTHWESTERN U. HEAD VISIONS CAMPUS IN LAKE Reclaimed Land Declared Definite Project—Television, Radio and Aviation Are to Be Utilized. IN LIGHTHOUSE FOR TWELVE DAYS | cicaco, December 13.—president Walter Dill Scott is looking half a mile out into Lake Michigan for the answer | to the next decade of Northwestern U: | versity's development. Extension of the cnmrn‘ on land re- claimed from the adjoining lake is & definite project, he told members of his faculty at a d!nur w%‘m tenth lnnlvqr‘ry of \m% he addition of three new buildings year is dlo definite, h‘ said, but the rest of plunu"dllnfludr"n includes: A campus airport, utilisation of tele- vision, radio, the picture screen, foreign travel in methods of instruction, choos- ing of instruétors for their ability to make human contacts with nud‘ rather than achievements in new eollerel in aviation, ., and religion, and a ':nnduer Murny 5 MVI“L sight dwewmh of bulldings on flu came D. €, Di¢kMBER 14, Trade Allowances Tremendously 1930—PART - ONE. ncreased! * n-iv Margins Cut to the -to Move these Brand New 1931 PEERLESS Bone EIGHTS (FROM TODAY TILL XMAS EVE) o Model “A” FORDS and CHEVROLET Sixes Taken in Trade at Full Purchase Price {Assuming of course that cars are in average condition}' Think of it! 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