Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 4

T A4 wx NEW AUTOTAXBILL | JOKERS ARE FOUND Impossible for D. C. to Ob- serve Regulations in Street Construction. The bill to tax motor vehicles by weight, passed last week by the House, contains sweeping changes in traffic regulations which would make it almost & phy impossibility for the District to do its street construction and repair work without breaking the law, an ex- amination at the District Building yes- terday revealed The law, besides setting up the rates for taxing vehicles by weight, goes into great detail in fixing the maximum | weights, lengths, heights and loads of | les i vides that it shall be unlawfu any person to operate or | move, or for the owncr to cause or | knowingly permit to be operated over | any street in the District vehicles ex- ceeding those dimensions, weights or loads. Are Lower. In a great many cases the allowable its are considerably lower in the esent bill than under the traffic regu- lations which they would replace. What is regarced as much more serious, how- ever, is there is no provision for the Commissioners to allow vehicles ex- cceding the limits to use the streets. the only authority for Commissioners’ regu- a il limited to those consist- act present the En- missioner issues special per- ry large he time and th® routes to cause a nterfere! with traffic. 1s are regarded as in- e movement of trailers mixers and other road-building equipment. muck of which, under the terms of the act, could mnot be used at all. The act reases the allowable Yength of anv one vehicle from 30 to 33 feet, but red the allowable Iength of any combination of vehicles from 85 to 70 feet. It sets a maximum weight for anv vehicle and load com- bined at 26.000 pounds. The present limit is 28,000 plus a 10 per cent allow- .ance if the vehicle is equipped With matic The act limits tre wable w t to 1 0 pounds per The present limit is 22.400 plus per cent additional if the vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires. The limit for any combination of coupled together is 36.000 ds, but any greater weight may be llowed by written permit from the Engineer Department. The act fixes 40.- s as the limit, and leaves the Department no discretion to limit Width Is Extended. present regulation allows ve- 96 inches wide, but it is planned » this s0 as to allow vehicles This is planned to e owners of solid tired trucks to pneumatics. by replacing rear wheels with double wheels. The act. however, fixes allowable width at 96 inches. which would prevent any increase by traffic regulation adopted by the Com- missioners Limits Er increase this The It th provisions are regarded as parti rly strange in contrast with the policy of the traffic act adopted last session giving to the Commission- ers wide latitude in setting up new traffic regulations. If the act is passed in its present form. it was pointed out. many con- tractors would be forced to get rid of their present road building equipment in exchange for smaller and less effi- cient units, a result which seems to have little place in a ‘measure designed to iIncrease the amount available for street construction work. 60-40 ORGANIC LAW RATIO IS REPEALED QUICKLY IN HOUSE (Continued From First Page) ‘was created by the House in 1930, the Senate had succeeded in obtaining an increase in the Federal lump sum con- tribution from $9.000,000 to $9.500,000. ‘This increased allowance has been car- ried in the last two appropriation bills, but now the effort in the House is to seck to cut it to $6.500,000 The District Commissioners yesterday appeared concerned over the prospect thrat the proposed District tax on in- comes would ®nd Virginia residents who work here. Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi~ dent of the board, sent Charles A. Rus- or, to inquire of Rep- Mapes whether the com- mittee had intended to tax the incomes of residents of Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Russell reported that Mr. Mapes had said such was not the intention, but that the matter could be straight- ened out satisfactorily when the bill was in conference. Reichelderfer Reticent. Dr. Reichelderfer still would not give his opinion of the various tax measures passed by the House to increase the District's tax burden, on the ground that he expects to be called on for a written expression of opinion by Con- gress, and does not consider it proper to make public his views in advance. | Tax Assessor William P. Richards does not take very seriously the pros- pect that v one of the sections of the income tax bill he will be called upon to levy taxes on the incomes of Congressmen. When informed yester- day that Representative Mapes had been quoted as saying that this matter | svould probably be left to his decision, | Richards smiled, and admitted that he | Was a prophet of great note, thereupon predicting that by the time the income Xax laws comes to him for administra- dtlon, there will 'be a clause in its ex- ®mpting Congressmen from taxation. He pointed out that the first draft of She intangible personal property tax law had contained no reference to the property of Congressmen, but by the time it was enacted it exempted the Property of cabinet officers and per- sons elected to positions in the United States Government and resident in Washington only because of such elec- tion. He said that: one of. the first to Pay tax on his intangible personalty onder that law was Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United Btates Supreme Court. CONSTRUCTION OF ZRS-5 ENTERS SECOND STAGE David §. Ingalls and Naval Officers Witness Raising of First Main Frame. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, ‘December 19.—Con- Btruction of ‘the new airship ZRS-5, Bister ship of the Navy's Akron, entered &s second stage today—the raising of e framework. The first main frame was raised in ®he Goodyear-Zeppelin dock here be- ofore an assembly of several hundred persons. There was no speechmaking or ceremony such as accompanied the same operation on the Akron. Among the spectators were David . ¥ngalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acronautics; naval officers and Ak- son officials. Work of construction is proceeding gapidly. Nearly half the girders have Been completed. Nearing completion are two other main frames, half a | cities Support of Foreign Capitals THE _SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 20, 1931—PART ONXNE. Mapes Committee’s Partial Survey of How Other Nations Help Capital Cities Shown Not to Have Produced All the Facts. The Star presents herewith the re- sults, in part, of a comparison it has made between the facts stated by the Mapes Committee and those gathered through its own survey relating to the support of foreign capitals by foreign nations. In addition to the capital cities mentioned in the Mapes report, The Star has gathered in- formation on others. This article, which is in continuation of one printed in Friday's Star, contains in- formation on_capital cities not dis- cussed in the Mapes Committee report. N respect to London, the Mapes re- port states Great Britain makes no special grant to the local gov ment as the seat of the national capital. Special contributions_arc made for fire and police services simi- lar to grants made to other citics, it adds, as well as contributions covering use of property occupied for govern- ment_purpos While not granted discriminatory con- tributions, The Star survey shows, Lon- don is not comparable to Washington Cue to its old and complex nature, there being no uniform government which applies to the whole of “Greater Lon- don “city” proper enjoys many ancient priv- ileges and rights which it refuses to share with the rest of London and with which Parliament is loth to tamper The people of London have the right to tax themsclves. Government of Italy. The Mapes report dismisses the qu tion of Rome by stating that the Italian government pays annually 60.000.000 lire, and that because of fi tions of the value of the lira it cannot state accurately what it would be, measured in_American dollars. The Star's survey shows, on the other hand, that national contributions to Rome are “much heavier” than to other that it supports city police of Rome “to a certain extent’; that it contributes to support of schools, and that while there is no legal obligation on the nation to maintain and develop Rome, “a very deep moral obligation is felt toward Rome as the symbol of Italianism, both ancient and modern.” Government of Japan. In respect to Japan the Mapes Com- m! found that the national govern- ent contributes 2921127 yen, or $1.460.563. in addition to funds for re- construction of the city following earth- quakes. It listed $330.000 as being Tokio's share of the national tax under a revenue refund system applied to all cities, and sums for part payment of elementary school teachers, road im- provement, unemployment relief and city water systems. The committee’s report did not state the fact, however, that the police for Tokio and the whole Tokyom *prefec- ture’ are paid by the central government, or that Takio citizens have a voice in both notional and city governments which collect and spend their tax funds. Mexican Government. ‘The federal government of Mexico does not contribute to the municipal expenses of Mexico City, the Mapes Committee argues. The Star’s survey shows that there is no discrimination in favor of the capital city, and also that the national government does not spend liberal sums for development of national projects at the capital. Government of Poland. ‘The Mapes Committee reports that no item- of contribution has been in- | cluded in the 1930-31 mational budget of Poland toward expenses of its capi- tal, Warsaw., It omitted stating that the police force is mafntained by the government; that Warsaw schools and streets are subjects of support in the form of “donations and credits.” In fact, Warsaw has been supported by the Polish government in many ways before the financial crisis there set in, The Star survey reveals. Now that funds available are limited, the nation's support of the capital is restricted to the bare necessities. Government of Spain. The Mapes Committee discusses ef- forts of Madrid to obtain a fixed sub- sidy from the national Spanish govern- ment,’ which it finds hace been un- successful. ‘The Star has no information on Spain. Swedish Government. Neither the Swedish government nor Parliament makes and “special” appro- priations to the city of Stockholm as the national capital, the committee reports. Contributions by the government to cities, generally speaking, are made without discrimination in favor of the capital, The Star survey shows. It is found also that residents of Stockholm have a voice in both local and national government, which is denied to resi- dents of Washington. Government of Switzerland. The government of Switzerland, the Mapes Committee adds, “makes no con- tribution whatever toward expenses of the capital city, Berne.” The Star is informed that while there is no discrimination in favor of the capital, it does receive contributions to- ward its fire, police, utilities and schools on a basis similar to those for other areas. It is important to note also that Berne has no federal development pro- gram like that here, which . requires corresponding municipal development of extra costly nature. Government activities are not centered in Berne, as here. The supreme court is at Lau- sanne; the Federal Polytechnic and Federal Museum at Zurich. Parliament is in session at Berne for many, but brief, periods, and members do not ac- quire residence in the capital. ‘The royal Jugoslav government does not contribute any money toward ex- penses of the municipality of Belgrade, the capital, the Mapes body notes. ‘The Star has no information on Ju- goslavia, Other Capitals. The Mapes Committee did not report on 22 other national capitals on which information was obtained by The Star. In Chile, Santiago is not set aside for exclusive control by the national gov- ernment, and outside of national proj- ects there is no discrimination in favor of Santiago as to contributions. The government maintains schools, police force and contributes toward paving in municipalities, Nanking Is Favored. China gives decided preference to its capital, Nanking, over other regions in financial assistance, The Star is in- formed. In case of a deficit, other mu- nicipalities may appeal to the Nanking government for help, but in fact only the capital has been receiving such con- tributions. ‘The national government maintains its police and schools. The city main- tains its streets, but it is planned that this expense shall be shared by the provinces in the future, Large develop- ment projects are being paid out of na- tional funds and the small projects out of municipal revenues. No city in Colombia pays taxes to the national government, though “fairly liberal” funds are spent on buildings and sometimes subsidies for the capital, Bogota, The Star is informed. The na- tional government maintains police and schools throughout the country, Cuba Spends Lavishly. The government of Cuba has spent lavish sums in past years on its capi- tal, Havana, so much so that there has been considerable criticism of the ex- tent of expenditures there from other parts of Cuba. Support of national po- dozen intermediate frames, sections of :::mu and top gangways and miscel- eous other parts. Construction of the control cabin hes & - lice in Havana is divided between the national and municipal budgets. Schools are supported by the national government everywhere in Cuba. Ha- Hreels wes & One point of interest is that the | even before the creation of the “cen- tral” district which supplanted the “city” of Havana. Residents of the | capital pay taxes on the same basis as residents of other sections. They also have the same rights of citizenship and franchise |~ Czechoslovakia contributes to welfare and school projects at its capital, Prague, on the same basis as it does for other cities. Its residents have the same voice in national government as those of other cities and they elect thelr own city council, which levies and | spends local tax revenues. |~ The government of Estonia treats its | capital, Tallinn, as it does other cen- ters, as to subsidies. Police forces in Estonian cities are maintained entirely by the government; the government pays 80 per cent of of school advisers and tes grades of public schools and full salaries of teachers of professional schools; it grants subsidies for maintenance of streets and other services. Capital citi- zens have a vote in national clections and the local council which levies taxes. Finland Cities Exempted. No cities in Finland pay national taxes; the nation contributes to a cer- | tain_extent toward municipal expenses in all cities of the country. The capital is in no way set aside for exclusive con- trol by the national government. Hel- singfors, as other cities, has control of its government. Guatemala City, in the Republic of Guatemala, receives the same contr tions as other cities, for police and schools, but “only an insignificant per- centage of government revenucs dur- ing the past five vears have boen spent for public, works of any character,” The Star is informed. The national government of Hungary co-operates with cities for the increase | of municipal plants which pay regular | Federal taxes, thus assisting in build- | Ing up local taxable resources. As to | contributions to municipal budgets, the national government does mnot favor | Budapest. Police of Hungary are a national organization | the country are owned by the national gavernment. government. New Delhi Solely Capital. In India, the city of New Delhi has been built solely as a government seat and there is practically nothing ther Budapest has local self | except departmental or other govern- | ment buildings and the residences of government officials. Large grants have | been made to the New Delhi munici pality as the seat of government. Thery | Is actually little or no bgginess which | can be taxed and a high® standard of efficiency has to be maintained. The government of India also has con- | tributed toward the cost of improve- i ments in Delhi itself, but the policy of | subsidizing the Municipal Committee | | for this purpose has been brought to a | standstill by financial depression. In | the major provinces, municipalities look | |to the provincial governments for | grants. The police of New, Delni are| | paid by the government. In Latvia there is no discrimination | between its capital. Riga, and other | | cities, in contributions from the na- | | tional government: and there is no | capital " development program since “adequate accommodations” were left {by the formér Russian Government.| All police in Latvia, however, are m tained by the federal government, ex- cept for their housing. and the federal government pays half of the cost of municipal _grammar schools in the country. Riga citizens have a voice in local and natfonal governments The government of Lithuania grants aid to all municipalities of the country, | through proportionate allotments. Po- | ice of the country are a national or- | ganization Schools are operated by the national government, except for | primary grade schools. which, however, Teceive government subsidies according to needs. Lithuanians consider Kovno the provisional capital pending settle- ment of the Vilna questions. Residents of the capital are self governing. New Zealand Situation. In New Zealand, while no discrimina- tion is made in favor of its capital, Wellington, the national government | provides police and public schools at the capital as well as elsewhere. No public schools are provided by munici- palities. Wellington residents have a voice in national and local government In Norway, the national government contributes in a limited degree toward municipal _expenses, granting funds alike to all cities. The nation pays a small share of the total cost of police | and a fairly large share of the total cost of schools. In contrast to the situation in Wash- ington, the citizens in Oslo control their | municipal government. Also they have seven members in Parliament. Panama City System. _In the Republic of Panama, the na- tion contributes toward municipal ex- penses of the capital, Panama City, by aiding in the construction of streets, lighting and sanitary systems and en- tirely supports the police force and the school system. The city of Panama has self government but its residents have no special representation in the na- tional government. All administra- tions in the history of the republic have Improved the capital. The Government of Peru has spent national funds lavishly upon the de- velopment of both national and mu- nicipal projects at its capital, Lima. It bas made wide discrimination in favor of the capital. This has taken the form of guarantees of Lima municipal loans placed abroad. and later, the assump- tion of the obligation by the national government; support of police and edu- INCOME TAX YELD | Most schools of INCREASE DOUBTED D. C. Assessor W. P. Richards Questions $750,000 . Addi- tional Levy From Measure. Whether the income tax bill passed | his week by the House, if enacted into law, would produce $750,000 more than {the present tax on intangible personal | property is regarded as a doubtful proposition by District Assessor Willlam Richards’ He sald that the tax would certainly not make such a yield during its first year, before the asses- isor's office is experienced in handling | income tax matters, and whether it will show up as well tive. In order to fulfill expectations of the Mapes Committee during the first year it wonld be necessary for the tax to i lq in excess of $3,470,000, followed by increasing amounts in subsequent | years, since the yield from the intangi- ‘hlr‘ Property tax has shown & constant | increase since its introduction, in 1918, in spite of all slumps and depressions. The levy for the intangible personal property tax in the District, as shown in the current financial report, has increased as shown below: 1918. 1919, 1920, er is specula- $890.779 Some Think They W Section Needs their opinions as to whether a provision in the new income tax for the District, passed by the House on Wednesday, would make their salaries as Congress- men subject to a tax. Chairman Mapes of the Special House Committee which brought in this meas- ure as one of four tax bills to increase the tax burden on the residents of the District upward of $4,000,000 said: “I do not see why there should be any ex- ception. Personally, as a member of Congress, I would welcome this tax.” Representative Hooper of Wisconsin, also a lawyer, said: “I believe this sec- tion be fairly interpreted as apply- | ing to members of Congress. If so, 1| welcome it, and have no objection to paying this tax. Our work here is ‘oc- cupational’ and is carried on in the Dis- | trict of Columbia. The language of this | section would indicate that we members of the House are included under this | proposed law. I have no objection to| paying an income tax in the District on | the length of time my occupation as a | member of the House keeps me here.” Applies to Members. Representative Frank Oliver of New York says: “This section reads, to my mind, as applying to members of Con- gress on incomes recelved from any business or property or professional | 2742,986 Sees Raise From Evaders, Another District official the view that the increase in collec- tions possible under an income tax law would come in large part from those who now dodge the tax on intangi- |bles. If a taxpayer states under oath July 1 of any given year, at present the let it go at that. If, however, he states that Le did not have a taxable income, that is 8 matter which can be checked v investigation. Incidentally, the bill s adopted by the House gives the | assessor power to compel the attend- nce of witnesses and put them under oath, & power he does Dot Now possess. It was pointed out that the bill is extraordinarily severe on fuse or neglect” to make returns. he bill imposes on all such a flat pen- alty of $500, which in most cases would | be ‘many times the amount of the tax. | Under the present intangible tax, if a | property owner fails to get his return in on time, he is assessed a penalty of 20 per cent of the amount of the tax, so that the amount of the penalty 1s graduated according to the amount of the tax, and, theoretically at least, to the capacity of the taxpayer to pay. How many persons would be required to pay the new tax is not known. Last vear 7.247 persons filed returns of in- tangible property only, and 33.755 filed returns of both tangible and intangible v. a total of 41,002 comparative purposes it may be pointed out that persons in the Wash- ington area last year paid to the Fed- eral Government income taxes aggre- gating $6.408.622. + 32.500;060 CHICAGO SCHOOL CHECKS DRAWN 14,000 Teachers Will Get Half Month's Pay if City Raises Money to Meet Drafts. By the Associated Press CHICAGO. December 19.—Checks for $2,500,000, Chicago's Christmas present to its school teachers, were made out today. 1f there is enough money to cover them, 14,000 school marms and masters will be cheered with a half month's back pay. And today the International Harvester Co. mailed the school board a check for $400,000 worth of tax an- ticipation warrants, virtually assurin, the salary payments. Teachers have re- ceived but one month's pay since last April Other city employes were less lucky. The policemen, firemen and others on the mupicipal pay roll were to have been paid four days ago, but no money is in sight. The City Council yesterday averted a default on city bonds by au- thorizing $11,828,319 paid on principal and interest due January 1. That pay- ment drained the treasury and unless enough tax warrants are disposed of the employes will go payless. SR TWO PILOTS INJURED Plane Crashes at Oklahoma City in Trial Flight. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 19 () —Two pilots were injured danger- ously Wwhen a tri-motored plane of ‘Transcontinental Western Air, Inc., fell at the municipal airport here today. ‘The ship was making a test flight. George Price, 36, Columbus, Ohio, suffered a double skull fracture and N. C. Moore, 26, Tulsa, received a broken arm. broken leg and a possible skull fracture, —_— cation. Most of the streeis of Lima actually have been paved out of na- tional funds. Portugal contributes without discrimi- nation in favor of its capital, Libson, toward expenses of all municipalities, each receiving a pro-rata cash grant to aid in making up lack of funds. Portugal spends money liberally on na- tional objects at Lisbon. There are few taxes other than national levied in Portugal. Municipalities collect a lim- ited number of iicense taxcs, but the greater part of their revenues are in the form of contributions from the fed- eral government. The country is under a military dictatorship, with the people having little voice in-their government. Rumania Spends Liberally. Rumania spends national money liberally on national projécts at the capital, Bucharest, and the nation con- tributes toward expenses of municipal- itles, without discrimination in'favor of or against the capital. These contri- butions take the form of support of police, schools, parks, hospitals, asyl- | ums, ‘museums, unemployment relie?, churches and other activities. Capital residents have the same voice in na- tional and local government as have those of other cities. Bangkok, capital of Siam, recelves very large appropriations' from the gov- ernment, for municipal experises and de- velopment. There is one other munici- pality in Siam, the small city of Chieng- mai, It also receives government con- tributions, but of much smaller amount. Residents of the city of Angora, cap- ital of Turkey, pay the same national taxes as citizens of other cities. Sums are provided annually in the national budget for the reconstruction of Angora. The nation does not contribute toward municipal expenses of any city, except in that public education is a center government project. Pretoria Has Voice. The Union of South Africa does not make special contributions toward mu- nicipal expenses in its capital, Pretoria, or any other city of the union, except that it maintains a national police force which is distinct from municipal functions. The union also main- sanance of universities, applying to the whole country. The government, however, encourages increase of local taxable resources, contrary to the situ- ation here, and Pretoria citizens have a voice in government. In Uruguay, the national government liberally spends national revenues for such purposes as hospitals, secondary schools and high institutions of learn- ing, all public schools and the national university being supported out of na- tional funds. The police force is also & national institution. Residents of this capital citv, Montevideo, have local self government. assessor must take his word for it and | work they may carry on in the District | This would place a third tax on us | from New York who pay a Federal in- | come tax and a State income tax. But |1 do not interpret this section as apply- ing on the salaries we receive as mem- | bers of Congress. | " “We are here as part of the Govern- | | ment of the United States which places | the seat of our work here, but we can- | expressed | not fairly, under the law, be classed | cleared up.” | under ‘occupation.’” | | Representative John J. Douglass of Massachusetts, also & lawyer, said: | “This law cannot be interpreted as ap- | | plying to members of Congress to place | | occupation but an office. We are part Members of the House are divided in :f.?-hl legal MEMBERS OF HOUSE WONDER IF INCOME TAX BILL HITS THEM ould Be Included in District Levy, While Others Say Clarification. branch of the Government. y owners or business men, we are subject under this law to a tax on revenue for incomes derived therefrom but it cabnot touch our salaries as members of Congress.” Representative Prank L. Bowman of West Virginia, a lawyer and member of the House District Committee, said: “Certainly this applies to me as a mem- ber of Congress. That is my interpre- tation as a lawyer, of the language of that section of the new income tax bill for the District.” Section Needs Clarification, Representative Ross Collins of Mis- sissippl, & member of the Mapes Com- mittee that fostered these tax measures, said: “The language seems to me to be specific, that it does spply on salaries of members, of Congress. There is no | exception in this District income tax {neuuxe on Federal salarles as in State aws.” Representative Curtis W. Gibson of Vermont, who is a lawyer, said: “Th is danger that a court interpretation of section 10 in the District income tax bill would cover the salary of a member of Congress. It is certain that if the Congress determines to finally enact this bill providing for taxation of in- comes in the District of Columbia that section needs clarification. We have an income tax law in Vermont, so that if this section allows salaries of members of Congress to be taxed in the District I would be called upon to pay a third income tax.” Representative Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, former chairman of the sub- | committee on District appropriations, who is a lawyer, said: “I will not give an off-hand opinion on this question. | It seems to me the question ought to be Representative J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland said: “I do not know whether this section would impose a tax on my salary as a member of Con- | . gress. I think no one can give an ac- that he had no intangible property on |a tax on their salaries. Ours is not an | curate opinion. It would require a de. | cision of the courts.” T. W, NOYES TO SPEAK BY RADIO ON TAXES “Taxation Without Will Discuss | Representation” Over N.B. C. | | Network. | those who | | Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The Star, will speak on “Taxation Without Representation” tomorrow evening in the weekly radio program devoted to taxation matters and sponsored by th!‘ { American Taxpayers' League. His ad- dress will be broadcast from Station WRC at 6:15 o'clock over a network of the National Broadcasting Co. The American Taxpayers' League, | established in this city in 1924 at a convention attended by delegates from 34 States. is carrying forward a weekly radio program for the purpose of mak- ing American citizens “tax conscious.” as explained by the two previous speakers, former Senator James W Wadsworth, jr, of New York and Representative ~James M. Beck of Pennsylvania. | In addition to the convention at | Washington, the league was_approved | by wire and by letter from 25 or more substantial citizens from every State | acting as an Organization Committee. | Other future speakers on the radio program will be Representative Will R Wood. former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. on Decem- ber 28. and Senator William H. King | of Utah on January 4 |GLASSFORD ORDERS EXTRA POLICE DUTY TO END ROBBERIES‘ __(Continued From First Page) !van, aged 68, 2913 Porter street | A young man snatched at her pocket- book as she was ascending the steps of & house at 412 H street to collect | Tents. | Mrs. Sullivan slipped and fell in strug- | gling with the man and the contents of her pocketbook, which she said she | thought held about $70 in bills, spilled |on the sidewalk. A crowd came to her rescue and James Lewis, 20, was seized and held by spectators until the | arrival of Policeman E. B. Cullenber of the Park Police, who was on duty in_Judiciary Square nearby. | Mrs. Sullivan was only slightly | bruised by her fall on the steps and | refused hospital treatment. When she | counted the money picked up from the sidewalk she found she had recovered $42. Mrs. Sullivan owned property in the vicinity and collected her own rents. Lewis was booked at the first precinct station on charges of assault and at- tempted robbery. Taxi Driver Robbed. Willlam F. McGuinn, 27-year-old taxi driver, of 2309 Pennsylvania ave- nue, was robbed of 30 cents, a watch | and his taxicab by three armed colored men last night. McGuinn told police he picked up three men at Fourteenth street and Florida avenue northeast and drove to Eastern avenue and Bell street north- east. At this point one of the men drew & gun and demanded his money. After relieving McGuinn of 30 cents and his watch the robbers drove off in his taxicab. Three colored men, believed to be the same who robbed McGuinn, held up J. H. Noell of Alexandria, Va, at ‘Tuxedo, Md. | Noell said the three men entered his cab at Twelfth and H streets north- | east and requested to be driven to Tuxedo. There he was confronted with . The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical—it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank For each $120 bor- rowed you agree to deposit $10 a month in an account, the pro- ceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits ‘may be madeon a weekly, semi-monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. to borrow. Loans are passed on within a day or two after filing application ~with few exceptions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be for any period offrom 3 to 12 months. Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U. S. Tressury, 1408 H Strest Northw a pistol and robbed of $3. The trio then escaped in Noell's taxicab, Find Abandoned Cab. McGuinn's cab was found abandoned several hours after he A obbed at Bladensburg road, near Fiftee street northeast. A colored boy about 17 held up Mr. and M r W. David- son of 2914 Forty-fif et bed Mr. Davidson of $20 in « ‘When Mr. Datidson ws { the gun, he tusseled wit and was struck in the fac 3 who escaped following the s The couple was walking Rock Creek driveway at K st the robbery occurred. Colored Men in Hold-Ups. ‘The same vears old ee colored men were be lieved to have been the ones who this morning held up Franzin, taxicab driver, the 1800 block of Otis street. at the point of a pistol at Fourth and T streets north- east, Tobbed him of $6 in cash, a watch valued at $15, and inen made th y in his taxicab, leaving hin Franzin had picked the men up in the 700 block of New York avenue Late last night three colored men answering the same description, held up William Raymond Stone, 3810 Eastern avenue northeast. at Ivy City. D. C., robbed him of $12 and left in his taxi- cab The cab was found abandoned within several Blocks of where the rol bery took place. Stone had picked up the three men at Nerth Capitol and P streets Lawrence of A Mexican Polo Star Hurt. MEXICO CITY, December 19 (#) — Col. Pedro Amaro. brother of Gen Joaquin Amaro, and one of Mexi star polo players. was seriously injured when his horse fell on him in a match at the Polo Club today. 2-cent Tax. $778.651.63 1932 1933 Total actual receipts. . (estimated) . (estimated) Total The above table shows the income and automobile gas tax and property asse TAK LAV BXPEETED TO AT 48 LS Four-Cent Le\d\ Proposal Seen Diverting$Trade to States. \ One of the results ex at the District Building if the bill pavsed by the House to increase the gasolfie tax to 4 cents becomes law is that X will drive away a substantial amoumt of business from Washington filling <|tl- tions. District ~ Auditor Daniel\ J Donovan observed yesterday that thare is a large amount of gas bought f1 Washington by residents of the metro- politan area who live beyond the Dis- trict line for the sole reason it can be bought 2 cents cheaper per gallon here |than in Maryland and 3 cents cheaper than in Virginia. When this aifferen- tial disappears, the incentive to buy 1In Washington will disappear with it | . Consequently Maj. Donovan does not look for an increase in revenues of the | District at all proportionate to the | prospective increase in the rate. He |would not estimate the probable in- | crease, and sald that any such esti- | mate made by anybody would not be much more than a guess. Whatever it is, however, Maj. Donovan does not believe that it will be enough to take |care of all of the Highway Depart- {ment's work. The gas tax at present |is available for new street work and for repair, but in practice none of it has ever been used for repair, as all| of this has come out of the general fund. Assuming the passage of the bill, the increase in tre gas tax fund would probably be transferred to the repair item, releasing that much of the general fund. Finds Some Support. So far as is known, none of the Dia- trict officials favor the new tax by it- self. although it has considerable sup- port if coupled with an elimination of the assessment law for new street pav- ing which replaced the so-called Bor- land amendment. The amendment and its_successor have proved extremely | difficult to administer, involving the | District in a morass of litigation from which it has not yet extricated itself Under the new formula for charging ese assessments the law results in r Toutine burden on the , which would be gladly for’ the relatively painless ncthod of collecting the gasoline tax The increased gas tax in place of the old Borland law was specifically rec- ommended by Corporation ~Counsel William W. Bride when the question haping the Borland law was up session of Congress, but g came of it. its inception in 1925, through 7. ¥e 1933, with the last two estimated, the 2-cent tax will the District $11,751.473. is added the sum received assessments against properties, g (with the same estimates to $1748.305.75, making a 499 57. appropriation act carried t of general funds for work. The total for Department was $4.392.- ich $2.000,000 was from the The 1933 estimates of the Budget eau, now before Congress conte e a total of $4.435510, of which £1,960.000 is to come from the tax. Of the appropriations from neral funds, $1,015,000 is for repairs to streets. The table above shows rather graphi- cally the collapse of the system of col- lecting money for street repair by as- sessing abutting property owners. The total received from this source in 1931 was_considerably less than balf of the total received in 1929. With these as- sessments eliminated. an extra 2-cent tax gasc would possibly “make up more than the difference. last gas tax Publisher's Mother Dies. | LOS ANGELES, December 19 (P).— Mrs. Elizabeth Howard Zuber, 7 mother of Roy W. Howard, newspaper publisher. died of ‘a heart attack here today. A widow, she came to Los An- geles from Ohio in 1916 and was mar- ried to Frank Zuber, a retired locomo- tive engineer. Total. $801,120.23 1,029,921.92 1.251.333.38 32.11 1.677.184.84 1.762,397.81 1,799.989.28 1.348.305.76 200.000.00 200.000.00 79. 1.875.000.00 1,900.000.00 1.748.305.76 i13.499.779 57 ome to the District from the expected in ments for streets. For Christmas R AR Y SR remember some one away from home with a . Subscription to he NEWS RATES BY MAIL, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, POSTAGE PREPAID Maryland and Virginia Daily and Sunday $10.00 "All Other States and Canada Daily and Sunday $12.00 ‘2 months 32 months FROM HOME IS ALWAYS WELCOME An Appropriate Gift Card Will Be Sent With Your Subscription Shar Daily $6.00 Sunday $4.00 Daily Sunday $8.00 $5.00 Foreign Daily and Sunday $30.00 12 months SN NS < Pl Daily Sunday $20.00 $10.00 Well, Men! Only 4 More Days! 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