Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1932, Page 3

STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1932, *% A3 THE EVENING .70% of all 'ACUTE INDIGESTION PUBLISHERS NEET DEPRESSON TREN The District Is Not Undertaxed Y PASTOR SUSPENDED IN' CONDUCT PROBE Club Collects Clothing i SCHOONER IS RESCUED - > British Ship Will Be Towed tpy 3 EX-SERVICE ME BENEFIT FROM CIVITAN ACTIVITY. Nassau. ’ NORFOLK, Va, February 4 (P)-ws The British auxiliafy schooner Baha- Stfikes N ht' - = mian, reported Tuesday as being in b late at lg ° ’ Fixed . sl e | distress off Jupiter, Fla.. was picked up Renewed Assault in 1920 on Fixe Ratio Results in Dr. J. T. Herson of Annapolis vesterday by the British steamer Belize (when drug stores are closed.) Why not be safe with Bell-ans on hand ... Now! BELL-ANS FOR INDIGESTION Fewer Books to Be Released Under New Contracts for Year. By the Assoclated Press Note—This is the fourth of & | series of special articles discussing Passage by House of Mapes Bill to Repeal It, but Senate Defeats Move—W illiams Report Recalled. definite and certain Federal contribu- tion than they did on what the ratio M. E. Church Faces Trial | in June. Spectal Dispatch to The Star | and will be towed to Nassau, according to & wireless message received at Coast Guard headquarters from the cutter, Yamacraw 1 The Bahamian has been plying be- tween Jacksonville and Cuba. X A Jewish publishing dvm, the Bloch Publishing Co. of New York. founded p———— " EW YORK, Tebruary 4-Spring | past and present attempts to show | of contribution should be. The indefinite | BALTIMORE, Md, February 4-—Dr Ly o Nen o ounond books trim thelr sails to stormy weather, | that Washinglon escapes payment of | proportion plan had been In operation Joseph T. Herson, pastor of Calvary first printed American flags made west English JComes in They show a marked change in pub- ishing tactics. mportant numbers, they | 1y adapted to the depression For the first time, in 11 be definite- | fair tazes. HEN the District appropria- | tion Dbill for the fiscal year | 1921 was being written " the | development ! from the Government by way of assist- failure in a properly and orderly Capital The_citizens of the Dis- trict never knew what they could expect Methodist Episcopal Church, Annapolis, and former pastor of Hamline Metho- | dist Episcopal Church, Washington, was | suspended from ministerial service yes- | of the Alleghanies, and for many~ years was the only printed flag manu- facturers in the West. The reason lies in the new freedom | = e people of |ance in Capital expendit FoxAll gained the first of the year, with the | g At erc . Under- | yeats Gongriss approptiated liberamy, |terdsy pending disposition of charges = release from contracts made with au-|,. . WASCORICR | Chers of the | fome years niggardly, other years mof |Of "imprudent and unministerial con- The H t thors before the market started down | 12Xed Wag reRewtl W (oo "the local |at all. This policy, followed for g |duct” by the annual conference which ea Double-fronts, six and eight hill. “Publishers on the whole are being House and assed the appropriation bill pas Hotheran, went to the Senate in the years, ended in the citizens of the Dis- trict finding themselves overtaxed, with | meets in June. The suspension was or- dered by an investigating committee of . rooms, with one, two and more careful,” Cass Canfleld, president Rider to abolich & tremendous: Tudebtedness, wes | clergymen. S d h &I three baths, Bryant gas heat, of the National Association of Book ,1,9,?0 ,if,uc_‘;',‘,‘;.’;‘:fi ®slan of dividing | and fluctuating property values Cenaif | Although the specifications made in pen thri e S M Publishers, said today. “Last year they | the MICand-balt BN Ll oce” e Ganital City, Taid ont on o great pian, {the charges were not revealed Dr. ] gm' oo EATAES dadl contip el ;’?“‘“ ”‘d“m- "f‘g and| fax rate on real estate and tangible | but wholly' undeveloped, insanitary CB";‘[““““ 5’21'1“1“1 :“P“r:g‘““‘;‘”‘ oL tie Beshaps you kaow: Himethe utst g valueat 11,3 even earlier. Plans made in the early | 2% % ety from 112 to 232 Per | unsightly CETRc anitary. | Baltimore district, said “the charg 2 ing value at $11,350 personal property from 1' nsightly and a disgrace to a great and | 200 not those of immorality or theft, man who puts a watchdog to £14,950. Visit our Fur- part of 1930, adapted to conditions, wiil be reflected this year.” 1, instead of the penses should be cent. It provided th half-and-half, the exf w althy people. but represented only practices that on his fuel bin but fails to nisned Model Home at 4400 Gambles on new writers and far . as far as Relurn to “Old System” Threatened. were detrimental to the work of a : : from District revenues 0 ( ; 7 keep his heat indoors where o Vora Place, three short shots on unusual material will be fewer | M€t TR SRS f0 04 any balance | “The unconditional repeal of the half- | cler8yman i hsl e Vel e e in qumber, is the consensus in the pub- | (1Y SETE RO acury. This sought | and-half provision of the act of 1878 Two Prefer Charges. ongs. - 3 % lishing hoises, Books sure of a definite | ({4 (1, "entirely the definite Dropor- | would yeinstale the old system. Every| The charges were preferred by Rey He doesn't know, of course, [ Road. Op: i110p m sale, £s 8L an 1 | fion principle and provide in its place|reason that appealed to Congress in|J. E. Kemp Horn, pastor of Howard as ek Teashic) cotatss. poptilar fields of writing, will be stressed a vague and indefinite Federal contribu~ 1878 to definitely fix the relaticns be- Park Church, and Rev. Vernon N “Property Value” Considered. tion. The Senate, however, put ”»1 tween the National Government and the | Ridgely, superintendent of West Balti- save heat than to save fuel, @ “Property value” will be considered | half-and-falf provision back in the h.l‘fi N"!/m: of the {)xslrx(t as to Capital | more district of the Baltimore confer- when protected by - especially. . Books will be published |8nd the issue went to conference. At |maintenance now appeals to Congress | ence. SPH y ol ¥ a the same session of Congress the House | to not undo the wise solution of this Mrs. Herson appeared before the WAVERLY TAYLOR that readers will want to own in their libraries, and there will be fewer ate legislative o f-and-half had also p bill secking repeal of t problem then reached. If the ratio of Federal and District contribution then Investigating Committee and spoke in behalf of her husband. Witnesses for 1522 K Street Nat'!l 1040 \KL\ln;fY: ;‘533 é;]c::)l Bf;]rd-jflxxlmga:\(;ggl ;—‘xfig law, and the Senate also amended this provided for is now inequitable, it |and against Dr. Herson from the Forest that are read once and laid aside. This |0 ire by restoring 50-50 ratio. |should be changed and a proper ratio|Park community, where he was e B L e e e Erowtng | The conferces on this separate measure ished, but t1 Wlee plan of a fixed | formerly assigned, appeared before the endency to patronize rental Lbrarles | ..ieq deadlocked to the end of tha erta’n contribution from the | committee, according to Dr. Smit} < 1 ’ “"C,l"n,k‘((‘[fix[‘"“’}“{‘-"‘ "‘\‘"S"m,d _ | Congress. In order to get the apg National Government should not be!The superintendent added there werc METAL WEATHERSTRIPS 3 e e Teor. | priation 'biil ifor the fiscal }3€at J924)Rbandoned about 10 witnesses on each side. Eetiigah : i pealing to prevailing hopes and fears, | BUSUON (B (0L 0 conferces on that | he evidence submitted to the com- ) N N i R . . et us show you how to stop 2 L O R A L | Comes” » flood of books: dealing witsi | through, however, the contrees B0 itee oridence “whieh we beliere o Committee Members, HIS clothing, collected by the Veterans' Clothing Committee of the Ci Beatlesks addioliniig com- x the depression and the general economic | Pl 8&xced 1o & (WG e propor- | be as accurate and reliable as it is pos- | Members of the Investigating Com- Club, is shown being turned over to George W. Phillips (left) and Cap fortsbi it manes TR]BUTES situation. We shall be told what the | for that Y07 CR 0 Ci%ratio principle | sible to obtain, refutes the claim that | mittee, which met in the First Metho- Walter Fletcher of the club, —Star o ¥ Y ression really is inu six versions, | tot cPARERS, the citizens of the District of Columbia |dist Episcopal Church, were i [ wle ! Send for folder i F All O 5 t are its causes and most important- Bill are undertaxed. The property taxes| Rev. Dr. Don S t, pastor of . - or ccasions "h]u\ to end it L eat 4 { Another Mapes Bill. - by citizens of Washington are Methodist Episcopal Church , will be col ed during Telephone National 4311 ) There is a general call for more ] & Josal referred to compatable - : L R. H. Stone, pastor of Union B v 5 - 1 ' ‘The legi. ¥ ble in every way to the . P The temporar oadway Outstanding ex- $€Y 50 || serious and practical books {he precedir bh was introduced paid by cizens of other cities | Square Church: the Rev. F. I. Mum- be used during the cher: Accurate Metal Weather Strip Co. amples of the Even novels show a tendency in the |y " poiresentative Mapes of Michigan r to Washington in resources and | ford, pastor of Garrett Park Church; i 931 New York Ave. N.W., Wash., D. C. . main to become more serious. There Gt the House District i the Rev. Dr. Oscar Thomas Olson TO OCCUPY CIRCLE i 2 Florist's Art. and up 5 v , T then chairman is_even evidence of a slight trend |comnittee It was favorably reported or the fiscal year 1918, citizens of | pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church; L toward the Victorian type. from the House District Committee. A Washington paid a per capita realty tax | the Rev. J. S. German. superintendent = = The number of books published dur- | inority report of the committee. signed | of $16.55. Of the 68 other cities in 0f the Goodwill Industries; the Rev Monument H s F 1 ing the Spring will be definitely cut|py eight members submitted by {of- |the United States with over 100000 |Dr. F. C. Reynolds, pastor of Grace onument Honoring Famous In- down esentative Williams of Illinois, | population, 26 paid a higher Methodist Episcopal Church: the Rev. 5 5 mer Representat population, 26 paid a higher per capita | Together with books that are colored | T ORI G Coposed as an act of realty tax, 42 a low For ne Shme |J. T. Marsh, pastor of Montford Ave- ventor Will Be in the Center of 1407 H St. N.W. ||by the prevailing low spirits, there are | ;ystice the repeal of the 50-50 ratio. ' year. the total property tax | hue Chu: the Rev. D. M. Dibble, New Parkway Project. 1 Nat'l 4908 |m both bright ncouraging. | 1 this rt a history of in Washingtor )68, Thirty of | pastor of Boundary Avenue Church v ., 4 S There is even amo; Spring bOOKS | 4110 fie, v was set | the 63 cities paid a higher and 38 a |2nd the Rev. Clarkson Banes, pastor of = i one novel—Alice Brown's “Kingdom In | forih to tr ta_tax. For the same |Favette-Bennett Church. The Memorial, erected to 4 the Sky"—with the scene laid in heaven. | vedsiont cities in the United | The, committee met at 2 pm and the g ish-American_invenior | i : Congress i population of over | CAM sict oW nutes after downstr he Arlington Memoria i Authors in Spring List. | % Fhis con e made a most com- * per capita property | 6 Pm. This was the third meeting of Bridge the center of a new | Many known au are represented | s SO Lngton, while 176 paid a | the committee. The first was on Janu- circl being constructed there. in the Sprir They ~ include: | PrENCOSIve ary 19, the second February 1. T 1 connect Potoma at this costs "Xrnnu} C:\b.r Loads of Love," by ,"'.".[”1'_; e < : “Washington to taxa-| HONOR FRENCH SURGEON n bridge and the park- 3 P AL OO nne Parrish; mer Holiday," o ; for ty's area, | 5000 and de- || Shelin Kaye-Smith. - Mary's Neck, by | Crament to, the and th % leas as . i s Engineer Office is ery w once, | Booth Tarkington ) 7| iersRegretil the cc growing needs of the | Dr. Georges Portmann, professor of structing a se —_ Blographies _include “Stalin: The | 4on of the Government require larger and larger | ATyngology at the Un y of Bor-| “River for the ne Career of a Fanatic,” by Essad-Bey: areas for public bulldings and other | dFaU, Was horor guest of the Inte h will be filled Branch Cabell.” by Carl Vin Doren: | aery stand The question es to [Ment are exempt from . taxation and | pyrec” iis" secretary. Dr. Portmsnn, a iectig the old rcad Past Year: A Autoblography.” by S | Gather i of Dist were | that large part of the most valuable | il known surgeon, 1§ visiting. this the Lincoln Memo- Oliver Lodge, and another autobiog- | and reasonable tax com- |Tealty in the District is Government | iotny <P TS, I etioinighe fie ROV, raphy, “Adventures of a Novelist," by paid by citizens in other | Droperty, and when it is further con- |“*br"} "5 Tl NG jected presi. | Myel road ‘that has been complete Gertrude Atherton, country, and especially | Sidered that approximately one-fourth | yant of the club. Others officers chosen [.00ut 1,000 feet of the old road will Some of the books of national and | o itios comparable to | Of the city’s population is colored and |jiclude: Dr. A C. Christie. first aioe ¢ T€PIaced by the new construct /\{ \u{urrx,?uun:‘lr interest, and of a more | wachingtor tion and resources, PAIS a ;n\;l'l\pmv;?fi.rh‘( n of the taxes. | precident; Dr. Walter Teichmann, sece H;i“] zi;'i‘. i two ‘lg;.lcl;: n:xvx.gy‘arc.fiv}u’\vflmngr Face: thort Compre- -”1 Lt many ‘C“ ands more of ifS|onq vice president: Dr. Joseph S. Wall gh the ‘“,;. 3 | Defeat,” by Elliott Thurston: “Russia ar urate data from the inhabitants are Government emploves, |ihird vice president: Dr. P. 8. Constan- ] b Market or Menace?” by Tr most of whom pay a small 4 ailable to the put i e oy Thomas D. of Census was obtained o, (DRY small and | tinople, secretary; Dr. Tomas Cajigas sek ends the underpass Campbell United States in World | giving detai’ed information of munici ny of whom pay none at all. it would | treasurer, and Dr. D. B, Penhaliow, hoing bun oo Baorres pate tram Tairs,” by Walter Lippmann; “The In- | oxpenditures and receipts of all cities | Seem its citizens are sufficiently taxed | historjan, the vicinity of Twenty-third street, has ternational Court,” by Edward Lindsey: | in' the United States over 30,000 in | When its per capita reaity and general ” e et 2 ‘What I Really Wrote About the War,” | nopulation. A great mass of evidence, Property taxes exceed those of & ma- | |Ro e ot (he new BIshweY by gfl'gard Shaw, and “Apocalypse,” by | bral ana documentary. fouching prop- | JOTIty of American cities of over 100,000 | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. 15 Expectea iihe WEY awrence. 5 h t nner | POpulation. B v values in the District, the manner o — Y ehich the assessments were made, | . It s our conclusion, therefore, that | ToDAY i | the true relation of assessed values | the people of the District are now taxed | . Pre-Lenten dance, Paramount Club of | ’ The commitice submitted a unan- | the case as to realty and personal prop- 9:30 P-m. =12 | imous report. On the question of the °rty other than intangibles. The rate| Card party, benefit Church of Our Head hot and stuffy from a "IN NICARAGUAN FIGHT | Marine Wounded in Face and Na- his patrol of 48 men came into conflict with 100 Sandinistas near Matagalpa City Tuesday In addition to the two Guardsmen killed, the insurrectionists left four men dead and two wounded on the banks of the Tuma River as they fled after a duel lasting 2'; hours. A sec- ond brush was brief and victorious for the loyal troops. In Corps for 10 Years. ATLANTA, Ga, February 4 (#).— | reasonableness of taxes paid by citizens | of the District the committee said Tre annual tax rate in Washing- | ton is aproximately S16 per capita. | I Washington, but, taken as a whole, the assessments made against all classes of property in the different locations in the city are equitable. The committee believes that in- dependently of the question of what should be the proper suject of taxation in the District of Columbia the payment of taxes on real estate from the assessments as they are now constituted is a fair and rea- sonable response in such taxation for municipal benefits received by of three-tenths of 1 per cent on in- tangible property is lower than similar perty is taxed in many of the States Total Contributions Not Excessive. GOULD, b ZIHLMAN. 'STUART F. REED IDWARD D. HAYS, “B. K. FOCHT. ‘FRANK MURPHY, L. E. WHEELER." This Mapes bill passed the House. was rejected by the Senate—which re- stored the 50-"1 provision of organic law—and died .n conference. Citizens Again Active. T. 8. “N. J “F. N. Lady of Lourdes, Bethesda, Md., Sacred Heart Auditorium. Park road and Six- teenth street, 8:30 p.m Dance, Alabama Society, Willard M. E. Church, Fifth street and Seward Square southeast, 5 to 7 p.m. Annual meeting and election, Hebrew Free Loan Association of the District, Ohove Sholom Synagogue, Fifth and I streets, 8 p.m. Dinner, Veteran Druggists’ Assocla- tion, Raleigh Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Card party. Wheatley School P.-T.A, 920 Bladensburg road northeast, 8 p.m DOMESTIC SERVICE CORP. Ave. | Wm 2018 1306 Conn POtomac | the judgment of Your com- “The amount of revenue derived from | yoor s tional Guardsman Slain in mittee this is a reasonable tax levy pistrict taxation, doubled by the addi- | FOY¢h 9 pm. | at this time, especlally when we con- | f a like amount from the Federal| Turkey dinner. Acacia Chapter. . E Two-Hour Battle. sider, as we must, t Tt‘_n ;Yfl' easUr is not more than the needs | S, Almas Temple, Thirteenth and K proportion of the population here |of the District would require. Ma streets, 5 to 7:30 pm BRING AUTOMATIC - pars but a small amount of the | very necessary improvements. are o ! HOME HEATING COSTS it Keroolited Dy axes impost being delay All ilabl v s, ‘Turkey dinner, Ladies’ Aid Society of E s L l By/the Kasoclated Brees es | g g dela available revenues | ANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 4| e, nd from the evidence of falr- | ynder the existing arrangement will not | Peck Memorial Chapel, Twenty-eighth Wee n pecials e wounding of 5 Untted. States| Minded men. residents of Washing- | more than meet the pressing needs of |street and Pennsylvania avenue, 5 to . Marine “non-com” and the killing of | (o™ familiar with real cstate valucs | the District for years to come 130 pam, mn ‘ LOWERS' Bwo solditne n the Nicaragan .| In gemeral, that the present assess. | Ujuctice equity to the citizens of | neoueae b Gaelie American & 5 ae tional Guard in a clash with adher-| gim% t T8 o the District, who, of all American | g, i dHCHETEL T o e 1814 N street We Reduce the Finc:l 7 : ‘rmens to ents of Augustino Sandino, insurgent o ety A ware that 15, have absolutely no voice In| g3, i ' i) Gladd Bt s reaia i We sreiper ectly Awarcithal many | Coverhmeny. and hs west|®i80pm, adden the Hearts cf Hundreds eftaln; iwag TeveAl . iscrepancies may ar ev x g the - o SerEt, Clyde T Brannon of Atianta,| - (eRERNIS NEY SRS ment pian, | IleTests of the Capital City will be| Dance. Sigma Theta Sorority, Ken- RCSES .............doz., 98c Son In the Nationa Guard, sueraimed | 2nd instances of inequality mas be | (75, 5y gy Unchansed the &t nedy-Warren, 10 pm 12 AN PR CARNATIONS doz., 89¢ a superficial wound to the face when| Iound in the present assess “Signed WILLIAMS, Turkey dinner. Ladies' Guild, Trinity cee “ SWEET PEAS . .2 bunches, 76¢ 305 leowen SO 808 14th St. N.W. 804 17th St. NW. 609 12th St. NW. Metro. 7433 Metro. 7945 Metro. 9369 e col Mistol, quick! A few Mrs, John J. Bandy of Atlanta, sister| citizens of the District. The Joint Citizens' Committee during s E drops in the nose from the of Clide T. Brannon, U. S. M, who City Not Undertaxed, the controversy of 1920 had presented FUTURE. i R . handy dropper; quickly feel wes wounded in a brush with insur- L Committes Washington's “case before the com-| Luncheon, Phi Delta Phi, University better, Approved by Lhys gents in Nicaragua, says her brother| “The finding of this Jmn('i ‘;om lete Mittees of the House and Senate and | Club, tomorrow, 1 pm £ uw uusa“ S ulc St ol S has been in the Marine Corps about|is an authoritative ani iplete | Jo 1 et dembnstrated by tables and | ———————— | 4 ans—at a g stores. 10 years refutation of the argument that citizens | (83T, 18C CAMOTHEIGE BE 0 A | ; Mrs, Bandy sald he was commis- | of the District of Columbia are not Pay- tpoir rea] estate tax burden was heav leave i to Mistol . SPECIAL NOTIC]| sioned a second lieutenant about two months ago. EXTORTION PLOT BARED San Diego Turfman Threatened by Gang, Demanding $7,500. ing a just and reasonable tax com- mensurate with the benefits received by them and comparable to the taxes paid by their fellow citizens in other cities. “"The House District Committee held extended hearings recently on the sub- ject so thoroughly investigated by the Joint, Fiscal Committee in 1915.° The their per capita tax from all municipal taxes was heavier than in cities with which Washington is appropriately com- pared and that, even when the unfair comparison of including all county and State taxes elsewhere is made the District had a creditable showing. Members of the Citizens’ Joint Com- mittee not only demonstrated how Unfortunately, so many folks must wear glasses . . . But we have o many styles Check Dangerous ENERGY-SAPPING COUGHS TIN, PURE, 80c DI only argument made before the cOm-|grosely excessive Washington's tax bur- one for eve el sias HONEY Per %Nfl]ll:efig,o.tgxg, tFebn:ar{ ;7‘54(;6 Siittee s suppOrt Of u:le bill :3;:; Pro- |den would have been, fr‘ampnred with type “nr ereen Coughs Due to Colds e I e | a 0 extor & sed was based on the grou other cities, if a 2!, per cent rate had ...that you N TE 1 WILL KOT BE RE| from James N. Crofton, president of | eitisens of the District are greatly un- | been applicd to ite. high level of 8- ol ear e Are_Promptly Rglleved o< "CARL" PREDERICK | the Agua Caliente Jockey Club, was | dertaxed and are not contributing their | sessment, but showed 2lso that it would | " Put 'Your New Car R Decoming With an Occasional / announced yesterday by the police equitable share to the expenses of the have been excessive even with & 2 per u pair . ..and ful of REAPONBIERL They said the millionaire sportsman | pistrict government. The major porton | cent rate applied in a Garage have them fitted Teaspoonful o e o had met Tuesday night a representa- |of the hearings was limited to the| Tt was brought out by the Citizens' J by our expert tive of a gang that threatened him | guestion of taxation in the District and | Joint Committee; discussing the tax Prices have never been so registered optom- HALL'S EXPECTORANT and four other prominent San Diegans, | 4 to whether or not residents of Wash- | question before the Senate subcommit- | | low. etrist (who will and arranged for payment of the ({ncion were paying taxes comparable to | tee handling the appropriation bill in | | METAL, BRICK OR FRAME || be very glad to i .- money today. those paid by citizens of other sections | 1920, that Our engineer will call. revealing give examina- That seemingly insignificant The man who met Crofton escaped | of"the country. especially in cities| “If our tax rate had been 2 per cent | | interesting facts. No obiigation. e ; and eluded followers. Plans were laid | ¢inilar to Washington in population, | in 1918, our city tax per capita would | | No Down Payment. tations without cough,if not promptly checked, to trap him and other members of the | yacoirces. ete, | have been greater than the city, county Monthly Payments as 35 00 any obligation). s, i o’ anain £ gang. “A comprehensive statement prepared | and State per capita of St. Louis, Bal- Tow s S 1s E g o o by S. M. Grogan, chief statistician, mm_)ro, Milwaukee, NPW@Yk, Cincinnati, more scrious illness ‘,\]‘c“d. h statistics of cities, Bureau of the Census, | New Orleans, Minneapolis, Kansas City, A (K l, J C. ; y Wyi” Rosers vas submitted to {he committee by |Jercey City. Portland, ~Indianapolis, .AGNNn Jnc. When you first feel a cough or i - A telephor g Tepresnisiives of Te comene 2 tlhe Ié::“%i—’;‘;{dfc(r‘v P;é“'unl\f;jl e “:;{d ON TION CO. S cold coming on, go to your | lRATL District in support of their contention | S . v ave exceed- ‘ i ¥ § e that rr»xdcntsxrsflvhn District of Colum- | ¢ the city, county and State per cap- CONSTRUC | 935 F Street “ TON. phone Nat. 1460 shares cer the National Met- Says: tions meeting to demand of Japan that she quit shooting while the opening session was in conferecnce. ‘That meeting ticable to incorporate any considerable part of it in a statement of our views on the bill. It appears, in full, in the {record of hearings of the committee. | | “We have given the evidence sub-| mitted to the committee careful study | and consideration, and have also care- | ita of 53 out of 68 cities of over 100,000 over 30,000 population ““So our protest and our objection are just as vigorous and, we claim, as con- vincing, through the showing made by the figires, against a one-third increase of our tax burden as they are against a two-thirds increase.” at. 0640 Chandler Bldg. BEAUTIFUL COLUMBIA -~ ROSES nearest drug store and get a [ VEN THAT_BER- bin are not undertaxed as compared to | ita of 53 ‘ citizens of other American cities, This |Population and 191 out of 226 cities of botile: of Hall's Expectorant : e Tnakes on analytical and |over 30,000 population. It would have xpH 5 GENEVA —Disarmament _Confer- | S0 et ke O Yof Wash- | exceeded the city per capita of 62 out hibgton, | ence was held up for one hour while | FOmPIERERNTE FOURCTEG Gia foment | of 68 cities above 100000, and the city A the Firs te cer-| we all went to the League of Na- | %o volyminous that it ds not prac- |Per capita of 214 out of 226 cities of Sign ol a The first pleasant spoonful goes directly to the seat of will ease the pain of yourirri- the trouble by entering the tated bronchial tract. Soon blood stream. thus prevent- your cough will be quicted ing and checking the growth March. 1 o re e e el | fully reviewed and considered the great — | and you will feel like yourself of cold germs. This time- * L of the two, |mass of evidence on this question heard | | again. tried remedy has been the ROOF WORK— Sapan has |y the Joint Fiscal Committee in 1915. | for One p o 7001 any nature prompily and ca been winning |8nd we have reached the mnrlus‘on‘ H £ Dozen 5 | family stand-by in thousands KOONS hands with a |that the proposed legislation should ""‘i 'llE K B Hall's Expectorant does of homes for more than & M ‘f lli»\ ___Distr pair of Jacks |®.We belicve it would be an act of | - 3 0 for Two | more than stop the cough; it quarter of a century. asters of the Art months and finally they caught ‘em |reat injustice to the citizens of the s more . Dozen B District of Columbia to abandon the flavo at it. It was England that called h prodiable priatine | Consul . the furn on 'em when they read a |polioy established by the act of 1876 | : YIHLION DOLLAR PRINTING | Jio¢ of battleships that was on the |of making a certain and fixed regular | spread before 1 o way there. Japan realized they |contribution from the Federal Treasury | cookt ith The National Capital Press| wast _dealing with chopsticks [to the municipal expenses of the Dis- | ng wi E FLA. AVE.. 3rd and N N.E. Line, then. The biggest laugh, of Course, |trict. If it is the duty of the National | » - D—LOADS was uttered unintentionally cbi‘:n the Go\'v;::!ncg:‘tcn: ;f:isétmih%:gn:}]:u;%\ G u Ln EN s - EROM FEB. 4| Japanese when he spoke of nese |ing velopment, FRoN i EEB 3 nzlgrnsunn, Well that like to broke |required to put up the remaining 1407 H S N 3 Doors West Promptlyand Safcly Stops COUGHS due to COLDS And_all D N mnd West Acent| up the meeting. The Conference is |amount are entitled to know the extent t. W. Doost Wes tw ALTTED VAN ;o We' aiso back and off to a flying start. There is not of their duty and their liability. The us ard ) b Eoaws R TTH S FRANSTER & STORASE co {ng to prevent thelr succeeding now fremers of the act of 1878 placed a 3 ol _ 1813 You N.W. Phoaes th 3342.3343, but human nature. g greater importance on providing for & q = —