Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1933, Page 14

Bes? w AGTION OF GENEVA MAY FORCE BREAK WWiidrawal From League Would Give Tokio Freer Hand in East. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Developments at Geneva and in China were carefully watched yesterday in responsible governmental departments in Washing~a. According to reports received late last night there seems Ittle doubt that the Japanese will break off relations with the League of Natlons, knowing full well that the League will not be in posi- tion to take any positive steps against Japan, outside the aplication of p2 graph 4 of Article 15 of the Covenant, which does not provide for any sanc- tions but only recommendations such s the adoptions of the Lytton report. According to the Geneva ciplomats, Japea welcomes such a move by the League, which will give her & morz com- plete freedom of action in the Far East; in the meantime the Japancse diplomats maintain thet when the m tary are through with the o, they have in mind and hos e in establishing themse on the | mainland of Asia, the League Wwill bc only too eager to have Japan back and | let_bygones be bycones ! This point of view is not shared by | many of the European diplomais, Wi | maintain that if Japan leaves the| League she will forfeit all the adv: LI tages she has heret en.oycd irom such a membership and it 'is postibe that the League might withd'aw from Japan the manda2te over tortes in the Pacific with which s trusted at the end of th> var Japanese seem not to werry ab-ut £ a step on the part o° th» Leagu, s Thme: ths Japaneze gov a 5] ready: “Come and take them. Provocaticns Expected. But while the situation at Geneva 1s somewhat p\lzz%mg the situation in China is much clear | According to the latest reports, the| Japanese Army has decidea to Degir jts operation in China proper, sO of the Grezt Wall, at the earliest po sible momen ‘The ac n of the Japanese will be preceded by the usual breaks which will give necessary excuse to be that she has been provokcd i The speech of th2 Japai secretary is considered quarters as a warning to what is more important, Japan has arrived in Tientsin this week, | the persen of Brig. Gen. Doihara, who has been playing in Asia tbe same Tole as the famcus Col. Lawrence cf Arabia played in Arabia during the World War. 1 Gen. Doihara, an officer Japanese general sta i on China. He mad a major dur. ‘War of 1306 touch with the e 33 inland of Acia ever since. It was Doihara who crganized ths Mukden incident. H2 had been in that town for about six wecks bofore the trouble startcd and those in cl“s2 touch with Japanese affairs knew wact his presence in den meent. It is the same Gen. Dothara who was the alibl of the other Japanesz “friendly interventions” et Tsitsihar and Cain- U chow, and finally it is reported that it was Doihara who engineered the Mon- | golian trouble a few weeks ago, when the Sovict agents at Urga wer2 eithel massacred by the Mongol princelings or expelied from that territory. Trying to Buy Leader. His presence at Tientsin is ominous e is reported to be trying to buyv off the commander of the Chi 50 that there will be no cupy that city. been is so far not known, but the re-| ports from that town indicate that | ul sides his endeivors to prevent a seriocus| clash with the Chinese he is also en- | gineering an incident which would be used by the Japanese as an excuse to g0 | into Tientsin. | The reports that the Chinese are messing some 250,000 men along the' Great Wall sre received with a ecrteing amount of skepticlsm in well inf quarters in Washington. The seems exaggereied. On the other h'n it is said that the troop: h A Chang h:s at his disposal c compared in fighting value w which opposed the J2panese Army at Shanghai. They have neither the same military preparation nor have they the came} adequate equipment. Consequently, it | is believed that the Japanese Army will | have an easier task In China today than it had at Shanghal. Situation More Serious. But the situation, from the interna- tional point of view, is considered more | serious than it was last March. There | are a good many commercial and edu- ! cational institutions scattered around | the territory which 1t is presumed will | be invaded by the Japanese. There are also less important international forces to protect those settlements. Yet there | are enough foreign troops to intervene | in case of necessity, and they will have | a right and a duiy to intervene be- cause of the treaty concluded after the | Boxer revolution with China. While it seems improbable that the Japanese government will seek to pro- voke incidents, it is feared that the commanders of the Japanese troops may | not be able to prevent clashes with the European and American residents of those districts. Hence the apprehension which exists in the world chancelleries | in regard to the next move of the Japa- | nese in China, BALDRIGE ADbRESSES NEW MEMBERS OF “Y” Nebraskan, Former Wrestling Champion, Tells of Experi- ences at Yale. Representative Malcolm Baldrige of | Nebraska, former intercollcgiate wres- tling champion, stressed the importance of good sportsmanship in everyday Iife | in an address Friday night to new | members of the Young Men’s Christian | Assoclation at a reception and enter- tainment in the Central Y. M. C. A.{ Building. Mr. Baldrige, also a former star itackle at Yale, told how his experience fon the gridiron and the mat had aided | “him in later years. ‘The new members were welcomed on behalf of the Y. M. C. A. by Dr. Car- son P. Frailey, chairman of the New Members' Committee. Dr. Frailey out- lined opportunities and facilities of the assoclation. Randolph Myers of the “y” staff explained the various club activities available. Entertainment included motion pic- tures of hunting adventures in Alaska. WOMAN OUSTS INTRUDER Strikes Man Dressed as Sailor on Head With Flower Pot. When Mrs. Mary Pan, 48, opened the door of her house at 934 E street last night and was confronted by a man ‘who tried to force his way in, she calmly reached for a flower pot and struck him on the head with it, according to a po-| lce report. The man fled. Mrs. Pan said he was wearing a' seilor's uniform, and police sent a look- it to all hospitals to watch for & man .‘L’mummm\ r Laundry Branch and Taxicab | Miss His Last THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO: Make-Up AS SCOTTI PREPARED TO BID FAREWELL TO STAGE. 23 th 2 will be SCOTTI, famcus Metropolitan Opera Co. baritore, making up fin X at of Chim: t ths Metropoiitan in New York Cily before bidding —~5 vears in opora, 33 of which have been spent | n, the evil oplum dealer, in his 67 next week. A. P. Photo. TWO ARE HELD . MY ST3.55 TAKEN Robbed as 300 Extra Police Patrol City. s under orders to make ev o halt the weve of bandit ¢4 men hed up a Chr 21 and ed with loot 58 The victim of the $10 hold-up was hel Leake, 24, clerk in a Palace | branch in the 100 block of who wes rcbbed of under lar circumstances on | v Yoar e for Charnge. 1 en a dollar hand into his vay 23 to indicate he Miss Leake behind the counter znd warnirg her not to move, the bandit pocksted th2 contents of the register end fled, the clerk said. The hold-up man who staged the New Year eve rcbbery used similar tactics, Miss Leake said, but he was white. | Robbed N:ar Viilte House FO: neld 2 For: [ Penn- £3.85 " rcbhzd him on t tive avenue. Fredd.e Chow, proprietor of a laun- dry at 1401 Sixth strec:. was the vic- time of the afternoon hold-up. He said a patr of colored bandits, one of them concealing a pistol behind a handker- chief, robbed him of $16 in cash, his watch and several bundles of laundry. Miss Theresa Byrne, South Mary- land Court apartments, reported her pocketbook, containing 75 cents, was snatched from her hand by a colored boy while she was walking on Eighth street, between E and F streets. Theft of a box containing furs and other clothing valued at $45 was re- ported by George A. Watson, 4609 | Hunt avenue, Chcvy Chase, Md. He| cald the box was stclen from his euto- mobile, parked at Thirteenth and G streets. 1932 CLAIMS $10,116,984 Alien Property Custodian Reports cn War Disbursements. Howard Sutherland, elien property sterday infcrmed Congress submitted by President Hoover that World War claim dis- bursements of his Federal agency for the year ended December 31 aggre- ga‘ed $10,116984. The value of property remaining in his cus ©s of that cate, he reported, was $72,732411, of which $68,274,000 was in cash, $3.000,000 in stocks and the balance in minor items, the largest | of which was real estate worth $781,854. He said 1129 claims were paid and 4,726 pending at the end of the year. . Stimson’s Successor {Must Be Satisfied With His Cld Auto Request for $5,000 Is Disallowed by House Commiittee. By the Assoclated Press. The House Appropriations Committee has decided that whoever i5 Secretary of State after March 4 should be satis- fied with the second-hand $5,000 auto- mobile he will inherit from Henry L. Stimson. It reported to the House yesterday s | bill appropriating money for the State Department for 1934, but disallowed $5,000 that had been asked for a new machine. Wilbur J. Carr, Assistant Secretary of State, told the committee: “The Secretary’s idea in permitting this estimate to go in was that, while it was of no interest to him g he thought that it was fair to his suc- cessor to include an estimate for & new car in the cvent that the next Secre- tary of State should find that » new car was needed in 1934.” % CLARK'S SECOND TRALTONRRDH Former Montgomery Clerk Is | Confident He Will Be Ac- quitted of Charge. By a Staff Correspond RCCKVILLE, Md, E Clerk, former cler! cmery Comm s dismicsed from th> Maich when an audit of hi is alieged to h:ve revcaled a shortoge of 2pprc ely $50,000, will go on trial for e second time on charges of em- | cuit Court here Monday morning at 10 ao'clock. Ninety-seven indictments were re-| turned against hortly fter ndictment, whic k announced by St2te’s At A. Prescoit. ©Cid Indictment to Be Used. t is the r-m which heara case failed to reach an sgreement 2fter | 15 hours’ deliberation. It was said b_v' cne of the jurors at that time thit the jury stood 11 to 1 for acquittal when | dismissed. | Prescott subsequently filed a petition for a change of venue signed by many residents of the county, y that new triel will end with his acquittal He declared that his 2uditors end coun- | sel are prepared to present new evidence | that has been uncovered since the first | trial and which will greatly aid him in | the second hearing. Many Witnesses to Be Called. It is expected that 100 witnesses will be called to the stand by the State, while between 30 and 40 are to be pre- sented by Clark’s counsel, composed of Attorneys F. Barnard Welsh, Albert | Boule, Thomas Dawson and E. Barrett | Prettyman. | Chief Justice H:mmond Urner and Assoclate Justice Arthur D. Wiliard will | preside at the trial. Judge Charles W. Woodward, the third member of the to permit Indlans of the five civilized ! SLO00JODISSEEN |ANGLO-U. S. PARLEY FROMLUXURY TAX! PROGRAM IS WIDE Prince Georges Schools Would Get $72,695—Mont- gomery $59,524. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 21.—Offi- clal figures showing how much the various counties of Maryland would receive for schools “if and when” a lux- ury tax dedicated to school purposes | and producing a revenue of at least $2,000,000 a year, is enacted, were made public here today. In accordance with the plan set forth Gov. Ritchie's mesage to the Legis- lature, receipts from a luxury tax would be divided equaily among Baltimore City and the counties. $72,695 for Prince Georges. Under this arrangement Prince Georges County would receive $72,695 from the luxury taxes, and Montgomery County, $59,524. Should the revenue increase to $2,750,000, Prince Georges would get $99,957 and Montgomery | $81,846. All estimates are based on a 10 per cent reduction in the minimum sala- ries of teachers and school cfficials, effective September, 1933. If it is possible to distribute $1,000,- 000 among the counties from the luxury tax receipts, the school equalization fee base can be lowered from the pres- ent rate of 67 cents to 45 cents. The State equalization fund would amount to $772.397, of which Prince Georges would draw $31,562. Montgomery, be- ing a non-equalization fee county, would not share in that fund. State Aid Additional. Census and attendance funds and other State aid would give Prince Georges an additional $140,725, while Montgomery would draw $109,458. The estimated minimum program in Prince Georges would cost $534,473, re- quiring a levy of 83 cents, were it not for the State aid which would cut it to 45 Mcenu. ontgomery's minimum rogram would cost $459.153 and requh‘g a 53- cent levy without State aid, which would cut it to 34 cents. Both coun- ties, however, carry school programs <lightly higher than the legal minimum. COLLEGE PROHIBITION GROUP PLANS DRIVE Association to Seek “Frank Study and Discussion of Liquor Problem” in Schools. | By the Associated Press. The Intercollegiate Prohibition As- sociation announced after its Midwin- ter meeting yesterday that it had em- berked on a program of enlisting the colleges in “a frank study and discus- | slon of the liguor problem as it faces the country at the,beginning of 1933." It decided thet its educational ac- 15 should relate primarily to the effects of alcoholic drink on society and on the individual and only sec- o ily to social legislation dealing liquor. As its first objective, th> ociztion agreed to concentrate on gathering and distribution of the latest scientific data regarding the effects of liquor. Field and editorial directors who have visited numerous colleges during the last year attended sessions of the as-| soclation of which Harry S. Warner s general secretar: i WHITEHURST RETURNS FROM ROAD CONVENTION New President of National High- way Group Has Becn Active Leader for 10 Years. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of highways of the District, returned last night from Detroit, where he was elec- ted president of the American Road Euilders’ Association, the largest high- D. C, JANUARY 22, Arms, Silver, Far East and Tariff Probable Topics Along With Debts. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Beyond & doubt, a new chapter in Anglo-American relations will open with the arrival at Washington in March of special British envoys to discuss the! $4,000,000,000 wer debt John Bull owes | Uncle Sam. There is definite indica- tion in the White House communique, announcing the results of last Friday's | |second meeting between Presidcnt Hoover and Presiien:-elect Roosevelt, that the discussion between the in- ceming Chief Executive and his Secre- tary of State end the emi-saries Great | Britain sends will not b2 confined to| the debt. “Ways and means for im-| proving the world situation” are specif- ically mentioned in the communique as matters which the United States Gov- | ernment will expect the statesmen from }r;nndon to talk about when they get | ere. The “world situation,” from Wash- | ington’s standpoint, requires “‘improve- | ment” not caly in an econom! but in a political scnse as well. Economieally, what is needed is & cure for world depression. Politically, what ails the world is the violation of inter- national treatles, such as Japan's aggres- sion against China. These treaties, President-elect Roosevelt has just stated, are the “corner stone on which all rela- tions among nations must rest.” How to bxln, back world economics to a state of health and how to keep the corner stone of world relations from crumbling to pieces—these are the twin paramount issues to be discussed on the Potomac two months hence between spokesmen of the two mighticst nations on the earth. Anglo-American Questions. Specifically, it is possible to tabulate | the main matters which will come up. The purely Anglo-American questions cn the agenda are these: 1. The British war debt, and what is to be done about it before the June semi-annuity of $95.500,000 falls due. The British have esked a sweeping re- visicn of the whole debt structure. They have never ruggested cancellation They expect drastic revision downward. It may be that they wiil propose a lump-sum scttlement, to be participated in by all of America’s war debtors. Un- otficial authcrities on both sidcs of the | Atiantic have talked about & $1.000.- | 000,000 Jump sum. which would worl out at something like 10 cents on the dollar. Germany's reparation crecitors at Lausanne last June gave her a 10- | cents-on-the-dollar settle) t. 2. The effects of last Summer's Ot- tawa imperial tariff confercrce cn the United States’ trade with the British Empire. Th> Ottawa sgreement dea's a heavy b'ow to our trade with Canada and with Great Britain. 3. Merchant marine matters sh hipp'ng magnates have rec |dulged In somewhat intemr monstrarces acainst Go-ernm sistance to United State Cur ncne-too-sucee=sful tablish a merchant | offering genuir | shinpinz are in the British navigation world, International Issues. | The fnternational, and not purely | Anglo-American, issues. but those m! which both countries have a profound common interest are thes:: 1. The situation in the Far East, and what is to be, or con be done. to pre- serve the peace machinery of the wor set up by the League of Nations, tr of Locarno. the nine-powe ver treatles of Washini Ke'logg-Briand pact Unitzd States and Great B co-signatories of the Washing'on and Faries treaties, thos» signed at Wash- ington in 1922 catcgorically coverir the conditions in China. upset by Japan's occupaticn of Manchuria 2. The extent to which two great- est naval powers in the world. America and Britain, ere prepared to go. to up- { hold international peace machinery an shipowners ttempts to es- ne capable of / orzenization in the United States. | 3 succeeded T. H. Ctuler. chief engi- ' of the Missourl State h'g':way erving as president of the city officials division for two terms and | later &s a director. The convention of the Road Builders’ Association was held in Detroit in con- {unctlon with the Highway and Build- ing Congress. Capt. Whitehurst took a prominent part in the P . —_— INDIAN TRUSTS VOTED Conference Report, Approved, Sent to Hoover. By the Associated Press. The Senate yesterday completed con- gressional action on a measure intende Lot 2—4 Painted 5-Pc. Break fast Suites, sold for $17.50. Final Cleara nerly fo 1ce price | nage | battleships of “floating fortress” dimen- 1933—PART OXNE. MARYLAND ENGINEERING DEAN RECEIVES BARTLETT AWARD Dr. Arthur N. Johnson Is Second to Be Honored for Road Development. Presentation Made at High- way and Building Congress in Detroit. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., January 21.— Dr. Arthur Newhall Johnson, dean of the College of Enzineering of the Uni- versity of Maryland, Thursday night in Detroit was awarded the George Bart- lett Memorial, to be given each year to | som= one Who has been an outstanding | | figure in the highway development of the country. Dr. Johnson, who was selected to re- ceive the memorial by the chairman of the Highway Research Board, the pr dent of the American Road Builders’ Association and the president of the American Association of State Hignh- way Officials, was the second to re- ceive the high award. Thomas H. Mc- Donald, chief of the United States Bu- reau of Public Roads, was the first to be honored last year. ‘The presentation of the memorial was made at a banquet of the Highway * and Building Congress, which was held in connection with the annual conven- tion of the American Road Builders’ Association. T. H. Cutler, president of | __DR. ARTHUR N. JOHNSON. | ; the American Assoclation of State | Hghway Officials, made the presenta- | tion. | Dr. Jobnson, who has been dean of | | the College of Engineering at the Uni- | versity of Maryland since 1820, is an international as well as national figure | | in highway develcpment and research. He is a member of a number of high- way organizations, the author of many | papers and Las taken part in interna- | tional conclaves. the Pag-American Roads Congress at Buenos ‘Aires in 1925. rebuke those who have thrown monkey- wrenches into it. The British at Geneva a_year ago, when Japan's con- duct at Shanghal and In Manchuria | was before the League of Nations, re- vealed plain reluctance to support any drastic “sanctions” cgainst Japan. British spokesmen contended (as did the French) shat without assurance of what the United States’ attitude towerd anti-Japanese measures would be, it would be futile to invoke them. Vast and Baffiing Problems. 3. The future size of navies and es- pecially of capital ships. Britain would reduce battleships to & maximum ten- of 25000. America demands sions, the present size of 35000 tons. because of our lack of far-flung naval bates. The British would curtail the tonnage and armament of cruisers. The United States requires large and heavily gunned crulser types. 4. The re-monetization of silver and the earliest possible resumption of gold standards throughout the world. The tabilization of silver in the Orient. as a means of replenishing the purchas- ing power of China and India in par- ticular, has becom® an American issue of the first magnitude. It was at our insistence that the question was added | to the agenda of the forthcoming world economic and monetary conference. These issues, vast and baffling, are the bedrock of the “world situation” for the “improvement” of which Uncle Sam invites the other branch of the English- peaking race to discuss “ways and means” President Hoover made a naval understanding with Great Britain the cardinal issue of his early months in office. in 1929, when he invited Prime Minister donald to Wash- ington. Franklin D. Rooseve't is evi dently bent upon achleving with Britain, as one of the first accemp! shments of | his administration, a clearing of the international decks of immeasurably more sweeping importance. (Copyright, 1933.) CLUB TO DISCUSS SHRUBS House Plants Also to Be Consid- ered in Takoma Park. The care of varieties of shrubs and the cultivation and value of Fouse plants will be subjects for discussion at the regular meeting of the Takoma Horticultural Club in the Takoma Branch Lib-ary tomorrow at 8 pm The Executive Committee will mest at 7:30 pm. The program will be in charge of E. C. Howell and H. C. Heftner. Our Beautijul New AL CL of all the T 8.45 | bench for the sixth judical circuit for|tribes in Oklahoma to establish trust case, as he wa2s police justice at the | money now held for them by the Gov- the clerk to the grand jury and set bond | dent Hoover. for his releas> when Clark waived his| Without debate, it agreed to a con- ;:rehm‘mry hearing in the County Po- | ference report already approved by the lice Court. House on the bill, which was spon- sored by ceveral members of the Okla- homa congressional delegation. It provides that an Indian over 21. - | subject to supervision of the Secretary tion of Washington end vicnit 1| of Interior, may establish the trust | meet at 11 am. tomorrow at New York fund account for himself or heirs in Avenue Presbiterian Chu ch. 5 private institutions. It is limited to the | of the city have been invited to attend. Oklahoma tribes. i toanacs | KAHN on 7th St 35 Years 35 Years Specials Monday and Tuesday ; Genuine Toric Glasses $ 3 3 5 0 Ministers Meet Tomorrow. ‘The Presbyterian Ministers’ Associa. Far or Near : Complete With ‘ Shell or Metal Frame | Cc:=plete Outfit, With Case and Cleaner Included Genuine Toric KRYPTOK Toric Kryptok Bifocal Lenses KAHN OPTICAL CO. one pair to see near and far). t lenses made. Sold regue 617 Seventh St. N.W. ¥ add G Siroots Invisible Bifocal Lenses larly $15. i Men- &y'-’ld Theud)riu on. Meryland, is not qualified to act in the | fund accounts in private banks with " time of Clark’s arrest and remanded | ernment, and sent the proposal to Presi- | Lot 3—5 Overstuffed Bed-Davenport Suites, durable velour cov $58'50 ering. Regularly $109.50 Lot 4—1 Mahogany Secretary Desk, | Final Clearance price formerly $4.50. Top $ l 6'95 | slightly marred. Final — SPECIAL—— Clearance price... Lot 6—8 of the Very Finest $29.50 Inner-Coil Mattresses 00D Made by a nationally known manufac- turer. Heavy woven stripe covering, finest tempered coil unit construction. Fully guaranteed. Final Clearance price, $13.75. Lot 5—3 Exceptionally Fine Colonial Bed Room Suites, made of genuine ma- hogany. Also one suite in burl walnut. Grand Rapids construc- tion. All perfect and made $ 50 to sell for $160.00, Final 78 Clearance price.......... Lot 7—2 Magnificent Dining Room Suites, massive construction of solid Flemish oak. 72-inch buffet, server with drawers, inclosed china, oblong table and 6 chairs. Sold regu- 399 50 larly for $198.00. Final Clearance price.......... During Our Gigantic REMOVAL SALE Here is the grand climax. A sweeping sale—embracing all Fine Peerless merchandise which have be- come odd lots. It’s a bargain feast you'll long remember! Come down EARLY and get your share of these tremendous values! MAIN STORE ONLY 829 Seventh St. EASY TERMS Arranged in Convenient Weekly or Monthly Payments 'ADVISER EXPLAINS | ELIOT FOUNDATION Speaks at Installation of District Charter Group at Hay-Adams Hcuse. Dr. Williem Allan Neilson, faculty | advis'r of the Elot Foundaton of | Adult Education, spoke Friday night at | the installation of the District of Co- | lumbia Charter Group at the H: Adams House. Dr. Neilson pointed out the Eliot Foundaticn was created to carry out the ideals of Dr. Charles W. Eliot and told of his asscciation with him in edit- ing th> Hervard Classics. Dr. Henry | Robinscn Shipherd, former president of | Lincoln Mem@rizl University and now rman of the Gibson Committee on Unemployment Relief. snoke of Dr. Eliot as a neighbor, friend and faculty as- sociate. W. W. Beardsley, executive secretary of the fcundation, welcomed the Dis trict of Columbia group into the na tional organization, and Dr. Charl Brockwey Hale and Dr. Waiter H. E Jaeger of the University of Maryland, who will be faculty directors, outlined their activities for the year. A musical program was presented un- der th> direction of Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, president of the District of Co- | lumbia Music Clubs. Hostesses for the | 1evening were Miss Rena V. Schwarts, | Mrs. Dent Brading, Mrs. Grace Wil- liame, Mise Louise Brougham and Mrs. Jezn Whistler Keufman of Baltimore. The first discussion of the group will be held Thursdav at the Hay-Adams | House. Miss Bern Berard was chosen | local secretary. | CAWP LIFE IS TOPIC ! Shelton T. Addresses ‘ Civitan Club Group. Shelton T. Cameron spoke on “Camp Life in the Canadian Wilds” when th> Washington Civitan Club entertained members of the Boys' Garden Club Fri- cay in the boys' department of the Y. M. C. A Dressed in the costume of the Ca- na‘ian woods camper, M:. Cameron carried a full pack and exhibited uten- fiching paraphernalia and other ecculpment as spoke. Cameron He was a _delegat? to | | then REAL ESTATE TAX CHANGE FAVORED Commissioners for Copeland Bill Providing Four Install- ments Instead of Two. ‘The District Commissioners at a board meeting yesterday decided to re- port favorably on the Copeland bill making real estate taxes on family dwellings payable in four equal install- ments instead of two, as at present, with minor amendments suggested by Cor- poration Counsel William W. Bride. They noted, however, that if the bill besomes law it will put a greatly in- creased burcen on the assessor, requir= ing the employment of addtional help. The bill provides that at lcast 30 days bofore the first installment of taxes is due the assessor shall sand to each family dweiling owner a list of all taxes and assessments due. Families unable to pay their taxes because of unemploy- ment or other emergencies would be al- lowed to escape the penalties and in- terest by making afficavits to the col= lector of taxes. No propsrtv could be <old for taxes without g in writing to th> prop The Commlssioners ¢ on quiring pronr: of barber ghons to n-tify the Heclth Denartment of the dav of the wek each shop is to rema'n clord. und-r ‘h» recentlv en- scted lew riquiring them to close one day in reven. The herith officer will issue & certificate stating the closing day, which must be displayed prominently in the barber shop. fACRIFICING! | ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS 0 Every One Carries a Full Factory Guarantee: $224.00 Majes- tic. $264 All Porce- lain Majestic. ... ON SALE AT BIO F ST NW Building will scon be ready! EARA Lot 8—18 are tractive price $7. LOTS Lot 9—Gro suites and Also some struction, mahogany. Living Room Suites, rich burgundy color. carved frames of genuine $165 to $225. NE! Occasional Living Room Chairs, with handsome carved frames of hardwood finished in walnut. Seats and 3.45 up of 11 ¢f Our Very Finest All wool mohair gorgeous friezette suites. Ttalian plush 2-pe. suites in Best all web con- Some have handsomely 396.75 with at- Regular ance covered Regularly Lot 1—24 Fine Poster Beds In twin size only. Genuine walnut and mahogany veneers. Worth up to 318.00. Final Clearance price, $4.95. % Sale at Bed SPECIAL Lot Number 10 X Seven 3 and 4 Piece Room Suites 494 Formerly $75 to $88 Some With Venetian Mirrors