Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1937, Page 20

A—20 = HERESS WHO FLED HEARNG IS SAFE Washingten Police Cancel Lookout for Miss Mary Helen Daingerfield. By & 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17.—Miss Mary Helen Daingerfield, 56-year-old heiress who eluded court guards and fled while a sanity commission was pondering her mental status, was re- ported “safe in Washington” tonight. Police in the Capital, who earlier In the day had withdrawn a lookouc for the woman, declared they had in- formation from a reliable source that she was in that city. ‘The lookout, broadcast at request of local police, was canceled when it was learned no warrant had been fssued and that Alexandria authori- ties were not endeavoring to find her. Miss Daingerfield, member of an old Virginia family and heiress to an estimated $800,000 estate of her father, Edward C. Daingerfield, founder of the Citizens' National Bank here, escaped last night. ¥ Outwitted Guard at Home. She outwitted a guard set at her home by the Corporation Court and ran across a field to an automobile waiting some 300 yards away. Attorneys for Arthur H. Bryant, former director of the Citizens’ Bank, who petitioned the court to examine Miss Daingerfield, said tonight they hoped to locate Miss Daingerfield m_'td persuade her to return to Alexandria. They declared she could be extra- dited to Virginia if her sanity is questioned and she is found incompe- tent in another jurisdiction. Doubt was expressed by police, how- ever, that the woman would be extradited and declared there is little likelihood of her appearance here unless she returns voluntarily when her case is called for decision on April 26. Judge William P. Woolls, who left for a vacation shortly after a special commission he appointed to examine Miss Daingerfield disagreed on the question of her sanity, will return on that date. Before leaving, he named a third physician to review the transcript of the secret hearings and cast the de- ciding vote. One of the two doctors who sat with Judge Woolls held her to be sane, the other declared the petition should be upheld. ‘The guards appointed by the court were posted at Malvern on Thursday night, when the hearing ended. Mal- vern is the old Daingerfield estate where Miss Daingerfield lives alone. ©One of the guards, Ralph Nalls, told police he saw the woman run across a nearby field and enter a waiting automobile after she disappeared from her residence. About an hour later, police said, word was received from Washington relatives that Miss Daingerfield had . been seen in Union Station, at Wash- ington. Federation (Continued From First Page.) on the estates of decendents, on park- ing lot operators, on places of amuse- ments and higher and more uniform taxes on public utilities. Suggests Amendments. In the case of several bills to these purposes the federation suggested amendments. Opposition was voiced against the proposed adoption of an automobile weight tax, holding that such a levy would not be so equitable as the present personal property tax on own- ers of vehicles. There was protest in general terms also against the proposed diversion of the gas tax revenues, taken from ve- hicle owners to pay general Govern- ment costs, as opposed to specific highway improvements. The body de- clared the gasoline tax should be no Breater than necessary to cover the costs of the District's highway im- Pprovement, program. In this connection, Carruthers ex- plained that the District would re- ceive some $600,000 annually from the Federal Government under the bill which would give the District parity with the States under the Hayden- Cartwright act for Federal aid to roads. This would be the District’s pro-rata share of the Federal road aid monies and would substantially increase the available District tunds for highway improvements. The bill, sponsored by Chairman King of the Senate District Committee, has been passed by the Senate. Insurance Levy. The federation approved in principle the bill proposed by Representative Collins of Mississippi, chairman of the District Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, for placing & tax of 2 per cent on net premium receipts on insurance companigs. The rate is now 1.5 per cent on all but ma- rine business, which has a compli- cated schedule, and fraternal gnd mu- tual fire ihsurance companies, which &re not subject to the present priv- ilege tax. However, the federation suggested that there be a tax of 2.5 per cent on net premiums, but urged that the life insurance companies be exempted from this levy. This is not pro- vided in the bill now being considered by the House District Committee. The federation voted down a pro- v gestion of higher taxes on the gross receipts of the public utilities, al- though some speakers explained that such taxes probably would be passed along to the public. The bill which Representative Collins plans to offer on this score is estimated roughly to produce some $1,200,000 more in reve- nues than the present rates produce. Opposed by Saul. The action of the federation was protested by John Saul, who insisted there was a disposition to “wipe out” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 18, 1937-—PART ONE. privately-owned utilities by taxation and that “we don’t want Russian in this country.” Carruthers explained that the pro- posal was to make the utilities taxes uniform, and higher. ‘The proposed privilege tax on cor- porations, estimated to Produce some $300,000 in additional revenue, was favored in principle, although the fed- eration granted the Carruthers com- mittee more time for final action. A motion by Harry 8. Wender to send this matter back to the commiitee for further study was lost by & small mar- gin. Wender then moved to exclude from the proposed tax those concerns incorporated under Disfrict laws, but this also was voted down. Federation sentiment appeared to be against the adoption of a Distriot in- come tax bill, which is estimated to produce from $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 in additional revenue. Specifically, the Carruthers Committee was given additional time for action on this measure, Carruthers declared there was a strong feeling that the income tax fleld should be left to the Federal Government, and suggested the pos- sibility that the present Federal rates might be hiked and that the level of exemptions might be lowered. Debate Over Economies. Debate over the possibilities of fur- ther economies and efficiency in the District Government then deve'oped, with President Thomas E. Lodge sug- gesting that there was not but a “horse and buggy” system of tax col- lections. Lodge voiced a hope for improve- ment in the methods and, perhaps, in the personnel of the tax collection machinery. Harry N. Stull of Stanton Park pro- tested against a number of increases in salaries granted to District em- ployes during the last fiscal year. in another action, the federation entered the public dispute over plans for the memorial to Thomas Jeffer- son. It adopted a resolution suggest- ing use of the Jefferson memorial fund for the construction of a public audi- torium or a stadium on a “suitable” site, on motion by Kenneth P. Arm- strong. % During debate on this point there was protest against destruction of the cherry trees and extensive re- vamping of the Tidal Basin, as involved in plans for the Jef- — ferson Memorial now planned. 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In agreeing to the proposal for adoption of a tax on the estates of descendants, the federation suggested that the levy be no higher than that which would give the District. the credit up to 80 per cent of the levy made by the United States, which is the case with many of the similar laws of the States. The bill to this effect, which goes beyond the 80 per, cent limit, 15 estimated to yield some $750,- 000. The federation approved the prin- ciple of & tax on the theaters, as pro- vided in the Collins bill, but suggested that the field might be broadened to include the vaudeville and legitimate theaters and professional base ball. It held it would not be equitable if applied only to the motion picture houses and those offering a combination of movie and stage shows. There was a sug- gestion also that the flat 2 per cent on gross receipts might prove a seri- ous burden on the operators of some of the theaters. 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