HOLSE GETS BONLS ™% | [t RENEW OPOSTION lieved the democrats were in sym- ¢ : 4 3 - Blundo, John W. King. Arthur Cole. | pathy with tax feductions wenerally, - B ; : The explosion cccurred -t 11:30 Three-Day Hearing of Meas- | the tax b} “xtent ‘over e o g X i am. In the oranance saivage vlunt. | Citizens’ Federation Mem- tux schedules, He polnted out that| 4 i The nitration works hus been Jeased ures Begins TOMOTTOW iiaderion o i mix ot ihure vuss | PG 8 S i i to-the smmonits compuny for treat- | - bers Fear Upset of D.-C. ates on blg incomes. brinkime the L NP s 1 ; 14 & pment ot icery "r|\‘1- to be used as| Fiscal A & aximum down from 63 to B o) ¥ 3 » A - e x tagricultural fertilizer. Before Committee. it i o the ra, 3, 0 26,20 ; - Earicditus iscal Arrangement. .. ; {had also been lifted 1rom biz meome . " el Al and that 1t was estinated that the | g P g The Buildiag, two ktories hish, 300} 0 pogeration of Citizens’ A clations lagt night renewed its op- {elimination of (he o ronts ta Aabt : Sodico b ontls WU e lifted $500,000,000 (ax Burden oft b . A p A b k feet long, and of hollow-tile con- position to any automobile reciproc- started on its way yes ¥, thelof wealth . struction, wase literally blown from House ways and means committee “Tn the v ¢ - the earth, along with the wen be- i voting to begin consideration of such ser Fedl largs ifeomes | ; % 5 ' » / X ’ o lieved to have been within it. The | ItY legislation except the bill as orig- & measure inmediatel S = & otion piun| Y . SO IR 3 i : shock was felt for sixty miles, shat- | inally drafted by the District Com ‘Three doys of hearings on pro- ‘a per cent veduetion in : Rk A p 3 S i ? tering windows, liftinz roofs and |Missioncrs. posals for payment of adjusted com- !} L JA""'l',"j;,“ dom tHe e ncames i A B 3 R P 2 toppling chimneys in many cities.| The delegates adopted a resolution pensation to world war veterans, - S IOT the R s ey elievel o B 5, ¥ ‘ On Staten Island buildings rocked as |calling the attention of all Wash- ginning tomorrow, were decided upon t people with smail in o8 shouid | o i v if In an earthquake. ingtonians to the dangers which thi atter. which Chalrman treen an- | LV thelr rull shave in 1-nl|n-v|nn! R H The single destructive blast crush- | federation believes He“in the sul nounced a bill would be whinped § ¥ iy | ed forty buildings of the un com- | Stitute reclprocity measure proposed shape. He expeets the committec to ,‘,‘:r:",\"m"}:: Sy | pany’s cellulold noveltics manufae- |by Senator Ball. report @ wmeasure to the House by Mellon plan substituted the | - = y e turing works, which surrounded thef Most of the discussion centered on next Saturda bill. Such a motion wiil be 3 . g S 7 3 .| |TNT plant, ana razed as it by shell-|that part of the Ball substitute which The prouram for the ill after 1|ttt je s 0 e Senate finunc ; R . e : e - fire the encireling Gwelling of 200 provides that approximately a mil- i % sald, Bu x 5 s 2 ] 2 v P had reached the House has not been I DAL ven T the 2 ¥ i o S employes, whose little settlement | lion dollars, to be raised by the outlined. while several appropriation !'l;::-"‘{“;}_“'l‘;“lf ot :‘n-;w;, ’(‘;-rlnlnly 8 ST PR + wus known as the town of Nixon. cent tax on gasoline, shall be mads bills, Muscle Shoals and ImmigTation { vailing o the foor nf th Schnte in ¢ g 3 1 Flames Burst Out. avallable as a special fund for street measures, alrcady ave on the culen- Some duurters. the posttion was tuken | |- . i : , . h Through shattered roofs and erum- | PAVIng, lghting afd upkeep « Several Billx lutroduced. ting the compromise with the republis : 3 4 3 L S > 5 luloid sheets in every one of the| W m & Torbert and Several benus bills have been i r + that hody, and for v 7 e 4 i » . Nixon building., showered embers, | SUteT told the delegates of th ; 4 that reason they would not be strong- TNT g . ermined s T i troduced, Juding the MeKenzie 1o hroased. by D hnaue otonk: blazing TNT and bolling acid | 'ermined stand taken again | measure, similar to the one veloed by | pubileans of the Senate. As @ prac- o B o ¢ i Li FaeR 2 broadeast by the explosion. The | B2l plan by a joint committ : i President Harding. Representatives % ! {House wouid mever agree to the = - eh g « | Eanizations Fish of Xew York and Andrew of | orieinal Mylion raies 1Ethe bil] were § 7 ; ble cellulold with which all the | Massachusc tis, republicans, have sub- {sent to conference by the Senate car-| [ : ;) 4 £ structures were filled burst forth on | Endangers Tax Hasis. ritted bills recently, hoth making }T¥ “l-'”lhn:u- rates i . . y , 3 P 2 the hecls of the blast like a huge| o etnhaaled o paid-up, Insurance. policies of twenty | tne aehes tormirel or imCl, Jome of : P - ] o ‘_ » : blow-torch, cutting down every one [ the Ball ineususe cudangors the and twenty-five § . respectively, (it passed th Hous:, An efiort will ' p ¥ A and everything within & radius ufl;‘l'l;t" i S¥sten dey which the principal feature. Payments of.fbe mude to e aatate tagoms : A . k3 % | Several nundrea teet feaeral < contri the veteran would net be entitled to {40 per cent, : 3 % y : A ned down by steel girders, crushed lﬂ;‘}lf“""[' °rt stated that, while the miore: than 350, I ix likcly, ton, that amendments g oL -~ : by falling walls of tile or caught be- | B4l Incasure sUpulates thiat the spe- be offred with a v 1o o 5 ; AT el e s tax ot intended to e Ardrew BHL WotIa allodw com- ‘\;l:’!r“"‘mm{hﬂm\ ke et ourh: . - N : neath severed pine lines which show- |interfere with the regulur annual ap. nsation only to enlisted men, while | divided surplus, 1t is clatmed by t - . e ¢ \ cred them with nitrlc acid, mingled | propriations, it ehe ' Cominisione: < the fish proposal would include |Some of the senators that corpora. 3 ; & . : : with the cries of housewlves and | Were glven @ million dollurs of g ¢ Mbie Lo i i | tons has abused, in some instances, ; : ; el ; : : children whose dwellings only & few | ould bo no atsurance that Conires “he Wimy and leutenant in’ the L Tr el owet tham of acont- ’ @ 5 - P! 4 L feet from the celluloid works came|would continue to make the ey the same as provided in the MeKens | St thelr income fn' caplt : : & , e ; tumbitng down upon them. 6940 appropriations for strect im- zie bill. 4 ‘e : . g Tk “ o o g Dashk Out in Frenzy. Some of the delezates opposed Ui bonus explain the actual amount of inim e Tefersed b 4 4 clothes burned off and bodles scorch- | untair as It had teen pietared, o funds necessary for sueh a scheme | MK oflicer Lo e senate finance Pl : < @ HIaek Feni out tpon: the rond to)| illiam MK "Cht 2 i ar bbbty 1 g i position i s On oould be determined definitoly ard| om0 Utah, chairmen of - w Brunsgick, two miles away.. {50 L QLY e ob the financlal program of the zovern- v § ut he had or A hundred soldi hastlly mobil- | that it established o pre ment go far ud the bolus Avie:con- ized by Maj. A. S. Casad at the Rari- | breaking down the p cerned could then be dufnidly de- . § 3 o e = e o ita. | relations. Letween: the cided. saowing in pa ans the 3 . 4 S ) jand District govervm. opti Are Allowe isting tax rat lovie e : 4 obile do tie placalof ithe rexplorigni] Strikes nt Fixed Hatio Four oDLionE oF : fhe el s L pused the House, T 4 < FERRE . : 4 ¢ almost before the echoes had died ! o T T e o s oAt 2 s R g, would She #p90 : : 2 ; ; : T - RN {aduptea Mr." Clayton hud un wniend adfusted ciee © nax. | Voratio RN e o oE ety : ¥ k- > : Accompanied by the arsenals am- jinent added (o it setiiin ot raining al v Home aid un 1w mwting of eommnttee as W g 2 4 i bulance and hospital corps, they | the federatisn oppases the meas oDl A DR e For Inited e | ien-a¥ 1UiWay ready, . Ry 1 i were the first to attack the flames|atrikes ot- the “hey 4y because Scew Espedition o€ Hill. d 2 G v > 4 ) ; fl [and start rescue work { propriating for the ' Senator Smoot suid that he helieved 2 3 . 4 4 g ate as discovere at for Thie resoi from See the it tered expodi-| Lo 73 : ; S, 3 % 4,";‘ FE discovered ithat four) coitea 1 rom U Satkitl ed Ssned e . : ¢ 2 : 2 _ f the arsenal's high-cxplosive mag- L Giiuil oli of e, and in taes or Shnmeons y: s £ % - azines hid Leen crushed by the ex- (the Ball sups yment o dried. | Semator Swowt suid th o i i . - > ; 3 R B plosion and the roofs of twe others n e b anade W heaclnes, if ary, would be nece~ . 3 4 blown in. Fourteen companies of |1 ML ) la S . et o Ll A - & Wy 4 % )y 2 firemen helped check the flames, gelhe commniuee anthortzed Yoo abtaly thes : ¢ . which for a time threatened Torbert told th Tore the. 3 iereiice to anps : nud such Ints fon s mignt $, ‘ 3 4 . v i £ spread to the arsenal's scores thought of the Com FE and L CHY Lt that ise conter- 2 ? ; 2 £ et warehouses < the gas tax bill and explain the views i W e e T ante A L { 2 AT FONCE Wazdhousch: < k0t reciprocity with on bonus tion was d b *, . b ' E 3 " vden Rotringe, a1 interust ! Herole Rescuen Recorded. i original bill, he addcd Gemand, do i o R » ¢ 2 { Doctors and nurses hospituls | Wiien ¢ anit L e ' 3 in nearby cities were ¢ on the | ® i Lo Sont luw was under p 4 D - ey cens It E . 3 scene. N erous herole regeues w Bissippl, . lotiiin i the Mo B 3 e ne umerous herole reseues w nery of Al at that ting d amum or s 5 s U 3 -~ : recorded, nursex and soldiers work- . of Tennessee e At 8 eut. In A : J : ! g 2ok R ? | ing eide by side. amid the smoke and h ker continued | N Sis e - 3 8 into revenuc 7 § tical matter, it 45 recog: fzed that the B , ¥ 7N £ * : blue flames of the highly inflamma- |T#Senting various civie and trad P dense yellow fumes which all day ding for the ‘¢ POLICE SALARY BILL i Sl i e 2 S B =, S g . e e T e e e s k . X Al & g tank of nit acid and ammonia | B the pers 2x on automobiles 1t was s 4 : ui A 2 > S which th wissioners hud recom Is PASSED BY HOUS'— 1o aders Fre et e 2 = e S 2 An hour after the explosion the vil- T e 1 . adopted anoth S= ne on the propased tax bl 3 B - 5o » 5. Ly 3 lage of Nixon aud the twenty acres or | resolution ura Congr > ey (Conthnied ¢ 8 s AR 3 o g (® clause in the 1915 appropriation = ik : more of Luildings which had housed [ §nqn “{pfl s 1910 apvronriation Yo t i e < neral devastation wrought by blaxt at Nixen, near New Brunswick. & loxplosive Works 1oo%eal Tilte B} tinic Mok praperty Siponon ¢ peiat 8 i A0 e dle pleture shows an overturned freight ear 1 King over the ruina for bodies. The xplosion took place at a mitrate wlant :{fm,:(',, ,},‘,\m‘_“f‘r.r,:l‘, L T e be T R o e A e i when C! to nt bottom ghows M Louis Nixo e ruins of hix T Only a few fragments of wall re- | So8t Of reclaiming the Anacostin flat- priations it nd creating a purk Sl U B i B DEMOCRATS CLAIM TRIUMPH 'G. W.U. ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN ™50 iV mitee he mareow rona | asstichmndt St i pe ence i g leading from the main highway was beun assessed agwinst i) SRl s I et Gt IN PASSAGE OF TAX BILL, HAILED AS NOTABLY SUCCESSFUL| s i it i"ioo i Wall s, 2 B good men on bolh fop e 3 i ir entitled o ben mud, past which rushed fire appa-jinents in the northeast now, been faithfully servinz, tivin g Mmool the On motion of Snowden Ashfore must be paid. He even said that When the preseut tax law was un. ey and people running and ""’{“““""y "fl'“" committee on edu thought the salaries " 1 i * ecoisideration, the tole enue J » v o = ; = "3 . d o % e cation, the delegates voted in fav. (o ew hehe ; Enncted to meer Hie \.,f..‘\.'i.‘,:’.r\mmnal Committee Statement Points to Changes|Surprises Sprung at Final Luncheon as Reports|crving siretcher bearers carricd the of halving the“Doara of caucitin His remarks ansg 1 was beinz discused with x pros- @ . e 3 7 dead and Injured through crowds of | ake public its estimates each yeu plaud. G i e in Mellon Proposals as Repudiation of Show Local Amount Is Near { relatives of the victims who besieed | banors” 20 1E tiem 10 the Commi “n il 0 Fie s B 5 o - | the gates of the plant. Telephones ! It was decided e Just bets a3 iy i e ManBles Administration Policy. $500,000 Mark: { wore being installed on every Stand- | sloncrs {0 make f airis e Lol Representative Mos BIRE il = 2 ing pole, to replace the lines of com- |for better Hphiing equipment new member, thritled the e s il L i munication that had been swept awiy | puplic LG Lrimple, it w L and for that ted- | public school buildings an apper in behali . il E55 onld anite. v o= . S ’ . . by the explosion. Afrplanes with}” Harry S Eideciv. ehair, ottt g out the falt tine o iy e BT e tax B as it passed the House [large incomes and subject the The workers for George Washing- |day George Washington University & opoiooraphers circled overhead. i oy 'v:xiu'xff.lf:: '_,lxpl:;._ . He pointed o \ords, the greater and the X ¢ to el Yort<, but to - n Mynters. recommending that no steps be tiuke: o e = il E upon o u large ex- | i 2hit by the demerratie national | e G oTs T reduc. | the top” In their drive for $500,000 | HF€IY to our pregent cforts, But il S ’d 1o |0 obtain new 1egisation To e W force to pro otect liy : A S St CommILy tee as having vindicated, with iefits as compared with a Jike | when they gathered for a final |charge of the institution saw what Those uninjured who had seen t -’-I{{}v osing alley dwellings property In the Netional Capital i ned Ax (o Hevenue, septinne, Uhe policies advocit- cent reduction of the smaller | Junchvon at the Willard Hotel yester- | Was needed.” explosion were unable to tell what|Washington until the District Cou sound investien ¢ ahie interest, both in the|eq e I e VT tes iy Gtaroun Dr Lewis said he wanted 0 123 | caueed it. Those who were in it and | of APBLals passes on the provision: Tt fs & moral oblization, I said, for | Sens House, was evident con-{ s 5, oust Qeiieery i ndition could be mo more | 44 . { tribute wherever tribute s due iu the | SHIE0C © TIOR8 T of the existing law. Charles A Congress when it passes Lhe law to ] cerning the government extimutes ax . ment follow ¢ ‘learly iliustrated than by the fact| The total annouh at the close | great undertaking, and made partic urt & : aker presided. provide suitul salarics for those fto the unount of revente assure “The wetion of the Houes of 1iepee- | that “the democratle tax proposal |of the meeting < $481,374.07, but | Ular reference to the quiet but im- It was said the TNT was part. of L Who must uphold the liw by te biil it now Nl nl Tat = R affords larger surtax reductions on 4 = o portant work done by Dean Hodg wo million pounds that had been That the polive and fiemen have BORIHE. The GOLTDE e st Seutativea jan Tun i “vmriouN b fncomes up o $45,000 than the Long- | Dr- William Mather Lewis, prestdent | BUTSAT0 VOIS SRS mlombers of the | © Lt . i o PAGEANTS To GIvE syal friends in' the House wis Lougworth sald it would not pr. | international tos rediction 1neasu' s | worth-La Follette proposal, and hence (of the university, declared that he | faculty. purchused fram the government's i Temarks by prominent m Uin a Creasury defeit, but rough { shows a complets ropudintion of when « two proposals are ap-|could say with assurance the final | _ Referring to the total of more then | Raritan arsenal by the Columbia Sul- Representilive onar 1 republican members of - the House | | 3 G oL that th . the Longworth-La Follette i o dent Lewis aseerted that within sixty { big shells at the arsenal magazines. ! Gholitge 1o the Sty hat ks tions increase much more rap-| “And I could add that we will have | days the fianl fizure wiil have been | The powder had heen turned Minn Che sanries i and neans committee who are | : T} 3 i are not as hizh o= they suould be iul ales of the Mellon income ta tary the i g sheald |{dly tian the Garner (demoecratic) | oy minion dollars before the year is | Poosted to £600.000. the ammonite company’ at 3 i : e g k eside en told of the en-|whose employes were the first vietims | p. : The president then told of the en- {whose emy | First Two Weeks in May to Wit- ratus, ambulances, hearses. police and argue that It is an iwere Inite o the I e era, duttse Dot | 1 day was descrtied I a statement | bigher rates. The higher the ratesn | {on University were practically “over | A8 ever seen, and it is due, not .n-i comparigon with what i paid in ol i pli ndicated thi » bitl u In = an ax i€~ |roduction of taxes. The latter scale s ! J.,':‘..‘:'!X H 'lh‘\”;.h: I‘l‘l':ulwl':\In xl»-{l 'xﬂ.'-; £ fon m ure i every detall o pages is based somewhat on the {out. There len't uny question about |shysinsm with which a George Wash- | of the blast. ’ l Reproscutative Stes W Voriclubout £460,000.000 next year, -y coupled with o subsequent demand | ysyal method of graduation. while | that,” he said. ington University Club had been re-| The mystery of the explosion was SWhy we pay strect = re in New CProwury surplus ats 1hy the turs and the Presidegt former makes _arbitrary de- | guipricos came thick and fast after | cently organized, in New York city, i deepened by the declarations of com- | York mor: thi v T pas 1 veur b 5 upon Congress to pass the oill with- | s therefrom. For illustration. f A vork X nd glving the university a large sum|tinyed. “What is of equal importance | causing it to explode and act as u work throuzhout the country ieant, wmade the only out and out|pa want their surtaxes cut iv (Poliey of the democrats, in that the |y, davelopment of athletics. he | is the fact that we become band- | detonator for all the TNT the Talks A B htaveenient: speceh in favor of the increase in if so that they ecan pay Ifirst step in successful income taxa-|amount is indefinite, but probably will | ag together and imbued with the | works. When Acting i Ztima avies when he interrupted Repre- e the governnient ftion involves the immed! exceed $300.000, Mr. Evans said. spivit of making George Washington Although the five was considered | tne public schools, are in charee . e 4 53 R gentative Blanton, to remark that the income taxes reoranization and revitali Elliott H. Goodwin, chairman of the | 4 really great university.” under control tonight, additional m»\n‘ o Work. called up tae bill, Representative !alaries of the entire force ought to exploded.” {ihe administration of the law by the | commitiee ©n Spccial ifts, broke; Dy Lewls suggested that the u and apparatus were summoned, with { the wWork. i Cooper of Ohlo, i vigorous dry zup- | be doubled. s Eavidiny demeernin: !"Treasury Department. This would in-!the news that that commitfee will | versity ixeue an alumni bulletin five i reinforcements of the state police, ml Letters have been rece Stories of the National Capital w be presented In eight historical pag- eants during May, under the auspice; of the community centers. Mar Moore Forrest and Bess Davi Schreiner, directors of pageuntry i the community ceénter department o J porter, was given twenty mingtes in | Representative Lankford of Geor- : ‘ome iclude the permanent installation of |Le reorganized and continue solicit- | op six s a year to keep the grad-| guard against @ possible spread of | Washington Chamber of Commerce which’ he diseussed probibitin en- | ia, discussed the question of aute| “In the second place, the outcome e ™ S,.‘!;m_v-n\'@ key men of theling, with Mr. Evans as new chair- :;t}';‘;}'?ﬁ.a unyiwrsuy in touch with | the flames to the alcohol storage | the Washington Board of Trade, Dis forcement, taking the occasion for a fspeeders and urged un appropriation | shows that the democrats in the |highest qualifications and fitness at|man. the progress of their alma mater. tanks and the few rulned bulldings, | trict of Columbia Yisorous jfor a large number of plain clothex | youca pointed the way to tax reduc- {such salaries as would justify them| Soterior Nicholson. captain of [ He farther declared that a sub-| where stocks of sheet celluloid are {men to circulatc around the city and - offering a bill along the lin n remaining during £0od behavior. |Team 25, won the Cafrol Glover sil- | soribere. builetin would be published | cxposed to fAving sparks. i make prompt arrests when they found [ tion by offering a LUl aloni (48 (ACH i Such reorganization wbuld remove 90| var cup for making the largest in-| =g that those who have given may T 7 tions of the traffic law. When he | of which any wmeasure 4ty ROFELE per cent of existing commlaints of | qividual return, namely, $11.265. know that their contributions repre- . of their specches, i | sk for further extenslion of time, |10 DRSS m';;‘";'"» AoMmpromite meas- |taxpayers due to unsatisfactory dis-| Miss Ellzabeth Earnest, captain of | gant one of the best (nvestments JOHNSON ABANDONS interest in the project xtending tive Cable of Ohio, immigri i Mr. Blanton graclously granted him | Worth-La Foliette compromise WoRE” inosition of cases by tax units, delay, | fewm 55, was awarded the two sil-| they ever ma offers of co-operation along all lines wth, Hliols, extra half miuute, "As a result of | ure, finally adoepted, is almost Menticiyncertainty, expense, numerous back | ver pheasants donated by Charles 1! '\$iliam Hruce King. a member of The periods of the pageants wilt srat Reprecentative johnson, close paring on {ime whep Rep- | cal. with the democratlc proptitl 82, ccossments, re-examinations and | Corby for the woman turning in the | the hoard of trustees, acted as toast- | FIGHT IN NEW YORK | fotow one another. beginning wiih S L . pnmigration fresentative MeRexnolds of Tenncaxee | £0 certaln 06 (05 PRNCIRI, WEEC U Leonseauent frritation to taxpayers. argest sum, $5,900. Tnaster of the luncheon. the Indians along Eastern branch and cemmittee, tminigrs Beprecentas [arose to discuss the question of sol- | principle underiying (he BEOEL ST wpy o second place, it is now very | “Willlam Deane Ham, although not{ '™ { continuing throughout all the cliy's fye Bicutor: : seeds diers’ bonus, there was only seven and | £, BROVIROUS Of LN 00 T of (clear that in addition'to administra- |an alumnus of the university, becnme Subscriptions Reported. (Continued from First Pagc.) history;up:to the-prosent tinie., Soms Reprexcntativ v it fa half minutes left. In the meantime, | Fellette measufe are & Beputlativh O tion reform, and before rates can be|interested In the drive and carried o following subscriptions weré e of the subjects; to” be prevented i o e s iutive Kunz of Illinois, dem- { the principle underiving the MellOn | oonggered with any definiteness, Con-|oft the American flag for bringing| Tue following s ; {into a contest of expenditure with | PARCant form ure £ the Wate Representative Bl mocrat. of t, a member of the House BT X D anbroneh: the |ETess must place upon a relative:in the largest individual number of jorted yesterday® by the’ special % th i kront,” “In the Shad { the Dome, Texas, consrolling tim: the ¢ ,trict ‘committee, had tactfully * inject- | the samc ”,'"",'."":,‘A"' o Rrths |equality for the purpose of the tax |yupecriptions—Aafty ifts committee. Mr. Goodwin, chair- | the regular party organization. Old Port on atowii AL A P < «d in the discussion that the trouble | Principle of the demoeratic s the incomes of individualv, partners|*"P*EUBERETT Ve Han: Charles Conradis, $200; Dr. W.| “For these and other reasons of | *Camps and Battleficlds.t “Folivs i et garbn e {with enforcement of trafiic laws s |Pitho o t« of substan- |and stockholders of corporaiions. This ELTIAM (o) Bi Commneiey ~“"Rives, $500; Mrs. C. C. GIover |gtrategic nature wo will depend upon | the Hounds.” wlhe Suldisrs Uom ¥ led “gurden seed g that “we haven't enough policemen.” S Theighiy two, s loqualization of income Invioves the| After thanking every Individual |§jo;: \re. CharlessM. Fioulke, $30; i “The College City” and e Federil and putting Into the record petitions | Gt Ori ey ot tial :.lu{t-drr‘;\‘rfmbn‘iv\_r n ‘tneFd‘elmn: O O et of Iatee holes| who nad Savthine to' do- with the | Bl s OO 0, A Y | the force of public opiniom to force | ity 2on to.an u(h('inl:f:;l to seators Tror ea | Representative Begg republican, of reabuten. are, first, that the demos through which taxes are either evaded | success of the drive, John B. Larner, | Jorss. $500: ll«h»nr‘y2 A Nius Ve the bosses to relinquish their grip Pageants In ""I"";"“» e b % s or_avo! V. "“Behlow, $25: Miss Mary B. g i ohe i S siven inmes Iegislation. Onfo, criticlzed the trafle regulatlons | STatic, proposal rilscs excmptions Eyolded. o two prerequisites prop. | Pinted out that thie smoynt raised W W menion i Mes o 2 o the. porty u‘:d '.:enedrml;.;hb peo-| Tne pageants v\l‘lil ::eliv”w sy Hilte’ Taxtent Driving, {for one-way streats, claiming that | WOuL 83000 SEC, CRAC 00 Nively, | toerly dealt with, it would then become | tributors and reminded the' enthusi.|g25; Frederic Atherton, $500; Ellot|Ple's voice to be heard =The great|quence during the first two weeks Representative Blanton prefaced his | they only increased the congestion.|g%if;%,q"'§3,000. thereby releasing |NO difficult matter to effect further|agstjc campaign organization that| Wadsworth, $100; Col. Fred L. Huide- | state of New York provides no means | yay, and associate directors in the talk on garden seeds by remarkinz 'Part of the responsibility for the |7yt £00,000 persons now required (FAte readjustments So a8 to Secure there is still a large fleld walting | koper, $100; Miss Mary S. Miller, iby which the voters can register | yarious centers are expected to assist that it was promised that if this police ; traffic couditlons in Washington, he f {00 Leturns without being sub- | adequate revenue under well balanced | ¢, be conquered. He sald, there are($100; Mrs. Royal Copeland. 325, and | poir cholce for the nomination of | in their production. Bach center wiih and firemen's pay bill was passed, d. rests upon Congress because | g M L rom making any re- |and proportioned rates which, in their |\ aoubtedly many friends of the uni-| Mrs. W. T. Galliher, through glee | 1° E n P iy thoroughly modern up-to-date system | sufficlent funds have not been ar-|{oct to faxed TIo0, MaEine aO¥ FOlomects, would not be unduly burden- UHCGURCY MENE FORCR G (nl YO0 | Slub. $10. President in the primary have Its own pageant, its own assist af protection would be developed in the | forded to adequately meet the situa- | (G 80 (00N - "1 646,000 perons whose | Some or punitive or oppressive to| o % /0 415 in this movement to| . The total amount added yesterday | Mr. Muftha said that the Johnson-|ant director and its own personnel: District. He commented that now there i tion. - He remarked that he would | RE8 Bl 1D Ony RGO eith jany class’ of business or of indi- |BOR™EY 10 #1Cu i 2 07 0™ 0ne | to- the sgrand total was $39.265.55. | ror.President campaign would g0 on| ang afier the series is complets a was “winking” at taxicab drivers who i feel safer driving down Broadway In | mh, Jongworth-La Follette' measure) viduais. . of the leading educational finstitu-| Teams reported amounts in sub- e X e A 5 ihdulged in excessive speed. He also: New York city than driving from the | g% MOCEVAICE 08 10 these exempe| “Looking back at the course of the|f the I1eadine Sous acriations g followa: 1. $75: 3. $500; | without interruption in the St&Les|pig performance will he siven out patd his respects to the “taxicab mo- Capltol to his home, at 5 o'clock in | fiois althoush these millions of per- | Propagandists for the Mellon plan, | *'90% 00 "0y cn'Par? tn many arives.” | 3, 3250; 4. $25: 5. $800; G $430: 8, 360; | where it is under way—New Jerses, {of doors, which will be made up « nopoly” at Union siatlon, saying that | the afternoon. Sons are already Daying most gring. |Which at no time has had the siight- | I heve taken pafl n many qrece 11, $1,005; 12, $370: 13, $630: | California. Ohlo. Illinofs, Michigam, | certain selocted sceries trom the se- other persons not patrchiziig those| Acting Chairman Zihlman began |ing tarift taxe est chance to nass the House It one go over with such success 15, $35; 16, $220; 19, $1,030i o N £ . a , S cabs could not get into “’nion station | the real discussion of the police and | strongly appears that a part of the |Seeh o028 EG,0€L T & 194 a students's team, $2,135; 20, 100; | South Dakota, North Dakota and|ries, thus forming one big pagcant ept by back drives. [firemen’s pay blll at 2:15 o'clock, In Higher Brackets, tactics has been to divert attention s marked the Onf oo o oo $1,055; 23, $3,305; 24, $490; 34, | elsewhere. of the history of the city of Wash- ==Mr. Blanton then said taat if under | practically reviewing the subject{ “The sccond point of chief differ- |as fully as possible from all cases| After in tiitied to credit for the |3 35, $490: 39, 25, $27 ington. i s increased pay te police and|matter of the committee report on |ence is In the higher surtax brackets |of tarit tax redustion, which is|of Workers SriteC (0 JFSh i aays, | 26, 3390; 27, $310; 21, $2,910: 28, 32,500} | e | Tn_addition to the orginizations Zxe: dopattments afe ot -sun ss & fihis bill. due to the flat 25 per cent reduction |chiefly responsible for the existing|schicvements of Ve st IR G20 | 36 $675° %51 e2.110:" 32, $100: 33, 325 — | already mentloned as having offe model for the rest of the country, he| When Representative Larsen of |of each surtax rate under the Long- | high cost of liying and is tremend- |Mr. Layner, RrROVEISH, V0SNG 0 | 55 36200 51, 383; 52, $85; 53, $258: | 35.256; 23, 316,345; 24, $1815; 34, 33| co-operation in this connection would be the first to introduce legis- | Ggorgia was arguing that this pro- | worth-La Follette plan. Under op-|ously oppressive to all cf the one ) tees at & ItOF TMCCHAR ROUT SOre| B $653'50" 55, $1,310: 57, $1,400; 58, | 630; 37,-31,800; 38, $2,582; 39, %,86672L; | tically all of the citizens lation to abolish the salary of the | posal to increase salaries was not|eration of this flat 25 per cent re-|hundred and ten million people.. Dur- |apbropriate BenoR 16 MR EO0 B000 | 3003050 " 51557 60, $517; 61, $1270 62, |25, §5,600: 26, $3.061: 27, $6.89 tions and parent-teac major and superintendent of police consistent with the drive that had |duction method the Longworth plan|ing the Mellon-tax controversy any |erous Wasl d s B LoD o0 dn0. oo s i0: iy | 25 $5.600: 26, $3.061; 27, $6.89 H o mieting In the community ceri- and to cut in half the pay of nll(]uu been made to reduce taxation |would effect substantially larger | person -who dared even to hint- at|the mg:ﬂ’- deciared that the money 66, $946; 67, $461; 68, $361: 69, | $9.868; 43, $1,405; 28, $6,405; 9. $6.- | ters in the city have appointed com- members of the police force. Then [and that increasing salaries would re- [ reductions of the taxes of between |tariff tax relief was branded by Mel- | Mr. hrnerlloﬂ.ed Sas gon! desirer D70, $70; 71, $360; 79, $350: | 945: 30, §$325; 31, mittees for the purpose of giving remarking that he dld not beliove [sult In higher taxes, Hepresentative |15,000 and 20,000 of the biggest indi-|lon champions as an enemy to tax |would be allotteq ‘ag vou Cesirer 35,8450, 3970: 55, 3 40; b O hitanice 1o e matter ot s there would be any opposition to the | Blanton interposed that “these police | vidual income taxpayers with in-'|reduction or as playing politics. half \.m B oty endowment, He | ‘The amounts that the various teams | 225; 53, $3,423; 54, formation regarding the history bill and that, therofore. he did not | and firemen risk their llves every day | comes in excess of $45.000 and up-| “The opportunity ls just shead for )12, e ook Noteworthy that the | nave reported to date are: 1, $1.8%:: | 772 57, $6.224: 58, 33.380; 39, §351%; | their own neighborhood intend to waste time in discussing|in the ycar. It is because this biil|ward than the Garner (democratic) jcomprehensive tax reduction I the |st% 8 Wik M0, MLeciohsible for the |2, $3.550: 3. $3,154; 4, $1.398; 5. $3,260: | 60. 34.4D171: 61, 33,320 63, SuSEE; 63, | of organizing thelr own it he proceeded to talk on garden |will enable us to get better protection | plan. Tho application of a flat 25 |interest of all the people and this|studen: body was A 3 L L O S O O sae: B4, $ina00: G5 35,890 45, $3.315; | this spring Testival of Washinkton, seed.” that T am willing to support the In- | per cent reduction of all graduated |especially includes tariff tax reduct|rajink of MI20" \oiriced address to [§1.450; 11, $11867;12,'34,276; 13, 34,615: | 66, $5.098; 67, $6,263; 68, $2,341" 69, | under the direction of the community During Mr. Blanton's _discussion, | creases.” Representative Larsen then |rates is obviously both arbitrary and| tion, which, during coming weeks| In beginning a PRICacd agfeees 1o 0400, 77e My segg g > gn a7 " 10; | s1981.15; 70 B e i tn thei rasnee. there was interjected some comment | harangued about “reckless driving In | unscientific, because the chief reduc-{will be preased in the House of Rep- i‘ e " cmm e fe Aine Eveatest | $11,85 .. | tive nelghborhoods. upon the education which Represent- # Wabhingfon” = "~ S tion ‘benefits Eo “to’ tliose with the résentatives’ ewls decl R Women's Clubs, Society of Assoclation of Oldest Inhabita the District of Colum ind = == historical societies, expressing keen v

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