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TAX DECISION HITS
CITIES’EMPLOYES
Blair Ruling Requires Pay-!
ment on Income by Water
and Light Workers.
Under a new ruling of the Internal
Revenue Bureau many employes of
municipalities who heretofore have
regarded themselves as exempt from
the Federal income tax will be re
quired to pay such a levy, not only
in the future, but to cover -several
past years.
The ruling- was announced hv rev
enue Commissioner Blair in a letter
to Senator Shortridge (Republican,
California!, holding that the employes
of the water and electric light \vor):s
at Riverside, Calif., must pev the
Federal tax.
Mr. Blair said that although mu
nicipal employes heretofore had been
regarded as exempt under the fed
eral law. a re-examination of the
statutes revealed that certain classes
could not claim such exemption. The
tax must be paid, he said, by persons
employed by certain utilities like
street car companies, which compete
with private enterprise.
Rale Un»rd on Court Decision.
The revenue commissioner based
his ruling on a Circuit Court of Ap- I
peals decision in a proceeding by
the Tats Angeles Vlas and Electric
Company against the City of Lo
Angeles. In that case, he contended,
it was held that quasi-private enter
prises, competing with private or
ganizations, should be placed on a
similar footing before the law in
regard to certain features of taxa
tion.
Senator Shortridge recently sub
mitted to Commissioner Blair a re
quest received from Mayor Evans of
Riverside. Calif., asking that the
ruling of the bureau in the Los
Angeles case, that compensation of
officers and employes of the water
and electrie lighting systems owned
and operated by cities are not ex
empt from the income tax, be not
made retroactive.
Commissioner Blair, in his letter to
Senator Shortridge, stated “that after
careful consideration of the entire mat
ter it is the opinion of this office that
the city, in furnishing water and
electricity to its residents, is acting in a
proprietary rather than in its serving
capacity, and that the compensation of
officers and employe.-*, engaged in such
activities is not exempt from income
taxes under the revenue laws of 1918,
1821 and 1924.’’
Stands on Retrowcttve Phase.
Referring to the request that the
ruling be not given a retroactive effect,
the commissioner said that the ques
tion presented did not come up In 6uch
away as to bring it within the law
which provides for rulings which are
not retroactive.
Senator Shortridge announced he did
not consider the letter as having ended
the controversy, and that he intended to
press the question in the hope of pre
venting the ruling being made final in
its present form. He explained he was
not satisfied with the authorities used
by Commissioner Blair as the basis for
giving tlie ruling retroactive effect.
NEW MEDICAL CLINICS
AVAILABLE TO WOMEN
Welfare Association Extends Serv
ice and Reorganizes
Committees.
The Women's "Welfare Association
announced last night that it had re
organized its working committees and
established new clinics, which now
are available to the white women of
Washington and adjoining localities
who cannot pay for needed medical
assistance.
“Much needless suffering and loss
of efficiency,” said the announcement,
“Is endured by persons who do not
know of the facilities available to
day for the preventative treatment
given at the Women’s Welfare Asso
ciation."
The organization, with headquarters
at 1022 Eleventh street, has arranged
the following schedule: Clinics—
Hay fever and asthma, Tuesdays, 4
to 6 p.m.; cancer control, Tuesdays,
2 to 4 p.m.; tyroid and goiter,
Thursdays, 5 to 6 p.m.; women's spe
cial diseases, Thursdays, 4 to 5 p.m.;
mental hygiene and nervous disorders,
Wednesdays, 4:30 to 6 p.m., and Fri
days at 8 p.m.; dental dispensary,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays,
9 to 12 a.m_; eye, ear, nose and throat,
Mondays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. A fee
of 60 cents is charged.
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FACES LARCENY CHARGES
Man Arrested as Suspect in Thefts
of Physicians’ Overcoats.
Xitie charges of larceny were
placed against Arthur Robinson, col
ored, 27, of 1822 Eleventh street
northwest, yesterday by Detectives
King and Cox following his arrest on
charges of stealing overcoats of phy
sicians from the cloakrooms of hos
pitals while the owners were attend
ing patients in various parts of the
buildings.
More than a dozen reports of such
thefts had been received by the po
lice during the last few months from
several local hospitals. Robinson
was arrested while attempting to sell
an overcoat alleged to be the property
of Dr. William Spriggs of 2214
Wyoming avenue. The other physi
cians alleged to have sustained losses
of this type are: Drs. A. B. Little of
Takoma Park; Harry Kerr of 1742 X
street; Robert Sullivan of Stoneleigh
Courts; Thomas E. Jones of 1505
Twelfth street; Truman Abbe of
Stoneleigh Courts: Bernard Notes of
2925 Ordway street, J. Lawn Thomp
son of 1735 Twentieth street and Dr.
Oliver Cox of the Rochambeau.
NOBODY WANTS AIR PLANT
Bids Lacking on Lease From IT. S.
of Cape May Station.
The Navy Department failed yes
terday to receive any bids on its ad
vertised proposals to lease the Cape
May, X. J., naval air station for oper
ation by a private concern. The pro
posed lease contract was first adver
tised several months ago and bids
were to have been opened December
18 last, but at the request of the
Goodyear Rubber Co. the opening
was postponed until yesterday.
Xo announcement was made as to
■what would be done with the plant
in the absence of proposals to lease
it on the t4»rms contained in the ad
vertised lease. The station equip
ment Includes an airship hangar 728
feet long au4 156 feet wide and
practically all quarters, shops, stor
age depots and other appurtenances
necessary for the operation of light
•r-tliau-alr ships.
St. Ann’s Auxiliary Called.
Mrs. C. W. Aughinbaugh, newly
elected president of the Ladies Auxil
iary of St. Ann’s Orphan Asylum has
called a meeting for 8 o'clock tomor
row evening at the institution to make
arrangements for the annual linen
shower*
A FEATURE OF ART CLUB “BAL BOHEME.” 1
Ihe lint Hi- of the <»od>‘** as It will be presented by (he McKinley Dim er* at the Xmt Willard Hotel
tnuii. rruw evening. In the group are Elizubeth Uulgl.->. .ludy Lyeth. Kli>mir» Thompson. Evelyn llavis and
Evelyn Preble. 5
REPORT ON VALUE
OF SHIPS IN WAR DUE
Comparative Worth of Battleship,
Plane and Submarine to Be
Given Coolidge This Week.
Secretary Wilbur expects the re
port of the special board appointed
at the direction of President Cooiidge
to consider the relative military
value of airships, battleships and
submarines to be ready for the Presi
dent's consideration some time next
week.
Final touches are being given to the
report and it is regarded as prob
able that a considerable portion of
the findings will be available for
publication, although certain data on
experiments of various kinds which
the board considered is confidential
will be eliminated in whatever is
given to the public.
The inquiry was of an exhaustive
nature and men with expert knowl
edge on the subject, whether in the
Army or Xavy or in civil life, were
among the witnesses to appear be
fore the board. Mr. Wilbur feels
that the report should go far toward
settling the effectiveness of the va
rious weapons of offense or means of
defense in war, a problem that has
vexed Congress for several years. He
would give no intimation, however,
as to the specific findings of the
board, saying only that the report
was a carefully prepared document
of great value in the shaping of na
tional policies.
Now Comes the
Semi-Annual Clearance Sale
of Mode Shirts and Cravats
The advantage here is—as always—your
selection is from patterns and qualities which,
of course, are recognized as superior and ex
clusive.
Shirts—
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$2.50 and $3 Fancy Percales, Madras, etc.; some C* CQ
with collars attached, some with separate collars... I •W
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3 for $5.00
95
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3 for $5.50
$3.50, $4 and $5 Imported Madras, Rayon Striped C 7Q
and Plain Madras and Flannels
3 for SB.OO
SB, $J and $lO Silk Shirts—being - the finest CP? QC
* Radium an-’ other weaves
3 for $17.00
Cravats
sl and $1.50 Cut Silk Cravats—
exclusive patterns M
3 for $2.00
$2 and $2.50 Cut Silk Cravats— $-| 39
3 for $4.00
$3, $3.50, $4 and $4.50 Cut Silk Cravats— OQ
Mode superlatives
3 for $6.00
$3, $3.50 and $4 Knitted Cravats— ts^).29
Jacquards, etc " X.*
3 for $6.00
Os course, the Suit and Overcoat reductions
are still in force.
The Mode—F at Eleventh
THE SUNDAY WASHINGTON, D. C„ JANUARY 4, 1925—PAST 1.
W. C. O'KANE ELECTED.
New Hampshire Man on Crop In
stitute Governing Board.
W. C. O'Kane of the Xew Hamp
shire Agricultural College was re
elected chairman of the board of gov
ernors of the Crop Protection Insti
tute. and Paul Moore of the National
Research Council, Washington, was
re-elected secretary at a meeting of
the board yesterday. Dr. X. J. Gid
dings of the Westi Virginia Agricul
tural Experiment Station was ap
pointed by the American Phytopath
ologieal Society, to succeed on the
board Dr. G. H. Coons of the Michi
gan Agricultural College, whose
term had expired, and Dr. W. P.
Flint, State entomologist of Illinois,
was appointed by the American As
sociation of Economic Entomologists
to succeed Dr. W. E. Britton of the
Connecticut Agricultural College,
whose term had expired.
Other members of the board are:
Dr. H. J. Patterson, director of the
Maryland Experiment Station; Dr.
B. H. Hartwell, director of the Rhode
Island Experiment Station; Dr. C. R.
Orton, professor of plant pathology,
State College, Pa.; Prof. M. F. Barriis
of Cornell and Prof. P. J. Parrott of
the Xew York Experiment Station.
The institute voted unanimously to
incorporate under the laws of the
District of Columbia and to seek an
endowment to enlarge its sphere of
usefulness.
The new Connecticut Legislature
has 16 woman members, the largest
number of any of the States. Xew
Hampshire comes next in the list,
with 14 women among the members
of its State lawmaking body.
INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK
BRIGHT FOR NATION
More Employment Indicated in
Reports From States in
All Sections.
Prospects for employment of
workers are bright in every State, the
United States Employment Service
reported yesterday, on the basis of
returns from district officers. In the
West generally Jlie agricultural out
look was said to assure normal de
mand for labor, while in the great
industrial centers renewed factory and
mill operation was either being ex
perienced of was expected.
As to California the report dealt
with anticipations of “increased de
mand for skilled and unskilled labor
in most industries.” In Connecticut
and Pennsylvania, the report said, a
renewal of building activity was
likely. lowa and Kansas returns
showed extensive road building plans
while Mississippi was said to hav*
building prospects which could be
called bright.
New Jersey. Xew York and Illinois
were said to havs plant operations,
construction work and agricultural
activity increasing, while in all the Xew
England States increased mill pro
duction was noted. Southern states,
such as Louisiana and Florida, found
detailed reasons for predicting a busy
twelve months ahead.
Gasoline Is from 50 to 100 per cent
higher in Europe than it is in the
United States.
VISCOUNT CECIL
SAILS FOR EUROPE
Young Gould, Passenger on
Same Ship, Will Study
Law in Paris.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 3.~Viscount
Cecil of Chelwood and the viscountess
were among passengers who sailed
for England today on the Aquitanta.
Lord Cecil and his wife were com
pelled to walk the last quarter mile
to the Cunard Line pier, because of
snow.
“It was delicious.'' was Lord Rob
ert's parting reference to the occasion
a few nights ago when he was award
ed 526,000 and a bronze plaque as a
token of ills winning of the first
Woodrow Wilson Foundation award
for the promotion of international
peace.
“I am very grateful—grateful to
the foundation, to America and to
every one,” he said. “America is al
ways welcome In the League of Na
tions.” he added. “The league would
be enriched by her presence. Ger
many should be admitted at the prop
er time, and Russia, too, when she
gets better manners.”
George J, Gould, a grandson of the
late Jay Gould, was hound for Paris,
where, he said, he would study law at
the University of Paris, with a View
o establishing some day an interna
ional law business, with offices In
Xew York and Paris. Asked if rail
roading. the business of his grand
father, did not appeal to hfm, Mr.
Gould said:
"No, because it is routine, I can
understand the fascination of being a
pioneer and building a railroad into
a new country, but I could not get
any satisfaction out of swivel-chair
direction.”
Mr. Gould started the voyage
against his doctor's advice. He has
been suffering from influenza.
Robbed of Pocketbook and $55.
Mrs. Ina E. Trent, 1319 Eleventh
street, had her pocketbook, contain
ing $55, and an Identification card
-matched by two while men at Elev
enth and G streets Friday night about 7
o’clock, she reported to police.
||j Hurry! To Washington's Greatest llj
\jA SHOE
HI a SALES!
* 1 Fully two-thirds of the entire
H HAHN stocks of Women’s Shoes
‘ '’"l I
y/ y-f ' te\ Thousands of pairs Many of our newest,
|v TL. \ ago at $5.95 and $8.50 regularly $lO, $12.50 and I lil
.Jppk jfl Ire fpgS AYINGS so rare that even Friday—in spite of the
ffll snowstorm every Hahn Store held capacity
JlJl ESJ crowds! That’s the sort of Sale this is!
Included: Gleaming Gold and Silver Bro
~ cades, Silver Kidskin, Chic Suedes, Satins,
Velvets, Tans, Patents, most any material you
hHHB could possibly name!
Jaki,- *Ta Styles for every occasion.
JHHA And plenty of all sizes.
But
Cor. 7th & K Sts. ||
\\ 414 9th St.
ij U “ City Club Sho& ' 1914-16 Pa. Ave.
i, * 1318 G St. 233 Pa. Ave. S.E.
In Baltimore, 37 W. Lexington
Must Economize on Paper Towels 9
Ballou's Warning to City's Schools
The boj-a and girls of the Dis
trict public schools, as well aa
their teaolvers, are keeping 1 too
clean; cleaner than Congress will
allow.
The supply of paper towels is
nearing the point of exhaustion,
and Superintendent Frank W.
Ballou has broadcast throughout
the school system a warning that
conservation must be practiced.
"A speciflo appropriation was
made by Congress for the pur
chase of paper towels for the pub
lic schools, and the quota was
based upon this appropriation,"
admonishes the Superintendent.
"The entire appropriation has
been exhausted in the purchase
DISTRICT’S HOLIDAYS
DRYER THAN LAST YEAR
Sullivan and Prohibition Officers
Pleased at Results of
Vigilance.
Maj. Daniel Sullivan and officials
of the Federal dry enforcement law
are pleased with the result of their
efforts to prevent the wholesale han
dling of intoxicants during the Christ
mas and New Year holiday season.
While there was not a 100 per cent
response to appeals for a bone dry
holiday season, it ts> stated, police
figures of arrests show a decided de
crease compared with those of the
corresponding period last year.
Arrests for all sorts of violations
[of laws relating to the handling of
f Intoxicants for the past week totaled
! 212. In numerous instances, however,
two or three charges were filed
against a single individual, making
the actual number of persons Involved
much smaller than the total.number
of arrests recorded.
Total number of arrests for Intoxi
cation was 131, many less than the
average, others being as follows: sale
of Intoxicants, 17; illegal possession,
39; transporting, 15; drinking In pub
lic, 4; driving while intoxicated, 4;
manufacturing liquor, 1, and posses
sion of still, 1.
Capt. England Transferred.
Capt. Thomas M. England, Medical
Administrative Corps, at the general
Intermediate depot, this city, has been
ordered to San Francisco for duly.
of towels for Issue on requisitions
submitted last Summer, and it has
been found impossible to meet the
recent requests of schools for ad
ditional towels.
“It is desired that the attention
of all employes and pupils be
called to the necessity of the ex
ercise of the utmost economy in
paper towels because the towels
now on hand in each building 1
must fill the needs of the building
during the remainder of the school
year. The use of other paper as a
substitute for towels should be
discouraged because the present
condition of the appropriation for
contingent expenses will not stand
additional expenses for such paper."
WAYNE WHEELER TO GIVE
COMMUNITY CHURCH TALK
Highlands Services at Opening of
Series at Park Theater to
Include Cantata.
Wayne B. Wheeler will make the
address at the opening services of
the Highlands Community Church at
11 o’clock this morning at the Park
Theater, Fourteenth and Buchanan
streets, marking the first services by
the church in its new home.
Since the organization of the
ohurch in 1922, services have been
held In the Brightwood Masonic Tem
ple at Georgia and Colorado avenues.
The devotional service this morn
ing will be under the direction of.
Dinn C. Drake of the Washington j
branch. Boy Scouts of America
A feature of the first service in the
Park Theater today will be the can
tata “The Incarnation.” personally
conducted by Dr. Adam Ciebel, thf
composer.
Sunday school services will follow
the religious services at 12:15, while
the Young People’s Society will hold
evening meetings, Sunday, at the
home of Rev. Morris S. White, at
1207 Kennedy street.
The Highlands Community Church
is an undenominational church, based
on the principle of religious toler
ance and freedom from dogmatic
creeds.
Some people use all their imagina
tion to make themselves ridiculous,
and all their logic to support the op
posite of common sense.
JACOBS MAY DROP
M’CORICK SUIT
Husband Had Accused Har
vester Co. Head of Steal
ing Wife's Love.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 3.—Negotia
tions to bring a settlement out of
court of the suit for $500,000 damages
brought by Edwin W. Jacobs, against
Cyrus Hall McCormick, 65-year-old
head of the International Harvester
Co., have been under way for the
past few days, it was learned today.
Mr. Jacobs charged Mr. McCormick,
who is a widower and the son of the
late Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor
of the reaping and binding machine,
with alienation of his wife's affec
tions in a summons and complaint
served recently.
While attempts to settle the case
so far have failed, it was learned
that both H. Starr Giddings, New
York attorney for Mr. McCormick
and Edward H. Burger, attorney for
Mr. Jacobs, expect that a complete
settlement will be reached the early
part of next week and that the case
will be dropped. Mr. Jacobs is said
to have consented at first to drop the
suit if his wife agreed to return to
him, but it is now expected that the
case will be dropped unconditionally.
The suit first attracted attention on
i December 30. 1921, when application
was'filed in the State Supreme Court
for a transfer of the suit to the Fed
eral Court. Mr. Jacobs, who is 17,
alleged that Mr. McCormick shower
ed presents and money upon his wife
and so completely turned her head
that she no longer cares for the
plaintiff.
Mr. Jacobs is said to have in
herited a trust fund from wealthy
relatives and he is not engaged in
business. His wife, he claims, has
been missing for several months aJtd
attorneys for Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Mc-
Cormick they have been unable
to locate her.
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In China white specks on the nails
are regarded as signs of coming evil,
a belief old New England also shared.
In Germany they are held as omens
of good luck, good health.and wealth