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TAX HELD VITAL
ANNEXATION ISSUE
Arlington Official Testifies In
crease Would Hinder County
Development.
Special IMapatch to The Star.
ARLINGTON. Va„ April 27.—Harry
K. Green, commissioner of revenue for
Arlington County, was recalled to the
witness stand today in the Arlington-
Fair fax-Alexandria annexation hearing,
end cross-examined by Maj. Carter
Hall of Alexandria’s counsel, following
his testimony of yesterday in which he
said taxation is 146 per cent higher in
Alexandria City than in Arlington
County.
Mr. Green said today that the Mount
Vernon Boulevard and the new Key
and Memorial Bridges would bring new
industries and new people into Arling
ton Countv. provided the county is not
burdened with a high tax rate. Asked
by Maj. Hail if he did not look forward
to the incorporation of Arlington Coun
tv. Mr. Green replied: “Perhaps some
time in the distant future.*’ He said.
In his opinion, annexation of the Poto
mac territory by Alexandria would
preativ increase the taxes in both
Arlington County and Alexandria, and
would thereby retard and interfere with
development of industry in this section
of Virginia. He said that the Governor
of Virginia had recommended reduced
taxes on industries, which recommenda
tion has been enacted into law.
In his opinion, if the localities such
as Arlington and Alexandria did not
co-operate by holding down the local
tax rates. Arlington and Alexandria and
the entire State would suffer. Maj. Hall
objected to reference as to the State,
but the objection was overruled. An
exception was noted.
Increase of Population.
That the population of Arlington
Countv has increased 267 per cent in
the last 38 years was brought out by
Mr Green, who produced data from
the United States Census Bureau on
the subject. He was asked if. in his
opinion, an increase of S4O on $3,000
investment of an average home owner
would interfere with the growth of Ar
lington or Alexandria, and replied that
the average home owner would prefer
the countv. because the S4O increase
would double the tax of the average
Arlington home owner.
Green admitted on cross-examination
that several industries of Arlington
Countv had ceased to function during
the last several years. He testified yes
terday that 27 Alexandria industries
that declared capital in 1920 had failed
to report capital in 1927.
Yesterday Mr. Green was plied with
questions lor two hours by John S.
Barbour of the Arlington counsel. He
charged that annexation would bring
about an increased tax rate in Arling
ton County and the surrounding terri
tory, corruption of the present school
system, and retardment of the county’s
growth In general. The loss of SIOB,-
917.25 annual revenue from taxes would
bring about the tax rate increase. Green
■aid.
The loss of taxes paid by the Potomac
Railroad Yards In the territory sought
by annexation would be the greatest
blow to the county, Green told the
court, because taxes from “utilities of
this nature is ’velvet’.” On cross-ex
amination Green told Mai. Hall that
he had not made charges that Alexan
dria sought to annex only because of
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the revenue that would be derived from
the railroad yards, but said he consid
ered the revenue an “Inducement.” He
said the revenue from Potomac yards
was needed for the county’s develop
ment. “We have been able to offer a
flattering tax rate to prospective resi
dents for many years," said Mr. Green.
"There has been no increase In taxes
the past five years and the increase
that would necessarily result if Alexan
dria’s plans are fulfilled would injure
the county’s prospects for further de
velopment.”
Questioned bv Barbour the commis
sioner explained (hat a SIO,OOO home In
Arlington would be assessed $2,500 in
Arlington and the owner would bo
taxed $55. whereaa In Alexandria the
same home would be assessed $5,100
and the tax would be $135.15.
Other Witnesses Heard.
Arlington County called on Thomas
M. DeLashmutt, superinteuton! of roads
and sanitary engineer oi Arlington;
Frank Upman. Washington architect,
who makes Ills home in Livingston
Heights; Asa E. Phillips, superintend
ent of water in Arlington County;
James R Harman, former member of
the Arlington Equalisation Board;
Robert E. Janson, of the Arlington
County Fire Department, and Bryan
Gordon, Arlington County attorney-nt
,aw. as its other witnesses during the
afternoon.
Cross-examination of both DeLash
mutt and Upman was deferred by con
sent of the court, Alexandria counsel
not being prepared to question the testi
mony they gave. DeLashmutt asserted
that’ from a standpoint of engineering
Arlington County could not proceed
with the construction of a sewer in the
Hooffs Run Basin until the lower por
tion in Alexandria had been sewered.
The county engineer also told the court
of the plans of the county for a trunk
line sewer on the south side of Four-
Mile Run.
Upman asserted the valuation of
Mount Vernon Elementary School In
Potomac had been placed at $59,000 al
lowing for depredation. City Attorney
Albert V. Bryan of Alexandria, vigor
ously objected to Upman’s testimony
being injected into the court records
because the city had not expected valu
ation testimony until the court had
ruled on the expediency of annexation.
He was granted a postponement of the
cross-examination, however.
Mr. Phillips told the court that "as
suming that the water system in Jeffer
son district, supplied by the Alexandria
Water Co., was of normal physical con
dition," the modern system of Arling
ton County could be connected to sup
ply that section if the occasion arises.
Phillips admitted in cross-examination
that the contract with the Secretary of
War was revocable the water supply
from the Government’s Alteration plant
at Great Falls, Va., "certainly would
not be cut off without due notice be
cause of the danger to the health of
the county’s inhabitants." He said in
that event the county would be forced
to construct Its own system which would
require a year.
Lack of Enthusiasm.
Bryan Gordon said that only one per
son in the 115 families in Mount Ida,
a subdivision, had spoke to him in favor
of annexation and that one other “was
indifferent as to the outcome of the
suit." Mr. Harmon said that 90 per
cent of the persons in the sought terri
tory are opposed to going with the city.
Edward Duncan, supervisor of Jeffer
son magisterial district in Arlington
County, was recalled to the stand by the
defense this morning and testified that
Alexandria had few modem streets and
roadways with the exception of those
in the congested area of the city
The annexation court will adjourn
this afternoon until Wednesday, May 9,
to allow the judges to hold court in
other sections. Judge Samuel G. Brent
of Alexandria is judge of the sixteenth
judicial district. Judge Fred W. Cole
man of Fredericksburg is judge of the
fifteenth Judicial district and Judge
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Don P Halsey of Lynchburg is judge of
the sixth judicial district.
Wilton Farr, commonwealth attorney
of Fairfax County, who is chief counsel
for Fairfax in this proceedings, is suf
fering from a nervous breakdown as a
result of his combined duties. The
Fairfax case will be opened immediately
upon the close of Arlington's defense,
with F. S. MeCandllsh representing that
county.
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number of measures.
Among the questions which may be
called up by Chairman Capper when
the committee convenes today are:
A bill to make certain adjustments in
the school teachers’ salary law, to
provide free text books for the high
schools, the proposed extension of
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American Attorney Succumbs to
Heart Attack at Daughter's
Home in Cannes.
i H.v tb<* A*,«M'Uted Press.
NEW YORK. April 27.—Lorenzo
Semple, 66, attorney and former United
States naval officer, died of heart dis
ease Sunday at the home of his daugh
i ter, at Cannes. France, according to
word received here.
Born at Montgomery, Ala., he was
graduated from the United States
j Naval Academy in 1882 and served In
the Navy 10 years. He studied law
at the University of Virginia and en
tered practice in New York. During
the war he was decorated as a Knight
Commander of the Crowm of Italy and
a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of
France for services to those govern
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DEMANDS REMOVAL
OF CHICAGO JUDGES:
Commission of Citizens
Charges Alliance of Court
With Politics and Crime.
By the Awoelatcd Press,
CHICAGO, April 27.—Removal of
three judges from the Criminal Court
bench has been demanded by the Chi
cago Crime Commission. A break
down In law enforcement is charged
and an alliance between oolitlca and
:rimlnals is held responsible.
The statement cf the commission, a
non-official organization, singled out
Judges Emanuel Eller, Stanley H. Klar
kowskl and Otto Kerner. and pointed
to live records of their courts for the
Inst three months for substantiation of
its charges.
These judges, the statement, said,
"were put on the bench by politicians,
against the protests and votes of the
Chicago Bar Association.”
Not a Gunman Convicted.
“The man who runs may read from
the record why politics needed them on
the bench,” the statement continued.
"During these three months there was
only one trial and capital conviction
for murder, and that not of a gunman,
but of a doctor who had performed
an abortion.
"During the same three months, fully
400 Jurors were in dally attendance
waiting to be called to try such mur
derers and gunmen as had been in
dicted and arrested: but it was easier
to waive gun counts and secure pleas
of guilty to minor offenses of which
the criminals were not guilty, and so
make a cheap record of convictions for
the State's attorney and the judges.
"In short. It was politics in full swing
in the States attorney’s office and on
the Criminal Court bench.”
Reduced to Minor Offenses.
The waiving of felony and gun cases
for pleas of guilty to minor offenses
was the chief complaint of the commis
sion. No venality was charged; only
a system of permitting criminals to
escape trial on major charges .and take
light sentences on other charges.
Judges Klarkowski and Kerner re
plied with statements defending their
action and asserting that their assign
ment to the criminal bench was not a
matter of choice with them. They dis
cussed the procedure of waiving felony
charges and said it was unfair to pass
judgment without first-hand knowledge
of the eases Involved.
State’s Attorney Robert E Crowe,
whose office was attacked in the state
ment. would make no comment. A
public notice by the commission a few
days before the April 10 primary elec
tion scored Crowe's administration of
the State's attorney’s office, Crowe was
defeated for renomlnation.
An uncontrollable mania for alcoholic
drink is known as dipsomania, says the
Liberty Magazine.
WALKER HEADS LIST
IN SALE OF COINS
New York Mayor Has Raised
More Than $55,000 for
Stone Mountain.
By the AMOfiated Pres*.
ATLANTA. Ga.. April 27-Mayor
James J. Walker of New York City has
raised more than $55,000 for the Slone
Mountain Confederate Monumental
Association through the sale of Stone
Mountain Memorial half dollars, Hollis
N. Randolph, president of the associa
tion. said In his annual report to the
organization. This. It was pointed out,
is more money than has been raised by
any individual other than officers of the
association.
In reviewing the progress of the
past, year. Mr. Randolph said, $15,000
of the SIOO,OOO pledged by the city of
Atlanta was paid during that time, in
addition to previous appropriations an
nually since 1924. The SIO,OOO pledged
by Fulton County has been held up by
a temporary injunction issued by Ful
ton County Superior Court.
An audit of the books as of March
31 this year has been completed by
a firm of accountants and its report
will soon be ready to submit to the
association and the public. Mr. Ran
dolph said, and continued:
“Your association sustained a loss in
money of more than $500,000 and a
loss in time of three years on account
of the destruction by the former sculp
tor of the models for the carving, which
were the property of the association.
* * * A suit is now pending against the
former sculptor to recover the loss of
damage caused by his acts."
A loss of $200,000 due to "increased
cost in the coin sale effort” also was
shown in the report. However, a net
profit of $233,884 was shown on the
operation. Coins on hand to be sold to
tal nearly one million, which "if sold
at Ihe same ratio of net profit would
yield a revenue to the association of
$165,000.”
In closing his report, Mr. Randolph
'alls attention to his previous announce
ment that press of business would pre
clude his offering again for the pres
idency of the association.
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two weeks to confer an honorary degree
on Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, trans
atlantic flyer and a former student of
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PARIS, April 27 UP;.—Dogs are hav
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They figure In the names of two plays,
they appear In six of them and alto
gether there are dozens that appear
nightly. “The Dog With a Woman’s
Eyes” and “The Dog That Talks” are
the titles of the plays.