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PUBLISHERS MEET
DEPRESSION TREND
Fewer Books to Be Released
Under New Contracts
for Year.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 4.—Spring
books trim their sails to stormy weather.
They show a marked change in pub
I lishing tactics. For the first time, in
I important numbers, they will be definite
ly adapted to the depression.
The reason lies in the new freedom
gained the first of the year, with the
release from contracts made with au
thors before the market started down
hill.
•'Publishers on the whole are being
more careful," Cass Canfield, president
of the National Association of Book
Publishers, said today. "Last year they
had contracts made in 1930, 1929 and
even earlier. Plans made in the early
part of 1930, adapted to conditions, will
be reflected this year.”
Gambles on new writers and far
shots on unusual material will be fewer
in number, is the consensus in the pub
lishing houses. Books sure of a definite
sale, by established writers and in
popular fields of writing, will be stressed.
"Property Value ' Considered.
"Property value" will be considered
especially. Books will be published
that readers will want to own in their
libraries, and there will be fewer
volumes of a light or sensational type
that are read once and laid aside. This
project is in line with the growing
tendency to patronize rental libraries
for books of temporary interest.
Characteristic of the period, and ap
pealing to pretailing hopes and fears,
comes a flood of books dealing with
the depression and the general economic
situation. We shall be told what the
depression really is inu six versions,
what are its causes and most important
ly how to end it.
There is a general call for more
serious and practical books.
Even novels show' a tendency in the
main to become more serious. There
is even evidence of a slight trend
toward the Victorian type.
The number of books published dur
ing the Spring will be definitely cut
down.
Together with books that are colored
by the prevailing low spirits, there are
many both bright and encouraging.
There is even among the Spring books
one novel—Alice Brown's "Kingdom in
the Sky"—with the scene laid in heaven.
Authors in Spring List.
Many known authors are represented
in the Spring lists. They include:
; "Worshipful Society,” by John Gals
worthy; "These Restless Heads,” by
Branch Cabell; "Loads of Love,” by
Anne Parrish: "Summer Holiday,” by
Sheila Kaye-Smith; "Mary's Neck,” by
Booth Tarkington.
Biographies include "Stalin: The
Career of a Fanatic.” by Essad-Bey;
"The Tragedy of Henry Ford." by
Jonathan Norton Leonard; "James
Branch Cabell,” by Carl Van Doren;
"Past Year: An Autobiography,” by Sin
Oliver Lodge, and another autobiog
raphy, "Adventures of a Novelist," by
Gertrude Atherton.
Some of the books of national and
international interest, and of a more
general nature, are: "Why Hoover Faces
Defeat," by Elliott Thurston; "Russia:
Market or Menace?” by Thomas D.
Campbell; "The United States in World
Affairs," by Walter Lippmann; "The In
ternational Court." by Edward Lindsey;
"What I Really Wrote About the War,"
by Bernard Shaw, and "Apocalypse,” by
D. H. Lawrence.
TWO KILLED, ONE SHOT
IN NICARAGUAN FIGHT
Marine Wounded in Face and Na
tional Guardsman Slain in
Two-Hour Battle.
By the Associated Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 4
—The wounding of a United States
Marine "non-com" and the killing of
two soldiers in the Nicaraguan Na
tional Guard in a clash with adher
ents of Augustino Sandino, insurgent
chieftain, was revealed yesterday.
Sergt. Clyde T. Brannon of Atlanta,
Ga., who holds a lieutenant's commis
sion in the National Guard, sustained
a superficial wound to the face when
his patrol of 48 men came into conflict
with 100 Sandinistas near Matagalpa
City Tuesday.
In addition to the two Guardsmen
killed, the insurrectionists left four
men dead and two wounded on the
banks of the Tuma River as they fled
after a duel lasting 2’2 hours. A sec
ond brush was brief and victorious for
the loyal troops.
In Corps for 10 Years.
ATLANTA, Ga„ February 4 UP).—
Mrs. John J. Bandy of Atlanta, sister
of Clide T. Brannon, U. S. M., who
was wounded in a brush with insur
gents in Nicaragua, says her brother
has been in the Marine Corps about
10 years.
Mrs. Bandy said he was commis
sioned a second lieutenant about two
months ago.
EXTORTION PLOT BARED
San Diego Turfman Threatened by
Gang, Demanding $7,500.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 4 UP).
—An alleged attempt to extort $7,500
from James N. Crofton, president of
the Agua Caliente Jockey Club, was
announced yesterday by the police
They said the millionaire sportsman
had met Tuesday night a representa
tive of a gang that threatened him
and four other prominent San Diegans,
and arranged for payment of the
money today.
The man who met Crofton escaped
and eluded followers. Plans were laid
to trap him and other members of the
gang.
Will Rogers
Says:
GENEVA.—Disarmament Confer
ence was held up for one hour while
we all went to the League of Na
tions meeting to demand of Japan
mai sne quu
shooting while
the opening
session was in
confer ence.
That meeting
was much
more dramatic
of the two.
Japan has
been winning
hands with a
pair of jacks
for four
months and finally they caugnt em
at It. It was England that called
the turn on ’em when they read a
list of battleships that was on the
way there. Japan realized they
wasn't dealing with chopsticks
then. The biggest laugh, of course,
was uttered unintentionally by the
Japanese when he spoke of Chinese
aggression. Well that like to broke
up the meeting. The Conference is
off to a flying start. There is noth
ing to prevent their succeeding now
but human nature.
The District Is Not Undertaxed
No. 4
Renewed Assault in 1920 on Fixed Ratio Results in
' Passage by House of Mapes Bill to Repeal It, but
Senate Defeats Move—Williams Report Recalled.
Note—This is the fourth of a
series of special articles discussing
past and present attempts to show
that Washington escapes payment or
fair taxes.
WHEN the District appropria
tion bill for the fiscal year
1921 was being written the
charge that the people of
Washington were
taxed was renewed by members of tn
House. As a result when the local
appropriation bill passed the House and
went to the Senate in the Spring of
1920 it contained a rider to
the half-and-half plan of dt.iding
Capital expenses and to in're“® ih,
tax rate on real estate and tangible
personal property from 1 2 t0 ~ 2 Pv
cent. It provided that, instead of t -
half-and-half, the expenses should be
met from District revenues as far as
thev were sufficient and any balance
from the Federal Treasury. This sought
to destroy entirely the definite Propor
tion principle and provide in its place
a vague and indefinite Federal contribu
tion. The Senate, however put the
half-and-h all provision back in the b.,
and the issue went to conference At
the same session of Congress the House
had also passed a separate legislati e
bill seeking repeal of the half-and-half
law. and the Senate also amended this
measure by restoring the 50-50 ratio
The conferees on this separate measure
remained deadlocked to the end of that
Congress. In order to get the appro
priation bill for the fiscal year 9-1
through, however, the conferees on that
bill agreed to a temporary 60-40 ratio
for that vear only. While the propor
tion changed, the fixed ratio pnncip.e
was preserved.
Another Mapes Bill.
The legislative proposal referred to in
the preceding paragraph was introduced
bv Representative Mapes ot Michigan,
then chairman of the House District
Committee. It was favorably reported
from the House District Committee. A
minority report of the committee, signed
by eight members, was submitted by for
mer Representative Williams of Illmols_
which vigorously opposed as an act ot
iniustice the repeal of the 50-50 ratio.
In this minority report a history of
the fiscal relations controversy was set
forth and reference was made to the
investigation bv the Joint Committee of
Congress in 1915.
“This committee made a most com
prehensive and painstaking investiga
tion of the whole subject of Capital
building and maintenance," said the
minority report.
"The relations of the National Gov
ernment to the District of Columbia
were carefully reviewed from the loca
tion of the Capital in 1790 to 1915.
The moral and legal obligations of the
National Government to the citizens of
the District and to the Capital City
were mast carefully considered from
every standpoint. The question as to
whether citizens of the District were
paying a fair and reasonable tax com
pared to that paid bv citizens in other
sections of the country-, and especially
in other American cities comparable to
Washington in population and resources,
was thoroughly investigated. Compre
hensive and accurate data from the
Bureau of the Census was obtained,
giving detailed information of municipal
expenditures and receipts of all rities
in the United States over 30.000 in
population. A great mass of evidence,
oral and documentary, touching prop
erty values in the District, the manner
in which the assessments were made,
and the true relation of assessed values
to actual values, etc . was considered.
"The committee submitted a unan
imous report. On the question of the
reasonableness of taxes paid by citizens
of the District the committee said:
The annual tax rate in Washing
ton is aproximatelv $16 per capita.
In the judgment of your com
mittee this is a reasonable tax levy
at this time, especially when we con
sider, as we must, that a large
proportion of the population here
pays but a small amount of the
taxes imposed.
\\p find from the evidence of fair
minded men, residents of Washing
ton, famil'ir with real estate values
in genera!, that the present assess
ment of real estate for taxation is
fair and reasonable.
We are perfectly aware that many
discrepancies may appear even in
the best regulated assessment plan,
and instances of inequality mav be
found in the present assessment in
Washington, but, taken as a whole,
the assessments made against all
classes of property in the different
locations in the city are equitable.
The committee believes that in
dependently of the question of what
should be the proper suject of
taxation in the District of Columbia
the payment of taxes on real estate
from the assessments as they are
now constituted is a fair and rea
sonable response in such taxation
for municipal benefits received by
citizens of the District.
City Not Undertaxed.
“The finding of this Joint Committee
is an authoritative and complete
refutation of the argument that citizens
of the District of Columbia are not pay
ing a just and reasonable tax com
mensurate with the benefits received j
by them and comparable to the taxes
paid by their fellow citizens in other
cities. ... . ,.
“The House District Committee held
extended hearings recently on the sub
ject so thoroughly investigated by the
Joint Fiscal Committee in 1915. The
only argument made before the com
mittee in support of the bill there pro
posed was based on the ground that
citizens of the District are greatly un
dertaxed and are not contributing their
equitable share to the expenses of the
District government. The major port on
of the hearings was limited to the
question of taxation in the District and
as to whether or not residents of Wash
ington were paying taxes comparable to
those paid by citizens of other sections
of the country, especially in cities
similar to Washington in population,
resources, etc.
"A comprehensive statement preparea
by S. M. Grogan, chief statistician,
statistics of cities. Bureau of the Census,
was submitted to the committee by
representatives of the citizens of the
District in support of their contention
that residents of the District of Colum
bia are not undertaxed as compared to
citizens of other American cities. This
statement makes an analytical and
comprehensive comparison of Wash
ington with other cities. The statement
is so voluminous that it Js not prac
ticable to incorporate any considerable
part of it in a statement of our views
Dn the bill. It appears, in full, in the
record of hearings of the committee.
"We have given the evidence sub
mitted to the committee careful study
and consideration, and have also care
fully reviewed and considered the great
mass of evidence on this question heard
by the Joint Fiscal Committee in 1915,
and we have reached the conclusion
that the proposed legislation should not
be enacted.
"We believe it would be an act of
great injustice to the citizens of the
District of Columbia to abandon the
policy established by the act of 1878
Df making a certain and fixed regular
contribution from the Federal Treasury
to the municipal expenses of the Dis
trict. If it is the duty of the National
Government to assist the Capital build
ing and development, those who are
required to put up the remaining
amount are entitled to know the extent
Df their duty and their liability. The
Cramers of the act of 1878 placed a
preater importance on providing for a
definite and certain Federal contribu
tion than they did on what the ratio
of contribution should be. The indefinite
proportion plan had been in operation
down to 1878. It had proven a dismal
failure in a properly and orderly Capital
development. The citizens of the Dis
trict never knew what they could expect
from the Government by way of assist
ance in Capital expenditures. Some
years Congress appropriated liberally,
some years niggardly, other years not
at all. This policy, followed for 78
years, ended in the citizens of the Dis
trict finding themselves overtaxed, with
a tremendous indebtedness, uncertain
and fluctuating property values, and a
Capital City, laid out on a great plan,
but wholly undeveloped, insanitary,
unsightly and a disgrace to a great and
wealthy people.
Return to “Old System” Threatened.
“The unconditional repeal of the half
and-half provision of the act of 1878
would reinstate the old system. Every
reason that appealed to Congress in
1878 to definitely fix the relations be
tween the National Government and the
citizens of the District as to Capital
maintenance now appeals to Congress
to not undo the wise solution of this
problem then reached. If the ratio of
Federal and District contribution then
provided for is now inequitable, it
should be changed and a proper ratio
established, but the wise plan of a fixed
and certain contribution from the
National Government should not be
abandoned.
“The evidence submitted to the com
mittee, evidence which we believe to
be as accurate and reliable as it is pos
sible to obtain, refutes the claim that
the citizens of the District of Columbia
are undertaxed. The property taxes
paid by citizens of Washington are
fairly comparable in every way to the
taxes paid by ci-.'.zens of other cities
similar to Washington in resources and
population.
"For the fiscal year 1918, citizens of
Washington paid a per capita realty tax
of $16.55. Of the 68 other cities in
the United States with over 100,000
population, 26 paid a higher per capita
realty tax. 42 a lower. For the same
year, the total per capita property tax
in Washington was $20.68. Thirty of
the 68 cities paid a higher and 38 a
lower per capita tax. For the same
year. 50 out of 227 cities in the United
States which have a population of over
30.000 paid a higher per capita property
tax than Washington, while 176 paid a
lower.
Decreasing Taxable Area.
“Washington's realty subject to taxa
tion is only a fraction of the city's area,
and this fraction will grow less as
the constantly growing needs of tkje
Government require larger and larger
areas for public buildings and other
Government uses When it is considered
that the vast holdings of the Govern
ment are exempt from taxation and
that a large part of the most valuable
realty in the District is Government
property, and when it is further con
sidered that approximately one-fourth
of the city's population is colored and
pays a small proportion of the taxes,
and that many thousands more of its
inhabitants are Government employes,
most of whom pay a small tax and
many of whom pay none at all. it would
seem its citizens are sufficiently taxed
when its per capita realty and general
property taxes exceed those of a ma
jority of American cities of over 100,000
population.
“It is our conclusion, therefore, that
the people of the District are now taxed
fairly and reasonably. This is especially
the case as to realty and personal prop
erty other than intangibles. The rate
of three-tenths of 1 per cent on in
tangible property is lower than similar
property is taxed in many of the States.
Total Contributions Not Excessive.
“The amount of revenue derived from
District taxation, doubled by the addi
tion of a like amount from the Federal
Treasury, is not more than the needs
of the District would require. Many
very necessary improvements are now
being delayed. All available revenues
under the existing arrangement will not
more than meet the pressing needs of
the District for years to come.
“Justice and equity to the citizens of
the District, who. of all American
citizens, have absolutely no voice in
their local government, and the best
interests of the Capital City will be
served by leaving unchanged the act
of June 11, 1878.
“Signed: "T. S. WILLIAMS,
“N. J. GOULD.
“F. N. ZIHLMAN
“STUART F. REED.
“EDWARD D HAYS,
“B. K. FOCHT.
“FRANK MURPHY,
“L. E. WHEELER.''
This Mapes bill passed the House,
was rejected by the Senate—which re
stored the 50-"A provision of organic
law—and died .u conference.
Citizens Again Active.
The Joint Citizens' Committee during
the controversy of 1920 had presented
Washington's case before the com
mittees of the House and Senate and
again had demonstrated by tables and
statistics that, when fairly compared,
their real estate tax burden was heavy,
their per capita tax from all municipal
taxes was heavier than in cities with
which Washington is appropriately com
pared and that, even when the unfair
comparison of including all county
and State taxes elsewhere is made the
District had a creditable showing.
Members of the Citizens’ Joint Com
mittee not only demonstrated how
grossly excessive Washington's tax bur
den would have been, compared with
other cities, if a 2'2 per cent rate had
been applied to its high level of as
sessment, but showed also that it w'ould
have been excessive even with a 2 per
cent rate applied.
It was brought out by the Citizens’
Joint Committee,' discussing the tax
question before the Senate subcommit
tee handling the appropriation bill in
1920. that:
‘‘If our tax rate had been 2 per cent
in 1918, our city tax per capita would
have been greater than the city, county
and State per capita of St. Louis, Bal
timore, Milwaukee, Newark. Cincinnati,
New Orleans, Minneapolis, Kansas City,
Jersey City, Portland, Indianapolis,
Louisville, St. Paul, Los Angeles and
San Francisco. It would have exceed
ed the city, county and State per cap
ita of 53 out of 68 cities of over 100,000
population and 191 out of 226 cities of
over 30,000 population. It would have
exceeded the city per capita of 62 out
of 68 cities above 100,000, and the city
per capita of 214 out of 226 cities of
over 30,000 population.
"So our protest and our objection are
just as vigorous and, we claim, as con
vincing. through the showing made by
the figures, against a one-third increase
of our tax burden as they are against
a two-thirds increase.”
STEAK
spread before
cooking with
GULDENS
Mustard
PASTOR SUSPENDED
IN CONDUCT PROBE
Dr. J. T. Herson of Annapolis
M. E. Church Faces Trial
in June.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md., February 4.—Dr.
Joseph T. Herson, pastor of Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Church, Annapolis,
and former pastor of Hamline Metho
dist Episcopal Church, Washington, was
suspended from ministerial service yes
terday pending disposition of charges
of "imprudent and unministerial con
duct” by the annual conference which
meets in June. The suspension was or- 1
dered by an Investigating committee of ;
clergymen.
Although the specifications made in
| the charges w'ere not revealed. Dr.
Chesteen Smith, superintendent of the
Baltimore district, said "the charges
were not those of immorality or theft,
but represented only practices that
were detrimental to the work of a
clergyman.”
Two Prefer Charges.
The charges were preferred by Rev.
J. E. Kemp Horn, pastor of Howard
Park Church, and Rev. Vernon N.
Ridgely. superintendent of West Balti
more district of the Baltimore confer
ence.
Mrs. Herson appeared before the
Investigating Committee and spoke in
behalf of her husband. Witnesses for
and against Dr. Herson from the Forest
Park community, where he was
formerly assigned, appeared before the
committee, according to Dr. Smith.
The superintendent added there were
about 10 witnesses on each side.
Committee Members.
Members of the Investigating Com
mittee. which met in the First Metho
dist Episcopal Church, were:
Rev. Dr. Don S. Colt, pastor of
Govans Methodist Episcopal Church;
the Rev R. H. Stone, pastor of Union
Square Church; the Rev. F. I. Mum
ford, pastor of Garrett Park Church;
the Rev. Dr. Oscar Thomas Olson,
pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church;
the Rev. J. S German, superintendent
I of the Goodwill Industries: the Rev.
! Dr. F. C. Reynolds, pastor of Grace
j Methodist Episcopal Church: the Rev.
. J. T. Marsh, pastor of Montford Ave
j nue Church: the Rev. D. M. Dibble,
! pastor of Boundary Avenue Church,
i and the Rev. Clarkson Banes, pastor of
I Favette-Bennett Church.
The committee met at 2 pm. and
came to a decision a few minutes after
| 6 p.m. This was the third meeting of
the committee. The first was on Janu
ary 19, the second February 1.
HONOR FRENCH SURGEON
Dr. Georges Portmann, professor of
laryngology at the University of Bor
deau, was honor guest of the Interna
tional Medical Club at a dinner last
night in the Mayflower Hotel. The
French embassv was reprerented by M
Pares, its secretary. Dr, Portmann, a
well known surgeon, is visiting this
country for a few weeks.
Dr. A B. Bennett was elected presi
dent of the club. Others officers chosen
include: Dr. A. C. Christie, first vice
president; Dr Walter Teichmann, sec
ond vice president: Dr Joseph S. Wall,
third vice president: Dr P. S. Constan
tinople. secretary; Dr Tomas Cajigas,
treasurer, and Dr. D. P. Penhallow,
historian.
•-•-•
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Pre-Lenten dance, Paramount Club of
Washington, 2400 Sixteenth street,
9:30 p.m.
Card party, benefit Church of Our
Lady of Lourdes. Bethesda. Md.. Sacred
Heart Auditorium. Park road and Six
teenth street, 8:30 p.m.
Dance, Alabama Society, Willard
Hotel, 9 p.m.
Turkey dinner. Acacia Chapter, . E
S. Almas Temple. Thirteenth and K
streets, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Turkey dinner. Ladies' Aid Society of
Peck Memorial Chapel, Twenty-eighth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, 5 to
7:30 p.m.
Masquerade ball, Gaelic American
Society, the Playhouse, 1814 N street,
8:30 p.m.
Dance. Sigma Theta Sorority, Ken
nedy-Warren, 10 p.m.
Turkey dinner. Ladies' Guild, Trinity
M. E. Church, Fifth street and Seward
Square southeast, 5 to 7 p m.
Annual meeting and election, Hebrew
Free Loan Association of the District.
Ohove Sholom Synagogue, Fifth and I
streets, 8 p.m.
Dinner. Veteran Druggists' Associa
tion, Raleigh Hotel, 6:30 p.m.
Card party. Wheatley School P -T.A..
920 Bladensburg road northeast, 8 p.m.
FUTURE.
Luncheon. Phi Delta Phi, University
Club, tomorrow. 1 p.m.
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of 14th St.
Club Collects Clothing
EX-SERVICE MEN BENEFIT FROM CIVITAN ACTIVITY.
THIS clothing, collected by the Veterans' Clothing Committee of the Civitan
Club, is shown being turned over to George W. Phillips <left > and Capt.
Walter Fletcher of the club. —Star Staff Photo.
ERICSSON MEMORIAL
TO OCCUPY CIRCLE
Monument Honoring Famous In
ventor Will Be in the Center of
New Parkway Project.
The Ericsson Memorial, erected to
the great Swedish-American inventor,
downstream of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge, will be the center of a new
circle, now being constructed there.
Tilts new roadway will connect Potomac
Park and the Rock Creek and Potomac
Parkway through the two underpasses
beneath the main bridge and the park
wav approach.
The United States Engineer Office Is
now engaged in constructing a seawall
out in the Potomac River for the new
highway, and this area will be filled in
with new earth. A temporary road is
being constructed and is expected to be
opened shortly, connecting the old road
that runs nearby the Lincoln Memo
rial with the portion of the new low
level road that has been completed.
About 1,000 feet of the old road will
be replaced by the new construction.
For the first time the two under
passes will be open soon to public travel.
Although the main bridge has been
available to the public for the last few
week ends the underpass highway,
leading down into Potomac Park from
the vicinity of Twenty-third street, has
not been open as yet.
It is expected that the new highway !
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OF TRI E EC O.NOMY . . . !
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SCHOONER IS RESCUED
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British Ship Will Be Towed tp^
Nassau. /
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NORFOLK, Va„ February 4 (/P).-*a
The British auxiliary schooner Baha
mian, reported Tuesday as being In
distress off Jupiter, Fla., was picked up
yesterday by the British steamer Belize
and will be towed to Nassau, according
to a wireless message received at Coast
Guard headquarters from the cutter,
Yamacraw.
The Bahamian has been plying be
tween Jacksonville and Cuba.
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in 1854, in Cincinnati, produced the
first printed American flags made west
of the Alleghanies, and for many*'
years was the only printed flag manu
facturers in the West. . —■
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