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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

Shlrt!y after. through tac efforts Of Mr. Moses.
Woodward LoihrOp removed from Pennsylvania
avenue 0 their present luratoH. at the corner
Of lith ami i streets. and property this short
business street has since been greatly In demand.
price: short time ago 10; 30 by 15 feet. near
the Moses building. could not be bought at $40
per square foot
The original Moses building was seven stories
high. With two stories under ground making min.
stories, and covered space J0xl0o feet. In
1887 additional piece OF property street
Size 2.xl00, was secured and built up seven
stories TO match the main building. S:ill another
addition was put up on the 1lth street side.
100. In 1883. matching the original building
Again, in 1898, still another building was put up
the llth street side, 10 feet front; this uddi-
tOu was built up tea stories. and is absolutely
freproOf. This latter addition the Moses cs-
Establishment designed to accommodate the
shops and manufacturing departments of the
store.
The present establishment Of W. 2. Moses &
Sons is one Of the handsomest ard complete
largest house devoted the sale al retail OF
furniture. carpets ard draperies.
In their factory. whica is by far the largest III
Washington. there is employed r-ea; foece OF
artisans and skilled workers. ,abiIetmakers 10
bolstcrcrs. fnishers, etc The tirn furnishes est-
mates furnishings. draperies and decoration
and whore desired decorative effects In colo. will
bc designed for the approval of patrons. This
branch Of the work il IN charge of skilled
artist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
jackson Unknown to Police.

The police here know nothing concern
ing Willie jackson. colored, supposed
to be from this city, whose body. ac-
cording to letter received by the po-
lice. was found burned to death in n
fire which destroyed a shanty at Daniel
town Va. several days ago The au-
thorities of that place are of the opinion.
according to the letter received. that
jackson was first murdered and the
shanty subsequently fired in order to
hide the crime.
After a two-week Christmas holiday
the public and most of the private
schools will reopen Monday for studies.
The recently elected officers of Marley
Encampment. No. &. Odd Fellows. will
Re installed Monday night by w. l.. Mad
tin district deputy grand patriarch.
Officers of Alexandria Lodge of Owls
will be formally installed Tuesday night.
Belle Haven Council. No. 81. Junior
Order Of United American Mechanics,
has elected the following officers to serve
for the year: c. Jones. councillor; Leo
Davis. vice councillor; w. A. Harding.
recording secretary: 7. Z. Nails. as
sistant recording secretary: r. Mudd,
financial secretary; K. Hancock, treas
uer: H. \. Martin, warden: w. Brawner.
conductor: ]. w. Stone. inside sentinel
Hal past councillor; y. j. Hall was
also elected trustee.
\ rosebush in the yard of the residence
of William A. Smoot, G04 Cameron street,
has at present two roses in bloom.
An organ recital will be given at 1:iJ
o'clock tomorrow night at the N. L.
| Church South, by Mrs. George E. War
| field, assisted by Master Ross Farrer, So
prano solost of the Washington Cattle
| dral
Members of Lone Star Camp, No l.
American Indian Guard. have presented
! Prof F. l.. Pitt with a gold headed cane
as a token Of their appreciation in in
structing them.
The annual evangelistic services among
the Protestant churches of the city
which will be continued for two weeks
will be opened Monday night at the
Methodist Protestant Church. at which
!, time sermon will be delivered by Rev
G. A. Luttrell, pastor of Trinity NJ. f.
Church.
Arrangements are being perfected for
! a meeting of Sunday School superinten-
dents of the state in this city February
9 at the First Baptist Church.
A New Year social will be given to-
morrow by the members Of the Collin
wood Club at it's clubhouse on the Po-
tomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
Other Forms of Blanks.

Insurance companies, banks and other
financial institutions, public service cor
porations, manufacturing corporations,
mercantile corporations and miscella-
neous corporations are respectively to
make returns of annual net income on
the six forms prepared SOME days ago
There are three other forms supple
menting earlier forms. also enumerated
An extension of time until January 20
for fling monthly list returns by the first
bank or collection agency receiving cou-
pons or interest orders for collection
hen not accompanied by certificates Of
ownership, and on monthly list returns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
W. B. MOSES
& SONS
The History Of a Great Wash 'ngt ii
Business Establishment

NlthoQsh Washington makes no boasts OF SUI
passing the great commercial ccutcrs. ii shosld
hc 4 matter OF no little satisfaction and pride to
NashinStonaDs 10 know that here in the Capital
j. located the largest exclusively retail furniture
"arpe; and drapery house in Amcrica-thc widely
known establishment; okW B. Moses & Sons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
Progress Is Satisfactory.
Forty-Six Policemen Sick.

Forty-six members of the police force
are absent from duty on account of sick
ness Most of them. it is stated, are
suffering from colds. Eighteen of the
sick policemen are connected with the
first precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

required to be filed by licensed banw or
collection agency collecting incomes from
bonds. etc. issued in a foreign countr:.
is given in Treasury decision io21. issued
yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
Tariff Not Cause of Depression.

Even when allowance is made for the
season and the shrie!is of the howlers
are discounted there remains to be
answered the question why such depres-
sion exists. The tariff is not the cause.
No well informed person seriously urges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

one Of the store events looked forward TO by
many Thousands Of Washington families is the
"tGnusl January SALE. an occasion when
prices Quoscd which a gcnuin" surprise,
aud swa$ bc;ow TIE real. values OF the m:r
cii ndisc. This sale is scheduled 10 begin 10
morrow. Monday. January ). full details u which
Will be found IN today's papers.-Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
MARRIED.

SNoDGRASS-YoUNG. On January 5. iaif. q
the cardinals residence, Raitimogr. Md, "
Rcv. Father Garvs. Fife n. YOU NJ
and HERBERT l.. SNopGRASS Of Gin
cinnati. Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
SOON READY FOR VESSELS
Panama Canal Likely to Be Pre-
pared for Navigation in Sew
enty Days.

The Panama canal will be in condi-
ton to pass vessels within the next
seventy days. unless some unexpected
obstacle is encountered. That is the
Judgment of the highest authority. which
heretofore has declined to make any
definite promise in regard to the CONF
pletion of the canal, and even now de-
clines to fix the date any more definitely
than is embodied in the above state
ment
The only remaining obstacles to pre-
vent the passage of vessels at this mo-
ment are the Cucaracha slide. which
blocks the cut at Culebra, and a few adj
difional slides of relatively minor i'm
portance in the same locality
Progress Is Satisfactory.
The dredging equipment is making
very satisfactory progress on these slides
and it follows that as soon as a chan
mel of sufficient width and depth IS es-
ta5lished it will be possible to pass yes
sells through from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
In view of the uncertain conditions sur
rounding the work it has been deemed
impolitic to attempt to fix definite date
for the opening of the canal, for even
after passage is possible several
months must be spent in training the
operating force before the waterway is
opened to commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

fully noted Parallel tests have been
made at the Clemson Agricultural COL
1ege. North Carolina. and further tabo-
ratory tests will be made in some of the
other technical schools.
Off Color, But Good.
The amount of waste has been found
in the cotton handled. and the strength
of the yarn has been carefully tested in
the breaking machines at the depart
ment. 1t has been shown conclusively
that much of the lower grade cotton. for
which a decidedly lower price Is paid.
works into just as good yarn and fabric
as slightly more expensive grades. In
the case of Texas this year much of the
cotton was badly stained and weathered
in the field, but these experiments nave
shown that the bleaching process USED
in the mills is effective and cheap and
has no apprecible effect on the strength
of the yarn produced. One of the cotton
experts in testifying before the House
committee said that this particular
Texas cotton was selling for from = to .
cents per pound. when 1t was intrinsi-
cally worth 10 to l. cents at the mill.
As a result of the experiments in spin
ming. the department is making up sets
of exhibits showing the various grades
of cotton handled. the amount OF waste
and the chara cter of the yarn produced.
both before and after bleaching. 1t is
intended to make up about fifty of these
sets and place them in various asricul-
tural colleges and with cotton exchanges
to illustrate precisely the points brought
out by the investigation and to show to
growers what an apparently damaged
crop may really be worth at the mills:
Standard in Demand.
This work has been conducted by DR..
\. A. Cobb, the departments cotton ex-
pert. under whose direction the standard
cotton grades We're established by order
of Congress. These grades merely show
ed the color of the cotton and the amount
of trash it carried. but the present set of
experiments and the resulting exhibits
go very much deeper into the facts that
the mill man possibly may know, but
that the cotton planter never does know.
The standard cotton grades have been
adopted and placed by hundreds through
out the cotton belt of this country and
among the mills in New England, and
have been bought officially by every gov
eminent in Europe. besides Japan, Siam
and India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
Washington News.

There is perhaps no better
way to keep out-of-towH
friends informed as to Wash
ingten news than to mai! TO
them from time to time
copy of The Star fte- you
have finished with it, some
times marking an article Of
special interest.
The out-of-town postage Of
today's Star is. cents.
Better yet, you might send
some one out-of-town a SUBJ
scription to receive The Even
ing Star every day at the rate
of 10 cents a month. or The
Evening and Sunday Star ~
" cents 4 month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

at the close of the conference. The meet
ing is to be held in connection with
the conference of the Joseph Fels' fund
commission. This is the commission or
ganized to spread the single tax propa-
ganda throughout the country its found
er. Joseph Fels. having agreed to give
dollar for every dollar raised by the
single takers for disseminating informa-
ton in regard to the Geogian system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
Big Single Takers to Speak.

Among the big single takers who are
to attend the conference and participate
in the speech-making are Lincoln Stef-
fens. the magazine writer: Charles Fl.
Ingersoll. watch manufacturer: Fred
rick C. Howes, of the Peoples Institute,
New York: \. 3. du Pont of Cleveland
Jackson H. Ealston OF Washington;
Daniel Kiefer of Cincinnati; Samuel Dan
Finger editor of the Chicago Public:
George A. Knapp of Pueblo Col. who
led the recent campaign in that city
that put the single tax system in opera
ton there. and many others.
The list of speakers also includes Mr.
Fels himself who is devotnc a large
part of the immense fortune accumu-
lated by himself and brothers to the
spread OF the single tax doctrine.
The lead in arranging for the coming
conference here has been taken by the
Women's Single Tax Club of Washing
ton. of which Mrs. Jessie l.. Lane of
Riverdale IS president The efforts of
this organization have been aided by the
Tax Reform Association of the District
of Columbia of which II. Martin Will
liams reading clerk of the House of
Representatives. is president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

fully noted Parallel tests have been
made at the Clemson Agricultural Col
lege. North Carolina. and further iabo-
other technical schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
INCOME TAX BLANKS
READY AT TREASURY
No Demand for Information Not
Necessary to Enforcement
of the Law.

Another form on which to make re-
turns of annual net income for the in
come tax has been prepared by the in
ternal revenue bureau. and is in print for
general distribution for the first time.
Form No. 40 is that upon which in
dividuals. or their duly authorized
agents, will make personal returns of
their annual net incomes.
This is held to be one of the most inn
portant blanks prepared by the internal
revenue bureau in connection with the
income tax. 1t requires a statement OF
gross income. enumerating also the items
for deduction in arriving at the net in
come, subject to the income tax.
Information Not Asked.
The enumeration of sources of income
omits the demand for statements of in
come received from state, municipal and
other similar bonds. These securities are
exempt from taxation. and strong protest
was made against any information, re-
garded as redundant in connection with
the income tax, being exacted of holders.
No question is asked regarding revenues
from this source, no matter how interest
ing the information might have been re-
sarded.
Six forms recently prepared by the in
ternal revenue bureau and five other
brand-new forms are enumerated in 4
statement on the income tax regulations
made public yesterday afternoon. The
five new forms are to be used, respect
lively. by hduciaries. by Withholding
agents on income other than from cor
ri. NJ nv tod nr
collection agents of taxes withheld on
foreign incomes. for annual returns from
this latter source. and by banks col
lecting agencies receiving coupons or in
tereSt orders not accompanied by certif-
icates of owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

RENZIEE suddenly. an FRIDAY Jsngarr .
1919. at her residence. 1850 New Iiampsts5"
asenne. i.ot lSA VI. wioo nf thr tale
Herman Bcnzlcr. III her 1fit tifth Ncdr.
Funeral Monday. January . At 1a;::o i. W In
torment AT Rock Greek cemetery. ti;aiii-
more papers please copy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04

The First .Ad."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
Steel Importations Less.

Let us look for a moment at the III
portant item of iron and steel in onr for
eiSn trade. In the eleven months, in
GLIDING November. we imported not quite
S31 100000 in value and we exported al
most S272O00OOO in value. Oh but
some will say. wait till the tariff is re-
duced and then see how foreign steel
comes in to trouble u.s.. Well, what does
the record show? In November. 1912,
under the Payne tariff. we imported not
quite $2.sOO00O in value and in Novem-
Der. 1913. with the lower tariff, we i'm
ported approximately s., SOC. 600 in value.
In other words, with the reduced tariff
We imported less steel and iron, not
more, and that. too. at a time when the
mills of Europe are short of work and
hungry for business.
1.-The truth is. and it has. been known
to every thoughtful observer for months,
that Europe is feeling serious reac-
ton following the Balkan war and that
this is reflected. but in a comparatively
small degree. upon us. But the ability
OF our industries to maintain themselves
in the foreign field is evidenced by the
fact that amid this depression abroad
when foreign prices are low. our own
industries are increasing tt.er sales in
the markets abroad. What, then, is
meant by so much of the depression
talked about at home as is real, for
that some of it is real there is little
doubt?
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4 special meeting nf Euh Chapter IS ,arIad
for Monday. January =. 1914. . am. a. Rr.r.i-
w,od Hall. Brighiw.nd. u. e.. 10 at;ead rhe
funeral Of late sister. Mrs. IlbI Isl. n.
EE<ZI.ER Ry at,ie ,,r
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in portraying all the various scenes of these oriental dances.
TWO FAMOUS STARS
 ON THE LYRIC BILL
Ray Cox, Comedienne, and Arthur DeagOn Are Featured This Week.
 Five Other Acts of Comedy

Ray Cox, whose last appearance in the legitimate was as the star in "rhe Char ity Girl" in which she scored a personal hit, is back again in vaudeville, and is the headliner at the Lyric this week. sharing that honor with Arthur Deagon, himself musical comedy star well re- membered by all.
 With these two feature acts, and five others which combine novelty and variety, the Lyric present an Easter bill of all- star vaudeville, which promises to be unusually successful.
 Ray Cox appears in new cycle of songs and oharaeterizatcns written by herself. Her personality and magnetism make everything she does unusually ap- pealing. While a comedenne, she is es- sentially different from the several others that the Lyric has had, and by many said to be the best in vaudeville.
 Memories of ''fhe Belle of New York; and ''The Telephone Girl'' are really just recollections of Arthur Deagon. who ap- peared as the bright light in both these famous musical comedies. He shines with equal brightness in vaudeville He sings with an abandon that carries an audience along with him, and can tell a funny story as well as the next one. Incidentally his stories are all new. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

the drama of the west. Where the one
 but paints his ideal, the other weaves 1t into tangibility; what the west would tell in spoken parable and heatrical art, the east expresses in the unhindered sense of motion only. And that the latter goes farther, mounts to a higher form of the beautiful and can be made a more per- feet vehicle for the expression of thought
 and feeling is strilSingly proved by Ruth St. Denis, who will appear at the Jeffer-
 son theatre Monday, April 20, in her roper
 toire of Hindoo Egyptian and Japanese dance-plays.
 Like the very spirit of the land, whose strange mysticism ana stranger philoso-
 phies she would interpret through tho
 lovely medium of her flashing fingers and twinkling toes, Miss St. Denis is herself quite beyond the comprehension of the
 Caucasion mind She deals in ideas and
 ideals, in forms and expressions that have aboutabout them the impenetrable gauge of the mystic orient. But in the deinea- ton of beauty, which in it's highest sense has out one standard, sae is thoroughly |, understood.
 Miss St. Denis has gathered about her a bit of the east itself and transplanted it to the American stage Her attendants and very capable supporters are for the
 most part natives of the lands she depicts in her dancing. The musical mantle that goes over it all is so sweetly strange that it disturbs the listenenr's peace of
 mind and produces an uneasness that is only satisfied when the beautiful dancer Hits on to the stage and melts into the
 melody as though she herself were the creator of it.
 Two new Japanese dance-plays and d
 modern dance, entitled '"rhe Scherzo Waltz" will form a part of the pro-
 sramme. Special scenery aids the dancers
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OTIS SKINNER TO BE
 SEEN IN "KISMET''
Famous Arabian Nights Play by Ed ward Knoblauch at Jefferson The
 atre Saturday Night and Day

''Kismet' the famous Arabian Nights play by Edward Knoblauch that was the theatrical sensation of London three sea- sons ago, and that has had phenomenal success in America during the past two years, will be presented. with Otis Skin ner in the role of Hajj, the Beggar, at the Jefferson theatre Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee. Klaw and Erlanger and Harrison Grey Ficke, who tjoined forces in making this production, have assembled a, company numbering 100 people, including the dancers and super Inpmeraries. and have mounted the play in most lavish fashion Mir. Fisne per sonally staged the production and his achievement has been called the final word" in stage-craft.
 MT. Knoblauch drew his inspiration for the play from Sir Richard Burton's trans 1ation of "The Arabian Nights" though he does not follow in his dramatic com position any particular one of the fRsoi- mating stories. He has, however. woven into his drama many incidents and turns of speech that appear in the tales. and he has reproduced the atmosphere that icharacferizes the book with remarkable. skill His hero. Hatj. the Beggar. fel- low of nimbiA wit, suavity, and great vofubi1ity, is elevated, in the course of one day, from his mendicant's seat in front of the mosque, to a place among tho mighty in Bagdad. The price he pays for this advancement is his promise to assassinate the Caliph. He fails in his attempt upon Aiidallah's life, is thrown into prison, and his beloved daughter Marsinah, is left unprotected in the hands of tho vfllanous Wazir Mansur. But iF&ts is upon the side of IIajj this day, and by a series of happy accidents. he escapes from prison. kills the two men who have been his life enemies, and sees the beautiful Marshall safely married to the Ca1iph Ahda1lh. At the end of the day. however, Hajj finds himself back again on his accustomed seat, in beggar's rags.
 The role of Hajj, the Beggar, is the most brilliant, the most diversified, and the most exacting, that has eevr fallen to the lot of MT. Skinner. and in it he has opportunity to display his splendid abilities to the best possible advantage. His characterization of Hail is easily MT. Skinner's greatest masterpiece thus far in his career. Among the other well known players in the large company are George Gaui, Willard Webster, Owen Meech, Richard Scott, Daniel Jarrett, Charles Newsom. William Lorenz, Harry Sothern, Harold Skinner, Ernest Leeman, Merle Maddern, Grace Hampton, Gene vieve Dolaro, Rosa Coates and Mamie Palmer.
 Owing to the length of the perform
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dances bit, and this three-cornered en- tertainment is very langhable.
 Fixing the Furnace has one of th- two great Fundamentals of comedy, some. hody's discomfort Ii Is farce comedy In which George Roland stars, and l. shows the furnace room of q modern dwelling with the temperature N below, and the furnace on a rampage.
 Ergotti and his l.iliputians Is Euro- pean novelty act in which these twe llt- tie fellows are thrown about and tossed In the air. The two boys arc said 10 be remarkable examples of skill and train ing
 Originality and versatility are the es- sentials which have brought the Stanley Trio Into great fame as "Fsinsters," and during the 10 minutes they are on the stage they present miscellaneous ns- sortment of talents.
 Bedford and Winchester, internationally famous comedy jugglers, will open the bill this week with something new md highly diverting. and they will be fol- lowed by the pretty Hopkins Sisters girls who can sing, dance and entertain an audience.
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ance, the curtain will rise promptly at o'clock in the evenings and at 2 o'clock at the ma tinee.