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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
Compared With Current Year.

Following is comparison OF the ap-
propriations recommended in the ac-
complaining bill with the appropria
tons. including deficiencies. made for
the current year:
For public buildings within their present
limit of cost including annual repairs,
heating apparatus. vaults, safes. and
locks, and general expenses in the super
vising architects office. s9,060.26o: de-
crease of sS.7S0.520.
For pay of operating force for public
buildings throughout the country, $1,000
900; an increase of s150,00o.
For furniture and repairs of furniture
for public buildings, $.75.060 reduction
Of SI25 900.
For operating supplies for public build
ings, ST. 700. 900: an increase of $4,000.
For the coast guard there is recon :
mended 1914 500; an increase OF $8l, 300
over appropriations for the current fiscal
year.
For engraving and printing. s3.s12. 500;
the same as the amount for the current
fiscal year.
For other miscellaneous objects under
the Treasury Department. including GER
tain expenses of the internal revenue
service. contingent expenses OF the indie
pendent trea sury. and distinctive paper
for United States securities and national
currency. 1898, 700; a decrease of $29 900.
For expenses Of collecting customs, sl0.-
900, 900; a reduction of $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
URGES D. c. PETITION
FOR ''HALF-AND-HA[F"
H. B. F. Macfarland Comments OF
Rider Practically Repeating
Washington's Organic Act.

Henry B. F. mcfarland, chairman of
the joint citizens committee on the
fiscal relation between the United
States and the District of Columbia, in
reference to the pending District APP
preparation bill. said today
1T should be distinctly understood
that the action taken by the House
committee on appropriations is not in
accord with the report of the joint
select committee of Congress on the
fiscal relation between the United
States and the District of Columbia,
which held first that the present taxa
equitable, and, second. to quote its exact
language: That the Congress should
pursue a definite policy of regular and
liberal appropriations, having in view
not only the permanent moral and
physical advancement of the city, but
also it's pre-eminent beauty and grand
eur as the municipal expression of the
nations home and it's peoples pride.
This looks to systematic legislation,
better. not worse, than the present ar
rangement
The joint select committee of Con-
gress has neither collectively nor indi-
vidually presented any bill for the re-
peal of the organic act or of the half
and half plan. The organic act ought
not to be repealed except by another
organic act, or at least a bill repeal
ing the half-and-h plan. which
should be considered by the legisla :
tive committees of the two houses,
where such legislation belongs under
the rules of both houses. and which
should not act without deliberation and
public hearings. We should all exercise
our rights of petition to ask senators
and representative this
peal by rider
Contrary to Rules of House"
The District appropriation bill as
reported strfkingly shows what would
half and half plan should be abolished.
1t justifies our predictions as to the
action that would he taken by the
House committee on appropriations.
1t shows how sadly mistaken were
those in Congress and in Washington
who advocated the repe:>>f the half
and half plan in order tat the con-
tribution from the national Treasury
| might be more than one-half of the
appropriations. We told them that
they We're dropping the substance for
the shadow, like the dog in the fable.
The House appropriations committee
has disregarded the organic act of 1873
which is still the law. not having been
repealed. and has undertaken to repeal
IT by putting rider on the District APP
preparation bill contrary to the rules OF
the House. Acting as watch dogs of the
Treasury always act, they have cut the
Commissioners estimates. which were
themselves unfortunately limited by the
act of 1909 to twice the amount of the
estimated District revenues, and there
fore could not present fully the needs
of the District, more than $4,000. 900 and
then have cut the contribution of the
United States from 80 per cent to &c
per cent. Unless the House itself or the
Senate prevents the National Capital
will suffer a serious setback in it's
progress or the District taxation. now
higher than in most cities, will be in
creased"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19

Rather than face the charge OF poison
ing his neighbours horses Charles II. Bur
CESS. forty. a rural mail carrier, shot
| himself through the heart seven miles
south of Harrisonburg. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
Hits "Pork Barrel" Methods.

We must abolish pork barrel meth
DDS in the army-as regards army
posts. navy yards. as regards every
thing else. Remember that after pre-
paredness has been accepted by the
country and the necessary funds voted
the real work will have only begun.
England's navy represents over three
centuries and Germany's army over two
centuries Of development along an I'M
broken line of tradition and progress
to the present stage of efficiency The
first and all important essential is to
divorce the army and navy organiZa-
tons absolutely from politics"
Col. Roosevelt asserted that the ex-
treme naval party in Germany has re-
Gently advocated war with the United
States on the ground that in the end, as
the result of such a war. we would
have to pay all the war expenditures
or the Germanic powers and their al
lies.
These enormous sums would be
raised by taxation on all our citizens"
he said Those of German descent
would pay as heavily as those of any
other descent. and all would share equal
ly the shame and dishonor. A foreign
Zoe is the foe of all of us alike. If in
origin successfully set the fashion of
influencing this nation to it's own detri-
ment in the interest of the country
from which they originally came, soon
er or later it is absolutely certain that
the citizens of some other national orr
gin will repeat the experiment, and
this country will be left degraded and
helpless among the nations. If such
an event befall us. the bitter bread of
humiliation will be eaten by all those
who dwell in this land. no matter what
their creed. no matter what their ma
tional origin. 1t will be eaten by your
children and grandchildren and great
grandchildren just as much as by mine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
Americanism of the Spirit.

"Americanism is a matter of the spir-
it, not of birthplace or descent. Among
the best Americans I have ever known,
among the men closest to me in social
and political life, are, and have been,
men born in, or men whose fathers
were born in. Germany, Ireland, the
Scandinavian Kingdoms and other
European countries. They stand on an
exact level with the other Americans,
whose ancestors were here in colonial
times. We are all part of the same
people.
I'VE all stand together for our COM
mon flag and our common country. We
must SO prepare that this country will
be a good place in which the children's
children of all of us shall live; and to
do this we must SO prepare that we
can repel all foreign foes and preserve
the inestimable right of settling for
ourselves the fate of this mighty demo-
cratic republic. But the essence of this
policy of full preparedness. which, re-
member.,is not only military, but is at
least as much industrial and social.
Is that it is purely defensive. and is
the best possible assurance of peace.
No nation will ever attack a unified
and prepared America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
Volunteer Soldiers Home.

For the National Home for Dis
abled Volunteer Soldiers, S3.S20900;
reduction of s1o,109.5o.
For continuing aid to state and terri
torial homes for the support OF dis
! abled volunteer soldiers, $l.125, 900; an
! increase of $4,000
For payment of amounts certified to
be due on account of pay and bounty
for volunteer soldiers. including volun-
teers in the war with Spain, $4,000; a
reduction of $4,000
For repairs of buildings. Interior De-
partment. 100000. a decrease of $4,000
For work at the Capitol and for gen
| eral and special repairs thereto, $50, 600 ::
| reduction of $500.
For improving the Capitol and
! grounds, $4,000: a decrease of S25. 900.
FOR the reconstruction and overha I'LL
| ing OF the courthouse at WASHINGTON.
D. C., under the direction of the super
| lntendent of the Capitol. there is rec
commended 100000
For the United States geological sur
Vey, $1,25o.520; a reduction of 500, 600.
For the bureau of mines. 1865, O05; an
! increase of $20I,105
sor the reclamation service, SS,sS4,-
900; reduction of $4,646, 900 under the
| amount for the current year.
! For the Government Hospital for the
| iHSdHe, SfVO,ooU, an increase OF SOL .13U,
! For the Columbia Institution for the
| Deaf. S16S,400; an increase of $4,000.
| For Howard University. 100000: the
| same as the sum for the current year
! For Freedmens Hospital, $6O,6A0; the
| same the amount for the current
| fiscal year.
| For continuing construction work at
the United States penitentiarieS al Leav-
enworth. Kan. and at Atlanta Ga.
$4,000 each; reduction of $4,000 and
| $4,000.
| For miscellaneous objects under the
Department of Justice Sl.Oll,16O re-
duction of s65.292.5O
| For expenses of United States courts.
$1.44o,596: decrease of S316.S0O.
! For the lighthouse service. 50, -. 900;
, an increase of $4,000.
For the coast and geodetic survey
sl,1ss,32o; decrease of s172,3OO.
Fisheries Get an Increase.
For the bureau of fisheries, SLIP. SO:
an increase of S24,S30
For testing large scales by the bu-
! reau of standards, $4,000; the same as
the sum for the current year.
For the bureau of standards, for the
construction of a radio laboratory
building, $4,000 is recommended as a
new item.
For the expenses of regulating i'm
migration, $2,450,000, the same as the
amount for the current fiscal year.
For salaries and expenses, division
of naturalization. $275,000; the same as
the amount for the current fiscal year
For conveying the electoral vote to
Washington there is recomme ended S14,-
900, and for printing the ascertain
ment of electors $4,000.
For objects under legislative, $780,
636; a reduction of ss0.5O0.
For the government printing Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19

the appropriations for the current As
For armories and arsenals. s4.47o.-
625: an increase of 1891 .O2o.
For the construction OF infantry bar
racks in Hawaii. 81, 127,000; an increase
of $964.O0O.
For barracks and quarters at sea-
coast defenses in continental United
States. $4,000; an increase of $780,
900.
For Fort Monroe. Va. ss.s5ss9, re-
duction of $65.
For necessary odations for
seacoast artillery in the Philippine
and Ha waiian Islands there is recon-
ton of $2S3.000.
Local Buildings and Grounds.
For buildings and grounds in and
around Washington. D. C.. s2Ss.95o: an
increase of $74,5oo.
For expenses of the executive man
sion, including travelling expenses OF
the President, $3.50 the same as the
amount appropriated for the current
year for similar purposes.
For lighting the public grounds,
S24.820; an increase of S2.5oe.
For the Washington Monument
S13,82O: reduction of $500.
For expenses of the commission on
hne arts. $4,000: the same as was APP
propriated for the current year.
For continuing the Lincoln memorial
100000: decrease of S163.00o.
For the Arlington memorial. 500, 900;
decrease of 100000
For the improvement of rivers and
harbors, under contract authorizations
contained in river and harbor acts, ST.
4S2.S00: decrease of S2.499,200.
For the preparation by the War De-
partment of Topographic maps of the
coasts and borders of the United States
there is recommended as new item
the sum of $4,000.
For support and treatment of desti-
tute patients in the Providence Hos
pital, $4,000; the same the amount
appropriated for the current fiscal year
For maintenance of Garfield Hospital
$4,000; the same as the amount APP
propriated for the current fiscal year.
For repairs to the isolating building
at Garfield Hospital there is recon-
mended $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19

and public printing and binding.
S54Ti,l15: decrease of Sl99.172.69.
For continuing the construction and
for maintenance and operation of the
$40, 900.
For fertilization of the Panama
canal. 81, $50, 900; an increase of $685.
95l.I0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
mo REPEAL BY RIDER ON
!, APPROPRIATION BILL OF
HALF-AND-HALF LAW
the methods of repeal which have been
or are now suggested.
Under Organic Act Washingtonian
Pays Enough.

= First. in regard to what the Washing
J. tnnian should equitably paw. the commit
: tee recommends that the people of
! Washington pay q tax comparable in
p assessment rate and amount to that
Z tax paid by the residents of other cities
similar in population and location to
. the city of Washington. This. We be-
\ lieve. is eniuently fair. and there should
he no greater exaction in taxation from
) the people of the District of Columbia.
7 with the payment of such taxes
; the financial responsibility of the resi-
, dents of the District should be con-
: cluded
The committee further finds that under
! the operations OF the existing half-and-
! half law District residents are now as
/, sessed and taxed M to the limit of local
taxation. which. they say. cannot equi-
: tably he exceeded. The committee de-
! clares that the present assessment val
uatiQn of privately owned real estate in
= Washington is fair and reasona bic:
THE payment of taxes real estate
from the assessments as they are now
, constituted is fair and reasonable
. Spouse in such taxation for municipal
. benefits received by the citizens of the
) District: the annual tax in Washing
5 ton is approximately SIS per capita. In
: the Judgment of your committee this
E is reasonable tax levy at this time
especially when consider We
: must, that large proportion of the pop
. ulation here pays hut Il small amount
of the taxes imposed. And Senator
Works adds: The people of the Dis
, trfct are not undertaXed. They are in
! my Judgment. bearing their full share
of the burden Of the expenses of the
District. Just now = | think they
, are being taxed too high
; In these words the committee vigor-
"USlN indorSeS the half-and-half law as
absolutely fair to the nation in exact
! ing from the District every cent of tax
. money tand perhaps a little morep that
could equitably be demanded in con-
. formity with the wise standard of meas
uremenf and of intercity comparisons
approved by the committee. Clearly the
haif-and-half law ought not to be
changed if the result is to increase tne
proporuonate contribution of the Wash
1nStonian and TO make heavier his tax
( burden. What change has ever been or
is now, proposed which does not have
this effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
LEGISLATION in the Bill.

Legislative provisions in the bill in
cluded the following:
After the passage of this act the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane shall be
known and designated as Saint Eliza
beth'S Hospital.
Hereafter all unclaimed money left at
the Freedmen's Hospital by deceased
patients shall. after a period of three
Years be deposited in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of mscella-
neous receipts.
Charts of the coast survey that are
obsolete and have been superseded by
charts containing more advanced nforma-
ton based on the most recent surveys
may be distributed free to educational
institutions. each of such charts to have
stamped or printed conspicuously thereon
the words For school use only"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-19
Columbia Hospital Furnishing.

For furnishing the Columbia Hospi-
tai for Women in the District of Co.
lumbia, $500; a reduction Of s70,925.
For objects under the Smithsonian
Institution. including international ex-
changes international catalogue of sci
entific literature. American ethnology.
metaphysical observatory. National
Museum and National Geological Park,
$3.50, 500: a reduction of $1,000.
For the interstate commerce COM
mission. including $3,50O.0OO for valu-
alton of property of carriers. $5,44O.-
600; an increase of $575,000.
For the United States board Of me-
diation and Cancellation, $4,000; the
same as for the current year.
For the federal trade commission,
$446,0sO; an increase of s91,0s0 over
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-05-07
BARK DAGMAR
THOUGHT SUNK
NOW IN PORT
VESSEL LOADED BY COLUM-
BIA NAVAL STORES IN JAN.
REPORTED TO BE IN A
SCOTCH PORT UNFRAMED.

The Norwegian bark Ddsma" which
left this port on January and was
reported sunk March Is before reach
ing her port at Trondhjen. Norway, is
now safe in a port in Scotland, accord
ing to a cablegram received here yes
terday by the local Office of the Co
lumbia Naval Stores company.
The following account was carried
in The News when the Associated
Press sent ont the announcement that
the bark was sunk:
The Norwegian bark, Dagmar sailed
from Brunswick on January 3. last and
nothing has been heard of her since
her departure, but no unusual anxiety
was felt for her safety
The bark had on cargo of 5000
barrels of rosin, loaded by the Colum-
!bia Naval Stores company. She was
commanded by Capt Griegertsen,
and was bound for Trondhjen. Nor
way. The bark carried in all a crew
of IA men. Capt. Griegertsen was q
married man and lived at I4illesand,
Norway. The cargo of the bark was
insured in Lloyd's for 100000 It is
not known how much Insurance was
carried on the vessel herself
The Dagmar was bark of 720 tons
and was about 30 years old. She was
constructed of steel and iron
The Dagmar, on a previous trip to
Norway, experienced considerable
trouble, losing all Of her cargo. but
not in a wreck. The bark sailed from
Savannah last year with a cargo OF
naval stores for Stockholm She was
stopped by England, taken into Shet-
land, Scotland, where the full cargo
was confiscated. The bark, several
eks later, sailed for this port. arriv-
ing here the latter part Of December
She was moored at the wharves Of
the Downing company for about two
weeks
While in port, Capt Griegertsen
made large number of friends who
will regret to learn of the sinking
of his vessel.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-05-07
CT: E:RMANY HOPED
TO FORCE PEACE
HOLLAND THINKS kAlSER'S RE-
PLY WAS FRAMED WITH
OBJECT in VIEW.

LONDON, May 6.-The Daily News
gives a prominent place in today's
issue to. a long dispatch from Rotter-
dam asserting that there is strong
belief in Holland that the German
note to the United States was care
fully prepared in the hope that it
may lead eventually to peace nego-
tiations The dispatch says in part:
"There is belief here that behind
the whole cloud of vague and con
ditional promises. lies the hope that
negotiations for peace will be opened
with England through the mediation
of the United States. According to
this view Germany hopes that Wash
ngton will open a discssion first on
the questions of contraband aud the
naval blockade. which will widen by
easy stages to eventual discussion Of
possible peace conditions.
In American circles in Berlin it is
believed that Ambassador Gerard,
during his reent visit to the kaiser's
headquarters at the front, discussed
matters far wider in range than
merely the questions at issue between
Berlin and Washington"
The Daily News correspondent also
says that the Wolff Bureau sent out
an article this week in which an
anonymous neutral discusses the rela-
tfons between Germany and the
United States and suggests that Amer.
lea now has an opportunity TO lay
the foundations for peace negotia.
tions This article appeared in the
same issue Of the German newspapers
with the text OF the reply to the Amer
ican note. 1t says:
This appears to be the historic
opportunity for America II the
United States maintains an equally
firm position against the starvation
of Germany as against the German
submarine warfare, then there will be
an opening for the belligerents to con.
slider how they an end this miserable
war"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-05-07
HOME TRADE
CAMPAIGN To
Be AGITATED
LOCAL MERCHANTS MAY
START MOVEMENT THAT
WILL OPEN THE EYES OF
THE PUBLIC.

Local merchants are Interested in
tentative plans for a big "Trade-at-
Home week here. 1t is said that a
number of people habitally go to other
cities to make important purchases
which could be more profitably made
here. Ii is thoght these people do
not stop to think what their action
means, and it is for the purnose of
making a deep impression upon the
pubic mind that "a Trade Home"
week is being Planned.
No definite acton has yet been TAX
en- by the local merchants, but some
of the live wires are getting the ball
started. The plan is 10 get the local
school childrGi. interested in writing
articles on the SUBJECT for prizes that
will be offered. Each merchant could
offer some article from his store for
the best essay ON why should Bruins
wick people trade at home2" The ac-
tual expense would be insignificant
and the pupils of the city schools
would be given chance to show their
skill in writing essays and articles.
The Trade at-Home" week idea is
not a new one. 1t has been worked
successfully in a number of cities and
always results in local people taking
more interest in the subject of com
munitV huildinp Thprp ig nothinu
that hurts town more than the hab-
il its best citizens have in buying
their clothes and other necessities in
other cites It is believed this prac-
tice would stop If the matter were
brought forciby to the attention of
the public and well executed cam
paign will work wonders.
Brunswick has some of the best
stocked stores to be found anywhere
larger and better than can be
found in any city Of It's size. The
prices here are right and the quality
lis always up to the standard. BY
trading at home, citizens help them
selves and their home town more than
they probably realize.
1t is hoped that the "Trade-at home
idea will be discussed in detail at the
next meeting OF the local merchants
organization If each of the local or
CARNATIONS joined in the movement
IL could not possibly fail tC 5rng sur
prising results, while the expense
would not bt poticed.