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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23
Gas Tax for Good Roads.

". ". Cameron, Napa, Calf. in Commerce
and Finance.
Varying usual practice, I will state
my conclusions first, my reasons fol-
lowing
California as state has spent
about s60.00o.000 on highways. There
are now nearly 100000 motor cars
in operation in this state. Owners
driving their cars over these improved
highways as compared with unim-
proved roads save enough money on
tires alone to pay the entire cost in
one year. No more bonds should be
Issued to build highways.
A gasoline tax should provide for
amortization Of bonds issued and for
future building.
Is there not something in these con-
illusions which. If they are sound,
should interest taxpayers, lawmakers
and economists?
] drive an Essex cab. using 32x4-
inch best cord tires, costing about
$3.50 set. / drive from California
TO Montana over all kinds of roads.
Over unimproved roads the best serv-
ice experienced has been about 5000
miles for the set. Another Essex car
on improved highways has a set now
in use that has run $4,000 miles with
10000 and 10000 miles instead of
5000 and $4,000. Both cars will run
about 10000 miles year. Here is a
clear actual saving of $3.50 a car on
tires alone for the car using the i'm
proved highways.
IF California cars average the same
weight AS Essex and average service
is equal to the two cars referred to,
the improved highways would save
California owners the almost unbe-
lievable sum of $160.000.000 in. one
year on tires alone. Experienced
motorists can make their own sub
fractions from this sum as well as I.
In view of the significance of the above
analysis. should we not cease issuing
bonds. pay off those issued and make
analysis. should we not cease issuing
this would make it unnecessary to
further consider a special license
tax on stages and trucks.
Gasoline would again do the work.
There 10 tremendous lot Of sequen-
tial thought that impinges on this
proposition. 1t 1t not worth pursuing?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23
Drapery Fabrics

Plain Drapery Fabrics, so inches
wide. Many Sunfast, a few self-tone
figured. Kapocks in this lot.
Regularly $3.50, 75c yd.
Regularly $1.75 and $2.25, SIPS yd.
Regularly $3.50 and SITS, $1.50 yd.
Regularly $685. and s3.75, $500 yd.
Regularly $500 and $3.50, $500 yd.
50-inch Cross-stripe Drapery Fabric,
black ground with colored stripes, in
silk.
Regularly $500, SIPS I'd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23
The Boss First.
rom the PHILADELPHIA Bulletin

A man who had several times sought
the help of his minister to secure en-
ployment was lounging near a rail-
way station al the pastor was hurry
ing to catch train.
Excuse me. sir" said the unem-
ployed in a trembling voice
so you are out of work again said
the minister severely. 1T seems to
me you get tired of a new employer
very quickly"
Don't misrepresent me. sir" plead
ed the man. ut can never be truth
fully said that ! get tired first"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23

Size 71x90 inches. Regularly $3.50.
Special, $7.25 each.
Lace-edge Scarfs, size 17x50 ms.
Regularly $1.O0 ca. Special, SOC ca.
Japanese Blue Print Table Cloths
48-inch Square Cloths. Regularly
S1.00 each. Special, 75c ca.
60-inch Square Cloths. Regularly
$1.35 each. Special, S1.05 ca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23

which he converts into leather. OF
course, he will take up the needed re-
search, but much of it is not of the
simple type which can be done in the
tannery. We must look rather to the
technical school with it's more favor
able environment and it's wealth Of
knowledge of the modern sciences of
physical and organic chemistry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23
DRAPERY SECTION

50 and SO inch Plain and Figured
Madras, practically every color in the
assortment. Some of these are Sun
fast
Regularly SIPS, s1.35, s1.50, Csc yd.
Imported Madras, As ins. wide. multi
colored combinations of blue, brown.
rose and gold. Many attractive de-
signs.
Regularly $500 and $2.25, $1.35 yd.
Regularly $3.50 and $500, S1.75 yd.
Regularly $3.50, $2.15 yd.
Regularly $3.50, $3.50 yd.
Regularly $500, $500 yd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-23
THE LINEN SHOP

Extra Heavy. Satin-finished Bed
spreads, beautiful designs. Regularly
$500. Special, $3.50 each.
Martex Bath Towels, with pink,
blue, orange and lavender borders.
Regularly $1.25. Special, Csc ca.
Regularly $3.50. Special, $1.10 ca.
Regularly S1.65. Special, $1.35 ca.
BIeached Pure Linen Pattern Table
cloths, in eight beautiful designs.
Size 71x72 inches. Regularly $7.75.
Special, $500 each.
Purchases Forwarded Prepaid
Evening star., 1923-12-02
Annual Sale for Benefit
Of Salvation Army Fund

Beginning Wednesday. December s
and continuing until Wednesday De-
cember IL, omitting Sunday, Mrs.
Katherine Gillett Hill will hold her
annual sale for the benefit of the
Salvation Army fund. In previous
years Mrs. Hill has held these splen-
did sales in a business place on Con-
necticut avenue, but this year 1T will
take place in her residence, 1914 Goth
street, from 8 to $40 o'clock each
day.
The sale is a remarkable one each
year, not only on account of the sew
eral hundred exquisite articles placed
therein. but because they are the
work Of Mrs. Hili'S own fingers She
designs each article and no old world
convent ever turned out more finished
products. Her plan in helping the
Salvation Army is to use the hundred
or two dollars which she would other
wise give, in materials for fancy
work, and with the experience of sew
eral years to guide her. designs and
personally fashions the hundreds of
fancy articles to be sold for the
cause. In the collection occupying
tables in the SOLDIERS room of Mrs.
|Hill's home are bags of every size and
kind. cushions. toilet pieces, infants
wear and covers. 3nd a table especial
ly devoted to toys and things for
Christmas. There are also many
simpler, more useful things on sale,
with prices not to be outdone by the
shops of the city
Wednesday Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood will preside at the tea table.
where there will be a different group
of Mrs Hil1s friends each afternoon.
Assisting here otherwise at the open
ing will be Mrs. Marcus Benjamin,
Mrs. Minnegerode Andrews, Mrs.
Gouverneur Hoes, Mrs. Lee Phillips,
Miss Violet GratZ of Philadelphia, the
niece and house guest of Mrs. Hill
Mrs. Hugh Castle and Mrs. Louis Nc
Gill of Philadelphia. who is spending
the winter at the Connecticut.
Evening star., 1923-12-02
Child Welfare Sale
PROGRAM Announced

The tables for the Child Welfare
Rummage Sale, TO be held December
Z. S, 10, and II. at 1928 F street will
include dresses. jewelry and bric-a-
brac, books, hats, hair ornaments,
blouses and scarfs, shoes and slip
pers and several tables of miscel-
laneous articles.
There also will be frrniture. a
pianola attachment, and many pic
lures. Lamp shades and Christmas
novelties will abound. In addition
to the foregoing Pierce Arrow
limousine given by Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, will be sold.
Among those assisting with the
dresses are Mrs. Eldridge Jordan and
Mrs. William S. Reyburn: jewelry
and bric-ab brac. Mrs. Charles Wood
hull, Mrs. Lansdale, Mrs: Henry
fancy table, Mrs. William A. Ham
mond. Mrs. Frances Loring. Mrs.
Charles Glover. jr.. Mrs. Gist Blair,
Mrs. William May and Miss Mary
Sheridan: hats. Mrs. Lawrence Town
send. Miss Betty Hanna and some
of the debutantes.
The table for hair ornaments.
blouses and scarfs will be in charge
of Mrs w. Harry Brown and among
others assisting her will be Nine.
Steen. At the miscellaneous table
will he Mrs. Frederick Atherton, Mrs.
Hamilton Fish, Mrs. Herbert Howard.
Mrs. Howard Dickinson and others.
Mrs. Loren Johnson has charge of
the slipper and shoe table and lit
orally trunks of evening slippers of
all shades and sizes have been do
mated for the sale.
Among others helping with the
sale of the articles are Mrs. James
Carroll Fraser Mrs. Louis Hertle,
Mrs. George Rowland Chase. Mrs
Horace Westcott Nine. Weidel. Nine.
Prochnik. Mrs. James Mitchell Mrs
Randall Hagner Mrs. Henry Price
Wright, Mrs. Henry Hollister Chap
man, Mrs. Frank Simonds. Mrs.
Ihlder and Mrs. McCagg.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
MAIL ROBBERY NETS BANDITS
 A BIG HAUL
Enormo ous Sums in Negotiable Bonds in
 Mail Sacks

ST. LOUIS, April 9.-That the ex- tent of the loot taken by the bandits that held up the mail truck in the heart of the business section of the city last Monday is far greater than was at first supposed is shown by reports that follow the progress of the check being made by postal in- spectors. A story published in the Post Dispatch today states that bonds on the St. Louis Federal Land Bank, amounting to $2,139,900 constituted part of the contents of the nine pounches abstracted by the, highway men, in addition to $225,0O0 in other bonds, of which $s1,o00 were ne- gotiable.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
ITALIAN PRINCESS
 IS MARRIED TO
 COUNT OF CHOICE

ROME, April 9.-The wedding of the Princess Yolanda, eldest daugh- ter of King Victor Emanuel and Queen Helena, of Italy, and Count Calvin di Bergolo, Captain of Caval- ry, was quietly celebrated yesterday. The civil ceremony took place in the Grand Hall of the Quirinal pal ace, and was followed by the relig- ious ceremony at the Pauline chapel. This is the first time since 1870 that this chapel has been used for a religious marriage service. Because of the recent death of the Princess grandmother. Queen Milena, of Mon tenegro, both services were simple. The marriage of royal princess with one not member of royalty is an unprecedented event in Italy and the occasion has stirred a wide and popular interest in what is admitted to be a real love-match. Count di Bergolo is a descendant of an old Italian family of the nobility, but has no royal lineage. He holds a decoration for bravery in the World War. Princess Yolanda is one of the most beautiful young women of Europe.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
RustgardProposes
 Raising 0f Fund
 For Freight Vessels

JUNEAU, April 9.-That an ad- ditional tax should be imposed upon the salmon canneries operating in Alaskan waters for the creation of fund from which liberal subsidies could be paid to some steamship company for hauling freight for Alaskans at the same low rate which Seattle steamship lines now give to canners, was the declaration made by Attorney General Rustgard at the conclusion of the transportation hearings on Saturday before the joint Legislative committee. MT. Rustgard stated that the Territory should also pay subsidies to good sized steamers to induce them to engage in territorial trade. De- spite the admission that much of the data contained in his biennial report was incorrect, including his figures on important rates on which he had based his analysis of Alaska freight tariffs, as we'll as other inaccuracies, MT. Rustgard still maintained that Alaskan freight rates are excessive and exhorbitant.
 The testimony given by F. H.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
COPPER HEADS
 ACCUSED BY
 STOCKHOLDERS
Mother Lode Officers Called to Account
 for Dealings CHARGED WITH DECEPTION
Concealed Presence of Rich Offshoot From
 kennecOtt

SEATTLE, April 9-A suit demand
 ing an accounting was filed here Saturday by the stockholders of Mother Lode Mine against James w. Godfrey, president, and c. L. War ner, secretary of the corporation. At torneys for the plaintiffs in filing the suit alleged that fraud had been perpetrated by the officers which would total an amount close to million dollars. The suit charges Godfrey and Warner with having concealed the presence of valuable offshoot from the Kennecott mine lying in the Mother Lode and ad- joining the Bonanza mine, and of having persuaded the stockholders in the company to sell the property to the Mother Lode Coalition Mines Company, in 1918, taking 1,225,0OO shares of the latter as payment. The suit alleges that they failed to dis tribute the shares, but allowed the corporate rights in this state to lapse, and in 1921 moved to New York, opened offices which cost S40,O0O annually, and sold the stock to other persons, making no ac- counting for the same.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09

Knickerbocker, General Manager of the Alaska Steamship Company, ap- parently created favorable i'm pression. Mr Knickerbocker denied that an excessive dividend rate had been earned by the Company, and presented figures to show that dur ing the ten years preceding 1923 the dividends of the Company had aver aged less than six per cent. He de-
 clared that the charges that the Con- pany does not want to see the de- velopment of Alaska were absolutely false, and challenged the critics of the Company's policies to show a single instance where any industry had been blocked by it. MT. Knicker- booker answered the questions put to him without hedging. He was questioned aimlessly by Attorney General Rustgard for more than two hours, and was also questioned by Dimond, Keys, Foster, Daly, Raelson, Decker and others, who placed the Attorney General on the stand with
 similar inquiries. It is not expected
 that the findings of the committee
 will be determined for several weeks.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
STATE PROCEEDS AGAINST CONDUCT
 OF DAVID CULT

LANSING, Mich., April 9.-The Leg islative, Judicial and Executive branches of the Michigan State Gov ernment were linked Saturday in an action filed against the "Israelites of the House of David" the cult recently involved in an $S0000 damage suit, in the course of which charges of mis- conduct on the part of Benjamin Pur- nell, head of the colony, were testified to by witnesses. The Legislature al- lied itself with the States prosecu- tion when it passed a bill permitting the State to ask for a receivership of the colony's property pending the out come of warranty proceedings" in- stituted in the Circuit Court by the Attorney General. Benjamin Purnell. the leader of the cult, has disappeared and is rumored to have gone to Aus tralia.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
WEEKS REFUSES TO RECONSIDER
 MEARS0RDER
War Secretary States Engineer Assigned
 to Army THINKS WORK COMPLETED
Construction of Railroad Can Be Finished
 by Steese

WASHINGTON, April 9-Wired re- quests from Alaska that Col. Mears be allowed to remain in charge of the construction work Of the Alaska Railroad after the expiration os his present assignment on May first, was overruled on Saturday by Secretary Weeks, of the War Depart ment Col Mears has been ordered to duty with the Ninth Army Corps, with headquarters at San Francisco. The Secretary of War, in announcing the decision, indicated that he re- gards the work of Col Mears in Alaska as virtually completed, or at least advanced to the stage where it can be taken over by Col. Steese without disadvantage.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
KHAN HEAD SAYS
 PLOT TO DUST HIM
 HEADED BY CLARKE

ATLANTA, April 9.-1n a state- ment issued last night by Imperial Wizard Evans, against whom Emper- or Simmons, of the Ku Klux Klan, has instituted suit charging em- bezzlement and blackmail, the Klan leader declared that the fight to oust him from control of the Klan has been engineered by Edward Young Clarke, recently indicted on a charge of violation of the Mann Act and now fuguitive, having forfeited his bail. and Mrs. Eliza beth Tyler Crow, formerly connected with the propaganda department of the Klan. ...t.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
STRICT CENSORSHIP PREVAILS AT MOSCOW;
 REASON UNKNOWN

BERLIN, April 9-Word has been received here from what is consid- cred an absolutely reliable authority that a censorship of the strictest nature now prevails at Moscow. While no reason for the clamping on of the lid on news from that quarter has been divulged, it is assumed that the action may be the result of either the recent execution of Butchkayitch, or the condition of Nikolai Lenine.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
GIRL IDENTIFIES SAILOR AS WRITER
 ON HOTEL REGISTER

VALLEJO, April 9.-Louise Hewitt, eighteen years old, a runaway delin- quent from Los Angeles, yesterday identified c. B. Hicks, the Naval yeo- man, as the man who registered with her as H. B. Hicks at San Francisco hotel the day before Rabbi Lafee was assaulted. The police assert that the handwriting on this hotel register is the same as that of the man who reg istered as H. B. Mann with Rabbi Lafee at another hotel in the city, death.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
TAX FIGURES SHOW COURSE FOR REVISION
 DECLARES MELLON

WASHINGTON, April 9.-A state ment was issued today by Secretary Mellon declaring that the collection of income and excess profits taxes for March total s7OO00,OO0 more than collections for the same month last year, condition for which lower surtax rates are declared to be re- sponsible. Secretary Mellon stated that this gives a practical answer to the tax poblem, and shows clearly what course further revision should take"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
UNION HEAD PROUD
 OF JURY VERDICT

SPRINGFIELD, April 9.-"A splen- did victory" was the way the acquit- tai of the defendants in the second Herrin murder trial was characterized yesterday by President Harrington, of the Illinois Mine Workers. The yer dict was declared to be one that "con- firmed his belief in the innocence of the four indicted members" In the Marion trial. at which six defendants were freed of the charge.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
FOSTER DECLARES NO COMMUNIST CAN
 BE FOUND GUILTY

. CHICAGO, April 9.-At a convention of Communists gathered here yester- day to celebrate the action of the jury on the trial of William z. Foster, at St. Joseph, Michigan, last week, charged with violation of the anti-syn- dicalism law, Foster declared that he did not believe that the prosecution
 would be able to convict single Com munist who attended the Communist
 convention in Herrin County last fall.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
HARDINCS ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON
 FROM VACATION

WASHINGTON, April 9.-President and Mrs. Harding returned yesterday from their five weeks vacation in the South. The homeward journey was without incident, and Mrs. Harding shows signs of improvement in her health. The President is reported to be anxious to dispose of all matters of importance before him by the middle of June, the time which has been ten tatively selected for beginning his westward tour.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
WOULD TAX BANNERS FOR SUBSIDY
FISHERMEN REJECT CANNERS' PRICE OFFER:
 SAILINCS HELD UP

ASTORIA, April 9.-It was an nounced today that the Fishermen's Astoria, by a referendum vote of 407 to fl have rejected the revised proposal of the Alaska Packers As sociation on prices to be paid for salmon at Alaska packing points this season. It is expected that confer ferences will be resumed immediately. Meanwhile the sailing of the Alaska salmon fleet is being held up at various coast ports.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
TACOMA OFFICER IN AIR SERVICE
 FALLS TO DEATH

DAYTON, April 9.-Captain Richard Derby, of Tacoma, aged twenty-eight, was instantly killed Saturday when the airplane in which he was flying crashed fifteen hundred feet to the ground at McCook Field. Captain Derby's marriage two years ago to Miss Anita Virges was an event of in- terest in Tacoma society. They have one child.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
PORTO RICO'S REQUEST
 FOR INDEPENDENCE IS
 TABLED BY CONFERENCE

SANTIAGO, April g. - A message received from the Government of Porto Rico, requesting that delegates to the Pan American Conference join in asking the United States to grant the independence of Porto Rico, was filed without action yesterday by the Governing Board of the Confer ence. The Board decided that the subject of the message was outside the program of the Conference.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
PROHIBITION RAIDERS MAKE A BIG HAUL
 OF VALUABLE WINES

NEW YORK, April 9.-One of the largest raids made by prohibition of ficials since the Volstead Act became effective was carried out Saturday when ten thousand cases of cham pagne, wines and fine liquors, valued at $2,OOO,0O0, were seized. The offic- CTS arrested seven men.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
CRAzED WOMAN SETS FIRE TO
 OWN CLOTHING
Drenches Clothing With Oil -One Scream,
 Dead

MIAMI, April 9.-Crazed with pain, from which she has suffered through a long illness, Mrs. Helen Sims, a woman of 46, yesterday drenched herself and her clothing with kero- sene, and touched to it a lighted match. Enveloped instantly in flames the woman emitted one heartrcnding scream and tainted. She was burned to death.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
ENSUE AGAINST JEWS
 IN WARSAW
Christians Are in Protest Against Execution
 of Prelate

WARSAW, April 9-Three hundred persons involved in the anti-Jewish outbreak of last Saturday. when demonstrations were made iii pro test against the execution of the Catholic prelate, have been arrested. The presence of large number of Jews wounded during the encounter has served to intensity the excite ment in the Jewish quarter.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
YEOMAN IS ARRESTED
 FOR MURDER
Sailor Identified as Man Who Registered With
 Rabbi

OAKLAND, April 9.-C. B. Hicks, a sailor attached to the submarine S-36, was arrested at Mare Island yesterday on suspicion of being the man who killed Rabbi Lafee in a San Francisco hotel-room on Wednesday of last week. Hicks is declared by the officers to answer exactly to the description of the man who registered there with the young Rabbi.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
STERLING SUCCEEDS COLORADO SENATOR
 ON SILVER PROBE

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Senator Sterling, of South Dakota, was today appointed by Vice President Coolidge to take the place recently made vocant by the death of Senator Mich olson, of Colorado. on the Senate Silver Investigation Committee.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
SECOND KLUX KHAN ~ IN SOUTHERN STATE
 GIVES UP CHARTER

OPELOUSA, La., April 9.-Follow- ing similar action on the part of the La Fayette organization last Monday the Opelousas chapter of the Ku Klux Klan yesterday surrendered its chart CT. So far these are the only two chapters of the Order to do so.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
TOWNER INSTALLED GOVERNOR PORTO RICO

SAN JUAN, April 9.-Horace Mann Towner, of Iowa, today became Porto Rico's eighth American Civil Govern or. Among those who attended the in- augural ceremony were Secretary of the Navy Denby and Governor Town er's former associates in Congress.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
FOUR CHILDREN DIE
 FROM PLAYING WITH
 MATCHES IN HAY SHED

DENVER, April 9.-Four children of the family of J. w. Williamson were burned to death yesterday when hay shed in which they were playing was destroyed by fire. All the children are under five years of age. The fire was started by an older boy who was play ing with matches. He escaped from the building unhurt.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
TROOPS ON PATROL
 OF CITY STREETS

WARSAW, April 9.-Following dem- onstrations against the Jews, which have occurred as a result of the execu- tion last week of Vicar-General Butch kavitch, the streets of the city were yesterday being patrolled by squads of infantry and cavalry. Quiet prevails today.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
ALASKA VETERANS
 FAVOR LAND BONUS

ANCHORAGE, April 9.-A strong sentiment in favor of the land bonus for Alaska veterans of the World War is being evidenced at the Alaska convention of the American Legion in session here. Opposition to the creation of fisheries reserves Is also manifest among the delegates.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
HEREIN DEFENDANTS
 NOT TO BE TRIED BY
 FEDERAL PROCEEDINGS

WASHINGTON, April 9.-That Fed eral prosecutions would not be initiat- ed against those charged with respon- sibility for the Herrin mine riots, who escaped conviction last Friday, was the statement made by officials of the Department of Justice yesterday
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-09
LODGE FIGHTS JOHNSON

MILWAUKEE, April 9.-A contract for a twenty-round decision bout to be fought at Havana on May fifth was signed yesterday by Farmer Lodge and Jack Johnson.