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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

Immediate Legislation, Pro-
viding for Districts Growth,
. Is Favored

Reduction of taxes, Endorsement
of the Mellon tax plan and an ex-
preston of disappointment at the
failure of Congress to end the
"unsound and discriminatory prac-
tice Of issuing tax-exempt securi-
ties" were urged in resolutions
adopted by the National Real Es-
tate convention here today.
President Elected.
Charles G. Edwards. Of New
York, was elected president to sue
coed H. r. Ennis, of Kansas City,
Mo.
Detroit was unanimously selected
for the 1925 convention Of the Ma
tional Association Of Real Estate
Boards at the close of the general
session Of the convention today in
B. F. Keith's Theater
Before the voting was completed
M. J. Glass, Of Tulsa, Okla. who
had presented that city's invitation,
moved to make the vote unanimous
for Detroit.
Charles G. Edwards, of New York
city,, was elected president Of the
association by reclamation.
George Y. Worthington cast
Washlngton's vote OF five for
Detroit.
Identification Of the city of
Washington also was urged.
The convention adopted o resO.
luton declaring that IL "favOrs
legislation By CONGRESS providing
for the best scientific enlarge
Washington and the extension of
it's parks, so as to preserve the
natural scenery and allow for the
future development OF the city in
q way that win maintain and en-
nance Its beauty, and It urges the
early passage OF said legislation
lest the present rapid growth OF
the city, i'm the absence OF such
q plan, makes the later adoption
impractical or impossible"
The resolution indorsing the Mel
lon tax plan declared "the nation
should lead off with a real tax re
duction program az an example tc
all the States and municipalities,
and urged this be effected "along
the lines Of the Mellon plan" The
association expressed to the Presi
dent high admiration of the cou
rageous stand taken by him., and
expressed a desire for the early
success Of his efforts"
"No classes Of persons or prop
erty should be exempted from Their
Just contribution to the cost OF
the government that protects them,
the resolution, scoring tax-exempt
securities, states.
Other resolutions called on con
stituent boards to exert great vigil
ance in enforcing the code OF ethics
asked protection for the use Of the
term realtor from use by those not
entitled to 1t. and commended the
educational program Of the associa
ton. - -.
The convention expressed its
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
DISTRICT SEEKS
POLICE AND
F|REMEN
Civil Service Commission to
Hold Day and Night Quizzes
Until Jobs Are Filled

The Civil Service Commission will
work day and night to fill the
ranks OF the Police and Fire depart
p.ents, bringing. these branches Of
the District government up to the
strength provided by Congress for
the new fiscal year, 1t was an.
nounced today.
1t Is expected that 1856 additional
men will be appointed to positions
In the Police Department and 100
In the Fire Department on or soon
after July /.
According to announcement by
tne commission, mental and physical
examinations for both classes will
De held in the day time and at
night until a sufficient number of
eligibles have been obtained.
Residence Here Required.
These examinations are not con.
fined to District residents. but an.
pointments will be made from the
ranks Of those who are residents or
are willing to become Washing.
tonlans before entering upon their
duties.
Under the new salary schedule.
appointments to both fireman and
policeman positions will be made at
the rate OF $1,000 a year. In one
year the men will automatically ad-
vance to class g. salary $1,000 a
year, and in three years to class
B, salary $2,1OO a year.
In the Fire Department the mini.
mum age limit Is twenty.one years
and the maximum Is thirty.one
years on the date Of the examina
ton. In the Police Department the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
Y. w. c. A. GIRL RESERVES
STAGE FASHION REVUE

The Y, w. c. A. girl reserves of
the Mckinley High School are hold
ing fashion revue this afternoon
under the direction of Mrs. Charles
B. Moran. assisted by Frank r.
Jelleff and Edwin Hahn.
The revue is being held in the
Mckinley High School auditorium.
and displays everything in girls
wear, from sporting togs to "What
Shall Wear for Graduation"
The young ladies taking part in
the show are: Misses Elizabeth
Fowler. Augusta Freeman. zelda
Wolfe, Carmen Collier, Edna Mason
Nellie McLeish, Elizabeth McNulty.
Eleanor Bickford, Leonora Palermo
Cora Motzer and Catharine Norman
Miss Wilhemina GUIDE gave read.
ings and Miss Collier sang "Shad.
ows.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
Conferees Slash Nearly
$3,000,0OO From District
APPROXIMATION Measure

Developments in the situation re-
garding the District appropriation
bill in Congress today include the
following:
An official estimate that a $1.45
tax rate instead Of the current
$1.20 rate will be required to pay
the Districts share of taxation
under the new plan agreed upon by
the House and Senate conferees.
The slicing Of nearly $4,000, 900
out of the bill as it passed the Sen
ate, which carried $29,277 900.
The House conferees again
scored a clean.cut victory over the
Senate conferees today. On nearly
all important items in dispute big
slashes in the Senate appropriations
were made.
For the improvement of the Dis.
trict water supply $1,500;0OO is now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
BON VOYAGE.

GOOd-by. Congress, until December.
You've done many things the Nation
The laws you've made, Investigations
had,
Many are good and some are bad.
Republicans who were by constituents
Were supposed to uphold the Presi-
dent.
The Democrats came and did their
Among their opponents to create un-
While the Independent bloc sat on a
bench
And into legislation threw q monkey
wrench.
Opposition to the Executive there
And many who failed him may not
come back;
Taxes. bonus, exclusion, the voters
will remember
And .grave consequences'' may re-
suit next November.
The next scene is for Convention set,
Haunted by the ghost of Wisconsin,
La Toilette.
The Republicans have their candidate
already mounted,
The Democrats must select from
numbers uncOunted.
Each expect their action to win the
day,
Both Will strive to have the voters
think their way,
Pralsing candidates and platform
their advocates
Will tell us who should govern the
United States,
What the result will be is profile
matte
In a situation both static and dy-
Until the ''Ides of March" we may
have to wait,
To know who for four years will
guide the "Shlp Of State
ION the knees of the gods rests the
fate of men
GOOd-by, Congress, until we meet
again.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

minimum is twenty-five years and
the maximum thirty Five years on
the date OF the examination.
Physical Requirements.
The height requirement for the
FIRE Department has been reduced
to feet Z inches. For the Police
department the height requirement
Is feet 8 inches. For both de.
partments the weight requirement
Is l45 pounds without clothing, and
sound physical condition is de-
manded.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained at the Of
nee OF the Civil Service Commits
sion, 1924 F street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
D. c. TAX. TO
INCREASE
17P.(;.
Conferees Plan Would Make
District Levy $1.41
Per 500

A tax rate for the District of
approximately $1.41 per 500, or
an increase of II per cent over
the present rate of $1.20, will re-
suit if the lump sum appropria-
ton of 100000, agreed on by
House and Senate conferees last
night, is substituted for the pres
ent 60-40 arrangement, it was
estimated roughly at the District
Building today.
Probable Rates.
Had the original lump sum ap-
preparation of $8,0OO.O00. desired in
the House, been maintained. the
tax rate would have been increased
to approximately $1.4S. Should the
measure be amended still further to
provide a $1O,000.000 lump sum ap-
preparation, the increase in the
District tax rate would approximate
only 1874, or an increase of about
IL per cent.
The estimates were arrived at by
comparing the estimates allowed
| for the year, which amount Of
approximately $29,000,000, and the
total valuation Of personal property
I and real estate in the District.
Under the present plan of a
$4,000, 900 lump sum appropriation
plus additional revenues to the Dis
trict. which will amount to about
81 100000, the District will be re-
quired to provide $19,000,000.
This amount must come from tax.
alton on the real estate and per-
| sonal property of the District which
Ia estimated at 81 $50, O0O,0 900. Tan.
gible and intangible property IN
the current fiscal year totaled $685.
0S6, SAC and real estate and improve
ments was valued at 1857 ,056,555.
| Increase Allowance.
Allowing for increases of approx.
imately per cent, the valuation
is brought to $3.50 900 900.
The District Commissioners con.
tinued today to express regret that
| the present 60.40 arrangement had
not been maintained by the House
conferees.
Hope is still held by the COM
missioners that the lump sum may
| yet be raised to higher figure
imam $S,UUU,OVV.
| The exact amount which the city
will have to raise by taxation in
the coming fiscal year cannot be
fixed until the entire bill Is agreed
upon in conference, which will be
done today. 1t is probable, however,
that it will not be much less than
$40, 100000. The District bill as it
passed the Senate contained ap-
preparations totaling $29 ,227, 900.
Other Revenues.
In addition to the 1000 900 lump
sum appropriation agreed to by the
Aconferees, the city also will be
credited with the entire amount of
the miscellaneous receipts which
are now divided between the Fed
eral and District treasures on a
60-40 basis. Estimates as to how
much this will increase the total
lump appropriation for the city
differ, but it is not probable it will
be much in excess of 100000.
The Senate conferees at the meet
ing today again requested the
House members to agree to a com
mission consisting of three Sena
tors, three Congressman, and three
local citizens, or tax experts, tC
investigate the entire subject oi
District taxation. The House, how
ever, is strongly opposed to thi:
proposal and probably will veto 1t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
WILL BE TAKEN TO OHIO
ON BAD CHECK CHARGE

Fred Willard Brown, radio Access
series promoter, was arrested in his
room at the Washington Hotel early
today in connection with the pass.
ing of worthless check for 1880.
He denies the charge.
Detectives Cullinane and O'Dea
took Brown into custody on a war
rant from Bethesda, Ohio, issued on
complaint Of T. H. Kernohan, Stue.
bensville, Ohio. Constable James
Parkinson has arrived here and is
preparing papers to take Brown
back to Ohio.
According to police, Brown is
associated with an inventor and
came to this city to push through
patents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
20 NEW MOTORCYCLES
AUTHORIZED FOR POLICE

Purchase of twenty new motor.
cycles, costing $339.46 each, for the
motorcycle police force was
authorized by the District Commits
sioners today.
The new machines will be pur-
chased Immediately and turned over
to the policemen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
BUGVILLE GOSSIP.

Mrs. Johnny Bug-What's Percy
Bug dancing so gaily about?
Her Husband-His wife has gone
to the country and he says he ex-
poets to be a regular devil while
she's absent.
Mrs. j. Bug-The poor fish.
AND NOBODY ON THE ARK
SANG, "IT AMT GOING TO
RAIN NO MORE"
Adam mast haze used sugar, be-
cause he raised Cain.
Goliath ,01s Gstonished .uhen
DGUid hit him tUith stone because
such a thing had meUer entered his
head before.
Foe aoGs not afraid of the measles,
because she'd Adam.
The elephant had the most bno-
SGge IN the Ark. He took his trunk.
Noah tDGs similar to O. cat, for he
Srent forty dogs and nights auithout
finding ArdrGt.
Jobs toGrdrobe consisted of three
NOretched comforters.
GUS LANGLEY.
~
SCHOOL HOUSE FABLES,
Teacher-Johnnie, why were you
absent yesterday?
johnnie didn't do my home
work and SO i played hockey.
.. SAM B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

Billy Sunday, in eruption
again, says "the 1Vorld is go
ing to hell so fast its break
ing all speed limits" And
everywhere along the wGy
that a fello1O tries to stop, he
he sees signs, ''NO Parking
Here.' JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
A MODERN FATHER.

A MODERN FATHER.
Father lat top of stairs What
are you two doing down there?
Daughter-We're going to play
Sweet Kisses" ON the phOnO.
graph.
Modern father-Would you Just
rs soon play it on the sofa? I'm
afraid two would be quite heavy
ON the photograph.
A. G. w. JUNIOR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

II love the 'sheiks,' they suit me fine"
Said cunning Agnes CANNED,
For when I've smoked up all of mine,
They always have q 'cameIY"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
OCCASIONALs.

OCCASIONALS.
We haze got to take this old
a0orId as 1t Is II zoe don't 4UGnt IL
to IeGve US tOhere zoe are.
The tie OF friendship often falls
apart 4Dhen the marriage knot 20
tied.
The greatest enjoyment aOe ever
got out of Nfe Is tobGt 1Ue put IN It
for Others.
FI0ttery goes a long t0Gy Nth
some people, but doesn't get them
Gnytchere.
Surface Indications, though FREE
QtteNtIy deceiviHO, may generally be
depended on tohen selecting a tOife.
The eOotist sometimes, BY reason
of his eOotiSns, gets himself so deep
~ in trouble that the trouble takes
the eOotism out of him.
-temths of q tconlGn's Iove Is
sympathy. A 10OmGm can IoUe q man
so much that she 10 systematically
delighted tohen he is in troWbIe; for
then she can ShOt0 hOtO sorry she
feels for him.
F. J. SCHWAB.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

A married VeterGn announces that
stormy tceGther is quite appropriate
for June, the month of tUeddinOs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

A dun b-bell Is feIlow 4oho goes
to a "One Horse Totom" aoith the H.
te"tton OF cleaning up on the races!
JOE II. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

It's all right to qOarm as
against getting into a rut,
bat lots of felloaUs haze found
that aUhen they get out of a
rut they often slide into a
ditch. WILLIAM II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
KID BITS.

Some girls are perfect deGrs. In
fact, some Of them seem almost as
"deGr" as the prices one pays sOIen
buying jewelry for them!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06

A boxing champ fought q foeman bold,
And covered him with gore,
Until right hook knocked him cold
He amt g0na reign mo- more!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
THE Old, OLD STORY.

30 Peggy Joyce has married again,
Though she knows that love IL
tickle.
Anyhow she'll try to get the sweet
ness,
Even IL it turns out to be- q pickle.
ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-06
GIRL TAKES HER
NJ. A. DEGREE
IA

The only blind
girl ever
graduated
from George
w ashington
University,
yesterday re-
ceived her
Master of
Arts degree.
Three years
ago she got
her B. A.
degree from
the same
university.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-07-17
Trivial Things Lead
to Broken Home Life

ave may talk about the leading
causes of divorce-drunkenness, I'M
faithfulness, cruelty, lack of support
but in my experience have found that
1t is the pin pricks which poison" said
social worker, according to the Mil
waukee Journal. "rheSe things, of
course, do not appear on the surface
at the moment when the home Is
broken, for one of the bigger questions
has cropped out as the predominant
issue, but | try to go back and find
where it all really started. Almost in
variably the first rift was about some
small thing that arose from differ
ences in character"
A good deal of sense to that. We
once knew a girl-it was in the days
when marriages were still carefully
considered before they were consum-
mated-who refused her mothers
choice and was deaf to all pleas. Yes,
she liked Jack immensely and on the
main points of life they were agreed.
"But, mother on many little things we
are at total disagreement. l like neat
ness, and Jack is not neat. / like to
be up and doing with the start of the
day and Jack is lazybones until
after most others are at their work.
You. know how strictly | keep account
of all 1 spend; when we go out to-
gether Jack never knows whether he
has a dollar to pay the bill until 1t Is
presented to him. l fear that those
little disagreements would make our
lives unhappy"
Perhaps one might say that great
love would overcome all this. In some
cases 1t may, but the experience OF the
social worker shows that in many
other cases 1t does not. We'd have
more happy homes il the young woman
and the young man about to be mar
ried each analysed more closely the
little points in the character OF the
other.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-07-17
Slayer in Hard Luck;
Betrayed by Trophy

As In the "wild West" in the old
range DAYS, SO In Matto Crosse, Bra
I'll, a mans best lawyer is his gun.
There is the story of Machado's ear.
Indeed, the affair happened only two
years ago. This wise-Machado,
dark-skinned Bahiano Brazilian, was
thief. He stole the cattle Of Ben
Heck. who had come from Texas to
try his fortune In Brazil. Ben spoke
to him about it. Machado got angry.
He said next time he met Ben he
would kill him and cut off his ear Ia
native custom). Very foolishly, while
SO speaking, he fumbled with his gun.
Having killed his man, Ben had to
pack up for bit. Weeks passed
without news and Ben's friends got
anxious. They found him at last
chained to the prison floor of a border
town.
Ben, no great orator, explained as
best he could. He said he was just
getting safely over the border, when
the police raided the train, looking
for revolutionaries. They searched
every ones luggage. "And there, In
the bottom of my grip. they found that
darned ear."-Arthur Mills, In the
Continental Edition of the London
Mail,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-07-17
1900 Indians to Get
100000 of Land

Aberdeen, Wash. - Approximately
1900 Indians of the Quinault reserva-
ton will share about $10,00O,000 worth
of timber land, it was estimated re.
Gently, as a result of the Supreme
court decision whereby the allotment
policy of the Department of Indian AT
fairs for the past II years is rendered
invalid. Each Indians share by this
computation Is about $1,000.
The territory to be allotted to the
Indians constitutes about three-quar-
tiers of the reservation area. The re-
manning fourth was allotted prior to
suspension of allotments as agricul-
tural and grazing land.
Work of allotment will be started
Immediately, according to advices from
Charles II. Burke, Indian commission
err at Washington. The lands to be al
lotted include some Of the finest tracts
Of standing timber In the state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-07-17
Shark Furnishes Man
With Many Products

The old-fashioned shark is now be-
coming sought and respected on ac-
count of the many uses which are be-
ing found for his jacket and what he
contains. A considerable amount of
"cOd-liver oil' is really shark-liver oil,
and possesses medicinal properties of
the same character. Shark-fin soup Is
appreciated by the Chinese. The eyes
of the shark, after they have been
boiled, lose their outer covering, and
the residue becomes quite hard and
has a sort of shifting light in its tex,
ture. These are mounted on tie-pin or
other forms of jewelry and present an
unusual appearance. A valuable part
of the man-eater is the skin. The thin
outer skin is removed and when dried
has remarkable hardness, and Is used
by cabinet-makers for giving polish to
hard woods, ivory, and so on. The in
ner skin Is tanned so carefully that
it eventually yields waterproof, non.
cracking leather. Different parts of
the skin give differing shades of color,
and the tanning process succeeds in
preserving these dark greens and
browns so that shoes, travelling bags
purses, belts and similar articles made
of the skin have a handsome appear
ance. ue
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-07-17
What a Daguerreotype Is

The name is given to the result OF
the first successful attempt at photog
raphy, in honor of the inventor, Louis
Daguerre. The process was perfected
in 1889 and consisted of copper plate
silvered and covered by the action OF
the vapor Of iodine, with thin film
of iodine of silver. BY means Of the
action of light on the iodine of silver
at the focal point of the camera, pic
ture of the object is formed on the
plate. This result Is afterward devet
oped by means of vapor of mercury
and fixed by treatment in solution
of sodium hyposulphite. In recognition
Of the Importance Of his discovery the
French government awarded to Da'
guerre a life pension Of 5000 francs
Kansas City Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-07-17
Triangular Wheels

The cars that travel the "rocky road
to Dublin" would have much rough
er time of it if their wheels were like
those that the Monaghan peasant uses
on his OK cart. The two wheels, say;
Mr.. A. S. Kent in sold Tartar Trails,
are unprotected by iron tires, and
therefore with constant use over stony
roads they soon lose their roundnesi
and become first octagonal, then hex
agonal and then pentagonal At that
point the Mongol begins to think that
he ought to have new wheels; but be
fore his caravan has reached a place
where he can find Chinese to do the
work the wheels have passed the rec
tangular stage and have become tri
angular, and the vehicle will go nj
farther.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-07-17
FORECLOSURE SALE
First Publication July 10, 1924

State of Wisconsin-In Circuit
Court For Pierce County:
Andrew Boles, Plaintiff,
William Harris and Harriet Harris,
his wife, Thomas L. Downs and Han
nah Downs, his wife, Charles E.
Timm, Harry I. Engell, Emma Pratt
Draws, Joseph L. Nienstedt, F. w.
Philips and Sadie Philips, his wife.
Defendants.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That under and by virtue of judg-
ment of foreclosure and sale, render
ed, entered and docketed in the above
entitled action in the Circuit Court
for Pierce County, Wisconsin, on the
25th day of June, A. D. 1923, /, the
undersigned Sheriff of Pierce County,
Wisconsin, will expose for sale and
sell at public vendue, at the Front
Door of the Court House in the Viii
lage of Ellsworth, Pierce County,
w -SCOHSlH Oh INC ZOLH udy OF
August, A. D. 1924, at two o'clock in
the afternoon of said day, to the
highest bidder for cash, the premises
described in said judgment and there
in directed to be sold, situated in
Pierce County, Wisconsin, and des-
cribed as follows:
"The North Half of the Northwest
Quarter of Section Nineteen, Town
ship Twenty-Six North of Range
Nineteen West;
Or so muck thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy the sum of
$2,392.11, with interest thereon from
! June 25th, A. D. 1923, together with
! the costs of this sale.
Dated June 18th, A. d. 1924.
FRANK robson, Sheriff
of Pierce County, Wisconsin.
WHITE & WHITE, Attorneys,
River Falls, Wisconsin.