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The Denver Jewish news., 1924-04-10
HORTHY. AWARE OF MUIR
DER PLAN PERMITTED
ITS OCCURRENCE.
(Iewlsh Teleyrnnh Acencrl

(Jewlsh Telegraph Agency
Vicnna-That Admiral Horthy. Re
gent of Hungary. knew beforehand of
the plan to murder the Socialist editor,
Somogyi BacC, and permitted it To take
place, is the revelation made by
Venilzky. the former Minister of the
Interior in Hungary. venitzly's state
ment was reprinted in the Wiener
Abcnd" from the Hungarian news
paper. "Azujsag."
The Denver Jewish news., 1924-04-10
DANSIG SELECTED AS CITY
FOR JEWISH UNIVERSITY
fIewish Telegraphlc AgeneyD

Warsaw-Dansig has been chosen as
the city where the proposed Jewish
University in Europe Will he built. a
site for the buildings has already been
brought. and detailed plans for tho
construction of the university as well
rs dormitories for the professors and
students have been prepared by the
Jewish architect, Stiefelman. This is
Evening star., 1924-03-25
WOOD, DC. OFFICIAL,
MAY END SERVICE
Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner, Under New Rule,
Must Return to Army.

Capt John z. Wood. one of tha
assistant engineer Commissioners.
probably will terminate his active
service as local official on July /.
He has been granted a two month
leave Of absence to begin with that
date, and the belief prevailed TODAY
that at the end of that time he viii
be given a new assignment in the
Engineer Corps of the Army.
Under a new rule in the Arrnv all
officers must serve one year in eyery
five On active military duty, and in
the fall of this year Capt Wood will
have completed four years as assist
ant engineer Commissioner. He came
here in the, fall OF 1920
During his brief period of sery-ice
here Capt Wood has become one ~
the most enthusiastic advocates nf a
more beautiful National Capital
lie has interested himself in a num-
Der OF the long-Standing schemes for
Improvement of the city, including
the driveway TO connect the cham Of
old civil war forts, the reconstruction
OF the Washington channel river front
and similar projects.
He also served as chairman Of the
$Aint LrSepl4y competed Il
systematic plan for the betterTnent Of
the street lighting of the city within
a five-year period.
Capt. Wood has visualized with
charts and drawings other plans for
the physical Improvement OF District
institutions, such as the Occoquan
workhouse farm. the grounds around
the jail and Gallinger Hospital
He also has prepared charts outlin-
ing the anticipated needs of the
sewer and water departments for the
next five years.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
TWO MOTOR BANDITS
BELIEVED IDENTIFIED
Police Also Find Owner Of Car
Used in $4,000 Piggly
Wiggly Robbery.
GANG CHANGED AUTOMOBILES
Got Start on Officers by Delay in
Reporting Case.
GANG CHANGED AUTOMOBILES

Piggy wiggly store officials today
are checking up accounts in an ef-
fort to determine the exact sum of
money taken yesterday by armed
bandits from an automobile in which
II. L. Cleaton, cashier of the District
unit Of the corporation, and John
Starnes, District superintendent, were
taking it to the executive office of
the firm at 1895 5th street northeast
1t is reasonably certain, it is stated,
that the sum was between $4,000
and $4,000.
While officials are checking up
their accounts, Lieut. Walter Emer-
son, acting chief of detectives, has
picked members Of his force and
members of the automobile squad
hunting the bandits. Identity of at
least two of the quartet is believed
by the police to be known to them,
and their arrest. it is believed, is only
a matter of time.
Owner OF Car Found.
Michael Kaplan, owper of the au
temobile occupied by the bandits, Is
said to have told the police that a
man named Joseph Nalfy, well known
when he last saw il. He said he had
permitted two girls and two men to
use the car.
1t is known by the police that the
girls left the bandit Car shortly
afterward. bat just where the other
men boarded it has not been learned.
Following the hold-up the bandits
drove to the vicinity of Todd place
and Lincoln road northeast, only a
short distance from the scene of the
hold-up, where they had another car
parked.
The four men immediately left the
kapian car. boarded the car in waiting
was lost sight of. and detectives have
been unable to trace IL since that time.
sney stated this morning, and they car
ony conjecture as to whether the ban
dts motored into Maryland or returned
to the city.
Were Seen Changing Cars.
Detectives Jett and Connors, who To-
Gated the car the bandits had usad
were told by at least one person residing
near Lincoln road and Todd place Of
nanng seen the four men leave the
car and drive away. They paid little
attention TO the incident however and
did not notice the number on the car in
which the bandits disappeared.
Joe Naiiys name appears on police
oand1s car. He is said to have figur-
60 IN an affair in New York hotel
several months ago and received sew
erai bullet wounds. and police also
say be is wanted at La Plata, Charles
county, Md, where he is alleged to
have escaped from Jail while awaiting
hearing for alleged completely in
a shooting affair.
1t Is said that a slight delay in get
ting police action resulted from,
CleatoH and Starnes FIRST going to
ene second police precinct to report
the affair instead of going to No 10.
the precinct in which the affair hap,
pened. A second precinct policeman
was sent with them to No. 12, three
received and Lieut.. Emerson notified,
The slight delay, it is stated, prob
ably did not interfere with the inves-
tlgation, to any considerable extent.
although it is said the bandits could
nave covered many miles during that
time II they had left the city.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
WOMAN Is RESCUED.
Overcome by Smoke in Chicago
Hotel Fire.

Jeanette Phillips. forty, occupant OF
a room on the top floor of the Chi
cago Hotel. 345 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest was taken from her room
in q semi-conscious condition this
morning when fire was discovered in
her room.
There's a woman in the room :"
Capt John III. Virnstein Of No. I5
engine company was told when he
reached the hotel, and he hurried
there with members of his command
and found her lying on the floor suf-
fering from the effects of the smoke.
The sufferer was so much affected
by the smoke that she was unable
to talk. She was rushed from the
building and taken TO Casualty Hos
pital, where 1t was said she probably
would recover.
Firemen found the mattress on the
bed burning. They quickly extin-
guished the blaze with chemicals.
The fire did about S25 damage.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
ENGRAVING INQUIRY
STARTS TOMORROW
Thorough Probe of Alleged Bond
Duplication Promised by Rep
resentative King.

The special committee of the House,
headed by Representative Louis Nc
Fadden of Pennsylvania, which is to
investigate the charges of Charles B.
Brewer. q Department of Justice
agent, who made a report to Presi-
dent Harding regarding alleged du-
plication of bonds at the bureau of
engraving and printing, will probably
hold its first meeting tomorrow.
Representative McFadden was not
in Washington today. Representa-
tive Edward ]. King of Illinois,
through whose efforts%the investiga-
ton was ordered, and who ranks next
to Mr.. McFadden on the investigating
said today that the inquiry
would be pushed with all possible
speed. The other members of the
committee appointed by Speaker Gill
lett are: Representatives Strong Of
Kansas. Steagall Of Alabama and Ste
venson. South Carolina.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Congress levies the tax In the Dis
trict Of Columbia; an appropriation Is
made by Congress, and the District of
Columbia raises 60 per cent of that
appropriation. Il the people here are
cause Congress does not make suff1-
ciently liberal appropriations for the
District. They paid last year almost
81, 6o0. 900 more than Congress appro-
people of the District object to rais-
ing this additional 100000 tax; but,
as say. Congress eompels the Dis
trict Commissioners to raise enough
revenue TO equal the 60-4e PROPOSE
gress makes. As far as can see, IL
makes very little difference whether
we pass this bill with this tar or
without this tax"
Senator MeKellar then offered his
amendment intended to restore the
personal property tax, and it was
adopted without opposition.
Goes u Treasury.
The following schedule of iexies
for electrically driven and steam op-
Grated motor vehicles is contained in
the bill:
All motor vehicles operated by
steam, SIS per annum.
Electrically driven passenger-carry-
ing vehicles, $l1 per annum.
Electrically operated trucks, having
1,0ee pounds or less rated carrying
capacity, a mtnimnm charge of $40
per annum. plus 80 for each additional
loco pounds or less rated carrying
capacity. >,
In calling the bill up in the Senate
that the period of reciprocity in the
matter of automobile licenses with
Maryland would expire March 81. He
urged haste In dispesing 81 the bill
on that account
Evening star., 1924-03-25
MRS. COOLIDGE LAYS
SCOUT CORNER STONE
0fficiates at Rededication Of "Lit-
tie House" for Girls
Organization.

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the
President. honorary president of the
Girl Scouts of America. laid the cor
ner stone Of the "Giri Scout Little
House" at a rededication ceremony
at 18th street and New York ave-
nue. today.
The Girl Scout Little House was
the former Home. Sweet Home"
which was erected on the grounds be-
hind the Treasury, and after much
discussion as to its ultimate fate
was given to the Girl Scouts by the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs,
the organization which first had the
building erected for Better Homes
week" last June.
Mrs. Coolidge placed in the corner
stone a copy of the Girl Scout
manual, several scout publications
and a newspaper. Then she took the
trowel and placed the cement on the
corner stone. which rests in the rear
of the building. under the breakfast
alcove.
TcfI of 0rsanisatiom.
Mrs. Herbert, Hoover, wife of the
Secretary Of Commerce and national
president of the Girl Scouts, with
several members of the organiza-
tion's executive COMMITTEES. completed
the corner stone laying. Mrs. Hoover
and Mrs Charles Hamlin, District OF
Columbia commissioner OF the 6lrl
Scouts, spoke on the achievements of
standpoint. and Mrs. Arthur Choate
of New York spoke on the spiritual
benefits. It was explained that the
"Giri Scout Little House would be
and that it would be an experimental
center for Girl Scout home-making
activities.
The executive board of the organ
ization is NEE ting today at the Pierce
Mill Tea House. in Rock Creek Park.
which is run by the Girl Scout Coun.
ell of Washington. Luncheon will
be served at the tea house and in
the evening the members will be the
dinner guests of Mrs. Hoover at her
residence. $500 S street northwest.
BOARD Members Present.
Among the board members present
were Mrs. Leo Arnstein. Mrs. Mich
olas Brady, Mrs. Choate. Mrs. Lyman
Delano, Mrs. Frederick Edey, Mrs.
Everit Macy, Miss Lieweliyn. Parsons.
Mrs w N Rothsehild; Mrs Percy
Mrs Jane Deeter Rippin OF New
York; Mrs. julius Rosenwald of Chi
cago, Mrs. John Baxter of Minneap-
oils, Dean Arnold and Mrs. Arthur
Hartt of Boston. Miss Gwen Martin
Of Philadelphia, Mrs. William Phelps
of New Haven. Mrs. Clifford Shinkle
Of Cincinnati Mrs. Edward Skae of
Detroit. Mrs William Hoffman OF
Darlington. r. l.; Mrs. Thornton OF
Atlanta. Ga; Mrs. NJ III. OLnstead OF
Harrisburg, Pa, and Mrs Hoover
Mrs Helen r. Scudder and Mrs
Frederick Brooks, all of Washington
Mrs Hamlin and other members OF
the District Council attended the
Evening star., 1924-03-25

lCoDtfnued from FlrSf PaRe.D
for those particular services. This
would bring up for determination by
the department several hundred thou
sand separate cases each year and
you can easily understand the difficult
ties the department will have III ad-
miniStering such a law"
Discrimination Is Seen.
Mr.. Mellon might have added some
thing about the difficulties of the tax
payers who would have to Journey
to Washington or hire lawyers TO
prove to the government what is and
what is not reasonable salary with
the consequent result that it will be
cheaper to accept injustice than to
pay the expense of obtaining justice.
The Senate finance committees ac-
ton is, of course, not final. and there
are indications that the whole mat
ter of rates will be opened up again
before the revenue bill is reported
Persons who earn their incomes. how
ever, have thus far been given less
favorable treatment by the House
than Secretary Mellon recommended.
and Senate committee has carried the
discrimination against earned incomes
still further.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
q GUESTS ESCAPE
AVENUE HOTELFM
Two Are Injured in $4,000
Blaze in American
House.

Twenty-three guests were forced to
flee from their rooms in the American
House, 63S PennsyiyS2ia avenue,
shortly before o'clock this morning,
when fire broke out in a stock of
drugs in the cellar of the building
occupied by the. Central Drug Com
pany. Two persons were injured.
Firemen carried some of the guests
down ladders as smoke filed the
building and others escaped by the
stairs and fire escapes. The damage
was estimated at $4,000.
Several Injured.
Lee Hechinger. proprietor of the
American House, was slightly hurt
when he fell from a ladder. Sergt
j. w. Holmes, colored, No. engine
company, sustained slight cuts. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
William Benchert, night clerk in
the hotel. discovered the fire and sent
in the alarm.
When the fire apparatus arrived
the smoke was SO dense that Acting
Deputy Chief James Keliher promptly
sounded a third alarm. bringing
twelve engines and four truck COM
panies, the water tower and three
fuel wagons on the scene.
.. Z. Thomas of the WASHINGTON
Gas Light Company, wearing 4 gas
mask, responded to the first alarm
and cut of the flow of gas in both
buildings. Firemen also found it
necessary to don gas masks.
Inspector Charles A. Evans, Capt.
Martin Reilly, Lieut.. Frederick M
Cornwell and other officials of the
police department went through the
buildings and secured valuables left
by those whose hasty exits prevented
them from taking all their belongings
with them.
Third Fire ON Premises.
isis mornings blaze on the prem
ises of the drug company was the
third fire that has occurred there.
1t started in the cellar, where a
quantity of alcohol and drugs, valued
at about $4,000, was stored, and prob
ably had been burning some time
before the night clerk in the hotel
detected it. The fire burned through
the floor to the foot of the stairway
leading to the rooms on the upper
floors.
Withers Taylor, colored cook.
roof in escaping. Adolph Schluem-
baugh. occupant of a second door
room, was trapped by the flames. He
was rescued by firemen. Slight wa
ter and smoke damage was caused
in the Commercial District Bakery
lunchrooms. John Brazier's cigar and
news stand and to the stock of Com
stantinos Lynard, fruit dealer.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
MRS. ALMIRA MORGAN DIES
Widow of Charles H. Morgan to Be
Buried in Arlington.

Mrs. Almira Morgan. seventy eight
years old, widow of the late Charles H.
Morgan. died at the residence of her
daughter Mrs. James G. Caldwell, Sl2
Van Bnren street northwest. Friday.
Funeral services were conducted at her
late residence yesterday morning at 10
O'Clock. Rev. Freeley Rohrer. pastor of
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church,
of which she was a member. ofhciated-
IntaTTnent was in the Arlington cems-
terry
Mrs. Morgan had been a resident of
this city for the last twenty years. dur
ing which time she had. acquired a large
circle of friends Besides Mrs. Caldwell
she is survived by one other daughter
Mrs. Joseph Mitchell Of Albany, n. Y.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
RUMANiA AND HUNGARY
WITHDRAW WAR CLAIMS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. March z5.-fhe on
cial press declares the Rumanian and
Hungarian governments have signed
an agreement whereby the latter fin-
ally recognizes Rumania's 'belliger-
ent right" to the invasion of 1919 and
withdraws damage claims tetaIling
twenty billion gold crowns. At the
same time Rumania renounees claims
of 10000, ,0o0\lei to cover the costs of
the invasion.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
QUAKE RECORDED HERE.

An earthquake Of pronounced char
acter was registered ON the seismor
graph OF Georgetown University yes
to-day, beginning at 3:3S pm. and
lasting until pm. Father Tondorf
placed its center at 1890 miles south
Of Washington. y.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
MEXICO NAMES PAM
ASU. S. AMBASSADOR
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GALVESTON, Tex, March 25.-Al-
bert ]. PAM. minister of foreign af-
fairs in the cabinet of President Obre-
gen, has been appointed ambassador to
the United States, according to advices
received by Consul l. Magma from
Mexico City today.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
PnchOt Drawn,
Ready to Serve
As Grand Juror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AbSoclateu Prtss.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March Is
Gov. Pinchot may serve as a fed
e-al grand juror at the term Of
court Beginning hare May 5.
Drawn in the fist of jurors at
Scranton yesterday. the governor
said today he expected to serve
unless the pressure of the neces-
sary work for the state should
require me to ask to be ex-
cused."
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Do you need efficient Industrious
help? There's one sure way to get 1t
euickly-read and use Star Want Ads.
There are 200. 900 square miles Of
uncllltivated land in China.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
SHOT BY SMUGGLERS,
Immigration Officer at Lewistnwn.
N. z, Expected to Recover.

YoUNGSToWN, N; Y, March 25.-
Constable GILBERT Carter was shot
down today while patroling the
banks of the lower Niagara river by
men believed to be alien smugglers.
The constable, who was taken to a
Niagara Falls hospital. said he came
upon the men, who We're lying in
wait for boatload of aliens being
brought across the river from Canada.
NIAGARA FALLS. Ontario, March 2s.
-Four men In a motor ear. believed to
have been IN the party OF alleged
alien smugglers who shot Gilbert
Carter, special immigration officer, at
Lewiston, N. T., today, were arrested
by local police and held for further
questioning.
one leg and twice in the other, was
expected to recover.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Star Want Ads are for aggressive
people Be live wire and get in
touch with other live wtres--that's
the way to succeed
Evening star., 1924-03-25


offered by Senator Mcclellan of Ten
nessee, who declared that while this
is called a reciprocity bill, the real
purpose of 1t is that the automobile
owners Of the District shall be al
that lin the state of Tennessee, using
1t as an illustration, automobile own
ers pay SIS license tar, which, I
believe. is the highest tax which au-
tomobile owners in the District Of
Columbia pay for any car now. They
pay a property tax Of a little more
than 3 per cent on valuation quite
as large as in the District, and, in
addition, they pay 2-cent tax on gas
oline. Under these circumstances.
the idea of Congress passing bill
to exempt from taxation the autemo-
bile owners of the District of Colum-
bia is, in my judgment absolutely
indefensible.
II do not understand how any sena-
tor, knowing that in his own state
there is license tax. there 10 a tax
on gasoline. and there is a property
tax on automobiles, can knowingly vote
to exempt automobiles in the District
of Columbia frenl property tax alto
gether, and yet that is what this bill
proposes to do.
IN addition to that. the tax rate in
the city of Washington Is SL20. In my
city it is just little more than 9 per
Union it Is about per cent. state,
county and municipal tax. The tax
rate here is very low. The assessment
is very moderate. 1t is not based on
cash value. rs we all know. To ex-
ampt the automobiles of the District
from any property tax is something
that is very unfair and unjust"
Explanati0n by Ball.
Senator Ball Of Delaware, chair
man of the District COMMITTEES and in
charge of the bill, explaining the
action of the committee in reporting
the bill without the personal prop
erty tax, said:
The bill as reported now relieves
the personal tax on machines, and 1
cent of the gasoline tax goes in lieu
of that. ! find that in many states
when they put the 2-cent tax an gass-
line they relieved the automobile
personal tax My own state did it.
I made the statement before the gen
eral committee that there was no
state that did that. but / find on ex-
animation that there are q number
of states that have done it, so their
contention in that respect is fair"
Depends ON Congress.
In reply to Mr.. McKellar's state
ment regarding the taxation OF the
people OF the District, Senator. Ball
said:
"It makes very little difference how
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Diamond sales In the United Statee
were 6,0e0 900 tn 1871.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
GAS TAX BILL CUTS
OUT PROPERTY TAX,
SENATE NOW FINDS

Continued from First Page,
Evening star., 1924-03-25
SENATORS REJECT
TAX PLAN FAVORING
LEARNED" INCOMES

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-03-25
ExpIanati0n by Ball.
Depends ON Congress.

In reply to Mr.. McKellars state
nnent regarding the taxation OF the
people OF the District, Senator. Ball
said:
ut makes very little difference how,
The independent-reporter., 1924-05-22

wife who was before her marriage,
Nancy Springer of Woolwich lived un-
I'll 1s45, her age at the time of her
demise being 81. They gave their
properly to their son, Salmon and
the family then comprised, the older
couple, an unmarried daughter. Miss
Nancy. and the son Salmon. who mar
ried Elizabeth Swan. This was one
of the finest farms ON the River
Road. The house was remarkable
and splendid type of colonial archi-
lecture. Il is said that Salmon made
a good fortune, something like $25,-
900. The original barn Is still stand
Ing and likewise a small building
ued as smokehouse, but the old
tavern was torn down, and some OF
the timber was used In the construc-
tion of smaller house on the place.
Another hotel on the River Road
five miles from town, was located on
what is now the Guy Giles farm. This
was probably in operation about so
years ago, possibly even longer ago
The independent-reporter., 1924-05-22

Masquerade. II seems that son of
Gen. Locke was in the military service
in the South, presumably in Mexican
War days, and Unexpectedly appeared
in Bloomfield. 1t was believed by
many that he had deserted the army
and as a result the young people OF
the town dressed as band of fero-
cious Indians repaired to the tavern
and surrounded the house. Accord
ing to the story young Locke was
found under bed inside the dwelling.
No children of Joseph were born OF
this union. His stepdaughter was Mrs.
Frances Rollins. long a resident of
Skowhegan and succeeded General
Locke as post mistress. The old
hotel was used as a mill boarding
house in recent years but Is now de-
vided into apartments for different
families. 1t has been known gen
orally in recent years as the South
side boarding house. although digni-
fled for time by the name of THE
Linwood".
Another of the old hotels was in
the low dwelling house just west of
the Southside Grocery store, near the
Locke Tavern. This was operated
The independent-reporter., 1924-05-22

grandfather of the present owner Mr..
Fletcher. Seth Wyman built a log
cabin on the place prior to the one
which was used for hotel purposes
and which is still standing in good
repair.
The old Manley Tavern is still
standing on Madison avenue, and is
well preserved IN appearance. 1t is
occupied by 4. K. Rowell, and until
recently stable for the feeding and
caring of horses has been kept there.
It has within the past few months
been renovated into an auto sales
room. This was run as a hotel by
A. G. Manley and WAS probably clos
ed in about 1888. Mr. Manley went
TO California to search for gold and
the hostelery was maintained for a
time by Mrs. Manley. The family
home was afterwards established in
the house now occupied by Alonzo
Smith on kennebec street, but at the
time of the Manley's occupancy sat
where Mrs. Edward y. Merrill's
house now stands on Water street.
The hotel was vacant for some years
after, the Manleys vacated and used
to be open SO that children could