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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-02
| NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE

Still They Love Us
MANY a woman who loves her
AVA husband can't help think
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ing she would look in widows
weeds.
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A boy in his first long trousers
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ANSWERS

ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Queries.
1. Maryland was a royad prov.
ince from 1891 to 1716:
2. Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium,
was begun in 1852.
8. Samuel Crowther was made
first negro bishop in the Anglican
Church in 1864.
4. Exeter College, Oxford, was
founded in 1914.
5. The battle of Iurka, Miss,
was fought September 10, 1862.
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Water Spots

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with a thin cloth toed over the
spout. When evenly dannped
shake in current Of air alnel
dry. -
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A boy in his first long trousers
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Cooperation by D. C. Officials and Citizens
Held Vital to Capitals Future Welfare

/ am looking for the support of people who
might be determined disappointed citizens.
want the people of Washington to see ana
to believe that the District Commissioners in
their official acts are guided by what their
best judgment indicates to be the best in
terests of the municipality and It's citizens
and 1 am persuaded that our people are fair
that they will realize that the Commissioners
are striving to the best of their ability to do
When the people take this view 1t Will be
found that they upholding the hands of
those who are directing municipal ana1rs.
The people have confidence in the District
Commissioners, and I believe that they are
going to take this view, and so 1t Is that L
not only crave but confidently expect to be
upheld by those who might be called dis
appointed citizens" And thus 1t will be that
these problems they are met from time to
time will be solved and we IN the CITY OF
Washington will go forward meeting the
expansion problems they arise and building
for the days to come.
Sees Higher Standards.
Revertins to my text set out in the be
ginning of this discussion, we will then find
4 development of the citizens in their per-
sonal capacities More facilities will be ex-
tended and will be used by the people for
system. which has long been one of the
foundations of the Republic, will be extended
so that it's facilities may reach all the chill
dren: private educational institutions VIII
find that degree of support and patronage
which not only will make for their success,
but for the substantial improvement of the
people. Opportunities for recreation VIII be
free and many. and thus there will develop
sound bodies which will make for sounder
citizenship. With people more intellectual
and stronger In body, 1t will naturally follow
that the moral tone of the community Will
be raised and that the financial prosperity
of the people will be established.
l look for all these benefits TO accrue to
the citizens of the Capital City, and believe
they will come in proportion to the extent
that the people unite in solving the problems
Of the expansion of the Capital. Above all,
there must be to the fullest possible extent
cooperation. This does not mean that individual
views must not be expressed The best plan can
be devised only after hearing the views Of many;
but 1t does mean that after the leaders to whom
has been assigned the task of directing mu-
nicipal affairs have heard the views of the
people and have determined upon plans of
action that the greatest success can then
come by all the people standing together for
the city
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BY FREDERICK A. FENNING,
District Commissioner.

TOR several years more than one half
X of the population of the United States
has been urban population. A few
i years ago man who had dedicated
his life to city planning published
book in which he outlined the needs of Amer
lean cities. He approached the problem from the
standpoint of the cities themselves no less than
from the standpoint of the people who live In the
cities. From this authoritative work l have
selected the subject of a brief discussion
this sentence: THE masses in the cities have
a right to grow and expand mentally morally,
psychologically, physically and financially in
the exact ratio in which they have made
possible the tremendous expansion and wealth
of the cities themselves"
My hope for the City of Washington is
that all of the persons who live here will CO.
operate In meeting the problems of expansion.
These problems became urgent about the
time that the activities of Government in
creased in connection with our participation
in the World War. Thousands and tens of
thousands of persons came to Washington.
After the war many returned to their former
homes or moved elsewhere, but very con-
siderable number remained in Washington.
And in the intervening years the activities of
Government have increased, the population
of Washington has increased not only to the
extent of those in Government service, but
this increase has included the men and
women who although not connected with the
Government service, have come to Washing
ton because of personal and private business
activities connected more or less with the
increased Government activities. These men
and women have frequently been persons of
family, and 1T Is that whole families have
lett tnelr FORMER MONIES ana nave cast IN tnelr
lot s citizens of the District of Columbia.
incidentally, of course. this increase in pop
ulation has meant an increase in the wealth
Of the city.
New Responsibilities Arise.
Every increase in activities carries with it
a corresponding increase in problems and
responsibilities. 1t has been found necessary
in Washington to develop outlying districts
and to build large apartment houses in the
city itself. Thousands of families have had
to be provided for. Their housing was the
first requirement.; but the building of houses
in large numbers in outlying districts is not
alone a building problem. 1t involves the
laying of streets, the laying of water
mains proper sewerage arrangements. in
creased facilities for police and fire protec-
ton, and certain of these requirements also
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apply to the erection of large apartment
houses. Again, the erection Of homes
in any considerable number calls for
pansion promptly and effectively of the va
rious services furnished by public utility
ganiZations
The municipal government must be alert
and active not only in furnishing all the
facilities at its command but in exercising
its supervision and regulation imposed by
law on public utilities. The municipality
must undertake to satisfy the people and 1t
must strive particularly to adopt measures
not along the lines of expediency, but along
lines of permanency.
Are Bddng for Tomorrow.
We are not building for today, but we
1t often happens that such plans are de-
termined upon by the city authorities to meet
new situations and to extend required facil-
tiles do not meet the approval Of all the peo-
pie This is unfortunate. but 1T Is a fact.
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Claims of i. S. Citizens Against
Mexico Total More Than 5000

aration of evidence and memorials
which must be submitted by the agent
to the commission in the various
cases, but no decisions have yet been
reached. The Special Claims Commits,
sion will meet again in Mexico City
in September, at which time, it Is be-
lieved. certain groups of cases will be
decided. The action of the Special
Claims Commission will have some
bearing on the work of the General
Claims Commission, because there are
some cases which are in the doubtful
class; in fact, a number have been
nled with both commissions because
of the uncertainty as to which body
would have jurisdiction. OF the POI
cases filed with the secretariat of the
General Claims Commission, 66 have
also been filed because of doubt as
to jurisdiction with the Special Claims
Commission. If the latter at it's meet
ing In the Mexican capital in Septem-
ber decides that some of the ca ses
presented to it are outside of it's au-
thority, they will still have a chance
before the other commission, which
probably will meet again about thte
first of next year.
No Claims by Mexican Agent.
No claims have yet been presented
to the commission by the Mexican
agent on behalf of citizens of the
southern republic, and the character
and amount of such claims have not
yet been made known even approx
mately. The number of claims pre-
sented to the American agency by
United States citizens to date is 3,O53.
OF this number, $40 are classified as
probably coming under the jurisdic-
ton of the General Claims Commits
sion. Many of these are the out
growth of construction of the new
Mexican constitution, relating to
questions affecting naturalization of
petroleum and the agrarian law pol
icy. While there are many claims
from other and general causes, it is
understood that the largest are for
alleged damages resulting from opera
ton of the oil and agrarian laws.
The claims of United States citizens
under the special claims convention
fall into a number of categories.
Among them are claims for border
raids, deaths caused by bandits or
revolutionists, destruction of prop.
erty by revolutionists or government
forces, damages to colonists or settlers
driven out of Mexico, and so on.
Claimants Urged to Act
The American agency is urging
all citizens of the United States who
desire to present claims to write at
once to the Secretary of State of the
United States, giving their names,
addresses. amounts of their claims
and brief statements of the facts on
which they are based. This is all that
is necessary for the claimants to do
Continued on ThirdHageD
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its greatest volume with the Fifty
ninth Congress, 90 years ago, in the
time Of Roosevelt. The record shows
that Congress passed rs public laws
and 1924 private measures. mostly
pension relief bills. Shortly thereafter
pension bills were included in an
omnibus relief bill, and the number of
private laws dropped to 646 for the
Sixtieth Congress. Since that date
Congress has averaged about $50 pub
lie and private laws annually.
Cost of State Legislatures.
State Legislatures. too, show no
tendency to abate their pace. Nor has
the cost of a State law been marked
down. The Census Bureaus figures
show that the cost Of running our
State Legislatures in 1923 had almost
doubled within four years. These fig
ures, including all States, are as fol-
lows:
Cost of Legislature, 1919, $6.196. .259.
Cost of Legislature, 1928, &11 $780,
Thus the cost of passing a State
law has risen from about $500 in 1919
to approximately 81 100 in 1928 and a
minimum of 1920 in 1925.
Scores of cities and many counties
have followed the State trend during
the past few years. Salaries of from
81 900 to $4,000 for city councilmen,
who meet once or twice a month for
few hours to add a few more laws
to statute books already too numerous,
are commonplace in our chief cities.
These councilmen are paid from $40
to SIS an hour for the actual time
they are engaged in law-making. In
smaller communities the cost is lower.
A member of Congress receives on
the average from $50 to 500 an hour
! for the time actually spent on the
| floor of House or Senate. That is, his
compensation would lie between those
| figures If his salary were paid only
| for the time thus spent. Actually,
members of Congress spend a great
deal of time on committee and other
lrwork which absents them from ses-
sions.
| in session, the members pay averages
nearly 500. In addition, he is trans
ported to Washington and back home
again at Government expense. Office
space. clerks, stationery, free postage
| every thing he needs to do good
| Jobs given him extra.
And at the present time there isn't
a man in the country who can even
state the number of Federal laws In
| effect, nor any dozen men combined
who know and can tell what the law
is without laborious research.
Increase in Tax Burdens.
Five thousand or more proposals
to increase the burden Of taxpayers
were introduced in State Legislatures
this year. Figures are not complete
but an examination Of the bills pro
posed in some of the most populous
States indicates the above total to be
conservative. Probably 10 per cent
of these bills became law. Men and
women paying State taxes will be
called on to foot the bills. One bill
out of every seven or so, an eXamina
tion discloses, would have placed an
additional drain on the State treasury
More than $4,000 bills were intro
duced.
| Under these circumstances, it is safe
to conclude that the 1925 sessions OF
our 3S State Legislatures will have re
suited, upon adjournment, in placing
an additional tax burden of from $25.
100000 to S1oo.oQp,ooo upon American
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citizens. They will have increased the
cost of maintaining our State govern
ments, already past the $780,
600, 900 mark annually, by from to q
per cent.
This polyglot accumula ton of new
taxing measures comes as fresh 1e-
post on the top of sheaf Of State
and city tax laws. Just how many
State laws there are in force to tax
citizens is, in one respect. like the
number. of all State statutes-nobody
can do more than estimate them.
Fifty thousand State and city taxing
statutes seems conservatives; SO 900
ways Of extracting toll for the Gov
ernment probably understates the
situation.
What Census Figures Show.
The Census Bureau has furnished,
perhaps, the best basis for a compu-
tation as to the number of taxing
laws in effect. 1t has recently pub
lished digest of tax laws. mainly
State measures, although incidental
reference is made to county and city
ordinances imposing tax levies and
license fees. The volume runs to 544
pages of fine type-more than 500 900
words.
And it is only a brief digest of the
chief measures. Thousands of little
tax laws. imposed by diminutive baili.
wicks, are missing. AS it is, however.
the volume digests more than 10000
tax laws.
1t has seemed that every INGENIOUS
device possible of human conception
had been passed Into a tax law, but
the 1925 session brought some new
proposals to increase taxes. These
proposals. 1t should be borne in mind,
were seldom direct they sought to
| disburse State funds for purposes
which a generation ago would have
been as far from the function of gov
ernment as the East is from the West.
The effect, however. of these pro-
| posals. so far as the taxpayers are
| concerned in almost every case would
have been the same-a greater bur-
| den.
/ Some Of the Proposals.
Examining the record we find, as
| typical of thousands of proposals, the
| following:
Arizona passed a law requiring rail-
| roads to equip locomotives with auto
matte bell ringers. California was
| asked to increase old-age pensions.
| Colorado was asked to appropriate
| $500, 900 for State publicity fund and
| to slap State tax stamps on cigarettes
Connecticut was asked to exempt GER
| tain citizens from personal tax, there.
! by adding to the burdens Of the re-
naming taxpayers. Illinois was asked
to provide a State bonus for plumbers
In the Iowa Legislature State in.
come tax measure was defeated
| Kansas considered the advisability OF
taxing minerals. The Governor OF
Maine vetoed a bill taxing railroads on
a new and more burdensome basis
Massachusetts, Is seeking to tax ma
| tional banks on income received from
I tax-exempt securities. Missouri de
cided TO tax bath houses in third-class
cities. Nebraska enacted a fiat rate
intangible tax law.
| New Jersey added to her expenses
by appointing a commission to investi
| gate working conditions among WON
| en-. Ohio enacted a new corporation
tax law, the old one having been in
validated by the courts. 1t also taxed
| gasoline. Oklahoma was asked to tax
tobacco and chewing gum, and enacted
a high automobile license fee schedule
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~ additional time in which to
~ file claims under the terms of
4 a the general claims conven-
ton between the United
States and Mexico has been filed by
the American agent and is now under
consideration by the commission
which was appointed to settle and
adjudicate all claims arising since
1868 of citizens of each country
against the other, except those of
United States citizens based on revo-
lutionary acts in Mexico during the
period from November 20, 1910, to
May 81. 1920, which are covered by
Special claims convention"
The time for filing claims under
the general convention would expire
on August 80 next, in accordance
with the present arrangement, which
allowed a year after the first meet
ing of the General Claims Commits
sion for their submission. The treaty,
however. provides that an extra six
months may he allowed, and it is
the belief of Col. Henry w. Ander-
son. American agent charged with
preparation of the cases and their
proper prosecution before the COM
mission that ample time should be
allowed for all claimants to be heard
from.
1000 American Claims.
Up to date more than 5000 claims
have been presented to the American
agency for filing with the commission
under the terms of the two conven-
.ionS with Mexico, the general and
tine special claims conventions, it was
announced at the headquarters of the
American agent here. Inquiries are
being received constantly, it was
added, as to the method of procedure
in the presentation of a claim. The
claimants are widely scattered and 1t
is felt that as much time as possible
should be allowed them, in order that
all may have an opportunity Of being
heard.
AS to the special claims covering
the revolutionary period, the date for
filing them will not expire until Au-
gust Is, 1926; and it is too far in
advance to say whether a similar
request for six months extension
will be made, although 1t Is per-
mitted under the special claims con-
vention.
y The General Claims Commission
Held several sessions here during the
first days of June, and recessed to
meet again June %. 1t is understood
that the acting Mexican agent is TAX
ing up with his government the ques-
tion as to it's attitude toward the re-
unest for an extension, and it is be-
lieved that this matter will be de-
cided before the commission adjourns
its present meeting, which probably
will be the latter part of this month.
Progress Is being made in the prep.
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HICHLICHTS ON THE GRAIN OF LAW
Cost of Stdtel dir. bOut
Cost0 of cfv ouncus
Latr-m IN
burdens
placed people, s25oo000 to s1ooo000o
Of government one-ha greater
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BY HENRY l.. SWEINHART.

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finrn, hetNNann the Tnitel
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BY WILLIAM p. HELM, JR.

UR national passion for law
making, Treasury figures
show, cost US not less than
$25, 100000 a year in salaries
opd incidental eXnenSeS OF
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FRANCE NOW In POSITION
GERMANY HELD In 1870
Must Protect Poles and Czechs to
Keep Allies to Help in
Case of Attack.
BY FRANK III. SIMONDS.

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No Ideals Involved.

I wish / could make it clear there
are no morals or ideals or mllitarism
or imperialism involved in all of this
There Is nothing but a simple trans
action Britain feels that her own
security will be adequately assured if
Germany promises to accept forever
Continued on Fifteenth PaSe.l
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~ F'FICIAL warnings to Mexico
to respect American rights
are the elimination of a
" series Of floutings of our in
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"OR several years more than one-hal1
- of the population of the United States
has been urban population A few
i years ago man who had dedicated
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would he absent. hut the F.uropea n
powers involved seem determined to
get together. without the United
States. il necessary. to al lea ST talk
over the question of interallied debts.
While the respective terms of the
Italians and Americans are known to
he SO far apart that some close oh
servers last night were wing there
was no hope whatever Of an agree
ment. unless one government or the
other made radical change in its
attitude, hope has not been given up,
and the negotiators will plunge into
the task again tomorrow with every
effort for success Whether any pri-
vate meetings will he held today be
tween the principals WAS not dis
closed
The Rumanian negotiations are eN-
pected to open formally with brief
session tomorrow morning. Some pre-
dictions of success have already been
made. but many factors enter into
the situa ton in Ruma MIA which may
involve the negotia tions in prolonged
discussion.
American interests are known to
have heen approa ching Ruma MIA with
offers for loans. hut these ii was un-
dersttod unoffiCially last night. are
2 awaiting the conclusion oi the dent
negotiations here. Oil and mineral
holdings in Rumania by America n
citizens are sa id to he substantial and
affected by domestic policy there.
The Rumanian commission is head
ed by Nicholas TitulesCo. Ruma mia n
Minister at London.
The commission. which is making
its headquarters At the Wardma n Park
Hotel. in addition to NJ. Titulesco. con
ssts Of:
E,ftimie Antonesco counselor of the
High Court of Cessation and Justice.
vice president of the delegat ton: Emil
Giuan. director general of public debt.
ministry of finance: V. Slavesco. direc-
tor Credit Industrial Co: D. Ciotori.
attache of the Ruma nian legation at
London: Victor Badulesco. subdireCtor
Of Credit Bank, and Savel Radulesco,
ministry Of finance.
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PROSPEROUS COAL
MINERS IGNORANT
OF STRIKES GOAL

Wonfinued from First PageJ
tract men" and just plain miners. The
former really make big money in the
hire OF King coal The average mine
possibly has four or five contract men
The others are the 3 day lahorers
who are now fighting for an increa Sc
in wages
Tho contract men" work on a
commission basis They sign a con
tract with the coal Compa nies where
by they are placed in charge of q
gang and get stipulated price for
every ton OF coal sent ont by their
gangs. They employ the men in the
gangs and pay Them straight wage
Then their profit consists Of all thai,
is made owe: that. II Is sa Id that the
contract men" make as high as $40
and S5n day. And the miners
claim the Contractors do not work
justa boss the job"
Here in Wilkes Ra rrt.. which is
nearer TO the district that supplies
Washington than Scranton. there is
practically no coal left. Wilkes. Barre
itself is beginning to use bituminous
coal. There are possibly 400 cars
loaded with domestic size bituminous
IN Jne NHInS OF lne IDef3 ware ] p ckS e
wanna & Western Co, the Hudson
Coal Co. and the PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road. Not more than q score Of these
loaded cars We're found in the Penn
sylrsnia yards at Honeypot Scales
eight miles out Of tuwi.
Like the larger caches found in
scranton. even this supply has long
since been sold. il is said and is
loaded to await movement orders
from it's owners up in New York
STATE. Washington will get none Of
ii. nor even Wilkes Barre. hut that is
eallv = negligible amount in COM
pa riSon 10 the dema nd.
There is no sign here io make
the outlook for early settlement of
he strike more hopeful than i; was
in Scranton. The most optimistic
person with any knowledge Of con-
ditions. yet found. is Father Curran
He hopes Gov. Clifford Pinchot VIII
he able To at least get the two
hellicerents in communica ton with
each other by December |.
Neither side. however. shows any
disposition to arhitrate as soon as
that.
Tne operators expect the. mines to
rema IN closed all Winter. An official
Of tfa Hudson Coal TO. declared to-
day hat his company had stocked in
its '1lierieS six months supply Of
coal ior use, in its boilers
Il certainly hope it holds out" he
added. But we are going to go very
sparins with it," with borh sides. ap-
parently in this frame of mind opti-
mism seems to he somewhat previous
just now.