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Evening star., 1925-01-02
WATER FUND SOUGHT.
Officials to Ask $1,o2O,oOO for
Service and Extension.

When officials of the District water
department appear before the House
subcommittee on District appropria- =
tions probably this afternoon they
will seek approval of total of
S1,020.000, recommended by the Bureau
of the Budget, which is an increase of
$4,000 over current appropriations for
the water department.
One of the most important individual
items in the budget for the water
service is the sum of s175,000 for ex-
tension of service mains in supplying
new localities with water While
this amount is not as large as the
water department could use in meet
ing demands for water extensions
next year. it is a slight increase over
the current appropriations.
Among the new trunk mains which
water department officials will ask the
subcommittee to approve are the fol-
lowing:
Extensions Now Proposed.
In Nebraska avenue, from Wisconsin
avenue to Forty-seventh street $780,
900; in Rhode Island avenue northeast,
from Sixteenth street to Queens Chapel
road, $4,000: in Allison street. from
Illinois avenue to New Hampshire ave-
nue.. $4,000, and for several extensions
in the vicinity of Forty eighth and
Grant streets northeast. $4,000. In
the vicinity of Eighth and L streets
northwest. $4,000.
Another essential feature is $4,000
for the installation of fire hydrants
Since the expenses of the water de-
partment are paid for from the water
rent collected by the department. Off
cials are hopeful that liberal treat
ment will be given for the needs of the
water department
Evening star., 1925-01-02
ROCKVILLE LINE HALTED.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, January 2.-Ties
up of the trolley cars between tha
city and Washington delayed hun
dreds of Government workers this
morning, and mail deliveries vert
held back for many hours because OF
the heavy fall of snow.
Though no serious accidents were
reported, a number of minor ones ara
said to havC resulted from slippery
walks and tobogganing. Automobiles
were hard to start and many of them
stalled during their early morning efs
fort to get out of parking places
Some side streets were untracked by
wheels and but little by the feet OF
pedestrians when the first sign OF day.
light penetrated the fleecy air.
Telephone communication was kept
open, to the great relief of the Gov
ernment workers. who were put 70
the necessity of calling up their
chiefs. Baltimore and Ohio trains 10
and from Washington were running
regularly
Evening star., 1925-01-02
JUDGES FACE QUIZ
ON TRAFFIC CASES
BY HOUSE BODY

Continued from First Page)
distinct traffic court with other
judges.
The subcommittee on District appro-
pria atoms has asked for a record OF all
traffic cases taken before the court dur
Ing the last few months, and is having
each case Investigated so as to be prop
erly prepared to discuss the matter with
the judges on a sound basis OF fact
Heard Police Testimony.
The subcommittee was led to this
course after hearing testimony from the
Police Department. Police officials were
asked why they were not giving better
service and why traffic violations were
not stopped through severe penalties
They were told that the blame rested
with the courts, and specific cases were
cited
The hearings on the District appro-
priation bill will be resumed this after
noon, when officials from the school and
water departments are expected to
Justify the budget estimates and to
make arguments in favor of substantial
increases over amounts recommended in
the budget.
WATER FUND SOUGHT.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
BACKS WAR MUSEUM.

Senator Warren of Wyoming. chair
man of the committee on appropria-
tions, today introduced a resolution
providing for the appointment of a
commission TO make plans for the es-
tablishment of a war museum in the
Pension Office Building.
A similar resolution has been in
troduced in the House. Members of
the commission would be the COM
missioner of pensions and the COM
manders- chief OF the American Le-
gion, the Grand Army and the United
Spanish War Veterans. The resolu-
tion authorized an expenditure of
$1,000 for making the survey.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
ROB MUNITIONS SHIP.
Gangsters, Believed Disguished
Soldiers, Seize $25o,OOO Cargo.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
SHANGHAI. January Upward of
a. hundred armed gangsters, believed
to be soldiers disguised, boarded the
steamers Kingta and Kiang YunG
Wednesday, while the vessels were
moored at the King Lee Yuen wharf,
on the French concession bund, over
powered the officers and crews, for
eign customs guards and French de-
rooms, and seized 200 cases Of rifles
and munitions, valued at more than
a quarter of a million dollars.
Consigned to SUN Chuen-Fang.
The rifles and ammunition had been
shipped from Hankow and were con-
signed to Gen. Sun Chuen- Fang, who
was engaged on the side of Gen. WI
Pei-Fu, deposed Peking military chief,
in the recent attack on Chekiang. The
arms and ammunition, however. had
been intercepted and were being held
by the customs authorities.
The Kangsters made their onslaught
from Chinese junks, graphing the
ships. The seized goods We're trans
ferred to the junks, which disap-
peared.
Ships Company Unharmed.
Those on board the steamers were
not harmed. The incident occurred
Wednesday night, but news Of it was
suppressed until this morning. Both
vessels belong to the China Mer-
chants Steam Navigation Company.
The Kiang Yung is a vessel of 1,451
tons register. The Kingta does not
appear in Lloyd's Register.
.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
TWO CARS OFF TRACKS.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, January -
Street cars off the tracks at River
dale and Mount Rainier tied UP traf-
fic for some time early this morning.
while rs per cent of automobile travel
was paralyzed on account Of the
heavy snow. Many Government en-
ployes walked to work. while others
were unable to get TO their posts of
duty before the noon hour. Tele phone
calls piled up 90 per cent above nor
mai on account of these delays
Evening star., 1925-01-02
8-INCH SNOWFALL
CRIPPLES TRAFFIC.;
THOUSANDS WALK
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stated that train service had been
but little affected by the storm. There
were some late arrivals, but the de-
lays We're not due directly to the
snow it was asserted.
Among the street car de-s ilments
was one at the Virginia end of the
Key Bridge, another at Seventh and
G streets and a street railway snow
plow at Wisconsin avenue and River
road.
Following a previous storm plan
was worked out at the District Build
ing under which the men Of vaiious
branches of the Engineer Department
would be pressed into service by the
Street Cleaning Department.
Up TO noon today the street clean
Evening star., 1925-01-02
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, January 2-Trans-
mission of pictures across the con-
tinent by telegraph by an instru-
ment known as telepix telegraph
nictures) has been demonstrated
as practicable, says today's Chi
cago Tribune, which is joint owner
with the New York Daily News of
the process.
Pictures of the Notre Dame
Leland Stanford game in Pasa-
dena, Calf, were transmitted by
the telepix to Chicago and New
York for printing today in the
formal Inauguration of the opera
ton.
The telepiX machine will both
send and receive pictures by tele-
graphic dots and dashes, requiring
and hour to rs minutes to trans
nit an ordinary photograph. The
number OF telegraphic signals re-
Quired for one picture was said to
Evening star., 1925-01-02
Senator Underwood Receivers.

Senator Underwood, Democrat, Ala
bama, who has been Ill at his home
here with influenza, was in his seat
today in the Senate, having braved
one Of the worst billiards Washing
ton has had in several years.
The former Democratic leader ap-
peared to be in good condition and
was welcomed by a number Of his
colleagues on both sides of the isle
He was prepared to resume direction
of the fight for the passage of his
bill for the leasing OF Muscle Shoals
by the Secretary of War.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
Heavy Snowfall, With Prospect of
Continuing Afternoon and Night.

NEW YORK, January New York
City today is in the gyip of the first
heavy snowstorm of the Winter
Driven by slashing gale, the snow
be gan falling at 5:45 o'clock.
AS the snowfall con ntinued unabated.
the street cleaning department or
dered out 5000 men and All motor
driven plows. Elevated railway and
trolley car companies reduced their
schedules and put crews to work keep
ing the track clear
The Weather Bureau said the snow
fall would continue throughout the
day and part of tonight.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
VIRGINIA TRAFFIC OPEN

ALEXANDRIA. Va, January .
Traffic suffered but slight retardation
by the snowstorm which last night
swept the territory south of the Po-
tomac River in the proximity Of
Washington and Federal employees
were not greatly delayed in getting to
their work Before noon the snow
continued falling. but sidewalks and
streets were nowhere impossible. No
accidents of a serious nature haye
been reported to the police.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
School Shows News Reels.

Motion pictures have become regu-
lar part of the equipment In the Sc
nior High School at Dubuque, Iowa.
News reels are shown during the
luncheon period when weather condi-
tions make outdoor reereations un-
pleasant, and they are fast becoming
popular. No admission fee is charged.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
ROAD BLOCKED BY SNOW
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Specnl Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. January -
The entire Cumberland Valley was
under a blanket of snow 10 inches
deep. 1t was still showing strong
late today. Rural roads are blocked
by huge drifts five and six feet deep.
1t has been showing continuously
since early last night. Trains and
busses were running behind sched-
uleS
Evening star., 1925-01-02
BALTIMORE FIGHTS
BIC SNOWSTORN
Other Maryland Cities, Inv
cIuding Rockville, Suffer
Tie-Ups.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associate Press.
BALTIMORE, Nd, January 2.-AR
most complete paralysis of loca
transportation facilities marked tht
opening of Baltimorefs business hour
today, due to snow which began fall
ing last night and was continuing
heavily this forenoon.
Stores, Offices and manufacturing
plants reported insufficient arrivals oa
workers to permit of even a SEM
blance of ordinary operation
The railroads reported no serfom
delays to either suburban or through
trains north and south, as yet
Evening star., 1925-01-02
For Good and All.

From the Crusoe Magazine.
Clerk (making excuses for a big
error)-But sir, man isn't machine.
He can't go on forever.
Employer-Oh. yes. he can; you're
going forever at the end of this week
Evening star., 1925-01-02
First of T,Uir,s
ArriUes IL, 1924,
Second in 1925
By the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
AMARILLO, Tex, January Mot
born in the same year, but yet
twins is the case of two youngsters
here who made their appearance
last night in the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. T. B. Daniels.
Thomas came into the world at
s:46 pm, December 81, 1924. His
brother lanes was born in 1925, the
hour being 1:40 am.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
General Orders Culprits Caught ol
Commanders Executed.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TIENTSIN, January Cen. Lin
Ching-lin, recently appointed military
governor of Chihli province, and pro-
tege of Gen. Chang Tso-lin. Manchu
rian leader, has given the command
ers Of troops in the area where SOL
diers raided a train on last Tuesday
until next Monday to find the culprits.
The commanders will be executed
then If the guilty are not found, Lin
says, adding that he will pay losses
OF foreigners as result of the hold
up.
Evening star., 1925-01-02
AMERICAN MARINES
LAND At NANK|NG
Detachment of Troops to
Protect Foreign Property,
Shanghai Hears.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associate Press.
SHANGHAI, January 2.-It is re-
ported that a detachment of Ameri-
can marines has been landed at Nan-
king to protect the foreign residen-
tial district, following the looting By
the bodyguard of Gen. Chi Shieh-
Yuan. former military governor OF
Kiangsu, of a number of largest silk
stores in the city, causing a loss Of
$500, 900. Gen. Chi is a refugee here
in Shanghai
LIN THREATENS OFFICERS.
Evening star., 1925-01-02

Australia now is enjoying it's Sum
mer and Is happy over promises of
big crops.
Evening star., 1925-01-02

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Evening star., 1925-01-02

The Kiang Yung is a vessel of 1,451
tons register. The Kingta does not
appear in Lloyd's Register.
Evening star., 1925-01-02

Case.
The first clue to the transa ctfors :
was disclosed when McDernot he
came dissatisfied with the s.owness
With which the money was cominc
m the Inspectors report said. Most
Oh the SIN supervisors directly i'm
pHcated proved unwilling witnesses
ana made at first misleading stata-
ments until Fields and SAMSON made
cream breast and told the facts.
Another scheme attempted by Nc
Dermot was disclosed as resn1t of
the investigation. Last August he
sought TO make arrangements with
the users of parcel post and attempt-
ed 10 organize group OF these
people With a view to infiuencinr
possible le Sislation changing parcel
post rates. This plan, however. was
broken up when news of it reached
the Postmaster General, who brought
II TO the attention of Chairman Ster-
ling of the Senate post office committee.
Many of the seed houses and other
large users of parcel post were
asked to contribute 800 apiece to be
paid to McDermot. posing as general
manager for them, in semi-annual
payments. The headquarters of the
association was given at room 719
Albee Building, Washington. When
post Office inspectors visited this
room they were informed that several
months ago Riedesel visited the office
and made arrangements for receipt
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suspected OF insanity, instead of in
Jail.
Ask the doctors, too, about that
new X-ray equipment they installed
there.
Less Crime Hero
You can cuss the police depart
ment all you want, but our town has
less crime than any other city and,
boy. you know it's dry as a bonel
Why, Ernie Kingston and the
board of safety members got the
cops to clean UP the town right.
They pinched ten thousand bootleg
gers in four years, and all my friends
have beer giving me the devil since
because they've interfered with their
supply. Capt. William Paulsell of
the booze squad has made a national
reputation.
And our night riding squads have
sure brought in the burglars and
crooks. The big boys In this crfmi-
nal game now give Indianapolis the
cold shoulder.
Guess you've noticed how we're
ahead Of most towns in stop-and-go
signs. Why, we've put in more than
fifty and r. making a lot OF cops
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STORE EXPANDS
FLOOR SPACE

One Of the really veteran business
houses of Indianapolis, L. Strauss
& Co., in 1925 completed an expan-
sion of floor space that makes it one
Of the best equipped mems furnish
ings stores in the Middle West.
Though founded in 1853, nearly sew
entythree years ago, the company
is one Of the livest in the city, and
it's ads are read by followers regu-
larly as others follow their favorite
columnists.
The history Of the company has
been one of steady growth, involving
several changes of location, until the
store is now located just east of Illi-
nois ST., on the sotuh side of Wash
ington.
The policy of the firm, of which
A. L. Block Is president, is to adver-
tise Indianapolis, as well as itself.
The store has a pension system for
employees which takes care of acct
dent, sickness and age. Employees
have a cooperative association which
shares in profits.
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Then we built nine bridges over
Pogue's Run, a $4,000 swimming
pool for the west side at Rhodius
Park and established a number of
municipal beaches and pools along
the river and over the city.
Street Car Service
Now 1 knew the Indianapolis
Street Railway Company couldn't get
along on a nickel fare and we let
them charge 7 cents. But we made
them fix their tracks and give better
| service. Don't forget too, they now
take you to Broad Ripple at city
rates.
John Duvall won't have to come
across much for his home town,
Broad Ripple, because we've done it
already. We gave them paved
streets and sewers out that way and
then turned around and built a three
million dollar sewage disposal plant
and started the Bean Creek intercept
tor sewer people had been trying to
put over for fifteen years.
And those men on the board of
works have sure made good. They
built $50 miles and rosurfaced fifty
miles Of streets In the last four
! years. And, oh, boy, how rough they
were and full of chuckholes when we
went into office. Brightwood,
Haughville and southeast Indian
apolis w had streets like these
before.
Our board widened Delaware st.
in connection with building the
bridge across Fall Creek, widened
Illinois ST., Senate Ave, East St.,
Ohio ST., from Alabama to East st.
and built a fountain for Fountain
Square.
Clean Streets
John Walker kept the streets
clean. $50 more miles of them, on
less money than In the last admin
istration.
The street commissioners depart
ment got so good they gave almost
ambulance service on repairs to
streets and sewers, a thing unheard
of before.
Our board Of works signed CON
tracts for track elevation and work
totaling millions of dollars and work
already is under way. Tell me the
south side won't bloom like a rose.
Then the board went ahead with
flood prevention, and we just a few
days ago opened the Oliver Ave. and
Kentucky Ave. bridges across White
River, completed in record time.
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they replace available for duty chas
ing bandits
One-Way Traffic
And this one-way traffic on Merid-
ian ST., they say, is one Of the best
stunts we eve pulled. 1t clears the
downtown district evenings faster
than ever before.
But you can't deny Fire Chief
AO'Brien and his aids have made the
fire department absolutely the best
in the country. The class for fire
insurance has been reduced from "a
to III, and L DOM mean maybe when
/ say that means dollars and cents
to these business men. The fire pre-
vention department we started on
nothing now gets prize of all the
country.
The policemen and 1remen are
with us. too, because we didn't for
get them on the high cost OF living.
We gave them so cents a day raise
and they ure needed it, with pota-
toes and eggs as high as they are.
And we kept the firemen warm by
installing steam heat in the fire
houses.
We've tried to make golf a poor
mans game here and have kept up
all courses. in addition to adding
Brghtwood and South Side links.
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CITY's GROWTH
Seen BY AYREs
Head of Local House Speaks
0ptimistiCaIIy.

Indianapolis is in sound condition,
according to Frederic M. Ayres,
head of l.. S. Ayres & Co. The year
1926 was marked by Sound Hoosier
progress" he said.
Indianapolis has had another
year of good, solid growth" declared
Ayres. "The growing prosperity of
the Nation, building slowly, quietly,
soundly, has been fully reflected
here. More home building, Of a per
rlanent type, is in evidence. There
is no furry of wild speculatio d
just good, sound, conservative Hoo
sier progress.
Better taste in dress, more en-
phasis on sound new styles, a de-
mand for better home furnishings
are evidence of a return to that bal
anced state of mind which prevailed
before the war.
For the next year I believe we
may reasonably expect that the pres
ent rate Of progress will continue"
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x RATE HERE
S Low, NATION
SURVEY SHOWS
hly Washington, D. c., and
ancinnati Have City
Bested, Report.

the exceptions of Washing
c., and Cincinnati, Ohio, In
polls had the lowest tax rate of
city in the United States in the
Citation group Of cities between
,0bO and 500, 900 Inhabitants.
4 Taxes for State and local gov
sernment costs collected In 1925 from
levies upon property in Indianapo-
lis amounted to $2.58 per 500 of
valuation for that part of the city
inside Center Township; $2.67 in the
Perry Township portion; $3.50 in the
Wayne Township part; 1884 in the
Washington Township part and $2.86
in Indianapolis In Warren Township.
Center Township Is bounded by
Thirty Eighth st. on the north,
Emerson Ave. on the east, Belmont
Ave, On the west, and Troy Ave. on
the south. Wayne Township is West
indianapolis, Washington, north,
Warren, east and Perry south.
The valuation Of property subject
to taxes collected in 1925 in Indian
apolis was 36,944, $40. Sixty-nine
per cent of this value represents
realty and 81 per cent personal
property. Considering cities having
a population between 300, 900 and
SOC, 900, 1t Is disclosed that realty
represents a proportion of valuation
larger than SO In per cent In New
ark, Minneapolis, Seattle, Rochester
and Jersey City and a smaller pro-
portion than SO per cent in Wash
ington, New Orleans, Cincinnati and
Kansas City.
In the year 1925, significant i'm
provements were made in the form
and structure of city and school
budgets. The changes were designed
to facilitate review Of proposed bud
get expenditures by citizens and or
CARNATIONS having an interest in
local governmental costs. The tax
rates established in 1925 for taxes
to be collected in 1926, were some
what higher than the rates Of the
year previous. But, the taxes col
lected are to be devoted to wise and
necessary expenditures. A large
Of responsibility in provision
2pf suitable school building facilities
Eas properly assumed in the budget
1926. This in itself accounted
nor most of the increase in tax
rates. Marion County showed a
small increase over the previous
year.. This was accounted for by
ease Of the fact that no stable
balances viii exist at the end of the
year 1925, for use In 1926, rs had
been the case in the year before.
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You sect it was this way. I fig
ured when I went In as mayor I'd
try to pass out q little stuff to some
part Of town except the north side
and to help tho ordinary fellow a
little.
Now you know they kid me about
being an informal sort of a fellow,
but that helps If they think you're
so stupid because they're not on
their guard.
T claim our administration has
done as much for the average citi-
zen as any this city ever had and
I'll prove 1t.
Take the municipal theaters at
Brookside and Garfield Parks. Why,
they gave me the devil for them, but
the thousands of poor people that
see those shows G.. Carlton Guy
stages there for nothing, people who
haven't the money to see a real
show, have had a little sunshine.
And we did 1t along with building
ten or twelve new Fairgrounds for
a smaller recreation department
budget than the previous administra-
ton.
Taxes Lower
Yeh, and you know our general
tax rate has been lower too.
We inherited bills Of $500, 900 from
the Jewett administration, but we're
leaving all bills paid and about
800, 900 in the pot. And we've re-
duced the bonded Indebtedness too.
The city hospital we found $113. 900
in debt, but Sol Schloss and his
bunch actually crawled out from
under and built a surplus. And they
raised the hospitals rating from
sc to A plus, in addition to building
a new nurses home and administra-
ton building and starting construc-
ton of an $85, 900 surgery ward. We
also put in a psychopathic ward out
there, where they keep people
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the exceptions Of Washing
n c., and Cincinnati, Ohio, In
polls had the lowest tax rate of