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but who had to furnish It on a pro.
fessor's limited salary. She put her
all into lovely old sofa, two real
Chippendale chairs, one small but
lovely Oriental rug, small table
and a table lamp. every piece Of which
she had just reason to be proud. Her
room was fairly large. but she placed
these really good pieces in close prox-
unity to each other so that half the
room looked comfortable. She hon.
estly explained TO callers that she
did not have the money yet to fur
nish the rest of the room. The in
teresting result Of her experiment was
that people went from her house. not
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Weight of Furniture.

1t is not only in the actual use Of
our upholstered pieces that we should
consider this matter OF comfort. In
this day. when many people are with
out servants. we must consider tho
weight of furniture that mas TO be
moved and select pieces that will be
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for themselves. II the public would
refuse to buy uncomfortable. badly
built pieces all manufacturers would
have to look TO these essential points
of comfort
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Continued on Nineteenth Page)
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AS you walk up the flagstone walk
to the iron-trimmed blue door under
its tiled porch roof in the yellow ce
Evening star., 1926-12-12

from corporations, of course, for In
these cases the most complex legal
and technical questions are involved.
But errors are discovered also in 20
per cent of the individual income tax
returns. About half of the corpora
tons returns are passed without Ques-
ton and half are audited closely.
1t should not be considered that all
of the back taxes collected by Uncle
Sam are the result of innocent error
or of misunderstanding. Since last July
the bureau has assessed taxes ag-
gregating $5,51S,000 due to fraud, to
which penalties aggregating $1,519,000
have been added. In the same five
months 26 men have been given
prison terms for the same cause. Sew
enty-six intelligence agents--male and
female detectives of rather keen per.
ception--are gadding about the coun-
try all the time looking for tax
frauds.
One of the elements which will con-
tribute to bringing audits of Federal
income tax returns more up to date
soon is the reduction in the number OF
taxpayers. The 1925 act relieved
nearly 100000 persons from the ne.
cessity of filing returns. Despite this,
those who did make returns paid more
than the much larger total of
taxpayers in the previous year.
(Copyright, 1920
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RESORTS.
EMMITSBURG. MD.

The Etn1nit House Ridss' H ss' Be.a' s'us
Gtiful views. Quiet Comfortable ro9ms.
week or month week lends. Garage. Chick.
en-Waf1e Dinner Sundays. Booklet.
=. B. WINN, Prop.
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NATION SPEEDING
AUD|TS ON TAXES
$500, ,O0O,O 900 Believed Held
by Firms Against Possible
Back Payments.
RY HARDEN COLFAX.

Audits by the internal revenue
bureau are rapidly becoming cur
rent" and when they reach that
stage some S500.000,000 held by
corporations and large individual
taxpayers against the possiplhty ol
back payments will be piaceu III
productive channels. The tmagina'
,;o, renuires no spur to envision the
hnnefits such distribution VIII
bring TO the general public.
The news. which is not disputed.
snrane from between the covers OF
n cheaply bound book, made puohc
when the appropriations commlttee
introduced its first supply bill II
contained a record of hearings pelore
that committee in connection win
the Treasury Department estl1hate
of expenditures.
Audits of income returns are belng
brought up to date much mole
ranidly. these hearings disclosed the
bureau having gained more than
1000. 900 in a year. BEFORE maj!
o,otbs mass If expects to he only
about 200 600 behind, which Is aoou'
as close as It ever can get.
Fuel to Trade Fires.
If This $500, 100000. or as much
4bereof as the event proves does not
have 10 be paid the Government
,,.are relea sed, it would add quite
,;t,la fuel 10 the fires of business
and reduce the cost of living. ne
s,,m named is an estimate p"'
,pasn,ch as q single case ma! IA
yoIve millions one way or anotheI
ood there are literally thousands OF
ma ior cases, it appears TO De CON-
servative. z,.rs A
engineers and lawyers rusnihs
work on one case involving st'VVo'
600 in hopes of completing II p
fore December 81. some pie
date back to 1871. a.s
o,osed in the statement of Assistant
commissioner Charles K. Nasn 10
the committee. It is that as Uncle
sam is getting more prompt III
claiming back taxes, he also Is re-
having oyerassessments more speeu-
ilv--and paying them in cases Where
no claims have been entered, 100
within the past year $4,000 claims
eo- ovornavnents were allowed. but,
in addition, the bureau gave o5.oVo
certificates of overasseSsments III
which no claims had been hled' III
other words, Uncle Sam hlmseII uls-
covered 53,UOV errors III lawn VI '
payers and paid back the money.
The total amount involved In botn
classes was S424,OO0,000. Interest OF
more than s40O00,000 was paid on
these returned payments. on the
other side of the picture, the bureau
in the last year rejected $4,000
claims involving S503,000,000.
Additional Taxes Assessed.
Something of what unadjusted tax
returns mean to the country may be
seen in the statement that within the
last ~ months 1872, 900 has been
assessed in additional taxes. Some
of these assessments will be scaled
down on final adjustments, but 1t is
estimated s250,O00.000 will be paid
the Treasury in the form of back
taxes in the next year.
Income from this source will de-
crease steadily, officials believe, as
both corporations and individuals be- |
come more familiar with the law and
the regulations. The big money comes
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FOREIGN CHEMICAL TRADE

NEW YORK. December IL P).-
Foreign buying of American indus.
trial chemicals has been increasing
steadily for weeks, says the Oil, Paint
and Drug Reporter. Domestic demand
was exceptionally good last week.
while consumption was better than
in years. Inability of English manu-
facturers to turn out the usual guam
titles resulted in much larger demand
for copper sulphate from South
America and Mexico.
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HEAVY LOSSES PREDICTED
Finan cial Service Declares Business
Cycles Are Not Ended.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, December 11.--McNeel's s
Financial Service predicts some tre-
mendous losses" for those who at the
present time buy in a margin account
the rank and file of American indus
trial stocks on the theory that busi-
ness cycles are at an end.
"One of the most dangerous f1nan-
cial doctrines now being preached In
financial circles" McNeel's declares,
'and which is certain to lead to tre-
mendous speculative losses. is the
theory that the Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn has abolished business cycles.
The cycle theory of business has been
found to hold in virtually every
civilized country in the world. 1t is
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absurd and tremendously dangerous
to conclude that present conditions Of
business and the stock market based
thereon are permanent, when all his
tory teaches the contrary"
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Goldfish should be kept in an open
topped bowl or tank, rather than in
small-topped globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
ANCIENTS KNEW RUM,
BUT NOT ITS PURPOSE
Hindoos Were Acquainted With
Alcohol in All Respects Save Its
Kick. Discovery Reveals.

The IIindoos of 4O0 b. G. or there
abouts knew all about fermented liq-
uorS, but they did not recognize the
stuff that gave the kick as distinct
substance.
This is revealed i'm an ancient book
that has just been brought to light
The ArthaSaStra, as ii is called was
written about 300 r. c., and has been
translated into English by DIR. X. Sha
maSaStrN. While it primarily deals
with governmental problems and adj
miniStrative matters. ii contains many
facts Of scientific interest mentioned
incidentally. 1t is compiled of still
more ancient works of a similar char
acter. and this fact adds greatly To it's
value. because il gives lis some notion
IF conditions in India before Bud
dhiSm became prevalent. The Scien-
tifC items have been gathered together
and annotated by Prof. f.. O. Won Lipp-
mann and published in recent scien-
titic journal
The ancient hook reveals that gold
and silver We're the metals of great
est importance and were both purified
by melting with lead. Sixteen stand
ard alloys of gold with copper were
used as standards of comparison to
determine alloys of unknown compo-
sition. Other metals in use were cop.
per. lead. tin. iron, bronze and brass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15

Police Lieut.. Loman of the harbor
precinct has q volunteer member of
his command with a penchant for
sleeping in the station house shower
bath.
Ills nickname is Dick. What his
real name is has not been ascertained.
Dick has two legs and puffs his chest
ont like any other policeman. hut the
similarity ends there.
Dick. in fact, is n pigeon. Station
Clerk Turner found him several
months ago shiverins in the snow out
side the precinct headquarters. on the
river front. Turner's duty is booking
poor birds who fall afou of the law
down by the wharVeS. so he cOaNed
in his new victim with handful of
bread crumbs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
CYCLE HITS DIRT PILE,
POLICEMAN INJURED
Heap Was Unguarded by Light,
Charge-Child and Man Hurt
by Hit-and-Run Drivers.

A pile of dirt unguarded by light
on r. between Sixth and Seventh
streets. left there, it is stated. by Dis
tri"t employees, was responsible for an
injury sustained early yesterday morn
ing by Motor Cycle Policeman c. o.
Rupe. OF the sixth precinct. Rupe was
pursuing Virginia automobile that
was speeding, he reported. when his
motor cycle came in contact with his
obstruction. He received a spra ined
back.
Joseph Reinhart Upper Marlboro.
Md, asked police to make an effort
TO establish the identity of hit and
rum driver whose automobile ran over
his 7yearold son on the road near
his home yesterday afternoon and Sc.
verely injured him. The car, he stated
narrowly missed striking "A second
child.
Frank Piner. colored. % years, 2009
Fourth street, was the victim of
hit .andrun' automobile accident at
Florida avenue and Seventh street
last night. After he had received first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
Police Lieut.. Loman Has Side Partner
Who Delights in Sleeping in Shower Bath

The pigeon Immediately made him
self at home. He perched himself on
the station clerks desk and looked
things over. Night came and Dick
began to look around for a place to
sleep He wanted a nice quiet place
where he wouldn't be disturbed. The
suuadroom wouldn't do. as it was
filled with policemen. SO were the
other places he inspected
Well. anyway. Dick finally selected
the shower bath.
Does he sleep well now Station
Clerk Turner was asked today.
Fine. fine" he replied. Dick
sleeps most Of the time
1t is said that Dick even walks in
his sleep. sometimes. He is a full.
fledced policeman.
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2 Years 8 Months for Killing 2.

MOSCOW. March Is LP).--A 17-year-
old youth, George Stolypin, a relative
of former Premier Stolypin, has been
sentenced to two years and eight
months imprisonment for the murder
of lawyer named AleXeiV and his
wife. old friends of the Stolypin family.
The youth WAS led to commit the muir
der by the hope of obtaining money
from the couple. but all he got WIS SD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
Worshiper Is Seized in Frog Hollow
When Prayers Fail to Cure Whispering

three elders seized the offender and
escorted him in an automobile to the
home of Justice of the Peace j. Scott
Bower, who fined him $14.
Weaver then expressed his regret
that he had not been more consid-
crate and was forgiven. He didn't
have the money handy with which to
pay his fine, so 1t was paid by the
elders. whom he accompanied away
in their automobile.
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TAX RETURNS LIGHT.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE Md. March 15.-Tho
last-minute rush of income tax INA AYERS
At the revenue office here TODAY was
not as heavy as I'm previous wears
owing to the raising of exemptions.
Collector Galen i. TAFT said that
while the rest Of the country has a
decrease of about one-third this dis
trict will be about two-ffths, due prin
cipally to the falling off of returns of
Government clerks in Washington.
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Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HAGERSTOWN, Md. March 10
Prayers failed to cure Jesse Weaver,
jr., farmer, from talking in church
during services. Pleadings by his
fellow churchmen and threats that he
would be arrested if he did not desist
also failed. The Church Of God, in
the notorious Frog Hollow section,
had been the scene of quiet worship
every Sunday since it's establishment
many years ago, and the gun battles
between revenue officers and boot
leggers. murders. robberies and other
disorders thereabout had never chilled
the ardOr Of the congregation.
When Weaf yer joined the church
his habit of Whispering at various
times was given little attention. but
it finally began TO irk the elders. 1t
was broken short last night when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
monument TOCOL. YOUNG

The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity plans
to erect monument in Arlington
Cemetery to Col. Charles d. Young
Capt. Arthur G.. Newman said in an
address eulogiZinS the late Army Off
Ger in Rankin Chapel at Howard Uni
versity yesterday. Capt. Newman de
scribed Col. Young as ii soldier. laud-
able for his valor. fidelity and loyalty
to his country"
Lieut.. William Stuart Nelson and
Capt. Harry o. Atwood also spoke in
praise Of Col. Young. The HOWARD
University Glee club gave several Sc
lections. Maj. O. J. W. Scott pro
nounced the benediction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15

There are descriptions of several
chemical compounds. such as salt. bo-
rax. alum, blue and green vitriol, as
well as numerous plant and animal
products. fOiSOnS are discussed at
considerable length. in addition to al
cohol. unrecoSniZed though not UNI
known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15

aid at Frccdmen's Hospital he was
detained by the police for inVcstiGa-
ton in connection with a row at $50
Florida avenue earlier in the night in
which Walter Burton. colored, l552
Eighth street, received n knife wound
n biz neck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
Baltimore Pastor Dies at SO.
oecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. March 15.-At
the age 8S wears the Rev. John Edwin
Amos, oldest member of the Balti-
more Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. died yesterday
Nine wears age he married Miss Lind
say Sledge, A.. of Washington. ID. G.
He was a native of Baltimore and
lived here most of his life.
Australia Is to have new railroad
] 5Si2 miles long. construction of which
will cost 81, 50O,0
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CRAZED MAN KILLS WIFE
AND WOUNDS TWO IN ROW

Declaring afterward that he hac
been crazed with corn liquor. which
he said. was given him by relatives.
Douglass Griffin. colored, "a year,
old, yesterday afternoon ran amuck
with a loaded pistol, and while EN-.
broiled in a fight at his home. 1888
Sixteenth street northeast, shot and
killed his wife, Rosie Lee Grimm. q
years old. and seriously wounded
Parthenia Green, % years old, and
James Peyton, AZ years, all colored.
Mary Todd, cOlored, of 1853 Six
teenth street northeast. attracted BY
the affray, disarmed Griffin. who fed
down M street. f. w. Becker Of
3481 Holmead place, g. former police
man. seized him and took him to the
ninth precinct police station. where
he was held on a charge of murder.
The three victims Of the shooting
were taken to Casualty Hospital.
Griffin is said to have admitted t.
Policeman Henning OF the ninth pre-,
cinct, who investigated the case. thai
he had fired the pistol while strug
Cling for possession Of it with Peyton
and his wife and blamed his act on
liquor. The fight started, police
learned, when Griffin accused hi<
wife of hiding the pistol from him.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
Brothers Reach Court.

About the time selection of the jury
was begun, Thomas and Bernard Nc
Dermott, pats" brothers, who sur
rendered him to the authorities on Oc-
tober "a, thus ending three-month
search, entered the courtroom. In
view of their arrival, Judge Diehl
held in abeyance his ruling on the de-
fense's application for permission to
take their dispositions.
Defense counsel had contended the
brothers, at the prosecutions instiga-
ton, would not come to Canton. Their
arrival from Pennsylvania made them
subject to subpoenaS as witnesses.
Twelve prospective jurors had been
examined up to noon, two being dis
missed because they said they have
formed opinions from which they can
not be dissuaded; two because of ad-
vanced age, one because his mother
lies at the point of death and two be-
cause Of challenges by the State.
The defense has not made any chal-
lenges for cause. After the tempo
rary panel is arranged the defense is
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$25 ,000L0SS BY FIRE.
Blaze Explodes Dynamite in Ware.
house Near Seattle.

SEATTLE, Wash, December Cq).
Fire today destroyed the main ware
house of the Erickson Mercantile Co.
at Bothell, % miles north of Seattle,
after threatening to burn the town
when dynamite stored in the ware.
house exploded and spread flames
Loss was estimated at $4,000.
A Seattle fire brigade was sent t,
aid the Bothell Volunteer Department
Residents of the town of 1000 turned
out to fight the fire.
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entitled to IS peremptory challenges

entitled to Is peremptory challenges
and the State to 4.
Throughout the morning session
McDermott, sleek-haired and smiling,
watched with interest every move Of
the court, attorneys and spectators.
He conversed frequently with his
counsel. Attorney Mills. Homer c.
Durand, Coschocton attorney, and
James Emsley, Canton lawyer.
Strict precautions we're taken in the
courtroom to prevent any disturbance.
Nine special deputy sheriffs guarded
the courthouse at strategic points.
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Recalls Naval Conference.

While these events were happening
in the latter part Of 1921 Roberts
asked the witness if he was aware
at that time Of the conference on
reduction Of naval ornaments and
negotiations for a four-power treaty
being in progress. Roberts cited the
dates Of the conference and the dates
the arms and four-power treaties were
signed early in 1922, around the time
the first contract of April 25, 1922, for
the erection Of the Pearl Harbor tanks
was signed. The witness stated he
knew all of the dates and facts as
they occurred at that time. and also
that all powers interested in the Pa
cific were in attendance.
When the contract was made, In
1929, Roberts asked the witness II
he still felt this urge Of national de-
fence. Robson replied the urge was
still on him at that time "and Is
now"
again in December %, 1922, you
wanted to get more storage facllltles
at Pearl Harbor,'' Roberts said. You
had plenty of time then to get the
matter before Congress. did you not?"
YES" replied Robson. but I was
acting under instructions from the
Secretary of the Navy"
Turning to Bains' Westward trip
to confer with oil men in 1921, Rob-
erts asked Robson if he did not know
then that he had man who would
do the work at cost. Receiving an
affirmative reply, the Government
counsel asked him why he did not tell
Balm then that there was no need for
him to go West. II wanted to get the
best proposition for the Navy" Robi-
son replied
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Continued from First Page.)
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MELLETT MURDER
Jury BEING PICKED
McDermott, Accused of SIay-
ing, Denied Rights, Counsel
Says as Trial Opens.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COURTROOM, CANTON. Ohio, De-
.cember 6.-Patrick Eugene McDer-
mott, charged with the murder of Don
r. Mellett, Canton publisher, July It,.
went on trial for his life here today.
Judge Edwin w. Diehl presided.
Immediately on opening of court E.
L. Mills, Canton attorney, counsel for
McDermott, took the witness stand
and, under examination by Homer e.
Durand, Coshocton, his associate
counsel, testified that his attempts to
interview Steve Kascholk and Peggy
Cavanaugh, the States star witnesses,
had been thwarted. He contended that
McDermott had been denied his con-
stitutional rights in this respect.
Start Selecting Jury.
Prosecutor McClintock contended
the State Supreme Court has held that
defendants in court can be barred
from interviewing States witnesses.
A motion by the defense that it be
permitted forthwith to interview
Kascholk and Miss Cavanaugh was
overruled. The court then proceeded
with the selection of a jury.
McDermott's counsel said he would
deny all knowledge of the murder, and
acquaintance of those alleged to have
originated the conspiracy-Ben Rud-
ner of Massillon and Louis Mazer OF
Canton, McDermott's co-defendants--
who are slated for trial later.
The State seeks conviction of Nc
Dermott on the theory that he was
employed by Canton's underworld lead
ers to take part in the plot against
the editor. who was shot at his garage
door.
Evening star., 1926-12-06
Witness Denies Fencing.

Several clashes occurred between
the witness and counsel over the
question raised as to the legality Of
the leases bv various of the oil COM
panies. Robson had great difficulty
in recalling just how many concerns
regarded the Pearl Harbor construc-
ton as legal.
Don't fence" Roberts said sharply.
I'm not fencing" the witness re-
piled.
testimony to the effect that the Asso-
ciated, General Petroleum and Stand
ard Companies had regarded the work
as illegal. Robson 'recollected" that
he possibly knew of three companies
which did not wish to go into the
plan before the Elk Hills and Pearl
Harbor contracts were made He also
said that he did not want the Union
Evening star., 1926-12-06
Two Venires Likely.

1t is expected that two venires.
each of rs citizens, will be necessary
before the jury is selected and that it
will take at least four days.
The States star witnesses are Steve
Kascholk. first infOrmer against Nc
Dermott, and Peggy Cavanaugh, a
friend. Kascholk claims to have back
ed out of the conspiracy into which he
says he and McDermott were drawn.
According to the investigators, kas-
chOlk also involved Rudner.
Miss Cavanaugh is held as wit
ness because it is claimed that she
is able to establish a connection be-
tween McDermott and Rudner, who
is regarded as the ''pay-off.''