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Evening star., 1926-12-13
CLAIMS CELLAR FLOODED.

The District Supreme Court was
asked today to halt further building
operations on Somerset place by Harry
Wardman and Thomas Bones until
alleys adjacent to 529 Rittenhouse
street are corrected to prevent over
flow into the cellar of that property.
Mrs. Mary 3. Brown, who says she
bought the property from Wardman
and Bones, today filed suit against
the two builders and the District OF
Columbia, which had approved the
plans of the alleyways.
Mrs. Brown, through Attorneys
Robert H. Mcneil and John w.
Maher, tells the court that in her deed
to the property the sellers warranted
to keep the house habitable and in a
sanitary condition, but by reason of
excavations and grading of certain
alleys water backs up into her cellar
and deposits dirt and sediment She
explains that on one occasion the
water stood over four feet and on
another time nearly two feet. She
asks for an injunction against further
excavations and to require defendants
ito protect her property. She also
wants a master to determine the
actual damage sustained by her
Evening star., 1926-12-13
PUBLISHERS CLAIM
PAPER OvERCHARGE
Hearings Reopened Before l. c. C.
Examiner on Charges
Against B. & 0.

The complaint of the Washington
Publishers Association and inter
venors against the Baltimore Ohio
Railroad. alleging overcharge on ship
ments of newsprint paper in carloads
to Washington, was reopened today
before an Interstate Commerce Com
mission examiner to permit witnesses
to prove damage to them by reason
Of the overcharge alleged in the COM
plaint.
w. =. Neville, secretary treasurer Of
the Labor Cooperative Educational
and Publishing Society. publishers of
the paper, Labor. testified before FIX
aminer Konigsberger as to the charges
OH shipments Of newsprint eXacted by
the defendant railroad during the
period for which reparation Is asked.
The newsprint, he said, was billed to
the Il. p. Andrews Paper Co. of Wash
ington. because. the Labor Co-opera-
tive Educational and Publishing So
ciety had no facilities for storing
newsprint Other shipments were
billed to the National Tribune Co.,
which published the paper, Labor, be-
fore the society Installed it's own
printing machinery.
Testimony tending to show that
charges on newsprint shipments to
the Washington Herald Co. had been
paid by that company was given by
f. NJ. Flesh, formerly treasurer of the
company. and J. Il. Rice, former man
aging editor of the newspaper. Other
witnesses will take the stand during
the day.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
DEMOCRATS PLAN
TO PUSH TAX BILL
Will Seek 218 Members
Names to Bring Measure
on House Floor.

Democratic House leaders are plan
ming to circulate IL petition among
House members in an effort TO bring
the $685., ,000, 900 Democratic tax reduc-
tion bill on the House floor.
They decided on this report today.
as the only method Of bringing their
bill out of the ways and means com
Inittee, whose Republican ma jority
voted Saturday IT, piGeonhUle it.
The decision was reached at Il con
sultation between Representative Gar
rett of Tennessee. the minority leader
and Representative Garner ot Texas
ranking Democrat on the ways and
means committee.
Under the rules the bill would come
before the House for consideration
regardless Of the committee, ii the
petition in its favor received the sig
natures of q rna jority OF the total
House membership. or 2iS members
This is about 80 more signatures than
the Democrats can muster from their
own party.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
The Right Help

When my OLD car * out ot Whack.
it's innards prone to jerl1, do not
call IL lumber jack to make the blamed
thing work. I summon from their
greasy lair mechanics, enc hy one.
and they assuage my deep despair,
and make the old bus run. When
my brass watch declines to tick, as
moral watches should. I 90 not call to
me some hiCk who works in cloth or
wood. I seek the man who's wrestled
clocks and watches all his days. and
he restores the ticks and tocks in
prompt and sliillful ways. | want Il
man Of special skill to fix whatever's
wrong. the phonograph. the coffee
mill, tho churn. the dinner gong. Yet
when my health is on the wano. and
| in anguish walk, ] shun these meth
DDS safe and sane-I hate To call the
doc. ] gather all the almauacs the
drugstoreS have Oh deck, and buy
some patent kind Of wax To soothe my
aching neck. / talk about my pains and
aches and ueighbora all have cures:
the healing oil of rattlesnakes my
future health assures. send 10
takers far away the coin for which
I've toiled; they forward to me bricks
OF hay. which / must eat. when boiled.
So | keep getting worse and worse,
and wobble when | walk: I'm up
against the village hearse ere I call
in the doc. And he remarks. HAD
you but come when first you felt SO
i'll, | could have made your pistOns
hum. and healed you with Il pill. But
now you've fooled around so long You
have no health at all: your whole ma
chinery is wrong and needs an over.
haul. 1t may take months, it may
take years, to jar your ailments loose
meanwhile I'll amputate your ears.
blood pressure To reduce" l do not
call the village vet to fix the kitchen
fiue; but when in doleful pain sweat
y carpenter will do.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
'PUSSYFOOT' REPORTS
DRYS SLOW ABROAD
Declares England, France and
Greece Are Too Busy to Think
of Prohibition.
peciaI Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 13.--Prolli-
bition Is not making much progress in
England, France or Greece. William
K. "Pussyfoot" Johnson declared upon
his arrival here today on the United
States liner President Harding.
His campaigning trip through Eu-
rope, which began last July, has led
him to believe that those countries
"have noA time to think about prohi-
bition, as they are confronted with
other great national issues They'll
soon be able to think about it, and
then they'll come around ali right"
New York's four-to-one wet vote in
the recent referendum and the wet
majorities piled up in other States
Johnson regards as a victory for pro-
hibition. I'VE still have Congress
with u.s." he added. I'VE have 311
votes of 435 in the House of Repre-
sentatives and the Senate is over
whelmingly with us.
1.-THE majority of men in this coun-
try do not drink" he said. THE poor
man don't--he can't afford to pay rs
cents a drink. Why all this fuss? 1t
is mostly the agitation of the idle
rich"
Evening star., 1926-12-13
TWO HELD ON LIQUOR
CHARGES AFTER CRASH

Walter James Jenkins. 80 years old
2020 Fifth street, and Ellis AlberI
Beck, 81 years old. 1907 sixth stree
both colOred. We're arrested last nigh
after u pursuit by Policemen g. &
Smith, S. J.. DeVaughn and Charlie
Ripperger of the eleventh precinct
after the car in which they were rid
ing is reported to have Sideswiped
another automobile near WALDORF
Md. and severely injured Albert Bas
tiklan. 81 years old. 1017 o street.
Police reported the seizure OF -
half-gallons OF alleged moonshinc
whisky in the car and charged the
two men with Illegal possession ana
transporting Jenkins. driver Of the
car. also was charged with reckless
driving. 10th We're booked and held
for the Maryland authorities.
The accident near Waldorf resulted
in oyerturning an automobile driven
by \. I'll. Casparian. 916 Seventeenth
street, in which Bastikian was one Of
five occupants. The other members
OF the party We're not injured. Bas
ti1ian was brought to Casualty Hosp
tai and treated for a broken arm ami
two broken fingers.
y telephone message from Mary
land told police OF the accident and ~
legged flight Of the colored occupants
of the car. and the latter took up the
chase in Auacostia.
Evening star., 1926-12-13

decided to follow the usual routine
of visiting tho galleries of Paris,
London, Venice and Rome. In Lon
don he spent three years. for he had
fallen there under the influence OF
the work of j. NJ. W. Turner, the
great British landscape artist of the
preceding generation, known as
"the painter of light The study
of Turner has been one Of the great
Influences in his own work ever
since, says Col. Powell. in Venice he
spent two years. making deep study
OF the light and shade effects in
venetian scenery. Venice haunts his
imagina ton and ever SINCE has been
one Of the two chief subjects Of his
brush.
Then he returned to Washington.
Here he was attached to a party OF
the Geological Survey sent out to eX-
Dlore the Grand Canyon of the Col
'orado. He graSpcd at this opportu-
nifty. His old teacher. Thomas Mo
ran. already had been experimenting
with canyon scenery.
Since then he has concentrated on
canyon and Venetian studies, with
some charming interludes of scenery
in northern Virginia near his sum
mer home at Purcellville. His out
put has been enormous.
Seeks Art Salon.
lie has devoted his life, Col. Powell
says, to preserving or canvas the
delicate. vague. highly complicated
color variations in nature.
"You can't paint without facts, he
says
'F'irst try to find out what your
facts are and then preserve them ON
canvas"
He has made several trips abroad
One of his most priced paintings Is
Of part OF the River Jordan, with a
stake in the muddy water. where, ac.
cord ng to local legendry, Christ was
baptized.
Col. Powell is engaged in gathering
a considerable number of his paintings
at his new Winter home on G street
where he hopes to @create notable
art salon. Hereafter he will spend
his Winters in Washington.
~ love the country" he says, "but
the symphony Of the trees is not
enough Every year j feel the in
creasing need of human contacts, such
as come in IL city Ike Washington.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
PLANE PLUNGES
PILOT INTO OCEAN
Capt. AIdsworth of Langley
Field Tactical School Un-
hurt Off RockaWay Park.

BY thc Assn.i1ted Press
NEW YORK. December I5.-t'apt
Richard Aldsworth Of the Air Corps
Tactical School. Langley Field. Va
was plunged into the Atlantic Ocean
Yesterday off Rockaway Park when
new plano he was flying from Mitchell
Field to Langley Field developed mo
tor trouble.
He attempted TO land on the beach.
The tide was in and he landed in the
ocean. tho plane turning over. H.
managed to free himself from the
wreckage and gained the shore. He
was treated for abrasions.
AT q point farther north along the
beach shortage Of fuel forced down .
plane flying from Langley Field To
Mitchell Field. Capt. Francis NJ. BradN
md Corpl. Charles IL. Powers suffered
rom shock when. in attempting to
make a landing. their plane hit a pos
on the beach at EdGemere at dusk
They had flown over Mitchell Field
but Were unable to land because of thu
dense fog, although searchlights were
turned or at the field and rockets sen
Up To guide them.
Capt. Brady then turned back and
in attempting to reach Miller Field
Staten Island, ran short Of fuel.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
INJURED ON SICK TRIP.

SARASOTA, Fla, December IS AP).
En- route to Sarasota to be at the
bedside Of her daughter. Miss Nancy
Hill, who was seriously injured In
an automobile wreck last Thursday,
Mrs. John NJ. Hill. society matron Of
Atlanta, was badly hurt when her
automobile was struck by machine
driven by negro.
Mrs. Hill was taken to the Sarasota
Hospital and is now a patient in a
room adjoining that of her daughter
Her injuries are serious.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
COL. POWELL. 80 TODAY. DISCLOSES
KEYSTONES OF HIS ART CAREER
Thorough knowledge of Sub
ject Being Painted Vital,
He Declares.
Began SketChing When a Boy
and Rose to Wide
Reputation.

''ro paint rocks an artist must
know rocks aN n geoloBist knows
them.
"ro paint nature he must study not
art alone. but nature itself.
Such is the artistic philosophy of
Col. Lucien w. Powell. veteran Amer
lean landscape painter, who observed
his SUth birthday today at his new
studio, 1923 G street.
Col. Powell Is among the most dis
tinguished painters of his generation
Washington homes and art galleries
are filled with his pictures. Mrs.
John Il. Henderson alone has pur.
chased 200 of them in the course of
ycarI. Theodore Roosevelt was one
OF bis patrons. one Of the largest
pictures he ever made * that of the
Grand Canyon, which hangs in the
reading room of the Public Library.
Others have prominent places in the
Corcoran Gallery, the National Gal
lCry, American and Goot getown Uni
VersitieS andn tho Congressional
Country club.
Talent Evident in Boyl,oOd.
Col powclls talents We're first
lnadu manifest duling his boyhood on
Il Louden County farm. where he was
born, and near which he still spends
his Summers. He was forever sketch
ing turkeys, farm animals and school
mates. At school lie escaped the tor
ments of arithmetic hy hiring other
boys to do his sums while he drew
pictures for them.
When he was II came the outbreak
of the Civil War and he enlisted. He
served through the war as II private
In the l1th Virginia Cavalry, part
OF Gen. Fitzhugh Lees division. His
title as colonel is thoroughly legiti-
mate. however since he has been for
many years aide on the staff Of the
commander-in.chief of the Confederate
War Veterans.
He got some relief from the drcari-
ness or army life by drawing pictures
mostly cartoonS~-of soldiers and Of
ficers in his regiment. For the most
part these cartoons were popular
they had to be, for discipline was
strict. At the end of the war he re-
turned to his mothers farm. His
health was SO shattered that he was
unable to do much farm work and his
mother begged him to take up art as
IL career. lie finally was persuaded
he says, against his own judgment,
to go to Philadelphia as an art
student.
In that city he fell under the in
fiuence of the landscape painters,
Thomas and Edward Moran. The
work of the former, who, died re-
Gently, greatly Influenced his own.
1t was with the example of Moran
in mind that he turned finally to the
grandeur of the Rocky Mountain
canyons as fitting subjects for his
brush.
After u short period as an art stu
dent in New York. the young painter
Evening star., 1926-12-13
Donates Holdings to "Good Will

NEW YORK. December 13 Rc.--
Miss Anne Morgan has started new
wrinkle in the widely separated fields
of realty and charity She abandoned
formation of a company to dispose OF
81 building lots near Orlando, Fla,
all profits being pre-assigned to the
American Good VIII Association. Ac-
tivities Of the company are limited to
the one venture. Gen. James G. Har-
bord is a codirector,
Evening star., 1926-12-13
MONEY FOUND IN FLOOR.
Recluse Farmers. Recently De-
ceased, Hid S2,O55 in Bedroom.

CHICAGO. December 13 OP).--A
hole in the bedroom floor of the home
of the late John and Edward Flynn,
1ecluse farmers of Chicago suburb,
yesterday revealed to searchers s., 2,055
su currency and silver.
John Flynn, T2, died Friday of pneu-
Inonia, and a little later his brother
Edward, 20, shot and killed himself.
Heirs believed the aged truck farmers
had assets of more than 1000 ana
search for the treasure was instituted
SATURDAY.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
WIFE DRINKS, He SAYS.
William Sinms Files Cross-Bill in
Divorce Case.

Alleging misconduct and naming a
correspondent, William Simms today
filed In District Supreme Court a
cross-bill against Mrs. Nettie Simms,
in which he seeks an absolute divorce
and dismissal Of his wifes suit against
him for separation because OF cru
city.
Sirnms was sued March IS last for
a limited divorce. He answered the
bill April and declared his wife was
openly visiting amusement resorts in
company with other men. In his
latest pleading the husband AYERS that
since his wife flied suit she has been
guilty of misconduct with the CO
respondent. 1t is further alleged that
the wife has become addicted TO the
use of intoxicants. Attorney Ray
mond Neudecker appears for Simms.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
CARDINAL RATES GIFTS.
O'Connell Says First Yule Present
Is Self to God.

BOSTON, December 10 P).-This is
how Cardinal O'Connell ranks Christ
mas gifts: To God first, TO children,
secondly; then the poor, and finally
friends.
1.-THE first gift is of ourselves to
Him." the Cardinal told members Of
the st. Vincent de Paul Society. He
advised that all presents be simple
and we'll within the limits Of the giver.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
GREETING TO VETERANS
BY COMMANDER
Senator Means Addresses Holiday
Message to United Spanish
War Orpauizat ton.

Senator Rice W. Means of Colorado,
commander-in-chief of the United
Spanish War Veterans. today sent
holiday greetings to all camps of the
order in Alaska, Hawaii, cuba, Porto
Rico, Panama, the Philippines, China
and the States of the Union.
The closing year has proved fruit
full one for members of the organiza.
ton, he said, pointing especially to
increased pensions. He appealed to
all members to begin the new year
with an intensive campaign to upbuild
the spirit of patriotism, love of flag
and country and of loyalty to the
law"
Evening star., 1926-12-13
i. S. VIEWS ON TAX
PARLEY SOUGHT
Business Men Wonder Wheth-
er America Win Be Repre-
Sented at Geneva.
BY DAVID IAWRE\CE.

Win the United States be renre-
Sented in the conference Of tax eS-
perts to be held az Geneva In January
10 draft protocols whereby double
taxation will be eliminated"
Business men who suffer the dis
advantages of being taxed both in
this country and abroad. as well as
Individuals are asking this question
OF Government officials here as they
note that Great Britain. France. Ger
many, Italy, Japan. Holland. Belgium,
CHechoslovalia,t Poland. Switzerland
and Venezuela have announced they
intend TO send the highest officials of
their tax administrations to attend.
With the expansion Of American in
veStments and trade outside Of the
United States, double taxation H. be-
coming increasingly expensive
Double Expense Shown.
Many American manufacturers are
being compelled, in many instances,
to so to the trouble and expense
OF organizing subsidiary companies
abroad. and some times this means
the sending of complicated audits so
that the total business done both here
and abroad may he appraised, and the
exact amount OF profit ON business
done abroad determined
The United States pioneered in the
matter of affording relief by inserting
in the revenue act of 1921 n system of
reciprocal exemptions on shipping
profits. which has since been adopted
by other commercial nations.
Prof. I. s. Adams OF Yale and
George O. May OF Price. Waterhouse
& Co. In the meantime have been CO
operating with tax representatives of
other countries at meetings held by
hn 1y,t Nbfa,. Of
merce or committees of the League of
Nations with the hope of finding a
uniform plan to eliminate double
taxation on all kinds of income. The
resolutions drafted by these experts
will form the basis of discussion at
the January meeting.
The program includes draft con-
ventions with respect to double taxa
ton. as well as tax evasion. and
there is also a protocol on judicial as
sistance in the collection of taxes.
The conventions adopted will serve as
models for agreements between in
dividual countries. The difference in
tax systems of various countries
makes a general convention or treaty
impracticablc.
Under League Auspices.
Up to now the views of the debtor
countries have in most cases been
accepted, as Great Britain alone has
represented the viewpoint OF the
creditor country. 1t is known that
debtor countries, as well as Great
Britain, are anxious to have the views
of American experts, but because the
meeting is to be held under the
auspices of the League of Nations
there is a fear obstacles may be
placed in the path OF American Co
operation.
The United States is not asked to
sign any political agreement, but sim
ply to aid III drafting n set of princi-
pies which will serve as guides to
various governments in setting up
two-party agreements. Decision rests
with the President. who must ask for
the necessary appropriation, and Con-
gress, where authorization for such
delegates must be given.
(Copyright. 1926.1
Evening star., 1926-12-13
Fine Arts Body Needs $500.

Recommendation for supplemented
of 81 300 for the Com
mission of Fine Arts was transmitted
to the House Saturday by the Presi-
dent. The commission has to hold
six more meetings and needs the
money for expenses
Evening star., 1926-12-13

The first coal mines known TO bc i'll
Algeria have proved so productive in
the nine years since their discovery
that further researches have resulted
in the finding of other extensive de-
pnSitS
Evening star., 1926-12-13

N OuTlDueu IEOHl r IISl L StssC.'
tinued education which ought TO go
on all through life. He said that edu-
cation leaders consider the city library
as an extension IF the school system.
Mrs. Giles. Scott Rafter, president
Of the District Federation Of Parent
Teacher Associations. pointed out that
thousands Of children cannot 10 their
work as they should for lack OF proper
library facilities convenient to their
homes.
Evan II. Tucker, president of the
Northeast Washington Citizens AS
=cciation, in which area the next
branch library is to be established
and in response to an effort TO secure
which 1t became known that the trus-
:ees Of the Carnegie Corporation have
definitely decided not to provide funds
for any more branch libraries in
Washington, told of the extreme need
for library service in the northeast
section.
Model System Proposed.
It was brought out during the hear
ings that out of the Carnegie funds
S682. 600 has been provided for the
central library and branch Libraries
here. Chairman Gibson discussed the
importance OF the Feueral Oullu1uS
program for development and embel-
lishment of the Capital City and ar
gued that an intellectual development
of the people should keep abreast with
the material development Of the mn-
nicipality, go that the true soul OF
the Nation might be expressed here.
He was of the opinion that the trus-
tees of the Carnegie Corporation,
after giving thought TO this aspect,
might see it's way to provide further
funds toward making the Washing
ton library system a model for all
other centers.
In reply to questions by Mr.. Hou-
ston, DR.. Bowerman showed that 23
years ago SO per cent Of the demands
upon the Library was for fiction,
while today so per cent is for educa-
tional and 'fbread and butter" litera-
ture. which, he said, makes the con-
stituency of the Library here the
highest intellectually i'll the whole
United States.
He explained that the Library
standards are being maintained as
those OF an educational institution.
pointing out that education is a life
process, and the aim Of the Library
is to encourage and broaden adult ed
ucation.
Evening star., 1926-12-13
DELAY IN GERMAN
WAR CLAIMS NOTED
House Committee Confronted
by Knotty Questions in
Seeking Adjustments.
by che Associated Press.

Congress is hardened TO problems
which are knotty and complex by ma
.1Ire and also to those which become
SO by discussion. But the prize mess
of the year is to be found in the
German war claims.
The House ways and means com
nittee is hoping to find something to
recommend, and it is hoped that be
fore the present Congress dies next
March a bill may be passed making
Il possible to close up the accounts.
American citizens have a bill against
Germany for death. injuries and prop
erty losses sustained during the World
War. Approximately $500 100000
worth of German private property
rests in possession Of the Alien Prop
erty Custodian. The bulk is composed
of bank deposits. stocks, bonds. mort
cages, real estate, factories and lega-
lies to German nationals whose pay
lnents have been withheld pending the
settlement of awards by the Mixed
Claims Commission to American ma
ffn0alG
Evening star., 1926-12-13
$1,25O,OOO LIBRARY
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BY HOUSE COMMITTEE

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