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Fear Is far more painful to COW
ardice than death to true courage
Sidney
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RELATIVE TAX FAVORED.

PHILADELPHIA November 10 CP).
Relative or proportionate values as
a basis of taxation rather than the
ad valorem basis was favored yester-
day by speakers before the convention
of the National Tax Association.
In general discussion which fol
lowed the reading of a paper by s. II.
Rifkind of New York on What Is
Fair Value in Taxation" the speak
ers generally agreed that the ad
valorem basis was "archaic' and sub
jert to constant price fluctuations.
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Some of Her Own Songs at the Press
Club Meeting.

Lucy Dickinson Marx, Washington
composer and soprano, was the guest
of the National Press Club last night.
and rendered a program of songs or
her own composition before an audi
ence Of members and guests. Mrs.
Elizabeth Gardner Coombs was ac-
companist for Mrs. Marx at the piano.
Mrs. Marks songs. of her own COM
position, included group of children $
songs and Southern ballads from the
Dickinson planta ton in Alabama. A
group of Shakespearean songs also
was presented. Among her various
ballad numbers were DE Niggar
Banjo Song" Lullaby" and The
Wind" The children's group includ-
ed THE Little sportsmen, Mothers
and "Fairyland.' She also sang
"Elsa's Dream" from "Lohengrin," by
Wagner. The words of all OF Mrs.
Marks songs. except those in her
children's group. were written by
William Rankin.
England has "save our rivers"
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England has a "save our rivers
lrive
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LENROOT OPPOSES
PRESIDENT ON TAX
Urges One Year Reduction
Instead of Proposed
Credit Plan.
6y the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. November 19.-The
administrations plan of tax reduction
for next year was disapproved here
last night by Senator Lenroot, Repub
benefit largely the corporations and
big business men and not the people
from whom the taxes actually have
been collected
Speaking at a dinner Of New York
credit men, the Wisconsin Senator.
who frequently has differed with lead
ers of his party on details of tax and
tariff legislation. proposed that instead
Of giving credit on this years taxes
payable next year, Congress make a
oneyear reduction. effective in 1928,
to absorb the Treasury surplus.
Taxes Passed on. He Says.
Senator Lenroot declared there was
no controversy over the proposition
that most of the taxes are passed on
hN business concerns To the people as
whole In the price of things the
people buy to eat, wear and use.
This being true" he added. ito
grant refund to those who paid the
t"xes into the Treasury. or give a
credit to those who will pay next
March. will not give relief to the
people who are entitled 10 it. The
taxpayers Of next March will. gen
e"ally speaking. have collected those
- es from the public by the first Of
reNt January.
Calls II Unjust.
1T would he most unjust to permit
fAo corporations and others to keep
8 "art cf the taxes they had collected
m the people. What Congress can
{ and ! think should do. is 10 pro
that for the year 1927 for the
:. 50 10 he paid in 1928, there shall he
{; reduction equal to the present
g plus
feel very clear that we should
6 her use the present surplus for the
T.; ther reduction of our national debt
cr provide for a reduction for only one
,oar. not to be refunded or credited
~ applied to the incomes of 1927,
t"1. nasmnch AS the corpora ton
taxes more than any other are passed
or 70 he people. | believe the bulk
of The reduction should be applied to
cooperation taxes.
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IMPERIAL DIPLOMATIC
COURSE IS DISCUSSED
Great Britain and Dominions
Would Have Governors General
Representing Only Crown.

LONDON. November 1s Canadian
Press}.-A plan for a kind of diplo-
matte exchange between Great Brit
ain and the dominions is understood
to be receiving consideration from the
delegates to the imperial conference.
Under this scheme. If adopted a
governor general would be the rep
resentative purely of the crown, not
of the British government. Communi-
cations would then pass virtually di-
rect to London. with the dominion
high commissioner exercising a semi
diplomatic function and the British
government would be represented in
each dominion by special officer.
who would keep the dominion govern
ment informed of the course of the
policy of the. British cabinet.
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program that had additional charm
because of the absence of more
professional attitude on the part of
the performers. ii. f.
LUCY DICKINSON MARX SINGS
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n1a2a. hx Eugene MacIAan

Where have you been%' Antonius
dema nded.
She did not answer, but went out OF
the room again. When she returned
she carried a basket on her head
laden with figs and olives and dried
fish. This burden she set down beside
the jar of milk.
Another journey produced earthen
dishes and a smaller jar of wine.
'"There!" she said, with satisfaction.
I'VE shall breakfast. And when the
day Is further advanced l shall have
some meat, which have ordered from
the butcher"
did you buy these?" he inquired,
dishes at his side
Sne smiled leisurely. Il boue.i IL
them, but" She left the sentence
unfinished. These fish will have to
be soaked and cooked" she said. do
you want to wait!"
"Wait?" he said. mo"
He took handful Of the figs and
stuffed them into his mouth.
who were those fellows who came
to the inn last night" he asked, TAX
ing bowl of milk that she offered
him.
Laila smiled again. her eyes yelled.
They are dressed as Persian traders
she said, slowly. THE words they
used at the door last night were in
the tongue of Parthia-I recognized it,
from the days of my childhood
But
She stopped.
well, go on" he directed.
"They are the men who carried you
to the Jordan in a litter, and
He dropped his bowl of milk. 1.-The
Arabians?" he cried.
She nodded. "They are here in dis.
guise. When I went out of the house
this morning l drew my mantle across
my face. The first man I saw was
the chief who ordered me bound and
gagged in the gully yonder in Gilboa. ~
She barred her teeth. "If 1 could
have thrust my knife into him, I'd
have done it-and gladly"
Antonius reached to the door. swung
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it shut and barred it. Then he resumed
his eating, thoughtfully. What do
they want, wonder?" he said. "They
will remember me-"
Laila laughed little. II gave them
reason to remember me, also, sne
said. "They had built fire in the
center of the courtyard and were eat
ing and drinking. So / went quietly
into one of the rooms and removed
certain of their weapons and went
down into the market, where / found
| trader from Tyre, and sold the
weapons to him." She pointed to the
food and. drink. $50 the Arabians
provided our meal"
Antonius roared with laughter. AN
excellent thought" he declared,
pounding his sound leg with his fist.
"A raid on the enemy's country!
He rolled and choked as he considered
the daring of the deed. And did they
see you?" he asked, at length.
"All they saw" said Laila, was a
woman fitting about the inn."
She dimpled with placid pleasure.
"In my YOUTH" she said, my father
entered the encampment of another
tribe, at night and alone, ana bore
away the chiefs horse and his gold
and all his raiment, except what he
wore. He was about to bear away the
chiefs wife also, but his hold relaxed
upon her throat, and she cried out.
So he went away"
Didn't the other tribe pursue?" the
soldier asked.
Surely" said Laila. my father s
men were lying in ambush and slew
many of them and scattered t!!.:c
others"
Antonius sighed. II wish I could
have been there to take part" he said
He finished his meal, and Laila
brought him a basin of water from
the we'll in the inn yard for his face
and hands.
do you know" Antonius said, 81
have a desire to speak with that
Arabian chief?"
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Let them pound" said Antonius
placidly.
The knocking was resumed. more
loudly.
''They may be officers, seeking yol
or me- ventured Laila, drawing
farther back into the room. The In
terror was inky black, but Antonius
could hear the pad Of her bare feet
upon the floor.
"Sit down and be comfortable" he
advised. mo officer is seeking me
and if you are prepar"1 to wait upon
me again, no officer $. II take you"
The sound of knuckles on the
oaken door gave place to the thump
ing of club.
go away roared Antonius.
An answer came in another Ian
guage, angrily.
They speak the tongue of Parthia"
whispered Laila.
The tumult was increased by the
noise of several slaves pounding upon
the wood
"Go nvav saw! shouted Antonius
the voices OF men could be heard
in conference outside. Then there
was silence.
'"rhey have gone into the inner
court, 7 think" said Laila, after a
moments intense listening. There
are other rooms to the inn-smaller
ones"
Let them take those, then" the sol
6ier replied.
They waited in the darkness. A high
window at the rear of the room ad
mitted from time to time the sounds
made by the newcomers. Antonius
and Laila could make out the footballs
Sf animals, the thud made by the
failing of a heavy bale, and sleepy
grumbling among the wayfarers. AT
last there was silence.
Antonius slid downward until he
was stretched full length upon the
floor, his head pressed against the
door
do not talk any more" he ordered.
aim going to sleep
Laila moved until her shoulders
were braced by the angle of the walls,
and finally her head dropped in
slumber.
When morning came Antonius stir
red and yawned noisily.
'L4aila" he said.
There was no answer He looked
about him. His head, instead Of rest
ing against the door, was close to the
wall, two feet to one side of the door
way. The woman was gone.
Jupiter" he SWore. Raising his
voice, he called: ''Laila" He sat up
and looked around him. There was
only one door to the room. 1t stood
slightly ajar. "She has run away
again." he said, with indignation.
'And she has moved me from where
/ lay, in my sleep"'
His hand fell upon the great cheese
that he had taken from the farmer the
evening before. Breaking a piece from
It, he began to eat, hungrily.
AS he finished the siZable morsel
and reached for another, the door
swung open. Laila entered. bearing
a jar on her shoulder-a large and
evidently a heavy one.
Milk she said lowering it care
fully to the ground.
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STAR, WASHINGTON, D. NOVEMBER 10, 1925

one hand and arm were concealed in
side her mantle. She closed the door
carefully and barred it.
"See?" she said, drawing forth her
arm.
In her hand she held long, curved
blade, wrapped at one end with thongs
of oxhide. Antonius reached for 1t
with intense satisfaction.
"A horseman'S sword" he said,
weighing it in his hand. "And keen
tempered. think. in cold water"
He ran his finger along the edge.
cit is the chiefs weapon" she in
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possible that he came back here with
his men on purpose to slay you"
The soldier drew forth his dagger
and inspected it. II wish that Aaron
had not borne away my sword" he
said, wistfully. 1T was an excellent
sword, and had been wet with much
good blood"
Laila went to the door and laid her
hand upon the bar. Wait" she
told him.
She swung the heavy oak slab and
was gone for a minute. Returning
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formed him. "I hid It in the stable
of the inn before 1 went to sell the
other things
The soldier fiouriShed the sword.
and it whistled as the blade cut the
air.
go and bring me this chieftain."
he said. II cannot speak his tongue.
so you must interpret for me. But
allow no one but him to come in. l
can fight one, with a broken leg, but
more enemies might embarrass me-"
Laila again unbarred the door and
went out on her errand
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She was gone q long time-An-
tonius had begun to fidget with impa-
tience when he heard her voice. The
soldier turned.
A man stepped into the doorway and
halted. His keen eyes swept the bar
rem room and al last riveted their
gaze on Antonius Laila slipped into
the room and stood beside him. The
stranger uttered few sharp words.
He says" said Laila to Antonfus,
that you are about to die"
Continued in Tomorrow's Starl
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Laila handed him a cloth to dry
his hands. Didn't you say you
turned on him and tried to slay him
when the Roman soldiers found you
by the Jordan?" she asked.
Surely did," he said, "and nearly
succeeded"
Then" she commented, dryly, "I
think it would be better If you did not
meet him.
Antonius bristled "Why not-do
you think I fear him?"
Perhaps not" she said. "but it is
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

- The place is the village of Jezreel. in
Falestine. in the year AID; 20. Antonius
drags himself to the village inn when Laila
an Arabian woman. runs away with his
money and leaves him unattended. A neigh
rest of ,Jareds family has fed to the hills
from the wrath of HerOd.. who accuses
Aaron has been of aid to all. but when he
learns that Antonius has taken money that
belonged to Jared he takes the soldiers
sword and leaves him AS this chapter opens
Laila has just returned to find Antonius al
the inn. unattended knock has sounded
on the door.
CONTINUED from Yesterdays Starl
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CHAPTER xxx.

Continued from Yesterdays Starr
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WOmen's Business
Code To Be Formulated
AT Nat. Meeting
B. p. w. Club

Des Moines, Ia, July 7.-(P)-
Formulation of code of business
principles for women which will help
remove existing prejudices against
the woman in business will be one
of the major objects of the National
Federation of Business and Profess
sional Women's Clubs at it's eighth
annual convention to be held here,
July 10 to II.
The convention will be attended by
5000 delegates representing $4,000
women in forty-seve states engaged
i'll more than thirty vocations rang
ing from medicine, the arts and law
to banking and undertaking. Under
the leadership of Mrs. Olive JOY
Wright, of Cleveland. Ohio. national
president they will discuss the prob
lens. ethics and future of the bust
ness woman.
Members of the organiza ton, off,
GERS said, have sometimes found a
tradition among business men that
women in business are unreliable, do
not understand craftsmanship and
fair play and do not pay their bills
promptly. BY esta blshing code of
business principles it Is hoped to
abolish this tradition by removing
the cause, and to educate business
men to regard their feminine CO.
workers as honest and dependable.
Another important subject to be
discussed is a program of education
The Federation will seek the COOPER
alton of school systems and leading
business firms in every community 70
raise the educational standards for
women and girls in business The
organizations goal is high school
education for every business girl.
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CORNVILLE

Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Harris and two
children arrived in town Thursday
direct from their home in st. Peters,
burg, Fla. Mrs. Harris is the daugh-
ter of G. w. Bates of North Cornville
The Harris family think OF passing
their vacation in town. Mr.. Harris
has real estate interests in Maine
The family are visiting in Lewiston
this week.
Cassius Kinsman is somewhat i'm
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Huff Of New
London, Conn, are visiting Mr.. Huff s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Huff.
Eleanor Tufts Is assisting Mrs.
Cassius Kinsman.
The, Farm Bureau meeting of last
week was on the project of preparing
a nutritious dinner with greens in
stead of meats and the result was
most successful. The next meeting
will be the chair Gaming. Each per-
son wishing to learn, should bring a
bottomless chair.
Eva Kelley is to visit with her
uncle, Delbert Kelley and family dur
ing her aunt's vacation. which begins
Wednesday. Miss Nettie Kelley is to
pass few weeks at Old Orchard and
vicinity.
Frank NJ. Currier of Brunswick, ac-
companied by his son, Perley and
wife, passed the week-en at the
home of G. Ralph French. Mr..
Currier Is a nephew of Mr.. French
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BOWDOINHAM

Mrs. James Z. Davis and children,
who have been visiting the past two
weeks with relatives in Melrose High
lands and Watertown, Mass, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. Clarence Blackman and three
children of Waterville are visiting at
the home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. A. Dickinson.
Mrs. Ruth Jones' granddaughter
Ruth of Massachusetts is visiting at
her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkinson with Ray
mond Tibbetts as chauffeur motored
to Pennington Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Sparks and
family of Philadelphia are passing
their vacation at the Ivan Lang farm.
Mrs. Nellie Rideout and daughter
Eva returned Tuesday from a four
days trip to Portland and Old Or
chard. While in Portland they were
the guests of Mrs. Rideout's son
Percy.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cutler, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Randall had dinner
at New Meadows Inn Sunday. Monday
they motored TO Norway, South Paris,
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CANAAN

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ellwood ana
Miss Phyllis Jewett of Concord, n. H.,
Mrs. Marion Collier and mother, Mrs.
Alta Smith of New Hampshire, passed
the Fourth at their ummer home here.
Miss Lillian Decker of Portland Is
visiting her brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Decker for few days.
Mrs. Mertie Drake and daughter OF
Athens, were calling on Mr.. and Mrs.
Reuben Reed, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard SwaZey and
children and Willis Clark of Brown
VILE were week lend guests Of Mrs.
Willis Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Foster and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Decker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Decker and Miss
Lillian Decker were in Waterville,
Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Mason with Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Manson of Hinckley,
We're in Northport. Friday.
Mrs. Marie Newton of West Upton,
Mass, who has been visiting her
brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Getchell for a few days, went to
Skowhegan. Tuesday, to visit Mr.. and
Mrs Will Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs Arland Williams and
VI w dlti "CIC
guests of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Williams.
Irving Foster of Waterville was a
dinner guest Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Getchell.
+ Clyde Bickford of Portland, was a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Foster,
Thursday.
Miss Doris Foster is passing week
at Northport with Mr.. and Mrs. Le-
land Kicker and daughter Louisa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Gorden and Mr..
and Mrs. Jimmie Gordon and Miss
Mildred Leavitt of Woodville, were
guests of Mrs. Willis Clark over the
Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Davis attended
church with and We're dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nye and daugh-
ter, Effie of Skowhegan. In the after
noon they were all guests at a family
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Pooler of East Skowhegan.
Others present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Arnold and children of Au-
burn, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Richardson
of South Portland, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
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NEW SHARON

Louis Fitch and Earle Hodgkins
made o trip through the White Mts.
during the holidays, meanwhile they
visited Earle Hodgkins brother, Ru-
pert. who is employed at Glen.
Stanley Clark and family, of Oak
field, who have been visiting friends
and relatives in town have returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bullen, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Bullen and son,
visited in Rome, Sunday.
Burnard BuzZell and family have
moved on George Bushey's place.
Little Earle Halves is visiting his
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Plaisted, of Pennington.
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CORNVILLE

NORTH-Mr. and Mrs. John T.
English entertained over the Fourth
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Owens and son.
Kendric, from Mlddleboro. Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens and chill
dren, Pauline, Bell and Gloria from
Milo, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mason and
son. Beverly from Old Town, Mr..
and Mrs. E. D. Moves and son,
Rodney. Albert r. Bean from Dover
Foxcroft, William Bean and Mrs.
Louise fhase of Guilford, Mrs. S. L.
Wallingford of Old Town.
1t was happy company that sat
down on the lawn under the trees
for lunch renewing old friendships
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COMPLAIN AGAINST q
CHARGES OF LIBERTY
& BELFAST PHONE co.

In a complaint against the Liberty
& Belfast Telephone and Telegraph
Company, filed Thursday with the
Public Utilities Commission, the
Knox & Montville Telephone Com
pany, a corporation having its prin-
cipal Office at Freedom for the pur-
pose Of furnishing telephone service
to patrons in the towns Of Freedom,
Knox, Montville and Palermo, alleg-
ed that it was ordered by the Com
mission to route its long distance
calls through the Office and lines OF
the Liberty & Belfast Tel. Co.; that
there has existed and has been used
until within a short time a method
of settlement between the above
named companies which has given
each company its proportionate part
of the haulage fee; that each COM
pany is bound by the regular tariff
as approved by the Public Utilities
Commission and effective on June
list, 1925. and said settlement be-
tween the companies has been based
upon the regular tariff schedule.
The directors of the Knox &
Montville Tel. Co. further allege
that the Liberty & Belfast Tel. Co.
has no existing contract whereby 1t
shall be allowed an extra fee for the
haulage Of any messages originating
in the Knox and Montville ex-
change; that the Liberty & Belfast
Tel. Co. has added to its regular
tariff rate on all calls that proceed
ed beyond the Belfast exchange of
the New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
the amount of 10 cents on some calls
and Is cents on others, which Is In
excess of the regular and legal tar
lift, for example:
Freedom to Waterville - Regular
tariff. 20 cents; tariff charged, IS
cents.
Freedom to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tariff, 80 cents; tariff charged, 40
cents.
Freedom to Bangor-Regular tar
If. 80 cents: tariff charged, 40 cents.
Freedom to Pittsfield Regular
tariff, 20 cents; tariff charged, 80
cents.
The petitioners declare further
that by the above named overcharg-
es which are given as examples and
also charged on all long distance
calls originating in the exchange OF
the Knox & Montville Company, 1t
has added large amount to be
paid to the Liberty G. Belfast Co.,
and thereby added an unfair and
unwarranted burden on the patrons
of the Knox & Montville Co, which
is contrary to the regular tariff
schedule for telephone service be-
tween given points in the State of
Maine; also that the present ar
rangement between the above NAM
ell companies as to traffic through
the Liberty & Belfast Co.. exchange
In West Appleton is unsatisfactory
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JEFFERSON

SOUTH--A safe and sane celebra-
ton of the Fourth was enjoyed by
the South Jefferson Y. p. S. c E,
July s., at the Hale cottage on the
shore of Dyer's Pond. Rev. i. j.
Hale and wife invited the people of
the church and neighborhood to
meet at this beautiful spot for a
picnic. About rs responded to the
invitation, including the new pastor,
Rev. J. L. Whitmore and Rev. Z. l..
Sampson, a former pastor and wife.
After a bountiful dinner, while the
young people engaged in the sports
of swimming and boating, the older
people gathered in the cottage and
sang familiar songs from memory.
Some fine singers were present in
Guiding David Hopkins, Herbert
Clark and Arthur Mann. and with
Mrs. Ora Turner at the Organ made
excellent melody.