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to American University not only ripe
scholarship but wide experience IN
many phases of governmental and
philanthropic activity.
Work With Red Cross.
DIR. Devine received the degree OF
Ph. d. from the University OF Penn
sylvania in 1898. embarking in a ca
reer of teaching. He was professor
of social economy in Columbia Uni
versity from 1905 TO 1919. lie has
had several connections with the
American Red Cross. including the
position of chief Of the bureau OF
refugees and home relief for awhile
during the World War. special repre-
sentative in charge of relief at San
Francisco in the 1906 disaster, and
also at Dayton, Ohio, in 1918.
One of DIR. Devine's principal &C
tivities in philanthropy was his or.
ganization of the New York School
of Philanthropy, of which he was di-
rector for three years. Or. DeVlhe
is the author of "A number of books
on social and economic problems and
has been lecturing on social work
industrial problems and foreign re
latioDs. His home is at 542 West
112th street, New York city.
In his letter of acceptance to Chan
cellor Clark. DR.. Devine said that
his recent week in Washington con
firmed his conviction that in the
social sciences. no less than In other
fields, the National Capital offers ex-
traordinary laboratory facilities. The
Red Cross, the Federal bureaus and
the local agencies are there at hand,
rich and almost untapped resources
! for field work
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IF NO STATE TAX
. OUR TAX RATE IS
HIGH IN SCALE
If Interest Payments Are
Deducted Our Tax Rate Is
Relatively Still Higher.
NO INCREASE OF
OUR PRESENT TAX RATE
Editorial Correspondence of The star.
HY THEODORE w. MOVES.
ARTICLE VII.

Using the tax rate as the measure
n comparative tax burdens, we have
made a series of Establishments OF
FAX rates in order that closer ap'
proach to accuracy and fairness
might be attained in comparing the
actual tax burdens of washington
with those of other cities.
In nominal total tax rate ana IN
tax rate adjusted on the 100 per cent
ha sis in consideration of the leSa'
ratio, only one city in the llst OF 90
has a smaller rate than Washington
When admitted divergences from
F,,ll assessment valuation are consul
eved and the reported relation OF as
sessed to true value is applied WASH,
tncton at the $17 tax rate tNauolla
Municipal Review exceeds in rate .
cities and is less than IL. With WASH
,rcton's readjusted tax rate at $lo'44
census. 1929 Washington's rate Is
larger than those Of l3 cltIes ana
less than those of %.
The second readjustment deducts
from all the tax rates the percentage
,epresented bv interest payments on
indebtedness These interest pay
ments represent heavy borrowing by
cities before, during and after the
war period, beneflting the cities IN
varying degrees in permanent puoiic
improvements. Washington was not
permitted TO secure any permanent
public improvements in this way
through bond issues. Since Washing
ION does not enjoy the public I'M
provements corresponding to those
which benefit these other cities and
arc paid for in interest, etc, the
,ercentage of tax rate represent.
Ing interest should be subtracted from
the tax rates of other cities before
fair comparisons can be made with
the tax rates of Washington.
When interest payments are thus
deducted, Washington at the 1888
National Municipal Review tax rate
exceeds the rates of % cities and is
lower than Z cities. With Washing
ton at 1888 census. 1922 the Cap
itars rate exceeds those of % cities
and is less than those of IL cities.
The third readjustment deducts
from the total tax rate tcity. county,
school district, State, etc) the frac-
tion of the total rate which repre-
sents State taxes. On the basis OF
the II tax rate Washington exceeds
% cities and is exceeded by Z. On
the basis of the 1914 tax rate Wash
inston exceeds % cities, is exceeded
BY y ard has the same rate as /.
The final readjustlnent, made in the
following table, combines the previous
readjustments and deducts from the
total readjusted tax rate, less State
tax rate, the percentage of tax rate
which represents interest payments.
In the resulting comparison Wash
inStons tax rate at 1888 exceeds
those of 33 cities and is exceeded by
3. At the 1888 tax rate Washington
exceeds 80 cities and is exceeded by 8.
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ORE PROCESS DUE
TO HATRED OF DIRT

By the Associated Press.
DENVER, April From wom-
ans hatred for dirt has developed the
oil selective fotation process which
has made the treatment of complex
and low grade ores success. Mil
lions of dollars have been made and
saved by the method. although its
originator. Carrie Everson, has passed
into practical obscurity.
J. J. Clark, majority owner in the
big Kittmac mine at Silverton, Colo,
tells how she stumbled onto the idea,
and other Denver mining men vouch
for his story.
"One day in 1897 Clark says, Miss
Everson was in her brothers assay
Office in Denver and saw a pile of dirty
ore sacks which her woman's instinct
for cleanliness impelled her to tackle.
She doused them in a pail Of sudsy
water and swished them around until
a scum appeared on the surface of
the water--a scum which, to her eyes.
appeared to contain mineral values,
although at the time she could not
conceive of metals floating.
"She removed the scum, poured out
the sudsy water and found at the bot.
tom of the pail a sludge which she
knew to be only waste rock particles.
The mineral values had fioated to the
top while the rock sank.
Her brother analyzed the scum
and determined that lead and zinc
values had ridden to the surface on the
grease bubbles of the soap. just as in
the modern fiotation process they rise
to the surface on tiny RATS of oil.
THE brother took up the idea and
started to develop it in a small way,
trying to interest many prominent
mining men. In a short while many
scientific investigators were at work
on the same thing, but it was several
years before the oil flotation method
became any more than a secondary
method for separating ores.
THE idea never died out, however
and 10 years ago metallurgists in Aus
tralia made a great step by floating
silver. lead and zinc separately in diff
| ferent oils. The war halted perfec.
tion of the process and it was not
| until 1920 that both Australian anC
American metallurgists made rea
progress and developed the method &c
| practical position. Now it Is used
almost throughout the world and has
| made paying projects out of workings
! hitherto Improbable.
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SHOWS VALUE OF COURTESY
Why President Garfield Chose Will
liams as His College.

William Lyon Phelps in ScriDner's Magazine
Some years ago William A Watts,
a public spirited and generous busi-
ness man of New Haven, said that he
was about to make a speech TO his
employees on the value of courtesy.
and wished to know IL | had an sp-
propriate aneCdote
Ii happened that | had an ideal one
When Garfield was bov. his original
intention was TO enter Yale. but. fear
ing that the College of the Elms was
too aristocratic, he decided to write to
the presidents of Yale, Brown and
Williams. asking for the necessary
qualifications for admission.
The Yale president made a formal
reply. and so did the man of Brown. l..
So also did the Williams president.
but he added one line: I'VE shall be
glad to do what we can for YOU" It
took one second to write that line,
and the same amount of time for Gar
field to decide.
AS a result Of one line of courtesy.
Williams has the honor of having
graduated a President of the United
States, of having at this moment his
son as her own president, of having
every Summer an international con
ference whose fame and influence
are as wide as it's scope.
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Our Tax Rate Should Be Low.

Washington's equitable tax burden
should be among the lowest per capita.
in the country. 1t is conceded by the
reasonable that non-industrial, non
commercial Washington, with the
small taxpayers in Government EN-.
ploy constituting the city's financial
backbone. is poorer in taxable re-
sources than the average American
city of it's size and is less able to bear
the same tax burden. No other city
has so large a percentage of property
exempt from taxation as the National
CAPITAL, with a very large fraction
of the city's realty held from the tax
list by the United States, and within
that exempted fraction the city's only
great industrial plants and factories.
The extraordinary exemption of tax
able values makes the same burden
weigh the heavier upon the taxpaying
fraction of the community. No other
city, perhaps, has so large percent
age of non-taxpaying transients, who
figure in the census but not in the
tax list, as Washington, which, from
its very nature as the Nations city,
is comparatively unstable and shifting
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ceived the support
of that associa-
ton last year. He
is employed in the
office of I h e
Trades Unionist,
a labor organ. He
was president of
the Park View
body for several
years, is a dele
gate to the fedora
ton and aided in
drafting the pres
ent council plan.
He has been a
resident of the
District 81 n c e
1903
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thracite companies which he said con
troll 75 per cent of the hard coal pro
duction in Pennsylvania. About 90
per cent of the anthracite pro
duction, he said is furnished
by companies that are max
ing money, while 35 per cent lose
money and the other 10 per cent re,
volve between alternate gains ana
losses. The New York member OF
Congress furnished the committee
with reports of the treasurer OF Penn
sylvania, which he said, showed enof-
nous profits accruing to the big an
thracite operators during 1924.
Mr.. Jacobstein said any legislation
10 be effective must not only prevent
strikes, but must establish control o.
coal through its entire progress from
the mine to the consumer This
must be done. he said, to relieve the
operator from some OF the biame
which now attaches to him lor ASh
prices. Representative Wyant. Re
publican, of Pennsylvania, said when
dealers can sell soft coal in Wash
ington for SIS "A ton for which they
pay between $3.50 and 81 ton some
one is making great proht. MI
WANT added that at the time con
sumers in Washington were paying
SIS and SIC a ton for soft coal. public
utility companies were paying but -
or Sc a ton for similar coal,
Bituminous Industry OverdevelOped
Mr.. Jacobstein said the bituminous
industry is overmanned oVerdeVel-
oped and overfinanced. He called 1t
a speculative industry, in which mine
owners take full advantage of favor
able market, suffer lean years and
fat years and must meet the keenest
competition in the matter OF price
TO show a profit. He said that 100000
men are normally out of work in the
coal mining industry and most OF the
others work only part time. when
there is work for the miners only
two or three days a week he said
they must have wages of so or more
a day to maintain their families.
"At the present moment there is
the keenest rivalry for markets be-
tween the union and non-union fields.
The union fields are losing ground.
Whereas a few years ago 60 per cent
of the soft coal was mined by union
labor and 40 per cent by non-union
labor, today just the reverse is true.
This means a conflict between the
Mine Workers Union and the opera
tors. Their agreement expires in 1927.
Steps must be taken now to prevent
a strike" He added that he does not
think consumers at the present time
are paying unreasonable prices for
soft coal
Representative Jacobstein was close.
ly questioned by Representative Coop
er of Ohio as to the reason for the
freight differential on coal travelling
through Ohio to lake ports originating
in Kentucky or West Virginia. Hear
ings will be resumed at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. with Mr.. Jacob
stein again on the stand.
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How Quickly Can a Car Stop?

At a recent trial in a California
city a young woman was suing for
damages following injuries suffered
in a street car accident. An eX-mo-
torman testified that a car travelling
20 miles an hour sould be stopped in
space of 80 feet. The young wom-
ans counsel denied vehemently the
ex-motorman's statement. There
upon the judge and jury went to the
scene of the accident and gave the
ex-motorman a chance to demon
strate.
A special speedometer. consisting
of O. wheel attached to the side of the
car, was used in the test, says the
Popular Science Magazine. Measure
ments made by this instrument
showed that the best the driver could
do, with the car going 20 miles an
hour, was to stop the car in a space
of ia feet
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payers of other cities do get. For
example, no State tax here, since no
State benefits. 1t is generally con-
ceded that the Washingtonian's equi-
table per capita tax burden should be
less than that of the citizens of the
average industrial, commercial Ameri-
can city approximating Washington In
size, location and general conditions.
WashingtOn's assessment is com.
paratively ON such IA high standard
I'm relation to true value that Its com
paratively low nominal tax rate is
offset, and in view of the peculiar dis
abilities under which it labOrs its
tax rate of $l7 per thousand Is high
enough and its comparative tax bur
den is adequate. q. E. ID.
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chairman of the
committee of that
body on police and
fire protection and
d member of its
executive commit
tee. He has for a
number of years
been a member of
the V o ! Il n t e er
Firemen's Associa-
ton of Maryland
and is a member
Of the Great Coun.
ell of the I'm
proved Order of
Red M e n, the
knights of Pythias
and the Odd Eel
lows.
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lumbia League of
Women v o I e r S.
She is an active
leader in women s
clubs and in poll
tics. She was a
delegate to the
d e m o c ratio ma
tional conventions
at San Francisco
and at New York
City. She is q
member of the
w o m e ms Cit y
Club and of the
Women's T r a d e
Union League. She
was a candidate
for the council last
year and polled a
large vote,
110 Tenth street
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Advisory Council Nominees
And Who They Are
Cathedral Heights

Cathedral Heights
Citizens Associa-
ton. He is a
member of the
present council.
He is a delegate
to the Federation
Of Citizens Asso-
Citations. He is a
graduate of the
National Univer-
sity Law School,
is a member of
the District bar
and has been ad-
mitted to practice
before the United
States Su pr G m e
Court. He has
been a member of
the Civil Service
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author, lecturer
and educator, to
be dean OF the
university's new
iy reorganized
graduate school,
and professor of
social economy.
DIR. Devine was
a member ofPres-
ident Harding S
Fact FindingCoal
Commission, and
was formerly a
professor at Co
lumbia Universe
ty. He has recent
ly been making a
lecture tour of the
country, follow.
ing a. trim of in.
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Before he became "a reporter he was
an auditor at the Court of Claims.
He has lived in Washington for 50
years.
w. l. Swanton. 1884 Belmont street,
lawyer and civil engineer, was nomi-
ated by the Columbia Heights Asso-
citation, Of which he is president,
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and by the Mount
Pleasant Associa-
ton an d t h G
w a S h i n z I 0 n
Chapter of the
American Associa-
ton of Engineers.
He is a member of
the present Ad-
visory c o u n C i !
and has been ac-
tive in civic enter
prizes of the Fed
Grafton of Citi-
zens' Associations a
for Il number OF
years. He is a
member of the
District Bar Asso-
citation, the Dis
tricf Library As
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sociation. the Washington Chapter of
American Association of Engineers.
and the Institute of Technology. He
has resided in the District 2S years.
George r. Wales. 1909 Norton place,
civil service commissioner, was nomi-
mated for the Advisory Council by the
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under Judge English, and urged that
the case be sent back to the judiciary
committee for additional inquiry.
Several members have announced
they will ask for a separate vote on
each of the FIVE articles of impeach-
ment, and this is expected to delay the
final vote
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Pat Gets It Straight.
From the BOSTON Transcript

From the BoBtOh ITanScrIpI
Pat was a new hand in the packing
room. One Of the packers called out
to him: Pat, bring me same excel
sior to pack this vase in"
"Excelsior?" said Pat ''Phwat's s
that?'
You know, that stuff that looks
like hay"
"Oh. it's that long sawdust We
name" said Pat.
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Citizens Associa-
ton. of which he
is president and a
charter member,
and has the in
dorsement of the
l. i n c o In Park.
Brookland a n d
Parent Teacher
Associations. He
is a delegate to
the Federation of
Citizens A ssocia-
tions, and has
been active in as
Sociation affairs
for many years.
He was a member
of the District
National G u a r q
20 ., 80.
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Note-.TAe Star today presents a short
sketch Of sir Of TIE candidates for seats
on the Citisens Advisory Council. cleo
tons for tohich toiA be held SATURDAY
night: The candidates presented 6el0tO
complete tie list Of the nominees
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Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell, 1921
Twenty-first street. woman Demo
cratic leader of the city, was named
for the council by the District of Co
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EDWARD 7. DEV|NE
JOINS AMERICAN j.
Economist to Serve as Dean
of New Graduate School
Next Fall.

Chancellor Lucius c. Clarke of
American University last night an
nounced the appointment of DR.. Ed
ward T. DeVine of New York City,
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Commission since 1892.
Fred S. Walker. 760 Rock Creek
Church road, a printer, was named
for the council by the Park View
Citizens Association. He also re-
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Harry n. Stull, 40S Fourth street
northeast, a reporter at the United
States Court of Claims, was nominated
for the council by the Stanton Park
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in nonnIation. The disabilities, COM
merciaI. industrial and political, which
attach to legal residence in the Ma
tons City tend to cause those VINO
live within it's boundaries to secure or
retain legal residence elsewhere ana
to keep off the city's tax list. Thus the
non-taxpaying census populatloh'
which reduces the nominal per CAPITA
tax levy without, in fact, making
cash contributions, is at a maximum,
and the taxable resource at mini
mum, with the result of serious disad-
vantage to the District in per capita
conparison. How much per capita
of tax levy could Philadelphia, Balti-
more. New Orleans, Chicago, Cleve-
land or Milwaukee afford to pay If
it's largest taxpayers, the owners OF
it's mills and manufacturing plants.
were omitted from the calculation;
if oneshalf of the closely Dullt-up
section of the city were exempt from
taxation. and if an extraordinarily
large percentage of its population
were transients or non-taXpaylng Tor
other reasons?
CapitaPs Peculiar Disabilities.
Ii is conceded also by all reasonable
peopIe that the tax burdens OF many
American cities contain factors which
represent conditions not found here.
and that in estimating the equitable
tax burden of the Washingtonian the
sums representing these factors may
be eliminated, since its government
by Congress, under national safe
guards, prevents graft and renders
unnecessary and unfair any compui-
sorry local tax contribution to meet
expenses of this character.
On general principles the Washing
tonian's tax burden, whether figured
on tax rate or per capita tax levy,
should not include payments for what
he does not get. and what the tax
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Note how closely together the read
justed tax rates of these large cities
run. We have Washington's readjust.
ed tax rate Q6.SSl exceeding that of
Cincinnati Q3.50. Cleveland Q45D and
San Francisco Q5.77); practically the
same as that of Detroit Q6.95) and less
somewhat than those of st. Louis
Q7.26l, Los Angeles Q7.79. lndlanapo-
lis QS.32) and Minneapolis OS.SSl.
If the Census Bureaus 1922 valua'
ton of Washington's ratio or as
sessed to true value (9O.S0 per cent,
is applied, Washingtons readjusted
tax rate. less State tax, less interest
payments on Indebtedness, Is 1888,
which compares with the correspond
ing tax rate of few other large
cities as follows.
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Robert Strobel, 20 Tenth street
southwest. a master plumber, was
named for the Advisory Council by the
South WASHINGTON Association. He is
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Separate Vote Expected.

The part of the st. Louis Post
Dispatch in pressing charges against
the judge was attacked as exceeding
the bounds of public duty" by Repre-
sentative Arnold. Democrat, Illinois,
and commended as a public service by
Representative Christopherson, Re
publican, South Dakota.
Several opponents of impeachment
assailed the investigating committee
for failing to obtain testimony from c..
B. Thomas, referee in bankruptcy
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Continued from First Page)
galleries that House officials found
1t necessary to admOniSh members
against the use of indecent language.
With an agreement limiting debate
there remained six hours today for
discussion of the case by members.
Leaders hope that q vote will be
reached tonight. although the prob
ability of a succession of roll calls
made them doubt whether the windup
would come before Friday.
Although yesterdays proceedings
lacked the color of Tuesday, members
appeared to show a keener interest in
the discussion, frequently interrupting
to ask for additional information on
points at issue.
Clear definition of the duties of the
House as restricted to investigation,
similar to those of a grand jury, was
brought out by several members, as
disputes over guilt or innocence of
the judge developed.
Exact Words Taboo.
Speaker Longworth's warning of
Tuesday not to quote the profane
language the judge is alleged to have
used in court. however, did not pre-
vent members from referring to the
forbidden words by initial letters.
word pictures and pauses.
Representative Hawes, Democrat,
Missouri. sponsor of the original reso-
luton to investigate the judges con-
duct, contended that restoration Of
Justice" should be the only object Of
the House, with no element of politics
entering into the situation. He as
serted the language Judge English is
sy1Is xNf
the man.
There is a phrase which some men
use" he said, "a phrase which brings
in mans mother; it is a phrase that
in certain sections of our land no
man can use without smiling unless
he expects to be shot"
It was to the utterance of this
epithet that Speaker Longworth OBJ
jected on Tuesday
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is 1888, which exceeds the readjusted
rates Of SO out OF the So cities with
which it is compared, and is exceeded
only by St Louis, Beaumont, Tex,
and Lima, Ohio.
If the Census Bureaus 1922 valna.
ion of Washington's ratio or assessed
to true value Is applied. Washington 8
tax rate. less State tax, less interest
payments on indebtedness, is 1913,
which is a higher tax rate than those
of 30 cities out of So figuring In the
table. including Cleveland and Cincin'
natl, and less than those of cities:
including small cities OF Ohio, OK
Texas; st. Louis and Norfolk
Using only the National Municipal
Reviews Q926) ratings of relations OF
assessed 70 true value, let us compare
Washington with few other large
cities not included in the table OF low
TAX rate. high assessment cities.
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COAL ISSUE is PUT
UP CONGRESS WITH
WARNING ON FUTURE

Continued from First Page)
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--t:d:Ge =s:3:
Total tax rate.
-.:-c, 9oa:-
sesasSss:$; State tax
-,:i % : : est:9 Total tax.
SSsSHH99SS less state
S@SSS2SSf: Ratio assessed
n :, to true value.
--,:s:---.: Readlusted to-
HI9 5%1 ~ tai tax rate,
ss,5ASSSg less Sta, state
Percentage
.-n,- represented
by interest.
Total tax rate,
less state tax
-r rate, less per
nr1-: g centage repre-
lo.,;oY.,.,:9.y sented by in
lSsA II -1S ESS terest.
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HOT WORDS PASSED
AT HOUSE HEARING
OVER JUDGE ENGLISH

Continued from First Page.)
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to American University not only ripe
scholarship but wide experience IN
many phases of governmental ana
philanthropic activity.