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budget should not exceed a sum that
would require a tax rate upon real
estate and tangible property in ey.
cess of s1.70. We felt that for 1927
% rate of $1.65 would be high
enough to produce the needed revenue
Concern Is Voiced.
"A fiscal relations and taxation sys-
tenn that requires the owners of go
per cent of the taxable area. in terms
of money value, to pay ~ per cent
of the expenses of upkeep: that practi-
cally requires the citizens of the Dis
trict to pay for the cost of maintain
ing water supply system that
furnishes the Federal government
with the water it uses and which is
required to protect its property in
case of fire; that takes from one type
Of business taxes that represent nearly
90 per cent of the net income; that
takes from struggling wage-earner.
who has saved $1,000 and placed his
earnings in safe mortgage. practi-
callv 10 per cent of the income there
from. certainly deserves our concern
the Evans report states.
Assessments every High"
Washingtons real estate assess
ments stand relatively very high. A."
the committee reported. Washington
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Arts Commission for the assistance
| ii has rendered.
| FavOrs Municipal Center.

Arts Commission for the assistance
ii has rendered.
Favors Municipal Center.
After describing the plans for the
new Department of Commerce Build
ing. the proposed Internal Revenue
Building and other structures pro
iected for the triangle. Senator Smoot
reca He'd the disappointment" of the
District commissioners arising over
elimination of the District housing
plans from the area south of the
Avenue.
1t would have been vital mis-
take" to place a permanent District
Building in the program for Federal
Government building i'm the Mall area.
he declared Rather, he pointed out.
the District government activities
should be housed in a center of it's
own, one that would provide ample
space for expansion.
Il have pledged myself to help in
the movement to establish a District
of Columbia municipal center and
one that will be distinctly for the
District. with buildings of character
that Washington can well be proud Of
We are going to have such a cen
ter" he said.
Funds for Art Gallery.
Senator Smoot stated that he had
assurances of the gift of a fund of
s., ,000. 900 toward the establishment
of a great national art gallery to be
built nearby the National Museum
on the Mall, an art gallery that
would rival the best that any Euro
pean center could offer. He said also
that he felt assured of the gift of an
S10.000,000 for an endow-
ment of such a gallery and of the
gifts of three great art collections
ii the proposed gallery is built.
Illustrating his address with archi-
tectural sketches of the government
buildings about to be erected. Sena-
tor Smoot described the proposed de-
of the area from the Cap
itul To the Treasury south of Penn.
sylvania avenue.
Because of the congestion of traf-
tic at Fifteenth and Pennsylvania
avenue, he said, the commission had
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| harm in the Board Of Trade and other
groups of citizens and taxpayers of
the District trying to convince Con
gress or in voicing their views"
Predicts Buildings Bill Passage.
The address by Senator Smoot. who
was principal speaker and honor guest
Of the session. was preceded by an
appeal for enrolment in the American
Red Cross, made by Gen. John a.
Johnston, director of the local Red
Cross roll call this year; report on
the Summer activities of the board by
Edwin c. Graham, president of the
organization, and by several commit
tee reports. Col. William Il. I.adue.
the new Engineer Commissioner Of the
District, was presented to the board
for the first time, and made a brief
talk. Commissioner Taliaferro. Ed
ward T. Colladay and Samuel J. Pres
colt, past presidents of the board. also
We're on the speakers platform.
Opening his address on the Federal
building program. Senator Smoot said
that In the near future the world
would see fruition of the plan that a
quarter OF 4 century ago was but a
dream Of making Washington ''the
most beautiful city in the world
This hope for Washington hut
a platitude uttered hy public speakers
at last is about to the naterialiZed.
he said. With the first actual build.
ing steps now under way, he said, the
project cannot fail. lie predicted that
the present plan for the expenditure
of $50 100000 over a period of five
years would prove to he only start
ing point" in the development that
Congress ultimately would authorize,
The building appropriations which
failed of passage last session. along
with the deficiency measure. due to
the flibuster, he predicted. would he
passed within 30 days after the con
vening of Congress in December.
Senator Smoot who is chairman Of
the Public buildings Commission.
charged with direction Of the Federal
program here, paid high trib-
ute To the architects who drafted the
plan for the harmonious development
of the great triangular area south of
Pennsylvania avenue and the Fine
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,SMOOT SAYS LUMP
SUM UNF AIR ID. c.
$9,O00,000 U. S. Share To.
ward District Expenses Not
Enough, He Declares.

"a Federal Government Ia not now
paying it's fair and equitable proper
4. ton of the expenses of the mainte'
-.::ce end upbuilding of its National
Csr.tai, Senator SmoOt of Utah, chair
man of the Senate finance committee
and member of the appropriations
committee frankly declared last
night in addressing the first Fall meet
ing of the Washington Board of Trade
at the Willard Hotel. which was at
tended by more than 900 members
of the board.
The unexpected declaration Of Sen.
+ ator Smoot came at the conclusion of
comprehensive outline of the great
Federal building program now being
. started in Washington. and during
which he announced that he had
pledged his full aid 10 the movement
for the establishment of new and
magnificent municipal center to house
all District government activities and
Of a character in keeping with the
Federal building program.
Senator Smoot's statement regard.
ing the existing ineauitable fiscal rela.
tions problem here was in reference to
a report presented earlier in the eve
ming by Joshua Evans jr. chairman
of the municipal finance committee.
which reviewed the results of the re-
cent tax survey conducted by the
hoard. showing that the taxpayers of
the District are bearing an unfair
burden. The report showed that
Washington stands second in list of
so cities surveyed in the amount of
per capita assessment and fourteenth
in the list for the amount of it's per
capita tax paid.
L. s. Pays Only 26 Per Cent.
The Evans report also made the
point that under the present lump-sum
appr opriatio plan the Federal Gov
ernment is paying but 26 per cent Of
the total expenses of the Capital. while
the taxpayers of the District are bear.
ing "a per cent of the cost.
In concluding his illustrated lecture
on the building program south of
Pennsylvania avenue Senator Smoot
said:
Il think the Federal Government
= ought to pay more than the present
$4,000. 900 lump-sum appropriation to-
ward the expenses of the District of
Columbia. This is not the fair pro-
portion which the Government should
3 hear. / do not believe the people of
the United States would offer objec-
ton TO proposition that Congress
! should appropriate a fairer sum.
8 But, if l am judge of the senti-
ment now prevalent in the House and
Senate" Senator Smoot warned, Il do
not see great prospect that you will
succeed in your efforts to have this
Federal contribution increased. l see
{ hut mighty little hope of getting any
change in this direction.
However" he said. there Is no
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withdrawn plans for the building of
the new Commerce Building there and
provided for development of a large
open park where Polls Theater now
stands. TO further ease the traffic
situa ton. he pointed out. plans have
been drawn for the provision of two
ha aSement floors in the new Commerce
Building for the parking OF auto.
mobiles.
Plans Win Praise.
The new Commerce Building, he
said. will be placed facing Fifteenth
street between B and f. streets This
huge structure. he said, will contain
more than a million square feet of
space. The architects sketch of this
building. showing the classic style of
architecture, drew applause from the
audience.
The report presented by Mr.. Evans
was based on the results of the ma
tional tax and assessment survey.
made by the office of the Board of
Trade. which was presented to the
officers and directors of the board
several weeks ago. While this survey
showed conclusively that the District
stands second in per capita assess
ment and fourteenth in per capita tax
paid, these facts are to be checked
against latest available figures pub.
lshed by the Bureau of the Census
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real estate Is assessed at S1.15O 900. :.
| 900. 1t was pointed out. whereas the
survey o. the board showed the cor
responding assessment in Chicago.
which is seven times the size of
Washington, to he hun little higher
81 .403 .000. 900: Milwaukee. s69I 900
900, little more than half Washing.
tons assessment, CINCINNATI S73a. 900
900: and Pittsburgh. 81 900 900 900
Mr.. Graham presided over the
meeting and renOrtS were n,,h. -.
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Robert f. Beresford. chairman Of the
public and private buildings com.
mittee, Odell : Smith. chairman of
the public order committee: and Oliver
Meztrott for the streets and avenues
committee The board approved the
recommendation of ine later com.
mittee that the commissioners he
asked To bring about at an early date
the opening of Maryland avenue from
Fifteenth and II streets northeast
n -uu@tf tn III" District limo
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harm in the Board of Trade and other
groups Of citizens and taxpayers of
the District trying to convince Con
gress or in voicing their views"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
Garner against Cut
in Surtdx but Fauors
Cut in Capital Tax

WASHINGTON, June 23. No
matter whether Congress meets in
extra or regular session, Repro
sentative John N. Garner of Tex
as, ranking Democratic member of
the Ways and Means Committee,
says the Republicans will not sue
ceed with their program to lower
the surtax maximum rate from
20 to 10 per cent. Mr.. Garner will
advocate bill providing:
l. A reduction of the corpora
tion tax from 1872 per cent, to
10 per cent.
2. Reduction of surtaxes on in
comes between $4,000 and 49,.
900.
3. Retention of the surtax at 20
per cent, as at present
4. Retention of the Inheritance
tax.
5. Repeal of the automotive tax.
6. Repeal of the theatre, club
dues and the nuisance taxes.
Z. Make exemptions of single
men $4,000 and married men $4,-
900.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
Man Goes to Poor
House, Meets Wife
He Once Deserted

LANCASTER, Ohio, June 23.-
Charles Trotter, 76 years old,
travelled over the hill to the
poor house" here and at the
door of the institution met his
wife, Bertha, 73, whom he de.
serted fifty-six years ago.
The woman, who says he de.
serted her as young wife, has
been an inmate of the institution
since 1871, when she became IL
from worry over her abandonment
and the death of her child
During the fifty-six years Trot.
ter wandered the face of tho
earth. While seeking his fortune
in the West, he was falsely in
formed of her death and never
returned until, broken in old age
and destitute, the poor house be.
came the trails end for him.
His bride of more than half 4
century ago recognized him. When
asked by the matron If she still
cared for him, she replied: No:
he left me when | needed him The
most-he need not have returned.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
COAST SEEMS
TO Be CENTER
FOR SUICIDES
Statistics Presented Show
$4,000 Suicides in
America Annually.

NEW YORK, June 23.-The ten
dency to suicide is much more
pronounced in the large cities of
the Pacific Coast than In the
great centers of population in the
East and Middle West states, DIR.
Frederick L. Hoffman declared in
statistical study prepared for
the Spectators Insurance Journal
DR., Hoffman says the wide
publicity of student suicides does
not justify most of the comments
as regards alleged suicide epi.
denies or suicide waves which
exist chiefly in the imagination of
amateurish observers"
Pointing out that the increase
during 1920 was less than one
person in hundred thousand pop
ulation. he estimates there are
$1,000 suicides in America an
nually.
Something must be radically
wrong with our civilization, that
so vast an army of men and
women should find conditions of
existence intolerable," says DR.
Hoffman.
The highest rate in 120 Amer
lean cities was reached by Sacra
mento. Cal. with 1903 suicide,
per hundred thousand population
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
Id Men VIII Hold
London Convention:
100 u. S. Delegates

LONDON, June 23-More than
100 of Americas leading publicity
men and Representatives of ad-
vertising from all parts of Europe
are expected to visit London for
the great advertising convention
in July.
They will discuss problems of
advertising in every form. They
will be addressed by several men,
bers of the Government including
Winston Churchill
One session will be devoted en-
tirely to the interests of women.
During the convention, Olympia,
where the proceedings will take
place, will be transformed into
an advertising city on which over
a million and a quarter dollars
will be spent.
II will have streets of all-white
stands, ideal homes. and modern
shops and 1t will be Illuminated
at night in many colors.
Dominating the city will be a
palace of Beauty" with oriental
arches and massive columns
where, beneath a green dome,
groups of lovely women will ap-
pear in a succession of char
acters illustrative of the modern
woman's quest of luxury and
beauty.
The poster artists are to have
an Academy" of their own with
boarding $50 feet long on which
the best designs will be exhibited.
Another feature will be the Ideal
Home" as the advertisers see It
"a house In which "every brick
and every stick" Is advertised.
A ball has been arranged for
the opening night and banquets
on nights afterwards.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
EPIDEMIC or
FLU REPORTED
ANvIK,ALASKA
2o Parents Dead = Forty
Children In Care of
Episcopal Mission.

NEW YORK, June 23.-An in
fluenza epidemic is raging in An
vik, Alaska, the Episcopal Church
Headquarters has been informed in
radio message from Rev John
w. Chapman, head of the church
mission there. Twenty-nine deaths
are reported among the Indians,
all of them parents. thus throw
ing immediate responsibility of 40
children upon the mission.
The message urged that train
ed nurse and layman be sent at
once. At least $4,000 are requested
for food and supplies.
Rev. Chapman's message was
supplemented by dispatches from
Rev. Peter IT, Rowe, emphasizing
the gravity of the situation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June %.
-Harkening to the lesson of the
Mississippi flood, Indiana farm
ers this spring bought and plant
ed twice as many forest seedlings
as in any previous year, according
to the Indiana conservation COM
mission.
The State nursery, which dis
tributes the youthful trees at cost
to Hoosiers. has distributed more
than 25O,O00 this year.
"The dire need of more trees
in this country is now being IL
lustrated by the devastating floodh
in the South which could have
been lessened in destructiyeness,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
MUST OBSERVE
LAW DECLARES
ATTY. GENERAL
FGppant and Jerring Att
tude Is Deplored- Sar-
gent Makes Address.

BEDFORD SPRINGS. Penn. June
23.-Deploring the flippant and
ieering attitude toward law and
enforcement officers, Attorney
General John C. Sargent, in an
address here last night before
the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
declared that private will could
not he substituted for public au.
thority. with the changing econ
omic conditions that bring COM
forts and Injuries, with shorter
hours and freedom from exertion
and WEAKNESS.
The Attorney General declared
there is a tendency to forget the
serious side of relationship of the
individual to society and turn Ii.
berty under the law into indnl.
gence. regarding of the law.
"You cannot constantly, day af.
ter day. treat the antics and pre-.
dicaments of the opium user as
a funny spectacle; the smuggler
who provides him with his ruin
Gus poison as hero, and the
officers who undertake to ferret
out and punish and prevent SNUG.
Cling. as snoopers, smellers, gum
shoe artists and so on through
the whole list of yillification, with
out cultivating and raising up in
the minds of the thoughtless a
wrong impression. said the At.
torney General. WHO wants to
take the view that the man who
robs a mail car, who kills a guard
who is defending the mail is a
hero, too? Who wants to take the
view that the officers of the law
engaged in ferreting out and ap-
pretending the heroic robbers ar
snoopers, worthy only of opposi-
tion and encouragement in every
way possible?"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
IS SAVED FROM
CALLOWS;WILL
Get NEW TRIAL
Illinois Supreme e Court
Aids Alleged Slayer
Officers Criticised.

CHICAGO. June 23-Six times
within the shadow of the gallows
and four times saved by last
minute reprieves. Russell T. Scott,
sentenced to death for murder,
has gained new trial. The State
Supreme Court remanded his case
with severe criticism of Judge
Marcus Kavanaugh and also the
office of the Cook County United
States Attorney
I'VE wish it distinctly under.
stood we have not considered the
question of whether the defen-
dant, shown by legitimate evid-
enee in this case, to be sane or
insane within the meaning of the
statue" said the Court.
The last phase of Seott's case
went before the high Court upon
appeal from a decision that he
had recovered his sanity and was
subject to hanging after his life
once had been saved by a last
minute finding he was insane and
after he had served many months
in a prison for the criminal in.
sane.
The decision read: 'It is ap.
parent the defendant has not had
a fair and impartial trial"
Scott was convicted of killing a
drug clerk in an alleged hold-up.
His brother exonerated him.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
RECEPTION is
PASSED Up BY
OCEAN Filler
Capt. c. Lindbergh Disap-
points Dayton Citizens
Mission of Trip.

DAYTON, Ohio, June 23.-Can
ceiling all previous arrangements
for his entertainment made by
the Dayton reception committee,
Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh took
off in a pursuit plane from the
Wright Field for Washington.
In a brief interview before leay.
ing. Capt. Lindbergh said he was
sorry residents of Dayton would
be disappointed in not getting TO
see him but he stated he knew
nothing of the plans for a recep.
tion and declined to participate
because his visit to Dayton was
unofficial and for the purpose Of
paying his respects to Orvilie
Wright only.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
LONG SOUGHT
FOR BANDITS
CHANGE PLEA
De Autremont Brothers
Plead Guilty Siskiyou
Given Life.

MEDFORD, Ore, June %.
Roy and Ray De Autre-
mont entered a plea Of guilty
today and made a confession
Of the Siskiyou tunnel train
hold-up in which four men
were killed in 1928.
The brothers reversed their
plea of not guilty.
The twins were sentenced
to life imprisonment after a
jury, h astily impanelled,
heard the confession read
and Immediately found a
verdict of guilty.
The confession was a re-
suit of an agreement with
District Attorney Chaliey
that the State would recon-
mend life Imprisonment if
they confessed.
Hugh De Autremont, an
other brother, was found
guilty. but it was announced
Yesterday an appeal would
be taken.
This practically ends the
case in which a three year
worldwide search was made
for the three brothers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
Three SLAIN
IN SHOOTING
Two Policemen and Auto
mobile Thief Are Killed
Witness Escapes.

CHICAGO, June 23-Darkness
mantled the triple Staying on the
North Side Valley this morning
with no witnesses left to tell
what happened except a mystery
girl who fled from the horror
before the roar of the last re-
volver shot died away.
Two policemen shot it out with
an automobile thief and all three
were killed.
officer Farley was still living
and conscious when Police Re
serves arrived.
"Threw woman in car with him;
she ran," gasped the. officer, be
fore he expired, but the officials
do not know what was meant
by the remark other that a wom-
an witness disappeared.
The deadly accuracy of the aim
of the three men is shown All
but one shot of the seven shots
found a mark A single shot fired
by the robber went wild.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
AZ REPORTED DEAD

SEATTLE, June %. Deaths
resulting from the influenza epi-
demic in the Lower Yukon and
Kuskokdim Valleys. Alaska, have
reached total of AZ, of which
29 occurred at Anvik and IS at
other points according to advices
received by Jonathan Wagner,
Chief of the Alaska Division of
the United States Department of
Education here. He says nurses
and doctors are working in the
two villages.
A representative of the Depart
ment of Justice has been sent to
investigate the extent of the
epidemic. 1t is feared many
deaths have occurred in isolated
districts.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
Houdini Died from
BIO,C, Insurance
Payment Reueals

NEW YORK, June 23.-Payment
of $4,000 to Mrs. Beatrice Hou-
dini, widow of Harry Houdini,
magician, by the New York Life
Insurance Company as indemnity
for accidental death disclosed the
company's acceptance OF the claim
that he died as the result of a
blow.
Houdini's death on October 30.
1926, according to George Coxey,
an agent of the company. follow
ed week after he had challeng-
ed McGill University student in
Montreal to strike him a hard
blow. He did this to prove his
excellent physical condition, Coxey
explained.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
FOREST FIRE
RAGING NEAR
BAKERSFIELD
Fifteen Thousand Acres
Burned Over-Fire Re-
ported Out of Control.

BAKERSFIELD, CAL. June 90.
Sweeping out of control.
great forest fire has burned over
$4,000 acres in the San Enid .
District and Is today eating its
way into the Santa Barbara for
est area, north of Frazier Ma
tional Park.
Two hundred men are battl ne
the flames. Men are being re-
cruited from here this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
TNDT4N4 PLANTING
lTREES BY MILLIONS
Z FOR FLOOD REMEDY

If not eliminated, had the country
possessed proper forests" Richard
Lieber, conservation commission
director, said.
Conservation official are shap-
ing their program to produce q
million forest seedlings for the
spring of 1880 with the anticipa-
ton that the demand may even
exceed this figure.
More than half of the seedlings
distributed to date were sold to
individuals for private planting
and the others were planted on
various soils of the reserve for
experimental work to determine
what species do best under GER
tain conditions.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
"NO Cigarettes,
No Coal" Miners
UItin,atunr

LANSING, Mich. June 23.-Oats
issued as rations for the mules
constituted the only food known
to be available to the 328 con-
victs and IA captive guards bar
ricaded in the Prison Coal Mine
since Tuesday morning. as the
mutineers passed the 18th hour
under ground.
There Is nothing to Indicate
they wished to withdraw the ul-
timatum OF mo cigarettes, no
COAL"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-23
Defendant in
Case, Killed
In Court Room

DUNCAN, Okla, June 23
Arch Gilbreath, father OF the
complaining witness In a cri-
minal assault case. shot and
killed b. F. Cox in the court
room here late yesterday ar
ternoon.
Cox was on trial charg A
with assaulting three young
women.
Questioning of the juror
was about to begin and Judge
Richardson annoU1ced the tas-
timony would be shocking and
some persons might wish to
leave the court room.
Gilbreath raised his reyolvcs
and fired. Cox dropped dead.