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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
MEETING TO BE JAN. 20.
Government Semi.Annual Business
Session Date Is Set.

The semi-annual meeting of the
business organization of the Govern
ment win be held Saturday evening,
January 20. at o'clock. in Memorial
Continental Hall, according to an an.
nouncement by the Bureau of the
Budget to executive departments and
establishments.
The meeting will be addressed as
usual by President Coolidge and BY
Director of the Bureau of the Budget
Fl. NJ. Lord, who will outline the
financial plans of the Government for
both the present and the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
MODERN "J0HN ALDEN"
HELD AS CONSPIRATOR
Marriage in Cuba and Futile Di.
vorce Petition Conflict With
immigration Law.
U the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., January s.
Havogim Maroukian. Yernaouhy Ma.
roukian and Garabed Aprahanian,
principals in a modern John Alden
case, in which one man sent his
friend o Cuba to marry his sweet.
heart, bring her to America and then
divorce her, were sent to Jail today
in default of bail.
They are charged in Federal Court
with conspiracy to bring a certain
woman into the United States as the
wife of an American citizen, with no
intention of living with her. The plan
was baked when Judge Baker. in
Superior Court, after learning that
the husband and wife had lived to-
gether only two weeks, refused to
grant the divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
SURVEY HOLDS
INSTALLMENT BUYING SOUND
Oregon Paper Receives Replies From
Every City of Over 5OOO0-System
Upheld as Aid to Prosperity.
BY the Associated Press

! BY the Associated Press.
| PORTLAND, Greg. January S.-A
survey of the United States on in
stallment buying made by the Port.
| land Oregonian, to be published to-
| morrow, states, the newspa per says,
that the predominating conclusion of
| the six months investigation is that
installment buying Is economically
| sound"
The OregOnian sent missionaries
| to bankers in every city of over So
600, in turn to be distributed to IA
diversified businesses as well as lead
| ers of industry and economics. The
survey, the newspaper says, is the
most comprehensive ever undertaken
on the subject.
Answers Are Compiled.
A compilation of the questions and
answers shows the following:
In your opinion has instalment buying
]. Directly, or indirectly, in Yes. No
for Fe Goma Business pFosperi'y SSS99 1ssII
-, 3. Had a tendency to level
the Summer slump in buying: 804 353
4. Affected the amount of
savings accounts Can ambig-
uousy wolHed question TO which
the answer has little signifi
canoe. as IT is not specific rs to
whether the effect is good or
bad Bankers contend il has
had an excellent effect on
situation: o' "''. e'o'.' GA 622
proportion Of purchases of
: : Had the psychological ef- 1'''
feet of inducing purchasers to
plunge without sufficient real
ization of eventual PAYMENT: $50 266
g. Reduced the amount of
nh fpri
O. Increased the cost of goods
to the consumer: ....-... ISL $40
Bank Classified Findings.
The Oregonian says that the stats
teal department of the Lumberman 6
Trust Co. Bank of Portland digested
and classified the findings of the sur
vey and that from the thousands of
replies the following conclusion is
based on the majority of answers:
"Installment buying is the back
bone of Americas prosperity, by
leveling out the production curve. 1t
has almost banished unemployment,
creating more jobs through the in
creased production made necessary by
the tremendous consumer demand. 1t
has reduced the average cost of neces-
stiles and luxuries through quantity
manufacture. 1t has increased wages,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
KING GEORGE BANS BOBS.
Several Maids of Honor at British
Court Wearing False Locks.

BY Cable tn The Star and New York World
LONDON, January 8.-King George
has banned shingled and bobbed hair.
with the result that some maids of
honor and other women connected
with the court are wearing false hair
while letting their own locks grow
again.
The Warehouses of Carisbrooke and
Princess Arthur of Connaught, mem,
bers of the royal family, are two of
the offenders: but in the Kings pres
ence the marchioness wears q switch
and the princess wears a bandeau
wound around her head
(CopyriRht 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
MAN AND SON JAILED
AFTER COURT CLASH
Cross Examination Followed by
Alleged Attack on Attorney
at Staunton, Va.


STAUNTON. Va, January S.-B. r.
Daniel of Craigsville, Va. was given
five days in jail and a fine of $50,
and his 20-year-old son, Justine Dan
iel, similar term, but no fine, for
contempt in the Augusta County Cir
cult Court here today.
The father, enraged at Attorney
W. NJ. Bass, after being cross-exam-
ined, struck the lawyer.
Spectators and court attaches pre-
vented a fight. Judge Holt lectured
the man severely and passed sentence.
AS Daniel was being taken to Jail
his son tried to interfere, it is said,
and made remarks about the court to
which Judge Holt took exception. His
sentence followed. 1t was testified
that the boy said he would beat hell
out Of Judge Holt"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
THIRD OF FRENCH SENATE
TO BE ELECTED TODAY
Millerand and Caillaux Among
Candidates-Little Change in
Complexion Forecast.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January S.-One-third of the
French Senate of 100 members will
be chosen tomorrow in departmental
elections, but little change in the gen.
eral political situation is expected.
The most important candidates up
for election are former President
Millerand, former Premier Caillaux.
Minister of Justice Barthou, Raoui
Peret, President of the Chamber Of
Deputies, and NJ. De Selves, President
of the Senate.
The issues are so confused that
political prophets are wary of making
predictions, but the best opinion is
that the result will cause little or no
change in the present complexion Of
ExaasR NaiikinA ...--.--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
ENVOY SUES FOR PAY.


PARIS. January sCp).-The Count
de Sainte.Aulaire, recalled a year ago
from the London Enthusiastically, is
suing the government for what
amounts to six years pay.
He is on the available" list at the
foreign Office, but as he has no job he
gets no pay. He insists he should stay
on the payroll until he is 65, the re-
firing age.
The foreign Office refused his de-
mand. ana he has appealed to the
sRaaGA q hAka -----------..--,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Gives 100000 to School.

NEW YORK, January 8 dP).-A
gift of $4,000 by j. f. Aldred, New
York business man, to enable the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology 10
establish ii bureau of municipal and
industrial research was announced
here today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
] Dispatch TO The Star.

opet1aI Dlspatch 70 The star.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va, January
S.--Rev. r. v. Lancaster. pastor of
the Presbyterian Church here, has re.
ceived a call to the pastoiate of the
Union Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
OF Philadelphia He - has not yet
lsRehsd u ascisiQA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

Two rival air forces in Germany
have combined, and, backed by the
government. now control a monopoly
on all commercial aviation In that
countrXs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

High costs of coal and gear have
made herring fishing so Improbable
that many fishermen Of Scotland are
leaving for Canada,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

/. Batavia, Java, has Just legalized the
installation of radio receiving sets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12
SAYS TAG.
WAR IS WAR

1ntrenched behind an impressive
array of law books in the front
room of his home at Vienna, Va,
Judge James Allen, storm center of
the Washington-Virginia automobile
tag war. awaits only the arrival of
police force and luckless motor.
lists to begin enforcement of the
laws Of his State.
The S0-year-old Virginia justice
was located by The Washington
Times this morning in the back
room of the Vienna Drugstore
where he was holding a council of
war with several legal advisers in
an attempt to divine the purpose OF
certain higher officials down in
Richmond.
Judge Allen was not backward in
asserting that he has no intention
of letting Governor Harry Byrd or
anyone else interfere with his en-.
forcement of Virginia's laws.
These laws are on the statute
books and nothing but the State
legislature can change Them" he
emphatically declared.
But even Judge Allen will admit
that spmeone-he is not quite sure
who-has pulled a fast one on him
by transferring the activities of
State Officer f. ]. McDermott, who
formerly patrolled the Vienna
district.
Shortly after the Judges declara-
ton of purpose a few DAYS ago,
state officials unsuccessfully at.
tempted to force him to modify his
position.
Then McDermott suddenly disap.
peared. Nobody knew just where
he went but reports coming up from
Richmond indicated that the officer
was whereabouts.
However, the judge last night
sent rather bitter telegram to the
motor vehicle commissioners accus.
ing him among other things. Of
having cold feet, and he feels sure
Officer McDermott will be returned
to Vienna today.
The fiery judge has meantime
backed enough water to agree TO
confine himself to violaters known
to be Virginia residents and not to
modest residents of the District
until after the conference at Rich.
mond tomorrow between Virginia
and Washington officials.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12

That's the way you feel when you
succeed in completing a Laddergram.
In climbing down a rung at a time,
the letters must remain in the same
order, and each word must differ from
its predecessor by single Glitter only.
Try to better our solution, using only
good dictionary words which are in
current usage. An answer will ap-
pear tomorrow. Solution of Better
Halves: !. Better; 2, Batter: 3, Hat.
ter; 4, Halt~C; 5, Halver; S, Halves.
ltCopyrizh by Public LedGer)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12
James Barclay Young
Returns From Italy

James Barclay Young, American
consul at Venice, is in Washington
visiting his mother, Mrs. J. r.
Young. 3445 Ordway st. N. w.
Mr.. Young. who is former news.
paper man of this city, has been
in the consular service for seven.
teen years and has been progress
sively promoted from the grade of
consular clerk and vice-consul un.
til he has reached one of its fore.
most classified tons.
By reason Of his long service in
Italy. Mr.. Young has become an
expert on commercial conditions in
that country and is placing much
valuable information at the disposal
Of the State and Commerce depart
ments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12
Solomon Island Natives
Are Reported in Revolt

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. a.
Although the outrages by natives
against white residents of the Solo
mon Islands have been centered
mainly in Malatia. where the ma.
tives became incensed over the
imposition of poll tax, indications
today were that the whole group Of
islands was becoming embroiled in
the trouble.
According to the latest census.
10000 natives and 700 whites in.
habit the islands.
General relief was felt today at
the Australian governments prompt
dispatch Of the cruiser Adelaide as
soon as reports of the outrages
were received.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12
Rev. M. F. Fitzpatrick
Heads GOnzaga College

The. Rev. F. Fitzpatrick is the
new president of Gonzaga College
and rector of st. Aloysius Parish,
North Capitol and l Streets.
Father Fitzpatrick yesterday
succeeded the Rev. J. c. Geale.
who has been transferred to
Fordham College. n. Y, due to
poor health.
The Rev. Louis OFT, instructor
of mathematic will succeed Father
Fitzpatrick as father minister.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12
CLASSICAL CLUB

"A Talented Roman Family will
he described by Prof. Mustard, of
John Hopkins University, before
the Washington Classical Club in
the oak room Of the Raleigh Hotel
Saturday at p. m.
Travelling in your own car affords
you much satisfaction. and the cost of
the ear You want IL very IOw-see the
Ilstings in tOday's Classified Ads.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12

There agency in your neghborhoOd where Won ca
leave classified advertising and get assistance in prepsn
your ad without extra charge.
Look for This Sign at Authorized Agencies
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Tax Payments Due Saturday.

Next Saturday, the first day of Oc.
tober, all District taxpayers who have
not paid their assessments for the first
half of the 1929 tax year will be
subject to a penalty of one per cent
month. There has been ample warn
ing Of the date on which these first in
stalIments are due. Yet the collector
Of taxes reports that returns are being
received very slowly, and there is a
prospect that many of the property
owners will permit the time to lapse.
There is no economy whatever in al
lowing a tax bill to run overtime. ID
must be paid eventually or the prop
erty will be subject to sale. II cash
is not Immediately available for pay
ment it can be borrowed at a lower
rate of interest than that which is
paid in the form of penalty. Under
the law the delinquent taxpayer Is
mulcted at the rate of twelve per cent
a year. For six per cent, or one-haf
of that penalty rate, money can be
obtained for immediate payments. 1t
is therefore economy to meet the tax
bills promptly.
Consideration for the financial well
fare of the District government should
prompt early payments. Tax delin'
quency means not only shortage OF
funds at the District Building. but in
wolves complicated bookkeeping which
congests the work of the tax col
lector's office seriously. II all bills
were paid on time, even on the last
day Of the prescribed period, the ad.
ministration of tax collections would
be greatly simplified.
1t is, of course, to be supposed that
all property owners intend to pay their
taxes. If they do not they not only
suffer the current penalties for de-
linquency at the rate Of one per cent
a month, but they risk the loss Of
their titles. Should taxes be neglected
to the point at which the property
may be offered for sale for unpaid as.
sessments a heavy additional cost is
imposed in case the owner then moves
to redeem. He must pay the cost Of
advertising and also premium to the
purchaser of the tax title" who has
himself paid the taxes and the penal
ties. In many cases clouds have rest
ed upon titles owing to this neglect,
to be dispelled only through legal pro-
cedure and at heavy expense.
So now it is up to the taxpayers
during the few days that remain Of
the month Of September to send for
their bills and pay them before the
end of the month. They will be
money in pocket by so doing, the
District will be in funds for its opera
tions and there will be no doubt as to
title. The collector Of taxes will be
grateful, and everybody will be easier
in mind. This Is not merely a meas.
ure of precaution, but a matter Of
civic duty.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

Two hundred Germans rounded up
in New York City by Federal agents
found to have maps, plans and data
or munition plants, navy yard and
armories. Many of the men were en-
ployed in and around munition plants.
First war review issued by
Secretary Baker. Reports on opera.
tions on French, italian and Russian
fronts and says attrition will continue
on the west front until the American
forces are ready to strike.
Pershing's men see liquid fire in ac-
tion and are deeply impressed by
demonstrations given by the French.
Further loan of $40,000,000
made to France, bringing total thus
far advanced to allies to $2,466, AGO..
900. Secretary Lansing op-
poses alien draft plans. Fears re-
prisals if we bar from citizenship
those seeking exemptions under
treaties. United States Ship.
ping Board issues report showing
that 1,036 cargo ships are now being
built. Some will be ready in 60 days
and the greater part of 100000 tons
will be completed by end of the year.
Germany offers to give up
Belgium for trade and military guar.
antees and proposes to contribute to-
ward paying for the damage caused
by the war Official Washington looks
upon such terms as impossible.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| taste than the possessor of it, 1t was
at the time that Pope was translating
the lengthy Greek of Homer into
English couplets, perhaps the most
absurd poetical medium which could
have been chosen to render the long
roll of the Greek hexameters, but as
it was the only sort of thing Pope
could do, naturally enough he chose it.
Lord Halifax let it be known that
| he would like Pope to come to his
home and read the translation of the
first two or three books. Poets were
big men in those days, as previously
stated; an impending poem was looked
| forward to by all who read. which
! class did not include the whole popu'
| lace. by any means.
The great Addison attended the
party.
According to Pope himself, four or
five times during the reading, Lord
Halifax stopped him, and said: Il
beg your pardon. Mr.. Pope, but there
| is something in that passage that
does not quite please me; be so good
as to mark the place, and consider 1t
a little more at your leisure; 1 am
sure Won can give it a better turn. J"
| Pope according to his own nara
tion of the EVENT. was sorely puzzled
by the vague nature of the CRITICISMS
| or course, he wanted to please the
lord. Every one wanted to please
a lord. Naturally!
| He put his difficulty up to his
| friend, DR.. Garth, who Immediately
advised him not to put too much time
on the criticisms of Lord Halifax;
| that the great man had habit OF
making such diffuse criticisms.
Don't worry yourself by even look
ing at the passages" he advised Pope.
"All you need do is to leave them
| just as they are; call on Lord Halifax
| two or three month"; hence. thank him
for his kind observations on those
passages, and then read them to him
again"
If one may believe this anecdote
(which Dyce ridicules), Pope waited
on Lord Halifax in due season, and
reminded his lordship of his criticisms.
and said that he hoped his objections
| would be found removed.
He then read the verses to him eX'
actly as they were at first, whereupon
his lordship was extremely pleased
with them, and cried out: cay, now,
Mr.. Pope. they are perfectly right!
nothing can be better"
Whether true or not, this is a pleas
ing anecdote, particularly as showing
the esteem in which poets were held
in that day and place.
Pope, it would appear from all the
information left of his life, rode this
esteem harder than any other poet
who ever lived.
He was the Jack Dempsey of poets.
His life was a constant battle with
other and lesser poets. He wrote
meanly and vindictively. He sowed
sarcasm and reaped the same.
He must have been, from all &C.
counts. a much feared and hated per-
son, yet there can be little doubt that
he was equally loved and admired
by others.
Such is the fate of all positive per-
sons, who, for all their faults, can
never be called lukewarm, but must
be credited with the merits they have.
Much may be forgiven a man who
handled words as II they were jewels,
mindful OF the precious mintage of
the human intelligence.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Gaining Momentum.

It is coming to be accepted that un-
less the present hunt for candidate
upon whom all the dry Democrats
can unite to the point, at least. OF
holding more than a third OF the dele
gates to the next national convention
succeeds. Gov. Smith of New York will
be the nominee for 1928. Such
search is now in progress under the
direction Of former Secretary Mere.
dith, who. after spending some days
in this city in conference, has gone
forth to sound sentiment in various
quarters and TO seek the man who
can hold the fort against the favorite.
Evidence is plain that the Smith
boom is gaining momentum, particu-
larly in the West. While the Ogden
conference, which resulted in an in
dos~ement, may not be regarded as
ASSURING Smith delegations from all
the seven States there represented,
the psychological effect of the declara-
ton is unquestionably favorable to
the New York executive. Smith COM
mittees are being organized through
out that region and a veritable drive
Is on for delegates. 1t is the frankly
expressed hope of the Smith organiza-
ton that by the date of the meeting
of the national Democratic committee.
which will choose the place and time
Of the convention, there will be enough
Smith strength definitely in sight to
make an attack upon the two-thirds
rule unnecessary.
This confidence on the part of the
Smith managers may be justified.
They are assiduously spreading the
word that Smith is the only man who
has a chance, not merely to win the
nomination but to win the election.
They have an asset of decided value
in the spectacle Of the Madison Square
Garden convention with its devastating
deadlock, which was due to the effort
to head off McAdoo''-an effort which
was fatally successful. They believe
that Gov. Smith is the mostly highly
qualified exponent of Democratic
principles. Minimizing his political
liabilities, they extol his virtues, his
abilities, his successes.
The Smith boom is being well man.
aged. 1t is aggressive and thorough.
It is calculated to appeal to the party
member who, having no counter predi-
lections. is apt to feel that the party
cannot win with anybody else, but
might win with him. It is also ap-
pealing to the Democrat who shrinks
from the prospect of another Kill
kenny cat fight such as that Of 1924.
Waving the question of responsibility
for that spectacle, the governors
friends are claiming for him that only
through his nomination, assured in ad-
vance, can another demoraliEing dead
lock be averted. And that is a NOV
Ing argument.
Evening star., 1927-09-26
Flood Control Legislation.

It is the expectation of the Pres
ident that report on the subject Of
flood control will have been prepared
by the Mississippi commission by
the fifteenth of November. The COM
mission is now at work on this prob.
lem, in conjunction with committees
representing the devastated States,
and it Is the present purpose to leave
the question with those agencies.
which will in effect report directly TO
Congress. Whether committees of
both House and Senate will take this
matter under consideration at the
same time is not determined. 1t
would seem, however, to be the more
practical method to have the legis-
lation on the subject originate in one
house and then be passed on to the
other rather than to have two and
possibly conflicting inquiries in prog