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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
dozen FAMILIES
LIVE ON SALVAGE:
Dallas Gets $3.50. Monthly for
Junking Rights on
City Dump.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS. February 2S--A dump
has its philosophers and its human
foibles no less than the world from
which it's rubbish comes.
A dozen families live on the sal
wage from the Dallas municipal
dump-live on scraps others throw
away; and a man has just contracted
to pay the city $3.50 a month for the
privilege of gathering junk from the
dump. He farms out the privilege to
others on a $3.50 basis. There is
keen competition for the junking
rights.
Two hundred tons of waste are
thrown daily into this graveyard.
The incinerator burns 80 tons every
~ hours and the remainder is scat
tered over the II acres of dump to
be burned in the open after the junk
ers pick it over. A tidy sum is
wrested from these discarded things.
Lives on Edge of Waste.
On an Autumn afternoon, with the
haze of many fires circling about him,
stood one of the older residents of
the city of refuse, looking off toward
the tall buildings and fine apartment
houses whence comes much of the
rubbish on which he exists.
He lives with his family at the edge
Of the desolate waste in a shack made
of scrap boards and tin. The family
consists of his wife, two girls, aged
z and 8, and a boy of TO-
"Well, it's an honest living, any
way" philosophical the junker.. 1.-THE
railroad let's me live on it's property
because ] once saved it from a
damage suit. They know J watch
things and keep everything in order.
81 farmed once. Got mad, though,
and pulled up. This is just as good
living as any. If you works you
makes a living. You have to keep
a-digging. Sometimes the drappings
is good and sometimes not"
Free Lance Junker.
Another junker came on the scene,
riding on a little broken-doWn wagon
drawn by nag. He was hauling re-
claimed rags and bottles. His wagon,
like those of other junkers, and the
rope harness, were made from dump
scraps. The nag came from the city's
pound. another item in the dumps
business.
I'm free lance here he said.
worked up to it from the bottom.
Used to haul scrap iron. Work was
too hard and no money. Finally /
got 'em to let me roam over the place
and now I picks up everything.
''Well, it's a tolerable living. Make
SIS to $40 a week. Got four kids at
home; getting too old for harder
work. This about as good as any
IL you can manage to get what's
coming to vor "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

ALEXANDRIA, Va. February g
lSpeciaD.-Edgar Warfield, ST.. ad
jutant of r. f. Lee Camp, United
Confederate Veterans, and. f. G.
Graham, past commander, have beer
named delegates to the grand encamp
ment of the Confederate Veterans
which will be held in Tampa, Fla, on
April >, 6 and Z. Their alternates are
George w. Herndon and Frank M. An
gelo. Mr.. Warfield is to issue the
necessary blanks for veterans and
others who wish to attend the encamp.
ment.
The Young Peoples Union of the
First Baptist Church. will hold a
birthday party this evening in the
lecture room of the church.
The junior choir of the Christ
Episcopal Church will be the guest
at party in it's honor this evening
at o'clock in the Sunday School
rooms.
meeting of the Alpha Sigma
Kappa fraternity will be held tonight
at the home of Patrick Noonan, Ali
North Columbus street, at s o'clock.
A class will be initiated.
I. Harvey Henshaw and G. NJ. Price,
who suffered cuts when a sedan in
which they We're riding collided with
a bus operating between Washington
and Winchester, on the river road at
Four-mile Run, Saturday night, have
been discharged from the Alexandria
Hospital.
The civic bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce will meet tonight to dis
cuss several matters of Importance.
Enoch Adams, colored, charged with
violation of the prohibition law, was
fined $50 and costs by Judge Snow
in Police Court here this morning.
Adams was arrested by Policemen Nc
Clary and Andrews.
Alexandria is without a contagious
disease. case today for the first time
in many years, DR.. w. Clyde West,
city health officer, announced today.
There is not quarantine in the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
COUNTY TO LAUNCH
DRIVE FOR HEALTH
Montgomery Pupils, Parents
and Others to Be In
StruCted at Classes.
Special Dispatch 10 The star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. February Is
Health classes will be established in
public schools of Montgomery County
in the very near future, DR.. William
u. Pratt, county health officer, has
announced. School children, mothers
and others regularly attending. will
be instructed by an expert nutrition
In food selections, prevention and cor
rection of physical defects. necessity
of forming good health habits and i'm
portance of regular exercise. rest,
cleanliness, fresh air and sunshine.
The local board of health will have
Administrative supervision of the work,
furnish information of health condl-
lions of children to be worked with
in the classes, assist with the use Of
available equipment and materials
needed in the classes. interpret to the
children and communities the posi-;
bilitieS in the work and will keep in
touch with the classes TO discover
opportunities for further health SerV-
ice in rechecking on health conditions
as needed and in immunization work.
The schools will impress upon the chill
dren and communities the Importance
of the work. Cooperation of woman
clubs, parent-teacher associations, COM
nunity leagues, Red Cross Organiza-
1loHS, nome Observation-Disclosures tluoo anu
junior social service units is sought.
The project will be financed by volun-
tary contributions. The principal item
of expense will be the nutrition work
err, the cost being placed at around
$3.50 a month. She will work i'll con-
junction with the ether agencies and
conduct five or six classes a week,
each class TO meet once a week for
from 10 TO 90 weeks, according to
available funds for their support.
Organizations will be relied upon to
supply the bulk of the funds and Mrs.
A. c. Weld of Sandy Spring, chair
man of the sSA,a+ ton committee of
the Montgor Sounty Federation
of women's - BIS, has been author
lied to Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

taxes. Rice and silk We'd with salt in
Importance. Today. in some parts of
the republic. rice supplements silver
in payment of 1evieS. In ancient times
some tribes sent elephants teeth,
while the Cantonese, it is related, made
payment in crabs, frogs, snakes and
crickets.
Travelers from one city to another
in China soon become familiar with
other ways of raising revenue than
that collected from land owners. Likin
or squeeze stations, which might be
compared with our nearly obsolete
tollgates. are met with at frequent in
tervals along the highways. Eight of
these stations are encountered during
the 84-mile trip from Shanghai to
SoochoW
''At each station cne's effects are
ransacked. and while every article is
not taxed at each station, before the
traveller reaches his destination at
least three levies have been paid on
each article.
Tibetan Levy iii Goods.
"Tibetan taxes are usually paid in
goods. Sheep. wool meal and native
cloth are principally used. In one
section OF the billy country the grass
and water the Tibetan cattle consume
are taxed, but not the cattle.
I'm many European countries the
ancient intertown tax is still levied.
While visiting Giardini, Sicily. a cor
respondent from the society saw
many food tax dodgers who had re-
turned from a shopping tour at Mes
Sna.
Some of them camoufiaged cab
bage and disguised fish to avoid the
revenue collectors attention. Sicilian
municipalities still jealousy guard
this system of taxation which recalls
the day when each city was a SOW
ereign state in trade rivalry with it's
neighbors."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Bull Run Battlefield to Be Park
IF Inspection Shows Plan Feasible

The Bull Run battlefields are imme-
lately on the Lee Highway, about 80
miles southwest Of Washington, and
are visited annually by thousands of
tourists. nearly all of whom ask to
see the Every spot" on which Jackson
stood when Gen. Bee cried to his re-
treating Carolinians, Look There's
Jackson standing like stone WALL
and thus immortalized a name which
the South and the world later learned
to respect and love.
The main battlefield was acquired
several years ago by Confederate
memorial organizations. principally at
Manassas. and title to the property is
now vested in three trustees. On it
are the famous Stone House, the
Henry House, the Stone Bridge and
other points which identify particular
phases of the conflict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
TAXPLEA RECALLS
PAYMENTS OF OLD
Nations Abroad Paid LevieS
in Nails, Flowers and All
Kinds of Goods.

| A delegation from the Virgin Is.
lands recently appeared before con
gressional committee and appealed
for the removal of the export tax on
sugar.
THAT an export tax is unconStitu'
tional is matter of common knoWl-
edge to American news readers, and
since the Virgin Islands belong to the
United States, some may question
why the delegation should peacefully
plead for the removal of the levy,
when it could be attacked as uncon-
stitutional from the time of its impo-
sition," says a. bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
But the Constitution does not say
that there shall be no tax on articles
exported from the United States and
it's possessions. 1t declares that NO
tax or duty shall be laid on articles
exported from any State And. ac-
cording to the courts, State in this
case means a State, not a possession.
while an export tax seems odd to
citizen of the United States, it can
not compare with some of the humor-
Gus levies in foreign countries" con-
tinues the bulletin.
Some English Taxes.
"Since feudal times the Kings of
England have received miscellaneous
articles as taxes on valuable property.
1.-TWO knives, six horseshoes and
siXty-one nails are sent to the King
Court by the City of London each year
for the use of q parcel of land near
the famous Strand, while a school oc.
cupying a piece of property near the
Tower Bridge sends a bunch of roses.
The land is worth $4,000. but as long
as the roses are paid the school is
permitted to continue in peaceful
possession. Peppercorns pepper ber-
ries) are paid by the Royal Academy
for it's London site.
ITO hold his land the owner of
Aylesbury Manor provides three geese
il the King visits Aylesbury in the
Summer. and three live cells If he goes
there in the Winter. The owner is
also bound to put clean straw on the
Kings bedroom floor three times a
year if the sovereign stops there.
Straw on the bedroom floor was one
of the luxuries of feudal times.
Hold Kings Head.
THE tenant Of Copeland Manor is re-.
CURED to hold the Kings head should
he get seasick while crossing the
stormy waters of the English Channel
from Dover to Withstand Bay.
"A crossbOw is contributed by the
ancient city of Chichester, while the
Lord of Bryandon. Dorset County, is
bound to make a yearly presentation
of a stringless bow and an unfeathered
arrow for his majestys use should he
decide to war with Wales.
Instead of paying an assessment in
money, knights to whom large parcels
of feudal land were granted were
bound to perform 40 days service in
the Kings military establishment and
to equip themselves for duty.
Property owners in England, a few
hundred years ago, also accounted for
the number of hearths and chimneys
in their buildings, for each one of
them was levied upon. Windows were
also taxed. and today one occasionally
sees evidence of the evasion of this
levy where old windows have been
bricked up.
Paid Taxes In Salt.
For centuries blocks of salt were
sent to the rulers of China from the
Y1y-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
FRECKLED NOSE NO BAR.
University Lords Club Glasses
Brunette as Prettiest Coed.

ATLANTA, Ga. February % P).--
Miss Helen Mort. IS, is a brunette
and has freckles on her nose. Despite
this, however, college gentlemen who
compose the Lords Club Of Oglethorpe
University announced that Miss Mort
was their idea of the prettiest girl
in the university. Consequently Miss
Mort was called upon. during chapel
exercises. to accept a loving cup from
the Lords Club. The faculty knows
her as a young lady who missed the
honor roll by only the tiniest Of
margins.
Buckingham Palace, the London
residence of King George, contains
something like 500 rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

MANASSAS, Va, February 2S.-
The battlefield of Bull Run, where
the first major engagement of the
Civil War was fought. will be con.
verified into national park with its
many points of historical interest
suitably designated, if the efforts of
Representative r. Walton Moore, ex.
tending over a period Of years, are
success 3ful
Secretary Davis Of the War De-
partment in "a letter to Mr.. Moore
says the question of inspecting the
held under provisions of a general act
of Congress providing for appropri-
atoms will be taken up by a board
OF Army officers as soon as prac-
tcable after the appropriation is
available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Victim of Circular Saw Buried.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PURCELLVILLE,V Va, February %
George Colbert, who was killed Fri
day when struck in the head by q
fragment of a circular saw he was
operating at his home about miles
from here, was buried yesterday ir
Lakeview Cemetery. He was 40 years
old and leaves his wife, formerly Miss
Arnett of Loudoun County, and three
children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
New Lynchburg Pastor.
,cial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, February 28.-
Rev. Robert Whitfield Miles was in
stalled as pastor Of Westminster
Presbyterian Church last night, all of
the Presbyterian congregations Of the
city uniting in the service. The in
stallation sermon was preached by DR..
James d. Paxton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, Febru
airy 28.-Dan NJ. Chichester Of Stat.
ford County mas announced his can.
didacy for the House of Delegates
from Stafford and Prince William
Counties, subject to the Democratic
primary in August, to succeed G. A
Sinclair of Manassas, who will not
run again. Mr.. Chichester is son of
Supreme Court Judge r. H. l.. Chi.
chester. Of Fredericksburg and Stat.
ford. He is farmer and dairyman.
His is the first announcement for this
Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
NOTED PAINTER DIES.
Sir Luke Fildes, Who Made Por
traits of 9 Kings. Expires at "a.

LONDON, February % tP).-Sir
Luke Fildes, painter and illustrator.
died here yesterday after a short i'll.
ness. He was 81 years old.
To Sir Luke fell the honor of paint.
ing the state portraits of the late
King Edward and his Queen. He
also was commissioned to paint the
state portrait of King George finishing
that work i'm 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
WHITE WINGS GET RAISE
Strike of Street Cleaners Averted
in Chicago.

CHICAGO. February IS RD.-A
strike of the city'S $500 street cleaners
set for March / was averted Saturday
by a compromise between Col. A. a.
Sprague, commissioner of public
works. and Michael CarroZzo. head OF
the Street Laborers and Section Fore
mems Union.
The street cleaners demanded an
increase in wages of so cents day
and the foremen of $50 year.
The white wings" division workers
were granted a 10-cent raise and Will
draw hereafter $5.25 a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TO-DAY

Mtnuew aska--Cherhourg and London. Noon
MOntroy Indies cruise. ..... Noon
Sa1gBEl on---GenGa and Marselles. E. Noon
New Toronto---Teneriffe, Freetown and
sAccra ......... 800. Noon
sailor Prince-Rio de Janeiro and
santos 3 pm.
r do Macors and San Domingo City. 4 IN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
SAILING T0M0RROW

Caaper-Copenhagen and Hesingfors 4 pm.
Martha Neutrality-suspicious. Delgada,
Lisbon and Naples. .......... am.
Conte Rosso--Glbraitar. Naples and
Genoa ...... .......... ........ Noon
IAbau ............... Bpm
Orizaba-Havana j am
Avon--Bermuda 10 am
Aires .......... Noon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Paid Taxes In Salt,

For centuries blocks of salt were
sent to the rulers of China from the
provinces bordering the sea to nav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
SHIPPING NEWS
Arrivals at and Sailings from
New York.

ARRIVED AT NEW YORK,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05
CHURCHES LOSE YEARLY
An Alarming Drop in Membership
Reported by Committee.

Philadelphla.-An alarming" fall
ing off in church membership in Pro
testant communions at the rate oil
100000 a year is noted in the report
of the continuation committee to the
inter church conference made public
here by the offices Of the Prosbyter-
ian clurcit Ia u,u ea.ted States Of
America, The conference was held
here April 10 last
The report Of DR.. II. X. Carroll,
Plainiield N. j., the committee secre-
tary, has been issued in anticipation
Of a movement in which all churches
affected by tie losses arc expected to
join in an effort to relieve the aitua-
ton,
"In 10 communlons with a grand
total OF 15,16O,17o Members the re-
port summarizes, the losses aggre.
gate 26s,065. As the total Of evan.
gelical membership is upward OF 3D.
100000, the total yearly loss, If other
communlons besides the 10 were in.
cluded. would approximate about half
a million"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05
Ventilators Should Be
Regulated in Incubator

In Matching eggs In ncubators II Is
frequently difficult to provide enough
fresh air or give proper ventilation To
the incubator and at the same time
to keep the eggs from losing too much
moisture.
The poultry department ut the New
York State College of Agriculture at
Ithaca, N. Y, says the ventIlators
should be kept closed during the first
ten days of incubation, because the
chick inside the egg requires very
little oxygen After the tenth day
the chick needs more oxygen and the
amount increases gradually until the
need Is largest during the last three
days.
After the tenth day of incubation
the yentllators may be opened more
and more until they are wide open at
the eighteenth day. The moisture
pans should not be allowed to get dry
at any time
Eggs should lose about 10 per cent
of their original weight, and not more
during the three weeks Of incubation.
II they lose more moisture than this
Il IS impossible 10 replace IT, Sprin-
king the eggs with warm water sew
eral times daily during the last three
days Is often recommended, but while
this can do no harm, 1t can do little
good
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05
[)()VI1Ry
lH5Y@l
HIGH MORTALITY
LOWERS PROFITS

High mortality and low egg produc-
ton 90 hand in hand in the farm poul'
try flock and If the death rate of hens
is high the results from the flock will
be only mediocre, regardless of how
well the hens are bred and fed, says
II. II. Alp, poultry extension specialist
of the college of agriculture, Unlver-
sity of Illinois,
"Records which 234 farm flock
owners kept in cooperation with the
college show a mortality rate of L.
per cent annually, If this rate is fig
ured for the entire state there would
be an approximate loss of 100000
birds annually.
"A II per cent mortality on first
thought may not seem very high, but
1t must be remembered that along
with Il mortality as high as this there
goes general low production through
ont the flock 1t is not SO much the
loss of bird dying that counts as
the loss caused by low production
AilihAaAA NiAhhtS.s
While the causes for mortality may
vary to a certain extent, the CHEF ana
main causes will he the lack of sani-
tation and personal attention. Very
little credit for the mortality being no
higher than II per cent can be given
TO improved conditions in and around
poultry houses. Conditions probably
have not improved great deal with
regard TO sanitation. Diseases have
increased and have given more trou-
BILE every year. The chief factor In
protecting the flock Is one of proven
tive measures.
Hen mortality Is spread fairly we'll
over the whole year. The spring
months quite often show an increased
death rate due to Increased produc-
tion, especially so where the birds are
forced for production. There Is GER
tain mortality that might he termed
normal mortality. This Is where death
results from causes beyond the con
troll of the operator and Is not due to
a disease and should cause no worry.
The bulk of the mortality, though,
can be Influenced by the personal abil-
lty of the operator. The determining
factor with mortality Is health and
yigor ana health aud ylgor come only
from good stock, sanitation and feed
ing
"All that is necessary to say ms
warning to poultrymen In regard to
hen mortality is to remember that
vigor can he defined as hens ability
to live and thrive under ordinary con
ditions and 1t is essential to have this
factor exhibited in selecting layers
and breeders.
Poultry drugs and medicines
should not be trusted to keep the
flock free from mortality. Prevention
and sanitation should be practiced in
stead and an abundance of common
sense used In handling the flock"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05
AIRNAN FLIES FROM
DECK OF LEYIATnAH!

Curtiss Field, N. Y.-The first dem
onstration flight intended to show
how two days can be cut off the
travelling time between New York and
Europe succeeded here Monday when
Flarence d, Chamberlln landed in a
Fokker biplane at $3.50 a, III.
Chamberlin took off from the decks
of the liner Leviathan $50 miles out
from New York at S:14 and flew
through fog to Long Island
Hasbrouck Heights, N. j., was his
original destination but because OF the
poor visibility he found the field here
a better landing place,
II was in the air before | reached
the end Of the runway Chamberiin
told officials of the United States
Lines, regarding his takeoff II had
no difficulty in reaching land and the
plane, after inspection. shows no ill
effects from the takeoff or the flight"
Officials of the steamship line ex-
pressed pleasure at the success cf
the flight. Chamberlin arrived at the
field sooner than WIS expected. 1t was
supposed he would not land before
1O:li, two hours after his takeoff.
Announcement will be made later
by steamship officials of the exact eff
feet chamberlin's flight will have on
the inauguration OF ship to land serv-
ice.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-05
esolI1GE Announces
IS Not A CANDIDATE
iecision of President Made in
Brief Statement at Summer
White House.

Rapid City. S. D.-President Cool
idge Tuesday issued a statement say
ing:
II do not choose to run for presi-
dent in 1925"
The statement, which was typewrit-
ten on small pieces of paper, was
handed out at the summer White
House by the president on the fourth
anniversary OF his becoming chief
executive of the United States, with
out comment.
Calvin Coolidge Tuesday ended four
years as president of the United
States to which he succeeded upon
the death of President Harding
One year and seven months remain
in the four-year term to which Mr..
Coolidge was elected as president in
the fall of 1924-a little more than q
year after he first took office,
In this period it will be decided
whether he will or can succeed him
self for another election term OF -four
years which would entitle him TO the
office of president for longer period
than has been served by any other
chief executive of the nation - and
two regular terms totallng eight years
added to the year and seven months
of Mr.. Harding's term completed by
him.