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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-03

perpetual motion OF Nghtest swift.
ness, that was D scurrying OF tone
created in fascinating manner and
delineated with color. charm and
vitality. S..
Between q noble Handel, big n
the drama form of orGtorio. and 3
Schumann symphony, No. !. never
IN my memory played here before
Mr.. Koussevitzky placed first the
gay Prokofieff and Their q bewilder.
ing parody. It was Ravel's s'choreo.
graphic' poem, LA Valse," which
was none other than an eccentric
arrangement of the Wiener Blut''
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-03
HEADS COMMITTEE
For CHARITY BALL

Benjamin Warder Toron Is chair
man of the mems floor committee
for the ball to be given on Friday
evening, February is, at the Willard
for the benefit OF the Episcopal
Home for Children.
4 =
Mrs. Carl Joerissen has sent out
invitations for tea on Saturday af-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-03

ternoon at her residence. 1919 MASS.
achusetts Ave.
Mrs. John Blankenship left wash.
ington today for st. Augustine, Fla,
to remain several weeks.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hilary r,
Jones entertained 4 small company
at dinner last evening.
- -
The Australian Commissioner "a
the United States and Lady Hugh
Denison viii arrive ii Washington
today from New York and while
here win be. guests At The May.
flower.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Dennis q. No,
Ian and their daughter, Miss Helen
Nolan. are at the Martinique Tor
months stay in Washington. Gen.
eral Nolan Is now the commanding
general Of the Fifth Corps Area,
with headquarters at Fort Hayes,
Ohio He was formerly here a.
deputy chief Of staff OF the Army.
II
Mrs. IA. u. BrOsseau, president gen.
eral Of the Daughters of the AnerI.
can Revolution. has issued cards for
benefit supper which she viii give
at the Willard on February 10.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
ring with his denunciations of Eng.

ring with his denunciations of Eng.
land.
Mayor Thompson will probably be
delighted with this attention. To be
hanged in eff1gy by the children Of
England will be proof, to him, that
he is scoring a success in his self
appointed role of savior of America.
'See how hatred Of america is bred
even in the very little Ones" he will
probably cry as he proudly recites his
tale in his public addresses. "They
recognize me as the enemy of British
influence. They reflect the spirit Of
their elders and their ancestors
On other occasions the children of
England have substituted some very
well known personages for their pyro-
technic exhibitions on Guy Fawkes
day. In recent years the former Kai.
ser Of Germany has been thus exploded.
Later Leon Trotsky has dangled sput-
tering from limbs of trees and tops of
poles. If big Bill" can find any COM
fort in the fact Of this category into
which he has been placed by the chill
dren of England he is, of course, fully
welcome to it,
Evening star., 1927-11-06

An ingenious proposal for farm re.
lief in certain States has been made to
the House ways and means committee,
which yesterday closed it's hearings
preparatory to the drafting Of the new
tax law. enactment OF which will be
one of the chief features of the coming
session OF Congress. A representative
OF a large group Of Iowa farmers asked
that provision be made in the new law
for refunds on taxes on land sales
made during the war boom. He urged
that the Government had collected
millions OF dollars more than 1t should
have taken in taxation, having as
sessed the total sales instead OF the
actual cash payments. About ono
thousand farmers in Iowa, the spokes-
man represented. had been overtaxed
in this way. These sales. he contend
ed, were in the majority Of cases
made between neIghbors and not by
people engaged in the profession OF
buying and selling real estate. In al.
most all cases small cash payments
were made, rarely exceeding one
fourth OF the selling price. Not only
did the farmers have TO pay taxes on
the fun sales prices, but the great
ma iority Of the farms have since been
turned back TO the former owners In
a very rundown condition.
1t would certainly seem al though
the taxes should have been figured
upon the cash payments and not upon
the prices named in the contracts Of
sale. The amounts received could be
rated as income and likewise interest
received on deferred payments. Taxa
rtion on the full price basis would. II
the fun sum were paid in subsequent
years, amount to double taxation. and
possibly treble or quadrlple. If such
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later payments were rated as income
and were taxed.
This Is a question apart from the
specific task of the ways and means
committee, although it bears upon the
framing of the tax bill. If refund is
provided for 1t implies a treasury liza.
bility that enters into the equation. 1t
may not be very large matter COM
pared with the volume of expected re-
ceipts or the total Of tax reduction
that may be provided for. But evi-
IDENTIFY these Iowa farmers feel that
they have been mulcted in the practice
of tax assessment and Just at present
that bears upon the farmers
economic welfare is a matter Of i'm
portance to Congress.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

We must believe that to one and all
Of us come hours in which the higher
revelation Of life's meaning is dis
closed to us and the opportunity af-
fOrded for attaining, in some degree
at least, it's highest and holiest ideals
We may call these experiences inn
pulses that come from within or,
again, we may regard them as arrest
ing and challenging calls that come
from without. 1t seems incredible
that we can live our life utterly inn
mune to these higher impulses or
calls, unconscious of their meaning
and deep import. Even in the dullest
soul. there is something that responds
to the appeal of the better and finer
nature. Even in the worst, there are
potentialities for goodness that may
be called into action and service. To
feel that every new morning brings
a new vision of the meaning of life
lends freshened zest and enthusiasm.
We cannot believe that these opportu-
mites that afford the larger vision Of
lfe's meaning come but once or twice
in the course Of its span. To so be.
lieve would be to shadow life with the
bitterness Of disappointed hopes. There
is something wonderfully fine in that
expression. Man never is, but always
self to us may be repeated again and
again. Indeed, it Is in these repeated
disclosures or revelations that we
come to know something of the di-
vine mind and heart. Even in a world
as materialistic as the one in which
we are living, we are repeatedly ad-
monished by those who have the high
er vision that spiritual ideals are still
possible of attainment. To become
suddenly conscious Of the deep reality
and meaning of our finer nature, to
know that within us there is q divine
element that may be called into ac.
ton, and that we pay a part in the
great scheme, Of which God Is the
supreme artificer, thrills the magma
tions and compels us on to an attain.
ment of which we have never even
family dreamed. There are men and
women, who walk by our sides day by
day, who have had this great illuni.
mating experience. It may not have
been the way in which it came to Saul
on the road leading to Damascus. but
nevertheless they have been made
clearly conscious that at a given De-
riod In their life something hitherto
unknown and unrecognized emerged.
and they were compelled to cry out in
defense of the great change they ex.
perienced, II was not disobedient unto
the heavenly vision"
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OF all the tragedies of the air that
just reported from Tennessee is one
of the most distressing. Capt. Haw.
thorne c. Gray, Army balloon expert,
ascended the other day from Belle
vile, ILL.,, for the purpose of breaking
if possible the world altitude record.
The great gas bag descended yester-
day in Tennessee, landing in a tree on
farm. In the basket was the dead
body of Capt. Gray. The altimeter in
the car registered an altitude of more
than 10000 feet. The tube supplying
oxygen to the pilot had been severed.
He had died from suffocation. A belief
is entertained that in an effort to
reach the maximum altitude he tried
to cut loose a sandbag, but by an error
cut the oxygen tube instead, thus
causing his own death. Medical opin-
ion. 1t is reported, is that he had been
dead for twenty.four hours when his
body was taken from the car.
Acceptance of the altitude record
ed by the apparatus in Capt. Gray's
balloon basket Is doubtful, inasmuch
as the rules governing this matter re-
Quire that the aviator must return
with the balloon or plane. Gray re-
turned. but lifeless. Whether the rec.
ord Is accepted or not, however, it
would merely stand as a mark and
contribute nothing to the scientific
knowledge Of the conditions Of the
higher atmosphere. These balloon
flights for height are Of value only in
whatever they may add to such knowl.
edge. 1t was Gray's reported aspira.
ton to reach $4,000 feet, which would
have been far beyond the highest
point ever attained by man. Perhaps
he took undue chances. He may have
started his oxygen supply too soon and
exhausted it prematurely. Or he may.
as the evidence of the cut tube sug.
gests. have accidentally asphyxiated
himself. In any case. he died bravely
in the line OF duty in the cause of air
science. He is to be honored highly
for his endeavor.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Dyer act applies to stolen automobiles
moved in interstate commerce, with
certain amplidca:lors. They want a
tigntening or requirements as to due
dlligence" in ascertaining whether
property purchased was neld right
fuliy by the seller. They also urge
that merchandise be marked for iden-
tincati0n. 80 that IL Brown loses a
bolt OF silk he can identify it posi-
tlVeiy IN the event 1t Is recovered. The
inotion picture industry marks each
individual reel With secret identifica.
tion nKures. following sad experiences
rev years ago.
Better protection for merchandise in
tne hands of honest dealers against
the thefts from stores. warehouses or
Whlle IN transit In heing considered by
various associations Of merchants
This deals with protection at the
source OF outlet. The merchants feel
that II the market for stolen goods
Is destroyed bv getting at the receiver.
1t Will deter thefta greatly.
Not all stolen mercha ndiao In dis.
posed of ih this country. Some N
exported. Canadian commits
which conferred with United Statas
authorities two years rgo in regard to
liquor running across the border com.
planned that merchandise was being
smuggled into Canada from this coun.
try by conveys which had carried on
the southwark trip. The bootieasers
evidently were playing tho game both
ways. Much of this merchandise was
stolen.
The Crime Commission apneara to
have out its fingers on one OF the most
serious phases Of dishonesty in this
country and Its plans for remedies
will be carried to Congress and to
the State Legislatures.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
EVERYDAY RELIGION
Tert: IL aCdS not sobedient anto
the ;,edvenly uision. Acts. ETDi19.
ANSWERING THE CALL"
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, L. b.
Bishop OF Washington

| Tert: II acaS not disc bedient unto
the heavenly uision. Acts, rTDi19. D.
Among the great orations of the
world. a modern student and critic
places this notable apology which
Paul made before King AGrippa. AT
| the time of it's utterance he was on
his way to appear before Caesar. The
vigor and boldness of his expressed
faith had so aroused his own fellow
countrymen, the Jews. that they had
determined to bring him before the
great authority at Rome, there to re-
cant or to suffer the severe penalty of
death In the address before King
Agrippa, he attempted to make evil
dent not only the story of his early
life and his devotion to the religion of
his fathers. but also to declare the rea.
sons that had led up to his conversion
ard the later conviction that con-
sumed him as with flame. However
we may seek to interpret the strange
change that altered the whole course
of his life. one thing is certain: some
thing happened on the road leading to
Damas sous that made the prosecutor
of the young Christian Church its
stanchest and most jealous advocate.
In his attempt to make the King un-
derstand the extraordinary character
Of his conversion, he relates the Incl
dents that vitality concerned his early
and later life and the irresistible ap-
peal that was made to him in the
memorable experience on the Damas-
Gus road. He was dealing with that
which was quite beyond the compre-
hension Of the petty King whom he
addressed. After empha tically declar-
ing the nature Of his call, he added
these significant words Of the text,
II was not disobedient unto the heav-
emily vision"
Strange and inexplicable as this ex.
perience was in the life Of this great
Jew, it is by no means uncommon to
men and women in our day and gen.
Grafton. All Of us have knowledge of
lives that have been transformed and
transfigured through some such
strange happening. While all of us
may not be able to trace our CONVEX
sion or change of attitude toward
Christ to some phenomenal experience
such as this, nevertheless 10 practi.
cally each and every one of us there
must come time when LIES larger
meaning is unfolded to us and the way
made plain whereby we may fulfill it's
high and noble purposes. If. as
Shakespeare says, ''There is a tide in
the affairs of men which, taken at it's
flood, leads on to fortune" then surely
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Heavy Cost of Crimes
Against u. S. Business
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

1t Is the bold bandit holding up a
paymaster who gets the sensational
head lines, but the "big money" in
crime goes to white-collared gentry,
who prey upon business with few ele.
ments of the spectacular.
Increasing recognition Of this fact
accounts for commercial fraud oc-
cupying such a prominent place in
the conference of the National Crime
Commission held here last week.
Thefts Of me !chandise--principall
silks, furs and diamonds--by bur.
glary, highway robbery or otherwise.
reach an aggregate loss of $500 900.
900 year, according to estimates by
insurance companies, who should
know.
Next in Importance, it is pointed
out that ordinarv forms of theft do
not approach the annual losses
caused by fra dulent bankruptcies.
TIL, credit structure has been able to
withstand this burden only because
Of its vast size. Next in line, EN-.
trust account for considerably greater
losses than bank robberies, highway
robberies, pay roll grabs and other
crimes of violence.
But it Is not to be thought that
commercial crimes are entirely un.
tainted by violence. Murder and ar
son are frequent companions of busi-
ness fraud.
1t has been estimated by conserva.
tive experts that fraudulent bank
ruptcies alone have been costing ap-
proximately $3.50. 100000 a year in the
United States. That is a tremendous
addition to the overhead cost Of doing
business. Like other overhead, in
most cases it must be borne by the
ultimate consumer of merchandise.
The National Association of Credit
Men two years ago organized a credit
protection fund, to seek out fraud
among bankrupts. The first amount
realized was $1,O00,000. Efforts are
now being made to keep the fund up
to $2,000,000. AS it is raised by vol.
un.ary subscriptions, 1T may be real
ICED that business men of the country
fec the fight must be staged on an
elaborate scale.
Congress last Winter adopted i'm.
portant amendments to the bank.
ruptcy laws, designed largely to close
loopholes through which fraud en-.
tered, but it has not been in opera
suits.
Merchandise acquired by fraud or
theft must he disposed Of. 1t is here
that the fence" ;,ppears in the pic
ture. There Is a large business in
buying and distributing merchandise
acquired illegally by the seller.
X X X X
Members Of the National Crime Com.
mission want more stringent laws in
order to reach the fence" who Usual
lv protects himself by various ficti-
tious papers and intermediate trans
actions. They want a Federal statute
TO apply to oil merchandise az the
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Big Bill Understudies Guy Fawkes

In accordance with a time -honored
custom. yesterday the children Of Eng.
land burned Guy Fawkes in effigy.
Guy himself was hanged three hun.
dred and twenty-five years ago, and
his symbol. in more or less hideous
caricature, has daDgled from the
end OF a rope with fireworks
accompanying almost annually ever
since. or late years the playful spirit
Of the British youngsters has mani.
Tested itself In the selection of sub
stitute for the originator OF the gun
powder plot" and the favorite foe Of
the great commonwealth has usually
been chosen for this dubious honor.
In yesterdays celebration Of the dis.
covery of the plot the favorite substi.
tute for the original Guy was Mayor
William ("Big .Bili'D Thompson. who
OF Late has bel b making the weikin
Evening star., 1927-11-06
RESEARCH BUREAU ACTIVITIES
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

bureau TO prepare a report on the
number OF persons out of employ
ment, the causes of the de>ression
and methods of preventing or alleyi.
ating the evils of cyclical unemploy.
ment. Six months were devoted to
this study, the results of which were
published under the titles, Business
Cycles and Unemployment" and "Em.
ployment, Hours and Earnings in
Prosperity and Depression"
Other publications of the bureau in
clude study of the varying member
snip OF trade unions from year to year,
entitled THE Growth of American
Trade Unions" the first of a. series Of
reports on business cycles entitled
BUSINESS Annals" and a study of the
effect of immigration and emigration
upon the supply of labor, called "Mi.
grafton and Business Cycles"
Other studies in press or in prog
ress, 1t is announced, include addi.
uonal volumes on the business cycIe.
q study Of the labor market, an in.
vestigation of bond yields and interest
rates, an analysis of the relations be.
tween the price movements of indiyi.
dual commodities and of groups of
commodities since 1890, a test study
In New Haven Of contributions to
philanthropic and religious organiza-
tions, an analysis of immigration
statistics for all countries which have
recorded figures of immigratiM, and
an inquiry into the effect Of inmigra.
tion restriction upon the use of labor.
saving machinery.
This national research organization
Is not conducted for profit and every
precaution is taken to guard against
It's being used as an agency for propa-
ganoa. No report can be published
without the approval of the directors,
OF whom there are 21, representing
universities. learned and scientific
societies, financial, industrial. agric11I.
tural. commercial, labor and technical
organizations. 1t is financed by con.
tributions from groups and individuals
who are interested in impartial re.
search.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
SHOOTING STARS.
DY PHLANDER JOHNSON.
IrreYerence.

ATTCtcECnCcs
Ny grandsire left a silver watch,
An heirloom valued greatly.
The hands moved on from notch to
notch
And held pace so stately.
A treasure far beyond compare,
No maid was ever trusted
To undertake the special care
OF keeping it well busted.
A small boy sought to drive tack.
Oh, woeful is our clamor!
He grabbed that dear old watch, alack,
And used 1t for a hammer.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

From Denver, Colo, comes the re.
port that the governor of the State
has "mobilized" fifteen policemen for
duty in the strike region. 1t is to be
hoped that this word will not cause
alarm among timorous European ma.
tions lest the United States is going
on the warpath.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

4uS L. M. ~. N. O1dmOuU SuUlICSs
An organization that for seventy.
Ave years has been building up the
moral. social, mental and civic stand.
ards of Washington manhood is today
celebrating it's diamond jubilee, with
the highest officials of the United
States Government and official repre-.
sentatives Of the other great nations
earnestly commencing it's work as
"well DONE" while thousands Of homes
know and appreciate its virile help
ful influence.
Started at a meeting Of three Gov.
ernment employees in the old Masonic
Hall. corner Of Tenth and E streets,
on June 9, 1852, the Washington
branch Of the Young Mems Christian
Association was the sixth branch or
ganized in the entire United States.
The names Of the three organizers are
revered today: William Chauncey
Langdon. William J. Rhees and Rev.
Thomas Duncan.
IT was leader In yoeman service
during the Civil War. Men conspicu-
GUS in the annals Of the National Cap.
ital have been associated with its
work for clean and vigorous manhood
and for the good of the community
throughout the years. At its golden
anniversary celebration on January
I9. 1903. President Roosevelt, person.
flying the highest ideals Of the asso.
citation, was guest of honor, just as
President Coolidge and Chief Justice
Taft are conspicuous among its guests
today. This fact alone is best testi.
mony of the standing Of the associa.
ton in service to society, municipality
and country.
Work actually done is the best
gauge of an organizations value.
During the past year the social de-
partment of the T. M. c. A. had an
attendance OF between 1900 and H..
600 persons for its various activities.
It's boys department provided amuse.
fnent and many forms of activities for
more than 1900 boys, keeping them
under manly and wholesome infiu.
ences. It's educational department pro-
vided instruction in sixty practical
subjects to 3,49S students. Its phys.
ical department, with well trained In.
structors, helped to keep hundreds of
fnen fit for daily tasks. It's religious
department had an attendance OF
nearly 5000 men and boys at its Sun.
day school meetings, Bible classes and
MONDAY shop meetings at industrial
plants.
AS its contribution to the physical
welibeing of the Capital the z. NJ. G.
a. owns property valued at $1,100.000
In Washington, including the colored
branch on Twelfth street. 1t also
ewns more than 200 acres near Edge
water, Nd. known as Camp Let's, for
boys, valued at $4,000.
> In addition to its activities in Its
own buildings. the Washington Y. NJ.
c. A. conducts a railroad mems branch
At Union Station. with 1900 men TAX
ing advantage, and a branch at Wal.
ter Reed Hospital. where about 10000
men are benefited through games and
books.
Here il a record written into the
hearts and consciences and souls Of
men by an association that has for
three-quarters OF century steadily.
day after day. helpfully guided the
citizens and the future citizens to bet.
ter physical. moral and mental living,
to higher standards.
Washington is proud Of such service
and wishes the Y. M. c. A. continued
and increasing progress and prosperity
and ever widening influence.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Rumblings are heard Of storm over
the broadcasting rights for political
purposes during the next few months.
The Department Of Commerce may
have to devise new wave lengths for
spellbinders az well as jazz musicians.
singers and bedtime story teIlers.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Recurrence of the old boundary dis.
pute between Maryland and Virginia
that is now In its one hundred and
forty-third year gives the governor Of
the former State a chance to strength
en- his fences for the 1928 convention
campaign.
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Mayor Thompson Of Chicago says
that he has the right to burn objec.
tionable public library books, but that
he will not do so. He is evidently an
adept in making gestures with the left
hand as well as the right.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
The Difference.

~'Can you remember when they used
to have lobbies?"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
"Now they have propagandists."
whats the difference?"
"a propagandist is lobbyist who
has been trained by an efficiency ex-
pert 4"
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Suspicious natures will Be tempted
BY late events to revise the old phrase
diplomatic illness" TO read judicial
tndisposition."