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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
Today in Congress
SENATE.

Senate voted, Sc to 20, to resume
consideration of the Sheppard
maternity bill.
On motion of Senator Reed,
Democrat, of Missouri, the creden-
ttals of Senator elect Blaine, Re
publican, of Wisconsin, were
referred to the privileges and cleo
tons committee. This was In &C
cordance with the announcement of
Senator Reed Monday that he
thought the Senate should return
to its old rule of referring all
credentials to a committee.
Privileges and elections subcom-
mittee continued to hear opening
argument of counsel for Senator
Gould, Republican. Of Maine, whose
right to remain In the Senate is
being investigated under the Walsh
resolution.
Foreign relations committee held
a meeting on the Nicaraguan situa-
ton.
Agriculture committee took testi-
mony on a stock yard bill.
District Of Columbia subcom-
mittee win meet this afternoon on
q medical practice bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
Says Blackmail Is Practiced.

La Guardia charged also that an
Espionage and wire tapping" system
is being employed in New York by
H. Bruce Bielaski. another under
cover agent, by which intimate and
family matters are ascertained and a
system of blackmail has developed"
He declared Bielaski prevailed
upon the Federal district attorney to
write letter to the commissioner of
police of New York City asking his
cooperation to certify to the New
York Telephone CD. the necessity of
tapping wires in order to obtain in
formation"
Il will cite case which is mat
ter of record" he said, where Mrs.
B. was arrested in New York by one
of the undercover men on an alleged
trumped-up charge Of having liquor
when its only purpose was TO black
mail the family. / will give the name
of this family to any member of Con-
gress who desires 1t. The Depart
ment of Justice has knowledge OF
this case and no action was taken"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
Views OF Several Firms.

Without exception. those inter-
viewed declared their willingness to
act on any complaint against one OF
their drivers. Here are the views Of
several chosen at random tram the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
MCMAHON RULING
HITS mo PARKING"

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-05
MELLON BLAMED
FOR RUM DEATHS
Ia Guardia Puts Responsible
ity on Secretary-BIack-
mail System Charged.

BY the Associated Press.
Responsibility for deaths in New
York from poisoned alcohol was
placed upon Secretary Mellon and
Chester p Mills, prohibition enforce
ment director in New York. in
speech in the House today by Repre-
sentative La Guardia, Republican, OF
that state.
Mills, La Guardia declared, is ire
sponsible for the diversion of the
poison alcohol and the resulting
tary of the Treasury is responsible
for not checking up on his director
in New York and his loose methods
in failing to properly supervise In
dustrial alcohol"
Denounces Conditions.
Denouncing enforcement conditions
on the whole and especially the under
cover system ana espionage and wire
tapping" Mr.. La Guardia asserted the
country need not look to Congress
for relief In the poison liquor situa-
ton. He said legislation had nothing
to do with denaturing formulate be-
cause they ARE adopted by the Treas
ury with the approval of the Secre-
tary."
Referring to his pending resolution
to interrogate Secretary Mellon con
corning any Governmental connection
with the Bridge Whist Club in New
York, La Guardia said the Government
not only through its corrupt or in
component officials in New York per
mitted or tolerated the diversion of
poison alcohol, but went into the boot
leg business itself" at the club. He
renewed his charge that Ralph w.
Bickle, identified as operator of the
club at which he said liquor was sold,
nr0bIbit{oY1 IIndorcOUaVs agent
Evening star., 1927-02-17
Income Tax Problems
Simplified for All
No. 81.

NO. Sl.
Pensions paid by a corporation, or
individual to retired employees for
services rendered are taxable. Pen
sions paid by the United States Gov
ernment are also taxable, except as
provided by the revenue act Of 1926.
which exempts amounts received as
compensation, family allotmentS and
allowances under the provisions of the
war risk insurance and vocational re-
naD1l1tatfon acts, or the World War
veterans act, 1924, or as pension from
the United States for service of the
beneficiary or another in the military
or naval forces Of the United States
IN time or war, or as a State pension
for services rendered by the benefi-
ciary or another for which the State
Is paying pension"
Allowances, whether paid by the
Federal or State Governments or pri-
Vate individuals to one who performed
no duties, as, for example, a widow
In recognition Of services performed
by her husband, are regarded as gifts
and are not taxable
A bonus paid by a State to it's resi-.
dents who served in the military or
naval services during the War with
Germany does not constitute taxable
income
Benefits paid by a labor union to
members while on strike are to be in
cluded in the income, subject to tax,
of such members
An allowance paid a retired clergy
man by the governing body of reli-
gtous denomination is taxable income
Annuities paid retired civil service
employees OF the Federal Government
are subject to the tax to the extent
that the aggregate amount Of pay
ments exceed the aggregate amount
withheld from the salaries of the en-
ployes.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
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normally mere ribbons of dry sand.
have been on rampages, ripping out
bridges, sweeping houses from their
foundations and gouging out high.
ways. t.s.
Intercity communication by roads
and railways still was demoralized,
with San Diego, Riverside, San Ber-
nardino. Owensmouth and Chatsworth
completely isolated
Washouts Stall Trains.
Southern Pacific trains last night
were running on the coast line be-
tween Los Angeles and San Francis
co, but several washous between Col
ton and Indio stalled seven west
bound limiteds, and no eastbound
trains We're sent out.
A crew of men, battling to save the
Tia Juana race track, across the inter
national border from San Diego, last
night, appeared to have been success
ful In their fight against the encroach-
ing waters of the Tia Juana River.
Additional cities deluged by flood
waters were Buena Park, a Los An
geles suburb, which at one time was
under three feet of water; Greenville,
which was submerged and evacuated,
and Laurel Canyon, some of whose
residents fled because of fear of a
landslide
Only one bridge was left on the
Santa Ana River in San Bernardino
County.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic
orchestra, composed Of 100 musicians.
was left marooned overnight in a
train at Oceanside, where the food
covered the Santa Fe tracks
Refugees Crowd Jail.
Women and children refugees in
Long Beach welcomed the county Jail
as stopping place when 100 of them
were given shelter there.
Among the hairbreadth escapes was
one at San Juan Capistrano, where a
family Of five was snatched from an
automobile just before flood waters
caught it and carried it into the ocean.
Later both the Tia Juana and San
Diego Rivers were reported as hav.
ing receded to point where the dan.
ger of flood in the border city was
past.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
LEWD MAGAZINE DEALERS
FINED IN. SPARtANBURG
Three Newsstand Operators Taken
in Drive Against Salacious
Literature.

By the Associated Press
SPARTANBURG. S. c.. February
17.-Tom Greaves, Cleo Poulos and An
thony Nichkson, proprietors Of three
newsstands Of this city. were fined in
local Police Court on charges of
selling obscene and salacious lit.
erature.
Each of the men was fined S1OO or
80 days, one-half of Nichkson's fine
was suspended and SIS of each of the
others was dealt with likewise. Nichk-
son was the distributor.
The arrests were at the instance of
Mayor Ben Hill Brown. An article of
the local city ordinances prohibits the
sale Of such magazines in the city.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
MOUNTAIN STATES SWEPT.
Three Dead, Railroads and Highways
Badly Damaged.

DENVER, Colo, February II R).-
Three persons were dead. several in
Jured and damage to highways and
railroads was reported today following
heavy snow and rain storms in the
Rocky Mountain States.
The three dead were victims of
separate snow slides which swept
mining communities near Price, Utah,
yesterday. The slides occurred on both
sides of Indian Summit, blocking ali
traffic into the Utah Basin.
Gus Goodart. 65, and Moroni Mower,
80. Latuda, Utah. and Dan Grundvig,
40, Watts, Utah were killed in the
slides, while five others We're injured,
two probably fatally.
Rainstorms of cloudburst proper.
tions washed out roads in southern
Utah. where more precipitation was
forecast for today. Government
weather bureau bulletins said the
mountain storm was part of the. gen.
eral severe atmospheric disturbances
sweeping eastward from the Pacific
Coast.
Arizona Rivers Rising.
Unsettled conditions also prevailed
on the eastern side of the continental
divide, ranging from damaging rains
zero weather in Montana
Arizona streams were reported. at
flood stage. Highways were blocked
in many places, trains were delayed
and wire service crippled. Prescott,
Ariz., was reported virtually isolated
by weakened railroad trestles and
flooded roads.
With comparatively mild weather in
Colorado, with the exception of the
mountain region. plans went forward
today for the opening of the pioneer
bore Of the Moffat tunnel which runs
parallel to the main tunnel.
Pumps were working again today
after an accident yesterday to drain
age equipment. which left several feet
of water in the smaller bore. King F..
Weston, an electrician, was killed In
attempting to repair the pumps, bring
ing the death toll Of tunnel crews
to 81.
President to Press Button
Engineers today said they believed
President Coolidge would be able to
press a button at Washington at $40
o'clock tomorrow night (mountain
time) which will set off the explosive
placed to complete the pioneer bore.
Radio equipment was being placed to
broadcast the bias and ceremonies.
Fifty members of the Red Mems and
Elks' Lodges of Idaho Falls were at
West portal, western entrance to the
tunnel, today after being rescued
from a blizzard on mountain pass
yesterday. Twenty more Idaho Falls
residents returned to their homes
Evening star., 1927-02-17

Berlin has installed ornamental
waste paper baskets on it's electric
light poles.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
MAN FASTS 20 DAYS.
Hunger Striker in Jail Loses 40
Pounds, But Is Cheerful.

LOS ANGELES. Calf. February II
LO.-karl S. Robinson, who is on a
hunger strike in Jail. continues
cheerful in spite of having eaten
nothing for % days and having lost
40 pounds in weight. Officials of the
Jail, where Robinson is serving a 35
day sentence for obstructing a side
walk in Pershing Square, where he
was distributing anti-war leaflets, said
that his condition is not alarming.
Robinson's action in giving out the
anti-War leaflets was as a protest
against the use of the square by an
Army recruiting station, he said.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
OGDEN ROUTE BLOCKED.
Storm Washes Out 200 Feet of Double
Track Line.

SACRAMENTO, Calf, February II
Np.-All traffic over the Ogden route
of the Southern Pacific Railroad was
blocked at am. today, when 200 feet
of the double.track line went out, due
to the storm, at Forebay, miles west
of Blue Canyon, in the Sierra Nevadas
Advices received here said it would
be 16 to 20 hours before the tracks
can be reconstructed and service re-
sumed.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
MILLER WILL NOT
OFFER DEFENSE
Eo-defendant With Daugher.
ty Valves Right to Answer
United States Charges.
BY the Associated Press.

os l4ie tSSOClateu Tless
FEDERAL COURT. NEW YORK
February 17.-There will be no defenst
-or Thomas w. Miller, former alier
property custodian, it was announced
one minute after the Daugherty-Mil
: Ter trial reopened this afternoon.
When court reconvened at 21(
o'clock Aaron Sapiro, counsel for Mil
Ter. waived his opening address.
Harold Corbin. of counsel for Harry
NJ. Daugherty, also waived his open
ing address.
Facing thes court, Sapiro. then
said: Your honor, the Government
having failed to prove a conspiracy
against the defendant Miller, his de-
tense rests"
Corbin then rose and said: Your
honor, it isn't going to take us long
TO present our defense"
Trial to Continue.
Enough evidence has been produced
by the Government to warrant the
case going to the jury. Judge Knox
ruled today.
United States Attorney Buckner
completed his case yesterday, and ad-
iournment was taken this morning to
consider defense motions, all of which
were denied.
Besides the general motions for dis
nlissal of the Indictment, counsel for
Daugherty and Miller offered more
than a score of motions seeking to
have large sections of the Govern
ment testimony and evidence stricken
from the record.
Richard Merton, German metal
magnate and star Government wit
ness. who was called by the defense in
the first trial, was booked to sail for
Europe today on the Italian liner
Duillio He has not been cross-eXam-
ined by the defense in the present
trial and the assumption was that he
again would be called as defense
witness.
Merton is alleged to have paid to
the late John T. King. former national
Republican committeeman from Con-
necticut, $4,000 in cash and 1891 900
in Liberty bonds for negotiating the
transfer of the impounded assets of
the American Metal Co. to the al
legged German-owned Societe Suisse
Pour Valeurs de MetauX.
The 1891 900 bonds, the Govern
ment charges. were then distributed
among former Attorney General
Harry NJ. Daugherty and former
Alien Property Custodian Thomas w.
Miller, the defendants, and the late
Jess w. Smith, Daugherty's intimate
friend. Daugherty and Miller are on
trial for conspiracy to deprive the
Government of their honest and un-
biased services in approving the
transfer.
Explains Liberty Bonds.
Nal Daugherty, Harry's brother,
who is president of the Midland Ma
tional Bank at Washington Court
House. Ohio, testified yesterday that
five $4,000 Liberty bonds, which Mr.
Buckner says came from Merton and
were credited to the account of Harry
Daugherty in his brothers bank had
originally been in the hands of Jess
Smith.
Nal Daugherty said that in De.
cember, 1922, he learned Smith was
between 100000 and $65 ,000'' short
In political funds with which he had
been intrusted. Three or four days
before Smith committed suicide in
Washington he brought Nal the five
bonds and some other money. The
bonds were turned over to Harry after
Smiths death. because he was the
only logical recipient, Nal said.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
SENATE MAY APPROVE
RADIO BILL SHORTLY
Conference Report Before Body
Today-Pittman Not to
Filibuster.

The conference report on the radio
&C ntrol bill, to which several Senators
have taken strong opposition, will be
before the Senate again this afternoon.
Although a vote on the report has
been blocked on previous occasions,
the outlook for action within a day or
two is favorable. The report needs
only the concurrence of the Senate.
after which it will go to the President.
Senator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada.
who has led a fight to send the legis-
lation back to conference, declared he
had no intention to obstruct this or
other bills between now and the end
of the session, but that he desired to
again speak briefly on the measure.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
ISSUE RECEPTION
TRAFFIC ORDERS.
Regulations for Army and
Navy Affair Tonight Are
Announced.

The following traffic regulations are
announced in connection with the
Army and Navy reception at the
White House this evening:
South entrance - Guests having
cards of admission by way of the south
portico and blue carriage cards for
entrance by the southwest gate will
enter by the southwest gate, on West
Executive avenue. and cars will leave
the grounds by the southeast gate on
East Executive avenue, and Will be
parked on West Executive avenue and
State place until called. When called,
they will proceed to the south port1co
by way of the southwest gate, on West
Executive avenue and will depart by
the southeast gate, on East Executive
avenue
East entrance-Guests having cards
of admission for the east entrance and
white carriage cards for the east gate
will approach the east gate in a south
erly direction along East Executive
avenue, and cars will be parked on
the east side of the Ellipse until called.
When called, they will proceed north
along East Executive avenue to the
east gate. The east entrance will be
open for admission of guests after 8
pm.
No parking will be allowed III the
south grounds of the White House.
Gate cards should be placed on the
right side of the windshield of ve-
hicles, so as to be easily seen by the
police. This will save time and pre-
vent annoyance to guests through be-
ing stopped by the police in order to
examine gate cards.
The following roads will be closed to
vehicular traffic between the hours of
pm. and midnight:
Road south of the Treasury (Treas-
ury place..
East Executive avenue.
West Executive avenue.
Road north of the Ellipse in White
Lot (South Executive avenue).
Road south of the State, War and
Navy Building (State place..
Evening star., 1927-02-17
81 DEAD AND 5000 HOMELESS,
TOLL OF CALIFORNIA FLOODS

when the snow blocked the road to
West Portal and trapped their auto
mobiles.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
Firemen Open Locked Door.

Accommodating members of No. "a
engine company yesterday afternoon
responded to call from Mrs. Jack Bis
car, occupant of an apartment at 4510
Georgia avenue. She had inadvert-
emily locked the door of her anartment
when she went to the hall to answer
a telephone call, and firemen entered
the apartment through a window and
opened the door for her
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-13
NAVAL TONNAGE

The naval conference at Geneva is no longer
pected to accomplish great deal in the way of
ment reduction. Yet it has done we'll far in the
matter of weathering dangerous crises.
The first bad break threatened over the mat
ter of parity. The American delegates, the first
day of the conference asked for parity with Britain
and the extension OF the So ratio to warShps of all
classes That ratio established for battleshps at
the Washington Arms Conference of 1922, but
nothing was settled at that time about cruisers The
danger of spit this point removed by this
statement of the chairman of the British delegation
at is true think our special needs demand
higher number in certain types of vessels but do
not deny the right OF the United States to build up to
an equal figure in any type of warship if she thought
necessary.
This conference is sort OF obstacle race, and one
problem is no sooner removed or overcome than an
other presents itself.
The second serious problem, now being wrested
with is the naming of definite tonnage. Can figure
be named which is high enough to satisfy the British
aim of security and yet low enough to meet the Amer
can aim of progress toward disarmament? The Jap
anese seem to stand with America in tavorng much
lower tonnage than Britain seeks.
If too high figure is held to by the British, 1t
will mean renewal of the worst features of strenu-
Gus naval competition The public only hope that
Britain will change ner demand and that this second
crisis will be wisely handled and safely passed Ag
gressive warfare certainly IS not the goal OF etnef
Great Britain or America.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-13
GOOD GOODS


Would you be interested to know" writes the
nome economics expert of certain newspaper to her
readers, that the laundry owners association and the
dry cleaners association have pooled their resources
and funds to establish research department to test
textiles that will be safer in sending materials
to them?'
The result Will be the discovery Of the right dyes
and textiles and the right methods of cleaning them
insure that customer receives back garment in
good condition. instead Of that has gone pieces
because Of inferior quality wrong handling.
Everybody VINO has clothing that occasion
ally needs the services of the dry cleaner or laundry
and that takes in c}l of rejoice the pros
pect But there is another step before complete salts
faction can be assured. When making the original
purchase of suit dress other wearing apparel,
the man woman customer should make it clear to
the salesperson that ceanabe fabric is desired.
That is part OF the customers responsibility.
lot Of US make that request already, and receive
positive assurance the point-sometimes to discov
er later that tie assurance meant nothing.
Says an authority this subject, IF pur-
chasers made the demand frequently and pinned
down the saesperSon to definite statement of the
reason why certain goods would stand dry cleaning,
the salespeople would learn more about the subject
themselves"
Likewise store buyers would learn more about
the subject and would stock only with such goods
Then everybody would benefit all around.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-13
THEATERS

Like the last clear note OF
violin solo the perfect finish OF
flawless succession of enhancing
melodies, "The Magic Garden Is
the last of series of memorable
stories hv that beloved writer, the
late Gene StrattonPorter. This
most remarkable of all the famous
authoress books has been screened
by F.. B. O. and may now be seen
at the Airdome Theatre. The en-
crossing characters with their tre-
mendouslv interesting problems
haze been filmed with fidelity by
one who knew intimately the ideals
Of the late writer, namely j. Leo
Meehan, Mrs. Porter's son in4aw.
Mr.. Meehan is also responsible for
three other faithful screen repro
ductions of the authoress s works,
Girl of the Limberlost, The
Keeper of the Bees and 'Laddie,
which was just recently released.
1.-THE Magic Garden surpasses
these worthy predecessors and ac'
hicves a new mark in excellence. A
brilliant cast was chosen for this
picture which includes: Margaret
Morris, Raymond keane, joyce
Coad, Philippe de Lacey, Walter
| Wilkinson, Alfred Allen, Charles
Clarv, William V. Mong, Cesare
Gravina, Paulettc Duval and Hedda
Hopper Mr. Meehan is also credit
ed with writing the adaptation,
while Charles Kerr made the con-
/ tlnuitv.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-13

ears. "That is no way TO pick Der
ries fer pie. Keep your mouth tightly
closed. Stumble, then you will fill
Your basket without eating any.
thing So Stumble did this aud soon
his little leaf basket was filled to
overflowing.
Everything was going nicely
when, all of . sudden, Jingle, who
WIS tho farthest away from Uncle
Wiggily, gave little scream.
"What 5 the matter'' asked
Jangle.
~ think think the Bear has
caught hold of me in his sharp
claws.' gasped Jingle. II felt
something prick me in the back ana
MY dress is held fast and can t
get away, Oh, I'm sure the Bear
has me. Ouch
Without stopping to look, ,Iangle
dropped her berries, ran to Unclt
Wiggily and cried;
"Oh, Daddicums, the Bear has
caught Jingle!''
"He has," shouted the brave
rabbit 'Wen, III fix that beaI-
Setting his pail OF berries carefully
down so none would spill, Mr.. Long
ears hoped to where Jingle was
picking She was trying to pull her.
self loose from what was holding
her. Uncle Wiggily gave one looA
and then he laughed loudly, SAYING:
"'There is no bear here nj all.