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Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25
MILLS DEFENDS POLICY
 REFUD|NG TAX MONEY

WASHINGTON. Jan, 25, (P)- Under-Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills, defended the Govern .aeni's policy of refunding tax pay ments and opposed the suggestion to transfer this and other income tax matters from the Income Tax Bureau to Courts. claiming that such action would complicate the handling of the tax.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25
POOR AMERICANS

LONDON, Jan, 25, (P)-Honora- hle James L. Davis, American Sec retarv of Labor, who was born ln South Wales where Welsh miners are now in dire straits has written 3 letter to a leading British news paper emphasizing the fact that 86 percent of Americans are poor.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25
CLASSIFIED ADYERT|S|NC

House for sale cheap, four rooms and bath on 2nd Avenue. See Teck- Penbtrg.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

Don't wear old run down heels when they can be replaced at SD little cost with New Good Year Heels, making the shoes more comfortable to wear and better in appearance.
 SEWARD LEATHER WOR&zS
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25
ANCHORAGE WON FIRST

A brief flash last night from the city of destiny was to the effect the Anchorage girls high school team defeated the Seward girls by the close score of five to three.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

LESSON PIPES WON'T LEAK WON'T DRIP, WON'T SMELL, CANNOT GET STRONG. YOU CAN
 MOAE TT EVERYDAY-YET' a1 STAYS CLEAN ALWAYS S4.G0 AM s7.53. Scfallerer's Alaska ShGe.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25
COUNCIL MEETING

The postponed Council meeting vas held last evening with Council man c. E. Orlander presiding. The principle business taken up was that of leaning the School Beard the sum of $500. ....
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

WORK-by the day or hour by ex- perienced colorcd woman. Adams 156.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

John Murray Anderson, noted dance director, has gagged Televox, the Mechanical Man, to direct dance routines of Murray Anderson's Almanac while he is busy with other productions. Photo shows Robot direct ing Frances Mann, Frederick Carpenter Miss Henrietta and the Anderson girl in the newest dance sensation
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

Have you heard the new "Okeh" records at Syivia's? :? They are wonderful.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

Fine assortment of pipes 10 cents
 s...11 quality. SCHALLEREit' LASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

Developing. printing, enlargir,g and copying. Picture financing. ALASKA SHOP
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

FLASH LArfPS AND BATTERIES at ]. L. Graefs.
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ST. PETERS EPISCOPAL Cr7NNSw SupyBrES

Sunday school II 9, m, churcr. services 7:2O p. IT. Everyone is in vited to the evening service. Ser mon by w R. Macpherson.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-01-25

Candied Cherries 1nd Pineapple. SCHAL LERER'S ALASKA SHOP.
The Washington times., 1929-01-23
SO, ESQ
NEAR GRANT CIRCLE

An advance offering OF one of the
finest new houses ever built in Pet
worth. A 20-ft. wide house at an
1871. price, Colonial type, massive
concrete front porch. bright cellar. six
wonderful rooms and tiled bath. built
in tub and shower and automatic
flush, hardwood floors throughout,
natural wood trim ON the first floor
and two-teue ivory ON the second
floor. Each bedroom with large
wardrobe closet wonderful clothes
closet on first floor with plate glass
mirror door. abundance of floor plugs
conveniently located in every room.
Downstairs wall paneiled with the
newest 1929 papers Kitchen and bath
rooms enAmeled in delicate cream.
Daylight kitchen with large ore-pisce
sink. sanitary stove and specially
built cabinet. Breakfast and sleeping
porches 10 feet deep and full width Of
house. Space under back porch con-
creted. Hart & Krauss heating sys-
tenn, automatic hot water heater.
laundry trays, steel beaming and lava
tory in the cellar. Beautiful lot.
l42h feet deep and an attractive
gabied roof garage Convenient 70
parOchial and public schools and
churches Of all denominations. stores
and transportation lust two blocks
away. Commanding one of the htgh.
est elevations in Washington and
overlooking the tops of thousands OF
houses This Is without doubt the
best buy ever offered in Washington
since the war. Call Ga. 3522 Tor an
advance showing
The Washington times., 1929-01-23
7TH AND q SITS. n b.

Colored, 2-Farnily Flat
Only S7, $50 easy terms. Modern in
every detail Good Northwest section,
close to downtown Separate entrances
and heating plants A wonderful home and
Investment SH0wAITER REALTY CO..
11O3 VT. Ave. Main 1922: eve, Net 5323.
Chevy Chase, D. .c., Bargain
rooms and bath home in Chevy
Chase, d @. VIII sell furnished or nnfiif-
nished Property wen financed Small
cash payment. Phone Metropolitan 60S8
evening Cleveland b0SS
The Washington times., 1929-01-23
he Best Used Car Bargains City Daily
Real Egtate
Real Estae

FAMOUS FORT STEVENS HOMES
So75O $3.50
$3.50 Cash, $55 Monthly
over 45o Sold
Six and BATH semi-detached brick
homes built-in garage; convenient to schools,
churches, stores and adjoining new 2O-acre
Government recreational park. An ideal spot
for children. Inspect today. They cost no
more than the rent you pay for an apartment.
office, Sth and Tuckerrnan Sts N. w. Tele-
phone Georgia 3o4
open Until P. M.
Directions: Out Georgia Ave. to Tuckerman
ST., then block to office.
WARDMAN
1437 St. N. w.
Main $3.50
The Washington times., 1929-01-23
EnR SO a MoNTH

FOR $40 A MONTH
You can buy this brand-new Colonial
Brick Home--located lust two squares
north of where the Sears Roehuck De-
partment Store is being erected--one
Of the very best locations IN Wash
ington
1920 L. ST. N. E.
JUST OFF BLADENsBURG BLVD.
Two big bedrooms: tile bath: hard
wood floors: electricity: specially
equipped kitchen: heating plant that
costs very little to operate. big Co
Ionial front porch etc.
You can own thia home for much
less than you win pay in rent and
you have an investment which will
continually increase because OF the
wonderful location and character OF
construction.
Open Tor inspection every day and
evening including Sunday
Take District Line car leaving 15th
aud N, Y. Ave. riding to 18th and 4
SITS. e. Walk two squares north
or transfer to bus.
HARRY A. KITE, INC.
1913 18TH ST. n. ". MAIN 4s46
The Washington times., 1929-01-23
sOTICIT0RS. CANVASSERS.
MALE AND FEMAI.E

ed homes on easy payment plan Driees
SO 200 10 S2S 000: located IN Chevy Chase
D. C., ard neaFbv Va aud Nd: every CO
opefatton Eiven TO assist YOU Fulton
eeedon Continental Trust BldE, Main 5231
The Washington times., 1929-01-23

y COLORED, ATTENTION.
on beautiful South Carolina Ave. 8. b,
near 7th ST.. very desirable neighb0rho0d,
near Capitol and Library rooms and
bath. ia perfect condition new hot-waler
cheating plant cleo lights porch and other
Improvements: very large hack and front
Yards. Live in part OF house free and rent
upper floors for enough 10 make your
monthly payments. easy 10 get renters IN
this convenient neighborhoud. Can ar
range very easy terms. Call Lincoln 697
for inspection.
|HCWENSTEIN BROTHERS
7TH AND H SITS. n b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
New Steel Combine
May Stabilize Price

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The first reaction to the news Of the
formation Of another big steel combina-
ton with Republic Iron and Steel, Gen.
trail Alloy Steel, the Bourne-Fuller Co.
and Bonner Steel as the chief COM
ponents Is that it should help toward
the price sterilization Of which the
steel industry has long appeared to be
in need. Pittsburgh has q direct in
terest In the merger through its in
clusion Of the Witherow Steel Corpora
ton, a concern of this city.
Generally the move is simply OF the
modern business trend toward grouping
in the interest Of co-ordinated activities.
It will make the new Republic Co. the
third largest steel combination Of the
country, exceeded only by United States
Steel and the Bethlehem. Should fur
Their merging contemplated be achieved,
however, the Republic would be second.
Cyrus E. Eaton, Cleveland capitalist,
Is credited with being the organizing
genius behind the new merger. It Is
assumed that Cleveland will be the
headquarters of the combination. Pitts
burgh, however, cannot be expected to
take seriously the predictions of those
who see Northern Ohio destined to be-
come the center of the country's steel
industry. The truth is that, with the
modern expansion Of industry and with
more rapid facilities of transportation
industrial districts are defined upon
wider and wider lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25

day, but the next noon, acting on an
| impulse, he went in and told the sales
girl to wrap up the lamp, he would
take it with him."
In the Jones home that evening the
Water Girl shone silently on top Of an
end table by the fireplace.
| She was the admired belle, the
favorite of Jones, Mrs. Jones, Jones
mother. and visitors. Everybody
AS for the Water Girl, by which name
she was dubbed by universal consent
she never relaxed her slight, pleasant
bronzed smile, but continued to balance
herself with Jug in either hand as ii
her very life depended upon the
exercise.
Pale yellow, green, blue and pink
shone the variegated marble, casting
high lights over her. Jones was
entranced.
"Did you ever see anything prettier
than that?" he kept repeating.
In the back of his mind, however
lowered a terrible thought: He had paid
too muchi
1t was pretty thing, but it wasn't
worth 1t. And you would have to come
from generations of people in moderate
| circumstances to know how Jones felt
about the entire matter.
The next day at breakfast he electrl-
fed the table by declaring that he was
| going to take her back"
What! Take her back?"
eyes, she isn't worth 1t. It's too much
money for a trick lamp"
X X X \
So Templeton Jones took her back
and once more she went into the shop
window, to be gaZed at by passing eyes,
and mentally priced by inquiring minds,
and as firmly rejected at the counter by
persons Of economical turns of mind.
Occasionally Jones would take turn
by the shop to see If the Water Girl
was still there. "She's still there" he
would say, on his return home in the
evening. One day she was gone, and
his heart stood still. Boldly invading
the store, he asked for her, and the
| sales girl Immediately pointed her out
| on shelf, where she had been placed
for safe keeping.
Yes, several people had asked about
her, but no one had taken her home.
| Oh, yes, some one would buy the lamp,
| 1t was too pretty thing to be left I'M
sold at Christmas time!
Since Jones thought so, too, he gave
her up forever, and thought no more
about her until just few days before
Christmas, when he happened to men,
ton that she was still In the store.
X X X X
AS a matter of fact, the Water Girl
had gone out to two other homes in the
meantime, but once she was brought
back on account of being too expensive,
and the second time she was returned
because the purchaser had no place
exactly suited for her.
Dust was beginning to collect on her
bronzed bobbed head by this time, but
she was as perfect, as immaculate, as
beautiful as ever. And the heart of one
who knew that Jones loved her was
moved, and trip was made to the store
why, it's regular romance!" said
the sales girl. "Just like being divorced
and married again"
And that was how the Water Girl
came to stand today in a multi-colored
glow in the home Of Templeton Jones,
her first and only beau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
WASHINGTON. OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

or an enemy to be feared" and that
"if he sometimes appeared to be in
fluenced by personal likes and dis
likes, it was always with a clear pur-
pose in view
Gen. Jan Christian SHUTS, South
African statesman, who will shortly
visit Washington, was commander-in-
chief of the British forces which ex-
PEELED Germany from East Africa
during the World War. The German
commander, Gen. Won Lettow-Vorbeck,
has just disclosed an act Of mag
nanimity on Gen. Shuts part, to find
the parallel Of which one has to recall
some of the knightly episodes Of his
tory, such as yorktown and Appomat-
tox. IT had won the Iron Cross earlier
in the war;" Gen. Won Lettow-V orbeck
narrates, "but by some Ill luck during
fell into the hands Of Gen. SHUTS.
During our retreat before the .advanc-
ing British forces several chosen Of
ficers and buried two chests, one
containing the head of q record buff
falo we had shot. and the other filled
with diaries, war decorations and other
valuables. Among them was the Iron
Cross. which SHUTS In the most chiv-
alrous manner had previously sent
dCIOSS W NO NAH 4d1lQs 11eIC
recovered it. Long after the war our
secretly hidden chests were found and
sent to the London war Office at Gen.
Shuts order. Now the contents, in
GLIDING my Iron Cross, have been re-
stored to me-"
When the Canadian" rum runner
I'm Alone figures In forthcoming
Canadian-American arbitration pro-
ceedings, it seems that the craft which
the American Coast Guard sent to the
bottom waters last March will turn
out to. be American-owned. The other
day an American citizen, named Daniel
Hogan, was arraigned before the United
States commissioner in New York, fol-
lowing his arrest several weeks previous
on the charge Of being the proprietor
OF the I'm Alone. It was revealed that
secret search for Hogan had been
pressed by Federal agents all over the
country after the sinking off Louisiana's
coast. Not even Hogan's name was
known when the search began, and
even after his arrest his connection
with the rum runner remained a care
fully guarded secret. American owner
ship may vitality affect Canada's claims
in the arbitration.
(Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
Business as Usual.

Although the Christmas season is at
hand, with its sentiment of good will,
the politicians are doing business as
usual. Congress is in recess, but there
is no adjournment Of politics. Indeed,
at no time during the past nine hectic
months in Washington has partisanship
run higher, or politicians been reader
to pick flaws and exploit them ruth
lessly. The holiday season Of 1929-30
is the open season for mud and muck.
AS might have been expected. the
Democrats are taking the lead In the
Midwinter campaign of politics. They
are the opposition party. and. Is was
remarked on famous occasion in the
House Of Commons, 1T Is the busi-
ness Of his majesty's opposition to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25

oppose" To what extent certain Demo-
cratic opposition tactics of the mo-
ment are warranted is another question.
They are confined for the most part to
the sugar lobby and in particular to
the activities Of Edwin F. Shattuck,
New York lawyer, In behalf Of Cuban
sugar interests In quest of low tariffs.
That the employment of an acknowl-
edged personal friend and close. war
time associate of President Hoover to
influence tariff legislation in Congress
was officially reprehensible is open to
little doubt. That Mr.. Shattuck's ac-
ceptance of retainer for such services
was, to say the least, in poor taste is
perhaps open to even less doubt. But
the legitimacy of the Democratic effort
to place blame for the Shattuck affair
on the President is the most question:
able of all.
To date, as far as the public record
discloses, there is no evidence that Law
yer-lobbyist Shattuck sought or OBJ
tanned any aid, comfort or succor for
Cuban sugar from Mr.. Hoover. He
saw" Mr. Newton, the Presidents po-
litical-legislative secretary, who is the
official link between the White House
and Capitol Hill. Secretary Newton
"sees" many persons who have business
with Congress. That Is his job, appar-
emily Access to his ear is not limited
to men or women who once served I'M
der "the chief" at home or abroad
a grand army of tens of thousands.
To seek to fasten on the President
responsibility for the ineptitude of
single member of that army, no matter
what his one-time personal relations
with Mr.. Hoover in the long ago may
have been, will strike the average fair
minded American as a blow below the
belt. The Democrats need strain their
memory no further back than 1924 for
a case in point, which comes home to
their own camp. Certain leaders ia
vored concentrating the Democratic fire
in that campaign on Calvin Coolidge
because he had been the second rank
ing member of ''the Teapot Dome adj
ministration." It was always under
stood that plans to that end were
ditched at the instigation of John w.
Davis, Mr.. Coolidge's Democratic OPP
ponent for the presidency. The West
virginian, it was said, declined to drag
his rival into the oil scandals issue on
the simple ground that Mr.. Coolidge
had nothing to do with them.
Herbert Hoover has had just about
as much to do with the egregious &C
tivities of an erstwhile personal at
torney" in the current tariff business.
To create contrary impression re-
calls a celebrated maxim of Napoleonic
origin. One of the Little Corsican's
marshals had executed for the En-
peror's delectation spectacular maneu-
yer against sham foe, which resulted
in the attackers humiliation. EFT is
magnificent, but it is not war;" was
the comment of distinguished soldier
whose opinion of the assault was sought.
The Democrats Shattuck-sugar drive
on President Hoover may be politics,
but It Is not MAGNIFICENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

What do you need to know? Is there
some point about your business or per-
sonal life that puzzles you? Is there
something you want to know without
| delay? Submit your question to
Frederic j. Haskin, director of our
Washington Information Bureau. He
Is employed to help you. Address your
inquiry to The Evening Star Informa-
ton Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
director, Washington, D. c., and inclose
cents in coin or stamps for return
postage.
@. Has George Arliss appeared on
the screen as Disraeli before this year?
H. l.. j.
A. There was silent version OF
Disraeli, with Mr.. George Arliss play
ing the title role, released a number of
years ago. 1t was first shown August
20, 1921.
@. How much ticker tape is used in
Wall Street?-N. r.
A. The American Magazine says
that 4,50o,000 feet Of ticker tape is used
each day.
@. How fast are messages sent by
cable?-F. E. B.
A. The newest cable has q speed OF
@. When and where was the in
stallment system of buying and selling
started?-H. It.
A. The system of purchasing on the
installment plan can be traced back to
antiquity. Crassus, a contemporary of
Julius Caesar. is said to have made a
fortune by building houses outside of
Rome and selling them on the INSTALL
d
known to have existed a century ago
1t was during the last decade that
tremendous expansion in sales and in
dustries in installment buying occurred
@. What is the population of the
capital of Bolivia?-B. A.
A. Sucre is the capital Of Bolivia,
but this city has population of 10000
and most OF the official government
business is carried on at La, Paz, which
has population of 100000.
@. Who painted the picture of the
Revolution that has three figures, one
playing fife, one drum, and one
carrying flag?--J. G.
A. This picture, entitled 1.-THE Spirit
of TO- was painted by A. M. Willard.
@. What does the word "depose"
mean which appears on some French
china?-C. G.
A. The word "depose," used on
articles of French manufacture, means
the trade mark has been registered.
@. What is the width of Market
street in San Francisco? How many
street car tracks does it carry?-
c.. M. S.
A. Market street, San Francisco, is
rs feet in width from curb to curb, with
a 22-foot sidewalk on each side. There
are four street railway tracks on Market
street.
@. How many square miles are there
in the Sahara Desert?-O. 0.
A. Its area is over 100000 square
miles.
@. What year was electricity first
used to light the headlights on loco
motives?-A. S.
A. Electric headlights on locomotives
were first used early in 1886.
@. Why is the Chinese and Japa-
nese dragon such an unusual looking
creature?-E. r.
A. Maud Rex Allen says: "As known
in Japan, the conception is undoubtedly
derived from the products of the mag
ination of the early Chinese, who were
especially fond of evolving supernatural
forms by combining parts of various
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25

majority OF Nebraska income tax pay
erS viii have their tax reduced either
| tWo-thirdS or one-third Of the amount
paid last year. That money will stay
IN the West, for use here, at a time
when it Is much needed"
y X \ X
THE Federal Treasury can snare
the money and certainly the people To
whom it belongs have their own proper
use Ior II. Taxation beyond public
necessity Is deliberate oppression" as
conclusion that Ito prevent tennnorarv
depression by removing unwarrantAd
anxiety and fear is to demonstrate
economic wisdom" The Oakland
Tribune argues: Figuring on the 1927
statistics, the latest available. the re-
auction cuts personal income taxes hv
more than half for at least half of the
taxpayers, while the higher classes get
reauctlons from 3 to 2 per cent and
TO per cent in the normal tax. re-
Spectlvely. The corporation levy wiz
oe [eo9ced from IL per cent to IL per
cent. IL Is the Small-Salaried man who
gets the largest relief" The Fargo
Forum also observes that at Is desirned
lows" H AGA
PromptnesS with which ConOress
acted IS commended by the Kansas CITY
Iournal-Post as responsive to "the clam
OTIS OF taxpayers" The PHILADELPHIA
evening Bulletin remarks that it Could
not prottably be used as a shuttlecock
OF politics." The New Orleans Morning
drloune sees the opposition as having
no more seeming excuse than political
itactlonaIsm or partisanship." The Lex
ington Leader says that with lower
taxes and with q settlement of the tariff
controversy, there is no reason for even
a Silght recession of the tide of pros
perlty. The Syracuse Herald rebukes
any one who irnagines that there Is
any party capital In resisting a tax-re-
1ucClon concession of any kind in these
gays OF heavy tax burdens" The Hart
I0rd I1meS finds it pleasant to see how
tne Senate can be prompt and patriotic
When the occasion for such virtue is
beyond controversy"
=, 1t Is only unfortunate that thu aet-
tlenent OF another important revenue
proplem-the tariH-cannot be reached
on an equally sensible and non-partisan
OASIS" suggests the Kalamazoo Gazette
It's, value Is enhanced In the ewes ~
the Flint Daily Journal by the fact
tnat It was planned long before wall
street took its dizzy nose dive" The
Layton Daily News calls 1t ian excel
lent thing to do If the Treasury can
stand 1t" while the New York Evening
Post emphasizes the fact that "the
promised cut matches very nearly the
increase IN receipts during the last
nScal IL months"