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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON TAX CUT GIVEN
BY SENATE GROUP
Senate Finance Committee
Submits Measure for
Big Reduction.
NO SERIOUS OPPOSITION
EXPECTED TO PASSAGE
Republican Leader Believes Reso-
luton Will Be Voted
on Monday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate finance committee today
unanimously reported favorably on the
$l60,000,000 tax reduction resolution.
The resolution, previously approved
by the House, proposes a per cent re-
duction in the tax rates on individual
and corporation incomes.
Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re-
publican leader and a member of the
committee, said after the meeting of the
group that while he had not definitely
decided to call the measure I'D Mon
day he believed this would be done. He
added ne did not look for serious oppo-
sition.
Plan Is Explained.
Undersecretary Mills of the Treas
ury, appeared before the committee and
explained in detail the proposed reduc-
ton.
Chairman Smoot said he hoped to
proceed next week with the tariff bill
and to finish action on the wool
schedule at least before bringing up the
'oA SuO pIOpOSal
Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
ranking Democrat on the COMMITTEES.
said 1t would be agreeable to the Demo-
Gratis II the tax measure was called at
a time when it would not interfere
with the tariff bill.
The general understanding appeared
to be that the tariff bill would Continue
10 occupy the Senate's attention Until =
oennlte course could be decided unon
between the two parties.
Time May Be Extended.
Although there had been some sps.
geStions from the Democrats that thsv
might seek to have the reduction annlv
70 more than one year, Smoot and Wat
son SAID no attempt was made in the
committee today to modify the measure
Inc administration has recon1nended
mat the cut be applied to only 1929
Explaining the proposed reduction
MnlS said 1t would benefit chiefly thoss
having incomes Of $4,000 firsI
AS applied to this class. the sFfeakI1ry
omc1al said the reduction would be
from S45.000.000 as under existing law
to S20000,000 under the RESOLUTION. M.
cut of SIS per cent
For those having incomes of SlOO O0O
or more the cut would be only / r1sr
cent, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
SOVIET REPLY TOU.S
NOTE REACHES PARIS
Translation and Coding for Trans
mission Delays Answer of
Maxim Litvinoff.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 7.-Only today did
the reply of Maxim Litvinoff, speak
ing for Soviet Russia, to the American
note on the Sino-Russian Manchurian
conflict, reach the embassy at Paris for
transmission to the State Department
at Washington.
1t appeared the delay was caused by
the fact the French embassy at Mos
COW was obliged to translate from the
Russian into French and then put into
code for transmission to Paris. At Paris
the foreign Office decoded the message
and handed it over to the American
embassy at $40 am, the embassy pro-
ceeding to translate it into English and
code it for transmission to Washington.
1t was learned the French govern
ment on behalf of Washington trans
mitted the American communication
10 Afghanistan urging as in the case of
all other Signatories of the Kellogg pact
that that country support the American
initiative in China and Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
AGE-OLD MYSTERY
is SOLVED BY BYRD
Discovery of New Mountain
Range Explains Formation
of Ice Barrier.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.

BY Radio to The Star and the New York
Times.
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, De-
cember 6.-One Of Antarctica's greatest
mysteries has been solved.
Comdr. Byrd few back to camp last
night, having discovered vast new
mountain range running to the north
and south, east Of King Edward Land.
1t was mapped with the aerial camera
for at least $50 miles.
It is this land which holds in the
great ice sheet at the eastern edge of
the Ross Sea, ice which explorers have
attempted to penetrate since 1t was first
found by Sir James Clark Ross, the
English explorer, in 1s40.
It extends far to the north and ap-
parently turns eastward within the range
of visibility from the plane, so that it
is probable that this great unknown
coast has actually been delineated to
its northern boundary. That can he
determined after the pictures are de-
veloped.
May Be Rim Of an Archipelago.
The importance Of the flight geo.
graphically can hardly be overem-
phasized, as this mountain range. with
a high plateau behind it, seems to
compare with the similar range on the
western side of the Ross Sea and may
be the eastern side of the great Barrier
in which the Rockefeller Mountains
and King Edward Land are part Of an
archipelago.
1T is much more than I ever ex-
pected to find," said Comdr. Byrd. who
was delighted today with the success
of the fight. "I supposed there was
land there If we could only reach 1t,
but this magnificent range was un-
expected"
It lies we'll within Marie Byrd Land,
on the other side of the meridian
dividing the Ross Dependency from the
land discovered last year and runs out
of sight toward the south. Where the
mountains go and what lies between
their southern end and the country
to the west is still to be learned.
But in themselves they provide much
material for speculation and have
added many miles of coastline to the
great unknown sector of the continent
between here and Graham Land.
Ice Barricade Baffled Predecessors.
The existing charts show that from
hlnR EDWARD bdIlu, IlIllcilU UIiS llIHlI
of discovery to the eastward, the ice
in the Ross Sea runs in great curve
to the north and west
Ross, the daring pioneer who first
forced his way through the pack into
the sea which bears his name, and VINO
found the great Ice Barrier, bumped
into that barricade and turned back
Capt Robert F. Scott and Sir Ernest
Shackleton tried to make their way
along the coast in ships and were baf-
fed by the ice islands and drift ice
which closed in about them and forced
them to turn back.
Whalers have hovered along the edge
of that great ice shelf for years and
wondered what held it there. Comdr.
Byrd himself tried to get up there in
his flagship, the bark City of New York,
three times last year and was turned
back by fog and storm and newborn
ing ice. Twice he has tried to fly there
and was headed off by clouds and snow.
That part of the Antarctic has been
one Of its most tantalizing mysteries.
Even It's northern boundary was only
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
DRY BILL COMMENT
AWAITED BY HOWELL
D. C. Prohibition Measure to Be
introduced After Review
by Officials.

The local prohibition enforcement bill
drafted by Senator Howell, Republican,
of Nebraska, will be introduced as soon
as the Senator receives comment on the
measure which he has requested oficials
of the local and Federal governments
to furnish him.
The primary aim of the bill will be to
enlarge the powers of the local police
in carrying on prohibition enforcement
work, whereas at the present time only
a limited number of policemen have the
authority of prohibition agents.
In sending the bill to Corporation
Counsel Bride, the Police Department
and other agencies, Senator Howells
idea is to obtain any suggestions they
may have to make before the bill is
presented 10 the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
LEGAL ALCOHOL PRODUCTION
SHOWED INCREASE LAST YEAR
Commissioner Doran's Annual Report List OO832,
Proof Gallons in IL Months.

pitals, laboratories, colleges and other
educational institutions, amounted to
l85,650.908 gallons, an increase of
22,732.825 gallons.
During the year a total of 1915, ,658
gallons of distilled spirits, including
brandy, were withdrawn from bonded
warehouses. an increase Of $3.50 gall
Ions, while there were 9,l49, ,440 more
gallons of cereal beverages produced
than in the year previous
During the year 500 wineries, a de-
crease of Sc, operated and produced
IL ,38l 800 gallons of wine, an increase
of 6,459,373 gallons. The quantity of
wine removed on payment of tax for
non-beverage and sacramental purposes
totaled 3,004,200 gallons, while on last
June 80 there were 23,l38,7S4 gallons
Of wine in warehouses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
CUSTOMS CHARGES FACED
BY r. STANLEY DOLLAR
Ry the Assnciated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 7.-R. Stanley
Dollar, vice president of the Dollar
Steamship Co, was directed to appear
before customs officials today to answer
charges of failing TO declare goods
valued at $3,700 purchased abroad.
Mr.. Dollar landed from the Leviathan
yesterday with Mrs. Dollar and their
two children after trip around the
world.
Although an Immediate attention
order had been issued by the Treasury
Department instructing a customs in
spector within two minutes after de-
barking to examine their 29 pieces OF
baggage, the Dollars were held on the
pier three hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
HELPS POLICE SOLVE
$1,000 WISCONSIN BANK ROBBERY
Fugitives, Losing Way in Storm, Return Town and
Are Captured.

Three men entered the bank yester-
day, scooped up money from the cages,
at the point of pistols, and fled through
the storm. About six miles south of
here. not knowing where they were, they
turned East. A police car which had
followed them took different route,
turning West The pursuer met the
pursued. The pursued drove into town
circled several blocks and then drove
out again only to return. In the center
OF the business section the police did
some quick nhaneuvering The bandit
car was forced into a light pole. with
q crash, the pole and car were wrecked.
Out stepped the bandits, hands In the
air, and surrendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
SIGNALS SPUR SEARCH
FOR TRAPPED MINERS
Crew of 100 Cutting Through Fall
of Coal to Release Three
Workmen.
BY the Associated Press.

~ ASSOCIdIeu Ere5S.
MORGANTOWN. w. Va, December
T-Signal tapping by three miners
entombed behind a huge fall Of coal
in the Brock Mine Of the Continental
Coal Co. at Cassville, near here,
spurred rescuers early today. oraciaIs
of the coal company said they believed
the reScuers were within 80 or IS feet
of the trapped men.
More than 100 rescuers, using three
cutting machines. hacked away at the
fall OF coal, described as about 400 feet
in length when it caved in ON the
men about $3.50 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon. This force worked in shifts
the night. The tappings
could be heard more distinctly toward
dawn, officials said.
The men were believed to have been
at work beyond the fall Of coal, Il
was said by reScuers.
They are Sam Kratchen, L. Holt and
j. Martindale, the latter two Negroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The production of alcohol, by legal
processes, is increasing.
Making his annual report today, Pro-
hibition Commissioner Doran disclosed
that 2OO,S32 ,O51 proof gallons were pro-
duced in the fiscal year ending last
June 80 and that that figure was
1852 ,o5l more than the output of the
preceding 12-mQnth period.
During the year 1892, PAT gallons were
withdrawn from warehouses after tax
payments, an increase of 217,266 gal
Ions, as compared with the previous
year. Withdrawals for tax-free pur-
poses, including denaturation, for eX-
port, for. use by the Government, hos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
'LIFE SENTENCE" TURNS
OUT TO BE 30-DAY TERM
Couple Married by Chicago Judge
on October 80 File Action
for Divorce.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December THE ''life
sentence" as Judge Borelli described 1t
when he pronounced w. j. Van Alstyne
and Miss Ernestine Jung man and
wife last october 80, turns out to have
been only a 30-day term.
Young Van Alstyne was before Judge
Borelli October 30 on a charge of hav-
ing bilked Miss Jung and her mother
out OF $4.lOO. Both young people, how
ever, expressed a desire to forget that
and be married. The charge was
dropped and Judge Boreln performed
the marriage cermony calling it at the
time "a life sentence"
Case No. 193,002 was filed In Circuit
Court yesterday. 1t was an action for
AlStyne VS.. Van Alstyne.
1t named Mary Roe" and stated the
Van Alstynes had been separated since
November 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
Big Auto Is Caught
By Cowboys Lariat
Meant for Bovine

By The Associated Press.
LONGVIEW, Wash, December
when an innocent bovine
wandered onto the Pacific high
way near here yesterday, Buster
Nichols, a cowpuncher, saw his
duty and did it-that is, he tried.
He Spurred his horse and went to
the rescue.
At what Buster deemed the
psychological moment he whirled
his lariat and let it go. Instead
of the COW he caught nice big
automobile.
Buster is nursing bruises in the
places where the pavement
scratched the hardest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
$51 900 OFFER is MADE
FOR U. S. S. MAYFLO OVER

The Florida Railroad. & Navigation
Corporation of Tampa, Fla, in bidding
$4,000 for the former presidential
yacht U. S. S. Mayfiower, when bids
were opened today at the Navy DEPART
ment. was the highest of five bidders.
No award has yet been made, 0fflcials
explained, as Secretary Adams has to
pass on the offers to purchase the ia
nous ship, which is now at Philadel-
phia, Pa, where she went after leaving
the Washington Navy Yard.
The other bidders, and the sums they
Baltimore. Md. $15,776: Kenny 6s Cors
of New York City, $l7.0I7; william F.
Carey of New York City, $3i 900, and
John W. Hubbard Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
Sts.250.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
MAYOR BARS CHECKERS.

LACROSSE, Wis, December (P).
Playing checkers in public places
has been forbidden by Mayor John E.
Langdon in his campaign against gan1b-
ling devices.
IF We closed up all other games
and let checkers stay" he said, the
pool rooms would soon be gambling
on checkers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
SWINDLERS USE NAME
OF STAR IN SOLICITING
Paper Warns Readers of Young
Men Operating in $500 Block
of S Street.

A swindle in which the name of The
Evening star has been used in the
past few days was brought to the at
tention of this newspaper today, when
ii was learned that two young men
have been operating in the 1900 block
of 8 street soliciting funds under the
pretext that they were to go to a din
ner" and ball game" sponsored by
The Star.
II is possible that the men also have
been elsewhere in the city, and the
naner desires both to inform its read
ers of the swindle and warn them to
guard against 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SUPERIOR, Wis, December IA
blizzard got principal credit today for
prompt solution of the $4,000 robbery OF
the Wisconsin State Bank, at South Su-
perior.
Three men, held in jail as the robbers,
could blame the binding snow, plus a
predicament. Police who had the men
dumped fairly at their front door. said
two of them had confessed and all the
stolen money had been recovered.
Those held were Edward Kosnic,
Joliet, ILL.,; Jack Burton. Chicago, and
George Henning, Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
HUGE LOG JAM is FOUND
200 FEET UNDERGROUND
Engineers Suggest Trees Changed
Course of Skokomish River,
Nearby, to Present Canyon.

Nearby, TO present canyon
BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, December 7.--Dis-
covery 200 feet underground of what
appears to have been log jam OF the
sort film dramatists delight to depict
was announced yesterday by engineers
directing boring of a big tunnel for the
Lake Cushman power project.
Many of the logs, including mr., were
said to be as sound as when uprooted,
no one knows, how many years ago,
and presumably swept down what now
is the Skokomish River, which winds
its way through a nearby canyon. The
engineers suggested the log jam might
have forced the river to change its
course after It's waters had dumped
earth on top of the jammed logs, and
that the changed channel In the course
of years cut into the present canyon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
U. S. S. TULSA ON SCENE,
Gunboat Ready to Protect Foreign
ers in Chinese Rebellion.

SHANGHAI. December z P).-The
r1Inboat u. s. s. Tulsa arrived here
TO-DAY from Tientsin, en- route to Man.
king. across the YangtIe River from
Pukow, where Nationalist government
soidiery are reported in rebellion.
The U. S. s. Luzon was en- route to-
day from Hankow. up the Yangtse
River, to Ichang, Human province. The
u. S. S. Guam was stationed at Han
kov. Both the Luzon and Guam are
river gunbosts. They will be held in
readiness to protect foreigners should
such q need arise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
RUSSIAN ATTITUDE
CAUSES DOUBT OF
ENFORCING PEACE
League, Kellogg Pact and
Treaties Seen Ineffective
in Case of Emergencies.

SHANGHAI, December Z (P.-
The Chinese commissioner of de-
fense declared martial law tonight in
the Chinese portions of Shanghai.
The Shanghai-Nanking Railway
placed special armed guards along
the line as far as Wusih, rs miles
from Shanghai Special guards also
were stationed along the Shanghai
Hangchow Railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
VIGILANTES ORGANIZE.
st. Paul Citizens Band to War on
Dog Poisoners.

LUZ 1UISUIISIb'
ST. PAUL, Mimi, December 7 fP).--A
vigilantes organization has been formed
to prosecute dog poisoners who have
killed more than so dogs recently in one
residential section.
An indignation meeting was held last
night at which protest was made against
dismissal OF felony complaint against
one offender who pleaded guilty to de-
struction of property and was given a
suspended workhouse sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
WEATHER.

Cloudy. followed by rain tonight or to-
morrow; slightly warmer tonight.
Tempers Highest, so. at 4 pm. yes
terday: lowest, IS. at $50 am. today.
Full report on page IA.
The Washington times., 1929-06-19
LegaI Notices
WILLIAM ~. BRIDE and ALEX. q.
BELL. 1r.. Attorneys

IN TIVE supREME COURT OF THE DIS.
TRICT OF COLUMBlA. holding 9 DE,
trict Court In re: C0ndemneuOn 81 ,aanu ,aans
strs.t s9r ane hs1ween syT Tuniaw Road and Newark
street nj W.. in the District Of Columbis
District Court No. 1860; NOTICE AHn 4.
hereby given that the Commissioners Of tne
District OF Columbia pursuant 70 GER
tain provision of the Act OF Congress. ~
proved March 4: ian LVdS; tor env IN sxnenses Of
the government of the District OF Column
bia for the fiscal year ending June Lhlfs
tieth, nineteen hundred ann fourteen, a M sua s"l
thorized 10 OPEN extend, or widen any
street avenue road or highway TO cot
form with the plan Of the permnsnent sys hs
District of Columbia outside of the cities
Of Washington aud Georgetown adopted
under the Act Of Congress approved March
gress approved June 2S. 1898. and May
2S, 1928. respectively, by condemnation
under the provisions of subchapter one OF
chapter fifteen of the Code of Law for the
Diafrict Of COlumbial. have filed petition
in this Cont praying the condemnation OF
the land necessary for the extension and
widening OF 39th Street between Tunlaw
Road and Newark Street Northwest. in the
District of Columbia a. shown on a map
or plat filed with the said petition. as part
thereof and praying also that this Court
snpanel Jury IN accordance with the law
provided for In such eases 10 assess the
damages each owner of land 10 be taken
may siIstain by reason of the said extern
sion and widening Of 39th Street between
TunIaw Road and Newark Street North
west in the District of Columbia. and the
condemnation of the land necessary for
the purposes thereof. and TO assess the
benefits resulting therefrom. plus all or
any part -Of the costs and expenses of said
proceedings. upon any lands which the
jury may find will be benefited as pro-
vided for i'm and BY the aforesaid Act of
Congress approved May %. 1925. il is, by
the Court; this 4th day of June. 1879.
ORDERED that all persona having any
interest in these proceedings. be and they
are hereby warned and commanded to APP
pear 10 this Court on or before the 9th
day of August. 1929 at ten o'clock A. N
and continue in attendance until the Court
shall have made its final order ratifying
and confirming the award of damages and
the assessment Of benefits of the Jury t0
he empaneled and sworn herein: and it is
further ORDERED that a copy of this
notice and order be published twice . week
for two successive weeks In the Wash.
Ington Evening Star the Washington Post
and The Washington Times, newspaper
published in the said District. cOmmencinR
at least twenty days before the said 18th
day q August. 1929 II Is further OR,
order be served by the limited States Mar.
shsl or his deputies upon each Of the
owners of the fee of the land to he c0u.
denlned herein. as may be found by the
said Marshal. or his deputies. within the
District of Columbia, and upon the ten.
ants and occupants Of the same. before the
Court: PEYToN GoRDoN. Justice. isesiI
4 True Copy Test: FRANK e Gun.
NINGHAM. Clerk. By HARRY N HULL
/ Asst Clerk IeI213103O
The Washington times., 1929-06-19
NEW YORK LEAD
EXPLAINED BY
FORBES
By B. c. FORBEs

Il New York is misunderstood.
And that statement does not come
from New Yorker.
why is it that writer's In every
! other city take pride in unfolding
their town, whereas New York
writer's love to criticize it? Per-
haps it isb ecause they are rela.
lively few native New Workers..
To have New York favorably
appraised by an outsider Is so
unusual as to attract attention.
/ have been accused of writing
more about other cities THAI about
New York. And ] am inclined to
Z think the charge is true! Some
how. II does not seem to be any,
body's business to induce writer's
to ten of the attractions and the
wonders Of the metropolis, whereas
the moment you step off the
train in another community, you
are abundantly supplied with ia.
rvorable material. New York and
New York organizations seem to
take the attitude that New York
talks for itself-like good wine.
incidentally that is exactly the
attitude the Englishman takes re-
garding Britain.
Were I to. indulge in extolling
New York very often, doubtless l
would be accused of bias. So let
New York today be analyzed by an
outsider.
Is Walter Parker, the philosophic
economist of Fenner and Beane,
fwell-known New Orleans broker
age firm, that have spread to the
principal cities of the country, in
q series of studies "Why American
Cities Grow" says of New York:
: ''The civil war left New York
the uhdisputed financial hub of the
United States; the great war left 1t
the financial hub OF the world,
"Nearness to Western Europe.
formerly the only worthwhile COM
rnercial contact America had, plus
a fan-like rail system ever-spread.
ing westward through the Ohio
q. Valley, then the Mississippi Valley
and finally the West, gave New
,York-ready BIZ temperament, har-
Dor and the heritage left by the
Dutch and the English-its larger
opportunity.
Copyright, 1929. B. c.. Forbes),
The Washington times., 1929-06-19
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET

/ 4 BALTIMORE, June 19.-Wheat--
!. easier; No. red winter garlicky
domestic spot, $1.10h; receipts 2S.-
}146. bushels; shipments, 4S.4S7
bushels
Corn-Steady; No. 3 yellow do
mestic, $11.Os@11.O9; receipts, 1851
br shells; shipments. 5,oS5 bushels,
Oats-Quiet; ret eints, ,,mple. No.
2 white domestic 55c bushel; No. 3
white, 52054c bushel; receipts,
none; shipments, 2,957 bushels.
- Eye-Nominal; rece' its, none;
Shipments, none.
! Hay-Quiet; receipts ample.
Flour-Unsettled.
The Washington times., 1929-06-19
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~ means Of iOcatIRE desirable
vacancies.