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The Washington times., 1930-01-04
nation VEAL TIL
WATCHED BY
REALTORS

Real estate interests are look.
ing forward to the results Of the
decennial compilation Of the ma
tons wealth to be completed by
the Department Of Commerce in
1892. and are predicting the ad-
dition Of many billions Of dollars
to be $500, ,SO3, 1861, 900 given out
by the Census Bureau as the to-
tai wealth Of the country at the
close Of 1922
1t Is no simple job to ascertain
the dollars and cents value Of
American real estate and the
structures resting on 1t. points
out the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, who recently
undertook to make q survey. Of
present property values Though
out the United States to see If it
could get an inkling Of what the
new census viii reveal. Reports
from the various CommonwealthS
gave a mass Of statistics, data
and information so confusing
that it realized that only Govern.
ment machinery could attempt
the task.
5000 Letters Sent Out !.
When the Department Of Com
n1erce made the 1922 report on
the estimated national wealth,
the public debt. and taxation, as
authorized by the permanent cen
Sus act, it wrote more than 5000
letters In order to secure the
value Of tax exempt property
alone.
More than one-half Of the ma
tional wealth. or $lT6,4I4,44 900,
was given in this report as the
value Of real property and i'm
provementS, both taxed and tax
exempt. A figure of $40 sos, 3d.
600 is shown in the report as
the value Of tax exempt property
and improvements.
In determining the value Of
taxable property, which amounted
to $155, ,908, ,625. 900, the Census
Bureau was unwilling to accept
the preliminary reports in view
Of the difficulties known to be
encountered by assessing officials
in their efforts to assess property
at its full value, where required
by law to do so. and the lkeli-
hood Of error through under
assessment in attempting to
avoid overasSesSrnent"
Wealth Increases
The wealth of the country in
creased from $186, ,299, ,644, 600 In
1912 to $320, ,8O3, ,S62, 900 at the
close Of 1922 or a rise of 72.2 per
cent. But as the value of the
dollar diminished during this
decade it is estimated that the
actual increase of physical wealth
was about IL per cent.
During the years from 1912 to
1922, the value of real property
and improvements, both taxed
and tax exempt, increased from
$109, ,236, ,926, 900 in 1912 to $i76,-
414,444,000 in 1922, an addition of
$67,177.516.000.
Ine Unlged states Government
does not know, the different
States do not know. and tax Of
ficials themselves do not know
the present value of the lands on
which this country is built. IF
the impartial survey Of the Gov
eminent shows the tremendous
increase in land values since the
last census, as is expected by the
real estate interests, this viii
make q new case for the ad-
| visibility Of investment in real
estate.
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
Rev. ]. F. Wenchel Talks
On the Past and Future

The Rev. j.. Frederick Wen
chel. pastor Of Christ Lutheran
Church. win preach tomorrow
morning on Forgetting the Past
and Facing the Future"
The church is meeting tenn
porarily In Zion Lutheran Church.
Sixth and p SITS. Sites are being
considered for the erection Of a
new church.
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
Making New Year New
Topic of Rev. LaRue

Making the New Year New"
will be the sermon subject to-
morrow morning of the Rev
William e. LaRue, pastor Of the
Takoma Park Baptist Church.
In the evening Howard W.
Clare, returned recently from
China, viii speak on Here and
There in China"
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
EVANGELIST TO SPEAK

The Rev. George Schnahel, pas
tor of the Albright Memorial Evan
gelical Church, viii preach tomor.
row morning onS Not by Might.
Nor by Power, But by My Spirit,
Saith the Lord" In the evening
the pastor win speak on The
Might Of God"
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
License Law Is Urged
By Real Estate Boards

At the recent. annual conven-
ton Of the Nebraska Association
of Real Estate Boards the dele
gate body of the convention went
on record as favoring q state L.
cense law for real estate brokers.
Such laws are now In opera
ton In Is states Of the United
States and In two Canadian prov.
inceS. the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards points out.
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
God" to Be Subject
In Science Churches

Christian Science Churches of
the city will have the subject.
Goo" as the theme at services
tomorrow morning and evening.
The services of First Church
of Christ. Scientist. will be broad
cast tomorrow evening over sta
ton WJSV.
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
DIR. Jones to Preach
At Centennial Church

The Rev H. Frederick Jones, of
Baltimo-e will preach at evange.
LIS tic ssry:ces each night next
week at Centennial Baptist
Church.
The. pastor, the Rev. 3. Hez
Sven. wiz presids.
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
ON RESOLUTIONS

why ] Believe in Resolutions
will be discussed tomorrow night
by the Rev. John Compton Ball,
pastor Of Metropolitan Baptist
Church. At the morning service
the pastor will preach and the
Lords Supper win be observed.
The Washington times., 1930-01-04
Two Sermon Subjects
Chosen for Lutheran

1.-THE Bells of God" will be
the sermon subject tomorrow
night of the Rev. Harold E.
Beatty, pastor of the Georgetown
Lutheran Church.
In the morning the pastor will
speak on IF the Righteous
Scarcely Be Saved"
The Washington times., 1930-01-04

Good used cars adyeFtiaed in Time.
Classified ads offer thousnnds Of miles
~ eeonE4sal sutameblle transperta-
ei0ns
The Washington times., 1930-01-04

nose many planned pleasures may
become reality through the purelaaae 81
3 good used car from Times Classified
The Washington times., 1930-01-04

ASA S. SWHSHER DIES
MARTINSBURG, w. va, Jan.
ASA s. Swisher, II, lifelong
resident Of Hampshire county,
died at his home in Romney
after q lingering illness.
The Washington times., 1930-01-04


Capitol buildings
of the ia !. s.. hi
The Washington times., 1930-01-04

bUILDINES EHECIED
Brick Stone Concrete Frame
40
MONEY EXPENDED IN EACH
SECTION
Nogales international., 1930-01-24

the persons responsible for these
charges believe them to be true
they should be placed formally and
settled legally. It is time for a
showdown which will either prove
the election to have been legal or
illegal.
''It is unfair to merely question
the legality of the election. Either
it should be legally contested or it
should be accepted as entirely with
in the terms of the law
While the Tombstone visitors did
not make any direct declarations
relative to their intentions, it was
believed by the majority of those
with whom they discussed the mat
ter here that the legality of the
election will be settled by the court.
The Tombstone men said that
funds required for the institution of
a suit have been assured and that
requirements of counsel would be
met within the next few days.
Nogales international., 1930-01-24

ions are essential in food stores,
restaurants, and food factorieS."A T.
The arsenic which came so near
taking a. toll of human lives during
the Christmas holidays had been
bought as an insecticide several
years ago and had not been safely
put away after use. It is supposed
that one Of. the children finding
the package of arsenic. mistoo:li it
for flour and emptied it in the
flour sack in the pantry.
A somewhat similar case occur
red in an Indiana store some years
ago. Contaminated sugar sold by
the store made a number of people
Ill, killing two of them. The admin
istration found that rat poison had
accidentally been thrown into an
open sack of sugar.
In Los Angeles, in 1926, nineteen
persons became ill from eating pies
containing arsenic. The baker who
made the pies did not know how the
arsenic got into the food. It was de-
clared to be accidental.
Probably none of these cases
would have occurred If poisons had
Nogales international., 1930-01-24
Poison In Pantry As
Dangerous As Gun

The recent holiday fruit-cake
poison case, in which quick action
by the Food, Drug, and Insecticide
Administration of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture saved from ILL
ness and perhaps death people who
had bought the cakes, leads the ad-
ministration to issue a warning to
housewives regarding poisons in the
household.
"PoisonS such as garden and do
mestic insecticides are to-day al
most a household necessity" says
DR.. P. B. Dunbar, assistant chief Of
the administration. "They should,
however, be securely locked up or
be carefully stored beyond the reach
of children, and they should always
be kept away from food.
"A package of poison on the pam
try shelf is as dangerous as load
ed gun," says DR.. Dunbar. Someone
comes along who doesn't know the
package contains poison-that the
gun is loaded, and the result is m
jury or even death. Like precau-
Nogales international., 1930-01-24

have put their poisonous prepara-
tions in containers of distinctive
shape or in bottles with rough ex-
teriors studded with knobs or points
to warn the user even in the dark,
poisons of the insecticide type are
frequently bought in bulk form in
bags that are not labelled. Arsen-
ical insecticides may easily be mis-
taken for flour. Unless packages
containing such poisons are locked
up or carefully segregated af--
ter use, there is danger of the poi
son getting into food. The cautious
housewife should have safe place
in which she can store all poisons
to prevent accidents, says the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Nogales international., 1930-01-24
Legality OF Cochise County Seat
Election Meets Many Protests


DOUGLAS, Jan. ga lawsuit
to test the validity of the recent
election in which Bisbee was made
the seat of Cochise county is eX-
pected to be filed within the next
few days, it was declared by Doug
las business men today following a
visit here of a delegation of Tomb
stone men interested in the mat
ter. While the Douglas men said
i that the validity of the election is
being questioned by Tombstone in
terests, they believe that the inter-
ests of the people should be pro-
tected by settlement of all question
relative to the election.
John Hid, chairman of the Co.
chise county board, has asked that
those who feel there is some ques-
ton relative to the legality of the
law should bring the matter to a
direct issue. He said that he was
not trying to promote a lawsuit in
the matter but urged that the mat
ter be settled definitely before the
county expends a great amount of
money in removing the county Of
fices to Bisbee.
M. P. Walker of Wilcox, mem
Der of the board of supervisors,
joined Hid in his stand yesterday,
declaring that if there is anyone
who believes the election to have
been illegal, that such persons
should bring the matter to a direct
question and have it threshed out.
sIf there is anyone who feels any
doubt about the election, now is the
lime to act," he declared. "It will
cost close to a half million dol
.ars to erect the new courthouse at
3isbee and to properly outfit coun-
Il offices there. If the matter of
The election is to be questioned, now
is the time to do it,
Porter Mcdonald and A. H. Card
ner were the Tombstone men who
visited here in connection with the
election question. They discussed
She matter at length with James s..
Douglas, president of the Bank of
Douglas, who said following the
conference that he believed the
matter should be settled legally.
"Stories relative to the election
allege that there was considerable
double-crossing' in connection with
The ballotfng. These matters should
aot be merely whispered about. If
Nogales international., 1930-01-24

been kept away from the food and
out of the kitchen.
The Federal Caustic Poison Act
requires that certain alkai and acid
poisons be labelled plainly in large
type to lessen the danger of acci-
dental poisoning. However, there
are many other poisons, such as
those found in insecticides and
some silver polishes, which are
deadly if taken in sufficient guam
titles, and the Federal law does not
require that these articles be con-
spicuously labelled as poisonous. AL
though many manufacturers have
voluntarily used warning labels, or
Nogales international., 1930-01-24

Phoenix Building permit issued
for construction of $4,000 corrugat-
ed iron market building at Twelfth
and Madison streets for j. F. Bar
Der Produce Company.
Evening star., 1930-12-01
EDGAR A. COLEMAN
SUCCUMBS AT HOME
Was President of Washington
Merchandising Brokers'
Company.

Edgar A. Coleman, SO years old, presi-
dent of the Edgar A. Coleman Co., Inc,
merchandise brokers, died at his home,
2726 Thirteenth street, yesterday, after
a short illness.
Mr.. Coleman was widely known in
this city. He established the Coleman
Co. here 35 years ago. He was MEM
ber of the Washington Board of Trade,
the National Food Brokers Association
and the East Gate Masonic Lodge. He
also was for many years deacon OF
the Gunton Temple Memorial Presby-
terian Church.
Born in Carbondale, Pa, Mr.. Cole
man moved to this city when a boy and
had resided here for the past SIS years.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth E. Coleman; two daughters,
Mrs Leo-Rae Axtell and Mrs James
Cuyler Peterman, both of Westchester
County, N. Y, and by three brothers,
Monroe and Frank G. Coleman of this
Evening star., 1930-12-01

In the following article valerian y;
the state Planning Commission Of the
Soviet Union; gives the Soviet view OF
Now more than two years old. the at
i1ation SS "a and ept commTnization q Russia and
Rs IF h c s s@s sSS aas as &c sSSn2%s an
who has been in charge, M. Kuibyshev
The article, is based on a statement
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, December LIN two
years of operation Valerian v. Kuiby-
shev, president of the State Planning
Commission asserts the Soviet f1ve-year
industrialization plan not only has sue
ceeded beyond expectation, but has
given every promise of completion with
in four years instead of five.
"The present task says NJ. Kuiby-
shev, who is responsible for putting the
five-year plan into operation, Consists
of fulfillment of the plan before sched-
ule-that is, within four years"
In an exhaustive report ON the frs.
two years of the plans operation, which
ended October !. M. Kuibyshev pre-
sentS figures to show an increase be-
yond the planned production estimates
in every department mentioned: not in
single one he lists do the results come
beneath what had been projected.
Failure Was Predicted.
"Who does not remember the claims
advanced by the greatest bourgeois
economists and politicians that the
estimate of the five-year plan we're un-
real, utopian and fantastic? Who does
not remember the talk that they were
mere Bolshevist delirium; to this day
cries are heard of the failure of the far
reaching plan for the reconstruction of
the national economy of the Soviet
Union," he writes.
plan furnishes sufficient material, both
for verifying the reality of its provisions
and for verifying the justice of the OBJ
jections and doubts which the plan
aroused among representatives of
bourgeois economic thought. The past
two years have revealed piatiletka (as
the plan is ~called) being exceeded In
the most important sections of national
economy"
There follow figures showing pi-
atiletka'S progress:
output in planned industries under
piatiletka is estimated at 29,338, ,0OO, 900
rubles (about $14,690, 900 ,o0o).
Heavy Industry Gains.
''The excess of fulfillment of piatiletka
for the first two years is particularly
remarkable in the field Of heavy indus
try" He writes, while piatiletka pro-
vides in this field for 12,476, ,000, 900
rubles, the actual output was 1864
1000 rubles.
THE extent to which actual output
exceeds estimates may be gauged from
the following figures:
"Oil-Estimated under piatiletka.
100000 tons; actual output, 80, SOC, 900
tons.
"Steel-Estimated, 9,s00,o00 tons; out
put, 100000.
Rolled metal-Estimated 1900, 900
tons; output. 100000 tons.
echnical-Estimated 5S8, ,0OO,-
600 rubles; output, 781 .000, 900 rubles.
Agricultural machinery-Estimated
472.o0o,O0o rubles; output, 5l5.OoO,o00
rubles.
Evening star., 1930-12-01

aware, and Senator Brock, Democrat.
of Tennessee. The latter Is to serve
this session only, Representative Hull
having been elected TO succeed him
next year.
At the same time IL men and q
woman, the largest number ever to be
sworn in at q short session, were to
take their leather chairs in the House
Of Representatives.
At the end of their first days observ-
ances was the adjournment memoraliz-
ing seven who died in Office
Mrs. Eff1e Gene Wingo appeared to
take up the work of her husband, the
late Otis Wingo. Democrat, of Arkansas.
Memorial Observance Held.
The others being seated were:
Edward w. Goss of Connecticut,
Burnett M. Chiperf1eld of Illinois, Rob-
ert F. Rich and Edmund F. Erik of
Pennsylvania, Frederick C. Loofbourow
of Utah, Robert L. Hogg of West Vir-
ginia, Republicans, and Claude v. Par
sons of Illinois. Frank w. Hancock and
Hinton James of North Carolina.
Michael K. Reilly of Wisconsin, Francis
B. Condor of Rhode Island and John
F. Dorsey, jr., of Kentucky, Democrats.
Those, besides Wingo, mourned In
formal resolutions:
F1orian Lampert of Wisconsin. Edgar
r. KieSs of Pennsylvania. Charles F.
Curry, California, Republicans, and
Charles NJ. Stedman and William G.
Hammer of North Carolina and John
F. Quayle of New York, Democrats.
Evening star., 1930-12-01
PLAN
READY FOR HOUSE:
Representative Andrew Cred
it's Dr.. Wilson Statement
as Spur to Action.

A national referendum on repeal of
the eighteenth amendment proposed in
a resolution which the author, Repre-
sentative Andrew, Republican, of Mas
sachuSetts, said was along the lines sug-
gested by DR.. Clarence True Wilson of
the Methodist Board of Temperance
was to be submitted to the House today.
Provides Years for Action.
Andrew said his resolution would pro-
vide seven years for ratification or re-
peal by the States through conventions.
Il have long had the idea that sooner
or later we should have to resort to
such referendum" he said, but my
proposal of it at this time is due to the
advocacy of it by DR.. Clarence True
Wilson, secretary of the Methodist
Board OF Temperance and Morals
Dr. wilson attended a recent secret
meeting of dry leaders in WASH
ington. at which a proposal along
the same lines was discussed. The plan
advanced at that time, to which many
OF the dry leaders present voiced vigor-
Gus dissent, was that If the vets could
agree upon a proposal for repeal of the
eighteenth amendment or substitute
for it, the drys should attempt to OBJ
tain sufficient votes to get the measure
through Congress and before constitu-
tional conventions to be elected by each
of the 48 States.
Cites DIR. Wilson's Statement.
when I read in last Wednesday, IS
papers DR. Wilson's statement that
there was nothing he would so like to
see as a national referendum on the
eighteenth amendment 1 felt that the
moment was opportune," Andrew said
"for with the backing of so influential
a supporter of the amendment there
ought to be little difficulty in getting
the necessary resolution through Con-
gress."
Evening star., 1930-12-01
Benefit SHOW STOPPED
UNDER 1894 BLUE LAWS
Audience at Sunday Performance
in Philadelphia Dispersed.
Three Persons Arrested.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-Po-
lice last night stopped picture show
being given at the Kent Theater under
the auspices of members Of the Veterans
Of Foreign Wars to aid the ctty's un-
employed, ordered the audience to dis
perse and arrested three persons. Under
the States blue laws Of 1874 Sunday
amusements are forbidden.
War veterans said police permit for
the entertainment had been obtained
several days ago, but was later Cancelled
after a delegation of ministers had pro-
tested to Director Of Public Safety
Schofield.
Members Of two American Legion
posts joined forces with sponsors OF the
show and, led by a band playing On
ward, Christian Soldiers" marched to
the theater, where several hundred men
and women had gathered. Police were
on hand to prevent the entertainment.
When the doors opened the crowd was
so great that the police were swept
aside and about 1000 entered the thea
ter More police were sent to the scene.
and, after threatening to tear down the
screen, the sponsors Of the show agreed
to call 1t of. Those arrested were
charged with disorderly conduct.
Evening star., 1930-12-01
Prohibition Report
Shows Revival of
Liquor Smuggling
Second Year Momentum.
By the Associated Press.

Just little series of numbers.
but Attorney General Mitchell
relied on it today to tell Congress
the story of a recent revival Of
liquor smuggling on the high
seas and our territorial waters.
The table, in his annual report,
showed 35 foreign ships had been
seized in 1925, 33 the next year,
81 the next, then % and II, and
finally 20 in the year gone.
While the new Canadian law
against liquor clearances to this
country knitted into border traf-
nc, 1t also resulted in driving
some additional smugglers to the
high seas. The report went on:
The French possession of st.
PierTe-Miquelon, which for a
number OF years has been the
chief rendezvous and supply point
for the Aiduor-smuggling fra
ternity OF our eastern coast, has
experienced substantial increase
In this form of business.
1T Is also noteworthy that 25
of the 30 foreign liquor ships
seized during the year were Brit
ish. Vessels of this nationality
still predominate in the trade,
even though the chief smuggling
base Is French. Increased ac-
tivity in Nova Scotia ports has
been observed, because most of
the vessels which operate in the
smuggling trade out of st. Pierre
are documented in Nova Scotia
ports and are owned, at least os-
tensibly, by Canadian citizens"
Evening star., 1930-12-01
LAND DEALS AIDED
BY NEW STATUTES
1929 Condemnation Act Helps
District, Says Mitchell
in His Report.

The new condemnation act for ac-
QUESTION of property has been "un-
questionably more expeditions" than
the old law, according to the annual
report of Attorney General Mitchell,
submitted to Congress today.
In the departmental report of Seth
w. Richardson, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, the advantages Of the new law are
explained.
I'm the first place" declares Mr..
Richardson, conclusive rulings being
promptly made by the presiding justice,
the time required for the taking of
testimony is undoubtedly shortened. In
the second place, the elimination of the
second trial given by the old law as a
matter of right cuts out much Of the
delay between the filing of the award
and the acquisition of the property.
For although only limited number Of
property owners commonly avail them
selves of the statutory right to second
trial, the acquiring authority found it
impracticable to do anything with the
properties for which awards had been
confirmed while trials for ether prop
critics in the same square W. still
pending.
Considerable procedural difficulty has
resulted from the congressional practice
of inserting in acts authorizing condem-
naLlO0 IOr Special purposes u pIONASlOA
that the proceedings shall be in accord
ance with the obsolete act of August 80,
1890. A provision of this kind was in
serted in the general act authorizing
condemnatiohs for the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, in the
act authorizing the acquisition OF
squares SIG and 578 for the relocation
of the Botanic Garden, and even in the
very recent act of January 10, 1929,
authorizing the acquisition OF squares
636 and 689 as a site for the new House
Office Building. In the aforementioned
case the department, Notwithstanding
possible contention that the anti
quated procedure specified in the TAX
ing act was exclusive, determined In
the interest of expedition to proceed
! under the new condemnation act OF
March /, 1929. The provision about the
old act of August 80, 1890, was used as
the basis for a number of motions chal-
lenging the jurisdiction, ETC., at the con-
clusion of the trial. The correctness OF
the departments view was confirme by
the court. An application for a writ OF
prohibition was refused by the Court
of Appeals"
The report also reviewed in detail the
work done by the department for al
branches of Government here in the
condemnation of land during the fiscal
year.