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Evening star., 1932-07-24
DITTSBURGH, July % (4).-Pitts-
- burgh's battling Pirates took one
| Of the seasons stormiest ball
0ames from the Chicaoo N,,hc

'Batted for Thevenow in seventh.
eh,sfsS eis.sSpsh @ 3 4Sd sS III III
Runs-Herman. English. Stephenson o2.
Moore. Harnett. Jurges. Smith: Comorosky.
Trayrcr. Barbee t3b. Suhr t2l. Piet az.
Grace. L. Waner. Error-VauEhan. Runs
hatted in-Stephenson a.. Herman; suhr.
Grace cav. Piet az. P Waner. English t2t,
Moore az. Dugas. Comorosky: Traynor az.
Hartnett. Two-base hits-Stephenson, Jurses.
Grace. p. Waner. Barbee. Traynor, Piet.
Three-base hit-smith Home run-Moore:
Sacriices-Cuyler. Comorosky. Left on bases
-Chicaeo 10: Pittsburgh. TO- Bases on
ballsNof swift. i of Root. 2: of Smith. |:
of Malone, 2 of French. z. Struck outIBy
Root 2: bv Swift, / by Smith. by Ma
9ae By Ggdnt q BY rdn. Harris n;, Il ,bitd7 bts
on Smith. In 4 INNINGS -tnone out in
seventhl of, Swift. 10 in innings Of
inning: OF French. in \, innings: of Ma
lone / in a. inning: Of Gudat. ! in ! in
ming: of Harris. none in II inning. Hit bv
Dtcher-Rv Malone 'Comoroskyl. Winning
nitcher-Brame. Losing nitcherrrSmith,
eame-2 hours and 28 minutes.
Evening star., 1932-07-24
DALLAS CLUB LEADING.

DALLAS, July % (P)-The official
Teyas League standing. including night
games of Friday, July %, is as follows:
Evening star., 1932-07-24
Major Clouters
By the Associated Press.

Home run leaders-FoxX, Athletics,
40; Klein Phillies. %: Ruth. Yankees,
26; Simmons. Athletics. "a; Gehrig,
Yankees, %; Averill, Indians, %.
Evening star., 1932-07-24
Standings in Major Leagues
SUNDAY. JULY "a. 1892.
American League.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

Washinston. 5: Philadelphia. 4.
New York, As; Boston. 3-4 FIRST game Is
nnin"s).
St Louis, 5-4 Detroit. 10
Chicago. s: Cleveland. 12 inninss).
Evening star., 1932-07-24
National League.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.

Pittsburgh. II: Chicago. g.
Cincinnati. s.; st. Louis. III innings.
innings.
PHILADELPHIA. 1915: Brooklyn. 2-5.
Evening star., 1932-07-24
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

n ATIONALS and Red Sox will
nj tangle in Griffith Stadium this
afternoon, after which the for
Evening star., 1932-07-24

GAMES TODAY.
Bost. at Wash. 5000.
Phila. at New York.
Cleve. at Chicago.
Detroit at St. Louis.
Evening star., 1932-07-24

GAMES TOMORROW
New York at Phila.
Detroit at st. Louis.
Others not scheduled.
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SECOND GAME.

Totals. IS 924 I Totals. 81 y u IA
Boston ........0
New York ......3 o h-o
Evening star., 1932-07-24

DARIS, France, July %
r Needing but a single victory
i in two singles matches to-
morrow tho TTnjted Ctotee
Evening star., 1932-05-25
Remembers Seeing The
EoOf of S-Rero'' Horse

10 tie Editor OF The S.ar:
With refe.ence to Mr. Ralph E.
Bates letter To the Editor Of The
Star" appearing in the issue OF May
l8 and making inquiry as to the where
aboutS of the grave of the horse whose
hoof was torn of while drawing
piece of apparatus to the scene Of
fire, while I am not able to throw any
light upon the place of burial. yet 1
recall very distinctly having seen the
hoof itself many times in my young
days. 1t was kept for quite time in
the building on Third stree northwest.
between D and E streets, now occupied
by TIE Unicn Storage Co., but then
used by Frank Wards Dairy, for whose
use it was built, believe Mr. Bates
refers to this incident as having taken
place between 1879 and 1875, but my
Cwn recollection is that it occurred in
the early 80's and that the hoof was
torn off around Delaware avenue and
G street southwest, in the steam rail-
road tracks which we're once there. and
at the time there was naturally much
talk about it and this horse was the
hero Of the hour. I should like to
know myself where he is buried, but
lame is very transient and there are
probably only a few who recall the
incident at all
CHARLES G. HOFFMAN.
Evening star., 1932-05-25

H III In consequence. though not In In
mediate danger. He will probably not
resume his writing for . considerable
time. TIE loss Of even a few months
to such a rapid story teller - Open
helm Is a serious matter. He began his
writing of lbs mystery tales about thirty
years ago and has now TO his credit
more than a hundred-an average of
about three year, or four months to
story. Which Is Q remarkably rapid
pace. Wallace was flfty-seven when he
died. Oppenheim is sixty-seven
These British producers Of the tales
Of mystery and crime are leading types
OF . new order OF contributors to the
avid devourers of exciting fiction. There
are scores Of them busily at work, Just
as there are in this country They write
mainly for the weekly publicatio
turning cut their stories In serial form,
just as did Charles Dickens eighty
years and more ago. Dickens set a
sharp pace for his own contemporaries
and was tremendous producer of copy.
1t Is interesting to speculate on what
he would have done in the p-esent-day
mode OF fctien. He mtgat not have
been Wallace or an Oppenheim. bu:
he would surely have bsen q leader In
both production and interest.
Evening star., 1932-05-25
Britain's Story Tellers.

When Edgar Wallace died recently in
Hollywood a considerable portion of tie
reading public wondered what it would
do thereafter for reading matter. He
had been remarkably prolific in his pro-
duction of a certain type of literature,
turning out two or three stories year.
He had large vogue both in this eoun-
try and in England, his native land.
incidentally it may be noted that Short
ly after his death his widow. in London.
disclosed the fact that despite his great
earnings Wallace had died bankrupt.
He was heavy spender as we'll as
voluminouS producer.
Now comes word that another of Eng
lands most liberal contributors to the
entertainment Of the reading public, E.
Phillips Oppenheim, has had touch
OF the sun" at Nice and is rather grave
Evening star., 1932-05-25
Proposes Il 2 an to Save
Tonev fer Government

7 :. - = c = - ?t~r.
Even -: Il . ~---n having as much
= Il, - Gc,!'r5 year income it 5
fa~d f.. them to have that amoyn
recrc2d: thsrefcre the Government
workers. dislike tho idea of cut il
salary. A member Of the House is
Quoted eS having seid that a lowering
CT Co"ernnert salaries would have a
Psychological effect on the people of
the country. To enact Law that will
reGuce the paw of CO. arnnent workers
certain percentage Der annun Will
be received VI ! eminent A great
many will sui; 9C1 tie effect On their
work will BE- nCIccao'e.
Nov the CfncN Goy suggests plan
that vii 9r1c' n, > : red"ct.cn n The
pay o. GO2er!lr'.o.it c erks ed vi PEI
faps h",e 0~ycIC E al Cie-c o. t!!a
clerks as vall IS C.ilel citizens OF cur
Co.nLy. Give them. the CLERKS, IN
opportunity to NIKE a doCatiCn c. q
part of their salary each month. TO-.
the duration Of the depression only.
and l venture to say tnat. while they
will be hit hard in brain. back and
belly. they will bear the reduction il a
more cheerful spirit than the other
way. and that it will help the morale
OF the force to great extent. This
to be Gone cnly n case OF &C uol ne
cess.ty and in the. event OF the failure
Of ether methods OF reducing Govern
ment expenses or increasing Govern
ment revenues.
The deductions, if any, and it is to
be hopei there will no. BE- any, viii enI
at the close of cer.cin mon,h. vaen
tie necessity for it cease. AMI VII not
extend to the end OF the fiscal year.
or forever, as would be the cese in a
reduction OF pay Per annum. The
amount donated. or really deducted
from the pay, could be used to balance
the budget help the unemployed or
to buy horse cakes for the heathen
who are unable to buy automobiles.
CHARLES j. SIMPSON.
Evening star., 1932-05-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HILLIAM VILE.

At the mighty Texas barbecue held
by the Nali0rai Press Club On Chesa-
peaie Bay the other day two one-time
congressional stars Of the first magni-
tude were deplor.ng the wv state into
which conditions on Capitol Hill have
sunk. One was a Democrat. former
Representative Finis j. Garrett Of Ten
neSsee: the other Republican, former
Representative Philip Pitt Campbell of
Kansas. They served together il the
House for years. in the days when party
leadership was honored in the CD cry
ance and not the breach. Garrett was
leader OF the Democratic minority, and
Campbell the relourceful chairman OF
the COMMITTEE on Rules. Campbell was
reminiscing over the good old time,
when the @. 0. P. steamroller had but
to squeak, WEeraupon the House haa
not to reason why, but merely to do
and die. On a cer.ain occasion in
1922" recalled the Kansan, who is now
Virginia SOU re, L announ ed that the
Fordney -McCun Der bill would be passed
at 4:4o pm. ON such and such day
And it was"
The National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission recently sent an agent
into the Virginia valleys to buy some
lockwood trees to adorn the Landscape
in the vicinity of the Lincoln Memorial
He located just what he wanted on an
old Colonial estate and promptly came
to terms with the gentleman farmer
who owns it. The price was fixed, ship
ping instructions given. and tn deal
apparently olosel. Send your bill to
Lielt. CO.. U, 8. G ant, Sd, Washington, p"
said the Park and Planning Commission
man. Thereupon the unreconstructed
son of Dixie nearly threw fit. III be
everlastingly damned" he thundered.
IF I'll send any of my boXwood to U. S.
Grant for the Lincoln Memorial!"
On the mudbanks of the Wabash not
far away from Terre Haute there's a
suburb called Taylorville, which recent
ly attained the dignity of a place en-
titled to q subpostal station of its own.
The Post Office Department couldn't
Eaptize the station Taylorville, because
there's already town by that name in
Indiana While Washington was mill
ing over the matter. denizen Of Tav-
lorville wrote in and proposed "Onal-
land" The suggestion was approved.
When the news reached Tayiorville
there was grand rumpus bccauce the
Post Office Department had fallen vic
tim to a practical ioie. "Offaliland,"
it appeared on closer examination,
means a dumping place for waste mat
ter. Senator Jim Watson is now trying
to have the substation rechrtstened Vor-
hees, after tn tall sycamore of the
Wabash" or Dresser the Hoosier bard
who wrote "On the Banks of the Wa
bash"
Representative Fuller. Democrat, of
Arkansac. has introduced a bill which
would compel every civil service emp'oye
to demonstrate the ability to sing. re-
cite or write from memory the words
of THE Star Sangled Banner" A
Princeton professor writes to the New
York Times: If the list were expanded
to include our legislators, both State
and Federal, and the requirement be
limited to the public singing Of the an
them, can think of no more effective
way of cutting down the expense of
government"
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-05-25

carried In the bill. but also 1t viii be
possible to exempt from the three-cent
rate on first class mail now proposed all
first class letters delivered in the same
community where mailed; to reduce the
tax on checks from two cents to one
cent; to raise the exemption Of admis-
sions from ten cents. now in the Senate
bill. to forty-five cents. the rate carried
in the House bill
These are some of the benefits which
will accrue should the Walsh amend
meat be adopted by the Senate and ac-
cepted by the House 1t is estimated
that the Walsh amendment would raise
s335, ,000,000 of revenue. Furthermore,
the manufacturers sales tan has been
demonstrated as an effective method of
raising revenue, both in this country,
where ii has been applied so far merely
as an excise" tax ON individual COM
modities, and in Canada. where it has
been 10 operation for dozen years in q
far more general form. The imposition
Of a manufacturers tax on q wide range
OF articles makes 1t possible to levy
low rate Of taxation and still bring In
very large amount of revenue. It has
been evident for a long time in this
country that some adequate form of tax
alton must be adopted to supplement
the income taxes when period OF de-
preston exists. In such periods, as to-
day. the revenue from incomes falls off
and the Governments budget is unbal-
anced with huge deficits. The general
manufacturers tax Is not only sure but
it also falls lightly on the taxpayers, so
widely spread is it. The man with
money who buys many articles during
tbs tax than the man of moderate
means whose purchases are compare
lively few
Some Of the members of the House
who voted against the Ways and Means
Committees proposal for manufac-
turers' tax say today that they regret
their action. Among the Senators there
is a general belief that If the House had
gone on record for . manufacturers
tax, it would have been accepted by the
Senate and the revenue bill would have
been disposed of before now, helping to
balance the Governments budget. 1t is
not too late to remedy the mistake made
IN the House. Firm action by the Sem
ate would, it is predicted. finally be ac
cepted by the House.
Evening star., 1932-05-25
The Walsh Amendment.

Senator David l. Walsh has an
nounccd his plan for q manufacturers
sales taX, intended as substitute for
many of the special sales or excise
taxes and nuisance taxes now carried
in the revenue bill. In the main the
proposal of the Massachusetts Senator
resembles the manufacturers tax
written into the revenue bill by the
House Ways and Means Committee and
subsequently stricken from the measure
in the House itself The Walsh amend
ment will propose, however, rate OF
1.75 per cent on sales of manufactured
goods instead Of the 2.25 per cent rate
advanced by the Ways and Means
Committee Senator Walsh exempts
from operation of the manufacturers
tax all foods. all articles of clothing,
except those highly priced; all agricul-
tural products. fertilizers and farm
implements and machinery and work.
mems hand tools.
The adoption of the Walsh amend
ment would make it possible to strike
out of the pending bill many annoying
taxes, some of which are unfair to in
dividual industries. There seems no
justification for the imposition of a
sales tax on manufacturers of automo-
bile trucks. for example; on manu-
facturers of refrigerators, matches and
many other manufactured products,
when the great body of manufactured
products are entirely exempted from
this sales tax. Furthermore, the sales
taxes proposed in the bill to be levied
on these individual products Of the
factory are far higher in rate than the
general Its per cent rate proposed by
Senator Walsh. The rates levied ON
the individual products of the factory
run as high as IL per cent and many
of them are 10 per cent. The tax on
passenger automobiles is per cent
and on trucks per cent while on
accessories and parts the levy is per
cent.
Not only will it be possible, if the
Walsh amendment Is adopted, to strike
out many Of these special sales taxes
Evening star., 1932-05-25

date fer the presidency W 'ord-
ing that the declinstion C. ing
will be widely regretteI." =, Ing
News a6ds: BY taking him of
consideration as a possible atc.
Mr.. Young has acquired q z, rom
which h can speak on ma zirs
l-i.aou; he.!ng his motive ed
That COZ ID not happen 2, he
vas even potentially in the =. set,
his two recent utterance-- nen-
tlon:ng the equalization fee a pos
slb-e way to open a path cut cf the
depression and the other favoring q
oond issue-were widely interpreted as
the ne.ghtng OF dark horse"
MIR. Young is evidently too far-see-
irg end to broad-minded a Democrat
10 lend himself to obstructive politics."
thinks the Atlanta Journal Demo-
craLlc), While the Charleston IS c.
Evening Post Democratic). conceding
tha. doubtless he would make an ac-
oeptable and perhaps a brilliant Presi-
dent advises that "he is more than
lu-tnled in making a definite declara-
ticn, since he is resolved not to per-
NIT himself to be used against anv other
2splLant. The Roanoke Times Demo-
cratic finds in Mr.. Youngs action the
SCgge5t.on that the forces which are
opposing Gov Roosevelt need not 60
any further with plans to make Mr.
Young the spearhead of their attack"
The Nashville Banner independent
concludes: Mr.. Young displayed a fine
5eace OF propriety and sound judgment
in declining TO enter a contest from
which he could not hope to have
emerged successful and which might
easily have developed features that
rou have grated upon his sensibili-
tie ="
As result, the Roosevelt campaign
takes on additional power" in the opin-
Ion of the Omaha World Herald tin.
dependent Democratic), view in which
there is concurrence by the Davenport
Democrat Democratic) and the Chi
cago Daily News independently That
there is resulting gain for Newton d.
Baker is the view of the DeS MoineS
Tribune independent Republican,, the
Charleston (W. Va Daily Mail Tin
dependent Republican, and the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin independent
Republican,. The Scranton Times
DemocratiC) sees gain for either Baker
or Ritchie.
AS the head of one of the country's
large corporations" says the Lowell
Evening Leader independently, "Mr
Young has shown himself as capable
as he did in his conduct of the i'm
portant missions which he undertook
abroad. Those qualifications would
certainly not come amiss in the public
service. But Mr.. Young is we'll aware
of the unfortunate prejudice on the
part Of the more radical elements in
both parties. If he has any desire to
serve the people in such a position as
the presidency. it is humiliating to
think that he. must yield to a foolish
antipathy to success in big affairs"
Evening star., 1932-05-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
the effect thas Shakespeare Travelled
abroad.

the effect thai Shakespeare travelled
abroad.
@. Where will the next total eclipse
Of the sun be visible In this country?
-R. j. M.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
the August 81. 1882. eclipse Of the sun
will be total along a narrow path cross
ing-Canada and New England. Draw a
line across the map Of Vermont passin 4
a few miles east of st. Adams ana
IN that part of the State east of the
line. A partial eclipse will be visible all
over North America and In a small part
of Asia and South America.
G. Whit is the verb used to signify
the widening and Strengthening Of
streets razing of old buildings and the
like, with little regard for expense or
sentiment?-H. D. T.
A. 1t is called Haussmannizing.
Baron G. E. Haussmann was a French
municipal oficial who transformed the
city Of Paris under his administration.
O. Where did George Washington
engage in his first fght?-M. S.
A. The engagement at Great Mead
ows, Pa, May %, 1854, was his first
fight. He was then % years old and
had gone forth 10 build fort ON the
Monongahela. Ten of the French force
we're killed and the rest captured
Washington lost one killed and three
wounded.
c. What German dialect is consid-
cred the standard pronunciation?-
G.. z.
A. In Germany there is no standard
of pronunciation that is acknowledged
and ahzolutely followed By the mass of
iHtell!, ,ent people. tn" so-called stand
ard # some people is tha pronunciation
OF the stage, which, again. is divided
into the pronuncie tion OF tragedy and
oC.Nedy In the latter, OF course, is
heard the more natural pronunciation
of everyday life The sectional differ
ences are very marked, but in general
there is North German and a South
German pronunciation.
E. II.
A. 1t is a yellow powder made of
sasssfras and is used in cookery as a
thickening agent.
@. How many cadets go 10 the Coast
Guard Academy and how many apply
for adm-ssion?-H. v H
A. The United States Coast Guard
says that the capacity Of the academy
is approximately $50 cadets. Ii the
last few years the number OF applicants
has been steadily increasing from ap-
proximately 400 to 1900 applications
al the present time. 1t has been es-
timated that approximately 900 Of the
eco applicants will take the eXallina-
ton. Last year between so and IS of
the applicants received appointments.
Il IS though: that about the same num-
Der will be admitted this year.
@. How many peop'e are killed by
cohras IN 1nfia ID. NJ. Nj
A II is estimated taa. Sb u 10000
per-oEs are Killed annually IL IAoia by
poisonous snakes. Most Ct these makes
arc vsrious specie OF cobra. About
$1,000 or $4,000 snakes are killed an
nually in India.
@ Where is Lechtenstein?-J T NJ.
A 1t lies On the upper Rhine be-
tTe-n Austria and Switzerland. On
NO C.n0er :, 1918. the Die. declared its
q g>mp!etc independence. By treaty with
Switzerland the latter country admin
i5ters its posts and te.egraphs.
@ Was Joseph Conrads father an
eduC2 I'd man?-F. c.
A. H;s father, country squire. was
a distinguished poet ana literary critic.
Els mother was geruewomGn.
Evening star., 1932-05-25
All.Night Parking Ban
Will Develop Garages
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
see in your paper of May "a that
the Police Department is ing to make
a survey OF the garages and vacant
lots, where cars can be parked, so as
to eliminate all-night parking. The
claim now Is that there is not sufficient
number Of garages to take care of the
cars. I, for one, will agree with this,
but when we cannot rent the garages
that we have already built for the
public how can we be expected to in
vest cur money in building more only
to have them to stand idle?
If law were passed to prohibit all
night parking, in less than six months
we would build enough garages to hold
81. the cars in Washington.
VIM c. BLUNDON.
Evening star., 1932-05-25
The Local Income Tax Bill.

Whatever plan be adopted" the Bu-
reau Of Efficiency reports in connection
with the proposed income tax and other
House taxation bills, these measures
contemplate a substantial increase in
taxes in the District of Columbia, and
that the burden is distributed equitably
among tire several classes"
And in this LES the nub of
the whole question over new forms
of taxation for the District of
Columbia OF course. taxation should
be eQuitably distributed. Such distribu
tion is commonly sought under any tax
measure Equally important, however,
is whether the lccal tax burden should
by one penny be increased. The chief
purpose of the House tax bills is to
increase the local tax burden in order
to re0uee even lower than it is now
the Federal contribution. The ex-
haustive data compiled by the Joint
Citizens Committee on Fiscal Relations
Between the United States and the Dis
trict have shown that the local burden
of taxation is already high in relation
to such burdens in comparable cities.
No increase in this local tax burden is
justified AL of the equitable consid-
erations demand, if anything, reduc-
ton in the local tax burden. No meas
ure, no matter how cleveriy portrayed
as intended more evenly to spread the
burden Of taxation, should at this time
be considered if it has the additional
effect of increasing the tax burden.
The Bureau of Efficiency is again to
be congratulated for its thorough analy-
sis of the new income tax bill proposed
by the House and for correction OF its
more inequitable. as well as hazily
worded, provisions. 1t has taken the
fair approach by viewing the proposed
income tax bill as substitute for the
tan on Intangible personal property and
not as a measure designed to produce
additional revenue; at least no increase
is in sight for the immediate future.
The advantages of the income tax over
the tax on intangible personal prop
erty are matters of opinion and not of
fact. One distinct advantage in many
communities is its relative ease of col
lection, so much Intangible personally
escaping assessment. That advantage,
apparently, does not exist here in any
demonstrable degree. The Bureau of
Efficiency comments upon the relative
thoroughness of the assessment of in
tangible personally in the District, and
upon the relative productiveness of the
tax in revenue. 1t is improbable that
the income tax would p.oluce any
greater revenue 1t is highly probable
that there might be even a decrease
OF revenue under the substitute pro-
posed Assuredly, when the Federal
Government is proposing to place eX-
tracrdinarily high levies on incomes.
practically mcnopoiizing incomes for its
own use in budget Congress
should carefully consider the practical
advisability of making a switch that
would dOubly burden curtailed incomes,
especially when local collections from
another source have become highly
productive and are efficiently made in
a manner that escapes the traditional
criticism of taxing intansibles.