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Evening star., 1936-01-05
TAX DEMANDS IN DISTRICT
HELD HIDDEN FROM PAYER
Carruthers Denounces
Methods Used to Fix
Levies Here.
Unique System Blamed for
Local Budget Being
Unbalanced.

II is unwise to recommend new or
Increased forms Of taxation TO meet
new expenditures until the amount
appropriated has been definitely agreed
upon, In the opinion Of l.. A. Car
ruthers, chairman, Taxation Commit
tee, Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tions.-
In other cities budget making and
approving authorities have absolute
control over both expenditures and
receipts and there is no possibility OF
an unbalanced budget without the
knowledge and approval OF the
authorities. But in the District 1t Is
possible for one committee OF Con-
gress to reduce the amount OF expendi-
lures without a corresponding reduc-
tion of receipts and 1t Is also possible
for another congressional committee to
approve new or increased tax measures,
Carruthers said.
People should be taxed as nearly as
possible in proportion to their respec-
tive abilities, Carruthers declared in a
radio address over station WMAL
Thursday evening.
Lodge Next Speaker.
Each week a civic leader speaks
over WMAL on a topic Of civic inter-
est. The series is sponsored by the
federation and is under the direction
of Thomas E. Lodge. federation
president.
Lodge will be this weeks speaker
and he will explain several proposed
legislative measures for the District.
A practicing attorney, Lodge will deal
chiefly with some Of the measures ad-
vanced by the corporation counsel's
offlce.
Among these are a proposed bill to
appropriate $500. 900 for a new courts
center, a bill to regulate the practice
of pharmacy and sale of poisons, a
juvenile courts measure, and bill pro-
posing the establishment of an Office
of record for liens and encumbrances
on automobiles. A proposed measure
for the establishment Of an examining
bureau to insure against physical de-
fects in automobiles will also be dis
cussed by Lodge Thursday night.
Carruthers last week told of the
method Of drawing up a District
budget. He declared:
"It Is generally known that the ad-
ministration Of municipal government
in the city of Washington differs from
that Of any other American muni-
cipality in that the local taxpayer has
no authoritative voice in the final de-
termination on the amount that may
be expended, the purpose for which ex-
pended, or the source of or amount of
revenue required to meet such ex-
penditures."
Local Budget Cut.
The federation approved fair and
equitable appropriation on the part
of the Federal Government In recognis
ton Of Its obligation to the municipal
government.
ut Is generally accepted that there
will be pronounced reductions in many
forms of Federal Government expendi-
lures and 1t has been the practice Of
Bureau of the Budget to apply the
same policy Of reduction to the muni-
cipal budget.
Based on these conclusions the fed
Grafton believes that the revenues pro-
duced under present laws and present
rates will be sufficient" Corruthers
declared.
Congress should pass the necessary
legislation to give the District the so
per cent credit on Federal estate taxes
Evening star., 1936-01-05

and experienced drivers are available
The run is 4 miles long.
On British Barbados even
the toylike donkey carts must have
licenses.
The bulk of patronage on short
Winter cruises usually comes from
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Bal
timore, Washington, Buffalo, Cleve-
land, Chicago and Detroit. The pas
senger traffic manager of the Gdynia
American Line quotes the rule of
thumb in the travel business that at
least 10 per cent of the short-cruise
passengers come from cities east of
Cleveland.
crowds the January calendar with
fetes and holidays. One Of the pic
turesque japanese customs is the OBJ
servance of Shine -nawa," January
Ia. when decorations and symbols are
displayed to ward of evil spirits.
Pending final check-up, it is safe
to guess that Americans spent SO, ,0oO,-
000,000 on travel in 1885.
Turin observes April 10 with a great
religious procession and the Sacred
Thorn is shown at st. Johns.
Liberty Enlightening the World
(more popularity the Statue of Liberty
was dedicated October 20, 1885.
Gen. William Clark founded Padu-
cab, KY. in 1927, and named 1t in
honor of the Indian chief, Paduke.
In the northern part of Argentina a
sugar drink named cana" is popular.
An added kick is provided by sleeping
tobacco in it.
Automobiles are not permitted on
Mackinac Island, Mich.
Goldfish Ia Portuguese Is q popular
dish in Brazil. The fish is cooked In
olive oil, which is then used as a sauce.
The famous Fukier wine cellars in
Warsaw boast Of vintages dating back
to the early seventeenth century.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Sports in Northwest.

DoRTLAND. January 4.-Alpine
l. Winter sports In the Pacific North
west are being favored with ideal
weather conditions and the prospect
of a season extending to May /.
Events are centering about three
of the Northwest's best-known peaks,
Mount Rainier, Wash. site OF the
Olympic games finals and national
ski championship meet of last April;
Mount Hood, Greg, site Of events
sponsored by the Portland Winter
Sports Association. and Mount Baker.
next to Mount Rainier, the patron
peak of the Washington Ski Club.
For the first time, Rainier National
Parks Paradise Inn is being kept open
during the Writer season to accom-
modate visitors.
Mount Hoods Winter season will
continue for weeks to come, although
in the meantime the Spring flowers
blossom in the green valleys Just a
few miles below.
Mount Baker this season has in
stalled the first ski escalator IN the
Northwest. Having capacity for a
lotion load, it operates up the slope
of Panorama Dome from the 1900
foot elevation to the crest at 5,lOO
feet. Fritz Hagist manager OF the
Mount Baker Development Co.. with
the help of ski experts. has charted
20 possible ski tours FROM the top OF
the dome. Advantages Of the Mount
Baker course are cited as its depend
able powder snow, favorable contour
of slopes and scenery equalling. If not
surprising, that of Rainier National
Park and Mount Hood.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Normandie's S Port Fixed

7 E HARVE, January 4.-The Nor
- mandie, which, like the other ships
Of the French Lines transatlantic
service, has been using Southampton
as her English port Of call on West
bound crossings and Plymouth on
Eastbound trips, will use Southampton
for both East and Westbound crossings
when she re-enters service next Spring.
Plymouth will be retained as the
Eastbound English port of call by the
lie De France, Champlain and Lafay-
cite, the other units of the French
Lines transatlantic fleet, which will
continue to use Southampton as their
port Of call on crossings from Havre
to New York
Evening star., 1936-01-05
HollandLove
ThriVeS on
Gingerbread
Cool Greeting Awaits
Swain Who Calls
Without It.

~ OTTERDAM, Holland. January
4-Winter Is a welcome visi-
tor to Holland. Once the water
Il ' in the canals is frozen. the
whole nation seems to take to lts
skates, playing ice games and making
Journeys ard sailing over the sur
face in ice boats.
The nation. sometimes considered
stolid one because its people are not
great lovers of sports, reveals lts
character in a multitude of other
ways. in its old customs. marriage
observances, holidays, regard for the
home and 1t Is in these aspects tnat
one gets a real glimpse OF the true
Hollander
Many travellers are surprised, for
example, to learn that one OF the
favorite dainties of the Hollanders Is
gingerbread. 1t is popular all over
the country, and unlucky is the young
man who goes courting without a
supply of it! At the door his sweet
heart meets him with the greeting.
Have you any gingerbread?" And
If he has none the atmosphere some
times becomes decidedly chilly.
When the young man decides to
"pop the question" he appears with
a large cake under his arm. The
rest of the family slips off to bed
early. leaving him alone with the girl.
This is the fateful time - if she
throws more peat on the fire the
young man understands that she loves
him, they cut the cake and settle
their future happily. Perhaps, though
the girl let's the fire die down; then
her suitor realizes that she does not
care for him, and bundling up the
cake. he departs silently, never to
return.
Two favorite dainties in Holland are
poffertles and wafelen, which are ira
ditional dishes at the skermises, or
fairs. Poffertjes are little blobs OF
pancake dough, baked hundreds at a
time. twisted and spread with sugar
and butter. According to, an old Gus.
tome. one first eats "a of them and
then two wafelen, oblong waters, COW
ere0 Win sugar ana DuIlSI.
THE passion for cleanliness in Hol-
land is sometimes carried to
humorous lengths. Once, story
goes, caller was met at the door
by the stout maid of the house, picked
bodily off the floor and carried to a
chair, where the girl graciously re-
moved his shoes and put slippers On
his feet. Then. and only then, did
she summon her mistress.
Even though Hollanders are very
healthy people, death comes to their
land, too, and brings in his wake the
transporter" man dressed in deep
black who is hired to go from door
to door and announce the sad news.
BY subtle changes in his costume he
shows whether the deceased was
young or old, man or woman. In for
mer days an assistant, the "huile-
balk," accompanied him, weeping at
each door when the death was an
nounced.
Today the aanspreker fills other
functions, too. When a child is born
he is hired to 90 about telling of the
glad event, and for this occasion he
puts aside his black and assumes
happy air.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
1893 Tickets Bob Up.
NEW YORK, January 4.-oficials 0

NEW YORK, January 4.-Officials Of
= Thomas Cook 81 Son-wagons-
Lifts, Inc, are scratching their heads
over a puzzling problem, caused by
the receipt of number of unused
books of European railway tickets and
hotel accommodation coupons pur-
chased in 1898, on which a refund Is
now asked.
The tickets and coupons were found
by a woman In going over the effects
Of her deceased father, who purchased
the books from Cooks a years ago
and never used them.
One Of the principal difficulties in
arranging refund, even it it were
considered legally and morally due, Ia
that the railroads on which the tickets
were bought are no longer in exist
ence. One of tEem, for example, was
the State Railway Of Alsace-Lorraine
which then was In German territory
and now Is a part of France and the
identity Of the railroad has been lost
in the Est Railways Of France.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
The TuvelerS Notebook
By Jacques Futrelle, Jr.

~ ITUATED as it is between the
snow sport North and the bath
ing beach South, Washington
- often has to think twice on
which way it is to turn for Winter
vacation. Neither lacks appeal, for
no other city in the United States has
such a wide representation of climes.
From Louisiana, from Oregon, from
Texas and Maine, the administration
draws its workers. One can al
most hear the mental din accompany
ing the eternal question-where to go
for Winter vacation?
Takes the extreme illustration OF
the Oregonian who crosses the conti-
nent to become a Washingtonian-
now temporarily he often does not
know. Where to, then, while he is In
the East? Or, at least, where to first
Florida, for a brief but glowing
taste of sunshine, or on one of the
snow trains out of New York to Lake
Placid's famous area of Winter sports?
Each has an appeal to the person ac-
quainted with real snow. The South
erner also has to answer the same
question from slightly different ap-
proach. Acclimated to the suns warm
rays, he must decide either to be ad-
venturous in an invigorating region of
tobeggans and skates, or beat hasty
retreat back to spot where he can
get warm.
OF course, only temporary admins
tration recruits have need for hasty
decisions. Many have taken and are
taking their time, and spread variety
over a period of years. However they
decide the question of Winter vaca-
tions now, they face another if ever
they do return home. 1t Is: What did
you see In the East?
DLANNTNG a trip to F1orida's IA
nous Singing Tower at Mountain
Lake, near Lake Wales, requires some
degree of planning to save disappoint-
ment. The carlton programs are not
given every day.
Most important, perhaps, is the fact
that no programs are to be given this
season after April IA. Four days
week the carlton is played-at noon
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days, and at 8 pm. on Sundays. Each
performance is As minutes. Some
times special programs are given at
pm, usually when the moon is full.
On Easter Sunday, April IL, two pro-
grams will be heard, one at noon and
another at pm.
HOURS Of the San Diego Fair also
- may prove handy to the Califor-
mia visitor. According to the latest
information, the fair reopens February
IL and will continue through Septem-
ber 8. Up to May 80 visitors may en-
ter the grounds at noon and stay un-
til pm. On May 81 the gates open
at II am. and close at midnight and
these hours will be maintained until
the fair closes. 4
CCRIBBLINGs. Going to swim at
~ one Of Montevideo's beaches, one
travels along the coast on the Boule-
ward President Wilson. Pocitos Beach |
is the gathering place of the elite.
Punta Corda and La Mulata Beaches |
are popular. And there are others.
Seventy miles an hour Is not an un-
usual pace on Lake Placid's Mount
Van Kovenberg Olympic bob run. The
amateur may try it at slower rate.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Havana's Shops.

HAVANA, January Although L. es-
sentially city of pleasure, Cuba's
capital is also shoppers paradise.
Souvenirs from all parts of the world
may be picked up here at very low
rates. The Prado has many attrac-
tive shops. So have Obispo and
OReilly streets. The latter streets
are great souvenir centers and are so
narrow that they have been made
one-way streets. Overhung with signs
and awnings, they are always shady.
Although these streets suggest an ORR
entail bazaar, they are clean. Recently
they were paved with modern mate.
rial. making the roadway as practical
as the sidewalk for the pedestrian.
Shopping Is always a pleasure here.
because Of the great variey of articles.
There is also a large arcade on Mon
serrare Square, where Spanish and
native goods are featured.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Queen Mary Rates Set.

NEW YORK, January Actual
bookings may be made for all
scheduled sailings Of the Queen Mary,
with the exception Of the de luxe
space. on the ships maiden voyage.
The Cunard White Star Line has been
holding hundreds of applications for
space for many months, awaiting de-
cision as to rates for the respective
classes.
For the Summer season de luxe
accommodation will begin at $276,
while tourist class viii be $145.50 and
third class $93. The best double
rooms with bath will cost $685..
Evening star., 1936-01-05

Ennui Cure
In Travel
Touring in America
Expected to Have
Great Year.

YEW YORK, January 4.-The
peoples Of the world are seek
n ing an escape from the hum
Y drum, impatient at travel OBJ
Evening star., 1936-01-05

IN
N peoples Of the world are seek
VI ing an escape from the hum
4 drum, impatient at travel OBJ
stacleS, and are bent on journeying
somewhere, says the Monthly Survey
Forecast ca world travel tendencies
released this week. by the American
Express Co., in summing up the psy-
chology which gave a new impetus to
1885 travel activities. Classifying
travel as a release from modern COM
plexities, the survey cites a worldwide
gain patterned on the American tempo
of longer vacation journeys, tours and
cruises.
Following the heavy holiday travel
which taxed transportation companies
in every American city, crowded piers
for short cruises, and sent 40 per cent
more people either toward family
hearths or on a vacation journey, the
prospects for 1885 are the brightest
in years, according to Douglas NAL
colin of the travel service. Every
where travel factors are preparing for
a banner season.
THE Caribbean, West Indies, Gulf
i ports and South America will hold
special January distinctions by the
visits of rs regular and cruise tours.
with IA special cruises scheduled for
the month. Ocean travel to South
America stimulated by the European
situation will eclipse all January rec
ords and promises new high tide
Ia Latin American tourist trade.
The four round-the-world cruises
scheduled to leave in January report
reservations either comparable or
ahead of last year.
While the usual transatlantic Mid
winter dullness was IN December re-
tarded by the European dispute and
brought to many lines transit low,
advance reservation for January fore
cast good eastbound sailings for the
month.
Coast to coast passenger traffic
through the Panama Canal surpassed
all expectations. with capacity busi-
ness predicted for January and Feb
ruary.
DOMESTIC travel is on the thresh-
- old of its greatest year. in the
opinion of American rail, hotel and
resort officials. Citing the opening OF
the heaviest tourist season ever ex-
perienced by many Florida and Cali
fornia reports, elaborate preparations
are being formulated to make Ameri-
cans conscious of home scenic wonders
and Fairgrounds.
From New England to the Pacific
Coast, including Canada, l40 White.
sport resorts will in January make a
bid for the lovers of Winter games,
with attendance estimated from 20 to
so per cent over last year.
The newly announced Winter reduc-
ton rates affecting the Western rail-
ways have stimulated the beginning of
the best transportation Winter sea-
son since 1890, with attractive Sum-
'mer passenger rates TO become effec-
tive May Is.
Cuba which estimated over 10000
visitors in 1884, will, by January in
dications. start her best tourist year.
Evening star., 1936-01-05

~ oTTERDAM, Holland. January
- 4-winter is welcome visi-
IN tor to Holland. Once the water
Il ' in the canals is frozen, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
M'ADOO ACCUSES
EPIC. OF AFFR0NT
Negotiations for Harmony
Among Democrats Is
Upset by Talk.

Negotiations designed to bring har-
mony in Democratic party politics
in California. recently brought to the
White House by State Senator Cuth-
bert Olson Democratic State chair
man and member of the E. P. /. C.
party. were badly upset yesterday when
Senator William G.. McAdoo openly
charged the E. P. I. C.s with an
"affront" to President Roosevelt.
Speaking from Washington over a
radio network set up for consumption
at Democratic barbecue in Los An
geles, Senator McA1oo, who has sought
presidential intervention in the unique
party situation in mis- State. asserted
that Mr. Olson lacked authority when
he recently called a meeting of the
Central Committee to select delegates
to the National Democratic Conven-
ton in Philadelphia.
The day Mr.. Olson called the meet
ing. Senator McAdoo reminded his
California listeners, the E. P. I. C.s
met and drew up their "affronting"
resolution demanding that the Presi-
dent actert the delegation by Febru-
airy 10. In his visit to the White
House here Friday. Chairman Olson
carried with him panel of 1913 names
from which the "E p I. c." wing
of the California Democrats want
the California delegation selected.
After two calls at the White House
he sought support for his program
from members Of the California dele
cation in Congress, apparently with
out avail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
1926 FISHERMEN
LOCATED ON FLOE.
Airplane Carries Medical Supplies
to Group Marooned in
Caspian Sea.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, January rs Sunday
An ice field on which 1925 fishermen
have been marooned for 10 days was
located today $50 miles out in the
Caspian Sea.
An airplane few over the ice island
and dropped medical supplies. The
pilot reported the field had stopped
drifting. The men were marooned
when the ice broke away from shore
January is.
The castaways confirmed his state
ment by a message from their small
portable wireless set and reported the
fishing was so good at the place they
were taking advantage Of it to increase
their haulS.
Steamers are leaving Immediately
to transport the men, who have 1,400
horses with them, to shore.
Airplanes are searching In vain for
other foe castaways. estimated to
number Al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
MUSEUM SHOWING
QUAINT TEXTILES
Homespuns and Embroidery
Among Exhibits of 1725.
1850 Period.

An exhibit Of American llomecraft
textiles Of the period between 1725 and
1850. when home needlework was at
its artistic heights. has been placed on
display at the National Museum.
A notable part in the exhibit Is
taken up by American samplers, a.
type of embroidery done by every ii..s.
girl of grandmother's generation ana
representing the chief artistic escape
from the monotony Of county ase.
Specimens portray alphabetical, arcrZ-
tectural. genealogical, historical and
theological subjects.
Infants Caps and Dresses.
Another type of hand embroidery is
illustrated by infants caps and dresses.
Homespun household linens include
sheets, pillow cases, towels, tablecloths
and napkins. Many of these have
numerals embroidered on them. It
was the custom to number linens and
use them in rotation to prolong their
usefulness.
Colorful pieced and appliqued quilts
show originality Of design and skillful
use of the needle. In one group is
a beautiful Tree of Life" pattern
made in 1902, The design was cut
from cotton printed in bird, tree and
flower patterns in colors on white.
Another interesting piece is an auto
graph quilt. formed of so squares. each
representing the work of different
person and bearing the actual auto
graph of the maker. There is
unique specimen in the form of
century-old and hand-hewn quilting
frame. This was a necessary ad-
junct to the quilting bees Of Colonial
and pioneer days.
Blankets and Coverlets.
There is a case of homespun wool
blankets and series of hand-woven
coverlets. Early in the seventeenth
century the Puritans brought the
weaver's art to America and the
coverlet was the most typical produce
of American weaving, being woven in
patterns of colored wool over a plain
weave foundation of cotton or linen
yarns.
Among the coverlets are some Of
the so-called SNOWFALL pattern" They
were the work of professional weavers
who moved their looms from home
to home as they received orders These
coverlets were first made about 1925
and continued to be woven until the
beginning of the Civil War. Historical
events often were portrayed on the
Coverlets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
RESCUERS REACH
SNOWBOUND TOWN
Cut Through Drifts to Garry Food
to 300 West Virginia
Residents.
BY the Associated Press.


SHERRARD. w. Va January Is
Rescue crews cut through mountainous
drifts today with welcome fuel. food
and medicine for 300 snowbound resi-
dents o. this mountain village.
The crews worked throughout the
night behind three snow plows pushing
through four miles of blocked highway.
In some places drifts Is feet deep
were piled over the roads.
Two truckloads of coal came only a
few feet behind the workmen. Loads
Of food followed.
The village had been isolated since
Sunday.
Residents called for help yesterday.
They reported coal exhausted and
wood buried under the snow; food
running low, and many persons i'll.
including John Straub, postmaster
and owner of the only store.
Two hundred men were modified
in Moundsville. Is miles away. by
Harry McGraw, district road super.
visor, to do the rescue work.
AS the workers rested today, reports
came of another isolated community.