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Evening star., 1936-03-08

gotten my new car put away in the
garage before the fire started" The
garage was burned to the ground.
Although the fire in the center OF
the square in and Immediately around
the lumber piles was of terrific inten-
sity. it was under control except in
the sheds proper within Is minutes
after the arrival of the first appara-
tus and within little more than an
hour the fire was confined to the
mountainous heaps of embers which
had been the lumber and sheds and
the danger was over.
While the lumber yard blaze was at
its height. fire, also of undetermined
origin, broke out in the basement Of
an apartment house at 1914 Columbia
road. forcing occupants to flee to the
streets and causing several hundred
dollars damage to the four apart
ments in the building.
The stairway leading to the first
floor was destroyed and telephone and
electric light service was disrupted.
Street car service on Columbia road
was halted for about As minutes. John
Martin. colored, 53, janitor, said he
had been in the basement to tend the
furnace only about Is minutes before
the fire was discovered by Mrs. Mary
Evening star., 1936-03-08
BANK STOCK LOSS
RULED DEDUCTIBLE
Return on Incomes as Of 1888
Can Show Write-0ff, Says
Adams Case Stipulation.

Losses on stock of the closed Fed
eral- American National Bank & Trust
Co. were deductible from income tax
returns in 1888, when the bank closed,
according to stipulation closing the
case of Byron s. Adams, 5l2 Eleventh
street, before the Board of Tax Ap-
peals yesterday.
The stipulation had been antici-
pated in the case, because the receiver
Of the bank. Cary A. Hardee, on ad-
vice Of the Treasury Department., had
warned stockholders of the institution
in an Official letter recently that 1888
was the deductible year.
The stipulation, signed by represent
atives of both the stockho1der and the
Treasury Department., was followed by
an official order of the Board of Tax
Appeals. The order, signed by Eugene
Black. head Of the board, held the
taxpayer owed the Government no de-
ficiency taxes as previously charged by
the Government.
Adams originally had claimed loss
Of $4,000 in 1888. because of the
banks closing. The taxes involved
were $2,6659S.
Evening star., 1936-03-08

abstention from both military and
economic activity is demanded. There
are stringent governmental controls
over all economic intercourse with
the belligerents. Political and eco
nomic isolation, impartiality in theory,
are assured by the neutral-but not
by the INSTRUMENTATION in with
holding exports. 1t Is not discretion
ary or permissive in its provisions. 1t
Is q commanding type Of law.
Il think there can be no doubt"
he added. ''in stressing these great
changes, that it would be wrong for
us to 60 any further without more
experimentation. or experience than
we have had. Each one of the items
mentioned was q radical change from
the past; and we shall never know
until we have run through the next
$50 years Of history whether the
change will effect that which We tried
to do."
In reply to . request for his judg-
ment OF neutrality as q political
theory, Senator Thomas said:
There is no morality in neutral
ity-because it Is based upon . con-
cept Of law that ignores the ques-
ton Of right and wrong. However
scrupulously neutral or impartial we
may try to be, we are sure to hurt
one side more than another. When
the United States asserted that she
would sell equally to Germany and to
the Allies, the actual result was that
Germany could obtain nothing from
us. II we had reversed the situa-
ton then, and refused to sell to both,
our neutrality would have offset the
British Navy to the advantage Of the
Germans. Today, when we refuse
to sell to both Italy and Ethiopia, the
result is actually to hurt Italy more
than Ethiopia, for the Ethiopianss
could not obtain supplies from Us
anyhow"
Such are some of the implications Of;
neutrality and the circumstances In
which demand for reform has arisen.
But the end is not yet. ftzf
Evening star., 1936-03-08

Walker, who occupies second-flo
apartment Other residents who were
forced to flee were Mr.. and Mrs. P. q.
Finlayson. Mr.. and Mrs. John Reiss,
Miss. Sylvia Walker and Miss Rose
Walker.
A short time later the frame home
of e. w. Porter. colored, 5325 Eastern
avenue northeast, was almost COM
pletely destroyed by fire. Porter was
alone in the house at the time.
Evening star., 1936-03-08

Nov there Is an almost complete
abandonment Of any defense of neutral
rights. We have gone so far that, when
one analyzes it, he is surprised. Public,
and to an increasing degree, private
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a raging volcano by the time We got
to the back of the house, and garages
and sheds were beginning to blaze all
along the alley. In a few minutes.
the fire was so hot our back windows
began to break and we all ran to the
front door. People were running out
of houses all along the block"
20 Fire Companies.
Within a few minutes, fire appa-
ratus was converging on the scene
from all nearby engine houses and in
little more than half hour 20 COM
panies were on the scene and 10000
feet of hose had been unlimbered.
The first streams were turned on the
smoldering rear walls and roofs Of
the six brick-and-frame houses from
1912 to 1922 Eleventh street and those
at Ills and 11l7 N street. Sheds, ga
RACES and wood fences in the rear Of
these houses already were well ablaze
and were burned to the ground. Pre-
liminary check revealed no autono-
biles in the garages. Water was
poured into most of the houses along
the two sides of the square before the
walls and roofs were safe from the
fountains of sparks and embers.
A two-story frame alley dwelling
in the rear Of 1922 Eleventh street,
occupied by colored residents, was
virtually destroyed. The occupants
fed and police and firemen we're un-
able to get their names
Although the lumber sheds and
their contents were destroyed, fire
fighters were able to save the mill
ing plant and shops Of the lumber
firm. separated by small alley from
the sheds.
1T was wonderful piece of fire.
fighting" said Francis D. Klimkie-
wicz. 1922 Twelfth street southeast,
head of the firm. II wouldn't have
given a nickle for that mill when
first saw it, but it was scarcely dam
aged when the fire finally was under
control. I don't think damage to
the mill building will be more than
800"
Klimkiewicz said he would have
to consult his books before he would
know the exact footage of the lumber
in the sheds or its value. He was un-
Evening star., 1936-03-08
BY BRENT DOW ALLINsON.

Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah,
Q member of both the Foreign Rela-
lions and Military Affairs Committees
Of the Senate has taken a lively in
terest in the great problems of Ameri-
can neutrality, ever since the Foreign
Relations Committee first began to re-
consider the matter, last Summer, be-
fore the outbreak Of hostilities in
Ethiopia.
A professor when he is at home in
Salt Lake City, he is thoroughly versed
Evening star., 1936-03-08

IN the theory OF
neutrality and can
give numberlesS
h is t oric pre-
cedents for this
and that concep-
ton, together with
annotated argu-
ments for things as
they are and rea-
sons why effective
reform ca M o t
swiftly and surely
be made by act Of
Congress.
Serious or Senti-
mental attempts to
abolish the armed
Evening star., 1936-03-08

INT Stands for Trinitrotoluene.
The chief military explosive used
in the World War was trinitrotoluene,
or INT.
Evening star., 1936-03-08
NEUTRALITY PERIL
SEEN BY THOMAS
-Four. Hour Senate Address
Delayed Legislation With
"Teeth in It,"

This is the sepenth OF series OF
articles by Mr.. Allinson on the
"nep neutrality" policy OF the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
Ony aC old?-DontF Fool ourselt

Colds should be checked before they become deepseae
Colds that hang stubborn colds - may lead to
serious illness.
Start taking Father Johns Medicine used over 80
years for colds and bronchial irrtations.
In cases of TO- Dr. Frederic Damrau New York. proved
BY clinical that shortened the duration of colds
In addition this proof of value for 80 years de-
pendae and convincing evidence Be preparedkeep bottle
hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21

that have finished my compilation Of
the Smiles of Shakespeare. upon
which. as they know, have been at
work for long time"
The anthology, Mr.. Fruit. explained.
includes no less than 5000 selected
quotations from the great poets writ
ings. In the search for the simili-
tudes, many rereadings Of all the plays
and sonnets were necessary. The re-
suit is the largest compilation of its
kind ever made by any scholar.
mo other figure of speech" Mr..
Fruit said, appeals to me so strongly
as that of the smile And the SMILES
of Shakespeare are the best ever con-
ceived by any human brain. Study Of
them has enriched my life, and would
do the same for any other man."
Mr.. Fruit was born in Grant County,
Wis. on Washington's birthday ami
versary, 1855.
Settling in North Dakota, he was
successfully county judge. Federal
commissioner and city magistrate
Since 1910 he has resided in Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
CAPT. ]. M. EDLAvITCH
DIES IN HYATTSvILLE.
Rites Today for Former Council
man and American Legion
Official.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special OlSpatcn 10 Inc star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, February 21.-
Funeral services for Capt. j. Moses
Edlavitch, 81, native and lifelong
resident of this section, who died sud-
denly Wednesday of a heart attack,
were held this morning at his late
residence, 119 Garfield avenue, Hyatts-
vile. Snyder-Farmer Post No. 3,
American Legion of Hyattsville, of
which Capt. Edlavitch was a past
commander, had charge Another
service is to be held this afternoon at
3 o'clock at the Eutaw place chapel of
Jack Lewis, in Baltimore Interment
will be in Hebrew Friendship Gene
terry, in Baltimore.
Capt. Edlavitch long had been prom
1nent in business and civic circles in
this section. He was an overseas
World War veteran and, in addition
to having served as commander of
Snyder-Farmer Post, was former vice
commander of the State Department
of the Legion and for several years
national executive committeeman
from Maryland. He also was mem
Der of Mount Hermon Masonic Lodge
of Hyattsville. He was a former
Hyattsville councilman.
At various times Capt. Edlavitch
had been in the general merchandise
and the real estate business here and
at the time of his death was in the
wholesale beverage business with
Offices in Washington, Baltimore and
Virginia.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lola
r. Edlavitch, and three children,
Sylvia, p; Robert, II, and Charles, 10.
He also leaves brother, Myer Edla-
witch of Washington and two sisters,
Mrs. Leah Levin of Hyattsville and
Mrs. Sadie Miller of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
GREEK WAR DEBT
OFFER ACCEPTED
First Tender by DefauIting
Nations Approved if US.
Rights Unprejudiced.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An offer from Greece to make an
actual cash part-payment of her war
debt-the first such offer from a
defaulting European debtor nation in
more than two years-has been &C.
cepted by the United States.
The State Department has sent a
note to Demetrios Sicilianos, the Greek
Minister, expressing willingness to
credit any payments made to Greece's
account If they are without prejudice
to the contractural rights of the United
States" it was authoritatively stated
last night.
Finland has met its debt install
ments promptly and in full, but other
European nations which now owe the
United States $l2 ,837, 030.33 have
defaulted on all recent payments.
Greece. in an offer made to the State
Department through Sicilianos, and
transmitted to the Treasury for study
before action was taken, agreed to
pay IS per cent of the coupon value of
payments due May 10 and Novem-
Der 10. This would amount to $76,272
OF the SPIT, 800 due on each date.
The S142.544 would be in partial pay
ment of 1886 interest on the a per
cent loan of 1929" amounting to
$12,167,000, which was used in financ-
ing resettlement of nearly 100000
Greeks in their homeland from Turkish
territory after the World War.
A similar offer, made to the League
of Nations Loans Committee and the
British Council of Foreign Bond
holders, representing European cred
tors, was rejected recently with a de-
mand that payment be at least SO per
cent of the amount due.
State and Treasury Department
officials said they had no information
concerning when the Greek offer would
be translated into actual cash, or how
the payments were to be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR GEORGE R. HERBERT
Retired Chief Engineer of Jail
Died From Injuries Received
in Fall.

Funeral services for George r. Her
bert, II. of 2513 North Capitol street,
retired chief engineer Of the District
Jail, were held at pm. yesterday at
his late residence. Burial was in Cons,
gressional Cemetery with Masonic
rites at the grave.
Mr.. Herbert died Tuesday in Sibley
Hospital from injuries received jan
uary 6 when he slipped and fell on
the ice. He was native of this city
and always lived here except for two
years spent in the West. He was chief
engineer at the jail for II years.
Surviving are two daughters. Miss
Evo o. Herbert of this city and Mrs.
Pearl H. Leakin Of Hyattsville, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21

Commerce, and n, v, Fleming, pres
ident OF Riggs National Bank ana the
American Bankers Association. Trim
BILE asks himself who caused the
economic debacle Of 1929 and answers
himself: "the international bankers
with headquarters In London"
The letters were read in the Senate
late yesterday at the request Of SEN
ator Wheeler of Montana.
Trimble told newspaper men ne had
written Sibley and Fleming because
he had noticed they were making
speeches for return to the led
order" and contending recovery could
not be legislated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
Rocking Chair Got Him.

EVERTON, Mo. (P.-Back in 1915
Kirk zollinger trapped three rabbits,
sold them for 81 cents, put the money
in tea pot and told his wife:
I'm saving my rabbit money for
q shotgun"
Twenty years later zollinger, now
"a, counted the horde Of small
change. 1t amounted to nearly $50.
Seems like they's sight Of differ
ence in the way you look at things
he unused.
Zollinger drove to town and bought
two spring bottom rocking chairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21

important in his
judgment, he also
is celebrating the
completion of a
study of Shake
speare, which has
occupied him for
more than two
decades.
At his home,
226 East Capitol
street, last eve
ming, Mr.. Fruit
announced, with
gratitude for the
privilege, I have
pleasure in noti-
R..;An RAN f,.inpds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
Hermon Club to Hear Two.

DR.. David r. Porter, headmaster
Of Mount Hermon School, and Rev.
Lester P. White, chaplain and asso-
ciate alumni secretary, will speak at
dinner meeting of the Washington
Hermon Club at $50 pm. today at
the Y. M. c. A., 1885 G street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
TRlMBLE BLAMES
BANKERS FOR CRASH
Tells sibley and Fleming "Inter'
national" Group Caused
Depression Of 30.

The international bankers" are
blamed for the depression by Clerk
of the House South Trimble.
In letters to Harper Sibley, president
OF the United States Chamber OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
Keen Shakespeare
Scholar Finishes
Compiling Smiles
Henry d. Fruit, 81 To-
n,orroU, Completes In.
teresting Anthology.

Henry D. Fruit, president of the
National Shakespeare Federation, to-
morrow will celebrate the 8lst ami
versary of his birth, but, much more
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-20
Storm Claims so Lives:
Mercury Dips to 10 Here
Several Injured in Falls on
Ice; Woman Falls
Down Steps.

The sun revisited Indianapolis to-
day for the second consecutive day
and raised temperatures that had
fallen to 10 at this morning to 10
at noon.
1t gave weather-worn citizens a
rare chance to smile at the climatic
problems of other sections as they
read of heavy SHOWS in the East.
However, there was ice in hazard
Gus quantities on the streets and
sidewalks and caution was used by
drivers and pedestrians.
The Weather Bureau predicted a
low of at least Is for tonight and
cloudiness and slowly rising tempera-
lures for tomorrow. Several persons
were injured in ice falls and traffic
over the weekend, although there
were no deaths.
Mrs. Gertrude Gibson was injured
on the head, received a broken arm
and shoulder and severe internal in
juries this morning when she slipped
on ice on the back porch at her
home, 819 Lincoln-st, and fell down
the cellar steps.
She was taken to st. Francis Hos
pital by her daughter, Mrs. Irene
Davis, and Immediately was sent to
the surgery. She is the wife of Will
liam j. Gibson, an ice dealer, and
is 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-20
Temperatures Tumble in
East, South; Snow
Takes Toll.
By United Press

The most severe and widespread
storm of the winter blew out to sea
off the New England coast today,
leaving more than so dead and traf-
fic of more than half the country
Snarled in snow.
Temperatures dropped rapidly in
the thickly populated East as the
skies cleared, creating intense suf-
fering among thousands of the poor
in metropolitan centers and ham,
pering the work of highway crews
fighting to open smothered high
ways.
There was no such temperature
in the country today as the A be-
low zero that northern Minnesota
experienced Saturday, but only the
most extreme South and West es-
capped freezing. All the North At
lantic coast was Embedded in snow
that slowed trains and almost halt
ed motor traffic. The Midwest and
North, to the western slope of the
Rockies, were digging out of snow
that fell Friday and Saturday.
Aside from temperature, New
York City was the hardest hit COM
munity. Eight inches of snow
1.74 inches of precipitation-fell on
Manhattan yesterday. In some
suburbs the fall was Is inches.
Fifty thousand men and 800 snow
plows worked all Saturday night,
all day yesterday, all last night and
today. Still they had cleared only
the most vital trafficways.
The heaviest loss of life occurred
along the Florida Alabama border.
where tornadoes killed Is. More
than 40 were injured. Red Cross
officials asked contributions.
Nine persons died in New York,
most from heart disease aggravated
by walking in a 50-mile-an-hour
wind. Accidents and cold killed
more than 20 in New England.
Three died in Philadelphia. two in
Cleveland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-20
KILLER FLEES
JAIL BY RUSE
Takes Place of Prisoner
Whose Time Expires,
Walks Out.

George Columbus Crimmon, "a
Negro, self -styled killer" who was
arrested by IL squads of police Jan,
Is, escaped from Marion County Jail
today by impersonating another per-
son who was to be released.
Louis Hart, Gil Wilmington st,
was due to be discharged after serv-
ing Today sentence. Later Negro
Deputy Sheriff Henry Walker found
Hart still in Jail and an investiga-
ton of the 81 Negro prisoners re-
vealed that McCrimmons was miss
ing.
This is the second time in three
years that McCrimmon has worked
the same tactics on local Jail au-
thorities.
Sheriff Ray Immediately placed
Hart under arrest for aiding a pris-
oner to escape and suspended the
deputy. A reward of 500 was Of
fered by the Sheriff for informal
ton leading to capture of McCrirn-
mons.
The escaped prisoner was arrested
at an attic apartment at 7061z In
diana-av in surprise raid by po-
lice. He previously had boosted
that he would not be taken alive
when he learned that he was be-
ing sought for robbery and auto
mobile banditry. When taken he
was armed with revolver but had
no opportunity to use it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-20
STATE FIRMS SHARE
S618,91O TAX REFUND
Kingan Leads in City With
Return of $5O4.899,

Processing and individual tax re:
funds to Indiana concerns and per-
sons totaled $618,910 for the fis-
cal year 1885, figures released by the
House Committee on Expenditures
in Washington showed today.
Tots refunds for the nation were
$56, 122, 1873, including $50, O63, 1873 in
processing tax adjustments.
indianapolis firms received s548,-
759, with Kingan & Co. being re-
turned the largest amount, $504, 899
on hog taxes.
Others are:
Acme-EvanS Co., Indianapolis
wheat tax. s5242; August Block Bak-
cry, Mishawaka, wheat tax, S1073;
G. B. Cones & Son Co., manufacture
ing, Indianapolis, cotton tax, SITS;
Fort Wayne Baking Co., wheat tax,
$3696.
Hopkins Fertilizer Co., New Al
bany, paper and jute, S573; Karsell
Co., Inc, Bloomington, wheat, $40;
Nowak Milling Corp, Hammond,
paper and jute, s169s: Kingsbury e.
Co., Inc, Indianapolis, paper and
jute, 5000.
Piel Brothers Starch Co., Indian
apolis, paper and jute, $3.50; Rich
mond Baking Co., Richmond, wheat
$l062; Suckow Milling Co., Franklin,
wheat, Sl6l1.
Estate of Lafayette A. Jackson,
Indianapolis, $20.055; Platen- Munt-
ers Refrigerating System, Evansville.
$20,799; Polar Ice and Fuel Co., In
dianapolis, Sl0,997; estate of Julius
w. Pinnell, indianapolis. S5091; D.
A. Schmitz. Marion, $4555; estate
of Sheldon Swope, Terre Haute,
$S4,563.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-20

Ruling Delayed

By GHttc6 Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90
The Supreme Court today
postponed for at least two
weeks its decision on the con-
stitutionality of the New Deals
vast iva power program.
The ruling had been expect
ed today. After meeting for
mally at noon the court re-
cessed until Feb. 3, the first
date on which the iva deci-
sion may now be rendered.
The delay came in the face
OF vigorous briefs filed by the
government shortly before the
court met in two other con-
tested New Deal statutes.
In one the government asked
the justices to throw out of
court Gov. Eugene Talmadge's
attempted test of the consti-
nationality of the Bankhead
Cotton Act. In the other a
plea was made for rehearing
of the rice millers' case, which
the court decided last week at
a loss to the government of
some $200,000,0O0 in contested
processing levies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-20
LONDON TORN
BY EMOTIONS
Fear and Hope Clash as
Teeming City Prays
for King.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
LONDON, Jan. 20.--Old, sprawl
ing London. that has grown from
a fishing village of pre-Roman
times into a city of 100000 peo-
pie seemed animate today with
fear for King George and hope for
his recovery.
Every Is minutes the wireless
flashed statement of his condi-
ton. The end of every motion pic
ture, the end of every act in the
alters was awaited for an announce
ment of the kings condition.
A great proportion of conversa-
ton in the streets, in buses, in the
tubes, in the busy city that is
the financial heart of the empire,
concerned the king.
It was noticeable that the anxiety
OF the watchers became greater as
there came no news of a favorable
change. There were whisperings and
head shakings.
One policeman devoted himself to
reading the announcement for CID
people, including a tiny old woman
who must have remembered Queen
Victoria at the height of her reign
Children passed by on their way
to and from school. Business men
carrying dispatch cases alghted
from taxicabs to hurry up and look
at the bulletin. AS many as rs
automobiles at time grouped out
side the edge of the crowd while &C.
cupants went to read, or chauffeurs
were sent instead. Nursemaids with
children in perambulators, from the
surrounding parks, were interspersed
in the crowd.
People began dropping in greater
numbers into the stained stone
churches all over London to pray for
the kings recovery. The churches
yesterday were filled, churches that
had not been filled for years. There
were special prayers at all of them