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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31

- Muz We staff mezi 65 a 70
roxy zabit byl automobilem ma
Red Hill, pet mil cd Cumber-
land automobilem Eastona w.
Meager z Frostburg. Ride u
dial, re nahle zastavil sc pred
automobilem, kdyz on jemu
vyhnouti Sc cht6l. Byly mu pre-
razeny ODE nohy. V kapse ma
lezen byl list, v nemz usmrce-
ny havff mel napsana slova
"Prosfm bud milosrdnym Ike
mne a Dude ii zaplaceno."
Policejn1 vysetrovatel okre-
SUI soud1, re havfT byl sebevra-
hem a Re tentyz nekolik minut
pred tim skocil pred automo-
bill Edwarda Richardson's z
Frostburg, ale tento v cas- Sc
mu vyhnul.
- Diva muzi usmrceni byli
a 9 jinych osob zraneno v au-
tomobilovych nehodach v Bal
timore a statu V noci a casne z
rama v patek.
Policista Doherty nalezl ko-
lem 4. hodiny rano muze lez1-
ciho pres chodnik v blocku
mezi Eutaw ulicf mezi Lom-
bard a Pratt ulicemi. Pr male
zu uc1til zapach koralky. Sci.
ably zavolal ambulance. Kdyz
stal u policejnf skTfnky zahle-
dl automobil jeti pres lez1c1ho
muze. PTibehl zpet a muz v
automobil uudal mu, re jest
Abraham Brill 2 l vlocku N.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Popletenf krajana.

V Omaha, Nebraska, boleni
hlavy vzniklo krajanu Jim
Vondrovi, kdyz Sc jakousi po-
divnou nahodou pTesvedcil, re
kdyz Sc zenil pred "A lety S
Andulkou Cfsarovou, re do T.
Tednfch rekordG bylo zapsano,
re Sc vlastn6 ozenil sc svou
tchyni, JET maminkou. Kler-
kove, kteTf prepisovali stare
rekordy snatkd do novych
knih pTisli ma to, re knee, KITE
ry zapisoval jmena svatebca-
MI o Vondrov6 veselce, omy-
lem zanesl nevestu jmenem
matky Cfsafove.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Zoufalec 81 vymyslil ~strasnou
Smrt.

Do okresni nemocnice v Klad-
ne byl dopraven zoufalec, KITE
ry 81 vymyslel kromobycejny
zpGsob sebevrazdy. V myslen-
kach ma smrt 81 snad vzpom-
mel ma nebezpecne pokusy, kite
re nekdy provadej1 skolaci s
karbidem. Hodf lahev S 1z-
kym hrdlem do vody. Ke kar-
bidu vnikne voda a vyvine Sc
prudce takove mnozstvf plynu,
re nastane mohutny vybuch.
Zoufalec snedl v6tsf mnozstvf
karbidu a napil Sc pax vody.
ZemTel "a krutych bolestf.
Karbid mu propalil a roztrhal
v%nitTnosti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
14lety odsouzen pro zabiti.

V Lawrenceville, ILL.,, 14lety
Marion Hensley z fanny u St.
Francisville primal sc k vine
ma obzalobu, re zabil sveho
otce. Stale sc to &c. listopa-
du, kdy pc otci hodil velkym
kusem .uhlf a usmrtil no. Je-
no otec Stephen Hensley byl
uz 77lety. Obvodn1 soudce
Blaine Huffman postal W.
rostka do statni t~restnice ma
dobu cd jednoho do IA rokG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Loupezny vrah odsouzen.

V New Yorku 26lety Ter
renee Roberts, parolovany ire
stance, byl odsuzen ksmrti v
elektricke zidli tydnu 81.
ledna. Byl obzalovan z Vraz-
dy pfi loupezi v apartmentu
minute leto. Roberts obral diva
muze a divku v apartments O
S23 a kdyz 35lety Harold Cliff
professional, zastTelil no.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
ivy nakrcnik

V Columbus, Ind, Joe Wal
ters, ma "zivy kozisinovy Ii,
mec." Je to ochoceny myval,
ktery no doprovaz1 vsude, kan
jde, a otoc1 Sc mu kolem krku.
Myval je nejmensf z celedi
medv6dovitych, zivf Sc zivoci-
chy i ovocem a potravu pred
pozitfm omyva. Je domovem
v Severn1 Americe a chova sc
pro jemnou kozisinu. Angelic
ky sluje Racoon anebo jen
Coon.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31

o Bozf Hold skonal jeden z
nejprednejs1ch clevelandskych
obcanG Newton D. Baker, mex
dejsi mayor, dlouholety vddce
demokraticke strany v okrese,
vynikajici advokat a "a admi-
nistrace presidenta Woodrowa
Wilsona tajemn1k department
tn valky. Smrt 81 no vzala pc
kratke nemoci, re ktere jiz byl
Poole nahledu lekaTG ma ceste
k uzdravenf. DOLL sc veku
jen sc let.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Deti zahnany do sklepa.

Pr pfepadu Fairport lekar-
ny V Clevelandu byly take tTi
deti S ostatn1mi zakaznlky zah
many do sklepa a drzeny re-
volvery v sachu dvema mia
distvymi lupici, kteri prchli S
kofist1 pres $500. Vice. nez
polovice teto castky sc zmoc-
Mill v postovn1 expositure, KITE
ra Sc v lekarne naleza, zbytek
sebrali z registracnf p~okladny.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Tenke kalhoty.

u Brandejs1 byl ramus. By
slyset mohutny HAS pana
Brandejsa seniora a vTesteni
pana Brandejsa juniora.
"Ladku," pov1da asi "a no.
dinu ma to zvedava sousedka,
''mezi tebou a tatfnkem neco
bylo, vid?"
"Bylo," prohlasil filosofic-
ky maly Lad1k, 'bohuzel, jen
tenky kalhoty!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Narodil Sc pc matcine smrti.

V Cheyenne, Wyo., hoslk
spatril svetlo sveta "a deset
vtefin pc tie, co jeho matka
Margaret Newton, zemrela.
Skonala We chv1li, kdy il pri-
pravovali k proveden1 operace
ably decko dostali ma svet CT
saTskym Tezem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Nalez lidske kostry, zarostle v
korenech starXch stromH.

Pr 1prave silnice z Hradku
do Susice nasli d6lnfci nedale-
ko obce Tedrazic lidskou leb-
ku. Pr dalsfm kopanf byla ma
lezena i kostra. Kostra byla
doslova porostla koreny osm-
desatiletych stromG. Nedale-
ko pax nalezen take kamenny
sloupek S letopoctem 1848.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Samotar uschoval $4,000.

V Martinsville, Ind, George
Clancy Matthews, vystfednl
starry mladenec, ktery 81 ami
nenechal strfhati vlasy a I'll
velice strfdme, mel dosti pc
nez, ale pc jeho smrti nebyly
k nalezenf. Nynf jeho pfibuz-
nj v jeho pekarne ma rGznych
mistech nalezli 100000 We fla
tie, str1bTe, medi a V paplrech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Nezapomel pripocitati.

Pravil tchan mlademu mu-
Ii, ktery no prisel pozadat Q
ruku jeho dcery:
"a jake jsou vase pf1jmy,
mlady muzi?"
100000 Kc rocne," vypjal
prsa budouc1 zet.
COBRA, k tomu by pfislo
$4,000, ktere dostane sama. "
Zach, pane, ty jsem jiz pTi-
p~oc1tal!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31

V elsie 1888 Cleveland ulice
V 1tery odpoledne ~zastTelil
Harry Herbert Walters, 32le-
ty, manzelku svoji a pax sebe.
Manzele nezili spolu pc diva
mes1ce.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Zoufala 81.

V Cheyenne, Wyo., 4Oleta
Rosetta Hoffman, matka ctyr
ditek, obesila sc ma frame We
sklepe u sveho obydll, jezto
nechtela pTeziti vanoce bez
penez.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
President navrhne zvyseni
namorni moci.
z w ashingtonu ON

z Washingtonu oznameno
bylo, re president Roosevelt
pripravuje Sc pfedloziti kon-
gresu zahy v jeho zasedanl
svnj valecny namornf program
Slovy, jimiz provazena zpra-
va tato jest, re "svetove udalo-
sti naplnily mne rostoucf 1z-
kosti" a pax pfidano, re jine
narody" nejenom re pokracu-
il, ale We skutecnosti rozsiruji
jejich ozrojovac1 programy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Usmrcen We rvacce.

We rvacce cernoch1 V dome
We 400 blocku Parrish ulice,
zavrazd6n byl 52lety William
By druhymi dvema
bodnut nekolikrate do prsou.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
28.O15 danovvch upomfnek,

Poprve v historic mestskeho
vyberc1hO odboru rozeslano
bylo z mestske radnice 28.O15
danovych upomfnek ma rok
1888 pred 1. lednem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Zlamal 81 nohu pTi hire
footbaIIu.

15lety Walter Fidtlecki z
Aliceanna ulice zlamal 81 pra-
YOU nohu, kdyz hral football v
utery v 700 blocku N. Mont
ford avenue.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Manzele zemreli tyz den.

V Montezuma, Iowa, byli
pohrbeni 85lety Boyd Shelley
a jeho 81leta manzelka, pio-
nyfi v okresu Poweshiek. zili
spolu So rok1. ZemTeli ma "a
net Pile tyz den, S rozd1lem
dvou hodin.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Dslba prace.

"Nu, jak Sc ii vede v man
zelstvi?"
"Zcela dobre. Rozdelili jsme
81 sc zenou znamenite praci
dopoledne della ona to, CO chce
a odpoledne delam ia to, CO O.
ma chce."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Klesl mrtev ma pieru.

Louis Eichlee, 22lety zamest-
nance restaurantu ma South u
lici pfi prodeji potravy ma pie
ru, {. 2, ma Pratt ulici klesl mr.
tev.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31

rano dovaz1 zboz1. Prejetym
muzem byl Theodore A. RAM
say, 35lety, jenz kratce zem-
rel V nemocnici.
= Samuel Elzey, 6Olety q
Quarter, usmrcen byl
severne cd Princess Anne, Md.
kdyz automobil vrazil do zad-
nj cast stojiciho tam trucku.
Elzey stall pred truckem. Truck
vhozen byl narazem ma neho a
prerazil mu kirk. Automobil
f1dil King Miller z Princess
Anne. S MIN jedoucfm: Ru-
dolphu Jones a Rathellu Elzey
pferazeny byly nohy.
= Ctyri osoby zraneny byly
We srazce ma Woodborne ave-
nue. u Hillen road, kdyz truck
srazil Sc S automobilem Geo.
Chenoweth a pc odrazen1 Sc
cd tOhOto narazil ma auto Au-
gusta Volkert.
= Behem Stedrovecernfho
vecera usmrceni byli auto
mobilovych nehodach: 6Oleta
August Ronssell, 45leta Vera
Bobuvinik z Norfolk avenue,
77lety Theodore Hoeflich, Sc
lety Fred Vogel, Harry Shot,
ter 65lety ma Fayette a Exeter
ulic1ch, Lawrence Murray, 27
leta Gilbert Shreves z Oak
land, mechanic Otto Hurley,
Morris Taylor, 39lety z Belts
vile, Arthur Timmons re Snow
Hill. Celkem II Maryland
skych behem 48 hodin koncf-
c1ch V sobotu V noci, pobito by
10 automobily = sedm z Mich
byli chodci.
Y sobOtu V noci pocet auto
modify usmrcenych Marylan
du dostoupil vyse 658 osob cd
l. ledna letoSn1ho roku do So
boty v noel.
= Ku nehodam Vanocnich,
Svatkd V nedeli pfidany byly v
Marylandu dalsi. Zabit byl
Conway J. Powell z Amelia
Courthouse, Va. Frank P. l.
saacs, 31lety Baltimoran ,zabit
byl We srazce automobile s am
bulanc1 We Washingtonu. V
ambulance vezen byl 6 rokd
starry hoch, Earle Stanley Fos-
ter, jemuz pTerazena byla no.
ha jinym automobilem. Sedm-
desatilety John Pfluger z Chill
lum, Md, zabit byl We Wash
ingtonu automobilem. Howard
Hedrick, 43lety zemrel ne
mocnici pc smrtelnem zraneni,
kter6 utrpel ma St6dry Vecer
ma York road u Homeland a.
venue. Automobil T1dil GER
noch, Charles King.
= Snih, jenz padati pocal v
noci z pondel1 ma 1tery, nebez-
pecnym stall Sc v nekolika pTi-
padech. William H. Pines, IA
lety re 100 blocku E. Lanvale
ulice, srazen dobe te ma
North avenue a Washington
ulici automobilem a noha mu
prerazena. z melody vinena
jest Clara j. Arnold z 900 bio
ku N. Patterson Park Avenue.
Truckem zranen v 1000 bio
ku w. Baltimore ulice 82lety
Julius Ponder.
Diva ince snehu napadly v
Cumberland. Mnohe mens1 au-
tomobilove melody Jim zavine-
ny.
= William Damn z Chelsea
Terrace, pc slozen1 zaruky
$1,000 ku dalsfmu soudu, pro-
pusten byl v pondelf. Vinen
jest, re zavinil smrt nerozum-
nou jfzdou, kdyz vrazil auto
mobilem sym do stoj1c1ho au-
honolulu ma Falls road u Rock
land, pax vrazil do sloupu a
konecne prekotil Sc S automo-
bilem trikrate, pTi cemz s MIN
jedouc1, 2Olety William H.
Merritt, prisel o zivot. Ozna-
memo, re neStest1 z%avineno by
10 prflis prudkou j1zdou.
= John Giles, 79lety z Wool
ford, Md, zemTel v nemocnici
v Cambridge pc smrtelnem
zran6nf, jez utrpel, kdyz auto
mobilem zachycen byl pTi chG-
ri.
Zoufalec 81 vymyslil strasnou
Smrt.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31
Nalezen obeseny v mlekarne.

Mrtvola 30leteho Earla Mil
Ter, f1dice mlekaTskeho trucku
nalezena byla vis1c1 v mlekar-
ne We Westminster. Obesil Sc
pc vracen1 sc z rozvazeni NILE
ka.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-12-31

Advertising rates reasonable
and furnished upon applica-
ton.
Josef F. Viktor ..... jednatel
961 N. CHESTER ST.
Oznamkovy jednatel
KAREL JANDA,
sol n. Belnord Avenue
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Acceptance
Text of Reply to Nine.
Power Farley
Invitation.
Invitation.

The text Of the American Govern
ment's acceptance Of the Belgian invi-
tation to the conference follows:
"The Secretary of State presents his
compliments to the Royal Belgian
Ambassador and has the honor to
acknowledge receipt of his note OF
October Is, 1887, stating that the
Royal Belgian government, at the
request OF the British government
and with the approval of the Govern
ment Of the United States, proposes
to the states signatory to the treaty
of February 6, 1922, that they meet
in Brussels on October 80 for the pur-
pose Of examining. in conformity with
Article VII of that treaty, the situ-
alton in the Far East and of studying
peaceable means of Fastening an end
of the regretable conflict which pre-
walls there.
THE Government Of the United
States is glad to accept this invitation
and the President has designated
Norman H. Davis Is the dele
gate Of the United States. The Amer
ican delegation will sail from New
York on the steamship Washington on
October 20 next"
Evening star., 1937-10-17

under the figure for the last fiscal
year. Mr.. Allen said the reduction re-
suited from q correction made on his
records, due to the fact that In past
years the estimated value of one Gov
ernment building was carried twice
on his books and the United States
was charged for the former municipal
bathing beach on the Monument
grounds.
The total valuation placed on Fed
eral-owned property, Mr.. Aliens rec
ords show, is divided as follows: Land,
$342,642 ,043; improvements, 1907, ,017,-
$50.
On the basis Of that valuation and
the existing SITS tax rate, Mr.. Allen
said, the Federal Government, II it
could be taxed. would be required to
pay the District $l1 1,36s,04s. Its pres
ept payment toward expenses of the
District is $5,ooo,ooo a year.
"Our loss from tax-exempt prop
erty is unprecedented" declared Mr.
Allen. 1T is abnormal. I'm certain
there Is no other city in the world
where the amount Of tax-exempt
property is 80 great. Eliminating the
property owned by the Federal Gov
ernment, charitable, educational and
other organizations exempt from tax
alton own 100000, 900 worth Of prop
erty in Washington which yields the
District no revenue"
Evening star., 1937-10-17
WO0DRUM PREDICTS
SUCCESS OF PARLEY
Warns, However, That U. S. Mus,
Continue Strong National
Defense Program.

Predicting that the forthcoming
ntne-power conference will find a for
rhula to end the present Sino-Japa-
nese conflict, Representative Clifton
A. Woodrum Of Virginia yesterday
warned that nevertheless the United
States must continue strong national
defense program.
Woodrum, who is chairman of the
House Appropriations Subcommittee
that handles War Department appro-
priation bills, said this country must
go forward with a steady, orderly and
progressive strengthening of her mill
tary establishment on the seas. on
land and in the air, so that at all
times she may not only be willing
but ready and able to defend her ira.
ditions and protect her citizens and
their property"
The international parley. he said.
Will flnd a way Ito end this awful
carnage in which countless thousands
OF innocent, defenseless women and
children are being sacrificed on the
altar Of greed and power" He argued
that the genius, craftsmanship, the
political and economic prestige Of
America, will contribute largely in the
international conference to the search
for peace"
Representative Woodrum cautioned,
however, that 'the time is not vet
come when America can strip herself
OF her arms and stand naked and
defenseless before the world, relying
for protection only upon the beauty
and glory Of her innocence and the
lofty ideals for which she stands"
Evening star., 1937-10-17
d. C.. Tax
Continued From First Page)

from sl.50 to sl75 were imposed to
meet the emergency for one year
Hazen hopes to reduce the realty rate
to l.6O regardless of what new forms
OF taxation are substituted.
Both Commissioners Allen and Ha-
zen mad ready answers for the ques-
ton OF applying District income
tax to members of Congress-an issue
which precipitated a schism among
members of Congress at the past ses-
SION
Hazen said: IF we are to have a
District income tax think it should
be applied to all whose incomes are
earned in the District"
Allen said: II am not interested in
application of the tax to members of
Congress, n in the question of their
exemption-that is question for Con-
gress to settle"
The assessment on which the new
real estate tax bills will be based
totals $l,l7l, ,330,921, which at the
present $l.75 tax rate viii, yield s20,-
49S,552. The $3.50 tax levy in the
last fiscal year, applied to an assess
ment which was S26,873, ,768 lower,
was calculated to produce $17,167,3l4.
Estimate Is S3,2O0,000.
Estimates given the Senate and
House District Committees during
hearings on the current tax act indi-
cateo the jump from $3.50 to Sits
would raise an additional $4,000, 900,
but officials at that time were unaware
OF the changes the tax assessors office
would make in real estate assessments.
assessor Aliens latest and complete
ngures, however, cannot be taken as
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Pets
Continued From First PAGE }

50 far and no Easements and the
houses are close together.
It's all very we'll, but if they give
the children votes, they'll probably
bring every variety Of pet from a bull
frog to goat Children are that way.
Ihey've yet to learn that you must
give up something here and there as
you advance toward a more utopian
state. Meanwhile, they are prone to
repeat, Il don't see why" and let it
go at that. Grown folks never UNDER
stand anything anyway-they're al
ways making excuses for what a kid
can't have.
There's Neddie Richie. Neddie is
., and he had to give Bozo to a rela-
tive when his folk moved to Greenbelt,
"Bozo is swell dog" he said en-
phatically. I'VE had more fun. I'd
like to have him here"
After Bozo-What?
Bozo. his mother, Mrs. C. B Richie
explained patiently, was a nice dog
and didn't bite people. But if YOU
brought Bozo all the other families
would want their dogs, and some OF
them might be a little mean. Neddie
wouldn't want that
But Bozo doesn't bite people," Ned
die insisted. You can never make
= mother understand. But Neddie
added philosophically:
Il got two new boys to play with"
snoopy would like Greenbelt, 7
year-old Louise Steinle is quite sure.
Snoopy Is a nice dog, part bull and
part-well, this and that. Look at
Evening star., 1937-10-17

eral canaries in the community.
The mothers and fathers seemed
quite reconciled to the rule against
the more aggressive pets They were
inclined to think the restriction would
continue. unless some of the tenants
build fences. With dogs roaming
everywhere and children romping over
the acres Of lawns, there would surely
be trouble sooner or later, they said.
A clause in the lease of each Green
belt home requires permission from
the city manager. Roy Braden, for
tenants to keep the larger animals.
Braden has notified arriving families
that he has no prejudice on the sub
ject, but he thought it was only fair
to wait until the whole colony was
occupied and then let them vote on it.
At the Farm Security Administration
it was emphasized that there is no
fixed, unalterable rule against pets at
Greenbelt.
Perhaps it will turn out as one little
boy suggested:
"Aw, they'll forget all about it after
while, and We'll have dogs and cats
and everything"
Evening star., 1937-10-17

all those woods, miles of them. Snoopy
could run and run, and they could
have swell time.
But we had to give him away"
Louise said. Il hope he's having q
good time where he is, but I bet he
misses me-"
Shields Extent Of Grief.
She wouldn't say how much she
misses Snoopy, because, you could see,
Louise is a little girl who won't let
things get her down.
Her playmate, Merle Jean Graham,
also Z, had kitten in Washington.
But it seemed to sense impending
disaster and ran away a short time
before the family moved Perhaps,
with that independence which cats
always have, it wanted to pick its own
home and not be dumped out on some
household it didn't like.
Jean is just as glad the kitten van
ished, under the circumstances. 1t
made things easier.
Frank Harper is IL, and he's had
Jiggs, a Boston bull, for two years.
and-well it's tough, but he's got a
lot OF new interests now, the whole
countryside to play over and new
kids to meet, and there's no use
moping. OF course he'd like to have
Jiggs, but-well.
Persian Kitten Parked Here.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Pittman have
a Persian kitten to which they and
their 3-year-old son are much at
tached. They've parked it tempo
rarily In the city, hoping they'll be
able to bring it out later.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Hayes, how
ever, arrived with their goldfish tri-
umphantly intact. And there are sew
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Conference
Continued From First Page }

have adhered to the nine-power pact
since it formally was proclaimed.
Four Treaty Points.
The treaty's four principal points
obligate the signatories other than
China to:
Respect the sovereignty, the inde-
pendence and the territorial and ad-
ministrative integrity Of China;
ITO provide the fullest and most
unembarrassed opportunity to China
to develop and maintain for herself an
effective and stable government;
ITO use their influence for the pur-
pose of Intellectually establishing and
maintaining the principle of equal
opportunity for the commerce and
industry of all nations throughout
the territory of China
ITO refrain from taking advantage
Of conditions in China in order to
seek special rights or privileges which
would abridge the rights Of subjects
or citizens of friendly states and from
countenancing action inimical to the
security of such states
The letter Of Hull to Senator Walsh
referred to protest from . Catholic
missionary organization in Kyoto,
Japan, against the ofdcial change
in attitude towards Sino-Japanese
trouble
The secretary wrote that he did not
"believe that the assumption by this
Government of an attitude Of indifYer-
ence to the present conflict and to its
ultimate outcome would be consistent
with our policies, and especially the
policy OF peace in which this country
believes and to which it is committed. "
MaryknolI Fathers Protest.
Walsh had received the protest from
the Maryknoll fathers, the only Cath
olic missionary group in Japan COM
posed entirely of Americans. They
had urged restoring previous atti-
tude - impartial tolerance - as most
practical policy for present and future
political and business relations"
Hull wrote 1T seems to me the
assumption there has been change
in official attitude is based on mis-
conception of the policy Of the Gov
ernment which applies equally and
impartially to both parties in the con-
flict and is designed primarily to safe
guard the interests and to promote
the welfare of this country.
1t demands respect for the rights
of our citizens, but seeks to avoid
involvement by this country in dis
putes of others. It aims TO- uphold
the principles of information law
and to maintain the sanctity Of trea-
ties -
Evening star., 1937-10-17

an accurate guide Of the additional
revenue that will flow into District
Golfers this year as a result of the
25-cent rise in the real estate tax Maj
Donovan pointed out that actually not
more than 80 per cent Of the levies
are collected, so the estimate of So
100000 given congressional commit
tees as the anticipated yield from the
increased real and personal property
tax was mot far off the track"
"Our estimate was based on the
amount that probably would be COL
lected and not on the revenue the
assessment would produce" Mai. Don
ovan declared. Ordinarily, the Dis
trict collects between IS and 80 per
cent of the total levy"
OF the $1,171, ,330,921 in taxable real
estate, Mr.. Aliens books show the fol-
lowing division: Land value, $3.50, ,420,-
638; improvements, $500, ,910283.
These assessment figures, represent
ing as they do an increase Of $26, ,873,-
1853 over last years total, are due to
the higher values placed on land,
chiefly in the rapidly developing out
lying sections. A larger jump in this
figure, Mr.. Allen explained, was Offset
by decrease in values in the older
sections of Washington.
Mr.. Allen also pointed out the total
assessed value of all real estate
amounts to $1,983, ,454,656, OF which
$812,123,735 is tax exempt. The tax
exempt property includes that owned
by the Federal Government, educa-
tional and charitable institutions, and
foreign Embassies and legations.
S649, 9,659, 1913 Tax Exempt.
The value Of tax-exempt Federal
property, according to the new rec
ords of the tax assessor, amounts te
$649,659,59 q decrease Of $336,87l