Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1924, Page 17

& MARKET COMPANY - PROFITS BY APPEAL -Valuation of Property Placed $561,947.88 in Excess of Government Award. JUDGMENT IS FINAL Figures Based on Taxes and In- surance Held Improper by District Court. Tihe Washington Market \Company will benefit more than $500,000 by its appeal to the Distnict Court of Ap- peals from a valuation fixed on Cen- ter Market by a commlssion appoint- ed by the late President Harding under an act of Congress by which the Department of Agriculture was authorized to take over and run the market. The commission, composed of Frank A. Horne, John M. Walker and Touis A. Dent, failed to agree on the value of the property, Mr. Dent fling a minority award. The fig- ures placed by the majority report were $960,250, while Mr. Dent esti- mated the value of the property at $1.506,201.60. The market company appealed and in an_opinfon rendered today by Jus- tice Van Orsdel the Court of Ap- peals awards a judsment In_favor of the market company for $1.52 197.88. The award of the appellate tribunal thus exceeds the majority appraisal by $561.947.88 and yearly $16,000 in excess of the flk- ures quoted by Mr. Dent in his minor- | ity report. Judgment Final. Attorneys Charles A. Douglas aud allow attendance at services Sunday. Alexander Wolf for the company noted the appeal from the majfority opinion. Under. the law the govern- | ment paid 75 per cent of the major- ity award and took over the prop-! erty. Under the law providing fo! the appeal .he judgment rendered! today Is final. This law vested the Court of Appeals with jurisdiction to “hear and determine such appeal and to revise the amount of lhei award as shall be just” o The court finds with the majority ! of the commission that no allowance should be made for a “golng con- cern,” as such allowance would have exceeded the jurisdiction conferred, by Congress on ®he commission. It decldes, however, that the majority reached their conclusions from & number of erroneous deductions. For example, the court points out, great stress was lald upon the vaiuation fixed upon the property for purposes of taxation and upon the amount of insurance carried by the company. Justice Van Orsdel says the amount of insurance carried is little or no index to value and may depend large- Iy on the risk which the owner Is willing to carry. Tax Return Value. As to the tax returns as a basis of value the court declares they have little bearing in the case. The gov- ernment is taking this property on its present fair value to be deter- mined largely from the evidence of disinterested witnesses with direct Teference to the property as it stands. Falr value is determined, the court finds, by deducting depreciation from the cost of reproduction based upon present values. CAfter_reviewing the testimony in @ctall the court reaches the conclu- | T itu slon that the reproduction cost of the market buildings is $1,914,020.98, and the depreciation amounts to $478,505. leaving a net value of $1,435,515.74. To this amount is added an allowance for interest on the in- Yestment _ during reconstruction, bringing the total to be paid by the government to the market company to $1,522,197.88. GERMANS ARE DESTITUTE, PRIEST’S TOUR REVEALS Rev. Patrick W. Brown Tells House Committee Food Is Especially Needed by Children. Desperate conditions of destitution in Germany and Austria as he o6b- served them during a four-month sojourn in those countries, were de- scribed before the House committee on foreign affairs today by Rev. Pat- Brown of the Catholic Uni- \ersity Dr. Brown represented the inter- ests of the Catholic Thurch, which, by direction of Archbishop Curléy 'of Baltimore, has been taking up col- lections in every .parish to relieve famine conditions. - The committee was considering three bills, two by Representative Hamllton Fish of New York and the other by Representative Newton of Missouri, which would authorize the President to utilize funds of the United States Grain Corporation to purchase basic food supplies. Dr. Brown laid particular stress on the suffering among women and children and the young men and Young women in the universities, ap- proximately 75 per cent-of whom, he sald, are undernourished. He sald that the Catholic priests in Germany are in absolute need and referred to one cleric who is trying to support ¢ bis mother on less than $4 a month. 836,659,810 0 INDIANS. | Total Income in Year From Oil i 2 B and Gas Royalties. : The nation’s Indian wards recei 38,659,810 in royaltles last year rom oil and gas leases on their Tands, their oil bonuses ranging from 123 to 20 per cent on the total pri duction of 53,914,477 barrels, accord- g to a report made public today by ge Interior Department. The rich- t Indian oil lands are in Oklahoma, where, the report said, the Osages Sgealized $30.512,111 on 41,810,178 bar- Tels, and the Five Civilized Tribes recelved $5.591,008 from a production of 11,414,619 barrels. ed GALT & BRO. ‘land a separate immigration quota as | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. COSTLY FIRE IN CHURCH. Edifice on Georgia Avenue Suflersi ' Nearly $2,000 Damage. Fire broke out last night in the Church of the Nativity, 6000 Georgia ! avenue, believed to have been caused by a short circuiting electric wire. Damage was estimated at between $1,000. and $1,200. ° The fire was confined to a corridor at the entrance of the church and a room directly peneith it in the base- meht. It ate away:the floor of the corridor and the ceiling of the base- ment. % Rev. F. X. Bisehoft, pastor of the church, immediatély began arrange- ments for temporary improvements to MYSTERIOUS SHOTS | AROUSE BUILDING Ambulance Finds No Casual- ty—Supposed Victim De- | nies Any Trouble. Reverberating crash of two bullets | started a mild panic in the Evi building shortly after noon t when a client of Frank Pa i torney in room 409,a resorted to a pis: : tol when a verbal argument reached | its climax, according to wi Paladini rushed from the room, it | was said, cryout out “the fool” and holding his hand. Supt. Dunster, in charge of the building, said that he’no- | ticed the shoulder of Paladini's coat | smoking as though on fire. An angle of mystery, however, was injected by the speedy disappearance of Paladini and the client. When an | Emergency Hospital phys i sponded to an ambulance call, he w unable to find any Hardy Meekin, d. | Washington repre- | sentative of a group of New York theatrical magamines. with an office | next door to Paladini, sald that he had heard the volce of an Italian and Paladini's voice raised in the heat of argument, about noon. The rgument continued apparently for some_time, belng easily distinguish- able through the walls of the room. Then, suddenly, came (wo pistol re- ports, Meckin said, and general con- on “ensued on (he fourth floor. Mr. Paladini told Detective Swee- ney, according to the latter, that there had been no trouble in his office and no shots had been fired. Superin- tendent Dunster also asserted to De- tective Sweeney that he had heard no shots being fired, although his office | is on the same floor. Other occupants of the bulldink on that floor, however, told newspaper men that they had distinetly heard two- pistol reports. NEWBIDFORU.S. FUEL YARD READY Coal Dealers Expect to Show Secretary Work They Can Cut Federal Expense. A new petition for abolishment of the government fuel yard and turn- ing over of all government coal busi- ness to local retail dealers will be presented to Secretary of the Interior Work within a few days. Dissatisflel with rejection of their original petition, presented to the Interior Secretary on December 1 local dealers have prepared a ne proposal, replylng to various ques- tions brought up by Secretary Work's advisers, which they hope will result in securing the government business. Proposal Is Revised. Expert accountants have been at work on the revised figures for sev- eral weeks and the entire proposali is now drawn up and will be resub- mitted within a few days. The original proposal, which was turned down by Secreary Work, call- ed for taking over of all the govern- ment coal business in Washington on a flat margin of a little more than 90 cents a ton. This figure, according to a leading dealer, who joined with six other dealers in bonding himself to supply cqal on this basis for a five-year perlod, covered all costs'to the government. Doubt Big Saving. Secretary Work’s advisers ques- tioned the specified margin, declaring that welghing, inspection, billing, in- volcing and other overhead costs would actually make the coal cost the gov- ernment more than it now costs. Sec- retary Work was advised that, con- | trary to an expected saving of more than a million dollars to the gov- ernment over the five-year period, which dealers clajmed would accrue if they took over the business, the government would actually lose up- ward of a half million dollars. { The difference in costs. according to government _experts who examined the proposal submitted by the coal ! dealers, came about because of an! erroneous figure given for fuel yard ' costs at a hearing before the budget bureau two years ago. FREE STATE WANTS OWN ALIEN QUOTA IN U. S.! Foreign Ministry Considering Pro- posal to American Government, Is Dublin Report. By the Associated Pres: DUBLIN, February 5.—The Free State ministry of foreign affairs is considering a proposal to request that the United States grant southern Ire- it does the other British dominion: —will be closed_ all day on Wednes- day, February 6th, on account of the funeral of Mr. Woodrow Wilson. 1107 Pennsylvania Ave. lings, s PLEDGES FORGW.U. NOW TOTAL §180.3% This Sum Reported at Busi- néss Luncheon at New Ebbitt Today. A totalof §150,396 has been raised to date inythe campaign for the million- dollar endowment fund for the George Washington University, according to reports made at the fusiness lunch- eon of the campaign organization at the New Ebbitt Hotel this afternoon. Teams of divisions 1, 2, 3 and 7, which met today, reported a total of $13,842 for the day. 5 A bound volume is being prepared in which each student who makes a subscription to the Georges Washing- ton University building and endow- ment fund will write his name, Presi- dent Willlam Mather Lewis said this morning. This book will be kept in the mew library, to' be included in the proposeil group of colonial build- 5 that all who, come back in to visit alma matér will there the evidence of their aid in building the university. Many memorial gifte for students who have died are being made, Presi- dent Lew 0. Mrs. Willlam A. Wilbur ade a mft of $200 in memory daughter, Elizabeth avilbur 1 who_died four years ago. Dean G. N. Henning has also onal gift of $5 i+ niece, Dorothy Ds & a student at George W ingtcn. Her mother has added $30 to this memorial. A memorial gift of $500 for George Bullock-Willis has been made by Mrs. Bullock-Willis, and a gift of $100 in his memory by Mrs. James M. lock. All of these memorials will be suitably recorded in the new build- ings, President Lewis said. One of the earliest gifts to the fund was a check from Thomas A. Lee in memory of his son, who Was a stu- dent here. er Cup as Premium. Charles Carroll Glover, jr., has of- ferged a a solid silver cup for the work- er Wvho secures the largest total of gifts in the campaign. All workers in divisions 4, 5, 6. 8 and 9 meet tomorrow noon to make reports at the Ebbitt. Workers in dlvisions 1, 2, 3 and 7_met today and will meet’ again on Thursday. The intensive period covers the first ten days of February, but the tampaign continues throughout the country du!‘"ll: the month of Februar, Following are the women who are pembers of the campatgn organiza- n: Divixion 7. Mrs, arnest, - Mrs. ans, Joshua tain, Dr. O Josephine . Carl Chindblom, Miss Christian,, Mrs. Leland Con- ness, Miss Kathléen Halladay, Mis: Margaret McCarthy, Mrs. E. P. Mo; gan, M Lucy Shaw, Miss E. Stark . Marion Webster. 52—Captain, Mrs. Dewi Crofssant, Mrs. Paul Bartsch Alice Henning, Mrs. Clyde Kell rs. Bryan Morse, Robert R. Kern, Mrs. William C. Ruediger, Mrs., Ar- thur Seaton, Mrs. Otis Swett, Mrs. wope. . E. C. Brand- . Mrs. Chester D. Team 53—Captain, Mr. enburg: Mrs. Percy C. James D. Atkins, Mrs. Frank Altemus, Mrs. Waiter C. Clephane, Mrs. Charles 1. Corb; Mrs. William M. Gamble, Mrs. Malcolm G. Gibbs, Mrs. Edward L. Stock, Mrs. Stephen Lyman Tabor. Team 54—Captain, Mrs. Doyle; Mrs. Robert Boiwell, Daniel C. Chase, Mrs. Walter Cheney, Mrs. Alan Deibert, Mrs. Robert F. Griggs, Mrs. Charles Hill, Mrs, F. A Moss, Miss Lydia Shepherd, Miss Frances Dav Team 55—Captain, Miss Elizabeth Earnest: Miss Alice Ashford, Mis: Gertrude Bergman, Miss Marian A. Brooks, Miss Frances Foster, Mrs Gilbert L. Hall, Miss Ruth Holmes, Miss Elizabeth ~Humphrey, _ Mrs. Charles R. Lane, Miss -Helen Pabst, Mrs. J. R. Mays. Team Foley Miss Minnie Brackett, Mrs. Bertha Delaney, Mrs. Earl Godwin, Mis: Maud Hall, Mrs. Winston Holt,” M Augustus Keyser, Ralph Irs. Edith Morgan Stevens, Miss Ston Team 57—Captain, Mrs. Virgil B. Jackson; Mrs.. Shepherd L. Franz, Mrs, C. Ferguson, Mrs. T. A. Groover, Mrs.-Eugene Le Merle, Mrs. | Denha aunders, | H. T. A. Lemon, Miss Marie Mrs. R. H. Turner, Mrs. William West, Mrs. Willlam A. Wilbur. Team 58—Captain, Mrs. F. W. True; Mrs. William Cline Borden, Miss May Brickenstein, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, Mrs. William S. Corby, Mrs. Owen French, Mrs. Charles Richardson, Miss Bertha Schott, Mrs. William M. Weaver, Mrs. Eugene Northington. Division 8. Mre. William E. Chamberlin, Mrs. Otto L. Veerhoff. Team_59—Captain, Miss Henryette ' neiro Brooks, Miss Marian'H. Drown, | ganization Brum, Mrs. Elizabeth Beller Berry- man, Miss Harriet Burgess, Miss Mar- Miss | to M &ibtain, Mrs. Thomas M. | 1 { { Miss Ma | Walcott. iMrs. Ward_Stutler, { penheimer. ima Jacobs, Adams, Mrs. | Jrand P oo { bert: Mi {derson, Miss AIN’T SCIENCE WONDERFUL? LAY OFF THE FLIMFLAM - E16HT, MR, FOSKETT, IT's MO GOOD « YOU'RG TALKING To AN AUTHORITY NOW, | PROBABLY oW MORE ABOUT MOTORS 2 2 THAMN ANY MAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMA TEUR. DRAMATIC SOCIETY HAS OFFERED ME THE LEAD. - 1M THE NEXT PRODUETION . HE SAYS [ I'm A BETTER A:Yofis ;N l\460$1‘,' v PROFESSIOMAL S « HE® OMNG . "M BETTER TrHAm ALL OF THEM S SAy, BiLt, Do You Know THIS MAN TiMm Sw, Tim SWAGGER 7 HE SEEMS To BE RATHER. PREJUDICED 1M HIS FAVOR.. | MEVER SAW SUCH A COMCELTED FooL i My LIFE You'RE AL T WRONG , GEORGE , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, -1924. —By WEBSTER. INCIOENTALLY, '™ THE BEST DRIVER INM Tuwn.o iy TH YEARS Am € H Hafiu ACCIDENT 'VE DRWEN WILL REPORT ON LIGHTS. Playgrounds and Teachers’ Sal- aries Also to Be Taken Up. A report on the lack of lighting facilities In the public schools and the extent to which children have been injured physically by dark:and insanitary rooms will he made at a | meeting of the District Public School \ EXPECT To WRITE A PLAY TS MoNTH Anp \F 1 00 1T WiLL €€ A HIT, | Kngw WHAT THE PUBLIC WANT AMO | HAVE THE ABILITY T GIVE VT To THEM: ALe THE PLays fve SEEn THIS SEASon ARE DREARY AFFAIRS IMFERIORITY. COMPLE X, HE'S REALLY VERY MODEST —HAS Mo CoNFIDEMCE in HIMSELF AT ALL , 1F You HAD STUDIED PSYCHOANALYSIS YoU CoutL O HAUE SEEM THAT AFTER TALKIMG WITH HIM —- FIVE MINUTE S Gladys Phoebus, Misg Louise 3e- Dowell and Mrs, Lillian Vincent, Team 70—Captain. Miss Agnes Mes. rnberger, Miss Marie ' ser; Miss Aiken, Miss E Jones. Miss Bern Randall Zlizabeth Rice, Miss Theodosia bold, Mrs. Lella W. Spanogle, Katherine Symonds, fi Virginia Willis. Team 71—Captain, Miss Meta Neu- n; Miss Florence C. Bell, Miss Mil- dred Bennetts, Miss Allce Griffith, Mrs. rane Houghton. Miss Agnes Lee, Miss Leonila Lloyd, Miss Mildred Moore, Miss Mildred Phoebus, Miss Dorothy Warren, Mrs. Ella Mor- gan A. Enlow Team 63—Captain, Miss Olive Pres- cott; Mrs. Jasper M. Beall, Mrs. B Jamin S. Gantz, Mrs. Harry B. G { Miss Alics Gillim, Mr: frs, Frank Morrison, Mrs. Malette R. Spengler, Mrs. Bertrand Trenis and Mrs. H. Bruce Whitney. eam 6i—Captain, Mrs. Wiiliam C. Van Vleck; Miss Jidith Archey. Miss Ruth Audas, Miss Elizabeth Bail Miss Harriet M. Barbour, Miss Har- riet M. Cheney, Miss Virginia Diedel, Louise Foster, Miss Lois Gorman, Joseph A. Jordan and Mrs. Her- i bert L. Solvom, | g Team Fi—Captain, { | | ret Fravel, v Richards Lillian Smith Burdi [ Ropinskl, Mrs fiss Dorothy Team 60—Captain, Miss Leila Har- ! Gell; Mies Ahm Bunten, Miss Elliott,” Mrs Mary Newcon Mis telle Drane, Dr. Edna | Mis Margarct Shaw Miss_ Minnie Virginia H. Johnso; Team 61—Captai Miss l\':{lhr)'nl Harris; Miss Rosemary Arnold, M S: raldine Barl Thompton, Mis; s Gladys Chase, Miss Dord erine Hough, Mis Team Gilbert; Miss Ellen Carroll, Mis Miss Estelle Griest, Mis Mary Riggle Mrs. Charle Miss Zuella S . Wiley, Miss uire, Mrs. 3 icneviev n, Team 65—Captain. Miss Rhoda Wat- kins; Miss Lillie Balley, Mrs. Helen MacLeod Clift, Miss Edith Lowe, Mis Julia Macmillan, Miss Margaret Mc Mahon. Miss Maude McPherson, Miss Virginia Michols, Miss Lettie Stewart, Miss Grace Wright. Team 45—aptain, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman; Mrs. Campbell Forrester, arles H. Miss Margaret Smith; Miss Catherine Deck, Miss Margaret Beck, M S R, 2 er Miss Jane Dortch, Miss ! ds. Shufeldt, Miss| Fogarty. Mrs. Eimer Kayser, Lucy Kinsolving, Miss Rosimund | e Wright, Mrs. Elliot Goodwin. | D i Division 9. wream - i3—Captain, _Miss < - i aring; ss Margaret yre Miss Evelyn Jones, Miss Elizabeth { ficlon fonebrake, Miss Irene Dantel, Webb Wilson. < | Miss Maxime Girts, Mrs. Mildred Team 66—Captain, Miss Freda Fg- | Herbst Mission, Miss Mary Schaaf, Esther F Kath-| Misa Ethel Yohe, Miss Catherine erine Harrington a Hen- | Tonge. Gr: 3. Holmes, Miss | Cora 3 ‘arty, Mrs. Bessie B. ford, Miss Mary F. ) Sanders, Miss Olivia A. ylor. “aptain, Miss Emilia M. White; Mrs. T. N. Alford, Miss Ruth Miss™ Charlotte 'Far Miss Emma A. Jensen, Miss Lynch, Miss Marian McCoy. nore Murray, Mrs. E. C. Paul, Miss 7 at terson, Clsie | |Y. M. C. A. DRIVE AT END. 0 business men who have assisting in the Y. M. C. A. drive \licy | Lo ralse $36.818; the 19 per cént nec- Miss ' essary to complete the year's budget é)or&:he? \i‘her‘?“&" “r.\ll:ffl Letitia lof the organization. hol’d their flgal outhgate, Mrs. J. K. McLeod. o = 5 ke 0 T Juna ‘fl“_lfln‘:};"meeunb today in the Ebbitt Cord; Miss Lina W. Carnahan, Miss! A 1iiu 20,0 Minnie V. Hensel, Mrs. Enoch John- | raised laitms'i“?u,‘('l':,"., S ana et son, Miss Katherine Koetz, Miss iing was to have been held yesterda: Eleanor Lamson, Mrs. Arthur . Mc-: but one additional dav was authoriz Cord, Mrs. 1 Sperry and Mme.|ed in the hope of completing the Irene de Poplouwska Leineweber. |pudget. E. H. De Groot, jr., of the Team 69—Captain, Mrs. Charles G.| Interstate Commerce Commission has Morgan: Miss Mary Barr, Miss Ja-lhcen financial director, and the or- work was' eeffected by Leonard W. De Gast, associate gen- eral secretary of the organization. Miss Marie 'Gatchell, Miss Eleanor | Judé, Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick, Miss Prices Slashed in PLITT’S Great Annual February Sale ili; Telephone Table and Stool, were $10.00; now $7.50. Low Boys, were $83.25 to $116.00; . now $62.44 to $87.00. Corner Cabinets, were $140.00; now $105.00. Tea Carts, were $25.00 to $62.00; now $18.75 to $46.50. Bedroom Suite, was $1,176.75; now $882.56. Bedroom Suite, was $280.25; now $210.19. Painted Bedroom Suite, was $216.00; now $162.00. Smoking Stands, were $6.75 to $27.85; now $5.06 to $20.89. GEORGE PLITT Painting, Paperhanging and Upholsteri 1325 14th St. NW. ° Photograph Frames (stand- ing), were $2.50; now $1.88. Mahogany Waste Baskets, were $12.75; now $8.50. Cigarette Boxes, were $4.00; now $3.00. Cedar Chests, were $25.00 to $49.00; now $18.75 to $3€.75. Jewel Boxes, were $22.50 up; now $16.88. Book Ends, were $6.25 to $23.00; now $4.69 to $17.25. he knows Nest of Tables, were $42.00 to $73.00; now $31.50 t $54.75. > End Tables, were $10; now Muhogany Tip Top Tables, ogany Tip Top Tal were $12.00 to $45.00; ‘ now $9.00 to $33.75. Gate-leg Tables, were $35.00 to $78.75; now $26.25 to $56.06 Library Tables, were $30.00; now $22§0. Bookcases, were $118.25; MANIZE week's now $88.69. CO., Inc. Jaksy : licving. FTordan L AUNDRY Main 4224 Miss Mary F.| yn Hunt, | A ¢ V 'HOPE OF FARE CUT SEEN BY MAJ. BELL Tells Cifizeis 'Bednetion May Come | With Merger of Two i Companies. PRAISES D. C. OFFICIALS Says They Are Among Hardest Workers in Government. | The city government of the Dis- | trict.of Columbla ie an efficient gov- | ernment from the city heads down, with & faithful, hard-working group | of employes, Maj. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner of the Dis- ing of the North Washington Citi- | United Brethren Church. “1 doubt if in any deartment or i than we have in the various depart- | ments of the District government,” | Maj. Bell said. The Engineer Commissioner, asked if there were any immediate or future | prospects for a 5-cent street-car fare |in Washington, said he belleved con- | solidation of the two street-car com- | panies would reduce the overhead and add to the efficiency of management, which might reduce the fare. He added that he was hopeful of seeing a lower fare in Washington, and would be pleased to see a 5-cent fare. Two Few Policemen. The police department of the city is undermanned, Maj. Bell declared. He sald it was a problem how to split the force up so as to help trafic | and still leave enough men to patrol beats. “What's the use of promulgating regulations if you haven't ~force enough to enforCe them,” Maj. Bell said, referring to the new traffic reg- Liloyd- Georges otherwise careless grooming_is dignified by his cholce of the starched collar. AVID LLOYD -GEORGE England’s man of destiny, is ‘a very carelessly. dressed man. But like all great men his weakness and offsets it with starched linen neckwear. starched collars dignify and signify dress; taste. TOLMANIZED TOL- yours! THE TOLMAN LAUNDRY F. AW.. M'chen'z}e, Mgr.. . . 6th -and C Sts. N.W. ~ ' TOLMANIZING the entire washing means ‘re- the_housewife. of all. . the drudgery and worry of ' % ‘washday. Phone Franklin 71 Asnsociation in the boardroom of the District building tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Other topics to be dis- cussed include the playground sur- vey and the teachers’ salary bill. Capt. Julius .I. Peyser, president of the assoclation, will report on the re- cent conferences with the House com- mittee on appropriations and the bud- get bureau. ITHREE TO SURVEY | “AUTHORITY” PLAN Rudolph Na;nes Committee to Study Broader Powers for Commissioners. The movement inaugurated by mem bers of the Senate District committee last week to give the Commissioners broader powers over municipal ques- tions that now require action of Con- gress 13 being followed up at the Dis- trict building. Commissioner Rudolph today appoint- ed a committee of three to make a study of the question and suggest which legislation s needed to simplify the han- dling of problems that are not deemed important enough to consume the time of the Senate and House. The survey will be made by Cor- poration Counsel Francis H. Stephens, Auditor Danlel J. Donovan and Dan- fel E. Garges, sccretary to the board of Commissioners. One of the important that have been put forward Is that the city heads might be given a wider scope of authority over the widening and extension of streets. Another proposal to be considered will be that the Commissioners be empowered to specify a jall sentence for certain traffic violations. The committee named by the Com- missioners will call upon the heads of all departments for any suggestions they may have to offer that would tend to reduce the amount of time consumed in presenting minor ques- tons to Congress when such ques- tions could be disposed of directly by the Commissioners. The findings of the committee prob- ably will be forwarded to the sena- tors by the Commissioners. PLAN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EDUCATION BILL House Committee Has Several Pro- posing Establishment of Depnrmex’:t. The House committee on education, {of which Representative Frederick W. Dallinger of Massachusetts Is chairman, will ‘hold an executive sesslon tomorrow morning to_decide how and when hearings will be held on the several bills which propose a new department of education. Representative Dallinger is sponsor for several of these bills. Repre- sentative Dan Reed of New York is heading the fight for. passage of the old Sterling-Towner bill, which caused such widespread propaganda during the last Congress. Repre- sentative Tinkham of Massachusetts is fathering & bill to establish a de- partment of fine arts as a branch of the educational system. The committee tomorrow will dis cuss whether the hearings will be held jointly on all of these bills and Margaret Brew- | tFict, sald in an address at a meet-| will ‘endeavor to set a date when ertrude | zens' -Association last night at the [the hearings will start. He added that with an ade- ulations. Martha | branch of the government you will | quate police force the traffic regula- Miss | find harder working men and women | tions would be better enforced, al- though in his opinion the wide streets here Invite excessive speed by auto- mobiles. Rexolutions Tabled. The association tabled a resolution offered by H. M. Gilligan to bind fmembers of the organization not. o sell, lease or deed property in the neighborhood to colored persons and 1o glve association backing to a proj- ect ‘to keep the neighborhood free from_colored. A resolution against soliciting _without licenses was in- dorsed by the association, which tabled another resolution offered by the school committee against solicit- ing_and collecting of funds in the public schools. The association indorsed a bill now before Congress providing for erec- tion of a memorial armory in the District for military - organizations, and adopted a motlon declaring a change in school hours was not de- sired. Company, and such L. E. Schreiner Vice President Frank P. Harman, Jr. Vice President Frank E. Ghiselli Assistant_Treasurer Henry S. Wattles Assistant_Treasurer Wm. R. Nagel Assistant Treasurer B. Ashby Leavell Assistant Trust Officer Deposits, { | | i I | i | | tailea ESSAYS IN STAR'S CONTEST IMPROVE Better Quality Noticeabl; in Those Submitted for Last Week. DIVERSE TOPICS CHOSEN Majority, However, - Selected Ac- counts of Ex-President's Fatal Illnes: A marked Iimprovement in 'the general tone of the essays submitted by contestants in The Star's “best news story” contest for the ‘second contest week which ended Saturday, was reported today by the judges, who have begun the task of selecting the four prize-winning compositions, ‘This is indicatlve of the effort being exerted by the school children to win the cash " |awards. A number of the essays, it was pointed out by the judges, have been thrown out of the potentfal prize- winning group during the process of elimination because the writers to explain the reason for choosing the news story on -whicl they based thelr essays. Many Subjects Chosen. Subjects on which the contestants wrote during the second contes: week ranged from local to natfonal importance. A majority of them took the “crash” of former President Woodrow Wilson, which resulted in his death as the basis for their es- says. Many wrote on a human in- terest story of the dog which won race with a street car fn Eckington. A few wrota,on the release from u German prisin of Corlis H. Griffic, who attempted to kidnap Grover C Bergdoll, the American draft_evader. The winner of the first prize for the second contest week will be an- nounced tomorrow and the prize- winning essay published. The same plan of announcing the contest win- ners last week will be followed this week. The second prize winner will be annpunced Thursday, the third prize winner Friday and the fourth prize winner Saturday. Now In Final Week. The third contest week, which now under way, will mark the 1 week of the “best news story” com- Contestants have until noon Monday to place their essays In t mail. The following letter has been re- ceived by the contest editor from Asenath Graves, the Eastern High School student who won the second Prize for the first contest week: “T received the check which You sent as a reward for my essay, which won second prize in the last week's essay contest. “I' thank You and can assure you that it is greatly appreciated, as it has helped to swell my college sav ings fund.” — REWARD TO AID JUSTICE. Auto Association Offers $50 for Each Theft Detection. A standing reward of $50 for in- formation leading to the arrest and conviction of any one stealing the automobile of & member of the Amer- ican Automobile Association, apd =z standing reward of $25 for informa- tion‘leading to arrest and conviction of any one caught tampering with a member’s car, was announced yes- terday by the District of Columbia { Division “of the A, A. A. “By this means'” the announce- ment said. “the local division of the A. A. A, hopes to cut down the num- ber of cars stolen and indirectly bring_about a reduction in the theft rate for that form of insurance on automobiles. PUBLIC WELF.ARE HEARING Aid for Dependent Children to Be . Discussed. The commission on public welfare legislation for the District today an- neunced the program for the public Yearing to be held in the board room of the District building at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon on the subject of aid for dependent children in their homes, sometimes referred to as mothers' pensions. 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