Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1924, Page 2

SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM 1S ASKED Ball Bill Provides for Five- Year Construction Project to Meet Needs. Authorization for a five-year school huilding program is sought in a bill ntroduced today by Semator . Jeisler Ball of Delaware. The bill is based on the need for & program which “shall provide school buildings adequate in size and tacilities to make possible an efficient system of public education to the Dis- trict of Columbla” and is sponsored by the Board of Education. No attempt is made to provide ap- propriations for the carrying out of the provisions of the bill. Appro- priations, it is understood, will be scattered over a perlod of years. If the program is approved by Con- gress it will allow the abandonment of all portable schools, elimination of rented bulldings and undesirable rooms, wil allow not more than 40 »{ls in an elemental sehool seotion, a five-hour (nstruction day, eliminate part-time classes, abandonment of ail bulldings recommended as unfit for use in 1908, will allow for the full day’s instruction for high school puplls eliminating “double shift,” and provide for an annual increase in enrollment during the five-year period, t hole program being de- igned tc tstrict with n adequate school house construc- ion which shall exemplify the best in educational accommodation. _—— NEW LOW RECORDS SET BY COLD WAVE; DOZEN MORE DEATHS w provide the Pag (Continued from Fi 19, with a crew of 44, was aground oft Grand Haven. On the Pacific slope break their ice fe cially on the moving block ivers began rs. und ship- Tumbia. ¥ of ice. to ONE DEATH IN NEW YORK. Saranac Lake Registers 26 Below COver Week End. Associated Pross W YORK, December - New York City and the States along the tern seaboard were n the grip f e temneratures th roing. One n died of cold In o1 terday. r weather York City, but England there ations of immediate the cold snap. The thermom here fell to 12 alove zero vesterday morning and hovered aroun degrees for most of the day The sec N. Y. registered 26 below zero the day joston, with of 7 above zero, warmest place in N terda At Lewiston, 3 helo In 2 Yor! ity approinted generul of an army of un- employed, failed to carry out for an invasic of St. Mark" h with a “gandy” e sU ementing the usual eurbythmic services there. St. Mark's sent word that the jobless were not wanted and th& police would not let “Zero” and 27 follow- ers parade to the church Wigh picks and shovels. 4 WINTER'S LOW IN ONTARIO. Br 29 e W New, forecast for upstate and in were littie ‘indi- abatement in vas Saranac Lake, temperature of one around Towest was tamperature afmost the England ves- Me., is was ew Zero.” self- Chur Far Western Canada Temperatures | Range to 35 Belowt TORONTO, At 10 o'c perienced )ntario, December 29. ast night Ont ts coldest weather go far th Winter, and yesterday was one of ¢ coldest for the season througheut the Dominlon. Ontario is promised fair weather and higher temperature for to- morrow, The coldest epot in the province was Port Arthur, at 1S below, with Ottawa running it close at 16. Parry Sound was 10 below, with Louden sho: at 9 beiow and Kingstoa in the running at 8. 1t was 2 above Toronto, but for real the West was well in the lead. Regina ed 35 below, Edmonton 34 below, leford 32, Saskatoon 31, Moosejaw and Swift Curre Vtictoria re- ported 48 above. PACIFIC COAST WARMER. ng its best uit Growers to Meet to Estimate Crop Damage. N FRANCISCO, Calif., December _Higher temperatures prevailed sterday in Pacific Coast States. As far inland as Spokane snow fell yesterday and cold weather held on doggedly. Interior Washington was under a snow blanket last night from Inches to two feet deep. Thers a fall Saturday around was In Caiifornia and in the San J Valley cold and snow gave w rains, At no place in the was the temperature lower than degrees above zero Southern California fruit growers will meet today and Tuesday in Lo Angeles in an effort to estimate ac. curately the amount of last week's frost damage to the citrus crop. The ioss now is placed romghly at 15 to 20 per cent of the crop. of quln South Ferry Boats Released. ODETROIT, Mich, December 29.-- Arter being stuck in the fce in the Detroit River for more than four hours, two ferry boats, one bound from Windsor, Unt, to Detroit, and the other from Detroil to Windsor, were released ‘early today. The two boats carried about 350 passengers. ELECTORS TO GET $14,000 Government to Pay Expenses of| Trips to Washington. 1t will cost the Unired States Gov- ernment $14,000 to have the votes of electors for President and Vice Presi- dent brought to Congress. President Coolidge today asked Congress to ap- propriate that amount. The estimate was submitted through the Budget Bureau by the financial clerk of the Senate, and is to pay messengers of the respective States at the rate of 25 cents for every mile traveled to the seat of Government. CARTER TO RENEW WORK.! By Cable to The Star aod New York Werld. CAIRO, December 29.—~Howard Car- ter, discoverer of King Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, has discussed with Premler Ziwar Pasha at some length the question of resum- ing work of removing the treasures. It is understood r. Carter is pro- ceeding to Luzor immediatiey to r sume his operations. (Qoprright, 19244 time during | plans | rio had ex- | cold weather | he southern and central part| to | 30| | JOSEPH FRANCIS NALLY FATAL SHOOTING CHARGED TOLIQUOR J. F. Nally Held, George King Sought, in Connection With Slaying. Refusal to lend a glass wanted from which to take a drink of whisky re- sulted in the death of Thomas Brady, colored, 62 vears old, employed at the near beer saloon of Victor Wheat- ley, 807 North Capitol street, yes- terday afterncon. Joseph Francis Nally, 26 years old, of 1101 Fifth street, is under arrest in connection h the shooting to death of Brady, while the police are searching for George King, companion of Nally who is alleged by the police to have fired the fatal shot Nally, who went to police quarters, accompanied by Attorney James O'Shea, several hours after the shooting, gave himself up, and a| charge of murder has been placed | against him. Defendants Old Offenders. Nally has been arrested man, imes for offenses relating to tiie handiing of intoxicants, and is awaiting trial on a charge of alleged participation in the hold-up of emploves of the| Plg Wiggly Corporation several months ago, whken the loot amounted to $13,000. Neither Nally nor his at- offered any explanation of alleged connection with the ring. ge King. alleged record of more than 20 arrests the past few mo according to the nolice, charges against him including the use of smoke-screen, assault, speeding and lliquor law violations It fa said by the police that he i3 awaiting rial on minor charges. Nally recently released on a !band of $8,000 to appear for trial i the Pigely Wlegly hold-up, the bond having been reduced from $20.000, the amount demanded on his return from New York, where he was ar- rested. While Nally refused to discuss the <hooting with the police, it {s stated, |he 15 #ald to have admitted that he I had brough a load of liquor from Baltimore yesterday, and to have] |added that he and his companion were perfectly sober when they re- {turned. He did not divulge the name of his companion slayer, has a Auto Party Stops Near Saloo King, Nally, a third man and a woman are said to have been occu- | pants of an automobile that stopped near the saloon about & o'clock. the ecar being abandoned after the col- ored man had been slain. There was no liquor in the car, but a bottle of liquor had been left the bar i Wheatley's near heer establishment, here the trouble started, {t is eged, when the colored man refused o lend his visitors a glass from which to imbibe the intoxlcant. | The saloon was not open for busi ness when the men called. Brad Iwae doing the cleaning. Joseph A.| | Fi i, 22, 729 North Capitol | street, employe of Wheatley, nd 1 | Benjamin F. Dorsey.( a friend, also; | were in the place. Refused a glass| from which to take their drinks, the | {two fntruders are alleged to have started much troubie that Fitz-| | gerald went in search of & policema [returning about the time of thel | shooting and being beaten with a| i bottle or butt end of a pistel by one | of the men When Fitagerald went in search ¢ | & policeman the two men, apparent {under the Influence of liquor, also | !1eft the place, returning shbrtly after. | ward. forcing an entrance and re-| ! newing the trouble. King is alleged | {to have fired two shots, both taking {effect in Brady's body, killing him | |almost instantly. The pistol used in |the slaving was dropped in the sa loon. | Both Men Dixappear. { Following the shooting, the two| | men disappeared through a rear doc and soon were out of sight, the man, and woman in the automobile leaving | the car and disappearing. Reports| of the plstol shots were heard by occupants of nearby 1by pedesirians, and a quickly gathered. Detectives R. H. Mansfleld and Ira Keck, on duty at police headquarters. ! and Detective Harry A. Cole of the sixth precinct wers among the first members of the force to reach the scene and start an investigation. It was a few minutes before they learned of the iden- tity of King and Nally. and also of the man wiho was seated (n the automobile, but who had no connection with the | shooting. He was merely awaiting the | return of his friends, it is said, when he !heard the reports of the pistol shots and Lurried away. The automobile was seized by the po- lice and driven to the sixth precinct station. It was reported that a portion | of a emoke screen was found in the car, but it was not in working order. De- scriptions of King were sent out without delay, but when day dawned the all- | night’ search on part of Inspector Clif- ford L. Grant's detective corps had not accomplished his arrest. i bufldings and | large crowd ‘Woman Penies Reports. A young woman in Government employ, said to be a friend of King, Wwas questioned at police headquar- ters this afternoon. It had been reported that a woman of her name Was in the automobile abandoned ot the scene of the shooting, but she Qenisd being the ono there. She admitted knowing King, detectives ctated, but denied belng with him yes- | terday. Tt was sald at police headquarters this afternoon that detectives had obtained no Information as to the probable whereabouts of IKing. De- | tectives suy he may be in hiding here or he may have left the city They say they learned that King had displayed a large sum of money while in @ lunchroom Friday night, enough to lest him some time should he seck a hiding place ut a dlstance. Dr. Herbert F. Martyn, ncting cor- oner. will hoid at the morgue at 1 morning. {ana | tured and he was badly shocked. i necticut | Hughes, {on | ceased, a contractor, FOUR AUTO DERTAS RAIE TOTAL TO0 Two Victims Hit on Connecti- cut Avenue—Several Others Injured. Four deaths from trafc accidents oceurred since Saturday, bringing the toll in the District for the year up to 90. James Harry, jr., 42 years old, of Thirty-fifth street and Alton place, wag fatally injured by the automobile 5f Charles P. Stone, jr., 2021 Massa- chusetts avenue, at Connecticut aye- nue and Albemarle street about €:30 o'clock last night. He was taken to Emergency Hospital by Stone and died there an hour later. ‘The body remained unidentified ‘un- i1 8:30 o'clock this morning, when Officer H. F. Cornwell of &ub-T sta- tion went to the morgue, after read- ing the police description of the man, and identified the body as that of Mr. Harry. The deceased was a widower is survived by two small chil- dren, who live with his mother at the foregoing address. He was born and reared in Washington and was & blacksmith, Calls Ceollision Aeccldental. He told his mother yesterday eve- ning he was going out to Chevy Chase Circle, and prasumably was crossing Connecticut avenus to take a street car when struck by Mr. Stone’s machine. Mr. Stone told the | police he was driving north on Con necticut avenue, and when near Al-! bLemarla street the' pedestrian step- ped from the sidewalk directly in front of the machine, so suddenly that he was unable to apply the brakes in time to prevent the accide; man was found to be suffer a compouhd fracture of the right leg, fracture of several ribs and ehock. He was unconscious when Mr. Steme picked him up. An inquest probably will be held at the morgue tomorrow. George Wilson, o Kastle piace northeast, died yester- day at Cosualty Hospital from in- juries received by a street car N vember 24 at Deane avenue and K e place no east Wilson's right leg was fractured and his head hurt Wilson was struy by a sfreet Motorman James rge of Conductor William Kite, while waiting to board another reet car. 1t was known b3 hospital surgeons that the injured man’s conaition was crit from red, €0, 624 Injuries Prove Fatal Matthew My ) avenue. whe his automob against three o cars in front the place of business of Robert | 2306 Georgzin avenue, ¥ri died at Freedmen's Hospita! night. Myers was allezed to have driven his car azainst the other machines while on the wrong | side of the roandway. As Myers w the only person Invoived In the ac- cident, Dr. Herbert E. Martin, aeting coroner. gave a certificate of acci- dental death Patrick Wharton, 17, messenger, 715 Sixth strect. injured at R street and Connecticut avenue Saturday night, died at Lmergency Hospital esterday morning. The automobile that collided with Wharton's bicycle s driven by William ¥F. Downey. 1013 Seventeenth street. - Whar- ton’s skull and collarbone ware frac- At an inquest today & cordndr's ‘jury returned a verdict of aéeldental death. Officer In Inmjured. ' * Motor Cycle Policeman C. J. Ga of the third precinct sustains@ M- ful injuries yesterday afternoon when his motor cycle collided with an ay- tomobile driven by Abraham Brid- iansky, Rockville, Md., at Sixteenth and Q streets. e was pursulng a speeding motor cycle when the accl- dent_happened. John- Whalen. 24, 1105 W street southeast, was knocked down at Con- avenue and L street last the antomobile of A. H. Krichner, %07 Eleventh street, and his left leg injured. He was given firat aid at Emergency Hospital. Automobiles driven by Walter E. 1833 Brentwood road north- sast, and George P. Barse, 1365 B treet southeast, were badly damaged as a result of a collision that occur-| red at North Capitol street and Rhode Island avenue shortly after 7 o'clock last night. Mis. Barse sustained slight injury to her left arm. Michael Quinn, 50, 1832 Columbia road, was driver of an automobile} that hit an electric light pole anu fence on Pierce MI road near Park Road Bridge yesterday afterncon and was damaged. Quinn suffered a fractured nose and cut face and was taken to Emergency Hospital Killed in Pennsylvania. Clarence W. Chamberlain, 39, Eleventh street northeast, was killed | in an automobile accident Saturday afternoon near Littletown, Pa only a few miles distant from th home of friends hie was going to visit. He was automobiling with John A. Huff, Clarendon, Va., and his machine | was’ comsting on an icy bill, it is stated, when it left the road and (urned over several times. Huff was | ¢ slightly hurt. The body was brought home yester- @ay, and funeral services will be held at his late home at 2 o'clock tomor-| row afternoon. Rev. E. Hez Swem.| pastor of Centennial Baptist Church, | will officlate and interment will be i | Fort Lincoln Cemetery. The de-j was a member of the Board of Trade. He is sur-| vived by his widow and four daugh-, ters. ight by Accidental Death. Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, acting coro- ner, today conducted an inquest at| the morgue in the case of John Clark, | 25, Conduit road and Dana place, who was killed in an automobile accident in front of the home of Wesley Mickens, 4531 Canal road, the morn- ing of December 21. Clark and W liam G. Kimball, 21. Aurora Heights, | Va. were occupants of a car that| struck a motor truck parked in front| of Mickens' home. The machine over- turned. killing Clark almost instant- ly and injuring Kimball, who was! treated at Georgetown University Hospital. A verdict of accidental| death was reported. Harry Willlamson, 2501 New Hamp- shire avenue, 9 vears old was badly injured this morning when his skip- mobile and the automobile of Police- man Joseph H. Johnson of the tenth precinct colllded at Georgia avenue and | Park road. The boy's face was badly scarred and his collarbone and ribs were fractured. He was taken to Garfleld Hospital in the automobile that in- Jured him. el MARYL_AN‘D SHARES IN LIGHT RATE CUT, BUT NOT IN REFUND (Continued from First Page.) tinuing the litigation, he pointed ouf that the agreement will Glear the atmospherc of a situation that has been distasteful to the company, the commission and the public. Engineer Commissioner $ell, chair- man of the Utilities Commission, also was elated fdday over the set ment arrived at, expressine the belief that it would work -to the ULegefit of "tlie “électric Ught éo‘sfi?‘i‘l‘fc!"' e | § | Secretary 120 years' Clicking Puzzles Girls Hurrying To Work Under Inquisitional Eyes “Click, cliek, cliak,” everywhere one trudges around downtown Washington this .merning one hears the monotonous click. F street is full of clicks. As one walks down the street one sees a Boy Scout or a janitor from one of the office buildings or a clerk in a real estate office leer at them from a warm store entrance in a determined manner, and again thers comes the haunting click. After hearing the clicks and noting ‘inquisitive glances from unknown men and boys near the Treasury, timid ladies pulled their fur coats up around them and hur- ried on down F street In an effort to escape, but only to find that they had run inte an army of peer- ing men and bovs, who clicked away with a determination that was remarkable. Up Fifteenth street, down G street, anywhare, no refuge was to be found from these grim, determined persons, except in a store or hotel UTILITIES' VALUES REVISION 1S SEEN W.R. E. Co., Capital Traction and Gas Light Company Cases to Come Up. Early revision of the vaiuations of the Washington Railway and Bleetric Co., the Capital Traction Co. znd the Wash- ington Gaa Light Company loomed today uence to the settiement reached in the long-disputed Potomac Electric Power Co. case. Each of theso other companies has suits pending in the District Supreme Court against the appraisal made of their properties by the Utilities Commis- sfon, which have never been tried’ for the reason that the power company case was regarded as a test. Other Cares Studied. Maj. W. 3. R. Coveil the Utilities Commission, today began a study of the status of railway and gas company cases and indicated that they might also be adjusted out court In the same way that the elec- tric 1ight litigation was ended 1t is practically certain that valuations of th other companies mentioned will hav to be increased to some extent. When the District Court of Appeals decided the Poto- mae I ric Power Co. case it held that the commission erred in its fix ing of fair value, the same general principles were followed in all the valuation cases, it appears likely that the ad- justments now will be upward. Rate Effect UnLnown. Whether revising of these other valuations will have any effect on cxisting rates for street car serv- ice and gas. no one was prepared to predict today. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Co. is now. earning a return of a fraction above 4 per cent on the commission’s estimate of fair value and the Capital Traction's present rate of return is something under 7 per cent. 1t the adjustments which must be made in valuations are upward the assistant to Since { rates of return of the car companies would be less. This would give the car companie stronger grounds on hich to apply for a higher fare, but officials refrained today from discus- sing this question, since It is one that will not arise until the valuations have first been corrected. The question of rates for street car and gas service is not as closely tied into the valuation settlements as ir the case of the power company. For, while the other companies contested their valuations in court, they d'd not g0 to court against the rates that have been” fixed by the commission since the valuations were announced. Should no steps be taken soon look- to an adjustment of the other ations out of court, it was indi- cated today that the Capital Trac- tion Company probably would en- deavor to have its case brought up for hearing in court \CUSTODY OF ACCUSED MARINES IS SOUGHT Requisition From M.sry}lnd Filed at Navy Department for Men Charged With Slaying. Txtradition papers for two United tates marines, stationed at Quantico, Va.. and wanted in Baltimore in con- nection with the kill there De- cember 14 of Hugh Berryman, taxi- cab chauffeur, were brought to the Navy Department today by Detectives Charles A. Kahler and Joseph Itzel. The marines are Frank E. Fielding, 23, and Thomas P. Jones, 20. Before men of the military service are turned over to the civil author- ities it is always necessary to have the extradition papers examined and filed by the Secretary of the Ni The two Baltimore detectives came to the department early today and the papers were preparcd for signature in the judge advocate general's office and probably will be signed when the returns from the this afternoon. The two ‘detective: then will go to Quantico, where the men have been in confinement since they were identified about a week ago. The identification of the two men was made by Mrs. Ellen J. Bennett, who was said to have been in the taxicab at the time, and the fruitful search involved a check-up of some 2,900 marines stationed In Baltimore, Annapolis, Washington and Quantico. NUMEROUS FAREWELLS FOR FRENCH ENVOY Jusserand and Wife to Be Honored by Latin American Representa- tives January 2. An unusuval succession of farewell courtesies will be accorded Jules J. Jusserand, the retiring French am- -bagsador, before he leaves Washing- ton early in January, after more than service as head of the French diplomatic mission here. Plans for several farewell dinners and receptions have been announced and today Invitations were sent out for a luncheon to be given in honor of, the Ambassador and Mme. Jus- serand by the heads of the American embassies and legations. Tt will take place at the Pan-Ameri- can Union January 2. Secretary Hypghes is _expected to attend and a tribute to Mr. Jusserand's services in the cause of international amity will be pronounced by Dr. J. Varela, the Uruguayan Minister. . Because she had tripped and fallen on a broken foétpath, a young wom- n was granied two pairs of silk tockings by the Arnagh,' England, «city councll recently, ™ " * ? Not a few of the Nation's notables heard as they passed through the streets, “click, oclick, olick,” and saw peering faces from every an- gle. Visions of bombs, reds dis- guised as Boy Scouts and anarchists in the guise of janitors loomed up before these men, who bravely kept their way and ran the gant- let in a somewhat nervous condi- tion. The mystery was solved at 11 a.m., when all clicks stopped. The strange noise was merely a pedes- trian traffic count under theé auspices of the Washington Asso- clation of Bullding Owners and Managers. And the clicks were from the noise of 125 registering | tional of | the | Capitat | Latin | machines concealed in the hands of the Bo. outs, clerks, janitors and others, who were placed in all the downtown area to count all pedestrians in an effort to find out where the busiest spots of the downtown of the National Capital are located. PERMANENT ENT BODY ASKEDINBAL Ball Measure, Plentifully Supplied With Teeth, Would Cover All Buildings. Creation of a permanent District of Columbia rent commission because of the “conditions dangerous to public health and burdensome to Govern- ment emploves” is provided in a bill introduced today in the Senate by enator L. Heisler Ball, chairman of the Senate District committee. Sponsored hy Prestdent Coolidge and drafted by Richard S. Whaley, the bill is expected to make constitu- the workings of a commission to determine rent in the National Capital. With the presant commi niring in May and its work declared unconstitutional by the courts, the new bill is designed to eliminate dif- ficulty encountered in the past. Although the original rent act was made necessary by an emergency in the housing situation in Washington the new bill provides simply that a permament commission is necessary in the interest of public health “to relleve the government of embar- rassment for its emploves on account of high rent.” All Bulldings For this purpeshe all bulldings in the “public interest.” Under the terms of the hill five commissioners are to be appointed with terms from 1 to 5 years. N commissioner is to be directly or in-| directly interested in real estate. Thelr | salaries are fixed at 35,000 per annum. Two assistant attornevs, a secre- tary and treasurer. a fleld engineer and an adequate number of clerks is| also provided. The commission shail have an official seal and be judicially noticed ! Among the provisions in the bill| | ave standard form of leases: no ten- | ant shall sublet his apartment at a | rate higher than he pays as rental | without consent of the commission; the commission shall have the power to examine the books and accounts of owners and to subpoena witnesses. on ex- Included. the bill clothe District with a | | shall Contempt Action Provided. In case a subpoena is not'answered the commission is empowered to in- voke the aid of the District Supreme Court, and in case of conviction the witness shall be deemed guilty of contempt of court Tha bill also provi plaints may be filed gardless of leases; that mission determining the property must take into consideratic character of property and service rendered; accomodations of contract between landlord and tenant shall not prevent either party the right of hearing and that in case of eny Increase in rent the tenant shall pay ! the commission the increase and the owner or landlord the regular rent until the commission shall make known its ruling. Penalties Are Listed. The commission is authorized to bring 4any action of appeal it ma: deem necessary from the decisions of the court without payment of costs. Out of sums received from any such recovery the commission shall pay to the tenant amount of excess paid | by him and the balance to the Treas- ury of the United States to the credit of the District. The commission shall promulgate rules governing maintenance and op- eration of properties as will tend to promote peace, welfare, health and comfort of the community. Violators of these rules shall be fined not e ceeding 3§25 for each day violations are allowed to continue. The bill provides that if a landlord knowing the rental rates set on his property by the commission charges tenants in excess of these rates shall be gullty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not more thun $1,000 or one year in jail, or both. | The provisions of the new act shall take effect immediately. that com- tenants re- the com- | value by ! RECEPTION PLANNED | BY COLUMBIAN WOMEN President of G. W. U. and Mrs. Lewis, With Visiting Scientists, to Be Honor Guests. The Columbian Women will give a reception tomorrow evening at the | Washington Club in honor of Presi- | dent and Mrs. William Mather Lewis | land the * scientists attending tha American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Mrs. William H. Herron is chair- man of the reception committee, which consists of the following mem- bers: Mrs. Paul Bartsch, Mrs. Wil. lam C. Borden, Mrs. William Chamberlain, Mrs. W. L. Cheney, Mizs Edna A. Clark, Mrs. Henry G. Doyle, Mrs. John Paul Earnest, Mrs. Frank E. Edgington, Mrs. Robert F. Griggs, Miss Anna §. Hazelton, Mrs. Charles | W. Ho'mes, Mrs. Richard W. Hynson. Mrs. Virgll B. Jackson, Mre. H. T. A. Lemon, Miss Julia V. McCord, Miss Janet McWilliam, Mrs. George P. Merrill, Miss Elizabeth Peet, Miss Irene Pistorio. Mrs. Willlam C. Rue- diger, Mrs. Frank Rutter, Mrs. D. Kerfoot Shute, Mrs. William C. Van Vleck, Miss Margaret E. White and Mrs. William A. Wilbur. $200,000 BELGRADE, December 29.—The | @ockefeller Foundatlon has given to Jugoslavia 10,000,000 dinars (about $200,000) for the construction of a ! school cf hygiene at Zagreb, the ad- ministrative capital of Croatia; 2,000.- 000 dinars ($40,000) for the improve- { ment of sanitary institutions in Bel- grade, and $15,000 for the aid of needy students abroad who pledge thelr services after graguation to the public health service in Jugostavia: - r e GIVEN SCHOOL. ek |to - STUDIES OPINION Takes Up Stone Ruling on Publication of Efficiency Ratings. The Personnel Classification Board met today to censider rules and reg- ulations to carry out a new opinion of Attorney General Stone on the matter of publicity of efficiency rat- ings for 54,000 Government employes in_the District of Columbia. The substance of the Attorney General's opinion was kept a secret by the board, which announced after the meeting that no statement as to what may be contained in the new rules will be made until after they are adopted. This is expected to take place at a meeting Wednes- day morning. The opinion of the Attorney Gen- eral on the subject was requested by the Classification Board recently in a letter to Mr. Stone on account of the wide diversity of opinion among departmental chiefs as to the extent of publicity thought required by the law. Urged to Open Testx. When the board was confronted with the difficult problem of deciding how to interpret the law in this re- spect, it called into conference rep- resentatives of all the departments and establishments of the Govern- ment in order to get their views. At | this conference a free expression was elicited and it developed that sev- eral shades of opinlon existed to how far each department or apy priation unit should go in making public the results of the new effi- clency rating. So Involved did the problem feem that the board submit- ted the matter to the Attorney Gen- eral, whose opinion was studled in formal meeting by the board today for the first time The classification act in its section concerning publicity of ratings say “The current ratings for each grade or class thereof shall be open to inspection Ly the representatives of the board and by the employes of the department under conditions to be determined by the board after con- sultation with the department heads.’ Serious objection developed on the part_of some persons to throwing the lists wide open to all, while on the other hand it was the majority of opinion that each person should at least be allowed to see his own rating, and perhaps the ratings of those persons immediately competing with him in his own office. Oppose Too Much Publicity. The National Federation of eral Employes has been contending that the lists should be wide open, 1o the fullest pessible publicity, in jorder that comparisons may Le madc wherever wished Some of the objection to too much publicity was explained as based on the same principles bLehind n to the recent throwing open of icome tax lists to the public. The classification board was sub- stantially in unison today, it was said, as to what kind of regulations should be issued, but it will not act formaliy until Wednesday, when a completed draft of the regulations will be before it. The opinion of the Attorney Gen- eral wus said to be clear, and it was expacted there would be no difficulty fn drawing regulations which would be interpreted easily. The new rules, it was further said, wfll be based directly on the opinlon 6f the Attor- ney General D.C. SUPPLY BLL HEARING OPENED Commissioners and Auditor Appear Before House Subcommittee. The District Commissioners. accom- panied by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, the District auditor, appeared before the subcommittee on District appropria- tions of the House appropriations committee today when hearings were opened on the District supply bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next. No action was taken by the Com sioners .today nor was any executive meeting called to consider a change in the permanent law by which the District appropriations are made on | a 60-40 basis, 60 per cent to be paid from the District revenues and 40 per |cent from the Federal Treasury. As an_ emergency measure last year—and specifically written into the law that it was for that one year— the method of sharing in the expenses of the National Capital was changed 50 that the Federal Government con- tributed a lump sum of practically $9,000,000, while the District revenues paid the rest of the total appropria- tions, Fight Held Certain. 1t is certaln that an attempt will be made to pass the bul this vear, continuing a lump sum appropriation by the Federal Government, as was {done last vear. At the hearing today Commissioner Rudolph made an oral statement cov- ering the finances of the District government and summarizing the ap- propriation needs. The meeting was executive, but those who were pres- ent sald that no interesting features were developed. The hearing will be continued this fternoon, twith the expectation that by tomorrow the Subcommittee will be ready to discuss the detail of funds meet the varlous needs of the lo- cal government Representative Frank Ohio sat as a new member at the hearings on the District bill today. taking the place of Representative Tinkkam of Massachusetts, who is absent on account of illness. .Mr. Murphy was formerly a member of the legislative committee on District affairs. $2,000,0—&) SOUGHT FOR WALTER REED TO END FIRE MENACE Murphy of (Continued from First Page.) Naval Observatory, indorsing the rec- ommendations of the Budget Bureau. Gen. Lord explained that it is pro- posed to lay this main in the naval observatory grounds and connect it with the municipal water supply at Thirty-fourth street and Massa- chusetts avenue. He points out that the present water supply system was laid in 1892 and consists of a five-inch main from Wisconsin avenue into the observatory eircle and then smailer mains to sup- ply the five buildings. Much of thi piping is of wrought iron and deterlorating. Several bad leaks oc- curred during the past year. N e 5 TR AL ‘., It .you need work, read the want ‘eotumne cf o Bhur Fed- | the ob- | i | | | | blood.” i fact | and Desires.” | CLYDE B. AITCHISON *__Harris & Ewing Pho AITCHISON ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF I. C. C. Member Honored Is Serving Second Term on Rail Body—Appointed First by Wilson. Clyde B. Aitchison of Oregon, serv- ing his second term as a member, was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission today. Mr. Altchison’s service as chairman of the commission will begin January 1, 1925 He was chairman of the commission in 1919, The commission chairman- ship is filled from year to vear by election in the order of seniority of service The new chairman, was born and educated i taking a major part in of legislation in Oregon for a rajlroad commission he became a member of that commission, and came to Washington in 1916 as general counsel for the valuation committee of the National Association of Rail- way Commissioners Mr. Aitchison was originaily ap- pointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by President Wilson ir September, 1917. for the term ended December 1921. In Decemb 1921, he was reappointed by Presid Harding for the term ending Decem- ber 31, 1925 Mr. Aitchison identified with the activitiez of the In-Com-Co Club, an organization made up of employes of the commis- sion, and is the leader of the In-Com- Co vocal group a Republican, Towa. After the passage h long been State | REALTY MEN DENIED TIME BY COOLIDGE Told to Consult With Rent Commission on Proposed New Bill. The uest of the Washington Association of Building Owners and Managers that they be granted a con- ference with the President to discuss rental legislation and the District, housing situation was refused toda in a letter from the White Housn gent by C. Bascom Slemp, the Presi- dent's secretary, which also suggests that the association discuss the matte with the Rent Commission. Mr. Sle In his letter states that he is sending a copy of the association’s request to fer with the President to the Rent mission Feeling that ther should be al- lowed to present their views on fur- ther rent legislaiton as proposed b the President and that they should ba given an opportunity to present their statistics on the housing situation in the District, the assbelation in a let- ter to Secretary Slemp asked that a committee consisting of Robert Freer, president of the organization: R ert McKeever and James Mcl She: allowed to confer with President in regard to these matt Cite One Chief Objection. One of the chief objections of t owners is that such legislation ultimately have the opposit for which it was created. Tl out that there ber of apartments va trict and that demand will cause rer 1¢ rental legislation is put in force they feel it will drive investors who de- sire to erect large apartment houses and rental to other clties With the growth of the the pres- ent vacant apartments will eventually be filled and with investors rciucta to spend ir money erecti her apartment houses by reason of ation f a rent commission, Washington soon will find itself again in the midst of a serious shortage, members of the association centend. The reply from Mr. Slemp reads s follows “My ceived . will e resu g dear Karrick: I your letter of and suggest that you t to which vou refer up with the Reng Commission. 1 bringing you to the attention of the Come Sincere urs, BASCOM SLEMP, _ “Secretary to the President Officials of association feel somewhat rebuffed at the reply and state that ¥ at loss to undere stand why they e been refuseq the opportunity t the quese tion in which they vitally in have ree December 23 ke the mattep are o discus, SCIENTISTS LAUNCH VIGOROUS DRIVE TO tinued from ernoon the son in the same j One of the papers of ou standing interast to the gener public was that of Emmeline Moor: investigator in fish culture of New York State conservation mittee, who told of finding a type of heart disease in white known to science as “bothriocephals sis,” which caused by lary peworm. The worm mes e the f rious com ne is a be- auricle Dr. Moors explain uestered within the h, having migrated from va- tissues i their “search for The becomes fatal the speaker ined, when worms eat a into the auricle causing & h orrhage that brings in- stantaneous death Ma: chiet 1 terest in this discovery lies in that the same parasite is most common typs of found in human beings Sndangers Food Supply. s type of parasitism,” Dr. Moore uded. “has two important eco- ic bearings. One to the fish and the other to human welfare. the one hand, it strikes at the heart of the food supply which this fish af- fords in the natural waters to the lake trout Both whitefish and lake trout harmonize well In the matter of food relations.” “On the other hand, Bothriocepha lus is _the only parasite common to both fish and man. Infection by it may be acquired by eating uncooked fish. Parasitism of this kind. though disease exp! lesion the tapeworm Tt common among fish-eating peoples of | Europe, has been considered rare in America. Recent evidence however, that it is the co type of tapeworm infection i monest an The biological survey of the United | States Department of Agriculture has devoted an entire exhibit in Central High School. in conjunction with the meetings of the delegates represent- ing the zoological sclences. to point ing out the danger the common rat offers to mankind. Under the heading of “Vandals of the Night,” the survey points out that “the only good rats are dead rats.” Destruction Vast. “While America sleeps,” declares a placard over the display, “rats de- stroy the entire labor of 200,000 men. and pestilence lurks Two million dollars’ worth of labor is destroyed every year by rats and they have caused more deaths among mankind than all the wars of historr. The brown rat fs the worst animal pest in the the display concludes, native to America but brought here on settlers’ Europe just before the Revolution- ary War. After showing complete methods for building ‘rat-proof homes the safest way to polson roden already occupy older houses, biological survey points out t America pays $2 every vear to sus tain every rat in its territory, but a hundredth of a cent will buy enough material to destroy one. Elsewhere other experts were dis- cussing evervthing scientific from physical factors influencing the dis- tribution, growth and reproduction of shipworms on the Pacific coast to the size of seeds in tomatoes, the floral development of lettuce and the studies relating . to the handling of sweet cherrfes and a description of how the pitcherplant obtains nitrogen for its existence by devouring unfortu- nate insects that stray into its “pitch- ers.” are were Paychologist Lectures. Dr. Knight Dunlap of Johns Hop- kins University, Baltimore. address- ing the American Psychological As- sociation at George Washington Uni- versity, gave a lecture on “Instincts The desire differs from the Instinct in three important points, as follows, the speaker declared: First, the instinet is a. force of energy which drives one to certain forms of activity; on the other hand, the desire Is something one ‘has.’ ‘Second. the inct is a central factor, -presumably having its locus tn the brain; the desire, on the other hand, has its locus in tissues outside of the nervous system, “Third, the instinct is really one ot our faculties; the desire is not.” Speakers at the general meeting on psychology inciuded Dr. Paul T. Young ohthe University of Iilinots;" | see | | against the « | mission EDUCATE LAYMAN | the | the | | completion of one shows, | untimely | of | ships from | | winl terested They also state why they Rent C they cannot rred to it is com- present the an of the nt that thelr data. Commission favorably upon possibly look 300 BEDS ASSURED FOR WALTER REED Bill Supplementing Langley Meas- ure Gives Additions, Veterans' Bureau Announces. hundred addftion bed the so-called was announced Hines of the V No tentative awn by the burea ", however, 3 the jon as to when th be advanced fa ough with the latting of contra Among other struction will undertaken as t the legislation, Giex nounced five n inc wh result . Hines hospit partly construet of another, and the struction of a nation training sch for the blind. The projects located at Great La 111, wall, Pa.; Muskogee, Okla more, Md.; San Fernando, Ca ther sites not yet selected be new the purchase Asy Balti- Dr. J. R. Kantor of the University Indiana, Dr. James R. Angell of 3 Dr. William M. Marston of New City and Dr. Curt Rose University of Kansas The program tonig by the general meet Continenta Hall, with Secretar State Hughes and Dr. Charles D, W- cott, secretary of the ith=onian stitution, as the speakers. Wednesday President Coolldze will receive delegates to the convention at t White House at 12:30 o'c and night there will be an official recs tion in their honor the Natio Museum. Political Scéentists Meet. Members of the Science Association organizatio ing. with addresses o American gathered for t 's twentieth annual m a_three-day program of and group discussions deal- ing with numerous political quese tions of both international and do- mestic aspect. An address by the British Ambassador, on “Br Policy and the Balance of Power headed the program for tonight's ses- sion, devoted to a discussion of ir ternational relations. Dr. James W Garner, president of the association, follow the Ambassador with an address_on “Limitations Upon tional Sovereignty in International Relations.” Subjects listed for discussion at round-table meetings today included politics and psychology, public ad- ministration and international affairs. A luncheon program included an address by Prof. George G. Wilson of Harvard University, on the moderni- zation of international law, with other speakers developing the sube ject. Problems involved in public sonnel administration formed subject of speakers listed for the aft- ernoon session, including Harry Marsh, secretary of the National ¢ Service Reform League. In an address prepared for the round-table discussion on interna- tional affairs, Denys P. Myers of the World Peace Foundation dwelt on what he declared were the advantages of international co-operation through Sir Esme Howard, Na- per- the ivil | the League of Nations in the matter of treaty making. Ratifications so far recorded of the 47 treaties negotiated through the league, he said, represent a “network of international engagement which it would require 17,509 bilateral treaties to reproduce,” using the term “bilat. eral” as meaning treaties between in< dividual nations. Operation of the Swedish state railways during 1924 has been cone sidered so satisfactory that the mine ister of communications recently ape proached the government rallwag office With a View to lowering ratem