Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1926, Page 2

2 SENATORS DELAY TRAFFIC ACTION Wil Give Officials Time to Study Rules Before Tak- ing Up Bill. F¥ favor of allowing e time in which to Sentiment in traffic officials ve the workings of new regu'a- | nethods before going into of present traffic condi- was voiced by members of the Senate District committice at a meetin Zarly ena fare bill to brir board the sever funcrmn cated by seve mittee, 1t of the public wel- together in one senctes that now wis 1- i nt the people triet representation in the right to vote for Vice President, by tion, was re- and the headed by | Washinston About Hearings. Jones, author of the reso- d he would confer with the his subcommitt to rings should be held on He pointed been held on in previous chairman, it desired to the question seemed, he the public tors present time which in control, be upp traflic said. to most sever: T the Ser vt ried out. mor: allowed the Traffic the situation goes into the subject Jones declared he was in the traffic director him to work out the creating too many artment to ob- nerve the com mittee Senator 'm without regulations. k of Co-operation. MeKinley of Tllinois called ymplaint made by Eldridse vesterday co-operation . observed that such that referred to co- police and 1use author- related.” s that_when the traffie la consldered last yvear there’ was a feeling th or should have been given more power. but that it becime necessary to work out a compromise bill in order to get action. Senator Jones sail it frequently necessary (o agree on com bills in seek- ing to legislation through. Referred to Subcommittee. fiy “is not Senator J is The wat has been introduced in this ss o increase the pow- ers of ' Director Kldridge has been referred to a subcommitiee head by Senator McKinley for consid eration at a later date the suggestion of Senator of Utah, Chair ized to confer with other member the commitiee having certain jiecs of legislation in hund #8 10 when they 1ld be taken up and whether hear- hould be hel When the two' = mothers’ ad I strict were brough tors present appeared the belief that one hoard, such as is proposed in ubliz welfare hill, should be created to handle all such activities of the District government. Explains Mothers’ Bills. Senator Capper explained that the difference hetween the two pend- bills on mothers’ aid is that one would create a separate agency to han- dle mothers’ allowances, while the other wo Bourd of Charities. Chairman Capper said he felt the Commissioners’ bill to place mothers’ allowances under the Board of Char- fties was the most desirable, pointing out that the task would then go to the proposed public welfare board when that agency is created, The Senate subcommittee, headed by Senator Copeland of New York, will hold a hearing Monday on both moth- ers’ aid b 3 While the mothers’ aid legislation was under discussion Senator Harreld declared there were entirely too many separate bodies in the District govern- ment and that he did not see the need for any more. He asked why the granting of mothers' aid could not be placed under the Board of Children’s Guardians. It was ex- plained by Chairman Capper that if Congress adopts the Commissioners’ bill, the mothers’ aid law would be placed under the Board of Charities and that all of these boards would be combined in one when (ongress en- acts the public welfare bill. Wrangle Over D. C. Government. Senator Harreld asserted that he thought Washington was one of the st governed citles in the United Senator McKinley said he had been under the impression it was one of the best governed. Senator Capper added that he thought the local offi- clals are doing the best they can with the material at hand. \ Senator Harreld then declared that he thought that w nator Capper gald was true. namely that the trouble in the machinery of the District government “1 did not mean the what I said,” Senator plained The Kin nding bills to pro slation for the the Sen animous 1n d p is individuals in Harreld ex- proposed new insurance code for Washington was referred to Sen- ator Harreld for study and report. Chafrman Capper said the Commis. sloners are anxious to have this meas. ure enacted into law. Income Taxes in D. C. Senator King of Utah explained to the hmittee today that he had not formed any definite conclusion on the suggestion he has made regarding an income tax law for the District of Columbia. He said he wa and w s still of an open mind s looking into the question only many persons had spoken to out it. He said he had been ad- 1 wealthy people could escupe payment of taxes in other States hy maintaining nominal residence in Washington nd living here a few weeks in Winte Senator McKinley contended t! if a person followed that practice he would be required to pay taxes under the personal intangible tax law here. Senator King said he understood the intangible tax did not work very well. Senator Jones of Washington observed that it probably worked as well here 3 nywhere. The discussion was with the understanding’ that Senator King would submit his bill to the committee later for consideration. All Set. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. “Well, dad, they have fired me out of college and I'm ready for work. What shall L .do?"” “Grab that bag of potatoes,” said the grocer, “and rush for the truck with #t. That's touchdown. Get set, Go! Rah, rah, rahl™ 4 dvo- | m- | an Capper was author- | we the function in the | (Continued from First Page.) more {s presumed to have been grant- ed than s expressly stated In the words of the grant, and the rule of construction in regard to such grants is neither to be too strict nor too Itheral, but fair and reasonable, to effectuate the intention of the Legis. lature. 925, after legislating directly relative | to the procuring of operators’ permits, speeding and reckless driving of mo- | tor vehicles, fleeing from scenes of accident, driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor, smoke screens, reporting by garage keepers of cars damazel in accidents and rev- seation or suspension of operators’ | permits, delegated to the director of | traffie certain authority which is con tained in ection 6 (h) of sald act. [ which provides as follows: ‘The director {s hershy authorized, zinning 50 days after the enactment act. (1) to make reasonable reg- tions with respect 1o brakes. horns, rts, mufflers and other equipment peed and parking of vehicles, the tezistration of motor vehicles, the is uance and revocation of operators’ aits and such other regulations with respect to the control of traffic in the District not in conflict with any law of the United States as are deemed advisable, * ¢ * No Restriction Intended. | “Congress iteelf, in said act of ases’of the traffic conditions e District, nowhere attempted to restrict or interfere with the personal liberty of our citizens when they are not eperating or In charge of vehicles or motor vehicles. Can it be said then | that #« intended to give such power to the director of traffic when t ed in him authority to make such other regulations with respe to the control of traffic in the Dis- trict_not in conflict witk any law of the United States as are deemea ad- visable’” What did Congress intend Dy the use of the words ‘control of traffic’? “It might be contended that the words ‘contrpl of trafic’ as used in {said section 6 (b) are sufficiently broad {and comprehensive to include, and were intended to include, pedestrians, | but the rule of statutory construction |13, as was sald by the Court of Appeals | :ase of Miles Planting Co. vs. .5 App. D. C., 138, 144: ‘It is an undoubted rule of con- struction that the special meaning or purpose that might, under some cir cumstances, be found to lurk in a single word or part of a sentence, must vield to the plain intention dis | closed by the whole.: Reading the Traffic Act of March |3. within Its four corners, in. | cluding its title, and giving effect. if sssible, to every clause and word of statute. as it is my duty to do, and bearing in mind that no more authority is presumed to have been i:rumed the director of traffic than ix expressly stated in the Traffic Act |and applying to that statute a fair and reasonable construction to effect | uate the intention of Congress, I am forced to the conclusion that the wuthority delegated to the director of traffic was expressly limited by Con- &ress to the control of vehicles or ve- hicle traffic,and conferred upon him no authority to restrict or interfere with {the right of personal Hberty of our | the public highways. Question of Unreasonableness. “The first question, Has the director of traffic power to make any regula- | tions controlling the actions of pedes. {trians upon our streets as contained | in said section 2 (a) of article 2, being decided in the negative, the disposi- tion by me of the second question, as to whether the regulation here In- | volved is unreasonable, unusual. un- just or oppressive or restrictive of or in violation of the right of personal liberty, is unnecessary, for, even if the regulation is reasonable. just and proper in itstelf, and even necessary for the preservation of peace and good order and the safety of the public, yet, if the director of traffic has no author- ity to make it, it cannot stand.” It was announced at the District | Building that Director of Traffic Eld | ridge and Assistant Corporation Coun- Ringgold Hart are whipping the | proposed regulation into legal shaye {for presentation tomorrow to the | Board of Commissioners for their ac- tion. Both officials were in corfererce this morning with Commissioner Fer.- ning, sponsor of the all-night parking ban idea for Washington May Modify Ban. Reports were current that some modification has been made in_the original plan. which would prohibit parking of automobiles on the streets between 2 and 5 a.m. The change, it was reported, would prohibit parking for periods longer than four hours after 1 a.m Commissioner Fenning will present the regulation at the meeting of the Board of Commissioners. Whether it will meet the approval of the other two Commissioners is a matter for conjecture, as neither Commissioner Bell nor Commissioner Rudoiph have given the slightest intimation as to how they will act when the regulation is formally submitted. Mr. Fenning, however, has announced that he saw no reason why his colleagues would not indorse it. Senator Jones announced hie inten- tion of fighting the proposal following receipt this morning of a letter from { Commissioner Fenning in reply to a request he had sent to the Commis- sioner for information as to why the proposed regulation was necessary. Questions Asked. is letter to Commissioner Fen- Senator Jones asked the follow- |ing questions: How many accidents | have occurred in the last six months ‘ongress, by the act of March 3, | .in dealing directly with | itizens while walking along or over!| THE EVENING COURT HOLDS PEDESTRIAN RULE VOID; SITUATION IS CHAOTIC jJudge McMahon Deals Stunning Blow—Eldridge and Police and Fenning and Senator Jones in Controversies. as a result of this parking? What in- convenience has the public ruffered from the parking of machines between 2 and 5 a.m.? What inconvenience ol delay has been suffered by the Fire Department? tion as to anv special reasons that exist for the proposed regulation. asked Commissioner Fenning if thought had been given to the act that before very long the days will be getting longer and that the sun will be up by 5 o'clock in the morning and that some people desire and be required to use streets even before 5 o'clock. The reply of Commissione ad, in part, as follows here Is no separate 1 dents or collisfons which can wded as the direct result night parking The inconvenience suffered by the public with respect to all-nizht parking, as 1 am advised by persons who have approached me on the subject, !s that traffic is re tarded. that persons are unable drive up m front of their own resi- starting hours of the morning cause annoyance to persons in front of whose houses they are parked and there is a distinct element of danger by virtue of the obstrue- tion of view caused by all-night purkir { I am advised that there is™ no | separate record kept on file of the in- | convenience suffered hy the Fire De- partment re: m o of all-night the nning be [ well be that the best way to eliminate all-night parking is not ace a prohibition on parking be- tween the hours of 2 and 5 am. It is possible that the prohibition shonld apply to other hour she 1 apply to a certain numbe f hours, say four { hours between 1 and 9 a.m. This fea ture is now under consideration the director of traffic and the corp tion counsel You ask that I give vou any spe- clal reasons iIndicating the desirabil- ity for no parking between the hours of 2 and 5 am.. when as stated in vour letter, general traffic is usually very light. I think this question ix answered in the immediately preced Ing_paragraph. “Concluding vour letter vou ask as to what special benefits will accrue ‘other than to the garage people. It is my thought that rezulation as pro posed will be in the interest of the National Capital, the streets will be safer for other automobiles and for pedestrians and for the Fire Depart- ment. There will be an appreclable effect in law enforcement. and it will be possible for the Street Cleaninz Department to adequately perform s fmportant function in the early morn ing_hours. “May I add that the proposed regu- lation is still under consideration, that I hope to have an early confer. ence with the director of trafe and the corporatfon counsel, and that if ‘a_regulation 18 proposed it will re céive the most careful consideration of the Commissioners." LACKS POLICE AID. i Can't Enforce Rules Without trol, Eldridge Tells Capper. Reasons why he should have con- trol over policemen assigned to traffic enforcement were cited by Director Eldridge in a letter he wrote ves terday to Senator Capper. chairman of the Senate District committee. The Senator had transmitted to Mr. Eldridge a complaint from a business concern regarding the difficulty of delivering merchandise because of the parking problem. Mr. Eldridge told Senator Capper that if the one-hour parking limit at the curb were enforced there would be room for vehicles to stop in making deliveries. His letter indi- cated he did not belleve the police were as active as they might be in enforcing the overtime parking rule “I have no authority over the po- lice,” wrote Mr. Eldridge, “and many of my requests to enforce rezulk tions, including the parking regula- tions in the downtown district, have been ignored.” The Police Dpeartment recently as- signed 10 men to downtown parking enforcement, but withdrew them after a short time, Mr. Eldridge con- tinued, with the result that the one- hour limit ie being violated. “If the superintendent would assign to the Traffic Bureau 10 or 12 young, vigorous officers who are not acquainted in the business district with the business men and clerks T fell certain that we could en- force this regulation. thereby per- mitting merchants who have goods to deliver to find places at the curb to park their cars,” Mr. Eldridge said. Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning was closeted with Mr. Eldridge for several minutes this morning, but neither revealed the subject under dis- cussion. The Commissioner declined to comment on the traffic director's letter to Senator Capper. Maj. Hesse announced, however, that he would continue to advocate “reasonable enforcement” of the regu- lations promulgated by the traffic di- rector. He explained that he needed the co-operation of the public just as much as he does that of the trafiic director. Publication of his letter to Senator Capper was ‘‘regrettable,” Mr. Hid- ridge sald, but it has not served to change his opinion as to the lack of co-operation from the Police Depart- ment. He said he had no complaint with the police administration. Take It Out on That. From the Boston Transcript. It you're looking for something to kick about, get a foot ball. Con- SOCIETY WOMEN Daring arrest on the public high- ways, two members of Washington soclety who still own and use old- fashioned carriages, are driving on four highways forbidden under the order of the Police Department, and thus far have escaped without even a warning, it was disclosed today. Mrs. Arthur Addison said today that since the order was promulgated she has driven down Sixteenth street to Scott Circle, down Massachusetta avenue and back to her home, 2009 Q street, without molestation. ] drove around Seott Circle when there were at least eight officers post- ed there to direct traffic, and they waved my horse-drawn carriage by with the rest of the traffic,” Mrs. Addison admitted. Mrs. Parmelee Unhindered. Mrs. James Parmelee also has driven about town in her carriages without hindrance. She explains that she always uses her carriages rather than an automoblile and that she in- tends to_continue. Both Mrs, Parmelee and Mrs. Ad- dison have determined to make a test of the restriction—but the police, as vet, haven't brought any charge against them. Commissioner Frac- erick A. Fenning, who promulgated the order, following a recommendation by Trafic Director Eldridge, djdn’t DEFY POLICE BY DRIVING HORSES IN TRAFFIC care to discuss the matter at length today. “Yes, the regulation is being en- forced, as far as I know," he declared, “ard it will be enforced.” Told of Mrs. Addison's drive down Massachusetts avenue, Commissioner Fenning retorted: “That 15 a matter of police administration whieh basn't yet come to my attention,” and he dismissed all further inquiries by re- peating: “‘Hasn't come to my atten- tion yet; hasn't come to my attention yet."” Arrest for Driving Mule. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, head of the police force, was still smiling today over the situation which resulted when policemen at Scott Circle hailed the driver of a muledrawn vehicle for violating the much discussed re- striction. “I hadn’t heard of any other sup- posed violations of the regulation and didn’t know that Mrs. Addison had driven on Massachusetts avenue or Sixteenth street. I shall call it to the attention of Capt. Ira Sheetz, who is In command of the precinct there.” Capt. Sheetz was abserbed 'in a session of the Police Trial Board this morning and could not be reached. It was confidently prophesized, at the District Bullding, however, that if the owners of the victorias and barouches want-a test of the case made in court, it will be made, The Senator also requested Informa- ! of | of all- | to | by ! of_polics | STAR, WASHINGTON, FAMOUS LANDMARK 1 | | | ' will | To make way for m avenue, famous in the earl many early statesmen, and in its dn has been placed in hands of a wrecking m business, the (; history of the Nati D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1926. BEING DISMANTLED the home of tel in the city, Wl Capital a the most prominent I crew. 18500000 PHONE. FIGURE DEFENDED | | —_— | Corporation Counsel Argues in Court for Utilities Body Action. { | | — Francis H. Stephens, District cor poration counsel before Chief Justice | McCoy of District Supreme Court this {afternoon. defended the action of the { Public Utilities Commission In placing a mtion of only $18,500.000 on the | property of the Chesapeake and Po | tomac Telephone after experts | for the company had declared the property to be worth $27.060.000. | ounse] for the commission ins ed that the commission in s action { had heen gulded by a decision of the | rited States Supreme Court, and by he action of the Maryland Utilities mmission in a utility valuation | { which had been upheld by the courts of that_jurisdiction. Mr. Stephens denied that the com- mission was wrong when it accepted the tax assessments as an accurate {basis for the falr value of the land owned by the corporation and de- clared it properly had refused to in- {clude three pieces of property owned the company, but not actually in for telephone purpose 'he commission’s lawyer ridiculed m of counsel for the com pany that an allowance of 1,539 | should ave heen ma for over- | head and intangibles.” and defended as just the allowance of $2,810.000 made in the award of the commis- sion. He also claimed the commis- sion was acting w when It ex- cluded a claim of $2.800,000 for “go- ing value” and in a deduc- ton of $3.998,000 depreciation when the company had claimed such depreciation did not exceed $1,892.000. George P. Hoover, for the company, | will make the closing argument and the case will be taken under advise- ment by the cour |OBJECT TO PLACING [ ON DISTRICT ENTIRE f COST OF PARK SITES (Continued from First Page.) | $4,281.000 to Improve it for use, such ag the construction of roadways. bridges, bridle paths, etc. In Key Positions. Practically all of the land left to be hought there is situated in what are termed key positions. Until these { parcels are acquired the improvement of the parkway cannot be carried out because they stand, for the most part, directly across the proposed route of roadways. Officials in the public buildings and parks office find it hard to draw the distinction in mind between Federal Government and District property in this connection. It was pointed out | that although the money may be jtaken from the District. and title to { the land given to the United States, jit might be turned over to the Dis- trict for streets and playground pur- poses, as recent parcels have been turned over. The Park Commission recently pur- chased a large parcel of land in Po- tomac Park and almost immediately turned it over to the District for play-, ground purposes. They also turned over a large parcel of iand adjoining { Fort Dupont for use as a part of the i District nursery located there. | Officials of the office say that they will regret to see the proposal to use this surplus fund wiped out. The ef- fect of this will be, it was said, to 8o delay the completion of this much- needed parkway as to make subse- quent purchases almost beyond reach and quite expensive to the Federal and District governments. Bill Links Parkways. The bill in question for the ac- quisition of the land to connect the parkway between Rock Creek Park, Zoological Park and Potomas Park was introduced in the House today. The new bill strikes out the words “out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated” and in- serts the followin, ‘Out of the sur- plus revenues of ine District of Ce lumbla made avaliable by public law 358, Sixty-Eighth Congress, approved February 2, 1925." In his report Chairman Zihlman says: “The Rock Crook and Potomac Parkway Commission is composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Fecretary of War and the Secretary of Agriculture, and this appropriation ‘will énable them to complete the work for which they were organized in 1913. The bill has the approval of the commission known as the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission, which was established for the purpose of acquiring this land for parkway purpos€s, and also the letter of Gen. H. M. Lord, director of the budget, as appecrs from the letter of Secre- tary Mellon, chairman of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commis- sion, and of Gen. Lord. Parkway ‘Need Stressed. “In view of the rapid increase in the real estate values in and about ‘Washington, it seems not at all strange that the sum mentioned, §600,000, must be-added to-the origi-2 D.C. BILLS ASSIGNED FOR INVESTIGATION Referred for Study to Sub-! committees by House Dis- trict Body. the District of the House have been Dis affecting referred committee to subcommittees " workmen s compensation, lumt trict signed N for R subeommit investi ition. as follows No. 4, tee on insurance and banking laws H. . No of B of iducation, e franchise R b 346 and 347, Welfare mothers’ pension, public health ity and welfare laws. 1L It No apital punishment, judic i 3 United s es contribution to the Disirict of Columbia, fiscal affairs of the District; H. 1. No. 487, work- men’s compensation, insurance and banking laws. H. R. No. 380 amend ing traffic act, streets. highways and traffic. H R. No. 3804, judiciary, H. R. No. 38 public utilities; H. R forms for police. etc.. police and fire- men: H. R. No. 4006 and 4035, new Chaln Bridge and Rittenhouse street extension, streets, highway and trafs fic; H. R. No. 1036, mothers’ pen- sion, public health, charity and wel fare laws; H. R. No. 4049, Capital Park Commission, hathing pools, play- grounds and parks; H. R 1498, capital punishment, fu y: H. R 4503, Arlington County sewerage svs- tem, connect with District of Colum- bia: H. R. No. 4504, District sewerage system, connect with Arlington Count H. R. No. 4505, water delivery to 2 lington sanitary district, streets, high- wayvs and traffic; H. R. No. 4785, Rock Creek parkway completion, bathing pools, playgrounds and parks H. R. N. 4812, non-support cases to Juvenile Court. judictary: H. R. No. 5010, retirement pav to police, police and firemen: H. R. No. 5015, Reno subdivision, and H. R. No. 5044, National Park Commission, bathing s, playgrounds and parks; H. R. 045, welfare bill, public health, charity and welfare laws: H. R. No. 5189, prohibit fraudulent real estate deals, judiciary; H. R. No. 5258, amend_zoning act, streets, highwavs and traffic, and H. R. No. 5283, amend Code pertaining to jurors, judiciary. election ward tive anti-picketing WILL REPORT ON YEAR'S ARCHEOLOGICAL WORK Committee to Prepare Account of Progress in Two Americas. A report on archeological progre: in the countries of North and America during the year 192 has been prepared by a committee headed by Dr. John £. Merriam, presi dent of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, will be published by the Pan-American Union for distribution throughout the American republics. Decision to publish such a report an- nually was reached at a meeting yes- terday of the governing board of the unlon, pursuant to a resolution of the fifth annual conference of American States at Santiago, Chile, in 1923, au- thorizing the union to co-operate in the diffusion of archeological and his- torical studies relating to the Western Hemisphere. The board decided that the annual report method was the best means of making known to scientists and investigators of the American re- publics the progress made in such re- search each year. —_——— nal estimate in order to acquire the land authorized to be acquired in 1913 for the establishment of this park- way. “It is regarded as of the utmost importance that this parkway be completed to relieve the present very aggravated traffic conditions. A fin- ished park roadway extended down this valley from the Zoological Park to Potomac Park, passing under eight bridges, and practically entirely avolding crossings of other trafflc on grade, will, it is believed, prove of the greatest value in the relieving of the overcrowded conditions on the north and south streets during the rush hours of morning and evening. This project has already been long delayed and it is thought wise to complete it at the earliest moment. Another bill reported to the House today seeks to restore to the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia jurisdiction to hear and determine non-support cases. The report pre- pared by Representative Charles L. Underhill, Republican, of Massa- chusetts, explains that the Juvenile Court previously had jurisdiction joint- ly in such cases with the Supreme Court of the District until a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. As the welfare of minor children is involved in practically all non-support cases which comes before our .court, restoration of jurisdiction to the Juve- nile Court, which could give earlier consideration on account of congested dockets in other courts, where there is more diversified litization, is sought, Mr. Underhill explaiped. Bl Board and | | INEMORIAL BRIDGE BIDS ARE OPENED 12 Submtted for Construc- tion of Six Piers and Four Abutments. Bids for the construction of six piers and four abutments for the Arlington Memorial Bridge were opened this morning in the office of public build- ings and public parks of the National Capital by Maj. A. . Mehaffey, as sistant to the director of the office of public buildings and public parks. Muj. Ulysses 8. Grant, 3d., director of the office and executive officer of ihe bridge commission, wis present at the opening of the bids, which marked the beginning of the work for > ini memorial. Twelve hide were received from con struction firms in various parts ol the count The Rhinehart-Dennis Co. of Charlottesville, Va.. bid $1.792.439.44. This firn asked for 530 days to com- plete the construction by the so-called open coffer dam method. & Durham of Germantown, Pa., ,197,747 and time at 730 days by the en coffer dam method. They offer- «d wlso to build it by sealing with compgessed air. Offer Caisson Method. The Blakslee Rolling Corporation of Boston, Mass, offered to build the piers and abulments for $1,345.000 in 390 days by the caisson method T'he Triest Contracting Co. of York-City offered to build for $2.087.- 700 in 550 days by the caisson method he Arundel Corporation of Balti- | more, Md., and the Bang Construction ., from Pittsburgh, in a joint bid of rered to huild it for $2.289.000 in 550 the caisson method Missouri Valley HBridge and \. of Leavenworth, Kans., sub | mitted a bid_of $3022,000. The firm | will require 730 dayvs, using the cais- son method H. P. Converse & Co. of Boston sub- { mitted a hid of §1.299 000, the work | ta be completed in 550 days, using the caisson meshod John Gill & Son of Cleveland, Ohio. offered build the structures for $2.145.000 in 570 days by the coffer dam method Hyman & Goodman Co. Inc.. New York City Aled a bid of $2,0 000 and asked 620 days, using coffer dam method. The U. G. I Contracting Co of Phil adelphia offered to butld for $1.988,000 {in 530 days, using the caisson method ! The Bravo Contracting ( burgh submitted a bid of §1 requiring #80 days by the method John Gill & Son submitted a second hid of $2.565.000. requiring 630 days by the caisson method. Use 550-Day Basi The bids will be examined imme- dlately for comparative purposes to determine which is the lowest bidder, Seeds | | to of the consideration. As a basls for con- sideration 350 days will be taken as the period of time to comsider the various angles of the bids. Under the specifications as prepared by the bridge commission, the guccessful contractor will be paid $400 a day for leach day short of the contract time |in which he completes the structure jand will be required to pay the Gov- | ernment as liguidated damages. $400 for each day over the specified time that he consumes in the construction. The six piers are to be located at intervals in the river from a point near the Lincoln Memorial to the | Virginia shore, and they will extend from the hedrock foundation to what {is known as the turn of the arches, a few feet above the mean low-water mark. The four abutments are lo- cated one on the Potomac Park shore, one on the Virginia shore and two on Columbia Island. Every effort will be made to pre- pare the contract in a short time, to the end that actual construction may begin within & few weeks for the structure, which will take about five vears to complete. Contracts for the bridge spans and approaches are to be let separately when the other work progresses to the point where it may be carried forward without hamper- ing the pier and abutment builders. The decision of Controller General McCarl on the matter of some of the | contracts made in connection with the bridge will not in any way affect the work proposad in the bids submitted today from going forward promptly, as no legal technicalities have been found in this part of the work. Seek McCarl Suggestions. Some efforts will be made to get con- structive suggestions from Controller General McCarl as to how the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge Commission may proceed with its work on this struc- ture without running afoul of the law in a technical manner, as Mr. McCarl has suggested already has been done in the emplovment of the architect for designing the bridge. It was pointed out that the fault found with the method of retaining professional services in connection with this oconstruction were purely technical, and, in the belief of the bridge commission officers, Congress did not intend to deny the officers in charge of construction of the bridge the services of such professional heip as they have rtained. ‘While there s no disposition to get into an extended controversy on the matter, precedents are being examin- ed, and, in fact, have been found, for the employment of such professional services. ~All of the papers which might give the controller additional light on the subject. in the offices of the bridge commission, will be sub- mitted, and Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, ex- ecutive officer of the body charged with _building the bridge, said he would make an effort to get a per- sonal interview with Controller Me- Carl to discuss the whole matter with him. Maj. Grant said that there never was any doubt that the bridge com- mission was well within its authority in retaining such services. OSAGE MURDER PROBE BY GRAND JURY OPENS Identity of “Important” First Wit- ness Not Revealed—Capital Sleuths on Hand. By the Assoclated Press, GUTHRIE. Okla., January 7.—A Federal grand jury investigation of a serfes of mysterious deaths among Osage Indians opened here today. The identity of the opening wit- ness was not revealed, but he was said to have been ‘“important.” An explanation of the sudden ex- cusing of all witnesses yesterday until today was seen in the arrival today of Oliver Pagan and O. H. Loring, Department of Justice executives from Washington. It is understood that they will play an active part in the jury session. Pagan is an indictment attorney for the dej nt and Loring a spe- clal assistant attorney general in charge of criminal prosecutions. 'rh|£1n h:‘a; is umm" thn:m:t t;;u u:o reacl ward to grasp time o 1 forelock. g construction of this great | when all of the details are taken into| 1 | Claims Smoking Will Make Women " “Look Like Men” By the Amsociated Proess. NEW YORK, January Women, it they continue to smake, will look like men, Joseph Byrne, managing director of the National Beauty Bhop owners’ convention, sald today. The tobacco face is becoming more common among women, he added. “Features of women who smoke,”™ he said, “grow sharper as the nico- tine habit grows upon them. The #kin becomes taut and sallow. The 1ips loss their rosy color. The cor- ners of the mouth show wrinkles. The lower lip shows a tendency to project beyond the upper lip. The eves acquire a stare and the lids rise and fall more slowly.” T— DIRE BUILDING NEED OF U. S. STRESSED IN HEARING ON BILL (Continued from First Page.) characterized as a general parceling out of favors that usually bears a name lacking in good repute. I am willing to approve an act atmflar in character to that which has already passed the House, providing a lump- sum appropriation to be expended un- der the direction of the Treasury, or any other proper authority, over a term of years, with such annual ap- propriations as the national finances could provide.” Bill Died in Senate. Chairman Elliott reviewed within the last Congress nearly 900 billa be fore the committee asking for appro priations of $50.000,00 in Washington and $226.000.000 outside of the Dis. trict of Columbla. Practically the same measu that is now hefore the com mittee passed the House in the last Congres with more than two-thirds ority and was favorably reported to the Senate, but died on the Senate calendar. In the present Congress. already 786 bills have been presented. calling for appropriations of about $260.000,000 which Includes $50,000,000 for the Dis trict of Columbia. Mr. Elliott also put into the record a Senate document from the iast Con gress listing public buildings projects ! which the present bill proposes shall be completed at a cost not to exceed $15,000.000. He explained that on this list 23 projects have been finished, 30 re under contract, leaving about not completed. It is estimated that the actual cost of completing these projects will be $13.800,000 Mr. Ellfott brought out the that there has been no public ing bill enacted since March 4 He called attention to the fact build 913. report made by former Postmaster General | Work, carrying a list of places all over the country where more adequate quarters are necessary. This list cov- ers about 140 principal cities in the United States. Needs Are Cited. Another report made on February 8, 1923, jointly by Dr. Work as Post- master General and Secretary Melion of the Treasury Department gave a list of 19 cities where the Govern- ment.owned buildings are entirely in adequate and where new buildings are most urgently needed. He also put into the record the r port made last month by the public buildings commission of the need for public_bufldings in the District Columbia, which especially emphasizes the fire hazard. A series of articles and editorials from The Star telling in_detail the housing needs of certain Government agencies which are in most desperate circumstances, in order efficiently to carry on thelr work. to protect price- less records and to safeguard the lives of thousands of employes, was put in the record by Mr. Elliott as a careful summary of the actual conditions as found by extensive investigation made during the Summer. Representative Woodrum, Demo- crat, of Virginia, said: “Every mem- ber of the House and Senate ought to be ashamed that great departments of our Government are just lying around in temporary buildings, with most valuable records and human lives endangered.” Quotes Conditions Elsewhere. Mr. Woodrum said he feared that the chairman, ‘“‘zealous in the inter- ests of the District,” might have given the impression that the committee and Congress were not awake to the urgent needs for permanent bulldings else- where throughout the country. Mr. ‘Woodrum said that he was heartily in support of adequate housing for the Government in the National Capital, but that he also wanted Federal ac- tivities decently housed in communi- ties everywhere througheut the United States. As an fllustration he quoted conditions at Roanoke, Va. Representative Almon, Democrat, of Alabama, sought to broaden the hear- ings sufficlently to allow witnesses from any community throughout the country _to testify regarding local needs. Representative Fritz Lanham, ranking Democrat on the committee, expostulated with Mr. Almon that this was only wasting time and expense if the committee was to delegate the work of selecting where bufldings should be erected to Treasury and Post Office officials. McKenzie Moss, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, under whose admin- istration is the office of supervising architect§ told the committee thak there is no disposition in the Treasury Department to exalt the needs of the District and minimize the needs of other sections of the country gen- erally. “We are having a fearful time sald, “meeting the requests for space, not only in the larger cities, but in scores of smaller places. The de- partment is put to its utmost re- sources to try to care for the exis ‘ng situation. STORM HITS COLORADO. Takes Toll of One Dead and Ties Up Auto Traffic. DENVER, Colo., January 7 (®).—A snowstorm that swept over Southern Colorado yesterday afternoon and last night took a toll of one dead and tied up automobile traffic in many sec- tions. Arthur F. Ward of Pueblo, Colo., was killed when his automoblile plunged off a bridge near Aguilar, Colo. High winds and drifting snow caused an air mail pilot to wreck his plane at Rock Springs, Wyo. The pilot escaped injury. COLONEL IS EXECUTED. Other Alleged Plotters Killed in Skirmish. MEXICO CITY, January 7 (®).— ‘The Mexican government is continu- ing its “iron-hand” policy in quelling uprisings. Former Col. Manuel Gomez has been captured and summarily exe- cuted at Tale, a village in the state of Jalisco, while Joaquin Medina and Serafin Leon were shot dead in a skirmish with federal soldiers at La ‘Noria, in the state of Michoacan. 65| of | ! wintam ALUMINUM CASE PROBE IS DELAYED Senate Defers Action on In- quiry Into Lack of Con- tempt Proceedings. By the Associated Prest, After a long dispite, the Senate Judiclary committee dectded today to defer until tomorrow ite investigation into failure of the Department of Justice to bring contempt proceedmngs against the Aluminum Co. of America in which Secretary Mellon has a large stock interest Chalrman Cumming was directed to ask for testimony from Attorney General Sargent, Assfstant Attorney General Donovan, Chairman Verno: W. Vanfleet, of the Federal Trade Commission ond Otls B. Johnkor secretary and Millard F. Hudson, chiet examiner of that commission. The inquiry by the committes wi touch not only upon the fafiure to bring contempt proceedings for charged violations of a 1912 court decres enjoining the company from continuing practices in restraint of trade, but alxo upon the refusal of the trade’ commission to permit the De. partment of Justice to have certain fmportant testimony taken from the files of the Aluminum Co. of America Senator Walsh, Democrat. Montana, had thought to begin the inquiry to day, but after discussion it was de- clded to start it tomorrow before ti entire committee instead of befor sub-committee, which is the practi BOYS’ WORK LEA[VJE7RS OF Y.M.C.A. LAY PLANS W. B. Underwood Elected Presi dent of Interstate Chapter at Annual Meeting. | Officers were elected and plans the organization generally discussed i the annual meeting here vesterdav the Interstate Chapter. Association of Boys' Work Secretaries of the Y > ganiz land, I ware and the Dis meeting was held in the ( |ing of the Y. M. C. A. at 1 W. B. Und wood of Ba | elected president; H. O. Wolf gerstown, vice-president and Gibbons, of Wilmingtc | tary-treasurer, Arrangemen ! discussed for the track meet 10 he Baltimore probal the for the fourth older bors’ « in Baltimore December tee was appoint ler, secretary f work of the local Y. as chairman arrange fo terstate Hi-Y Bovs' confere | held either timo |ington Summer camps during the mme Amon; those pre ference vesterday w E. D. Schreider an |of Washington and Lee Johns H. Beck and V. I Baltimore. GUILTY OF INDIRECTLY THREATENING COOLIDGE By the Associated Press AN FRANCISCO, E. Wolfe, weeks ago for sendin erature through the ma | dtrectly threatened the President and other high Washingten official convicted in the United Court here yesterday {1asting but a fe indicted only Tuesday on infor furnished by Richard Jervis. head of the Secret Service detachment at the White House in Washington, wh came here to testify before the zrand jury. Judge John S. Partridge, the trial { judge, sald that he would hear evi | dence as to Wolfe's mental conditior | before he sentenced him Wolfe was arrested after a_nation wide search, fn which he baffi=d bi pursuers for more than three years Lore F se the or W some at the n Blake Beats n January es. Wolfe was C. C. BENNETT TOisPEAK. Fingerprint Expert Will Be Heard at Southeast Meeting. A lecturs will be given by the South- east Community Center, under the community center department of the public schools, in the Hine Junior High School, tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'clock The speaker will be Christopher C. Bennett, fiingerprint expert, who will talk on “Personal Identification by Means of Fingerprints as Used in the United States Arm: It will be illus trated. |12 NEW PNEUMONIA CASES Physicians reported 12 new cases of pneumonia to the District Health De- partment today, bringing the total since January 1 to 60. Seven deaths from the disease aléo were reported. There have been 1§ deaths since Janu- ary 1. Dr. Willlam C. Fowler, District health officer, still maintains that the disease has not reached an epidemic stage, although it is unusually prevalent December Circulation Daily ... 97,216 Sunday. . 106,578 Digtrict of Columbla, sa.: FMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager ot FHE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR. does solemnly swear that the actual num Sor®of coples of the papers named sold and distrid during the month of December, AD. 1925. as follows: ¥ S55essaases ! 22232233032 tiigrasiennet B E B T L S S o S -ICW 520, Less adjustments. Tota] daily net circulation Total Serage net paid cire i D rrice. €ic.. - rage number of copies for Daily average net circulation...... SUNDAY. ,206 ioaste 27 97.216 Copies. o i 426,311 105972 Days ] Less adjustments Sunday net cireulation. . ... :%’r'u. et paid Sunday circula- on .. 2 number co; 1 Ao tetel a0s Sunday net circulation. 106,578 i 2 LEMING NEWBOLL Business Manager. 7 Suflhu nr'll and ll'(ln’;nuw before me this y day of January, 192 " seal.) ELMER F. YO Noiars Publte.