Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1926, Page 2

9 % e T e ——— 10,385,388 SOUGHT IND. C.ESTIMATES 29 Departments Submit List| of Needs for 1927-28—Half for Police and Fire. Twentyv-nine departments of ¢ estimated needs i . requiring a appropriation of $10.985,955. The Police and Fire Departments’ timates alone exceed one-half of ce Department asked n increase of ation granted for the ing July 1. The s requests call 134 more than pro- e appropri vea sion tod in the es ment would pro- ional men at the Detec €al. an increase of 25 men in cvcle patrol and a new pa- ug borrowed nent recommended ons for two new fire houses ditional apparatus. A new en- oposed for the vicin- | and Nebraska ave- ruck house for the h and U streets 510,000 for Health Work. th ent asked for its estimates tn open and dental clinics in the while the hoard of e Public Library request ions for the purchase of branch public library i & northeast gection and for renting itable quarters for branch libraries Chasge and Langdon of £363 800 is recommended 4 of traffic care for salaries. and the installa- 1d maintenance of for painting white Depar - new the es for £100 structio: not to e in the 29 showing the amount of next For Police Department. The appropriati granted for the nent for the figcal vear onnel, $2.- provision for al men to de- | additional | fuel, eadquarters and s 2.000; purchase nce and replacement of motor 360,000 lding ad- ct police e the repair | £ and to used fo itera). $54.000 storage purposes (new tional cells the e station (new e of uniforms cers and pri- opolitan police force, $100 ¢ Detention, boat to replace the present d from the Navy Depart- em), §20,000. For Fire Department. Thre appropriations for the Fire De- for the fiscal vear ending including an item pend- | eficiency bill for nd equipment for officers Fire Department, r the fiscal vear the Chief Eng: Department rec- appro ions to an increase over 1927 of The prinicpal items are of officers and hers of lian ment (ne repairs 2 houses. $25 age of yniforms and equipment repaire of motor apparatus, repairs to the firehoat. $1.000, of hose, $22,000; fuel, enance of engine houses, ree motor-driven aerial adder trucks, $46.500; four triple-combination pump- $44,000; four motor- rbinason chemical and hose rescue squad car, riles for use of i . $6.000: new engine tn be idcated in the vicinity of avenue and ebraska s jtem). $75,000; new truck- » be located in the vicinity of U street northwest( new 400, and drill tower and to be located adjacent to e House (new item), For Pension Fund. ar the pavment of pensions and ¢ allowances to retired members the Pelice and Fire Departments < children during the ar ending June 36, 1927, an appropriation of $450.000 has been t s estimated. will $100.000 short of the v needed. For the June 30, 1928, the ation submitted by aajor and superintendent of po- the chief engineer of the nent is for $627,000 for e pavment of pensions Health: Department. appropriations granted for the r the fiscal ot joint recommen . the health officer 1 appropriatipns of $1.033.090, an e over 1927 of $681.740. The prin jtems making up the needs recommended for 1328 are salaries. A0; entorcement of laws to pre- nt the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Columbia, $50,000: for the construction of an isolatien building ious diseases at Gallinger Hospital and for furnish- ing and equipping faid huilding, and 4 ices (new item). $ of isolating wards contagious diseases at nd Garfield hospitals, 000. tor maintenance of dispen- for treatment of indigent per- ns guffering from tuberculosis and veneresl diseases. £16,000; mainte- nance of infecting service, $7.035 enforcement of lJaws relating to abate. ment of nuisances. $5.000; salaries of medical inspectors. nurses and den. tists in the hygiene and sanitation e of the public schools, and for ntenance of dental clinics, $69,680; inspection of dairy farms, $5,000; ing child hygiene and child welfare stations. $40.000; for addi- tional medical inspectors, dental op- erators, nurses and other employes in the hvgiene and sanitation service in the public schools. $71,040; for open- ing up and equipping four new dental clinics in the public schools (new item), $10,000. The appropriations granted for the Free Public Library for the fiscal year ending fune 30, 1927, total $271,300. The beard of trustees of the Free Paub- [ Providence ons the | ict gevernment submitted to the S9R.315 tor | tion bill for the lic Library recommend appropriation: |for the fiscal year ending June 30 {1928, totaling '$39 an lover 1927 of $124,960 | items making up the needs for 1 are galaries of the existing personnel 15189.700; 38 new positions. total salaries of 351.660 i temporary services, $10.500: fo chase of books and periodicals, $63.000 increase | "The principal Sor 1028 | ALEER STILLLOW S5 AT CONCRESSIONAL pur- {for binding books, $16.000; for main- | |tenance and operating expenses i library buildings. $2 and improvements to library ings. $10,000; for original equipme to nine new branch libraries, $13 for rent | the Langdon section, $1.000; f; of suitable quarters for {branch libraries in Chevy Chase .u}‘;nl the of 150, for repairs build- | Second Qualifying Day Draws.to Close. | purchase of a site for a branch of the | Free Public Library in the Nort eastern section of the District, $15,000. Public Playgrounds. appropriations r ending June 30, 19 The appropriations re. my | i { 1028, by the supert af grounds. total $177,310. principal items are for salaries of em- ves, -§97.430: maintenance of pla grounds. $45.000; for keeping open dur- ing the plavgrounds, $24.000, and for main: tenance of swimming poois, $10.580. For Militia. THe appropriations granted for the | National Guard of the District Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30 total 849,83 fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, Maj Gen tephan, the commanding appropriations t . $48.300: expenses -actice and matches, $2,500 ps. §9.000: commencing th sround owned by in the District of Co- ire to be selected by the mand of the approved by the and the Con mediately, $100,000, ang contract au- thorization at a total cest for the building not to exceed $300,000 For War Department. For the fiscal vear ending June 30 1927, appropriat expended und the direction and control of the War | Department, but rzeable to the | District of Columbia, total §1 which include £1.500.000 for work of the new water supply system. For e ] vear ending Jun ppropriations are recommended ling §700,035. This amount up of a recommendation of for continuing work on the reclan tion of the Anacostia River flats 600 s the final installment on completion of the new water sup- £vstenm of the District of Colum- | bia: $202,210 for the maintenance and operation of the Washington aqueduct system, and $225 for the b of 1 d.gent soldiers dying in the District of Columbia % Court Estimates. The appropriat Juvenile Court for the 30 the approp the Judge of that court for the ar ending June 30 total $73 626, the principal items being aries of emploves. $62614: compensa- tion of jurors, $2,000. furniture and contingent expenses, $6,000 the cal vear end 5,656 a pal Court for the fiscal 30, 1 total and the appropriations recommende by the judges of that court for the fi cal vear ending June 30, 1323, total $74.391, the principal items being fo salaries of employves, 35 tion of jurors. § g. $4.800, and contingent expenses, $4.000 The appropriations granted Police Court for the fiscal yi June 30, appropri. judges of that cou ing June 30, nended b tor the fiscal ves total $1345 2 expenses, §11 182.500; furniture and fi compensation of juro ! paire to building. $3.500 | _The appropria granted for {Court of Appeals for the fiscal ending June 30, 1927, tota] §37.700. ar e appropriations recommended for | he fiscal vear ending June 30. 1923 Itotal $70.330, made up o | judges and other e personal se: in Court of Appeals Bu! | contingent expenses { _Appropriations fo Supreme {Court, District of Columbia | recommended for the fiscal year end- | ing June 30, | $55.000; fees of witnes $33,000; pay {of bailiffs, $41.160, salaries of ployes, maintenance and operation ¢ the cou cellancous exprenses of the Supreme Court, 340.000: printing and binding, | Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, 187,200 hation system, Supreme { Court, 0, and for expenses attend- ing the execution of writs of lunacy $8,160. ilding. $7.021 S80n Miscellaneous Estimates. For the purchase of automobile tags for the fiscal vear 1928, $22,300 is recommended, an increage of $5000 | over 1927 and for_personal services |in the icense Bureau, $2,220 f{s recommended for 1928, as against $19,. 020 appropriated for 1827 For the payment of compensation to employes of the District of Co- lumbia suffering injury whie in the performance of duty, $15,000 is recom. mended, as against $12.000 appropri- ated for 1927. For salaries of employes in the | executive office, $45600 {s recom. [mrndod for 1928, as against $44.640 appropriated for 1927. For the maintenance of the Em- ployment Service at 1410 Pennsylvania avenue, }10.140 i8 recommended tor 1928, as’against $9,600 appropriated for 1927, F For the Department of Insurance $19.260 is recommended for salaries of employes for 1528, as against $17,240 appropriated for 1927 For the assessor's office, $161,320 is | recommended for salaries for 1328, as against $155.240 appropriated for 1927. For the office of the corporation counsel a total appropriation of $47, is recommended for 1928. as lagainst $40.040 appropriated for 1927 This includes a new position of assist- ant to the corporation counsel, at §5.200 a vear. For the office of collector of taxes the total salaries recommended for 1928 amount to $39.620, as against $38,140 appropriated for 19 For Director of Traffic. For the office of director of traffic $563.600 {8 recommended for 1928 for the salaries, lights. and painting white lines, as against $100,000 appropriated . “It should be noted, how- at Congress has also author- ized during the fiscal year 1927 the ex- penditure of not exceeding $350,00 for the purchase and installation of traffic controls out of the fees received Jn the issuance of new operators’ per- mits.” the report to the Commission- ers says. For the purchasing -office, $56,560 is recommended for salaries for 1928, as against $50.800 appropriated for 1927. This includes two new positions, jone at $2,700 and one at $1,680. For the auditor’s office $91,060 is recommended for salaries for 1928, as against $87,540 appropriated for 1927. For the salary of the coroner and employes of the cornor's ofice and the operation and maintance of the Morgue $14.230 is recommended for 1928, as against an appropriation of $12,700 granted for 1327. ppropriations for salaries and ex- penses tor the Public Utilities Com- mission recommended for 1328. total $57,820, as against appropriation of 1 | municipal playgrounds for the fiscal tatal $168,- ed for the fiscal year ending June 30.1 play- | of which the | ummer months public school The principal items | this latter amount are for | ) 1928, | The appropriations granted for l!‘m’ ouse building, $32,336; mis. | # leasing herself. ! The score of 74 nmade vesterday Ear] McAleer of the Manor Club w still low e this afternoon as t secopd qualif:ing day in the Congres- onal Country Club invitation goif tournament drew to made this morning all were high, only four of the competitors vreaking 90 Several of the leading plavers of the city were echeduled to start this after |noon, and one of them may shatter McAleer's mark LEarly scores today foliow { _A. H. Wallace, unattached, 88 J. M Downey, unattached, 89 Thomas A. qched, 89: R. A. Graver, . 9, J. M. Hay Colum- bia, 90: J. C. Hawkins, unattached, 81 1. $. French, Fiorida, 91 K. Tur- | mer, Congressional, 94: Larry Day, un attached, 94; Robért Dou tached, 95, H. B. Croswell, | tached, 95. Only unat Two Break 50. Playing thre a_forenoon of heavy rainstorm. h covered ny of the sreens with water inches | deep. and an early “afternoon. dur |ing which rain fell intermittenfly only two of more t | testant . #tar southpaw golf . to top_the c | Ael Harry G. Pitt included | the long first hole and a ¢ elfth, but he gcored bi on the fifteenth and elghteen Pitt spoiled a fine score when itaok 7 shots on the short elevent Two men were tied at Sl—Comd Hatch of Columbia, a nav who reveled in the heavy go- nd M. A. Shipley Five others tied at scores ranzed up to fanta s high at 121. Many of the waterlogged from the nd forced to putt wi sreens hers four i not tu | the heavy | played unusual Tuckerman ic | former Di |Tnige the | were W |bia and W | Eighty-two may m {line between the first { sixteens, for six players better vesterday and a started today Scores Made Yesterday. champion was one o € : w . f Colum- son of Manor. t | Scores up to 100 turned in ves | ollow: | P | a0c 54 | eceseional 86 | | | Talste i dian_Spring -84 Ea | | Tor fees of jurors, | k. r. B 100-—] varner. Washingion . IS PARTLY SCALPED Mrs. FRoberta Buchly, 42 vears old, wife of William §. Buch employed in the Department of Justice, partly scalped shortly before noon to- day while operating an electric w: ing machine in her home, at 197 enteenth street, Anacostia, when her hair caught in the machine. Her con- dition is critical. Mrs. Buch ther of four chil- dren. was alone in the house when the accident happened, one of her chil- dren, Mildred, 12 years old, being in the rear yard. The child, hearing her mother's screams, ran to the latter's assistance, but was not familiar enough with the washing machine to know how to shut off the current. Her scalp badly torn and lacerated, Mrs. Buchly finally succeeded in re- Neighbors were sum- moned and_the victim hurried to Emergency Hospital, where Dr. Wil- liam B. Marbury and members of the house staff took charge of her. Her husband, notified of the accident, hur- ried to the hospital e $50, the fiscal 1192 Appropriations granted for the of- | fice of the superintendent of weights, measures and markets for the fiscal year 1927 total §43,510 and the appro- priations recommended for that ser ice for the fiscal vear 1928 total $156 140. The principal items of this latter amount are for salaries of employes, $38,600: maintenance of markets, $ 000, and for extraordinary repairs to ! markets (new item), $122,000. Office of Register of Wills. TUnder a recent act of Congress the office of the register of wills and the office of recorder of deeds are required to be placed upon an appropriation basis beginning with the fiscal year 1928. At the present time these offices are operated under the fee system, salaries and expenses being paid from the moneys received in the nature of fees. The first estimates of appro- priations received from the office of register of Wills (for the fiscal vear 1928) total $87,586, made up of salaries of employes, $79,350: towel service and contingent expenses, $7.836; sub- scriptions to stoeks and bonds sum- maries and law books, $400. The recorder of deeds also is placed upon an appropriation basis for the first time in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and the recorder of deeds has submitted estimates of ap- propriations for the needs of that year totaling $169,500, made up of salaries of employes, $90,750; compengation of copyists (piecework basis), $62,500, and miscellaneous expenses, $16,250, 3 20 granted for vesr Score of 74 Yet Stands as| a cloge. Bcores | he dividing | HAIR CAUGHT, WOMAN | was | STAR, {COVEY AND GROVE i ROUTED IN OPENER OF DOUBLE-HEADER (Continued_from First Page) was sent in. The Mackmen tied the | score in this frame They took the lead in the seventh | when Simmons’ single scored Bighop FIRST INNING. \WASHINGTON—Rice hit the first hed to left center for two Harris sacrificed, Grove to Goslin_grounded to Bishop. chrane trapped Rice 1 the plate. run Rice down, then Dy The errof and Goslin 1t ack of Ar pop. Dykes ran close Vox. for Judze's pop. il in the sun, and it e hit, scoring Gos- a homer into the scoring Judge French! Four score ned Peck PHILADELPHIA— > Cochrane lined to J. Hal rew out Lamar. No ru SECOND INNING. —Galloway threw 1 took a third as safe when his was bootsd by Galloway Harris fiied to French. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Bluege threw ut wons. Peck threw out Dykes. o tlied to Rice. No runs. THIRD INNING. Goslin popped iooped a Te alloway barely mi 1 zame bid. Judge ed J. Harris, Gal i No rune {ILADELPHIA—Hauser popped Harris. Galloway lined a center for the first hit celeskie. Grove looked at R ade a good p's liner, in right to s WASHINGTON — Galloway tos: v 2 strike go Nbo runs PHILADELPHIA—Cochrane ground- Harris. Lamar grounded to nn ned single to left leskie threw out Dykes. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice placed o Texas t. Stan Harris sacri him out on_the Rice 1 threw out J s No runs PHILADELPHIA—French doubl left center. Hauser struck out way _singled to While Ruel s’ throw to ay took second. Hale rove. Peck threw out Hale king third. Bishop walk: e unded to Judge. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Pate went in to pitch for Philadelphis. Judge drag- ged a bunt past Pate for a single Eluege lofted to Lamar near the line. Hauser made a diving stop of Peck's grounder and reached the hagz. Judge taking second on the play. Ruel was purposely passed. Pate threw out Coveleskie. No s PHILADELPHIA—~Lamar ingled left iseed catching Simmons’ long flv to right center. The drive was good for 0o bases Dvkes singled to left, scoring Lamar a rd. Cove- i hdrawn and Marberry t to the glab. French bunted down e third base line, fllling the bases { Poole batted for Hauser and drove a double pla Stan Harrie to immons gcored and third on the play. Gal sing! pa. §tan Harris ed Dyvkes with the tying run. Pate Harris. Three SEVENTH INNING. ABHINGTON — Poole went to for Philadelphia. Bishop threw Harris grounded to n singled to center rrie forced Goslin. Galloway to shop. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Bishop walked. Cochra crificed, Bluege to Judge Lamar lifted to Goslin. Simmons gin- zled to right, scoring Bishop. Dykes fouled to Ruel. One run. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Bishop threw out Judge. Cochrane went close to the Nationals' dugout for Bluegs's foul. Peck walked. Peck stole second. Stewart went in to run for Peck. Fate threw out Ruel. No runs PHILADELPHIA—Myer went to short for Washington. French ground- Rice came far in for Stan Harris threw out No runs. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Jeanes batted for | Marberry. Dykes threw out Jeanes. Rice singled to center. So did Stan Harris, Rice stopping at second. Gos- in singled to right, scoring Rice with the tying run and sending Stan Har- ris to third. Goslin took second on the throw to the plate. Gray re- piaced Pate on the slab. Gray threw out J. Harris, Stan Harris scering, e Goslin held second. Bishop toss- ed out Judge. Two runs. PHILADELPHIA —Ogden now pitching for. Washington. Weich bat. ted for Gray. McNeely went to cen- ter and Rice was shifted to right flield. Welch looked at a third strike. Bishop walked. Cochrane flied to Me- Neelv. With a three and two count, Lamar singled to left, sending Bishop to third, Simmons doubled to left, scoring Bishop with the tving run, Lamar stopping at third. Dykes walked, filling the bases. French fouled to Ruel. One run. TENTH INNING. WASHINGTON ——Rommel mnow pitching for Philadelphia. Dykes threw out Bluege. Myer singled to left center. Ruel was hit by a pitched ball. Ruether batted for Ogden and singled to center, scoring Myer and sending Ruel to third. Tobin ran for Ruether. Rice singled to right, scor- ing Ruel and sending Tobin to third. Stan Harris was out when he bunted a foul for his third strike Btshop threw out Goslin. Two runi PHILADELPHIA—Morrell went in to pitch for Washington. Poole flied to Goslin. 8o did Galloway. Perkins hatted for Rommel and grounded to Judge. No runs. Galloway. DISTRICT STUDENT WINS SCHOLARSHIP HONORS Special honors for merit in scholar- ship have been conferred upon Charles 1. West, jr.. son of Dr. C. I. West, 924 M street, who was grad- uated from Dunbar High School on Monday. - He has been awarded a scholarship to Dartmouth College and the MaJ. James E. Walker Memorial Medal for general excellence in scholarship, deportment and athletics. Before en- tering Dunbar High School he was graduated with high standing from the junior school of Williston Acad- emy. His father is professor of topo- graphic and clinical anatomy at the Howard University Medical School. WASHINGTON, D. ——-————-——————'—————_—fi-‘—— [PITTSBURGH CHIEF SOUGHT POLICE FOR PEPPER reacned | al e also looked at a third | After a hard run. Rice barely | sending Lamar to_third. | JUNE 24, 1926. C., THURSDAY, AERCANS HOLD LEAD AT ST. ANNE'S !Bobby Jones and Mehlhorn Tied at 144; Hagen Scores 145, McLeod 146. TO WIN (Continued from First Page.) Pepper nor Fisher asked him for his support. o “Did anybady ever come to you and ask you to line up the police force for this ticket?" Reed persisted. Anybody write you to do it?” o, ir.” & “Did anybody call you on the phone for that purpose?” By the Assaciated Prees. e 5 | ociated Pre P “Did you ever talk to E. V. Balx ST. ANNE'S, England. Jung 24— {sock (county commissioner) about the America’s golfers still were showing | campaign?” to the Bri#ish with the rec- |~ “Yes sir, I told him I was going to ond round partly completed this aft-}do what I could for the ticket." ernoon in the British open cham Did the police contribute to the Bobby Jones, amateur champion, b at I know of. and Bill Mehlhorn, Chicago pro. led Emphatic in Denial. with 144, a stroke ahead of Walter “Isn't it a fact that vou took a very | Hagen, who followed his, record- |active part in this campaign and lined breaking 6% of yesterday Wwith a|up thelpolice force?” loosely played 17. o, §ir, that is not true.” Al Watrous and Fred McLeod were | DIt you try to line ‘em up?” | ¢ .8 up near the top with 146 each, and Senator* Reed | £ ¢ = %5 t passed a letter acrose George Von Elm, Los Angeles ama the table, asking. “Is that your signa- L ure?” “Yoe, aiF* | You wrote\a letter like this to the | police™ | sir. orfy to the Detective | Bureau. It's customary to have the | detectives get cuz the vote in their | territory. I “That'e all you wanted in thie campaign?” ‘s | 1 Hagen JLoses Lead. Walter Hagen lost his commanding | first round lead in the British open urnament with a loose 77 today. American professional star | fought valiantly all the way, but the fizures would not come. He failed to score a single birdie and had only one ‘em to do| | ed the police how to vote. | pol three, the rest being 4's and 5's On the outward journey he dan- gerously hugged the buhkers and rail way to the right of the fairway and | pped six times in the first| a s firet shot was trapped to | the rght of the green. He chipped, out nicely, but missed a four-foot putt land took four for the par three hole He had a perfect four for the second and a birdie four at the 432-vard third hole, being safely on the green with a drive and brassie and was down in two putts, Hagen's tee shot from the fourth was trapped. He blasted it out, but the ball wae caught in an- other sandpit at the edge of the green The hole cost him five. He dropped another stroke at the ghort fifth. where he was eigth feet shy on his chip. His rather difficult downhill putt hung on the lip-of the cup and he took four. Bunkered Twice on Seventh. He played a fine iron to the g trapped eixih green. His first p was short and he sank the next for a four. He was in trouble all the way | to the 543.yard seventh. He played | | his second and third shots out of | bunkers to the right of the fairway. 11 short of the green he pitched per- | o within a yard of the pin for | “You didn't want them to go out | and work in the campaign® | o sir” alsh said he had a stenographer who tvpe his letters. K ne iz Bert P Reid G “That's the Wwrong branch of th famy! Senator Reed gt ter. | Let me read this letter and gee if | You did not instruct the detectives to work in the campaign.” | Addressed to Detective Chief. The letter was addressed to the chief of detectives. and read in part “With reference to the attached list | of emploves under your comman will inetruct them that we expect a large majority in their respective dis. tricts for the Pepper-Fisher ticket to. morrow." “Do you want to tell this commit- tee now that vou did not mean to send the police into this campalgn to work for the Pepper-Fisher ticket?" “No, sir. T dld not.” Turning then to conditions Pitts- | burgh at the time of the primary, the | chairman asked | "(:l\ths were all running in the eit Yes. sir e chartered by courts.” said Wals “I did not challenge their legiti- macv.” Reed observed Liquor was se; 1 the e was again at the right with his drive on the eighth, the ball rest. ing a few feet from a fence sepa:| |rating the course from a railroad |in m right of way. His second went true| “Ho to the plateau green and he took a 4. | force The short ninth caused him another| T stroke, his tee shot bheing deep! bunkered. He recovered perfectl but missed a T-foot putt Hagen took par figures at 4, 5 and 4 on the tenth. eleventh and twelfth He miesed a 4-footer for a birdie 3 lon the tenth. At the long eleventh |he pulled his third to the left of | the ‘green and then chipped § feet | beyond the hole Trving to get kome with his drive on ‘the 313.vard twelfth, he was {caught in the short rough. He chip- ped 20 feet past the cup and was down with 2 putts Hagen sliced his tee shot into a trap on the thirteenth and took a 5 He had another 5 on the fourteenth, | playing a short. chip poorly. On the short ffteenth he was just over the green. His chip back hit Ithe cup and he took & 3, which| Fieaiaid, 4 1 4id not seemed to encourage him. A Par 4!cupe I meant as a visitor | followed. but he needed a 5 on the| (IS, L7 seventeenth. He finished with a reg-| "“nig voy gee Pepper- S e { paiun posters in these ° . I never took a drin long have vou been on the tv-seven years.” vou were never in one p. eir” You had complaint them?" “Yes." Did vou 208" ‘And did not visit them?” No. sir.” “You investigated them by st ing outside of the places to be in vestigated.” Reed remarked. Walsh explained that when he was “walking a beat” for six vears he | was in a residential district where there were no clube The police superistendent finally said_he did not raid one club once “Now we are getting some light investigate them’ { 1 SCHOOL HOUR ISSUE VOTE 15 PLANNED Northeast Citizens Expect to Hold Meeting to Act on Board’s Proposal. dives and other places where intoxi- cating liquor is sold?” “I don't know of any such places.” “You don't know of such places because you never go near them,” Reed remarked amid laughter. Admits Boosting Ticket. Senator King. Democrat, of Utah, drew from Walsh the statement that he had talked to individual police men; told them he was for the Pepper- Fisher ticket, and gaid he hoped the: could see their way to go along. But the witness insisted he had not direct-| Harry O. Hine, secretary of Board of Education. was informed today that the Northeast Washi Citizens' Aseociation will lik a special meeting to a erendum of the bo: the school day eliminating home work. George H. Aschenbach, secreta of the association, called on Mr. at the Franklin School pose of securir board to be present d providing plans can be effected This is the second citizens’ a tion to decide to hold 2 consider t how Kee: organizations are ini referendum. The Assoc “You are not very frank with this committee,” Senator King finally said. “I'm as frank as I can be,” the po- lice chief protested “The police are under civil service?” “Then you knew you were violating the letter and the spirit of the law when you instructed the police how to vote, and should be removed?” ‘No sir, I did not think I was vio- lating the law, as I onlyv asked them to_vote for the Pepper-Figher ticket.” Reed asked Walsh who recommend- ed him for the place as police chief. “I don’t know,” was the reply. “Come on now, you may not know|! where these ‘speak-easies’ in Pitt: burgh are, but you know who gav you this job. Walsh then said that Mayor Kiine | called him on the phone, invited him to his office, and gave him the job The witness eaid the Pittsburgh ce co-operated with derick €. rd, former proh. administra- western Pe. p whenever he asked lained harp questions b d not know that wide-open’ after 10 Philadelphi primary cam- ation he | concducted | affiliated w : register their v proposal, show of ba receives Star's referendu ote Kin \ t's the difference between a club and a saloon”” p Goff, Republican, of W “1_eoul tell vou.” the chief of police, mu the difference,” int Confers With Wheeler. Before resuming its the committes t e conference with Wheeler. zeneral cov League, regarding charges of expenditures b interes *he P The consu Wheeler's ush fund stenographer conference room emerged man Reed announced that the | nder disc would later. H. that eld with Wheeler . making t Three Physicians Attend Ambaasa- dor to Argentina. hrow some With that Justice Kephart was ex t came Walsh testimony. Jones Starts Well. Bobby Jones started out 3-5-4-3. equalling Hagen's aggregate up to that_point by scoring a birdie three on the fourth. Hagen needed a five | at that hole on his round todav i Bobby played the second badly. ! tee thot went into the rough and | his next into a bunker. He chipped eight feet past the cup, missed the putt,and toek a five. For hi¢ par three at the fifth, Jones | |FARM BILL FOES BEATEN, 50 TO 33, IN FIRST TEST VOTE ! (Contin from First Pa export corporation with five directors, | plaved at friends declared was one | who may be nominated by the princi- | of the finest shots of his career. His | pal farm organizations and appointed | { tee shot, trickled into a deep trap of by ‘the President. The capital stock | | fine. loose sand. Bobby went inte the | of the corporation. $200.000,000, is trap and. executing a delicate half-| sipplied by the Government. axplosive shot, laid the ball within| “Bonds may be issued to aggregate eighteen inches of the cup. not exceeding four times the capital | On the 431-vard sixth. he was putt- | stock, and loans may be made to| ing for a three, but took par four.|farmers or co-operative associations The long seventh netted him par five | within the United States or to persons | after a risky chip from a hank bevond | ,ytside the United States for the pur- | the green. He putted for a three |pose of exporting the surplus above | from 15 feet on the eighth, a 387.vard | domestic requirements of wheat, corn, hole, but barely miksed. The cham-|,ars, rye, rice, cotton, cottonseed, to- pion finished his outward Journey |pacco, ‘heet, cattle and hogs. with a par three on the ninth. Bans Equalization Fee. Nearly Sinks 25-Footer. e & - » s “‘The loans are to be made at a suf- | Bobby nearly ““kh‘ L""“éz"dt“' ficient rate of interest to pay the in-| a three at ;he D e coaegth |terest on the bonds and the expenses P e e B e counse, after an |Of operation. save salaries, which are | unsteady passage through the rough | P3ld by the Government. o the left of the fairway n outstanding difference between A rving for distance on this hole, he | this substitute and the committee pulled Bis drive badly. His, second |amendment is that the subatitute does | dropped short rough at the edge of a not contemplate th'e levying of an Bumber: “His third was a beautiful | €qualization fee or other tax or charge ijron near the edge of the green. which | on production. It is to me incon- drew applause from his large gallery. | ceivable that such a provision can He chipped 15 feet past the pin, but |receive the approval of the farmers holed the putt. of the Nation. To give any board the The twelfth looked good for a three | power to levy unlimited tribute from until a miscalculated chip shot hit a'|every producer will provoke resent- mound, turned off line and came to ment and opposition from those whom rest in short grass off the narrow |the legislation is designed to benefit. green. He took two putts. The farmers themselves, probably will At the thirteenth Jones' second, an | not submit to it when fully informed.” ¥ of the green. He ii‘i:;,.a“'i > vdh'm an_inch of the cup Reed Opens Bitter Attack. A vitriollc attack upon the bill was | %or an easy four. His tee shot on the fifteenth was perfect and he|jaynched by Senator Reed, Democrat. nearly got a two. On the sixteenth | of Missouri. his drive went fnto the rough. but| "I qay that if you pass this bill and he recovered well for the regulation | seek to enforce it. you will have al- four. most a revolution within 30 days,” he On the seventeenth his second went | g1y ; through the green to a banR bevond. | “iTpe vVice President’s name has His chip was six feet short and he|been attached to this measure. I missed the putt, taking five. He fin-|pope to God the Dawes plan in Europe ished with a par four at the eight:|ig ot ag rotten as this.” eenth. i Senator Reed insisted that a kind e T Ul lodm of agricultural slavery would be estab- ] shed in this country if the bill be Bobby Jones (American amateur| pagsed. He ph‘tured) the farmer as champion), 72—72—144. having been discriminated against Archie Compston, 76—74—150. during the war. The farmers’ prices Abe Mitchell, 78~T78—136. were limited, he said, during that 15._),'0; Kirkwood (American), $1—76— period, wl:mehenl: manufacturers were 3 ng the est prices t JONS Dunug.l 15_(_;;::1&” Vi :;ton.‘ ighest prices they could b A % Scores Hoover’s Actions. “A gentleman was imported here teur), 75—72-—147. Ted Ray, ‘lfi-?i'?-_—als“- . Cyril Tolley, < from England.” said Senator Reed, George Gadd, 8071151 “Herbert Hoover, by t . . by name, and he set e i e Bimeelf o the task of depriving the kg e g 'armer of the prices which he might Arthur Havers, 75—76—151. justly demand.” Senator Reed criticized the licensing power entrusted to Mr. Hoover at Cyril Walker (American), 79—71— 151, sulted in a $70,000,000 profit to the Watts Gunn (American amateur),| '‘A more damnable outrage was Jim Braid, 82—75—157. inet of Mr. Cooildge today to the dis- 146. are robbing him today by law. There- Alex Herd, §1—76—157. Senator Reed declared that the Me- Jose Jurado (Argentina), 77—76—153. Walter Hagen, 88—77—145. 150 that time and the operations of the Emmet French (American), 76—75— | Grain Export Corporation. which re- 75— | Government, which Senator Reed in- Istntonlo B Oreun vt Vo sisted was made out of the farmers. 82—80~—162. never perpetrated.” said Senator Reed, Jim Barnes (American), 77—80~157. |and Herbert Hoover sits in the cab- Al Watrous (American), 71—75—146. | grace of everybody. During the war Fred McLeod (American), 71—75— | vou robbed the farmer by law and you J. H. Taylor, 75—78—153. fore almost anything that is econ- Averell Kidd, 78—78—156. omically sound would be justified. Tommy Armour- (American), 74— |Nary Haughen plan wes not econ- 76—180. s . omically sound. ! |ELGIN BOUND OVER 3 FOR SHOOTING WOMAN| Who Blamed Liquor in Attack on Taxi Driver, to Await Grand Jury Action. Waiv Elevator Operater, primary The held an lating a prelminary e Court today., Carroll charged with an assault with a_dan gerous weapon, was held by Judge Robert E. Mattingly to await the ac. tion of the grand jury. Raiph Given assistant United States attorney, rec. ommended that the matter of bond Le settled by the District attorney office. Elgin. a former in The Star Building. shot Mrs. Mary May of Wilmington. Del. April 26 as she was leaving the Raleigh Hotel where she was stopping with h husband, the bullet mitsing a taxi driver at whom it had been aimed. Mrs. May was taken to : Hospital, where s sevaral weeks su paralysis. A sho able to go to her home in Delaware, | where she is said to be recuperating. | Failing in his attempt to get away | in a taxicab from the scene of the shooting. Elgin was apprehended by Traffic Policeman Carl P. Paul. He stated that he was thtoxicated at the time and remembered nothing at all. Since that time he has been confined at the jail in default of a $15.000 bond. | Becauss of the recovery of Mrs. May it is expected that the bond will be set at $5.000 in the near future. Attorney James A. O'Shea appeared for Elgin. Representativ crat, of M vator operator | House ont Repub) r of the 1u charges Fenning, spoke that the ju has this case in exe and any interference at th improper. House takes up conference re- port on bill fixinz postage rat on hotel keys and tags. Dyer subcommittea committee in execut drafting report on Fenning peachment charges. Last big _sup second deficien appropriat: bill, which carries funds for public building program, reported to the House today Indian affairs ommittee i tive session on committee c: Rules committee in executive ses sion on veterans' legisiation Special joint o hearing on Noj rants. ary affairs and es also hold against meagure, There is vet room 'in politics for the man who fs frank enough to admit that he is a_candidate because he wants the office, says the Toledo Blade. thern Pacific imigration ses: REFERENDUM ON LENGTHENING THE SCHOOL DAY IN ORDER TO DECREASE OR ABOLISH HOME STUDY The Star, co-operating with the Board of Education. invites Washington parents to fill out the following ballot in this important referendum: 1. In favor of dispensing with all home study In the first six grades? Yes.. of pupils— No.... In the junior high schools? Yes........ In the seniot high schools? Yes........ No........ In the normal schools? Yes No. In favor of extending the school day— In the first six grades, from 3 to 3457 Yes...... No. In the junior high schools, from 3 to 3:45? Yes...... N In the senior high schools, from 2:30 to 47 Yes. Do you favor school on Saturday mornings? Yes How many children have ycu in school? Are you a member of a Parent-Teacher or Citizen: ciation? Yes........ No... NOTE.—Cut out and mail to Educational Editor, The Star. All ballots after being registered will be turned over to Harry Hine, Secretary of the Board of Education. .