Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1926, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, W DN’EST)AY 35,910,000 BULDING "o 20°AsFpiancs 0. G. ENFORCEMENT FUND S APPROVED CHECK-UP URGED Of Pursuit Type House Favors $34,550,000 {W. C. T. U. Speaker Says Dry Program, One-Seventh to } Campaign Is Importdnt as Be Spent This Year. Example to U. S. JUNE 30, 19286. INVITATION IS PREPARED TO KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Headquarters Building of Order Sought for Capital—Would Cost Approximately $1,500,000. A definite step in the campaign of the Knights of Pythias of the local domain to bring to Washington the permanent international headquarters of the order was taken last night by a committee of the Washington lodges. The first draft of an invitation to establish the headquarters here, stat- ing a host of reasons why the Na. The natfonal organization of the tional Capital is the logica! location, Woman's Christian Temperance Union | was approved and after revision is to belioves an intensive campaign should | be sent to committeemen of the be conducted in Washington to check | preme Lodge who soon are to select a location. Dog Census Shows BALLOU DEFENDS U. S. Has 7,000,000 LONG SCHOOL DAY O Verious Breeds Estimating the dog population of the United States at approximately 7,000,000, the Department of Agri- culture today admitted that it does not attempt to predict the value of this live stock. “It is composed.” said an announcement, “of animals with mixed or mong and canine aristo known parentage through generations Sikics stock.” :h’e" more meighborhood —asso-| "gy uy 60 breeds of dogs are con- clations last night lined up “Ith} sidered of enough consequence to others which already had voiced oppo-| be given a classification in the dog |57 sition to the proposals made to the| World. Only 46 of this number, |g34 oY ZKAY JEWELRY C0. 407 Tth St. N. W. BIACIONDS ! AT RARE SAVINGS The Chance Vought Corporation of Long Island, N. Y., today was awarded a_contract for the manu- facture of 20 combined pursuit and spotting aircraft at a total cost to the Navy of §239,708. The craft will be assigned to the flect as rapidly as the bullders can de- iv The Curtiss Aeroplane and Mo- tor Co., also of Long Island, was low bidder, but it could not de- liver the craft as quickly as the Navy desired. Addresses Columhia Heights Citizens, Who Indorse Present Program. of purebred (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Sta: ) An immediate appropriation of §5,- 000 and an authorization of 550,000 for elght building projects asso- | 46 Board of Education to l('nmhvn (h(‘ veriod of school hours with to reducing the nec home study for p s Asso. the | seiation | against longer ciation, the Northeast Bus all voted ur school hour: The resolution | adopted by the Co- { lumbia Heights Supt. Frank W. of Education recited events up to the circulation of a questic by the board in an effort to sentiment of the citi on the tlon invoived. lie from lette: of Gen. Amos Fries criticizing the board and offering sugsestions for im- prover Dr. did not en of the asso- statir que clation in either direction, it was the &s a wholo which w is ult is ted for abolished, sible solution would be the hours to be spent in sald the periods : :d_for home work vary 8 » 90 minute: according t ‘and these peri do_not wor ips. Gen. Fries' objection to having the newly appointed and inexperienced teachers ned to the lower grades has been corrected, Dr. Ballou s No comment was made on the posal of Gen. Fries to have a sess! of school on & except to bring out that th not_contained | in the publ to_lengthen | to take care ing, he s ame amou out home w day is the onl lution A vote of th: Ballou. Altc the associati ud- £ the ed with- n to Supt. president of Towa Circle Session. The lowa Circle Citi tion unanimov all proposals to le of school attendan the season, pproved > periods held at . Volk, 1 ition of |, joined in a | inment, | presi- | - who | with dent, participated rs, mpson, | , M in, Lippm and. i Busi- | at | v Thibade: and Mrs. Il The act mess Men's & meeting Temple, Lighth ®ast. The vote wu Association wa t the Northe Masonic d P streets north: unanimous en all ate the as- presented | that a | sociation indorsed & by Dr. R . MeCol letter be transmitted mmissioner Fenning_and Supt. P Hesse commending the activitics of John A. Wittsack of the ninth pre cinct. A Poston, ask for wppointment as | lieutenant i thirteenth pre- cinct soon to he formed, was lost by n, on the ground that should not try to in- z of William appointed f the ninth ney in the those who Smith and Mr. P to wait on (¢ precinct nd ges pref F.rn their cars 1 street north that there have b the ninth precinet for parkine during the last two montl eny other section of the city essociation adjourned for the mer at the the meeting. MEMORIAL SERVICES. To Be Held for Mrs. Simon Oppen- heimer Tonight. Sum- Special public memorial services for the late Mrs. Simon Oppenheimer will | be held under the auspices of the S terhood of the Adas I el Congrega- tion, in the Adas Is 1 Congrega- tion Synagogue, Sixth and I streets, tonight at 830 o'clock. The T to Mra. L. be informal. ent of _the Council of Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, president of the United Hebrew Charity Association, and others are to be called upon to deliver eulogies. Mrs. Oppenheimer was president of the Adas Tsrael Congregation sister- hood for 20 yvears and was active in various other Jewish organizations. Bhe died about two weel ‘[}[]Al COMPROMISE: | wis | Merchants and Senate Com- | & subpoena_from the Senate District | Whiteford. | cert | bool | who suflicient impor- to warrant Bulletin however, are of nce in this c inclusion in 1491-F, Breeds ust issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry. A copy of the bulletin may be ob- tained from the Department. B Sk CONFERENCE HELD mittee Auditor Seek to , Agree on Demands. | | streets, B The five subpoenaed Washington 1l merchants, whose refusal to obey | committee Monday to produce books and records of their business resulted in a get-together meeting with the committee’s auditor yesterday after- noon and today, were “hopeful” of an agreement on what they should re- veal in the way of figures, when the committee met at 2 o'clock this after- noon. As far as could be learned, no agreement was reached between . A. A. Smith of the controller general's office, Treasury Department, auditor for the committee, and Roger J. attorney for the mer. chants, although many points of con- tention were cleared up. Following a conference yesterday afternoon between Mr. Smith and Mr. Whiteford in the former's offi which lasted for more than two hours, the attorney announced there were | still some s of the case he wished to ate on during the night. y_after noon today he met with Mr.” Smith for a few min- | utes, but the outcome of the confer- | ence was not revealed. | Prior to tod meeting, however, | Mr. Whiteford said the dealers wer “hopeful” that a compromise would be reached as to the procedure they ould adopt in furnishing data to Mr Smith. The committec’s auditor made in requests for the merchant which were declined d in an effort to force their surre sub. poenas were issued. The merchants in declining to comply with the or ders emphasized that certain of the ed for were not in existence and if others were removed from their offices it would entail a s bool MAJ C. L. HALL SHIFTED. | Will Be Succeeded as Publicity Chief of Army by Maj. Thompson. : Several changes occur tomorrow in the offitial personnel of the press re tions section of the War Departmen Charles. L. Hall, Cory zineers, whose tour as chi section’ ends, will be transferred to duty in the office of the chief of En. | gineers, Munitions Buildin, Lo succeeded by Maj Thompson, U. S. Infantry just completed Maj. Thompson was formerly in charge of the press relations section and is perfectly informed as to i duties and respon: He will have as his chief ass ‘rittenberger, U. S. v, who Just r(\mplmed a tour of duty at The latter will relieve F Harry G. Dowdall, U. S. Infantry, has_been ordered to recruiting duty at New York City. Capt. Sam: uel A. Grennwell, U. S. Cavalry, and | Capt. Harry W. C: U. S. Infa try, will remain on duty in the pre: relations section for at ieast a year or more. FIRE FUND $27,530. $35,000 Goal for Bethesda Depart- ment Soon in Hand. The ‘drive for a fire department in the Bethesda area reached a total today, it was announced after reports of the “flying squadrons” had been received. The residents of Somerset and Drummond contributed 100 per cent to the fund for fire pro- tection. The area has not been thoroughly canvassed and with promises of sev- eral large contributions in hand the campaigners believe the fund will reach $35,000 in another week. Florida manufactured products in- creased in value from $3,000,000 in 1880 to about $214,000,000 in 1925. | able | afternoon w in the National Capital was approved in the second deflciency appropriation bill in the House yesterday. Without any change whatever, the House approved the entire public building program. The District items are: For the Agricultural Department, three projects, as follows: To acquire, h\ yurchase, condemnation or other- the Economics Bhilding and site t the corner of Linwood place and C street southwest, $325,000; toward the construction of the cent: part of the Administration Building, con- necting the two ing _wings, §400,000, with authorization for the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of this building not to exceed 2,000,000; toward the construction of an exten the Department of Agriculture and the acquisition of three squares of and between Twelfth and Fourteenth and C streets southwest, with authorization for the crefary of the Treasury to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost of such building and site, not to exceed $5,750,000. é For a national archives building, on an extensible plan, $1,000,000 is appropriated_for acquisition of the site, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contr: for the entire estimated cost of the building, not to exceed $6,900,000. $600,000 for Commerce. Toward the construction of a $10,: 000,000 home, for the Department of Coramerce, to house all of its activi- ties except the Bureau of Standards, and to be erccted on Government- owned land, an initial_appropriation of $600,000 is made. The Secretary of the Treas authorized to enter into contract: the entire esti- mated cost of such building, not to ex- ceed $10,000,000. Toward the erection of an addition to the Government Printing Office an appropriation of §100,000 is made to acquire a site adjacent to the present plant, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the entire estimated cost, not to exceed $1,250,000. Toward the construction of a suit building for the accommodation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, an appropriation of §1,700,000 is made to cquire land between Tenth and Sleventh, little B and C s cent to three other lots of I 00,000, |owned by the Government, 600,000 square feet ed on the four between B and C, Tenth and fth streets northwest. The bill thorizes the Secretary of the Treas to enter into contracts for the o estimated cost of the building and land, not to exceed §7 on is also cz bill for construction of two additiona stories on the Liberty Loan Building, which is an annex to the Bureau of ngraving and Printing. An imme- te appropriation of $250,000 is made nd the Secretary of the Treas authorized to enter into contrac the entire estimated cost of work, not to exceed $375,000. S REALTY MAN ACCUSED OF DRUNKEN DRIVING J. V. Trimble, Jr., Also Left Scene After Accident, Police Offi- cer Charges. Trimble, jr., young real estate operator, the son of James Trimble, sr., vice president of the Na- tional Bank of Washington, vesterday arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and two charges of leaving the scene of an accident, after a wild chase of about 10 miles through the northeast sec- tion. Mr. Trimble was taken to Police Court and posted bond of $1,100, pend- ing a hearing of the charges, and de- manded a jury trial. e TROOPS TO COLLECT TAX. Irish Free State Plans to Use Force in Islands Off West Coast. DUBLIN, June 30 (#).—Soldiers are to help local authorities collect taxes in certain Irish districts. Decision to this effect has been brought about by the situation in islands off the Irish west coast, where residents have not paid taxes for years. ‘When the Galway county council applied to the Free State government for aid in making tax collections in these areas assurances were given that military assistance would be placed at the disposal of the sheriff. The ministry of justice has also consented to provide a boat to be used for taking away live stock seized for taxes on the Island of Eddy, near the head of Galway Bay. with can be e such James V. ble bullding for the use of | PAY FOR 2 YEARS M tian Lucy R. vt R { up on prohibition enforcement here, ¥ | declared in an address at the union closing ses | lumbia W. noon at the This work is of utmost importan shington, | nishe: Swanton of the Chris: enship department of the on of the District of Co- ‘akoma Baptist Church. ce in| he said, because it fur- an example for the rest of the | country. American Declares Hungary,| Whose Finances He Reor- ganized, Needs Money. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, June 30.—Satisfaction | over a task well done and the friend- | ship and appreciation of the Hunga- rian people are sufficient recompense for Jeremiah Smith, Boston wyer, | who as League of Nations commis- vas appointed commis- | ry in April, 1924, and for his year’s services was entitled to $100,000. When Count Bethlen, the | premier, yesterday handed him a check for this sum, Mr. Smith declined to accept it. “Give it to charity,” said Mr. Smith. “Your poor need it more than I do. The only compensation I desire for | my work is the appreclation and | friendship of the Hungarian people.’ Mr. Smith, who is not a wealthy man, said ho did not feel that he zhtfully accept money for| s from a people so dis-| as the Hungarians. He de-| clined to take any money for his liv- | ing expenses in Bud: for two vears i Smith reported to the League s early this month that Hun- | fina were in excellent con- Ko, The league acquiesced in his | desire to give up the post. HAS HAD NOTED CAREER. Smith Is Third of His Family t Become Distinguished as Lawyer. BOSTON, June 30 @ Jeremiah | Smith, who refused a §100,000 salary check from Hun hird of his name In En; family who hs distingu eer Zl! llll‘ bar, Army worker. vas born in Dc , N ML, miah , 2d. ] Served in the Revolu (hv AT r s Congressman and Governc v Hampshire. The retiring commissioner general of the Les ations for Hun: gary was gradu ted from Harvard in | 1892 and from Harvard Law School | in 184 In 1896 he was sec retary | to Justice ay of the United States Supreme Court. \Ilh‘ been a member of the Bos-| ton law firm of Herrick, Smith, Don- ald & rley for the past 19 years. »fore American entry into the war he served on the war relief commis: sion of the Rockefeller Foundation, | later becoming a ¢ ptain in the Qua termaster's ps of the A. E. F., at tached to Gen. Dawes’ staff. At the conclusion of the s made one of the financial ad- visers of the Amer! n mission to negotiate peace, staying in Paris until after the tr(‘.\(\ of Versailles. He is a Democrat and a bachelor. and war he | Jeweled Fans English Fad. Since the Queen of England has had her monogram, surmounted by a crown, set in small pearls on the han- dle of a black-spangled fan which she will carry the coming season, soclety women of that country are carrying | fans decorated with gem: BRIGHTWOOD’ Finest Home Development Semi-Detached Tapestry Brick Members N ot i | ehecking up on the attending the meeting ed as to how much time devote in extending the local organization in andling and dis- could position of liquor cases here by main- | taining observers in the courts. The reports of such observers are submitted to the Christian citizen ship department of the national W. C T. U Mrs. Van Winkle Speaks. Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle, in a brief address, | bureau bill House | finadly sioner has reorganized Hungary's fi-| actuall 1 Instead of enlarging them. the bureau were strongly Miss Helen Pigeon. s, Theresa A. pis defended the policewomen’s lly introduced in the bill as reported to the Hol would curtail the powers of the bu- The Winkle and the commended by | of Mrs. Van Williams. corre- sponding secretary of the W. C. T. U., urged that the harmful effects of al | cohol and tobacco be more strongly | impressed upon public_sch It was brought committee of the recentl; Schools oL pupils. out that local ory called on Superintendent of Ballou and urged that more attention be given to this matter in the ed | el Day, Mamie Mulligan chosen SUICIDE WRECKS ROOM. tion of the W. C. | Explosion schools. Mrs. Orr ton and Mrs. 1 Moody, Mrs, E. V. Bu ‘ettio Lyons were elect- | es to the national conven- | T. U. in Los An- | . with Mrs, Alvin Kress and Mrs s alternat September Dr. Loretta Results When Gas | Comes Into Contact With Light. W Leland, terday Eighty: g#s explosion t set fire | was found in the kitchen burner. was fioved to b Two notes indicating t ontemplated his pockets, wife. Capts. Charles I. Cory been duty. ¥ YORK, June 30 (®) 35, a real estate ope was found dead in »artment Jke windows Leland's body near open not known aused by explosion and > been caused by the gas ntact with —Hume to furnitur in c 1t Leland had suicide were found in One was addressed to his Sent to Manila. John C. Whitaker and Bazire, Quartermaster on duty in_ this city, have ordered to Manila, P. I, for | the W | who is a | revolutionary | treme | to_the Left in politie nd | Trade Union Intern | clutches of the Muscovite. pilot light. | The_meeting last night, called by John M. Kline, chairman, was one of a series recently held. Lee B. Emory, grand chancellor of the lc Grand Lodge, which is the mother chapter of the Pythian order, conferred with the headquarters committee. The statement, bidding for the loca- tion of the permanent headquarters, was presented by C. E. La Vigne, of hington Conventfon Bureau, sting the Pythians. 1t is proposed to erect at the per- manent headquarters city a building about $1,500,000 to house the offices of the order. Pl DEATH HELD NATURAL. Coroner’s Jury Probes Case of Jake Flannagan, 60. wnagan, 60 years old, died Hospital Monday night causes, it was found performed at the Dis- Deputy Coroner Her- bert E. Martyn yesterd The au- topsy revealed that he had been suf- fering from complicated diseases of the heart, kidneys and lungs. He was sent to Casualty Hospital for treatment by Dr. W. B. Baker of attsville, Md., after Dr. Baker had been summioned to see him Monday morning at the home of Norman Stanton, Bladensburg. 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