Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1926, Page 5

REZONING PROTEST | MADE AT HEARING Fight on to Prevent Erection of Stores in Southeast Neighborhoods. A fight to prevent the erection of stores on the northeast corner of Seventeenth and A streets southeast, was made before the Zoning Com- mission at a public hearing in the District Building today by a group of residents and property owners in that section. The Commission had under consid- eration at the time the application of John P. Donnelly for a rezoning of his property from residential B to first commercial C area, so that he might improve it with commercial establishments. Opponents ‘of the proposed change, led by Leslie Leip- er, 1755 A street southeast, argued that additional stores in that section are not needed, and that they did not desire to sacrifice the residential sta- tus of thelr neighborhood for Mr. Donnelly’s proposed stores. Mr. Donnelly, however, introduced # number of residents in that section who testified that they had no ob- Jjection to the stores. Two of them sald they were occupants of houses which he owned. O‘I)posiuon also was voiced by prop- owners in the vicinity of Eight- eenth and B streets southeast against @ proposal to rezone from residentiai B to first commercial C area, prop- erty located along the north side of B street southeast between Eighteenth street and the north and south public alley. A petition signed by 88 resi- dents opposing the change also was submitted to the commission. David Babp, secretary of the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations, rep- resented the applicant for the change. He pointed out that additional stores are badly needed in that vicinity. The lack of them, he said, is not only an inconvenience to the present residents but has hindered the sale of new houses built there. Mr. Babp was given until Monday to file a brief amplifying his verbal arguments. Twelve other proposed changes in zoning are being considered by the commission. Five of them were on the calendar for' consideration at a session which began this afternoon at 1:30 o‘cmck JOSEPH 0. MANSON MONEY EXPERT, DIES Was Writing History of Financial Legislation—Spent 52 Years in Treasury Department. Joseph O. Manson, of the Treasury Department, who had been given the special assignment. of compiling a history of financial legislation from 1860 to the present time, died this morning at his home, 4461 Green- wich Parkway, from cerebral hemor- rhage'and complications. Mr. Manson, who was 76 years old, served in the Union Army, and had spent 52 years in the Treasury De- partment, advancing from the posi- tion of clerk to that of expert in ac- counting and adviser on financial legislation. Just prior gto his special assignment he had Yeen assistant cashier in the office of Treasurer of the United States. On account of his extraordinary memory and knowl- edge of what had taken place during his long service, officials feel that loss to the Government at the time when he was just well started on compila- tion of his bock will be great. Mr. Manson suffered a paralytic stroke several weeks ago, but had sufficiently recovered to attempt to come back to work about 10 days ago. He was unable to carry on, however, and returned to his home. An official of the Treasury in speak- ing of Mr. Manson today character-. 1zed him as a man of “‘unusual ability and tireiess energy, and an expert in government accounting procedure.” Funeral arrangements have not as vet been completed. Interment will be in Arlington. Surviving are his widow, three sons, Earle W, Manson, Charles G. Manson, Philip R. Manson, and one daughter, Mrs. J. Homer Winkler, all of Wash- ington. MRS. H. W. BEESON DIES. Sister of Washington Woman Victim of Auto Accident. Word has just beea recelved in Washington of the death at Pitts- burgh, Pa., last Friday of Mrs. Helen White Beeson, sister of Mrs. Virginia White Speel, prominent clubwoman and Republican woman's leade Reeson, who was the wife of E. Beeson, vice president of thy Pit burgh Steel Co., was killed in L1 tomobile accident in the Pennsylvania Funeral services were held at tsbirgh early this week. Beesoni wa well known clubwoman in Pittsburgh and was also prominently known here for her activities in the affairs of woman's clubs. She frequently visited her sister, . Speel, in Washington. She rvived by her husband, three children, Marion, John Kennedy and Annalena White, and _two brothers, Thomas White of San Fran- ecisco and Harry White of Indiana, Pa. Mrs. Beeson was 52 vears of age. Two Men Commissioned. Thomas J. Hopkins, Jjr., 525 Twenty- first street, this city, has been ap- pointed by the War Department a first lieutenant, and William H. Chis- holm, Garrett Park, Md. a second lieutenant, both in the Infantry Re- serve Corps. Announcement!! Of Our New Location Remington Cash | Register Co., Inc. From 431 11th St. N.W. To 727 12th St. N.W. | poned for 24 hours today when SOUMNG MAN, M’CARL REPROVES NAVAL SECRETARY FOR CONTRACT MADE (Continued from First Page.) plated by the contract is engineering, which provides, among other things, for “‘services, instruments and ap- paratus, supplies and technical books and periodicals necessary to carry on experimental and research work.” Analysis of Provision. “It appears that the word ‘services’ was inserted in the appropriation for the fiscal year 1926, as shown in the hearings before the subcommittee of the House committee on appropria- tions for the purpose of enabling the Bureau of Engineering to secure an increased economy of administration by making it legally possible the resources of scient tions of another Government depart- ment. This would indicate that the word was inserted primarily to secure the services of Government agencies rather than entering into contracts with private firms and individuals. “In addition to the objections raised in_my letter of June 24, 1926, herein referred to, the contracting with an individual or firm to perform a duty or exércise an authority imposed or conferred by law upon a Government department or establishment is not authorized.” KEHOE TRIAL POSTPONED. Claimed Juryman Approached in Bootleg Milk Case. NEW YORK, July 22 (#).—Trial of William H. Kehoe, former assistant corporation counsel, charged with conspiracy to violate the health laws in connection with activitles of an al- leged bootleg milk ring, was post- it was rumored that one of the jurors had been approached. In adjourning court Judge Levine announced that he was starting an investigation of the rumor, and Act- ing District Attorney Pecora stated that he also had an investigation under w 11th and | for the drapery kerchiefs, etc. w Y. Woses & Son| ESTABLISHED 1861 Washington, D. C. REQUIRE EXPERIENCED SALESPEOPLE the following new departments to be opened about August 25: Ladies’ ready-to-wear, millinery, shoes, toilet goods, neckwear, hosiery, underwear, fancy jewelry, hand. Apply Manager’s Office, 7th Floor ANY OLD JOB LOOKS BETTER TO ME THAN MINE. 1F YoU “THENM How ABOUT mflaw —By WEBSTER. YOU SAVED MY DAOGHTE RS LIFE. V'L SE€ THAT TON'T LOSE Ho - HuM! | wisH 1 HAD A JOB FIRING Oy A LOCOMOTWE. | CAN'T STAMD THIS AWFUL WoRK MUCH LOMBGER / Copt. 1926 (N. Y. World) Preas Pub. Co. Contract Approved For U. S. Purchase Of Lincoln Relics The contract for the purchase of the Oldroyd Lincoln collection has been approved, according to Maj. U. S. Grant, 3rd, director of the office of Public Buildings and Parks of the National Capital. At the last session Congress provided $50,000 for the purchase of this historic collection, which it is belleved will eventually be placed in the National Museum. For the present, however, it will remain in the house on Tenth street opposite the old “Ford Theater. to which house Lincoln was carried after he was shot. Railroad Official Dies Suddeny. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 22 (#).—D. E. Spangler, 64 vears old, of Roanoke, Va., general superintendent of transportation of the Norfolk & ‘Western Raflway, died suddenly of heart disease here. o None can deny that, 50 years after its modest inception, the telephone is the talk of the town, says the Phila- delphia_Public Ledger. Hotel Inn 604-610 9th St. N.W, Dlily, 5100 suo 3-‘00 $6 weekly; *u R, Woowar snd Tavavar in_room. 50% more. Rooms like othe: -'. % PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. 8. Treasury 1408 H ST. N. W. F Streets departmenf and P RETIRING BOARD TO MEET. Gen. McCaw Will Head Group to Sit in Capital. An Army retiring board has been appointed to meet in this city for the examination of such officers as may be ordered to appear before it. The detall for the board is: Brig. Gen. ‘Walter D. McCaw, Medical Corps; Col. Henry ‘Whitehead, Quartermaster Corps; Col. Edward P. Orton, Finance Department; Col. John J. Toffey, In- fantry; Iieut. Col. James M. Phalen, Medical Corps; Lieut. Col. -Alden F. Brewster, Field Artillery; Lieut. Col. William W. Gordon, Cavairy; Lieut. Col. Albert G. Love, Medical Corps, and First Lieut. John M. Erwin, Ord- nance Department, recorder. Majs. Gouverneur V. Emerson and Charles K. Berle, Medical Corps, have been detailed as medical examiners and Mtnesses before the board. One oi the many hairline stripe’ patterns now in stock. Many others include fancy patterns and plain shades. SUITS ‘and ruthless. The moment the men in 1’%_ om the AVENUE of NINTH:- Palm Beach SIX FLEE PRISON AS GUARD 15 SLAIN Three Liberators Lock 137 Other's in Barracks on Texas Convict Farm. By tho Assoclated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., July 22—Three men drove up to the Ferguson state convict farm near Midway, 70 miles north of Houston, shortly after mid- night” today, shot and killed Will Raider of Midway, the picket guard; liberated six convicts of the 143 in the prison, barracks and sped away with them after first locking the doors on the remainder of the prisoners. Posses are scouring the country for the escaped men. Execution of the plot was daring the automobile sighted the guard they opened fire on him. Raider, riddled with bullets, fell dead. Instantly they were upon him and seized the keys to the barracks. With drawn pistols they opened the doors and called the names of six long-term' men, who stepped out from the ranks of their fellows and took their places behind their liberators. The other convicts, apparently dazed by the swiftness of the affair, made no move. With no apparent haste the three man satisfied them- selves the men they had come for were accounted for, locked the door on the remainder of the convicts, who a moment later heard the automobile rush away in the darkness. Houston police were asked to watch for two automobiles in which the six prisoners were reported to have fled. The men who escaped were re- ported to be George Dixon, Charles Pryer, Richard Naylor, C. R. Holland, Robert Bernard and Alvin Ireland. Pryer was serving a 30-year sentence for murder and had escaped twice previously, GORDON SEEKS WAY TO BLOCK MENTAL PATIENTS’ RELEASE (Continued from First Page.) were unsuccessful and the World War veterans' ward remained awake throughout the night, partly out of fear and partly because of the noise. -One of the Spanish War veterans did not act in a very rational manner last night, although he did not dis- turb the peace of his 13 buddies in the ward he was in, it was noted. Early today, however, he appeared on the front porch and went through a series of arm movements, denoting, as far as could be determined, spying through a telescope. He created no disturbance of any nature. Later these particular two men went to the Veterans’ Bureau to negotiate wiv.h of- ficials on their claims. Attaches of the home lonigh! will keep a close watch on the two men, and it was indicated if they became too unruly police protection will have to be sought. Great indignation was expressed at the home over the re- lease of the two men. The attitude was taken solely in the interest of the former patients themselves. 1t is understood that Dr. Willlam A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s, will be consulted regarding the condition of the two men in question. The other two mixed in with the residents of the home and created a favorable impression among all with | whom they came in contact. CHOOSING FENNING SUCCESSOR TRYING TASK FOR COOLIDGE SR B (Continued -from First Page.) point any one of the retired officers who have been recommended. It has developed in connection with the filling of Mr. Fenning’s place that .| the President is not only relying upon Attorney General Sargent to serve him in this minor capacity, but in a more :mportant way. The President has deputized the Attorney General to wade through the papers accompany- ing each individual candidacy or rec- ommendation and to make his repor. on each to the President. The Attor- ney General also has been asked by tha President to do the investigating work Incidental to obtaining a thor- ough and correct report on the life history of each person recommended for the place who is to be given fur- ther consideration by the President. Preferred List Small. Of course, the batch of names com- ing to the Summer Capital at a high rate of speed now are put through an elimination process at this end. The remaining ones are then put through a similar process by the Attorney Gen- eral, and as a result of this weeding- out of names, the so-called preferred list of candidates is now down to a size that can be more easily handled. It is understood that James Rey- nolds, vice president of the Commer- cial National Bank, who has a wide acquaintance in Washington not only in business and financial circles but among politiclans as well, has been called upon to assist in the work of investigating candidates and also to suggest names of possible appointees —men whom he considers as available and of the standard desired by Presi- dent Coolidge. There has been considerable talk about the President again being anx- fous to land Frederick A. Delano for the place, but there was nothing here today to form a basis for this. It has been intimated, however, that the President Is giving very little consid- eration to the several women who have been suggested for the place. Women Are Recommended. Mrs. Virginia White Speel, president of the League of Repulican Women of the District, and Mrs. J. F. Curtis, who has been prominent in civic and charity work in the District, are the women most prominently mentioned in connection with thfs appointment. A score or more Washington attor- neys and business men have been proposed,. prominent among them be- ing John Lewis Smith, former na- tional commander Spanish War Vet- erans; Ringold Hart, Gen. Anton Stephan, William T. Gallther, T. Lin- coln Townsend and Julius Peyser, but the President is represented as having given no indication that he has any intention of selecting any one of these. It is said, however, that the President would prefer to appoint a business man—one who is not connected with interests doing business with the District Govern- ment, and one who is a capable ex- ccutive, One of the President’s intimates | | | | Take your youngsters for a Il “ride around the Tidal Basin on the SWAN BOAT and less fortunate children will benefit through THE CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY (Tidal Basin at 17th St.) E—— I He doesn’t need sympathy— he needs a Palm Beach Suit The gentleman at the ing a winter worsted to right insists on wear- a summer roof garden. . He should know that his best friend for a sum- mer mght s dance (other than the girl of his chmce) is a cool, stylish Palm Beach Suit. When he does' he’ll applaud all the encores multitude of suits — ' Beach Suits come in a terns and are tailored and stay until the last wail of the saxophone Remember the words “Palm Beach” cover a Parker-Bridget Palm great variety of pat- to strict specifications. Store Closes Saturday at 2 P.M. During July and August / who is personally handling the cor- respondence incident to the making of this appointment, was unable to hazard a guess as to how long it is going to take the President to make a declsion. One th.. certain, he pointed out, and that is, the latter is going to take his time. He is not golng to appoint in haste and repent at leisure, President Coolidge motored to his office at Paul Smiths shortly after 9 o'clock this morning and spent more than two hours going over Govern- mental papers and signing documents. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Nayy, is expected here Saturday to visit President and Mrs. Coolidge. Will Bring Blast Report. ‘When Mr. Wilbur comes, he will bring a complete report on the Dover, N. J., arsenal explosion and inform the President of steps being taken to prevent similar aisasters. In addition to that, the Secretary of the Navy, like the Secretary of ‘War, will discuss with the President the questions of further appropria- tlons and personnel for the reor- ganized Air Service of the Navy. The Navy, like the Army, will require additional men to put the five-year program. recently approved by Con- gress into effect. The general board of the Navy has been studying the matter with less ap- parent conflict with the President's views than in the case of the War De- partment, and it is understood that its conclusions are about ready so that Mr. Wilbur on his trip here can dis- cuss them with the President, and come to an undérstanding with the Commander-in-Chief with reference to how the Navy shall proceed to carry out the air service program. President Coolidge’s plans for the next 10 days have not been deter- mined finally, but as matters stand now he may go to Plymouth next week. That, at any rate, is his wish, which is heartily shared by Mrs. Cool- idge. Painter Killed in Fall. Henry Hauenstein, a painter, 60 years old, who resided at 714 C street sou'.he.lst, fell 60 feet from a scaffold while working in the Metro- politan Theater yesterday afternoon, and was killed. He missed his footing, Coroner Nevitt was advised. Hauen- stein was pronounced dead by Dr. E. A. Krause at Emergency Hospital. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of accidental death. N =-~5 DR. ANNA F. POLLOCK IS CLAIMED BY DEATH pESERTAT 3 RS District Chairman of Osteopathic ‘Women’s National Association Was 50 Years Old. Dr. Anna Formwalt Pollock, 50 years old, District chairman of the Osteopathic Women's National As- soclation, died at her home, 3336 O street, early last night, after an ill- ness of slx months. The funeral will be held at the home at 4 o'clock tomorrow after- noon, conducted by Dr. P. P. Phillips, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church Dr. Pollock has resided in Wash- ington many years, and has <ngaged in practice 17 years. 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