Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1927, Page 27

VENDORS' CONTROL " URGED BY ROBERTS | Weights and Measures Head | Also Would Outlaw Secrecy of Business Names. Legislation for the more stringent eontrol of transient vendors and a law under which the owners or responsible héads of business establishments could | be ascertained were recommended by George M. Roberts, superintendent of weights and measures, in his annual Teport to the Commissioners today. | _ In urging greater control ov: ing Mr. Roberts contended th per- | mission to follow the occupation should | be based upon good character and Teputation rather than upon the mere ability to pay a license fee. restrictions would tend to rid the Dis- tract of untrustworthy transient ven- dors, who prey upon the public.” With regard to proposed legislation to require the recording of the names of owners of business places, the superintendent states that in some in- stances it is “almost impossible” to ascertain the name of the responsible head of an establishment and that it is frequently necessary to have this information. Opposes Secrecy in Trade. “No one soliciting patronage of the public should be permitted to secrete his identity behind a trade or fictici ©us name for his establishment,” the report continued. “In the case of cor- porations they should be required to file a copy of their charters, a list of their officers and direct nd com- ply with other fair and reasonable regulations before being permitted to ©perate in the District.” - | out by Rockward Such | An increase in the inspection force | of his department is urged by the ent to cope with the in te tests and to suvervision over During the pas large shortages in gasoline | measure were found by his inspectors, \ who make purchases from time to , he said, not | perintendent added, however, that “there appears to con- tinue a considerable tendency to de- liver small “shortages, often due to carelessness of the operators of the pumps.” The Farmers' Market, which soon must move to make way for one of the new Government buildings, is characterized as a valuable municipal institution by the superintendent in his ‘annual report. The superintendent also gave a summary of the activity of his inspec- tors in checking up on the accuracy of commodities sold by weight and measure, including ice and coal as well as foodstuffs. D. C. BACKS FOOD RULE. Insists in Court Commissioners Have Authority Over Capital. The District Commissioners vester- day opposed in the Court of Appeals the issuance of a_writ of error sued um, who was anon in Po- on a charge perly a display m denied the to proceed time. The fined $10 by Judge lice Court June 8, I of failing to screen T of comb honey. Nus ment property at Center The Commission:rs take tion that it does not matt the food is, or who sells it, they are authorized by Congress to protect the health of the community and may 80 anywhere in the Disrtict to do so. . Grandmother Beats Train. DULUTH, Minn., September 8 (#).— Returning from a visit in Minneapolis Mrs. Mary A. 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GIRL AND KILLS SELF Climax of Quarrel Ends in Tragedy | and receivers of freight in Texas and After shooting his wife and an 11- limax of a quar- street last night, Joseph Smith, colored, 33 years old, ran from the house and while police were searching for him, killed himself by putting a bullet through his right The body was found in_the rear of the stadium of Howard Uni- | versity after a neighbor had reported hearing a_shot to Policeman W. L. Edith Smith, colored, 22 years old, is in a serious condition at Freedmen's | = = Hospital with bullet wounds in the Bernice Johnson, colored, 11 years old, was In this city 4,194 boys and girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rades of the public schools passed er the first or second athletic tests. . preparation for use in Astringent Powder It cleanses and purifies without irritating. invigorates without harm to the most delicate tissues and mucous membranes. 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