Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1928, Page 4

BROOKLAND BACKS HESSE AS CHIEF Citizens Hear Heated D_ebate Over Officer — Votes Against Merger. Midnight Prowler Terrorizes Fifth Girl in Lynchburg Special Dispateh to The . LYNCHBURG, Va, March 13.— After a three-day interval of quiet, during which the police had begun to hope that the singular visits were to be at an end, the “midnight prowler” entered the sleeping room of the 13-year-old daughter of A. Hiller yesterday morning, about 3 the ad-! B. Hesse | A vote of confidence in ministration of Maj. Edwin and i’ “his ability to fulfill the| requirements of his position to the! satisfaction of the District Commis- | sfoners and the people of Washing- | was extended in a resolution| passed by the Brookland _ Citizens' | Association. meeting in_the Brookland Masonic Temple last night. The rrso: lution, copies of which will be stnt the Commissioners and Maj. Hesse h‘mfirl(. also declares that the organization “be- lieves Maj. Hesse to be an honest ana Mcient official.” ¥ C."‘B Phelps presented the resolution. which provoked a heated debate, during which H. C. Stroman, a retired patrol- man. came to the defense of the pres- ent chief of police and urged that Ihflv measurs be passed. It was finally | adopted. | Named to Council. { K. P. Armstrong was re-clected to | the Citizens' Advisory Council. The association indorsed the course taken by the public_utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- fions in opposing the Wilson merget P funicipal Architect Albert L. Harris explained the plans for a group ofj buildings to house the municipal gn\-; ernment and 8 rrmlt\mm\ was passed | roving that project | ”&%n :-ucsxs who addressed the meet- ing were L. S. Trundle, president of the Michigan Park Citizens’ Association. | and E. C. Brennan. chairman of the| joint committee of the Brn(\k]m\d:‘ Dahlgren Terrace and Michigan Park | Citizens' Associations. both oi whom explamed the work already done by th2 committee Several measures indorsed by that group were approved by the as- soeiation, including the Fifth'and K streets site for the farmers’ market. the barring of Maryland and Virginia chil- Gren from the District schools, the pur- chase of the land at Tenth and Hamlin streets northeast for & public park and the electrification of portable schools. Admit New Members. Marvin M. McLean. president of the | Brookland Citizens’ Association: David Herrmann, secretary: Lee R. Wilson | and William B. Lewis were appointed delegates from that association to the | joint committee of the three Norlheu\‘ ups. ‘K’;'hpes following 37 new members were admitted: H. S. Bishop, F. J. Brunner. | L. Bruno, J. A. Chappelear. P. J. Clancy. J. O. Cole, L. A. Coffman, E. J. Dona-| o'clock.” The young girl was aroused by the preseice of a man in her room, and when she screamed the prowier disappeared. This is the ffth visit made at night by the prowler. Each time he has been discovered by women or girls, who were aroused from their sleep. and each time he has succeeded in es- CApINE. Chief of Police D. C. Smith has received an unsigned letter. from the prowler, who ridicules the depart- ment for its failure to catch him The prowler said he had to make six such visits to win a bet. Then, he said, he would quit. BOARD T0 REVIEW 6040 PLAN URGED | Citizens Make Plea for Com- mission Before House Subcommittee. (Continued_from_First Page) next hearing. which will be held sub- ject to the call of the chairman. Mr. Bowman also emphasized that the fiscal relation problem in his opinion should be studied from the national viewpoint. that this is the Nation’s Cap- ital and the determination should be on “what do the peagle of this country want to do to support and upbuild the most beautiful capital in the world?” Mr. Cottrell read to the subcommit- tee A letter frém Luther Gulick director of the Bureau of Municipal Research, New York City. in which he said: “I have yet to see any adequate study of the economic situation in the District, of the nature of the governmental serv- ice rendered. of the assessed values and of the tax rates by means of which an intelligent group of men could arrive at an unbiased solution of your problems Economic Survey Seen. “Any one conversant with municipal that it is not fair to compare Washing- THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. TUESDAY. MARCH 13, 1928 ations committee put into temporary op- era‘ion the $9,000,000 lump-sum con- tribution. Since 1015, when Investigation of the fiscal relations was made, Mr. Zihlman sald, there has been a tremendous in- crease in the cost of the municipal gov- ernment here, approximately 150 per cent. There is need for additional ap- propriations, and he cited the list of urgently needed improvements, previ- ously submitted by the Board of Trade at hearings before the House appropri- | ations committee and Included also in the hearing today. Little Taxable Land. The paying of taxes is measured by the ability of the taxpayers to pay, Mr Zihlman stressed, pointing out that the territorinl boundary of the District is limited by law. He told the subcommit- tee that of the 39,000 acres of land here the streets take up 6,000 acres and the parks 3,000 acres, leaving available for taxation only about 30.000 acres, of which the Government 1s constantly taking up more land, pointing out that last year 400 acres were withdrawn for | parks. He cited also that the law has | been passed for the Federal Govern- | ment to take all of the triangle south | of Pennsylvania avenue, and that fur ! ther development of the Botanic Gar- {dens and the authorization of a_ wide {avenue from Union Sfation to Peace Monument are some of the other de- velopments that are removing large | areas. Mr Zijhlman pointed out that two- thirds of the property here s owned by Government employes, who cannot afford to pay heavy taxes, and it was { never contemplated that the burden of i building the Cepital should be put on | the residents. He also reminded his colleagues that the residents have no { voice in government, and that Con- gress has always been jealous of its rights under the Constitution of exclu- sive jurisdiction over the Capital. Ask Fair Study. R | He asked whether it is fairer for | | Congress to make an honest study of | conditions and pay ils just proportion. or to continue “wedded to the idea of {a lump sum conceived in the mind of {one member and put into temporary {law through the appropriations com- | mittee." | Mr. Zihlman said that individually | 2 i members of Congress say they are in | favor of generous contributions by the | | Federal Government to carry out the | Iplan of building the Capital beautiful {He Insisted that he and the residents |, of the District are not proposing to continue the 50-50 or 60-40 proportion, { but are only asking to have a fair study made to see what is a just proportion and to determine the permanent policy | rather than allow the constantly grow- ing burden to be piaced upon the local residents, who are treated “more or less as abused stepchildren,” Mr. Zihl- | man said. Representative Becrs, chairman of | ! the subcommittee conducting the hear- | | ing, said that the only objection he had | | heard to the resolution was on the | grounds of expense for the commission, and Mr Zihlman made it clear that no | appropriation was authorized and no provision made for paying anybody. | Mr. Zihlman also called attention, as ;m\-»mmem would feel from the start |had previously been stated by Mr. Cot- | trell, that in’ other cities a ‘large Duchesne, E. M. Fox, F. E | ton directly with our industrial cities | centage of the taxes goes to paying J. Hensley. L. P. Higgins. C . R. F. Holden, C. . A. Krug. E. P. McDevitt, D. Master- . V. Mitchell, F. V. Murphy. . C. . C.T. Palmer, J. B. Parker, | Grey Ritchie. G. L. Scott, G. C. Serbe, L. L. Smith, H. D. Spragg. H. E. Thomas, C. L. Tippett. Miss Flora Verner. Mre. B. W. White, H. T. Whitlerk and Thomas D. Walsh. | TEMPORARY MARKET FOR FARMERS URGED | Dealers Deprived of Site for Trade TUnless Congress Acts Be- fore March 20. | Truck farmers in nearby Maryland and Virginia who used the farmers’ produce market will be without a place to do business after M::h Zoihuxrx}eu Congress, in meantime, authorizes the edablhm?:fi of a temporary mar- %et along the south side of B street be- | tween Sixth and Ninth streets as rec- ommended by the District Commis- woners. This situation became apparent today when the & ers received from | James A, Wetmore, acting supervising | architect of the Treasury, an announce- ment that the eastern half of the farmers’ market should be vacated by | March 20. The sheds on the western half of the market site already have | n 3 It is likely that the Commissioners | will send 1o Congress this week a plea | for early passage of a bill authorizing | the establishment of a temporary mar- | ket. An appropriation, estimated at $30.- | 000, also will have to be provided for the erection of temporary wooden sheds. LABOR BACKS HESSE. | Central Unlon Calls Rule Best Capital Has Ever Had. { | Resolutions expressing confidence in the administration of Maj. Edwin B.| Hesse, superintendent of police. were | d at the meeting of the Central bor Union in Musiclans’ Hall last night. | Declaring that it had always found | Maj. Hesse fair in its dealings with him, | the union went on record as being of the | opinion that Maj Hesse's administration | was “the best Washington has ever| Eleventh A Very | of 50 per cent by the Federal Govern- | and on such a crude basis to justify either one policy or another of distrib- a _consideration of many other matters. There should be undertaken in Wash- inton a governmental and economic sur- vey to develop the basic factors on which a national program may be | erected.” Mr. Cottrell also Inserted in the record a copy of & report on a survey he has just made in Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Newark and New York. He stated that Leighton Carter of the Cleveland bureau, Maj. Phillip Matthews of the Pittsburgh bureau, J. O. Garber of the Publicity and Effi- ciency Commission in Toledo, all agree with Dr. Gulick and are unanimous in saying that it is ridiculous to compare Washington with cities of similar size in amounts raised by taxation, because f differences in the economie situation Mr. Cottrell forcefully called atten- tion to the fact that many eitles receive subventions from counties and States comparable to the $9,000,000 Jump sum allowed for District expenses from the Federal Treasury. He also submitted A study of tax problems in other States to show the relative importance of in- dustries to help carry the burden of | taxation, since the District has no in- dustries from which return, to derive tax Statement by States. He submitted a statement by States for 1922, showing the per cent of es- timated true value of real property and improvement represented by assessed valuations. In South Carolina, the per- centage was as low as 20.3; in Iowa, 12.7; In West Virginia, 40° in Pennsyl- vania, 578: in Massachusetts, 775 while the District figure is 908, 2 Chairman Zihlman pointed out that the study of fiscal relationship has at- | tracted attention spasmodically for 50 ! years and he cited that Congress in | 1874 guaranteed the development of the Capital, guaranteed the bonded indebt- sdness and guaranteed a contribution ment and that four years later, was written into organic law. He advised members of the subcom- this | mittee that in 1915, a joint committee | of the House and Senate spent a mopth in hearings on this subject and that | two members of the House at the pres ant time served on that committer, Representative Cooper, Republican, Wisconsin, and Representative Rainey Democrat, Iliinols After fully investigating Mr. Zihlman sald, that commitle unanimously rec- ommended that the fixed ratio be con- unved. In 1921, he sald, the perma- nent law was changed by a specific pro- vision in the appropriation bill making the fixed ratio 60-40 per cent. Then thiee years later, as a legis'ative rider | ones | interest on funded tndebtedness and for | amortization of such indeblednecss. As C. A. Locke, J. T | uting the burden. The Capital requires | the District has no such indebtedness |} {1t is not fair. Mr. Zihlman said, to | make a direct comparison on taxes be- | tween the Disirict and other cities { which are not on a cash pay-as-you-go basis. He insisted that the actual nezds | of a great Capital cannot be justly im- {posed upon the residents here, two- | i thirds of whom are Government em- | | ployes. | Not Tax Dodgers. Former Representative Stengel, speak- | ¥ ing as chairman of the fiscal relations committee of the Federations of Cili- zens, asked that an honest study be | made of the situation in the District, | ¢ saying that there is a conviction among | the citizens that an unfair advantage | A has been taken of them by Congress President Yaden of the Federation of Citizens sald that all that is now asked | is to have a fair study made and’ that ! particular form of commission. He ! emphasized that the people of the Dis- | trict are not tax dodgers. are not ask- | ing special favors from Congress, but | a squere deal and nothing more. E. C. Graham, president of the Board | of ‘Trade, said he spoke for 3,100 busi- ness and professional men representing the large taxpayers. He argued for a | fixed proportion as a basis for fiscal | relations so that both Congress and the | | taxpayer might each know just how | { much’ proposed tmprovements will cost each partner in building up the Capital | He sald that the Board of Trade will maintain a permanent bureau for col- | lecting and keeping up to date data | | reearding fiscal relations. | Dr. George C. Havenner put into the | | record the report of the Citizens' Ad- visory Council made several weeks ago | which favors a commisston to study the real facts and determine a perma- nent policy on fiscal relations. A portion of the old Roman wall of London has recently been uncovered It is nearly nine fect thick, faced with squarred stones. and filled with smaller over which cement had been noured SOLE INSURES HONEST VALUE on the appropriation bili, the appropri- St. at G Special Offering of “COTY’S” Combination Powder and Perfume Set on sale now al 85¢ In All the Popular Coty Torlet Cionds Odors Matn Flooy < T Suffren—Havre ) Monterey— Lithiania — Copenh-gen Mo Bolivar ~Pnit Carta innekahda—Plymonth Roiloene [ Ve the citizens are not insistent upon any | 4 ait Buesie g | ohlo.: | Chicago. and_Pirst Lieut Wood. Fort Crockett, Tex.. Air Corps. have been ordered to this | city for duty in the office of the chief 1 of the Air Corps, Munitions Building. L GRAND JURY HEARS HESSE AS WITNESS IN HELLMUTH PROBE (Continued from First, Page.) SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York ARRIVED YESTERDAY, : Hesse, superintendent of police, at a special hearing tomorrow. it | Blanton has charged Ma). Hesse with drinking llquor in a “speak-easy” and with general laxness in enforcing the prohibition laws. It 1s expected he will put the police superintendent on the grill in connection with these charges. The Texan appeared before the Gib- son subcommittee this morning and asked that the “police matter” be held over until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in order to permit the appear- ance of Maj. Hesse, District Commis- sioners Daugherty and Tallaferro and “others” he has summoned. He ex- plained that Hesse could not appear to- day, as he was before the grand jury. Douthitt to Be Called. When the name of Harry N. Douthitt, field secretary of the Citizens' Service Association for Law and Order, was suggested as another possible wit- ness by a member of the subcommittee, Blanton asked that Douthitt's name be added to the list of those summoned He agreed it “would be a good idea” to '; have Douthitt at the hearing. In accordance with Blanton's request for a postponement of the police inves- tigation, the committee voted to defer the investigation in so far as the police were concerned, but to go ahead with an inquiry into allegations that the recorder of deeds has not complied with certain recommendations of the Bureau of Efficiency. Arthur G. Froe, recorder of deeds, and Dr. George C. Havenner of the Citizens’ Advisory Council, who conducted an & | Investigation of the recorder's office for the Bureau of Efficiency, were called to the committee table and closely oues- tioned by Chairman Gibson and Repre- sentatives Hammer of North Carolina and Gilbert of Kentucky. Changes Are Outiined. Dr. Havenner outlined the score or more of recommendations which the burcau had made with a view to in- creasing the efficiency of the recorder's office, and said that a number of them had not yet been put into effect. Froe admitted that four of the recom- mendations had not been complied with, on grouads of impracticability or expense. In a statement read to the committee the recorder said that the proposals not found suitable were those providing for a new system of con- tinuous numbers for recorded docu- ol Sin Do | ments, for establishment of a card in- | 1 Canan Tawians wnd | dex system, for indexing of deeds. ac: cording to “lot and square number.” instead of name of owners, and for return of recorded deeds. The recorder said he had tried the continous numbering plan for several | months, but found that the chance of | errors by clerks was greatly increased | and therefore discontinued it, Mr. | Hammer sald the clerical force should | be efficlent. and that he belleved the | contincus numbering system an im. | provement on the present method of numbering documents according to their sequence of filing each day. | Need of New Building. ‘The iIndexing proposals, Froe de- | clared. would have involved an ex-| penditure of thousands of dollars and | the employment of a large additional | force of clerks. | Froe testified. in response to ques- tion, that his office is three months be- hind in its work, but that he hoped to bring it up to date by July. ! i Barrios. MORROW editerranean crulse, BUK. .o anta Marta’ [l DUFE FRIDAY, MARCH 17 March DUE SATURDAY. Pampico DUE SUNDAY. MARCH 18 s oM [ M R LM 1 : March 15 v. 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