Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1928, Page 4

WORKONHIGHWAY, | BROEKSSTANTED Flooring Will Be Removed and i Replaced With Asphalt i Surface. The long-contemplated repairs ms Highway Bridge were started today. and the downstream side was closed. forcing | all raffic to cross on one side. The! entire bridge flooring will be removed and replaced with a new surface of asphalt supported by laminated wood | resting on sieel beams. | A detail of four policemen will be on the bridge to direct the movement of | traffic untfl the work has been com- leted. Ma). Edwin B. Hesse, super- Eflcndml of police. announced that an effort would be made to run two-way the entire period re- ist will be forced to restrict the traffic to one way and detour other traffic via| Kev Bridge through Georgetown. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, gineer Comnussioner, Was at the_bridge | Shen the work got under way. He will| have supervision over the reconstruc- n | The work was started on the Dis- trict approach. As soon as the old asphalt is removed the steel burkle’ plates which support it will be cut away with acetylene torches. It was the failure of these buckle plates to stand | the strain of the heavy traffic that| caused the surface to break and crumple. | FIRST COMPENSATION ACCIDENT REPORT MADE The first accident in the District to be | reported under the aworkings of the ne workman's -compensation act Was Ic to Deputy Commissioner R. Hoege of the United States Employes’ Compensation Commission today. The new law went into effect July 1. | The Wardman Construction Co. re-| rted an injury to Walter King. 2516 g’su-eel. a plasterer, working on the | building at Connecticut avenue and L| street. While he was putting plaster on s wall of the building a piece of lime | fell and hit him in the eve. The acci-) dent happened Tuesday. ! According to the law the employer must file a report of the accident with | the commission within 10 days. The 1. H. CAMPBELL DIES. Ex-Treasury Bmploye Is Victim of Pneumonia. Cgmpbell. former Treasury of pneumonia James H. it died 2570 oclock st night in George Wash- i GAMBLING DEN ACROSS DISTRICT. LINE HELD road could not have found his . At a_curve a roadster of an ex- make passed us. Just beyond house. Beyond the jurisdic- of the District police, it makes no pretense of Weing other than what it is. Round tk2 structure is ample parking and a watchman with a flash- to divect you where Lo leave your e alighted on the porch. Several were sitting on a bench rn.-,g house car to take them . The driver of our car on the heavy door with bars It opened and a veritable space lignt tion. A single fiight of dirty stairs led o the second floor, where there was & As 1 entered the room on the third floor where the gambling i done 1 was greeted by a cloud of thiel the hum of the ‘Assistant En- | ! the “im. About 30 men were crowded around taking part in the game. At each end s & banker who took in the money and sold the chips. I didn't see any chips redeemed, although in about half an hour several thousands of dollars went into the bank. At the side of the table stood a man with a crooked stick who raked the dice across the green felt to the next shooter. All three were large and seldom changed the expres- sion on their faces. The croupiers drone their odds and call the points made as they rake the dice across the ooara ooters are silent. They don't talk t They are in deadly earnest experience the pleasure of the dark when he calls for “Phoebe,” or “Lil “baby | play it. Washingtonians cquainted with roulette and conse- of shoes,” and so works himself into &' high state of ex- As a rule the Ruw do not enjoy the hospitality. they win they are feverish, if they lose they dejected, but' there is no sociability in the game. They are out to make money and for no other reason. They know from ex- perience that in-the run they can't beat the game, but they keep on trying just the same. They can't help it. ere's always the illusion that they may “hit" the next time and they think they can't afford to miss that “next time.” All classes contribute. ‘The only earmark of them all is a certain dismal manner. Most of them predict when they go there that they will come back broke, and most of them are right. Where the house “fades™ all bets the odds are heavily ageinst the craps shooters They know it. but the pl can win in the long run. In the blackjack game silver dollars | are used instead of chips. As there is A greater chance here of the dealer cheating without beig observed. fewer REPORT OF As Made to the Comptroller of the Currency OF THE MORRIS PLAN BANK At Washington, D. C,, at June 30, 1928 RESQURCES 1. a. Loans and discounts, including acceptances other banks and foreign bills of exchange or drafts, sold of rediscounts, with indorsement. bank, except those shown in Item 1b.............. b. Less deposits assigned lateral to loans . Furniture and fixtures. . Cash in vault and amount due from natio banks . Amount due from State banks, bankers, and trust companies in the United States (other than included in Item 10) . Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank (®) . Other assets if any Tota! . Capital stock paid in. " 'a. Undivided profits.. 49. Liabilities other 1, WILLARD G. do solemnly luminn'ledn and belief. (Seal) Correct—Attest: ........ $2,026,336.40 Miscellaneous Cash Items. LIABILITIES b. Less current expenses paid.. hose above stated Total..oieeuiinrnnannnn City of Washington, District of Columbia, ss: BARKER, Treasurer of the above-named bank, swear that the mnmmtou true, to the best of bscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of July, .1928. expires December 14, 1931. GEORGE CURTIS SHINN, w. CONDITION the Close of Business on of this as col- 754,834.63 $1,271,501.77 22,209.35 22,493.35 45,546.38 . 9,262.59 195.50 424783 $1,375,456.57 . $200,900.00 50,000.00 $87.238.38 . 49,795.35 37.443.03 44,984.19 r . 1,041,510.24 to $1,041,510.24 1,519.11 ................... $1,375,456.57 FRANCIS J. L. CRILLEY, Notary Public. Trustees. q X & x & & b3 & & x x x : S g e 9 % quite a large fol with thi houseman and is based on the frequenecy with which certain In the afternoons the place is as crowded as at night. patrons come to bet on the horses. The proprietor chalks up tl in the country on the blackboarda. are not ‘well house gets little revenue ree. "&ucka-luck has . It is played manipulated by the the race In addition track ‘ odds dice its recur. The daytime Erovldel chairs, radios and | tions are operating o e returns from every track about it. < NOUSOH S SEOKKXKEKAK R » Sidney West 14th & G Streets N. W, SUMMER SUITS of Cool Distinction 3.PC. IMPORTED FLANNELS 3.PC. 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