Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1928, Page 17

The Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy being presented to Army Air Corps yesterday by Orville Wright, on behalf of the National Aero- nautic Association. Capt. W. G. Kepner’s victory in the balloon race from Detroit gives the Army possession Ray Cooper, who flew the trophy tary of War Davison, Orville Wright and Porter Adams. Lionizing the Graf Zeppelin's 19-year-old American, who got a NOVEMBER of the trophy for one year. Left to right: here; Brig. Gen. Foulois, Assistant Secre- Star Staff Photo. stowaway. Clarence Terhune, the free ride on the airship’s return trip that cost other passengers-$3,000, ‘rides on the shoulders of Friedrichshafen citizens after leaving the ship. -Associated Press Photo. INAUCURATION DAY BALL SPONSRED Special” Program in Intereslf of Charity Being Arranged | by Welfare Groups. While prospects for an old-fashioned | gala inauguration have been somewhat | dimmed by the pronouncenient of President-elect Hoover for simple cere- monies, a festive promise came forward today in the announcement that there is being planned a big charity inaugural ball to be held on the evening cf March 4. The function will be sponsored by a | group of four associated child welfare agencies of this city, with Mrs. John Allan Dougherty as chairman of the general committee in charge. ‘The place for the ball is not ready yet for announcement, according o those behind the movement, but the date has been fixed for the evening of inauguration, and elaborate plans al- ready are under way. Organizations Co-Operating. The four organizations for which the tnaugural ball will be given already, had perfected a plan of co-operation for the purpose of raising funds through a thrift shop, to be opened shortly in the downtown retail area, and when the word came from the President-elect in California_that he desired no_official inaugural ball they were ready to move forward ymmediately for the charlty ball. The four child welfare agencies are the Children’s Hospital, the Child Wel- fare y, the Children’s Country the Prenatal Clinic of Co- ording fo present pro: planned to be a huge and a brilliant affair. Await Word from Hoover. UTILITIES BOARD ADJOURNS HEARING Gas Valuations Continued Until Monday—Examination | of Luqueer Ends. With the completion of the cross-ex- | amination of R. O. Luqueer, engineer of the Washington Gas Light Co., by Pro- ple’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty the Public Utilities Commission has ad- journed the hearing on the gas valua- tion case until Monday morning. R. V. Burnell of Stone & Webster, consulting engineers of New York, will then take the stand to support the company's claim to a valuation of $28,000,000. Luqueer had been on the witness stand almost continuously since the beginning of the hearing about a month ago. The only break in the continuity of his testimony occurred when mem- bers of the Washington Real Estate | Board were called on to testify to their | appraisal of the land owned by the company. Last Two Days. In his cross examination of Luqueer, which took two days, Fleharty laid the | foundation for an attack later on a | number of the items in the engineer's | appraisal, both tangible and intangible. | Fleharty intends to center his fight on the $3,000,000 item of going concern, value, as well as the item of deprecia- tion. The gulf in the estimates of Lu- | queer and H. Carl Wolf, the commis- | sion’s engineer. or: these two items, par- ticularly is wide. In the case of de- | preciation, the variance is $2,000,000. | Depreciation Figures. | Luqueer depreciated the property of the gas company 4.36 per cent, while Wolf made an allowance of approxi- ' mately 15 per cent, or almost four times as great. The company engi- | | necr's low rate was constructed on his | { theory that a second-hand gas plant is | just as valuable as a new one as long as it functions like a new plant. De- | |DISTRICT J. 0. U. A. M.| | Council; Junior Order of United Ameri- | preciation, he held, represents the | amount of money required to restore | the property to its original condition. | As Wolf has not yet been on the witness starid his theory of deprecia- tion and method of arriving at an al- | {lowance $2,000,000 higher than Lu- | queer’s will be developed later, PROTESTS BUS ROUTE. Meanwhile local Republican leaders were awaiting further word from Palo | Alto as to what Mr. Hoover may desire | in the way of official inauguration cere- onies. Throughout the city there had | arisen hope for an old-fashioned inau- guration. But the President-elect's ex- sed wish for simple arrangemenis ave left local leaders awaiting further official reports from those who are ex- pected to put the matter before him in a formal and official mann Ready for the Washington Riding and Hunt Club's first hunt of the season tomorrow. The hunt will get under way at Massachusetts avenue extended, with Mrs. Sidney Taliaferro, wife of the District Commissioner, opening the event. Left to right: Thomas Cooke, huntsman of the club; Melvin C. Hazen and Roland ‘Dawson, —Star S taff Photo. Lending a helping hand in the forget-me-not sale, which got under way today for the benefit of the Disabled American Veterans of the World ‘War. Left to right: Miss Mildred Hill, Miss Gwen Pollard, Miss Lida Leishe ar, Miss Nettie Sharp, Miss Louise Naecker and Miss Jean Addor. The workout that started more rumors of another Dempsey comeback. The former heavyweight champion is shown punching the heavy bag in a New York gymnasium. But Jack said he was taking on a little gym work just to make him feel better. —Wide World Photos. —=Star Staff Photo. ‘When President Coolidge received officers and members of the Retired Enlisted Men’s Association at the White House yesterday. Beside him are E. A. Callan, ex-sergeant of the Marines (left), and N. F. Fischer, ex-Army man, and president of the association. —Associated Press Photo. A.C. COLUMBUS HEADS| Elected State Counselor of Local Council—National Officers Speak Today. A. C. Columbus was elected state counselor of the District of Columbia can Mechanics at the second the thirty annual con of the organiz in Junior Hall, 808 I sireet, last night. Columblis was vice counselor last year, and is a member of Mount Vernon Council, i The other officers | elected at last) night's session| were: Edward G.| ck, state vice counselor; J 0 h n Prender, state Sec- DEADWOOD DICK TO ASK PRESIDENT TO RAPID CITY Custer’s Lone Survivor, 82, Completes First Air Ride at Dusk. Executive to Be Invited to Spend Next Summer in Black Hills. FLIES HERE At sunset today an airplane will sct- ile down on Bolling Field and Dead- weod Dick, idol of successive younger generations for more than half a cen- tury, will have topped off 82 adven- turous years by completing his first rids through the air. He is flying to Wesh- ington from Rapid City, S. D., to in- vite President Coolidge to spend nexl Summer in the Black Hill 'CAPPER EXPECTED Senate District Committee Chair- man Will Take Up Street Rail- way Merger Problem. | with the national election over, | Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee is expected to return to | Washington from Kansas in about 10 | days to turn his attention to the street railway merger problem, which is to be | one of the first major legislative mat- ters to be taken up by the committee at the coming session. . 1t is uriderstood Senator Capper e: pects to have by November 20 the re- port being compiled by the Bureau of Efficiency based on the studies it has made of the traction consolidation plan, and within a week or so later a report will be received by the Senators from | Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the New York ex- ipert who was engaged as committee | consultant. If other members of the Senate sub- committee designated to handle the merger plan return to Washington be- BACK IN 10 DAYS| The voling is over and the “Happy Warrior” leaves New York with a smile to return to the Governor's chair at Albany. Gov. Smith waving to a crowd of friends and admirers who saw him off as he boarded the train with Mrs. Smith. They were warmly greeted at Albany by thousands who gathered at the station for their arrival. —Associated Press Photo. Traffic Policeman Frank Boneslawsky, who works the sema- hore at Thirteenth and F streets, is decorated with a forget-me-not y Miss Nettie Sharp to help the cause of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, in the annual drive.—Star Staff Photo. WITINER 1S TAKEN ON BENCH WARRANT |Arrested at Police Court, Where He Is Said fo Have Gone to Get Bond. Indicted yesterday on a charge of false pretenses, Loren H. Wittner, sus- pended Traffic Bureau clerk, was ar- rested today by Headquarters Detective first precinct station house. - Wittner was arrested at Police Court on a bench warrant issued by Chief | Justice Walter I. McCoy of the District Supreme Court. He had gone to the court to arrange bond, it was said, but was unable to carry out his intentions before the arrival of the detective. Wittner was indicted on a charge of having obtained a check for $500 from Irving Owens, a real estate dealer with offices in the Evans Building, in connec- tion with a real estate deal. The check was obtained fraudulently, it is charged. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superiutendent of polive, has recommended the permanent removal of Wittner from his duties. Tt was Wittner who protested td the Civil Service Commission recently against the order curbing: the' political activities of Government employes. It was for alleged neglect of duty in writ- ing political speeches during working hours that his dismissal was recom- mended. \WHITE’S PAY ISSUE ! PUT UP TO CONGRESS Controller’s Ruling Affecting St. Elizabeth's Hospital Head to Be Submitted for Decision. Harry Cole and lodged in a cell at the | POWERPLANTSITE BEING DISCUSSED Committee of National Capi- tal Park and Planning Group Considers Location. The question of approving the loca- tion of *a power project in the upper Potomac River, in connection with the park development in that area, was being discussed this afternoon by the special committee of the National Capi- |tal Park and Planning Comimssion, which was directed several months ago to prepare recommendations. The meetings of the full commission, which had been planned for today and to- morrow, have been postponed until Monday and Tuesday of next week, when the committee is expected to make its report. The committee has made several trips to the area and also has been studying various plans which provide for joint improvement for park purposes ~and use for power development, and the matter under consideration this afte: noon is as to whether the committee will recommend to the commission a modification of its original objection to the power project, so that it will ap- prove a joint power and park project. Expected Decision Next Week. A final decision will have to be made by the commission next week, as it is understood that Maj. Brehon Somervell, Army engineer in charge of the Potomac River, is anxious to make his report on the application of the . Potomac River Corporation for a preliminary power permit. He has held this in abeyance a number of months to per- mit the Planning Commission to con- i sider the proposal for @ joint project. | However, it is desired to complete the i report to the chief of engineers of the | Army, who, in turn, will make his | recommendation and send those of Maj. : Somervell to the Federal Power Com- mission, from whom the permit was | sought. Treatment of the Upper Potomac, in- | cluding the Great Falls area, is expected Controller General McCarl has agreed | to consume much of the time of the to the suggestion of the Interior De- |meetings of the commission next week, partment officials to let Congress de- jand it is probable that the whole mat- cide the principle embodied in the case | ter will be disposed of before any other of Dr. Willlam A. White, superintend- | business is taken up. ant of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, as to Bullding Question. vhether he is entitled to quarters and . ke o The commission also will have befa other major accommodations in addi- tion to his salary. First Assistant Sec- | it the report of another special com- retary Edward C. Finney, it was learned { mittee which has been considering today, has asked Mr., McCarl to permit | Fecommending modifications of - the such matters as telephone bills and | Shipstead bill, which would give the laundry facilities to be passed upon by | Government authority to controt the Deadwood Dick, christened Richard W. Clark, is one of the few remaining representatives of the picturesque West Congress, also, so that a definite policy | Xterior appearance of buildings front- to be followed in the future can be {INg on Government reservations. laid down. | “The objections to the measure, it was Hospital Superintendent Objects to | | fore the opening of the session, it is e tirely possible that Senator Capper may (call some meetings of the subcommittee Huge Crowds Expected in Ci Both Edward F. Collad retary for the ninth | consecutive _ two- | Change in Southeast. rR\W rterm Republican committeeman, and J. Prescott, District Republ man, were out of the city today. Mr. Colladay is expected to Teturn tomorrow. R ss of the nature of the i . however, political and ct ers are_confidently expecting huge owds. The extent of the Hoover vietory, it was pointed out, will no doubt b> reflected in the size of the crowds which will pour into the National Capital next March. Roosevelt Plaza Bill Read. PANAMA, November 9 (#).—The Panaman Congress today gave first reading to a bill whereby Panama seeks to perpetuate the memory of Theodore Dr. Edgar A. Pocock, superintendent of Gallinger Municipal Hospital, yes- | terday protested to the Public Ubllities 1 Commission against a proposed change | which would route busses operating be- tween Eastern High School and Randle Highlands over Seventeenth instead of Nincteenth street southeast. Dr. Pocock said that the proposed change would greatly inconvenience patients, employes and_visitors at the hospital if the route, which now passes | the” hospital door, were to be moved two blocks away. | 'The matter will be considered at a | public hearing before the commission | at the Distrizt Building November 17, | | . More thin $30,000 worth of chicken Roosevelt by renaming a public plaza new named after Ferdir de_Tesseps, cclebrated French engineer, Tlaza,” A C. Columbus. FeOT ¢ treasurer; Frank C. Mangum, state| conductor; Willizm P, Earnest, sr., state | ; Edward A. Dichl, state inside ; John R. Currier, state outsi sentinel; Rev, George L. Myers, state chaplain, and Frank D. Sciffert and Charles H. Hill, national representatives Addresses by national offi will feature the third session of the, conven- iion toda statel Kellogg Goes to New York. Secratary Kellogg left today for Ne York City, where he is to deliver an address before the World Alliance for International Friendship at the Metro- feathers were sont fromg the United | States to the United Kiffdom in the Last year, politan Opera Hous2 Sunday afternoon in connection with ‘the tenth anniver- sary cf the signing of the armistice, dlovember 11, 1918, of frontier days, and is identified in the minds of America’s youth as the hero of a thousand hair-raising epi- des which spiced the nearly forgot- ten days when Indians and bad infested the now prosaic farming io- gions of the Middle West, He still wears the high-topped leather boots with “trou: tucked in,” broad brimmed er jerkin and six-shooter of. the glamn- ourous frontier days and carries out the effect with long hair and a scraggly mustache, without which no Indian hun;er was ever fully cquipped for his werk. Deadwood Dick was the only survivor of Custer’s scouts after the ambush and massacre by Sitting Bull. The invita- ion. whish he brings to the President will be carried im his original tin dis- patch box whiclghe used on the pony express 50 years #go, DEADWOOD DICK. —Underwood Photo. Arriving at Bolling Field in a planc piloted by Walter F. Halley, he will be met by newspaper correspondents and Clem W. Gerson of the Carlton Hotel, which will be his headquarters during his stay in Washington. College Buildings Defaced. BIRMINGHAM, November 9 (#).— Two buildings on the campus of Howard College, a Baptist institution here, were streaked and daubed with gray and yellow paint last night, just six days after the administration building at |before the session actuzlly gets under | way Monday, December 3. MRS. VOLKMANN DIES. Mrs. Henrietta Volkmann, 68 years old, wife of Adolph Volkmann, sr., died at her home, 2953 Tilden street, today after a long illness. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. C. J. Rohland, Mrs. B. H. Mills and Miss Minnie Volk- mann, and by three sons, Adolph Volk- mann, jr., of this city; S. C. Volkmann of Baltimore and Charles W. Volkmann Birmingham Southern College, a ]‘s{elh-l odist institution, had been similarly de- i faced. College anthorities said they were without clucs to the identity of the ‘painters.” of Richmond, Va, She also leaves seven grandchildren. s Funeral services will be conducted at the residenge tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock}. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetéry, Dr. White owed the Government some $2,000 annually after he finished his year's work, Controller General Mc- Carl ruled recently, by reason of the allowances for the superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, whicht were stated to be in the vicinity of $11,000. The controller general directed Interior De- partment officials to make an adjust- ment by October 1, but Mr. Finney re- quested Mr. McCarl to permit Con- gress to examine fully the matter of al- lowances in addition to salary, which the controller general has done as to principal. He requested, however, that the minor matters, such as telephone bills and laundry, be adjusted at once, but Interior Department officials, as stated, have now asked that these, too, be permitted to come before Congress for adjudication and the entire matter b’:whcld in abeyance pending its de- cision. {sald, were that the bill as originaily drawn was too inclusive, in that it Iwould give the Government authority ta say what kind of building could front on any Government reservation. It was intended by the proponents of ‘the measure that it should give control only |of those buildings fronting on_areas |where the Government is putting up beautiful structures. Match Trust Sale Approved. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, November 9 () —Parliament today approved a re- cent agreement by which the Ji av match monopoly passed into the hands of the Swedish-American trust in re- turn for a‘$22,000,000 loan. . Because of the great demand for good dogpyin England thieves are busy, es- pec: at railway stations. !