Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1928, Page 1

¢ Foening St WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . \WEATHER. (U 8 Weather Bureau Forecast) ~ Fair and much colder tonight, lowest temperature about 24 degrecs; tomor- row fair and somewhat colder. Temperatures: Highest, 58, at 3:45 m. yesterday: lowest, 45. at 4 a.m. to- ay. ~Full report on page 5. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news & service. i Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ~ @ ] WASHINGTON Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,877 TWO CENTS. i No. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. KING'S CONDITION SENATORS OPEN UNCHANGED AFTER ' TRACTION MERGER HAVING FAIRNIGHT| STUDY TOMORROW Yesterday’s Rise in Temper-|Committee to Take Up Two ature Expected and Re- Voluminous Reports at garded Natural Course. 10:30 Session. 30,899. - D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1928 —FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. $4,417,369,904 IS SOUGHT INFEDERAL BUDGET WITH $39,935,622 FOR DISTRICT Coolidge Looks for Surplus of 60 Millions. CURB EXPENSES, (#) Means Associated Press. President Urges Increase in Fund to Retire U. S. Debt To retire the public debt of the United States the President has recommended to Congress appro- priation of $553,067,629.02, to come from ordinary receipts of the Government for the fiscal year 1930. This is an increase of $10,624,921.46 over retirements Decrease Seen in Estimate for D. C. \WELCH MEASURE INFECTION FLAREBACK IS BELIEVED MODERATED| $50,000,000 VALUATION TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED | Teeling of Relief Spreads Over Em pire” After Tense Moments Fol- lowing Unfavorable Reports. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 5.—It was un- derstood in Buckingham Palace “vircles this afternoonsthat King George’s con- dition was unchanged. Lord Dawson of Penn returned to Buckingham Palace shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon to join his col- league, Sir Stanley Hewett, in a con- sultation concerning the King's condi- tion. afternoon bulletin was not expected to be issued today, as was done yesterday. | Lord Lawson remained at Bucking- ‘ham Palace about an hour. The Queen and Princess Mary, soon after the doc- tors’ visit, went out for their usual afternoon motor ride. Report Regarded Favorably. In palace quarters the physicians’ | morning report was regarded favorably. | It was said that a recrudescence of the infection which caused yesterday's rise in temperature was considered as part of the ordinary course of the King’s illness and as such had been expected by his doctors. The fact that his majesty was able to obtain more rest again during the night was regarded as a favorable sign. There was nothing specific in the morning bulletin regarding the King’s temperature. Nor was anything said as to how his heart was reacting to the Jong strain of illness, which, it had been strongly reiterated recently, was th‘e vital point upon which the King's chances of recovery from his grave ill- ness rested. . Morning Bulletin. The bulletin was signed by Sir Stan- ley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn read: n“‘?'l‘he King has passed a fair night. There are reasons to hope that the re- crudescence of the infection which caus- ed the last rise of temperature is be- ated.” ingnlll’elro;lerw“ a feeling of relief this horning among those who scacned the official bulletin board Ollmde‘ heé :I;(r::- ingham Palace. The ng s ot edical statement in large block Jetters when it was posted on & larger ‘bulletin board about 11 o'clock after the doctors had their consultation. Cloudy skies and a raw atmosphere did no{ly prevent 4 large gathering out- | tory. the ce. Throughout the night i‘nd;ts olp;‘:cplz had lingered in the neighborhood of the royal residence. As late as 3 a.m. a line of taxicabs and au- tomobiles whose occupants had come for tidings of the condition of his maj- esty stretehed the whole length of the pavement in front of the palace. Viclets for King and Queen. One. touching incident during the morning was thte arrival at the g::e of the palace of a young woman &ac- wmpflnrd by a little girl. Each carried a bunch of violets, one of which was labeled “for the king” and the other “for the queen.” An officer of the gate received the floral tributes and passed them on into the palace. There was nothing on the labels to identify the 0TS Letters patent under the great seal 4n connection with yesterday's appoint- * ment of six counselors of state have been sealed and today Queen Mary, the Duke of York and Premier Baldwin, members of the commission, signed various documents which had accumu- lated during King George's illness. Plans of Prince Uncertain. There was still uncertainty here about the plans of the Prince of Wales for the later stages of his hurried jour- ney home. The cruiser Enterprise brought him into Aden today and was to sail again this evening for Suez. From that point the prince’s route will be determined probably by circum- stances which may arise from day to d‘gome advices from Egypt made it ap- pear likely that he would leave the En- | terprise at Suez, rejoining her at Port | Said and voyaging to Alexandria. A/ message from Malta, headquarters of the British Meditcrranean fleet, indi- cated the probability that the Enter- prise would bring the Prince all the way to Brindisi, Italy. An earlier plan called for the use of the cruiser Frobish- er between Alexandria and the Italian rt. POThe Enterprise was making fine time and was expected to arrive at Suez Friday night instead of on Saturday or Sunday, as had been estimated. Once on European soil, the Prince probably will travel overland by spe- cial train to a Channel port, probably either to Calais or Boulogne. A Brit- ish destroyer has been ordered in readi- ness at each of the places to convey the prince to Dover, where another special train will await him for his final dash to London. EARLY REPARATIONS AGREEMENT FORESEEN Arrival of Gilbert in Paris Lends Optimistic Outlook to Ne- gotiations. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 5—Prospects of an early agreement between creditor gov- ernments and Germany over various terms in reference to the experts com- mittee on reparations were regarded as more favorable today with Seymour Parker Gilbert, jr. agent general for Yeparations, in Paris Mr. Gilbert, who is looked upon by the French as the focus of prelimin- ary negotiations, arrived here with the Jatest views of the German government, He has already conferred with Premier Poincare and had a series of appoint- ments for today, principally with offi- cials of the Bank of France. Calles Heads New Party. MEXICO CITY, December 5 (#).— Former President Calles has been named head of the newly-organized National Revolutionary Party. The other officers are former Secretary of Agriculture Luis Leon, secretary gen- eral; Manuel Perez Trevino, treasur .snd-Aaron Saenz, organizing secreta; A e e > P It was stated, however, that an ds | resolution authorizing the Utilities Com- of Bureau of Efficiency's Findings in Case. | With two voluminous reports before |it from experts, who have been study- |ing the street railway merger problem for several months, the special sub- committee of the Senate District com- mittee will hold its first meeting at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning to take up the question of consolidating the local transportation system, which is expect- ed to be one of the outstanding prob- lems of this session. The subcommittee has before it the lengthy report submitted late yesterday by the Bureau of Efficiency, recom- mending tentative acceptance of the 50,000,000 valuation for the merged | company for a limited number of years, {and expressing the belief of the bureau | that there appears to be no justification | for an increase in fare on the basis of the terms of merger as outlined in the report. Maltbie Report Considered. The subcommittee also will have at | its disposal at tomorrow’s meeting the separate survey made by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, a public utilities expert em- ployed by the committee, whose recom- mendations will not be made public until they have been submitted to the subcommittee. Senator Capper, chairman of both District committee and special sub- committee, indicated today that he is in accord with that part of the Effi- ciency Bureau’s report in which the belief was expressed that no increase in car fare appears to be justified under the proposed plan of merger. The merger agreement as it was presented to Congress definitely provided that there should be no increase in rates for one year. Further study today of the mass of data submitted by the Efficiency Bureau brought out additional details relating to various phases of the local trans- portation problem. Special Rates for Pupils. Tt showed that the bureau favored the House amendment to the merger mission to establish reduced rates for school children. Heretofore it has been held that the commission is prevented from establishing such rates on the ground the same would be discrimina- The report further showed that its expert visited 18 cities for the purpose of comparison and found thai i 11 of them the cash fare is 8 cents or over, and in 7 cities visited it is 7 cents or under. The present fare in Wash- ington is 8 cents cash, or six tokens for 40 cents. The Efficiency Bureau found that outside of Washington the usual motor bus fare is 10 cents with free transfers between buses and cars, although in several cities a charge is made for the transfer. The bureau also states in its report that in the opinion of its experts is no merit in objections that have been made to the clause in the uni- fication agreement that would give the merged company reasonable protection against competition. Management Considered. “As to the continuation of local man- agement of the power and transit com- panies under control of the North | American Co.” reads ‘another section of the report, “we have been unable to | secure any definite assurances, but there is every indication that local manage- ment will be continued.” The bureau points out in this con- Capper Indicates Accord With Part CANADIAN LIQUOR HELDBLOWTOU.S. House Subcommittee Hears Doran Plead for Revision of Rum Treaty. By the Assoclated Press. Liquor smuggling over the Canadian border, in the opinion of Prohibition Commissioner Doran, presents the most serious problem in dry law enforcement today. To correct it, he suggests a re- vision of the Canadian liquor treaty to prevent Canada from clearing liquor cargoes to this country. Dr. Doran's statement, made public today, was made before a House appro- priations subcommittee at hearings on the Treasury supply bill. ‘The commissioner said, notwithstand- ing the fact that the Coast Guard has operated to break up nearby rum rows, there is still a large movement of liquor into thé Uniited ‘States from, European ports, the French Tsland of St. Plerre, and from some Central American and Mexican ports. The largest quantity, however, he said, comes in from Canada, and seven-eighths of it through the De- troit gateway. Aids Fake Liquor Sales. While the amount of liquor moving into the- interior of this country has been reduced, Dr. Doran said the pres- ent treaty, stipulating merely that Can- ada notify this country of liquor ship clearances from her ports, “affords a good sales background for fake liquor labels and for fraudulent strip-stamps, indicating bottled in bond whisky, both in Canada and in the United States.” Under the new policy of controlling industrial aleohol production at the source, Dr. Doran said, distilling of illi- cit liquor had been reduced. The pres- ent supply, he added, is, to a large ex- tent, smuggled or made in this country from raw materials, prnicipally corn, sugar and grain. “That indicates a progress in enforce- ment,” he said, “that we think is quite favorable and it has relieved the in- nection that the merger agreement re- quires that a majority of the 15 per- sons to be appointed directors of the new company shall be from the District. Efficiency Bureau states in the report that the North American Co. does not maintain a central e~ ment and engineering organization in | connection with operation of its prop- | erty, but that its subsidiaries are in | charge of officers directly responsible for the construction of their property. Seeks to Expedite Plan, While the Efficlency Bureau's report jon the merger to Senator Capper recommends acceptance of the $50,000,- | 000 valuation for the time being in | order to expedite consélidation, the bu- | reau sees no justification for an increase in fare, and approves a limitation of 10 years, or such shorter period as Con- gress may determine, on the duration of the $50,000,000 5 Other high lights in the bureau’s re- port are: That there should be three modifica- tions in the agreement, one relating to the setting up of the depreciation ac- count by the new company, one to clarify the contract under Which the | new company would obtain its electric (Continued on Page 4, umn 5.) GUARDSMEN CATCH ESCAPED CONVICT| Militia Captures Man After Sheriff Fails in Round-Up—Fugitive Shot Three Times. By the Associated Press. i PHILADEPHIA, Miss, December 5. The mysterious departure of detach- ment of National Guardsmen, who left { Jackson early today, was cleared up a few hours later by their capture of Vir- ¢il Dunn, who had been standing off the Sheriff’s forces in Neshoba County. Dunn, an escaped convict, was shot three times before he was taken and was said to be seriously wounded. The Mississippi Guardsmen had de- parted from Jackson under sealed or- ders in command of Adjt. Gen. J. M. Hairston and Gov. Bilbo had declined to say where he had ordered them. An automobile loaded with newspaper men went on their trall. Dunn, who had een hiding in the hills, escaped to a rearby woods when the soldiers arrived but was followed up and taken after a prae - dustrial trade to some considerable ex- tent of the odium of being responsible in their trades for a large diversion of in- dustrial alcohol. ‘The breaking down of illicit distilling from large to small plants, the commis- sioner said, had increased the need of co-operation in enforcement from local officials. This has been forthcoming in some sections, he added, but in others “active and hearty” opposition. Maryland Withholds Co-operation. publican, Indiana, chairman of the sub- committee, to elaborate on this point, Dr. Doran said his force had “no co- operation in the State of Maryland oth- er than the sheriffs of some of the coun- ties where they have local option laws.” As for New York, he said, co-opera- tion_was given only to the extent that (Continued on Page 5, Column 7.) ILL HEALTH FORCES DU PONT TO RESIGN | Daniel 0. Hastings Is Mentioned i as Successor to Republican Senator From Delaware. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WILMINGTON, Del, December 5.— United States Senator T. Coleman du Pont of Delaware has resigned his seat in the Senate because of his health. The resignation’ was made known to- day by Gov. Robinson, who said he had received & copy of the letter of: resig- nation which the senator had'sent to Vice President Dawes. Senator du Pont is recuperating from a long illness (at. his country place near Cambridge, Md. 5 appointed by Gov. Willlam' D. Denney o succeed- Josiah Wolcott, Democrat, who had resigned to become chancelor of the State of Delaware. Senator Dupont was a candidate for election in 1922, but was defeated by Thomas F. Bayard, Denmiocrat. He was again a candidate in 1924 and was elected. His | term would have expired in 1930. Gov. n has not indicated ‘whom he will appoint to fill the vacancy, hut it is said the Republican organiza- tion of Delaware has indicated to him that its preference is for Daniei O. Hastings, now judge of the Municipal Lourt in Wilmington. there had been not only passive, but |has Asked by Representative Good, Re- |in; bzcame a Senator in 1921 when he was | Inventor of Trap For Burglars Shot When He Forgets Trapped by his own invention for the detection of burglars, ‘William Operton, colored, 54 years old, 2209 Ninth street, today went to Freedmen’s Hospital and requested physicians to treat him for a bullet wound in the hand. Opefton told eighth precinct police that thieves had been tak- ing tools and tires from his garage in the rear of his home. Yesterday he decided that he would trap the thieves, so placed a pistol in such a position that it would discharge when the door was opened. Last night he went to bed and slept easier than has been his habit for the past several nights. Upon arising, he decided that he would go out and find out whether the thieves had bothered his garage during the night, com- pletely forgetting his invention. ‘When he opened the door he was dmmediately reminded of it, for a bullet tore through his hand. His condition is not serious. SCHOOL BUILDINGS TEMIS CUT HARD Little More Than Half of $3,715,300 Requested Is Allowed. | | | With: the smallest bulldings and grounds item since the already serious- ly retarded five-year school building program was instituted four years ago included in the District's 1930 budget as it was sent to Congress today, school authorities found only disappointment for their hopes to “clean up” the pro- gram within two years of its established completion date, and further evidences of tine pending fight on the status of the proposed new Business High School. The pessimistic outlook on the com- pletion of the five-year building pro- gram was found by the authorities in the failure of the Bureau of the Bud- get to make any efforts to catch up on the delayed appropriations and in bureau’s contrary act of pruning the building and ground item even be- low the current appropriation. ‘The vation of the situation in- volving the Business High School con- struction varogrhtian is contained in the provision which the Budget Bureau undertaken to attach to the initial $300,000 which jt has allowed—that the appropriation is to be granted only if the present Business High School build- g s converted into an elementary school for colored pupils. Cut Almost in Half. In considering the needs of the sc¢hool system the Bureau of the Budget cut the school authorities’ buildings and grounds items almost in half, allowing only $1,960,000 of the $3,715,300 orig- inally sought by the school heads to go before Congut The allowed buildings and grounds item is $652,000 less than the current appropriations for the same purpose, while it is less than half of the annual appropriation authorized under the five-year program. Not since the first year of the build- ing program’s operation has the full $4,000,000 been appropriated by Con- gress and, consequently, while the pro- gram should be 80 per cent appro- priated for, it is today approximately 52 per cent completed. Seeing the pro- gram face further retardation under each year's budget and, at the same time, recognizing that since the building program’s authorized items werg based solely on calculations made seven years in advance, certain needs which “were then thought apparent today have become less urgent through peculiar development of the city, the school au- thorities had hoped that with the full amount of their estimates appropriated this year, and a similar appropriation (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) | ! Taking the position that a chauffeur “.cnn park a car in front of his employ- 'er's home long enough for the owner | to'get in it, Judge John P. McMahon today dismissed a charge of improper parking involving Assoclate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court, and his chauf- feur, Charles Buck. Justice Holmes’ car was parked in froat of his home, 1720 I street, between an alley and a sign which read, “No Kpariing t0 Alley," according to Police-, SEAATORBIGHAN SICEEDS PHPPS Becomes Chairman of Dis-| trict Subcommittee of Ap- propriations Body. Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, has been selected to be chairman of the District of Columbia subcommittee of the Senate appropria- tions committee, succeeding Senator Lawrence C. Phipps, Republican, of Colorado, who asked to be relieved from further service as chairman after ap- proximately seven years in charge of the local appropriation bills. The selection of Senator Bingham was made known by Chairman Warren of the appropriations committee today. Senator Phipps, who , in the last ses- s}::‘ of m‘:‘? and on p‘rlzlnu.s occl; sl i [} o the people of Washington for pf'“ nite proportion basis of dividing the cost of mainta; Capital City be- tween local and , in- dicated during the past Summer that he would ask to be relieved of the task of directing the framing of Dis- trict appropriation bills. He made known his wish to Senator Warren fol- lowing his return to Washington for the opening of the present session. When he first announced several months ago that he was desirous of passing on to one of his colleagues the task of being chairman of the local subcommittee, Senator Phipps said that he would not lose interest in the welfare and proper development of the National Capital. Born in Hawaii. The new chairman is from New Haven, Conn., and has been a member of the Senate for the past four years. Senator Bingham was born in Hono- lulu, Hawali, November 19, 1875, the son of Rev. Hi and Minerva Bingham. He was educated at Andover and has received degrees from Yale, University of California and Harvard. He taught at_Harvard from 1903 to 1905, then (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TWO PAPER RACK CASES COLLATERAL FORFEITED Colored Man Demands Jury Trial and Is Released on Bond. Two persons arrested for taking papers from “honor system” street racks without paying for them, forfeited col- lateral in Police Court today, while a third, accused of depositing 1 cent for a 3-cent paper, demanded a jury trial and was released on bond. Those who forfeited collateral were George T. Webster, 55 years old, of the 700 block of Fourth street southeast and Mrs, Margaret Jones, 60 years old. Webster forfeited $10 and Mrs. Jones $5. Thomas Moore, colored, 63, demanded a jury trial, after being accused of pay- ing but 1 cent for a 3-cent paper. He was arrested by Policeman J. C. Jack- son at Fourteenth and N streets. GARRETT URéED FOR POST Chairman Graham of the House judiciary committee recommended to President Coolidge today that Repre- sentative Garrett of Tennessee, minority leader of the House, be appointed as a Democrat to the Court of Customs Appeals. Garrett will retire from the House at the end of the present session. He did not run for re-election, but was de- feated as a candidate for the Senate. BAND RAIDS TOWN. ELDORADO, Ark, December 5 (&), —Five men raided the town of Junc- tion OCity, 20 miles south of here on the Arkansas-Louisiana line today, broke into two banks and a drug store after seizing the night watchman, and escaped. ‘They got little more than $300. Justice Holmes Wips Right to Park Auto ! InFront of Home Long Enough to Get In Mr. Dupont, who is a, Republican, | man R. J. Allen of the third precinct, who gave the chauffeur a ticket. Allen said the sign had been placed there at the request of Justice Holmes. Yesterday as he was passing, a citizen called the policeman’s attention to the parked car, with the remark that “jus- tice should apply equally to everyone.” Accordingly Allen started giving Buck a ticket when Justice Holmes came out of his residence and called his action “an_outrage.” > “It's a funny thing that man can't park his car in front of his own home long enough to get in it.” remarked | Judge McMahon in dis the case. CONGRESS ASKED Air Development Held Necessary by President. The eighth Federal budget recommendations for appropri- ations in support of all activities of the Government during the fis- cal year 1930 to a grand total of $4,417,369,904 was submitted to Congress today by the President. Of this amount, however, only $2,- 479,302,275.65 is for the ordinary expenses of the Government, and the total payable from the Federal Treasury is $3,672,369,904.67. The President finds the expect- ed receipts of the Government to be $60,576,182 in excess of these proposed expenditures, thus pro- ducing a balanced budget, to which, he says, the Government is “committed Irrevocably.” He warns against “any great ad- ditional expenditures” and says there is “no immediate prospect of any further reduction in tax rates.” Of the approximately four-and- a-half-billion dollar total $745- 000,000 is for the postal service and payable from the postal reve- nues. In addition to the approxi- mately $2,500,000,000 for ordinary expenses, the payment of principal and interest on the public debt amounts to $1,193,067,629.02. Based on Expected :hu;;ue; i estimated surplus ase up’lo'?leexpected revenues to a total | of $3,841,275,829, which is approxi- mately $10,000,000 in excess of the estimated revenue for the current fiscal year. e The French, debt. flood_control. P and the” air service are f s . and the air se are fea S of the fiscal pmgnm to wmm Bt 5 B e, o icular af 3 5::: on August 1, 1929, bonds of the French government amounting _tc $400,000,000 in payments for supplleE this Government had in France at the close of the war will mature, in addi- tion to which France purchased srmy supplies amounting to $7,341,145, due in 1930. These amounts have not been included in the budget because they are merged in the debt settlement agree- ment with France of 1926 to extend pay- ment of the French debt over a pefloud of 62 years, If this debt agreement ratified by France the President urges that the agreement be promptly rati- fied by Congress, but if the agreement it not ratified the President advises Congress that the money should be ap- plied to the retirement of the war debt and not used for current expenses. The President places the fund for flood. control at $31,000,000, which the War Department has advised is suffi- cient for expenditures in 1930, but if further funds are required for this purpose during the coming fiscal year a further estimate will be submitted to Congress, the President promises. A public building program to the amount of $433,000,000, exclusive of technical buildings for air activities, is “one of the most ambitious and exten- sive building programs of peace-time history,” the President emphasizes. The largest outlay in the budget is for national defense, a total of $648,- 511,300 for the Army and Navy during the next fiscal year, exclusive of all non-military items, so that the total is for purely military purposes. Second only to national defense is the pro- gram for care of war veterans, which amounts to $597,375,000 for the next | year, which is an increase of $26,871,- | rent fiscal year. | Proud of Air Progress. With a total of $140,631,824 for air | service activities, the President calls | attention that the rapid and legitimate | expansion of the American air service, military and commercial, “is an achievement in which we can all take ride.” pln summarizing the estimated re- ceipts exclusive of postal revenue, the President lists them as follows: Cus- toms, $582,000,000; income tax, $2,- 175,000,000, which is $10,000,000 in e: cess of the estimates for the current cal year; miscellaneous internal re enue, $559,000,000, which is $18,500,000 less than the estimates for the current year, and other miscellaneous receiots, $525,205,829, which 1is approximately $18,000,000 more than for the current fiscal year. This makes the expected receipts $3,841,295,829, as against $3,- 831,735,661 for the current fiscal year and as against actual receipts for the fiscal year 1928 of $4,042,348,156.19. Balanced against this are the total expenditures, including reduction of the public debt required by law to be made from ordinary receipts, of $3,780,719,647, compared with $3,794,745469 for the current fiscal year, and $3,643,517,875.13 actual expenditures during the fiscal ‘year 1928. This shows an estimated ex- cess of receipts for the coming fiscal year of $60,576,182, compared with an estimated excess of $36,990,192 for the current fiscal year and an actual surplus of $398,828,281.06 for the fiscal year 928, In explaining these efforts to produce a balanced budget the President in his ‘message to Congress said: “The estimated receipts for the fiscal year 1928, as given in the 1929 budget, (Continued on Page Thirty-three.) $100,000 Legacy Refused. DANZIG, December 5 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency).—The municipal coun- cil of Bydgose, formerly Bromberg, Posen, has refused to accept a legacy of $100,000 left by Mrs. Leonard Cohen of Wilkes e, Pa., for “poor Jews” in that town, because it says there are none. l "Radio Programs—Page 6. b 520 over the estimated cost for the cur- for the present fiscal year. Higher money rates prevailing in the early part of the current fiscal year cost the Government about $5,000,000 in added inter- est, but in spite of this increase the debt has been so reduced during the year that interest estimates for the next fiscal year are $35,000,000 under the current year's interest expendi- tures of $675,000,000. ARCHIVES BUILDING COST IS INCREASED Change in Site Also Is Pro- vided in Appropriation Bill Presented in House. Increase the authorized cost of the Archives Building from $6,900,000, as fixed two years ago, to $8,750,000, and change in location to bétween Ninth and Tenth streets, C street and Louisi- ana avenue, where a larger site can be secured, but ‘at an increase of 625,000, making the total of the site $1,325,000, is -provided for in the Post Office- Treasury appropriation bill presented to the House today. For continuing acquisition of sites in the Triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue an appropriation of $5,000,- 000 is made, which is a reduction from $9,680,000, appropriated for the cur- rent fiscal year. 137 Projects Covered. Continuation of work on the new Central Building for the Department ot Agriculture, the Extensible Building for the Department of Agriculture, the De- partment of Commerce Building, the Government Printing Office Annex and Had ot R Bl X 0 ul l‘u]: in the-District are o . lump-sum appropriation of $23,040,- I ERE m a c bu all over the eo’\‘xlntry. e This lump sum’ appropriation is a new method to be pursued in erecting the new buildings already authorized and for which an initial appropriation is available. This covers 137 specific projects, upon which limits of cost have been fixed. This is a departure from past practice of specifically appropriat- ing on each building until it is Rnllly mg‘lg‘:wi s acting supervising made it cléar to the House a - od the building program will ried forward with a minimum of delay, and that the lump sum will be suffi- projects. It permits more flexibility of public building funds, prevents the ing up of specific appropriations faster than they can be used, and results in better administration of the building program. $15,000,000 for Sites. With the $5,000,000 carried for pur- chase of sites in the triangle, the total appropriated for this purpose is nearly $15,000,000. The House appropriations committee believes that with the prog- ress being made in purchase and the results of condemnations, it will be pos- sible to secure all of the proposed prop- erty at considerably less than the total authorized appropriation of $25,000,000. In regard to the new location and increase in authorized cost of the Ar- chives Building, Acting Supervising Ar- chitect Wetmore explained to the com- mittee that the proposed building under the $6,900,000 estimate contemplated a stone-faced structure containing ap- proximately 7,980,000 cubic feet, which, together with the cost of stacks, had been estimated at $6,200,000. Rovised data from the several de- | partments show additional requirements bringing the total to approximately 11,- 312,100 cubic feet, which at the rate of 64%2 cents per cubic foot will in- crease the probable cost of construc- tion, including stacks, about $1,225,000, making a total of $7,425,000. This makes the additional cost of the sll;:x .‘i‘gin l}:gdgllls $1,850,000. ¢ (pl e advantages of putting this building on the new site rather than_where it was originally located, Mr. Wetmore told the House commit- tee it would not fit in at all with the triangle plan as worked out by the ar- chitects engaged by the Secretary of Treasury to lay out the development. The Archives Building, he said, is one that could be screened by surrounding buildings and it has been laid out with that in view. New Location Held Excellent. cellent for the’ archives building. It will be directly west of Center Market in the middle block between B street and Pennsylvahia avenue. The loca- tion is central for all the departments, including the files or archives that Con- gress will have in the building. For rent of temporary quarters for the accommodation of Government of- ficials and expenses incident to mov- ing <he Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into leases ~for periods not exceeding three years, with a total appropriation of $900,000. The increase of $1,850,000 for the archives building project enlarges the total authorized limit of cost on 10 Federal building projects in the Nation- al Capital to a total of $47,675,000. The first was the purchase of the economics building for the department of Agriculture with a limit of cost of $325,000. The next is the administration baild- ing of the Department of Agriculture, now under construction, with a limit of cost of $2,000,000. ‘Then there is the extensible building for ent of Agriculture, at a cost of $5,750,000, which includes the purchase of two blocks of land. The Archives Building was to have cost $6,960,000, but the recommenda- tion of the committee today increases this to_$8,750,000. ‘The Department of Commerce Build- =~ 4Cantinued on Bake. 3 Columa 1o, He said that the new location is ex-, MEANS INCREASE ExpansionProposed in School System of U. S. Capital. The District Budget submitted to Congress today recommends appropriations totaling $39,935,622, as compared with the appropri- ation of $40,357.308 for the current fiscal year and is based on the en- acting clause which provides that “$9,000,000 is appropriated out cf any moneys in the Treasury * * * and all the remainder out of the combined revenues of the District of Columbia,” which means a con- tinuation of the lump-sum policy which has been in operation for several years. The net decrease in the District bud- get is really $993,715, because an addi- tional amount required for the current fiscal year to meet the provisions of the Welch salary increase law calls for a deficiency item of $572,029, which should be added to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1929. ‘The total recommendations for carry- ing on the regular work of the munici- pal government, however, are still fur- ther reduced by the fact that $3,052,500 is for permanent and indefinite appro- priations, compared with $2,720,000 for the current fiscal year, thus leaving $36,883,122 to support the multifariou: activities of the local government. Public Schools. For the public school system th largest amount in the budget is recom- mended, $9,683,580, as compared with $9,538,530 for the current fiscal year. This increase of $144,970 includes $64.- 600 for salaries of additional school teachers, $27.000 for the purchase of office appliances for instruction pur- poses in the Business and Cardoza High Schools, $13,600 for additional furniture d land equipment in t..c normal sehools #nd $20,000 additional for fuel, 17t and power. The budget carries $1,650,000 for new school buile and $310,000 for the purchase of additional school building and playground sites, making a total of $1960,000, which is $652,000 less than the appropriation under this head- ing for the present fiscal year. Three items in the 1929 budget which are not continuing iteras this year more than cover this reduction—$250,000 for com- pleting the new McKinley - Technical High School, $350,000 for equipping that building and $250,000 for the athletic field and ground. architect Pro vision is made in the budget tions committee that under m“ mlet.h- submitted to Congress today for begin- be car- |DINE construction of a new business high school on land now owned by the District at Thirteenth and Upshur cient to carry on work on all of these |Streets, with a total authorized cost of $1,500,000, with a proviso that the pil- %mnt building at Ninth street and e avenue shall be utilized as an elementary school for colored pupils. These estimates also provide for com- pletion of the E. A. Pau. Junior High School in Brightwood, the 24-room John . Quincy Adams Elementary School, near Ninteteenth street and Columbia road, and the Morgan School, at Florida ave- nue and California street northwest. Initial appropriations are recommended lor beginning construction on a two- year program of the Reno Junior High School and the Kingsman Junior “iigh School. Other construction includes an eight-room addition, with gymnasium and assembly hall, at the Lovejoy School; a ium and assembly hall at the John Eaton School, and an athletic field and stadium for the Dun- bar High School. Estimates are in- cluded for the purchase of building sites at the Giddings and Lovejoy schools and in the vicinity of Connecti- cut avenue and Upton street, and addi- tional playground space at the Stevens and Banneker schools. Hospitals Omitted. | Appropriations annually made here- tofore to Providence, Garfield Memorial, Georgetown University and Georgs Washington University hospitals are omitted from the budget this year be- cause of a new policy under which the District proposes to handle all charity cases at the Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital, except or estimates of $18,000 and $10,000, respectively, for continued charity work at Children’s Hospital and the Washington Home for Incurables, and $25000 and $15,000, respectively, for accident cases at Emergency and Casualty hospitals. The estimates for Gallinger Hospital have been increased, with an appropriation of $81,780 recom- mended for 96 new positions, 40 of whom will be pupil nurses. This new policy effects a reduction from $137,000 to $68,000 in the estimate for medical charities. Street and road improvements and | repair, including trees and parkings, jcall for a total of $3,662,400, compared with the present appropriation of $4,078,460. This decrease of $416,060 is more than accounted for by the fact that in the 1930 budget no street-widen- ing projects or other items similar to the 1929 appropriation of $178,000 for reflooring the Highway Bridge are found. The estimate for repairs to streets is the same as for the current fiscal year, $1.475,000. Ninety-four streets are specifically listed for resur- facing under the gasoline tax fund. For the Police Department a total of $3,129,190 is recommended as compared "(Continued on Page Thirty-five.) William R. Castle, Jr., Sails. NAPLES, December 5 (#).—William R. Castle, jr., Assistant Secretary of State, and Mrs. Castle sailed for New York today aboard the steamship Conte Grande after a visit to Italy. TItaly Honors U. 8. Musician, ROME December 5 (#).—King Vie- tor Emmanuel, upon the reco, Order of the Crown of Italy upon the American musician, Will Murray, whe married the Italian writer, Natalis