Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 2

o - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, - J/ NUARY - 24, 1929. PRIGE ON PARKWAY CALLED 70D HicH Evidence on Financing of | Co-operative Apartments Given at Hearing. financial plan of Connecticut which last Evidence on_the the Parkway Apartments, avenue and comb street, falled as a_co-operative project Spring. resulting in the wiping out of | the equity held by tenant stock pur chasers, was heard last night the Gibson subcommittee of the House which is investigating the matter. After a mass of complicated and to some extent contradictory had been adduced by witnesses who had some official connection with the project, J. Miller Kenyon., who at one time acted as attorney for a group of tenants, charged that in his opinion sale price placed on the apartments was “ridiculously” high. The declaration was made following testimony of Frank Russell White, itect and builder of the apartment, | told the committec that a sale value 5368300 had been placed on the icted property and that it was t to a first trust of $340,000, with a per cent, and a second $100,000, at 6': per cent. Questioned by Gilbert. Questioned by Representative Gilbert of Kentucky, who conducted the hear- ing, Mr. White said that he had been advanced $277.700 net from the first trust, issued by the Real Estate Mort- gage & Guarantee Corporation, and that the commission on the loan and interest for six mopths had been de- ducted from the trust money. After Mr. White had testified to the placing of the two trusts on the property, Mr. Gilbert demanded: “After’ the erection of the apartment building was completed, what real value was back of these trusts totaling $440,- 0002 Mr. White replied that the building was selling for $630,000, as a completed project “But what was the real value of the property?" queried Mr. Gilbert. Mr. White said that in his opinion the property had a value of $550.000 and explained that the value of such a residential property was computed on the basis of income on rentals. Cause of Failure Sought. In opening the hearing. the third during the investigation, Mr. Gilbert said the plan of the inquiry was to determine if “dishonesty” or the basic plan for co-operative apartment proj- ects had been the cause of the failure of the Parkway, Aside from Mr. White and Mr. Kenyon, witnesses last night were: Roy L. Neuhauser, joint holder with Sol Lansburgh of the second trust, who declared he ‘had had no part in actual management of the project, and no interest in it other than the trust; and A. F. Prescott, jr., lawyer, who for a short time acted as secretary-treasurer of the Parkway Apartments, Inc., title holders of the property. Prescott said he actually handled no funds from sales and that he had resigned because of methods of Arthur M. Suit, president of the corporation and exclusive agent for sales, for whom warrants since have been issued. Mr. Neuhauser amplified his statement today by declaring that he suffered a personal loss along with the tenants. A high light in the testimony by Mr. Prescott was that in the sale of one apartment, Suit had written in a clause purporting to exempt the buyer, a Dv. Manning, from the operation of the “-usts against the building, Representative Jenkins, member of the subcommittee, suggested that such a procedure - constituted obtaining money under false pretenses, since trust holders had priority over other equity holders. Tells Why He Resigned. Prescott said he had resigned as sec- retary-treasurer in May last year after acting for less than two months, when Suit refused to carry out an agreement reached with Neuhauser to place funds received from tenants in escrow, in- stead of allowing Suit and White to take out commissions in advance. This arrangement was contemplated, he said, to assure payment of bills due. Mr. White said that he purchased the site for the apartment from Mr. Neuhauser and Mr, Lansburgh and that | Neuhauser suggested that an apartment be erected thereon, Under questioning he said he paid $21,000 toward pur- chase of the site, having a sale price of $70,000, and that the second trust held by Neuhauser and Lansburgh covered the cost of the land. In May, 1927, after the building was started, he-said, Mr. Suit approached him with the idea of selling the build- ing on the co-operative plan. He agreed after the second trust holders made no objection, he said, and it was then that the Parkway Apartments, Inc., was incorporated in Delaware. Suit, it was testified, claimed he had contracts at the time for sale of 26 apartments, Later, “however, White said, he dis- covered he had made “an error,” on finding that Suit did not have 26 con- {racts and when he was unable to meet | bills for the building. Wanted to Abandon Plan, White then wanted to abandon the co-operative sale plan, he said, but that Suit objected, claiming that he then| had a total of 43 sales contracts. He claimed that Neuhauser and L. E. Breuninger, president -of the corpora- tion holding the first trust, said the plan should be continued, that Neu- ha}:’ser “agreed to see that bills were paid.” At that time, .he said, the property was transferred to the Parkway Apart- ments, Inc, and that following that date he had nothing to do with the project, except that he was to receive payments on his equity over and above costs, if any funds were available. Mr. Neuhauser emphatically denied statements by White that he had prom- | ised to see that bills were paid fol- lowing transfer of title to the Delaware corporation and he questioned also White's statement that after that time he had nothing to do with the project. Neuhauser denied also that he had suggested the building of the apartmert or that he had agreed in advance to finance the project, pointing out that, though he was vice president of the Real Estate Mortgage & Guarantee Cor- poration, he alone had no power to arrange financing, which was handled through corporation committees, Says He Made Protest. White and Suit were receiving shares of payments by apartment purchasers while bills were pending for operation and for retirement of trusts, Neuhauser declared, and said he protested that “it didn’t seem-right.” Mr. Gilbert then interposed: “What did you do to protect the tenants?"” Mr. Neuhauser replied that when it Jooked as though the apartment could not be carried by 26 tenants he made several efforts to straighten out the matter, He attempted to sell the build- ing to M. & R. B. Warren, successful co-operative apartment operators here, but that Monroe Warren of that firm said he couldn't handle it. Later, he reached an agreement with Eugene A. Smith of Eugene A. Smith, Inc., to buy the building, but that the latter stipulated that all or most of the tenants agree to vacate. An agree- ment to this effect was drawn, he sald, and he set out to get needed signatures from tenants. Neuhauser said that in the rush he failed to arrange for the return of the notes signed by tenants, but that when they were requested, he- agreed to .do this. The witness told the commitiee he ad sy Lansburgh had lost of testimony | before | MISS MARY CULBERSON. —Star Staff Photo. MISS CULBERSON Daughter of Late Texas Sen- | ator, Arrested, Pleads Not Guilty. Pleading not guilty to charges of \driving while intoxicated and leaving | after collidmg, Miss Mary E. Culberson, 26 years old, daughter of the late Sena- tor Culberson from Texas, demanded a jury trial when arraigned before Judge Isaac R. Hitt this morning. She was released in $500 bond on each charge. Miss Culberson was arrested in front of 316 Pennsylvania avenue last night | after Traffic Policeman G. W. Ward had chased her for six blocks in a com- | mandeered automobile. | After overtaking Miss Culberson | Policeman Ward escorted her to a police phone box and called a patrol wagon, in which she was taken to the first precinct. She was transferred to the House of Detention and released at 11 o'clock in custody of Chesley E. Jurney, | secretary to Senator Copeland of New York, on-order of Inspector E. W. Brown | of the Traffic Bureau. Police alleged that the automobile driven by Miss Culberson collided with five parked cars on the soufa side of Pennsylvania avenue near Tenth street, forcing two of them onto the sidewalk. | Her machine was badly damaged. H. 8. Barker of 140 C street northeast, told police he witnessed the collisions and tried unsuccessfully to stop Miss Culberson. R. M. Furneyhough of 722 Tenth street, who also saw the accident, drove to Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue, where he picked up Officer Ward. They pursued Miss Culberson together, ‘The charge of leaving after colliding ‘was preferred by Harold Southard, 3621 Newark stret, whose car was among those damaged. Officers of the Traffic Bureau placed the‘charge of driving while intoxicated after she had been taken to the *precinct station. Miss Culberson was accompanied by Mr. Jurney when she appeared in court today. She refused to comment on either charge. According to police records, others | whose cars were damaged by Miss Cul- | berson’s machine are Vincent P, Stetcher, 5314 Seventh street; Dallas D. Ball of Clarendon, Va.; John R. Schafe of Alexandria and the machine of an unidentified Maryland resident. In 1922 Miss Culbertson and her parents were involved in charges made by Alexander E. Robertson, a British war veteran, that he had been kidnaped by private detectives, who attempted to force him to leave the country because of interest he had shown in Miss Cul- TSON, An official investigation of the charges | was made by the British embassy and a private one by Senator Culberson. It was subsequently declared that the {:hnrg‘es were “silly, ridiculous and un- Miss Culberson lives at 1712 Sixteenth | street. M. M. RISLER DIES. Employe of Government 45 Years Vicetim of Illness. Maurice M. Risler, 68, messenger to the chief architect of the United States Treasury Department, who had been in the Government service for more than 45 years, died at his residence, No. 11 Fourth street northeast, yesterday after an illness of about 12 days. He was a native of New Jersey and came to this city when a boy. Mr. Risler leaves his wife, Mrs. Hattie Pritchard Risler, and three sons, John 8., LeRoy C. and Clarke J. Risler. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Interment .will be in Congressional Cemetery. DID KNOW OF DRY LAW. Excused Juror Explains Statement ‘Was Misinterpreted. James de Lasos, 4403 Fourteenth street, excused as a juror in Police Court Tuesday, when he is alleged to have admitted that he had not heard of the Volstead law, explained today that because of his inability to express himself well in English his statement was misinterpreted in the courtroom. De Lasos, a Greek, who has lived in the United States 18 years and owns several apartment houses here, said that in reply to a question whether he knew of the Volstead act, he declared, “Yes, but I don't believe in it.” money in the venture than the ten- ants and explained that he had had de- linquent service bills and taxes amounting to about $12,000 paid. He said he had bought the building in an auction, held last July, and that he had “treated the tenants liberally,” in that he arranged for four months' free rent MARYLAND HOUSE BACKS LEE AND COUNTY AGAINST CRITICS (Continued From First Page.) gleaned from the Independent. He did Tot attempt, to make any investigation. | Asked by Mr. Lindsay as to what was the State’s interest in this matter, Joseph replied that the State was vitally interested, because the Legislature had | authorized the bonds. He said that the charges had been made and that the | County | | “mouthpiece of Montgomery | had never denied it.” | “If money has been misappropriated | | anywhere in the State—and certainly | we have had plenty of evidence of it— |it ought to be investigated by this | House," he said. | _ Delegate John S. Mahle of Baltimore County asked Mr. Joseph if Baltimore | City had not repeatedly used the pro-| ceeds of bond issues for certain pur- | poses, for other projects, to which | Joseph replied that attempts had been | made, but to his knowledge it had never | succeeded, when Delegate Clarence W | Whealton of Wicomico County jumped | to his feet and said that he did not know what he was talking about. When Joseph said that one attempt had gone to the Maryland Court of Ap- | cals, he was told that then such a charge as this should go to the Court of Appeals. and he was also told that if there had been any misuse of funds of | the courthouse bond issue, then it should be investigated by the Montgom- ery grand jury, and finally the electorale of the county would have the say es to whether the present county officials had | done right or wrong. d Lindsay. again taking the floor, said | that the debate had shown him that the only basis in fact was that it was r | gleaned from an irresponsible news- | paper. and to his mind the whole affair | was the “finest t)&thple of the h}}pand- | run game that he had ever seen. Sample of Self Rule. “Gentlemen, this is one of the finest | cxamples of self-government _ever | brought before the floor of the House | of Delegates,” said Speaker Lee, but | I and the other representatives of | Montgomery County certainly do not set up any defense on this subject | under the principle of self-government. | Here are two delegates from Baltimore City, which city always asks that the | House and State vote to them authority | to determine the government of the great city of Baltimore and these repre- sentatives of Baltimore City bring in a resolution about a Montgomery County | bond issue to build from bond funds a Montgomery County col house and jail for the sole use of Montgomery County citizens and tax- payers and then the House is to_ques- tion Montgomery County as to whether or not this money went for a court house, roads, schools or any purpose other than for a courthouse and jail. “We will not attempt to stand behind | the doctrine of local self-government | at all. We are glad to admit the right of the House of Delegates to delve | into the matter to the fullest extent| of its desire. We are entirely willing to admit that under the constitution of Maryland the House of Delegates | passes on all bond issues and has a perfect right to delve into any abuses of bond issues or the misappropriation of bond issue funds. “Both gentlemen from the fourth dis- | trict have said that they have n personal knowledge of the subject mat- | ter of the resolution. That is, they do not know. whether or not thefe has been such a misappropriation as they refer to. They refer solely to the public press and then identify the public press as the Montgomery Independent of Rockville. “Now as a matter of public fact rinted completely in the Maryland | News, published by the Maryland Pub- lishing Co., of which company I am president, and as also printed in The Washington Star, the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun, the editor, Morris A. Bealle, of the Montgomery Independent, was summoned before the grand jury of Montgomery County about 60 days ago and asked to substantiate the charges that his paper had made against the county government of Mont- gomery County, against the county orfl-i cials, and against myself as a politician, | citizen, resident of Montgomery:County and as a member of the Legislature from Montgomery County. Bealle has quite a series of names for me. “Grand Juyy Admission.” “The editor of the Independent ad- pitted to the grand jury that he had | nothing on which to base any of the charges he had made in the Montgomery Independent except hearsay and rumor, and the grand jury so reported, and this report was printed in three daily papers and In one weekly paper. The attorney for the Independent then ap- peared before the judge of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County the next day and contended, which we admit was legally correct, that the Montgomery County grand jury, or any other grand Jury for that matter, could not report such a condemnation without an indict- ment. The grand jury could indict for any offense, but it is not authorized to report condemnation without an indict- ment, and that portion of the report was eliminated by the court, but although the court did eliminate this portion of the report, nevertheless, it was a true report and printed in three dallles and one weekly newspaper and in one Montgomery County paper with the largest circulation in the county, and it stated an admission by the editor of the Montgomery Independent that he had no testimony, facts or knowledge whatsoever upon which his charges could be based and no foundation for his attacks upon the Montgomery County government. “Now this resolution is, its authors state, entirely based on what these gentlemen read in the Montgomery In- dependent and, therefore, further ex- amination of the Independent is in order. This paper is edited by a man named Bealle, who is neither a resident nor a taxpayer of Montgomery County. The two men listed as his advertising assistants are, as far as we know, neither citizens nor taxpayers of Mont- gomery County. No taxpayers, citizens, residents, politicians, candidates or lawyers of Montgomery County will admit any connection with this paper except their attorney, Mr. Harold C. Smith, who denies all connection with the editorial policies, articles or writings of the paper. It is a publication from the outside. It is not of Montgomery County at all, but is only printed in Rockville by & grous of men from the outside. ““Then, too, the financial responsibility of the paper is a part of the situation because, if you have no financial re- sponsibility, you can say what you please without fear of loss through suit. No one can take any of your money if you have no money. Just as any one can say anything in this House because of legisiative immunity, so financial immunity is just as good as constitutional legislative immunity. A damage suit against a bankrupt pro- duces nothing. It only gives you an Sppearance of trying to suppress some- ng. F Public Sale of Stock. ! “Forty-nine per cent of the stock of | the Independent sold at a shriff’s sale about two months ago on the steps of for them following the ‘sale. the Montgomery County Courthouse, at By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 24—A church whose members feel they have a “sacred trust” to maintain their edifice in the heart of New York threatens to pre- vent & complete realization of the _metropolitan_opera center planned by John D. Rockefeller, jr. The Collegiate Reformed Church of [8t. Nichblas. At Fifth avenue and Forty- eighth- street, ‘occupies one of the few parcels of land in the three blocks not jore included in the $3,000,000 a year lease 'site. C-hurch's Refusal to Move May Hamper Rockefeller's Plan for Opera Center byIColumbh University to Mr. Rocke- feller, Rev. Dr. Malcolm James MaoLeod, pastor, and Charles Stewart Philips, treasurer, said the church had repeat- edly refused offers to sell or lease, Dr. MacLeod said he believed..land- marks in New. York, .particularly| churches, should not be torn down. ‘The spire of St. Nicholas! Church has been declared one of the most beautiful in the world. The chureh at one time | refused an offer of $7,000,000 for the 1 | or in a separate building on a different Rockville, for $25. That is 49 per cent of the ownership of this paper. Forty- | nine per cent of its equities in machin- ery, equipment, good will and standing five dollars was paid for it by Editor Bealle himself at the sheriff’s sale, and he stated that he had purchased it for | the benefit of the treasury of the Inde- | pencent Publishing Co. The previous owner of the Independent whose stock was being sold was in Florida at the time of the sale and wired me asking me to buy it and asking me if I woulq, with that stock, also purchase a writ- ing under notarial seal with the vot- ing power of Mr. Bealle's 49 per cent of the stock of the Independent. I wired back immediately that I w: neither interested in the stock or co | trol of the Independent. Now that is the financial ‘responsibility and indi- cates the character of the editors and ownership of the Montgomery Inde- pendent, which is the witness that is brought in here in the House of Dele- gates of Maryland by these two repre- sentatives of Baltimore City against the county commissioners of Montgomery County and the duly elected and con- stitutional government of Montgomery County and (in so far as the delegates or any of the rest of us are involved) against us, I contend in all fairness to the House that this is about as weak and rotten a source of testimony as could be produced at any time in any place. “Now we deny in Montgomery Coun- ty—the Maryland News denies—the paper that has 20 local directors in- cluding the presidents of four banks, a number of county officials and rec- ognized business men, a group of men that would be included in any public or.elvic project in Montgomery County at any time—that paper contends that there never was any diversion. We will get technical—we will go right down with the lawyers and still say that at no time did the County Commis- sioners divert any of the courthouse bond fssue funds. ‘The courthouse bond issue was for $250,000. It was sold for $15,000 additional premium and ac- cumulated $265,000 for the treasury of Montgomery County, directed entirely to be spent for a courthouse. “A 850,000 bond issue was authoriz- ed for the construction of a jail and the money to be spent where the Coun- ty Commissioners saw fit, because the legislature did not know whether the County Commissioners would want to put the jail on top. of the courthouse site. or even if they wanted to build it at all County Treasury Data. “On the 15th day of November, 1928, the Montgomery Independent charges, not as Mr, Joseph says, that there was a little over $100,000 in the treasury of Montgomery County, but that there was $184,000 in the treasury of Mont- gomery County. That is obviously less than $265,000, the proceeds of the bond issue for the courthouse, but an addi- tion to the situation is this: $184,000 Stood upon the books of the county treasury at its central office, in the courthouse at Rockville, and 12 banks | in Montgomery County are authorized to collect taxes for the county treasury, 0 stamp tax bills pald and to give receipts to the taxpayers. .The pro- ceeds of the collections are placed to the credit of the county treasury and are reported to the county treasury monthly. On the 15th of January the county treasurer had approximately $160,000 in duplicate bank deposit slips to the county's credit on the Rockville books of the treasurer of Montgomery County, 8o on the 5th of Novem- ber had $184,000 in bank in the general treasury accounts, with bank deposits slips in his safe for October collections which had not yet been taken up on the general ledgers, but were available to the check of the county treasurer. This amounted to more than the total pro- ceeds of the courthouse bord issue to :uild the .Montgomery County Court- ouse, “Now this zig zag road which Mr.| Joseph attacks joins Bethesda (the western _suburban center of Mont- gomery County)—a number of you gen- tlemen took lunch at the Columbia Country Club near Bethesda, and this road runs from the Columbia Country Club to the center of the business dis- trict of Silver Spring where I live. The distance by airline is 3.71 miles. The distance around between these two suburban centers of Montgomery County is 8 miles through the District of Co- lumbia, by way of Rock Creek Park by the Military road, or 8 miles through Kensington to the north. The county commissioners on May 31, 1927, passed a resolution to build this road which we call the East and West Suburban Highway, and include it in the county’s road construction program. This road was started this year and the eastern end of it at the head of Sixteenth street to Ellicott City has been graded, but not paved. A bridge over the B. & O. Railroad near Bethesda has also been built. Both the grading of the road and the bridge have been done by the Maryland State Roads Commission under the plans and specifications and supervision of the engineers of the State Roads Commission and when finished will become a part of the State road system built by Montgomery County bond issue proceeds. As of the date of this charge in the Montgomery Inde- pendent, the records of the Board,of County Commissioners of Montgomery County show that none of this grading had ever been paid for. That nothing had been paid on account of this work at all. That the eontractors for the State had not placed their requisitions on Montgomery County through the State Roads Commission as of that date and consequently it is simply a physical impossibllity that anybody at that time could have spent any of the courthouse money or any bond issues or emergency money or that any money at all could have gotten into what we call the East and West Suburban Highway, or as the Independent calls it, the zig zag high- way, at the time of this charge. “I have described this thing as it is and in rather complete detail because with us locally it is an important sub- Ject. I did not realize it was an_im- portant subject in the House of Dele- gates, but I do not deny that it is a proper subject for the House to con- sider. We. contend that the Mont- gomery County courts are competent. ‘We have a judge whose integrity has never been. questioned—one whom no one has yet challenged. Nobody has ever charged any tampering with our courts, grand juries or juries. If the law has. been .violated the judge and the grand jury are the. proper people to deal with the situation. . “We also have an election coming in 1930, and the county commissioners all come before the "people of .the county "as do the members of the Legislature,‘and we believe that what investigation is in order, if any (which | fact we deny), will -be held by the voters and electors of Montgomery County. We contend that in addition 1o being totally false the charges of the Montgomery Independent are en- tirely frrespopsible as affecting Mont- gomery County affairs, “I da not admit that these gentle- men brought this resolution in in any kindly spirit, as they have stated to the House. I think this thing was brought in in as dirty a spirit as any two men can introduce an investiga- tion. This is my feeling about this action. The gentleman (Mr. Ford) expressed great love for me when he rose to speak to his resolution, and I am simply stating my reaction as to his feeling for me. (Laughter) I certainly hope that the rest of the men here do not love me in the same way. (Laughter.) “l am going to vote against this resolution on the theory that the charges upon which it is based are false, that they came from an emntirely firresponsible source, that. _the men moving the resolution admit that they know nothing about it and, finally, that if the charges they make were true it would be a Montgomery County matter first. “I will be glad to answer any ques- and prestige, everything else. Twenty- | S1.700.C. TAX RATE tions that they* now have ready.” e P A St ——— HUGE 'PASSENGER PLANE OF NEW DESIGN HERE Front view of new passenger plane with a fuselage designed like a wing. plane in the air and is not a dead weight like those of the conventional design. t any time without climbing out over the plane. mechanic can work en them DETED 10 STAY Experts Hold lmprovements1 Planned Should Not Increase Levy. Major public improvements con- | templated immediately can be provided | without the likelihood of an increase in | the existing tax rate of $1.70 on each $100 of assessed valuation on real estate and personal tangible property, it was calculated today by financial experts of | the District government. These major projects are listed as the new municipal center and its initial building to house the office of the recorder of deeds and the several courts, the public lbrary extension program, the municipal airport and the $16,000,000 park and playground acqui- sition program projected in the Cram- ton bill. All of the projects, it was said, would be spread over a period | ranging from three to five years, and would not require more than $2,600,000 annually, which could be absorbed in the regular appropriation act, now pro- ducing a surplus because of the refusal of the Budget Bureau to approve esti- mates corresponding to the revenues that the $1.70 tax rate yields, plus the | Federal Government’s annual lump-sum | contribution of $9,000,000. 1930 Bill Would Set Surplus. The $1.70 le it has been pointed out by Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, will produce, when coupled with the Federal con- tribution, & total of $42.500,000. Regu- lar appropriations for the District have never exceeded $40,000.000, and the ap- propriation bill for 1930 reported to the | House Monday carries $38,213,150, | which would set up a large surplus in that year, as the bill provides for con- | tinuance of the $1.70 rate. The first two squares of the site for the municipal center, costing $2.400,000, will be acquired under present plans, | out of the existing surplus, which will total nearly $7,000,000 at the close of the current fiscal year, leaving the building for the courts and the recorder of deeds, estimated to cost about $5,000,000, to be provided later. As it is planned to erect this building in three years, an appropriation of $1.700.- 000 annually would take care of the construction costs. ‘The airport, a three-year project, es- timated to cost $1,750,000, would add about $600,000 annually to the budget, | while the five-year Library extension program, costing $1.696,000, would re- quire an annual outlay of $340,000. Cramton Park Plan Loan Cited. The Cramton Park development pla: which provides for the loan of $16,- 000,000 from the Federal Treasury. without interest, as well as the Simmons bill to provide $10,000,000 in & lump sum for extension of public .school facilities, will not have a material effect on the tax rate, it was pointed out, as they contemplate annual ex- nditures corresponding to the present unds alloited annually for parks and public schools. The Cramton bill would withdraw certain property from" taxation, but aside from that, it was said, the Dis- trict would not be required to add to ils present budget to provide addi- tional revenue to carry the program of park land acquisition. It was explained that the 1930 appropriation bill carries $1,000,000 for park development, and proposes to anticipate the continuation of that amount for 16 years, making $16.000,000 available now to be repaid to the Treasury in annual installments of $1,000,000. Graduated Schedule Listed. | The regular appropriations now carry | an average of approximately $2,500,000 & year for public school buildings and sites, it was explained, and although the Simmons bill authorizes a $10,000,- 000 lump sum for such purposes as the | needs arise, District officials do not be- Jieve the annual average expenditure would exceed $2,500,000. ‘Thus, the District, it was pointed out, could provide for these so-called major improvements, by adding the following items to the budget, at the same time keeping it within the $42,500,000 limit: For the first building in the municipal | center, $1,700,000 a year for three years; for the airport, $600.000 a year for three | years, and the Public Library, $340,000 a year for five years, making a total of $2,640,000 a year for the first three years, and dropping to $340,000 for the fourth and fifth years. MRS. ANGEL SUNTAY VISITING WASHINGTON Philippine Legislator and Wife Will Be in Capital About Three Weeks Longer. Mrs. Angel Suntay, the Washington woman who successfully helped her husband campaign ‘for election to the Philippine _Legislature through the Province of Bulucan, where she de- livered stump speeehes in the native tongue, Tagalog, is in Washington with her husband, on a trip around the world, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Rollins, 1611 G street southeast. Suntay, who is a Representative in the Philippine House, from the City of Hagonoy, in Bulucan, was in Washing- ton for about three years, coming here from Cornell University. He was grad- uated in law at both National Uni- versity and Georgetown University, was married to Miss Edna Rollins of this city, practiced law here for a while, went back to the islands and became district attorney in the Province of Bulucan. It was during the cam- paign last June that Mrs. Suntay went on the stump to help swing the native votes for her husband. He was elected for a term of three years. Mr. and Mrs. Suntay came by way of Europe, where the Representative studied political science. He has been in attendance at the hearings before the House ways and meahs’ committee,’ where proposals have been advanced for placing certain tariff restrictions on Philippine products. He is studying the uation with a view to advancing sug- gestions to his home government. and Mrs. Suntay plan to remain in Washingten about three weeks longer. ‘They wwere entertained at-dinner-at the Madrillon last night by Pedro Guevara, resident Philippine commissioner, 4 "TONIGHT’S RECEPTION AIRPLANE DE LUXE LURES MANY HERE Large, Speedy and Luxurious| Craft Is Cynosure of Capital Airmen. The largest, fastest and most luxuri- ous passenger airplane in the United States, the forerunner of a fleet of planes which will go into service be- tween New York and Chicago this year, is being inspected ' today at Bolling Field by Army, Navy and civil, aero- nautics people. The big plane, which iS unique in many respects, was flown here yester- day by Lieut. Leigh Wade, one of the Army round-the-world flyers, from | Newark Airport, N. J., 'where its test flights created a sensation in aeronauti- cal circles. ‘The fuselage or body of the plane is 11 feet wide and is built in the shape of a huge wing section, tending to make it self-supporting in the air. Two 625-horsepower motors are built into the body so as to be completely accessi- ble to the crew mechanic from inside while in the air. The plane has re- tractable landing gear, the wheels fold- ing up into recesses under the body of the plane while in flight, increasing the speed of the ship by 12 to 15 miles per hour. | ‘The unusually wide cabin is equipped for 20 passengers and is as luxurious as a private yacht. A deep, comfort- able double sofa is placed in the cen- ter with chairs around it. A short companionway leads to a Kkitchen equipped with fireless cooker and re- | frigerator, a radio room and a restroom. The plane has a top speed of 145 miles: per hour with full load and carries | fuel for 20 hours' sustained flight. The | wings have a span of 90 feet. | On the flight here also were Capt. | Earl Steward, second pilot; Kenneth | Stone, mechanic; H. V. Burnelli, de- | signer of the plane, and Howard Peter- son, representative of P. W. Chapman, owner, who will operate the New York- | Chicago alr line. ESSAYS ON CHEST IN JUDGES' HANDS Contest Closes—More Than| 300 Entries—Winners to Be Named Monday. The Star-sponsored contest for essays | on the advantages of the Community | Chest in the National Capital closed at midnight last night, with more than 300 entered for the prizes of §100, for first cholce, $50 for second and $25 for third. No more essays received by the contest editor will be considered in the contest. Winners of the three prizes offered by The Star will be announced Monday and Monday night the prizes will be awarded at the dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, at. which the captains and workers of the teams in the Community Chest's 1929 drive for funds will receive their final instructions and the campaign will be formally launched The winners in the essay contest will be guests of honor at | this dlllxr. | The Board of editors of The Star | which is judging the contest was busily engaged today in going through the mass of entries to choose the winners. TRAFFIC RULES GIVEN Regulations for Guests at Army and Navy Function Announced. Traffic regulations in connection with the Army and Navy reception at the White House tonight are announced by Col. Osmun Latrobe, military aide to President Coolidge, as follows -“Guests having cards of admisslon by way of the south portico and blue | carriage cards for entrance by the southwest gate will enter by the south- west gate on West Executive avenue and cars will leave the grounds by the southeast gate on East Executive ave- nue and will be parked on West Execu- tive avenue and State place until called. | When called, they will proceed to the ) south portico by way of the southwest gate | on West Executive avenue and will de- | inaugural committee part by the southeast gate on East Ex- | ecutive avenue. i “Guests havfng cards of admission for ! the east entrance and white carriage cards for the east gate will approach ! the east gate in a southerly direction | along East Executive avenue, and cars | will be parked on the east side of the | Ellipse until called. When called, thcy| will proceed north along East Execu- tive avenue to the east gate. The east entrance will be opened for admission ! of guests after 8 p.m. “No parking will be allowed in the south grounds of the White House. i “Gate cards should be placed on the | right side of the windshield of vehicle, | so as to be easily seen by the pohce.: ‘This will save time and prevent an-| noyance to guests through being stopped | by the police in order to examine gate | cards. “The following roads will be closed | to vehicular traffic between the hours | of 8 p.m. and midnight: { “Road south of the Treasury (Treas- ury_place). “Bast Executive avenue. “West Executive avenue. “Road north of the Ellipse in White Lot (South Executive avenue). “Road south of the State, War and Navy Building (State place).” BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers'’ Home Band Orchestra in Stanley Hall this evening at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader. March; Entr’ Acte (a) “Chanson’ (b) “Damascu Grand selection, “Carmen”....... Fox Trot, “Dream Sweetheart,” Tierney Waltz Suite, “Douce Souvenance,” 25 Bt Soei Waldteufel Finale, “Don’t Be Like That," Pinkhard “The Star Spangled Banner,” The fuselage itseld helps sustain the The engines are inclosed so that a Star Staff Photo. §74,000 INAUGURAL PLEDGES ARE PAD Favorable Report on Legis- lation Is Given to General Committee. With $74,000 of the more than $100,- 000 pledged for expenses of the in- augural committee already paid in, and all the subcommittees organized and functioning to co-ordinate the loose ends of the general plan of the inaug- uration, the President’s induction cere- mony was made to assume definite shape at the meeting of the general vesterday after- noon at the Willard Hotel. A favorable report on the legislation sought from Congress by the inaugural committee, including the appropriation of $25000 for additional tection during the ceremonics, already has passed the House, was given the committee. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, head of the Senate group on the joint committee on ar- rangements at the Capitol assumed Commissioner Dougherty, head of the legislative committee, that the Senate will act favorably on the measure, shortly. First Division Made Up. The parade will cross the plaza in front of the Capitol, it was announced by Gen. Anton Stephan, chairman of the parade subcommittee, in response to the petition made by the Senate and House inaugural committee. Gen. Stephan yesterday stated that with the exception of one inauguration during the war, he has participated in all of the recent inaugurals, and this line of march has been followed each time. Gen. Stephan announced that the first| division of the parade. which is to be made up of the service and reserve units of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, already has been made up, and that the other two divisions have begun taking definite form. The second divi- slon, he said, will include veterans' or- ganizations, with the third division a diverse and colorful section. He said that present plans are for the disband- ing point to be at Nineteenth street, instead of Eighteenth street, thus giv- ing the paraders more room and elimi- nating much of the confusion that usually attends the disbanding. Gen. Stephen also promised the com- mittee, on suggestions from members of other committees, that he would take up with the Signal Corps of the Army the matter of broadcasting to the seat- holders on Pennsylvania avenue the ceremonies at the Capitol and promised the co-operation of the District Na- | tional Guard anti-aircraft unit in the night display, which will include fire- works and general gayety. He said that assurance of the participation of the dirigible Los Angeles and of the Army endurance plane Question Mark had been received, with the weather now the only factor in the giant dirigible's par- ticipation. The city is to be flooded with visitors, it is indicated in the advance requests for hotel and room accommodations re- cefved by the committee ont housing and hospitality, it was reported by Miss Kathleen Lawler of that committee. She sald that the homes available for ac- commodation of visitors have been carefully canvassed, the hotels checked and other preparations for a great in- flux of visitors made. Radio Plans Taken U, The committee on press relations and communications has taken up the sub- ject of radio broadcasting of the cere- monies, with plans now under way for the reieasing of short flashes on the inauguration over Nation-wide hook- ups to spur the interest of the Nation in the Capital's big event. The committee on general enter- tainment reported that it has been ar- ranged to have drills at Fort Myer, the navy yard open for inspection and to have the many points of interest in Washington made easily and inexpen- sively accessible to the thousands who will come here for the ceremonies. The flat plans have been drawn for the erection of the stands at the front ry, the former ward the Capitol and commanding a full view of the parade as it swings along the avenue; in the Court of Hon- or, on -Lafayette Square, opposite the State, War and Navy Building; in the White House grounds about Mr. Hoo- ver's reviewing stand, and opposite the District Building and the Munsey Build- ing. It was announced that the stands opposite the White House and in the White House grounds will contain the top.price seats at $7.50 each. These seats will be reserved primarily for members of the Senate and House, and the members of Congress will be given | the first opportunity to buy tickets in | that stand. Tickets for Legislators. Arrangements have been made for the erection of stands seating 8,000 on the east front of the Capitol. After seats in these stands have been pro- vided for official guests, foreign envoys and Government officials, each member of Congress will receive seven tickets in addition to a distinctive ticket for the member himself. Each member of the House will be allotted one ticket to the Senate gallery. The seats at the head of Pennsyl- vania avenue, in front of the Treasury, will be considered the most' desirable after those in front of the White House, and a price of $5 has been set for these. The $3 seats will be located in | front of the District Building and the Munsey Building. In addition, the stands committee has received some bids from contractors willing to erect stands at other vantage points along the line of march on a concession basis and will take this mat- ter up more fully later on. Will Rogers Says NEW YORK CITY.—It's hard to get money out of the Senate for anything but for politics. Yester- day the Democrats bet Mr. Hoover twenty-four million dollars (of the people’s money) that he couldn't enforce prohibition. They are go- ing to put the whole thing up to him by saying, “We give you plenty of money to do it.” That would be just like asking these Sen- ators why they are not all great statesmen. We pay ‘em enough money to be statesmen on. Watch Coolidge veto it. A OMMUNITY CHEST GETS LARCE S Amount Already Pledged Totals $300,000, With Com- mittee Confident of Quota. than } motion pi | A gift of $20,000 from The Evening Star Newspaper Co., and another of 512,000 from the Potomac Electric Pow- er Co., by William F. Ham, president, | were announced by the Washingt | Community Chest officials today. G reported to date with oth im gifts not published bring the total fu already promised to more $300,000. | The money thus raised is reported | through the special gifts committee of | the Community Chest, Robert V. Fi i . The ‘committee hop | to hav ota of $700.000 raised by ! the official date for the open- he campaign for a total of S1.- 348.93. The campaign is to run y 6. The funds raised ble the 57 member agen- cies to carry on their welfare work | during the present year. Instruction talks to the leaders of the group solicitations unit of the chest, { Frank R. Jeliefl. chairman, will be de= | livered by Frank J. He JellefT, | Frederic” A. Delano, y of t | chest; John Poole, campaign chairman, and Elwood Street, director, at a dinner in the Willard Hotel tonight at 6:30 jo'clock. A meeting of ‘the group to shaw | “Wa ton's Own Community Chest" cture also wiil be held tonight. Archbishop Indorses Chest. | Speaking at a meeting of. the Teague jof Laymen's Retreat at the Mayflower | Hotel last night, Most Rev. Michael J Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, ag: indorsed the Community Ch An- nouncing that he had sent a letter to the pastors of the diocese ain support of the chest, which will be read Sunday, | the archbishop said: “We have given our pledge and I want that pledge kept. I want to he able to say that the Catholics of the District of Columbia did thei: bit and more than their bit. We have heard knockers in some quarters. Pay no at- tention to them. You go out ard be knocking at the doors and get funds | for the Community Chest.” Full indorsement of the Community Chest by the Knights of Colum contained in a letter from C s W Darr, State deputy, received at chest ‘[hcadquar\crs today. i Large Gifts Listed. | ‘The following gifts of from $500 u | were reported yesterday | . George Hewiit Myers, Mrs. Bancroft C. Davis, , | A. Keep, $3,000; Hugh A. Thrift, $1,500; Mr. Mrs. Barry Mohun, $1,000; Ed- { win B. Parker, $2,000: Mr. and Mrs. | Clarence A. Aspinwall, $850; Jacob Eisenmann, $1.000: W. S. Corby, $3,000; | Henry P. Blair, §1,000; Mr. and M | Frank S. Bright, $1,000: | Morgan, $2.000; J. F. D: jand Mrs. Thomas B. Sweeney, S1, | Dr. Charles P. Neill, $500; Daniel J. Caliahan, $1,000; George L. Stagiiy, | 8500; M. E. and Harry Norment, #5710 Mrs. Elizabeth May Cammack, $1.090; | Gustav W. Forsberg, $500; Arthur J. | May, $1,000; Clifford Lewis, $900: Fob- {ert V. Fleming, $1,000; Mr. and Mrs..C.. | D. Drayton, $500: Lennard H. Mitcho] 1, $800; Mr. and Mrs. Reginald 8. Huides . | koper, $500; Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, Flint, $1,000; Frederic Atherton. £1,000; Capt. and Mrs. Chester Wells, $500:. { Joseph D. Kaufman and Leroy King, 1$500; Mr. and Mrs.. Charles Schwarts, ‘5500 Mr. and Mrs. David J: Kaufma | $1,200; Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Go!t?-w | smith, $1,000; Mr. Henry H. Flather, |81,000; ~ Mrs. Alex = Mackay-Smith; $1,000; Irwin Laughlin, $1,000. 4 Edward J. Stellwagen, $1,000 Frederick H. Brooke, $1.000; Jose] ‘Hime‘, $6,000; Mrs. Frances Newlands, 1 $500; George E. Hamilton, $2,000; My, |and Mrs. James C. Peacock, $750: S. Kann Sons Co., $5,000; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burling, $1,000; Mr. and Mrs, R. M. Kauffmann, $500; Duright Clark, $1,250; Mrs. Frederick Hicks, $600; John Barton Payne, $500; Dr. and Mrs. Cary ‘T. Grayson, $600; Mrs. John L. Proctor, $2,500; Francis M. Savage, $750; Wil- liam W. Everett, $1.000; Mr. and*Mr: William J. Donovan, $500; Ch: Carry, $500; Mrs. Henry Leonard, $1.000: Emmons S. Smith, $500; Mrs. Chandler Hale, $1,000; B. F. Saul, | $5,000; H. L. Rust, $2,500: William J. { Eynon, $800; Edwin C. Brandenburg, | $1,000; Leo C. May, $500; Robert D. | Weaver, $500; Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Erwin, | $1,000; Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, $1,500: | John H. Clapp, $1,500; Alice J. Clapp | $2,500; Daniel C. Roper, $1.000; Saks & | Co., $1,000; Mrs. Sallie R. Hitt, $1,000: Mrs. H. A. Strong, $2.000; John J | Hamilton, $500; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Woodhill, $600; Dr. John W. Burk: $500; J. Philip Herrmann, $1,000; John B. Larner, $500; Fernando Cunibert $500: Wilson Compton, $500; Christian Heurich, $5,000; Sanitary Grocery Co, $5,000; R. W. Hynson, $500; Eugene Meyer, $10,000; Mrs. Hennen Jennings | $2500: Mr, and Mrs. Corcoran Thom 1$1,000; Frederick H. Brooke, $1,250: Rev Anson Phelps Stokes, $500; Coleman Jennings, $1,000; anonymous, $1.000 Charles J. Bell, $2.000; James Sharp, $1,750; Lester A. Barr, $500. Frederic D. McKenney, $500: Duncan Phillips, $5.000; William Herd Hill. $1,000; John C. Letts, $1,000; Mr. and { Mrs. Luke I Wilson, $3.000: John S. Flannery, $500; Gude Co., $500; O. J. De Moll & Co., Inc., $500: A. F. J : Thomas P. Bones, $500; Frank H. 6 Barber & Ross, Inc., $1,500; Harr , $300; Edward H. | Droop, $750; Washingtcn Packard Motor | Car Co.. $1.000; John Poole, Sl.U‘an:". Laszlo Szechenyi, $10.000; Mr: be, $1,250; Mrs. Edward $500; anonymous, $500 Keith and Katharine A. Merrill, §1.3 |'S. M. Rinehart and Mary Robe | Rinehart, $2000; Mr. and Mrs. Breckenridge Long. $1200; Clarence F Norment, $4.000; H. Zirkin, $600; Dr. George M. Kober, $500; Mrs. Sarah B. Marurck, $800; R. Ross Perry, jr., $500; C. B. Asher, $1.000; Mrs. Mary H. Myers, $750; Princess Margaret P. Boncampagni, $5,000; anonymous, $3,000. | $3,000. A | " Parker, Bridget & Co., $500; Wash= | ington_Rallway & Elec Columbia Sand & Gravel Co. Peoples Life Insurance Co., $500; finckel & Co. by Julius Garfinck $3,500; Capital Traction Co., by John Hanna, president, $3,000; Woodward & t by Donald Woodw . Thomas Dunlop, $80 | Rieves, $5,000; Mrs. Mary F. Rieves, | $500: Mrs. Marshall Langhorne, $1,000; | Marshall Langhorne, $1,000; Mr, and Mrs. Levi Cooke, $1,000; Mrs. Hannah M. Lansburgh, $1,000: Myer Cohen, §1,000; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. De~ lano, §1,200; anonymous, $500; anony mous, $600; anonymous, $600; Dwight F. Davis, $500; Byron S. Adams, $2,000; R. Golden Donaldson, $1.000; N. L. Burchell, $600; Wise Brothers, Dairy, $500: Mrs. Charles W. Semmes, $500 Joseph H. Milane, $500; Joseph McR« $500; N. L. Sansbury, $500: Horace M. Smithy, $500; A. F. Fox, $500; St. Patrick’s Church, by the Rt. Rev. C. F. Thomas, pastor, $2,000; Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Snow, jr., $500; Department Store, $500: David Lawre . Breuninger & Sons, § $500; Mr. and Mrs. $1,000; Sidney W. r. and Mrs. Cuno I. Esther H. and Howe P, Cochran, $500; anonymous, $600:.Wil< Jiam - J." Plather, $500; Dr. Charls S. White, $500; Fred Drew, $500; Mr. nd Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, ir. 1 090; Miss Franees W.. Sortwell, $390; -Ouris man Chevrolet Co., $300; Mis. lwin Laughln, §500. Straus, Rudolph, $75 g o o e e