Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1929, Page 17

Washington News - @he Foening Sfar Society and WA SHINGTON, D. C, THURSD. General PAGE 17 AY, FEBRUARY 28, 192¢ JOHN COCLIDGE WILL ATTEND INAUGURAL WITH GOV. TRUMBULL ! President’s Son and Fianceei’ FARMERS' MARKET COMMITTEE IS DUE POLICE DRY SQUAD MAKES RICH HAUL 1 | | BY ILLINOIS POLICE ON THEFT CHARGES Long-Sought Promoter of Farkway Apartments Is Being Heid. DETECTIVE IS EN ROUTE TO RETURN PRISONER Tookout for Fugitive Throughout Nation to Ap- Broadcast prchend Man. uit. long soughi promoter o Apartments of Wash- ineton, which fsiled last Spring as a co-operative project with loss to apari- ment buyers, has been apprehended in Harvey. Tl and is being held there by police for action by District authorities on warrants charging larceny after trust. according to advices received here. Machinery was put into motion today % bring Suit back to Washington to answer charges which grew out of the handhing of funds received from #ale of units in the large apartment structure at Connecticut avenue and Macomb street. the failure of which was subjected to investigation and severe condemnation by members of the Gibson subcommittee of the House. Inspector Henry G. Pratt. chief of tectives, today sent Detective Sergt. C o1 P. Weber to the Tilinois city to re- turn’ Suit here. following receipt last night by local police of word that the romoter had been arrested there. A lookout for Suit was broadcast through- out the Nation to police authorities fol- | Jowing his disappearance here about the time of the failure of the project and the subsequent placing on the auction block Search for Suit, who was president of the Parkway Apartments of Washing- ton, Inc., and who acted in the sale of the apartments and general manage- ment of ‘the property, has been con- | ducted since the first warrant charging | Jarceny after trust was issued June 26 Jast. Chief of Police Harris of Harvey, 1., wired last night that Suit was un- der arrest there for Washington au- thorities. Two Warrants Issued. Two warrants are outstanding against Buit. issued by the dsitrict attorney's office on complaints by Mrs. M. J. Bain and W. J. Manning, who purchased apartment homes in the building. The warrants were turned over to Detec- titves Weber and R. H. Mansfield and Howard Ogle for service. Weber was armed with them when he left today for Harvey. Joseph C. Bruce of the District at- tforney’s office at Police Court explained this morning that the procedure would be to bring suit before Police Court | for a preliminary hearing to determine if he should be bound over for action by the grand jury. | The Parkway faled as a co-operative | ownership project, but 30 of the 83 zpartment units being sold to tenants. ‘Tenants discovered last Spring that curtailment and interest on mortgages on the property were delinquent and that a number of service bills were overdue, including telephone, lights, fuel, in addition to taxes. The property was advertised for sale at auction June 18 to satisfy holders of the second trust, but on that date there were no buyers. Early in July the property again was placed on the auction Block and at that time, accord- ing to testimony before the Gibson aubcommittee, was bought in by the second trust holders through an agent, the property later being sold to other nterests. Secretary Testifies. A. ¥. Prescott, jr., who for a short time was secretary of the Parkway Corporation, testified he had discovered that a clause had been written into the contract for the purchase of the Man- ning Apartment after it passed through his hands, purporting to exempt that buyer from the operation of trusts against the building. Prescott said he | resigned as secretary. The Manning Apartment. it was brought out, was sold | by Mr. Suit: Followisg sale of the apartment at auction, ouster proceedings were filed against tenants of 13 units in the build- ing, who fafiled to vacate the property November 1 in conformity with an agreement they signed to give up inter- est in the property at the expiration of four months for which rent was waived. All eventually left their apartment homes. They lost their fight for reten- tion of their apartments in the ouster proceedings. The holders of the second trust. as well as Prank Russell White, architect and buildeer of the apartment house. testified that they lost money on the transaction. PLANS SUBARCTIC TALK. Harold McCracken to Deliver Ad- dress Tomorrow Evening. Adventures in subarctic lands from Alaska to Kamchatka will be related to members of the National Geographic Society at the Washington Auditorium tomorrow evening by Harold McCracken, who led the Stoll-McCracken expedition | last Summer. The party cruised on the ship Morrissey, in command of Capt Robert A, Bartlett. Among the places touched were fiumerous islands of the Aleutian chain, Bering Strait, the Kolymia River and | Petropaviovsk, capital of Kamchatka Mummies of early inhabitants of the leutian‘Islands, discovered by Mr. Mc- sracken, will be described. The address will be illustrated by still and motion pictures, WILL ADDRESS WOMEN. Mre, Pickett and Mrs. Andrews to Speak at Meeting. Mrs. Sallie V. H. Pickett. president of the Women's National Press Club, and Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode Andrews will be the principal speakers at the monthly meeting and dinner of Wash- ington’s business and professional women at the Young Women's Christian Association, Seventeenth and K streets, on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 pm. Mrs. Pickett has chosen for her subject, “Telling the World, via Printer’s Iak.” while Mrs. Andrews will speak on “Eccentricities in Writing.” The musical program will be given by Mrs. Walter K. Wilson, soprano. accom- panied at the piano by Miss Kathryn Hill Rawls, Ousted Pastor Gets New Call. 1L Va 28 eslie 1 Md., who recently was by the congregation of the Avenue Church of Christ aued the trustees for ajleged ba &as‘accepted another ‘call here, February Jefferson the | | to Bein Connecticut ! Party. 'May Visit Parents at White House Only for Chats. John Coolicze. son of the President coming to Washington for the in- augural ceremonies. but not as a guest of his distinguished father and mother | He is coming. instead. as a major on |the staff of Gov. Trumbull of Con- | necticut, his re father-in-law. Dur- | ng_his stay in Washington over March | 4. John Coolidge has clected to rema | with Gov. Trumbull and his fiancee, 5. Florence Trumbull, rather than take up a domicile at the White House, hich he has scldom visited since de- rting some vears ago on his college career Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge are reconciled to this situation. it is understood, and | since they realize that their son's duties on the official staff of the governor will require his constant attendance else- | Where. John, however, will have plenty | of opportunity to slip over to the White | House for chats with his father and mother. i Arrival Hour Uncertain. |1t is not known exactly when Gov. Trumbull will arrive here for the in- ‘augural ceremonies. John will come | down with the staff from Hartford. | Unusual interest is centered in the | forthcoming marriage of the President’s | son and Miss Trumbull, but no date has vet been set. The President’s remaining days before he seeks seclusion in the quiet of the | Massachu hills are anything but jcasy. Scarcely able to find an hour's | relief from the pressing duties of wind- |ing up the affairs of his administration, | it is equally difficult for him to attend to those personal matters relating to | | his departure. As a result the burden | 1y shoulders of Mrs. Coolidge. Again today the President found ahead of him a long list of callers, in- cluding members of Congress and | | JOHN COOLIDGE. rejection of a varied sort of legi tion Becauce of the heavy program which is confronting him before he leaves Washington. Mr. Coolidge has declined a proposal made by radio broadcasting intere: to deliver an ad- dress over a Nation-wide hook-up on Sunday evening. Sunday The President also Sunday night will bave as his guests at a din al the White House the incoming Chief Executive and Mrs. Hoover and Vice ect. Curtis_and his siste d Everett Gann. Satur he and Mrs. Coolidge will be th2 hosts at a dinner which will be a fare- well party for the members of his cab- inet and their wives Although the task of packing their belongings in the White House for re- ht Guests. n g of the building | has fallen chiefly upon the willing | moval to Northampton. Mass., has been progressing satisfactorily, Mrs. Coolidge still found a number of gifts and ar- ticles remaining for the White House servants to prepare for shipment. More officials from every branch of the |than 56 huge packing boxes have pro- Government. His ~engagements are | ceeded by truck to Boston and North- made up of two sorts—those dealing lampton for storage, and it is likely the with pressing governmental business | number will be swelled by a great many and those of an entirely personal na- [more before all the personal effects ture. Mr. Justice Sanford of the United States Supreme Court was the earliest of a score of officials and personal friends who called to pay their farewell | respects to the President before he leaves the White House on March 4. With Congress grinding out scores of legislative bills in the remaining days of the session. the President has (o take under advisement the approval or which the President and Mrs. Coolidge desire to take with them finally are packed, One of the most popular of the women who have presided at the White House, Mrs. Coolidge has found that the many gifts showered upon her from friends and social organizations during the past few days have made added problems in her task of moving. FORCES INCREASED T0 AID TAXPAYERS Revenue Agents Are Assigned to Duty in Banks, Stores and Treasury. To assist Federal income taxpayers of Washington in making out their in- come tax returns, the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue has increased its fa- cilities by additional torces of revenue officers, both at the office of the deputy collector of internal revenue, 1422 Penn- sylvania avenue, and at various banks and department stores, and the Trea: ury Department. | The officers will start this special | service, which is free to the public, to- morrow morning, and will continue it up to midnight of March 15. The Gov- ernment men will assist in making out the income tax form, offer expert ad- vice and administer the oath. The deputy collector’s office will be open from 9 am. to 5 pm. and the hours of the department stores and the Treasury Department, Fifteenth street | entrance, will be from 9 a.m. until 4:30 | pm. Regular banking hours will be observed at the banks and trust com- panies, The banks and department stores where revenue men will be ready to as- sist the public are: Riggs National Bank, Farmers' and | Mechanics® National Bank, National Metropolitan Bank, Lincoln National Bank and branch office, 1701 H strect northwest; Federal American National Bank, Munsey Trust Co. Merchants’ Bank & Trust Co., Union Trust Co.. | Continental Trust Co., District National { Bank, Columbia National Bank, Com- | mercial National Bank, Potomac Sav- | ings Bank, Woodward & Lothrop. Lans- burgh & Bros. and the Hecht Co. i _Residents of the District may either file their returns at the office of the local deputy collector or send them by [FADERS RDIGULE CARSTRKE TALK Traction Company and Union | Relations “Most Cordial,” in View of Cookman. Reports that a strike is imminent on the lines of the Capital Traction Co., due to insistence of union workers that higher wages be granted under a new agreement, were described as ridiculous today by representatives of the traction company and the union. Asserting that relations with the traction company have been “most eor- dial,” John H. Cookman, business agent of the local union of the Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, said the wage agreement now in effect does not expire until March 31 and that he anticipated no | | difficulty in negotiating a new agree- ment. This view also was held by Robert Dugan, as spokesman for the traction |company, who said the company had received no intimation that conditions affecting the workers are unsatisfactory, and felt that a new agreement’regu- lating wages and working conditions | {may be arrived at harmoniously. ! Approximately a thousand workers | are affected by the agreement now in effect. i The Washington Railway & Electric Co. is not affected. AUSTRALIAN BOYS PARADE TOMORROW Washingtonians, accustomed to the blare of bands and marching feet, will be treated to something new tomorrow afternoon, when 160 youthful Aus- tralians parade behind their own music as a climax to their long journey from mail to the collector of internal revenue, | the “land down under.” | Baltimore, Md. The return must be | accompanied by at least one-quarter of | different colleges. are making a tour the amount of tax due. | under direction of Maj. J. J. Simons as an educational feature. Immediately | following their arrival, at 4:30 p.m. ey will parade through the city streets The youths, representing a hundred | (Spe- Bowers of Fred- ousted | 2. because he ck salary,, Dr. Harlow Shapley to Speak Here Wednesday Night. Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of Har- vard College Observatory, will lecture |at Central Community Center Wednes- !day_night. at 8:15 o'clock, on “Star | Stuft.” " The lecture, which will be il- | lustrated, will be the ninth event of- {fered by the Community Institute of | Washington this season. | Dr. Shapley has established new facts in astronomy by means of research among them being perfected methods of measuring star distances photo- metrically Tickets for the lecture will be on sale at the Willard newsstand and at ‘lhl' headquarters of the American Au- tomobile Association. There were 6,643 bridges in the United States in 1927, not including that indefinite number which we fre- quently say that we shall not eross until we come to them. Prohibited Area fo President Coolidge issued an execu- tive order today designating the air prohibited area from midnight. March to midnight, March 6, for public | safety purposes The order directs that between the inme and dates specified no aircraft shall be nevigeled through the au: ASTRONOMER TO LECTURE | space of the District of Columbia as a | the and then march to the Navy Yard, where they will be quartered during the_inaugural period. While the purpose of the tour is es- sentially educational, its sponsors hope that during a trip of 22,000 miles. to 40 cities, good will between the people | of the United States and Australia may | | be_promoted. | The boys, who are said to have ac- cepted the trip on the condition that none would smoke or drink liquors while in the United States. plan to view the presidentfal inauguration and demon- | strate to Herbert Hoover that the coun- try where he lived for a time in his earlier career holds him in affectionate regard height of 3 feet will be attired in a |cream uniform. is the mascot of the {party and although he has seen few | automobiles he assured Maj. Simons | that ‘as drum major he could lead the | band through the heaviest traffiic. “I'll | just blow my whistle and let them know we are coming,” he is reported to have explained The party will be here five days. Executive Order Makes D C All‘ Space r Period of Four Days space over the District such aircraft may be spe per- | mitted by the Secretary of Commerce This is left entirely to the Secretary’s | discretion. The exccutive order was issued hy authority of section 4 of the air com- merce act and is designed to prevent interference with the aerial parade and y ingugural - ceramoniess SITEIN SOUTHWEST | Signature by 52-to- | 24 Vote. | | TYDINGS AND CAPPER LOSE FLOOR BATTLE | Approved by House, but Year Later. The bill to provide for establishment the new farmers' produce {In the Southwest section of the city ot tufe today, having passed the Senate ! late vesterday by a vote of 52 to 24. | When the roll call in the Senate yes- terday resulted in victory cates of the Southwest marked the end of a controv location {the question of whether "the | farm market | viver front or somewhere north of Penn- sylvania avenue. | “For two days preceding the vote Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- | land. and Chairman Capper of the Sen- {ate District committee led a fight in opposition to the pending bill. Their efforts to amend the measure, however, showed a majority of the Senate to be with Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, in support of the Southwest site. The final move to change the bill came late yesterday when Tydings pro- posed to insert a proviso that no site could be acquired until it had been approved by three persons to be named by the President. This-amendment was beaten, 49 to 24. after which the bill was passed in the identical form in which it had gone through the House. The bill went through the Senate one year following its approval by the House, which was on February 27, 1928, Near Fish Market, The site to be acquired under this bill is bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, E and G streets southwest, not far from Water street, where the Municipal Fish Mar- ket is located. The measure authorizes $300,000 for purchase of the land and erection of the necessary protecting sheds and stalls, but it is hardly likely there will be time to have the money appropriated before Congress adjourns Monday. ‘The closing debate in the Senate yes- terday afternoon revolved largely new new market primarily is wholesale or retail in character. Senators Glass of Virginia and Copeland of New York. spokesmen for supporters of the South- west location, contended that the Farm- ers’ Produce Market, which formerly stood on B street between Tenth and Twelfth, and which is being replaced by this bill—was essentially wholesale. Senator Glass declared 92 per cent of the business at the old location was wholesale and 8 per cent-retail. Sena- tor Copeland said that il he were at tempting to locate a retail farmers market, he would select a site near the base ball park, but that this proposed market largely was for wholesale busi- ness. Senator Brookhart suggested that if so small a percentage of the business was retail at the old location there must have been something wrong with the market that would bring the producer and the ultimate consumer together. To this Senator Glass replied that there are 12 other retail markets in are owned by the District, where con- sumers may buy farm produce at re- tail. Glass Makes Long Speech. preceding the vote, in which he sought to offset previous speeches by Senators Capper and Tydings in_opposition to the Southwest site. The Virginia Sena- tor quoted a Maryland farmer as tes- tifying at one of the hearings on the bill that some of the farmers did not want to go Southwest, because they would have to meet competition from the steamboats and from the South. Senator Glass also said he had filed a statement showing 40 commission men in favor of the Southwest site, in an- swer to the argument that another | group of commission men had obtained an option to develop a market on the Patterson tract. Senator Tydings submitted data pre- pared by officials of the Department of Agriculture, which, he said, showed that during the last year of operation at the old location the farmers sold 31 per cent of the produce direct to consumers. He argued that the city is growing to the north, east and west, while the new market is to be placed on the rim of the city at the south. Senator King, Democrat, of Utan, took the position there is no reason why Federal or District funds should be ap- propriated to build a market for whole- sale business. Blaine Cites Traffic Congestion. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, laid stress on the traffic conges- tion which, he argued, would be created sylvania avenue. He also made a plea | for beautification of the Washington channel portion of the river front be- tween the War College and Fourteenth street, and declared such an improve- ment would be delayed by the erection of substantial buildings in that area. The roll-call vote on final passage of the bill was as follows: Bingham, Borah, Couzens, Curtis, De- neen, Edge. Fess, Glenn, Gofl, Hale, | Jones, Keyes. McNary, Metcalf. Moses, | Norbeck, Oddie, Reed of Pennsylvania, | Robinson of Indiana, Sackett, Schall, son—28 Democrats—Barkley, Black, Blease, | Caraway. Copeland, Edwards, Fletcher, | George, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Heflin, Kendrick, McKellar, Mayfield, Overman, Robinson of Arkansas. Sheppard, Smith, Stephens, Swanson. Trammell, Wagner and Walsh of Montana—24. Total in favor, 52. Against the bill: Republicans—Blaine, Brookhart, Capper, Dale, Frazier, John- son, McMaster and Pine—8. Democrats—Ashurst, Bratton, Brous- sard, Bruce, Dill, Gerry, Hawes, Hay- den, King, Neely, Ransdell, Steck, Thomas of Oklahoma, Tydings, Walsh of Massachusetts and Wheeler, 16. Total against, 24. Search for Wife Asked. Her husband has asked police to scarch for Mrs. Barbara Freund, aged 42, of 3031 Georgia avenue. who has been missing from home since noon vesterday. Mrs. Freund is described as of slender build, tall. weighing 135 pounds, dressed in a pink, gray-striped dress, a brown coat with a black fur and bh;qun hat and slippers. day with Senator Bill Sent to President for| Measure Passes in Same Form as]‘ market | around the question of whether the| 150.K.DBY SENATE | | | | | on its way to the President for signa- | for advo- | it | y that | has been waged for several years over | should go near the | | old market, and indicated he favored a | 0 various parts of the city, four of which | | by placing the market south of Penn- | In favor of the bill: Republicans— ! | Smoot, Steiwer, Thomas of Idaho, Van- | | denberg, Warren, Waterman and Wat- | Eleven-year-old Norman Law, whose | iMaterials and Still in House | street this morning. Senator Glass made a lengthy specch | FAlding When a_police squad descended on this establishment foday they found a woman in charge. extreme left, was hooked as Louise May: Montgomery, G. C. Deyoe ana HUGE LIGUOR PLANT SEIZED BY RAIDERS Confiscated—Woman * Is Arrested. A large quantity of peach brandy was confiscated and a woman’was ar- rested in a raid by the police liquor | squad on a dwelling house at 2212 First A man known to police only’ as “Ro- mato,” who the woman said ‘operated | the place, was not apprehended. A | large still, complete distilling equipment | and materials that littered : virtually | every room in the three-story house | were confiscated. ! Louise Mays, 36 years old, was the | woman arrested. She told palice that | she was employed by “Romato” about | Christmas time, and for $45 a month | |looked after the place. Romato, she | said, came every morning and carried | liquor away in the evening. { | Sergt. George Little's.squad :made the raid in response to a telephone mes- | sage that another man soughi could be | found at the address. The whman said she understood the still had been oper- ated about 18 months. Sergt. Little said no complaints had come from neigh- TS, A hundred gallons of the finished product, 41 barrels containing mash and 60 cases of jars comprised the materials in the house.- The still was in the back room on the second floor, arfd the bar- rels, for the most part, were on the third floor in front rooms. Cloth across the windows protected it from view, | M. D. McQuade, chief c gas | company, w! rived shortiy | in obtain- | ing evidence that the gas meter had been tampered with, but fically discov- ered a contrivance, policemen said, that was “something new.” A slender wire had been inserted into a pipe connecting the meter, and. puncturing a leather dia- phram, prevented the meter from regis- tering. McQuade estimated that gas used to operate the still amounted to as | much as $60 a month. | Policemen Leo Murray, ‘F. O. Mont- gomery and G. C. Deyoe made up the raiding squad. DREAMS OF COOLIDGE. Visitor Seeking Conference Held| for Mental Observation. Saying he had been dreaming about President Coolidge and thought he would like to confer with him, a man registering as John Haig Jenguederian, 32 years old, of 208 North Fifty-second street, Philadelphia, appearéd at police headquarters about 12:30 &'clock this morning and saw Detectlvps Thomas Nally and E. E. Thompson. Jenguederian, a tailor, téld the de- tectives he was a native of Turkey. He refused to discuss the obgect of his visit _here other than to ‘tell of his dreams. He had less than $3 in cash and tax receipts in his pockets. The visitor was held for mental observation Iphia authcrities noti- t. and the Philade fied of his arres! | NEW CONGRESSWO Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen. daughter arrives here to assume her duties at the Capitol March 4. ngress in the lgn ‘election. She was ph of Florida, ¥ elected a member of Col s. The raiders in the party, right to I Sergt. George M. Little. The prisoner, at the eft, are Policemen Leo Murray, T. 0. —Star Staff Photo. Stories of Links Fail to Impress Wife; Asks Divorce Declaring that the speedometer of her husband’s automobile registered an increase of from 40 to 70 miles when he returned from his Sunday morning absences, presumably to play 18 holes of golf, and that this raised her suspicions so that she had him watched by detectives, Mrs. Catherine T. Scott, 4103 Fourth street, has filed suit for an absolute FOUR CHILDREN IIRED BY CARS Lad, 9, Knocked Down by Auto, May Have Frac- tured Skull. divorce from Emmett W. Scott, a real estate broker, with offices in the Phillips Building He would also tell her little stories on his return of incidents of the golf games, the wife says, but she dis- counted e when she observed that he immaculately dressed when starting out and, no matter what the weather, would also return as immaculately attired. A co-respondent is named in- the | wife's petition, filed through Attor- neys John W. Fihelly and Raymond Neudecker. Four children were injured slightly in traffic accidents yesterday aiterncon and last night. The oldest, 15 years old. was struck while riding a bicycle. Harry Doukas, 9 years old, of 703 Eighth street southeast, suffered the most severe injury. He was knocked down by an automobile driven by Wil- liam Taylor of 2224 Sixteenth street southeast, as he was crossing the street in front of his home. Police report that | he ran into the side of the machine. | Taylor took the boy to Casualty Hospi- | tal, where he was treated by Dr. Louis | Jimal of the staff for a possible frac- | ture of the skull and lacerations to his RS, BROWN HELD UNDER $5000 BAL Woman Who Shot Husband| in Police Court Searched at Hearing. Arrainged on a charge of assault to | kill after she had first been searched | for a possible weapon, Mrs. May C. Brown, 40 years old. of the 700 block | of C strect northeast, who shot and | usly wounded her husband at Police | Courl several weeks ago, was held under £5.060 bond for grand jury action to- day. the courtroom, where her he co-defendant in statutory case were to be tried, Mrs. Brown met him in the corridor. Four shots were fired and Brown was critically wounded. Mpys. Brown appeared at court for a preliminary hearing and was thoroughly searched by a clerk before she was allowed to enter the room. Finding no weapons the clerk released Mrs. Brown, who joked about, the fruitless search. Detective Michael J. Dowd, who dis- armed the woman after the shooting occurred several weeks ago, then the husband, Charles A. Cailed to the stand Brown was the only witness to give testimony regard- ing the affair. He was asked if he was willing to testify against his wife and he said that he was. He said he felt a “sting” as he left, the doorway of the court. He then observed the smoking revolver brand- ished by s wife, who fired three other shots, he said. Mrs. Lillian Johnson of the first block of H street, whom the wife blames for the trouble, was summoned to court but Gid not testify. i | and right ear. legs. He was removed to his home. Nine-year-old Ethel Ferbert of 918 M| street was struck by an automobile as she ran across Seventh street, street, yesterday afternoon. tained minor lacerations to her scalp The machine was driven, police say, by Howard Reynolds, colored, 38 years old, of 261 Seventeenth street southeast. She was taken to Freed- men’s Hospital for treatment. While riding his bicycle on G street, at Ninth street, last evening, Clyde Wil- son, 15 years old, of 1304 Thirteenth street, a messenger, was hit by an au- tomobile operated by Ray Middaugh of 1028 Connecticut avenue. He was re- moved to Emergency Hospital and found to be suffering only from slight bruises. at P Iona Reynolds, colored, 6 years old, | of 445 P street suffered lacerations and oruises yesterday afternoon, when struck by an automobile driven by Martin T. Neale, 18 years old, of 2010 Benning road northeast. She was treated at Freedmen’s Hospital CHILDREN'S HOME SITE 1S SELECTED Modern Building to Go Up on Tract Back of Con- duit Road. ‘The site of the projected Children’s Country Home, which will provide ac- commodations for the treatment of- 50 patients, has been selected by the board of managers and work of erecting a modern fireproof building will begin this Spring on a six-acre tract back of Con- duit road near the District line, facing the river and on the proposed new Na- tional Highway. The site was donated by Mrs. Arthur O'Brien. ‘The present Children's Home, on She sus- | | firemen have been catching cold hurry. {Grant road, in Rock Creek Park, will continue in operation throughout the | coming Summer. It is planned to dis- i pose of this home in the early Fall, the i proceeds to be appiled to the building i{und at the new institution. | In discussing plans for the new home {Mrs. O'Brien, chairman of the board's building commiitee, declared that it will not be the usual type of institutionai building, but will have a homelike at- mosphere, with large nurseries, porches, playrooms and gardens. Services of medical and nursing staffs, experienced supervisors and a dietitian will be avail- iable at all times. | Other members of the committee are | Mrs. Joseph H. Himes, vice president of | the board; Mrs. John R. Williams, Mrs. iLee Warren, Mrs, Harry Kerr, Mrs. ! George M. Pulver and Mrs. Alexander B. Legare, ex-officio member. 'ARMY BILL IMPASSE REGARDED DUBIOUSLY [ End of Session Only Five Days Off, ‘With No Agreement by Conferees on Promotion Lists. Guard Firemen From Colds. PARIS, February 28 (P).—So many ing to fires that the city has put in service a motor fire truck with a closed body. AN FROM FLORIDA By the Associated Press. The impasse that has prevailed be- {tween Senate and House conferees on {the long pending Army promotion bill istill held today, with the House mem- | vers insisting upon a separate promotion ilist for the Air Corps. { With the end of the session only five |days away, the disagreement was re- | garded dubiously today by friends of the legislation. The Senaté refused to approve the Furlow bill passed by the | House for a separate air promotion list, | but did provide a general reorganization of Army promotions to allow for ac- 5 celerated promotions in the Air Corps. lliam Jennings Bryan,|, House conferees have stood firm iin Mrs. Owen was|the negotiations for an adjustment of .yester- | differences between the 4 of the late Wil two hra! ! 10 DEDE TOIY - INCRANTON BIL |Senate District Group to | Consider Its Enactment at This Session. | AUTHOR AND COL. GRANT | MAKE PLEA FOR PASSAGE | Advance of $16.000,000 to D. C. for Park Expenditures Pro- vided in Measure. The Senate District committee is ex- | pected to decide today whether it should | try to complete the enactment at this | session of Congress of the Cramton park | bill, authorizing an advance of $16.- 000,000 to the District for the extension of the park system and providing for an additional $7,000.500 for parkway de- velopments in nearby Maryland and Virginia. A plea for passage of the measure before adjournment next Monday was |made to the Senate committee this | morning by Representative Cramton, | Republican, of Michigan, and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grand, 3d, director of t Park and Planning Commission. Chairman Capper of the Senate committee and | Senator Jones, Republican, of Wash- | ington, indicated that they were some- what doubtful whether it was advisable to ask the Senate to act upon a bill {involving such expenditures on such | short notice. Up to noon. however, | they had not definitely decided what (course would be followed. The bill | passed the House yesterday Explains Bill's Purpose. Mr. Cramton explained to the Senats committee that the primary purposs of his bill is to carry out economically | the comprehensive plan of park exten- sion contemplated by the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission. He said that a year ago the commission estimated that the land needed to com- plete the park system of Washington ! would cost $15,750,000 if it could be | acquired within a few years. | Mr. Cramton argued that these areas jare going up in value every year and that attractivs wooded sections are | being cut down and valleys filled in. He | explained that his bill would merely advance $16,000,000 to the District to buy these lands while they are avail- able, the advance to be paid back by the District at the rate of $1,000,000 a year, which is the amount the Dis- trict would spend annually for park extension. ‘Withont this bill, Mr. Cramton said, the District probably would have to con- tinue to spend $1,000.000 a year in- definitely perhaps for 30 years, because it would take that long if the land has to be brought gradually out of normal appropriations. He said the bill makes no change in fiscal relations. Provides Land Purchase. In addition to the advance of funcs for parkways in the District, the bi! ‘nuthurl»es purchase of land on both sides of the Potomac from Mount Ver- non to Great Falls for a George Wash- ington Memorial Park, half the cost to be borne by the United States and the remainder by Maryland and Virginia, or private parties in those States. The third feature of the bill provides for extension of the Anacostia and Rock Creek Parks into Maryland, one-third of the cost to be borne by the United States and two-thirds by Maryland or private parties Mr. Cramton said he realized a con- troversial measure could not be put through at this late stage of the ses- sion, but that he believed this bill had :he general approval of local organiza- ions. Senator Jones said he was heartily in favor of the principle of the bill, but would like to look over the ground first. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, wanted to know what effect the parkway along the upper Potomac would have on future water-power de- velopment. Mr. Cramton said the bill would not absolutely prevent Congress from authorizing a power development in the future, but that the probable effect of the measure would be to lessen | the likelinood of a power project being | carried out. After referring to local sentiments to- ward the bill, Mr. Cramton said that one or two of the newspapers had dis- cussed the question of fiscal relations in connection with the bill. “The Star.” Mr. Cramton said, “has questioned the fiscal relation, but they have been fair enough to say it is no more involved in this bill than in any other bill, and have emphasized the good features.” VOTE ON COL. BRAND NOMINATION DELAYED Senate District Committee Ad. journs Before Ballot Is Taken on Matter. | The Senate District committee con= sidered the nomination of Col. Harri- | son Brand. jr.. for another term on the Public Utilities Commission at an executive session this afternoon, but adjourned without being able to reach a vote. It is understood that there was some difference of opinion in the committee on the Brand reappointment. It fs probable the committee will meet again to further consider the case. ‘The special subcommittee, headed by Senator Jones of Washington, heard a number of witnesses both for and against Col. Brand yesterday afternoon, but the subcommittee has not yet dis- 1 closed its recommendation. Most. of the opposition to Col. Brand | has been made by Mercer Johnston, di- | rector of the People’s Legislative Service, jand by Representatives of the Central Labor Union. ! Ralph B. Fleharty, people’s counsel, and Irving Pisher, secretary to the Utilities Commission, were among those who were closeted with the subcom- xt’l‘mw when it considered the nomina~ jon. HOLD-UP M.EN SOUGHT. ! Police are searching for two colored men who last evening held up the driv- ers of a dry cleaner's delivery wagon with a pistol and took $8.50 from the drivers and a quantity of clothing. Roger Bassett, colored. of 2330 Cham- plain street, a driver for the Calvert Cleaners & Dyers, 1954 Calvert street, and his assistant, John W, Faust, col- nregéd of' 122? &e’x‘msylnfil:: l_v?‘nuz. ur‘e; port o eighth prec; ice the hald-‘ll;r abaut r in 1426" 35 ‘alclock Aront Street,