Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1929, Page 5

CHAMBER OPPOSES GAS TAX INCREASE Indorses $3,b00,000 Fund for School Buildings and Grounds. The Washington Chamber of Cof- merce last night went on record/s being “unalterably opposed” to anfn- crease from 2 to 3 cents in the g line tax, as proposed by Representive Zihlman of Maryland; urging thetrea~ tion of a central purchasing burdu for local welfare organizations, favolig the jdea of a mammoth cherry plossom festival to be staged here anrufly, and recommending inclusion in ¥ budget for the fiscal year of 19304/ of pro- vision for $3,000,000 for ww school buildings and grounds, if dossible, in keeping with the total Distict budget. These actions and other Usiness were transacted at the “service iight” meet- ing of the chamber held n the May- flower Hotel, which was 1 the nature of recognition to loca service or luncheon clubs. The chamber formallyapproved the proposal of the Board of :ducation that school estimates be forarded by the District Commissioners 0 the Bureau of the Budget “as they re prepared by the Board of Education’ With the rec- ommendations by the ¢y heads as the maximum total to be slowed. Tell of Clubs’ Purposes. Representatives of tg luncheon clubs who g‘cre presented tcthe chamber and who told briefly of he purposes and work of their organations included: Allen MacCullen, preident of the Cara- van Club; Frank Bigfeld, president of the Civitan Club; K. J. Rozier Bigfis: president of the -osmopolitan Club: M. O. Chance, secod vice president of the Kiwanis Club_R. L. McKeever, president of the Lions Club; Col. Charles R. Stark,jr.. president of the Newcomers' Club Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, presidentof the Quota Club; George M. Whitell, president of the Rotary Club: Heoert B. Nevins, presi- dent of the Opthist Club: Dr. Everett M. Ellison, presiént of the Round Table Clul Mrs. Hsriet Hawley Locher, president of thr Soroptimist Club: Dr. Lida B. Earhar’ president of the Zonta Club, and Vernn B. Lowrey, past presi- dent of the Thrteen Club. By unanimas avproval of a report by Rudolph Jee, chairman of the Dis- trict finance committee, the chamber disapproved he proposed boost in the gasoline tax, which Mr. Zihiman an- nounced was for the benefit of park extensions i1 the District. The chanver recommended the cre- ation of a central purchasing bureau for local wafare organizations in rati- fying actio taken this week by the committee mn charities. The reprt pointed out that exam- tnation of he budgets of social agencies In connecfon with Washington's first Communitr Chest revealed that these agencies Iave been carefully and econ- omically sdministered. By cmyloying the principle of group buying, rompt cash payment for pur- chases nd large unit buying of sup- plies, cimnsiderable savings could be effected, it was held. Anproves Appropriation. In aoproving the appropriation of $3.000.000 for new schools and grounds, “provided the total not be in excess of one-third of the total District rev- enues,” the chamber committee de- clared' that “the last Congress in- cluded in the appropriation act for 1930 funds deemed sufficient to care for the mnormal operating expenses of' the school system. but nothing of any consequence for build- Ings and grounds to continue the build- ing program.” In aproving the idea of an annual cherry blossom festival here, the cham- ROSENFEL BAJL AT PRESS CLUB. Resignt Commissioners: of Philip- ines Are Honor Guests. e resident commissioners of the ippines, Pedro Guevara and Camilo , and members of the Philippine ion to the United Sfates were ! dests of honor last night at a recep- on and ball at the National Press lub auditorium. The occasion was arranged by the /Pilipino community of Washington, un- der auspices of the Filipino Club. D FREED INBOWLES' DEATH Manslaughter Charge Dis- mis$ed When Dying State- ment Is Denied. P) Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, April 17.— Inability of the prosecution to secure admission of the dying declaration of Lawrence Webster Bowles, 19-year-old Chillum farmer, who was fatally injured when his autcmobile truck was forced off a bridge on the Rams Horn Inn road last November, caused Circuit Court Judge Joseph C. Mattingly to- day to dismiss a charge of manslaughter against David A. Rosenfeld, Maryland University student. Rosenfeld was accused of being the driver of the automobile which forced Bowles’ truck off the bridge Bowles was submerged beneath the waters of the Eastern Branch of the Anacostia River about 20 minutes. He was dis- covered by a milk truck driver, who succeeded in pulling him out with the aid of a group of university students. ‘The farmer was revived by the Prince Georges County rescue squad and re- moved to Sibley Hospital, but died a few hours after. The manslaughter charge against Rosenfeld was based on a declaration Bowles was said to have made while in the hospital. Rosenfeld took trial by the court when the case was called this morning. His attorneys: contended it was necessary to prove the mental atitude of the dying man before his sMtements could be admitted as evideice, and when Judge Mattingly uphed their conten- tion. the prosecution Wwas unable to go on with the case. HOOVER HOMORARY HEAD OF REPUSLICAN JUBILEE Good Also to Help Dedicate Party's Birthpl®e at Ripon, Wis,, June 8. By the Assochted Press. RIPON, Wis,, April 17.—President Hoover Ias accepted” the honorary chairmaphip of the Republican party diamond jubilee, to be observed here June 8 Judge Roy E. Reed, chairman of the executive committee, has an- nounce. He sid Secretary of War James W. Good, Jov. Walter J. Kohler and many State «nd national leaders had accept- ed intations; also that the State Sen- embly had voted to attend in a ody pay ribute to Alvan E. Bovay, described as he “founder of the Republican pary,” and dedication of its birthplace shie, on the Ripon College campus. b ‘ew York is the native State of 35 p° cent of the students of Williams. !fillmlllIIIIIIIIIIIIHI|III|IIIIIII|H|IIIIIlIIIlIHmIIHIflIIIII‘E ber indorsed preliminary plans to this effect being drawn by a special group of the retail trade committee headcd by Isaac Gans. Mr. Gans ported the committee had voted tq continue the “Buy in Washington campaign. The chamber also approved a repo by Frank Fenwick of the parks, pla~ grounds and highways commite urging widening of H street betwn N{ms?rhusen.s avenue and Seventeet street. 3 Births Reported. Georre F. and Marion L. Pollock, sl Harold M. and Mary E. Dowling. gi Otto R. and Doris Stranley. eirl. Clarence G. and Mary L. Colcordgirl. Linwood and Opal ‘Willis, girl Franz A. and Dorothy L. Berzma ®irl. poy lliam E. and Marjori¢ L. Curngham, . 0; = John and Gladys L. Bowem. boy Thomas and Katherine Carter, 1% Alvert and Fay Gelfand, boy. Harold E. and Myrtle E. Richalson, boy. Max A and Anna E. Sorg. boy Henry N. and Johanna Pucket{bo¥. Leon and Esther Brusilof, bo Clement and Delia Lindsay. gl. James R. and_Helen R. Smitb#irl. Andrew and Florence Colema, €irl. Samuel T and Mildred Sweer: boy. Charles O. and Garda S. Sag bo¥. William and Mary Barber. g John 8. and Alma M. Wilkion. boy. 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See how smooth thiscream keeps your skin—in any weather; how it your face powder to adhere with natural beauty! Atall dealers. BLACK==WHITE U Cown Tk_purposes of this jubilee are to | . THE EVENING IEDITORS T0 MEET - HERE TOMORROW Chains of Newspapers, Sun- day Editions and Other Topics on Program. . Newspaper men from all over the country will gather here tomorrow for the opening of the seventh annual con- vention of the American Soclety of Newspaper Editors at the Nationat Press Club,.- The convention opens at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with the address of the president, Walter M. Harrison of the Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma City Times, and con- tinues until Saturday night, when there will be a banquet’at the Willard Hotel, ‘There will be Mmorning and afterncon sessions Friday, a morning session Sat- urday, followed by a shop talk luncheon at 1 o'clock,’and then an afternoon off for the editors. President Harrison will be the toastmaster at the banquet. Speakers at the banquet have not been announced by the committee. A larger turnout for the convention this year is expccted because of the Associated Press meeting in New York, beginning Monday. Program Is Announced. The program of the convention fol- lows: } ‘Thursday—President Harrison’s ad- dress; greetings from E. H. Butler, pub- lisher of the Buffalo News and presi- dent of the American Newspaper Pub- lishers’ Association; reports of officers and standing. committees and discus- sions thereof, and a speech by William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette on “The Newspaper and Its Influence in_National Campaigns.” Friday morning—"“The News and Public Utilities,” a talk by Boyd Gur- ley of the Indianapolis Times. followed by a discussion led by George B. Parker, editer-in-chief of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, and United States Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas, “Is the Edi- torial Page on the Way Out?”: two talks by Senator Arthur Capper of Kan- sas and Haiailton Owens, editor of the Baltimore Evening Sun, followed by a discussion led by Paul Bellamy of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; “Ghost Writ- ing” a talk by Ik Shuman, executive editor of the Brooklyn Standard Union, who, as a reporter for ‘the New York Times, traveled with Col. Lindbergh through Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Chain Papers Subject. Friday afternoon—"The Business De- | partment and the Editor,” a taik by Louis Wiley, bushess manager of the New York Times, follow:d by a dis- cussion led by Henry D. Bradley of the Bridgeport Times-Star; “Is the | Chain a Menace to. Americaa Journal- ism?” a talk by Col. Frank Knox, gen- eral manager of the Hearst newspapers, | followed by a discussion led by Roy Scripps-Howard newspapers, and V. E. | Bowman, editor of the Newark Star-| Eagle; “The British Institute of Jour- | nalists,” a talk by Percy S. Bullen, | American correspondent of the ILondon Daily Telegraph, followed 1Ly & dis- cussion led by Casper Yost, of the St.| Louis Globe-Democrat and C. M. Mor- rison of the Philadelphia Public fedger. | = = = = | Glasses Fittea Framined DR. CLAUDE S.: SEMONES Eyesight Specialist . The family in the Howard, chairman of the board cf the |y STAR. Saturday morning—“What Shall We Do With Our Sunday Papers? Are We Ready for:.a Change?” a talk by W. @, Vorpe of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, followed by a discussion led by Ralph Pulitzer of the New. York World, and W. M. Park of the Detroit News; “Property Rights in News,” a talk by M. Koenigsherg, .followed by a general ‘discussion; discussion of changes in the constitition of the society, report of the resolutions committee and election of new officers. . Saturday afternoon—sShop talk lunch- eon at 1 o'clock at the Press Club, fga- tured by talks on “The Art Depln~ ment,” by Edward Dart, chief of the art department of the New York Times, “The Make-Up,” by Mark Watson, as- sistant managing editor of the Balt more Sun, and “The Copy Desk,” by Henley Hill, night editor of the New York Herald Tribune, James Preston, superintendent of the Senate Press gallery, heads the com- mittee, which is arranging for regis- trations of the visiting newspapermen. LONG'S “STRIP” RAID TACTICS ARE BARED Details of Midnight “Party” Laid to Governor Sought in Louisiana House. By the Associated Press. . BATON ROUGE, La., April 17— What the details were of an alleged after-midnight party for members of | the national conference of governors | in New Orleans last Fall and Gov. Huey P. Long's “strip” military ralds to break up gambling in the New Orlegns area echoed today in the im- peachment investigation of the gover- nor. 4 A hat checker in a night club raided told the legislative impeachment com- mittee that women searchers had her remove all her clothes in their search for gambling money: The hour of adjournment last night saved Seymour Weiss, assistant manager of the Roosevelt Hotel where the gov- ernors stopped, from telling what he knew of the “midnight party.” This evidence was taken in.the House | of Representatives under counts of im- peachment, charging use of the State Imllllia illegally and misappropriation of State funds. National Guard officers testified of leading series of military raids on alleged gambling houses under orders from the | governor and Adjt. Gen. Ray Fleming | Wh““i several thousands of dollars were seized. 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Residential 40-foot A semi-restricted to residential 40-foot B restricted, lots facing Quintana place, both sides of | street, between Fifth and Seventh | streets. i Residential 40-foot C to first commer- | cial 60-foot C, southwest corner of | il d Sl WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. APRIT 17, 1999 D-venP(n and Forty-first streets. First commercial 40-foot C to resi- dential 40-foot A restricted, L mmmchl strips _on both L Eight th street between Otis street and Bunker Hill road northeast. Residential 40-foot A restricted to first commercial 60-foot C, S:reel front- ing on Mills avenue about 100 feet south of Rhode Island avenue northeast. Secor.d commercial 40-foot D to resi- dential 40-foot B, R between Four- teenth and Sixteenth streets southeast. First commercial 40-foot C to resi- dential 40-foot A, the firs strips on both sides southeast, FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR POISON VICTIM Parents to Take Body to Home, in Brokenburg, Va., for Burial. 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