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Washington News @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, MAY 17, ) 1 * PAGE 17 CAPITAL TRACTION LIKELY T0 DEFER FARE RAISE MOVE Expected to Wait Until Utili- | ties Commission Is Reorganized. PETITION AUTHORIZED BY DIRECTORS IN MARCH New Group Faces Possible Tele- phone Rate Revision Early Next Month. The Capital Traction Co. probably will defer its contemplated move for a higher fare until the Public Utilities Commission is reorganized, it was indi- cated today at the commission’s execu- | tive offices in the District Building. The commission has expected the company's application for an increased fare for nearly two months, for it in March that the directors authorized | the executive board to file the petition. The directors, however, did not suggest & time limit for filing' the application. but left this detail to the “discretion” of the executive board. The delay thus far, it is believed, | was due to the desire of the traction officials_to - determine the prospect of ratification by Congress at the present special session of the transit merger agreement which expires June 1. Now with congressional action at this time ! conside ed extremely unlikely the com- pany finds, in the present status of the commission, another reason to withhold | the application. Childress Quits May 31. Although it has been reporte the Senate early next week may con- firm President Hoover’s nomination of Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick and Har- Jeigh H. Hartman to be members of the commission, the reorganization of the| commission cannot be completed before June 1, as the resignation of John W. Childress, the p-esent chairman, does not become effective until May 31. Gen. Patrick, successor to Mr. Childress, therefore, cannot take office before that date. Mr. Hartman, who was appoint- ed to succeed Col. Harrison Brand, ir.. however, is expected to be inducted into office soon after Senate confirmation. The traction officials realize, it was sald, that little, if any, consideration would be given the application should it be filed before the new members take office, and will therefore be content to Wait several weeks longer, By delaying the petition until after June 1 the com- pany also, it was pointed out, will be in a position to use the failure of the merger as one of its arguments in sup- port of & fare raise. Phone Agreement to Expire. Aside from the impending fare-in- crease application, the practically new jon also will be faced early in June with possible revision of tele-! hone rates, as the two-year agreement | :dween the commission and the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone €o. not to disturb existing rates, expires at the end of this month. The fixing of new tele- phone rates, it is believed at the com- mission, may involve a revaluation, ‘which would take a year or more to complete. L Tge new commission also will inherit the bus terminal problem, which the present members have discussed for two years without reaching a solution. Chairman Childress has made deter- mined efforts to have a union depot es- tablished for all motor busses engaged in interstate transportation, but the only tangible result has been to produce offers from real estate men to sell de- sirable sites. The bus operators have not yet definitely indicated whether they would use such a terminal, al- though the commission has warned them that it has the authority to force them to do so. DOUGLAS A. SEELEY DIES OF PNEUMONIA Former Assistant Reporter of U. 8. Supreme Court Ill for Ten Days. that Douglas A. Seeley, 3010 Wisconsin | avenue, assistant counsel of the Uni- | versal Wireless Communication Co., Inc., and former assistant reporter of the 'United States Supreme Court, died yesterday at Garfield Hospital after a | 10-day illness caused by double pneu- monia. Mr. Seeley was born in Portsmouth, | Va., February 11, 1898, and came to Washington when a youth as personal page to Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. He was a graduate of Ran- dolph-Macon Military College and worked his way through the National University and was graduated June 13, 1927, with three degrees. He was a member of the Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Gamma Legal Fraternity. Mr. Seeley was assistant official re- porter of the Supreme Court for sev- eral years, resigning last Fall to accept the position of assistant counsel of the wireless company. Mr. Seeley married Margaret Krieg of Marshfield, Wis., January 24, 1925.| He is survived by his widow and & 3- year-old daughter, Margaret. Funeral services will take place at Hysong's funeral parlors, Thirteenth and N streets, at 10 o'clock tomorrow gmorning and interment will be at Glen- /wood Cemetery. | CURTIS WILL OPEN | JUNIOR BALL TILT| n Vice President Charles Curtis will open officially the junior base ball champlonship sponsored by the Amer- | ican Legion for the entire country by throwing out the first ball at the game between sthe North Capitol Saving Bank team of George Washington Post and the Royals of the Delano Post, at Seat Pleasant, Md., tomorrow efternoon at 3 o'clock The Vice President will be escorted to the park by a committee of official leglonnaires, where he will be met by a committee of welcome, including Representative Gambrill, State Senator Sasscer, Mayor Luckett of Seat Pleas- ant, J. C. Blackwell, G. M. Palmer, George Robinson and Clarence Mace. A flag-raising ceremony will be held prior to the opening of the game. The junior base ball championship s participated in by over 30,000 boys throughout the country. Th~ final win- ner is to attend the world series as the guest of the American ‘and National leagues. The junior base ball cham- plonship is the plan of the national | ences Scheduled This After- | for Government Research, Washington, JOH LIBRARIANS VISIT (Y SHOW PLACES Important Group Confer- noon and Tonight. ‘The American Library Association de- | clared a recess this morning and the | show places of the National Capital, | which appear to particular advantage at this time of the year, became the goal of some 2,700 visiting delegates, Although important group confer- | ences are scheduled this afternoon and | tonight, the interest at the convention | turned ‘to the closing session tomor- | row morning, when the committees on elections and resolutions will report. | The principal address at the general | session tomorrow, which will be called | to order at 10 o ck, will be made by F. P, Keppel, president of the Car- negle’ Corporation of New York. An- | other important speech will be delivered | by Everett Dean Martin of the Peoples' | Institute, New York City. Mr. Martin | will speak on “A Liberal Education, while Mr. Keppel s to discuss “Aduit Education and Reading Courses.” Reports to Be Heard. Immediately ‘following the speaking program the committee reports will be | heard and the officers-elect presented | to the membership. None of the offi- | cers in nomination is opposed this ear. Some of the idlosyncraties of library | patrons were discussed informally this | morning by librarians at the exhibit of | books and publications on display at | the Washington Auditorium. | Vivid colors of book covers are a| fgger boon to circulation than the | publishers notices they contain, accord- | g to supevisors of binding in the Chi- cago and New York public Yibraries. Both authorities, Miss Rose G. Murray of New York and J. R. Patterson of | Chicago, agreed that books in bright- colored - binders are more in demand than those with sedate covers. Perhaps the most important of the group meetings this afternoon was that | of the school libraries section, which was | addressed by Joseph Auslander, poet and joint author of “The Winged Horse” The speaker deplored what he considered & public indifference to poetry, and a corresponding decline n the prestige of modern poets. Divided Into Several Groups. After a brief general meeting of the section, those in attendance were di- vided into several groups for the dis- cussion of separate phases of school li- brary work. Other meetings this afternoon in- cluded & meeting of the lending section in the auditorium of the Red Cross Bullding, of the Radio Broadcasting Round Table at the Washington Hotel, of the American Association of Law Libraries at the Washington Hotel and the League of Library Commissions at the Corcoran Art Gallery auditorium. Tonight the Biographical Society of the American Library Association will meet at the Washington Hotel, while a council meeting has been called at the | Washington Auditorium. Radical changes in the method of | distributing Government publications to libraries were recommended last night by L. F. Schmeckebier of the Institute in an address before a round-table meeting of the public documents group at the Washington Hotel. “The law provides,” the speaker sald, “that one library can be designated by each congressional representative as a depository to receive Government publi- cations, if so desired. This places the distribution_essentially on a population basis, which is not a true guide to li- brary needs, as library development is the result of all the soclal economic forces at work in the community. The present distribution of deposi- | torles s defective because some im- | portant centers have no depositories, in | many States the depositories are not well distributed _geographically, and college libraries are designated in places where public libraries are in existence. “To remedy this condition it is pro- | posed to establish three classes of de- pository libraries, as follows: | “1. Twenty central depository librar- | ies which shall agree to keep two copies | of each publication—one for the use of readers and one to be circulated as ded through other libraries. Five hundred general depositories which shall have the right to select in advance the classes of publications to be received. 3. One thousand restricted deposi- tory libraries which shall be entitled to receive publications on application. Recommend Requirements. “Definite requirements are recom- mended for each class as regards the budget for professional services and hours of opening. Librarles of educa- tional institutions of the grade of col- leges and lower should be omitted, as it is wssumed that the purpose of deposi- tory libraries is to mi ke books available to the general public. If it is deemed desirable to subsidize scholastic educa- tion to the extent of allowing colleges to select Government publications for their libraries, that purpose should frankly recognized in the law, and there should be set up a separate ciass known as ‘educational depositories.’ " Another group session last night, held by foreign-born members of the Ameri- Americanization committee of the +American OBSERVES BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY JOY EDSON. | Financier and Civic Leader| | speaker continued, EDSON IS HONORED ON 830 BIRTHDAY Showered With Flowers and Congratulations. Brought back to health by a com- bination of surgical skill and in- domitable vitality, John Joy Edson, revered financier and civic leader, was showered with _congratulations _and flowers today, on the occasion of his 83d birthday anniversary. It was a birthday that his legion of friends and his_attending physiclins not so long ago feared he would never celebrate. Struck down by an_automobile in front of his office on May 11 of last year, he hovered betwen life and death for weks beforé beginning a marvelous recovery. B3 Today, seated at his desk in the flower-bedecked president’s office of the | Equitable Co-Operative Building Asso- ciation, Mr, Edson was a living testi- monial to {he “come-back” powers of 4 constitution that would not be downed. Loves to Live and Work. The venerable philanthropist is alive today because he loves to live and work. It is this love of life and work that has kept him at his desk, day after day, these many years. Not many months re his accident he had said: ‘As long as I am physically able to get about I will not forsake public serv- ice nor leave my desk here in my office. I love work, for I have found it to be life's greatest pleasure. I hope the day never may come when I am helpless to pursue my labors.” His friends reflected sadly upon these words last year as they waited anxiously | for bulletins from his bedside at the | hospital. Even when his recovery | seemed = assured thelr minds were | haunted with memories of the hope he had expressed in the final sentence, Now Well and Active. Mr. Edson’s prayers have been an- swered. With the exception of & slight| nervousness resultant from the shock of his injuries he is as well and as ac- tive today as he was before the acci- dent. He was at his office this morn- ing at 10 o'clock, as usual, and he plan- ned to remain there until 5 o'clock, also as_usual. When he arrived at his office today, he found his desk and his tables banked with gorgeous Spring blossoms. They came from business associates and friends all over the city. One large basket was from the National Press Club, in the erection of whose new building he played an important part. There were many messages of felicita- tion by mail and telephone in addition. “I'm glad to be well again and back on the job,” Mr. Edson told a reporter. “I give the credit to my doctors, but they tell me I had a good constitution. | I intend to go right on working as long as T am able, which will be a long time, I hope.” Thinks Civilization Improving. A supreme optimist in all things, Mr. Edson had a thing or two to say about the world in which he loves to live. He is not one who believes the world is getting worse. On the contrary, he thinks our civilization is - improving. Comparing the present generation with many that have gone before, he finds nothing to wail about. “The young people of today are mot going to the dogs, as some critics are | wont to say. I think that, on the whole, they are working harder than some of | their elders did at their age. There is a lot of talk about crime, but you must remember there are more laws today than there used to be. That means | more opportunities for law violation. I don't think the people are any worse by nature. “‘As long as the young men and wom- en keep working there will be no need | to worry about them. And in work they will find happiness—as 1 have.” Company Calls Bonds. NEW YORK, May 17 (®.—Reports | from Pittsburgh state that the Wierton | Steel Co. has called for redemption | July 1 all its outstanding first mortgage | 6 per cent sinking fund bonds at a premium of 3 per cent. A P Brewer Boeckel, educational director | National Council for the Prevention of | War. She pointed out that books are an especially accurate source of in- formation on foreign countries, since writers who travel abroad cannot mis- represent now that there are so many means of checking their stories. “American readers, however,” the “should study an | occasional book wril by foreigners about this country to serve as a grain of salt with which to take what is said of other nations by our own observers. “But the question remains whether knowledge of other peoples, even grant- ing 1t to be an accurate knowledge, will create ‘interracial understanding.’ To me it seems that we must begin far back of books of travel and of informa- tion, back even of biography and of the works of a people. We must begin with | books about the world as a whole which will show us the place of mankind, in- cluding all races and groups, in the uni- verse; with books that tell the story of man'’s life on earth as one story show- 1 & Eddy, FAVORABLE REPORT ON DALE MEASIRE MADE T SENATE Civil Service Group Begins Consideration of Brookhart Pay Increase Bill. NO PREDICTION GIVEN ON PROBABLE PROGRESS But Chairman Cites Retirement Is| Now on Calendar of Upper Branch. The first step toward reviving legis- | lation for Government employes which failed in the last Congress was taken today when the Senate Civil Service | committee voted a favorable repo-t on the Dale retirement bill and also began consideration of the Brookhart pay in- crease measure. ‘The retirement bill, which would give higher annuities to veteran Federal workers when they leave active service, passed both branches of the last Con- gress but failed to ‘eceive the signature of former President Coolidge in the closing days of the last administration, causing the action of Congress to lapse. Senator Dale of Vermont, chairman of the civil service committee, would not predict today how far the bill wili progress on its legislative journey at this session, but pointed out that the action of the committee places it on the Senate calendar, where it could be passed if an opportunity to call it up presents itse ‘While it is not likely that the House will consider any general legislation until December, any action the Senate may take at this time would advance the bill, so that it could be given early consideration by the House at the reg- ular session. The Senate yesterday con- sidered a number of routine bills on the calendar and the discussion at that time indicated that the Senate itself would decide how far it would go in acting on miscellaneous legislation at the special session, even though such measures would have to wait for ac- tion by the House until December. The Dale retirement bill raises the maximum annuity from $1,000 to $1,200, and would increase the average retire- ment allowance from about $840 to $860 a year. Under the present law the re- tirement ages are 70, 65 and 62 years, according to the character of work per- formed by the individual. Under the Dale bill ‘the retirement ages, after 30 years of service, would be 68, 63 and 60 years of age for the three groups into which the Government workers are divided. The highest age limit ap- plies to clerks, the next letter car- riers and the lowest to railway mail clerks, mechanics and those engaged in hazardous employment. The annuity of an employe under the Dale bill would be arrived at by taking the average seiary for the last five years not to| exceed $1,600 multiplied by the num- ber of years of service and divided by_40. It is understood that the civicl service committee will meet again within a week or 10 days to give further atten- tion to the Brookhart pay bill, which seeks to iron out inequalities resulting from the operation of the Welch salary increase law. Under the interpretation given to the Welch act, some employes were advanced two salary steps within their respective grades,” while others were moved up only one step. The Brookhart bill would give an addilional raise to those who got only one step before, It 1s believed likely the committee will also report this bill favorably, in order to give it early consideration at the December session. Robert H. Alcorn and other members of the joint conference on civil service Tetirement were at the morning, but the committee was ready to act favorably on the bill without holding further hearings, since the de- tails of the measure re gone into carefully in the last Congress. DAVISON T0 STUDY CTY INGINERATORS D. C. Official to Visit Boston .in Planning for Equip- ment Here. The District Commissioners today au- thorized Maj. Donald A. Davison, as- sistant engineer commissioner, to make a journey to Boston to consult with experts on plans and specifications for two city incinerators authorized at the last session of Congress. The authorization act cells for an expenditure of $850,000. Of this, $350,- 000 will be requested in the first de- ficiency bill at the next session and the remaining $500,000 in the regular 1931 estimates. The former sum will include $25,000 for the employment by contract or otherwise of expert services for drawing up the specifications and advising the Commissioners on the type of incinerators to be constructed, Maj. Davison’s trip will be in an effort to secure the services of Metcalfe consulting engineers, of Boston, to prepare the specifications. His recommendation to the Commissioners sald that there was no official in the District qualified to advise as to the design and construction of the in- cinerators, WORKERS NOT RECALLED DESPITE McCARL RULING Although Controller General McCarl has ruled that Government depart- ments under the law cannot loan the rank and file of their employes to the personnel classification board, none of the departmenis so far has recalled any of its workers, This was learned today from .the board, where the problem of how to equip the board with personnel under McCarl's ruling still was under consid- eration. It is believed that the de- partments later on probably will wit! draw their workers, leaving the per- sonnel to be supplied by the Bureau of the Budget, the Civil Service Com- mission and the Bureau of Efficiency. ‘The bcard previously had recom- mended that Congress set up & person- nel of its own for the beard, but it is felt that this legisiation scarcely could be accomplished at the short session' of Congress. Some decision in the matter for can Library Association, was addressed by a second Washiggtonjan, Florence ing ‘our common heritage in the past angd our commop hopes for the futyre,’ " | protecting the board's personnel may be reached wlt,l;u! Jthe next few days. Capitol this | I | | | | | | up in a room of the Sena Chief Justice Taft was one of the first group to inspect this model of the new Supreme Court Building, which was set e wing of the Capitol today. —Star Staff Photo. VOLUMES EXPOSE BULDINGS STUDY President Presented With Two Books on Commission Planning Just Off Press. President Hoover late yesterday was presented with two specially bound copies of a supplement to the 1928 report of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to give the Chief Exccutive an opportunity to study the genesis and program for Washington's future, While Washington still houses 61.7 per cent of its population in row houses, the supplement which has just come frem the press points out that this re- lation is rapidly changing in favor of the apartment house. “Six and one half years of building from July 1, 1920, to December 31, 1926, | brought about an increase in apartment house accommodations of not less than 2 per cent, while the row house was a bad fourth with only 15.3 per cent,” the report asserts. “During this period the apartment house has approached closely the rank previously held by the row house as a means of housing the population. “In order to show how adequately the housing accommodations meet the demand upon them, several factors en- ter which are beyond the scope of this report but to which attention will be |called in passing. One is housing ac- | commodations provided by hotels anc institutions. Another is house vacancy. “In 1920 there were few vacant habit- able houses, with the exception of houses built on speculation and still unsold. In 1927 the proportion of va- cant houses, both old and those still carried by the speculator-builder, was much larger. “A third factor is the conversion of one-family houses into one, two or three or four family houses, of which there are but scant records, but which must have assumed a considerable im- portance in Washington during the years of house famine. For the purpose, therefore, of estab- lishing the actual population the tables do not furnish all data, but they analyze the permanent conditions of housing alc('ommudunons for a growing popula- tion, Apartment House Increase. “The rapid increase in apartment house construction, apart from its social significance, has an important effect upon the real estate situation,” the report continues. ‘“Apartment houses, with a population of 37,785 and built during the 6.5 years under consider- atlon, occupy a lot area of only 99.7 acres, while the detached houses, with & population larger by only 4,741, occupy a lot area of 996 acres—10 times as large. Add to this the necessary street and alley space and the disparity be- comes still greater. “Important as the site question is, there are other facts of vital impor- tance—the parking of the automobile, now & necessity; the landing platform of the aeroplane, which will be a neces- | sity during the life of the present build- | ings; street traffic, water, sewer, air and, as standards of living change, privacy. These are problems before which the individual household group is defenseless and the real estate func- tionary in most cases powerless, Both are shifting the problems to the shoulders of the city planners and zoners.” Areas Included. Turning to a consideration of the | uses of land other than residential, the | report asserted: *The proposed parks | include areas intended for park and | highways, aboretum and other sim- {ilar uses. The total—2,533.5 acres— will increase the present park system | about 50 per cent.” ! Looking out beyond the confines of the District of Columbia, the report previsions the suburban population in 1950. Commenting on this phase it say 'he likeliest areas for the growth of urban communities outside of the Dis- trict limits have been indicated on a map showing the topography of the country and the arteries of travel. | These shaded areas cover approximately 40 square miles. They lle within a dis- trict measuring 200 square miles which |in 1920 had a population of 64,534.” | TAXICAB DRIVER HELD ON HIT-AND-RUN CHARGE George C. Moore Incurs $50 Fine or Jail Term for ‘“Leaving After Colliding.” George C. Moore, 400 block of H street, a taxicab driver, was ordered to pay a fine of $50 or serve 30 days in jail, following his appearance in Police Court today on a charge of leav- ing after colliding. It is alleged the vehicle operated by Moore collided with an automobile operated by George T. Ash of the 1200 block of Shepherd street and the cab driver failed to halt his machine, but left the scene of the accident at Twelfth and N streets and went home. Heavy Construction Contracts. NEW YORK, May 17 (#).—Engineer- ing News-Record reports that the cur- rent year continues to maintain its lead over 1928 in the field of heavy construction and engineering opera- tions, Contracts let throughout the country last week were valued at $139,- 607,000, compared with $93,788,000° in the same period last year, Four Establishments Close as Result of Capt. Stott’s Action | Four places suspected of har- | boring drinking or gambling es- tablishments have closed their | | doors as the result of picketing instituted by Capt. William G. Stott of the third precinct, he said today, adding that the sys- tem would be continued. One officer on duty in the vi- cinity of Sixteenth and L streets this morning attracted continual attention of the curious. SEVEN STREETS 0 BE GONDENINED | Counsel Instructed to ‘Begin Action to Open Section to Water Service. ‘The corporation counsel was instruct- ed today to begin condemnation pro- cgedings for the opening of seven streets in the southeast section, principally at the request of the Sewer and Water De- partments, which want to extend serv- ices in the section covered by the Gar- field Citizens' Association. The streets to be condemned are: Twentieth street from Bruce place to Irving street, Twenty-first street at its | intersection ~with Alabama avenue, ‘Twenty-second street at its intersection with Jasper street, Twenty-third street between Alabama avenue and Irving street, Twenty-fourth street immediate- ly north of Alabama avenue, Hartford | street between Eighteenth and Twenty- | first streets, Jasper street between Twenty-first and Twenty-third streets. The condemnation also will include |land for the widening of Alabama ave- nue between Twenty-first street and | Trving place. This condemnation has been sought by the Citizens: Association for a long | time, in order that the section may be served with sewer and water conven- iences. The latter will be laid as soon | as the rights of way are acauired. $250,000 TO BE SPENT. W. B. & A. to Improve North and South Shore Divisions. Announcement is made by the Wash- ington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Rallroad Co. of plans involving the ex- penditure of over $250,000 to improve its passenger service on the North and South Shore divisions. The announcement stated that the company had contracted with the J. G. Brill Co. of Philadelphia for construc- tion of several new cars of the trailer type, embodying many new comforts for passengers, as well as complete renova- tlon of 17 motor cars, which will be identical with the new equipment ex- cept that they will be motorized. , The new trailers will be of steel construc- tion instead of wood. Delivery of the new equipment is| scheduled for July. EIGHT APARTMENT HOUSES ARE SOLD Properties Purchased by Representative of New England Syndicate, One of the largest realty deals in Washington since the World War has been consummated with the execution of contracts of sale for eight large apartment houses. The total consid- eration is said to be approximately $3,500,000. The properties are being purchased by Perley R. Eaton of Rutland, Vt., and include the Parkway Apartments, at Connecticut avenue and Macomb street, the co-operative venture whose recent failure caised a turmoil in local real estate circles and involved the owners and tenants in court actions, and the Ritz, at 1631 Euclid street. Negotiations for the purchase of six of the buildings were made by H. Grady Gore, local real estate broker. The Parkway was sold through the firm of McKeever & Goss, while the Ponce de Leon, 4514 Connecticut avenue, was sold through W. W. Drury. Mr. Eaton indicated to Mr. Gore that he was purchasing the properties for a syndicate of New England corporations, which will open offices in Washington in the near future. The entire consid- eration has been given for only one of the buildings, that at 2807 Connecticut avenue. ‘The properties sold through Mr. Gore follow: Twenty - eight hundred and seven Connecticut avenue, a five-story structure of brick construction contain- ing 50 apartments, owned by the Carolina Realty Co.; 3901 Connecticut avenue, five stories, brick construction, containing 100 apartments, owned by Harry M. Bralove; the Ritz, 1631 Euclid street, six stories, brick construction, containing 60 apartments, owned by Mrs. Jamie Shorter Gore: the Park- ridge Apartments, 1673 Park road, five stories, brick construction, containing 45 apartments, owned by the Dolfis Apartment Corporation; the Quincy, 811 Quincy place, five stories, brick construction, containing 41 apartments, owned by Jacob Minkoff, Nathan Smith, Abraham S. Kay, Harry Cohn and Max Linkin, and 3800 New Hampshire ave- nue, five stories, brick construction. containing 41 apartments, and owned by the same partnership as the Quincy. The Parkway was owned by Azreal Furr. It is of brick and five stories in height, containing 80 apartments. ‘The Ponce De Leon contains 50 apartments, It also is five storles in height and of brick construction. The seller is Peter A. Drury. There will be no immediate change in the management of the buildings. COMMUNITY DANCE. A varied musical program featuring well known Washington singers will mark the entertainment and com- munity dance program of the Petworth Citizens' Association to be held Tuesday evening in the Petworth School audi- torium. Florence Yocum, soprano. &ccompa- nied by Gretchen Hood, will render a series of songs, following which Miss Roberta January and her dancers will present several numbers. | The entertainment will be followed by & community dance. LITTLE KATHERI Possible Fractured Skull B and Pelvis. | st B Construction Foreman Re-L leased in Custody of Attor- : ney to Await Results. Little 3-year-old Katherine Davis is | lying in a critical condition at Emer- ! gency Hospital today as the result of injuries suffered late yesterday when | run down by an automobile while play- | ing in front of her home at 481 G| street southwest. The child sustained | a possible fractured skull and pelvis in | addition to severe body bruises and | shock. Physiclans hold little hope of | her recovery. Walter Samuel Hurtt of 816 River- dale avenue, Riverdale, Md., driver of the car which ran the child down, was charged by police of the fourth pre- and was released in the custody of At- torney Daniel S. Ring to await the out- come of the girl’s injuries. According to the police, Hurtt, a foreman for a construction company of this city, was driving west on G street and as he approached the child's house swerved his car sharply to the left to avold colliding with an object he said darted in front of his car. He said he did not know he had struck the child until after she had been thrown to the street after coming in contact with the front bumper, He CRITICALLY HU iln Emergency Hospital With[ - cinet with assault with an automobile | to NE DAVIS RT BY MOTOR KATHERINE DAVIS. immediately placed the little girl in his nwachine and rushed her to Emergency Hosplll.‘nl and later reported the accident ce. Alexander Hurd, colored, 1618 I street, was slightly injured last night in an au- tomobile collision at L and First streets. He was treated at Freedman's Hospital. ‘The other, machine was operated by N. 8. Harris of York, Pa. Susie Henson, colored, 35, of 1857 Cali- fornia sireet, was slightly injured last night when struck by an automobile operated by Robert H. Galloway, 606 Roxboro place. Following the accident, in the 2200 block of Georgia avenue, the woman was given treatment at Freedman's Hospital, | and Judge Schuldt remarked that w] PLANSSUBMITTED ONSIPREME COURT NONUNENT-HONE Structure Will Face Capitol on First, Between Maryland Avenue and East Capitol. |MODEL OF EDIFICE NOW ON EXHIBITION Building Will Be Important Addi- tion to Washington Architecture, Harmonizing With Others. Preliminary plans for the monumen- tal home to be erected for the United States Supreme Court, facing the Capi- tol on First street between Maryland avenue and East Capitol street, were submitted to David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, today by Cass Gilbert, New York architect. At the same time a model of the proposed structure was placed on ex- hibition in the main entrance to the Senate Office Building, where it was in= spected by the members of the commis- sion created by Congress to recommend | & design. Although these plans are preliminary and must await the approval of the commission and committee of Congress, they show that the Supreme Court Building will be an imposing addition to the architecture of Washington, har- monizing in every way with the Capitol and Library of Congress. The general dimensions of the build- ing will be 385 feet east and west by 304 feet north and south. There is a central part, standing out above the rest of the building, in which will be the courtroom and main conference room. This central portion will be flanked by four courtyards, around which will be grouped smaller rooms to meet every requirement of a model courthouse, in- cluding a liberal allotment of space for what is expected to be one of the most complete law libraries, Corinthian Exterior. The Corinthian style has been rec- ommended as the basis for the exterior design. The central part will be four stories high on the east front and three stories on the west front, but the east stories will be lower so that the roof line will be continuous. The courtroom will be 84 feet square and 30 feet high, with a floor area about 60 per cent greater than the present courtroom in the Capitol. It will have natural light from windows on both sides opening from the courtyard. ‘The second floor will consist of law library facilities for more than 125,000 volumes and on the third floor there will be a large reading room, and book stacks for special law collections capable of storing 222,000. floor also will contain working space for the assistant librarian and cataloguing room. ‘There will be space in the basement for automobile storage. The architect recommended that the ventilation and acoustics of the courtroom be made as | perfect as scientific knowledge will per- mit. He also stated in the report that it is not intended to finish the interior with the elaborate and expensive marble, but to rely on fine proportions and a sparing use of appropriate decorations ui) :ichleve the monumental effect de- sired. ‘The site has already been acquired, but the authorization for the building is awaiting final approval of these plans. Six of the justices of the Supreme Court inspected the model of the new building shortly after it was placed on display, and showed a deep interest in all of its details. Chief Justice Taft and Mrs, Taft were among the first to visit the exhibit. The others who visited the exhibit this morning were Justices Holmes, Van Devanter, Bran- dies, Stone and Sanford. Justice Stone was accompanied by Mrs. Stone. BURKE SENT TO JAIL ON ASSAULT CHARGES Construction Worker, Despite His Disclaimer, Convicted of Hitting ‘Watchman at Gospel Mission. Despite his contention that he should be the complaining witness and not the defendant, John M. Burke, a construc- tion worker, was sentenced to serve 60 days in jail today by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court on charges of assault, destroying private property, drunk and disorderly conduct. Arrested following a general melee in the Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall place, last night, Burke was accused of striking Arthur B. Bagden, night watch- man, as the latter was seated at a table, breaking a window, using profane lan- guage and being intoxicated. Witnesses testified the defendant en- tered the mission and, without warning, struck Bagden in the eye. Others joined in the affray, attempting to quiet the defendant. A bystander admitted “work- ing on him a little bit” with a night stick in order to subdue him. Burke bore the signs of the “workout” when he appeared in court, and-in- formed Judge Schuldt they “arrested the wrong man.” “1 am the one who was assaulted,” Burke declared. He said that after being struck with the night stick he fell and “couldn't help it if he landed in the window.” Officer F. B. Knapp testified that he had arrested Burke on other occasicns, en he was drinking, “he was pretty b: Burke admitted he drank a “littl whisky,” but denied being “pretty bad.” FUND INCREASE ASKED. Chamber Committee Urges More Money for Schools. Recommendations that the annual appropriations for the public schools be increased and that the estimates of the financial needs of the schools sub- mitted by the Board of Education should be sent to the Bureau of the Budget by the District Commissioners without change were made yesterday by the public schools committee of the Washington Chamber of ommerce. Charles H. LeFevre, chairman of the committee, presided. Commerce PLANS TO BUY STATION. Purchase and Transfer Hinges on Radio Commission. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 17.—Ar< rangements have been completed by Abe Cohen of Lynchburg, for purchase of the 500-watt radio station formerly located at the Cavaller Hotel at Vir- £ Lomenburg, "t the | Federal” Radio yn! 3 o Commission approves,