Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1929, Page 17

[4 @he Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Staf. Society and WASHINGTON, D. F RIDAY, MAY 24 1929 PAGE 17 FLYERS GATHERING | FOR CURTISS CUP RAGE: TOMORROW Twenty-Four Naval Planes Are in Final List of Entries. STUNTS AND PARACHUTE JUMPS ARE SCHEDULED| Lieut. Williams to Do "O\Itsldt"{ Loop, Taking to Air at About | 2:30 0°Clock. Crack #tatio from the gathering speed pilots from the nav e Atlaniic Coast and | U cogay were ington to compete | tomorrow afternoon in the Curtiss M rine race over the Potomac River for the historic trophy establist ed Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation pioneer. Twenty- list of ent mishaps to ing given their ail will g0 to the post in the race tomorrow race will be witnessed by the President and Vice President, the cabi- net. high ranking Army and Navy offi- cors, the diplomatic corps, officials of the National Aeronautical Association. the Acro Club of Washington and the | general public. Reserved seats in the stands which have been erected on_the | Upper, left to right: Capt. James T. Jawn in front of the executive offices |Moore and Capt. Arthur H. Page, Marin at the Anacostia Naval Air Station|fiyers. will be for invited guests, but the public [ Center, r flyers were in the final left to right: Lieut. E. W COMPETE IN CURTISS AIR RACE POLICE STATIONS "IN HOME AREAS S 0 DT Zening Commission to Hear Arguments on Proposed | Change in Rules. e \PROPERTY DEPRECIATION IS FEARED BY OWNERS | Fire Engine Houses and Pumping Stations Near Residences Would Also Be Affected. A lively battle is expected at the next meeling of the Zoning Commis- | sion when the question of allowing the | District to build fire engine houses, | police stations and pumping stations in | residential zones again will be taken | up. ~ The docket of the meeting, which { will be held at 10 am., June 5, was | pubtished today, There are nihe requests for changes in zoning to be heard. in addition to | the proposed change in the rules gov- | | etning residential zones. On account | {of the importance of the proposed reg- | uiation, it has been promoted to the | {top of the list, although the regular | practice is to hear motions for change in the regulations after the neighbor- hood zoning requests. | This matter was advertised for hear- { ing at_ the May meeting of the commis- | sion, but owing to the shortness of the notice at that time, it was postponed to allow those who wanted to argue on cither side of the question to arrange their battlefronts. The change spe- will be given free run of the entire station durin gthe race and for the special attractions wiich have been planned to precede the main event. Outside Loop on Program. The public for the first time will have a chance to witness Lieut. Alford J. Willams, crack speed and stunt pilot of the Navy. who recently was awarded the Distinguished Flying | Cress for his stunt flying, which has given the Na luable aviation data, | do the “outside” lcop, for which ke has become famous. Lieut. Williams has announced that he will not onl rm that difficult feat of flying.! will make an outside turn around the pylon in front of the air station, | which will mark the beginning and end of the Curtiss Trophy race. This | outside turn is one of the most diffi- cult maneuvers in flying, and gives the spectator the impression of a plane fying backward. Lieut. Wil- Jiams will take the air at about 2:30 o'clock. shortly before the race begins Capt. O. F. Rogers, Marine Corps stunt also will perform aerial acrobatic make para- | > big the will wines of t Round and Lieut. Alan P. Flagg, Nis fiyers. Lowes jeut. William 0. Bric Marine Flyer. —Associated Press Piv SUBMETERING PLEA DISMISSAL STUDIED i Judge Bailey Takes Under Advisement Moticns to Drop Four Suits. Following arguments of counsel. Jus- | tice Jennings Bailey of the District Su- preme Court today took under advise- ment motions of the Public Utilities | Commission and the Potomac Electric Power Co. to dismiss four suits for in- junction brought against them by own- | ers and operators of apartments and bogin at 3 o'clock, when | . the' training_ ships will fly rting point in for- | mation. At two-minute intervals there- | after the four other groups, the torpedo planes, the amphibians, observation and | fighting planes, will fly across the start- | ing point in formation. Across the starting point, the pilois will “give the | gun” ta their ships and the race will| be on. Details to Be Broadcast. | Lieut. C. R. Brown of the Bureau of | Acronautics, Navy Department, will| broadcast the details of the race to the | gpectators, keeping them informed on each of the five 20-mile laps es to who is leading, the average speed being made in the various classes and other race data. ) | The last two classcs. the fighting and observation planes, being considerabl faster than the other types, will paz the training planes twice and the other | planes once. The amphibian and tor- Pedo planes will pass the training Planes once. This arrangement is ex- pected to give the spectators some in- feresting maneuvering at the home ylon turn. ‘ Py ke Christopher, chairman of the contest committee of the Natiohal Aero- nautic Association, which is sponsoring the race, will be the official referee and the judges will be Porter Adams. former president of the N. A. A.: Maj. Clarence Young of the Department of Commerce Aeronautics Branch, and Dr. George Lewis, director of the national advisory committee for seronautics. In addition to the Curtiss troph racers will compete for the trop! the plane which makes the best speed in its class; five gold wrist watches the given by the Hamilton Watch Co.. to be | awarded by the National Aeronautic As- sociation, and prizes offered by airplane manufacturers in each of the five classes of planes. Other Prizes Offered. For the training plane class winner a prize has been offered by the Consoii- dated Aircraft Co., for the torpedo class winner there is a prize given by Glenn L. Martin of the Martin Aircraft Co., in | the amphibian class the pilots will com- pete for the prize given by A. P. Loening of the Loening Aircrafi Co. Chance Vought of the airplane firm bearing his name has offered a prize for the win- ning observation plane pilot and Bur- dette Wright of the Curtiss Aircraft Co a prize for the fighting ship class win- ner. The fighting ships are generally conceded to have the best chance of winning the trophy. because they are the fastest planes in active service in the Navy. As the trophy will classes of chance to win that to be piloted by Lieut. W. G Tomlinson, U. S. N. equipped the new engine cowling developed the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautic:’ Laboratory at Langle Field, is favored to win the rIu “This co believed to add siderably d of the plane. Army pilots at Bolling Field, foining the Anacostia station, promised to keep out of the much as possible during the of the race to give the clear view ¢f < racing machines. NEWSPAPERS HELD AID planes are given o the s hat air TO BETTER BUSINESS Publishers Who Refuse Advertis ing From Questionable Concerns Commended by Louis Rothchild. effective weapon s Bureau in fig s is the co-opr The most Better Busin ethical pract ration o the newspapers of Washington, which yefuse to advertise the products of con cerns employing such methods, Louis Rothschild, director of the bureau, as- address serted last night in a radio broadcast from station WRC. He emphasized the civic responsibilit of newspapers and then told of scveral instances where their refusal to print advertisements had forced merchants to abandon guestionable sales methods. | rendered Ingalls | a cup to be awarded the pilot | be | awarded for speed alone, the five other | little | Of the fighting planes, with | in con- ad- running spectators a | of the| iting un- office buildings to prevent carrying out | of the commission’s order forbidding the | power companics from furnishing elec- | tric energy to be submetercd to tenants. | The suits were filed by trustees of the | Adams Building, 1333-35 F street: the | Washington Convention Hall Co., Fifth | | and K streets; James Karrack, owner of | the Monmouth Hotel, 1819 G street, and the Crandall Reelty Co. which owns the Arcade Market and Amusement | Hall, at Fourtcenth street and Park road. | . Claim Loss Ts Threatened. | Counsel for the owners contended that submetering of electric current has been practiced since 1915 and asserted that the central meters and submeters pleced in their buildings would now be useless. They asserted the | commission is without power to inter fere with the disposition of electr | current after it has been purchased by the owners of buildings and claimed | their clients will suffer injury to the | extent of several thousand dollars un- i less the court intervenes. Assistant Corporation Counsel Rob- ert E. Lynch, for the public utilities. | and _Attorneys Sam R. Bowen and | J¢ Barbour, for the power com- asking dismissal of the suits, asse that submetering of electric energy is against public policy and the utilities act and they declared that tenants should not be required to ob- tain current from landlords when util- ity service is available, or be denied the | protection of regulations by the Gov- ernment #s to rates and service. Cite Absence of Franchise. ‘They declared the bills of complaint failed to show that any cf the plain- tiffs has a franchise to remeter and sell electric energy in the District, or that any of them is discriminated | sion, | jury by reason of the power compal in the face of the order of the com- mission. | " Ralph B. Fleharty. peoples' counsel, { took part in the argument The plaintiffs were represented by | Attorneys Mason, Spaulding & McAtee | C. Chester Caywood, Clephane, Latimer | & Hall and Shands & Bull. LOOT WORTH $1,000 | TAKEN IN 4 THEFTS Missing—Another, Worth $350, Is Taken, | w in four burglaries | thetts reported to police yesterday and | 1ast night tectives secured the description of 00 diamond ring, reported stolen or aid at 930 Emerson street by N Samelson of apartment e last saw the Ting yesterday as obtained morning Mrs. Dean Caldwell. 3020 Courtland | place, appealed to police last night to | make an effort to recover a white-gold ring set with sapphires and diamonds. The ring, valued at $350, was stolen | from Mrs. Caldwell's home Wednesday night Swift Eagle, 1328 Q street, told police he saw several men leaving his home t night. He made an examination of the premises and discovered he had been robbed of $50 and an automobile wheel. A duplicate key operator was in evi- dence yesterday in the home of John tohus n, 1919 Ninth The in- uder stole wearing and a sazelet valued at $40. . Painter Is Injured in Fall. Oscar Riggs, 34. of 616 Third street, a sign painter, fell to the pavement while painting on a building at Eleventh and G streets vesterday afternoon, r ceiving possible internal injuries. He was given first aid at Emergency Hos- pital by Dr. C. B. White. street. apparel y v | one of the department buildings at 300 HATARD REMOVAL BALKED BY MTARL Plans of Department of Agri- culture to Remodel Build- ing Blocked. Plans of the Department of Agricul- ture to eliminate a fire hazard by re- | modeling and constructing additions_to Linworth place southwest have been blocked by Controller General McCarl who held, in a decision made public todav. that the department had no | funds which, under the law, could be used for this purpose In his request. the Secretary of Agri- | | culture asked McCarl if certain appro- priations for the department could be and pointed out that there was rious fire hazard” which the de- was anxious to eliminate. Segregation Is Wanted. It was explained at the department | that McCarl's decision would mean ! indefinite postponement of plans until | legislation can be had from Congress. | “There is urgent nced for alterations of the building,” the Secretary of Agri- | culture wrote to McCarl, “in order to make possible the complete segregation | of the large quantity of cotton, hay and | wool which must be kept on hand, and | used a partmen| 850 AREE cifically calls for addition to section 3 of the zoning regulations, which defines the uses permissible in residential zones, of the following language: “Fire engine houses, police stations, and pumping stations. Public playgrounds, | public recreation centers and public | swimming pools.” Associations Opposed. The Federation of Citizens' Associ-{ ations is opposed to the change, and it | is cxpected to encounter strong op- position from many, who fear their property may be depreciated if the Dis trict were to be allowed to build police stations next to their homes. The other | changes to be discussed are: | Change from residential, 90 feet, C area, to first commercial. 90 feet. C area—Lot 801, square 122, known as 502 | Nineteenth street. Change from first commercial, 90 | feet, C area, to first commecial, 40 feet, C area—Square 128, entire, bounded by B, C. Nincteenth and Twentieth streets. | Change frcm residential, 90 feet, C | arca, to first commercial. 90 feet, C| arca—Lot 137, square 155, known as' 1708 R street i Change_from residential, 90 feet and | €0 feet. C area, to first commercial, 90 feet and 60 fect. C area—Lots 800, 1, 801, 802, 3 and 4. square 521, being on the north side of P street. between Third and Fourth streets, and 225 feet | from P street, on Fourth street. | Additional Changes. Change from residential, 60 feet, C | area, to first commercial, 60 feet, Carea | —Lots 54, 55 and 56, square 2897, known | as 3647, 3649 and 3651 New Hampshire | avenue. Change from residential, 60 feet, C | area, to first commercial, 60 feet, C | area—Lots 88 and 89, square 3112, known as 15 and 17 Rhode Island avenue ! Change from residential, 40 feet, C | area, to residential, 60 fect, C area— | Rear part of lot 802, square 1929, being | on the northwest corner Garfield street and Wisconsin avenue. Change from residential, resiricted area, to residential, 40 feet, C area—Lots 5 to 9. inclusive, squar 1983, being the northeast corner Elli- cott street and Reno road. Change from residential, 40 feet, area, to first commercial, 40 feet area—Lots 1 to 4, inclusive, square 5453, | being the southeast corner Minnesota | avenue and E street southeast. o 40 feet, Al | into the groun come out of his kennel. place the lost mascot. | Edward Donaldson. BOARD PROPOSED INNEW FLOOD PLAN Engineering Council Hits Jadwin Project in Plea for Review. Finding serious fault with plans for ississippi River flood control, as advo- cated by Mai. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Engincers, U. S. A., the administra- tive board of the American Engincering Council adopted a resolution urging the | creation by the Federal Government of struction of the Bonnet Carre spill-‘ way." This report, it was stated, had pie- viously been adopted by the executive committee of the council. and a copy of it mailed to President Hoover several | days ago, but it had not been given | cut for publication until adopted by the administrative board today. | Besides Mr. Williams, the chairman | of the council's committee on flood con- trol. the report adopted is signed by Baxter L. Brown of St. Louis, John R. Freeman of Providence R L. and Ar- thur E. Morgan, president of Antioch | College. CHILDREN INIURED Five pupils of the Hyatisville High School appeared at the White House foday for a sight of the possum which strayed in the hope of indentifying him as their lost pet. But Billy Possum ran true to form and refused to The boys left a note to President Hoover asking to borrow the White House possum to re- In the photo, left to right: Robert Veneman, Lelia Smith, William Robinson, Agnes Gingell and —Star Staff Photo ‘SCHOOL ATHLETES ASKFORPUSSUM Note Requesting President to Give Animal to Them Is DISTRICT UTILITIES WIN CANCELLATION OF ASSESSMENTS Gas and Telephone Firms | Have More Than $500,000 Taken From Lists. \COURT RULES CONDUITS AND POLES NOT TAXABLE | Will Have to Go to Congress for Refund of Back Levies Paid Under Protest. The District Commissioners today directed cancellation of assessments amounting to more than $500,000 against the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. and the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. The action was taken following a decision by the Court of Appeals in a case brought by the Potomac Electric Power Co., holding that poles, wires, conduits and mains used for are not taxable | property. | Assessments List. The amounts of assessments of which | each of the companies have been re- licved are as follows: Georgetown Gas | Light Co.. for gas mains end lamp | posts, $73.700.36; Washington Gas Light | Co., $478,574.55; Chesapeake & Potomac | Telephone Co., for conduits and over- | head wives. $25,163.58. The telephone company will probably INTRAEFG NISHAPS Left After Call. ihave to go to Congress to collect Te- | funds of more than $300,000 for taxes Fearful lest their mascot, which all!paid, which the Court of Appeals de- last Winter brought good luck to their| cism‘n has!h&{g lgl“fi‘acl Uzfi%&:‘:mgn;fl e ve i employes of of - teams, may have strayed into the hands | SRRIOVES 0. R (RO o mpany had of their competitors, if not into the peen paying taxes under protest each | White House, five Hyattsville High!year until the case brought by the | School athletic leaders this morning | POWer company was settled. | called at the Executive Mansion, and | Records Corrected. | best possible solution of the Miss! One Suffers Broken Arm, Other Leg Fracture—Wom- | an Hurt in Collision. | “a board of review, composed of ncn- partisans and competent civilian en- gineers, with authority to develop the sippi flond-control problem.” failing to identify the opossum_there, | left a note requesting President Hoover to allow them to have the White House | continue. The youngsters who called at the The asscssments against the power ccmpany have already been struck from the books by order of the court, and | opossum that their good fortune may|ihe order of the Commissioners today | applies the same rule to all the utilities taxed. | ted t» President Coolidge D~cember last. | tractor against by the order of the commis- | or that they will suffer eay in-| continuing to sell them electric ercrgy | $500 Diamond Ring Is Beportcd‘ Miscellaneous loot valued at $1.000 and | 3! XPECTED | 10 ATTEND BAKE also to furnish additional storage space. At the present time, these inflammable | materials are stored throughout the building, which is occupied by officers, | | and_constitute a serious fire hazard. | | In the case of loss by fire of any | this material, great expense snd in- | convenicnce would be incurred. In some cases it would not be ible to replace samples without identical ma- terial.” S il | Trade Board Members to Go | to Sherwood Forest in [ Auto Caravan. Expulsion Proposed. The alterations proposed by the Sec- retary included removal of the present galvanized iron shed which is attached | to the building and reconstruction of it on the south side of the building. This shed was characterized as “not fire- proof and consequently unsatisfactory.” In addition, it was proposed to build a two-story brick extension in the east side of the building to furnish addi- tional warehouse space and 15 office rooms. The construction was estimated to cost $14,000, and the Secretary thought that the additional work of investiga- tion which Congress had authorized the Bureau of Agriculiural Economics fo perform should have justified the use of funds. appropriated by Congress for additional work. i MISS BIGELOW ELECTED | BAR ASSOCIATION HEAD e | Pennsylvania avenue side of the District stant Counsel to Federal Farm 'Building at 9 o'clock in the morning, and those traveling to the Maryland resort | in private cars will form in the same | place and proceed to the scene of the shad bake in caravan form. The pro- been | cession will be led by.E. J. Murphy, presilent of the board, and Elmer T. Burdette, chairman of the committee in charge. STUDY OF HOMELESS IS COUNCIL'S PLAN; A study of transient and homeless persons coming to Washington will be made by the child welfare committee of the Council of Social Agencies in co- operation with the Travelers Aid So- clety, the executive board of the coun- cll decided yesterday. Miss Katherine Lenroot, assistant chief of the United States Children’s Bureau, was named chairman of the committee. Appointment of Miss Louise | McGurie of the Catholic School of So- ial Scrvice, as chairman of the family welfare committee also was announced. The study is expected to result in n plan by which the Council of Social | Agencies and Travelers Aid Soclety may care for homeless persons in the city. The council’s committce voted to recommend to the budget committee of the Community Chest an appropriation to provide two additional workers for the survey. ‘ Approximatcly 850 business men of | Washington, comprising part of the membership of the Board of Trade, have signified their intention of attending the I‘annual shad bake of the board to be held tomorrow at Sherwood Forest, Md. Amonz the prominent guests who sentative Frederick N. Zihlman, chair- man of the House District committee; Commissioners Proctor L. Dougherty and Sidney F. Taliaferro; the two As sistant Engineer Commisisoners, Ma. Donald A. Davison and Maj. L. E. At- kins: Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District engineer and co-ordinator: Representa- tives Edward M. Beers, Albert R. Hal and Frank L. dowman: Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and of the Fire Department. Loan Board Is Honored by Woman Miss May T. Bigelow has | elected president of the Women's Bar Associat:on for the ensuing year. She was ciated with the law office of wilton J mbert, but recently ac- cepted an ointment as assistant i counsel to Federal Farm Loan Board. Other officers elected include Miss Annabel Matthews, vice president; Mi: Nita S. Hinman, corresponding secre- tary: Miss Vera Brungart, recording secretary: Miss Catherine Myers, treas- urer. The directors chosen include Mrs. Theodore Cogswell, Miss Wold and Miss Beatrice Clephane. | PLANS STORM SHELTERS. Grant Asks Bids for Construction Lawyers. L ay the on Golf Courses. Tieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. director ! of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, 1ssu>d a call for bids | today to erect scven storm shelters on the East Potomac Park golf course and five on the Rock Creck course. Contracts are to be closed at the end of the month The shelters are of cork cedar and are eight by eight fect in size. | of | the council membe: have accented invitations are Repre- | Chief Engineer George E. Watson, head ‘ A number of busses will leave the | | tent of Congr | two plans submitted, both of Th~ resolution was adopted at a meeting in the Hotel Mayflower today upon recommendation of the council’s committee on flood control, Gardner F. Williams, Ann Arbor, Mich., chairman eferring to the report of the Missis- sippi flood-control commission submit Mr. Williams characterized the report as sirictly Gen. Jadwin's plan. which he emphasized as being unfeasible. Williams declared the commis- sion had been appointed to adjust en- gincoring differences between the Jad- win ~nd the Mississippi River Commis- sion’: plans. Continuing. Mr. Willlams salc ‘ho head of the Mississippi River Corwin sion was Brig. Gen. Charles L. F~'irr, who being a brigadier gencral an Gen. Jadwin's subordinate, favored the Jadwin plan. Then, Mr. Williams charged that Charles W. Sturdevant, the civilian engineer appointed to the commission, was a close personal friend of Gen. Jadwin's and served in a regiment un- | der him during the World War. Methods Are Denounced. Other members of the administrative board of the council condemned the way in which Army engineers have con- trolled engincering projects in thi: country. Gen Richard Marshall, man. ager of the associated general Con- of America, after indicating that steps should have been taken years ago to give the Arniy engincers less au- said, “I don't believe in giv- g cm any comfort, jam Mc- { Clellan, member of the Muscle Shoals 1, appointed by President Lawrence W. Wallace. execu- of the council: John Lyle Harrington of Kansas City. past | president of the Amecrican Society of | Mechanical Engincers, and other mem- bers of the administrative board spoke in general favor of the resolution ;\doph‘d by the board at today's meet- ng ‘The administrative board went into { executive session later in the morning, when it was understood to have dis- |cussed certain communications witih President Hoover regarding Mississippi flood control conditions, A number of are known to ap- | prove the recent action of Secretary of War Good in refusing to permit the | letting of contracts for flood control under the Jadwin plan at the present time. It was charged that if contracts were let under the Jadwin plan within six months it would cost a great deal of money to change those plans and proceed with any other plans which may be adopted. The report of the American Engineer- ing Council's committee on flood con- trol, officially adopted at the meeting, reads as follows: “Your committee appointed to con- sider the problems arising from the Mississippi River floods submitted a re- port under date of January 19, 1928, which was transmitted to the committee on flood control of the House of Repre- sentatives under date of February 2, 1928. A copy of that report is hereto attached. I Study Held Insufficient. “Your committee now reiterates that | sufficient study of the engineering and | economic phases of flood control on the | Mississippi River has not been made to justify the Federal Government in adopting any plan therefor. Conse- quently, it would be a grave mistake | to permit letting of contracts for the | construction of the Missouri floodway {or any other controversial elements un- tl the enginecring practicability and economical feasibility or adequacy are studied by a_non-partisan and compe- tent board of engineers. “Your committee believes that the in- in the best interest of the Nation was defeated by the con- stitution and action of the board cre- ated to adjust the engineering differ- ences of the Jadwin and Mississippi River Commission plan and elso because the board was restricted by the terms of the flood control act of May 15, 1928, from considering any other than the which plans were hastily prepared and based upon inadequate data. As a consequence there is in the engineering profession marked and general confidence in the plan adopted. Therefore your commit- tee urgently rccommends the creation by the Federal Government of a board of review composed of non-partisans and competent civilian engineers with authority to develop the best possible soluiion_ of the Mississippi flood con- trol problem. “And your committee further recom- mends that the said board of review thould as soon as possible designate those features of construction which would be common to any acceptable plans, whereupon work should proceed upon them, and that pending such designation work should be restricted to the repair straightening and raising of existing structures and the con- A horse-drawn vehicle, long discount- ed as an element of danger in the pre: of motor traffic, | juries yesterday to a 4-year-old pedes- | trian, although automobiles accounted for three other casualties during the !1ate afternoon and night. | The victim of the unusual accident | was Robert Reynolds. colored. who was knocked down by a horse and his arm | broken yesterday afternoon while erc |ing the street in front of his home, | 4733 Mease street northeast. The child |was .reated at Casualty Hospital. | Police did not learn who was driving the horse. Woman Hurt in Collision. ‘ A collision of automobiles early Jast night at Maryland avenue and Four- | and-a-half street southwest sent Elma | Becker, 50. a passenger, to a ncarby doctor's office, where she was given first aid for bruises and shock. _She was riding in a car driven by Ernest D, Becker, 486 G street southwest, | while the other machine was operated by Wilitam E. Woodfield of the Nation- al_Training School for Boys. vear-old Charles W. Brogden 14306 Brandywine street, suffered a | fracture of the leg when bowled over on Wisconsin avenue near Grant road yesterday afteroon by a taxi driven by Ryland K. Fortune, 2433 Eighteenth street. Fortune took the injured boy to Emergency Hospital. | _ Calvin® Windsor, 24 years old. Seat Pleasant, Md., sustained a fracture of his righi arm and injury to his w vesterday afternoon when his_automo- bile and the car of Joseph M. Jack- colored, of the 2500 block of I | street, were in a collision at Florida {and Montello avenues northeast. He was given surgical aid at Casualty Hos- pital. | son, SOUCEK POSTPONES RECORD TRY PLANS Navy Officer Will Attempt to Set | Altitude Mark for Seaplanes | in Converted Ship. | | _Plans of Lieut. Apollo Soucek, U. S. | N, to attempt to break the seaplane al- | titude record in the Navy plane Apache, | in which he recently set a new world | altitude record for land planes, have | been pestponed until next week, it was | announced today by Lieut. Soucek | | Due to the work involved in getting the planes at the Anacostia Naval Air Station ready for the Curtiss Marine Trophy race Saturday, mechanics have had little time to get the Apache ready for Licut. Soucek’s altitude hop and the record holder has been forced to defer | |his take-off, which was originally planned for this week. 1 | © The Apache is almost ready for the | flight, however. It has been converted {from a land plane into a seaplane by | the removal of the wheel landing gear and the substitution of a single pon- | toon. Several minor changes in the ma- chine’s design and a thorough testing out are necessary before Lieut. Soucck . will attempt to break the record. Lieut. Soucek today said he planned | to take the Apache up Monday for i thorough test flight, and to make altitude hop as soon thereafter as pos- | sible. | e 'RAID ON STORE RESULTS | IN PROPRIETOR'S ARREST | Quantity of Alleged Liquor Is Seized in Grocery by Sergt. Let- terman and Squad. Scores of persons said to have been making their way into a grocery store at 1601 Benning road northeast in an apparent state of sobriety and emerging otherwise yesterday led Sergt. O. J. | Letterman and his liquor squad to force | thelr way through a huge wooden door, | | deciared to have been rcinforced by a | heavy iron bar, and seize a large quan- { tity of alleged whisky. David Eichner, | said by police to be the proprietor, was | arrested on charges of illegal possession of intoxicating liquors, Sergt. Letterman, with Detective R. J. ! Cox and Policemen G. C. McCarron and James A. Mostyn, members of his squad, were cruising in a police car in the vicinity when the condition was brought to attention. was blamed for in- | White House this morning were Wil- % v, it Wi tated, | Nam Robinsen, Eddis Donaldson, ABnes| cam o ar e Oy I e minteit Gingell and Lelia Smith, all outstand- | o taxes paid during the last three |ing athletes of the school. and Robert| vears, but the statute of limitations pre- Th‘t!;:n?fi‘:;h 5, identify. the White | yents refunds for taxes paid prior to | House opossum s thelr recently 105t | of ‘wn aet O?g,}’;gr‘gs_‘l’“‘m dhectey | mascot failed because the animal re- | fused to emerge from his dark kennel. | The text of the letter left by tthCRUSA DERS OF HONOR students and signed by the athletic assocfation. follows: “We call to vour attention the story appearing in_The Evening Star vester- day about Billy Opossum, our lost, rayed or stolen mascot. While with us, Billy alded materially in piloting our base ball and basket ball teams to the Prince Georges County championship. Tomorrow. our school is competing in the annual field meet for the county championship and next week our bas: ball team will enter the State cham plonship. i | _“In the absence of our little friend Billy and to counteract any influence for bad in ‘the event he may have ! found his way into the enemy camp. we are wondering if you will be kind enough to allow us to have the White House opossum.” Protecticn of Animals and Respect for Property Objects of New Society. Formal organization of the Crusaders of Honor, a society of young people for the prevention of cruelty to animals and the protection of property, will be ef- fected at & meeting to be held at the Asbury Methodist Church, Sixteenth and Lamont streets, at 10:30 o'clock to- morrow_morning. | The first half hour will be spent in {an informal talk by Miss Lenore Marie | de Grange, founder of the society, in | which she will set cut the nced for | kinder treatment of dumb anima's and ! greater respact for propertv. The re- | mainder of the meeting will be devoted to organization of the society ded into members will be di | The ranks, that of page, squire and knight, | according to their length of service and 1JRORS CONTINUE Witnesses Explain Methods | ieaders in different sections of the city. | 2 N " - | Invitations have been extended to all Being Used in Financing { civic and humane societies of the city | to be present and lend their support to Car Purchases. {the movement. Among those invited are: Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, president | of the Parent-Teacher Association; Mrs. The Disirict grand jury today, under (he guidance of Assistant United States torney Irvin Goldstein, continued its -obe into the “loan shaik” situation in ashington. A numbcr of witnesses were called before the grand jurors and explained the methcds in vogue by persons and | corporations engaged in financing the | purchase of automobiles on time. ! Not only persons who are said to have | suffered from excessive interest levies | but officials of some of the compani were called as witnesses. | When he has finished presenting the | testimony tions, Goldstein expects to take up the matter of “small loans” and to investi- | gate the methods used by persons and | corporations engaged in this business. | The United States attorney’s office | does not expsct indictments by the ! grand jury. but expects to have a com- | plete survey of the situation made in! the hope that a recommendation will ! be forthceming for additional legisla- tion, by means of which the exacting of excessive interest will be made a| Federal offense. Only by such legislation can the | United States attorney obtain indict-| ments for conspiracy when two or more persons are engaged in such practices. | “SOUTHPAW” TELEPHONE | INSTALLED FOR ENGINEER! The first European type telephone in- | strument, with the receiver and mouth- | piece all'in one, has made its way into the District Buliding. It is instalied on | the desk of Assistant Engineer Commis- | | sicner Conald A. Davison. | Ma), Davison, who is left-handed has | becn trying for some months to get one so that he would be able to hold the| instrument in his right hand while tak- | ing notes with his left. The ordinary telephone instrument is not constructed for southpaws. At first Maj. Davison was balked in his efforts because the city fathers would not approve the extra 50-cent monthly charge for this type of phone, but later the Chesapeake & Potomac | Telephone Co. Installed it for him with- out extra charge. The secret of it is | that the phone is officia'ly designated | &s an experimental one. If the “experi- ment” proves successful, then the new municipal center will be equipped with European phones throughout. But all | this is years in the future. 1 e ‘Worker Is Hurt in Plunge. While at work on the new Internal Revenue Building at Twelfth and B streets yesterday, Edward W. Dealey, 51, of 419 G street, fell and received a painful injury to his right side. He was able to go home after receiving first ald at Emergency Hospital, concerning finance corpora- | 1 ! Truman Palmer, president of the Ani- mal Rescue League: Mrs. Herbert El- more, president of the Humane Society. and John Small of the Junior Clvic Group. Representatives from Friend- ship House, the Jewish Community | Center and the Boy and Girl Scouts are also expected to be present. All other ividuals or organizations interested in the movement are invited. The committee in charge of the | movement will be headed by Miss de Grange, who for three vears was dra- matic director in the public schools, and | will consist of Miss May Libby, Miss Leona Feathers_ Mrs. Theodore Tiller. Mrs. Virginia Bassingham. Mrs. Ida se Townsend and Mrs. John P. Neligh of Neighborhood House. LEROY PLACE RESIDENTS PROTEST SCHOOL PERMIT Mrs. H. B. Learned Makes Applica- tion for Site Adjoining Poto- mac School. Residents of Lerov place objected strenuously at & public hearing before the District Commissioners today to issuance of an occupancy permit to allow use of 2137 Leroy place as a school. Application for the permit was made by Mrs. H. B. Learned, who con. ducts the Potomac School, a private institution, on 2144 California street, adjoining the address on Leroy place. Mr. Learned, a member of the Board of Education, and husband of the ap- plicant, was present and made a short address, but remained neutral. The property owners said their prop- erty would be damaged if the extension were granted, as the 40 extra first and second grade children to be accommo- ated in the school would create a great deal of noise, particularly when play- ing_after school hours. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, chairman of the board, remarked that his mother-in-law lived opposite a pub- lic school accommodating 400 children and had no objections to the noise. Among those appearing to protest against granting of the occupancy per- mit were: James Kerr, 2136 Leroy place Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, 2120 Leroy place Mrs. Reginald Clark, Col. W. H. Car- ther, 2130 Leroy place; Harry K. Boss, 1417 K street, and G. B. Craighill, Bids Asked for Pylon Models. Bids for construction of a small plaster model of th: four pylons on Columbia Island, in conjunction with the Arlingion Memorial Bridge devel~ opment, are being called for by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant. 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. The bids will be opened next Wednesday. The model when finished, will show the ornamentation on the pylons, with rosettggon the stone structures