Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1929, Page 17

he Ty ening Star. *WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BAS STOCK BUYERS, STATEMENT 10 BE BARED LATE TODAY Representatives of Pur- chasers Confer With Com- missioners for Two Hours. ACTION WAS EXPECTED AT MORNING’S SESSION Vtilities Officials Withhold In- formation Until Second Meet- ing Is Held. The long-awaited statement of the new ownership of the Washington Gas Light Co. will not be made until late today. An announcement had been expected | this morning, but after a two-hour conference between members of the Public Utilities Commission, its legal mides and representatives of the pur- chasers it was seid that the statement would not be forthcoming until a second conference set for 3:30. The conference this morning was | LIGHTS WILL FLOOD COURTS FOR NIGHT TENNIS MATCHES Completion of Experiments Expected Soon—Poles Already Erected. Grounds at Seventeenth and! B Street Is Scene of Change. The tennis courts near Seventeenth and B streets will be available to the| public for playing at night in about two | weeks, if experiments prove satistactory, | F. W. Hoover, general manager of the | Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, Incor- | porated, announced today. Preparations are now going_forward ' rapidly to put the courts in shape for | lighting. The work is progressing in three sections. Poles Set Up. | The Potomac Electric Power Co. has set up the poles and the lighting has | been installed from Seventeenth street | to the stone house near the courts and | a transformer has been placed there. | Electricians of the office of Public Buil ings and Public Parks under the direc- | tion of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, are | placing the electric light service under | ground from the stone house to the| courts and putting the lights on the poles and stretching the cables to the lights. High-powered Bulbs. Two 1,000-watt bulbs will be held in WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1929; CATHEDRAL STONE BIDS ACGEPTED FOR 2 TRANGEPTS Award Involves $250,000 for 50,000 Cubic Feet of New Materials. $57,000 MONTHLY ASKED TO FINISH CONSTRUCTION Hope to Complete Work in Time for George Washington's 200th Anniversary. ‘The closing of a contract, involving an expenditure of $250,000 for the pur- chase of the first 50,000 cubic feet of stone required to begin the building of the north and south transepts of Wash- ington Cathedral was authorized today by the Cathedral Chapter, it was an- nounced by Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington, who said that 1t was the first step in a new pro- gram of construction ‘hlch it is hoped will be completed by 1932 in time for a religious commemoration of the 200th | CLEVELAND PARK CITIZENS PROTEST ! ! Charge Funds” in Purchase of Ground on Macomb St. FORMER CORPORATION COUNSEL SIGNS LETTER Residents Advise Lot Is Unsuited for Purpose and Project Is Not Needed in That Section. Charging “waste of public funds,” in the purchase of a site on Macomb street between Thirty-fourth and Thirty- fifth streets, for a proposed playground for the John Eaton School, a commit- tee of citizens of the Cleveland Park area has registered in vigorous protest to_the District Commissioners. In a letter signed by Conrad H. Syme, former corporation counsel, and four other residents of the section, the Commissioners are advised that the lot is wholly unsuitable for playground purposes and that, moreover, no play- PLAYEROUND STE “Waste of Public! e o sthnid ‘The District Engineering Department square, used to house apparatus which avenue years ago. when a section of the pavement at Fifteenth and Pennsylvania avenue gave way beneath an automobile and disclosed an old vault, 12 feet deep and 30 feet! t was confronted with a new job today, operated cable cars on Pennsylvania DISTRICT TAYATION FOR YEAR REACHES 5338080 TOTAL Increase in Collections in 1929 $971,953 More Than 1928 Revenues. STATEMENT IS PREPARED FOR D. C. COMMISSIONERS October Was Best Month for Re- ceipts, With April Not Far Behind. The District’s income from taxation and all other sources reached an un- precedented total of $33,484,825.35 in the 1929 fiscal year ended June 30 last, according to a report prepared for the Commissioners today by Chatham M. Towers, collector of taxes. The collections, the report showed, exceeded by $971,953.38 those of the 1928 fiscal year, which at that time constituted a new record of receipts for any 12-month period. The revenues for the 1928 year amounted to $32,- 512,871.97. | each reflector, Mr. Hoover explained, to | intensify the lights. but the system is | designed so as not to hurt the eyes. | anniversary of George Washington's | birth The portions of the edifice included in this new undertaking form the ffth | | great unit of the Cathedral fabric. Other units now structurally complete, |are the foundations, the crypt chapels, | the apse and the choir. The cost, | cluding sufficient endowment to make | { the new portions effective for continu- | | ing service, is expected to exceed $3,- /000,000, Bishop Freeman said. Special Drive Made. ground at all is needed in the vicinity. Object to Ash Dumpin; i'| Curious Frogs Here ‘The written protest is the outgrowth p : v of oral objections voiced recently at a | civic meeting in the John Eaton School after the residents had_learned in an indirect way that the land had been quietly purchased” for a playground, Indignation was rife when it was re- | ported gullles in the property would be used as an ash dump until the | { ground was level. | Declaring it represents the “essential- held in the office of Corporation Coun- sel William W. Bride. . All members of the Public Utilities Commission were present and with them were People's| “This system of placing refleciors has Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty, James Pi- | never been tried before,” Mr. Hoover per of the law firm of Piper, Cary & |said today, in explaining the set-up. | Hall of Baltimore, and F. S. Burroughs, | _Ten courts will be lighted, five con- gn officer of the firm of Harris, Forbes | crete and five clay, and the system will % Co., bankers of New York. i Statements to Be Written. The two last named, representing pane A. Pearson and others of New York, who recently bought most of the | While Mr. Towers has not yet ana- lyzed the revenues to determine the cause of the increase of nearly $1,000,- | 000 in 1929, he expressed the belief that | the higher assessments on real estate, | coupled with the receipts from the 2- {cent tax on gasoline, which shattered ! all previous records, are principally re- Chamberlin to Pilot First sponsibie Plane From New York | Includes All Sources. | The $33,484,825.35 represents the col- i lections from every source from which | the District derives revenue. It includes i stock in the gas light company at $125 per share, had been expected to inform the commission voluntarily as to the true ownership of the stock this morn- | ing. After two_hours of conferring, how- | ever, Mr. Bride announced the pur-. chasers’ representatives had been re- | quested to reduce their statements to writing and again present them to the commission at 3:30 p.m., and that the commission had decided to make the | statement public at that time and nnt‘ say anything about the contents pre- viously. | Reports that some of the stock pur chasers were Boston financiers could | not be verified today nor could any- | thing be learned as to_the significance of the appearance of a Baltimore lawyer in the case. Should the statement to be presented ! this afternoon show that the stock is owned by individuals and should the statement be accepted by the commis- sion it will prevent contemplated in- vestigation by the Department of Justice to determine whether the stock has become the property of any foreign holding corporation, which is pro- hibited by the so-called La Follette Anti-merger act. (OUTH IS ABSOLVED IN FIST FIGHT DEATH Quarrel Over Hand Ball Game Leads to Fatal Battle of Colored Boys. | i | | A Daniel youth, jury today absolved 14-year-old colored | living at 930 Union court, of | in connection with the death last night of 15-year-old William Powell. colored, of 929 V street, who was killed in a fist fight with Redman at the corner of Vermont avenue and V| street, | The jury held the killing to be an unintentional homicide. According to testimony at the inquest, the fight be- tween the two boys was the outcome of an argument over the result of a hand ball game which had been played earlier in a nearby schoolyard. Powell, | it was testified, precipitated the argu- ment by accusing Redman of being & poor player. This led to an exchange of blows. during which, it was testified, Powell was knocked to the ground by a fist plow delivered by Redman, striking his | head against the pavement as he fell. The boy was removed to Garfield Hos- pital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by Dr. F. F. Parker of the | hospital staff. Death was found to have been caused by a hemorrhage 0(1‘ the brain. Redman, who was brought to the in- | quest this morning by officials of the Receiving Home, where he had been | held overnight, was released in the cus- | tody of his parents. coroner's Redman, MRS. ELIZABETH CHOATE | WILL INHERIT $104,134 F¥state of Late Husband Appraised in New York at Value of $355,205. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Choate, of 3908 | McKinley street, mother of Lieut. Comdr. Phillip R. Baker, U. 8. N, with whom she makes her home, will receive $104,134, or one-third of the residuary estate of her late husband, Joseph K. Choate, according to advices received here today from New York. The estate was appraised today by the New York State tax department. It has a gross valuation of $355205 and a net valuation of $312404. Mrs. Choate and another son, Juugh K. Choate, jr., of Redlands, Calif., who also will receive one-third of the residuary estate, are named co-execu- tors. Mr. Choate died in New York June 19 last year. Both Mrs. Choate and Lieut. Comdr. Baker are out of the city today. LIEUT. STOKES TO SPEAK. Former Central Cadet Captain Will Address Alumni Club. Lieut. Walter Stokes, United States Medical Corps, and former cadet cap- tain at Central High School, will de- liver an address before the Alumni Of- ficers’ Club of the Central High School at a meeting in the school at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. The committee on by~ Jaws will present the laws and constitu- tion for the approval of the club. The Alumni Officers’ Club of the Cen- tral High School is an organization re- cently formed to promove an interest in the cadet corps at Central. Any former cadet officer who is a graduate of the Central High School is eligible for membership. All former cadet officers are requested to be present. Nottingham, England, is claiming to be the largest lace-manufacturing cen- ter in the world. ! former Representative from Brooklyn, N. ‘Workmen installing huge reflector lights which will be used for night tennis paign treasurer, it playing on the courts at Seventeenth and B streets be so arranged that either or both sets | can be lighted at will. After the system | has been completely installed experi- ments will be conducted for two or three nights to thoroughly test them. ¥ ! were raised in a special effort con-|nity,” the committee states in the let- | | actual construction are being sought in'Or parents’ | | | | | —Star Stafl Photo. 1f the contemplated system does not | prose satisfactory, strings of cables | will be placed from the poles 5o as to | nave a sertes of high lights over the tennis courts. | STENGLE IS SOUGHT POLICE ASSAILANT | FOR COMMISSON Group Urges Former House Member for D. C. Head When Vacancy Occurs. The hat of Charles I. Stengle, mem- | ber of the Citizens’ Advisory Council. was thrown into the ring today for District commissionership. A delega tion of his friends, led by A. F. Scherr, | another council member, called on Mr. | Stengle last night at his home. A, statement issued by the group today | “urged him to grant permission” for | submission of his name to President | Hoover in the near future. Mr. Scherr said today that the names of the others in the group would be made public later when the committee working for Mr. Stengle’s nomination had been completed. Vacancy Not in Sight. He said, however, that it consists of representative men from Northeast, Southeast and Northwest Washington. A commissionership probably will not be vacant until February, 1930, when Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty's term expires. Mr. Stengle is a delegate to the Federation of Citizens' Associations | from the Petworth Citizens’ Association, and legislative representative of the Citizens’ Advisory Council on District matters pending in Congress. He is a Y. At one time he was secretary of the Municipal Civil Service Commission of New York. He has resided in the District seven years. Stengle Issues Statement. Mr. Stengle today issued the following statement in connection with his candidacy: . “I am in no sense a chronic office- seeker, but, if my fellow citizens of the District of Columbia believe that I can render substantial service to this city in the high office of District Commis- sioner, they have my consent to present my name to the President for such an appointment when a vacancy occurs. “As the Nation's Capital, Washington ought to be the model city of America. It can and will be made so when Con- gress fully recognizes the part it should play, and we as citizens undertake to do our full part in maintaining a municipality second to none anywhere. I am thoroughly convinced that much remains to be done that must be done during the next few years, if we are to keep up with the march of human progress. ACCUSES POLICEMAN AND DRAWS 90 DAYS Colored Defendant Adopts Unusual Method in Effort to Throw Off Liquor Charge. ‘The attempt of Clarence Mack, col- ored, arrested on a liquor charge, to avert suspicion by making a similar ac- cusation against Policeman T. D. Bacon, who arrested him, failed yesterday, when Mack stood trial before Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court. Following the statement of Bacon that he had observed Mack coming from a house in the 100 block of Third street, carrying three ' half-gallon jars of liquor, Mack took the stand in his own defense and declared he had seen the policeman coming from the same house carrying a like amount of liquor. Questioned by Assistant United States Attorney R. F. Camalier, Mack admitted he merely thought he had seen the policeman under those conditions. Mack said he had lived at the prem- ises in question for two da i ‘‘You are going to move, er. “He certainly is” declared Judge Hitt. “Ninety days.” > said Cama- ‘ored. of Cambridge, Mass., who was im- | detecttive’s possession tells of the’ rob- | had reopened. was discovered. He later FAGE § CHARGES Colored Man Who Wounded[ Patrolman Held on | $50,000 Bond. Alfred S. Aldridge, 21 years old- col- plicated in the shooting of Policeman Harry McDonald of the third precinet, | on July 6, was arraigned in Police | Court today charged with assault with intent to kill. He aiso will face five| charges of housebreaking. according to | Assistant U. S. Attorney Walter M. Shea. High Bond Expected. McDonald’s wounded condition caused by the gun battle between McDonald, Albert Aldridge, whom the policeman later shot, and Alfred Aldridge, when the pair was discovered robbing a drug store at Seventeenth and Q Streets, caused Shea to recommend an unusu- ally high bond of $50.000, it is said. Detectitve J. L. Billman of the third | precinct, procured warrants today for | Aldridge. A signed confession in the beries in which Aldridge and his broth- er Albert participated. Opened Own Wounds. Before being sent to Police Court this morning, Aldridge was discovered in his «ell in an alleged suicide attempt. A | raw wound on his chest, which police first believed was an old scar, which he confessed it was a cigarette burn he had | inflicted himself. { Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, today officially com- mended Roy D. Hopgood, & guard at the Hurley- Wright Building, Eighteenth | and Pennsylvania avenue, for his part in assisting in the apprehension of | Aldridge. | TWO HURT AT FIRE ON UPSHUR STREET Man Cuts Alarm and Policeman Falls While Investigating Blaze. L. E. Weaver, 21 years old, of 314 Allison street, was cut about the knuck- les late yesterday when he used his clenched fist in his haste to turn in a fire alarm from a street box. The fire | \:ns ‘lt German's Bakery, 107 Upshur | street. Knuckles Turning in H. C. League, a policeman of the third precinct, lost his balance and fell down a flight of stairs while investi- gating the fire. He received cuts about | his hands and shoulders, Both he and | Weaver were treated by firemen on the scene. The blaze started in the storeroom of the bakery and was quickly extin- guished. STORE OUTING SATURDAY. W. B. Moses Employes Will Spend Day at Bay Ridge, Md. Employes of W. B. Moses & Sons’ Department Store will hold their an- nual outing under ruspices “of the company’s Relief = Association at Bay Ridge, Md., Saturday. A loving cup will be nted to the department mtm e greatest number of points in athletic contests being planned. Among the athletic contests listed are a tug-of-war, dashes, three-legged race, rolling-pin contest for ladies ana a wheelbarrow race. The committee in charge of a rangements is composed of R. A. Free- man, Paul Grimmel, R. Conklin and Bill Stokes. Funds for the initial order of stone ducted by the executive committee for Washington Cathedral of which former 'ly unanimous opinion of the commu- | tes | ““We believe that the purchase of the United States Senator George Wharton | Property was quite unjustified and was | Pepper is chairman. The additional amounts needed for the purchase of the remainder of the stone and for a more general program under leadership of Gen. John. J. Pers as_ national chairman. In a statement issued by the execu- tive committee, with a foreword signed by Bishop® Freeman, Gen. Pershing, Senator Pepper and Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon as cam- is explained that provision must 'be made for offerings averaging $57,000 monthly during the next 32 months if the transepts are to be completed in time for the Washing- ton bicentenary and at a maximum economy in construction costs. The statement also points out that the completion of the transepts will the provide shelter within the cathedral for | congregations of approximately 3,500 persons. This, it is stated, will enable the cathedral to care better for the spiritual needs of the who at present are often unable to gais access to many of the services in the small crypt chapels, and also will make | possible * the holding under inspiring auspices of several religious services planned in conjunction with the George Washington commemoration. ‘Work Is Reviewed. Reviewing the recent construction program. the statement reports ihat during the past 36 months more than 115 feet has been added to the length of the roofline of the edifice and the | five great bays of the choir have been reared to join the apse in forecasting the beauty of the completed structure. During the same period, it is pointed out, more than 6,000 men and women and a host of churches, Sunday schools and even missions have responded to the cathedral appeal with gifts and pledges aggregating well over $3,800,000. Since its inception in 1893, the Cathe- dral Foundation has been the recipient of offerings, large and small, from 33,000 benefactors. The Book of Remembrance kept at the cathedral offices shows these have come from every State, from dis- tant territories, and even from foreign lands. According to Bishop Freeman, actual construction of the transepts will not be started until late in the Summer. The stone must first be hewn from the lime- stone quarries of Indiana and then transported in huge blocks to a stone mill, near Washingtor, for fashioning. ‘The working forces the cathedral are at present concerned with the nave crypt. When completed this work will bring the main floor of the nave up to the present level of the crossing. Con- struction also is going forward at the present time on the Children's Chapel, which is situated at the intersection of the south choir aisle and the south transept. POLICEMAN IS STRICKEN WHILE ON STATION DUTY Henry R. Levi, 61, Reported Rest- ing Comfortably After Para- lytic Attack Last Night. Pvt. Henry R. Levi of the thirteenth precinct suffered a stroke of paralysis | while on duty in the station shortly before 7 o'clock last night and was re- ported in a serious condition when taken to his home, 1414 Varnum street, after receiving first aid at the police station. Levi, 61 years old, was on reserve duty in charge of one of the automobiles re- cently purchased for emergency work nd was waiting for a call when strick- en. Dr. H. D. Shapiro, 1418 Sixteenth ! street, gave first aid, Dr. James L. Kil- roy, police surgeon, later taking charge of the patient. It was reported at his home this morning that he was resting comforta- bly, although he had spent a restless night. He did not lose consciousness. Blaze Damages Busses. Two large busses belonging to the Nevins Bus Co. were slightly damaged this morning by a blaze which resulted from a mysterious explosion in a drain pipe in the company’s garage at 212 Thirteenth street. Damage was esti- mated at $100. The blaze, which was quickly extin- guished, was discovered by a night watchman. Flames were coming from an underground manhole, where, it was said, a match may have been thrown. Uncle Sam to Pay Workers With Old And New Currency Government workers will find in their pay envelopes next Mon- day both old and new paper cur- rency, it was 1 ed today. This will be in line with the Govern- ment’s policy of keeping in cir- culation the old money until there is a sufficient supply of the new. large numbers | !a waste of public funds. It is probable that the school board has on record | past. votes of the community meetings associations which would |tend to justify their action in any development, of the property adjacent to John Eaton School, on Lowell street, there was a proposition for the pur- poses. It was also proposed to purchase the corner lot in the same block as | John Eaton School, upon which a resi- | dence has now been erected. We be- {lieve a grave mistake was made in not | purchasing this northwest corner lot and belleve it should be purchased to- day and the house removed so as to | enlarge the present playground. Such | votes were obtained with little interest {by the community, with few present, and were quite possibly engineered by those who had the property to sell, as we believe was done in the purchase of the property now in controvers, There never was. however, any express- ed or implied desire on the part of any one in the community for the acquire- ment of the property actually pur- chased. Point Out Dangerous Crossing. “To reach the property purchased for | the school, the scholars will be' required {to pass over both Thirty-fourth street {and Macomb street; some 200 yards to the center of the next block, for recrea- tion purposes. Thirty-fourth street is the artery for bus traffic and main | downtown traffic from Cleveland Park. | Macomb street is a very busy street | taking practically all of the traffic be. tween Connecticut and Wisconsin ave- | nues and is used for heavy trucking and for fire trucks, owing to its compara- tively easy grade. It has been neces- sary’to put “stop” signs at this corner and to protect it by a policeman, both morning and afternoon, as this danger- ous corner is well-known, many acci- dents having occurred here, two of them being ‘fatal. To require the children to cross these two streets at their recess periods would be fraught with grave danger, and we wish particularly to go on record that if the playground is de- veloped, fatalities among the children are almost. certain to occur. “The lot purchased 1s quite unsuitable for playground purposes. Mrs, Rhodes. director of playgrounds, states, and is willing to be quoted, that she is un- alterably opposed to the development of this tract as a playground for John Eaton School as it is entirely unsuited for the purpose. She states that had she been consulted, she would have op- posed its acceptance for the purpose, even if it had been offered as a gift. the money should have been spent in | less fortunate parts of the city, where the children require such opportunities. Cleveland Park is a community of homes, with extensive lawns, and the children have no need of a playground except during the short periods of recess. The parents of the children al- most unanimously wish them to come to the school just in time to enter, and they are required, immediately after the dismissal of school, to leave for their homes. A director was kept on the present playground for one full year and two Summers in order that the children might use it before and after school hours. He was, however, with- drawn as so few children remained that | it did not pay to continue his guardian- ship. Gather at Own Homes. “The children of Cleveland Park. for the main part, gather in groups at their own homes ana have every tacility for outdoor amusement without using the streets, and, being from comparatively well-to-do families, are, for the main part, away from home during the Sum- mer’ at children’s camps, at the sea- shore, or the mountains. “Many of the trees on this property are hundreds of years old, never hav- | ing been cut, and it is one of the most | important bird and animal refuges in any resident district in Washington. It is the one piece of property in Cleveland Park which is especially valuable as a bird refuge. “We are informed through the press | that the full school board voted to ignore the sentiment of the community and to develop the property as a play- ground. We feel that this vote has been passed mainly to justify the mistake of | 'the purchase of the property. Time will prove this to be a further waste of public funds. We had previously sup- posed that there was a dearth of funds for really needed school purposes. (Signed) “Conrad H. Syme, chair- man, 3458 Macomb street; Charles E. Quigley, 3502 Macomb street; Lee B. Kemon, 3406 Macomb street; Charles L. Parsons, 3414 Newark street, and Jerry A. Mathews, 3545 Macomb street.” Requested by Board. Proctor L. Dougherty, president of the Board of Commissioners, said today that the playground had ur- chased at request of the of Education, and was the only available in Cleveland Park. He said any interests of adjoining property owners b{!lmtn' a border of trees around the edge of the ground and using only the center of the playground | | | hing, | court proceedings, since prior to the | chase of such property for school pur- | | These outlandish creatures do_exist, 1 and soon will be dispaling their charms | at the Zoo. At the top is the Goliath toad from the British West Indies. When frightened. he swells up like a balloon to scare off the enemy. The little fel- low at the bottom is one of the rare, red-spotted bull frogs of Brazil. —Star Staff Photo. i JUSTICE DECLINES SOUTHERN BUILDING Department Indicates Commission It Opposes Temporary Change. 1 | | | to | The Public Buildings Commission to- day began reconsidering its plans for the use of the Southern Railway Build- | iing, on Pennsylvania avenue, when it | developed that the Department of Jus- | tice does not want to move into that | structure. 1t had been announced last week that | the Department of Justice would oc cupy the greater part of the floor spac {in the building, which was bought by | Uncle Sam as part of the Mall triangle | development. The Department of Jus- | tice has indicated to the commission, | | however, that it prefers to remain in its present quarters. The department |is in a leased building at Vermont ave- |nue and K street. Permanent Site Designated. The present Center Market site, be- tween Seventh and Ninth streets, has been designated for a_permanent De- partment of Justice building in the | Pederal program, so that in any event | the move of that department to |he: Southern Railway structure at this time | would have been only a temporary ar- rangement. B Following a meeting of the commis- sion this morning, Senator Smoot_of Utah, chairman, sald no decision was reached regarding occupation of the Southern Raflway Building, which will be available for use by the Government next month. The whole problem will be settled within a few days. If the commission_decides to leave the De- partment of Justice where it is. one or more other Government bureaus prob- ably will be assigned to the Southern Railway Building. Other Housing Problems. | The commission has several housing | problems to consider in arriving at this | decision, including the necessity of giv- ing the Census Bureau more space during the taking of the 1930 census, the finding of quarters for the mew Farm Board, and several other bureaus that want additional room. TELL OF THEFTS. Victims of Prowlers Relate Losses to Police—Money Taken. Ransackisg the home of Ray Beale, 1323 Thirtieth street, during the own- er's absence yesterday, a sneak thief stole a suit, two silk shirts and a pair of shoes. Russell Bohn, proprietor of a clothing store at 718 T street, told eighth pre- cinct police that 15 pairs of trousers were taken from his establishment yes- terday. He valued the goods at $65. Loss of $37 in currency and a check | for $54 was reported by Joseph Bern- | stein, 1920 Seventh street. He said the cash and check were taken from pocket of his coat hanging in a room at | the rear of his store. | proper. Eventually, he said, the stream at_the back of the playground will be culverted over and the ravine filled, and the district will have a beautiful breathing place at a very reasonable cost. Mr. Dougherty said these protests come to his desk practically every time the city buys any property for any purpose, but that the children at the school needed additional playground . ‘The space they had formerly was not sufficient, and was further cramj by the erection of portable buile he said. . | | | | | | ures in the aeronautical world, among (¥ ¢ Tomorrow. The National Capital is to be a stop | on a new air passenger line from New | York to Miami, Fla.,, to be inaugurated this Fall by Eastern Air Express, it was learned here today. The landing field | has not becn selected. Clarence Chamberlin, transatlantic ! fiyer, tomorrow will pilot the first plane | to be flown over the route, carrying P. G. B. Morriss. vice president of the company, and Warren W. Lews, vice president of the Central Aero Corpora- tion of America. The trip will be made for the pur- pose of surveying the route preliminary to the opening of flying operations. No! stop will be made here on the way south, but Ghamberlin will land at Richmond, Raleigh, Columbia. Augus- ta, Savannah, Brunswick, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona, Tampa and West Palm Beach. Coming Here Monday. On Monday Chamberlin is to make a non-stop flight from Miami to this city, refueling here before hopping off | | for 'New York. He is to leave New York at 6 o'clock tomorrow, arriving at Miami Sunday night. Eastern Air Express is planning to use a fleet of seven tri-motored trans- port planes on the passenger lines, with a fleet of five single-motored passenger planes operating over feeder lines from outlying sections to pick-up points on the main line. In addition to passengers the line will carry fast freight, which will make possible an_over-night delivery service from New York to this city and points South. Southern shippers will be given 10 to 15 hour service to the New York and Washington markets ‘The line is expected to carry at least 5.000 passengers annually between this city and New York, Mr. Lewis stated, and it is expected an equal number will be carried between this city and south- ern points. \ Prominent Board Members. ‘The board of directors of Eastern Air Express includes several prominent fig- them Augustus Post, member of the original Curtiss flying organization and secretary of the Aero Club of America for 20 years; James V. Martin, presi- dent of the’ Martin airplane factory, and C. L. Ofenstein, former chief en- | gineer of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce. the tangible and intangible personal pioperty tax, the real estate tax, the tax on public utility corporations, banks, etc., fees for permits of various kinds, water revenues and receipts from the sale of automobile identification tags and dog tags. According to Mr. Towers’ report, last October was the banner month for col- lections. The revenues credited to that month totaled $7,793,634.45. April of this year ranked a close second with a total of $6,920,509.20. Although September and March are the tax-paying months, the fact that the receipts for the subsequent months of October and April, respectively, are higher, is due, Mr. Towers said, to the accumulation of checks and money orders mailed near the close of the tax- paying periods, which are not opened until the following months. Collections by Months. The collections for the various months of the 1929 fiscal year, as shown by the report. of Mr. Towers, follows: July, $1,020254.39; August, $844.- 874.27; September, $4,356,434.45; Oc- tober, $7,793,634.45; November, $1,418.- 806.09; December, $1,504,341.50; January $1.146,869.81; February, $1,878.701.90. March, $4.503,976; April, $6.920, 509.20: May, $1,029,441.30; June, $1.066,982. in a supplementary report Mr. Tow- ers shows that the revenues from all sources have increased more than $11.- 200,000 in the last five years. The re- ceipts for 1925 amounted to $22.206.- 865.14 and have advanced consistently since that time, reaching the new peak in the last fiscal year. 1927 Largest Year. The largest increase, however, is shown in the 1927 fiscal year, when the Teceipts were $3,201,667 higher than in the preceding fiscal year. A 10-cent increase in the tax rate is responsible for a greater portion of this increase. The tax levy for the last fiscal year, however, is the same which prevailed in the 1929 fiscal year—$1.70 on $100 of assessed valuation. The tax rate in 1925 when the re- ceipts amounted to $22,206,856.14 was $1.40. In the following year the levy was raised to $1.70 and the revenues increased to $26,606,646.83. With a tax rate of $180 in 1927, the receipts amounted to $30,291,667.58. The re- ceipts for the following year were $32,- 512,871.97 with a tax rate of $1.70. With the same tax levy the revenues last year jumped (o the present peak of $33.484- 825.35. GEORGE S. CLENDANIEL DIES AT AGE OF 85 Services Will Be Held Tomorrow, With Burial at Arlington Saturday Morning. George S. Clendaniel, 85 years old, of | 2750 Fourteenth street, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home yesterday. He had been in feeble health for several years. 2 Born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1844, Mr. Clendaniel enlisted in the United States Navy during the Civil War, where he served throughout the struggle. At the close of the war he entered the Pay Office of the Washington Navy Yard. May 6. 1866. where he was con- tinuously employed for a period of 53 years, until his retirement early in 1919, Mr. Clendaniel is survived by a daughter, Miss Marie Clendaniel, with whom he resided: a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Edith Clendaniel. and three grand- children, F. George Clendaniel, Mrs. J. Van Ded Duffer of New York and Mrs. J. W. Hollifder of Pueblo, Calif. Funeral services will be held at the S. H. Hines funeral parlors, 2901 Four- teenth street, at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. e M. T. BABER’S FUNERAL T0 BE HELD TOMORROW Funeral services for Marshall T. Baber, 52 years old, boiler inspector of the Washington Terminal Co., who died of a heart attack while at work yes- terday, will be conducted at his resi- dence, 1112 Owen place northeast, to- morrow_afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. A. H. McKinley will officiate. Inter- ment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Services will be conducted at the grave by the Columbia Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F., and the Dorcas Rebekah Lodge, the woman’s branch of Odd Fellows. Mr. Baber was a native of Charlottes- ville, Va., and had been a resident of this city for. the past 24 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bessie Baber. Mr. Baber had been active in the Odd Fellows for a number of years. Senator Jones Improves. Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washing- ton, who was operated on at Emergency Hospital yesterday, was reported as being somewhat improved today. It was said that his condition was satis- actory. {U. S. SALARY STUDIES WILL BE RESUMED Brookhart to Examine Welch Law Data When He Returns to Washington. | Upon his return to Washington about the middle of August, Senator Brook- hart, Republican of Iowa, will resume his studies of Government salary schedules as worked out under the ‘Welch. law. Sometime before leaving the ecity the Senator obtained directly from the Welch law, and this data was turned over to the controller general's office to be put in tabulated form for care- ful study. Although this data is ex- pecied to be ready soon, the Senator probably will not turn his attention to it until the session 'is resumed next month. Senator Brookhart has been one of the leading advocates of legislation to correct inequalities in different salary schedules resulting from interpretations placed on certain provisions of the Welch law and he wanted this detailed information regarding the higher grades to assist him in finding out just where inequalities exist. HOTEL MEN ACQUITTED IN LIQUOR LAW CASE Manager and Clerk of Danville Inn Not Guilty of Having Rum in Room. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va, July 11 —Max Roman and Harry B. Adams, manager and clerk respectively of the Hotel Pittsylvania, were acquitted in the Cor- poration Court yesterday of violating the State liquor law. Judge Henry Leigh, presiding, instructed the jury to return a “not guilty” verdict. ‘The charges were filed when 22 gal- lons of liquor were found in a hotel room. Virtually the entire police force was used to make the raid. The hotel officials denied knowledge of the liquor and showed the hotel register, which bore a record <howing that the room’ in questicn was 1c.ited to a man frcm Milton, N. C.