Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1929, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUTOIST AND GRL BEATENBY TR 'Son of Millionaire Among Those Charged With Assault to Murder. B5 the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 15.—Charges of as- gault to murder had resulted today in | the indictment of three young Chica- * goans, one the son of a millionaire. | The alleged assault was upon Casper G. | Schmidt, son of the city comptroller, George K. Schmidt, and himself vice | president of the Prudential State Sav- ings Bank One of those indicted was John J. (Bud) Corcoran, whose father, the late | John J. Corcoran, was the millionaire | head of the Washington Construction Co. The trouble followed a vcollision be- tween cars in which Corcoran and young Schmid$ were riding. Schmidt's Story to the Sk:te's attorney was that he was beaten by the Corcoran party and left in the road for dead. A girl companion, he sald, also was dragged | from the car and beaten. Secret indictments were returned, | leading to_the arrest late Saturday of Corcoran, Ray Stenberg and Jack Wat- son, automobile dealers. The three were held over the week end. Schmidt himself was sought today on charges brought by Corcoran, who blamed him for the assault. TWO ATTACKS FIRED AT WALKER'S RECORD | Hecksher Leads 682 That Answer | Opposition by Asking Mayor to Run Again, By the Associa‘ed Press. NEW YORK. July 15.—The admin- istration of Mayor James J. Walker was attacked from two sources in state- | ments published today and a committee | of 682, headed by August Hecksher, wealthy philanthropist, announced plans to ask him to accept renomination. One of the attacks was leveled at the mayor by William H. Allen, director of the Institute for Public Service, & civii- ian organization. who addressed a letter | to Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt asking | him to remove Mr. Walker from office, Mr. Allen listed 26 charges against the mayor, accusing him of misconduct in office, wasteful neglect, broken prom- ises, overtaxation and encouragement of | graft. The other attack was made by Wil- | liam Bullock, chairman of the city af- fairs bureau of the Republican county committee. He charged the mayor had ermitted the award of 332 contracts nvolving $26,207.590 without competi- tive bidding, as required by law Mr. Hecksher said the committee he heads will send a delegation to th: mayor next Thursday to a run again so he can carry surpassed program of pul under way.” ‘ Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith is one of the members of the committee, | which is described as non-partisan. The list also includes the names of promi- | nent lawyers, bankers, business men and & number of prominent women, = . | Fire Loss Is $1,250,000. | NEW WESTMINSTER, British (‘l)-_‘ lumbia, July 15 (#).—The plant of the Westminster Paper Co., Ltd., was de- stroyed by fire Saturday, entailng a loss of $1,000.000. The chemical plant of the Triangle Chemical Co., Ltd., also was burned, causing an additional loss of $250,000. | There are now more bookmakers in England than auctioneers and house | agents combined. i Spending a Billion Dollars HERBERT M. Of His Work as Director LORD’S OWN STORY of United States Budget. This is one of a series of personal reminiscences, after seven years’ service, during which Gen. Lord supervised the erpenditure of more than $25,000,000,000 in Government AS TOLD TO WILLIAM P. HELM, JR. More than 100.000 temporary em- ployes will be required for the census of population next year. Space prov! sion for this army of short-time worl ers will be necessary. An estimate care- fully prepared by the census people placed the cost of leasing ihe nceded space at approximately $2,000,000. An investigation was started by the Federal Real Estate Board to determice whteher this could be reduced. Tl board enlisted the ald of the Federel Business Associations—groups of Fed- eral employes throughout. the country formed into associations to effect econ- omy in public business. ‘There are about 300 of the associa- tions and they are very much in ear- nest., Their work has been of great value to the taxpayers. Many a dollar now in the Treasury long since wculd have departed for other destinations except for the vigilance of associations. They went to work on the census problem with vigor. The upshot was a reduction of approximately $1.500,000, or 75 per cent, in this single item. In- stead of $2,000.000 the Government will spend about $500,000 in leasing space for its census enumerators and other short-time census workers. Due to the activity of the Federal Real Estate Board and the Federal Business Association the temporary workers will utilize in many cases space in schoolhouses and unoccupied court. rooms; they also will make more eco- nomical use of space now occupied by the Government. Up to June 30, 1928, the Federal Real Fstate Board had cleared 2.411 requests to lease property at the rate of $500 a ear or more. The total involved was | $5.468.553, and every dollar was spent | | advantageously. I doubt if that would have been the case had it not been for the work of this money-saving branch | of the Budget Bureau. Easy to Criticize. I am reminded of an incidenb which | seems to point & moral for those who | find it easy to criticize the Government and its spendings. It concerns the British government I think it can be taken for granted that Junds. ‘well managed institution. Not long ago the British public accounts eommission, which I assume to have been an inves- tlgl!-ln, body, mildly criticized office works for lack of co-ordination among its various branches because office works had been paying rent on a certain building vacated 11 years before. So the United States is not the only government that occasionally makes a slip. It is easy to find fauit, to point to extravagance and waste, to ramble through the Federal establishment and show case after case which calls for attention. Indeed, we of the Budget Bureau were not ingensible to such in- stances; we probably could have un- earthed a great many more than any of our erities. But the Government is the growth of more than 140 years, and the conduct of its affairs and routine, rooted in gen- erations of custom, cannot be changed lightly by a word here and another there or overnight by a few well worded phrases. Changes take time. It often happens that desired changes cannot be made at once because the law does not permit, or because conditions sur- rounding the particular situation do not allow speedy changes. Not always do conditions outcrop so the ecritical and inexpert eye may behold them. There are fish in the sea that never come near the top, and there are con- $3,000 to $7,000 Small Cash Payment Balance Like Rent All in Good Condition Immediate Possession Petty & Petty 1024 Vt. Ave. N.W. S Nat. 9276 the British government is considered a —and ENAMELS for woodwork, pottery, ctc. Paint, etc., etc. finishes that you see adv are all to be had here at— Quick-Drying Lacquers redecorating furniture, The nationally known ertised in the magazines Specially Low Prices Likewise House and Roof Paints, Wall Tints, Floor Stains and Varnishes, Screen Paints, Deck Floor Wax and Polishing Brushes HUGH REILLY CO. 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A certain Federal department had in its budget estimates for 1930 $350,000 for a heating plant. Budget Bureau investigators inquired if the present plant could not pe repaired at consid- erable saving, but the department was sure it could not. However, the Budget Bureau insisted and started an investigation. It ob- tained from the Bureau of Mines an expert and sent him to inspect the plant. He reported that it could be put into first-class repair for not more than $7,500. . The request for $350,000 was witn- drawn, the repairs will be made, every- body will be happy and the taxpayers will save $342,500. Again: An insistent demand was made by a Western contingent for ex- tension of a reclamation project. The Budget Bureau, after an examination, recommended to President = Coolidge that the estimate be disapproved. That recommendation was adopted. Subse- quently the estimate was submitted again and additional pressure brought for its approval. gain it wes aws- approved by the President. othing _further was heard of the subject. Inquiry developed that the proponents of the measure had found that the proposed expenditure not cnly would have been of no benefit, but would have menaced the operatiin of A sum approximat- the entire project. MONDAY, JULY 15, 1929. ing $500,000 thus was saved the tax- payers. (Next—"“The ‘Dead Hand’ on the the Nortn Ameriean PLANE KILLS MAN. Passenger SBolicitor Is Struck in 8ide by Propeller. IRWIN, Tenn, July 15 (#).—Rogon Showalter, an electriclan of Kingsport, ‘Tenn., was killed here yesterday when he was struck in the side by the pro- peller of an airplane preparing to take off with passengers. Showalter was with the plane here as solicitor of passengers. A crowd was in the way of the take-off and Showalter was trying to clear the field for the on- coming plane. 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