Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 13

N I Washington News - @he Toening Stas. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DISTRICT'S INCOME TOTALS §33.484.8%, SETTING HIGH MARK | All Sources of Revenue Con- | ¢ tribute to Increase for Fiscal Year. COLLECTIONS $971,953 . ABOVE THOSE OF 1928 Zargest Percentage of General Gain Derived From Realty and Gas Taxes. The diverse sources from which the District obtains revenue- all contributed jto the inereased income for the 1929 fiscal year ended June 30 last, which raised the collections to an unprece- dented total of $33.484,825.35, accord- ing to a report prepared for the Com- missioners today by Chatham M. Towers, | | collector of taxes. The collections in 1929 exceeded | those of 1928 by $971.953 3¢, When Mr, | during a field meet at the C. M. T. C. camp yesterday. ‘Towers first complled the total of col- lections several weeks ago, it was { thought the increase was borne princi- | pally by the tax on real estate and the 2 cents tax on motor vehicle fuel. The analysis of the 1929 income in the tax collector's latest report, however, shows that the revenue from all sources was greater last year than in the pre- ceding 12-month period. Nevertheless, the analysis indicates ‘that the tax on real estate and gaso- 7line produced the largest percentage of the general increase. The revenue from the assessment on real estate was $563,605.85 more than in the 1928 fiscal | vear. while the gasoline tax fund was higher by $193,930. Gains From Other Sources. The amount of increases in revenue from other sources Is as follows: Tangible personal property, $144,886.- 12: intangible personal property. which| includes the tax on public utility eor-! porations. banks, loan associations, ete.. 1 tax on insurance companies, ; ;' interest and penalties, $14,- 905.69, and miscellaneous receipts, ‘which includes fees from permits, licenses, court fines and special assess- ments, $22,397.96 The revenue yielded by the tax on veal estate in the last fiscal vear | amounted to $19.382.483.23, as com- | pared with $18.818.877.38 in the-1929 | fiscal year. according to Mr. Towers' | Teport.. The tax on tangible personal | | property produced $3,701.671. In_the! 11928 fiscal year the total was $3,556.- 685.35. The income from the tax on intangible personal property last year was $2496,782.61, = compared With $2,378,569.28 in 1928. Insurance Taxes Jump. Tn 1928 the insurance ccmpanies paid | A tax of $303.168.66, and Jest vear it | jumped” to $341,574.05. The interest | 2nd_ penalties in 1928 totaled $334,- 440.80, whereas last year the total was £414.005.60. The miscellaneous collec~ tlons also increased from $2,532,243.21 in 1928 tr $2.554,341.17 in 1829. The revenue from the gas tax in 1928 was $1,142,441.14, compared with $1,677,- 184.84 in 1929. The analysis of the 1929 revenues, to- gether with the collections by months, will form a major part of the annual report of Mr. Towers, which is now under preparation. The annual report elso will contain a statement of the | District's income from all sources in the \ast five fiscal years, showing that the annual revenues have increased more than $11,200,000 in this period. | The largest increase will be shown in |the 1927 fiscal year, when the receipts were $3,291,667 higher than in the pre- ceding fiscal year. A 10 per cent in- crease in the tax levy for that year is | responsible for a greater portion of the thigher collection. | The increase of $971953.38 last year {over the 1928 year, however, is regarded as sizable, since the tax yate in these itwo years was the same—$1.70 on $100 ‘of assessed valuation. ASKS STREET HALTED One of the trainees at Fort Myer SLADEN REVEWS CTZEN SOLDERS V. M. . Student Troop Serves as Escort of Honor at Fort Myer. Attended by a troop of R. O. T. C. students from Virginia Military Insti- tute at Lexington, V1., which served as an escort of honor. Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen, comman er of the 3rd Corps Area, reviewed some 250 C. M. T. C. trainees at Fort Myer today. and later spoke in highly complimentary terms and men. The general expressed himself as gratified with the type of young men who have been drawn into C. M. T. C. service this year. In the reviewing stand with Gen. Sladen were Col. Guy V. Henry, com- manding officer of the 3rd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Myer, and Lieut. Col. G. H. Charrington, commanding officer of the 308th Cavalry Reserves. v The outstanding event on yesterday's program at the fort was a field meet, with special stunt contests supplement- ing the usual events. Formation flying. war maneuvers and stunt flying exhibitions were given the 830 Pennsvlvania youths in the Citi- zens Military Training Camp at Fort Washington this morning by & squad- ron of fighting planes from Bolling Field. The planes left. Bolling shortly be- fore 11 o'clock and for an hour man- euvered over the parade grounds of the citizen-soldiers’ camp. This afternoon Gen. Sladen and his staff were inspecting the troops and re- viewing the battalian on varade. Senator Tlben W. Barkley of Ken- tucky, this afternoon was to deliver an address to the citizen-soldiers on “Citizenship.” Yesterday afternoon the encampment was inspected by Maj. Gen. Charles H. Bridges, adjutant general of the Army, and the battalion was reviewed by the general and his assistant, Capt. Kenneth Bush, who has charge of C. M. T. C. affairs in that office. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gans of Washing- ton attended the review with Gen. Bridges. 'TENANT STOCK SALE STOPPED BY COURT AT CEMETERY LINE Methodist Association Files Peti- i {. . tion Seeking End of TN Extension. Attorney Albert E. Shoemaker, rep- p-;enung the Methodist Cemetery As- !rociation. today petitioned the District |Commissioners to abandon condemna- tion proceedings for extension of Forty- first street in the vicinity of Albemarle ‘gtreet, as the line of the street runs wirectly through parts of the Methodist Cemetery and St. Columba's Episcopal Cemetery and putting the street through would necessitate the moving ;\{ 35 'f.‘lr-lu‘;:sig“ thle Methodist Ceme- ery. e Episcopal Cemetery does not pbject. S v ‘The Commissioners decided to post- pone & decision untll they heard from ‘property owners who had already dedi- cated property immediately north and routh of the cemetery. COLORED MAN IS GIVEN 60 DAYS FOR ATTACK Mesisted Policeman, Who Sought to Find Out How He Got 10-Pound Ham, H g i Sixty days in jail is the penalty Her- man J. Smith, “colored, must pay for sassaulting a policeman who attempted to investigate the origin of & 10-pound ham Smith was carrying. Policeman J. L. Leach of the fourth | precinct observed Smith on the street ‘with the large ham in his arms. Questioning him concerning the ham, Leach learned it was “a choice country- cured” bit of meat. According to the policeman, Smith failed to reveal under what circumstances it came into his possession, which led Leach to order him to the precinct. Smith resisted, Leach said, by rolling on the ground. Not willing to drop his ham, he kicked with both feet, to the detriment of the officer. Judge Isaac R. Hitt, in Police Court today, ordered Smith to serve two months in jail. Col. McClure on Retired List. Col. Nathaniel F. McClure, United States Cavalry, recently on duty with Organized Reserves at Chicago, has been placed on the retired list of the Army n acount of age, He is from Ken- sucky and was graduated from the Ailifary Academy in 1887 and assigned ta the Cavalry. - During the World t'ar he served as n brigadier general in 11» National Army and has held the rade of colonel in the Regular Estab- a=ument aince July, 1916 + Temporary Injunction Granted to Renter of Co-operative Apartment. Declaring that the co-operative lease of an apartment in the Toronto Apart- ment House, at Twentieth and P streets, appeared to be “a trap to catch the un- wary,” Justice Jennings Bailey, in Equity Divislon 1, today granted Mrs. Emily C. Lawson, one of the tenants, a temporary injunction against threatened action of the company to sell her stock for failure to pay a recent assessment of $400. ‘The court required the tenant to file a bond of $1,000 to indemnify the cor- poration for any loss by reason of the injunction as well as for the g:eymzm of the assessment and any subsequent assessment should a final hearing be against the claim of the plaintiff. Attorneys R. B. Dickey and E. B. Kriz_sald the lease called for the monthly payment of $85, and declared that although Mrs, Lawson has kept up the payments and had honored six previous calls her total credit was less than $2,000. They asserted that out of $1,020 annually paid as rental she had been credited with only $100 annually toward the balance due on her stock. Attorney E. S. Duvall, for the. com- pany, defended the verblage of the con- tract, and declared that the plaintiff had misunderstood what was told her in connection with how the $85 pay- ments were to be used. He pointed out that the proposition is a cp-operative one, and declared that the officers are selected by the tenants and serve with- out pay. He also said Mrs. Lawson was present. at’the meeting when the call, for which her share was $400, was | agreed on, and should be bound by the action of the majority of the tenants. He asserted that the granting of an injunction might result in 1ess, both to Mrs. Lawson and the other tenants, by reason of foreclosure of the encum- brances on the property. of the appearance presented by officers | WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1929. earnestly endeavoring to spear a potato _—Star Staff Photo. CITIZENS DECIDE FIREHOUSE STAND Agreement Is Reached Also on Question of Locating Police Stations. ! met today and reached a final agree- | ment. for submission to the Zoning Commission, intended to solve the vex- | ing question of whether police stations, fire engine houses and certain other | municipal activities should be allowed in residential zones, and under what conditions. ‘The committee unanimously adopted a report, but withheld publication until it is presented to the Zoning Commis- sion at its first executive session. The first probably will be held after the the board room of the District Building tomorrow. The open hearing will take up most of the day. Assistant _ Engineer Commissioner Donald A. Davison, chairman of the special committee, declined to drop any hint as to the subject of. the agree- ment. The committee was composed of delegates from the Federation of Cit- izens' Associations, the Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the R | Estate Board, and'the Operative Build- ers’ Association. ALTERCATION SENDS MAN TO HOSPITAL Alleged Assailant Arrested to Answer Accusation of Assault. Henry L. Joy, 51-year-old laborer, liv- ing at 2102 Nichols avenue southeast, s in a serious condition at Casualty Hos- pital as the result of injuries he said he received in an altercation today with another man in the school yard of the Bryant School, at Thirteenth and B streets southeast. He was taken to Casualty Hospital and treated by Dr. P. A. Stebbing, who sald the man suf- fered a concussion of the brain, possibly a fractured skull and deep scalp lacera- tions. Police of the fifth precinct later ar- rested Philip Brooke, 59, of 3320 Prospect street, as the assailant of Joy The citizens' committee on yoning | public hearing on zoning requests, in | 247 ARE ARRESTED AS TRAFFIC LAW BREAKERS IN DAY Dr. Harry C. Frankenfield, Weather Bureau Official, Seriously Injured. 153 DRIVERS FACE CHARGES OF SPEEDING District Goes Through Second Four- Week Period in History of Bureau " Without Auto Fatality. ‘Two hundred and forty-seven traffic arrests were reported by the Police De- partment for the 24 hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning, and as usual, speeding occupied a prominent place in the list of offenses, 53 motorists being accused on this charge. ‘There were four cases of colliding and failing to stop, two of driving while drunk, four of reckless driving, three of having dazzling headlights and 181 mis- cellaneous infractions, No Fatalities Since June 26, ‘W. H. Harlan, director of traffic. points out with considerable gratifica- tion that there has not been a fatal automobile accident here since June 26. For the second time in the history of the Traffic Bureau, the District has { had a four-weeks period with not a traffic fatality and if the period, which has prevailed since June 26, extends for six days, a new all-time record will 8o0_on the books. In one other period since the bureau began keeping records—between No- vember 29 and January 1 last—there were no fatalities. ‘The increased number of traffic acei- dents which led the police and Traffic Bureau to emphasize careful driving, and resulted in a marked increase of severe penalties meted out in Police Court for infractions, apparently swept the country. Harland said today. “‘Based on figures furnished us from other cities, there was something like a wave of traffic accidents,” the director sald. “We have checked that wave here and the improvement in conditions in the District has been very marked.” 190 on Collateral List. ‘There were 190 names on the col- lateral list in Trafic Court this morn- ing. Miss Lillian Madigan, 2510 Q street, who spent the night at the Fourteenth precinct station house after her arrest on & reckless driving her troubles on a visit to & Maryland roadhouse with a “fair-weather friend"” tingly. Returning from the resort at 4 o'clock this morning, her automobile collided with a parked machine in the 4700 block of Wisconsin avenue. Arrested by Policeman T. W. Patterson, she was taken to the precinct, where she was informed she must post $75 for her release. Unable to post callateral she was held. Her friend also failed to aid her and did not appear in court. “Just & fair weather friend,” she told Judge Mattingly. ‘The case was referred to probation officers for investigation. Sentence is Suspended. Cecil Johnson, colored, 1900 block of Fourteenth street, who was arrested by Policeman H. O. Tutt, told the court he was hurrying to the bedside of & sick grandmother who lives in Mary- land. “Sounds like a base ball story” sald Judge Mattingly “but it was al- most 4 o'clock in the morning.” Sentence of $25 was suspended. George Thomas, arrested by Police- man H. C. League, was fined $100 or 60 days for driving without a permit. Also charged with speeding he was given a suspended sentence of $25. Joseph Simms, 3600 block Van Ness street, son of deputy battalion chief, arrested on July 11 when hurrying to a preeinct to post collateral for a girl who had been arrested a short while before by Policeman J. E. Fondhal and Sergt. Milton Smith, was ordered to and lodged him in a cell on & charge of assault. According to police, the two men who were employed as feeders for a concrete mixer in operation in the Bryant School yard, had been at odds with each other all morning. Brooke told lice that Joy had been abusing and agitating him constantly and had been prodding him with a shovel while he was working, un- til he became so enraged that he took the shovel with which he was working and beat Joy over the head. T.H. GROOMES, 84, GETS AUTO DRIVER’S PERMIT ‘Thomas H. Groomes, 84, of 1121 ‘Twenty-fourth street, is probably the oldest man ever to take out a driver's license in the District. He first began to drive 12 years ago. At that time he was living in Rockville, but moving to Washington last week he stopped by the Trafic Bureau and took his driving examination. He passed with flying colors. Employes of the traffic director’s office do not recall any other case out of the 100,000 or so recorded where a license hias been given to & man over 80. MRS. KIDWELL DIES. Member of Prominent Maryland Family Succumbs at Home Here. Mrs. Ida E. Kidwell, member of a prominent Maryland family and for nearly 40 years a resident of Washing- ton, died suddenly at her residence, 5531 Thirtieth place, yesterday. Mrs. Kidwell was born at Knowles Station, Md., in 1843, She is survived by three sons, George. Frank and Alfred Kid- well, all of Washington, and a daugh- ter, Mrs. Hurdle of Florida. Private services will be held from her ‘home at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. It's Impolite to Stare at Strangers, So Two Get When two perfect strangers turned to stare at Sergt. Little, as the fect strangers rode by in an automobile, the chief of the liquor squad was moved to reflect: “Funny I don't know them; they seem to know me all right.” The sergeant rubbed his head. “No, T don’t know them,” he repeated, “but maybe I ought to, at that.” So the- sergeant, anxious to get acquainted, followed the strangers into an alley leading from Marion street. ‘When one stranger saw the sergeant he drove the automobile into a build- d d when Lesson in Etiquette a box he was carrying and ran. % “Hard fellows to get acquainted with,” muttered the sergeant. them up. One of the sl what reluctantly, then inf self as Al Peter Kruchten, ™ Takoma Park, and the other said he was Edward Gi 4 the 1500 block of Marion street. “I'm going to charge you both with transporting and a case of liquor, and Kruchten ith reckless driving.” Then the sergeant remem- berid g Sergt. It seemed that iuous, pay $25 for speeding. Dr. Harry C. Frankenfield, 67 years old, meteorologist in the Weather Bu- reau, was seriously injured last night in & hit-and-run accident at Vermont ave- nue and H street. Early this morning the Baltimore police arrested Edward H. Johnson, residing there, and report- he admitted it was his car that was in the accident here. Dr. Frankenfield is the Weather Bu- reau’s flood expert. He was valking east on H street shortly after 8 o’clock v.hen an automobile occupied by several col- ored persons turned north into Vermont avenue and struck him, police reported. It was stated the driver failed to stop his car and make his identity known. ‘The injured man was taken to Emer- gency Hospital and treated by Dr. J. E. McLain for brush burns of both arms and legs, lacerations of the forehead and fractured ribs. His condition was re- rted undetermined. He resides at 1735 'ew Hampshire avenue. Police of the third precinct-obtained the license number of Johnson's car and asked police of Baltimore to assist in the investigation. Two Cyclists Injured. It was reported that Johnson first re- ported his car had been stolen, and said he was not in it at the time of the ac- cident, but later, according to the Balti- more 'police, he admitted being the driver when the accident happened, and was held for the local police. ‘Two bicycle riders were injured yes- terday as a result of collisions between their bicycles and motor vehicles. Nelther was dangerously injured. One of them was Garland Sellers, 11 years old,- of 1221 Wisconsin avenue, the other being Richard Brice, colored, 22 years old, of 45 Hanover street. Young Sellers was bicycling near Volta place and Thirty-third street when his wheel collided with a motor delivery vehicle driven by Robert C. Johnson, colored, 2256 Sixth street. fiis face and knees were bruised. Johnson took the injured boy to Georgetown University Hospital, whers he was treated by Dr. Lyddane. He was He rounded | 63 nb]ct.to go home after receiving treat- men Brice was riding west at Florida ave- nue and Pifteenth street when his wheel came in contact with the automobile of Celia Preund. 1724 Seventeenth street. He was thrown from his wheel and his legs bruised. First ald was given at Emergency Hospital. ‘While crossing at Seventeenth and U streets last night D. Holman, colored, ‘Willard street was his condition being such that he was detained for further treatment. Col. Radford Ordered Here. charge, blamea | when ghe testified before Judge Mat- | % Scientist Hurt DR. HARRY C. FRANKENFIELD, Flood forecaster of the U. S. Weather Bureau, who was seriously injured in an automoblle accident last night. FARM BOARD BULT Famous “Uncle Reuben” Would Be Lost Amid Organi- zation of Industry Leaders. A glimpse of the Federal Farm Board in action goes a long way toward dis- sipating any impression of the farmer as an “Uncle Reuben” on the business end of a plow. ‘The men whom President Hoover has called to solve one of the Nation's most perplexing problems are at work with the enthusiasm of the most active school in high-pressure salesmanship. Their rooms give off that atmosphere of earn- est, deliberative procedure that is the hallmark of corporate business and does not in the least suggest the storied ex- perience of men who till the soil. “Uncle Reuben” Would Be Lost. “Uncle Reuben” would be lost there. { He would sink to his instep in plusn carpets, get the backache from sitting * in_high, gold-finished chairs, and if he talked with any one of a dozen earnest, business-like young women.who act as buffers for their superiors—as well he would—he would wonder what it is all about. The chances are not one of these alds knows farming, but they are versed in the art of keeping the wheels of a business organization turning. And ithat is what the Federal Farm Board is, & business organization to the uth legree. ‘Washington for years has been ac- quainted with farm organizations and the more prominent of their repre- | sentatives. " But the activity going for- ward under mandate of the farm re- {1llef act is giving every department of the Government outside the Depart- ment of Agriculture a picture of agri- culture as an industry that is surpris- ingly different from any heretofore generally heid. Farm leaders long have suffered from an inability to humanize the problems of agriculture, Those who have made contact with the Federal Farm Board during the few days of its organization have noted, along with Government of - ficials who appreciate the ramifications of the board's study, that for the first time agriculture is on the way to being humanized. Papers Are Treated Fairly. In the matter of the board's pro- nouncements, for example. At noon and again aj 4 o'clock daily the board makes known any happenings of the day esteemed to be of news value. The White House practice of timing news releases so as to give afternoon and morning papers an “even break” on the news obtains, as it does in virtually all the Government departments. ‘While members of the board plow through testimony about co-operatives, the Mediterranean fruit fly, the price of wheat, the state of the cotton farm- er, clerks and stenographers and er- rand boys compile memoranda, tran- scribe dictation and chase vagrant tele- calls. The “boll weevils” already Persons taking nfiom time of the office hel in the pe that they might to Mr. So-and-So are evidences in any department that the work of that de- partment is getting humanized. Outlines of policy have not been slow in coming from the board. Outstanding was the announcement yesterday that the board expects co-operative market- ing organizations to unify with closely allied interests in order to promote more efficient and economic marketing. ‘The announcement was made in & proposal by the board to officials of two Florida citrus fruit co-operative associations, in which the associations were urged to consolidate and unify their programs before seeking & loan from the board to aid their marketing facilities. The announcement specifically af- fected the Florida citrus situation, but officlals of the board declared the policy was of far-reaching scope and would be applied in connection with the loan requests of other co-opera- tives and commodity groups. ‘There are approximately 12,000 co- operatives in the United States and only 400 or 500 are large organizations. ‘The board set forth asan aim the elim- ination of duplication of effort and waste in the agricultural marketing system, and & general application of its suggestion to the citrus organiza- tions would be to greatly reduce the number of co-operatives. Black Cat Brings Bad Luck Instead Of Expected Good mistress. Clara Barlow, colored, 100 block of Third street northeast, be- lieved & black cat was gogd luck until today. Observing an inky- hued animal' on a nocturnal ramble last night, Clara pursued and soon had it in her possession. ‘The charm did not work im- mediately and although it is not determined what the woman ex- pected as she carried it toward her home. ‘Whether the cat used her pow- bad luck.” Her belief was further substantizted when the court im- postd a fire of $5. AS BUSINESS GROUP; i 3eiert i | Kenner's pharmacy on the corner of » MURDER CHARGED AS OFFIGER DIES - OF BULLETWOUND Policeman McDonald Expires | After Relapse, Leaving Wife and Three Children. SLAIN MAN’S BROTHER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING Alfred Aldridge Formally Charged With Crime—Coroner to Hold Inquest Tomorrow. Following the death last night of Patrolman Harry J. McDonald of the | third precinct, wounded in a gtin fight with two colored men, one of whom he illed, a formal charge of murder today was filed -rg-lns'. Alfred Aldridge. 30 of Baltimore, the other prin- weeks ago, the policeman’s life was des- paired of, but he rallied so strongly that his recovery seemed certain. A | relapse set in last night, however, and he succumbed at Emergency Hospital to a combination of infection and pneu- | monia despite efforts of Dr. James| Kilroy, police physician, and two other doctors to keep him alive by administer- ing oxygen. Held in District Jall. Aldridge, who was arrested shortl, after the shooting, is now in the DL\‘-’ trict jall, where he had been lodged | on a felonfous assault charge. His blro‘:‘.het James Aldridge, was the man slain. Last Priday a_coroner's jury at an inquest at the District morgue held that the killing of the colored man by the policeman was justifiable homicide. Shot on July 6. The shooting occurred early on the morning of July 6, when McDonald was attempting to place the two col- ored men under arrest after responding to a call that two men were robbing Seventeenth and Q streets. McDonald had captured the men in an alley in the vicinity and was alighting from his machine preparatory to taking the men to a patrol box on the corner when he was shot. Alfred Aldridge is charged with having fired four shots, one of which struck the policeman in the chest. s An inquest will be conducted by Coroper J. Ramsay Nevitt at the Dis- trict morgue tomorrow morning. McDonald is survived by his widow and three children. GIVEN MEDAL CITATIONS Recommendations Are Made That| Herolc Rescues Be Rec- 3 ognized. Secretary Adams today recommended five naval enlisted men to Secretary Mellon for the award of silver life- saving medals. Stephen Dunn, jr., chief aviation pllot; Paul Fitz Randolph. chief radio man, and Glow Burma Phillips, chief radio man, attached to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla., were com- mended for rescuing F. E. Mulligan, machinist mate, first class, from drown- e Wiiam m Coady, seaman, first class, attached to the U. S. S. Lexing- ton, and Willilam Lewis Thomas, chief boatswain mate of the U. 8. S. Proc- yon, saved Robert Fred Davis, radio man, third class, who fell overboard last February when a liberty party was being transferred from the U. 8. S. ‘Tern to the U. 8. S. Lexington in Pan- ama Bay, which is officially reported to be infested with sharks. Davis had struck his head on a gunwale and ‘was unconscious. A HOLD OUTING AT BEACH. Ladies Auxiliary of D. C. Fire De- partment Has Picnic. ‘This is Piremen's day at Chesapeake Beach. More than 2,000 excursionists are at the resort on an excursion by the Ladies Auxiliary of the District Fire Department. Prizes will be awarded winners of varied athletic events, The feature of the day will be a half-mile race for women wearing firemen's . Mrs. G. H. Weitzel heads the excursion committee and Mrs. A. Kennon is in charge of athletics. ~Mrs. Helen Schultze is president of the auxiliary. TWO BITEN BYE'JGS. 8. . Gravely, 30 years old, third po- lice precinct dry law enforcement offi- cer, was bitten on the right hand by one of two dogs engaged in a fight near his home, at Virginia Highlands, Va., last night. He went to Emergency Hos- pital and had Dr. J. E. McLain dress the wound. Seven-year-old Dale Morgan Eicholz, 5821 Colorado avenue, was bitten on the back by a stray dog while on the play- ground at Brightwood School yester- day afternoon. He was given first ald at Walter Reed Hospital. el the car-loading platform 24 been criicizod a8 & e Victim of Gun POLICEMAN HARRY J. McDONALD. DISEASE CLEAN-UP 1S LED BY GRANT District Leaders Hope to Rid Capital of Health Hazards. Surg. Gen. Hugh 8. Cumming of the United States Public Health Service will be asked to designate an expert to'make a survey of the District of Columbia and locate all possible sources of mosquitoes ang all other spots “where neglect has penl;'mltted insanitary conditions to TR Such action was the result of a con- ference held this morning and partici- pated in by heelth and park officials under the leadership of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director_of the Office of Public Buildings and Parks. “The various executive agencies con- cerned will then, of course, co-operate in eliminating any undesirable condi- tions,” said an announcement from Col. Grant, following the meeting. Hopes for Co-operation., Col. Grant said that he hopes to se- cure the approval and collaboration of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in eliminating such condi- tions when found to be within their jurisdiction. “Of course, the health officer of the District as well as the medical in- structor of public buildings and public parks have already been intensively engaged in this work as a part of their general dutles with a limited personnel at their commant Col. Grant ex- plained, “but they are agreed that such a survey will help bring neglected places to their attention. With the as- sistance of the experts of the Public Health Service and of the Bureau of Entomology, the work will be very facilitated and greater service will be possible.” Grant Calls Conference. The conference was called upon the invitation of Col. Grant to consider a practical way of intiating a campaign for ridding the Capital of mosquitoes and_other sources of infection. “While the gradual elimination of tidal marsh areas and their reclama- tion into park lands has already brought about very marked improve- ment in this regard during the last century, Col. Grant considers that more intensive attention to this subject is justified at this time,” ement issued by his office. “The uisition of considerable new unlmmm areas and their addition to the park system, has put under his jurisdiction many tracts which cannot yet be actually improved. but the mini- mum necessary to eliminate mosquito and dump conditions seems desirable pending the ultimate improve- ment of the land.” Present at the conference were Dr. W. C. Fowler, District health officer; Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone of the Medical Corps, President Hoover's phy-; sician; Maj. Robert D. Harden, Army Medical Corps; Dr. C. E. Waller, United States Public Health Service: Maj. M. Corbett, medical officer, Public Buildings and Public Parks: M. Bishop, Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, and Ralph E. Tarbett of the United States Public Health Service. GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE STILL CRITICALLY ILL Leslie 3. St Condition Con- tinues Doubtful at Garfleld Hospital. Representative Leslie J. Steele of Georgia still is in a serious condition at Garfleld Hospital, where he was operated on yesterday morning, it was said there this morning. His condition was reported to be “satisfactory under the circumstances.” The operation, a major one, was for an abdominal disorder. The Georgia Rep- resentative reacted from the anesthetic during the night and his recovery will lepend largely on the developments of today and tomorrow. LIGHTS SOUGHT. ‘The District authorities were request- ed to erect modern lights on Sheriff road northeast and also to oil a number of loose stone roads of the community in resolutions adopted at & meeting of the Deanwood Citizens' Association last night. Plans also were made known for a new Boys' Club in the Deanwood sec- tion. A. E. Jessup, president, presided. hindrance to traffic, ~—Underwood | already has been approved by 8.1to, PAGE 13 Y HEADS GRANT HARRS PLEA FOR ADES ON CENTER Be Asked to Name Terms for Services. $10,000 IS AVAILABLE FOR PRELIMINARY PLANS Municipal Building Project Should Be Pushed as Rapidly as Possible, He Says. The first definite step in shapinz up the plans for the bufl%ing! f6 G prise the new municipal center was taken by the Commissioners today when the city heads authorized Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris to invite a proposal from the Allied Architects of Washington, D. C., Inc., for services in connection with the design of the municipal center and to submit the terms of the agreement to the Com- missloners for action. ere is an appropriation of $10,0 now avallable for preliminary p}a‘ns'ra? the center, and Mr. Harris is anxious to have associated with him architects of experfence and ability from the start of the work. Originally Had Three in Mind. He had originally three men in mind Edward W. Donn, Nathan C. Wyeth and Fred B. Murphy. Upon inquiry. how- ever, he found that they comprised the designing force of the Allied Architects, and decided to seek authority for asking the co-operation of the Ailied Archi- In his reccommendation to the Engi- neer Commissioner Mr. Hnrris wrots pn July 3: “The necessary legislation for beginning the municipal center having passed during my absence, it is desirs able that steps be taken at once to de- velop the necessary dutfes and tentas tive plans for the proposed buildings, I feel that the time now has arrived when T should make a definite recom- mendation to the Commissioners as to the procedure I believe might be fol- lowed in the further development of this group of buildings. “As this is a project for the housing of the local government, it would seem that as far as possible and practicable the archiects of Washington, with their knowledge of local requirements and conditions, are peculiarly fitted to as- sist with the development of these plans.” Mr. Harris then outlined the history of the organization of the Al- lied Architects and pointed out that they had made the plans and had been retained to superintend the construc- tion of the new House Office Building, at B, South Capitol street, New Jersey avenue and C street xoutheast. a proj- ect which will cost several millions of dollars. ‘The design for the building Arts Commission. S i Urges Project Be Pushed. Harris' recommendatis - cludes: “It seems to me \1'31”!’!15?3:;9 should push the project as rapidly as possible, so as to have before Congress :fu:.".glg‘-zga")mg“ definite informa- e ultimate cost of s unit’ t:)};bfl constructed.” e . the same time, the work of ac- quiring the property on which the center eventually will be built is be- ing pushed ahead by the purhcase com- mittee, of which ~Assistant Engineer Commissioner Layson E. Atkins is chairman. Invitations have been sent to all property owners in the squares bounded by Third and Sixth streets, Pennsyl- vania avenue and Judiclary square, to offer their property for sale to the District. In cases where the parties cannot agree as to the sale price, con- demnation proceedings will be resorted Several offers already have been made, it is understood, but none of them has been accepted. AUTO COMPANY SUED FOR $32,000 BY COUPLE Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Cannon Charge Car Involved in Crash « Was Speeding. Suits aggregating $32,000 dams; were filed today in the District suprrgn': Court. against the Oakland Motor Car Co.. by Charles F. Cannon and his wife, Elizabeth Cannon, of Princess Anne, Md. Mrs. Cannon asks $20,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained in a collision between her automobile and a machine owned by the company last December. The husband places his own injuries at $10,000 and asks an additional $2,000 for the loss of services of his wife by reason of her injuries. ‘Through Attorneys Whitford, Mar- shall & Hart, the plaintiffs say they were driving their car along the Cris- field road in Maryland, December 19, when the defendant’s automobile col- lided with them at Rayfleld’s Corner. They charge neligence, claiming that the defendant's car was being driven at an excessive rate of speed. BRANCH‘NAMED SPéCIAL ASSISTANT TO MITCHELL Providence, R. I, Man Will Suc- ceed Alfred J. Wheat as Chief Aide. By the Assoclated Press. Claude R. Branch, Providence, R. I, has been appointed special assistant to the Attorney General, it was announced today by the Department of Justice. The department zaid that Branch would be assigned as chief assistant to the solicitor general, succeeding Al- fred A. Wheat, who was appointed Justice of the District of Columbia Su- preme Court. MANHOLE TOPS BLASTED. Spectacular Explosion Attracts Crowd but Does Litle Damage. An explosion believed to have been caused by a short circuit blew three manhole covers into the air on Fourteenth street between N street and Rhode Island avenue yesterday after- noon attracted hundreds of curious witnesses, caused a lot of smoke, but little damage. One of the covers was blown 20 feet into the air and landed on the parked automobile of Bernard E. Walls and demolished the left fender. No one was injured. ‘The repair crews from the Potomac Electric Power Co. on the scene shortly after the explosion and zet, -bow repairing the damaged man- |Allied Architects, Inc., Will’