Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1929, Page 13

Washington News Zhe B WASHINGTON, D. C, BUILDERS PROTEST TRIYEARLY MEETS Rufus S. Lusk, in Letter to Commission, Outlines Rea- sons for Opposition. "DECLARES NEW PLAN - .| WOULD WORK HARDSHIPE Tive or Six Day Sessions Required: Under Proposed Change Are Held Unnecessary. 4 A strong protest against the an-| nounced decision of the Zoning Come mission to meet but three times a yeor | affer January 1, next, was filed today with Maj. Donald A. Daiison, executive head of the commission, by Rufus S Lusk, representing the ~ Operative Builders' Association, which consists of about a score of active building organi« zations of Washington. The letter of the Operative Builders Association contends that such infre- quent meetings of the commission toy consider proposed zoning changes would | work severe and unnecessary hardship} on property owners in many instanc:s.| 1t is pointed out that the Zoning | Commission here must consider all in- | dividual cases as well as general zoning area matters, and that if the com- mission met but three times a vear, the number of cases presented would be o’ preal as to consume five or six days at.| one time, The association questions | the advantage to the city of thus hav. ing the services of District Commis sioners, members of the zoning body, confined for so long a period at one | time to zoning. ! Lusk Outlines Opposition. { Declaring that members of the | builders' organization are ahmost un-| animously opposed to the new plan fo infrequent meetings of the commission. Mr. Lusk assigns the following reasons.; Tor their opposition to the plan: ! “The Zoning Commission as set up fn Washington must not ,only concern - | "y WRECK OF SAFE IN STORE ROBBERY Ruined strong box at the Hutchison & Co. furniture establishment, which was burglarized early today. Miss Sara Frankel is shown inspecting the damage. YEGGMEN GET $200 IN STORE ROBBERY by Thieves to Deaden Sound of Safe Breaking. With a fold of heavy drapery and a mattress - used to. deaden the sound, {a safe_was wreoked with sledges and| crowbars in. the furniture store of jtself with general zoning charges, but | Hutchison & Ca., at 1816 Fourteenth | with any specific case that may come | street, early today and $50 in cash,| before it. In consequence, it has great deal more work to do than thi average zoning commission, which con- cerns itself only with zoning changes| and not with specific cases. “In many of these specific cases it is, desirable and often of vital importance that a reasonably prompt decision be 4 rendered. Under the proposed system | of meetings it might be necessary to wait four months to get an interpreta- tion of the regulations or to have a| hearing on some specific case, which, | while of no concern to the vast ma- jority, is of importance to one indi- 4 vidual and he should, we think, have| an opportunity for a prompt hearing. “On any important change, partic-{ niarly changes' in regulations, it has | been the custom of the commission | worth $150 stolen. ‘The checks, however, ‘were 1on-hégotiable. Whether the robbery was the work of one yeggman or more was undeter- niined, ‘but 1t bore the ~earm: expertness, nos even a fingerprint being found by investigators. The burglary was discovered about 8 o'elock ‘this morning by the manager. F, W. Hetzel, when he opened for busi- ness. Entry had been made by forcing a rear'ddor. The large strong box was | battered into a mass fo wreckage by | crowbars and other tools found on the premises. ‘The burglary parallels in many re-| spects that of the Cadillac service ga- rage at 1222 Twenty-second street, often to postpone final decision in | where an office safe was broken up by order to get more expression of various | hammers and bars and several hun- viewpoints, When ‘a semi-restricted | dred dollars obtained. district” was- set up three years ago, three hearings were held before a proper regulation was phrased. Thi took three months and caused a cer-{ tain amount of hardship; under the. new plan of meeting, it might have taken almost a year to have gotten that matter decided. ] Predicts Undue Delay. “If the hearings occur once every: four months they will take almost two, solid weeks of the full time of the Dis- trict Commissioners who are members{ of the Zoning Commission. At the present time it takes at least two days, including the hearing, the executive session and visits to the properties each month, and when the number of cases has been heavy, five or six days in one month have been consumed. It is doubtful if it would react to the ad- vantage of our city government to have it deprived of the services of its three Commissioners for *almost ten days or | two weeks. There are a multitude of | matters which they can decide and we doubt the wisdom of depriving the citi- zens of Washington of the services of all of them for so long a period. “Even though hearings are held but three times a year, this will not lessen the number of cases that reoccur an- nually and which require the attendance of many interested parties who seek | to protect their property rights.” | P. 0. CLERKS IN PLEA FOR HALF HOLIDAY | National Federation of Employes| to Inaugurate Campaign for 44-Hour Working Week. The National Federation of Post Office Clerks will wage a campaign for Saturday half holidays—or a 44-hour working week, beginning at their six- teenth biennial convention at New York, - opening September 2, it was made known today. Many members of Congress and Post Office Department officials will speak. Delegates from every State will attend, and also an international delegate, Dr. Ludwig Maier, from Vienna, who wil 1 represent the International Postal Tele- graph and Telephone Association. In addition to a shorter working week, the post office clerks are seeking a liberalization of the retirement law and the establishment of & system of long- evity pay—or service promotions— whereby pay increases would be auto- matically granted at stated periods of satisfactory service. A seniority plan to insure more certainty in assignment and promotions for experienced em- ployes will be sought by the convention. According to Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary-treasurer, one of the impor- tant questions for convention discus- sion is the postal deficit in its relation to postal employment betterments. “We want the Government to declare a postal policy under which the profit motive will not be stressed to the disa vantage of the public and the employes,’ he said. A proper system of account. ancy, giving financial credit to the postal service for the many free or policy services it mow performs, would show that this deficit is largely fictitious. and should not, therefore, be used as a reason for denying employment im- provements to the postal workers.” . Democratic Women to Meet. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., August 28.—There will be a meeting of the Democratic woman voters in the ,Lyon Park pre- cinct at the home of Precinct Commit- teeman Thomas R. Mecham tonight to formulate plans and organizeean Aaux- iliary to assist in the coming campaign to elect a governor and member to the ouse of Delegate: A check-up of the furniture stock showed that nothing was taken beyond the contents of the safe. The wrist wateh belonged to the wife of L. E. Hutchison of the furniture company. MULLOWNY FUNERAL SET FOR TOMORROW Services for Lawyer and Former Judge to Be Held at Residence. Funeral services for Alexander Rich- | mond Mullowny, prominent lawyer and fosmer judge of Police Court, who died at his home, 6300 Connecticut avenue, Monday night, will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Japgres W. Morris, as- sistant rector of the Church of the Epiphany, will officiate. Interment will be in Congrésstonal Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be as fol- lows: Judge Isaac R. Hitt, Assistant United States Attorneys David A. Hart and R. F. Camalier, Percivgl Wilson, Willlam Pace, Patrick O'Connor, William Atkins and Frank Yasma. Members of the B. B. French Lodge of Masons will be active pallbearers, In addition to his services as judge of the Police Court, Mr. Mullowny also had served for many years as Assistant United States Attorney for the Dis- trict of Columbia. He was born in Richmond, Va. August 29, 1865, and came to this city at an early age, at- tending the public schools and studying law here. MRS. H. W. JOHNSON DIES IN ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y. Mrs. Blanche Seaver Johnson, 60 years old, wife of Rev. Dr. Harry W. Johnson, Congregational minister, died at Elizabethtown, N. Y., Monday, after a long illness. Mrs. Johnson and her husband, native Washingtonians, ere emarried here. . Following their marriage, Dr. John- son served as pastor of various churches in different parts of the country, being stationed for a number of years on the Pacific coast. At present he is pastor of the Congregational Church at Eliza- beth! Funeral services will be conducted at the residence of Mrs. Johnson's sister, Mrs, Allace B. White, 1708 Webster street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Johnson is survived, by her hus- band, two daughters, Miss Ruth John- son and Miss Genevieve Johnson; two sisters, Mrs. White and Mrs. Gertrude L. Finckel, and a brother, Willlam Earle Seaver. Mrs. Finckel and the brother also reside in this city. —Star Staff Photo. ISOLATION HOUSE | URCED BY DIETOR |Drapery and Mattress Used}Building Suitable for Those With Minor Contagious Dis- eases Is Advocated. Provision for a suitable isolation | building for the care of persons suffer- ing from minor contagious diseases is urged by Dr. William C. Fowler, health officer, in his annual report to the Dis- trict Commissioners, made public today. Dr. Fowler pointed out that there has ® | some $600 in checks and a wrist watch | long been an urgent need for such a building. The present isolating wards at Garfield and Providence Hospitals are antiquated, he said, and a modern structure should be provided and he Arks of | would have the facilities provided in the plan for additions to Gallinger Munici- pal Hospital. Attempts to Get Funds Fail “Efforts to secure the netessary funds to erect and equip a modern and suit- able hospital for minor contagious dis- eases has been unsuccessful,” declared Dr. Fowler, *“I urgently recommend, therefore, that the plans for the erec- tion of the new buildings at the Gal- linger Hospital be altered so as to pro- vide for a suitable isolation building as | one of the units of the general scheme for this municipal institution.” The report showed that the general death rate in the District in the 1923 calendar year was increased slightly in comparison with the preceding 12 months, whereas the infant mortality rate continued to decline. The death rate last year was 13.11 per cent for each 1,000 population, he said. while in 1927 it was 12.94 per cent. The infant mortality figures show that for each 1,000 children born in 1928, 64.6 per cent died under 1 year of age, whereas in 1927 the mortality rate was 66.3 per cent. Stresses School Health, Dr. Fowler als ostressed the need for more adequate medical and dental service for the public schools. The present corps of doctors, dentists ‘and nurses, he said, is entirely inadequate to give pupils the supervision they should receive. “It is of utmost importance,” the re- port declared, “that the children in the schools of the District be in good physi- cal condition in order that they may pursue their studies in a comfortable and efficient manner.” Examination of pupils in the kinder- garten and first grade, Dr. Fowler ex- plained, has shown clearly that many of them are working under physical handicaps that materially interfere with their courses of study. BRIDGE APPROACH CONTRACT DELAYED Award May Not Be Made for| Week—Atlafita Firm Low Bidder. ‘The National Construction Co. of At- lanta, Ga., was the lowest of 11 bidders for the work of construction on the approach to the new Arlington Me- morial Bridge from the end of B street, including the superstructure of the water gate on fhe plaza on this side of the bridge. The estimate of the Georgia firm was $368,000. Maj. J. C. Mehafly, engineer officer in charge of the bridge eonstruction, in whose office the bids were opened, sald the contract probably would not be awarded for a week or two. The ap- proach, starting from B street, will be about 1,000 feet in length, rising grad- ually from B street to the bridge. It is| one of the important steps in the com- pletion of the project. Other bids submitted for the work in connection with the approach were an- nounced as follows: P. C. Streett, Balti- more, $389,900; Spencer, White & Pren- tiss of Washington, $393,000; Grier- Lawrence, Statesville, N. C., $550,000; Hunkin-Conkey of Clevelahd, $437,142; Frank Parazza & Son, Philadelphia; $479,900; Carozza Construction Co. Brooklyn, $488,496: W. P. Thurston Co., Richmond, $455,000; Atlantic Bridge Co., Greensboro, N. C. $424,438, and Pietrowsky Konop Co. of New York, $434,629. Fighter Who Faced a_Thousand Bulls "Quails Before D. C. Commissioners The fron heart of El Senor Chicor- | no Tito, the toreadodr, at last has failed the | &0, senor, and at a ‘most’ crucial moment. El Chicorrito came to Washington || Saturday, bold and gay as any toreador at the arena gate. The senor of old Madrid left Washington last night, very. much defeated. The senor, if it must be known. could not summon the audacity to face the District Commissioners—he who had faced and annihilated g thousand bulls. ‘It was all so conf gesticulated the senor brokenly, as prepared to vacate his quarters at the Mayflower ; orator , .'. my bull fight, she must " The senor had intended to make the Capital bull-fight conscious. He was going to see the Spanish Ambassador, the Commissioners, the superintendent of police. He was golnf‘ to obtain a per- mit for a bull fight in the base ball park. “Nothing brutal,” avowed the .senor, “only a demonstration, A rubber sword I would use on the bull.” El Chicorrito, disconsotate and afmost in tears, has gone back. to New York— back to his three pieadors, his three trained horses and as many bulls. he said, leaving. DISCUSS INSURANGE PLAN T0 BENEFIT FEDERAL EMPLOYES Congress May Be Asked to WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ening Sfar. 'WITH SUNDAY MORKYNG EDITION Amend War Risk Measure to Include Civilians. PROPOSE GOVERNMENT UNDERWRITE POLICIES Maj. Erck Will Confer With Chief Clerks on' Suggestions September 6. The possibllity that Congress may be , asked to amend the war risk insurance | act so as to bring within its scope the | half million civillan employes of the | Government was discussed today in | connection with proposals that low- pregilum sick and death benefits be made avallable throughout the Gov- ernment service. The subjegt of group insurance will be discussed at the next meeting of the interdepartmental board on Septem- ber 6, at whi its chairman, Maj. | Alfred H. Erck of the chief co- ordinator’s office will confer with the 17 Federal chief clerks who compose the group. The board has bgen asked to con- | | i be arranged for and administered by | the Government along the lines of | agreements by which large corporations { obtain sick and death benefits for their | employes. Proposals have been made that the Government underwrite a | blanket policy and authorize deductions | | from the individual salaries as supple- | | mental to the retirement fund and | administered in the same manner. | Board Asked to Consider Plan. The interdepartmental board was | i asked to consider the subject by a busi- | ness organization of Federal employes \in the New York co-ordinator division, | i and the meeting in September will de- ! side, it was said today, whether the | suggestion s worth carrying further | | with a view to obtaining agreements | | among various departments or any legis- | | lation necessary to carry the plan into | | effect. | It became known in connection with | discussion of the matter that approxi- | | mately 16,000 Government employes now :hn\'e group insurance with a private concern, and one of the phases the | bsard will consider is whether the Gov- | ernment could furnish group protection | at lower rates. Seven Government de- | partments ‘now are protected by thg concern, according to L. E. Harrls, its | ‘Washington representative, who said to- day that effective September 15 approxi- mately 6,000 employes in the Agricul- | ture Department would swell the total to 22,000. ‘The terms on which this insurance is made available makes it possible for | each policy holder to obtain protection. {in varying amounts, at the flat rate of 170 cents per person per month, The Government departments under con- | tract with the company, he said, are the { Interstate Commerce Commission, Fed- { eral Trade Commission, Internal In- | | terior Department, Veterans' Bureau, | Navy Department and, beginning Sep- | tember 15, the Agriculture Department. ‘With the exception of the Veterans' | Bureau, where the group. of employes !rem’eunllnl policy holders charges the |actual cost of the insurance, all the groups charge each policy holder $1.| Harris said, and put the extra 30 cents | in a surplus fund for usegshould the rate be increased. Each policy is of one year's duration, with renewal privilege, [ but is issued with the understanding | that the rate may increase or decrease. Protection Varies. Statements that the Government should be able to furnish sick and death benefits on the basis of a cost of 70 cents per $1,000 do. not take into con- | sideration, it 'was said, that each policy- | holder among' the 16,000 Government employes now holding group insurance does not obtain $1,000 protection. The protection varies according to age, not higher than $1,000 and as low as $250, but the premium is 70 cents for each policyholder per month. e -surplus fund created if for the payment of any increase that might result. The thought now being discussed is that the Government might enter into agreements with privately owned com- panies by underwriting a blanket policy, and administer the payment of policies and collection ol‘rr!lnhlms by deducting from the individual's salary with his It also has been suggested that the Government plan and administer the insurance of its own Mability, paying the cost of administration out of public funds as its contribution to employes. The possibility of amending the war risk insurance act has been mentioned as a means of bringing the administra- tion of such an activity under the Pen- | sion Bureau, thus imposing upon the ' | Government, the cost of carrying out | the program. Compulsory Plan Unwise. J. Boyd Dexter, president of the Em- ployes’ Welfare Association' of the Vet- erans’ Bureau, expressed the opinion that it would be unwise to make the taking of insurance compulsory among Government employes, but that an ar- rangement might be made whereby de- { partment heads would sanction taking the premiums from the employe's sal- ary in cases where it was satisfactory to the employe. In the preliminary discussion, in- terest has centered on the prdposition that the Government meet any cost growing out of administering a group insurance plan. The opinion has been expressed that the Government will not take the position of being in competi- tion with insurance companies, but that program might be worked out whereby n association of Government depart- ments might accept bids from various pa; contract with the lowest bidder, and; by having the Government assume administration of the program through the Pension Office, escape all expense excepting actual payment of premiums. 2 Maj. Erck and members of the inter- departmental board and other officiaks throughout the Government depart- ments have expressed interest in_the subject, but the office of Maj. Erck pointed out that' there had been no committals and that the board would first pass on-the feasibility of the sug- :guon. ¢ $10,000 RING IS LOST. Loss of a 3-carat diamond ring which he valued .at $10,000, was reported to police last night by Sorrell M. Banks, who Is stopping at the Metropolitan- Hotel, Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. Banks tald police he would w a reward of $1500 for its return. Hr Bkt o e e, s e yes er on Pennsylvani avenye betweell Thirteenth street and his’ hotel, or sider a suggestion that group insurance | W jed for participation in the Firemen'’s| | Victory Post fimel Full Board Aant on & Mount Vernon street Upper: Members of No. 3 Truck, at Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue, dec- orating.the “Viking Ship,” which they enter in the parade. In the group left to right: F. J. In the float are: F. L. Steine, J. W. Wissman and S. D. Clatterbuck. 130 Bryant street, winner of a beauty contest conducted by Wl’. Hahn & Co., shoe merchants, to name 'a “Miss Wash- ington” who will ride their float. Miss Pearson was selected last night by a board of Judges after the entranty had been narrowed down to five finalists. —Star Staff Photos. FIREMEN'S BANDS SWELL PARADE LIST 20 Groups of Musicians AI-; ready Are Enrolled for | Labor Day Event. | ‘Twenty bands already have been list- Lgbor day parade and most of these | probably, will compete in the band contest Monday afternoon, it was an- nounced today by Sergt. A. J. Bargagn!, parade marshal. If the entry list for the musical con: test is as large as is indicated at present. | Sergt. Bargagni is planning a band battle that “will last all night.” Cer- | tainly, the contest would be prolonged until late evening and so convinced is at least one of the competing organiza- tions that the meet will run for many hours that it has written to the parade officials for permission to be one of the first outfits to make its bid for the | prizes. The Cotesville, Pa., Fire Depart- ment Band has asked Sergt. Bargagni to allow it to play first so that it can leave Washington on a bus scheduled to start the return trip to Pennsylvania city at 9 o'clock. Meanwhile, enries for parade particl- pation and for the baby carriage contest continue to come in to the officials. Bargagni sald this morning that the haby carriage event contestants are | being listed rather slowly, but that he | is expecting a rush of the little prize seekers by the end of this week. He has | warned the parents, however, that all | entries must be in by Saturday night. Among the latest fire-fighting organi- zations to be listed are the Rehoboth Beach, Del., Company, which will send a plece apparatus and 30 men, and the company . of Waynesboro, Pa., which | willdbe represented by 75 men and a band. £ The mayor and council of Piedmont, W. . Vi have written to the parade officials for seats upon the reviewing stand. Bargagni said this morning that he will make arrangements to accommo- date that group of officials on the stand, which also will seat the governors of Maryland and Virginia, and the Districe of Columbia officials. - COTTON’S NIGHT WORK| AROUSES CURIOSITY Corps of State Department Em- ployes Also Toil Long Hours After Dark, By the Associated Press. Curlosity over developments in the disarmament negotiations in progress | jn England was intensified today by the lack of information to accourt for the long night labors of Undersecretary Cotton and & corps of stenographers at the State Department. Cotton, who drafts the administra- tion’s instructions to Ambassador Dawes for his guidance in the discussions with Prime Minister MacDonald, canceled his evening engagements yesterday and secluded himself with extra assistants in his own office after a three-hour conference at which President Hoover discussed the situation with State and Navy Department officials. That conference was described in well hlln;;:lnned clrcleg t“ t;;;!h‘;‘g “no spec] portance,” but no g was given about what took place and Cotton | declined to give any hint as to the nature of the task which kept him busy far into the night. -LEGION GROUP ELECTS. of Officers. W. L. A, Strawbridge was elected commander of Victory Post, No. 4, of the American Legion at the annual election last night at Woodman's Hall. Gus Krauskopf, first vice commander W. T. Lynch, second vice commander; Augustus B.. Schroeder, chaplain; Max Levin, master-at-arms; C. E. Lanahan, sergeant-at-arms; Albert Bricker and Albert Guzman, color bearers; H. B. 98, 1929. MORE FAST BOATS ENTER CUP RACES Two of Fastest Afloat to Treasury Will Not Subdivide Compete for President’s Trophy Here. Two of the fastest speedboats afloat— brook’s Jersey Lightning—will' partici- pate in the President's Cup regatta, to be run off on the Potomac near Wash- ington September 13 and 14. This announcement was made today by L. Gordon Leech, sefretary of the Chesapeake and Potomac Power Boat Association, which is ssponsoring the regatta, following word from Holbrook that he would enter his craft in the President’s Cup race, feature event of the regatta. Hoyt had previously en- tered his boat. The Imp won the Gold Cup race at the recent regatta at Red Bank, N. J., an event in which the Jersey Lightning ‘was unable to compete, Mr. Hoyvt having sustained & broken leg while tuning his craft on the day preceding the race. Officials of the Power Boat Associa- tion expressed gratification today at the high type of speedboats being entered in the regatta. _They feel that all events will be contested with keen rivalry and that several records will be established. The regatta committee also has ob- tained entry of Scotty, the boat which Samuel Dunsford of Lake Winnepe- saukee, N. H., bullt especially for the Gold Cup race. ‘The boat will run in the President's Cup race and in the free-for-all, RICKARD'S FLORIDA ESTATE IS ‘HEALTHY’ Probate Records Value Holdings at $169,572, With Claims Totaling Less Than $10,000. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., August 28.—While Mrs. Maxine Elliott Rickard, widow of the late George L.(Tex) Rickard, says she is facing financial stgaits at her home in Flushing, Long Island, the Florida portion of the Rickard estate, as re- vealed in R'cbnte records, appears to be in a healthy condition, according to court attaches. While Mr. Rickard's holdings in Florida were not listed in the in- ventory filed here June 15, his personal belongings were valued at $169,572.48, with minor claims against the estate approximately less than $10,000. major claim of $72:000 has been filed by a . Miami construction company against the Miami Beach Dog Track in which Rickard was chief investor, but this suit is directed against the racing corporation, rather than the estate. BAPTISTS IN SESSION. Fij'y-third Annual Meeting of Augusta_Association. . Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., August 28—The fifty-third annual session of the Au- gusta Baptist Association convened in -the Waynesboro Association Church, of which Rev. Lee Scott is pastor, yester- day and .will continue today. Dr. E. B. Jackson of Harrisonburg, is the president; Dr. B. B. Smith of glchwn and A. K. Hines, color guards; L. Hill, judge advocate, and Augustus B. Schroeder, historian, wes shunmmq vice president; the Rev. E. P e i of PRINTING OFFICE - WORKS RESUMED | Contracts Between Union ’ and Non-Union Labor. Resumption of work on the Govern- | Richard Hovt's Imp and Gerald Hol- & ment Printing Office addition today, {after two months of inaction, marked |a definite advance for organized labor {in its relations with the Government's 1$300,000,000 butlding program. ‘The ‘Treasury Department made known that | henceforth it will not sub-divide con- | tracts befween union and non-union | labor, | The controversery that tied up work on the $1,000,000 addition developed | between the Rust Engineering Co., which |had the contract for structural work and emploved union labor, and the Virginia Engineering Co., which employ- do the mechanical work and install fixtures. When non-union labor ap- peared on the job, the union labor re- fused to continue, notwithstanding | there was no disagreement. between the ‘xén(on labor and the Rust Engineering 0. ‘The Rust Engineering Co. is un- derstood to have negotiated gvith the other company for its contract and to have assured organized labor that only union labor will be emploved in carry- | Ing out the work. The settlement was | agreeable in detail to the Washington Building Trades Council. Delay Results in Damage. Structural iron workers, bricklayers, hoisting engineers and their helpers were at work today. The two months' idleness resulted in damage to some of the building operation, it was said, necessitating the tearing down of scaf- folding and some of the wall work. Reports were current in labor circles that the Rust Engineering Co. had to | pay the Virginia Engineering Co. the full amount it stood to realize on the completed job. In demanding payment of the contract price, which was said to embody an expected profit of $9,000, i the Virginia Engineering Co., it was said, was within its rights as enunciated {in cases at law involving the failure lof carrying out a contract through no fault of the defaulting company. ‘The position taken by the Virginia Engineering Co. throughout the nego- | tiations was that it was prepared to continue work and had men ready to carry out ifs contract when the Rust | Engineering Co. gave them the build- {ing. 'Their failure, the' company con- tended, was ehargeable to the Rust En- | on its employes to resume operations. Treasury Outlines Policy. | Details of the settlement was not A | made known, but it was said that the ! Rust Co., probably would sublet the + contract for fixtures and similar work | to union labor. E. M. Rust, president of the company, said today he had watched times in the last two months he did not know what had happened, except that work had been resumed, to the satisfac- tion of labor and the Treasury Depart- ment. The Treasury Department reserves the right to accept the lowest bid on any construction work without regard to whether the -bidder employs union or non-union labor; but has laid down the i policy that it will not divide contracts on individual jobs among the contesting | labor groups. Maryland Couple Licensed. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 28.—A marriage license has been issued here to Reginald A. Farrell, 52, La Plata, Md., and Frances Marie Kramer, 30. Taft, Vi it dny 4 g ed non-union lahor on its contract to | gineering Co., which could not prevail | the negotiations break down so many ! PAGE 13 FORNEW POLICIES - TOBEGIN IN FALL [Music Probably Will Be Made Elective in Preparatory Courses. |UNIFORM GRADINAG SYSTEM TO BE USED Principals Approve Additional Half Hour in Daily Class Schedules. | District of Columbia public schocl | officials are engaged now in the prepa- | rations incident to the installation of certain new policies and practices for the coming school year in accordance with the approval given by the Board | of Education at the close of the last school year. Foremost among these is the new | schedule of music study, which will be considered by the board at one of i's | earliest meetings this Fall. In previous years music has been a | required subject in the ninth tn twelfth years of the public schonl course. Under that plan one hour a week of music was required of all senior high school pupils and those of the third year in the nicr high schools, During the next school year, however, music probably will be made an elective subject 4n the tenth, eleventh nd ! twelfth years, while only the first-year senior high schools and the third-year Junior high school pup would be re- quired to take the subject. The musi- | teaching staff of the system will take | up Sv\i!h‘n the next few davs or ear in September the piotting of L | in the higher EE LS ‘ Classed as “Major.” | As an elective subject, music would have full consideration a “'majox subject and would receive a5 much at- jtention as any other subject, including the academic courses. Whether the | music course will require home prepara- !tion will determine how much it will | count for graduation in the compilation {of a student’s credits, it was indicated |at the Franklin School today. If prep- | aration is required, it was pointed out, & full credit toward graduation will be given, but if the subject is taught as an “‘unprepared” subject, students {taking it will receive only one-half a credit. Meanwhile music would be required the ninth year, with the subject { taught, two hours a week. Following | consideration of the details of the ad- ! tration of the music course, the i music staff will*present its recommen- i dation to the Board of Education. Uniform Grading. The 1929-30 school year will witnsss for the first time the uniform grading stem in all District public schoois. | This year the elementar’, junior high | and senior high school pupils will have their eflorts rated on their advisory icards on the following scale: A for “superior,” B for “above average” C | for “average,” D for “below average,” { F for “failure.” This rating system will repl lent F for “fair” and P for ‘The introduction of the new system will do awav with confusion { which has resulted in recent vears from the use of both systems by verious schools. | _The coming year also will witness the introduction of the 9-te-3 school da for senior high schools. Heretofore t senior high schools hava convened daiiv at 9 am. and have been dismiss>d at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Upoa recommendation, however, of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintenden® of scionls iwho says he has the approval of the senior high school principals, the extra half hour was added to the day. 'NEW AIR MAIL LINE | TO SOUTH PLANNED iCo]. Lindbergh to Inauguate Five- l Day Service Between New York and Paramaribo. | Bx the Associnted Precs, Five-day air mail service between New York and the nerth coast of South {America will be put into effect when | Col. Charles A. Lindbergh leaves Miami September 20 in the first plane to travel | the new United States postal route from | San Juan to Paramariho. | _W. Irving Glover, Sccond Assistant Postmaster General, in announcing the schedule of the new route, said the postage to the Virgin Islands and Porto | Rico would be 10 cents a half_ounce: (to Antigua, Leeward Islands; Castries. | St. Lucia, Windward Islands, and Port of Spain, Trinidad. would be 25 cents a half ounce, and to Georgetown, Brit- {ish Guiana, and Paramaribo, Dutch | Gutana, would be 40 cents a haif ounce, !all rates in addition to the United States air mail fee. ! The route is an extension of the | present air mail route from Miaml to | San Juan, Porto Rico. {NEW WAY OF PAYING D. C. PRISONERS TO BE TRIED Procedure Facilitates Giving Earn- ings to Inmates of Penal Institutions. A new procedure for making pay- ments of earnirgs of inmates at the District Workhouse and Reformatory has been worked out by the Commis- sioners and the office of the controller general, it was announced today at the District Building. The new procedure is a result of a general regrouping of expenditure ap- propriations for the Workhouse and Reformatory and will, it was said, facil- itate the direct payment of the earn- ings of the prisoners to them or their dependents. ‘The regrouping of the expenditure appropriations also provides for the establishment of a continual revolving und to be used as working capital for the operation of industrial, agricultural and vocational training enterprises, which fund will be perpetuated by re- ceipts from the sale of industrial or farm products. s Accident Results in Death. Epecial Dispatch to The Sta CUMBERLAND, Md., August 28. O. K. Duvall, 50 years old, Akersville, Pa., died yesterday at Me; talilere of injuries .ro was struck by a belt thrown from a threshing machine he was operating on his farm. He is survived by his widow and geveral children, : 'SCHOOLS PREPARE . \