Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1929, Page 17

Washington News ORAM OPENS STUDY OF WASTE IN CITY SUPPLY OF WATER Ladue Denies Sweeping In- vestigation of Department Is Under Way. METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR LOSES IS SOUGHT Assistant Engineer Commissioner Ex{»ected to Suggest Policy on 15,000 Defective Meters. Capt. Hugh P. Oram, Assistant Dis- trict Engineer Commissioner, today be- gan a study of the records of the Water Department with a view to correcting conditions cited in its annual report, which disclosed that 30 per cent of the entire water supply is wasted and un- accounted for and that nearly 15,000 water meters are defective. The survey was undertaken at the direction of Col. William B. Ladue, Engineer Commissioner, at whose in- stance the Water Department recently prepared a tentative five-year program for development of the water distribu- tion system which would necessitate a .30 per cent increase in rates. Denies Reorganization Plan. In directing Capt. Oram to make the study, Col. Ladue also issued a vigorous denial that he is planning a sweeping investigation and reorganization of the water department. “I have instructed Capt. Oram to examine the annual re- port of the water department and to in- vestigate conditions described therein,” he declared. “Capt. Oram will give spe- cial reference to one-third of the total water being unaccounted for and the condition of meters and other equipment. He also will look into the efficiency of the accounting system and make such recommendations as he sees fit on organization. “Capt. Oram’s study is not based upon any presupposition that there is anything wrong with the Water De- partment. The Engineer Department is trying to make a thorough job of the five-year survey of Water Depart- ment needs. This survey is not yet completed. The report of needs, look- ing five years ahead, which was sub- mitted to me last week 1s a preliminary one.” Col. Ladue believes that a careful check on the amount of water used by the fire and street cleaning depart- ments, as well as that consumed by the municipal and Federal Governments, will account for a large amount of the water which the Water Department in- dicated is wasted. There is no doubt, however, he said, that some of it leaks away, but he cannot understand how 30 per cent of the entire supply can be wasted without the cause being known. Donovan Collects Data. As to the defective meters Col. Ladue 1s anxious for them to be corrected, and he is confident that Capt. Oram will be able to suggest some way which it may be done. It will be left to Capt. Oram to determine whether the present de- fective meters can be repaired or whether they should be replaced. the meantime, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, is gathering data upon which to compute the actual condition of the water fund, since it is to be a vital factor in deter- | mining future water rates. Col. Ladue | indicated that an increase in rates will | be ordered only as a last resort. He feels now that a revision in the five- vear program, together with economics that may be effected by a reduction in the large annual water waste, probably | will make a higher rate unnecessary. The water fund at the end of the ! 1927 fiscal year showed a surplus of approximately $220,000, but numerous capital improvements caused it to dwindle until it now shows an excess of about $80,000. Deficit May Be Overcome. When the 1931 budget was under preparation, Maj. Donovan pointed out, the water fund showed a bookkeeping deficit of $43,000 was in prospect at the close of the current fiscal year. This paper deficit was arrived at solely on the basis of total appropriations. It all appropriations up to and in- cluding those in the current fiscal year were to be entirely expended, he said, the $43,000 deficit would actually exist. All appropriations have not exhausted, however, and such balances as are not obligated likely will overcome the ap- parent deficit and demonstrate that there still is a substantial surplus. Donovan said he would be unable to state the amount of the surplus until | TO FIREMEN AT ‘The inquire ton| there Saturday night, bul was used to prevent mem! ofl rescued from the ruins. t one another a declaration that fire water, as well as While most of the charges are aimed at some members of the Ballston Volun- teer Fire Department, Darr disclosed today that he was forced to whip out his gun on two other occasions during the excitement Saturday night, that two alleged attempts were made to wrest his weapon from him and that he was ;tllkrked with fists and an automobile jack. Gossip Running Wild. The historic town was abuzz with talk today about the hectic doings that marked the burning of the mayor's office and Fairfax garage. As if the first big fire in many years were not excite- ment enough, stories were told of inci- dental happenings that pictured the whole scene as one of confusion, mis- understanding and story-book melo- | drama. Deputy Sheriff Darr figured in most of the incidents. He is an active officer. He was never more active than he was turday night. According to his own account of things today he had trouble with motorists, spectators and firemen, with the fifemen giving him more trou- ble than the motorists {nd spectators put_together. Darr is going to tell the Volunteer Firemen’s Association all about it when it meets tonight at the Fairfax fire hall. “Fire Water” Suspected. I “I'm not mentioning any names,” | Darr said today, “but when firemen act | the way the Ballston men did Saturday { I think it's time to say something. The whole trouble was that all of them ap- | peared to be drinking except the driver. “I let the Ballston men load up their th gasoline. as we had let other engires do, but they weren't satisfied with that. They loaded a big drum of oil onto their truck and started away with it. This was after the fire was out and they were going home. “I called to them to stop, and they refused and got nasty. I pulled my gun and two of them jumped to the ground to_have been flowing freely among some “WHOOPEE" ANTICS ARE CHARGED FAIRFAX BLAZE Volunteer Associations to Air Accusations That Members Not Only Fought Flames But Each Other Over Salvage. Atlington and Fairfax, Va. Volunteer Firemen's Association will ls:n into charges that certain firemen tm:m;m only the big fire and deputy s, and that gunplay bers of one depariment from confiscating & drum of The accusations, made today by Deputy Sheriff Wilson Darr, also included the kind that comes from wells, seemed of the fire-fighters, and tried to overpower me. One hit on jaw, and somebody else started to get a jack from the truck. I summoned help, and they unloaded the ofl and left.” No Oil Funds. 1t was pointed out today that the Baliston and other Arlington County fire de nts have sought vainly to have the county supply their apparatus with gasoline and oil. Darr previously had been mixed up in two other fracases, once when he sought to make a motorist back up and again when he had a controversy with a former (volunteer fireman allegedly under the influence of liquor. Darr declared the motorist refused to back his car with the remark that “No country hick can order me around!” Darr was in civilian clothes at the time. “I jumped on the running board of the car and some one grabbed me around the neck and tried to choke me,” the officer stated. “I pulled my gun out and it was grabbed by a man in the car. I finally placed the man who had attacked me under arrest. In the confusion I didn’t get his name, but a justice of the peace who was with me got it.” Gun Is Drawn. Darr asserted he knew the allegedly intoxicated ex-fireman who caused him his third bit of trouble, but he is not going to take any official action against him. He said the man drew a gun and inted it at him, but that he “laughed t off” and made him put the weapon away. - Darr says he will not prefer any legal charges against the man, nor will he he the one to institute court proceedings against the Ballston firemen. “I like to settle these matters as man to man,” the doughty officer explained. “I just consider the attacks as personal matters with me. I take care of them in my own wi NEW GAMING LAW SOUGHT BY ROVER i District Attorney Responds to Capper’s Request for Suggestions. District Attorney Rover is drafting proposed new legislation aimed at vari- ous kinds of gambling in Washington, which he will submit to Congress in the near future, he informed Chairman Capper, of the Senate District commit- | tee, today. Senator Capper several days ago wrote to the District Attorney com- mending him for the efforts being made by his office to enforce existing laws along this line and inviting him to make any suggestions he might have in mind regarding additional laws that may be needed. In replying today to the Senator's letter, Mr. Rover wrote that he was ‘work! on a memorandum which would set forth in detail the type of legislation he believes is necessary to effectually stop all types of commercial gambling in the District of Columbia. ‘The district attorney did not indicate in his letter today what the nature of his recommendation would be, explain- ing that another letter would follow at a later date containing his detailed suggestions. | The Senator had assured the district | attorney in his letter several days ago| that the District committee would llvel careful consideration to any measures the district attorney’s office might submit. GRATEFUL U. S. WOMAN GIVES BILLION TO SPA Fund Will Be Used to Found In- stitute for Research to Com- bat Heart Diseases. By the Associated Press. BAD NAUHEIM, Germany, September 16.—A gift of 4,500,000 marks ($1,080,- 000) has been presented to this spa for research of heart diseases by an un- identified “grateful American woman patient.” The fund was accepted today by the trustees in the presence of rep- resentatives of the state and-city. Under the .donor’s terms 2,500,000 marks will be available to found an in- he completes the tabulation of all out- standing obligations and checks them against the unexpended balance of ap- propriations. BODY OF FISHERMAN RECOVERED FROM RIVEHI Certificate of Accidental Death Is Tssued After Stepson Aids in Identification. ‘Wallace Coleman, colored, 60, of 819 Twenty-first street, was drowned early | yesterday morning while fishing in the eastern branch of the Anacostia River near the foot of G street. He is thought to have slipped into deep water from the bank. ‘The body was recovered some ime later by Policeman Charles Birkigt of the harbor precinct and Willlam T. Reynolds, who removed it to the Morgue. Identication was made by a stepson, Ernest Brown, and Acting Coroner Dr. Joseph D. Rogers issued a certificate of i accidental death. LOCATE IN BELGRADE. | Colony of Don Cossacks Dedicate Buddhist Temple. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, September 16 ().—A Buddhist temple and school, ‘erected near here by a colony of Don Cossacks of the Kalmuck , Was ‘opened yesterday. The cost of the build- dngs was subscribed by from “many parts of Ei who have agreed 1o consider this as their religious center because of the structions placed on their worship in t| homeland by the Soviet union. 2 In July 527 commercial vessels paid + 2,260,000 in tolls to go through Fanama Canal. | T the from mnmna stitute for research and to combat heart diseases, while 2,000,000 mark will used for stipends to reseach students of | cardiac_science. ‘The new institute will place an ex- tensive library at the of the local physicians and a comprehensive medical musum also will be established, It was learned that the identity of the donor will not be made public un- til after she has left Nauheim. SISTER OF SLAIN NURSE ARRIVES Husband Who Found Body of Strangled Girl Freed Pending lnquest. Mrs. T. H. Blackwelder, sister of Mr Virginia McPherson, 21-year-old nur: who was found strangled to death with *a ;pajama cord in her apartment at ‘Twenty-first street and Pennsylvania avenue Saturday, reached Washington this morning from her home in North Carolina and immediately made an ap- pointment with Inspector. William S. Shelby, chief of detectives, presumably to discuss the police investigation of the case. An inquest will be held at the Dis- trict Morgue tomorrow morning. Mrs. Blackwelder left the local hotel at'which she and her husband are stop- ping shortly after her arrival, and visit- ed the Wright undertaking parlors, 1337 Tenth street, and saw her sister’s body. Husband Tells Story. According to Robert A. McPherson, jr., husband of the dead girl, he went to his wife's apartment Saturday afternoon to adjust some differences in regard to he admitted himself to the apartmcnt with his own key and found the body of his wife lying on the floor of the bedrcom beside a twin bed. She was clad, he said, in a pajama jacket and a kimono. Horified at the sight, McPher- son informed the manager of the apart- ment _house, who called police. £ - McPherson was taken to the third E;ednet police and there questioned Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of ihe -homicide squad. Then he was released in custody of his father, Robert A. 405 Upshur street. Police learned that some -time ago Mrs. McPherson attempted: suicide by taking gas. Quick work by Dr. I. Rut- koski of Emergency Hospital, who re- sponded on a call for the hospital am- bulance after peighbors had found her overcome by gas in the bathroom of an apartment on Mount Pleasant street, saved her. The girl's husband and Lieut. are expected to be the principal nesses at the inquest tomorrow morn- ing. Bruises and abrasions found on the girl's forehead by Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy coroner, and Dr. A. McGrude: McDonald in an autopsy Saturday eve- ning brought the order for an inquest. ' 60 TO KANSAS CITY. Assistant Secretary MacCracken a Passenger on Transcontinental Line ‘William P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Kelly 1 wit- Tuberculosis Expert’s Widow Dies. ASHVILLE, N. C., September 16 (#). —Mrs. Marion Littlefield Dunn, 51, widow of . Df. William Leroy Dunn, Mrs. Dunn had appeared with the | Metropolitan Grand Opera Co. of New York City and with the Henry Savage English Grand' Opera Co. She also :n‘nded her own company, the Floren- { ne ¥ authority on tuberculosis, died yester- | cr: in New Mexico, in persons were killed. Mr, M ken and Maj. Christopher left ‘Columbus, , this ‘morning by air for Kansas City, where they are to attend an aeronautical convention this afternoon and N Stunting on Francis Scott Key Bridge to the amusement of Sunday afternoon motorists yesterday landed James Hall, of 3032 N street, first in the Po- tomac River after a 120-foot drop then in Gallinger Hospital, where morning he was in a serious condition and facing a charge of 5 when he rnev»"\afi%r 3 the hospital staff, Hall suffered tured rib and punctured- left his fall, in addi 10 nume X rance e % postponed indefinitely. Police said Hall was going his daredevil stunts on & I bridge amid the crowd vnlehzgld e H | i 3 il 1] Stunter, Seriously Hurt in Pl\ingé ; Into River, Faces Trial on Recovery nfi feign falling over, while the crowd stood breathless. But each time when he disappeared over the side he apparent! % b i ‘ 55 i sE EE 39 their joint bank account. He told pollce‘ ing Staf. WITH SUNDAY PUBLI TRBUTES PAD THS WEEK, - TOCONSTTUTION Original Document in Case at Library. of Congress Is Cynosure of Interest. SPEECHES AND FLAGS* DISPLAY ON PROGRAM Dr. Walsh of Georgetown Univer- sity and Commissioner Talia- ferro to Broadeast. That document displayed in a glass case in the Library of Congress, the Constitution of the United States of America, assumes a prominent Zlm in the Nation's attention this week ugh observation of Constitution week. Growing out of a suggestion of the American Bar Association, the week has been emphasized as an occasion for paying tribute to the embodiment ' in a single declaration of every ideal held to be worthy of a free people. The Capital City is showing the way to the States in taking cognizance of the significance of September 17, the date on which the Constitution was formally ratified 142 years ago. Numerous agencles, patriotic, civic and religious, are co-operating to present during the tveek exercises designed to revitalize in- terest in the Constitution and the stir- ring events that led to its adoption. ‘The District Commissioners - have sanctioned the public display of flags during the week, and the significance of the observance is to be carried to the Nation chiefly through a series of radio broadcasts arranged by the American Bar Association through a subcommittee headed by F. Regis Noel, Washington attorney. Representative James M. Beck will deliver the first of three ad- dresses to be heard during the week this evening over Station WMAL. Dr. Walsh to Speak. ‘The subject of the Constitution and the bearing it has on American life will be discussed by Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, head of the Foreign Service School of Georgetown University, in an address to be broadcast tomorrow seve- ning from Station WRC. District Com- missioner Sidney F. Taliaferro will be heard from the same station Thursday evening in a discussion of the subject, “The Constitution of the United States and the District of Columbia.” The American Legion is co-operating actively with the American Bar Asso- ciation in sponsoring the observance in the District, and numerous organiza- tions have planned interesting exer- cises in commemoration of the event. The subject was touched on yesterday by several clergymen in their sermons. Leo A. Rover, United States District torney. will address the membership on ter, American Gold Star Mothers, at its meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Hamilton Hotel. ‘The Lions’ Club is among several sim- 1lar organizations that plan to observe the occasion. Roger J. Whiteford, at- attorney, will address the District Chap- the subject, “The Constitution,” at a Juncheon in the Mayflower Hotel Wed- nesday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. The Washington Chamber of Com- | merge will hold a special meeting at the Mayflower Hotel, Thursday evening, at which time Judge T. Scott Offutt of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and Dr. Peter Guldray, professor of history in the Catholic University, will deliver orations after a buffet supper. The speakers will be introduced by Charles W..Darr, president of the chamber. Kiwanis Club Speaker. Dr. Herbert L. Wright, professor of political science at Georgetown Uni- versity and editor of the Constitution i Review, will address the Kiwanis Club at a special “Constitution week” lunch- eon, Thursday at 12:30 o'clock. The Quota Club will be entertained at din- ner at the Woman’s University Club the same evening. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, president of the club, is to pre- sent Dr. David J. Hill, former Ambas- sador to Germany, who will deliver an address. A reading of the Constitution will feature a luncheon meeting of the Ro- tary Club at the Willard Hotel, Wednes- day, and the Cosmopolitan club has ar- ranged a special program for a luncheon meeting at the Carlton Hotel Thursday. The Newcomers Club observed the oc- mlon at a luncheon at the Carlton ay. Addresses to be made to other clubs and their dates are as follows: Judge Michael M. Doyle addressed the Newcomers’ Club, under the aus- pices of the American Bar Association special committee, at the Carlton Hotel today. Capt. Lucian H. Vandoren will make the address before the Civitan Club at the Hotel La Fayette tomorrow. Grant to Address Knights. Harry A. Grant will address the Knights of the Round Table at lunch- eon tomorrow at the University Club. ‘Thomas P. Littlepage speak on the Constitution before the Exchange g‘;v:l on Wednesday at the Carlton Ringgold Hart, former first assistant corporation counsel, will make the ad-| dress before the Optimist Club at the Hamilton Hotel on Wednesday. [PLAN SOCIETY IN HONOR OF PIONEER AMERICANS by Organization Designated Founders as “Descendants of First Citizens”—Objects Outlined. A petition will be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds tomorrow, on Constitution day, by three Washington founders, requesting a charter for a new organization to be known as “the Soclety of Descendants of the Pirst Citizens of the United States.” The three men are Samuel Herrick, local -attorney, and two residents of Chevy Chase—Thomas Campbell Wash- ington and Francis Barnum Culver, ‘Membership will be open to de- scendants of ploneer Americans, and no & ic_service, military or civil, is e ity . o ot i oach Blate M. Washington said. ‘ et Seth Smith Succumbs. Dr. DELPHIA, September 16 (P). Seth « MecCuen Smith, :rao- —Dr. 65, o at the Jeflerlg? M fessor of otology cal . College and surgeon _pational repute, died yesterday. 10 Wisconsin "’lodll” bureau of lm]l;‘d The purpose of the society, would | according to the will be to - Y wonenflfion“ it mmg&lm ;| - Headquarters will o gamnize -the n PHILA! inter- be in The south side of the new Internal Revenue Puilding, with about half of the stone front in place. ahead of schedule on this bullding that it is expected to be completed next July. SHINGTON, . D.. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1929. . Work is so far | Star &taff Fhoto. SUSPECT ARRESED IN TANAB THEFT Man Denies Taking $540, From West Virginian While in Automobile. | Richard Dickerson, 36, of the 300 block of Third street northeast was arrested yesterday by police of No. 6 precinct on & charge of grand larceny | preferred by Orth Talbott of Weston, | ‘W. Va,, who said Dickerson was one of two men who accompanied him on a taxicab ride Friday, when $540 was stolen from his pockets. Dickerson was pointed out to police | by Talbott, who is registered at the Capital Park Hotel. Dickerson denied | the charge. Couple Get $24.40 Loot. How he was held up by a colored| gunman and & woman companion and | robbed of $24.40 early yesterday morn-| ing_was reported to police by Joseph J. Barry, 605 Third street northeast. Barry said the couple accosted him as he was about to enter his home. Luella Oldridge, 113 Liberty street, New York City, registered at Continen- tal Hotel, night asked police to help recover an oblong-shaped diamond pin, valued at $375. The pin, she | stated, disappeared while she was in a Chinese restaurant Saturday. Burglars last Saturday night or early yesterday morning visited the store of Samuel Matthews, 3104 M street, gain- ing entrance by smashing a rear win- dow, and stealing wearing apparel valued at $275. The loot, consisting of shirts, tles, khaki trousers, socks and other articles, was taken from the store in four suit cases belonging to the merchant. Loses Case From Auto. Lemon Mollohan, Harrisonburg, Va.. last night was the victim of one of the prowling thieves who have been rob- bing parked automobiles recently. A sult case containing wearing apparel and a pair of field glasses was taken from his car, parked on Eighth between E and F streets. He valued the stolen property at $190. PAGEANT TO OPEN CHEST CAMPAIGN Activities of Member Agencies Will Be Shown at Mayflower November 29. The 1930 Community Chest campaign will o] November 29, with a pageant depicting_the multiple activities of the several Chect agencies, t, directed by Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, Tl B i af ggg’l’.’ !":a: Bma:l' m;.anmuc T reral organizations sMiiaed with the Chest have -nnm‘nu in the hnt notably the Frie ip Pouse, the House and the amvm: Comm ‘Costumes and stage settings will be by the handicraft departments of sevéral Chest organiza- 1t is hoped that the scope of the pageant "vhl ma-;dc.r n;ymml:aw:e re, work of eve - ::a'.':‘u with the Chest. Among these are child welfare work, care of ex- service men, family welfare work, care Ak Bl vl‘&?l.uln': lers, ire_of e S omes fos the aged, character build- ‘work, . care of ons. ant h-ved h:‘en to Mrs. Forrest an T, g‘-’&“?m'f'fis of the most successful geants in the history of the g:_ve been staged by Mrs. Forrest. JOHN B. HAYES, CLERK AT WHITE HOUSE, DIES ov Victim of Heart Diséase Had 24 Years' Service Under Detail From Autoist Is Fined For Swearing Red Light Was Green “Do you solemnly swear that this testimony which you give the court shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?” said the clerk. “Yes, suh, de truth is de light was green and we went through on it,” replied Defendant Herbert Rucker, colored, in- Police Court y. But Policeman W. F. Parker thought differently, Judge Hitt with him and Herbert dm:l. $5 fine for disobeying the Rucker was arrested on Six- teenth street yesterday. Police- man Parker said he saw the man pass a red light. GEORGIA FIRM GETS NEW BRIDGE AWARD Arlington Span’s Plaza Con- tract Calls for Completion Next Summer. One of the last steps, looking to com- letion of the Arl ridge, so that traffic ‘may run over it by next Summer, was taken today with the awarding of a contract to finish the ‘Washington terminus of the structure. The National Construction Co. of At- lanta, Ga., the Jowest of 11 bidders, was $368,000 contract by the ge d | weather. gate superstructure: form the imposing Washington of the span across the Potomac. Completion by June Required. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the commission, made the an- nouncement. This contract is to be finished by the end of next June. Two carloads of granite, the first to be delivered under contracts totaling $545,000, arrived in the city late last week. The granite, which is from New Hampshire, was being unloaded today at Twenty-sixth and B streets, where it will be stored until used. Granite from Mount Alry, N. C., soon arrive in Washington to be used in the super- structures. Progress Shown on Watergate. Meanwhile, the Grier-Lowrence Co. of Statesville, N. C., is making good prog- ress on ity $328,700 contract in con- structing the foundations for the water- gate and parkway approach. It is ex- pected that this firm will complete its work by December 1. The "National Construction Co. will set the granite in Yo’m and do concrete work in conjunction with the super- structure program. ONCE BUSY COAL TOWN TO BE DEMOLISHED Corporation Orders Its 200 Houses at De Koven, Ky., Torn Down and Salvage Shipped. By the Assoclated Press. DE KOVEN, Ky, September 16— The community of De Koven will be no more. Once one of the most thriving coal towns in Western Kentucky, De Koven is doomed by an order of the Madison Coal Corporation that more than 200 houses belong to the corpora- tion must be torn down not later than October 15 and the salvage shipped to other points. - Since 1924, De Koven has been a dead town. On that date, 400 men employed by the Madison Coal Corporation mine walked out and struck for higher wages. A little later all equipment was removed from the mine and residents had little left to remind them of more I)rospeml days. During five years, officials of the mining company say, miners have lived in ‘the company houses without ing rent. s in the town are to lea: terminus age,’ salvage ning tonight at the omn:, has been Government Printing Office. Benson Ha) 49 years old, of thn -v,n:he. clerk h"m the White House, died early today at the Naval Hospital of heart disease. \ Y WELFAREGROLP ‘Swimming Season Is Ended,| linfton Memorial | POOLS ARE CLOSED | but Night Tennis Playing Will Be Continued. ‘The swimming season, as directed by | the Welfare and Recreational Assocla- tion of Public Buildings and Grounds, | Inc, closed yesterday with the shut-| ting down of the swimming pools at the Francis swimming pools for colored people, at Twenty-fifth and N streets, and at the McKinley Swimming Pool, R street and Lincoln road northeast. F. W. Hoover, the association’s gen- eral manager, said today that while the | swimming season is at an end as far as | his association is concerned, night ten- nis playing is going forward in full force on the courts at Seventeenth lndy B streets, and will be continued as long as’ popular interest demands. Concerning the night tennis playing, Mr. Hoover said that the program will be continued indefinitely of having the | coufts ready for patrons from 7:30 to 10:30 pm. He is pleased with the pa ge far. The hour from 8:30 to 9:30 is the most popular, the other two hours being ! about equal in popularity. Mr. Hoover | said the hour of 7:30 for opening night | play will still be continued, despite the | carlier twilight, on the theory that people desire to have dinner before coming to the courts. The night lighting of McKenley pool had s successful tryout, Mr. Hoover explained, but the patronage was be- low the expected mark, due to cool The system is now set up, to be placed into operation at the start clvrl 1:5". year's season, Mr. Hoover explained. ommnimor the associatlien were busy today closing cut the accounts of the | pools and - making inventories. Mr. | Hoover said three cups were awarded | Saturday and numerous medals for }swimming and diving distributed at the Francis swimming poois. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, and president of the assoclation, which supervises these activities, delivered a brief address at the ceremony, pointing out the desirability of patrons bearing the expense of maintaining such plants after the Government had erected them. o YOUTH IS TURNED OVER TO PENNSYLVANIA POLICE Hassler, Posing as Representative’s Son, Gave Check for $4,000 for Expensive Auto. Joseph W. Hassler, 20, arrested here last week, when he is alleged to have posed as the son of Representative Charles J. Esterly of Reading, Pa,, and given a check for $4,000 for an expen- sive automobile, yesterday was turned over to the police of Reading. Repre- sentative Esterly decided not to prose- cute the youth, but rather, if possible, to help him out of his difficulties. Hassler was turned over to the Read- ing_police after being returned to civil authorities from Fort Hoyle. Md., where he was first sent by the local police, who suspected him of desertion from the military authorities, sent him back, stating that his leaving the military service did not constitute desertion. Reading_police said Hassler was on parole in Reading on another case, in- 'Dlvl;:“ an automobile and check trans- act! WOOTEN WILL SPEAK. Chairman of Press Club Board to Address Advertisers. Paul Wooten, chairman of the board, National Press l.'}luh,d l;ldqu.);h\plflwn newspaper_correspondent, n- cipal speaker at the luncheon meeting tomorrow at 12:30 of the Adverttuin& Club of Washington in the Nation: Press Club auditorium. The cast of “The PFront " a newspaper play National Th invited to the luncheon. Police Search Fails to Locate Fugitive, But Traps Pair of Dry Law Violators John Brown, alias 31 years old, colored, Detective James E. Kane for this morning, but he was vicinity in search for .a colored man to have stabbed Paul Curtis, of 1620 New Jersey avenue last night. Brown and the girl aroused the suspicions of the detective enough to warrant questioning. As Kane and y approaced the ~machine in which the couple were _sitting, both opened the door and fled. A short chase resulted in their cap- ture and, walking back to the rked | car, the detectives found nearly 250 the quarts of alleged corn whisky. B BUS RATES STUDIED AS UTILITIES BODY CONVENES HEARING Commission Begins Consid- eration of Motor Service East of Anacostia River. VALUATION OF LINE IS FIRST BUSINESS Washington, Marlboro & Annapolis Co. Will Be Valued at Public Sessions. Definite steps toward a readjustment of motor bus transportation east of the Anacostia River were taken today by the Public Utilitis Commission when it began public hearings on a series of applications which involved rates, routes and schedules on the various lines now operating in that section. A uniform rate of fare and improvement in exist- rvice are expected to result. commission’s first move was to consider the valuation of that part of :’lfi: Washington, Marlboro & Annap- Motor Bus Lines which operates in the District. The company applied to the commission several months ago for a rate of four tokens for 50 cents. This is the present rate of fare, but it was approved for an experimental period and the company wants it made perma- ;‘Aent‘,l The former rate was 10 tokens or $1. Valuation Claims Checked. Valuation of the Marlboro Line will be the first bus valuation to be con- cluded in Washington. The former Commission undertook a valuation of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., but it was never completed. The morning session of the hearing was devoted to checking the bus com- panies’ valuation claims against the Commission’s inventory. It developed that the company and Commission are in substantial agreement as to gualities and prices, but differ on items of depre- ciation and intangibles. These will be determined later. The valuation. how- ever, is not expected to exceed $100,000. Citizens' Requests Studied. After a luncheon recess the commis- sion began consideration of the service on the Marlboro line and on the bus lines of the two Street car companies serving Randle Highlands. Bradbury Heights, Benning and Capitol Heights. 1t also will consider a petition of the Garfield Citizens’ Association for im- proved bus service in Congress Heights, Stanton, Anacostia and Garfield. Stuart Purcell, a member of the Maryland _Public Service Commission, sat with the Utilities Commission dur- ing the hearing. He was interested particularly in_the valuation case of the Marlbcro Bus line, which operates into the territory under. his commis- slon’s jurisdiction. COMMERCE BUILDING { STONE REACHES HERE First Big Lot Arrives as Work Steadily Progresses, With 500 Men Employed. ‘The first big lot of stone for the De- partment of Commerce Building has ar- rived, and before long the stone work will be started on the building, it was learned today from the Consolidated Engineering Co.,contractors. The stone is in Eckington yards. Steady progress is being made on the whole structure, where a mass of steel is now arising, and a total of about 500 men of various trades are employed. The large pool of water in the north- eastern corner of the building site, at Fourteenth and E streets, has been al- lowed to seek its normal “head” or height, from seepage through test holes through the basement flooring, and pro- vides quite a lake in that section. The water later will be pumped from the hole and the test holes plugged, so as to keep the basement dry. ‘When this will be done has not as yet been decided, but engineers are figuring on the factors involved, and the water will be disposed of in the normal course of progress of the building. If necessary pumps will be installed to keep down the pressure, The contractors are fully up to their schedule of operations on all parts of the structure, according to Government supervisors, who appear well satisfied with the progress made so far. President Hoover, upon the occasion of a recent Sunday visit to the site, was reported later also to be gratified with the work on the building. plans for which he approved while Secretary of Commerce. D. C. EMPLOYE IS FREED OF JOYRIDING CHARGE Leon Stearns, Municipal Chauffeur, Claimed He Used Automobile by Consent of Authorities. Arrested last night on a charge of joyriding in the House of Detention official car, Leon Stearns, 26, 1100 block of Eighth street, chauffeur for the mu- nicipal institution, was today released by the order of Assistant United States Attorney Hobart Newman, who refused to press the complaint. On sick leave, Stearns is said to have taken the automobile for personal use, which led House of Detention authori- ties to issue a lookout for the car. Last night the chauffeur called second pre- cinct police. Responding to the call Policeman Van D. Hughes discovered the machine parked in front of Stearn's home. He was arrested and held at the second precinct. After investigation today Newman de- clared that use of the official car for personal business had tolerated and in this instance the offense did not warrant criminal prosecution. MRS. EMILY COLLETT DIES Native of England Came to Wash- ington From St. Paul. Mrs. Emily Mary Collett, 74 years old, died yesterday afternoon at the resi- denice -of her son, Cyril H. Collett, 3216 Eighteenth street northeast. Mrs. Collett, who was born in Iver Bucks, England, August 14, 1854, came to this country in 1888, establishing a residence in St. Paul, Minn. She later came to this city. She is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Eugene K. Pestel. Funeral services will be held at the residence of her son, Wednesday after- l:hrym with interment in Glenwood Cem-