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FINE ARTS GROUP LIKELY TO PROTEST OIL WHARF PLANS Commission to Consider Op- posing Company’s Plea for Permit. DOCK WOULD BE PUT NORTH OF KEY BRIDGE Caemmerer Points Out “Public Spirit” of Gas Officials Toward Analostan Island. The Fine Arts Commission, at its meeting on Monday, is likely to register vigorous protest against the construc- tion by the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia, of any structures that might prove “an eyesore at the gateway to the National Capital” The oil firm is seeking & permit from the United States Engineer Office to construct a wharf to handle petroleum products, just north cf the Key Bridge at Rosslyn, Va. The forthcoming Fine Arts Commis- slon protest was indicated today by H. P. Caemmerer, the Commissioner’s gecretary, who recalled that the com- mission took a firm stand against erec- tion of an abbatoir across the Potomac River in Virginia, when that matter | had been agitated recently. Cites Improvement Plans. Referring to the forthcoming meet- ing of the commission, Mr. Caemmerer sald: “It is probable that the com- mission will consider a plan to be sub- mitted by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission for the im-; provement of the areas in Rosslyn, Va., adjacent to the Potomac, for one of the approaches to the National Capital In this connection the commission wil’ consider a protest against erection of | d structures by the Sun Oil Co. which encroach on the proposed plan. “The commission recently protested against erection of 8 slaughter house at the door of the National Capital and is similarly opposed to the erection o(’ any large structures which will inter-| fere with a plan of development for one | of the main approaches to the Naticnal | ol sl pointed out that the ‘Mr. Caemmerer Washington Gas Co., desiring to expand | its facilities, might well have placed (':nk.! on Analostan Island in the Poto- mac River, near the Key Bridge, but has voluntarily refrained from doing so for about seven years, in a public irit. Tentative plans of the National ital Park and Planning Commission call for the development of Analostan Island as part of the beautification program, link- ing it up with Columbia Island and the Arlington Memorial Bridge with & pre- tentious bridge and highway. Urges Others:to Follow Lead. The example of the gas light com- any, Mr. Caemmerer said, well might ge followed by other firms planning to erect structures at the door of the Na- tional Capital. ‘Meanwhile, the United States’ En- gineer Office, under the direction of Maj. Brehon Somervell, District en- gineer for the War Department for the Washington area, proposed to place the “dead line” on protests and c&niflm relating to the Sun Oil Co.’s application. Tomorrow has been set as the last day for receivi replies to letters re- cently sent out Maj. Somervell, in- viting opinions on the proposed wharf. In addition to several matters that have been pending before the Fine Arts Commission—the Henry Clay and Lief Ericssen statues and progress styd- | ies relating to the Arlington Memorlal | Bridge—the commission will view mod- | els for the proposed soldiers’ medal. Landscape plans for Fort Humphrey, Va., and the new buildings there will be inspected Monday by the commission, according to its present agenda. —— COMMONS HAS FIRST ALL-NIGHT SESSION Debate Over Widows and Orphans’| Pension Bill Lasts 16 Hours. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 13.—The House | ©of Commons adjourned at 8:20 a.m. to- | day after a seven-and-a-half-hour ses- | sion, the first all-night meeting of the Commons since the new Labor govern- ment came into being. ‘The occasion of the session was con- sideration of dtails of the widows and orphans’ pension bill, which the oppo- sition fought clause by clause, almost word by word, but with little effect. After 16 hours, with many divisions of the voters, the measure remained about as it was, with only a few words altered. The Liberals gave generous support to-the government, whose mé- jority ranged from 100 to 150. Elien Wilkinson, Labor, Middles- | brough, was active during the lengthy | session rushing messages between Susan Lawrance, Labor, Eastman, and depart- mental officials, while Lady Cynthia Mosley was prominent in every division. Mr. Macdonald arrived at 7:45 and participated in a final division. After- Ward 'a compromise was reached. Neville Chamberlain, for the Conserv- atives, promised the government to get | , the bill through by stages before Tues- day. Ernest Brown, for the Liberals, agreed, and with Arthur Greenwood, Minister of health, accepting for the government, an adjournment was taken. WARDER FILES APPEAL FROM BRIBERY VERDICT By the Associated Presi NEW YORK, November 13 —Frank H. Warder, former Stat> banking superintendent, through his attorney, James I. Cuff, yesterday filed in the Supreme Court notice of appeal from his convic! Wwith the failure of the City Trust Co. and from an order denying him a change of venue for his trial. The change of venue was denied on October 16 and on November 8 ‘Warder was convicted after a Supreme Court jury had deliberated about three hours on evidence that he had accepted a $10,000 bribe from the late Francesco M. Ferrari, president of the bank, to forego State audits of the institutions. When the audits were not made, the State contended, Ferrari and his asso- ciates were busy bleeding the bank into insolvency. Although Warder was convicted spe- cifically on the $10,000 bribe chug. State evidence at his trial indicated he had received at least $73.000 in cash and expensive gifts for himself and his family. Warder is now in Tombs Prison pending the outcome of his spneal. tion for bribery in connection | TO BE CONDU Smithsonian, Tells ground Citi specialist in tropical medicine, now is the Smithsonian Institution in a propo: civilization, the existence of which he cla from previous expeditons. cities.” Early tunnels have been made per- manent by some cement-like material | and extend for considerable distances. The entrances are guarded by Bedouins, so that until comparatively recently the | mysterious cities never have been en- tered. Since the war. he says, three or four explorers have been through the tunnels an dfound the people in abject fear of outsiders. Cities Are Underground Chambers. ‘The cities, he says, consist of under- ground chambers covered with low roofs, so that they are almost invisible. Beyond lies a still greater mystery—the Lost City—which probably no man has seen, but concerning which there dre numerous legends _floating through Northern Africa. The inhabitants of the forbidden cities, he says, know of its existence, but are indefinite in their directions. It is always a “little farther on.” Dr. Torrance penetrated to the fringe in 1924. He got his first clue, he says, to the possible nature of these mysterious peo- ple shortly after the war, when he was medical officer of the Gold Coast. In the natives who drifted in from the interior to work the medical officer found, he says, an increasing number of human beings of such peculiar physical structure that he was convinced it could not be a case of coincidental ab- normality. All these men, very seclusive and difficult to communicate with, came hn,m the region beyond the forbidden cities. May Be Pre-human Type. It is possible, Dr. Torrance says, that they may even represent a pre- human type which flourished at about the same time and on the same culture levels as the grotesque Neanderthal peo- ples of Europe. While the European primitives probably were killed off by the appearance of true men in Europe, their fellows in Africa, protected by the already-forming walls of sand, WASHINGTON, D. SEARCH FOR PRIMITIVE RACE CTED IN AFRICA Explorer, in Capital Trying to Interest of “Lost™ Under- es in Sands. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Dr. Arthur Torrance, fellow of the Royal Society of Great Britain and in Washington in an effort to interest sed expedition into the heart of Africa to find a race of strange human beings and the remains of an extremely ancient ims he has convincing evidence gathered Dr. Torrance, who says he has substantial financial backing for the expedi- tion, proposes to enter from Nigeria. Here, he says, great winds sweeping south- ward over the Sahara have piled high walls of sand. Through these walls, ac- cording to Dr. Torrance, a mysterious race of half breed Bedouins out of the Desert burrowed their way centuries ago end built three or more “forbidden possibly might have lived on and through the centuries have developed | thelr own peculiar ways of living. Dr. Torrance believes that communi- cation with these people was closer a few centuries ago and that they may have contributed something to the cul- ture brought into North Africa and Spain by the Moors. ‘The evidence indicates, he says, that the Moorish culture was made up of two currents, one from Arabia and the other from the south. Smithsonian anthropologists today were loath to comment on Dr. Tor- rance’s theory of a primitive race, pointing out that in the fringe between desert and jungle there are ruined set- tlements of considerable antiquity that still may be occupied by groups of ordinary natives. Swedish Party to Join Him. Dr. Torrance plans, he says, to pro- ceed from the coast through Nigeria, along the cal‘l\mf) route to Timbuktu. Near there he will'be joined by a Swed- ish official expedition under command of Lieut. Moberg of the Swedish army. He expects, he says, to have several American scientists in his party. The mystery of the fringe of forbid- den citles, he says, is due almost entirely to the extreme fear of the inhabitants, which drove them to burrow through the high sand walls in the first place—a fear due to their long ill-treatment at the hands of other tribes. For some reason they seem to be under the pro- tection of the Hoggar people, from the mysterious Hoggar empire of the Cen- tral Sahara. Dr. Torrence expects to start early in’ the S&'fing. Lieut. Moberg, who was in_Washington a few months ago and talked over the prospects of the expe- dition with Smithsonian anthropologists, already is on the way. The two sci- entists will undertake independent in- vestgations until they reach the actual borders of the area of mystery, when they will join forces for mutual safety. D. C. POLIGE FORCE HELD INADEQUATE Noted Traffic Expert Recom- mends Ratio of One Officer for 300 People. ‘Washington should have a far larger police force than it now has, Willlam P. Eno, noted traffic expert and chair- man of the board of the Eno Founda- tion, recently recommended .to Ma). Henry . Pratt, superintendent of police, it was revealed tdoay. In a comprehensive report to Maj. Pratt, Eno said he based his recom- mendations on comparisons made with seven other cities of less than 1,000,000 population. He reported the city “that seems to have the largest number of police in proportion to the population is Boston, with 1 policeman for each 345 people, the next being Newark, N. J., with 1 for 359 people.” Eno directed particular attention to the fact that Boston policemen have about 325 square miles less to patrol than Washington and Newark has about 47 square miles less. “1 am inclined to think,” Eno wrote, “that in consequence of the numerous unusual duties that the Washington police have that the force should be considerably greater than that of Bos- ton or Newark in proportion to the population and I would suggest that it be made one member of the police force for each 300 people. I recommend that the number of police be each year automatically increased in proportion to any increase in rflpull!inn which takes place instead of having separate bills come up for discussion each year.” In making his recommendation for a ratio of one policeman to 300 peopls‘v here, Eno pointed out that Washington | now has but one to every 412 people.| This would mean an_ increase of 500, which would give Washington 1,813 policemen. PRESCRIPTIONS BRING{ PHYSICIAN'S ARREST Federal Agents Place Charge of Liquor Law Violation Against Doctor. Dr. Ernest L. Yost, 2022 Sixteenth treet, was arrested late vesterday by | police of the eighth lprecmcb and charged with violation of the prohibi- |tion law in regard to the issuing of whisky prescriptions. Brought before | United States Commissioner Needham | €. Turnage, he was released on $500 bond for a hearing November 20. | Employes of the prohibition unit of |the Treasury Department, through | whom the arrest was made, intimated | that other arrests, based on like com- | plaint, might follow. | A prohibition agent, it is charged, went to the home of Dr. Yost on Oc- | tober 4 to get a prescription and Dr. Yost, according to the agent, granted |it without first giving him a medical | examination, as the law requires. { A special employe of the prohibition unit reported that he obtained three prescriptions from the physician on October 22 and 23. The law reads that only one prescrip- tion may be granted to a person in 10 days. | st YOUNG TO BE GUEST. Aeronautics Executive of U. 8. De- partment to Be Honored. Maj. Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, will be the guest of honor of the Aero Club of Washington at a luncheon Friday afternoon at the Carlton Hotel. Oufy C. deF. Chandler, president of the Aero Club, who has just return from an extended tour of South Amer- sertion. They ed | 19, 1913, and ¢! CITIZENS' GROUPS T0 MEET TONIGHT Four Associations to Consid- er Civic Questions at Sessions. Four citizens’ associations are sched- uled to meet tonight in widely separat- ed sections of the District to consider questions of civic betterment. Improved street car service and the rerouting of busses will be discussed by the Michigan Park Citizens' Associa- tion at a meeting at the association's headquarters, 3912 Twelfth street north- east. The installation of traffic lights and stop signs in Michigan Park and a report from Thomas G. Walsh, chair- man of the membership committee, on a membership drive just completed also will be features of this meeling. ‘The Park View Citizens’ Association, at ameeting tonight in the Park View School, will listen to a talk by Dr. Thomas Green of the American Red Cross. Nominations of officers for the ensuing year will be reported and awards will be announced as a result of a “clean- up” inspection of backyards. ‘The monthly meeting of the American University Park Citizens’ Association will be held tonight in Hurst Hall on the grounds of the American Univer- sity, Massachusetts and Nebraska ave- nues. ‘The Benning Citizens’ Association is scheduled to meet at 103 Benning road. CREDIT MAN SOUGHT Returned Since Leaving Sunday. The police and friends of Thomas N. Meunier, 32 years old, credit manager of Gold's store, at, 1214 F street, were asked to institute a search for him today. He left his home at 1324 Park road Sunday morning, presumably to attend early mass at St. Patrick’s Church, according Lo Mrs, Meunier, and has not been heard from since. Mrs. Meunier is uncertain if her hus- band had more in mind than the visit to church when he left home. She said he had been in bad health for several months past, and was unable to slee) more than a few hours each night. Meunier, howsver, gave no hint of any intention of leaving home. The employer of the missing man, I. W. Burdick, manager of Gold's, said that Meunier occupled a position of trust in the establishment, and that his ac- counts would be checked over as a ma ter of policy, although there was no in- dication of irregularity. Although Mrs. Meunier has a position, she and her children, Mary Louise, 9, and Robert, 7, will be hard put to it to make ends meets in the event Meunier does not return soon. Meunier was described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds and of a sallow complexion. His hair was black and he wore a small black mustache, Relatives in Indianapolis have been notified of his disappearance. Hospital records here huve been searched with- out result. SUES FOR MAINTENANCE. [Mrl. Margaret W. Myer Charges Husband With Desertion. Mrs. Margaret W. Myer, 2701 Co necticut avenue, has filed sult for se) arate maintenance in the District Su- preme Court against Charles P. Myer, vice president of the Security Loan In: vestment Trust Co., on a charge of de: were married November he wife charges her hus- band left her last June. He makes $600 iea. will speak on the development of * "n in the countries he visited. a month, she tells the court, and asks ihat she be siven suitable alimony. AFTER DISAPPEARING| | Woman Says Husband Has Not @he Foening Starf . WEDNESDAY, COUNT OF TRAFFIC | SUPPORTS * FIGHT OF TRADE BOARD Hopeless Congestion of Thir- | teenth Street Seen if Cut- off Plan Is Carried Out. MEMBERSHIP INDORSES CAMPAIGN AGAINST PLAN Committee Obtains Check of Ma- chines in Morning Rush Hour to Back Up Claims. Figures tending to support the Wash- ington Board of Trade’s contention that hopeless traffic congestion would follow the cutting off of Thirteenth street at Pennsylvania avenue, under the plan for Government development of the triangle, were obtained this morning by a traffic count which showed the num- ber of vehicles going south on Thir- teenth at the peak of the rush hour to equal either the east or west trafic along the Avenue, The count was made by four mem- bers of the board, working under the direction of A. G. Seiler, an engineer of the Trafic Bureau. The members were Robert J. Cottrell, executive s retary of the board; Richard P. Schulze, his assistant; George V. Graham, chair- man of the special committee investi- gating the matter, and George Clen- daniel, Increase in Traffic. It was estimated that if Thirteenth treet were blocked south of Pennsyl- ania avenue at the present time, the traffic along Pennsylvania avenue would be increased approximately 40 per cent. { This, it was explained, does not take into consideration the enormously in- creased number of vehicles which would travel toward the triangle area daily if the development there were completed. The count showed that the peak of the trafic at the intersection was reached between 8:30 o'clock and 8:45 o'clock. During this time, it was esti- mated, 197 automobiles, 5 trucks and 7 busses traveled across Pennsylvania ave- nue and south on Thirteenth street. During the same period the eastbound traffic on Pennsylvania avenue consisted of 195 automobiles, 16 trucks and 10 busses, while vehicles going west were 185 automobiles, 29 trucks and 1 bus. Special Count Planned. *This afternoon the same group, assist- ed by several others, planned to count the .trafMic at both Twelfth and Thir- teenth streets and Pennsylvania avenue between 4 and 5:30 o'clock. The study will be continued tomorrow and counts made at Tenth, Eleventh and Four- teenth streets. The Board of Trade's fight during the past week for modification of the plans for the triangle to admit of ade- quate provisions for the handling of traffic in that area received the formal indorsement of the full membership of the board last night at a meeting in the ‘Willard Hotel. This was briefly outlined by Mr Graham in a report, which was unani- mously adopted. He told of the plans to close Thir- ‘teenth street at Pennsylvania avenue, which, he said, would divert traffic from that thoroughfare to other streets and cause great congestion. He called attention to the 25,000 additional per- sons who would have to enter and leave the triangle area every day when the Government department buildings are comfleted. and to the increase in traf- fic from Virginia that will follow upon the opening of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Will Decrease Arteries. Instead of facilities for caring for this additional traffic being increased, he declared, they will be lessened by the closing of Thirteenth street, which is proposed, and the cutting off of Eleventh and Eighth streets, which are existent facts. The committee has conferred with Senator Keyes, Republican, New Hamp- shire; Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, and Director of Trafic Willlam H. Har- land, Mr. Graham told the meeting, and has obtained a hearing before the N: tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission for Saturday morning. The principal speaker Jast night was Walter B. Clarkson, assistant to the president of the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co. and Rufus S. Lusk, executive secretary of the Op- erative Builders' Association. The rnvu]lfian of Washington in 1950 will be approximately 718,000, Mr. Clarkson stated, quoting from estimates prepared by experts of the telephone company. He explained that this fig- ure was arrived at after a study under- taken to indicate the provisions the company would havt to make in its construction of equipment for the serv- ice of the city 20 years hence. Increase in Telephones. On the basis of this survey, in 1950 there will be 80 per cent more tele- phones than at the present time. If this increase is reached, Washington will have one telephone for every 2.5 persons. The speaker displayed slides showing the probable change in the distribution of population from concentration in a comparatively small area near the cen- ter of the District to a more widespread occupation of the outlying territory, both inside and outside the limits of the District. Mr, Clarkson explained that the principal reason for the proposed change from manual to dial operation in the downtown district is the dimin- ishing of the supply of young women capable of making telephone operators. He sald that figures compiled by the company show that because many young women are entering business and other fields those available. for service with the telephone company are be- coming fewer as the years pass. The statistics show, he declared, that if the present trend of women toward industry continues, a time will be reached in the near future when it will be impos- sible to obtain a sufficient number of operators for the switchboards. ‘The dial system will now mean the entire discard of all manual service, he asserted. Correction operators would be maintained and the handling of toll and long-distance calls would be by women. Tells Company's History. Mr. Clarkson told of the early his- tory of the telephone company here and the development of its commercial, edu-~ cational and scientific work, He displayed a slide showing the original petition, dated October 1, 1878, signed by twelve business men, asking that a telephone exchange be estab- lished in this city. Robert G. Ingersoll was among the signers. Bpelklnslot the development of real estate in Washington in the past and the probable trend for the future, Mr. Lusk predicted that apartment houses will Increase but will undergo a change in type. They will be built taller ani in the midst of parklike settings. He said that in tlun.ny more variety i NOVEMBER 13, 1929. FHP First jury in the District of Columbia to be composed entirely of women since women received equal jury rights with men by constitutional amendment. They are hearing the evidence in the trial of Jack A. Jones, colored, charged with stabbing Willlam R. Roberts, also colored, August 29. Left to right, they are: First row—Miss Gertrude Dabney, Mrs. Gertrude Furman, Miss Mary Compton, Mrs. Gertrude V. Hart, Mrs, Alice W. Jenison and Mrs. Marie L. Wilson. Second row—Miss Laura M. Garrett, Mrs. Florence E. Weaver, Miss Margaret E. Wellen, Mrs. Amy B. McGlasson, Mrs. Esther M. Tompkins and Mrs. Katherine A. Costello. Assistant District Attorney James F. Hughes is prosecuting the case, while for the defendant Attorneys M. Kail and Irving B. Yochelson are trying their first case in a court of law. Benjamin —Star Staff Photo. D. C. CHURGHMEN HONOR DR. MTAFEE Moderaior of Preshyterian Church Luncheon Guest at Cpsmos Club. Rev. Dr. Cleland McAfee, mecderator of the general assembly of the Presby- terian Church in the United States, is | being honored by Washington church- men on his visit to the Capital today. Arriving here this morning, Dr. Mc- Afee was the guest of honor at a lunch- eon given him by the Presbyterian min- isters at the Cosmos Club. An extensive program, concluding with a reception to the moderator will be held at the Church of the Covenant at 7:45 o'clock tonight. Rev. John D. Gregory, assistant minister of the Church of the Covenant, will welcome Dr. McAfee, who in turn will deliver an address. Dr. John McDowell, secretary of chuich extension and mission of the Board of National Missions, will also speak. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, president of the Presbyterian Alliance of Wash- ington, D. C., will preside over the pro- gram. Music by the Covenant quartet and an organ prelude wil complete the program. £ A reception will follow the exercises tonight. SITE FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CRITICIZED | Northeast Boundary Citizens Ask New Effort in Plan for Build- ing for Colored Pupils. Charging the Board of Education with exercising illogical judgment in the purchase of a building site for a calored junior high and elementary school at Twenty-fourth and Benning road northeast, the school committee of the Northeast Boundary Association, headed by H. D. Woodson, at a meeting last night in the Burrville School Audi- torfum, explained that the best part of the purchasable land had been re- served for rteal estate development thereby restricting school building to a | low, irregular and uneven tract. | In attempting a part remedy of this unsuitable land condition, the associa- tion asked the Board of Education fo secure a choice part of the real estate Public Utilities Commi: reservation for the future erection of a colored senior high school, whose es- tablishment, it was said, seems justified by the steady trend of negro population toward that section. A resolution was adopted favoring the appointment of a colored secretary to the National Urban League, empowered to act exclusively and officially in local colored affairs. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Assistant En- gineer Commissioner of the District, came under fire at the meeting, mem- bers declaring he had discriminated against colored drivers in discharging | them from the District service. . The committee on streets and lights addressed a complaint to the District Commissioners demanding the hard | surfacing of streets in the territory of the gssociation. A Tfinal resolution was adopted favor- ing the Eckington site for the location il a market to replace the Center Mar- et. Rescued From Gas Poison. Frederick D. Williams, 19, colored, was overcome by gas escaping from a leaky heater at 1202 Q street today. He re- sponded to treatment administered by members of Fire Rescue Squad No. 1 and Dr. Francis Gilfoy and his condi- | tion is not regarded as serious. e ———— | can be obtained in the architecture and more space for recreation and beauty be provided at practically the same cost. In the period from 1918 to 1922, he declared, 68 {)!r cent of the people of ‘Washington lived in houses, but now almost the same percentage live in apartment houses. The general trend has been to change from mass or row dwellings to apartments. The reasons for this, he explained, are the smaller cost, the servant problem, and the zon- ing, which often prohibits the erection of row houses. 206,000 Persons Housed. The building operations -from 1919 to the present time total $475,000,000 in value, he estimated, and house ns. Wilson, president of the & Potomac Telephone Co., Trade and made a brief address. James ‘L !uletl;‘.: vice :lh“m‘(n u’ln charge of domes rations of the American Red cron.wetnd: an apj Red Cross, and it of the board, to of | where he will be associate arc] peal | the devastat: hurricane that the islands. i cent subscription from the ornnl-’:rbn “Family Album” Bares Character, WOULD ASSESSU.S. Photographer Save £ f PAVING GOSTS Women Are Responsible for 80 Pect. of Business, Leader Avers. When it comes to reading character “there’s nothing like looking at the old family album,” Guy A. Bingham, exec- utive manager of the Master Photo Finishers of America, declared today at the convention of the organization in the Wardman Park Hotel. “Character lysis, through lookiny at photograph albums,” Bingham said, “is simplicity itself. In one man's album, for instance, you will find a pic- ture of him holding the big fish that did not get away. You'll ind another one of the same man with his favorite dog. You'll find him in other pictures on a camping trip, at a convention, on a trip abroad. It's not difficult to dis- cover, through these pictures, what sort of a man he is. “Real Good Fellow.” “‘Obviously, this man is fond of sports, more than a little fond of showing off and is not overly fond of home life, children or women. Nevertheless, he's & real, dyed-in-the-wool good fellow, and I don’t mean perhaps.” % Bingham added amateur picture-tak- ing is actuated by one of four motives— sentiment, vanity, desire for self-expres- sion or a desire to keep a record. ‘The photo-finishing business would starve to death if it were not for wom- en. They take, or order taken, at least 80 per cent of all hand-camera pictures. They are responsible for most of the pictures of children and loved ones, which constitute the great bulk of our iness. This may be because women value sentiment more highly than men. It do not, however, profess to speak as an expert in this regard.” Scientific Facllities Stressed. Included among the other speakers were Charles Lynn, Sioux City, Iowa; Moss A. Plunkett, Roanoke, Va.; Paul Burgess, Binghamton, N. Y.; C. P. Phil- lips, Detroit; John J. Alves, Braintree, lgl.u and Harold Graves, Portland, reg. Washington's facllities for scientific research were stressed last night by George 8. Cullen, in urging location of the national headquarters of the or- ganization here. The proposal was taken under consideration. '6AS DEPRECIATION HEARINGS DELAYED ion Allows Company Time to Prepare Its Case. Hearings on the proper depreciation |rates to be set up by the Washington Gas Light Co. were postponed today by the Public Utilitles Commission until December 11 on motion of the com- pany, which said it had not had time to prepare its case. ‘The company sets up a fund for de- preciation and maintenance by making a charge to operating expenses of 12 cents per thousand cubic feet of the gross sales of gas of the Washington Gas Light Co., less the gross sales of its subsidiary, the Georgetown Gas Light Co., resulting in a charge of about 10 cents net on the Washington company’s | sales. The commission is of the opinion that this cha is too high, and ordered a public hearing on the subject today. Benjamin Minor, attorney for the company, asked for the delay in order to secure the figures desired by the commission as to the reasonableness of this charge, and as there was no oppo- sition, the commission postponed the case. - WEDDING HAPPY SEQUEL TO TREASURY ROMANCE Harry F. Herman and Miss Lucille Menefee, Co-employes. Form Mat- rimonial Alliance. A romance fostered in the Treasury Department bloomed into a wedding at noon yesterday, when Harry F. Herman, assoclate architectural engineer of the office of supervising architect, and Miss Lucille Menefee, who was a clerk in the office, were united in marriage at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, h and A streets northeast. ‘The ceremony was formed by the Rev. John C. Ball, pastor of the church, and was ltfm‘\.dad by w numbelb:! friends from asu - partment. g4 The couple will leave Washington soon, lerman having just been as- signed by the Treasury Porto Rico, hitectural engineer and superintendent of con- struction in the Government's program of restoration in Porto Rico, tollm Mr, Herman made his residence at 1332 I street and Miss Menefee lived at 4 Wevvisnd svenue northeast, Senator Sheppard’s Wouid Place Government on Footing of Other Owners. ‘The Federal Government would agree to pay the paving assessments the same as private property owners whenever a street adjoining a Government building site is improved in any city in the goeun"iy,ui)!dl béll m"oa‘;rm hln the na lay by Senat Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, becomes law. The measure was referred to the public buildings and grounds committee for report. Senator Sheppard said the bill was drafted to cover the entire Nation and | he presumed it would include the Dis- trict of Columblia. ‘The bill does not undertake to estab- lish a legal obligation on the part of the Government to pay the paving assess- ments, but would authorize such pay- ment as a matter of equity and fairness in every city where the Government owns bullding sites. The Senator point- ed out that separate action would be Decessary by, Congress as each case In the District of Columbia paving assessments are regulated by the Bor- land law, which requires gg:‘“u prop- erty owners to pay half cost when the vullh'eel in front of their homes is paved. JURY CALLED TO ACT IN STABBING DEATH Nationally Known Lawyer Is Held in Killing of Stenog- rapher. By the Associated Press. gsm'xmm. th‘l:xd. November 13.—In- qui eath of Miss Lehila Highsmith, 28-year-old State em- ploye, who was stabbed in the heart in front of her home late Saturday night, was at a standstill today pending de- Iiberations of & special grand jury called for Thursday, apparently to in- vestigate the connection with the affair of John W. Brady, former Civil Apj g::x;rt judge and nationally know bar- Brady was held in jail without bond. It was considered probable that the bond hearing would be postponed until the grand jury acted, since another bond would have to be made if an indictment is returned. Little has been added to known facts of the slaying. Friends of Brady sald he had known Miss Highsmith for sev- eral years, some of them ade that JURY DECIDES SHIVES COMMITTED SUICIDE Coroner’s Verdict in Case of Man Found Dead From Pistol Wound in Head. A coroner's jury conducting' an in- quest into the death of Maxwell Shives, 68 years old, returned a verdict of sui- cide at the District Morgue this after- noon. Shives was found in his bedroom at his home, 114 Adams street, yesterday morning with a pistol bullet wound in his right temple. Despondency over ill health is believed to have been the cause of his taking his life. Shives, according to the testimony of his wife, went to his bedroom about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, stating that he was going to clean his pistol because there had been a robbery in the neigh- borhood and he might have need for it. A few moments later Mrs. Shives and her sister, Mrs. Mary G. Mouse, heard the report of a revolver and discovered the man lying lifeless on his bed. MISS PANKHURST TO TALK Miss Christabel Pankhurst of London will be the principal speaker before the Business Women's Council of the Young Women's Christian Association at & meeting Saturday night, November 30. at Barker Hall, Seventeenth and streets. Miss Pankhurst will speak “Prophecy and World Peace.” Bar Girl Smoking Signs. ls advertising tobacco groflucu will barred from Colorado &;I,np it an Counctl £ proves eff violation of the ardinance are provided. The council’s action was taken in re- & to demands of 2,000 women pe- titioners, PAGE 17 1 PERMIT T0 GRADE - UPON ARBORETUM SITE 15 REFUSED Letter From Secretary Hyde to District Commissioners Brings Negative Decision. PROTEST AGAINST MOVE TO BOOST LAND PRICE Street Work Would Seriously Dis- figure Property by Destroying Trees, Officials Are Told. Spurred to action by a vigorous pro- test from Secretary Hyde of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, the District Com- missioners have practically decided to | refuse a request for permission to grade R street northeast across two parcels of land owned by the Pederal - ment and intended to be used‘z‘:v;:l't o(nthz mlllonnl arboretum. was learned from authoritative sources today that while the Comx:;‘l‘ss sloners took no action on a letter from Secretary Hyde at a meeting yesterday, they have decided to deny Robert C. Howard, agent for some of the property the street would lead to, the privilege of proceding with the grading. Letter for Advice. The matter came to a head after Daniel E. Garges, secretary of the Board of Commissioners, wrote Secre- tary Hyde telling him of the request in view of a previous letter from Sec- retary Hyde asking to be advised where any changes in the arboretum area were under contemplation, umuns his attitude clear in strong Tms, Secretary Hyde contended the g:‘poua permit would injure the ar- grovlde grounds for de- 'regl;le:o!w land needed arboretum project. i Parcels Are Purchased. Under present plans the arboret which calls for expenditu 060, would “he. located in the. Seesiey Tty al- been purchased by ?tem yGc:v- m!mmnt and some remains to be ac- Hyde wrote that “the ing of R street 4 into tI proposed o his land notnnr.nldy seriously injure the arboretum ying some of its most imposing ;t;n:r:x native 'Nmbar in the M it a straight street not in accord with the plans of gl;u;?p-;:::nt lgr the layout of roads e he plans “ the arboretum lh:l who!gwot e to; estate and is now considerin, purchase. The estate (the s, l"lam: involved) is vide demanding from the BROKER FIRM IS SUED BY LOSER IN STOCKS Holdings Declared Sold Without Sufficient Notice of Intention. United Sta pfleelormhndolthluk.ol: ; T NEw YORE: Novs November 13.—, frader yesterdsy Blod mit i S Rouse which: he ‘haru e stocks during the recent. i its, -were was ‘too late.’ | ARCHITECT GROUP AT END OF SESSION Board of Treasury Department Con- sultants Pays Respects to President. Progress was reported as having been made at the three-day conference of the Board of Architectural Consultants of the Treasury Department, which closed this morning. Seven architects of various sections of the incipal busi- country, after the pri ness of their conference had been con- cluded, called at the White House yes- terday fo. pay their respects to Presi- dent Hoover. It is understood that the Chief Executive showed deep interest in the program for housing the Federal Government now under way. One of the first buildings now to re- ceive consideration for construction is the Archives, plans for which are to be developed by the suj architect’s office in the"l‘g:m t. The members o board left s =2 today for GLOBE RECORD SOUGHT. John ‘H. Mears to Challenge Zep- pelin’s Mark. ; CHICAGO, November 13 (#).—John Henry Mears of New . speaking COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., No- | here ) lnn:unon";lm for a vember 13 (#).—Bill board pictures of | new attempt at the record for circling the earth, now held the Graf Zep- lin. Mears and the late Charles Col- held the world-cruising record until Graf’s flight. ‘The new trip will be started next June, Mears said. The Pacific hop is to ;c:ll‘?: the path traveled by the Soviet