Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1930, Page 17

FFFORIS 10 G RETRENENT BIL MENDNENTS SEN ilookhart Favors Permitting; i Employes to Choose Annuity Basis. | DALE-LEHLBACH MEASURE| IS BACKED BY ALCORN; Joint Conference Chairman Hopes to Receive More From Con- gress in Future. This is the second of a series of seven ariicles on the status of proposed meas- ures to liberalize the Civil Service ve- tirement law in the interest of Gov- ernment employes who_are retired or nay hereafter retire. The mext article wili appear tomorro BY DONALD A. CRAIG. While Government employes, organ- ized and unorganized, ali agree that the | Dale-Lehlbach bill, passed in the Sen- | ate today is a step in the right di- greetion from their point of view, they are not all agreed upon the advis- | .ability of accepting it as the best that can be obtained in the way of liberal- | izing the present retirement law at this session of Congress. | Some want to fight for more, believ- | ing that Congress and President Hoover | are in the mood to be more liberal in| providing annuities for retired employes. | Others believe the bird in the hand | —or almost there—is better than two Dbirds still some distance away in the bush. These employes are willing to accept gratefully what Congress seems ready to give at the present session without running what they regard as a risk of defeat for the whole proposition, either in ' Congress or by presidential veto, if' attempts are made to amend the Dale-Lehlbach bill radically. The bill as it stands grants increases within limits heretofore described to all classes of annuitants in proportion to their length of service and their avers age salaries during the last five years of allowable service. The principle is the same as the present law so far as| the method of computing annuities i3, concerned. There are strong indications that an effort will be made to permit every employe to choose as a basis for com- puting his annuity the five years of his service during which he received the highest pay. Amendment by Brookhart. Already Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Towa, a member of the Civil Service committee and a friend of retirement legislation, has introduced a proposed amendment with this general purpose in view. He would make the law read: That any employe retired or to be! retired who was, through no fault of | his or her own, transferred, reinstated or reduced to a lower position, shall for purposes of retirement be rated on the highest classified service or services for- merly rendered by him or her.” A similar position has been taken by | the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, which is advancing a proposal to use, in computing the annunity, the salary of any five years of consecutive service desired by the employe. Of course, the employe would seiect the period during which he was receiving the highest average salary. Regardless of the merits of this plan of increasing annuities, present indica- | tions are that if seriously pressed at this time it might lead to a controversy and opposition in Congress and delay action on_the subject at this session. R. H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint conference on retirement, which repre- sents many classes employes _in Washington and other parts of the country, is backing the Dale-Lehlbach Dill" as it stands on behalf of his organ- ization, hoping to gain more from Con- gress at a future session. Mr. Alcorn has made a few computa- tions to show how the Dale-Lehlbach bill would affect annuities. He points out that an employe re-| ceiving & salary of $600 a year who re- | tires after 15 years of service will have | his annuity increased from the present rate of $200 to $225 a year. With the| same length of service at a salary of $1,000 & year the increase in the annu- ity would be from $300 to $333. For the same length of service at a salary of $1400 a year the increase would be from '$360 to $466. Computations as Sample. What the Dale-Lehlbach blil un- | changed will mean to employes retired afler 30 years of service is indicated by the following computation: Upon the basis of a $600 annual sal- the increase would be from $399 to upon a basis of a $1,000 salary increase would be from $666 to 0, and upon the basis of a $1.400 salary the increase would be from $933 to_$1,050. “While these rates show that the in- creases would not be very much,” said Mr. Alcorn to The Star, “yet they would help a little, and certainly Congress should not hesitate to pass this legis- lation.” The above instances are merely a few selected from computations made by Mr. Alcorn on the basis of various sal- aries and lengths of service to fllustrate | what the pending measure proposes to | do. Retired employes receiving other | 1 salaries and having different periods "'”W service would benefit in the same pro- portion. Among the organizations of employes seeking to have the Dale-Lehlbach bill amended in several important particu- is the National Federation of Fed- 1 Employes, which wants “some addi- tional liberalizing features” incorporated | in the measure, and believes this can be done without arousing congressional opposition or running the risk of execu- tive disapproval. | Another organized group of employes is the League of the American Civil Service, of which Mrs. Margaret Hop- kins Worrell is president. This organ- ization would make the maximum an- nuity $1,500, as_compared with $1.200 in the Dale-Lehlbach bill and $1,000 in the present law, and would take an entirely new step by fixing a_minimum for annuities at $365. In other words, it proposes that no annuitant, no mat- ter what his basic salary or length of service may be, shall receive less than $1 a day. Other somewhat radical changes in the Dale-Lehlbach bill are proposed by ihe league of which Mrs. Worrell is president. They are all in the interest of the Government, employe. and go fur- ther in some respects than the demands of the other organized groups of em- ployes. Senator Dale, Representative Lehl- bach and other members of the Senate | 1 and House have received various sug-{on the theory that the retirement an- @he Toening Starf ABANDONED BABIES WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, CHILD OF 14 MONTHS GLEEFUL 'AS FIREMAN TAKES HER ON BACK WANT HOMES The littie fellow in the center, dubbed William Francis Brady. joined two other foundlings at Children’s Hospital this morning. The others, Robert V. Gordon (left) and found in an alley early yesterday. Cecelia Jefferson (right), were abandoned in automobiles. is holdirfg thé babfes. THIRD BABY FOUND - ABANDONED HERE 2-Week-0Jd Boy, Well Cloth- ed, Discovered in Alley by Youth. A healthy 2-week-old baby boy, aban- doned some time vesterday in an alley at the rear of the Greystone Apart- ments, 815 Eighteenth street, last night joined the merry group of infants who inhabit ward F at Children’s Hospital. The youngster was discovered . by Fred Mitchell, colored elevator boy at the apartment house, when he through the alley on his way to church, and has been named William Francis Brady by the nurses of tne ward. Warmly Clad. Young Mr. Brady was warmly clad in knitted garments and a baby blanket when found by the elevator boy, but apparently had been left in the alley- way some time before, for he was shiv- ering and suffering from exposure when admitted to the hospital. Hw condition was excellent otherwise ana today he was none the worse for his experience. Mitchell located the infant when his attention was attracted by its cries. He carried the youngster into the apart- ment house and police of the third pre- cinct were sumrioned. Strong arms of the law took possession of Mr. Brady and carried him to the hospital, where he was admitted by Miss Caroline Leonardo, night supervisor. ‘Third in Month. The baby is_the third found aban- doned in the District within the past month. All are being cared for in Ward F at the Children’s Hospital until they are adopted and taken into private ‘homes. ‘The oldest of the trio is “Cecelia Jef- ferson” who was found in a machine on'| the night of December 8. She was named Jefferson by the nurses of the hospital because she was found on Jef- ferson street. Cecelia is about 6 weeks old. ‘The second baby is “Robert V. Gor- don,” who has been at the hospital since December 30, when he was discovered in an automobile on V street. Young Mr. Gordon derived his middle initial from the street on which he was found. He is nearly a month old. o INDIAN WAR VETERANS TO INSTALL OFFICERS Gen. Adna R. Chaffee Camp, No,; 18, to Hold Meeting Friday Evening at 6:30. Gen. Adna R. Craffee Camp, No. 18, National Indian War Veterans, will in- stall officers for 1930 at a meeting on Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock at Stan- ! ley Hall, Soldiers’ Home. District Comdr. J. L. Sprinkle will | install the following officers: Com- [ mander, Phincas Towne; senior vice | commander, Hans Pert junior vice | commander, William Benson; adjutant, P. Acker; quartermaster, John | Moran; color bearer, W. H. Burt;; chaplain, Jacob H. Huff; officer of the | day, George Wadkins. | find it hard to comprehend quickly all the various factors involved and the net | effect of various proposals. Senator Dale has pointed out to The Star that the public is apt to get the| impression that the annuities paid to, Tetired Government, employes are “pen- | sions,” when they are something en- tirely different. A pension has been defined as an allowance paid for past services—somewhat in the nature of a bonus for services rendered, as in the case of pensions to soldiers and their | families. On the contrary, the annuities to re- tired Government employes are paid| from a retirement and disability fund,) to which the employes contribute 3%; per cent of their salaries, with the Gov- ernment paying a proportionate share. A pension is something paid without | any necessary regard to the salary re-| ceived by the pensioner when he was on active duty, while the annuity in this case s strictly limited not oniy by the salary which the employe was re- celving but the length of the service he or she has rendered. Many criticisms of the present retire- ment law and Dale-Lehibach bill are based, whether knowingly or otherwise, gestions not included in the above brief survey of the outstanding suggestions. These and the details of the oroposals from the larger organized groups of em- ployes will be explained more fully in later articles in this series, ‘The subject obviously is complicated. To the uninitiated it is often confusing| There are at present no indications|A. Fiske, Shearer spoke before some | nuisances. nuities are Government pensions. The tendency of some of the proposals to liberalize the law would be to make it conform more nearly to the laws pen- sioning soldiers and their families. The William *Francis was Miss Dorothy Nokes ar_Staff_Photos. fl]flnclple, of course, is entirely different the two cases. PILOT'S COOLNESS AVERTS DISASTER | i INDET DOLLNAN FORNARCOTI ACT VIOLATON N 150 Grand Jury Charges Local Physician With lllegal Herojn Treatments. |WIFE OF AUTO DEALER NAMED AS HIS PATIENT Indictment Also Alleges Accused Doctor Failed to Use Internal Revenue Blanks. An indictment charging violation of the Harrison narcotic act was returned by the grand jury today against Dr. M. Clarence Dollman, who was indicted a year ago in connection with the arrest and trial of Mrs. Stanley Horner, wife of a local automobile dealer, on narcotic charges. The indictment returned today agaist the physician is based on his alleged treatment of Mrs. Horner, whom he is charged with having given 27!, grains of heroin within three days dur- ing 1927. None of the prescriptions, it was alleged, was given in the course of professional treatment. It was also alleged in the indictment that Dr. Dollman failed to use the nar- cotic blanks furnished by the commis- sioner of internal revenue. The of- fenses are said to have been committed on November 12, 13 and 14, 1927. Mrs. Horner was acquitted at her trial last year. During the trial it was charged that Dr. Dollman would not be prosecuted if he became a witness for the Government. Papers in the Doll- man case were produced to show that he had made a compromise with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, agreeing to pay & nominal fine. The compromise was sald to acknowledge receipt of the physician's certified check for the amount of the fine, but the records failed to show whether or not the “com- promise” had been finally accepted. original papers were found on Student of Brief Experience th-:n:ieesk " Wilham T, ‘Contins, assiste . Lands Disabled Plane in Cow Pasture. Cool-headed flying by a student pilot, who has had only 11 hours of solo fiying, prvented a possible crash yes- terday in the first forced landing in the 14-month history of the District of Columbia Air Legion, local private fiying club. The student pilot, J. Elmer Kreis, 428 Eleventh street northeast, a direc- tor of the legion, who has not yet recelved his private pilot’s license, was flying over the club’s training field at Hybla Valley, just below Alexandria, Va. yesterday afternoon when two cylinders of his engine cut out. Engine Speed Slackens. The engine speed instantly fell to about 900 revolutions per minute and the training plane, then at a height of only 300 to 400 feet above the field, began to settle to the ground. Many more experienced ‘pilots might have attempted to turn and land on the fly- ing field below rather than take chances with the open country beyond. Kreis, however, keeping in mind the repeated warnings of his instructor, United States attorney, this morn- 4ng, it was explained. In his absence, due to illness, it was not known what disposition would be made of the year- old_case. Officials at the district attorney's office were of the opinion that the earlier indictment would be nolle prossed and that Dr. Dollman would be msecufkd on the indictment returned ay. NEW SYSTEM EMPLOYED BY TELEPHONE COMPANY A new system of rotation billing, with statements to be issued on the first, sixth, eleventh, sixteenth, twenty- first and twenty-sixth of each month is being inaugurated by the Chesapeake & Potomac elephone Co. In the future subscribers served by the Atlantic and National central of- fices will be billed on the first, and those served by the Columbia and Potomac on_the sixth. The Franklin, Georgia, Metropolitan and West subscribers will get their bills on the eleventh, those of the Decatur and Lincoln exchanges on the sixteenth, those of the Adams and Dis- trict on the twenty-first, and the Cleve- land and North subscribers will receive Lieut. W. C. Buel, not to attempt to | their bills on the twenty-sixth. turn when in trouble, left behind him the inviting expanse of the landing field and continued on straight ahead, nursing the whning power of the crip- pled motor, to a safe landing in a cow pasture about & mile from the field. He made a perfect landing on rough ground and the plane was uninjured. Kreis Is Congratulated. After repairs had been made to the motor in the pasture, Kreis took off again and flew back to the airport to receive the congratulations of Alva Sole, president of the legion, and his in- structor and fellow students. Had Kreis attempted to turn and get back to the field with his crippled motor, | it was pointed out, he might have stall-.| ed and spun into the ground or struck the high tension wires along the Wash- ington-Richmond .7oad - bordering _the eld. His forced landing, the first made by any ‘student of the legion in more than 1,200 hours of training flight, brought Kreis a life membership in the legion's “First Club” | WOMAN ROBBED OF MONEY ON STREET NEAR HOME Mrs. Cecelia M. Nye Reports Loss of $20 and Handbag—Others Lose by Thefts. Mrs. Cecelia M. Nye, 1434 Chapin street, reported she was robbed of her handbag containing a $20 bill, some change and cards while on the street near her home about 10 o'clock last night, Her handbag was snatched by one of two young colored men who sud- denly appeared there. Mrs. Nye is only one of several persons similarly robbed in_that vicinity the past few weeks. Susie Boyd, 636 W street, reported te police of the eighth precinct last night that she had been robbed of $168. The money was taken from her while she was asleep. Jannie Haden, 1718 First street, re- ported the loss 'of a gold wrist watch studded with diamonds valued at $150. The watch disappeared from its own- er's apartment Saturday night. OVERCOME BY GAS. Charles W. Newman in Hospital With Condition Undetermined. Charles William Newman, 26 years old, of 302 Thirteenth street southwest, was found in the kitchen of his home about 4:45 o'clock this morning by his mother, Mrs, Delia Newman, overcome by_illuminating gas. First ald was given by members of the Fire Department rescue squad be- fore the patient was taken to Emerg- ency Hospital. His condition was re- ported at the hnspital as undetermined. SHEARER IS SPEAKER. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 6—William B. Shearer is tired of his big Navy propa- ganda. He said so himself in a lecture at Carnegie Hall last night, adding that he had waged a battle for 10 years and | life. PLAN SCHOOL MEETING. Members of the department of re- ligious education of the Diocese of Washington will meet at St. John's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H streets, Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock, to arrange for the January meeting of all the Sunday schools of the diocese and the woman's auxiliary. This joint meeting will be held on the third Tuesday of the month, Jan- uary 21, with a missionary speaker from some foreign ficld in attendance. ASSESSOR WARNS AUTOISTS AGAINST - DELAY ON PLATES Allowed Over Original Date, Says Tax Chief. {100,000 PAIRS REMAIN | TO BE BOUGHT IN D. C. Midnight of January 31 to Mark End of Grace—Arrests Will Follow. Automobile owners were warned in | a statement from Tax Assessor William P. Richards today that mo extension would be allowed of the date by which cars on Washington’s streets must have 1930 automobile licenses. These must be displayed after midnight January 31. District drivers are considerably luckier than those of neighboring States, 18 of whom have been arrested by District police for having 1929 plates. Mr. Richards announced that up to the close of business Saturday 19,013 1930 plates had been issued, and that about 100,000 pairs remain to be bought. Crowded Days Foreseen. With 23 working days in which to sell the tags, it is almost certain that the crowded conditions of the opening day will be repeated during the last two or three days before the official deadline. The tags have been issued in steadily lessening numbers. On January 2, the first day of the sale, 8.541 pairs of plates were distributed. This fell’ to 5,674 on January 3 and to 4,798 on January 4. The smallncss of the crowds today in- dicated a further falling off. Where to Apply. Those who wish license plates for passenger cars_should apply on the ground floor. Plates for“all other cars, motor cycles and trucks are issued on the first floor. In each case a personal property tax covering the period from July 1 to De- cember 31 must be paid on the car be- fore the plates ara issued. This is cal- culated on the basis of 85 cents per $100 valuation of the car. The minimum "ISSUED RIGID RULE IN USE OF ALCOHOL Fluid Used in Varnishes and Lacquers Must Be Further De- natured, Is Doran's Order. By the Associated Press. Instructions that alcohol used in mak- ing varnishes and lacquers must further denatured were issued today by Prohibition Commissioner Doran. It had been reported to the commis- sioner that ethyl alcohol used in the manufacture of varnishes and lacquer was being converted by bootleggers and used for beverage purposes. The new orders provide that to every 100 gallons of ethyl alcohol, there must be added 4 gallons of denatured wood alcohol and 10 gallons of normal butyl alcohol, or refined fusel oil or amyl alcohol. Doran said he thought the new in- gredients would end the conversion. MOTORIST FINED. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG. Va., January 6.—F. O. Mayberry of Appomattox was fined $100 and given a 30-day suspended jail sen- tence in the Municipal Court Saturday morning on charge of driving an auto- mobile while under_influence of liquor and causing a _collision with a car driven by Miss Grace Pattillo, librarian at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. JAMES M. BARNES IS REVEALED AS FATHER OF STARLING PLAN Scientist’s Idea of Pruning Small Twigs Works—Pests Scarce in Former Habitat. Ledges on District Building New Roost of Birds—To Workers’ Discomfiture. “Its an old British custom.” In this manner James M. Barnes, at whose door credit is laid for the rout of the pestiferous starling army from their roosting places in the topmost branches of trees bordering on Pulaski Square and in front of the District Building, described today the latest process for making the nocturnal berths of the starlings so uncomfortable that they will have to abandon their posi- tions. The method suggested by Barnes, of trimming the small top twigs from the trees in which the starlings used to roost, has been a joyous success, but the pesky birds have transferred their affectiors to the ledges along the sec- ond aud fifth floors of the District Building and surrounding structures The offices of the Cdmmissioners of the District are on the fifth floor of the District Building and .now, since the starlings have roosted for a few days on these ledges, to open the windows makes tenancy of the offices uncom- fortable, and even venturesome. Works for Museum. Barnes is a distingutshed scientist, connected with the National Museum, where he has the title of honorary col- laborator in the collection and study of lepidoptera. In this work he is an as- sociate of Dr. Wl]{:ln;' S;:hlus. curator of entymology of the National Museum. Bfl'ne{ and Schaus recently have added to the museum collection of lepidoptera (better known to the man in the street as butterfiies) the famed Dognin col- hased in France at a cost of $50,000. Barnes Is a Britisher, with the Brit- isher’s innate love of birds and natural But he is convinced that the wanted to forget it. He is not going | starling is a pest, and particularly that to London for the naval parley. the starlings as they exist in Washing- Introduced by Rear Admiral Bradley | ton, are double-dyed pests and noisome In England, lccm'dmgl to ave and difficult to understand. Even mem- | that Congress would receive with ap-300 persons in a hall that seats 2,880.| Barnes, starlings for centuries bers of Congress, with the sxcep '- few who have given it spec! tion of | proval a plan to change the basic prin- ' Tickets ranged from $1 to $3. There | gone through the natural routine that study, ciple of the annuity to one of a pension. were many complimentaries. has made them the pests they are in é AT . £ JAMES M. BARNES. Washington. The starling is indigenous to Britain, and after some experiment- ing with various methods for their erad- ication, British farmers evolved the method that has worked successfully in Washington. How to Fool 'Em. Starlings roost in the topmost branches of trees, but because their feet are small they must have small twigs around which to twine their tiny toes. ‘The Britons found that by cut- ting out the small twigs in the tops of trees the birds could not gain a foot- hold on the larger branches and they then roosted elsewhere, mostly in fox- plentifully sprinkled. Fox-covers, Barnes explained, are thickets of small trees and bri and are retained as natural preserves for foxes. Barnes has small patience with those who would forbid more severe measures for banishment of the starlings—such as murder and sudden death—in the name of cruelty. Starlings may be welcome additions to the world of humanity, he contends, but as yet he has not been able to find in what manner they are useful. They have no song, he says; their twitter is not melodious, and under present- day conditions, they do not ever serve the purpose of scavengers. Meanwhile, the city heads are confronted with the task of forcing them from the ledges of the District Building and the struc- tures surrounding it. But the starlings laugh at these attempts, {No Extension of Time to Be, be | Columbia Public School covers, with which Engiand seems to be | jems on the Wisconsin avenue line with 1930. | Beats Tattoo on Rescuer’s | Head as He Climbs Down | | Ladder From 2d Floor. Infant Declines to Talk, but Mother Says She’s Partial to Helmeted Boys. 1 Small Shirley McGowan, who is 14 | months old and not adverse to a bit of excitement, enjoyed herself hugely this morning when a fireman carried her Cown a ladder after smoke from a base- ment blaze flooded the apartment build- ing in which she lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. McGowan, at 3022 Wisconsin avenue. Shirley laughed and beat a tattoo with her fists upon the fireman’s helmet as they went down the ladder from her second-floor apartment together. It was all in fun to Shirley, although other j took the affair more seriously at first. Smoke Cloud Rises. cloud of smoke billowing up the® stair- {case of the two-story building. The tenants, many of whom had begun a 7 apartments. Those on the second floor, confronted by the dense smoke in the corridor, made their way to the street down fire 1 escapes or were assisted down ladders put up when Engine Company No. 20 arrived. Kept to Basement. - The fire was confined to the base- ment, however, and most of the slight damage was from smoke and water. The building is owned by Charles D. Sager. real estate gperator of 924 Four- eenth street, and occupled by ai 10 families, e Kol The McGowans had time to dress Shirley in her new knitted suit before they handed her over the sill to the waiting_fireman. The parents them- felves descended the ladder a moment | Shirley declined to talk for publica- tion, although her mother quoted her as saying she is partial to firemen. CUSHMAN T SPEAK 10 SCHOOL GROUP Problem of Vocational Edu- cation in District Will Be Discussed. Frank Cushman, chief of the trade and industrial education service of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, will address a meeting of the District of Association Wednesday night in the board room of the Franklin Administration Building on “The Problems of Vocational Edu- cation in the District.” The meeting will be open to all who are interested in the current developments of voca- tional education in the local schools. Mrs. Fred T. DuBois, representative of the Public School Association on the citizens’ advisory committee on voca- tional education, in discussing the local situation, said today: Advisory Board Functioning. “Whenever a vocational system of schools has been inaugurated it has been found necessary to have a citizens’ | advisory committee. This committee for Washington is functioning with John Colpoys as chairman, Broadly speaking, the problem to be solved is the develop- | ment generally, and in detal, of a plan ito broaden, intensify, and improve vo- { cational education in'the public schools of Washington, “The term ‘vocational education’ Is | understood to embrace trade schools, {and also to cover the broader field of the preparation of the student for gain- ful_occupation, whether as an artisan or in the field of commerce and busi- ness. | Mrs. Dubois referred to a recent dis- cussion of the question by Mrs. Charles . Wagner, chairman of the vocational | guidance committee of the Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa- tions, Prepares for Gainful Occupation. “A great army of boys and girls on | February 1, 1930, will leave the sixth | arades of the city and go on their way upward,” said Mrs. Wagner. “From [these grades two great roads | through two branches of the school ystem, one. through the junior high ! school,’ which is at present purely aca: | demic, and one through the vocational schools. “Vocational courses must not be con- fused with courses in industrial arts. A true vocational course prepares the student to take his part in some gain- ful octupation. It brings him to the point at which he is of value to the employer and able to earn @& living ‘wage. “It has Loen said that the schools of the District should be models. Should I not_our vocational work as to housing, | equipment and general efficiency equal, | if not surpass, that of any city in the countr “Washington is facing an era which, { we hope, will be marked by the ex- pansion and development of our already existing vocational schools. Let us see that Washington boys and girls Who want_and_need this training get the very best from every point of view.” RAIL HEAD TO SPEAK. William F. Ham Will Address Devonshire Downs Citizens. william F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., will be the principal speaker at a meet- ing tomorrow night of the Devonshire | Downs Citizens’ Association, to be held | at the Home for Incurables, Thirty- cighth and Upshur streets, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Ham will discuss car service prob- the civic group. GRANGE TO INSTALL. Assistant Agricultural Secretary Heads Potomac Unit. occupants of the apartment building | A blaze, thought to have originated | from the furnace, consumed a pile of | newspapers in the basement and sent a | o'clock breakfast, hurried from their| SHIRLEY McGOWAN. —Star Staff Photo. TWO HURT AS CAR 1S HIT BY ENGINE Three Bicycle Riders Are Among Victims of Other Week End Accidents. ‘Two persons were hurt in the auto- mobile of Raymond King, 23 years old, of 2008 Bryant street northeast last night shortly after 9 o'clock when it was struck by an engine of the Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad Co. at Fleisch- man's lane northeast, according to a ireport of the police. Mrs. Julia Fry, 29 years old, of 2004 Bryant street northeast and John Sul- livan, 28 years old, also of that address, were injured. Three members of the King family were not hurt. Mrs. Fry and Sullivan were taken to Casualty Hospital, where - they were given first aid by Dr. J. Rogers ‘Young. Mrs. Fry suffered injuries to her head and chest as well as possible internal injuries, while Sullivan sustained a severe injury to his pelvis. Bicycle Riders Injured. Three bicycle fiders were included among the persons injured in as many week end accidents. Bernard Heeman, 22 years old, 1104 Eighth street, was jured about 7 o'clock last night when his wheel and the automobile of Francis A. Norris, 3430 Connecticut avenue, col- Uded near Thomas Circle. He was weated at Emergency Hospital. Jack Willis, 27 years old, of 1112 H street was knocked off his bicycle on Highway Bridge about 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning as a result of his wheel coming in contact with the au- tomobile of Homer G. Duffy, 327 Fif- teenth street northeast. He was treated at_Emergency Hospital. Fifteen-year-old Christian Huppman, 477 F street southwest, lost control of his bicycle while turning at the inter- section of Sixth and G streets, was hurled to the pavemernt and shocked. He was taken to Emergency Hospital. Two Hurt in Collision. Richard E. Henson, colored, 22 years, 921 New Jersey avenue southeast, and Joseph L. Mason, colored, 28 years, 769 Gresham place, were drivers of auto- mobiles that collided at South Capitol and G streets last night about 10:30 o'clock. Lillian Theregood and Arthur Theregood, both colored, of the Gresham place address, passengers in Mason's car, were injured. They were taken to Providence Hospital. A collision between a street car and the automobile of John Crawford, col- ored, 38 years, of 635 Q street, occurred at Florida avenue and Eckington place about 7 o'clock last night, resulting in injury to Virginia Foster, colored, 55 vears old, 1802 Fifth street, occupant of the automobile. She was treated ltHSibl;aé' gnsmtll. arol . Bingaman, 1900 F street, and David E. Jenkins, 7408 Alaska ave- nue, were drivers of automobiles that collided in front of 5911 Sixteenth street about 9 o'clock last night. George E. Pierce, 32 years, 1415 Girard street, oc- cupant of the former machine, received an injury to his head. He was given first aid at Walter Reed Hospita]. Pvt. James E. Bennett of theufilevemh precinct, sprained his right foot as a result of the skidding of his motor cycle on the street car tracks on Nichols ave- nue southeast about 8:30 o'clock last night. 627 Otis place, and o EmlherA Sayre, osepl . Kell, colored, of 426 M street, Wwere drivers of automobiles '.hatt ce;]t- lided early yesterday morning at Six- teenth street and Florida avenue. Kell, whose collarbone was fractured, was given surgical aid at Garfield Hospital. Thrown from his bicycle when it col- lided with a truck at Second street and Massachusetts avenue early this morn- ing, Russell Greep, 16 years old, of 210 Tenth street norfheast, received a pos- sible fracture of the left shoulder and lacerations of the scalp. The youth is a messenger for the ‘Western: Union Telegraph Co. The driver of the ttuck was George J. Win- ters of 4510 Georgia avenue, police say. Green is in Emergency Hospital. In Maryland Give Bad Checks for Tags Motor Vehicle Chitf Be- gins Second Rush, With Aid of State Police. | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 6.—The an- nual rush for new license tags at the office of the commissioner of motor ve- hicles ended December 31, but that department today finds & new rush on its hands. This is a chase after some 350 individuals who paid for their 1930 | Potomac Grange, No. 1, will hold its annual installation of officers Wednes- day night in Pierce Chapel, All Souls' Unitaman Church, Sixteenth street and Columbia road. The new master, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture R. W. Dunlap, will be installed by L. J. Tabor of Ohio, na- tional master of the Grange, who has made a special trip here from Ohio to attend the ceremonigs. The installation will be preceded by a dinner, tags with worthless checks. In accordance with the annual cus- tom—for the flood of worthless paper is as certain each year as the last- minute rush for tags—the checks were turned over to Capt. Harry ' Butler, commander of the State police. Capt. Butler assigned several of his force to the job of redeeming the checks or collecting the 1 350 Owners of Cars! PAGE B—1 HOUSE BILL WOULD ALLOW IMPROVING - ARLINGTON SHRINE War Department Measure Sets Aside Large Fund for National Cemeteries. LEE MANSION INCLUDED IN MEMORIAL PROGRAM | Work Would Link in With New Bridge; Future Road Plan Is Outlined. Improvements at Arlington National Cemetery to link in with the new | Memorial Bridge and the restoration of the Lee Mansion are provided for in the War Department appropriation bill reported to the House today. Under this measure Uncle Sam will continue the work of properly marking and preserving the national shrines, especlally those connected with the hero dead of the Natfon. This measure carries a total of $1,129,038 for national cemeteries, which is ‘an increase of $269,486 over current appropriations, and a total of $303,804 for national military parks, which is a decrease of $121,984 under current ap- propriations. | Provision is made in this bill for starting work on a nev road for Arlington National ~Cemetery, the Valhalla of the United States Govern- ment, where the military dead are buried, which will lead from the new Memorial Bridge to the reconstructed Lee Mansion. Road Changes Necessitated. ‘The Memorial- Bridge, costing up- wards of $15,000,000, is going to make necessary extensive changes in the road system in Arlington, at a total expense of approximately $400,000. This bill carries $58,270 for this new road, $15,000 for a new superintendent’s lodge, because the restoration of the mansion house made it necessary to provide other quarters for the superintendent. ‘The bill carries approximately $110,- 000 for Confederate headstones and other funds will permit supplying Civil, Spanish and World War stones at & rate faster, than heretofore. The in- stallation of headstones in cemeteries in Europe has been completed. The report on the War Department bill shows that there has been appro- priated heretofore for *the restoration of the Lee Mansion in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery $100,000. It is under- stood that restoration will be completed for a total outlay of $71,500, including outbuildings and the surround: grounds. It is estimated that not exceeding $38,500 will be needed for the interior furnishings. A number of interesting interior furnishings have already been purchased and many have been do- nated. . ‘The bill carries $10,000, which, with the balance on hand, the House com- mittee on appropriations feels, is ad- equate to complete the restoration. Language has been inserted at the re- quest of the guartermaster general granting authority which facilitates the work of restoring donated articles to something approaching original con- dition. The existing Lee Mansion is being completely overhauled and the sur- rounding buildings are being restored as they were at the time of the Civil War. The slave quarters will be put back in the condition that they were. It is expected that many of the pieces of furniture originally used in the Lee Mansion will be brought back. A care- ful study has been made regarding these interior fittings and their history. Furniture Is Donated. During the hearings on this bill, a- list was submitted of furniture donated for use in the restored mans‘on, includ- ing a water-color drawing of Arlington House by Lossing, donated by Mrs. Moses A. Hastings, Lancaster, N. F. Among the bits of furniture purchased for use in the mansion are a bedside table, or candlestand, originally from | Mount Vernon, a Duncan Phyfe side- chair, a small mahogany drop-leaf table of the Sheraton type, a rare Cur- rier print of Georgz and Martha Wash- |ington. and & mahogany hanging wall mirror. | For the maintenance of the reserva- illfln at Wakefleld, Va. the birthplace of Washington, $2,500 is recommended, which is identical with the current ap- propriation. The committee: was notified during hearings that a deficiency appropriation of $416,000 has been submitted for completing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington. PERSHING TO BECOME 33D-DEGREE MASON General Will Be Honored at Scot- tish Rite Temple by Order Tonight. Gen. John J. Pershing will have the thirty-third degree of Masonry con= ferred upon him at impressive cere- monies in the Scottish Rite Temple, 1733 Sixteenth street, tonight. He ar- rived here from Lincoln, Nebr., this morning. Gen. Pershing was elected to receive the degree last October during the bi- ennial session of the Supreme Council of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the Southern Jurisdiction. ‘The ceremony of investiture of the rank and decoration of Knight Com- mander of the Court of Honor is sched- uled to begin this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. This will be followed by a din- ner, after which the degree, an hon- orary one and the highest given in Masonry, will be conferred. ENDS RESEARCH HERE. Japanese Educator Studying Meth- ods for Deaf in Philadelphia. After a month's study of American methods of instructing the deaf at Gallaudet College here, Gensuke Osone, Japanese educator, left this morning to . further his study at the Mount Airy School for the Deaf at Philadelphia. The educator will visit various West- ern institutions before leaving for Japan in June. ADDRESS BY' MISSIONARY. Miss Bessie B. Blacknall, a missionary in the service of the Episcopal Churca in Alaska, will deliver an address Wed- method, he said, is to e checks to those who issued them with a demand for payment, and if payment is not forthcoming the tags are seized. nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Church of the Ascension, under auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary of thz IMNa- tionial Counctl of the church,