Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1930, Page 16

A—16 = "LAWSUITS DELAY ENFORCEMENT OF NEW TAXI RULES, Maj. Pratt Halts Arrests of! Drivers Until Permits Can Be Issued. UTILITIES REGULATIONS | IN EFFECT LAST NIGHT Commission Replies to Action Seek- ing Injunction Against Auto Requirements. The Public Utilities Commission’s drastic new code governing the ocpera- tion and equipment of taxicabs and other public vehicles went into effect today, while the police, who are charged with its enforcement, literally blinked at_violations. The police ignored the new regula- tions at the direction of Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent, who issued a general order to precinct commanders to forget them until further notice. It is understood that no effort will be made at enforcement pending disposi- tion of two cases now in the District Supreme Court which are designed to test the authority of the commission to assume jurisdiction over all types of common “carriers as it attempts to do in the new code. In the meantime the commission | continued to issue permanent and tem- porary licenses to cab drivers, who, ob- livious of Maj. Pratt’s order, frantically made last-minute efforts to comply with the regulations and avoid threatened arrest. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1930. EDUCATE DOGS FOR BLIND Mrs. Dorothy Harrison Eustis (left) and Helen Keller with one of the dogs educated by “seeing eye” to lead the blind. 207 Permanent Permits. Thus far the commission has issued permanent permits to 207 public vehicle | operators who have complied with the equipment regulations and given satis- factory assurance of their financial responsibility. Eight hundred and fifty- seven temporary permits also have been issued, but the holders of a majority of these must yet satisfy the commis- sion of their financial responsibility, or else comply with certain of the equip- ment regulations before receivng per- | menent licenses. Police Inspector E. W. Brown, in| charge of the Traffic Bureau, estimates there are 2,400 public vehicles in Wash- ington coming within the scope of the commission’s new code. Thus there are more than 1,300 such vehicles which have not even passed temporary muster before the commission. two cases on which the Police Dermmne is waiting a decision before enforcing the regulations were taken to the court by taxi operators. F. B. Smith, an independent taxi driver, filed the first suit for an injunction to re- strain the commission from enforcing its new order. A hearing on a motion to dismiss this petition, filed by As. sistant Corporation Counsel Robert E. Lynch, was held yesterday before | Justice Alfred A. Wheat. Second Suit Filed. The Bell Cab Co., Inc., filed the other suit. It petitioned the court to restrain the on and Maj. Pratt from assuming jurisdiction over the vehicles 1t operates and from forcing compliance with the new regulations. The new regulations compel the own- ers of all cabs operating in Washington on meters to post with the commission some assurance of their financial re- sponsibility to Meet accident claims in the form of an insurance policy, an in- |And made possible for them an un- demnity bond or a uus!’:t.ggy nu‘;- drelmedl-&f {nreed"e m?, cax'm‘l ‘c";n h:a)l bg: ment of arouse rest an pathy DR D vaeed | K I e Ty by the sight of a biind man groping regulations further provide for|® Cane. real or personal property sufficient to mgg.l accident claims. e the inspection of meters, brakes and other equipment: Certificates are given to each cab passing -all requirements and these ¥ight-hand corner of the windshield. Permanent _certificates shuwlfl the :‘u?re'g" "I\l.lly eohl'l‘:plled h‘:ith 1 ents are white. The tempor: finmlfluwl are brown. given fll&nw is not yet complete in all de- be exchanged for permanent ones as ustice at yesterday afternoon took under advisement a motion of the Pub- lic Utilitles Commission, filed through Corporation Counsel Bride and Assist- ant Corporation Counsel Lynch, to dis- imiss the suit for injunction brought by Smith, Claims Power for Rule. ‘The commission points out that the suit should be dismissed because the plaintiff is operating as a common car-~ Tier and as such is subject to all lawful orders and regulations of the commis- sion. It defends as reasonable and within its powers the new regulation to which exception is taken and de- clares it is a reasonable exercise of the authority vested in the commission by act of Congress. Attorney Leon Robbin for Smith called to the attention of the coyrt the | decision of the District Court of Ap- gelk in 1927 in the Harlan case, in hich that court held the commission ‘without power to require the filing of an indemnity bond by taxicab owners. There has been no action of Congress since that decision, he claimed, and the commission is now attempting to do just what the court had held it lacked power to do. Recourse should have been had to Congress by the com- mission, he asserted, to change the law. Smith claimed he was unable to give the required security and declared com- pliance with the regulation would de- stroy his business, for which he has paid & license fee until June 30. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. “The Hungarian Poet, Ody,” will be the subject under discussion a¢ the|said meeting of the Writers' Rendezvous in the ball room of the Winston Hotel to- night at 8 o'clock. An address on “The Beautiful Phil- ippines” will be given by Maj. Thomas Livingston, former chaplain, U. 8. A., in the Philippines, at the League for the Larger Life, 1628 K street, tonight at 8 o'clock. History Club of George Washington University is holding its annual bridge party for the ‘Swisher alcove book fund tonight at 8 o'clock in the Burlington Hotel. The fund is being raised to place books in the Swisher alcove of the new library at the university. Annual Men's Club minstrel show of Christ and Trinity Lutheran Churches will be held tonight, 8 p.m., in North- east Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast. The show was ar- qanged by Curi Helnrich —Herbert Keyser lead the mnistrel bill. card for the benefit of the w:mm'- mfi Association will be yun tonight at 8:30 at the clubhouse, 750 Massachusetts avenue. . FUTURE. Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey “Tent No. 1, will meet Monday evening at 1502 Fourteenth street. Ladies of the Pirst Americans wil meet Tuesday evening at 822 Twentieth TEACHER OF DOGS are to be carried on the lower | years ago that dogs could be educated human race. With this idea, she started re-|a breeding and training station in These are given | veloping the highest possible degree of case of cab owners who have | intelligence among made bona fide attempts to comply [up on their intell with the regulations, but whose com- sary to find work for them to do. Hav- ing seen the work accomplished in Ger- The temporary certificates will | many cided to soon as the cab owners comply with |the blind. WORKS FOR BLIND Canines Not. Trained, but Educted, Declares Leader * of Movement. BY GRETCHEN SMITH, “Guide dogs for the blind are edu- cated and not trained,” declares Mrs. | Dorothy Harrison Eustis, president of | the “Seeing Eye, Inc.” training school for dogs for the -blind at Nashville, Tenn., and of “L'Oell Qui Voit” train- lngd school at Mont-Pelerin, Switzer= and. Mrs. Eustis, who has arrived in Washington to be the guest of Mrs. James Parker, 2100 Sixteenth street, will deliver a number of lectures throughout leading Eastern cities and California on the subject of the work which is done at the only training school for dogs for the blind in the United States at Nashville, “The Seeing Eye, Inc.” a non-profit organization working for the purpose of providing dogs for the blind at cost. ¢ The story of growth and develop- ment of this work, which has opened a new world of possibilities to the blind with Begins Dog Education. Mrs. Eustis became convinced a few to a degree of untold value to the Switzerland with the purpose of de- her igence, . To check it was neces- along these lines, Mrs. Eustis de- train her dogs as guides for In Germany shepherd dogs have been used by police, the Red Cross, as rail- | road yard guards and as leaders for the blind for many years. The gov- ernment has established five training| schools for guide dogs for the blind, and every war-blinded man capable of handling a dog has one provided by the government, with an allowance sufficient for the dog's support. Mrs. Eustis visited Germany before establishing her own place in Switzer- land. She commenced with two dogs, grafting American show stock with German working stock. The result was a_ breed of superior intelligence and efficlency. Mrs. Eustis at her school in Switzerland now has approximately 110 dogs in training. Man Interested in U. S. It was through reading of her school and the great possibilities opened to the biind that about two years ago Morris 8. Frank, a blind boy of Nash- ville, became interested in the idea. He communicated with Mrs. Eustis. The result was a visit to her place near Luzanne, where Mr. Frank took the three-week training course with a dog obtained from Mrs. Eustis. He re- turned home and, with the assistance of Mrs. Eustis, has organized a school in Nashiville, which he has called the Seeing Eye. Here he has been train- ing, or educating, dogs for the blind at_cost. ‘The school is only able to start on a small scale on account of shortage of instructors, This is the great diffi- culty. There are very few good in- structors even in Germany, as the man must not only understand dog psychol- ogy, but that of the blind. Describing the process, Mrs. Eustis ‘I never speak of training my logs, but of educating tiem. In train- ing a pointer or a retriever, you are but k:lnllpllo a dog's natural instincts.” But animal must not ha telligence. And intelligence is educated. A dog guide must think—he must draw conclusions for himself. For instance, if he has been taught to go forward at danger through an approaching vehicle, he must not go forward, but must hold back his blind charge. d that is what our dogs do. They are educated so that a blind man may be guided through the greatest traffic without danger.” Age Is Consideration. Asked whether the education of her dogs is started when they are puppies, Mrs. Eustis replied, “No, we do not start their education when they his master's command and he sees! TN 1S EXTENDED FOR AUTO EXHBIT Sponsors of Annual Show Accede to Demand of Pub- lic to Visit Display. Instead of closing tonight, as orig- inally planned, Washington’s tenth an- nual automobile show, in progress at the Washington Auditorium, will con- tinue tomorrow and Monday. Officials reached this decision last night after the Washington Automotive Trade As- soclation, which is sponsoring the ex- position, decided that the wide public interest in the event demanded that the time be extended. Accordingly, the Washington Audi- torilum will be open from 2 to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow and from 10 am. to 10 p.m. on Monday. Rudolph Jose, chairman of the as- soclation’s show committee, said on be- half of that group today: “The Wash- ington Automotive Trade Association has been glad to accede to the public's apparent desire that the show be con- tinued. While the crowds attending the show this year are in excess of the rec- ord throngs-of #4929, we have received | scores of requests from persons whom | the weather prevented from visiting the show several days during the past week that we extend the time limit on the exposition to enable them to make their annual inspection of the latest au- tomotive developments as they are pre- sented under a single roof. ““The fact that it has been made clear in a most emphatic way that the public wants us to defer the time for the closing of the show is taken to be the strongest possible substantiation of our conviction that interest in the new cars has reached heights never before at- tained. It is & real satisfaction to be able to meet this public demand by arrangements to continue the show through Monday evening.” o DYING MAN IS FOUND ON STREET CAR TRACK Joseph H.-Claggett, Heart Attack Victim, Expires While Being Taken to Hospital. Found lying on the car tracks in the path of a Cabin John street car where he had been stricken with a heart attack late yesterday afternoon, Joseph H. Claggett, 62, of 8900 Second avenue, Woodside, Md:, died en route to the, Georgetown University Hospital. The crew of the street car which almost ran over him telephoned Wash- | ington police and then converted the car into an emergency special and Tushed the dylng man to Thirt; street and Prospect avenue, where he was transferred to the seventh pre- cinet patrol and taken to the hospital. Dr. W. E. Beatty of the staff, pro- nounced him dead on arrival. The dead man fay in the hospital for several hours iast night before being identified by Mrs. Vi Herr, his sister, who lived with him in Woodside. Atter talking with her, Coroner J. Ram- | say Nevitt decided that an autopsy would not be necessary. She told him her brother had suffered from acute in- digestion and a weak heart for some time. Indigestion is thought to have brought on the heart attack which caused his death. Police believe he was stricken while walking to the residence of Joseph H. Williams nearby, whers the had been employed temporarily as a caretaker. Mr. Claggett is survived by a son, Raymond Claggett, sanitary officer of Woodside, and two other sisters, 3 Ritchie Fletcher of Woodside and Mrs. Eugene H. Waters of Germantown, Md. HARBAN FUNERAL HELD. Funeral services for Dr. L. Lee Har ban, 67 years old, prominent Washing- ton’ dentist and 'widely known golfer, who died of pneumonia in Garfield Hospital Thursday, were conducted at the residence of his brother, Dr. Walter S. Harban, 2101 Wyoming avegue, this afternoon, with Bishop Willias 3 Dowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Interment was private, From 1904 to 1913 Dr. Harban was the outstanding golfer of this section. He resided at 1834 Connecticut avenue, Miss Keller, h her work for the blind and deaf, although born blind, deaf mt: &i‘mb herself, requested Mrs. Sixth | ¢oin PANTHER BELIEVED ‘TOHAVE DEPARTED FROM NEARBY AREA District and Maryland Police | Without Authoritative Re- ports for 48 Hours. REAPPEARANCE TO FIND HUNTSMEN IN READINESS No Trace of Marauder Has Been Found in Northeast Section Since Big Snow. Belief that the panther, or whatever animal it is that has been preying on the domestic animals of the northeast section of Washington and the adjoin- ing country of Maryland, has departed for other hunting grounds was being expressed by District and Maryland police today as they were 48 hours with- out an authorative report of activities of the beast. Still alert for a reappearance of the beast that has shown a marked liking for pork, huntsmen of both sections were ready with guns and dogs in case | the beast should again visit a pigpen | and leave a clear trail. | |, The farmers, however, are reported | to be breathing easier, and about ready | | to call off the night watches that have been kept over their domestic live stock for the past three weeks. | Not a trace of the beast has been | found in Northwest Washington since | the big snow. Police from the eleventh | precinct have combed the éntire section where the beast has been reported with- out ki;ndlng anything larger than dog tracks. Dead “Wolf” Is Police Dog. Reports of the slaying of a wolf in Capitol Heights, Md., sent eleventh pre- cinct officers over the District line yes- terday afternoon in hopes that “the marauder of the northeast had been | destdoyed, but at the end of their trial | found a dead police dog. | Maryland police reported the dog was | slain by Paul Palmer of Capitol Heights | when he found it trying to get into his house, scratching about windows and doors. He put eight bullets into the animal. The body was taken to the office of Milton Hopfenmalier, 221 Tenth street, where Herbert Guggenheim, a dealer u‘: h:’del. pronounced the animal a po- e Doubts Beast Is Lion. Maj. E. A. Goldman of the United States Biological Survey, who has had wide experience in hunting mountain lions in the West and who is cataloging the National Museum's large collection of mountain lon pelts, today declared that there is, in his opinion, little dan- ger to human life in the presence of a mountain lion in this section. “If there is a mountain lion in this section,” he said, “I don’t believe it will attack people. Whatever the beast is, it could hardly be a wild animal that has come into the District and nearby Maryland from its native haunts. The mountain lion is practically extinct in the Eastern part of the United States. The only place we have any reports of lions in the East is in Florida. We have believed for a number of years that there are no mountain lions north of Florida in the East. Therefore, it stands to reason that if the animal is a moun- tain lion it has been brought here in captivity. The fact that it stays around a thickly populated section is another factor that makes me believe the animal has not strayed from its native haunts. It a full-grown, wild mountain lion were brought into this section and freed 1t would stay only a few hours. “They are the most timid of large predatory animals. They seek the re- mote sections and are seldom seen by man. It is evident that the beast re- por} around here is one that is more or less at a loss what to do. The wild beast put down in this section would be in the remotest part of the mountains of Virginia or West Virginia 24 hours after it was set loose. Mountain lions are great travelers, and they roam a wide ran, Capture Is Held Easy. Maj. Goldman, believes it would be simple matter to tree the beast once a clear trial is found. He also believes it_would be a simple matter for the officials of the 200 here to capture the animal with nets once it was treed. The deep snow, he thinks, greatly simplifies the hunting, as it would ham- per the animal more than it would huntsmen. Maj. Goldman advises hunters to have a gun, but is'anxious for a chance to hunt it with & camera if a ar trail can be found. “It is possible, e says, “to get very close to the animal if it is treed, and there would be some good pictures.” M: Goldman points out, however, that there is no more reason for a mountain lion being loose in this section than there is for an African lion, a leopard, a tiger or even a South Ameri- can jaguar. ‘A“dll':hzll r:?g and mlgln have committe upon the in _the outlying sections. All, seen at night, might present much the same appearance. And all, he says are much more dangerous than the moun- lion. Above: Girls on the staff of Nature | Magazine who toured the parks yes- terday and left food for the birds, whose natural food supplies have been cut off by the smow. The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks is maintaining a regular feeding sched- ule for all creatures in the parks. In the photo, left to right: Genevive O’Connell, Eva Wilke and Elien Reed. Standing: Eleanor Flood (left), Sarah Rappaport and Dorothy Buffum, Lower right: One of the Polar bears at the Zoo enjoying the weather. He was extremely curious about the pho- | tographer's goloshes. | Lower left: Mr. Squirrel sits up to eat a walnut presented by one of his human friends. —Star Staff Photos. FEW ASK FORTAGS | AFTER TIME LIMIT {Only Handful of Auto Drivers Apply for 1930 Licenses at : District Building. | | _Only a handful of automobile drivers who have failed to buy their 1930 tags before the official dead line at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon showed up at the District Building this morning. Up to the close of business yesterday a total of 95,987 automobile tags had been sold. Of these 4,620 were sold yester- day. A total of $196,609.46 was received by the District as personal property tax on the cars and $100,314 for the tags. Tax Assessor Willlam P. Richards estimated that 25 to 33 1-3 per cent of the money paid in personal taxes under the present system would not have I;een ;:ollccud it t?ae old xysfklm of pay- ing for and personal property taxes at different times had been used. |, Wade H. Coombs estimated today | that there are still about 4,000 auto- | mobile owners who have not yet bought their 1930 tags. The accuracy of this forecast will be tested by the number to apply for new tags within the next few days. DISPLAY OF $20 BILL RESULTS IN $53 THEFT A display of money was costly last night to Mrs. Louise Mann of 814 ‘Twenty-second street, Mrs. Mann tendered a $20 bill in payment for a small purchase in a downtown drug store, obtained her change and started home. She had reached Twenty-second and I streets when an unidentified colored man approached. Explaining he had seen her in the drug store, the man fright- ened her with a pistol into giving up her pocketbook. The purse contained $53. YOUNG MENTAL HIGH SCHOOL AT Richard Bailey Knows About Many Things, but Plays With Boys of Own Age. Eight-Year Class Room Work Covered by Bright Lad in Less Than Half Time. Richard Lake Bailey is only 10 years old, and he's going to Central High School as a first-ci “rookie” Monday morning. Now, when a fellow completes the work at 10 which ordinarily is accom- plished at 14, he must have cut some scholastic capers, and Richard is no exception. of elementary school work in three and ‘one-half years of actual schooling here and in Massachusetts, ‘and he did it with grades that placed him among the “honor” students in every class he sat with. Graduation Certified. As he leaves elementary schools be- tely a:year and one-half of his time in Wi schools. Here is just t the way Richard, is the son of Mrs. Adeline G. com- pre- coclous child, the youngster began his school life in the third grade in Massa- chusetts schools at the age of 6, wh:n He covered the eight years| WIZARD STARTS TEN AND A HALF - i i | RICHARD LAKE BAILEY. here he completed the fifth and sixth grade work. High General Average. ‘Then his mother deemed it wise that he try the junior high school, and last year he attended the Powell, ending the year’s work with a general averag of 99.3 per cent. He returned to Hub- bard again this year, where he com- pleted . the elementary school course among the honor graduates. As for the boy himself; perhaps he's not as robust as some boys are. But for his accelerated mentality he is Just a child who ‘enjoys playing with younger children iin his apartment house. His genius is evidence in his general knowl of topics which most bother about and with familiarized CRAMTON MEASURE PASSAGE 1§ 0. K.D Officials Laud House Action Providing for Potomac Parkway Project. General commendation of passage by the House of the Cramton bill authoriz- ing establishment of a parkway on the upper Potomac to Great Falls, éven though it was not plain what will be done with the potential water power development possiblities on the river above Washington, was expressed today by officials. The Commission of Fine Arts, active in supporting the measure, through its secretary heartily indorsed the move, which, when plans are drawn, will set up & great parkway development glong | both sides of the Potomac, running on the Virginia side from Mount Vernon to Great Falls. Engineers of the Fed- eral Power Commission, who recently made another study of the power de- velopment possibilities on the Potomac, were interested more in that phase of the matter than in the parkways pro- posal, but were gratified that Congress added an amendment to the Cramton bill to permit water power development at Great Falls if such development is approved and also a means of connect- ing the Potomac with the Ohio. H. P. Caemmerer, secretary of the Fine Arts Commission, attended the House session at which the measure was debated and passed, and said the com- mission undoubtedly will be pleased that another forward step in the develop- ment of the metropolitan area has been aken. “Passage of the Cramton bill and its amendments will go a logg way to- ward making Washington a more beau- tiful city,” he sald. The Federal Power Commission soon will transmit to Congress the latest report on power development at Great Falls. The report now is before Secretaries Hur- ley and Hyde, and is on the desk of Secretary Wilbur, the other member of the commission, who is expected back in Washington Monday from a Western | trip. Secretary Hurley two days ago transmitted to Congress s letter explain- ing the status of the power proposals at Great Falls. Congress also has before it the Tyler report of 1931 and a report from Maj. Gen. Jadwin, former chief of engineers, on the power project. FORMER U. S. ATTACHE IN AUSTRIA EXPIRES William Ford Upson, Who Was in Commerce Service, Had Been Lawyer in New York. William Ford Upson, former com- mercial attache at Vienna, Austria, who resided in this city at the Wardman Park Hotel while on special duty in the Reglonal Information Division, De ent of Commerce, until his ;let“‘menhll; glllun, 1; ", in erano, , January according to word received here. He and his wite had been in I Mr. Upson's from the Government Mr, Upson was for a number of years 2 prominent lawyer in New York. He was the son of Judge Willlam Upson of Akron, Ohio. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella H. Upson, whom he married in_Vienna in two sons, Ralph H. Upson, an aeronautical en- gineer, and Willlam Hazlett Upson, 0 ad & Y B/ MRS MACREAHEADS - DEFENSE WOMEN iNationaI Conference Ad- journs After Electing lowa Woman Chairman. The Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense adjourned yester- day after electing Mrs. Donald Macrea of Council Bluffs, Jowa, chairman. International relations, national de- fense policies, immigration, protests against Communism and similar sub- Jects of a patriotic character were dis- cussed by representatives of 40 wom- an’s patriotic organizations. Prohibition was mentioned only once in the de- liberations, and not a resolution re- ferred to the subject. Representative John C. Box of Texas, & speaker before the conference, made the one reference to prohibition, and that incidentally. The joint author of the Johnson-Box bill to extend the restrictive policy in immigration to the Western Hemisphere, Box expressed re- gret that immigration affairs are in- volved in the “prohibition mix-up.” He referred to the fact that the Treasury Department, which supervises the cus- toms and border control, also is charged with prohibition. enforcement. Mrs. Macrea, who is president of the American Legion Auxiliary, succeeds Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, president general of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Hobart was elected first vice chairman. MRS. JENNIE HEIDER DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS President of Deaconess Board of Vermont Avenue Church to Be Buried Monday. Mrs. Jennie W. Helder, 74 years old, president of the board of deaconesses of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, died at her home in the Savoy Apartments yesterday afternoon after a short illness, Mrs. Helder had been a member of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church for more than 40 years. The board of deaconesses which', she headed carries on philanthropic and benevolent work of the congregation. She also had held several other offices in the church. A native of Toronto, Canada, Mrs. Heider had lived the greater part of her life in this city. She was the widow of George D. Heider. She is survived by two sons, Clarence G. and Charles W. Heider, and a daughter, Miss Anna L. Heider. Funeral services will be conducted in the Vermont Avenue Christian Church Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor, will officiate. - Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. ' 4 CHICKEN COOP STOLEN. Owner-Victim More Concerned About Inmates. Some thief walted until well after s‘i‘ln alo')'lnfl::nh;:n ckm‘ wmn "Meh off wi chicken W] was ahndln& before William Gotkin's store at 519 N street. he didn't mind about 80, mueh, but how about Gotkin the ol it the nine by PAY BILL FAVORED BY HOUSE GROUP DESPITE WARNING Higher Tax Rate for District Citizens Feared by Repre- sentative Simmons. | INCREASE IN FEDERAL FUND HELD ALTERNATE District Committee Instructs Lam- pert to Write Report of Approval, At a special meeting of the House District committee today a favorable re- port was ordered on the police and fire- men’s pay increase bill, which was ap- proved yesterday without ., amendment by the Lampert subcommittee. Repre- sentative Lampert was instructed to write the report. ' Representative Simmons of Nebraska, who is chairman of the House subcom- mittee on appropriations, which now has under consideration the District's appropriation bill for the ‘1931 fiscal year, declared yesterday before the Lam- pert subcommittee that if this meas- ure is approved in its present form, it Will use up the revenues of the District in the coming &scal year and draw heavily on the surplus in the Federal Treasury. Sees Added Tax Levy. The salary increases provided ins the | pay bill, he pointed out, will add ap- proximately $900,000 a year to the budget and confront Washington tax- payers with a $1.90 or $2 tax levy, or an increase in the Federal Govern- ment’s lump sum contribution, or both, ‘“You are planning a burden on the wage earners of Washington by any- | thing that adds to the budget,” declared Mr. Simmons. “The real taxpayers are not represented by the Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and other trade organizations, They are the Government employes.” Mr. Simons quoted extensively from statistics prepared by the Pederal Bu- reau of Efficlency, showing salaries of "?fl‘.?m'“f&"fi"‘ in ur.hex-l cities, po::é 2 g e wage scale pro in the bill is “entirely out of line"” with salaries in other cities of comparable size. He declared, however, that since the Welch act did not affect the pay of Washington's police and firemen, some increases in their salaries would be justified. Opposes Higher Level, Chairman Lampert interrupted Mr. Simmons during his testimony to ask if he was oposed to the pay bill, and he Teplied, “I don't think the committee is Jjustified i granting salaries out of comparison with those in other cities. I am not attempting to tell the com- mittee, however, what its recommenda- ‘hnn:p lhonltdube." e resentative Palmer, Republi of | Missouri, member of the subcommittee, sald he favored the bill' even if it did bring about an increas: in the tax rate. {Good salaries, he pointed out, mean good police and fire departments. { ., The bill would raise salaries all along { the line in both the Police and Fire Departments. The heads of the depart- ments would recelve $8,500 a year in- |Stead of $5,200. Privates would start 2t $1,900 and would be given an an- ynual increment of $100 for effcient | service until a maximum of $2,400 is reached. Salaries of privates now range from & minimum of $1,800 to a maxi- | mum of $2,100. 7 |GOOD CLOTHES CAUSE ARREST IN THEFT CASE Detective Says Suspect Admitted Robbing Store on Seventh Street Week Ago. Good clothes last night proved the downfall of Robert Jones, colored, 31 years old, giving his address as 1410 Sixth street, his attracting the attention of Detectives Warfleld, Sulli- "fl‘ Khxx: and Foley, mfi-:bm of the police clothing squad, wl answered the description of an individ- ual who had been selling stolen clothing in that vicinity the past week. According to the detectives, questioned, “unhesitatingly admitted he had robbed the store of Henry Segaloff, 705 Seventh street, a week ago. Jones told the detectives he had sold the loot to different persons and helped them to recover practically all of it. In conversation with the detectives, the prisoner is said to have told them he returned from the penmnfln.r{n it Leavenworth, Kans., last Summer, b ing served a sentence of five years there for robbing a Fourteenth street drug store of whisky and other property. MRS FRANCES BAINES, WIFE OF ARTIST, DIES Charity Worker, Long Ill, Will Be Buried Monday in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Frances Anna Baines, 48, wife of J. Thomas Baines, prominent local artist, died at her home, 3116 Thirty~ eighth street, yesterday after a long ill- ness. Mrs Baines had long been an active worker in various charitable enterprises and had contributed to numerous char- itable causes. She was a member ¢i St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Besides her husband, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lillian_Severin, and two brothers, Dr. Nelson Paine and Dr. George Paine. Funeral services will be conducted at ths residence Monday at 11 a.m. 3 Dr. George M. Farnham will officiate. Iélument will be in Rock Creek Ceme- Ty. POLICE PROBERS TO MEET. Senate Subcommittee Expected to Decide Course Next Week. The Senate subcommittee handling the inquiry into affairs of the Police Department = and district attorney's office probably will be called together next week to decide what further steps are to be taken. This was Indicated by Senator Robsion, Republiean, of Kentucky, who was named chairman of the subcom- mittee yesterday to succeed former Senator Sackett of Kentucky, who re- signed from the Senate recently to be- come Ambassador to Germany. The inquiry was proposed several months ago by Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, and the subcommittee held several meetings to Christ- mas to obtain informat on & num- ber of specific questions raised in the Blease resolution. Theft of Sleds Reported. ha Louise other by Mrs. J