Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1930, Page 13

THCENTFARERLE AN IS ATTAGKED BY UTLITES BODY Commission Says Street Car Companies Have Failed to Prove Valuation. STUDY HELD HAMPERED BY LACK OF INVENTORY Biief Filed With Justice Wheat Says Desired Records Were Not Furnished. A fresh attack on the 10-cent street ar fare was made by the Public Utili- ies Commission in a brief filed before Justice Alfred A. Wheat in Equity Court today. The court has under con- sideration a petition by the Capital Traction and Washington Railway & Electric Cos. for an injunction com- manding the commission to increase the rate of fare on their lines to 10 cents cash. four tokens for 30 cents. present rates are 8 cents cash, six ns for 40 cents. he brief states that the companies have not met the burden of proving what their valuation is, of proving what their operating return is, or exactly what the return would be should the increased fares be granted. Two Questions Are in Issue. “Two questions of fact are in issue,” | the brief said, “the amount of net operating income from street car serv- ice in the District earned by each company and the fair present value of each on which return is to be com- puted. The burden of proving both rested on the companies and their failure with respect to each was stated | in the commission’s dicision. e reported earnings of both | companies cannot be correct because their accounting practices are directly opposite. It is apparent that the com- panies’ failure to meet the burden of proof left the commission without a record on which it could approximate the actual net income from street rail- way operations or make any reason- mble estimate of the return being re- ceived on either the claimed minimum or_fair present value. “The evidence with respect to present value affords even less basis for a final audit. There has been no in- ventory of the properties of either ‘company for a period of 15 years prior | to the. hearing. “The accounting entries deal with money, not units of property. The commission was ul&e)d to u:ee!y !tg prop- erty changes, due to retirements, upon bogkkeepmg entries which admittedly were not in conformity with the ap- praisal. The record does not show the property in existence or that used in carrier service. “Only on inventory can disclose | structures in place but not in use and not retired in the accounts. Only an inventory can disclose property used in ‘whole or in part for non-carrier pur- poses. No other means can disclose vacant buildings or expensive struc- tures built for uses to which they are no longer devoted. The public, in equity, is entitled to have the companies submit an inventory before they are granted an increase. “At the opening of the hearing the commission pointed out the necessity for proving the present value. The Capital Traction Co. stated that it had no intention of proving present repro- duction costs. Appreciation Deductions Not Made. “There was no showing of an invest- ment figure, record money outlay, a reproduction program or any of the recognized factors essential to the de- | termination of value. “The record contains extended proof that the properties are in a depreciated condition and that they had been in- spected for depreciation by the com- mission. Yet the companies make no deduction for appreciation. Accrued | depreciation is very much in issue in| this case, and it seems a fair summary | of the evidence that 20 per cent of that part of the claimed minimum value, which includes physical property and | overheads attaching to it, should be rejected to offset actual depreciation. | ‘This would amount to $4,448,492 for the Capital Traction Co. and $2,446,777 for the Washington Railway & Electric Co. | “The plan of avoiding valuation by fdding accounting sums to inventory figures, which produces the companies’ elleged minimum, necessarily works to their benefit and the public detriment. The importance of this issue 1o the public is apparent.” One of the elements of the case chal- Jenged in the brief was an estimate by the companies that if the new rate of fare was put into effect, 85 per cent of the revenue passengers would buy tokens instead of cash. At present, 68.5 per cent of the riders buy tokens Bud the number has been declining for | some years. The commission’s brief says | that there is no reason to believe that this percentage would ensue, and that if the same percentage bought tokens after the increase as now, the return on the claimed minimum valuations ‘would be 747 per cent for the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. and 5.73 for the Capital Traction Co. Asks Separate Consideration. “The two cases,” the brief says, “must be considered separately. The alleged needs of the two lines are not the same. If the income and value figuges of the Capital Traction are accepted, those of the Washington Railway & Electric must be rejected because their accounts are on an opposite basis. he carriers do not request rates which, according to their figures, would produce a compensatory return. parently the traffic would bear no more. ‘The constantly decreasing patronage at zn even lower rate concurrent with a rapidly increasing population is evi- dence ‘that the requested rate would exceed the value of the service to many. “With rates at this maximum possible level, there would be no justification for uniform fares unless each company met the burden of proof and made a clear showing that any lower fare would be confiscatory for- it.” The brief was prepared by Commis- sioner Harleigh H. Hartman, the legal member of the commission. The case was orally argued last week before Justice Wheat. RUTHVEN TO BE HONORED. Four hundred alumni and friends of the University of Michigan will honor Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, recently chosen as the seventh president of the university, -at a reception and dinner to be held at the Raleigh Hotel at 6:30 o'clock Saturday night, February 15. Dr. Ruthven will make the principal address. Other honor guests will include Dean Carl G. Huber of the Graduate School and T. Hawley Tapping, general secre- tary of the Michigan Alumni Associa- tion, with members of Congress and Fi I | eral officials here who are former cats of the university, Ap- | @he Foening Star Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C, Structure approved by the Fine Arts Commission, to be built under the direction of the Bureau of Public Koads of the Department of Agriculture, south of and linking up with the present Highway Bridge. The bridge will form a grade separation permitting unimpeded flow of traffic over Highway Bridge and along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway in four directions, with no left turns in any direction. JURY CONTINUES DREYFUS INQUIRY Witnesses Declare They Saw No One Near When Woman Fell. More than a half dozen additional witnesses were examined today in the grand jury investigation of the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer Dreyfus at the Potomac Boat Club, October 20. Among those questioned were Jean- ette Metzgar of 2119 First street and Carlin Meyers of Cherrydale, Va. They told reporters they were the first per- sons to reach the balcony- from which | Mrs. Dreyfus fell, after E. S. Wilson, who was,on the porch, shouted on hear- ing the woman's body strike the plat- form below. Both Miss Metzgar and Myers de- clared they saw no one except Wilson and his companion and Leonard on the porch when they rushed to the rail- ing and looked down to the spot where Mrs. Dreyfus’ body was resting. Miss Metzgar and Myers had been dancing nearby. ‘The testimony of Miss Metzgar and Myers was taken in an effort to estab- lish whether Edmund J. McBrien, New to the dance, was with her on the porch when she plunged to her death. Saw McBrien Inside Club. Other witnesses have told newspaper- men they saw McBrien inside the club at the time Mrs. Dreyfus fell. McBrien himself told police at the time of Mrs. Dreyfus’ death that he left to get his hat and her wraps and returned to the balcony to find she had fallen. Included among other witnesses ques- tioned today were Mrs. Mabel Masli, Mrs. Sarah Warnke, Mrs. Marian Coster and Mrs. Maude Davis. All declined to discuss the case with reporters. Say Report Was in Error. Earlier today Mrs. Davis had in- formed The Star that she knew noth- ing of the case, and that a statement published yesterday to the effect that she and her daughter would testify that they had observed fingerprints on Mrs. Dreyfus’ throat the day of the funeral was in error. Another witness examined was Carl Fischer, Mrs. Dreyfus’ father. He is sald to have contended his daughter was killed because she knew too much about the murder of “Dot” King, Broadway night club entertainer. Indications were that Lieut. Walter Hourigan and Sergt. Joseph Fitzgerald, New York detectives, would be ex- amined late today or tomorrow. They expected to be questioned concerning their investigation of the King case. LOCAL MOTORISTS T0 DEDUCT GAS TAX Internal Revenue nounces Bureau -An- Income Tax Ruling Changed. ‘The 95,000 District motorists, who paid $1,275,000 in gasoline taxes last year, can subtract the amount they paid un- der that levy from the taxable total on their income tax returns this year. The Internal Revenue Bureau an- nounced this dicision yesterday, revising a previous rule that only dealers could deduct the amount they paid under the gasoline tax from their returns. ‘The American Automobile Association is authority for the statement that the average motorist here spends some $100 annually on gasoline, of which $20 is now exempt from the income tax. The saving will amount to the tax which would have been paid on $20. Couple Hyrt in Auto Accident. Fpecial Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. February 5.— Miss Gertrude Harris, 22, daughter of Dr. Edward Harris, is at Allegany Hos- pital suffering from injuries received yesterday when an automobile in which she was riding with Willlam Dundee, 28, son of George W. Dundee, crashed into a pole. She has a crushed chest and compound fracture of the thigh. Dundee has lacerations of the neck and ear. . York broker, who escorted Mrs. Dreyfus | | | Policeman Lauds Boy Patrolman for Bravery in Rescue “James Frye took in the situa- tion at a glance, and, with com- mendable disregard of personal danger, pulled her out of the path of the oncoming car.” Thus James, a member of the A. A. A. School Boy Patrol of the Stevens School, was com- mended by Policeman C. H. Lutz, assigned to school safety in the third precinct, in his report to the District of Columbia Di- vision of the American Automo- bile Association. According to the report, the schoolboy patrolman was on duty at the intersection of Twenty- first and M streets January 27, when Ruth Allen, 8, of 2217 N street, started to cross the street in response to his signal. She slipped on the ice and fell in the path of an automobile, whose driver did not or could not stop his machine., Lutz's report states that James, at considerable per- sonal risk, acted on the impulse of the moment and dragged the girl to safety. The policeman’s report has been referred to the joint board composed of representatives of the school authorities and the . A. A. to determine whether there shall be an award of the A. A. A. medal of merit. NEWS RACKS HIT BY JUDGE SELLERS One of 5 Youths Held Guilty of Robbing Boxes Is Sent to Industrial Home. Describing as an “outrage” the use of newspaper racks, Judge Kathryn Sellers in Juvenile Court found five boys guilty of taking money from the racks today, placed: four of them on pro- bation and sent one, Recknor Moe, 14, a second offender, to the Industrial Home for one year. Testimony was brought out showing that for several days the five boys, all of whom live in the neighborhood of the 2600 block of Third street north- east, operated as a group in taking money from racks on New York avenue, Twelfth and Seventh streets and G street. Judge Sellers said she felt keenly about us= of the boxes, but had not been able to accomplish anything. “I believe newspapers could devise some means of vending their papers without having this constant tempta- tion before the boys,” she said. The_four boys placed on probation were Robert Bruce Wells, 2621 Third street northeast; Richard Martin, 2611 Third street northeast; James Reynolds, 2615 Third street northeast, and Robert Mu:llgnn, 321 Channing street north- east. Pleas were made on behalf of young Moe, who was placed on probation Jan- uary 7, less than a month ago, after being hailed into Juvenile Court on a similar charge. Judge Sellers overruled the requests that the boy be given an- other chance on the ground that the rules of probation had to be kept. In ordering him committed to the In- dustrial Home for the year, however, she pointed out that the District tax- payers would pay the $350 necessary for his upkeep and said that it all grew out of willingness to leave such temptations as newspaper racks constantly before boys. The five boys in court today all |. are in thelr teens. Each told Judge Sellers that he knew he was stealing, and in reply to questions each said it looked like an easy way to get money. KEY’S HYMN INDORSED. Committee Favors “Star Spangled Banner” as Nation’s Anthem. “The Star Spangled Banner” today was one legislative step nearer toward being designated as the country’s na- tional anthem. A Dbill by Representative Linthicum, Democrat, of Maryland to give official recognition to the unofficial natonal air was reported favorably by a House ju- diciary subcommittee. This was taken to indicate the judiciary committee SEVEN MORE HELD INHOSPITAL THEFT 'All Are Arraigned on Chargesi of Stealing Government Property. Seven more persons were arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with an alleged “ring” which- police know has robbed St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of hundreds of dollars in property. They were arraigned in Police Court today and all held for grand jury action on charges of stealing Government property. Four colored persons were held in the Police Court for the grand jury on Monday, while a series of raids per- petrated single-handed by Policeman | J. E. Bennett of the eleventh precinct, yesterday, revealed $700 worth of prop- erty as well as bringing about seven arrests. 3 Bennett discovered a half patrol wagon full of sheets and other bed clothing valued at over $100 in a search of the home of Arthur Butler, one of the defendants arraigned Monday. Police believe that they have by no means recovered all of the property taken from the hospital and predict that the value of the stolen stuff will | rur: well over a thousand dollars. Two of the persons arrested were | employed at the institution: Allan West, colored, 24 years old, 2623 Sheridan road southeast, and James Richardson, coj- ored, 54, 2603 Sheridan road southeast. The former held a position as cook and the latter was an engineer, police say. Others arrested were Aaron Short, 26, an employe of the Navy Yard; John Savoy, 19 years old, and George Fllis. 28, all colored. The last two were unemployed. While most of the alleged loot was made up of sheets, blankets and pillow- cases, shirts and socks were included. HOUSE COMMITTEE WEIGHS WEAPON BILL Group Hears Measure Read by‘ Paragraphs, but Takes No Action. For nearly two hours today the House District committee considered the re- vised bill to discourage the possession | and carrying of dangerous weapons, but | took no action. The. revised bill was | read by paragraph to the committee | by Corporation Counsel Bride, who with | Rufus W. Pearson, attorney for the ‘Washington Board of Trade and other civic organizations, had been instructed | by the committee to draft a bill con- | taining_the various suggestions by the | House District committee at an earlier session. Several members of the committee expressed themseclves as not ready to vote on the bill at this time, so Chair- | man McLeod was instructed to intro-! duce the redrafted bill. ‘The corporation counsel and several members of the committee said it was hoped that this bill would be taken as a model for Nation-wide legislation on this subject. $5,350 DAMAGES WON. Dr. Arthur Curtis and Wife Ac- cused of Assaulting Patient. Dr. Arthur L. Curtis, colored, 1717 U street, was assessed $5,000 damages by & jury of 10 men and 2 women in Circuit Division 1 before Justice Siddons last night in favor of Eva Fitzhugh, colored, a former patient, for an alleged assault in May, 1927, resulting in a severe shock to her nervous system. Helen G. Curtis, wife of the physician, was as- sessed $350 damages for an alleged as- a&ulz on the young woman on a later ate. The plaintiff had asked $40,000 dam- | ages from the dotcor and $20,000 addi- tional from the wife. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and Austin F. Canfield ap- peared for the plaintiff, while the doc- tor and his wife were represented by | would approve the bill. Attorneys Houston & Houston. Officers and former officers of the National Capital Detachment of the Marine Corps’ League and 401st Comp:ny.l < Rescrves, with guests, as they “landed” at a dinner iast night in the Earle Buiiding. —Star Stafl Fhoto. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, JUNK CAR' MENACE SBLUTION SOUGHT BY TRAFFIGHEADS Astounded by 30,000 Esti- mate, Officials Move to Elim- inate Motoring Hazard. INSPECTION SYSTEM FAVORED BY HARLAND Dealers’ Opinion on Systematic Check for Mechanical Defects Will Be Asked. Astounded by the report of Tax As- sessor Willlam P. Richards showing that 30,000 motor vehicles, too old to have & value rating in the automobile blue book, have becn issued 1930 identifica- tion tags, officials of the traffic de- | partment today gave consideration to plans to determine how many of them might be a menace because of me- chanical imperfections. Traffic Director William H. Harland and M. O. Eldridge, the assistant, both believe that among these old cars there are some which have inefficient brakes, defective steeringsapparatus or other de- linquencies beyond the pale of satis- factory repairs, which should result in their relegation to the junk heap. But the procedure for removing them from the streets is a problem which has long faced the traffic authorities, who were aware, of course, that many cars of ancient vintage are being operated in Washington, but not in the number shown by the report of Mr. Richards. Favors Inspection Plan, Mr. Harland said the Traffic Depart- ment could procure a list of the old cars from the tax assessor and order the owners to have them examined for potential defects, but that such a pro- cedure would constitute discrimination, and that any plan adopted would neces- sarily involve the testing of all cars. In Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachu- setts and several other States, he point- ed out, laws have been enacted requir- ing an annual inspection of the lights, brakes and other mechanical equip- ment, which either removes from use, or results in the repair of vehicles that might endanger traffic. In these States, the tests are made at garages authorized by the traffic authorities. Cars which pass the test are labeled with an official seal. Mr. Harland, however, belleves a bet- ter plan would be to have the service stations of the authorized dealers serve as the inspection agents for the Traffic Department. The dealers would test only the make of cars they handle. Will Consult Dealers. In connection with the study of the problem, Mr. Harland sald he proposed to confer with the dealers to learn whether they would be favorable to the plan. It is his opinion that the dealers ‘would be willing to co-operate. Mr. Harland explained that under the present system of testing machines in- volved in accidents, for mechanical de- fects and improperly adjusted head- lights, the Traffic Bureau has weeded out a number of cars which were held to be mechanically unsafe for con- tinued operation, and caused a number of others to be repaired. The disad- vantage ot this plan, it was indicated, is that the cars which may be a menace to traffic are not discovered until after an aceident. PARK POLICE MAKE 139 CASES IN MONTH Traffic Violations Lead With 92. Twenty-four Cases of Drunken- ness Listed in Report. Only 7 cases were dismissed of the 139 arrests made last month by the | United States Park Police, who turned in $840 to Uncle Sam's coffers in fines and forfeitures. The January report, made today by Capt. P. J. Carroll to Capt. R. C. Montgomery, U. S. A, the superintendent, showed that 34 persons were fined $487, while 78 preferred to forfeit $353. Arrests were classified as: §peeding, 9; violations of minor traffic regula- tions, 74; drunkenness, 24; violation of the park regulations, 9; reckless driv- | ing, 8; disorderly conduct, 8; vagrancy, 1; concealed weapons, 1; fugitive from parents, 1; operating automobile while intoxicated, 1; violation of police regu- lations, 1, and petty larceny, 2. PANTHER HUNTER HITS PEDESTRIAN Youthful Vietim Is Shot in Leg| as Bullet Misses Elusive Beast. The game of panther stalking played in the last month in the northeast sec- tion of the city, with only bad %esults so far, gathered another victim last night, but it was not the panther. The victim was William H. Taylor, 17, colored, of 4410 Lane place north. east, who, while walking along Wit- ingham place, northeast, got in the way of a rifle bullet intended for the elusive beast and received a flesh wound in his left leg. Taylor told police he could not identify the panther hunter. He said he heard a cry “there goes the pan- | ther,” then a shot and felt a pain in his left leg just below the knee. Taylor remembers having seen a mongrel dog in the neighborhood and suspects it was the “game” sought by the hunter. Taylor's wound was dressed at Cas- ulty Hospital. Lieut. S. J. Marks of the eleventh precinct, is investigating the case. PLAN FIRST 'REHEARSAL. Newly-Organized Churach Associa- tion to Meet Tuesday Evening. The first rehearsal of the newly organized Washington Choral Festival Association for the big Spring choral concert here during National Music week in May, will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Thomson Community Center, Twelfth and L streets, Frederick Alexander will conduct the rchearsal, 1930. NEW One of the four golden pheasants to form the nucleus of brilliant golden pluma, Officials ex date to supplem ge. pect to hatch pheasant ent the four birds. “DECORATION” Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks as an added attraction for Washing- ton's parks. The two male and two female birds, which are the gift to the parks | of a donor who prefers to have his name withheld from publication, are expected | f an extensive brood that will grace the parks with their | FOR which have just been acquired by tne eggs under bantam hens at an early | —Star Staff Photo. ZONING CHANGES GAIN APPROVAL Proposals Would Transfer‘} Garage Permit Powers to District Commissioners. Two proposed amendments to thei zoning regulation changing the rules relating to garages met with wide ap- | proval and little objection at a public hearing before the Zoning Commission | today. One of the amendments would give to the District Commissioners instead of the Zoning Commission the power to deny application for a permit to erect a public garage in the residential dis- trict if they find that its location is such as may cause objectionable traf- fic or otherwise dangerous conditions. ‘The second provides that garages may be built or enlarged, without consent of property owners, but with approval of the District Commissioners, in apart- ment houses, provided the total floor area for the garage does not exceed one-fourth of the total floor area de- signed for use by tenants of the apart- ment house. Error Brings Rehearing. The amendments were approved by the Board of Trade, the Operative Builders' Association and the Dupont Circle Citizens’ Association. These or- ganizations had expressed their ap- proval at a previous hearing on the second of the two amendments, but this was readvertised for rehearing because of a technical error in the wording of the amendment in the original adver- tisement. Vigorous opposition met a request to change the zoning of 2110 Massachu- setts avenue from residential B restrict- ed to residential C area to allow the construction of an apartment house. Joseph A. Rafty, representing Larz Anderson, 2118 Massachusetts avenue, objected on account of the residential character of the block, where the homes of Mrs. Chauncey Depew, Gen. John A. Johnson and Henry P. Blair are located. Mr. Blair of 2112 Massachusetts avenue also registered strong objection. Club Petition Is Unopposed. from the University Club to change the allowable height of its building from 90 to 110 feet. George F. Snyder, presi- dent of the club, which is at the north- west corner of Fifteenth and I streets, said that the club under the present |zoning could place two additional stories on its building, but that it | wished to place three. The third, he | said, would be used for a gymnasium wn;\ athletic practice courts on the roof. A request for a change from a re- stricted to A area on the northeast cor- ner of Twenty-eighth street and Cath- edral avenue was withdrawn. |ORIENTALS’ PROGRESS IS TRACED IN ADDRESS Gideon A. Lyon, Associate Star Editor, and Prof. K. Kianhie Mu-so-lit Speakers. Progress in Chinese and Japanese civilization was traced in an address by Gideon A. Lyon, associate editor of The Star, before the meeting of the Mu-so-lit Club at 1327 R street last night. Mr. Lyon pointed out that the Jap- anese were artistically inclined and de- clared their greatest problems are econamic. Prof. Kiang Kianhie of the Uni- versity of Peiping, here for research work, spoke briefly. M. Grant Lucas, president of the club, presided. ALEXANDRIA'S PARADE BROADCAST ANNOUNCED President Hoover to Review Event in Honor of Washington's Birthday Anniversary, Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 5-—A Nation-wide network of 78 Columbia Broadcasting System stations will broadcast a description of Alexandria's parade February 22, in celebration of George Washington’s birthday, which President Hoover will review from a | glass-inclosed stand on North Wash- ington street. Arrangements for the broadcast were completed yesterday at a conference be- tween Harry D. Kirk, president of the George Washington Birthday Associ- ation, and Harry Butcher, Washington manager for Columbia. Station WMAL in Washington will serve as the key station for the network. ‘The broadcast will consist of a running description of the parade by an announcer stationed near the presidential reviewing stand, inter- sporsed with music, which probably will be p;ovlded by the United States Marine Band. WILL OBSERVE BIRTHDAY. Parent-Teacher Association Plans for Thirty-third Anniversary. The Emery-Eckington Parent-Teacher Association will celebrate the thirty- third birthday anniversary of the Na- tional Parent-Teacher Association at its monthly meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock at the Emery School, Lincoln road and Randolph street. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, national as- soclation president; Robert L. Haycock, assistant superinteadent of schools, and Seldon M. Ely, supervising principal of the fifth division, will be guest speakers. | ‘There was no opposition to a petition 4 SENIOR SCHOOLS BEYOND CAPACITY Western, Central, Business and Eastern Overcrowded as Semester Begins. Four of Washington's eight senior high schools are accommodating rolls | today in excess of even the most gen-| erous maximum capacities which the| institutions are capable of receiving, | while virtually all of the others had en-| rollments very near their capacities. Western, with accommodations for 1,500 pupils, today has 1,734; Central| has 2,604, trying to use facilities pro- vided for 2,400; Business, with an out- side capacity of 1,100, has an enroll- ment now of 1,281, and Eastern, with facilities for 2,000, has a total roll of 2,026. The capacities represented by the figures in the case of each of these buildings represent the use of facilities which have been installed even after the building was completed and equipped, and includes the use of every square foot of available space in the structures. Central, for instance, actually was designed to accommodate a maximum of 2,000 pupils, Business 900 and the New McKinley 1,800 and 2,000. Enroliments in the other schools of the senior high groups are: McKinley, 2,205, with facilities for 2,300; Dunbar, 1,337, with facilities for 1,400; Arm- strong, 1,035, with accommodations for 1,250, and the Cardozo, 555, including 285 senior high school pupils and 270 of junior high school grade, with total accommodations for 650. . These enrollment figires represent the initial membership of the senior high schools as the second semester of the year begins. In all probability they glll increase slightly during the next 10 ays. {JOHN HADLEY DOYLE PAGE B--1 HOTEL AND OFFICE PROJECTS PLANNED FOR LOWER AVENUE Buildings on B Street Are Ex- pected to Be Started This Year. DESIGNS WILL FOLLOW GOVERNMENT PATTERN Representatives of Companies Con- fer With Planning Commission to Assure Harmony. Two costly private projects which will add to the rebuilding of the section north of lower Pennsylvania avenue are in sight, it was diselosed today. Plans are being completed for con- struction of an eight-story hotel to be erected by the Alonzo O. Bliss Properties on the site on B street between First and Second strects, from which it will overlook the expanded Capitol grounds and the new avenue from Union Station to Pennsylvania avenue, and for the erection of a new five-story office build- ing on B street between Second and g‘\?;;dwrstreelfl ’fol'i the rDlstrict head- iarters organization of the S r Olls_Cg:. ol: N!ngem.‘y. T ites have been acquired for both projects and work is expected to be started some time this year. Material- ization of the two projects thus will bring new developments occupying two blocks along the north side of B street which, under the Government pr m l;:n ddu‘re]g]pltx;lent. Will be widened and e in e ceremonial Nationai Capital. e The activity on the part of the private developers also marks something of, & new departure in that the building owners plan to co-operate with the Na- tlonal Cap’.al Park and Planning Com- mission in working out suitable designs for the buildings to see that they con- form to the Government's plan for the general appearance of the section, it is announced. Standard Ol Co. representatives al- ready have conferred with the planning more detailed sketches of the structure. It s understood that a change in the original plans already has been made to make the building larger and more at- ggfitlve because of its prominent loca- John Z. Walker of the local Standard Oil organization announced today that it is planned to have the building of an architectural style conforming to nearby F‘edtemrl u?ulldlngi “ge estimated the cost of the new building at a figur Exs!ss‘ ofNSll,g(:lO.OOOi * e 'ames M. Shea of the Bliss properties announced today that while p]upl; as yet had not been completed for the new hotel, the project had been under con- sideration for about two years. The hotel, he said, would contain between 350.and 400 guest rooms. The structure would replace the old Census Building and would occupy two-thirds of the square between and Second street, B street and Indiana avenue, WILL BE PAID HONOR :Holy Trinity Parishioners Will Commemmorate His Service in Church Organizations. welfare and uplift in Holy Trinit; Parish, the parishioners un)l.,i churcl’\’ organizations tomorrow night will honor John Hadley Doyle. Mr. Doyle for.50 years has been the head of the St. Vincent de Paul Soclety and the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin in the parish and for 11 years he was president of the Holy Name Soclety of the church. President W. Coleman Nevils, 8. J., of Georgetown University is expected to speak at the meeting, as will Mgr. P. T. Gavin, spiritual moderator of the Holy Name Society; Dr. John O'Grady of the Bureau of Catholic Charities, President George Cleary of the St. Vincent de Paul Soclety, President John F, McCar- ron, archdeacon head of the Holy Name Society; Patrick J: Haltigan, C. L. Alello, president of the Holy Name Soclety, and the Rev. Hugh Dalton, S. J, rector of Holy Trinity. Mr. Doyle has been active for many years in furthering athletics at George- town University. {G. W. DEBATE TEAMS NOW READY TO OPEN SEASON Feminine Group to Meet Pennsyl- vania Co-Eds Tonight—Two Other Teams Have Early Dates. Three debate teams of -George Wash- Ington University are ready to open their season. The women's team will meet the Pennsylvania State College co- eds tonight at 8 o'clock in Stockton Hall, at the university. The subject Wwill be: “Resolved, That the tendency to provide higher education for the masses should be discouraged.” The George Washington team will uphold the negative. The George Washington representa- tives will be Louise Feinstein, Virginia Frye and Julia Bonwit. s A team composed of Genevieve Wim- satt, Elizabeth Reeves and Myrtle Wil- son will take the affirmative in a de- bate on the same question Friday night in Stockton Hall against girls from Ohio Wesleyan University. George Washington's man _debaters will meet a team from Ohio Wesleyan next - Wednesday and a group from ‘l:;éncewn University the following Sat- ay. In appreciation of his long service in | 'TROPHY IS PRESENTED \FOR BRITISH AVIATOR Sir Esme Howard Receives Speed Award to Be Given Squadron Leader Orlebar. 'TROPHY IS In recognition of the fastest speed ever made by a human being, Senmr Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, presi- dent of the National Aeronautic As- soclation, today presented to the Brit- isl. Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, the Thompson Speed Trophy, won last Sep- tember by Squadron Leader A. H. Orle- bar, with a speed of 357 miles per hour. The presentation, which was one of the last official acts of the British Am- bassador before his departure from Washington, took place at the British embassy in the presence of David 8. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, and F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aero- g?;l‘e"csl:! bioth ‘{nembersl of the original niversity naval aviati i which donated the trophy. R The trophy was donated by the 30 former officers of the Army and the Navy who formed the original Yale unit. The trophy was donated in honor of Louis S. Thompson of Redbank, N. Jy one of the organizers of the unit. The gl:l‘gh‘l:l th the trophy will remain in s _country, a reproduction the British squndrgn leader. i PLANS MADE.TO ENLARGE UNIVERSITY CLUB HOME Managers Will Add Three Stories to Present Building and Make Numerous Improvements. Plans for adding three stories to the University Club, located at Fifteenth and I streets, in addition to making numerous improvements within the g:z!:md sgt-’stnr% structure, were an- ce ay by George F. S er, preosifl!‘nt lo( xme dub. ¥ b riginal plans for the building, erect- ;(ri .12&]304. Im’?"imp'med the building onal stories in future o s e years, it The plans for the addition and im- provements, now near completion, also call for an enlarged dining room for women, an additional lounge room for m’m:;lmlnd‘ the ln;uléltian of a mod- nasfum and other f; athletics on the roof. i son nac EVERETT TO BE GUEST AT FETE FEBRUARY 25 Luncheon Is Arranged by Wash- ington Ad Club as Feature of Woodward & Lothrop Anniversary. W. W. Everett, vice president and general manager of Woodward & Loth- rop's department store, will be guest of honor and principal speaker at a lunch- STRICKEN BY DEATH WHILE TUNING PIANO Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., February 5.—Frank A. Shue, 49 years old, a piano tuner, who has operated in Northern Virginia and tho Valley for 20 years, died sud- denly y ay at the home of M. H. Utgard, ncar Lucketts, where he had been cngaged to tune a plano. Death was due to apoplexy. eon February 25 being arranged by the Advertising Club of Washington in ob- servance of Woodward & Lothrop's fif- tieth anniversary. The luncheon is scheduled for 12:15 o'clock in the Na- tional Press Club, Various business firms are co-operat- ing with the Advertising Club in plan- ning the luncheon, at which congratu- lations will be extended to representa- tives of the department store, Fifty tables will be provided for the luncheon guests and each table will be inscribed department store’s h'story. A and decorated for a given year in the | tin Until recently Shue lived in Wash- ington, where he has relatives. He was extensively known in Virginia com- munities, He had been in this section on business engagements for two weeks, The body was shipj today to Utic: N. Y, his former home. His moth Mrs. Susan A. Shue, resides at Ut!c: ‘Two sisters also survive, Guild to Serve Dinner, The Woman's Guild of the Church the Incarnation, Fourteenth and 0-!]:5 streets, will serve dinner from 5 to 7:30 o'clock tonight.