Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1930, Page 17

GAS LIGHT MERGER RATE REDUCTION ~ HINTED BY OWNERS Recent Purchasers of Local| Firms Meet With Utili- ties Group. CONGRESSIONAL DRAFT OF COMBINE DISCUSSED | Union of Washington and George- | town Companies Predicted to Save Nearly $75,000 Yearly. | The proposed merger of the Wash- | fngton and Georgetown Gas Light mranm came in for a lengthy dis- cussion yesterday afternoon —among members of the Public Utilitles Com- mission and representatives of the Harris Forbes Co. of New York, who Tecently purchased a controlling inter- est in the two companies. The question of rates came up and the Harris Forbes representatives hinted that the rates would p.obably be re- duced should the proposed merger bill go through. Act of Congress Needed. It requires an act of Congress to merge the two companies, both of which operate under congressional charters, and a draft of this act was under dis- eussion. Members of the commission icked several flaws in the draft, and will be redrawn and sent back to New York, headquarters of the new owners of the gas company, for ap-| proval. The bill is understood to pro- | vide in substance for the merger of | the two companies with permission to | jssue more stock, the extra amount to ! be cictated by the Public Utilities Com- | mission. There is no mention of rates in_the bill. Vice Chairman Harleigh H. Hartman #aid after the conference that no action of the commission, finally approving or bill, would be taken public hearings, in which the matter could be fully discussed. ‘The object of the merger is to save d\lpln:gkm of expenses now 1-neee-.|;.y'i The umnmn company owns cent of l:x:k of thew . company, and they are - tents and purposes the same organiza- tlon. Yet they are compelled to file separate reports and maintain separate accounting systems to meet the require- ments of public utilities law. It is thought that from $50,000 to $75,000 will be saved through the merger. No Definite Rates Mentioned. | As to the reduction in rates, no defi- | nite figure was mentioned, but it was | stated that the reduction would be made in an effort to put gas into com- | mcn with coal and fuel ofl for e heating. There are several gas aces now installed, but the cost of ting by this method is ‘considerably greater than by coal or ofl. The present rates are $1 per 1,000 cubic feet of gas consumed. The next rate is 95 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for consumers using more than 100,000 cubic feet per month. In other words, & consumer under the present scale must be ready to spend at least $100 | ing & month for gas before he gets any benefits from reductions for wholesale ‘use. The new scale, it is expected, will start the wholesale rate after consider- ably less consumption than this. Prob- ably there will be some reduction also in_the primary rate. Those who attended the conference were Chairman Mason M. Patrick and Vice Chairman mission, le’s Counsel Richmond B. o T e . 8. Burroughs, represen e Harris-Forbes Co. WOMAN, 81, HURT "Y BACKING AUTO Hartman of the com- | W TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITHOUT A SLIP dropped a piece. This colored laborer employed in the reconstruction of the White House ex- ecutive offices, has been carrying slate in this fashion for 25 years and never h: —P. and A. Photo. BOARD OF TRADE PLEDGES SUPPORT Special Group Will Be Named | to Aid Directors of Bicen- tennial Celebration. Heavy co-operation in the prepara- | tion for the 1932 bicentennial celebra- | tion of the birth of George Washington | was pledged yesterday in the name of the entire Washington Board of Trade, by its community affairs committee at a luncheon in the Hay-Adams House. Archie K. Shipe, chairman of the committee, announced that after confer- ring with E. J. Murphy, ident of the board, he will appoint within a few days a special committee to work with Repre- sentative Sol Bloom and Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, co-directors of the celebra- tion, both of whom spoke at the meet- yesterday. Representative R. Wal- mum of Virginia, also made a short Washington Must Play Host. Outlining plans for the celcbration, Mr. Bloom said that Washington must | gl.-y the part of gracious host to the dreds of inds of visitors, who will come to the Capital City in 1932 The_principal assistance the people of can render the national in charge of the event is to care for the comfort of visitors after he asserted. %rflc hthe any sort of it wants to,” he declared. “That of the work falls on us, particularly Col. Grant and myself. But we realize that w-~ cannot work alone. Even the sup- port and facilities of the Federal Gov- ernment itself will not be sufficient for . You, the people Driver of Car Tells Police Accident Oocurred as He Left Park- ing Space. Miss Henrie Tolson, 81 years old, of 1236 Eleventh street, suffered a prob- sble fracture of the right hip yester- terday when an automobile driven by Mike Deep of 1025 Eighth street struck her as she stepped from the curb at New York avenue and Ninth street. M Hospital by Dr. J. ‘was sent to her home. to the first precinct police station, Deep stated that he was backing out from a m place when his car hit Miss Edward R. Prench, 59, of 231 Ninth street northeast, escaped with minor lacerations about the face last night, when his automobile was in a collision at_Twenty-second and Monroe streets northeast with a machine operated by Morris E. Bradley of 1403 Monroe street northeast. French was treated by a pri- ‘vate physician. Knocked down by an automobile drive Knocked down by an automobile driven by Thomas B. Jack of Ocean ‘View, Va., Grace Anderson, 10, colored, of 2623 Barry .oad southeast, received minor lacerations of the left leg and head and was treated by a private phy- siclan. The accident occurred at How- | -tdmlnd Sterling roads northeast last POLLARD INVITES HOOVER. Urged to Attend Pilgrimage to Cape Henry Next Month. President Hoover has taken under consideration an invitation to partici- pate in the annual Cape Henry Pil- grimage on April 26, next, which was ‘lm‘!,lded to m today by ggv. Pi):ll;d irginia. Representative Lank- ford, Republican representative in Con- Henry d‘l‘l:rn!?n age flnd‘n‘ 51 | President Hoover, Have been asked to attend. KNIFE VICTIM MAY DIE. Btabbed by Unidentified Man Dur- ing Altercation. Stabbed by an, unidentified colored man during an altercation at Third and R streets shortly after 2 o'clock this morning, Theodore Whitehurst, 27, col- place is in a eriti- ergency Hospital. in the and eager to MICHIGAN AVENUE CLOSING OPPOSED Grade-Crossing Elimination’ and New Overpass Are Demanded. Another mass-meeting protest against the proposed closing of Michigan ave- nue, where it crosses the tracks of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, is being arranged by the Michigan Park Citizens’ Association. This group met last night at 3912 Twelfth street northeast, under the chairmanship of William M. Deviny, its president, and insisted that the grade crossing be eliminated and an adequate overpass be constructed forthwith. Bridge Improvement Opposed. The association adopted another reso- lution opposing any improvement of the Monroe street bridge and its ap- proaches at the e: of Michigan avenue. The Mic Park citizens were equally insistent, however, that a pwr solution to the (flde-crouh? problem be arrived at now by straight- | ening this thoroughfare and construct- ing a viaduct in the realigned street. They expressed the fear that if the pro- Debelng betore the House sppropristions pen lore appropriations committee for inclusion in the District apj tion bill of a provision for $145,000 for the reconstruction of the unless | Montoe street oyerpass with a $10,000 underpass for pedestrians at Michigan avenue, be adopted, and Michigan ave- nue be closed at the grade crossing, it will mean that that portion of Michigan | avenue would disappear from the map of the city. | ‘The organization is determined, how- | ‘ever, that this shall not happen, and Deviny is now at work compiling the names of committee members, repre- sentative of the community, who will vigorously oppose the permanent closing of Michigan avenue. John F. Hillyard, the association’s sec- retary, explained today that last night's " | meeting was adjourned until next week vice | to be held at the call of the president. cl ; Roe Fulkerson, Isaac Gans, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, J. Leo Kolb, John Poole, Mrs. George H. Ricker, Brig. Gen. George Richards, Mrs. Phillip Sidney | Smith, Mrs. Virginia White Speel and | Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. { Faces Great Opportunity. Representative Bloom said: “‘Wash- ington faces a great opportunity and also a great responsibility. Th oppor- tunity is to take care of the accommo- dation of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who will come here in such a ‘way that this city’s reputation for h pitality, for courtesy and for beauty a charm will be preserved. The respo: sibllity is to so organize the city’s re- sources that this objective may be assured.” Explaining the organization for stag- ing the celebration, he continued: “As most of you already know, this project is under the direct supervision of & na- tional commission, of which the Presi- dent of the United States is chairman. The Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are mem- bers ex-officio. Congress is represented by four members of the Senate and four members of the House—namely, Sena- tors Fess, Glass, Capper and Overman and Representatives Hawley, Tilson. Moore of Virginia and Byrns. The members appointed by the President are Mrs. Mary Sherman, Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, Dr. Albert Bushness Hart, Henry Ford, C. Bascom Slemp, Bernard M. Baruch, Wallace McCam- ant and Hanford MacNider.” Spread Knowledge of Washington. Col. Grant said that the principal ob- ject of the celebration is to l]llll'.l'l"k and spread knowledge of Washington's wisdom, courage and leadership. The Pather of His Country, he said, was not only an American hero, but one of the great creative geniuses of the world. He warned that there is no time to waste in preparing for the celebration. He told of the part that the various States will take in forming commissions, adding that it is the duty of the local organizations to help these State workers. resentative Moore, introduced as one of the foremost authorities on the life of Georg ‘Washington, advocated that the historic spots in the District be more adequately marked and that & guide book of the highest quality be published between now and 1932. i B Injured by Falling Ceiling. Jacob Cutler, 28 years old, of 1416 Meridian place’ suffered minor lacera- tions of the head last night when plas- er fell from the given first-ald t at Gar- fleld Hospital and m‘ In the interval an effort will be made to collect funds to fight the legislation proposed, designed to close Michigan avenue. Brennan Refutes Officials. E. J. Brennan, in a lengthy address, sought to overcome arguments put forth by District government officials for the program of going ahead with the Mon- roe street overpass now. These argu- ments were contained in an article on the controversy in last evening’s Star. A delegation from the Brookland Parent-Teacher Association was present at the meeting, Hillyard said, and op- posed the closing of Michigan avenue on the ground that it would divert traffic to Monroe street and prove a hazard to school children in the region DETECTIVE LARICKiENDS SERVICE BY RETIREMENT Robert Frazier Given Night Clerk Post—Langdon’s Back Pay Ordersd Restored. | . Detective John B. Larick, for the past 34 years an active member of the Po- lie> Department, went home a civilian last night. Previous to his retirement he had been night clerk at police head- quarters. Robert Frazier, sixth pre- cinct, will be given Larick's place as nlgrhl: clerk. le back pay of Policeman Robert S. Langdon, suspended while he was awaiting trial on a charge of transport- ing liquor, was ordered restored to him {uurdxy by the Commissioners, fol- owing his acquittal on the charges by the police trial board. Fireman J. L. Glasscock was retired on a pension of $87.50 per month on account of physical disability. He had been in the department 27 years, and had been the recipient of a meritorious service ribbon in connection with his 1'00;; in the Knickerbocker disaster in o URGES RADIO RESEARCH. Bill for $140,000 Laboratory Fund Is Introduced. Radio research by the Federal Gov- ernment would be provided under a bill intrcduced yesterday by Repre- sentative Elliot, Republican, of In- | bulld the Michi | the line of Michigan avenue, it would a’.'l"'h.m n ne Secrfary o for C would vide that cannlr':no AS BAD ECONOMY Col. Grant Believes Michigan Avenue Crossing Should Be Eliminated Instead. REGARDS REBUILDING AS UNNECESSARY LOSS Declares Plan Would Add New Hazard With Introduction of Sharp Turn. The dangerous grade crossing at Michigan avenue and the tracks of the metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad should be eliminated without delay rather than expend money for the reconstruction of the Monroe street o , nearby, Lieut. Col. U. tive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, informed The Star in response to a request for his views on the much-mooted Michi- gan avenue grade-crossing problem. A study by the commission has sug- gested that the hazard might be elimi- nated by the construction of an ade- quate oV on Michigan avenue, which would be straightened, a little to the north of the present line at the grade crossing. ding before the House Appropriations Committe for in- sertion in lhe District appropriation |t bill, which is expected to be reported in a couple of days, is a District govern- ment proposal for $145,000 to recon- struct the overpass at Monroe street and provide for the closing of the Michigan avenue grade crossing and the con- struction of a pedestrian underpass there. Would Mean New Hasard. In expressing the opinion that the present Monroe street crossing is ade- quate for this street for many years to| to come, Col. Grant made it clear that he did not wish to be put in the light of attacking the District government for its stand in proposing to go forward as soon as funds become available and re- construct the Monroe street overpass. Col. Grant insisted that to rebulld the present Monroe street crossing “will de- stroy a perfectly good investment with- out any benefit equivalent to the ex- penditure,” and asserted that this con- struction “cannot be adequate as a crossing for Michigan avenue in the route of which it will introduce a new and unnecessary danger” in the shape of a sharp turn. Col Grant's statement follows: “In reply to your question as to the| substitute proposed for a separation of grades at the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- | road crogsing of Michigan avenue. I can only reply as follows: “1, Michigan avenue is ome of the g:lnclpfl thoroughfares leading out of e Columbia. Because it skirts the Sol- diers’ Home and Catholic University properties, which interpose a large area not _traversed streets, and thereby rigidly limit the number of thorough- fares obtainable in this section of the city, Michigan avenue is particularly important as an arterial highway. “3. It is understood that the esti- mated cost of the desired crossing is now found to exceed the appropriation, and that permission is asked to rebuild the Monroe street crossing instead. seems to me that to do this would be a grave mistake, and will ultimately prove an extravagance, as basic mistakes usu- ally do. Present Crossing Held Adequate. “3. The present Monroe street cross- ing is adequate for this street for many years to come. To rebuild it will destroy a perfectly good investment without any benefit equivalent to the expenditure It cannot be substituted for a crossing in the line of Michigan avenue, as it will require a sharp right-angle turn to get back into the latter. To introduce into an arterial highway an unnecessary right-angled turn is to fly in the face of all experience, to decrease the traffic capacity of the major street, and at the same time to increase congestion and impede traffic on Monroe street. But, worst of all, it will set up a new danger point in the thoroughfare system of the city. “4. It is acknowledged, I believe, by those who advocate this change in plan that the Monroe street crossing will not be a permanent solution, but is merely to provide temporarily for traffic cross- ing the rallroad in this neighborhood. It will then be necessary, even in their opinion, to come back in a few years and spend the greater sum requisite for the proper solution of the problem. ‘There does not appear to be any econ- omy in this, since the cost of the correct solution will not be decreased by the delay. If past experience is a guide, it will be increased materially, and the expenditure made this year on rebuild- ing the Monroe street crossing will have been largely lost. “5. If the District of Columbia can- not afford to go through this year with the solution authorized last year and n avenue overpass in appear to be the part of wisdom to wait until this is possible. The District is now spending more than $100,000 to straighten out one kink in Michigan avenue citywards of this crossing. Can the expenditure of twice this sum be justified to put a sharper curve into the route traffic will have to take? Rebuilding Considered Too Expensive. “6 Rebuilding the Monroe street crossing is too expensive a job to be considered a temporary expedient. It cannot be adequate as a crossing for, Michigan avenue, in the route of which it will introduce a new and unnecessary It will materially decrease the| danger. traffic capacity of both streets, and it will practically throw away whatever value the present Monroe street over- pass has. besides nullifying the benefits of the $100,000 or more being expended to straighten Michigan avenue farther downtown. “From the :uradpolnt o{mcnif pllx‘;- ning, the proposed change plan ap- PGIEH moe{ regrettable and inconsistent with ultimate economy in the cost of developing a proper street system. There may, of course, be important rea- IOIZS for it which have not come to my notice.” WOULD READMIT ALIENS. McLeod Declar Present Cause of “Inhumanity” to Some. ‘The Secretary of Labor would be given discretion to readmit deported aliens under a bill introduced yesterday by Representative McLeod, Republican, Michigan. ‘The present immigration law prohib- iting their re-entry was criticized as “hurriedly drafted” and “the cause of much unjustified harshness and inhu- manity” McLeod in a statement on Law city to the edge of the District of | It | ARE FOUND GUILTY | Trial Board Hears Charges of Drinking and Improper Use of Firearms. $20 FINE IS IMPOSED FOR BEING OFF BEAT Fourth Defendant in Hearing Is Acquitted on Allegation of Failure to Pay Debt. Refusing to accept the explanations | ot two policemen charged with intoxi- cation and improper use of firearms, the police trial board yesterday recom- mended that both officers be dismissed Verpass, 8.| from the force. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and execu-/ The accused men are Pvt. R. 5. Mil- ler of the third precinct and Pvt. J. M. Crawford of the ninth precinct. In a third case the board imposed a ligh penalty and in a fourth the defendant was acquitted. Miller admitted taking one drink, but denied that he discharged his revolver. He told the board that on the night the alleged shooting occurred he had started home when he met a man whom he knew only as “Mac. He said this man told him he would accompanied im to his apartment. Miller said he at first refused, but consented when “Mac" became insistent. They went first to a | restaurant, Miller said, and then to | “Mac's” apartment. The latter, accord- |ing to Miller, was drinking heavily. Awakened by Shots. Miller said he went to bed, leaving his !gun in its holster on a chair. Several hours later he was awakened by the sound of two pistol shots, room where sleeping, found he had disappeared. A few mln':::l l:l'fr' he said, two police- men_en e apartment and took him to his own home. “Mac” told the board last week that the pistol was discharged accidentally while he was examining it. The bullets passed through the wall into an ad- Joining apartment. Maurice M. Grudd, Miller’s attorney, called a number character wit- commit suicide unless he Pleads Guilty to One Count. ‘The charges against Crawford were | that he became intoxicated in a speak- cause. He pleaded gullty to the intoxication loount. but denied the other. He was | was told, by two policemen sent there \m investigate a complaint. Ditto, charged /ith being off his beat | was fined $20. A charge of alleged ‘fail- ure to Willlam H. Williams of the eleventh | precinct was ignored by the board. 'PUBLIC HEARINGS Senate District Committee Will Conduct Session in Capitol Tonight. A public hearing on the Cramton Park development bill will ‘be held by the Senate District committee at 8 | o'clock tonight in the Capitol. The ! meeting will be held in the room of { the Senate committee on printing. anc is expected to draw delegates from a ! large number of civic organizations and | other groups interested in the improve- |ment of the National Capital. | _This measure, which has passed the House, contemplates a $16,000,000 park extension program within the limits of the District and $7,000,000 for the lay- out of parks in adjacent Maryland and Virginia, meludm“ehe Gmrgz Wash- ington Memorial Parkway, which s to extend along both sides of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls. The Senate committee members have | indicated that following the public ! hearing they will make a tour soon of the principal areas proposed to be developed. | BIG CROWDS FLOCK TO AMARYLLIS SHOW Record of 1,837 Visitors on Open- ing Day of Exhibition Is Expected to Fall. | The croWds flocking today to the | seventeenth annual amaryllls show of | the Department of Agriculture in the exhibition g eenhouses at Fourteenth and B streets indicate a second record- | breaking attendance. Two busloads of st:gen':h !rdom me?é“ufl:“e there wher the doors morning. | This makes 18 Dushads of students wie have attended so far. The visitors yesterday far outnum- bered those on any previous opening day. There were 1,837, including several | cabine* parties and scores of leaders in ‘Washington society. Employes of the Bureau of Engraving anc Printing, o° the Internal Revenue Bureau and from the War and Navy %)Iflmenh will make up the bulk of ’s rush-hour throng. ‘Tomorrow some 30 commercial grow- ers and hundreds of members of garden clubs in the District of Columbia, Mary- land, Virginia and Pennsylvania are to congregate at the greenhouses, where a seminar will be conducted by experts of the department explaining the methods of cultivation and hibridizing. The diplomatic representatives of all the Pan-American countries are taking a special interest in the show and are bringing hrge groups of friends to see these "Kng ts Star Lilies,” which are own homelands. y are taking much interest in the perfect bud of a Pelican flower which is almost in bloom. This is one of the novelty fea- tures of the show each year. Riveter Is lewuded BELFAST, Northern Ireland (P).— | Robert Hill, who has worked 40 years as riveter in a shipyard, has been award- g v.ppennon for his his private collections of nesses, who testified for the policeman. | discovered in the speakeasy, the board | Seventh Precinct Policeman E. E.' pay & debt against Policeman | ON CRAMTON BILL' TWO UNINJURED IN CRASH AFTER PLANE HITS HIGH-TENSION WIRE Local Pilot “Pancakes” Ship When Power Line Strips Landing Gear. Overheated Motor Blamed for Smash-up Which Follows Forced Landing. After a forced landing at Alexandris Airport, Va., yesterday afternoon, in ment saved him and a passenger from a bad crash, Charles A. McAtee, 3825 i Legation street, was back at work today | at Washington Airport, where he been employed since he completed fly~ ing training there last year. McAtee and his companion, G. Stuart Parker, 21 Cedar ‘glrkwly, Chevy ClI ., Md., were on their way back to ‘Washington Airport from Quantico, Va., when their motor began to overheat and they made a forced land! about 8 miles below Alexandria. g that the water pump was out of commis- sion, McAtee did what he could to re- pair it and then, believing he could get over the remainder of the distance without trouble, took off again. Motor Overheats. ‘The motor soon began to overheat and lost power and he was faced with an emergency landing. He headed for t| Alexandria_Afrport, but had not quite altitude to clear the wires strung along the Washington-Richmond road, bordering the field. The landing gear struck a return wire of the high- tension system carrying current from Alexandria to Fort Humphreys and towns along the road. ‘The wheels of the plane were “wiped off” and the force of the blow threw the nose of the plane down. McAtee instantly opened his failing motor wide and suceeded in pulling the nose up in time to set the fuselage of the plane down in a beautiful “pancake” landing. He and Parker stepped out of the ship uninjured. | Loses Altitude | cleared the wires had it not been for a down current of air over the edge of the field, which cost him several feet of altitude at the critical moment. Telephone lines and the power line which only his coolness and good judg- | McAtee said that he could have CHARLES A. McATEE. G. STEUART PARKER. were out of commission for nearly two hours. The plane was the rty of McAtee. It can be within a few days in the opinion of offi- clals at Washington Airport. MEETING TO TAKE AGTION ON AIRPORT Merchants and Manufactur- ers Will Discuss Bingham Plan Tomorrow. easy in Schott’s alley early this month : and discharged his revolver without | | | ! ! The municipal airport project, as planned by the congressional commis- sion headed by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, will be taken up for action by the board of governors of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers' Association at its meeting tomorrow afternoon at the organization's headquarters in The Star_Building, it was announced today by Edward D. tary. | . A Teport on the plan, which calls for acquisition of a site ‘consisting of a combination of Hoover Field and Wash- i Afrport, a part of Columbia Island, the Agriculture De] partment ex- perimental farm and Shaw, executive secre- the Virginia side of Highway Beldges e e will be submitted by a special tee of . Gen. Anton Ste- phan, chairman; J H. Joseph H. Rurkart. The association formerly advocated the Gravelly Point site on the Potomac as the best location for a permanent airport for the National Capital. The Bingham plan contemplates the early development of the combined site first and the future preparation of Gravelly Point for later use. The board will consider also the enforcement of more stringent regula- tions would be placed under the Engi- neering Department of the District. Other matters to be considered will include the bills introduced by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin- providing for licensing of real estate salesmen and brokers, regulation of the sale of stocks and bonds and regulation of foreclos- ures under mortgage issues on property. BOSTON MISSION HEAD T0 ADDRESS D. C. SOCIETY Methodist Episcopal Church Group to Hear Dr. Joelle C. Hiebert. Tomorrow. Dr. Joelle C. Hiebert, superintendent of the Hull Street Medical Mission, Boston, will be the principal speaker at a quarterly meeting of ‘Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Washington District, to convene in the Lincoln Road Church, U street near North Capitol street, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. The Hull Street Medical Mission, which Dr. Hiebert heads, is one of the principal enterprises supported by the Missionary Soclety. He is_ d discuss minimum rates in hospital care. Devotions will be conducted at the session by Rev. W. F. Atkinson, pastor of the Lincoln Road Church, and vocal selections will be rendered at the meet- ing by Mrs. W, E. Braithwaite. Mrs. J. ‘Turnbull Spicknell, vice president of the Missionary Society, will preside at the meeting. Members and friends of the mission- ary auxiliaries in all the Methodist churches in the city are expected to attend the meeting, it is announced. DEATH HELD ACCIDENTAL. Coroner’s Jury Renders Verdict in Fall of Maj. Hobson. A verdict of accidental death was given yesterday by a Philadelphia cory oner’s jury which completed its inves- tigation of the case of Maj. Walker P. Hobson, U. 8. A, retired, formerly of hose lifeless body was ‘The investigation that Maj. Hobson had fallen accidentally from the seventh-story window of Y. M. C. A, where he resided, and not through any premeditation as dispatches from Philade] indicated at the time ‘The officer, who was well known here was buried Monday in Arlington Na rional Cemetery. The Guildhall School of celebrates its jubilee thi: gift of $5,000 from | is the ’s health e Prancia ' lvis Bt Seace he Diani 4nd composer. smoke nuisance law proposed by Sena- | the tor Copeland of New York, under which | the new the | who_desire SCHEDULE HEARI O SAFETY ZONES Utilities Body to Consider Additional Protection Along Connecticut Avenue. ‘The need of additional safety zones at car stops along Connecticut avenue between Tilden street and Chevy Chase | Circle will be considered by the Public | Utilities Commission at a hearing Mon- | day morning at 10 o'clock. The hearing was called on a petition of John T. Money, 2807 Gramercy street, urging the creation of car stop safety zones at the Bureau of Stand- ards and Albermarle and Davenport streets. The commission, however, pro- poses to give consideration to the ad- visability of ordering safety wmes at all car stops north of Tilden strect to the District line. Safety zones already exan car stops south of Tilden tion for the , the engineers, representatives survey of Connecticut avenue after- noon, observing the movement of traffic at car lmm unprotected by safety zones to determine the effect of the sstablish- ment of additional zones. Keech indicated before the survey that he most likely would support a | plan for increasing the number of sar stop safety zones. He said he believed safety zones promote safety and at same time expedite traffic. The present lack of uniformity in safety zones along Connecticut avenue, pointed out, is con: to the motorist as well as the car rider. The car rider, he said, is uncertain when leaving a car wether a safety sone is to protect him, whereas the motorist cannot tell until approaching a car stop whether a safety zone is there, permit- ting him to continue when a car stops to discharge passengers. The establishment of safety zones at all car Siops slong Oannecticut avenue, Keech declared, not only would remove the confused minds of the car rider and the motorist, but would facilitate the movement of traffic at car stops where safety zones do not now exist. MASONIC TEMPLE PLANS GIVEN ADVERSE REPORT Commissioners Again Oppose Erec- tion of Building 180 Feet in Height on Dean Tract. The District Commissioners yester- | day sent to the House District commit- | tee an unfavorable report on the bill to allow the erection of a Masonic Tem- feet high on the Dean tract, at and Connecticut avenues. The report was a copy of the report made recently on the same bill as in- troduced in the Senate. [NEW ELEVATOR CODE READY AFTER APRIL 1 D. C. Commissioners Order Copies Printed and Circulated After Losing Cases in.Court. ‘The District Commissioners yesterday ordered publication of the n’" Dis- i g Fidens ] s§§ § i 2 =8 £ g . Thomy ngton, who was once & coun n the wilds of what is now Har] -he Bronx and officiated at 2, has received a gold badge signifying H il i in an area 14 miles ; PAGE B-—1 DIVISION OF SEWER COSTS PROTESTED TODISTRICT HEADS Board of Trade Committee Demands Assessments Be Reduced. HOME OWNERS PAYING 94 PER CENT OF SERVICE Lusk Declares Congress Intended to Pay Half From General Taxes to Encourage Building. Contending that home builders or home buyers now pay spproximately 94 per cent of the cost of laying service sewers, whereas it was the intent of Congress that half such Capital im- he from $3 to $1.60 per foot. Two Campaigns On. The action of the trade body eom- mittee is in line with a similar cam- paign which has been fostered by the Operative Builders’ Association. home ‘ownershi ers. The letter to the board of Commis- | sloners states, in part. | _ “The sewer rate until three years ago | was $1.50 a foot, when it was t’m t0 $3 a foot. The average cost of la; these sewers is something over $6. As property on both sides of the street is assessed $3 per front foot, the last avail- nmmmaflumtwt“am ers are per cen! cost_of mfin such sewers. “While the law may not be abso- lutely clear upon the subject, it seems to have been the intent of Congress and assessed the property and one-half to be paid out of general taxes. This is the same method as applied to sidewalks, alleys, streets, gutters, curbing, etc. “We believe that the should take the initiative diately recommend to Congress this rate be reduced to $1.60 & which is approximately one-half of the present average cost. Col. former | Engineer Commissioner, even went so far as to recommend for the fiscal year | of 1928 that the rate be $1. Would Be Good Business. “Everything. we believe, should be done to encourage home ownership. It is good business for the District to 4> 0, since a home has a larger taxabie value per family than other forms of living accommodations and it there- fore brings a larger tax revenue to the District over a of years. The nt per cent of the building cost cf a home. “We respectfully request that the Board of Commissioners take prompt and decisive action upon this matter.” 'EXTRA FURLOUGH DAY RESTORED FOR WOMEN nd Special Engraving Bureau Force Returns From Treasury Job on Former Basis. | Women of the Bureau of Engraving jand Printing have resumed the two- day-a-month furlough which was for- merly in operation, but which had been temporarily changed to one day a month. When 200 women were transferred several months ago to the Treasurer's office to count old large-size money coming in to be changed for the small currency, the bureau dropped off one day a month from their furlough, re- Q\lclll:he it from two to one. Now that big job of counting money at the Treasury is over, the permanent em- ployes of the bureau have been returned and the furlough restored to two days a month. Ninety “temporary” Treasury Dej lent woman counters, as recent- ly disclosed by the Treasury, vill be dis- missed the last of this month. ‘The principle of the furlough for per- manent employes is to avoid dismissals and has been in effect in many differ- ent ways in the bureau for years. U. . BUS LINE CONTROL BILL DEBATED IN HOUSE Alabaman Attacks Proposal as Move to Destroy Competition and Create Monopolies. By the Associated Press. Federal jurisdiction of interstate mo- torbus lines alternately was described | yesterday as necessary to remedy a sit- uation resulting from lack of organiza- tion, and as likely to “throttle” competi- tion, after the House general de- bate on the Parker bill to place such | lines under jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Col Proponents of the measure sald an exhaustive study by the commission had shown the need for Federal regu- lation of motor carriers to protect the gubm: interest. A small opposition, led y Representative Huddleston, Demo- of contended that the crat the to rzghunn necessary, and that the its present form would destroy competi- tion and create monopolies. Chairman Parker of the interstate merce committee and author of the agts, contradicted Huddleston's claim. HELD FOR GRAND JURY. Dean’s Bond Set at $5,000 on Shooting Charge. shooting Ernest Hut- Southwest Wi several John L. Du‘:hm today in $5,000 bond for the d Isaac R. 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