Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1930, Page 17

HEARINGS BEGUN BY SENATORS ON D. G. FINANCE BILL Commissioners and Auditor Before Executive Meeting. SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO APPEAR LATER| Kindergarten Teacher Provision, Expenditures for Supplies Will Be Discussed. ‘With the Commissioners and Auditor | Donovan as the first witnesses, the Dis- trict subcommittee of the Senate ap- propriations committee began hearings in executive session this morning on the local appropriation bill for next year. The hearings are presided over by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the subcommittee. School officials, headed by Superin- tendent Ballou and Charles Carusi, president of the Board of Education, were waiting to be heard later in the day. Others on hand for the hearings today were Supt. of Police Henry G.! Pratt, Asst. Engineer Commissioner Davison and Traffic Director Harland. The subcommittee will resume hear- ing tomorrow. There has been no in- dication as to how many days will be required to complete work on the bill, which passed the House last week, carrying a total of $45,333,117. To Present Views. The school officials went to the hear- ings to present their views on certain legislative provisions inserted in the bill by the House, chief of which is one to make kindergarten teachers legally eligible to teach in the first through the fourth grade of elementary schools. This provision was incorporated in the bill in view of the reorganiaztion of the whole kindergarten system here. Another matter of prime importance under consideration was a provision to allow e!pendlt\-;l;uuu!or x‘g‘ lies and uipment only requisitions carry "u;el);hnlmru of the District Commis- sioners. The school officials probably Dr. are pl Kramer, first assistant superintendent in charge of high schools; Garnet C. , first assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools; Robert L. Haycock, assistant superintendent in charge of elementary schools, and Maj. R. O. Wilmarth, assistant superintend- ent in charge of business affairs. Jere J. Crane, first assistant superintendent in charge of business affairs, who has been ill several days, still is confined to his bed and is unable to participate mn the discussion. No indication as to the stand the officials will take on the 1831 bill were forthcoming at the Franklin Adminis- tration Building today. Euggestion Agreed To. During the hearings before the sub- committee of the House committee on appropriations, Dr. Ballou and his as- sociates acquisced in resentative Simmons’ suggestion that each kinder- teacher be given two classes a , the total enroliment of which will not exceed 55 pupils, and that half an hour be cut from the usual kindergarten session. ‘Through this reorganization, 78 teachers now assigned to kinder- classes would be released for elementary grades and seven class rooms likewise would be made available for the higher classes. If any opposition to legislative pro- visions inserted by the House is made by the school people it probably will center about the method of making pur- chases of school supplies, although none of the official stafl has expressed either | informally or otherwise any serious ob- Jjection to the new system. In the past. requisitions for supplies the District purchasing Donovan First Witnesses | | | | @he Toening Staf WASHINGTON, D. C, THEY HATE AUTOMOBILES | & | Saturday. EIGHT ARE INJURED IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Small Children Listed in Ac- cident Toll—Hospital Cases Cited in Report. Eight persons were injured in traffic mishaps yesterday and last night, with 5-year-old Audrey Perry of 819% I front of her home when she ran into the path of a car driven by James northeast, the most seriously hurt, The child was removed to Casualty Hospital, where she received treatment . | for & fractured left shoulcer and abra- sions of the face, after which she was taken home by her mother, Mrs, Louise Perry. ‘The accident was the second such misfortune to befall the Perry house- hold over the weck end. Late Satur- day afternoon Cuclis Perry, 3 years old, suffered severe sc.ip lacerations and a ible fracture of the skull, when hit )y & machine in the 800 lock of F street. Like his sister, Curtis was treated at Casualty Hospital. Collision Injures Two. 'Two men were injured at an early hour yesterday in a collision at Four- teenth and Girard streets between cars driven by Robert M. Leisher of 1355 Park road and Elbert G. Van Horn of 2808 Twelfth street northeast. Van Horn and an occupant of Leisher's car, Albert C. Gibson, 28, of 1483 Newton street, were given first-aid treatment at Garfield Hospital for minor cuts. ‘Thomas Lowe, 23, of 527 Tenth street southeast, was given medicdl attention at Casualty Hospital for slight cuts about the face and head following an accident at Reds Corner, Md, Roy Payne of 1331 Corcoran street and Ethel Robinson, 20, of 2422 On- tario place, both colored, received se- vere head injuries and lacerations of the face when a car in which they were riding crashed into a tree in the 2000 block of Eleventh street. The driver, Herman R. Grant, 21, of 1800 8 street, was arrested and booked at No. 8 pre- cinct for reckless driving. The injured couple was removed to Freedman’s Hos- pital. Man’s Leg Fractured. William E. Clark, 41, colored, of 1416 Q street, received fractures of the left , | leg last night when a machine struck charge of business affairs, O. Hine, secretary of the Board of Edu- cation. Under the House proposal, the requisitions now must be signed by Mr. Crane instead of Maj. Wilmarth and bility of a rej mons has called & “wild expenditure of public funds.” COURT VOIDS LAW IN MOTOR SUITS “Constructive Service” Act Relat- ing to Auto Injuries Cases Called Unconstitutional. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 31—The Court of Appeals has handed down a de- cision declaring unconstitutional an act of the last Maryland Legislature pro- viding for a “constructive service” on non-resident defendants in automobile accidents involving personal injuries. ‘The opinfon sustains the one handed down in the Superior Court by Judgs Eugene O'Dunne. The act provided that the secretary of State be provided with a copy of & suit brought in a State court against & non-resident and that another copy be sent to the address of the non- yesident. Such procedure was termed “constructive notice.” In the opinion of the Appellate Court | it was pointed out that the service was not certain, “It fails to meet the test of reasonable probability that a compliance with its terms would give the defendant actual knowledge of the suit,” the court said, | “and it is therefore invalid under ‘he | constitutional limitation which has been invoked.” THREE FUGITIVE YOUTHS ARE SEIZED BY OFFICIALS Boys Escaped From National Train- ing School—Deny Reports of Mutiny. ‘Three boys who escaped from the National Training School for Boys, on the Bladensburg road, Thursday have been arrested in Chambersburg, Pa., and returned to the institution, officials announced today. They are Otto Vik of Chicago, Shirley Campbell of Hunt- ington, W. Va., and Austin Hearell of Chattanooga, Tenn, tition of what Mr. Sim- | Em him and continued on without stopping. Clark was pouring gasoline into the tank of his automobile, which had stopped on the road running through the Government Experimental Farms in lington County, when the accident took: nllce.n:el is being treated at ergency pital. Cuts about the eyes and right arm were suffered by Curtis Feenster, 10, colored, of 11290 New Jersey avenue, last night. A car operated by Mrs. Clara M. Lanham of 3911 Rainier avenue, Mount Rainier, Md., knocked him down on New York avenue, near Third street. The boy was taken to Sibley Hospital and treated. MICHAEL A. LYNCH RITES ARE HELD AT CHURCH Retired Employe of Navy Yard Is Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral services for Michael A. Lynch, lifelong _resident of Washington and a Nav, Yard employe for 35 years, who died Friday at his residence, 1118 East Capitol street, were held this morning at the Holy Comforter Church. Inter- ment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. At_the time of his retirement from the Navy Yard several years ago, Mr. Lynch was a general master mechanic. He was a member of the Elks and the Holy Comforter Church. Besides his widow, Mrs. Rose M. Lynch, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James E. Collifiower, and five sons, William, Harold, Albert, Edwin and Robert Lynch, all of this city. TWO GIRLS TRY SUICIDE One Drinks Poison, Other Inhales Gas, Police Report. Two young women attempted suicide 1ast night, one by drinking poison and the other by inhaling illuminating gas, according to police. Lulu Holt, 16, of 702 I street south- east, drank a quantity of poison at her home in what police describe as an effort to end her life. She was carried to the Emergency Hospital, where her condition was reported to be serious today. Rose M. Citrano, 27, of 711 H street northeast, was treated at Gallinger Hospital after attempting suicide by in- haling gas. She is being held at Gal- linger today for mental observation, police say. DEMANDS JURY TRIAL Officials denied reports that all the guards in the institution had been called on to suppress a mutiny in which 68 boys were sald to have figured. Re- ports that another boy, Joseph Slavick of Ohio, had injured an ankle in an unsuccessful attempt to escape with the three others were confirmed. A jury trial was demanded today by James Murray, 32-year-old taxicab driver, on his arraignment in Police Court on a charge of driving while drunk and_leaving the scene after a collision. Police reported Murray had driven & taxicab into a sandbank at first and W streets. was knocked down in front of her home yesterday. street northeast, who was struck in| Chaconas of the 800 block of H street | CURTIS AND AUDREY PERRY Of 8197¢ T street northeast sat up in bed for the photographer today after two unfortunate experiences with automobiles. Curtis (left) was hit by an automobile Audrey, who insists she should be at school instead of lying abed, ~—Star Staff Photo. FRIGHTENED MAN LEAPS OFF BRIDGE Gangsters’ Threats Drove Him From Detroit to Capital, He Tells Officers. Terrified by threats of Detroit gang- sters, whom he sald were going to “put him on the spot” if he didn't carry out thefr plans, August Lozzi, 31-year-old Italian, who said'he was from Bellaire, Ohio, jumped from a support of the Highway Bridge yesterday afternoon. Apparently. changing his mind after feeling the cold waters of the Potomac, Lozzi eagerly grasped a rope thrown him by bridge attendants and was hauled to safety. According to Kenneth Macdonald, 21, taxi driver, of Seat Pleasant, Md., Lozzi came running out of Union Station about 5 o'clock yesterday evening, hailed Macdonald’s cab and told the driver to “find the nearest bridge.” Mac- donald, while somewhat suspicious of the man's intentions, suggested the Highway Bridge to Virginia. “That's good enough,” Lozzi is quoted as say- ing. “Step on it; I'm in a hurry and don’t want anybody to see me.” Driver Describes Ride. Macdonald drove toward the Virginia span at & moderate speed, he said, with Lozzi hunched up on the rear seat, cast- ing an occasional glance behind him. When they reached the middle of the bridge, Lozzi called to stop, and Mac- donald did so. 8ix dollars was offered in payment for a 95-cent fare; and when Macdon- ald called attention to the fact that it Was an unnecessary waste' of cash, Lozzi said: “That's all right. You can use the money, and I won't need it where I'm going. You can tell the world that I was a square-shooter.” Stripping off his overcoat, before the driver could intervene, Lozzi climbed the railing and, climbing to one of the supports of the draw of the bridge, Jjumped into the river, ‘Watchman Throws Him a Rope. He immediately came to the surface, treading water, and Herbert J. Taylor, 614 Fourth street southwest, bridge watchman, threw a rope in his direction. Lozzi eagerly reached the line and Tay- lor, with the aid of J. P. Comiskey of the fourth precinct and J. O. Hite of the Traffic Bureau, started to pull him up. ‘Halfway up, however, the rope parted and Lozzi dropped back into the river. Another rope was procured and this time the rescuers maneuvered Lozzi o a bridge support where he was hauled to_safety. Hu;‘ido:lld. 'h'.‘l,l had turned his cab around during the excitement, drove the shivering man to the Emergency Hospital, where he was given treatment. Later he was removed 1o Gallinger Hospital, where he is being held for mental observation under guard -of De- tective Sergts. Lawrence A. O'Dea and Dennis Cullinane. Tells of Flight From Detroit. After regaining his composure &t Emergency, Lozzi talked freely, claiming that he had taken the first train out of Detrolt, where he is employed as an expert metal finisher, to avoid a “gang that was going to bump me off.” He said he purchased a ticket to Washing- ton after Detroit police had failed to listen to his story. En route to the Capital City, he said he left the train when he discovered he was being “trailed” and, after a short lay-over, “hopped” another, This time he hid in a compartment, but when he arrived at the Union Station. he was confronted by a member of the “gang.” He sald he was terrorized at the fear of being killed by this Detroit clan and decided to take his own life, rather than suffer further mental agony. Sunday traffic, which was near its peak when Lozzi made his leap, was tied up on both sides of the bridge for nearly 15 minutes by motorists who parked their.cars to watch the rescue. Lozzl, while depressed, was reported by Gallinger Hospital authorities today to be resting well and suffering little from exposure. According to police, he will be released from the hospital when fully recovered. BLAMES HALLUCINATIONS. Bellaire Police Chief Declares There Is No Record of Lozzi, WHEELING, W. Va., March 31 (#).— | Bellaire, Ohio, police say they have no | record of a man describing himself as | August Lozzi of Bellaire, who attempted suicide by leaping from a bridge over the Potomac River at Washington. The name is not listed in the Bellaire direc- | tory. | Chief of Police Francis Moran said | the man, who said he feared being | “taken for a ride” by Detroit gangsters, | apparently is suffering from hallucina~ | tions. \WILL ADDRESS TEACHERS Special Dispatch to'The Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va., March 31— Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., will address the teachers of district H, composed of the counties of Arling- ton, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince Willilam, Rappahannock, Culpeper and lexandria, at Fall Church Priday night, April 11. O. L. Emerick, division superintendent of Loudoun schools, is chairman of dis- trict & \ CLORY TOMORRON Henlock Béses His Prediction on Continuation of Favor- able Weather. BUDS AT BASIN VIEWED BY PRESIDENT AND WIFE Display of Single-Bloom Species in Park Seen by Throng of Sunday Motorists. ‘The cherry blossoms gracing the Tidal Basin will be out in all their Oriental glory tomorrow. This 1s the opinion of Charles Hen- lock, chief of the horticultural division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, if the weather continues favorable. Mr. Henlock, for some weeks past, has been setting April 1 as the probable date for the cherry blossoms to be at their best. While today is a little cold, Mr. Henlock said, he expects the blossoms will be in their prime to- morrow—provided Old Man Weather doesn't play an April fool prank on the National Capital. Yesterday the cherry blossoms were the mecca for thousands, from Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover down to the humblest Washingtonian. The trees now in bloom are the single-blossom species, and Mr. Henlock said today that he is expecting that the double blos- soms will be out about April 20. President Views Buds. ‘The favorable Spring afternoon yes- terday sent President and Mrs. Hoover around the Tidal Basin and Potomac Park to view the incipient cherry blos- soms. Accompanied by a sercret serv- ice car, the Chief Executive enjoyed the attraction of countless blooms, reminis- cent of his days in the Orient. Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, U. 8. Army, superintendent of the United States park police, announced that the official count of his force showed that 15,600 cars went over Inlet Bridge between 10 o'clock in the morning and 6 o’clock in the evening. While this was represented as being some 10,000 less than last year, it was pointed out that the cherry blos- soms have not as yet come out in their full glory, but that next Sunday will lP‘::lk}r see a record throng in Potomac ‘Under the direction of Capt. Mont- ery, Capt. P. J. Carroll deployed his ‘ce through the parks, and there was not a single accident nor one arrest made. The park police handled the exit to Fourteenth street and the Metro- politan police force directed traffic along Fourteenth street in the vicinity of the Tidal Basin. The Lincoln Memorial was a magnet for numerous visitors and its reflecting pool gave opportunity for the sailing of miniature yachts. The various recre- tional facilities offered by the Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Public Grounds, Inc., were well patronized yesterday. SNIFFIN TO RECEIVE MASONIC SERVICES Funeral Rites Will Be Held To- morrow, With Interment in Con- gressional Cemetery. Masonic funeral services, conducted by members of Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, for Willlam K. Sniffin, 69 years old, senior clerk in charge of the New York-Washington division of the Railway Mail Service, who died Fri- day at the Mineola Hospital, Long Is- land, New York, will be held tomorrow afternoon the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Ruth 8. Cromelin, 3806 Grammercy street, Chevy Chase. Inter- ment will be at Congressional Cemetry. Preparing to retire from service, Mr. T TR T sul equipmen 3 The following day he was taken {ll. While in the hospital his retirement became effective. He was commended for his and faithful service by Postmaster eral Brown. In point of service Mr. Sniffin, with # 48-year service record, was the old- est employe in the New York-Wash- ington division. In the Railway Mail Service Mr, Sniffin was widely known, being a founder of the Railway Mail Clerk Union, organized 20 years fl,’o Mr. Snifin was also affiliated with the Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Mrs. Cromelin and a son, Harry T. of Los Angeles, survive, o CHILD DELINQUENCY THEORY BEING STUDIED Clinic Manager Seeks to Determine to What Extent Glandular Dis- turbances Affect Patients. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 31.—To what ex- tent glandular disturbances are respon- sible for child delinquency is hoped to be determined through studies which Dr. Louis Klein, attached to a local pharmaceutical manufacturing house, will conduct as consulting endocrinolo- gist for the Wayne County Clinic for Child Study. ‘The clinic, operated in conjunction with the Wayne County Juvenile Court and Detention Home, has for its pur- pose the diagnosis of causes and ef- fecting of cures for delinquency. According to an announcement made today, Dr. Klein's work with the clinic will "be confined to research at the outset, but within the near future the question of treatment for delinquent children shown to be suffering from glandular disturbances will be consid- ered by the clinic staff. MONDAY, MARCH 31, "Spring — Hamline Methodist Church, Above: The buds breaking through about the Tidal Basin, with the reflec- tion of the Washington Monument in the foreground. Center: The Sunday throngs about the basin yesterday. Below: Miss Catherine Tuck poses for the photographer in a frame of owers. WORKERS ARE TOLD. OF CHURCH SURVEY sonal Evangelism Will Prove | Effective in Campaign. Personal evangelism is far more ef- fective than mass evangelism, Dr. A. Earl Kernahan, director of the forth- coming religious campaign here, de- clared yesterday at an instruction meet- ing of more than 2,500 man and woman workers in Constitution Hall. Dr. Kernahan revealed he first con- ceived the idea of practicing personal evangelism while preaching in & small New England town. He said he put the theory into execution with surprising effect while & chaplain during the World War. He asserted 96.per cent of the persons reached by mass evangelism methods already are members of churches, while only ' those ' without church affiliations are appr through personal evangelism. Christian Decision Is Aim. “It is not church membership that you are to work for in the coming days of this campaign,” Dr. Kernahan add- ed. “You are going out, two by two, as Christ sent His disciples, to win these people to Christian decision. Church membership and service will follow. “This week you will receive your second instruction and next Sunday your final instruction. as ‘launching Sunday’ Then you will 80 out next week and win your people for Christ and the church, no matter what church.” A brief devotional service was pre-|en sided over by Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, general chairman. Rev. S. J. Porter delivered the invocation. William R. Schmucker led the singing. A scripture lesson was read by Dr. Plerce and Rev. J. D. Buhrer offered a prayer. Meetings Are Scheduled. The second instruction meetings for workers of the various districts will be held as follows: South Washington— Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. Thursday; Central Washington, Eckington, Brookland and Mount Rainler —Mount_Vernon Place Methodist Epis- copal Church, 8:15 tomorrow night; North Central Washington, National Memorial Baptist Church, 7:30 tomor- row night; North Washington and Silver 8:15 p.m. Wednesday; Northeast Wash- ington — Epworth Methodist Church, 8:15 tonight: West Washington—Pil- gl.m Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. iday; Cleveland Park—Wesley Meth- odist Church, 7:30 p.m. Wednesda: Anacostia—Anacostia Methodist pal Church, 7:30 p.m. tonight, anc ginia—Central Methodist Church, Ball- Man Slugged and Robbed of $3. Slugged over the head with a brick by an unidentified colored man while walking on lower Third street southwest mly t'”z“bn%’ g‘:m:ll:o Pmm‘lmo, 42 years , O urth street northy as mmc“l' = taken to — mo was taken to Emergenc Hospital by ‘rollce of No. 4 procue;:!emg was_treated at that institution for lacerations of the face and head. —_— Billfold Inclosing Cash Lost, A bilifold containing $140 in cur- rency, a certified check for $592.14 an several valuable papers was lost by James F. Brown, a guest at the Harring- ton Hotel, while strolling downtown 1ast night, according to a report made to police of No. 3 w_eclnct. ston, 8:15 p.m. Friday. MISSING GIRL SOUGHT Police Informed Miss Ruth Thomas Disappeared Saturday. Police_today are searching for Miss Ruth Thomas, 18 years old, of 4419 Pirst street southeast, who left her place of employment at the Pioneer Laundry, on Rhode Island avenue, Sat- urday afternoon and has not been seen since. Her father, John Thomas, told police that she is 5 feet tall and weights 120 pounds, With bobbed light hair and gray eyes. Thomas was wearing a It will be known | ing 1930. [67H STREET ROAD PLANS APPROVED Planning Commission Makes Public Proposal for En- trance to Capital. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission today approved and made public its plans for the Six- teenth street entrance to Washington. A sketch of the plan for the impos- entrance on Sixteenth street at the District line, prepared by Willlam T. Partridge, consulting architect to the commission, was released for publica- tion today by Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., ineer of the commission. he plans, indorsed by the District Government, call for an over-all width on Sixteenth street of 160 feet, with a 70-foot-wide central el and a 38- foot road on either side. Bulldings Represent Gateway. ‘The low point of this project is near the District line and it is proposed to put one of the old original District bound stones at the intersection of the District line and Sixteenth street, in the traffic “Island” already at that point. Four small buildings, giving the im- pression of a gateway, will be placed in the scheme. The commission has purchased the land on both sides of this portal for park purposes. The road leading to the west goes into Rock Creek Park, while the road to the east will lead traflic to the Colesville pike, in Mary- land, under the Baltimore & Ohio un- derpass, now under construction. Six- teenth street proper will continue on to Maryland, with the road leading to the west that now takes motorists to Bethesda, Md. It has not as yet been decided where the continuation of Six- teenth street in Maryland will lead to, as this is a matter to be determined in conjunction with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Monument Is Proposed. The study prepared by Mr. Partridge proposes & monument at the top of the portal, with a cascade tumbling down Into & pool, where Sixteenth street lu"?pm down hill toward the District e. ‘Where the cascade is to be built there is now a paved roadway, which will be eventually taken out, under the com- mission’s plan, to make way for the monument and the parking effect. The reason this was done, the engineers ex- plained was that the two side roads of 38 feet each, are to be constructed on filled ground in that valley. It was brown coat with a plush collar and & gray hat when last seen. necessary to allow the filled ground to settle and yhile nature is assisting in D.C. RESIDENT ENDS LIFE BY HANGING Wife Finds Arthur C. Coffy’s Body in Kitchen of Apartment. Arthur C. Coffy, 29, who lived with his wife and 4-year-old son at 1750 W street southeast, committed suicide last night after his wife retired by hanging himself in the kitchen of their second- story apartment. Mrs. Coffy found the body this morning about 6:30 o'clock. An ambulance was called shortly after Mrs. Coffy discovered her husband hanging from a heavy cord looped over & nail near a trap door, but physicians found life extinct. Policemen of the eleventh precinct who investigated were told that Coffy had been out of work and had threatened to take his life. Apparently in good hgalth and spirits yesterday, when he playad with children in rear of Mrs. H. C. TNompson's resi- dence, where he and hij family made their home, Coffy remsined in the kitchen reading last night after his wife went to bed. Investigation showed he had locked the door, looped the cord over a nail after tying it around his neck and then stepped from a chair. Mrs. Coffy saw the body first when she logked through the keyhole. Policemen remained at the residence pending arrival of the coroner, Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt. Coffy served in the Navy during the World War, Mrs. Coffy | said, and only last December took steps to arrange for adjusted compensation. e MAN DIES IN CELL A certificate of death from natural causes has been issued by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt in the case of Daniel A. Boudren, 45, of 15 Seventh street southeast, found dead in a cell at the ninth precinct police station early yes- terday morning. Boudren had been arrested a short time before on a charge of drunkenness. An autopsy at the District Morgue yesterday afternoon revealed that Boudren had died from pneumonia. the construction of the north portal and additional funds from Congress are be- ing awaited, the central paved roadway will be utilized. The traffic island al- ready is in place and the thoroughfare is paved in circular form, as the ginning of the pretentious portal which the commission is eager to have pushed to completion as early as practicable. et . PAGE B-1 IWORK TO CLEARSITE OF SUPREME COURT BUILDING LAUNCHED Notice Is Served on Tenants In Area to Vacate With- in 30 Days. STRUCTURES EXPECTED TO BE EMPTY BY MAY 1 Project to Be Pushed Forward Rapidly, With Completion Early in 1933 Seen. Taking an important step toward the $0,740,000 building for the United States Supreme Court, officials today served notice on tenants of all buildings on the site bounded by First and Second streets, East Capitol and Maryland avenue northeast to vacate within 30 days. As soon as the structures on these two blocks are vacated, most of them by May 1, the whole site will be cleared, according to David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, in charge of the project. Mr. Lynn, who is a member and ex- ecutive officer of the Supreme Court Building Commission, of which Chief Justice Hughes is chairman, said he ex- pected that the phases of the project will be pushed forward in sequence so the building may be completed probably early in 1933. Notice to vacate was served on the many tenants in the two blocks by agents of the Treasury Department, under the direction of F. A. Birgfeld, chief clerk of the Treasury Department, who has been custodian of the property since it was taken over by the Govern- ment in condemnation proceedings. Most Leases Expire on the Ist. Most of the leases expire on the 1st of the month, so that it is e?:cud most of the sites under the 30-day notice will be vacated by May 1. A few leases, however, are dated on other days of the months. These tenants will have 30 days from the due date of their next rental. Thus, some of the build- ings will not be vacated until later in May. Within a few days now, Mr. Lynn said he plans to advertise for bids for demolishing the buildings on the two squares of land and hopes to let this contract in time for the wreckers to start work as soon as possible after the structures are empty. This actual demolition and other steps were made possible by Congress in appropriating $500,000 in the de- ficlency act signed Wednesday by Pres- ident Hoover. This sum is expected to provide sufficient funds for proceeding with completion of a formal contract with the architect, Cass Gilbert. A meeting is expected to be called within a few days. The preliminary work of the commission and preliminary plans were authorized by Congress and paid for by a special appropriation of | $25,000. Expects to Proceed Steadily. Excavation probably can be accom- plished under the half billion dollar appropriation, Mr. estimated today. By the time.the excavation is finished, Mr. L available o a le struction. ground was purchased &{owndemmn and cost about $1,700,= Among the most famous structures to be torn down on the site is that formerly occupied by the National Woman's Party. This building at one | time was used as the Capitol. The late Chief Justice Taft was ine terested in providing a new and im- pressive home for the supreme tribunal of this country. He was the first chair- man of the building commission and it is known that he had hoped to live to see the court of which he was chief justice installed in its new home. CHURCH REBUILDING CEREMONIES HELD St. Dominic’s Congregation Views Work Costing More Than $135,000. Renovation work on St. Dominic's Catholic Church, costing more than $135,000, caused by fire February 24, 1929, was viewed by the congregation for the first time yesterday at reoccu- pation ceremonies, at which Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, archbishop of the archdiocese of Baltimore, presided. Archbishop Curley commended the work of the congregation which made possible the reconstruction of the church. The_sermon was preached by Very ‘Rev. Dr. Ignatius Smith, O. P, of Catholic University, ex-prior of the Dominican House of Studies. Solemn high mass was celebrated by Very Rev. Raphael M. Burke, O. P., pastor of St. Dominic's. He was assisted by Rev. John A. Cowan, O. P., deacon, and Rev. Jeremiah T. Fitzgerald, O. P, of Providence, R. I., subdeacon. Approx- imately 30 priests and monsignori were present. The only church in the City of Washington of Gothic design, St. Dominic’'s now has a seating capacity of 1,410 persons, said to be the largest in the District. The organ has been entirely reconstructed, and it was ex- plained by Rev. T. T. McAllister of St. Dominic’s that it is now a better in- strument than could have been pro- cured for much more than the price of its rebuilding. A marble floor now supplants the old wooden floor, and new frescoes were made. A dinner was served in the rectory to all the clergy following the services. MAN ESCAPES OFFICERS IN SPRINT OVER D. C. LINE Special Dispatch to The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, March 31.—A man believed by officers to have been a bootlegger escaped when he did a fast sprint for three blocks from Maryland across the District line here shortly before noon yesterday. Recelving & tip that a load of liquor was to be delivered at a certain home here, Mayor Thomas J. Luckett, Deputy Sherift Harry Wells, Town Officers Rob- ert Carr and Rupert Metzinger and Special Officer Harry Wells, jr., went to the scene. They were seen, however, as they neared the house, by & man who, according to Officer Carr, leaped from a machine, carrying three half- gallons of alleged liquor. This was later recovered from behind an ash can in a nearby yard, where Carr sald he saw the fleeing man put it as he stopped momentarily in his flight.