Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1930, Page 17

> WASHINGTON GREAT FALLSLAND PROVES GOLD MINE T0 TRAGTION LINE ‘Area Is Unproductive forl Owner, the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co. W.R. &E. CO. GOT STOCK IN EXCHANGE IN 1913 Shares, Worth $1,000,000 Then, Have Earned $2,000,000 as Dividends. The records of the Public Utilities Commission yesterday yielded one of Washington’s most unusual stories in finance—a case in which a tract of land at Great Falls which thus far has been unproductive for its owner, the Potomac Electric Power Co., is serving as & veritable “gold mine” for the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. which sold it 17 years ago. ‘The rallway company paid $425,000 for the property in 1802, and trans- ferred it in 1913 to the power company for 10,000 shares of its capital stock worth $1,000,000. The stock since has earned more than $2,000,000 in di- vidends for the railway company, but all the power company has gained through the transaction is a collection of tax bills. One Pocket to Another. The railway company, however, is the parent of the power company, and both are controlled by the North American Co. of New York, a utilities investment corporation. So the dividend payments are tantamount to an exchange from one pocket to another as far as the public is concerned. The Great Falls holdings of the power company figured prominently in the recent Potomac River power de- velopment, controversy between Col. U. CENSUS TAKERS * Wrath of Those Who After much thought those in charge of collecting census information in this city have evolved a plan to induce “bashful” women to tell their ages that is working splendidly. The way it works was described last night by J. Sterling Moran, census su- pervisor for the District of Columbia. “We are not finding very many wom- en who refuse to tell the enumerators their age,” sald Mr. Moran, “but, of course, there are some. “When that happens the enumerator, acting under instructions, voices a guess as to the woman’s age and pur- posely ruu it higher than_ he believes it should be. Always Draws a Protest. “That always draws a protest, and to prevent the enumerator from putting down too high a figure, the woman almost invariably tells her correct age.” ‘With 403 enumerators busy here, Mr. Moran says the work is progressing smoothly and satisfactorily. ‘They started collecting the census informa- tion Wednesady and have until April 15 to complete it. Mr. Moran feels cer- tain they will finish by that time. Each of the 403 men and women enumerators has a certain district to cover. Twelve of them already have finished their work and turned in their portfolios, which have been checked and found satisfactory. Many tragic and comical sides of life are met by the enumerators. In one or two instances mothers have been unable to rericmber where their children were born, and one man was found with two wives and so many children that he got all mixed up when g to answer the enumera- tor's questions about them. Radio Sets Are Counted. One of the questions that is being asked about every family is whether there is a radio receiving set in the house. This information is desired by the Government in order to estimate the size of radio audiences throughout the Nation for educational as well as business purposes. One Washington woman told an enumerator that she 6. Grant, 3d, director of public build- ings and public parks of the National Capital, and Maj. Brehon B. Somervell, Federal engineer for the District. In his final attack on Col. Grant for opposing power development at the Falls, Maj. Somervell declared that the power company would be the greatest single beneficiary from the Cramton park bill, as it would be able to dis- pose of the property to the Government which it has been holding at a million dollars and at the same time keep out all competitors in the District. Acquisition by Traction Company. 1. was with considerable foresight that the street railway company ac- quired the Great Falls property. It did so by purchasing two-thirds inter- est in the Great Falls Power Co. and thus coming into possession of certain rights to a valuable power site. For nearly 10 years the rallway company retained this interest. No plant was built by the Great Falls company and the property was absolutely unproduc- tive. In 1912 the railway company entered into a contract to convey within one year to the power company the inter- est it owned in the power site in co; sideration of 10,000 shares of its ca tal stock. These 10,000 shares repre- sented an additional issue made for the purpose of the transfer, and on account of the transaction the power company’s capital stock was increased from $5,- 000.000 to $6,000,000. When the commission completed its valuation of the power company in 1916 it learned that the railway com- pany had then received $105,000 in dividends from the 10,000 shares of stock. Since then the dividend pay- ments increased by leaps and bounds, and the total since the valuation amounts to 213 per cent, divided as follows—1917, 11 per cent; 1918, 11 per cent; 1919, 9 per cent; 1920, 8 per | cent; 1921, 10 per cent; 1922, 10 per cent; 1923, 10 per cent; 1924, 12 per cent; 1925, 62 per cent (this includes a regular dividend of 14 per cent, plus an extra 48 per cent due to the distri- bution of the impounded fund); 1926, 10 per cent; 1927, 18 per cent; 1928, 20 per cent, and 1929, 22 per cent. The power company’s Great Falls holdings are not included in its valua- tion for rate-making purposes. The commission excluded this item on the ground that the property was not used or useful for electrical purposes in the District. CHINESE ASSAULTED IN CHOP HOUSE Colored Man Runs Amuck andi Fells Owner With Heavy Vase. Henry Moy, 50-year-old Chinese res- taurant proprietor, of 1500 Seventh street, was severely cut about the head last night when a colored man ran amuck in his restaurant, threw condi- ment containers about the place, broke a heavy vase over Moy's head and escaped. Police say they have the name of Moy’s assailant ‘and had sent out a lookout for him, but had not arrested him at an early hour this morning. Sergt. John T. Wittstart of the sec- 16 GHINESE HELD FORDRUGHEARING Detective Sergeant Finds Scant Knowledge of Chinese Valuable in Raids. If the young Chinese on sentry duty at an exclusive opium party in China- town early yesterday had asked, “What | do you want?” instead of “Who's there?” Detective Sergt. Robert San- ders would have found himself in | something of a predicament despite the | fact that in 31 years’ police work he | has learned to speak three phrases in Chinese. | ‘The guardian of the door, however, elected to inquire as to the identity of | the caller and the sergeant, bringing into play one-third of his speaking knowledge of the language, answered in perfect Chinese, “A friend.” Reassured, the sentinel opened the door of the house in the 300 block of | Pennsylvania avenue and before he was fully awake to the identity of the “friend,” Sanders and the raiding squad had taken him into custody. Found Opium Smoking Party. Inside the police found what they described as an opium smoking party in full progress. At this establishment and at another nearby address, 16 Chinese were taken into custody. When arraigned before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage yesterday afternoon their cpses were postponed until next Thurs- ay. Sergt. Sanders was first assigned to Chinatown 31 years ago, when he went on duty in that district as a patrol- man. He has had various assignments since that time, but has always kept up his contacts with the Chinese, par- ticularly since he became chief of the detective bureau's narcotic squad. He has studied the ways of the Chinese and their language, but has found both extremely difficult. Through Chinese friends he has picked up a few phrases of the language and was able to think of three off-hand when ques- tioned yesterday. In addition to the words he used to deceive the sentry, he can say “lady” and “New Year,” but just how the lat- ter two would have helped him get by the doorman is a little obscure. His third phrass was enough, how- ever, and now Sanders is ly con- vinced that even a little bit of know- ledge is not to be sneezed at. Held Under Heavy Bond. The metropolitan police, assisted by Federal and local narcotic agents, seized several hundred dollars’ worth of opium and pipes and arrested 21 Chinese in the two establishments. Five of the latter were released with- out_arraignment. ‘The others were charged with sessing opium and smoking parapl nalia and bond fixed at $10,000 each by United States Commissioner Need- ham C. Turnage, pending arraignment later in the month. News of the raid spread quickly through Chinatown and when the po- lce went to a third place where they ond precinct, who investigated the at- tack, sald the colored man had been in an altercation with his wife, a waitress in the restaurant, and was throwing salt cellars and pepper cruets at her when Moy interfered. The col- ored man, police say, picked up the heavy vase and felled Moy with it, then ran out of the restaurant and disap- peared among the crowds in the street. Arthur Hazzard, cologed, of 26 R street, told police he heard the noise of the fight in the restaurant from the first floor of the building in which the restaurant occupies the second floor. In the kitchen of the restaurant, he said, he found Moy lying on the floor, bleeding profusely from cuts about his “face. GAS OVERCOMES WOMEN DURING CONVERSATION Poisonous escaping from a de- fective flue ofi hot-water heater over- had been informed opium was being used, they found no evidence of law .violations. At one of the places raided the police had to break down three doors before reaching the inner sanctum of the smokers. The inner rooms were bare and poorly furnished, police said. OF WOMEN TO GET RIGHT FIGURE Them When Enumerator Puts Esti- mate Too High. he Sunday Stae [com o] WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1930. "GUESS” AT AGE Won't Talk Betrays did not have a “radio,” but she did have a “crystal set.’ Mr. Moran had distributed in all of the Government departments pre- liminary family schedules to be filled out and kept at home for the enumera- tors to collect. He called attention last night to the.fact that many persons have made the mistake of taking these to their offices, supposing that they would be collected there, or the mistake of thinking that they should be mailed to Mr. Moran's office. Age of “First Marriage.” ‘The list of questions includes one giv- ing the age of “first marriage. 'his is intended to include all marriages, whether the persons have been married only once, or two or more times. One of the local enumerators made the mistake of getting the age of the “first mar- riage” only when the persons had been married two or more times. It was necessary for her to go back and see 150 people all over again to correct this mistake. Mr. Moran has experienced census workers on hand to check the first few days' work of all the enumerators . to make sure they are collecting the cor- rect information. Five of the local enumerators have quit their jobs since Wednesday. kut the places have been quickly filled. Mr. Moran has a waiting list of 300 men and women ready to go to work, if needed. One Is Injured by Car. Miss Mabel Kelley, one of the enumerators, was prevented by a seri- ous automobile accident from beginning the work. She had made all prepara- tions and been instructed in just what to do, when she was injured a week ago_Friday. “We are receiving the fullest co- operation in our work from the Police and Pire Departments and the schools,” said Mr. Moran. Any enumerator, when he shows his credentials, has -uthority to use the telephone in police stations, fire houses or school buildings. DALY BREADLINE 1S PLANNED HERE | Unemployed Conference An- nounces Inauguration of Re- lief Feature Tuesday. Plans for establishing a breadline next Tuesday morning, to be continued ach day thereafter “until every man and woman has a job and are making a living of their own” were adopted at a meeting of the Unemployment Confer- ence at 509 G street yesterday after- noon. The session was featured by lengthy descriptions of the unemploy- ment situation, descril as the most serious in the history of this country; attacks from the floor on the Com- munist party for distributing literature at the meeting, and lengthy attacks on J. Eads Howe, “millionaire hobo,” who withdrew from the conference several days ago following mueh wrangling. Plans for establishing the breadline next Tuesday were adopted in the form of a resolution, presented by Dan O'Brien, picturesque 67-year-old “king of the hoboes.” The breadline is to be started at 10 o'clock in the morning, it was stated. Paul Dennie, chairman of the conference, explained there would be no dfficulty in obtaining the neces- sary funds for the breadline from local mr';wtm who will be willing to con- ute. Claims 11,000,000 Unemployed. Dennie declared there are probably as many or more than 11,000,000 un- employed persons in the country and launched into an attack on Secretary of Labor Davis, who he said had as- serted that there are only 3,000,000 un- employed. O'Brien also launched into a general attack on several charitable institutions, declaring they do not render the aid they are supposed to give. “We want everybody to have pork chops,” he said. “We believe this coun- try is rich enough for everybody to eat pork chops.” A communication from the Liberal Socialist League of New York, advo- ties and transportation lines, was read, but was tabled without action. During a recess, Communist litera- ture was distributed, one leaflet prais- ing John Porter, national secretary of the Young Communist League, for his action in"the cause of Communism. Refuse to Condemn Action. James Marsh of Denver, Colo., urged the conference to go on record as con- demnlni the distribution of the munist literature, but this was not done sucl lon woul not e che meeting. Senator Smith W. Brookhart of 1owa, who was to have addressed the meeting, but did not get there, ex- plained last night that he was detained by a committee meeting at the Capitol. —_— HORSE REPORTED STOLEN A crime considered a ravity in this motorized age confronted District police yesterday afternoon, when Richard Barnes of 1135 New Jersey avenue re- ported the theft of a horse from his stable, located in the rear of the first block of Pierce street northeast. Barnes placed a valuation of $100 on the horse in his report to the second precinct. DRIVER WHOSE AUTO PUSHED ALLEGED LIQUOR CAR SOUGHT Assistant District Attorney Hart Charges Man Behind, Who Escaped, Is Equally Responsible. A man, whose automobile was found pushing the machine of a friend which contained a quantity of whisky, faced eame Mrs. Jessle Herring, 39, and Miss | arrest today at Police Court with et ekt oeiim e vaatordey R ) g ven! nos 3 ) afternoon, while they were conversing unusual situation arose when in the dining room of their home. They were removed to Emergency Hospital in an ambulance summoned by, officers of the ninth precinct. Miss Fussell was dismissed after receivnig treatment, while Mrs. Herring remained in the institution on the advice of staff physicians. It is understood that she will be discharged from .the hospital ing | This Motor Cycle Policeman L. T. Johnson of the Trafic Bureau halted the two machines yesterday afternoon for some minor trafic tion. Johnson looked into the rear of the broken car and discovered 12 half-gallons of liquor. While the officer was examining the catch the other motorist shot his m: chine into reverse and made & get- away. i cating public ownership of public utili- | NEW 33-CENT TAX| SYSTEM 15 READY T0 START SERVICE Utilities Commission Strug- gles With Problem of Reg- ulating Existing Lines. I FLEET OF 150 CABS REPORTED PLANNED Legality of Authority to Control Public Vehicles Is at Stake in Court Fights. Another flat-rate 35-cent taxicab service is ready to start service in Wash- ington with a fleet of 150 cabs, the Public Utilitles Commission was ad- vised yesterday as it struggled with the already perplexing problem of how to regulate those now in operation. The new cabs will be identified by the name of “Stop Me,” and, according to the report of the operator, at least 50 of the fleet will be on the streets this as they can be conditioned for service. The report of the introduction of the new cab service came as a blow to the commission, which has been forced to stand by powerless and watch the taxis increase in number and violate the regu- lations it laid down to govern their operation and equipment while the code remains tied up in litigation in the cous Six Start in Midst of Fight. Since the legality of the commission's | authority to control public vehicles was | questioned in the courts, at least a half nzen of the flat-rate cab services have |ste.ted. How many other companies may be in tion is unknown. The commission been told that inde- pendent cabs without names are run. ning all over Washington with only sign on the windshield to indicate that they are public vehicles. Many of the new cabs, it was said at the commission, flagrantly are defy- ing the new regulations in several re- spects. Most of them, it was. pointed out, are carrying “L” or livery tags in- stead of “H"” or hackers' tags. Others have no meters, although the code re- quires all taxicabs to carry a meter whether they are operated on a flat rate or mileage besis. In addition, |several of the new companies have made no attempt to get the commis- sion’s approval of their rate schedules. Financial Responsibility Is Problem. ‘The commission regards the situation serjously. It is particularly concerned over the financial responsibility of the new companies. One of the principal reasons for its adoption of the new code was to protect the public. The new regulations require the operators of all public vel to carry lability in- surance or security or bonds to pay damages that might result from.acci- dents. ‘The new regulations went into effect February 1, but no effort has been made to enforce them, pending a decision by the court on a suit by a taxicab driver to determine the authority of the com- mission f» require him to carry liability insurance. The commission declares its hands are tied until the court hands down 1its opinion. RADIO TALK BACKS FISCAL BOARD PLAN Jose Voices Commerce Cham- ber Support of Moore's Proposal. ‘The April meeting of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to be held Tues- day night in the Mayffower Hotel, has )b'e‘elx'::t e ited as ‘Fiscal Relations ignal It will be featured by an ad- dress by Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia, explaining his re- cently introduced bill for the establish- ment of a permanent commission to study the District’s finances. In calling the meeting, President Charles W. Darr explained that the rea- son for the selection of fiscal relations as the subject for the session is “to focus public attention upon the situation in &:nerfll and in particular to emphasize e need for the enactment of the Moore bill to provide a fiscal relations commis- sion for the District.” Rudolph Jose, chairman of the cham- ber’s District finance committee, will present a rerort on the bill indicating that it is in line with the principles the chamber has advocated since December 20, 1927, H. Frame, chairman of the chamber house committee, is to re- port on the to hold an outing at Epping Forest early in June as indorsed board of directors last its, the entertainment planned for the occasion. TAMPA STEAMSHIP LINE WINS U. S. MAIL CONTRACT New Orleans Company to Ply Be- tween American, Spanish and Portuguese Ports. By the Associated Press. Postmaster General Brown yeésterday awarded the- Tam Interocean Steamship Co. of New Orleans the con- tract for mail from New or:::m to Spanish and S il 1 2 000~ of 10- Z The include Valencia, European ports Tarragona, Barcelona, Oporto, tander and Within three years the com, 15 required to build two new , with accommodations, of 5,000 tons and 13 knots speed. SUES FOR DAMAGES j Charles W. Wmer)‘flll Suit for Alleged Personal Injuries. w] John- to recover.$35,- the situation to Assistant | 000 Benjamin A. Brown, Disf Attorney David A. the | 4313 road northeast, and Harry prosecutor ordered to| N. Kline, C street southeast, for swear out a warrant for the arrest of | alleged personal injuries. He says he the othe man for tran: was crossing at Third street-and Mary- ‘“‘Under . the law,” uary 32 when he was ‘;’\Tuv:r g{ this second an automobile ow!;!:d '“I;y y of transporting b 4 !dlnlmed-mmlnwmeh!.luwhuky = n{tneb;unm was foun The second 3 ttorneys the & Nesbit and Charles E. Pledger, was furnishing traband to be week. The others are to follow as soon | |t With steel framework to be completed in 10 days, the new home for the Department of Commerce is now about View, taken from Treasury Department, shows also Poll's Theater, which is to be torn down in July to make way for a wider E street and park. half done, and the middle third will be LAMONT T0 MOVE TONEW BULDING 1,000 Officials and Employes | Will Be in Commerce Build- | ing This Year. The great Department of Commerce | Building is so far advanced that Secre- tary Lamont is planning to move about 1,000 officials and employes into the middle section before the end of this calendar year, nearly 17 months ahead of the contract time for completion of the structure. ‘The prineipal home of the depart- ment at present, Nineteenth and Penn- sylvania avenue, will be entirely vacated by the end of this calendar year, and some activities will be taken from at least three other butldings. When all the Department of Com- merce, except the Bureau of Standards, which is in its own home on Connecti- cut avenue, eventually is gathered to- gether later on, this will bring under the one roof of the huge new structure about 5,000 employes from activities which now are scattered in_a dozen buildings throughout the city. Rent now is being paid for these in excess of $175,000 & year. ‘The speed with which the new struc- ture is being erected thus will result in a large saving in rent for the Govern- ment. The date for completion of the partment of Commerce is May 28, 1932, and under the strict terms of this agreement the contractor would not ve to have it ready for occupancy un- til then. By virtue of the fact, however, that the structure is being built in three sections, which in effect are three sep- arate buildings, the middle one, which was first to be started, will be rushed to completion, so that it can be occupied. This will save many months rent. The department is paying $150,000 a year for the big building at Nineteenth and Pennsylvania avenue, and will be able to get out about 17 months ahead of con- tract schedule. Now Half Finished. The building is estimated now to be about half finished, and probably will be entirely completed by September or Oc- tober. of l?!li’l’l;lflld of the contract time of May, . Into the new middle section will be moved all of the activities in the build- ing at Nineteenth and Pennsylvania avenue, and these others: Bureau of Lighthouse and Inter-American High Commission from the Hurley Wright Building at Eighteenth and Pennsyl- vania avenue; Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection Service from an old war-time temporary building at Twentieth and B streets, ite the Munitions Building, and the Bureau of Fisheries fio?;‘ its x‘tfld home at Sixth and B streets southwest. The activities to be moved from head- quarters will be the Secretary of Com- merce and his suite, the Aeronautic branch, the Radio Division and Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The Bureau of Mines, which now is located _in the Government-owned Winder Building at Seventeenth and F streets, and hurrfly in an adjacent structure, w] is rented, o iois pareat be moved later, as of is to extend over into another third of the new building. The south end of the new building, which is next ferthest advanced, will house the Coast and Geadetic Survey, ‘which now is located in° what is known | d Southern Railway Bullding not far’ Union Station. ‘The entire north third of the building, last to be completed, will be occupied by the Patent Office, which occuples its oid well known home between F and G, Seventh and Ninth streets. Problem to Be Faced. ven up entirely, but “prele'rvh‘ béy Gmlymmuent ‘buildin, S occupied wh‘l’ch have been M. |50 excessive ¢t | ficlent to provide for th 4 answered by the occupied late this Fall. l —Star Staff Photo. the building slips. This copper is placed back of the stone and will prevent the rain and snow from leaking in between &hlt will be the truly separate build- g3, About 1,200 men are employed on the big job by the Consolidated Engineer- ing Co., general contractors, and their 17 subcontractors, but this number is expected soon to increase, despite the fact that the steel erector soon is ex- pected to finish. This erector, Karl Koch, of New York, plans to place the last steel beam in place within the next 10 days. Progress on All Rapid. Rapid progress on all three sections is bel made under direction of all agencies concerned in the supervising and construction of the building. C. H. Branscombe, the Government con- struction engineer, has general super- vision representing the Government, while Mr. Kramer represents the archi- tects in their supervision. H. W. Berger, assistant manager of the building department of the Con- solidated Engineering Co., represents that company here, while the super- intendents on the job are Dan A. Hutchins and John E. Elgen. Thirty-two miles of electrical wiring are being used in the great building and 52 miles of ,pipe, for water, steam and sewers. ere are 53 miles of corridors. In the steel structure there are 16,700 tons of steel, while 710,000 cubic feet of limestone and granite are used. Progress in the middle section now has reached the tg}:ltenn(. which is expected to start week. This unit is estimated to be 70 per cent com- pleted. Marble work is being installed and finish is being put on the floors. One of the materials used on the floors for corridors is known as ‘“golden travertine” from Georgia, a stone in- cluding petrified seashells in rock. This has been chipped into small pieces and laid by cement in a terrazzo floor, which is smooth, but not slippery. The south third of the building has stone up to the second floor, and concrete is being poured on the roof» Mechanical trades are installing equip- ment. On the north end work of pour- ing concrete will start early this week. MOORE TO ADDRESS C. OF C. AT SESSION “Fiscal Relations Night” Will be Held Tuesday by Or- ganization, ‘The support of the Washington Chamber of Commerce of the bill in- troduced in Congress by Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia for the establishment of a permanent fiscal re- lations commission for the District was voiced last night by Rudolph Jose, chairman of the organization’s finance committee, in & radio address from station WMAL. Mr. Jose explained that the bill would provide for a permanent commission consisting of the chairmen of the Sen- ate and House District committees; the chairmen of the Senate and House ap- propriations committees, one District Co loner; the director of the Bud- get and three residents of the District | making sales from those appointed by the President. This com- mission with the aid of trained experts would determine what, in fairness, should be the division of tax burden be- | present with the committee. tween the District and Federal Gov. ernme: nts. This bill is in line with recommenda- | CHEVY tions of the chamber, Mr. Jose said, that “a_thorough investigation be made by duly qualified persons to secure complete information as to the present fiscal pro- cedure and that some proper agency be created by Congress to consider all such facts as may be secured and, after con- sultation with specialists in this field and full public hearing, develop a per- manent plan of fiscal relationship, which, while imposing no undue pro- portion of the burden upon the Dis- trict, will insure a total revenue suf- up- bufldl:g of the Nation's “Washington citizens are in no sense tax evaders,” he continued. “Official statistics show that the local tax col- lection pes tage is much higher than in other ciiies. Washingtonians are ready to bear their full share of the financial responsibility for the develop- ment of the National Capital. They demonstrated this after the Civil War, when the bu{g:él g‘r‘ local taxes became e proper Capital.” trict :‘w oni.;nt.dhm:h ggpen 'y tervention of Congress.” EMDEN AT CHARLESTON TON, 8. C., April 5 (P).— The German Emden arrived at Charleston today for a 10-day visit in the course of a good-will tour. As the Emden Fort, Mouitrie her roared national salute, which was of the fort. The crew of cruiser will partici- pate next week in Charleston’s 250th anniversary - celebration. came here from San Juan, on April 13. Baron von Prittwits, e nnn'wlln-“” She will be visited by dict German Ambes- HOWELL BILL AGAIN 10 BE CONSIDERED Officers to Appear Before | Committee on Search Warrant Clause. Spokesmen from the Attorney Gen- eral’s office, the Federal Prohibition Bureau and the local police department will testify before the Senate District committee at 2 o'clock Tuesday after- noon on the Howell local prohibition bill, with indications that. the search warrant clause will be the chief point of contention. There is a possibility Attorney Gen- eral Mitchell will attend the hearing, in view of the attention he devoted to the bill when it was being drafted. If he does not attend, he probably will be represented by Assistant Attorney Gen- eral G. A. Youngquist. The prohibition unit will be represented by its general counsel, Judge James J. Britt, while the views of the police department are ex- pected to be presented either by Supt. | g, Henry G. Pratt or the officers in charge of prohibition enforcement. Would Extend Powers. ‘The bill would extend to all District policemen the power to enforce the dry laws, now possessed by only 38 specially designated members of the force. It also would re-enact with modifications portions of the Sheppard act, which made Washington dry before national prohibition was adopted. These features would cover offenses not dealt with by the national law, such as drinking in public, furnishing liquor to minors and driving automobiles and other vehicles while intoxicated. The feature of the bill which has led to most of the discussion is the search- warrant section, which would permit the issuance of warrants to search residen- tial property upon information of the presence of s still, or that liquor had been taken to or from the premises. In going over the preliminary draft of the bill the Attorney General's office advised against enacting the proposed search-warrant provision relating to dwellings on the ground it would result in search of homes of persons not com- mercially engaged in dealing in liquor, that it would meet with general public disfavor and would subject homes in the District to searches not sanctioned elsewhere. Howell Defends Bill. Senator Howell, on the other hand, has defended the provision as being less drastic than the original Sheppard law and local ordinances in nearby counties of Maryland and Virginia. The Senator believes that under the present rule of requiring evidence of a sale before is- suing a warrant for residential property that bootleggers can shield their opera- tions by manufacturing or storing liquor in residential property wnlhouc actually places. Chairman Capper of the District com- mittee will conduct the hearing on the measure. Senator Howell also will be CHASE BURGLARY RESULTS IN $2,500 LOSS Diamond Jewelry Taken in Home of Col. W. B. Lemby While Family Is Absent. Burglars early last night entered the home of Col. W. B. Lemby, 125 Graf- ton street, Chevy Chase, Md., and car- ried off diamond jewelry estimated by Mrs. Lemby to be valued at $2,500. Corpl. Lawrence Gaither of the West- ern district station of the Montgomery County police at Bethesda made an investigation and found thai a rear window in the home had been jimmied. Mrs. Lemby told him that one of the pleces was a diamond bar pin with one large diamond and 25 small PAGE B—1 CHASE AT T0MILE CLIF CLIMAXES RUM RAIDSNETTING NINE Policeman Leaps to Fugitive Car and Seizes Colored Driver at Point of Gun. DASH THROUGH NOON TRAFFIC OFFERS THRILL Liquor Confiscated at Champlain Street Address in Series of Invasions. A thrilling 70-mile-an-hour rum chase through noon-hour traffic, in which a policeman leaped from a po- lice car to a liquor-laden automobile and halted it, featured yesterday's se- ries of raids which resulted in the ar- rest of nine persons and the confiscation of nearly 200 quarts of liquor. ‘The chase started in the rear of the 2200 block of Champlain street, where Sergt. George Little's flying squadron saw a colored man deposit a blanket- | covered bundle in his automobile and proceed from an alley. ‘The police car drove along side of the rum car and Sergt. Little demanded the driver to halt. Instead, the driver swerved rapidly into Ontario road and swept along at a 70-mile-an-hour clip east to Fifteenth street and Florida avenue with the police automobile hot on the trail. Disregarding trafic lights and signs the rum-car driver careened into Flor- ida avenue and narrowly missing pe- destrians and other vehicles continued his reckless pace to Ninth and Rhode Island avenue, where he swept around the wrong side of a street car and passed another red light, narrowly avolding collision with a truck. Police Car Dragged. At this point Leo Murray, driving the police car, sped around to the right of the street car and locked wheels with the rum car. The light police car was dragged along Rhode Island avenue for nearly a block before the rum car driver could free his wheels. At intervals in the chase the rum- car driver hurled half-gallon jars filled with alleged liquor to the streets. The police car was forced to swerve to avoid puncturing tires in the chase. At Seventh and Rhode Island avenue the fugutive turned his car into an alley. George Deyoe, member of the squad, climbed to the running board of the police car and as they over- took the fleeing car, he leaped across a space to the rum car and jamming a_ pistol in the driver’s ribs turned off the car's ignition. Sergt. Little arrested Theodore Jack- son, colored, 22 years old, of the 1600 block of Kalorama road. He was charged with transportation, possession, Teckless driving and breaking glass in the streets. Only a small quantity of liquor remained in the automobile. Returning to the Champlain street address Sergt. Little confiscated 24 half- gallon jars of liquor. Eight Others Arresied. Eight other persons were arrested in liquor and gambling raids later in the ay. Sergt. O. J. Letterman’s vice squad found its most interesting arrest when James Mostyn of the squad took into custody James Studds, colored, 24 years old, at:( t}!\e lwohblock e(x Kramer street northeast on cl of 14 half pints of llqu‘;r‘.u S Studds established a liquor-carrying precedent when Mostlyn found 14 half pints of liquor sewed in the sleeves of his overcoat. Studds is being held at the ninth precinct. He was walking | near his home when arrested. Continuing their activities, the vice squad raided premises in the 1400 block of H street northeast and arrested | Joseph Qliveri, 49 years old, who gave |an address in the 100 block of Morse street northeast, on charges of setting up a gaming table. Considerable para- phernalia was sized. Oliveri later was released from the ninth precinct on $2,000 bond. Twenty patrons of the establishment were booked to appear in Police Court tomorrow as witnesses. Entering premises in the 1200 block of Eleventh street the squad arrested Thomas Adams, colored, 40, on charges of sale and possession of 40 quarts of liquor. He was released on $2,000 bond. The same squad arrested Walter Leon Scott, colored, 39, in a raid in the 1300 block of Wallach street and booked him at the first precinct on a charge of possession. Eighteen quarts of liquor were seized. Colored Woman Held. Bessie Tlyer, 31, colored, was ar- rested by the squad at premises in the 1500 block of Columbia street on charges of possession of 5 quarts of liquor. George Thomas Grant, 41 years old, of the 1300 block of T streei was ar- rested at the above address on charges of possession of one-half gallon of liquor. ‘Two persons were arrested on liquor charges in two single-handed raids by Detective Robert Barrett of the fourth precinct. Louise Burton, coloreld, 27, who gave an address in the first block of G street southwest, was charged with fon of four half-gallon jars of liquor fol- lowing a raid by ett in the 700 block of Ninth street. Barrett also arrested Mary Butler, colored, 37, in a raid in Temple Courts. She was charged with possession of eight one-half gallon jars of liquor. SENTENCED T0 FIVE YEARS Colored Man to Serve Term for Shooting Wife. R:y':n;t‘nd c‘fle Mtt’d“rnet‘on. ;olored,m sen! e penitentiary for 5 years yes- terday by Justice Peyion Gordonn?n Criminal Division 1 for shooting his wife, Eva Mdy Middleton, January 13, at 1103 Seventh street southeast. The wife had threatened to swear out a ware rant for non-support against Middle- ton, it was explained to' the court, and diamonds in it and another 1 plain diamond. She said, however, that she tell them just how mucl afternoon, and when they returned at 9:45, they foun¢ that t\\emhmue had been entered and ran- sacked. ——e: GIVEN 45 YEARS Eas Man Convicted of Slaying Sheriff at Warm Springs. Special Dispajch to The Star. in the - ey the peniten Charles A, Jr., for the'ing ‘Gum, was dressing to go to Police Court when the shots were fired. Assistant United States Attorney James R. Kirkland appeared for the Government. B hosniuns Customer Robs Lunch Till. Walking into a lunch room at 455 Florida avenue early last nigh - identified colored I}I’An lg’dt,.mu::. to prepaic the sandwich. e Surprises Robbers, Loses $1.50. Going into the shed at the rear of his home to close a door early last night, William Keenan of 2119 Eleventh street was attacked by three, colored men whom he caught the and was robbed of $1.60, to & report made by police. | in the act of ransack- *