Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1930, Page 4

DR, PERRY ANSWERS| - SUTOVER SLARY £ X ““Montgomery County Commis- sioner and Treasurer Deny Allegations of Plaintiff. €pecial Dispatch to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., April 19 Treasurer J. Forest Walker Benjamin C. Perry, president of the board of county commissioners for this county, yesterday afternoon filed their answers to the suit recently instituted in the Circuit Court here by Willlam Van Ness of Chevy Chase to enjoin the county treasurer from paying Dr. Perry full-time salary in connection With his duties as commissioner for the fourth suburban district and to require the president of the board of commissioners to Tepay to the county money alleged to have been paid him as salary in excess of the amount actually due. —County County Treasurer's Answer. inty Treasurer Walker admits in answer that he has made disburse- to Dr. Perry “upon the basis the levy and distribution thereof made by the board of commissioners of Montgomery County, as he is duty bound to do, and that he has Faid to the said Benjamin C. Perry the sum of $50 per month, beginning July 1, 1928, to the date hereof, as nal compensation in accordance he levy made by the county s, and that no question raised with respect to this defendant to make 1 indeed. had he any authority refuse to make the said payments in view of the action of the board of commissioners. The answer of Treasurer further states that Dr. Perry has to him, as treasurer for the county, the sum of $1.050 and that it has been deposited to the credit of the treasurer of Montgomery County, the amount be- ing a return to the county of the total in dispute paid to Dr. Perry at the rate of $50 a month, and also says that he (Walker) has received notice of an order of the county commissioners fixing the salary of Dr. Perry at $2.400 per annum from May 1, 1930, and that ip view thereof he does not intend to y the doctor any sum in excess ereof. Dr. Perry's Answer. Dr. Perry's answer is voluminous and deals in detail with the numerous al- legations of the Van Ness petition. It admits a number of the immaterial representations of the plaintiff and de- clares that he was and is entitled to receive the extra compensation in accordance with proper interpretation of the act of the General Assembly under which it was paid. “This defendant denies,” states Dr. Perry's answer, “that he wrongfully and without regard to the spirit or in- tent of the act of the General Assem- bly of Maryland, chapter 692, received, obtained or accepted any compensation from the treasurer of Montgomery County.” He admits he did, beginning July 1, 1928, receive from the county treasurer, and has continued to receive to this time, in addition to the ordinary com- pensation of commissioners the extra compensation the law allows the com- missioner for his area for full-time duty, and denies that he has not devoted the equivalent of his entire time to the per~ formance of his duties as such com- missioner, Admitting that he is a practitioner of medicine and enjoys a substantial practice within the suburban area and elsewhere and that he maintains offices in Bethesda with stated office hours and is subject to the call of his patients, Dr. Perry denies in his answer that he devotes only a small part of each day to the discharge of his duties as eom- missioner, but insists he devotes a large part of his time, both day and night, to such duties, and declares that he is entitled justly and within the mean- ing and spirit of the law to receive $600 per annum extra for full-time work. Should Have Informed Board. Continuing, Dr. Perry's answer states: “This defendant says that no demand or complaint was ever made to the board of county commissioners for Montgomery County with respect to the payment to this defendant of the said additional sum of $600 per annum; that the matter had never been called to the attention of this defendant or to the board in any way, and this defendant says that the proper procedure on the g:rb of the plaintiff was and should ve been to have called the matter to the attention of the board of commis- sioners for such action as it might have seen fit to take, This defendant denies that the board directed and ordered ail of the said payments to be made and says that the payments were made, be- ginning July 1, 1928, out of the 30-cent suburban tax rate fixed by statute, which assessment was authorized by the board as part of the levy.” The answer denies that the plaintiff’s taxes have been ‘“greatly and wrong- fully increased” and that they will be increased unless the treasurer is re- strained from making payment to him for the reason that the plaintiff's taxes would have been increased by not more than 32 cents in order that the sum of $600 might be paid, and adds that “the plaintiff not having paid his taxes at all for the year 1929, and having his roperty advertised for taxes in 1930, ad, therefore, paid no taxes on ac ocount of the said sum of $600 in dis pute.” Further answering, Dr. Perry states that the entire sum of $600 is assessed only upon those taxpayers of the fourth commissioner district in such portion as is represented by the suburban area. Dr. Perry declares in his answer that he permitted his name to be used and consented to his election as county com- missioner not because of any interest in the salary, but in order that he might render, as an interested citizen of his community, a conscientious and able service for Montgomery County and for his district, bordering, as it does, upon the District of Columbia, and to enable the county to procure the great benefits to which it was en- titled by reason of its proximity to the Nation’s Capital City. He continues: Cites His Service. “Since the passage of the act of the Maryland _ Legislature, chapter 692, Maryland General Laws, 1927, your de- fendant has maintained daily office hours in the building in his district es- tablished for that purpose; has had a stenographer and clerk; has held hear- ings, meetings and interviews with the people of his district, not only at his regular daily office hours, but frequently at night, averaging as much as three nights a week, and has seen people not only at the county building, where he holds his office, but daily in large numbers at his home; that throughout the day, when calling upon his patients, he has had opportunities to inspect roads under construction and repair, and has devoted not only his week days, but Sundays and holidays as well, to the performance of his duties as com- missioner, and has given generously of his strength and time to the per- formance of his official duties to the entire satisfaction, so far as he knows, of every person whom he is called upon to serve. This defendant says that he has devoted longer hours in the per- formance of his duties than those which are ordinarily recognized as an office day, and while it is true that he has a profession which he has never ceased to follow since becoming commissioner, yet he has rendered to the position years of service and an experience and een of paid capacity with respect to the county's| affairs that could not reasonably be ex- pected of a man whose earning capacity and experience were limited to $3,000 per annum.” “While no question has ever been raised respecting his right to receive in | Walker | and Dr., | | | | the { Johnson, Miss Doris Palmer, Princess Ileana’s “Thrill’ Cadet Will Wed Indiana Girl By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 10.—The Cul- ver Military Academy cadet, who was the gallant in Princess Ile- ana's “greatest thrill” is to be married. Newland De Pauw Knight, now with a Chicago bank, was the ca- det detailed as Tleana’s escort on the Chicago visit of the princess and her mother. Queen Marie, in 1927. Knight was driving with the princess to Indianapolis; a truck narrowly missed their car; Illeana fainted and the cadet re- vived her. “It was my greatest thrill,” the princess told newspaper men. Knight will marry Miss Vir- ginia Bash Voyles of New Albany, Ind., next Tuesday JUDGE HARRY THOMAS AFFIRMS CANDIDACY Jurist Denies Rumor He Will Not Seek Circuit Court Bench. Spectal Dispatch to The Star CLARENDON, Va, April 19.—Judge Harry R, Thomas of the Police and Do- mestic Relations Court of Arlington County, in a statement yesterday, de- nied rumors being circulated that he had written to Gov. John Garland Pol- lard of Virginia withdrawing his name from the campaign for the appointment for judgeship of the Circuit Court of the sixteenth judicial district. The other candidate from the county is Crarles T. Jesse, former State Sen- ator, who has received the approval of Bar Associations of Arlington County and the city of Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 19 (Spe- cial) —Bishop William F, McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Washington, D. C., delivered the ser- mon at the community Good Friday services held at noon yesterday in the Richmond Theater. The services were under the auspices of the Alexandria Ministerial Association, and Rev. Ry- land T. Dodge, pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, presided. “The Unity of Christ’s Life” was the subject of the personal, conversational address of Bishop McDowell. He traced the steps of Christ’s life from childhood and stressed the fact that He kept to the same course and, undaunted, kept His face in the same direction as He “went about His Father's business.” Collections at the service, amounting to $61.54, will be divided equally be- tween the Children's Home and Day Nursery and the Anne Lee Memorial Home for the Aged.. The theater was fillea for the meeting. Other members of the ministerial as- sociation, who occupied places on_the stage, included: Rev. Percy Foster I7all, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Rev. Ernest M. Delaney, pastor of the Second Presbyterian _Church; Rev. Plerce 8. Ellis, pastor of the Pirst Bap- tist Church; Rev. H. D. Brenner of the Free Methodist Church, and Rev. Em- mett R. Spencer, pastor of ‘Trinity Methodist Church. An amendment to the present by-laws permitting increasing the membership of the junior board of the Anne Lee Memorial Home for the Aged was dis- cussed at a meeting of the board, held with the recently elected officers Thurs- day night. The condition of Motor Cycle Patrol- man Clarence McClary, who was in- jured when struck by an auto while on an emergency call several days ago, is reported good at the Alexandria Hos- pital and his complete recovery is now expected. . ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 19 (Special) —Announcement has been made that the annual meeting of the Montgomery County Holstein Breeders' Association, the membership of which comprises a large number of the county's leading farmers and dairymen, will be held in Hungerford Tavern, Rockville, next Wednesday evening. It w.l be con- ducted . by the president, Thomas C. Kelley, and the principal address will be by Dr. Charles S. Richardson of the University of Maryland. Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church officiated at the marriage Totora and Edward Todaro, both of Washington, at the parsonage. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of LeRoy Schwartzback, 30, of Gaithersburg, this county, and Miss Mary Catherine Ramsburg, 17, of Poolesville and Freddie D. Crowe, 31, of Fredericksburg, Va., and Miss Curtis L. Humphreys, 19, of Lynchburg, Va. ment of the Gaithersburg High School the operetta, “The Isle of Chance,” will be given by pupils of the school in the school auditorium Wednesday evening of next ‘week. Prominent in the cast will be Miss Julia Johnson, Miss Mary h Miss Mar- garet Plummer and Miss Janet Walker, Announcement has been made of engagement of Miss Henrietta Howard | Mary C. Riggs | Riggs, daughter of Mrs, of Laytonsville and the late Judge Sam- uel Riggs of the Police Court for the | county, and Mr. Gordon Chandler Key: son of Mrs. Sue Keys and lheKln)lc Thomas C. Keys of Rockville marriage, it is understood, will plnAcle xr\the‘ Summer. the Darnestown Presbyter: Church Sunday morning Eas ersu.;i‘lrfl\'r-‘ ices will be observed. The pastor, Rev. :! W. Lowden, will have for his subject ‘The Living Christ.” There will be spe- cial music by the full chorus choir, as sisted by the male and female qual take tinues the answer, “and believing that the plaintiff has’ no real intorest Justify bringing the action, and being fully satisfled that the plaintiff is being used simply as a tool or representative of political interests opposed to this defendant, yet, by reason of the fact that the plaintiff is a resident and pur- ported taxpayer in his district and has raised a question as to the validity of an act of this defendant personal to him. and although this deféndant is advised that the action brought by the plaintiff can be defeated, both upon the facts and the law involved, yet this defend- ant says that he does not wish in any way to enter into any controversy with respect to the matter and does not wish to claim for himself as compensation any amount which any taxpayer would object to. This defendant has paid to the treasurer of Montgomery County the sum of $1,050, representing the amount he has collected since July 1, 1928, over and above the basic $2,400 per annum, to which plaintiff concedes he is en- titled.” In addition to returning the $1,050, the county commissioners have, so the answer states, at the request of Dr. Perry, by proper resolution, passed an order fixing his compensation at the rate of $2400 per annum from and after May 1, 1930, and have so instruct- ed the county treasurer, “Your defendant is advised,” con- cludes the answer, “that the question of whether or not this defendant is en- titled, under the statute, to the afore- going additional sum of $600 per an- num and whether or not the commis- sioners, having found that this defend- ant "is _entitled to said sum, can Have their findi questioned or set aside in any judicial proceedings now becomes the additional $600 per annum,’ con- & moot question.” Under auspices of the music depart. | STViCe of thelr own at St. The | THE EVENING ARLINGTON CITIZENS IN MEMBER DRVE Civic Federation Also Hears Plans for School Fund Campaign. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON. Va. April 19.—Seed for a county-organized citizenship drive was sewn by officers and members of the Arlington County Civic Federation, last night at a meeting of the Clarendon | Citizens’ Association held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce here President C. W. Hull of the tion, former President R. E. Plym: Harry A. Fellows, chairman of the ecutive committes, and Hugh McGrath, first vice presi lained tentative plans that have béen made to spur “Mr. Average Citizen.” to take an interest in the affairs of his particular community and the county in general. Being Transformed. With the county fast being trans- formed from a rural community to & densely populated city, the speakers de- clared the time is ripe for the citizens to awaken to their civic responsiblity. The proposed drive contemplates & united effort to increase the member- ship of the various citizens' associations :n?] affiliation with the Federation as ell. Others who talked along this line in- cluded Mrs. Florence E. Cannon, presi- dent of the Arlington Citizens' Associa- tion; Walter U ey, president of the Arlington-Fairfax Volunteer Fire- men's Association: Grover E president of the Arlington District Coun- cil of Citizens' Associations; F. E. Mann, chairman of the Federation’s county revenues and_expenditures committee, and E. Wade Ball, county treasurer. Arthur Orr, chs of the citizens group, which is directing the campaign for the proposed bond issue of $640,000 for school development, explained the status of this project to date. He told of a meeting of the executive commit- tee held earlier in the evening. at which it was planned to organize groups in each of the many localities of the county to circulate petitions calling for | a special bond election he petitions, according to Mr. Orr are now being prepared and will be ready for circulation in the next few days. It is hoped, he said, to present the petitions to the court not later than next Saturday. The law provides that the petition must contain not less than 500 signatures. The campaign commit- tee has set a goal of 2,000 signatures, Mr. Orr declared, adding that he hoped the spirlt of rivalry among the workers would bring about that result. Voters to Be Circularized, Circulars, giving full particulars as to the present school conditions and of | the plans for the proposed school addi- tions will be placed in the hands of the voters in ample time to allow for study before election day, which under the law must be 30 days after its authoriza- tion. Acting on request of Mr. Orr that the association take steps to have the peti- tions circulated in Clarendon, the meet- ing adopted a motion which instructs the executive committee to take care of this feature of the proposal and otherwise to co-operate with the cam- paign group To the surprise of many of the mem- bers and guests County Treasurer Ball, announced that no commissions a paid out of school bond funds and that all of the money derived out of the proposed issue will go into the school buildings. A committee consisting of L. C. Mc- Nemar, Walter U. Varney and A. J. Porter was named to CArry out a sugges- tion in a letter from Representative R. ‘Walton Moore, relative to the proposed Federal Post Office Building for Arling- ton County. Mr. Moore suggested that “representatives of influential organiza- tions and other citizens who may not belong to any organization, but who nevertheless can present the matter strongly and impressively, “call on Thomas F. Fitch, assistant. superintend- ent of the division of Post Office Ser- vice,” who is considering the matter. THREE HURT IN AUTO Trio Cut and Bruised When Car Overturns at Dogue Creek. Special Dispatch to The Star. WOODLAWN, Va.. April 19.—Three persons wete cut and bruised and a fourth escaped injury when the auto in which they were riding overturned at Dogue Creek, near Woodlawn Mansion, late yesterday afternoon. The injured were treated at the Fort Humphrey Base Hospital and then allowed to | leave. here Thursday afternoon of Miss Grace | ‘Those injured were Miss Leah Rich- ards, Miss Arline Franz and Ralph Franz, all of Tinkerville, Va. John R. Richards, the driver, was not hurt. Child;en Like Own Church. Children of Bournemouth, England, have taken to the idea of replacing the Sunday school by a special afternoon Michael's The little ones are supplying their own readers of lessons, choir, or- ganist and warden. The church at Kew has also established a special chapel for the use of children under 8 years of age. Church. Marriage Licenses. Milton H. Seiple, 47. and Ada M. Free, Edward W. Bailey, 34. and Vernice Hil A P John W. Keller, a8 R md Sarah B g 18, K ng Mills stertown, Md.} 4 Mattie Jackson, Arthur C Rev. Leo M Edwin T 50, Radnor Heights. 8, Lerna, 1ll.; Rev Charles A. Weaver, 24, Berwyn, Laura V. McCormick, 20, this city H. Melton Martin A Schugert, 30. Adams, 27; Rev. P. L. Norr Maurice Frye. 21, and Gracie Johnson, 20; Rev. K. W. Roy Robert E. Washington, 31. Fort Humphreys, Va, ana Ada Allen, 41, this city; Rev. Sam- uel A, Young Md., and Rev. B. and Henrletta C. Frampton Coleman, 23. and Mertis Stead- | man, 10: Rev. W. A. L. Mortor Bradley Crawley, 26, Fort Humphrevs. Va., and Irene Kemp, 23, this city, Rev. George A._Parker Edward C. Taylor, gerald, 18; Rev. J owan. mes Patterson. 21, and Gertrude Wit- tington, 20 Rev. 8. A.' Youn. william A. Miller., Rosezel Normal Rev. Samuel B. Ro: Goldsborough. n, 43; Rev. F. J. ( es D, 1 Thom, 49, and Hilda M. Svkes, 43, Jumes Shera Montgomery Baxter , 21, Easl and Helen Bibp, Samuel T Clarence E. Ricciardi, 20; Rev. Hy Leo M. Loughney. 2 A. ‘Butler, 22, Buffalo, Hannemann Shelby Zebley, 23, and Dorothy A. Emmons, 23 Rev. J. Harvey ham Jeter 0. Contes. and Angie M. Braon, 22 Rev. Thom; Boorde. Norman L. Luskey, 23, and Cecelia E. Dorr, 19: Rev. J. E. Malloy. Harry J. Wright. 23. and Leila C. Norris, 22; Rev. Edmond J. Fontaine. Willard_W. Wiliett, and Frances V. Langley, 22; Rev. John W. Dowling L. Verne s, 32, Charlottesvilie, Va., and Delores C. Malboeuf, 19, Webster, Mass.; Rey. Clement J. Jori Bénjamin Gordon, 21, and Lucille Blag- burn. 19 Rev. Winston B. Hill Roiand Redmon, 23, and Frances Willlams, 18; Rev. William 'D. Jarvis. Gustav A. Schuldi. 52, and Anna B. Var- non. 39; Rev. Harvey B. Smith Weymouth J. Padgett. 21, and Marion J. Smith, 21, both of Newport News, Va.; Rev. J. Harvey Dunham Hale G. Engstram. 27, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Rebekah Hicklin, 30, Rock Hill, 8. C.; Rev. Andrew R. Bird Frederick H. Rhone. 26, and Shelly F. Mitchell, 31; Rev. Walter H._Brooks. Fred P. Myers. 44, and Myra M. Marks, 40; Rev. Sidney L, Howman. Edward, L. Moddy, 45, ‘apd Kathiyn © Embrey. 20; Judge Robert B Mattingly. Joseph ‘M. Johnson. 35, Cambridge, Md., and Gertrude M, McKnew, 28, this city. Rev. J. J. Dimess P this city; Falls Church, this city; Va., Rev Nici 20, and Helena I h"A. Daltor rsons N. Y. Rev. B. J. Federa- | Payne, | 4 farewell ginner to Maj. L. E. At-| Md. | and Mary C. Fitz- | and Bertha | this city, and Mary | 32 Civilian Flyers In Private Planes Will Tour Europe 11-Day Trip Will Cover About 30 Hours of Flying. the Associated Press LONDON, April 19.—Twenty g: painted airplanes, piloted by 20 care | free young people, soared into the air !from Heston Airdome Thursday on the first continental air tour in the history | of fiying by a fleet of privately owned light machines. | The party totals 32 persons and in- cludes a number of well known British- ers. Many of them are comparative novices, but each machine has an ex- perienced pilot. | Pretty girls, with smart-fitting leathcr | helmets and coats, and young fellows, in sporting kits, climbed into the machines as nonchalantly as though they were going for a motor drive to Brighton. Their flight will last 11 days, with about 30 hours’ flying. Thelr route in- | cludes Brussels, Cologne, Vienna, Prague, Berlin and Amsterdam. WILL HONOR MAJ. ATKINS WITH FAREWELL DINNER Trade Board Committe to Entertain Monday Evening for Retiring As- | | sistant Engineer Commissioner. | kins, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, | who has been relieved of his duties here |and assigned to an Alaskan post, will |be given Monday night by_the public | order committee of the Washington | Board of Trade. The function will take | place in the Raleigh Hotel, and a num- | ber of distinguished guests are expected to_attend They include Commissioner Luther H. Reichelderfer, Engineer Commis- sioner Willlam B. Ladue, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, director of the office of public buildings and public parks, and Assistant Engineer Commissioners Ma). Donald A. Davison and Capt. Hugh Oram Odell Smith, chairman of the com- mittee, will preside. . Jugoslavia Widens Church Rights. By Cable to The Star. VIENNA, Austria, April 19.—King Alexander ‘of Jugosiavia has issued a decree granting the Evangelical Church the same rights as other churches in the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. (Copyright. 1930.) | three drawers . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., [ [ Mahogany cabinet with ...$38 FURNITURE, S1xTH FLOOR. SATURDAY," MKEOWN HAS PLAN FOR COURT RELIEF Suggests President Appoint “Floating Magistrates” in Congested Districts. By the Associated Press. Representative McKeown, Democrat, Oklahoma, has proposed to President Hoover a plan for relieving court con- gestion through appointment of a num- ber of “floating magistrates” with a life tenure of office. The Oklahoma Representative said yesterday he and Representative La- Guardia, Republican, New York, would lay the plan before the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission within the next few days, with the plea that if the proposal were favorably received, en- acting legislation be drafted. Under his plan, McKeown explained, the Federal magistrates to be appointed would constitute an inferior tribunal, handling only criminal cases, and would be assigned definite cases by the Fed- eral Court judge in each congested dis- My proposal differs from the Bach- mann plan to appoint 18 additional judges,” McKeown said today, “in that he would have these judges handle both civil and criminal cases. I propose that by taking the minor police trials out of the District Courts, the regular judges could clear their dockets of cases of greater importance. “The life-appointed magistrates would be floating in nature, sitting in the nearest convenient court to the home of the defendant. This would not only make witnesses more readily available, but would decrease the costs of carrying through the ends of justice.” McKeown proposed that these moving minor tribunals have the right to call juries and @ispose finally of any crimi- nal case assigned to them by the Fed- eral judge. PLANE TRIF; THRILLING Vicomte de Sibour and Wife, For- mer American Girl, Reach Farm. NAIROBI (#).—After two months of an adventurous flight from England, the Vicomte and the Vicomtesse de Sibour, who is the only daughter of Gordon Selfridge, American department store owner in London, have settled down on their farm in Kenya colony. The couple had to sell their plane in Abyssinia and traveled from Djiputi to Nairobi by boat and train, the first time in four years they had used a train for transportation. APRIL 19, 1930. President Greets Publishers on Eve O 1930 Convention Declares Press Can Con- tinue Aid by Expressing Optimism in Business. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. April 19.—A greeting from President Hoover to the Assoclated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, on the occasion of their annual meetings which will be held next week, is published in this week's issue of Editor and Publisher. “I hope most cordially,” the Presi- dent's greeting reads, “that the annual conventions of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers’ As- sociation will be sources of satisfaction to those who attend them. “The splendid co-operation of the press in the measures taken to stabilize the economic situation of the country has been of the highest value, and they can most usefully forward this work by continuing to express the justified opti- mism of American business, industry and agriculture over the outlook for steadily increasing employment and prosperity. “Yours faithfully. . (8igned) “HERBERT HOOVER.” FOUR INJURED AS AUTO OVERTURNS NEAR PARIS Woman Sustains Ankle Fracture. Others Cut and Bruised in Wreck. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., April 19.—Four residents of Browntown, Warren Coun- | ty, Va., were in a hospital here today | suflcrmf from numerous injuries sus- | tained late last night when an auto- mobile in which they were returning from Washington turned over a mile east of Paris, Va. The machine was wrecked. Mrs. Annie Rudacille had an ankle | fractured and sustained lacerations. | Others who were cut and bruised were Miss Mabel Burner, J. C. Matthews and | son, Wilson Matthews. They were | found in the wreckage by W. F. Smith, | ‘Toms Brook, Vi Danes Build Aplr;entl. Denmark has an apartment-building | boom. In Copenhagen recently 4,144 apartments were under construction and | 1,405 more were planned. Those under way consisted of 551 with one room, 1,- | 589 with two, the others ranging in size | to eight rooms. In Frederiksberg 643 | apartments were being built at that time. Other cities report as great an Interest. i CANFIELD GRANTED LEAVE PENDING QUIZ Demand for Resignation of Dry Official Is Withdrawn Awaiting Probe. Palmer Canfleld, special supervisor attached to the national enforcement | unit here, and formerly prohibition ad- ministrator for the Northern New York district, today was on temporary leave of absence to permit a grand jury to inyestigate his conduct. The Treasury Department, prior to granting Mr. Canfleld a leave of ab- sence yesterday, demanded his resig- nation.| This demand was later with- drawn. The resignation was asked of Can- fleld by Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, s a result of testimony relating to possible bribe giving in connection with the grant of | permits for near-beer manufacture in New York. Canfleld in the course of a prolonged conference with his superiors declared his own innocence of any wrongdoing, asked for an investigation of his con- duct by a grand jury in New York and for a temporary leave of absence to awalt the findings of such a body. “I have requested and have been granted temporary leave of absence in order that I may devote my time and attention to clearing my name of tndirect charges resulting from trial of the Columijia Cereal Beve: Co. just concluded in the Fedéral trict’ Court, New York City,” Canfield said in the course of & statement i in his own behalf after his confererice with James M. Doran, prohibition com- missioner, and Assistant Secretary Low- man. Testimony was given in New York to the effect that $10,000 “disappeared” during a conference between Canfleld” and officers of the brewery company, after which they obtained the desized, | permit. W 7] e HURT IN CYCLE-CAR CRASH | Mount Rainier Resident in Seriou: | Condition Following Accident. 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