Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1930, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. WASH NG EXEMPT TAX BILL 1S GIVEN APPROVAL District Committee Reports Favorably on Property of Society. The House District committee first by a vote of 6 to 3 and later by a vote of 8 to 3 favorably reported the bill to exempt from taxation the national headquarters of the Society of Sons of the American Revolution at 1227 Six- teenth street The committee after taking a vote of 6 to 3 in favor of reporting the bill sponsored by the American Automobile Association ~for establishing financial responsibility after an automobile ac- cident in the District, got into a squab- ble over a question of no quorum and the bill will not be reported. Three Oppose Report. ©On the tax-exemption bill, after Frank B. Stecle, secretary of the soclety, had testified, and the favorable vote of 6 to 3 had been taken, Representative Tarver, Democrat, of Georgia, first declared his intention of filing a minority report, and later raised the question that no quorum Was present. Soon a quorum was estab- lished and the vote of 8 to 3 recorded, with Representatives Palmer, Missouri: Palmisano, Maryland,. and Tarver, Georgia, voting against the favorable Teport. After several amendments to the auto drivers' financial responsibility measure had been approved, particularly for the protection of residents of other States. | and while a quorum was present, the vote was taken recording six in favor, three against and Bowman of West Vir~inia voting present because he had not. studied the bill in detail, but stat- ing that he was willing to suppor® the majority view. . Meanwhile, Representative Tarver had walked out. Representative Stalker, chairman of the subcommittee which handled this bill, declared that Repre- sentative Tarver had ‘“deliberately walked out to break a quorum, which is the smallest trick I have seen at any committee meeting and one which should be beneath the dignity of any ‘member.” Action Postponed. Representative Hull of Wisconsin raised the point of no quorum as dis- closed by the recorded vote. Acting Chairman McLeod declared that a quorum was_present when the vote was ordered and said that Mr. Hull was within his right in objecting that the vote should be set aside on the ground that it disclosed no quorum. He an- nounced that the bill will not be re- ported on the vote taken today. The point of no quorum having been raised, the committee was forced to DOG 12-YEAR PLAYGROUND VETERAN FOUR BANDITS GET $18,000 IN HOLD-UP Force Goodyear Paymaster to Give Up Pay Roll at Point of Guns. By the Associated Press. GADSDEN, Ala., April 30.—Four ban- dits held up a paymaster and two guards of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. here today and escaped with a pay roll which company officials said amounted to $18,000. ‘The four bandits, traveling in (wo automobiles, crowded the automobile bearing Paymaster Burke Stresser and the two guards intg a ditch and held postpone any further action. . - ARLINGTON BRIDGE SPAN TO BE TESTED MONDAY Contractors to Adjust Counter- weights in Bascule Draw Sec- tion of Comstruction. The Washington half of the bascule draw span in the Arlington Memorial Bridge will be given its first official test Monday morning, it was announced to- day by the Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoe- nixville, Pa., contractors for the draw span sectior of the new bridge. The purpose of the test will be to adjust counterweights, insuring perfect balance in the “jack-knife” operation of the /span, which weighs about 3,800 tons. - a+inns of the United States En- guwce. othice require that the way for navigation shall be kept clear at all times. Work.on the Virginia side of the draw span is under way, and when construction will hinder the passage of vessels up that side of the channel. the ‘Washington side will be hoisted to-clear the way for river traffic during the period of construction. APRIL TAX COLLECTIONS AMOUNT TO $7,143,593 Total for Month Is Expected to Set Record, if Present Rate Is Maintained. Collections for the first 27 days of April by the tax collector's office amounted to $7,143,593.41, according to ‘Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers, and at this rate the total for April prebably will set a new month's record for Dis- trict collections. The previous record was made in October with a eollection of $7,793,634.45. April and October are the heavy col- lection months, as much of the March and September tax payments, made at the last moment, are carried in the next month’s books. The collections for the remaining months of the fiscal year are expected to be light, and the Fl‘oblbmty is that this fiscal year's col- ections will aggregate $35,000,000, Mr. Towers sald. Thus far, they total $32,383,525.65, while the collections for the 1929 fiscal year were $33,484,825.35. ARMY FLYERS WILL PHOTOGRAPH CAPITAL Modern military aviation is to be called into play to help solve the Na- tional Capital's parking problems. The Army Air Corps, at the request of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, on the first clear day will make an aerial map of the congested area of downtown Wash- ington during one of the periods when a maximum number of cars are parked in the business area. The mapping flight was scheduled for today, but overcast skies threat- ened to hold up the expedition. The Air Corps has been asked to photograph the area from the Potomac River to Florida avenue and from Rock Creek to First street northeast. ‘The pictures are to be made while cars are parked in the area, probably just before noon or in the early afternoon. The mission will be flown by the photographic section at Bolling Field. Lieut. E. W. Goodrich, photographic officer, will be in charge and will pilot the new 0-1E Curtis Falcon observation plane, from which the pictures will be made. Sergt. A. E. Matos is to handle the camera. Lieut. Goodrich believes that the mapping can be completed in a half hour of flying time, the plane making four trips over the area while the camera dutomatically exposes films on a timing schedule adjusted to the speed of the plane. SUNDLUN HEADS GROUP Delegates Named to Attend Jewel- ers’ Convention in Baltimore. Arthur J. Sundlun, president of the Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia Jewelers’ Association, will head the Washington delegation to the three-day convention of the association, opening May 11, at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, in Baltimore. Local members assisting with ar- rangements for the convention include: Albert figmund, program committee; Sidney M. Sellinger and Milton Baer, entertainment committee; 3 Strauss, finance committee; Clarence A. Pearson and Julius H. Duehring, registration committee; William H. the men at bay with sawed-off shot- guns while they took the pay roll and sped away. Posses were organized and set out on all roads leading out of the city. Au- thorities at Birmingham and surround- ing cities were notified. ‘The hold-up occurred within sight of the Goodyear plant. Stresser had drawn the money from a Gadsden bank to be used in paying off several hun- dred employes. — REVIEWS POST MORTEM TESTS IN CANCER CASES Medical Journal Reports No Dis- covery of Specific Destruction of Tissue by Treatment. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 30.—The Journal of the American Medical Association in an editorial by Dr. Morris Fishbein in its current issue discusses the results of post-mortem examinations in the cases of 30 cancer patients treated in "l.l: Coffey-Humber clinic in San Fran- cisco. ‘The editorial states that investiga- tion by pathologists and surgeons indi- cates that post-mortems “do not re- veal any definite specific destruction of cancer tissue and that it may not re- quire the accepted five years to deter- mtn: the virtue of the cancer treat- ment.” ‘The Journal editorial written by Dr. Morris Pishbein says, in part: “Pathologists and surgeons who have investigated the method express noth- ing but profound disappointment with both the clinical and the pathological results. These experts indicate that post-mortem examinations, which have been made in at least 30 cases, do not reveal any definite specific destruction of cancer tissue or evidence that the progress of the spread of cancer in the bodies of the afflicted patients has been retarded.” INCENDIARY SUSPECTED OF STARTING TWO FIRES Engines Kept Busy in Northwest Section in Answering Alarms, Two Being Faked. Firemen were kept busy in the North- west section of the city for more than an hour last night answering four alarms, two of them being false. The two fires were believed to be the work of a “fire bug.” A shed in the rear of 1415 Eleventh street was the first blaze discovered, while a short while afterward a fire was discovered in the attic of an un- occupied house at 1511 Ninth street. The flames spread to the top floor of 1513 Ninth street before they were ex- tinguished. 2 ‘he damage of both fires was esti- mated at approximately $350. A false alarm was turned in from Eighth and Q streets 12 minutes later while the apparatus was subsequently called out for another false alarm at Fifth and P streets, MRS. HOOVER NOT ABLE TO MEET GIRL SCOUTS Sends Regrets for Absence From Annual Convention of Region 3 in Philadelphia. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 30.—A letter regretting that she could not attend the eleventh annual convention of the Girl Scouts of region 3 was received here last night from Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Mrs. Hoover's letter was read at the dinner of the conference, which was attended by more than 300 Scouts from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir- ginia and the District of Columbia. It “I am very sorry that I am unable to be with you tonight, for I have looked forward to it with much eager- ness. I had hoped up to the last min- ute that I would be able to come. I send my best wishes and greetings to the region No. 3 conference.” NURSES TO CELEBRATE Class Night Exercises Scheduled at Takoma Park Sanitarium. Class night will be celebrated tomor- read W. | row night by the nurses’ class of the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital in Takoma Park as the opening feature of graduation exercises that will continue Wright and Jacob Baumgartner, recep- tion committee; Samuel E. Schwartz and Albert von Steiner, publicity com. mittee, and A. C. Mayer and Victor E. Deslo, banquet committee. through Monday. The exercises will be held in Columbia hall. A play, “Lady of the Lamp,” based .on the characterization of the life of ¥lorence Nightingale, will be presented. Bob with Anthony Walker at Garficld Playground. —Star Staff Photo. Shaggy Playmate Of Garfield Gang Faces Official Ban Dog.’s Pranks Irk Care- taker and Wreck Plumb- ing at Playground. BY GRETCHEN S. SMITH. One of the 12-year-old members of the gang at Garfield Playground is in serfous danger of being thrown off the grounds. Those in charge of the up- keep and protection of the District's parks are becoming just a little tired of the mischief caused by this habitue of the Garfleld garden spot. Besides getting in the way of those who play ball and running off with the ball when he catches it; deviling those sitting quietly on the benches to play with him when they don't want to, he now has caused serious complications in the plumbing of the wash room on the grounds. A staff of plumbers was called to the grounds to repair a serious overflow caused by the latest devilment of this popular member of “the gang” His misdemeanor has in no way detracted from his popularity with the rest of the fellows, but at present he is out altogether ~ with Caretaker ~Willlam Boyd. “I'm gettin’ tired of it,” Boyd growled. “About every three or four months he goes and fills the works with stones and causes trouble like this,” indicating the plumbers at their labor. “Who did it? Why, Bob. He's been hangin’ around these grounds for about 12 years and I'm goin’ to ask his folks to keep him home.” No Chance to Keep Him Away. Caretaker Boyd knows there is little chance of keeping Bob off thel grounds as there is in stopping 'the trees from budding. Bob may be a nuisance—he may forget he has a stone in his mouth when he's thirsty and runs to the wash room to get a drink He may drop a stone day by day into the waterworks of the Garfield Play- ground lavatory system and cause an| occasional overflow, but then without Bob, big, shaggy-coated old Bob, there'd be no joy to the children who meet on the grounds when school is out, Bob's falling from grace may be attributed to his besetting weakness— stones. Throw Bob a stone and he'll never miss it. And if he likes the stone, he’s not apt to give it back. In fact, that's at the bottom of the lavatory overflow. Bob has forgotten several times in the past that he was still holding a stone in his mouth. %hirst alone compelled him to drop it, und then in the wrong place. o Bob's ability as a stonecatcher is indi- cated by his teeth. Once strong and white, they're mere little pegs from the erosions caused by the contact with stones. When Bob can’t get any one to notice him, Re’ll amuse himself by pick- ing up stones and rolling them himself from the top of a hill and running to the bottom to catch them. Gang Would Launch Revolt. Yes, Bob may be a miscreant, but there'd be an uprising of the Garfield gang if he were refused admittance to the grounds. For 12 years, the lovable old dog, whose ancestors were probably of collie and shepherd stock, has been the tireless playmate of the children of that neighborhood. During vacation time he stays on the grounds from 9 until 5, going home at noon for dinner as regularly as his_playmates. On school days Bob is not apt tc be seen until he hears the closing beft at 3 o'clock at the nearest school That is his signal to meet the gang. The first member to arrive is greeted by old Bob, wagging his tail waiting pa‘icntly for some one to throw him the stones which have caused him to be listed as “unde- #trable” by the caretaker of the Garfleld Playground. Romance Costs $100. BOSTON, April 30 (®.—A bride has_ended difficulties with her hus- band by paying $100. Miss Nora Zinner of Lowell was fined for possessing liquor, but placed on probation on con- dition that she write a probation officer regularly. Then she became Mrs. An- drew Zandrayaja of New Bedford. Her husband found she was writing secretly to-a man in Boston and there were complications. So she stopped writing. The probation officer called her t court. A iAAAAMAAMAMAAAAAAAMAAAY For Luxurious Travel Abroad —Camalier & Buck- ley present many new innovations in lug- gage whose packing ease and engaging ap- pearance will contrib- ute much to the joy of a trip abroad. Camalier & Buckley Fine Leathervare )] — — 1141 CONNECTICUT AVENUE Just Above the Mayflower AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL LAW ONINSURANGE ASKED IN DISTRIC Commissioners Seek Right to Require Legal Reserve on Life Policies. ‘The District Commissioners yesterday asked Congress to enact a law giving them the right to require the main- tenance of a legal reserve on life in- surance policies. The legislation was asked for by the superintendent of in- surance, Thomas Baldwin, jr., as a re- sult of an opinion by the corporation counsel to the effect that the District now did not have the power. The insurance department suspended the license of the Federal Life Insur- ance Co. to operate in the District, and the insurance company appealed. The matter was referred to the corporation counsel, and in his opinion on the case it was stated that there is no provision in the District code covering the mat- ter. The company's license was sus- pended for alleged impairment of capi- tal, According to the draft of the bill, the superintendent of insurance shall annually make valuations of all in- surance policies on the net premium basis. The bill then sets up standards of reserves to be maintained on various classes of life, term, and endowment policies. The Commissioners awarded a con- tract for the construction of No. 31 en- gine house of the Fire Department and an oil storage house on Everett street at the corner of Thirty-sixth street and Connecticut avenue fo the Castor & Castor Construction and Engineering Co., of Brooklyn, N. 7. The two struc- tures are to be built at a cost of $53,- 690. There were 10 bidders for the job. Action of the Fire Department Trial Board in dismissing Pvt. Charles Pell for non-payment of debts was upheld Pell was accused of owing Dr. James Albert Potter $460. He had been in the department nine years. LINDBERGH BAROGRAPH BROKEN ON U. S. FLIGHT ‘No official record of the recent trans- continental speed flight made by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh can be established because excessive vibration, due to the high speed of the engine of the Lockheed Sirius plane, broke the barograph installed by the National Aeronautic Association, it was re- Vealed today by the Bureau of Stand- ards. Tpon_arrival of the plane in New York, the barograph was removed by officials of the National Acronautic As- sociation and sent to the Bureau of Standards for certification. Examina- tion showed that long before the plane made its first and only stop en route, at Wichita, Kans, the instrument had failed, vibration having loosened the bolts helding the recording drum. Failure of the record, however, is not regarded as serious, since no world rec- ord was involved. GARNER, ILL, TO BE KEPT FROM TARIFF CONTEST Democratic Chieftain Confined to Bed With Influenza. as Consideration Nears. in House By the Assoclated Press. The condition of Representative Gar- ner of Texas, the minority leader, will prevent him from leading the Demo- crats when the taziff is brought before the House tomorrow. Mr. Garner, who is ranking Democrat on the ways and means committee, has been confined to his bed since Friday with influenza. It was expected that he would be able to be present for House consideration of the complex report on the tariff bill reached by conferees of the Senate and House. Garner was the leader of the House Democratic conferees. In his absence, the Democrats prob- ably will be under the leadership of Representative Crisp, Georgia, and Collier of Mississippl. FIRST OF MAY IMPOSES BURDEN ON MOVING VANS New York Group Confronted by “Moving Day” for Losers in Recent Stock Crash. By the Associated Press. AGTns NEW YORK, April 30.—The men who run the moving vans are feeling the effect of last October’s stock market crash at last—but with reverse English. ‘The first of May, which has been eclipsed as New York’s moving day in recent years by the first of October, is a busy season for the van men this year. For people who lost money in the market are moving now, at the ex- piration of their leases, from high- priced apartments to hotels. ‘Some of our patrons,” said one com- pany, “have stored pianos worth $3,500 to $4,000. Some of the furniture going in storage is worth $5,000 to $10,000 a van load. The owners can live in hotels, pay storage bills and reduce living expenses.” HOOVER SIGN.S WATRES AVIATION MAIL MEASURE What is expected to be a new phase of air transport development in the United States began with the ing by President Hoover yesterday of the Watres airmail bill, the provisions of which, according to civil aviation lead- ers, will mean the pouring of lifeblood into the avistion industry. ‘The bill, which now becomes law, pro- vides for complete reorganization of the | contract airmail system, basing the on the same basis as that applied to railroads and shij DEMOCRATS WEIGH | Party in Michigan Considers Definition of Attitude on Prohibition. By the Astociated Press. DETROIT, April 30.—An attempt to define the attitude of Michigan Demo- crats on the prohibition question. will be made at a pre-primary convention to be held at Jackson on May 24. The call for the conference, issued yesterday by Henry H. Heinmann of Niles, chairman of the State central committee. presents a report of & spe- cial commitiee, which offers four plat- form planks on the subject. submitted in numerical order to the convention, read: 1. The present prohibition situation is a Nation-wide farce. The Republic- an party has proven itself too coward- 1y to enforce the laws. On the other hand,it has not the courage to advocate their repeal. “2. The Democratic ‘party of the repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution in order that each State of the Union may again possess the right to regulate or prohibit the liquor within its boupdaries in ac- cordance with the traditional Demo- cratic doctrine of State's rights. “3. The eighteenth amendment to our National Constitution and the laws en- acted to support it by the Nation and by the States represent the highest social 1dealism ever enacted into the laws of any nation. 4, We recommend to the Congress of the United States that the question of the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment to the Federal Constitution be submitted to the States and we pledge and the States, we favor a Nation-wide referendum on the repeal of the eight- eenth amendment in a separate election dealing with this question alone.” Adoption of one of the proposals would, of course, prevent voting on subsequent ones. TEA IS EXPENSIVE Bazaar. CANNES tail lcompl!tldflon i al American lady who teed to supply any cocktail demanded of her within 90 seconds, and, moreover, to shade each cocktall ordered by & wom- the talk of the place until the Duchesse de Vendome started selling her fabu- lously expensive cups of tea. profits cup for it! ts of ram. ¥ (Copyright, 1930.) HUSBAND WINS DAMAGES Paris Music Hall Learns Every Wife in France Must Obey. PARIS, April 30 (#).—Nelson Morris of Chicago today won his suit against who had disregarded his statement for- actress, to appear on their stage. The court awarded $2,000 damages, rejecting the manager’s plea that the Morrises were married in the United States, where the wife is not obliged to obey the husband. z “The court held that persons living in France were obliged to observe the must obey the husband. < X Specializing in s Perfect DIAMONDS Also complete line of stand- ard and all-American made watches. Shop at the friendly store— you're always greeted with smile—with no obligation buy. Charge Accounts M. Waurtzburger Co. 742 Ninth St. N.W. e S A S o S o4 K3 " e % ' ' XTI NI ot %" %o-o% XD k4 New l:umber New Millwork New Plumbing Save Mor.ley, Too! Get Ogr.Eatimate 3—Branches—3 MAIN OFFICE-6™ & C.Sts. S.w. CAMP MEIGS-5™ & Fla. Ave.N.E. BRIGHTWOOD-5921 Ga. Ave.N.W. 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Indications y were that Prime Minister Macdonald soon would appoint a successor to_the late Robert Bridges, and the name of John Masefield is most prominently mentioned. | Masefleld been a seaman, ship's ‘conk. farm hand and hobo. He at- ! tained success with three poems, “The Everlasting Mercy,” “The Widow in the Bye Street” and “Dauber.” Masefleld is 55 years old and has a wife and two children. MEETING HELD LEGAL Deposed Loft, Inc., President’s Ob- jections Overruled by Chancellor. | WILMINGTON, Del., April 30 (#)— Chancellor J. O. Wolcott yesterday an- nounced that the March 19 annual meeting of Loft, Inc, was legal and | that directors elected and officers se- | lected by that board are entitled to hold office. Validity of the meeting was con- tested by Charles R. Miller, removed as president by the new board of direc- tors elected at the meeting. ‘who bo Democratic candidates in Michigan for the United States Congress to vote for such action. As a direction to Congress ‘The Loaf That SpeaksFor lisetf’ the managers of the Palace Music Hall, bidding his wife, Jane Aubert, French French legal priciple that the wife ! %0 4% o % o200 PN oadeadeefeetvadearadeednadocfoadods 3 s = Jersey City new and re-locating industries CAPTAINS of industry, large and small, are invited to send business engineers to investigate conditions of — Tazation of Indust Power Facilities and Rates Water Su nd Rates Fire Protection and Insurance Rates iz et Transportation—Rail, Wacer; Alr Jersey City also invites fullest investigation of those thin that contr}’bute to a satisfied Labor Market: . Churches Flarirounds araro Athietic Fislds Gonvenience to snjoy New York's universty aduca- tion, mechanical engineeri; hools hesctences, art. modic,1aw snd medicize. " 00! Industrial Survey mailed;apply to Chamber of Commerce. Fullest ewpenu){m by Chamber or any City Department. _ Visitors to Washington for U, S. 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