Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1930, Page 17

‘ "\ i Wéshington News REJECTION OF BIDS O SCHOOL SEEN AS PROTESTS RISE North Carolina Representa- tive Asks That Contract Be Given to Rose. i LABOR AND WELFARE GROUPS FIGHT AWARD Colpoys Asserts Outside Company Would Import Workers and Material for Building. jtion of ‘giving' a North Cl-l.‘ailelnnnmgg‘m a half-million-dollar- school building contract while thousands of District laborers are out of work yaised a storm of such proportions in the District Building today that it ap- peared certain that the Commissioners would reject all bids for the job. ‘Heads of the city's trade organizations oined with epokesmen for the labor in- rests in demanding that the bids be rejected rather than to give the out-of- town interests the work. Spokesmen of ‘welfare o izations pleaded with the Commissioners not to add to their al- ready too heavy burdens by attracting to the District workers, many of whom they said, would wind up in local hos- pitals and charitable institutions. Representative Abernethy of North| Carolina asked the Commissioners to obey the law and give the bid to W.‘ P. Rose, his old friend, as to whose in- tegrity and workmanship years of asso- clation had left no doubt. % First Hearing of Kind. o The public hearing, granted at the muest.po! those who wished to pro- test against the award to_the W. P. Rose Zo., is one.of the first of the kind ever held. The first speaker was john B. Colpoys, speaking as a repre- sentative of the Central Labor ‘Union, who said that economically it would be cheaper to give the contract to the low= est local bidder, whose bid exceeded the Rose bid by $25,000, because all the money received by a local contractor would go to local mechanics, local sup- ply houses, local stores and local banks. Mr. Abernethy had stated that 75 per cent of the materials bought by Mr. Rose for a $750,000 contract he is doing for St. Elizabeth Hospital were bought in Washington. Mr. Colpoys said that 100 per cent of them were being bought out of Washington. In the District, he said, not less than 3,000 building trades mechanics are out. of work. “We would rather not have that school at all than have it bullt under this contract,” he shouted. “It will be a disgrace to the child of the working man who has to go to that school. In any case, we are opposed to junior high schools.” Applause Cheers Colpoys. A thunder of applause greeted Col- ys when he sat down, and E. fl; -%lennrun rose to support Colpoys’ ition. Rosengarten is president of e Building Trades Employers’ Asso- ciation of Washington, representing 15 subcontractors and 25 master builders. He said that Mr, Colpoys’ remarks on unemployment Plfl not been exag- gerated. E. J. Murphy, formerly president of the Board of Trade, next indorsed Col- poys’ 1emarks. Robert J. Cottrell, sec- Tefary of the Board of Trade, followed suit. He added that it the height of folly to raise $37,000,000 in taxes from the local residents and then spend the money in such a way that it would help to put the local mer- chants, who put up the bulk of the money, out of business. Charles W. Darr, president of the Chamber of Gommerce, urged the Com- missioners to stand behind the proposi- ‘the Chamber of Commerce go with Mr. Colpoys in his proposition that it would rather have us reject all bids than award this con- tract to the low bidder?” EXHIBITS PORTRAITS Margaret Browne's Paintings Go on Display Tomorrow. An exhibition of portraits by Margaret Fitzhugh Browne will begin tomorrow in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and be open daily to the public. With the ex- ception of Mondays, visitors may view the collection from 9 o'clock in_the morning to 4:30 o'clock in the after- noon on week days, and from 2 to § o'clock in the afternoon on Sundays and Memorial day. The hours on Mondays 1'!:: 'b‘enllween noon and the regular clos- e. The exhibition, of 10 portraits, will continue until June 1. CHURCH APPROVES PROPOSED MERGER Church of the Covenant Rati- fies Plan for Union With National Presbyterian. ‘The Church of the Covenant, at a meeting of the congregation last night, voted to approve and ratify the plan of proposed merger with the National Presbyterian Church, which was in- corporated some time ago under the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church and will be the representative church of that de- nomination in the United States. ‘The principal point in the agree- ment for merger provides that if within a period of five years the National Presbyterian Church shall have raised $1,000,000 the merger becomes effective. It also provides that a majority of the board of trustees of the National Presbyterian Church, when and if the merger is effected, shall be elected from the congregation of the Church of the Covenant. It is specified that if the National Presbyterian Church shall rebuild on the present site of the Church of the Covenant or on another site a tablet or other prominent designation shall record that the National Presbyterian Church is the successor to and erected on the foundation of the Church of the Covenant. Another clause provides for the preservation of all of the existing memorials in the Church of the Covenant and their erection in any other church edifice that may succeed the present building. Under the provisions of the agree- ment, after the merger has been ef- fected, the congregation of the merged churches may or may not decide to rebuild, but it is expressly provided that no building operation can be undertaken until all of the money required is raised. The committee which negotiated the agreement on behalf of the Church of the Covenant consisted of Rev. Dr. Al- bert J. McCartney, chairman; Mrs. Robert Lansing, Miss Elizabeth Bryan, Dr. David A. Robertson, Miles dexter, Judge E. H. Van Fossan and Clarence A. Aspinw: ‘The agreement was drawn up by Charles A. uglass. DR. TAYLOR HEADS SONS OF VETERANS Takes Office as Commander of De- partment of Maryland—Others Are Elected. in- Dr. Adelbert A. Taylor of Washing- ton today assumed his new duties as commander of the Department of Maryland, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. . Other officers elected at the annual encampment of the organization in the Hamilton Hotel were A. R. Hoover of Baltirs-re, senior vice commander; Micl'xel Casey of Washington, junior vice commander; Everett F. Wamer of Washington, secretary-treasurer, and ©. A. C. Ochmler of Washington, Elmer P Corrie of Smyrna, Del., and John A. P. Farnham of Washington, members of the department council. Delegates to the national encamp- ment are R. J. F. McElroy and William Mr. Darr: “If it will make paupers &nd outcasts of our children it would be better if it were never built.” Col. Ladue: “I don't admit that put- ting up this building will make paupers and outcasts of our children, but as a matter of practical fact, would you want us to allow this appropriation to lapse?” Mr. Darr: “Yes." Mr. Rose submitted figures to the Commissioners showing that on his St. Elizabeth project there are 287 men, of ‘whom 188, or 68 per cent, gave their addresses as Washington, D. C. These men received $140,000 out of $213,000 paid for labor. RITES TOMORROW FOR DR. HOLLOWAY D. C. Physician Who Died in Okla- homa to Be Buried in Glen- wood Cemetery. Funeral services for Dr. Donald Brock Holloway, practising Washington physi- cian and formerly assoclated with the Public Health Service for 10 years, who died Monday at Shawnee City, Okla., will be held tomorrow morning at I1 o'clock at Hysong’s funeral parlors. ,anwrment will be at Glenwood Ceme- TY. . Dr. Holloway, when stricken with a sudden illness near Shawnee City, Okla., was on an extensive motor trip through the Middle West. He failed to rally after an operation at the Shawnee City Hospital. A native of South Bend, Ind. Dr. Holloway pursued his medical studies 8t Maryland _College, Baitimore, and Hahnemann College, Philadelphia, He was the son of the late Woolman J. and Elizabeth Parkins Holloway. ‘With 'the declaration of war, Dr..Hol- loway, who had then %ncuced locally for four years, entered the Public Health Service as a first lleutenant in the United States Army. He was later ap- pointed a meidces examiner in the Vet- erans’ Bureau, traveling extensively in the Government field service. Several years ago, after resigning from the Government, he resumed his medi- I practice here, establishing offices at 37 Massachusetts avenue. Besides his widow, Mrs. D. B. jlollo- way, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Thomas I. Cookson of Kansas City, Mo. D. C. JEWELERS MEET ‘Meeting yesterday afternoon at the Olmstead Grill, the District of Columbia Jewelers’ Association formulated final ans for attending the annual Tri- tate Jewelers’ Association convention at Baltimore, May 11-13. Arthur J. Sundlun, president of the Maryland, Delaware and District of Co- { « B. Wells, both of Washington. The delegation was instructed to seek to have Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, elected commander-in-chief. It also was de- cided to offer greater assistance in the observance of Memorial day to the De- partment of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic. Addresses were delivered by E. H. Pitcher of Baltimore, retiring com- mander; Edgar Allen, a past command- er; Maj. E. R. Campbell, a past com- mander; Harry A. Johnson, a past commander of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., and others. Sophie J. Bergner was elected de- partment president at the annual en- campment of the auxiliary. BOY FUGITIVES NABBED AS WOULD-BE ROBBERS Sentences Are Suspended and Pair Are Returned to Training School. ‘Two boys who escaped from the Na- tional Training School last night were arrested early today for attempted housebreaking. They were arraigned before Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court. Policeman Frank J. Knobel of the eighth precinct arrested them in the 1900 block of New Hampshire avenue when he said he saw the boys attempt- ing to break into a store window. They gave their names as Spencer Davis and William Beall, both colored. [Judse 'Matiingly sentenced them to serve two years each and later sus- pended the sentences. They were re- turned to the school. Beall is serving a three-year term at the school, while Davis is serving one to four years. |NAME FAILS TO “IMPRESS” Judge Mattingly $ends “Andy Brown” to Jail for Stealing. Although Police Court Judge Robert E. Mattingly admits that he is an en- thusiastic radio fan, the name of An- drew Brown, colored, failed to impress him today and “Andy” was sent to jail for six months for stealing a book and some blue prints. Brown, who hails from Lynchburg, Va., declared he was tramping through the city on his way South yesterday when he spied a book with an interest- ing appearance on the rear seat of an automobile parked at Washington circle. Two policemen spied “Andy” and locked his up at No. 3. Child While at the y Lawson, 8 years old, southeast, fell and Fractures Arm, Jumbia Jewelers’ Association, will head large local delegation to the conven- n. arm. She mick of the seventh precin posed by laying in the new bird house | thedral loring the terday afternoon Mary | for 7 mov of 1736 A street|ish fractured her left| mously at a meeting Kk was taken to Children’s| House terday under the au: Hosziul by Policeman R. G. McCor- | the nfl{!h.h !:m%!rs Film Institute. The Foening Staf IMOSQUITO CONTRAL FUND OF $60000 1 PASSED BY SENATE Glass Assails Amount, Lay- ing Suggestion to White House Attache. BINGHAM DEFENDS ITEM IN DISPUTE Needed to Combat Pests in Public Parks and Wooded Areas About City, He Says. ‘The Senate this afternoon approved the $60,000 item in the District appro- priation bill to conduct a war on mo- squitoes in Washington, ifter a lengthy debate, in the course of which the neces- sity for such an expenditure was ques- tioned by several members and defended by Chairman Bingham of the District subcommittee, in charge of the bill, Just before the item was sustained by the Senate, Senator Bingham, replying to the opposition, declared this appro- priation is needed to combat mosquitoes in public parks and wooded areas in various parts of the city, and “not mere- ly in the lawn grass of the White House grounds.” Glass Fights Earlier in the day Democrat, of Virgin: who made the chief argument against ‘the appropria- tlon, had asserted that there was no question of public ‘health involved, but that the appropriation had been sug- gested after an attache of the White House had discovered some mosqui- toes in the White House grounds. Senator Bingham said he appreciated the fact that some people are not fected by mosquitoes, but: “They are fortunate,” Senator Bing- ham continued, “but there are thou- sands of others in the District who are affected by them and who go into the public parks and wooded sections for recreation.” Hatfield Favors Fund. Senator Hatfleld, Republican, of West. Virginia, who is a physician, said while he had no information as to how much money was needed for this, there should be some appropriation to prevent the spread of mosquitoes. Senator Glass declared that after “an attache of the White House discovered some mosquitoes in a bush in the lawn grass, a_council of war,” composed of various local and Federal officials was called. Says President Not Bothered. “The mosquito situation in the Dis- trict does not bother the President,” Senator Glass contintied. “The Presi- dent is the picture of health, and more- over, he goes to Virginia on the head- waters of the Rapidan and escapes the few mosquitoes that appear to have Re:,: "dhcovered on the White House Senator Bingham explained the need for the appropriation as follows during a dispute started by Senator Norris over the need for passenger vehicles in eradication work: “It appears from the report made by the Public Health officer that there are some 9,000 manholes in the streets which must be visited and treated with oll at intervals in order to prevent the mosquitoes from securing very desirable breeding places. Passenger-carrying vehicles are necessary in order that the inspectors and other employes engaged in the service may not have to walk around from one to another of these 9,000 breeding places.” Senator Bingham explained that there are many thousands of openings in streets for the rapid drainage of surface water, and if they were screened it would retard the flow of water into :l:e::reni H‘e pointed (':I,.lt :,:Alt it is 'y for inspectors visit these drainage places. Bill, Senator Glass, TWO MEN HURT HERE IN FALLS FROM LADDERS Painter Receives Possible Skull Fracture and Electrician's Spine Is Injured. Two men were injured in falling from ladders while at work here yesterday afternoon. Falling 12 feet to the ground while | painting a house, Morris Howard, 40 years old, of,Glen Carlin, Va., suffered a possible skull fracture and lacerations of the scalp. The accident occurred in the 700 block of Fourteenth street, and Howard was taken to the George Wash- ington University Hospital for treat- ment. Howard's condition was reported as undetermined today. James Reed, 28-year-old electrician, of 4113 Fourth street, sustained a pos- sible fracture of the spine in a fall m‘n[ llhe second floor of Emergency Hos- pital. o MAN GIVEN “l;REE" RIDE IS BEATEN AND ROBBED A free automobile ride last night ended disastrously for Samuel P. Gr of 211 First street. a custodian at the Senate Office Building, when he was beaten and robbed of a gold wrist watch and thrown from an automobile on Foxhall road, receiving a broken right arm. Griffin _told police of No. 7 station that he was waiting for a street car near Chain Bridge, about 11:30 o'clock last night, when, he said, a stranger offered to give him a “lift” in his au- tomobile. They drove to Foxhall road, he said, where the man hit Griffin sev- eral times, snatched the watch and pushed him from the machine. Griffin was treated at the Georgetown Univer- sity Hospital, | BOY HURT IN FALL Child Plunges 20 Feet From Sec- ond-Story Window. Richard Fields, 3 years old, of 1109 Oates street northeast, is reported in a critical condition at the Casualty Hospital this morning after falling 20 feet from the second story window of his parents’ home last night. The boy was taken to the Fr%‘npxlull and found to be suffering fracture of the skull and severe lacera: | tlons about the head. e iy A British Hit Foreign Movies. LONDON, May 9 (#)—A motion pro- g e ‘predominance. of in Brit- unani- Mansion ices of The elgn made ing pictures Empire theaters '“m lord mayor p! WASHINGTON, D. C, MICHIGAN AVENUE VIADUCT SURVEYS STARTED BY HAZEN Work to Determine Definite Location of Span Over Tracks. $500,000 PROVIDED IN FISCAL MEASURE Bill for Acquiring More Land to Be Amended in Regard to Street Closings. i Surveys for the proposed viaduct over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks in Brookland, which will eliminate the Michigan avenue grade crossing were started today under the direction of Melvin C. Hazen, District surveyor. ‘The definite location of the viaduct will’ be fixed as a result of the surveys. Mr. Hazen also plans to estimate for the Commisisoners the value of the land and the improvements that will have to be condemned to make way for the over pass. He believes the figures will, be in excess of $100,000. The surveys were ordered simultane- ously with the passage by the Senate of the District’s 1931 appropriation bill, which contains an item of $500,000 for elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing. Mr. Hazen indicated that the viaduct would be located north of the present grade crossing, thus making a more direct connection with Michigan avenue and eliminating sev- eral curves in the roadway in the vicinity of the railroad tracks. Land Purchase Plan. Mr. Hazen also disclosed that through a compromise between District officials and representatives of the Department of Commerce amendments would be sought to a bill pending in Congress authorizing the acquisition of addi- tional land for the Bureau of Standards, which will prevent the closing of Van Ness and Tilden streets and Reno road. Provisions in the bill which would per- mit the Federal Government to close these thoroughfares were opposed by Mr. Hazen. Particular objection was raised by Mr. Hazen to the closing of Van Ness street, one of the major east and wi highways in the vicinity of Cleveland Park. The street was dedicated prior to the acquisition of land on either side by the Bureau of Standards, the sur- veyor pointed out, and steps were re- cently taken to condemn land to pro- vide for the opening of the thorough- fare for the entire two miles between Connecticut avenue and Wisconsin ave- nue The verdict in this condemna- tion case already has been confirmed, | and assessments for benefits levied on the theory that the street would be opened between the two avenues. In view of the recent court decision in the case of assessments for benefits for the opening of Lamont street, in which property owners claimed they ‘were entitled to a refund of assessments because the Commissioners did not physically open the street, Mr. Hazen said it might be claimed that the as- sessment for benefits in the Van Ness street case would be illegal by reason of the closing of the street altogether, thus precluding the possibility of it ever being opened. Property Not Restricted. ‘The bill authorizing the acquisition of additional land for the Bureau of Standards, Mr. Hazen exnlained, does not restrict the limits of the property to be acquired and leaves entirely in the hands of the Secretary of Com- merce the discretion as to the closing of streets over any territory he may include within the boundaries of the Bureau of Standards. Moreover, he de- clared, the bill provides for no other access to abutting property or streets dead-ended by an enlargement of the Bureau of Standards site. Mr. Hazen has asked the Commis- sioners to institute condemnation pro- ceedings for the opening of Garrison street ~ between Thirty-ninth , and Fortieth streets in order to cofplete the highway plan in this section. One private home and several florist’s hot houses having a total estimated value of approximately $20,000 would be razed to make way for the street. Steps also have been taken by Mr. Hazen to widen Ellicott street and Forty-second street in the vicinity of Wisconsin avenue, Property necessary for the widening was recently con- demned, the jury awarding damages amounting to $32,385 and assessing $12,250 against abutting property for benefits. The District will bear the balance. CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN C0-OPERATION URGED Heads of Civic and Trade Organi- zations Are Asked to Help Drive. Heads of Washington civic and trade organizations have been requested to urge members to co-operate in the “clean up” campaign authorized by the District Commissioners for the week of May 19. . Letters were sent out by Col. E. G. Bliss, chairman of the clean-up com- mittee, emphasizing the importance of individual effort. He said: “In our ef- forts to make the National Capital a lace of outstanding beauty much can done by individual citizens and their organjzations through increased efforts to reduce fire hazards and improve sani- tary conditions by cleaning up houses yards and vacant lots and by urging that papers and other litter be not dropped in parks and on public thor- oughfares.” — TWO USE SMOKE SCREEN TO ESCAPE POLICE TRIO Men Make Getaway Into Maryland After Forcing Officers to Abandon Chase. Releasing a smoke-screen attack on three eleventh precinct policemen early today, two men in an automobile made their getaway into Maryland after a two-mile chase through Southeast ‘Washington. Motor Cycle Policeman R. E. Burton started after the car at Good Hope road and Nichols avenue southeast, when the car passed him at a rate ex- % the speed limit. Policemen C. F. ith and W. H. Hum:hreyl, each driving patrol cars, joined the chase, but were forced to quit when the smoke screen was laid down. { Burton gave up the chase when the rossed the Distgict line. FRIDAY, BOWMAN Seventh streets, southeast. BOWNAN MAKES TOUR OF ALLEYS {West Virginian Seeks First- Hand Information of Con- ditions in Slums. Seeking information for the further- ance of his bill to eliminate alley dwell- ings in the District of their population t | of 13,000, Representatve Frank L. Bow- man, Republican, of West Virginia, and chairman of the subcommittee on health for the District of Columbia, toured the out-of-the-way neighborhoods today, | inding conditions “deplorable and re- quiring immediate change.” Accompanied by E. N. Chisolm, engi- neer of the Park and Planning Com- mission, and William V. Mahoney of the Emergency Housing Association, Mr. Bowman inspected more than 15 alleys where the population struggles to exist in ancient structures, con- structed on filth-covered cobble stone. Refuse accumulated in the streets, stag- nant water in pools before houses that had no plumbing, gas, nor electricity { and other existing conditions, provoked Mr. Bowman’s criticism. He debated whether strict_enforcement of healt regulation would permit such conditions to_exist. Mr. Bowman's bill, which he pre- sented after rejection of the Zihiman- Capper bill, provides for the discon- | tinuance of the use as dwellings of 'ybulldinga situated in alleys in the Dis- | trict of Columbia and for the replan- ning, replatting and development of squares containing inhabited alleys in the interest of public health, comfort, morals, safety and welfare. The meas- ure would permit during these a 10- year period purchase and condemnation of undesirable dwellings, their recon- struction and rennovation. Difficulties, however, presented by the | situation are primarily the need for | suitable dwellings and places for the inhabitants to move. Even right at the Senate Office. Build- ing, in Shotts alley, which lies between First and Second streets and C and B streets, families of nine and ten were found to live in four rooms for which they paid $12 and $16 a month. In Navy place, between Sixth and Seventh streets and B and E streets southeast, Representative Bowman in- terrogated many of the colored resi- dents, Some were seated in the alley playing cards, while others loitered in open doorways. Mr. Bowman encountered difficulties when he attempted to peer into one of the residences. A colored card player leaped from the game, raced across to his door and demanded that he be enlightened as to Mr. Bowman’s identi- fication “Is you a revenuer?” the man asked. When advised that Mr. Bowman was not a prohibition agent, the man invited him to search his house. When questioned, nearly all the people declared that they were unable | to find cheaper rent, as business con- ditions prevented many of them from finding employment. These conditions necessitated dwelling in alley dwellings. COLORED MAN KILLS WIFE AFTER QUARREL Surrenders to Police Without Re- sistance—Couple Had Been Separated for a Time. Grabbing up a revolver during a quarrel with his wife early today, Wil- llam Carter, colored, 40, leveled the weapon at Marion Carter, colored, "4, and fired, killing her. Police investigating the shooting were told that Carter became infuriated at his wife because she preferred to live at the home of her godmother instead of the home of his sister. Carter surrendered to police of No. 2 station without resistance and was taken to that precinct, charged with murder and ordered held incommuni- cado pending an inquest by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. The couple separated about a month ago, it is said, and the woman went to live with friends at 1332 B street north- east. Last night she spent the night with her husband at 1939 Tenth street, the home of Carter’s sister, and an argument ensued when they arose, the quarrel ending in the shooting. HEADS ENGINEERS w. 1. Swanton was elected president of the Washington Chapter of the American Association of Engineers, at a_meeting yesterday at the Playhouse, 1814 N street. Other officers are: Ken- neth P. Armstrong, first vice president; Donald Lee Chamberlain, second vice president; Henry W. Austin, ! Ing secretary; W. W. Duncan, recording secretary, and Vernon D. treasurer. MAY 9, 1930. INSPECTS ALLEY DWELLINGS Representative Bowman of West Virginia, a member of the House District committee, began an inspection of condi- tions among the alley dwellers this morning. This is the first place he visited—Navy place, between G and I, Sixth and It was here that a policeman shot a colored man to death last Sunday when several com- panions of the man attempted to rescue him after he had been arrested. Left to right: Willlam V. Mahoney, Capt. E. N. Chisholm and Representative Bowman. —Star Staff Photo. DONKEY JAMS TRAFFIC Hemmed In by Autos After Jaunt up Avenue. Breaking away from his keeper and starting madly up Pennsylvania avenue toward the Capitol, Uno, 17-year-old trick donkey, tied up traffic for several minutes yesterday afternoon while Al | Wheeler, his keeper, and scores of pe- destrians tried vainly to capture him. Uno darted in and out of moving ve- hicles at Thirteenth and Pennsylvania avenue until he finally became hemmed in by automobiles awaiting the disturb- ance to calm down, and Wheeler walked in and took the donkey in charge. Uno appeared in his place on the stage bill at the Fox Theater a few moments later. CHINESE AR SEIZED IN RUM-DRUG RAD Vice and Narcotic Squads Arrest Pair at Place on Pennsylvania Avenue. The police vice squad, aided by the Detective Bureau narcotic squad, com- h | posed of Sergt. Robert A. Saunders and | J. C. Dalglish, yesterday raided the Kuo Min Herb Co. at 312 Pennsylvania ave- nue and arrested two Chinese after seizing a 25-rallon still, a quantity of Chinese liquor, an assortment of nar- cotics and implements for the manu- facture of liquor and drugs, they re- ported. Moy Sheuck, 45, said to be the pro- prietor of the establishment, was charg- ed with sale and possession of liquor, possession of equipment for the manu- facture of liquor and possession of nar- cotics. Joe Moy, 25, was charged with possession of the seized contraband. The officers reported finding a dead four-foot rattlesnake, four turtles and two lizards floating in a 15-gallon jar half filled with wine. The Chinese ex- plained that the reptiles aided the wine's fermentation. ‘Twenty-two quarts of alleged liquor and 25 gallons of rice wine were found in the front of the store, while opium smoking paraphernalia was found under the stairway, with a supply of opium thought to be worth several hundred dollars, police reported. The still was in a rear room. In Police Court today the Chinese en- tered not guilty pleas to the liquor charge and demanded jury trials. ‘They were held under bond of $500 each. They will be arraigned for vio- lation of the narcotic act before United States Commissioner Needham C. ‘Turnage on May 16. They made bail of $2,000 each on that charge. IDISTRICT GIRL SCOUT GROUP SHOWS GROWTH Enrollment More Than Doubles in Past Year—Organization Merit Badges Total 2,806. ‘The Girl Scout enrollment in Washing- ton was more than doubled during the | past year, it was announced in a report at the annual meeting of the Girl Scout Council of the District of Columbia yes- terday. There are now 2,363 girls in the 81 troops in the District. The report showed that the Scouts did four times s much work in the past 12 months as was done in the previons year, 2,806 { merit_badges being earned last year as compared with the 634 badges awarded the year before. The awarding of these merit badges and the presentation of 500 other sec- ond class and first class insignia will be made, May 24, at the D. A. R. Con- tinental Hall. Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., was re-elect- ed Girl Scout commissioner. Other of- ficers are: Mrs. B. F. Cheatham, first deputy; Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, sec- ond deputy; Mrs. Frederick Atherton, third deputy; Mrs. Monte Appel, treas- urer; Mrs. Harris Franklin, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Earl Caffee, recording secretary, and Mrs. McKee Dunn, cor- responding secretary. | ENDS LECTURE SERIES | Dr. Goldenweiser to Address Jew- ish Community Center. | “Psychology of the Jewish People” will be the subject of Dr. Alexander Goldenweiser, in a speech at the Jewish Community Center, tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock. The lecture will be the last ihx‘x dth,e serles “Are Nations Born or ade?” Theft of Lumber Reported. ‘The theft of 15,000 feet of oak lum- ber valued at $275 from the Benning Race Track Station of the Pemu{l- vania Railroad was reported to police yesterday by Joseph A. Darnell of c:g- itol Heights. Darnell told police the lumber was stolen some time during the past two morhs. L WOMAN IS NIRED BY PASSIG AT Hit While Running to Board Street Car—Other Traffic Mishaps Reported. Miss Beatrice Crawford, 28 years old, early today was struck by an automo- bile, according to witnesses, while she was running in the street in an effort to board a street car. The automobile was driven by Barry Powell, 21 years old, colored, of 2530 P street. After ob- taining his statement, police released Powell. Miss Crawford was taken to Sibley Hospital and later removed to her home, 3218 Eastern avenue northeast. The accident occurred near the intersection of Rhode Island and Eastern avenues. Other Mishaps in Record. Other accidents reported during the last 24 hours included the case of Joseph Gray, 2 years old, of 1383 North Caro- lina avenue southeast, who was struck by an automobile driven by Joe Inoff of 1736 Potomac avenue southeast. The accident occurred at Fourteenth street and Ameacglace southeast. Inoff car- ried the ild to Casualty Hospital, where his’ condition was reported as probably serious. Minor scalp injuries were received by John Ready, 60 years old, of 21 N street, at Sixteenth and Q streets in a coli- sion between a truck in which he was riding' and a machine operated by Harry Grossman, 34 years old, of 1451 Park road. The truck, which over- turned, was driven by Delbert Fisher, 34 years old, 2005 Columbia road. R;e':;ly was treated at Emergency Hos- pital. Man Hurled From Truck. Hurled from a grocery truck when it struck another car at Twenty-second and H streets, Wellington Abrams, 24 years old, of 2338 Champlain street, was taken to Emergency Hospital with back injuries. driven by Capt. Willlam R. Furlong, United States Navy, of 3611 Lowell street. A collision between an automobile driven by her husband and a taxicab operated by Louis Colvin, 44 years old, of 2424 PFranklin street northeast, sent Mrs. Kate Pruesser, 23 years old, of 1313 Potomac avenue to Emergency Hospital for treatment for shock. Her husband, Policeman Arthur Pruesser of No. 7 station, and her infant daughter Mata were uninjured. Arm abrasions were received by James J. Mahoney, 6 years old, of 1915 K street, when a street car struck him at Connecticut avenue and M street. He was taken to Emergency Hospital YOUTH_LOSEé RIGHT EYE AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT George Bean Severely Injured ‘While Playing—Operation Per- formed by Surgeon at Hospital. Doctors at the Episcopal Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat Hospital last night removed the right eye of 16-year-old George Bean of 2915 Connecticut ave- nue, who had pierced it several hours previously when he fell on a sharpened stick with which he was playing in the rear of 2301 Cathedral avenue. With some companions young Bean was skylarking in the neighborhood of his home and several of them were using sticks as mimic guns. Bean fell upon the point while running. He was removed to the hospital and treated by Dr. E. B. Leonard of the staff, and later ;n.; placed under the care of Dr. LeRoy yde. ‘The youth's condition was regarded as serious, although he is expected to recover. BILL IN SENATE FAVORS DISMISSED EMPLOYES Proposes Pay to Cover Accumulated Leave of Discharged Navy Yard Workers. Employes of the Navy Yard w&o have been laid off since May 1 would be paid for any leave accumulated during the past year, provided they have worked at least four months, under a bill in- troduced in the Senate today by Sen- ator Goldsborugh, Republican, of Maryland, and referred to the civil service committee. It was explained that under existing law, per diem work- ers must be in the service a Tour in order to get the annual leave of 30 days. The Goldsborough bill would make it lawful to allow pro rata leave to those who have served four or more consecu- tive months. It was explained at the office of Sen- ator Goldsborough that the ‘would enable some men to be paid for as many days of leave as they had ac- cumulated at the time they are laid off. The car, police reported, was | PAGE B-1 $U1670 SCHOOL INCREASE CHIEFLY FOR EQUIPMENT $14,829,780 Is Total Tenta- tive 1932 Estimates Ap- proved by Board. NEW BUILDING ITEM $152,000 BELOW 1931 $6,566,700 for Teachers and Libra- rians Is $294,700 More Than Previously. More than one-third of the $941,670 increase in the school estimates for 1932 over the 1931 apropriation bill as it was reported by the Senate commit- tee is accounted for by a single item of $393,159 for furniture and equip- ment. This was shown in figures made public today on the tentative and in- complete 1932 school estimates which were approved by the Board of Educa- tion at its meeting late Wednesday. Of the $14,829,780 total approved by the board, the furniture and equip- ment _item compares with $65,000 in the 1931 bill. This increase of $328,159 is caused by the unusually large num- ber of new buildings included in the 1931 bill, which automatically had to be equipped. Less for New Buildings. ‘The new building item in the 1932 estimates total $3,083,000, which is $152,000 less than the 1931 appropria- tion bill. Land items, however, for 1932 total $198,300 more than the $458,- 200 for 1931. The land item sought 1$656,500. One of the most interesting reductions in 1932 estimates over the 1931 bill is the joint item for the main- tenance of tubercular pupils and the operation of the school for crippled | children, for both of which only $11,000 is requested. Last year these items were separated, $7,000 being sought for the tubercular and $16,400 for the crip~ pled children. The reduction actually is $12,400. The largest single item included in the estimates is $6,566,700 for teachers and librarians. This is an increase of $294,700 over the $6,272,000 carried at present in the 1931 bill. A sum of $866.477 is requested in the estimates for the care of buildings and grounds as compared with $806,910 carried for the same purpose in the pending bill. $140,000 Supplies Cut. A reduction of $140,000 results from the request for $225,000 for text books and supplies from the first grade of elementary schools through fourth year senior high school. The 1931 bill car~ | ried two items, one of $125,000 for the elementary schools and another of $240,~ 000 for text books in the h schools. The senior high schools’ share of the text book item for 1932 is for replacement and maintenance only, and is not itemized in the estimate figures made public today. Another reduction of $30,000 is credited to rehabilitation of the normal schools which will have been com- pleted with the $30,000 item carried in the 1931 bill. The new items carried }n th: :fiii‘ea‘mau! and not provided for al e pending appropriation bill include: o S Maintenance of visual instruction, $8,000; transportation of elementary | pupils, $2,500; equipment of libraries, $10,000; equipment of Macfarland Junior High School, $5,000; equipment of stages in Central and Dunbar High Schools, $62,000; remodeling of Colum- |bia Junior High School, the Abbot Vo- cational School, the old Business High School and the Morse (elementary) School, $124,479. Continued expenses are provided for in the 1932 estimates with an item of $167,500. which is $32,500 lower thad the $200,000 carried in the 1931 bill. A total of $100,000, made available out of the unexpended balances, is re- quested in the estimates for improve- ment of school grounds. The board seeks $5,000 for rent of buildings and grounds for school pur- poses, which is $200,000 less than that imm for 1931. % More for Laboratories, Science laboratories are credited with $16,500 for 1932, which is $500 more than in 1931. An item of $528,000 is carried in the 1932 estimates for repairs and im- provements to buildings. This is an increase of $53,000. A $22,080 incrgase | is asked for clerks through the inclusion | of an item of $183,380. An $8,500 increase is shown in the salary item for officers, the 1932 estimates carrying $678,000. A $9,500 increase is credited to the at- tl?ndlnce department, with a $48,300 item. Night school salaries would be $2,000 more in 1932, through an item of $97,- 000. The night school continued ex- penses will remain unchanged with $4,500 carried. An item of $13,200 is sought in the estimates for Americanization work salaries, as compared with $12,000 in 1931. The board is requesting $11,500 for blind children work, representin an increase of $500. The manual training fund is reduced by $5.000 in the estimates which ask $85,000. The fuel, gas and electricity item is esti- mated at $315,285, representing an in- crease of $20,285. The community cen- ter department is allowed $5,000 more for 1932 than 1931, an item of $50,000 being included in the 1932 estimates. An item of $30,000 is included in the estimates for the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, as compared with $29,500 now in the 1931 bill. ‘The items included in the 1932 esti- mates which are identical with those in the 1931 bill, include: Vacation schools and playgrounds, $36,000; an- nuities, $400,000; transportation of tubercular and crippled children, $20,000; kindergartens, $7.000; school gardens, $3,000, and playgrounds, $10.000. These estimates lack the Health and Fire Department requirements, which were received from those municipal de- partments just before the estimates were considered by the board. These will be forwarded later. GUN FIRES ACCIDENTALLY Police, called to investigate a' report of a shooting last night in an apart- ment house at 1010 Sixteenth street, learned that Capt. Lynwood Jacobs, U. 8. A, narrowly had escaped injury when a revolver he was cleaning acci- dentally was discharged. Capt. Jacobs said he had removed the e, but had forgotten the bullet in the barrel of the weapon. Hearing Mrs. Jacobs scream when the shot was fired, the manager of the apartment called police. i lom Gun Point. Harry E. Burng of the 200 block of Fifth street southwest, a milkman, told lice that u:? today he was §‘l'm Aarme with a pistol. He sald as taken from him. The robbery in the 200 block of N street.