Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1930, Page 17

- | PLAN GALLED OFF . EXCURSION TRAIN AS CROWDS WAIT Potential Voters in North Carolina Primary Left in Washington. 500 PASSENGERS LEFT IN MILLING CROWD| Failure of Promoter to Put Up Re- ! quired Bond Cancels Schedule Hour Before Departure. All dressed up, visions of the silvery the green-clad mountains and rolling plains of their native North Car- olina in_their minds, about 600 Tar- heels gathered at the Union Station last night and milled about as excursion crowds do, only to find they had no lace to go on the $5 railroad excursion ts they held or expected to buy. women and children all ready for the g‘\l‘mey, the announcement was made t the excunlnhdn, widely advertised, had been canceled. As s result & lot of potential votes won't be cast in the North Carolina pr this Summer, for many of the e ists. were on their way to regis- ter—the final day for registration of wvoters in North Carolina being tomor- ToW. Promoter Returning Money. { Jobn . L. Gibson, former Washington pol who promoted the excur- slon, was busy today at his temporary office, 555 Munsey Bullding, refunaing the money he received for tickets and explaining to North Ca: excursion was called off. Gibson this morning took all the blame unto himself and his backer, who was absent at the crucial moment last night. | | Senator Hawes of Missouri WORK IS DELAYED OND.C. '3 BUDGET Auditor Given Until Monday to Total Estimates of Department Heads. The District Commissioners have postponed until Monday the task of preparing the financial budget for the 1932 fiscal year in order to give Maj. As Gibson lfnl'plllned the n;lt{l:‘l‘, l:hz excursion train was arrange V- eral days ago on a basis of a flat char- ter of the train to Gibson for $2,500, train to make the trip from the to Asheville, N. C., and way and return. At the time of ents, Gibson said, he p & deposit on the told by the railroad required—that amount of the hour before time. his arrangements for the ex- ©uie.on Gibson previously had gone to officials of two other railroads—the Seaboard Air Line and the Afll&‘-:f regis- ht. His ted m‘;m' the Southern, Gibson put on a cam- ign fof “ticket buyers. Up g‘o‘cbfi 1! he, bad done pretty well, dnlhrv‘:ckylu. ‘More were being sold at the ‘Union Station until the trip was canceled et 8:30 o'clock last night. The ticket sale, however, according to g i 2 e B a e ronds ofle:ed K ts for hl'l; go to North for the primary. Trains roads yesterday carried passengers at the re- duced rate and today were doing like- for the of the the train drew near ‘The Southern Rail! ite— no chartered train would leave the yards until the money was put up. Then Gibson did some hurried search- ing for his backer to get a check for the amount needed to get the train out of the yards. The backer could not be found, so there was nothing to do but call off the trip. Over 600 Passengers. Gibson estimated that altogether more than 600 persons arrived at the Union Station last night to take the :mp.mgt.hmmuahtohfin‘ln- plroflt on n}em’vcntu&e. u.ni';flh:d"; ained, wa until they ved a rhomhnwmwntflckm,md, as the sale of pasteboards was dis- continued an hour before the train was to_have left, could not buy them. Gibson explained, original- iy was planned as a booster trip for Asheville, N. C., but was timed so that the added incentive of registering for the primary could be used for adver- tising. Sandwich men have been going about town for several days advertis- ing_the trip. Gibson said he will plan another to North Carolina for the the train starting the —_— TWO FACE CAR THEFT CHARGES AFTER CRASH Soldiers at Walter Reed Are Al- leged to Have Driven Stolen Auto Into Tree. Two soldlers of Walter Reed Hospital were arrested, one last night, after a chase by & civillan, and tHe other this morning after they are alleged to have crashed into a tree at Fourteenth and Buchanan streets with an automobile owned by Robert C. Middaugh, 1129 Fern street, which was taken from in front of the latter address last night. Giles C. White, one of the alleged occupants of the car, was ovartaken on foot J. A. Donohoe, a nearby resi- dent of the section, when White started away from the damaged machine fol- Jowing the crash. Alexander Collier, the other soldier was arrested early today by Policemen F. L. Ach and R. T. Talbert. In Police Court today Collier was fined $25 on each of two charges of reckless driving and driving without a t. ‘White and Collier were arraigned for Joyriding and held for grand jury. RING WORTH $1,500 _ LOST IN BURGLARY of three thefts of property investi- Orme, Georgla > ivies! Joser, told of the taki of a diamond and sapphire ring, valued at $1,500, from his home. Bernadette Williams, 1532 V street southeast, r:gomd the loss of a wrist watch valued at $100. She said the was taken from a hotel yesterday. Isaac N. Oppenheimer, 905 F street, asked police to make an effort to re- cover & diamond and sapphire stolen the past few days. He valu the ring at $100. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, additional time in which to assemble and total the estimates of the various department heads. Plans had been made to start on the budget yesterday, but the Com- missioners, after & conference with Maj. Donovan, decided to defer the work until the departmental estimates are in final form. The prospective financial condition of the District in 1932 was discussed for several hours, however, during which the auditor ex- gl:lned the usual procedure followed framing & bus for the benefit of Commissioners Reichelderfer and Cros- by, who are unfamiliar with this work. Estimates Delayed. ‘The departmental estimates were submitted to Maj. Donovan about 10 days ago, but his recent illness and a series of conferences with members of which engaged his attention following his return to duty have de- layed the assembling and totaling of the appropriation requests of the de- partment heads. These departmental estimates will. serve as a foundation for the Commiissioners in making the budget. ‘With the completed estimates, Dono- van will submit to the Commissioners a schedule showing the prospective revenues of the District in 1932, based on varying tax rates. This will gulde the lcammluwnen in fixing the budget total. Donovan has calculated that the pres- ent tax levy of $1.70, coupled with the anuual $9,000,000 lump sum con- tribution of the Federal Government, will support & budget of approximately $42,900,000 in 1932. A budget in ex- cess of this amount, he said, will neces- sitate an increase in the tax rate, un- less the conferees on the District’s 1931 appropriation bill agree to the Senzte amendments increasing the Federal contribution from $9,000,000 to $12,000,000, and reducing the $3,000,000 appropriation voted by the House for the municipal center site to 01.000.300. In this event, he explained, the Dis- trict will be able to mgron a budget of nearly $48,000,000 ithout raising the $1.70 tax rate. Excess of $50,000,000. Although no attempt has been made to total the 1932 estimates of the de- partment heads, prediction was made that they would show an excess of $50,000,000, which will make it neces- sary for the Commissioners to do con- siderable trimming if an increase in tax rate is to be avoided. The budget will have to be com- pleted and submitted to the bureau of the budget by July 15, just two months earlier than in previous years. Heretofore the Commissioners have been allowed to submit a tentative budget, which was returned for re- vision after the budget director de- cided on a definite allocation, but this step in the budget-making has been eliminated in the interest of efficiency and a more expeditious handling of the budget requests. 2 CHILDREN SUFFER FROM DOG BITES Police Lieutenant Nipped on Hand When Called to Kill Vicious Animal. 3 years old, of 1334 eet southwest, was | attacked by a st dog while playing on the street near his e yesterday and his neck and head lacerated. Lieut. Edward T. Harney, in command of the harbor precinct, responded to a call for assistance and killed the dog. Before he was able to shoot the animal, however, he was bitten on the hand. Policeman and child were given first aid at Emergency Hospital, and an examination of the dog’s head will be made to determine if it was suffering from rabies. Jack Boswell, 5 years old, residing at 1005 Virginia avenue southwest, was bitten on both legs yesterday afternoon | by ® police dog belonging to & neigh- bor. The child was playing near his home when the dog attacked him. Dr. John Baber dressed the child’s wounds at Emergency Hospital, and the dog will_be kept under observation at the pound the next few days. e GARDEN CLUB FORMED Neighborhood Organization Cre- ated at Waverly Hills. Special Dispatch to The Star. WAVERLY HILLS, Va, May 23.— ‘The Neighborhood Garden Club was organized at the home of Maj. Charles L. Ladson last night with the selection of Mrs. Howard C. Rothery as its first president. Other officers elected were Miss Ethel Pettitt, vice president; Miss Evelyn D. Cannon, secretary, and Mrs. Frank L. Ball, treasurer. The lar meetings of the club will be held on the first Monday in the month. ] @he with Lord and Lady Ozark. —P. & A. Photo. Prize Bloodhounds Of Senator Hawes Sent to Mountains Lord and Lady Ozark, Gift of English Friend, Valued at $2,000 Each. The prying stranger supposed to prowl Capitol Hill of nights may be happy to learn that Senator Hawes of Missouri has put Lord and Lady Ozark aboard a train for the Ozark Mountains. Yet the stranger needn’t have enter- tained qualms on that score anyhow— the lord and lady never came over from England to do any sleuthing; fox hunt- ing is more in their line. And the Senator, being honorary president of the Missouri Fox Hunters' Association, started Lord and Lady Ozark on their way to his Summer camp in the famous mountains yesterday in the hope they could teach the local hunters a thing or two about picking up & cold trail. “Not all bloodhounds are sleuth dogs,” the Senator said. * pair are old English thoroughbreds and as gentle as lambs. They can follow almost any sort of trail and almost any sort of quarry, and may prove useful as trail dogs, but not as runners.” The dogs were the gift of & friend in England and arrived in Washington re- cently. They are valued at $2,000 each :;ld weigh almost 200 pounds between em. “Yes,” the Senator chuckled, “Lord and Lady Ozark are on their way to the Ozarks, but if that prowler comes about m{ office . he'd better remember I'm an oid hunter and own a sawed-off shotgun.” 1919 SEA FLYERS RECEIVE MEDALS Hoover Pins Awards on Sev- en Who Crossed Atlantic on the NC-4. Eleven years after they wrote aviation history by completing the first trans- atlantic flight, seven air heroes of the Navy today received from President ICOURT SITUATION | DESCRIBED N PLEA FOR MORE JUDGES Supporters of Bill to Relieve Jam in District Heard by Senators. SUPREME COURT CLERK TESTIFIES ABOUT WORK Appeals Cite U. 8. Litigation, City Growth, Condemnations and Divorce Trials. ‘The volume of Government litigation arising here, the growth of local popu- Iation, the fact that divorce cases must be heard before the court and con- demnation ‘work were among the rea- sons given by local officlals and mem- bers of the bar who appeared before & Senate subcommittee today to support the bills to provide for two more judges in the District Supreme Court and two additional judges for the Court of Appeals. Senator Steiwer, Republican, of Oregon, chairman, and Senator Water- man, RepubHe of Colorado, ques- tioned witnesses at length as to the number of hours the judges sit on the bench each day and as to the detailed in handling litigation in ‘Washington. P‘rl-n:mE Cunningham, clerk of the District Supreme Court, testified that divisions of District Supreme Court convene at 10 o'clock, usually recess from 12:30 to about 1:15 and then con- tinue until about 3:30 and sometimes 4 o'clock. Occasionally, he said, they run later. Other Duties Are Cited. Senator Stelwer expressed the belief that “district judges further away from the Capital work longer hours than you have outlined here.” He added that they probably require more of counsel and from juries. Mr, Cunningham and members of the bar told the subcommittee that the hours spent on the bench do not repre- sent all that the judges have to do in the course of the day. They said the judges have other duties awaiting them in their offices before and after court time. Those who attended the hearing in support of the bills included Jesse C. Adkins, former president of the bar association; Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman of & committee of the bar association; former Chief Justice J. Harry Covington, J. A. Burkart of the Board of Trade; J. S. Flannery, mem- ber of the bar, who studies the needs of the Court of Appeals; District Attor- ney Leo A. Rover, Corporation Counsel William Bride and Moncure Burke, assistant clerk of the Court of Appeals. Senator Waterman questioned wit- nesses regarding (he'::lsntllbe'r ‘nx{‘?omm filed by lawyers, suf many of them are likely to be of a frivolous nature. Penalty for Trivial Motions Urged. Mr. Adkins said that in criminal there may be some motions for delay, but he did not believe that ap- plied 'in civil cases. Mr. Adkins added that when motions are filed the judges must act on them. Senator Waterman suggested that the judges could fix @ penalty for counsel who file trivial motions in pending cases. Replying to the discussion about the number of hours the judges spend on the bench, Mr. Littlepage declared it is a mistake to assume that the judges’ work is confined to those hours. Senator Steiwar inquired if night ses- sions are ever held. Mr. Cunningham said this happened only occasionally. “To emphasize the volume of work, Mr. Adkins pointed out that today, belng motion day, there are 124 mo- tions to be heard. One Addition Since 1879, ‘Witnesses told the subcommittee that before the appointment of one addi- tional judge by Congress last year there Hoover gold medals of recognition, au- year ago. Headed by Comdr. John H. Towers, acting chief of the Bureau of Aero- nautics of the Navy, who commanded the trail-blazing flight, the group of naval aviators stood rigidly while their commander-in-chief pinned on their breasts the resplendant 2!z-inch med- als, fresh from the mint. The veterans of the NC-4, huge flying boat which spanned the Atlantic by way of the Azores in May, 1919, received the awards from the President on be- half of Congress, which voted to recog- nize the “extraordinary achievement” a full decade after it was effected. Those receiving the awards, in ad- dition to Comdr. Towers, were Comdr. Albert C. Read, at present executive of- ficer of the aircraft carrier Saratoga; Lieut. Comdr. Elmer F. Stone of the U. 8. Coast Guard, commanding officer of the Coast Guard destroyer Cum- mings; former Lieut. Walter Hinton, now active in civic life of Washington; Lieut. H. C. Rodd, radio operator of the NC-4 and now on duty in the radio di- vision of the Navy Department; former Lieut. J. L. Breese, engineer of the NC-4, who lives in Lake Forest, Ill, and Chief Aviation Pilot Eugene Saylor Rhodes, another engineer, now on duty ;; the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, . [TIGHTER GAMBLING LAWS PROPOSED Robsion Introduces Bill Extending | District Gaming Punish- ments. ‘The Senate District committee will consider at an early date the proposals to tighten up the gambling laws of the District, introduced yesterday after- noon by Senator Robsion, Republican, of Kentucky, who has been conferring on Illhls subject with local officials re- cently, Senator Robsion introduced bills to accomplish the following purposes: To extend the padlock law to apply to gambling places, to increase the penal- ties for the gaming and to provide a persons who frequent gambl p One of the bills also would broaden the definition of a gaming table to include “schemes” or “plans.”” This is intended to reach the numbers game. Another amendment would provide a penalty of not more than $1,000 or not more than one year for persons having gmhflnl for devices in their possession Wwith intent to violate the law. The proposed penalty for frequenting a gambling place would be a fine of not less than $10 or more than $200, or Dot less than 10 days .i'.'»"'-‘.’"&h锑.'fi;fig s is penal {0 persons sovicted of {requenting die- orderly houses. thorized by a belated act of Congress a | N2 offense of permitting . | Young said, “is another been no addition to the number of judges since 1879, a period of 50 years. It was pointed out that the main pur- pose of adding that judge last year was to take care of condemnation cases, and Mr. Adkins said that there is enough of that work in sight to keep a judge busy for the next five years. This led Senator Waterman to ex- press the belief that the adding of a judge last year did not help any on the general court work. Members of the bar called attention to the large volume of cases relating to war veterans and affairs of other Government depart- ments to show that the courts of the District have an unusual variety of litigation that does not arise elsewhere. Mr. Cunningham told the subcom- mittee that the District Supreme Court is overwhelmed with pending work. He sald there are five judges sitting in the various branches, one il and one vacancy. Senator Stephens, Democrat, of Mis- sissippi, the third member of the sub- committee also took part in the hearing. INGALLS CONGRATULATES DR. ECKENER AND CREW Another successful crossing of the At- lantic Ocean by the Graf Zeppelin brought from Assistant Secretary of Aeronautics David A. Ingalls of the Navy Department, a_statement of con- gratulation for Dr. Hugo Eckener and nis crew. In an official statement, made public today at the Navy Department, Mr. Ingalls said: “This remarkable new achievement of the Graf Zeppelin in traversing the wide expanses of the ocean almost at will is a source of gratification to those of us interested and believing in the future possibilities of lighter-than-air craft. Dr. Eckener is to be most heartily con- gratulated, not only upon the great technical skill of operation of his craft, but upon his astute and scientific study of the most advantageous routes for this means of transportation. The Navy Department awaits confidently his safe arrival at Lakehurst next week in ac- o?zrdlnce with his pre-arranged sched- Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronsutics, also offered his congratulations to Dr. Ecke- ner today. “The successful flight of the Graf Zeppelin from Germany to Brazil,” Mr. actical dem- onstration of the rapid development of transoceanic air transportation on a commercial basis. The flight served to bring one step nearer the future pos- sibility of scheduled transoceanic air service. My congratulations again to Dr. Eckener for his continued success.” e School Official Speaks. By a Staft Correspondent of The Bt RO, Md., May assistant su) > tendent of the Prince Georges nty schools, was a guest speaker at the Bel Air alumni. banquet last night. 2 Foening Slaf WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930. * Society and General GLIDER EPIDEMIC HITS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Officials and inspectors of the aeronautics branch, Depar tment of Commerce, su bed in a big way today at Bolling Field. More than 60 flights were made in three [Iiduium:nfln"oth‘temmlm .ll studies being made by the aeronautics branch of the necessity for glider regulation in this country. shows Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Ci the shock cord method. PLANES GATHERING FOR NAVY RACES Curtiss Trophy Match and Features to Be City’s Big- . gest Air Event. Final preparations are being pleted today at the Anacostia Naval Alr Station for the National Capital's greatest aeronautical event, the Curtiss Marine Trophy races and a number of speclal features, to be held tomorrow afiernoon. The demonstration is to begin at 12:30 pm., when 134 combat planes comprising the aircraft squadrons of the battle fleet will arrive over the city for the most impressive aerial review ever held here. From 12:30 until 3 pm. when the race begins, there will be one feature after another, bringing to the National Capital for the first time the varied and sensational phases of naval aviation, The four pylons marking the elon- gated diamond-shaped speed course over which the race will be flown were put in position today, one between the War College and Hains Point, one at & point 10 miles down the Potomac, one at the Alexandria water front, and one across the river from Alexandria on the Mary- land shore. Paul 1. Gunn, naval enlisted aviation pllot, took off from the local station to- day in a Navy O2-U observation plane to scatter announcements and pi ams for the races over Baltimore and all the Maryland towns and communities in the vicinity of the National Capital. Four Coming Today. Four planes from the Hampton Roads Naval' Air Station which will take part in the races will leave the Virginia station for this city this afternoon. ‘They will be piloted by Lieuts. T. D. Guinn, W. G. Manly, B. B. Nichol and D W. Harrigan. Several other planes entered in the races by the Battle Fleet will be flown here early tomorrow. In addition to the review of the air- craft squadrons the special events will include the landing of the planes com- posing_these squadrons on the local Navy fleld, at 1 o'clock; combat flying by the famous “Red Rippers” squadron, 1:40 p.m.; demonstration of acrobatic formation flying by a three-plane sec- tion from the Marine Corps East Coast Expeditionary Force, led by Lieut. Chris- tian F. Shilt, hero of the Nicaraguan campalgn, 2 to 2:20 p.m.; a demonstra~ tion by the N dirigible Los Angeles, including the launching of a glider flown by Lieut. Ralph S. Barnaby, U. 8. N., and the picking up in flight of an airplane flown by Lieut. Comdr. C. A. Nicholson, U. 8. N,, 2:30 to 2:45 pm., and parachute jumping and in- dividual acrobatics by Lieut. M. B. Gardner, operations officer at Anacostia, following the races. The latest entry list in the hands of 1D local operstions officers at Anacosiia today showed 26 combat planes entered in the races for the Curtiss trophy, In- galls trophy and other special prizes. This list includes seven Curtiss fighters, five 02-U observation and scouting planes, four torpedo and bombardment planes, five amphibians and five train- ing planes. Planes Coming from Fleet. ‘The air armada from the battle fleet is to leave Norfolk, Va., at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning under command of Capt. Kenneth Whiting, U. S. N, chief of staff to Rear Admiral H. V. Butler, commanding the aircraft squad- rons of the battle fleet. The take-off will be by squadrons, which will ren- dezvous over Indian Head, Md., at 12:15 pm. From Indian Head the squadrons will fly to Washington at altitudes of from 1,000 to 1,500 feet, according to clated Press dispatches. from Nerfolk, and will pass in review over the Naval Alr Station between 12:30 and 1 p.m. The route of the planes over the city will be from the Capitol to the Wash- ington Monument, then right to Chevy Chase and back along the line of Con- necticut avenue to Anacostia. ‘The airplane tenders Aroostook and ‘Gannett of the battle fleet alr squad- rons are to come here as an emergency base for the visiting planes. Following the review the squadrons all are to land at Anacostia. If the weather remains favorable and the races are rompleted in time, some of the squadrons will leave late tomorrow afternoon for Nor- folk, others remaining here overnight and returning Sunday. Second Glider Descent. The glider descent from the Los! Angeles will be the second in history, | the only other having been made last ‘Winter by Lieut. Barnaby from the Los Angeles at Lakehurst, N. J. The little motorless craft probably will be cut loose at an_altitude of 2,500 or 3,000 feet and will spiral down to a land- ing_at Anacostia. Comdr. Nicholson, who will attach his plane to the Los Angeles, performed the feat for President Hoover last| Tuesday during the fleet review off the | Virginia Capes, the first time it ever had : been done at sea. This feat is a prepa- | ration for the launching of the two giant Navy dirigibles now under con- struction, each of which will carry five or six fighting planes. ‘The combat demonstration by the Red Rippers is expected to be one of the most sensational performances of the afternoon, and probably will in- clude a vertical power-dive bombard: ment attack by the entire squadron and the famous and tricky three-way diving attack -which is designed to . confuse anti-afrcraft gunners. The Rippers' are known officially as VB-1B Light Bom- bardment Squadron and their home station is the U. S. 8. Lexington. . The squadron is equipped with Boeing sin- gle seater fighters, and is one of the most famous_of the Navy combat or- ganizations. It is commanded by Lieut Comdr. John H. Campman. Curtiss Race 100 Miles. ‘The Curtiss race will be over five laps of the 20-mile course, for a total distance of 100 miles. All the planes are to be in the air at one time. taking off according to types in five time pe- riods of two minutes each. The winner .| regulation to protect the interests of ) at 345 Pennsylvania avenue, police are Gliders Show Held On Site Adjacent To Bolling Field Aeronautics Experts Wit- ness Series of Experi- mental Flights. The new golf course near Bolling Fleld became the scene of the National Capital's first glider meet today when officials and inspectors of the aeronau- ties branch of the Department of Com- merce, now engaged In a study of glider problems in this country, made scores of flights in three standard glider types. ‘The three gliders, two of American design and construction and one of German build, were brought here to be studied by the inspectors and offi- cials in an effort to determine whether there are sufficlent safety factors and whether regulation of glider building and flying is necessary. Experienced Pilots in Tests. Practically all those who made flights today are experienced airplane pllots though few of them ever had tried a glider before. Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of merce for Aeronautics, was one of the first to fly, making two flights in quick succession, one in an American-built glider launched by the automobile tow- ing method and the other in the Ger- man glider launched by hand with a rubber “shock cord.” Though they were his first glider flights, both were en- tirely successful, ending with smooth and easy landings. The honor of the first flight of the day went to Gilbert G. Budwig, chief of the Air Regulation Division of the Department of Commerce, who made an automobile tow-launched flight in an American glider. He was followed by Georx: Gardner, aeronautical in- spector, the other American glider. Mr. Young made the third flight. The others flying were Department of Com- merce inspectors from various parts of the country. Sixty Flights Successful. _ During the morning more than 60 ‘Successful flights were made without damage to s single glider. After the inspectors had made trial flights they began to make turns before land- ing, and at noon were vying with each other on 360-degree turns or complete circles, ‘The flights came as the climax of a week of conferences between officials of the aeronautics branch and the fiel inspectors, during which gliders came in for a major share of attention. It is thought likely that some form of American glider enthusiasts, who are taking to the new sport in every part of the country by the hundreds, may result from the conference, though no agreement has yet been announced. The flights are continuing this after- noon and probably will tomorrow morn- S ARE ARRESTED ON LIUOR CHARRES Vice Squad Officer Engages in Free-For-All Fight During Raid. Six persons were arrested on various charges &l&d small quantities of liquor were seifed in three raids staged yes- terday afternoon and last night by Sergt. O. J. Letterman’s vice squad. A member of Letterman’s squad, James A. Mostyn, is alleged to have engaged in a free-for-all fight in one of the raids. According to police Mostyn was sent into a house in the 3600 block of O street yesterday afternoon to obtain evi- dence of liquor law violation. Occu- pants of the house are alleged to have discovered Mostyn was a policeman and to have set upon him. When Letterman and Richard Cox, another member of | the squad, got into the house the fight | was at its height. Samuel Franzell, 46, i and Ruleigh Hunt, 30, were arrested on charges of liquor law violation and maintenance of a nuisance. In another raid yesterday afternoon, alleged to have seized a quantity of corn and Chinese liquor. Sing Chew, a Chi- | nese, was arrested under the liquor laws. | In the third raid Letterman's squad | arrested Charles Bernard Gregg, W. Hipkins, 39, and Sadie Reynolds, 44, | all colored, at & house in the 3700 block | on N street. All three were charged with | violating the liquor law and Hipkins and the Reynolds woman with additional charges of maintaiming a nuisance. Mrs. Dodsworth Dead. STAUNTON, Va., May 23 (Special). —Mrs, H. C. Dodsworth, aged 73, died here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cecil B. Taylor, after an illness of set eral months. She came of a distin- guished line of ancestors, being a cousin of President John Quincy Adams. She was born in Waverly, Mo., where her parents migrated many years ago from Frederick County, Va. may be expected to complete the course within 45 to 50 minutes, with the train- ing planes consuming 1 hour and 15 minutes, more or less. There will be prizes for planes of each type, in ad- dition to those for the fastest planes. ‘There also will be prizes for the plane making the best time against its official rated speed. Several thousand grandstand seats have been erected at the Anacostia 29: J. b sliding The pnm‘nm ph ‘ommerce for Aeronautics, makii landi: L was his pocot Comastal gt el ARemoralng R A PHot —Star Staff Photo. WLEOD FAVORS MOORE PROPOSAL District Committee Chairmar. Reports Commission Plan Would Be “of Value.” PAGE B-1 DISTRIGT LAUNDRY SERVICE AT LORTON 10 BE FEDERAL AID Government Work, Formerly Handled Locally, to Go to Reformatory. OCCOQUAN WORK HOUSE PIECES TO BE INCLUDED Innovation Is Part of Institution’s Industrial Rehabilitation Activity, Offering Wages to Prisoners. Final details for the establishment of & laundry service at the District's re- formatory at Lorton, Va., which will take over the Federal Government's laundry work July 1, were discussed to- day at a conference between the Com- missioners and George S. Wilson, di- rector of public welfare. ‘The reformatory laundry, which is t become a part of the ngum:wn's m? dustrial rehabilitation activitles, will supplant the Government hotel laune ‘The commission proposed by Repre- sentative Moore to study the fiscal re- lations between the Federal and Dis. trict governments “would certainly be entitled to the confidence of Congress and the le,” and “would prove of great value to Congress in deciding what_annual payments in fairness to the Government of the United States and the local public should be made from the Federal Treasury,” it is stated in_the report by Acting Chair- man McLeod of the House District committee. All of the amendments suggested by the District Commissioners and the one suggested by Representative Reid, Re- publican, of Illinois, to meet an ob- jection by Chairman Simmons of the House subcommittee on District appro- priations were accepted by the Dis- trict committee and are included in the bill reported today. Commissioners Favorable. Mr. McLeod ineludes in his report a quotation from the District Commis- sioners who said that they “believe a permanent commission such as is pro- posed by this bill is highly desirable and that the results to be accomplished would be helpful in the establishing of fiscal relations between the United States and the District of Columbia. “This subject has been a matter of contention and conflict of opinion for a number of years and it is believed that a commission such as is proposed in this bill can ascertain definite facts and furnish valuable information in order that the present situation may be remedied.” Continuing, the Commissioners further state, as quoted in the McLeod report. that, “Under the provision of circular No. 49 as amended by circular No. 273 of the Bureau of the Budget, the Com- all | missioners - submitted the bill to the director of the budget, asking to be ad- vised whether or not the proposed legis lation amended as recommended, was in accord with the financial program ct the President, and under date of April 25, 1930, the director of the budget ad- vised the Commissioners that in so far as the proposed legislation -affected the Anancial program of the President; there was no objection to & favorable report on the bill.” Long Controversy. Representative McLeod, in his report, states: “It is true, as the Commis- sloners state, that there has been for years and is now controversy with re- spect to the matter in question, the history of which is set forth in various public documents which are available. This controversy has stirred the peo- ple of the District, who are without representation in Congress, and it has marked the action of Congress itself as illustrated by the continuing differences between the Senate and House. ‘There have been many advocates of the contribution of the Federal Govern- ment being determined on a ratio basis, and, on the other hand, many advo- cates of a lump-sum appropriation, and now and then some of the latter have urged that the lump-sum appropriated without change during the last several years is in_excess of the amount with which the Federal Government is prop- erly chargeable, while it has posed by others as inadequate. “The Moore bill does not rest on ame preconception as to what amount should be annually contributed by the Federal Government, on what basis or whether more or less than $9,000,000. It is simply an effort to have a thorough investigation and an ascertainment of all relevant facts which should be taken into account, conclusions reached as'to what should be the fair and just divi- sion of the total expense of conducting the District government and recommen- dations to Congress biennially, since conditions vary quite rapidly, which is a circumstance at least suggesting that the contribution of the Federal Gov- ernment should not be a rigid and in- flexible amount. “To “this ‘end, it contemplates the creation of a commission to be com- posed of eight members of the ap- propriations and District committees of the Senate and House, one of the Commissioners of the District of Colum~ bia, the director of the Bureau of the Budget, and three citizens of the Dis- trict, to be appointed by the President and to serve without compensation. ‘The commission as thus constituted would certainly be entitled to the con- fidence of Congress and the people, Inasmuch as its recommendation would be, of course, subject to the ap- proval or disapproval of Congress, it could, by no possibility, have any harm- been op- it would prove of great value to Con- gress in deciding what annual pay- ments, in faimess to the Government of the United States and the local pub ! lic, should be made from the Federal Treasury. Should the work of this commission, which is to be so largely made up of members of Congress, be satisfactory, it might be expected to grow in usefulness because of being permanent.” MRS. HUFFMAN HONORED Elected President of Fire Auxiliary of Ballston Company. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. TON, Va., May 23.—Mrs. Notie Huffman was chosen president of the auxiliary of the Ballston Volunteer Fire Department to succeed Mrs. Ruth Mc- Clellan Payne, who declined re-election, at the annual meeting at the fire house yesterday afternoon. ‘The other officers elected were Mrs. station, some of which will be open to the general public free of charge. There will be free parking space for automo- biles at the station. The events also may be observed to advantage from the dry, which is to be abandoned July 1, Congress having falled to appropriate funds for its continuance. This laun- dry does work for 30 different Federal departments and agencies in Washing- ton and handles on an average of ap- proximately 2,600,000 towels a year in addition to nearly 70,000 pleces of :nis- cellaneous articles. The value of its work is estimated at $25,000 a year. Aside from the Federal Government's work, plans have been made for the re- formatory laundry to take over the work of municipal government agencies which is now done under private con- tract. The District’s annual laundry bill amounts to approximately $12,000. ‘Will Handle Occoquan Work. The laundry also will handle the work of the reformatory and the work house at Occoquan, which averages about 1,- 500,000 pieces a year. These institu- tions never have had modern laundry facilities, the clothing of the prisoners and other articles being washed in im- provised tubs and dried on the lawns of the institutions. In rainy weather the drying of the laundry constituted a problem. The laundry service for the Federal Government will be operated on the same system used by the Government Hotel laundry. Fleets of small trucks will gather the articles to be laun- i dered each day from the various build- ings and take them to the Ninth Street Whart and transfer them to a five-ton truck of the van type and take them to Lorton. Arrangements have not been com- pleted for handling the laundry of the District government, since it is not contemplated to take over this work until about October 1. In the mean- time, it is proposed to have the Dis- trict’s laundry handled under private contract, as has been done in the past. The Government will pay the reforma- tory for its laundry work on the of a price list which has been worked out by Capt. M. M. Barnard, superin- tendent of penal institutions of the D trict, and J. E. C. Bischoff, super tendent of industries of these institu- tions, who is supervising the work of es- tablishing the laundry at Lorton. The price list, it was said, is virtually the same as that of the Government laun- dry. The Commissioners have been asked to approve this list. Rapid strides are being made in the erection of a building at Lorton to house the laundry. The building will cost about $25,000 and the equipment $35,000. All of the equipment in the Government laundry, with the excep- tion of several obsolete machines, be turned over to the Lorton laundry. New equipment has been ordered to supplement this machinery in order for the laundry to handle the large vol- ume of work. Building to Be Ready June 15. Present indications are that the building will be ready for occupancy June 15. The new equipment is sched- uled to be delivered by that date and prison officials hope to have it in oper- ation by July 1, the date fixed for the laur‘m(dry to take over the Governmerx work. The receipts from operation of the laundry will go into a revolving or working capital fund which has been created as a result of the industrial ac- tivities undertaken at Lorton in recent years. With this fund it is planned to extend the industrial activities and pay the prisoners a pecuniary wage. According to present plans all wash- ing and flat work will be done at the reformatory laundry at Lorton. o starch and finished work will be handleq by the women’s department in the workhouse at Occoquan. Women also will be given the work of repairing torn articles. TWO-CENT SCHOOL FARE BILL URGED McLeod Introduces Measure for Special Raté to Children. Acting Chairman McLeod of the House District committee today intro- duced his long-promised bill directiny that public, private and parochial school children in the District be carrieq gn the street railways at a 2-cent 3 and directing the Public Utilities Com- ful effect and it is easy to belleve that | mission to promulgate regulations to carry out this legislation. Representative McLeod has been promised the support of many other members of the House District com- mittee in putting through this bill and spokesmen for the streai car companies said that they would @ot strongly op- pose such legislation. Mr. McLeod intends to call this bill up for consideration In committee at the earliest opportun@y. During hear- ings on the street car merger bill, Mr. McLeod insisted that some such provi- slon for the school dhildren must be & condition precedent to a merger, and anncunced repeatedly that even if the merger measure fa uld seesr direct action as now is psosed in his bill. BREAKS NECK IN DIVE Special Dispatch to The Star. WAYNESBORO, Va., May neral services for James Wagner, 31-° year-old son of * Wagner of ‘Waynesboro, who was killed Sunday at Mount Airy, N. C., when he dove head- 28 —Fu- Sadie Ellis, first vice president; Mrs. Mary Pape, second vice president; Mrs. Bessle Crack, treasurer, and Mrs. Carl Reickert, secretary. The organization voted to assist the firemen in its annual long into & sandbar while bathing, were held here. ‘Wagner, with several companions, was practicing high diving when he War College, Hains Point and points'carnival from June 7 to 14, inclusive.| broke his neck, meeting instant death. along the water ‘Washington. . h held tonight at the fire houss, front in Southwest A joint meeting of the groups will be| He is survived by his parents and two boro. sisters, all of Waynesl -