Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1930, Page 17

TEN-CENT CAR FARE! CASE SUMMARIZED IN COMPANY BRIEFS Utilities Commission Evi- dence Attacked in District Supreme Court. PROPERTY. REVALUATION IS DECLARED ILLEGAL W. R. & E. and Capital Traction| Co. Attorneys Demand Refused Order Be Made Mandatory. | ‘Written briefs finally summing up the | ease in favor of the 10-cent car fare were filed by the Capital Traction Co. and the Washington Railway & Elec- tric Co. with Justice Jennings Bailey of District Supreme Court yesterday. The court is asked to override the Pub- lic Utilities Commission and enter the order which the commission refused to do, raising Washington's carfare to 10 cents cash, or four tokens for 30 cents. Revaluation of the petitioners’ prop- erty before any change in the rates, which is the method preferred by the commission and the people’s counsel, is unnecessary, even fllega?, according to the brief of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., written by attorneys John 8. Barbour and S. Russell Bowen. They cite numerous cases to show that a “last- minute inventory” of the property of a | utility seeking a higher rate is not ; necessary where its evidence as to value is uncontradicted, and they assert that ! their evidence as to value is “virtually admitted” by the commission. Consid- erable space is devoted, however, to re- butting assertions by lawyers for the commission that there are errors in the company’s books, and that items are im- properly retained in the valuation ac- count. If the commission does not be- lieve that the company's value figures are substantially correct, the brief holds, & very cursory investigation would have proved that to be the fact. The type of proof which the company submits now, the brief says, is the same as that on which the commission itself in 1922 puts its fares down. Zelinski, Witness, Criticized. The brief criticizes one witness by the name of Zelinski, who was called to the stand by People’s Counsel Rich- mond B. Keech to testify that the com- panies had not taken off enough de- Ppreciation from the value of their prop- erty. The witness did not show that he had made an examination of the property for a present reproduction value, but merely pretended to state that he had examined certain ways and rolling stock, without particularizing, it is pointed out. The brief also suggests that instead of decreasing the value of the utility, because in the course of the year its| geropeny depreciates, the value should increased, because in well managed utilities the property appreciates. ‘The brief of the Capital Traction Co., written by attorneys George E. Hamilton and G. Thomas.Dunlop, dis- misses Zelinsky with a statement that the Court of Appeals has settled the question of depreciation as to that| company. Charges Unfair Penalty. | It attacks the commission on the | ground that the commission’s original valuation of the property, together with | the periodical financial and pmpert.y| reports made to it by the company, ! are of themselves a continuing physi- cal inventory of the plaintiff’s property. For the commission to say there is no such inventory is simply to say that it does not with its predeces- sors in office or at best that its prede- cessors have not discharged their duty to the public by keeping the records in reliable shape and up to date it says. Now the commission is seeking | to penalize the company for its own breaches of duty it adds. ‘The commission is also accused of supporting its case before the court by wringing certain extracts of testi- mony away from their proper contexts, and leaving the court with the wrong impression of what the company's wit- nesses actually said. Both companies maintain that their property is being confiscated by the | present fares. RAIL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ADJUSTED| TUtilities Commission Establishes Uniform Plan for Local Traction Companies. The final step in establishing & uni- form accounting system for the Capital Traction and Washington Railway & Electric_Cos. was taken today by the Public Utilities Commission in an of- ficlal order tentatively fixing 50 per cent of the excess cost of track recon- struction and replacement as the amount to be charged to operating ex- penses. . . The ofder will have the effect of in- creasing the operating expenses of the Capital Traction Co. and reducing this item on the books of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. The Capital Traction Co. since 1920 has charged 40 per cent of labor costs to operating ex- penses and the remaining 60 per cent to capital account. ‘The Washington Railway & Electric Co. has been using a different method of zccounting which raised the per- centage of labor costs chargeable to operating expenses above the 50 per cent ordered by the commission. An_ order issued by the commission October 12, 1929, provided for the determination by the two street railway companies of an allowance, subject to its approval, for excess labor costs due to work under traffic and for the Te- moval of the property replaced. In an effort to work out a percentage that would fairly represent the portion of snstruction costs chargeable to op- eradng accounts, numerous conferences were held with representatives of the companies. The companies, however, were un- able to agree between themselves as to the percentage to be used. TROOP FLAG' PRESENTED Mrs. Brookhart Gives Emblem to Prince Georges Girl Scouts, By & SBtaft Correspondent of The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md, June 13— Presentation of a troop flag by Mrs. Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa and of an American flag by Mrs. Cardozo fea- tured the first demonstration meeting of the Helen Bell Cardozo Gir! Scout “Troop, No. 66, of Prince Georges County. Mrs. Garrett S. Miller, jr., commis- sioner of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia, conducted the tenderfoot tests. The affair was held at St. Paul's Baptist Church. Leaving his rabbit’s foot at home and boldly inviting black cats to cross his path, Harry E. Caputo, 313 B street northeast, defied Friday the 13th and took a bride today. Emerging from St. Joseph's Church, at Second and C streets northeast, with the air of a man seeking ladders to walk under, Caputo could find nothing but a big upholstered sedan. So he stepped inside with his bride and was whisked away to the tune of tin cans and buckets. Caputo (below) and Miss Kathleen Keister (above) were married by Rev. Joseph T. Kennedy. - Star Staff Photos. CAPITAL PLANNING PROGRAM DEBATED B Street Width and Parking Problems Are Tackled by Commission. Getting away to an early start on its lengthy program, designed to map | out further plans for the continued | beautification of the National Capital and its environs, the National Capital | Park and Planning Commission de- | voted today to deliberations over. the proposed width of B street, south, and | u;:y automobile parking problem in the city. Louis A. Simon, head of the archi- tectural division of the office of the supervising architect, Treasury Depart- | ment, conferred with the commission and the problem of the width of B treet, south, in the vicinity of the De- partment of Agriculture. was discussed. | A further conference with the De- partment of Agriculture officials was agreed upon and Frederic A. Delano, the commission’s chairman, is expected to appoint a committee to confer with the engineers and Secretary Hyde. The Department of Agriculture pro- poses to construct an arch over B street, leading from the administration | bullding group into the new extensible | buildings, southward, across the street. The question of street widths in that | area, and the setting of curb lines are considered highly important. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, commission’s city planner, laid before the commission a preliminary report of the automobile parking situation here as gleaned from | a count made recently under the direc- | tion of Dr. Miller McClintock of the Erskine Bureau for Traffic Research of Harvard University. This preliminary report has already been given publicity but it formed the basis of extended dis- cussion among commission members, particularly with reference to the po- tential parking situation in the triangle. Arrangements were made for a con- | ference later in the day between com- | mission members and Maj. E. Brooke| Lee, Democratic leader of ‘Montgomery | County, Md., and Irving C. Root, chief | engineer of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, with reference to the proposed appor- tionment of funds to purchase park property, as set forth by the terms of the Capper-Cramton act, under which the States of Maryland and Virginia, or their political subdivisions, are to contribute their share of the expense for the construction of the George Wash- ington Memorial Parkway on both sides of the Potomac River from Great Falls to Fort Washington, Md., and Mount Vernon, Va. NOTED AIRMAN DRIVEN OFF HIS COURSE BY FOG Amberse Banks Arrives in City After Unusual Experience Transcontinental Mail Line. in Flying miles off his course to escape dense fogs which hemmed him in, Am- berse Banks, airmail pilot on the Trans- continental line, who used to fly the airmail through the National Capital, paid a brief visit here today. Banks took off from Cleveland at midnight last night for New York and was caught by fog over the mountains. He was advised by radio that all of the Northern States along his course were fogged in and that the National Capital | was the closest city where a safe land- ing might be made. Flying by com- pass, Banks landed at Bolling Field at 12:30 o'clock this morning and put his mail on the train for New York. Despite his night of battling with fogs, the former local pilot, who is an officer in the Army Air Corps Reserve, borrowed an Army pursuit plane and put in a strenuous half hour of aerial acrobatics while waiting for the weather to clear so that he could fly to New York. Banks left the local airmail line last Summer to fly tri-motored passenger planes on the Transcontinental Air ‘Transport line, He joined National Air Transport as a mail p'lm‘on the Trans- continental line last | top of their respective grades on the WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, LIEUT. JOHN WALSH IS MADE CAPTAIN 10 SUCCEED REILLY Police Officer, 64, Passes Physical Examination for Promotion. FOUR OTHER OFFICERS GIVEN RAISES IN RANK Detectives Weber and Flaherty and Pvts. Hughes and Barnes Step Up in Ranks. Lieut. John M. Walsh of the tenth precinct police was promoted to the rank of captain today by the District Commissioners to fill the vacancy creat- ed by the death of the late Capt. Martin Reilly of the sixth precinct. Headquarters Detective Charles J. P. Weber was promoted to the vacant lieu- tenancy and Precinct Detective J. F. Flaherty of No. 2 was promoted to be detective sergeant. Pvt. Van D. Hughes of the second precinct, was promoted to be precinct detective fo take Flaherty's place. Pvt. Paul L. Barnes of No. 1 was promoted to a uniform sergeancy to take the place of Sergt. Harry T. Bur- lingame, who recently retired. All of &he promotions take effect next Mon- ay. The men promoted all stand at the eligible list for promotion. Lieut. Walsh, 64 years old, has been on the force since 1894 and, although beyond the retirement age, both in | length of service and in age, he passed | the physical examination necessary for promotion. Walsh was promoted to be a sergeant in July, 1906, and to lieu- tenant in January, 1922. He has served ilr;;z:\u present assignment since April, ‘Weber s in his fiftieth year. He w: appointed July 1, 1902, and made a sergeant in June, 1912. He took a leave of absence in April, 1918, to de- velop a police force at the old muni- tions plant at Geisboro Point, and re- signed in October, 1919, returning to the force as a private in July, 1922, He was made a precinct detective in May, 1924, and a detective sergeant in November of the same year. Barnes is 36 and has been on the force since February, 1921. . $400,000 ESTATE CLAIMED BY WIDOW Wolf Leaves Law Library to Son and Trust Fund for Three. Alexander Wolf, lawyer and bank official who died June 3, left an estate valued at $400,000, according to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Miriam B Wolf, for the probate of his will. Real estate comprised $50,000 of the estate and the remainder was in stocks, bonds | and other securities. By the terms of the will, dated July 31, 1928, he left his law library and office equipment to his son, William B. Wolf. A trust fund of $100,000 is left to the widow, two sons, William B. and Alexander, jr., and Victor B. Deyber, president of the Second National Bank, as trustees, to pay the net income to the widow for life, then to hold for the benefit of the son, John. Advances of $10,000 to the sons, Willilam B. and Alexander, jr., are provided, should either request same. The remaining estate goes absolutely to the widow. Besides the widow, the three sons survive. Mrs. Wolf 1t also named as executrix. Attorneys Wiiliam B. Wolf and Simon Fleishman appear for the widow. SOUCEK TRIP MENACED BY BAD FLYING WEATHER | Noted Aviator Is Scheduled Leave National Capital for New York Tomorrow. to Bad flying weather today threatened to prevent an attempt by Lieut. Apollo Soucek to establish a new world's alti- tude record for seaplanes. Although his Wright Apache single- seater, with which he established a new record for all types of aircraft last week, has been equipped with pon- toons for the seaplane attempt he has been unable to fly during the past two days. He is scheduled to leave the National Capital for New York tomor- row and is to sail for the West Coast for sea duty next week. It is considered likely, however, that the Navy Depart- ment may order him to stay here a few | days longer to make the seaplane flight. FREDERICK PRINZHORN DIES AS RESULT OF FALL Fatally Injured by Drop of Six Feet Into Areaway at E Street Hotel. foot fall into an areaway at nnex to a hotel at 25 E street yesterday afternoon proved fatal to Frederick Prinzhorn, 52 years old, of 1408 First street. The accident occur- red shortly before 4 o'clock and Prinz- horn died at 2:15 o'clock this morning. Prinzhorn was walking on a plank over the areaway, a witness to the acci- dent told the police, when he fell and fractured his skull. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of accidental death. BAR APPLICATIONS CLOSE Tomorrow Last Date to File for June Examinations. ‘Tomorrow Wwill be the last day for filing applications to take the June ex- amination for admission to the District bar. All applications must be in the hands of the clerk of the court by the close of business tomorrow, according to a notification posted by John Paul Ernest, chairman of the board of examiners. The examinations will be held at 20 and 21. HURT BY PASSING AUTO A fractured right wrist and bruises of both legs and s were suffered by Alfred K. Wimer, 40 years old, of 5803 Fifth street yesterday afternoon when & hit-and-run automobile struck him Georgetown University School June 19, 4 at Pburbe;ln!h l'-r:t and Pennsylvania avenue, He was given treatment private physiclan, i et J. M. WALSH, ‘Who becomes a captain, DETECTIVE SERGT. CHARLES J. P. WEBER, Advanced to a lieutenancy. Chancellor of National U. to Officiate Tonight at Institu- tion’s Commencement. Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the District of Columbia Board of Edu- cation and chancellor of National Uni- versity, will deliver the address to the 300 graduates in National's sixty-first annual commencement at 8:15 o'clock tonight in Memorial Continental Hall. Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District of Columbia Supreme Court SCHOOL LIBRARY GIVEN will preside over the exercises, which| will include the presentation of an honorary degree of doctor of laws to| Edwin Jay Prindle, eminent patent at- torney of New York. Stacy Mark Reed, member of the graduating class, will deliver the valedictory, and Rev. George C. Culbertson, associate pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, will deliver the invocation and the benediction. Mr. Prindle, recipient of National University's honorary degree, is to be honored in recognition of his contribu- tions to the field of patent law. A na- tive of Washington, he is a member of patents committee of the New York City bar, chairman of the patent com- mittee of the National Association of Manufactures and he belongs to the American Engineering Council, tional Research Council and the Amer- jcan Electro-Chemical Society. He is a lecturer on patent law at Lehigh Uni- versity and president of the New York Patent Law Association. The degrees to be conferred tonight include 50 post-graduate awards. There | will be five degrees of doctor of juri- dicial science, two of doctor of civil jaw and two of doctor of jurisprudence Special awards, including faculty and fraternity prizes, will be distributed by Justice Jennings Baily of the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Twenty members of the freshman class, under its president, Harold I Schilz, will act as ushers. The graduating class itself includes members from 37 States and the District, the Philippine Islands Palestine, Porto Rico and Hawalil. Na- | JUNE 13, GIGANTIC FLAG DAY PROGRAM PLANNED ON CAPITOL STEPS |G. A. R. and Women’s Relief Corps Sponsor Celebra- tion Services. |MARINE BAND WILL PLAY | ANTHEM ACCOMPANIMENT iCmflmiuiafler Crosby and Repre- sentative Holaday of Illinois Will Deliver Addresses. A monster Flag day demonstration will be staged on the east steps of the Capitol tomorrow evening, commenc- ing at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman'’s Relief Corps. One of the features of the presentation will be a pageant, depicting “The Birth of the Flag,” while another picturesque phase of the program will be the march down the steps of the Defenders of Old Glory, the service men who saw action | in 1864 and 1898. Addresses are to be delivered by Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby and Representative Willlam P. Holaday, Republican of Illinois. ‘Taking a leading part in the prepa- ration_of the Flag day program are F. J. Young, department commander of w G. A. R, and Mrs. Delia L. O'Brien, | department “president of the Woman's Relief Corps. With Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest of the community center de- partment, public schools of the District of Columbia, assisting, the committee in_charge follows: | E. Temple, Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, | | retired; Addie Hickman, Helen Elizabeth D. Shaw and Jennie Lawrence Hamilton. | ‘The program follow: Concert, 7:30 to 8 p.m., United States Marine Band; Capt. Taylor Branson, director. Introduction of F. J. Young, department commander G. A. R., by | Gen. Clem. Call to order, Comdr. F. | J. Young. Presentation of colors, Ha: zard Wheeler, color sergeant G. A. R. | Percy Parker, assistant color sergeant Salute to the flag and pledge of allegi- | ance, assembly, led by Mrs. O'Brien. | Invocation, Rev. Homer J. Councilor “America,” assembly, accompanied by United States Marine Band. “Star Spangled Banner,” Dorothy Sherman Pierson, accompanied by United States Marine Band. ~Address, Commissioner | Crosby. Selection, United States Ma- rine Band. Address, Representative Holaday Selections, McKinley High | School Glee Club, Mrs. Belle Thompson, director. The building of the flag, Girl Scouts of America. The defenders of | “Old Glory” (music by the United States Marine Band). Benediction, Rev. Francis J. Hurney. “Star Spangled | Banner,” United States Marine Band. Ushers: Sons of Union veterans of the Civil War, 1861-65, and Boy Scouts | of America. LAUDS NATION'S EMBLEM. Col. Herron, in Address, Urges Respect for U. S. Flag. ‘The average American's lack nf out- | ward respect for the flag of the United | States was scored by Col. LeRoy Her- ron, advertising manager of The Star, in an address this morning at Business High School's Flag day assembly. Col. Herron cited the demonstrative admiration other peoples have for their |flags and declared Americans could GRADUATE CLASS benefit by adopting some of their atti- tudes. He asserted also that the Amer- ican’s feeling of superiority in arma- ment and warfare was unfounded and contended that in actual strife most | nations react about the same. He urged an alllance of civic and patriotic duty by advocating struggle for peace along with preparedness for possible war. | ""The exercises were opened with the | Salute to the Flag, led by Cadet Lieut. | Bernard Margolium, and included the presentation of a book to William Sheehy by the Harvard University Alumni Club of the District. The volume is awarded each year to the outstand- ing member of the junior class, and | Sheehy was chosen for the award by virtue of his scholastic record and his | work in the cadet corps and in the i school bank. BOOK PURCHASE MONEY ‘A, C. Paul Contributes $500 to Ju- | nior High Named for His | Brother, It Is Announced. | | Announcement of a gift of $500 to buy books for the Paul Junior High School library was made last night at a meeting of the Home and School As- sociation. The fund was contributed by A. C. Paul, brother of the man for whom the institution was named. T. J. McBreen was re-clected presi- dent and presented with a fountain pen in recognition of his past services. Other officers chosen were: L. J. Cantrell, vice president; Mrs. Norman E. McIndoo, secretary; Mrs. Stephen E. Kramer, treasurer, A second vice president was selected for the first time, the post go- ing to Mrs. H. A. Swanson. “CANNED HEI.\T" FATAL TO INDIANAPOLIS MAN Harry L. McClarkney, 46 years old, of 103 Fourth street died at Gallinger | Hospital last night shortly after drink- ing a canned preparation used for heat- ing purposes, according to police of the sixth precinct. McClarkney came to Washington & few days ago from Indianapolis, Ind., and registered for lodging at the Gos- pel_Mission. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt ordered an autopsy performed on the body at the District Morgue today. MASSACHUSETTS PAUL REVERE DESCENDANT HERE Mrs. William Auerhamer Traced Here in Connection With Township Tercentenary Celebration. Unknown to many people of her na- ive Massachusetts, Pauline Revere, great-great-granddaughter of the Revo- lutionary patriot, Paul Revere, has been residing in Washington for the last seven years, at 1314 Floral street. She is now Mrs. William M. Auerhamer and the mother of two children. The little City of Revere, Mass, last night celebrated the 300th anniversary of its township, and the tercentenary committee finally traced Mrs. Auer- hamer to this city through a relative in Newport. Whep the town was in- corporated as a cif bout 15 years ago, FRIENDS FIND the then Pauline Revere was present at the exercises. Mrs. Auerhamer was unable to at- | tend the celebration last night, but she | sent a_congratulatory letter to the city | counctl of Revere. | Before her marriage, the descendant | of Boston's hard-riding patriot for five | or six years hung lanterns in the tower of the old North Church in Boston as a part of the annual celebration of “Revere's midnight ride and the Battle of Lexington, on April 19. Since her marriage, some one else has been desig- nated to perform the service. are. 1930. ROCK FROM CREEK Forced off Beach drive, in Rock Creek Park, early today, this nutomobil was saved from a plunge into the water when it hung on a rock. McGloughlin of the 300 block of Quackenbos street was the driver. uninjured. William He was | —star Staft Photo. 0. WATERSYSTN CHANGE 1S URGED Survey Group Feels Federal Rate Determination Im- mediate Need. Declaring that it is “time to face the issue and determine what the PFed- eral Government should pay for the water it uses, and just what rates should be charged the residents of the District,” the water supply committee of the Washington Board of Trade yesterday appointed a committee to devise a plan for abolishing the present system and formulating a new one for recommendation to District officials and Congress. The present system was condemned as “unbusinesslike and intolerable.” Committee Makes Survey. ‘The task of devising a new system was placed in the hands of a com- | mittee consisting of Rufus S. Lusk, Frank Van Sant and M. X. Wilberding. In a general survey of the water situ- ation here Mr. Wilberding reported to the committee as follows: “The present book value of the water | supply plant and distribution system of the District of Columbia is $34,472.- 247.76. Of this amount $10,931,923.97, or 32 per cent, has been contributed by the Federal Government; $9,082,346.63, or 26 per cent, has been contributed by the District of Columbia out of its general tax fund; the remaining $14,- 457,977.26, or 42 per cent, has been taken from the earnings of the water plant. “The Water Department now wishes | to embark upon a program of improve- ments and extensions. The approptia- tions necessary for these improvements and betterments, and for the regular operation of the plant, have reached the point where they are in_excess of the revenue An old law calls for all im- provements and betterments—that is, capital expenditures—to be made from the earnings of the water plant. These earnings come_entirely from the resi- dents of the District of Columbia and the Federal Government pays nothing for its water supply nor do either the citizens of the District or the Federal Government pay_for fire protection. “The Federal Government claims that it is entitled to free water (it uses about 121, per cent of the total supply) on account of its investment of $10.931,- 923.97, or 32 per cent of the total in- vestment, and_in like manner the citizens of the District of Columbia can | readily claim that they are entitled to| low rates because they have given $9,082,346.53, or 26 per cent of the total, out of the taxes which they have pald and $14,457,977.26, or 42 per cent, from water rents which they have paid. “As the water property increases in size and the number "of customers grows greater, it will be increasingly difficult to supply funds for capital ex- penditures from earnings unless the water rate is constantly increased. “Time to Face Issue.” “It is time to face the issue and determine what the Federal Govern- ment_should pay for the water it uses, and just what rate should be charged the residents of the District. “We urge that the present rates be considered as only temporary and that steps be taken to determine a com- prehensive and rational tariff along with a method of obtaining the new capital which can be applied to the future needs, no matter what they And further, that some thought be given to the unification of the man- age=ent of the whole system.” PUBLIC LIBRI.\RY HOURS FOR SUMMER ANNOUNCED Central Building Open From 9 to 4—Schedules for Subbranches Also Fixed. The central building of the Public Library will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning to 4 o'clock in the after- noon beginning tomorrow and will con- tinue on this schedule through Septem- ber 27, it is announced. During the same period on that day the Mount Pleasant, Southeastern and Takoma Park branches will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning to noon and will reopen in the evening at 6 o'clock and remain open until 9. All subbranches will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning until noon. The central building, branches and subbranches will be closed Sundays through to September 14. Proposes Fund for Hospital. When the second deficiency appro- priation bill is taken up in the Senate, Senator Phipps, Republican, of Colo- rado will offer amendment for $20,- 000 gflmwm nd improvements at the imbia Hospital. TONATURALIZED * CTZENSGREETED ‘Warm Welcome to City Given al Reception by Association. One hundred and thirty-eight natu- ralized foreigners, the largest formal sroup of new citizens ever assembled in the District, were warmly welcomed to civic Washington last night at an Americanization reception at the United States Chamber of Commerce Bullding. The exercises were under the aus- pices of the District Americanization School Assoclation. The State Ameri- ! canism committee of the Daughters of | the American Revolution and the de- | partment of American citizenship of the District Federation of Women's Clubs also contributed to the event. | 58 Nationalities Represented. | The reception was impressively opened with the new citizenship group, representing 58 nationalities, uniformly | swearing allegiance to the American flag. | grlr! addresses of welcome, cordially | assuring the new citizens of full civic rights, were made by Miss M. E. Alton, administrative principal of the Ameri- canization School; Mrs. W. W. Husband of the Federation of Women's Clubs, Jesse Thomas, District director of natu- ralization, and Miss Helen Harmon, State regent of the District D. A. R. Maj. D. A. Davison, Assistant En- gineer Commissioner of the District, representing the local government, out- | lined the civic character of ‘Washing- | ton, characterizing it as unique among city governments. S. H. Hanessian, president of the Americanization School ~ Association, gave a detailed talk on the purpose and activities of the association. Prize Winning Essay Read. Miss Caroline Heholt, a new citizen, read a prize winning essay, “Why Wish to Become an American Citizen.” School certificates of the Americani zation School, awarded to students who have completed a course in civics and government, were presented by Mrs. Grattan Doyle of the Board of Edu- cation. Solo numbers by Alexander Slotoff- Mirsky, Russian concert singer, were well received. Mr. Mirsky was accom- panied by Mrs. Eugenia Cherniafsky Bruman, pianist. The Americanization School has en- rolled 2,000 prospective citizens in the | past year, with 500 naturalization cases | achieved, Miss Aiton announced. | Opening July 7 for night and day | classes, the Americanization Summer School will remain open to naturaliza- | tion groups throughout July and August. | ""Former Chief Justice Walter I. Mc- Coy presided at the reception exercises. | | [REV. J. F. FAN;‘JON NAMED FOR PASTORATE IN CITY Is Transferred From St. Stephen’s Pulpit, Bradshaw, Md., to Church of Nativity. Rev. J. F. Fannon, pastor of St. Ste- | phen's Church, Bradshaw, Md. today was appointed pastor of the Church of the Nativity here as successor to the late Mgr. F X. Bischofl | " The change was included in several | among the clergy of the archdiocese of Baltimore made by Archbishop Michael J. Curley. Rev. T. V. Fitzgerald of St. Steven's Church in Washington, it was announced, will succeed Father Fannon at_Bradshaw. Rev. T. A. Calnan of the Church of the Holy Name, Washington, was as- {signed to a new parish at Silver Spring, Md. FRANK RICKS ARRESTED Frank Ricks, 40 years old, of 515 Allison street, was to be arraigned in Police Court today following his arrest last night by Detective R. L. Jones of No. 10 station, on a complaint made to police by Stephen Gauzza of 255 Rock Creek Church road. Ricks is charged with having fired a shot at Gauzza during an altercation at Rock Creek Church road and Upshur street Wednesday night. The argu- ment started. Gauzza reported, when Ricks accused him with having given police information that resulted .in Ricks’ arrest on a dry law charge. Raiders Get 299 Jars of Liquor. Raiding an empty house at 1200 Sec- ond street southwest in response to in- formation that whisky was being stored there, Patrolmen Claude Mathenv and J. L Mo&;‘: &!dthe’ roung. xl"(;c‘l‘l’l\ct sta- tion confiscated 29! on jars of liquor last nlghb.ov- PAGE B—1 BUILDINGS HEIGHT LIMITS ORDERED BY DISTRICT HEADS Government Edifice Protec- tion Accords With Intent of Shipstead Act. FOUR U. S. STRUCTURES CONCERNED IN ACTION Senate and House Offices, Library of Congress and Supreme Court Home Benefited. ‘The District Commissioners yesterday promulgated an order limiting the height of buildings adjacent to Govern- ment buildings to carry out the intent of the Shipstead act, signed last month by President Hoover. Eight stretches of street were named in the order, the allowable heights on these streets vary- ing from 60 to 90 feet. In each case the order provides that ventilation and elevator shafts on top of buildings in the areas named shall be set back from the front and side copings a distance equal to the height of the shaft. Four Buildings Protected. The buildings protected by the order are the Senate and House Office Build- ings with their respective additions, the ibrary of Congress and its addition and the new Supreme Court Building. ‘The following is a list of the restric- tions: On the east side of First street north- east, between B and C streets, adjacent to the Senate Office Building, no build- ing shall be erected or altered so as to be higher than a horizontal line 70 feet above the top of the curb at the north- cast corner of First and B streets northeast. On the north side of Maryland ave- nue northeast between First and Sec- ond streets, adjacent to the New Su- preme Court Building, no building shall be erected or altered so as to be higher than a horizon*al line 60 feet above the top of the curb at the northeast corner of the intersection of First street and Maryland avenue northeast. On the east side of Second street northeast betwcen East Capitol and B streets, adjacent to the New Supreme Court Building, no building shall be erected or altered so as to be higher | than a horizontal line 60 feet above the | top of the curb at the northeast corner | of the intersection of Second and A streets northeast. On the east side of Third street southeast between East Capitol street and Pennsylvania avenue, adjacent to the New Library of Congress, no build- ing shall be erected or altered so as to be higher than a horizontal line 70 feet above the top of the curb at the north- east corner of Third and A streets southeast. Pennsylvania Avenue Alfected. On the north side of Pennsylvania | avenue southeast between Second and Third streets, adjacent to the New Library of Congress, no building shall be erected or altered so as to be higher than a horizontal line 70 feet above the top of the curb at the southeast corner of the intersection of Second street and Pennsylvania avenue soufheast. On the south side of B street south- east between First and Second streets, adjacent to the Library of Congress, no building shall be erected or altered 5o as to be higher than a horizontal line 70 feet above the top of the curb at the southeast corner of First and B streets southeast. On the east side of Pirst street southeast between B and C streets, ad- jacent to the House Office Building, no building shall be erected or altered so as to be higher than a horizontal line 70 feet above the top of the curb at the southeast corner of First and B streets southeast. On the south side of C street south- east between FPirst street and South Capitol street southeast and between South Capitol street and Delaware av- enue southeast, adjacent to the House Office Building and additions thereto, no building shall be erected or altered so as to be higher than a horizontal line 90 feet above the top of the curb at the southeast corner of South Cap- itol and C streets southeast. VIVISECTOIN BILL ACTION DELAYED Senate Committee Takes Measure Under Advisement After Hearing. I | | The bill to prohibit experiments on dogs in Washington has been taken un- der advisement by the Senate District committee, following the closing of the hearings yesterday afternoon, at which research workers from the Public Health Service and other laboratories gave fur= ther testimony against the measure, while anti-vivisection advocates renewed their plea for its enactment. Led by Mr. George W. McCoy. direca tor of the newly established National Institute of Health, formerly called the Hyglenic Laboratory, a number of doc- tors and professors gave additional rea- sons why they believe experimentation on dogs and other animals is esseniial in conquering ciseases both of mankind and animals, Reyv. Dr. C. Ernest Smith, head of the National Anti-Vivisection Society of Washington and the International Conference on Investigation of Vivi- section, made_the final argument for the supporters of the bill, describing vivisection as “flendish torture of dogs” and, declaring it has never done any good. Dr. McCoy placed in the record & statement from Dr. Henry C. Macatee, chairman of the legislative committes of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, against the bill. Other witnesses presented by Dr. McCoy against the bill were Dr. M. I. Smith, Public Health Service; Dr. Wallace M. Yater. Dr. George B. Roth, Dr. W. H, Sebrell, Public Health Service, and Capt. Butler of the Naval Medical School. T. W. Pond of the Animal Protective Bureau of Baltimore gave arguments in rebuttal for the advocates of the bill. DIES OF HIS INJURIES George Tove, colored. 21. of Sandy Spring, Md.. died at Casualty Hospital this morning from injuries which he received Saturday when a sewer which he was excavating at Fiftieth and Meade streets northeast caved in and covered him with tons of earth Members of the fire rescue squad dug Love from beneath the dirt. Wil- liam Nelson, colored, 50, who was work- ing on the , escaped with a broken ank] An inquest was ordered at the Distrist Morgue this afternoon. i