Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1930, Page 13

WASHINGTON h SPEAKER T0 NAME HOUSE COMMITEE FOR FISCAL STUDY Simmons, Author of Move, Does Not Wish to Be One of 7 Members. BINGHAM:S PROPOSAL WAITS SENATE ACTION Senator Jones Urges Resolution for Group to Value Property in District Annually. The special committee of seven House members provided for in the resolution Representative Simmons of Nebraska had the House adopt just prior to ad- journment to study = fiscal relations between the Federal and District Gov- ernments, will be appointed by Speaker Longworth, who is out of the city at the present time. Mr. Simmons stated yesterday, how- ever, that he had no desire o be a member of the special committee and i particularly anxious not to be placed on it. Headed House Conferees. The Nebraska Representative, as ehairman of the District subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, ‘was head of the House conferees during the long battle over the current appro- priation act, which ended Thursday night with the House agreeing to in- crease the Federal contribution from $9.000,000 to $9,500.000 this year. Mr. Simmons will continue in charge of the next District appropriation bill, to be drafted at the December session for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1931. He is slated to give up the chairman- ship of the local subcommittee to take charge of the agricultural appropriation bill, but this change does not take place until after the close of the Seventy- first Congress, next March. Senator Bingham of Connecticut, who fed the Senate conferces in their suc- cessful effort to obtain an increase in the Federal contribution this year, has a resolution pending in the Senate District Committee which would set up a commission to study the fiscal rela- tions problem, which has not yet been acted upon. Senator Bingham, how- ever, proposes a commission, composed of one Senator, one member of the House, the Director of the Budget, one | District Commissioner, one economist | from outside the District and two bona fide residents of the District. Jones Wants Valuation Group. Senator Jones of Washington, chair- man of the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee, also has a resolution pending | in the District Committee to create a commission of three to make an annual valuation of the Federal and private property in the District,for the informa- | tion of Congress. Senator Jones does not believe the relative value of the property here is the sole basis on which the division of cost should be fixed. but he believes that an annual report | of this kind would be helpful to Co gress in arriving at its decision, con- sidering it along with the other factors entering into the question. COSTS $10 TO LEARN RULE ON BANANA SALE| Colored Pusheart Vender Feels Enforcement of Law Relat- ing to Boulevards. George King, colored, did not find out until yesterday afterpoon that he cannot legally sell bananas on a boule- vard, and the information cost him $10 King, incidentally, has-the distinction of being the first victim of a new police crusade to restrict the activities of street venders in obedience to a recent order of the Police Department. Near Twenty-eighth street and Penn- sylvania avenue, King was doing a brisk holiday business when Policeman W. A. Myers of the seventh precinct happened to pass. He had in his cap a fresh or- der from headquarters . directing him to enforce the regulation. So King, his pushcart and bananas and all, with the policeman heading the parade, marched to the seventh precinct sta- tion, where the vender was. ?m;gevx with “selling bananas on a boulevard.” “Ten dollars collateral,” demanded the desk clerk. King emptied his pockets and counted out $10, all in quarters. MRS. NELLIE COLEMAN IS INJURED SERIQUSLY Bon Visits Victim of Auto .Grash, in Critical Condition at Keyser Hospital. Mrs. Nellie Coleman of the Roxboro Apartments, 1717 R street, who suf- fered a fractured skull and internal injuries Friday when her automobile overturned about 20 miles ffom Keyser, W. Va., was visited in .the Hoffman Hospital at Keyser by her son Herbert, a United States Naval Academy mid- shipman, late yesterday. Mrs. Coleman’s condition was de- clared to be critical late-last night. Her son, who was spending the Fourth of July holiday at Keyser,. left there Pri- pv night as soon as word reached him his mother’s accident. The Washington woman, an employe @t Woodward & Lothrop's department @tore, was traveling alone'to"her for- mer home, in Huntington, W. Va. where she was to visit friends.. When she reached Red House, in Garrett County, Md., her car swerved from the. road, turning over several times as it Tolled down an embankment. FISH DYNAMITERS HIT . Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. 4 STAUNTON, Va, July 5—Three more fish dynamiters paid stiff penai- ties this week when tried at Fulks Run, Rockingham_County, by.Magistrate J. C. Cooper. Each of the three paid $60 fine and costs. A Game wardens reporf more cases of fish dynamiting this year than ever before. While a number of* violators have been heavily fined, many of the fi:ucy persons escaped .because .their lentity was not determined. Sports- men hout area exrren e i il (e or. amiting g in- creased so that the guilty will have to sefve jail terms. Lawn Party to le VGAiven. BLADENSBURG, Md., July 5 (Spe- clal).—A lawn y will be given by the Sewing Circle of St. Luke's Episco- | Lo pal Church on the grounds of the parish hall Tuesday e , July 15. ""ll'hne will be various attrac- jons. . | market price today. Receives Cash Prize and Capt. Frazee Silver Lov- ing Cup. Pairs With Harrell to Finish Second in Two-Man Team Event. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEAGIRT, N. J, July 5.—Shooting 197 points out of a possible 200, Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley, Company E, 121st Engineers of Washington, today won the 200-yard small bore Spencer matcn over 116 entries at the annual Eastern rifle tournament. He was awarded a cash prize and a silver loving cup of- fered annually by Capt. Y. T. Frazee, Montclair, N. J,, Rifie Club. Private Theodore L. Harrell, also of Company E, captured fourth prize with 194x200. Pairing up in_ the two-man team event, Harrell, who is captain of the George Washington University varsity rifle team. and Riley, took second place among 35 teams, with a total of 780 out of a pessible 800 points. shot 391x400, while the latter was two points behind. The winners, Samuel Tekulsky, Brooklyn Rifle and Revolver Club, and W. M. Stuart, jr., Washing- outranked them by reason of a_higher score at the 200-yard range. Twenty shots each at the 2-inch diameter 100~ yard and the 4-inch 200-yard bull eye, constituted the course fired by each individual. Capt. Clarence S. Shieids, Company E, 121th Engineers, and John D. McNabb, National Capital Rifle Club, winner yesterday of the Eastern indi- vidual championship, each tallied 388x 400 to take sixth money in the team competition. D. C. Marksmen in Prizes. In the Spencer match, which con- sisted of 20 shots at the 4-inch diam- eter decimal target, the following Dis- trict experts also landed cash and mer- chandise prizes: Capt. Just C. Jensen, Ordnance De- | partment, State staff eighth place, | score, 193x200; Marine Gunner Ollie M. Schriver, U. S. Marine Corps, retired, | 1414 V street, coach of the Central High Sciool rifle team, twelfth place, 193: C. C. Dyer, 515 Twelfth street, National | Capital’ Rifie Club, thirteenth place, | 192, and First Lieut. Walter R. Stokes, | Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers, | seventeenth place, 191. The official bulletin gives the follow- | ing results on the matches fired late | The former | ton, Pa,, tied the local Guardsmen and | | respectively. LIEUT. RILEY'S 197 OUT OF 200 WINS SMALL BORE RIFLE MEET s LIEUT. THADDEUS A. RILEY. —Star Staff Photo. Slow fire small bore pistol re-entry match, first half—Won by J. E. Terry, Newport News, Va., Police Department, 186x200; third prize, Leon C. Smith, €307 Georgia avenue, National Capital Rifle Club, 178 points. Tomorrow the Inter-State team and the Swiss events will bring the tourna- ment to a close. McNabb Wins Title. Equaling the course record of 297 points out of a possible 300, John D. Mc- Nabb, 2037 F street, National Capital Rifle Club, yesterday won the Eastern individual small bore rifle championship of the annual Seagirt tournament. George B. Sheldon. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., also shot & 297 but was tied and outranked for the gold medal. Each totaling 293x300, First Lieut. Walter R. Stokes, Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers, and Pvt. Theodore L. Harredl, Company E. 121st Engineers, took eleventh and seventeenth places, | ‘The match consisted of three stages —two sighting shots and ten record | shots each at an .89-inch diameter 50- yard bull's-eye, a 2-inch 100 yards and a 4-inch 200 yards. George Sittler, Bear Rock Rifle Club, Allentown, Pa., took first money at the 50-yard stage with a “10-X" possible. Pvt. Harry B. Parsons, Company E, 121st Engineers, was tied with four others for fifth place, even though he kept eight of his ten shots in the half- inch “x-ring” of the bull's-eye. Another Bear Rock expert, Clarence yesterday: Palma individual match—Won by Fred Kuhn, Remington Rifle Club, | Bridgeport, Conn.: seventh prize, Ted Harrell;_eighth, Capt. Shields; ninth, | Lieut. Stokes, and _twelfth, Private Harry B. Pearsons, Company E, 121st | Engineers. The first 15 marksmen to finisk. in this event made “possible” scores of 225, the order of finish being | determined by the number of thots in the inner “V” ring of the 7.2-inch bull's-eye. 100-yard individual competition—Eric Johnson, Quinnipeac Rifie Club, New Haven. Conn., winner, 200x200; J. 3 McNabb, tied with two others for third, 199x200, with 14 shots in the inner “X" ring, and Capt. Jensen tled with two others for seventh, same score, but only 11 “X"” shots. Held, won the 100-yard stage with a seven “x” ible, while Ted Harrell, District of Columbia Guardsman, cap- tured second money with six shots in the “x” ring. McNabb, the champlon, tled with three others for third piace, with a possible score containing only five shots in the inner circle. Three District of Columbia marks- men finished in the prize class in the 200-yard division, which was won by | A A. Huffman, Ossining, N. Y. Rifle Club, with a 'perfect score of 100 | points, McNabb was fifth with 98, | Stokes, eighth with 97, and Capt. | Clarence S. Shields, Company E. 121st. | Engineers, eleventh, also with 97. The Eastern two-man team, fhe Spencer, and the Camp Perry special matches are engaging the attention of the sharpshooters today. D. C. TAX REGORD SET IN PAST YEAR Collection Exceeds Previous Mark by $1,379,450 During 1929. Tax collections nettcd $34.864,275.35 | for the District during the fiscal year closed June 30, according to a report | of Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers yesterday. This was a record-breaking | amount, exceeding by $1,379.450 the | previous record set in the 1929 fiscal rear. 7 The figures have not yet been analyzed to show the proportion by real estate, personal property | other taxable sources of the District, | but a detailed statement will be forth- coming later. The tax rate was the same last year as the year before, and apy increase, therefore, must represent an_increase in taxable values. The collections have been growing steadily {or: the 'past: five years. In 1925 they amountd to $22,206,856.14, in 1926 to | $26,606,646.83, in 1927 to $30,291,667.58, in 1928 to $32,512,871.97, and in 1929 to_$33,484,825.35. The heaviest collections were made in the month of October, 1929, when $7,872,156.13 were taken. Actually muth of this' amount came into the | collector’s office during the last hours | of September, in the shape of the semi- annual bills for real estate taxes. These sums usually take several days of the following month to credit, however. The collection in April, 1930, ran a close second with $7,213,001.10. The slim- mest month was July, 1929, when the collections amounted to $898,594.41. That was the only month when the cemections fell below the million dollar mark. 40,000 POUNDS WOOL SOLD IN EAST VIRGINIA Growers’ Association Announces Transaction Under Federal Farm Board Plan. Special Dispatch to The Star. 'RICEMOND, Va, July 5.—Sale of 40,000 pounds of wool has been an- nounced by the Eastern Virginia Wool Association. = The sale was made through the United Wool Growers' As- ulwlltlon of the PFederal Farm Board plan. Advances, the Wool Pool Committee | announced, will be made on the wool as Teceived. - This advance will be 25 cents a pound, which is approximately the A settlement will be made after the full delivery has been completed. The will will be graded when stored with the Producers’ Co-Operative Ex- change next week. The grading will be done with the assistance of K. A. Keith- ley of the State division of markets. The committee representing the wool pool, which is composed of growers in 25 counties, including Chesterfield, Henrico, Charles City, Goochland and Hanover, is made up of W. H. Fergu- son, Curles’ Neck farm; P. N. Stone- man, Varina; T. S. Winston, Chester- fleld; J. M. W. Graves, Goochland; §. J. Sawsos, county agent of Henrico; W. D. Gordon, county agent of Goochland, and m.). H. Quisenberry, county agent of e Pro- assistad of the uisa. W. L. Kirby, president of th ducers’ Co-Operative Exc! in arrangements for wool pool’s output. CONFESSION ENDS FIREWORKS PROBE Suspect Said to Have Admit- ted Tossing Firecracker Into Car. An investigation into the burning of two children with firccrackers tossed from an automobile on the Fourth ap- parently ended yesterday afternoon, when one of two suspects being held at_the sixth precinct confessed, Capt.!| J. M. Walsh, commander of that station, reported. The men being held are Frank Jewett, 34 years old, of the Astoria Apart- ments, at Third and G streets, and Elmer Altizer, 24 years old, of Rich- lands, Va. Police Report Confession. Altizer, according to Capt. Walsh, admitted to police that he was riding in the car from which firecrackers were tossed which burned Joseph I. Wilson, jr., 7 months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Wilson of 1312 Florida ave- nue, and Saul G. Anoff, 10 years old, of Baltimore, Md. The Wilson child was burned by a firecracker thrown into a machine in which his parents and an 8-year-old brother, Jack, were returning from Bay Ridge, Md. The firecracker landed in his hammock and burned him on the arm. He was treated at Casualty Hos- pital and later taken home by parents. Wilson gave chase to the Virginia machine, but was outdistanced. Firecracker Thrown in Car. ‘The Arnoff boy was burned when an occupant of a parked machine threw a firecracker while the youngster was playing at Third and G streets. He was treated at Sibley Hospital for burns of the right leg. The boy’s father told police that one of the men seated in the car drew a pistol and warned him to ‘“beat it” when he started for the car. According to Capt. Walsh, Altizer explained that a knife was pointed at Arnoff to scare him off and that the Baltimore man had apparently mis- taken the butt end of the knife for a revolver barrel. FATAL SHOOTING ENDS LONG-STANDING FEUD Clifton Fleet, Colored, Dies in Hos pital and Milliner Jefferson, Jr., Is Held for Murder. Clifton Fleet, 25 years old, colored, is | vived by two sisters, Mrs. Ester E. Lewis, D: [0l NAVY YARD J0BS MAY BE KEPT FOR 800 DUETO GO Britten Offers to Aid Adams in Obtaining Funds for Ship Modernization. WORKERS OVER NATION WOULD NOT BE SAVED Manufacture of Ordnance Can Be Started by Secretary, House Member Explains. Most of the 800 men who have been slated to lose their jobs in the near future as the result of the naval reduc- tion policy may be retained, it was learned last night, as the result of ef- forts that are being made by Chairman Britten of the House Naval Affairs Committee. | Chairman Britten, who has confer- red with N. P. Alifas, president of Dis- trict No. 14 of the Internatonal Ma- chinists, concerning this situation, has offered to lend his assistance to Sec- retary of the Navy Adams in obtaining assurance from Chairman Wood of the House Appropriations Committee that financial assistance will be provided by Congress when it reconvenes next De- cember for going ahead with the bat- tleship modernization program. Believes Majority Would Stay. Mr. Alifas said last night that this sort of an arrangement has been made at least once before. It would enable the Secretary of the Navy to proceed with the work on the ordnance for the modernized battleships, which is made at the Washington Navy Yard. This, in the opinion of Mr. Alifas, might re- sult in the retention of a greater part of the 800 skilled and unskilled work- ers now slated for dismissal here. All over the country there are about 5000 navy yard workers who are scheduled to lose their jobs on account | of the reduction program, according to Mr. Alifas’ estimate. Some of these might be retained in case Mr. Britten's plan goes through, Mr. Alifas thought, but not very many of them, as they would be employed chiefly on the bat- tleships themselves, which will not be taken from the fleet and put into navy yards for this work, under the Navy Department’s program, before next January. Chairman Britten explained yester- day that Secretary Adams, following precedent, can go ahead with the man- | ufacture of the ordnance for the mod- ernized battleships as soon as he gets | SUNDAY MORNI NG, JULY ¢ Sunday Stue WASHINGTON, 6, 1930. assurance from Chairman Woods that the money will_be forthcoming at the | next_session. Both Chairman Britten | and Mr. Alifas explained that the Navy | Department is authorized under_ exist- | ing law to spend as much as $300,000 | on any one project without specific | authorization from Congress. | $600,000 Would Be Available. | If the plan goes through, about $600,- 000 would be available for expenditure in the manufacture of guns for the modernized battleships at the Washing- | ton Navy Yard and the work could be | carried on between now and next De- cember when Congress reconvenes, thus | probably saving the jobs of most of the | 800 men who have been siated for early dismissal. | London treaty, in the opinion | of Mr. Britten, can have no effect, whether ratified or rejected by the Sen- ate. upon the modernization program, | which is permitted under the Washing- | ton arms treaty. i The Navy Department is authorized | to modernize three battleships, but it has announced that under present con- | ditions, no_matter how much money | Congress should appropriate for this | work, it was prepared to proceed with the modernization of only two. The, ordnance work for these, however, would | provide sufficient work to keep mi of the 800 men at the Washington Nav: Yard busy between now and December. BODY OF DAVID W. BUELL RECOVERED FROM RIVER;‘ Father Identifies Victim of Acci-| dental Fall—Girl Witnessed Drowning of Friend. Harbor police yesterday afternoon re- covered the body of David W. Buell, 21 years old, of 200 Del Ray avenue,| Bethesda, Md., who was drowned in the Potomac River Friday night near Key Bridge when he attempted to get into a canoe from a dock. 'he body was identified by the vic- tim'’s father, M. W. Buell. Miss Margot Hopkins, 23 years old. of | 1705 P street, told police that she wit- | nessed the accident, and informed po- lice that Buell lost his balance in at- tempting to shove off from the dock. In addition to his parents he is sur- and Myra Buell, 13 years old, of Falls Church, and two brothers, John E. Buell, 1509 Fifteenth street, and Alven J. Buell of Falls Church. RESERVE OFFICERS GOING TO TRAINING CAMPS Nearby Ordered Humphreys and Tobyhanna for Duty. Special Dispatch to The Sta BALTIMORE, July 5.—Engineer Re-| serve officers who will report July 6 at Fort Humphreys, Va., and Field Artil- lery Reserve officers who will report on the same date at Camp Tobyhanna, Pa., to begin 14 days’ active duty training include the following residents of Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia: * From District of Columbia—Capt. Alva George Nye, 3416 Oliver street, Chevy Chase. Prom Maryland—Second Lieut. Daniel Boone Lloyd, jr., Glendale. Prom Virginia—Capt. George Ray Boyd, Richmond; Capt. Frank Bernard Martin, Doswell; Second Lieut. Charles Engineers to was shot and fatally wounded last night and Milliner Thomas Jefferson, jr., 44 years old, colored contractor, of 1411 Thirty-fourth street, was held by police of the seventh precinct on a charge of murder. The shooting occurred at Jef- ferson’s home. According to the police, the shooting ended a long-standing grudge between the two men which had resulted only Friday night in the sending of Jefferson to Georgetown Hospital with a cheek wound which Fleet is alleged to have inflicted with a knife. Jefferson told police that Fleet. who also lived in the 1400 block of Thirty-fourth street, called nlhh home last night armed with a re- volver Jefferson said he grabbed his own gun and nn;l podlnt-bun.k at the r man. Fleet died at'Georgetown xosp!m shortly after his arrival there. Albert Clarke, McLean, and Second Lieut. Edward Watts Mundie, Chance. DISCUSS CITIZENSHIP By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July 5.— American citizenship =~ addresses by Mrs. William Fowler and Mrs. L. Bick- ford featured the July meeting of the Women’s Club of Mellwood District in the home of Mrs. Willilam 8. Hill. Mrs. Lansdale G. Sasscer, who arranged the P , presented the club with a silk American flag. A proposal to erect a clubhouse was studied at the meeting. ‘The club will hold next session at the Summer home of rs. Frank Small on West River. PAGE B-1 MANY D. C. BILLS STARTED ONWAYIN CONGRESS'SESSION Unpassed Measures to Re- tain Present Status at December Meeting. MERGER PROPOSALS YET TO BE ACTED ON Auto Liability Move Approved by House; Also Won Favor by Senate Committee. In addition to the District legisla- tion which Congress enacted dursw the long session just brought to a closes many other local measures were started on the legislative journey by receiving consideration in commitiee, and these bills will retain their present status when the next session meets in De- cember. When a Congress ends—every two years—all bills not completed die and must be reintroduced when the next Congress convenes, But the session which starts in December this year will be a part of the present Congress, the Seventy-first, so that any measure which has passed one branch or has been reported from a_committee will be taken up again at the point where it was left when the gavels sounded the close of the session, Thursday night. Tariff Held Senate Stage. Although the long battle over the tariff claimed the attention of Sen tors for the greater part of the session just ended, Chairman Capper of the District committee succeeded in having a large amount of District legislation considered by that committee, and held hearings on others on which the com- mittee did not take final action. The bill to authorize a merger of the Washington and Georgetown gas light companies, the resolution to permit a merger of the street railway companies and the Howell prohibition bill for the District still were awaiting action in the Senate when the session ended, and they also require House action. The bill to limit the powers of the local courts in reviewing decisions of the Public Utilities Commission likewise was reported to the Senate, but not passed. The bill to require motorists who are convicted of major traffic offenses, or who have judgments standing against them as the result of accidents, to show financial responsibility before having their permits to drive restored passed the House and was reported favorably by the Senate District Committee. The bill did not get through the Senate be- fore adjournment, but will remain on the calendar for consideration early in the next session. Other Bills on Calendar. Other bills on the Senate calendar awaiting action in December are: A bill to tighten the laws against gambling in the District: a bill to ex- tend leave with part pav to public school employes for the purpose of edu- cational improvement, and a_bill to change the name of Iowa Circle to Logan Circle. The bill to empower the Utilities Commission to require all taxicab op- erators to satisfy the commission of their ability to meet claims for damages passed the Senate, but is awaiting ac- tion in the House. The bill relating to reduced fare for school children passed the House, but did not get through the Senate. The bill to establish an airport for the National Capital near the south end of Highway Bridge, by combining Hoo-~ ver Field and the Washington Airport with adjacent land already owned by the Government, passed the Senate, but District of Columbia Girl Scouts have started a Summer camp at Stokesville, Va.. in the wilds of the Shenandoah, | 4id_not get through the House. Top: The mess hall. camp chairman, and Miss Dorothy E. Greene, camp director. Middle: Scouts of Unit A preparing a meal. Deskin and Rita Himes. Below POLIGE HOLDYOUTH ON THEFT CHARGES {Patted Dog’s Head to Quiet Him Before Entering Rad- ford Moses’ Home. A 17-year-old youth held by the police on two burglary charges yester- day assured Radford Moses, 3829 Liv- ingston street, prominent business man, that he had patted his dog on the head before he robbed his home early yes- terday morning. | ‘When the youth was confronted by’ Mr. Moses the latter declared: | “It's & good thing my dog didn't| bark when you were robbing my house | or I would have shot you.” “I patted your dog on the head,” Wil- lard Lee Winston, the alleged burglar, replied to Moses, police of the four- teenth precinct declared last night. A cigarette case and coin purse were stolen. According to Policeman F. S. Mar- shall, whose alertness led to the capture of the youthful suspect, Winston, who gave the address of 30 R street north- east, said he worked in his stocking feet after gaining admittance to houses. After his arrest, early yesterday morn- ing, Winston surprised one of his leged victims, James Toomey of 3823 | Morrison street, by admitting burglary | of Toomey’s trousers before the victim | knew about his loss. Winston led Officer Marshall to the Toomey home and showed how he en- tered the place and how he had rified the pockets of Toomey's trousers. Mr. Toomey declined to believe it until he looked in his trousers and found he had been robbed. The arrest of Winston follows several complaints of burglary from the Cleve- land Park and Chevy Chase sections. Policeman Marshall was investigating another case when he noticed a young man in an automobile acting nervously, The officer arrested the youth and found a gun on him. He confessed to the robberies. P TWO HURT IN AUTO Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., July 5—W. F. Sarver, 47, glassworker, this city, is in a critical condition at Memorial Hos- pital from injuries received when his car sideswiped another on the Frank- fort road late yesterday. Sarver was accompanied oy his daughter Agnes, who received a broken collarbone, and three sons, Benjamin S., Homer and W, F. Sarver, jr, and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jolly, who escaped injury. The girls at the swimming pool. Insets, left to rizht: Lieut. H. B. Nurse, superintendent of construction; Mrs. B, F. Cheatham, Left to right: Sally Crenshaw, Betty Jeffries, Beulah Pritchard, Anna —Star Staff Photos. Baby Starts Auto, Which Hits Post, Breaking It Down o-year-old Ernest Dixon, jr., colored, is not big, but he proved to be powerful yesterday after- noon, when, with the help of his father's automobile, he broke down an electric light post. Police were informed the baby, who is the son of Ernest Dixon, Jjanitor, 2605 Adams Mill road, was in the automobile, parked at the curb, when he stepped on the starter. 'The car was in reverse gear and it crashed into the post, knocking it down. The baby was not hurt. ROCKVILLE BUDGET CALLS FOR $27,225 Labor, Salaries, Street Lighting and Other Items Approved by Mayor and Council. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 5.—Accord- ing to the budget adopted by the mayor and council, it will cost approximately $27,225 to run Rockville during the fiscal year which began July 1. The various items of expense, the budget shows, are: Labor, $4,000; salaries, $3,620; street lights, $3,50( electric current for motors, $3,501 permanent improvements, $3,825; sup- plies and repairs, power house and dis- posal plant, $1,000; fire insuranc postage, stationary, miscellaneous, $1 000; supplies and repairs, streets, $50( fire department, $600; office rent, $480; redemption of bonds, $3.000; interest on bonded indebtedness, $2,200. The estimated receipts for the year are: Taxes, 90 cents on each $100 of real and personal property, $15,600; sewer tax, $2,100; road tax, $650: securities tax, $725; bank tax, $85( franchise tax, $300; water rent, $6,- 500; permits, $500. FIREWORKS CAUSE LOSS Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md, July 5.—The police are investigating the prank of an alleged practical joker in having thrown a lighted firecracker early last nignt amongst a firework display outside the store ‘of Gus Harris. Roman candles, sky rockets and other fireworks were ignited. One missile broke out a window in the grocery of James Coyle, across the street, and other pm‘ny nearby was bombarded. The Fire Separtment used chemicals to extinguish the blaze. | street southwes FIGHT ARRESTED * ON UM CHARGES } | {Small Quantities of Liguor | Are Seized—One Woman Is Accused. | Police netted several persons in liquor cases last night in various parts of the city, Sergt. Little and his fiying squad- | ron bemg credited with most of the | | arrests. Albert Theodore Wesley, 25, colored, of 1338 Cedar court, was charged with reckless driving, transportation and | possession of three one-half gallons of | liquor, the arrest being made by G. C. Deyo. George Coleman, 39, colored, of 1330 Cedar court, arrested by Sergt. Little, Leon Murray and G. C. Deyo, was | charged with possession and transpor- | tation of three one-half gallon jars of liquor. Mitchell Altine, 21, of 1137 Tenth reet, was charged with transportation d_possession of two pints, after arrest by Sergt. Little. James Timothy Dudley, 28, of 355 Van street southwest, a chauffeur, was charged with illegal possession and transportation of one quart and re- leased on $500 collateral. He was ar- rested by J. W. Casey. Willlam Gales, 28, of 1338 Union was charged with | transportation and possession of one quart. He was arrested by O. L. Pisher. | william Gilbert Kimball of Claren- | don, Va,, arrested by Officer D. D. Pitt- | man of No. 7 precinct, was charged | with transporting one pint and was re- leased on $1,500 collateral. | “Lucy Matthews and Martha Dodson of 3344 Volta*place, both of whom were considerably scratched about the face, were arrested by Officers G. M. Stewart and F. S, Hathorne, charged with pos- | session of liquor. Small Bullet Hits Boy. A bullet from an air rifle fired by some unknown person struck little Fred- die Barnsworth, 12 years old, of 1727 Kenyon street, while playing in front of his home yesterday. He was treated by & physician, who found the wound in his left elbow not serious. Boy Accidentally Wounded. KITZMILLER, Md., July 5 (§) ) —Cleveland, 12 years old, son of J. W. Arbogast. Stoyer, Garrett County, Md., is in Hoffman Hospital, at Keyser, in a critical condition, having been acciden- tally shot in the head bj a companion while hunting ground hogs yesterday. The House passed the bill to give the | District a new dangerous weapon law, but action was deferred by the Senate | committee until the next session. | < . ' POLICE RAIDERS VISIT Colored Woman, Charged With Per- mitting Law Violation, and Nine Others Taken. A raiding squad from the tenth po- |lice precinct last night visited 632 | Girard street to raid an alleged gam- bling house. Mary FErnest Darbin, 32, colored, was charged with permitting gambling and was relcased on $50 col- lateral. Nine colored men arrested in the place and charged with disorderly conduct were Roland Felton, 30 years old, 1850 Eighth street; James Makle, 29 years old, of 402 R street: Leonard Leroy Woodward, 22 years old, of 242 Brown street; Joe ‘Seaphus, 26 years old, of 813 T street: Kenneth Turner, 30 years old, of 932 Florida avenue; Kidwell Murrell, 24 years old, of 441 Neal pla John Henry Summers, 24 years old, of 919 O street; George Car- ter, 24 years old, of 615 S street, and Buster Morgan, 27 years old, of 3 L street. COMMUTER PROTESTS. D. C. Official Objects to Change in ‘W., B. & A. Book Time Limit. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 5.—Claiming that the Washington, Baltimore & An- napolis Electric Railroad has changed the time limit on its monthly commu- tation book between Baltimore and Washington, which adds a hardship and loss to commuters. H. M. Moler of the Federal Trade Commission of Wash- ington has entered a protest with the Public Service Commission. “I have been commuting 13 years and this morning (July 1) they refused to sell me a monthly book at the rate of $13 for 60 trips,” he said in part. “Said the books now were for 30 days, which means that on the 31st of July I will have to pay $2.37 or buy another book regardless of how many tickets I still have ir. the book. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., July 5.—Mrs, W. L. Turner was re-elected president of the Pledmont Chapter, American War Mothers, at a special meeting in Crossman M. E. Church Monday. Mrs. Oeor!e Lester was elected vice president of the organization, Mrs. George B. Fadely treasurer, Mrs. Sam- uel Styles recording secretary, Mrs. T. 'T. Taylor corresponding secretary, Mrs, M. F. Bean custodian of records and Mrs C. N. McGroarty historian, Mrs. Eleanor Waggoner of Washing- ton, secretary of the District Chapter and a member of the national board, was the guest speaker of the meeting and presided during the election of officers. Mrs. Turner will announce her committees at the next meeting. It was decided to continue meetings dur~ ing the Summer months,