Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1930, Page 17

WASHING TON, . D. CHANGES ARE SEEN FOR PROPOSED NEW SCHEDULE FOR GAS Utilities Group Expected to Refuse Extra-Payment Rules Requested. MINIMUM BILL SYSTEM MAY BE SUBSTITUTED Federation of Citizens’ Associations and Other Spokesmen Agree to 75-Cent Plan at Hearing. The fate of the new proposed gas rates, now resting with the Public Utilitles Commission, after a two-day public hearing, is expected to be settled within the next week or two. The next regular meeting day of the commission is Monday, but it is quite improbable that action will be forth- coming at that time. The transcript of the last day’s testimony, which con- tains important matter, is not expected before tomorrow, which is a half- holiday at the District Bullding. Prob- | ably not less than 10 days will elapse before the commission completes its study of this and decides whether or not to accept the new rates. Chances Are Against Rates. At the present moment the chances appear to be that the commission will not accept the rates as presented, and that one or two important changes will be written in, it was said today. Volum- inous testimony was offered to show that the reduced rates would result in increased bills to 46 per cent of the company’s customers in the lower do- mestic use brackets. It i5 not believed that the commission will approve this increase in order to put the company in a position to sell gas for developing the house heating end of the industry. There is a wide spread in the rates as offered between the domestic and the house heating schedules. The former starts at 85 cents per 1,000 cubic | tee! The latter drops as low as 50| cents, _According to testimony intro- duced by the commission’s accountant, | Byars McK. Bachman, yesterday, the | 50-cent rate borders very closely on the cost of manufacturing the gas. If this| should prove to be the case the sched- ule would probably be open to an a tack in the courts on the ground that it offers rebates to the housetheating customers. New Rules Expected to Fail. Not only will there be changes in the rate schedule as offered, but the likeli- hood is_that none of the new rules ! sought by the company, each costing certain customers more money, will pass muster. One of the rules provides that any customer who ceases to use the service within one year must pay a fee of $1.50 for this privilege. Another in- troduces two new charges, neither to be less than $1, for disconnecting a cus- tomer's service when he does not pay his bill and for reconnecting it if he ‘wants it reconnected. ‘The company's rate expert testified that these sums had not been taken into account in calculating the probable loss to the company in revenue under the new rates. Since there is, therefore, no testimony to support them, it is be- lieved that they will be ignored by the commission. ‘The cl in the discount period from 15 to 10 days, provided in another rule, is almost certain to be left out. President George A. G. Wood of the company stated he would have no ob- Jection to keeping the 15-day period. One of the changes confidently ex- pected is the substitution of a new minimum bill provision instead of the present clause, which calls for some- thing between & minimum bill and a service charge. This would be accept- able to spokesmen for the Federation of Citizens' Associations and other cit- izens’ association representatives at the hearing. None of them entered any ob. jection to the 75-cent monthly mini- mum bill, but they stated that for this | sum they should be given 75 cents' worth of gas, instead of being limited | to 500 feet, as under the proposed schedule. Seventy-five cents’ worth of g5 would be 882 feet. Alternatives Put in Record. . Changes in the schedule were quite definitely forecast by the action of the commission in the hearing yesterday of putting on its chief engineer, Burt H. Peck, as & witness. He Introduced number of schedules, with variations from the one offered by the company, any one of which, being in the record, could be adopted by the commission as an alternative to the gas company achedule. E. S. Hobbs, representing the Con- duit Road Cltizens’ Association, was not 8o fortunate, He entered a plea on behalf of his association for,a straight 90-cent rate, with a minimum_ charge of 75 cents. Under this rate, he said, the savings to consumers would start at 800 feet, instead of at 2,200 feet. as at present, and would run from § cents at 800 feet to 34 cents at 3,400 feet (the average domestic consump tion), as compared with 18 cents under the company’s proj 1. He was told by Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman that his proposition could not be con- sidered unle<s. he was prepared to, in- troduce testimony to show that the return to the company under his pro- rate would be reasonable. _ ‘William McK. Clayton, representing the Federation of Citizens' Associations, protested strongly, saying that never during the 17 years of his appearance before the commission had any spokes- man for a citizens' group been put up against such a proposition. But Mr. Hartman wes adamant, saying that if Mr. Hobbs had wanted his rate con- sidered he should have submitted it to the commission before the hearing began, 5o that the commission’s ac- countants could-have studied its effect upon the rate of return. The Washington Chamber of Com- merce and the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association submitted resolutions ap+ proving the new rates. The chamber, added that it hoped any valuation pro- ceedings that might be necessary would be allowed to wait until after the new rates were in effect. SO NEW WIRING LABORATORY T0 BE FORMALLY OPENED Struecture Will Be Scene of Récep- tion to Btudents by Bliss Fac- ulty Tonight. The new wiring laboratory of the Bliss Electrical School will be formally ned, at 7:30 o'clock tonight, when a %flofl is given by the faculty to students and their friends. The struc- ture, by R. G. Sherburne, head of the wiring department, was com- leted during the past Summer. It isa wo-story structure of Spanish mission architectural design to harmonize with the other buildings on the Bliss cam- pus. It contains dwelling sections in ‘which the stndents will practice At | tered by smashing the glass in a display | GOES “APARTMENT HUNTIN | | | Here’s what happened to the automobile of Dr. W. F. Patten of 1746 P street following a collision at Eighteenth and M streets this morning. The machine tore down a 50-foot iron fence, crashed through a concrete retaining wall and ten’s automobile collided with a machine operated by Charles Diggs, colored, of 452 M street. None was arrested and none was hurt. —Star Staff Photo. S50 IN CASH LOST WISCONSIN AVENUE N S ROBBERES PLAN UNSETTLED Wearing Apparel, Jewelry,|Committee to Consider Money ‘and Dog Form Whether Circle or Oval Burglars’ Loot. . Will Be Constructed. Six . robberies, involving the theft of | The question of whether there will more than $500 in cash, wearing ap- | be a circle or an oval at Wisconsin parel and other articles, were being in- | avenue and the District line was Te- vestigated by police today. In one of | ferred by the Washington National Park them, the burglary of a Sanitary Gro- | and Planning Commission today to the cery Co. store at 2017 Eleventh street, a | co-ordinating committee for further small steel safe, containing $112 in bills, | study. was stolen. | 'The commission and the committee Charles L. Wiley of 920 Grant place, | previously agreed that the pretentious manager of the store, reported to police | entrance to the city at Wisconsin ave- that the safe and $5 worth of cigarettes | nue, leading in from Bethesda and were missing when he opened the estab- | other Montgomery County points, should lishment. this morning. be & circle, but within the past few Burglars Leave Tools. days the land-National Capital ’ .| Park and Planning Commission ex- Second precinct officers investigating | pressed its preference for treatment of the case found that the robbers had en- | the project in the shape of an oval. Capt. E. N, Chisolm, ir.. commission 5 engineer, said today that the Maryiand penters' tools were left by the burglars. | yuthorities will be invited to the com- The store of Louis Alpert, at 741 First | pjttee's discussion of the Wisconsin street, also was entered by mArauders | ,yenue project. The committee is slated Jast night and $12 in cash, and groceries, | to mact next “uesday, bub. wheiher the meats and tobaccos valued at $90 were lwlaeonmn avenue program can be taken. A cellar door was forced ODen.|prought before it has not as yet been Mrs, Anne Smalley of 1236 Thirty- | qcot€T OO third street, appealed to police to &% | ‘The National Park and Planning sist her in the recovery of a $60 silk|commission had before it the proposed cape. & camera, revolver and flashiight | (reatment of the intersection of Massa- which were taken from her car while 1t | copycetts avenue and Nebraska avenve. was parked in the rear of the Jeflerson | my subject, too, was referred to the Hotel in ‘Riehmond, Va., early yester- |, qinating committee for further study. day. | A suggestion has been put forward that |a large circle be created at that point, window at the front. A number of car- Apartment Is Looted. The apartment of Helen Torreyson, at 2112 F street, was broken info last which is near American University, and that a statue of Gen. Artemas Ward, Revolutionary War hero, be placed night and articles valued at $51, in- cluding & string of pearls, $10 in cash, cleansing cream and a hat, were taken. Pifty dollars in cash was stolen from the room of Edith Blackmer, 1301 Clif- ton street, according to a report made to the eighth precinct. while a suit case containing & $30 golfing outfit was reported stolen from the machine of Godfrey L. Munter of the Mills Build- ing, Seventeenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. A 5-month-old German police dog, -_ valued at $50, was reported stolen from | the garage of James Daras, at the rear ' Colored Chauffeur Held at Precinct of his home, 620 Four-and-a-half street | yoithout Charges Pending southwest, iast night. Police Investigation. PLANS FOR WELCOMING SHOW GUESTS ARE LAID Perfects there. The president and fellows of | Harvard University have been author- | 1zed to place the Ward statue In Wash- "THREE ARE WOUNDED RUNS AMUCK Three colored' men were wounded slightly by Willlam Scott, colored chauf- feur, 42 years old. of 505 Twenty-third street, when he ran amuck at Virginia | avenue and ‘Twenty-third street with & pistol last night. The wounded gave their names as Ellsworth Lee of 540 Forty-eighth street northeast, Waverly Sollers, 17, of 4809 welcoming guests at the sixth annual | Fitch place northeast, and W. H. Ed- 1 ex| ition, to be staged at the imondl. 28, of 4828 Hayes street north- 321‘;'3.‘..,.‘ Auditorium No::fnn»r 3 to | east. They were taken to Emergency 8, have been perfected by the Chamber | ml:“ll nd treated for wounds in the wa: ed today. 3 flsc:e'cna':lln rceeég;;um: :;‘;’:lemwm be )np- Scott was captured by Policemen M pointed from the membership of the |C- Barco and K. P. Greenlow and taken chamber, which is sponsoring the ex- to the third precinct station. No charges position. These groups each night dur- | have been preferred against him, pend- ing the show will welcome visitors to | ing an investigation of the case by po- the auditorium, guide strangers througn | lice. His victims are in Gallinger Hos- the exhibition quarters and generally | Pital assist in making the exposition more en- joyable. R s sy e gy | THREE DISTRICT BOYS 0 NAMED FOR WEST POINT own as a part of the exposition. Appointed by President as Cadets- FIRE EMPTIES FLOOR at-Large, Subject to Entrance Hotel Occupants Flee as Smoke Tt ta Shaseh Wills Halls. Three residents of the District of Co- Fire in a Afth floor room of the Gor- | lumbia have been appointed by the don Hotel. on Sixteenth street between | President as cadets at large at the 1704 K streets, late this morning, | West Point Military Academy, subject which burned a bed mattress and part | to qudlification at the entrance ex- of fhe flooring in the room, caused | amination in March, next. They are Sccupants on the floor to flee to safety | Hjaimar Erickson, Jr., Army War Col- when dense smoke filled the halls. lege; Gilbert V. B. Wilkes, jr., 3203 Sergt, John C. Stine, attached tempo- Thirty-eighth street, and John E. rarily to.No. 1 engine company, which | Slaughter, 2821 Twenty-ninth street. With. No, 2 truck company responded | Similar appointments have been to a call, reported the fire had been | given Warren J. Bettens, Severna, Md extinguished by hotel attendants when | Bobert Besson, Nashville, Tenn., and he arrived. illiam P, Grieves, Cornwall, N. ¥. MOSQUITO BUZZES GOOD-BY AS COOL WEATHER SETS IN Chamber of Commerce Arrangements for Indus- trial Exposition. Plans for a more extensive system of | Weather Bureau Prognosticator Predicts at Least a Week of Real Autumn Temperature. | | { TWO HELD T0 JURY IN CRASH COSTING LIFE OF KELLIHER Shea and Garrison Are Charged With Murder and Drunken Driving. DISPUTE ARISES OVER IDENTITY OF OPERATOR N bt “Greatest Mass of Misinformation I've See) Judge of Testimony. Ever William J. Shea and Early Garrison of Washington were held for action of the grand jury by Police Court Judge Wwilliam S. Snow, in Alexandria, today on charges of murder and driving while drunk, in eonnection with the death in an automobile collision on September 7 of Maurice “Mickey” Kelliher of Wash- ington, & well known base ball player. Judge Snow sald the testimony of | the two men and about 10 other wit- nesses was “the greatest mass of mis- finally came to rest in an areaway alongside the Connecticut Apartments. Dr. Pat- | j;,rrmation” he had heard in a long time’and that he could not determine who was driving the car and would hold both “men. Occupant Held as Witness. Commonwealth Attorney Bryan pre- viously had asked that both men be charged in separate warrants, the first warrant having been a blanket one. Shea and Garrison were released on bond. William McKeever, the other occupant of the car, was also held under $500 personal bond as a witness. Attorneys for Shea attempted to prove that Shea was not the driver of the car which collided with another machine at Four Mile Run, on_ the Washington-Alexandria Highway. Gar- yison testified that when the car left Washington with Kelliher in the rumble seat, he was driving the car and Shea was sitting beside him. He testified that Shea complained of his driving and that he turned the wheel over to him. On Way to Colonial Beach. Shea then said that he, Garrison and McKeever wt on the front seat d Kelliher was alone in the rumble seat and that Garrison was drivipg. The party was en route to Colinial Beach. John R. Wall of this city, & witness, testified that Shea was in the driver’s seat when he arrived -at the scene Other witnesses said they did not know who was driving. McKeever testified that he did not know what happened after the car left Washington until the crash occurred, although he previously is said to have made a statement concerning who was driving to the effect that Shea was driving, but repudiated this on the stand. Kelliher died in Emergency Hospital | shortly after Shea's machine was in col- lision with a car from Sparrows Point, Md. Garrison was also hurt and re- ceived hospital treatment. Conflicting stories as to how the ac- cident occurred caused Alexandria police to swear out warrants, DRILLING IS ORDERED ON MONUMENT GROUNDS | Government Moves for Survey With View to Installing Sunken Gardens. The Government today commissioned the Giles Drilling Corporation of New York City to bore_ through the rock foundation of the Washington Monu- ment and determine just what can be done in the way of beautifying the Monument. Grounds with sunken gar- dens. In an approximate circle outside the driveway that surrounds the shaft, 10 holes will be drilled down to what is presumed to be solld rock. At that point, the work will be to find out whether the strata is of a character that would permit excavation of earth. Conditions permitting, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission then will go forward with its plan to beautify the grounds. Models have been prepared by W. T. Partridge, the com- mission’s consulting architect. $20,000 IN CHECKS HELD UNTIL KYLE S FOUND Harry Wardman Unable to Ex- plain How Papers Signed by Him Were Lost. Chetks valued at $20,000 which were found near Wisconsin and Massachu- setts avenues yesterday afternoon by Policeman N. J. Geary of the seventh precinct, were turned over to Chief Property Clerk Harry M. Luckett today to be held until E. J. Kyle can be lo- cated. The checks were all made payable to Kyle and signed by Harry Wardman, Washington builder, by whom Kyle was formerly employed. Wardman was un- able to explain how the checks and notes were lost and said he had had no business dealings with Kyle since the latter left the Wardman organiza- tion about six months ago. Kyle could not be located at the Wardman Park Hotel, where he resides. ORDERED TO CANAL ZONE PRNERRS . Ny Lieut. Col. Ardery Reassigned. Other Army Changeés Listed. Lieut. Col. Edward D. Ardery, Corps of Engineers, has been relieved from duty as district engineer at Huntington, W. Va., and ordered to the Panama Canal wone for duty at department headquarters; Lieut. Col. W. Goff Caples, Corps of Engineers, now in the Panama Canal Zone, has been detailed as district engineer at Chicago, IIl; Col. Theodore B. Hacker, Quartermaster Corps, has been_transferred from the Philippines to Boston, Mass.; Capt. Henry B. Dawson, Field Artillery, from Concord, N. H., to the Panama Canal Zone; Capt. Horace Harding, Field Ar- tillery, from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to Fort Sill, Okla., and Capt. Prederick ‘W. Hoorn, Signal Corps, from Gov- ernors Island, N. Y., to Hollywood, Calif., to take a course of instruction in photography and motion picture work. FRIDAY, e he Toening Star SEPTEMBER 19, 1930. Above is the X0-27, terday from Teterboro, ) by Italy as a torpedo plane, the torpedo being slung between the twin hulls. It is at Bolling Field. | | | Army experimental long-range reconnaissance plane of revolutionary type, flown here late yes- . 3., for inspection by Army officials. hulled fiying boat, brought to the Anacostia Naval Air Station for inspection by the Navy Department. Below is a Savola-Marcetti twin- 1t is of a type used —Star Staff Photos. NEW AGRIULTURE BULDING 1 BEGUN Extensible Unit First of Three| to Be Erected Between 12th and 14th. Pirst concrete was being poured to- day in construction of the new ex- tensible building for the Department | of Agriculture, the first unit of Which is going up on the square bounded by | B and C streets, Thirteenth and Thir- | teen-and-a-Half streets southwest. | The Nelson-Pedley Co. of Philadel- | phia, general contractors, are making | good ‘progress on the project, having cleared away the buildings on the site, through a subcontractor, the Hechinger Co. of this city, and are now pouring concrete for the foundations. This extensible building is designed eventually to cover three city blocks, stretching from_Twelth to Fourteenth streets between B and C streets south- west, but for the present the first unit only will be constructed in the middle of the three blocks. The others are to be built later. Congress has authorized a total of $5.750,000 for the extensible project and the contract of the Nelson- Pedley Co. for their part of the work totals $2,074,000. They are to be fin- ished in 450 calendar days from the time they started, several weeks ago. Meantime, progress also is being | PASTOR DECLINES POST E AS LEGION CHAPLAIN| Refuses Because He Says “Nnmel of Jesus Christ Is Left Out of All Formal Prayers.” By the Associated Press. PIERRE, S. Dak., September 19.—Rev. | R. E. Anderson, pastor of the Englis Lutheran Church, yesterday refused to | accept the nomination as chaplain of the Pierre Post of the American Legion, because the “name of Jesus Christ is left out of all the formal prayers of the American Legion.” | “As # preacher of Jesus Christ,” the | Rev. Mr. Anderson said, “I believe that His name should be confessed, and that all prayers should be said in His name. I wish to have no part in a prayer that leaves Him out.” STOPFRE LOSSES, PRESENT ASKS Hoover’s Proclamation of Week of Prevention Cites Great Toll. By the Associated Press. Calling attention to a national fire Mss in 1920 of $470,000,000, President ANERICANIZATION SCHOOL 0 OPEN Unusually Heavy Enroliment Expected to Learn English Language Here. Steps have been taken to care for an | unusually heavy enroliment Monday at | the opening of the Americanization School, Tenth and H streets, a public institution, Monday. Officials ‘announced today that there | would be morning and afternocon classes | for men and women desiring to study | the English language. Beginning, in- | termediate and advanced classes will meet at 10 a.m. and 1:30 pm. Groups of men and women preparing for natu- ralization examinations will begin study- ing at this time, Early registration has been urged. A special coaching class will be or- ganized for non-English-speaking chil- | dren from 9 to 16 years of age. The English language of various school sub- jects will be given intensely, in order | that children may be transferred to reg- | ular grades as soon as they have mas- tered sufficient English. Special plans also have been made | to form classes for men and women who never have had an opportunity to at- tend school. Intensive work will be given in reading and writing. The eve- ning classes will open October 6. The_ pre-school age kindergarten will open Monday as well. Miss Grace Jan- | made on the other side of the new De- | Hoover today signed a proclamation partment of Agriculture building, wheré | designating the week of October 5 as the Hechinger Co. is tearing down all | the old buildings formerly occupied by | the Secretary of Agriculture, the Bu- | reau of Entomology and other unit National Fire Prevention week. The President asked the country to| | co-operate actively in the prevention of | Ms: T f ney, teacher in charge, will be present | to meet parents at 8 a.m. Members of the faculty include Miss M. E. Aiton, principal; Miss M. V. Ball, | O. Burroughs, Miss D. J. Don- | rs. G. McClintock, Mrs. H. C. | of the department. *The main building | fres asserting that the North Amer- Vasa and Mrs. M. Carle. is all down but the foundations, and | others are fast disappearing No decision has been reached as yet, however, it was said today at the ce- partment, as to the disposition of the | old California redwood tree which was built_for the World’s Fair at Chicago, | and has since stood on sne agriculture grounds. | G. W. REGISTRATION BEGINS TOMORROW 110th Academic Year of Univer: sity Will Be Opened With Classes Wednesday. Registration marking the beginning of the 110th academic year at George ‘Washington University will begin at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning to continue | through Tuesday in preparation for the resumption of all classes next Wednes- | day. Opening assemblies for freshmen will be held In the assembly room in Cor- | coran Hall next Friday at noon and at | 5:10 pm. At these assemblies the new students will be welcomed to the uni- versity by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvis, president. They will also be addressed | by the provost, Dr. William Allen Wil- bur; the dean of the junior college, Henry Grattan Doyle; the director of men's athletics, James E. Pixlee: the director of women's athletics, Ruth At- Well, and the director of women's personnel guidance, Mrs. Vinnie G. Barro \ Registration for all schools of the uni- versity except the Law School and the School of Medicine will take place in Corcoran Hall, Twenty-first street, be- tween G and H streets, from 9 to 12 and from 2 to 6 o'clock fomorrow. Law | students will register in Stockton Hall, the Law School Building, Twentieth street, between G and H streets, from 10 to 12 and from 2 to 6 o'clock. Regis- tration for the freshman class of the School of Medicine was closed some time ago, 90 of the 250 qualified applicants being_ selected for entranee. 'Registra- tion for advanced courses in the School of Medicine will be held the opening day of school. Classes in the School of Ed- ucation, which meet once a week on Saturdays, may be registered for on September 27. All first-year students will be regis- tered this year in the newly established junior college, which prepares for en- trance to the senior college of letters and sciences and all of the professional schools. A corps of trained junior col- lege advisers will be availabie to assist the freshmen in planning their courses of study at the time of registration. CLAIM $110,000 DAMAGES jean Continent leads the world in the amount of its annual fire waste, with the total growing steadily. Toll Grows Yearly. His proclamation follows: “Whereas the North American Con- tinent leads the world in the amount of its annual fire waste, one year of each, with but few exceptions, estab- lishing a new high mark in the amount of valuable property burned in the magnitude of economic losses, property losses alone in 1929 exceeding $470,- “Whereas thousands of persons an- nually die as a result of burns and many additional thousands are injured. 6 per cent of all fatalites from fire taking place in the home; “Whereas the present condition can be corrected only through the earnest effort of each one of us; and Invites Help of AlL “Whereas it has been customary to observe National PFire Prevention week in the effort to instill into every citizen a full understanding of his individual responsibility in the curtailment of the mounting losses of property and life through preventable fires: “Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, do proclaim the week of Octo- ber 5, 1930, to be observed as National Fire Prevention week, and do invite the actiye co-operation of all in the pievention of fire waste and the con- sequent procuring of individual benefits and increased National prosperity.” At the same time, Willlam Butter- worth, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, an- nounced ~ commercial organizations throughout the country have perfected plans for a wide observation of the week. GERMANS 'WELCOMED CUXHAVEN, Germany, September 19 (#).—Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau and his'transatlantic fying companions re- ceived an enthusiastic welcome on their arrival here today. ing boat of the type in which the Ger- mans crossed the sea, met the liner at | sea and escorted it to the pier, where the friends and families of the aviators formed the center of & tremendous crowd. A public reception awaits the fyers in Berlin A Dornier-Wal fly- | LATVIA SEES EXODUS | OF RUSSIAN PEASANTS | devastating losses following another. Observers Hear They Are Being Killed as Soviet Commandeers Their Grain. By Radio to The Star. | RIGA, September 19.—Latvian observ- | ers on the Russian border report that conditions at present are similar to those | earlier in the year when the Russian peasantry began a great exodus in pro- | test against the forcible collectivization of their lands—a measure which was | later suspended. ‘The harvest and the program for new | sowings have been so unsuccessful in | Russia that the Moscow government hes mobilized 6,000 students for work on the collective farms. The collectors are commandeering grain from both the | peasants and the collective farms along | the border, where observers have heard | the sound of rifle shots and received re- | ports that peasants were being killed | and their houses burned. | Frontier guards are making renewed | preparations for a mass flight of the peasantry over the Latvian border. (Copyright, 1930.) | KISSEL TO REORGANIZE MILWAUKEE, September 19 (#)— The Kissel Motor Car Co. of Hartford, Wis,, against which a receivership has | been filed, will be reorganized, George Kissel, president, said yesterday. | " The reorganized company, he said, | will build a diversified line of automo | biles of the front-wheel-drive type on a custom basis. The receivership, he said, was merely a matter of readjusting | finances of the company to protect all interests involved. Shoots Self Unloading Gun. Clyde C. Hoy, 29 years old, was shot accidentally through a finger of the left hand last night while unloading a .25-caliber automatic revolver at his |home. 1424 K street. Hoy walked to | the George Washington University Hos- pital and was treated. TAXI NAME CENSORSHIP IS ASKED |AS “FRIVOLOUS” EXAMPLES APPEAR Hack Inspector Objects to **Amos 'n’ Andy,” “Hail Me,” “Me and You,” Etc., in Nation’s Capital. | except the single PAGE B—1 FAST ARMY PLANE HEREMAY CHANCE METHODS OF WAR “Flying-Wing” Type Machine Being Demonstrated at Bolling Field Today. LONG RECONNAISSANCE RANGE ITS PURPOSE Second Fokker of Same Type Un- der Way for Speed and Light Bombing. Rewriting of some of the rules of modern aerial warfare may be forced by an airplane of revolutionary type which is being demonstrated to War Department officlals today at Bolling Field before being flown to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, for flight tests to determine its place in the Army's squadrons. The plane, which is said to be the fastest large plane. ever built for military purposes, was flown here late yesterday from the Fokker plant at Teterboro, N. J., where it nas beefi under construction nearly two years. Of the “fiying-wing" type, with two 600-horsepower Curtiss Conqueror en- gines built into the wing, the plane.is designed for long-range reconnaissance, including day and night photography, observation and long or short ra radio communication by voice or code, Defensively, the plane will be one of the most deadly observation planes in the world. ~ A second plane, almost identical, s under construction at Teterboro for fast light bombardment purposes in response to one of the guost urgent demands of the Army Alr Corps for new aerlal equipment, it was learned here today. ‘Work Far Beyond Lines, ‘The new observation plane, which made its first official appearance at the local military fleld today, is intended for use far behind the enemy lines, out of the range of front-line aviation, for the photographing and observation by day or night of general enemy troop move- ments, industrial centers, munitions plants, concentration points and other military and political nerve centers be- yond the range of ordinary planes. ‘To attain its objectives ths plane must pass beyond the protective area patrolled by friendly pursuit planes and must rely for safety upon great speed and unusually powerful defensive equip-~ ment. Known officlally as the XO-217. standing for “experimental observatiol and denoting its place as the twenty= seventh in the long line of Army obsér- vation planes, the new ship is one of the most unusual types ever produced | by Anthony H. G. Fokker, world-famotis | designer and builder of mijitary planes. |~ Built to:carry a crew of three—pilot, photographer and radio operator—the X0-27 is a_monoplane with a span of 64 feet, and a length of 47 feet from nose to tail. The single wing is set | flush with the top of the fuselage, the three cockpit openings being unob- structed by anything above them in any direction. The long, slender nose of the fusel: extends far ahead of the leading e of the wing. The pilot's cockpit .is located just forward of the wing, giving him perfect visibility in every direction except straight below. Prom the stand- point of visibility the plane is said by Air Corps officers to be one of the finest observation types ever built. Photographer in Nose. The photographer is located in the extreme nose, ahead of the pilot. His cockpit is equipped for either day or night photography, with a camer: mounting built into the floor and a hood arrangement wiich may be used to inclose the cockpit, forming a dark room for the development and printing of photographs in fight. A machine gun mounting Is provided for the pho- tographer, who has a field of fire ahoad, below to the front and sides, and in every direction above, including the rear. - The radio operator’s cockpit is aft of the wing, and he also mans a ma- chine gun mounted to sweep in all directions above, to both sides and to the rear. The unusually large fields of fire of the fore and aft guns are expect- ed to give tremendous defensive power against attack from any direction. In this respect it will be able to give'a better aecount of itself against hostlle aircraft than any standard observatih plane now in service, it is said. , The XO-27 has a normal useful load of 2,443 pounds and a maximum useful load of 39422 pounds, available for long-range missions. The load is di- vided as follows: Crew of three, includ- ing a):rlchute‘n and equipment, 600 pounds; fuel, 210 gallons, 1,260 pounds; oil, 15 gallons, 112.5 pounds; armament, 270 pounds; radio, 76.3 pounds; day photographic equipment, 99.8 pounds, and miscellaneous equipment, 244 pounds. The top speed with full load is estimated at 150 miles per hour, maks ng it speedier than any military plané ursuit types. Lieut. James E. Parker, Army Alr Corps, of the engineering section, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohlo, was the pilot on the flight here, and he brought as Pa&ennn S. A. Forberger, projeet engineer in charge of the designing and construction of the plane, and I. H. Owen, Army representative at the con- struction plant. Direct Drive Engines. The two big Conqueror engines are mounted for digect drive, without supercharging, which will be requiregd | for high altitude work. Chemical cools ing permits the use of radiators of re- duced size, which are mounted in a cowling projecting below and faired into the wing. Carburetor intake operi- ings are let into the leading edge of the wing and exhaust stacks project above wing surface. Cooling Jouvres are provided in the upper sur- face of the w’u and in the cowling below. ‘The landing Fu‘ of the XO-27 is retractable, the landing wheels folding: up into rear end of the stream- lined engine cowling under the wings, This leaves only a single strut exposed to the air and is sald to result in anm. increased s ranging from 8 to 10 - miles per hour. folding of the wheels is controlled by the pilot and the landing gear is locked in the open position for landing and taking off. .. The XO-27 is a result of Army Air Corps joint maneuyers ‘with ground uhlng:cmw . whose mnocturndl | elu;';\ben ve been rudely disturbed by raucous buzzing of the pesky mosquito may rest in with the return today of tember temperature, the Weather Bureau prognosticator happily announced today. With the mercury down to 52 degrees last night and-62 at its highest at 8 o'clock this morning, friend mosquito became a thing of the past—for at least & week anyway,ethe forecaster sald. Co | weather, he said, saps the energy of the insect. ” ‘Then too, says the forecaster, the cricket’s incessant chirping is quieting to a ce: degree with the return of cooler tem; As the weather be- comes colder the ¢hirp of the cricket will become less and less disturbing and will finally fade entirely. Showers predicted for tomorrow will bring cooler peratures and the Weather Bureau advised that those who desire to don Fall felt hats wait patiently until Sunday whex the weather will be more comfortable for X D. C. MAN COMMISSIONED Reserve Corps Assignments Noted by War Department. Commissions in the Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department to Willlam E. Elliott, 2138 California street, this city, as a second lieutenant in .the Signal Corps, and to Ashton C. Jones, jr., 401 Wilson Boulevard, Clarendon, Va., as a second Hsutenant of Cayalry, Two suits for a total of $110,000 were filed in the District Supreme Court to- day against the McCrory Stores Cor- poration, 416 Seventh street, by Mr. and Mrs, Malcolm T. Carter, 609 Delafield street, for injuries allegedly received in the explosion in the McCrory Store, November 21, Ii The wife asked for $100,000 for per- manent injuries, while the husband ask- ed $10,000 for the loss of her services and for medical expenses. They are represented by Attorneys Alexander H. Bell and P. H. Marshall, 4 Sergt. Joseph D. Harrington, District hack inspector, advocated today the cre- ation of a board of censorship to pass upon the names chosen by new taxicab companies starting business in Wash ington. Names adopted by some of the new i opeartors, Sergt. Harrington said, are not anly “frivolous,” but are un- gnlfl:fl, particularly in the Nation's ‘P}Mde...’flh Me.” “Hail Me “Stop troops in Ohio in the Spring of 1929, during which the need for long range reconnaissance and fast, light bombarda ment planes was demonstrated. These maneuvers forecast the day when dis- une&mfl observation planes would be req) one for observation of mili~ tary movements at the battle front and one for observation of enemy activities far behind the lines. V. The light bomber now under way at Teterboro along the lines of the XO-27, it is estimated, will carry 1.200 pounds of bombs with a fuel load for 5 hours' or 750 miles of flight. K | Me,” “Forget Me Not.” “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” | “Me and You" and “Check and Doubie | Check” are some of the names which | Sergt. Harrington believes the taxi oper- | ators should shun in naming their cabs. | "All cabs must have the name of the | company conspicuously displayed, under | recent orders of the Public Utilities | Commission, Sergt. Harrington pointed | out, and as a result he expects the in- | troduction of & number of other “frivo- | lous” names un! some action is taken to prevent it.