Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1930, Page 17

§20,989.764 TAX YIELD ON PROPERTY @ IND. C. FORECAST Richards’ Figures Show In- crease of $28,699,263 Over Last Year Assessment. $6,000,000 IN TAXABLE LAND IS WITHDRAWN Assessor Asks Law dompelling Crantees to Disclose Amount ~* Purchase Price. Complete figures on the real property assessment on the books for the cur- rent fiscal year, released by Tax As- sessor William P. Richards today, show the total value of assessed and taxable real property in the District this year to be §1,211,162,608, an increase of $28,- 699,263 over the assessment for the fiscal year ended June 30 last. The assessment is made up of $552,077.030 in land values and $659,085,578 in im- provements. This will yield a tax on the current tax rate—$1.70 per $100 wvaluation—of $20,589,764, which does not take into account interest and pen- alties. The figures are compiled in such a way this year, for the first time, to in- dicate roughly the effect on the rate- able property of the program of the Federal Government of condemning property for its own use. As soon as title passes to the Federal Government, the property is no longer assessable or taxable by the District. These figures show that in spite of the $28000,000 increase in the assessment base there was withdrawn from taxation land as- sessed at about $6,000,000. Land Values Decrease. The figures for squares 1-159 show @ decrease in land value of $207,607: in squares 160-352 of $2.604,063; in squares 353-500 of $3,199,501. These are the squares, according to Mr. Ricb- ards, principally affected by the build- ing program near the Mall. There are three other sections registering de- creases. These are squares 5101-5209, a de- crease of $1,623; squares 5300-5599, a decrease of $8,028, and squares 6600-5884, a decrease of $15.906. Ac- cording to Mr. Richards, these are squares where condemnation for park has been going on. the same time Mr. Richards made ic his annual report, the principal endation of which was for a law ling grantees of real estate to the amount of the purchase price, for use in assessment work. The law Would compel the grantee transfer of title to real estate | | i b KATHERINE T. DEEGAN. MORGAN DEFENDS MEDICINAL LIQUOR American Association Head Says Doctors Require Liberty of Action. Although he has never personally be- lieved in the use of whisky for medical purposes, Dr. Willlam Gerry Morgan, president of the American Medical Association, explained today why he is waging a determined war against all restrictions on the use of alcohol in medical practice. Dr. Morgan, one of Washington's most distinguished physicians, was anxious to avoid the impression that he is secking to further any personal ob- jective. In an interview at his office he outlined his position: “I intend to lay before the American people the question of the right of a physician to practice his profession in keeping with the dictates of his con- science,” he said. “The physician is a highly trained speclalist in the art of curing human ills, A majority of the doctors in this country believe that the use of alcohol in certaip cases is an essential feature of their medical practice. Why should they be denied by law the right to prac- tice in keeping with their teachings and their honest belief? Difficulty of Position. “Suppose, for example, that a man is seriously ill with pneumonia, and a physician is called in. This doctor hap- pens to be one of the many who believe that whisky is absolutely necessary for the preservation of his patient's life during certain stages of the disease. ‘What must he do? Under the law he can prescribe one pint of whisky in 10 days for a single patient. If he believes 1 that more is needed he must write his prescription for .other persons in order to file with the deed, in the Recorder of Deeds Office, a scalad statement of the true consideration involved. The Recorder of Deeds would submit this sealed statement to the assessor with- out breaking the seal. The information thus obtained by the assessor would b2 kept confidential, and used uvniy for essessing the property involved under the assessment laws. Needs Hedp From Congress. In support of this recommendation Mr. Richards reports that it has been impossible to collect all sales and at the same time ascertain the facts bear- ing on them, even with the larger force of field assistants now at command. The time consumed in fol- Jowing up a sale of a large property is very great, he said, and he feels he needs further help from Congress in ascertaining sale prices. Personal tax on automobiles, col- Jected with the issuance of tags for the first time this year, yielded the District $214,188.97, the Teport states. Not less than 30,000 automobiles fur- nished only the minimum tax for the half year of 50 cents, indicating ah assessed value of $57 or less, the re- port states. The average tax on the ;g;;:,vxlmzuly 100,000 automobiles was Motorists also furnished the District ‘with $1,360,391.76 by way of the gaso- line tax, collected from 52 companies. Mr. Richards estimated that each auto- mobile owner was responsible for the payment of about $9 in the year to the District in gasoline tax. Mr. Richards closes his report with an wppeal for more office space for his 110 employes. DOUBLE SHIFTS MAY SPEED STREET WORK Engineer Suggests Plan by Which Trafic Will Be Held Up Only Short Time. Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst. District highway engineer, stated in his annual report to the Commissioners tcday that he was considering insertion of a clause in all contracts for street naving jobs in the congested section calling’ for double shift work, so as to reduce the time during which traffic will be held up by _progress of street work. ‘The report of highway activities, com- plled by L. P. Robertson, deputy engi- neer, records the expenditure of $4,093.- 049.71 during the past fiscal year, of which $609,549.71 was spent in repairing pavements disturbed by other branches of the District government and various public utility and other corporations. The money came partly from appro- priations and partly from deposits made 10 cover such revair works. Other sections of the report are given oyer to listing the number of square or cubic yards of the various types of road- way construction and the type of repairs made during the year. S e RUM RUNNERS ESCAPE Police Are Eluded by §moke Screen After Exciting Chase. Two colored rum runners eluded Pvt. M. M. Deakins of No. 11 precinct through the use of their smoke screen and escaped near Kenilworth, after an exciting chase this morning, which be- heriff road not far from the Goes to Series Game in Plane. NEW YORK, October 9 (#).—To a ball game 90 miles away, a look at all 1o secure enough alcohol for the pa- tient—certainly a most humiliating position in which to be placed. “As I see it, the question narrows down to this: When a person's life is in danger whose opinion as to the proper medical treatment should pre- vail-—the physician or the legislator, the medical specialist or the lawmaker?” Dr. Morgan is determined to carry his fight to Congress this Fall, when he hopes to secure the repeal of the law to which he objects. “I intend to talk as much as possible and to as many people as possible in an effort to line up public sentiment behind me fcr a strong fight in Con- his | gress this Fall,” he declared. ©On Own Initiative. * “I'm doing this on my own initiative, the association having decided to refrain from any active campaign for fear of creating en impression that the doctors of the country are allied with wet in- terests. Personaliy, however, I have no such fear. It is my sincere belief that the American public will understand that I am fighting for a principle and not in any sens: endeavoring to pro- mote some personal interest.” Dr. Morgan said that as yet no com- mittee had been organized, but that he believed he had the support of a major- ity of the country’s physicians. He said he has discussed the matter with many doctors, and does not believe the privilege would be abused if the re- strictions on the use of medicinal alcohol were removed. “I have found cases where consci- entious doctors have been careless in the matter of writing whisky prescrip- tions,” he said, “but they have always responded favorably when shown that such a practice is injurious to their own interests. “No doubt there would be a small number of physicians who would delib- erately take advantage of a removal of the present restrictions for personal gain, but I believe their cases could be effectively dealt with by the other members of the profession.” Dr. Morgan once more emphasized the fact that he does not use whisky in his own practice. “But,” he said, “I do believe that I, as a physician, should have an unre- stricted right to prescribe liquor should an occasion arise when I deem it nec- essary for a patient's good.” Peru Has Divorce Law. LIMA, Peru, October 9 (#).—The gov- ernment yesterday issued a decree es- tablishing a divorce law. Peru thus becomes the second South American country to recognize divorce, Uruguay being the first to have such a law. The Poening Star WASHINGTON, B O, POLICE ENLISTED 10 SEEK MISSING HIGH SCHOOL GIRL Katherine T. Deegan Failed ‘to Return From Store Tuesday Evening. BROKEN MILK BOTTLE IS FOUND IN ALLEY Father Recalls Seeing Sedan Speed Away From Scene of Disappearance. The parents of 18-year-old Katherine T. Deegan, a Business High School graduate, have enlisted police in & | search for their daughter following her mysterious disappearance Tuesday night from the vicinity of her home at 1217 Kennedy street. Katherine's father, Charles C. Deegan, proprietor of a sightseeing business, is convinced the girl was kidnaped or has met an even worse fate. About 7 o'clock Tuesday night Kath- erine put on her black coat and orange hat to go to a delicatessen a half block away for a pint of milk. She had only 20 cents in her purse. Milk Is Found. ‘When she failed to return, her par- ents became uneasy and began a search for her. At the delicatessen they learn- ed ghe had come in, bought the milk and set out again toward her home. In an alley which the girl used as a short cut they found the bottle of milk she had just bought. The bottle had been dropped and its contents spilled over the concrete floor of the alley. There was to have been a birthday party for Katherine in her home to- day—her eighteenth. The girl's par- ents said she had never spent a night away from home before and always kept them informed of her where- abouts. Nothing of her clothing or possessions was missing from her room, nor had any of her friends heard or seen any- thing of her since Tuesday afternoon. Sedan Drove Away. The boys and girls of Katherine's acquaintance were summoned to the Deegan home last night, but none could throw any light on Katherine's disappearance. Deegan later recalled having seen a sedan drive rapidly out of the alley as he parked his car there Tuesday night, a few minutes after Katherine left for the store. Police of No. 13 precinct broadcast a description of the girl and assigned a detective to aid in the search. Kath- erine is slender with brown bobbed hair. She was born in Washington, although her parents are natives of Ireland. CHARGES HUSBAND WED CO-RESPONDENT Mrs. Von Steinner-Goltl Files Supplemental Bill, Holding Legal Time Violated. Charging that Alvert Von Steinner- Goltl, jeweler, of 514 Tenth street, mar- ried February 1 last Miss Bonnie Love, the co-respondent named in a bill for absolute divorce filed August 14, 1928, Mrs, Alma Desio Von Steinner-Goltl, prominent golfer, today filed a supple- mental bill in District Supreme Court for divorce. Von Steinner-Goltl is said to have married Miss Love six months to the day after he obtained a divorce from his wife in the Corporation Court of Alexandria, Va. Under Virginia law remarriage by a divorced person is in- valid if attempted within six months from the date of the decree. ‘Through Attorney Raymond Neu- decker the wife of the jeweler asserts Von Steinner-Goltl was enjoined July 30, 1929, by Justice Gordon of the District Supreme Court from further prosecuting the suit for divorce which he filed in Virginia, but, nothwithstanding the in- junction, proceeded to have his case heard the following day and got a decree. The wife last year petitioned the court to have Von Steinner-Goltl punished for contempt and the matter was heard by Justice Gordon, who re- served decision. In the new pleading filed today Mrs. Von Steinner-Goltl declares her hus- band never ceased his attentions to the co-respondent, even though the wife had filed a divorce suit. The new charges of misconduct in the pleading filed today are based also upon the mar- riage of Von Steinner-Goltl to the co- respondent last February. TWO BURNED TO DEATH Third Man Injured as Contact Is Made With High-Tension Wire. NEW ORLEANS, La., October 9 (7). —Two men were fatally burned and a third was slightly injured yesterday, when they came in contact with a high- tension wire while working on a power line near here. Louis Chauvin, 32, and George A. ‘Walton, 36, died several hours after the accident. i George Boudreaux was injured. Unveil ‘The monument raised on the banks of the Potomac River at the foot of New Hampshire avenue, “as a lasting tribute to the heroes who sacrificed their lives that women and children might be saved” in the Titanic disaster, will be unveiled on April 14 next year on the anniversary of the sinking of the famous vessel, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, who is taking a leading part in the program of the Women's Titanic Memorial Association, which is sponsoring the monument, has notified Maj. D. H. Gil- lette, assistant to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, that the group would be unable to prepare for the unveiling H the plays and hours. world series game in Fhiladeiphi o ks sav the sl Prank Hawks saw lane. st tizies went and returned by ne, at times vmmnxnmermarz'lomlunn this month as had been planned. The date next Spring was then arranged. ‘The park division of Col. Grant's office is now engaged in grading the sur- rounding grounds, the monument having been put in place during the 3 TITANIC VICTIMS MONUMENT TO BE READY BY APRIL 14 ng Ceremony Has Been Set for Anniversary of Huge Steamer’s Sinking. and they will be seeded before Winter sets in. | Next, Spring, when the unveiling takes place, it is expected that the grounds will be green and the Rock Creek and Powmu Ahc Parkway will be assuming con- crete shape. ‘The Tlpt:ntk: was sunk in the North Atlantic, off the North American Coast, whe an iceberg struck the vessel on its roaiden voyage, April 14-15, 1912. S L PSS e Women's . Congress granf e Titantic Memorial Association permis- sion to erect a_monument in Washing- ton under the District of Columbia ap- mpflnlon act of March 3, 1917, and Fine Arts Commission and Joint Library Committee of Congress fixed the locatio non the banks of the Potomac River. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney is the sculptor, and the architect, Henry Bacon, assisted in plans for the monument, which represents & figure with ou standing on & pedestal, | Will Not Drop Classes Where Attendance Is Below Twenty-Five. Plan Is Adopted for Free Text Books in Night Schools. Striving to “reorganize” the -District kindergarten system in accordance with and Senate whose views were outlined during stormy hearings last Spring and in a subsequent trail of correspondence which dates back to the week the cur- rent appropriation measure was enacted, Washington schcol officials have been overzealous and it now appears that, save for elimination of underage kinder- gartens and transfer of a comparatively small number of kindergarten teachegs to elementary grades, these classes will be molested no further. Material Released. ‘This was indicated late yesterday in the disclosure of letters which passed between Representative Robert G. Sim- mons, chairman of the House Subcom- mittee on District Appropriations and instigator of the kindergarten reorgan- ization; Senator Hiram Bingham, chair- man of the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee, and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supe intendent of schools, These letters, to- gether with an assembly of other data, including a review of the School Board's actions on the kindergartens since the close of school last year, were made public by the School Board after a lively debate on the advisability of releasing the material. Definite assurance that kindergartens which fail to show an average daily attendance by October 14 will not be eliminated, as it was understood by school officials a month ago that the Congress conferees desired, was con- tained in a letter from Representative Simmons to Dr. Ballou on October 4. In that letter Mr. Simmons quotes from an earlier letter of Dr. Ballou in which the superintendent bad declared that “unless we hear from you to the con- trary” the “one-teacher kindergartens already established need not be aban- doned, even if the average daily at- tendance falls below the standard of 25 pupils set up by the conferees.” Rules Were Outlined. “This is distinctly what my under- | standing of the agreement with the | conferees,” Mr. Simmons wrote. “Of | course, if the attendance at a unckr-} garten school is so low that it would have been closed without regard to the | action taken by the committee last year, it should be closed now.” ‘The correspondence on the school ad- ministration began July 4, when Mr. Simmons wrote his views on the vari- | ous agreements between the House and | Senate conferees and the District | school heads, in a letter to Senator Bingham. Simmons requested that if the Senator’s views coincided with his, the letter was to be forwarded to Dr. Ballou. In that first statement of Mr. Simmons, it was pointed out that “where school buildings permitted, kindergarten classes should be con- ducted in the mornings as heretofore; that there should not be to exceed one teacher for an average daily attend- ance of 25 pupils; there should be nu} classes for children under 5 years of age, doing away with what i5 known as the prekindergarten classes, and that as vacancies occurred in the first four grades, qualified kindergarten teachers should be transferred and no positions in the teacher staff filled so long as qualified kindergarten teachers were available for transfer.” Specific Orders Asked. ‘This statement, which Senator Bing- ham agreed to, resulted in Dr. Ballou’s request on July 15 for much more spe- cfic directions. Ballou wanted to ard of a 25 puplls” was to be appl class or to a division or a builidng. the reply which Senator Bingham made following an exchange of further letters with Mr, Simmons, he specified the at- tendance standard referred to each class. As a tesult of the detailed replies to Dr. Ballou made specific jons to the School Board at its first meeting this Fall on Sep- tember 10. These included elimination of underage kindergartens gnd continu- ation until October 14 all regular kindergartens which were in_ operation at the close of the last school year. Ballou recommended that by October 14 “it will be determined whether the enrollment in each case warrants con- tinuation of the kindergarten.” These recommendations were approved with the exception of the underage kinder- garten at the Webster Americanization School, which was allowed to continue in service. Letter Follows Publication. Meanwhile, it was made known at the Pranklin Administration Building that classes which failed to show an average dally attendance of 25 by October 14 would be closed. Publication of th! proposal, exclusively in The Star, brought another letter from Mr. Simmons, this time, directly to Dr. Ballou. “I have a clipping from The Wash- ington ®tar of Sunday, September 21, 1930, regarding the reorganization of the' kindergarten system in Washington, Simmons’ letter stated. “I am not at all surprised at the con- tinued effort to misrepresent the posi- tion of Congress and the House and Senate conferees in this matter. I do not, of course, know who is responsible for this article. However, I da note this statement : “‘Under the policy adopted by the school officers, every kindergarten which was in existence at the close of school in June, will be reopened tomorrow to continue until October 14. If by that date any class cannot show an average dally attendance of 25 pupils, it is to be eliminated and its teacher trans- ferred to elementary vacancies.” Authority Not Known. “I do not know where the authority for the statement comes from that classes with a less than 25 average daily attendance should be eliminated. I thought the conferees made it plain that where the average daily attendance | was under 25, the second teacher should be eliminated and one teacher hancle the class. I know of no proposal by any one that would call for the elim- ination of a kindergarten class under those circumstances except under cir- cumstances where school authorities would be closing the class in any event because of reduced attendance. “I assume that this statement is not a correct one, in so far as the of Education is concerned.” In his reply to this letter, Dr. Bal- lou denied that school authorities were lttemtgun[ to “misrepresent " but that, to the contrary, they were endeavoring to effect a reorganization which would carry out desires of Con- gress as expressed in the legislative pro- vision in the appropriation act and in the its reached in_conference with the conferees. .Dr. Ballou also quotes his approved mumm.:n’?uon Was. HURSDAY, desires of certain members of the House | to_the 1 Board in whicl declared that by October 14, “it- will be determined whether the znroug:n:ui‘n General News OCTOBER 9, 1930. KINDERGARTEN SYSTEM OF D. C. LITTLE MOLESTED BY NEW PLAN REPRESENTATIVE SIMMONS. tinuation of the kindergarten.” Con- tinuing, Ballou wrote: ENGINEERS SEE END OF AUTO PARKING IN AREAS OF BUSINESS Road Congress Hears Report That Storage Off Streets Must Be Provided. SURVEY OF WASHINGTON SHOWS PROBLEM HERE Method of Financing Held of First Importance in Planning New Highways. Highway construction engineers, rep- resenting expert opinion throughout the world, expressed the opinion today that the elimination of all automobile park- ing in congested business districts, is a definite probability in view of growing traffic demands. The Sixth International Road Con- gress, which is being participated in by official delegates from about 60 nations, tentatively agreed upon the conclusion that business district parking must be eliminated in considering a report this morning submitted by Dr. Miller Mc- Clintock of Harvard University. Dr. McClintock, who is conducting in Washington a survey of trafic and garage facilities at the instance of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, presented before the con- gress a concensus of many experts on the subject of traffic regulation and parking and garaging. He is a director of the Albert Russel Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic Research at Harvard. Is Secondary Use. “Parking is generally recognized as & “We are very much pleased to learn | secondary and inferior use of public from your letter that perhaps we are|gireets and one which may be restricted not taking as liberal a view of thelor prohibited when it interferes with conference agreement as you would| travel requirements” Dr. McClintock have us take. Unless we hear from stated. “The importance of parking you to the contrary, we shall be Very|from the standpoint of automobile use glad to proceed along the line you have!and business operations makes it im- indicated in your letter of September |perative that alternative terminal facil- 23 (the one which quoted The Star), which we construe to be that one- teacher kindergartens already well ities be provided. Current developments indicate that such facilities will be sup- plied as demand arises, in public or established need not be abandoned, even | Drivate parking lots or garages.” if the average daily attendance falls below the standard of 25 pupils set up by the conferees. “Let me assure you agaln of my desire and the desire of my associates to put this proposed kindergarten program into effect in accordance with the under- standing of the conferees and in the most effective manner.” Free text books for night schools were voted for at a meeting of the Board of Education yesterday. Charles F. Carusi, president, declared he be- lieved night as well as day students should receive books without cost. The proposal met with general approval and vas carried by a unanimous vote. It pointed out that no funds are available with which to buy the supplies for night schools. Plans were made to request such an appropriation. A Another matter involving night schools was settled when it was de- cided that their teachers should be chosen from the list of eligible instruc- tors where possible instead of giving emplnlymenc to retired teachers of day schools. Dr. W. P. Hay, head of the depart- ment of biology and chemistry of the public schools, was named to represent the schools in withdrawing alcohol for use in laboratory work. 75 NEW MEMBERS ADDED BY C. OF €. Campaign Gets Away to Auspicious Start at “Early- Bird” Breakfast. Getting away to an auspicious start, the week long campaign of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, initiated at an “early bird” breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel yesterday morning, netted 75 new members for the orgar ization in the first day of the drive, Dorsey W. Hyde, secretary of the cham ber, announced this morning. This figure, it was explained, did not repre- sent all of the 24 teams canvassing the city, several of whom did not report at the first meeting yesterday afternoon. Meetings are held esch day at the Washington Hotel to report progress. The campaign, which is the cham- ber’s first step in the five-year expan- sion program recently announced by the body, is under the immediate direc- tion of Thomas P. Littlepage, general chairman of organization, and in charge of Rudolph Jose, vice president of the chamber and chairman of the Expansion Program Committee, ‘The first day of the seven-day cam- paign was marked, in addition to the send-off breakfast, by a luncheon to newspaper editors, at which leading local dailies were represented. ‘The banner for the team securing the most members on the first day of the drive was awarded to the All-Gas Company team, captained by A. Ewald- sen, director of sales of the Washington Gas Light Co. Mr. Ewaldsen will be the principal speaker at the meeting of the teams this afternoon. ‘The banner is awarded each day to the team securing most memberships. ‘The total for the winning team yeste) day was 17, A. M. A. MAY ESTABLISH AERONAUTICAL DIVISION Plans for the establishment of an aeronautical division of the American Motorists' Association are under discus- sion_here today following the arrival by airplane from Philadelphia this morn- ing of J. Borton Weeks, national presi- dent of the association and president of the Keystone Automobile Club of Penn- sylvania. ‘The association may establish aeronautical office in the National Capi- tal for the promotion of aviation legis- lation, the promotion of air travel, the| sale of tickets over air-transport sys- tems and other similar activities, it was ted. Mr. Weeks was the guest at a lunch- eon in the National Press Club this aft- ernoon given by Thomas Keefe, secre- tary of the local branch of the associ- ation, Mr, Weeks came to Wi et from Philadelphia in a of the New York, Philadelphia ‘ash- Alrways Corporation. Dr. McClintock’s statement was re- garded in some quarters as forecasting the ultimate development of facilities in Washington to take care of the traffic that will be thrown into the Pennsyl- vania avenue artery when the Govern- ment’s building program is accom- plished. One of the problems which has concerned Government agencies is that of handling and storing the auto- mobiles of thousands of employes who will converge upon the triangular area housing the principal departments and bureaus. ‘The location of garages and parking places in the downtown business area has not been determined, and Dr. Mc- Clintock is now engaged in completing his studies in co-operation with busi- ness and civic organizations in the Capital. ‘The traffic expert's report this morn- ing was submitted to the traffic and ad- ministration section of the_ congress, over which C. M. Babcock, Minnesota commissioner of highways, presided. Reports on New Roads. E. W. James, chief of the highway transport division of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, reported on the construction of roadsdn new countries, such as colonies and undeveloped re- glons, before the first section, on con- struction and maintenance. The concensus of American opinion, Mr. James said, is that the method of financing is of first importance, and that the principle of bonding an entire area, national or provincial and of tax- ing developing areas to pay for first improvements needed in undeveloped areas, is quite sound. Mr. James_cited the development in the Western United States, where auto- mobile revenues have increased as a result of road improvements, extended into undeveloped areas. He said the total motor revenues in 1915 of $2,800,- 000 have increased to $108,500,000 in the same area in 1930. “Maintenance and secondary con- struction should be carried by local administrative units,” he said. Surveying the reports from road ex- perts in many of the European nations, Mr. James said he found it interesting that the military and political aspects of colonial road development were em- phasized. Hoover to Receive Delegates. The climax of social events and en- tertainment planned for the hundred of delegates was reached today. The con- gress convened at 9 o'clock, an hour earlier than usual, in order that the business of the day might be concluded in ample time to allow all the delegates to call at the White House at 5 o'clock, where President and Mrs. Hoover were to_receive them at a reception. This evening the delegates will be the gdests of the American Organizing Com- mission at dinner in the Willard Hotel. The commission, which was charged with making all arrangements for the meeting, is under the direction of Roy D. Chapin of Detroit, as chairman, and Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, as secretary. Both were elected by the Permanent In- ternational Commission to the offices of chairman and secretary of the congress. Visit Mount Vernon. Many delegates visited Mount Vernon yesterday afternoon, calling at the Tomb of George Washington for a brief cere- mony and placing of a wreath and visiting the various points of interest in the estate. On the return to Washing- ton stops were made at points along the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard, now under construction. ‘With the business of the congress nearing an end, many delegates looked forward to tours which have been ar- ranged by the Highway Education Board. These tours will afford foreign delegates an opportunity to travel over some of the principal highways of the United States. One group will leave ‘Washington October 12 and travel through the East until October 28. ‘Three other groups will travel through as many sections of the country, con- verging on Detroit, where they will be taken for visits of inspection to some of the large automobile plants. Conference Ends Tomorrow. An excursion to the Arlington Ex- periment Farm will be the order tomor- an|row morning and the final plenary session, at which the official representa- tives of the various governments will conclusions with respect o~ PAGE B—1 GEORGE H. CARTER. ORDERS PRINTERS 10 NIGHT SCHOOL Marriage Forbidden for Gov- ernment Apprentices at Office Here. extended his “parental” authority over the Government Printing Office, already forbidden to marry during their four- year training period, by adding com- pulsory attendance at night high schools in the city. Officials at the Government Printing Office admit that the ban on marriage results in occasional dismissal of ap- prentices who “kick ovre the traces,” but they anticipate little or no trouble as {a result of the new ruling requiring outside scheol attendance three evenings a week. Some murmurs of discontent have been heard from youngster apprentices to whom night studies have no special incentive, it was admitted, but for the most part the apprentices have accepted the ruling without protest, Discipline Increased. Under the wide discretionary powers with which the Government clothes its administrative offices, Carter has gradually tightened the screws in the training school for ap- prentices, bearing in mind, it was ex- plained, that the strict enforcement of such regulations imposed is really for the good of the youths, as much as for the good of the Government Print- ing Office. Meanwhile, several of the Printing Office appren- tices have been dismissed for disobey- ing the rule against marrying during their training period and failure to at- tend night school, it was said, also car- ries a similar penalty for disobedience. of outside studies. do on account of the low pay they re- cases.” Spelling Ts Blamed. Neither are Navy Yard apprentices encouraged to do so. Since apprentices who enter the school never been enforced, requiring ap- prentices to go to high school for such periods as the public printer may order. It leaked out that the “atrocious” spelling of many of the apprentices is responsible in a small way for the com- pulsory attendance at night school. the Government felt it had a responsi- bility of its own in giving apprentices the best possible advantages for all- around training. “English is the work- ing tool of printers,” John Green, dep- uty public printer explained, so here- after four years of high school credits will go along with all graduates of the apprenticeship school. MAN HELD TO JURY IN BAD MONEY CASE Two Similar Cases Continued and Another to Be Heard Tomorrow. Charged with counterfeiting, one man was held for action of the grand jury and the defendants in two similar cases were granted _continuances when brought before United States Commis- sioner Needham C. Turnage yesterday. Another case, started Monday, will be heard tomorrow. The case of Aaron Trachtenberg, local tire shop operator, who is charged with passing a spurious $20 bill in Hagers- town, Md., on September 13, was con- tinued until the commissioner can read transcripts of the testimony, when he will set a definite date for hearing argu- ment on the proceeding to remove the man to Baltimore for trial. Defense Counsel Bertrand Emerson introduced witnesses who testified that Trachtenberg was in Atlantic City on the date of the alleged offense. Assist- ant District Attorney William A. Gal- lagher, however, had previously pro- duced witnesses who identified ,Trach- tenberg as the man who passed the bill in Hagerstown. Alvia Barnes, colored, charged with passing a counterfeit $20 bill in a cafe here several days ago, was held for grand jury action under $5,000 bond. Joseph B. McCaffrey, 1600 block of A street northeast, arrested here several days ago on the charge that he passed a bogus $20 bill in a local store on tember 6, was given a continuance until October 16. His bond also was Public Printer George H. Carter has the 100 or more young apprentices at Public Printer some of the few dis- satisfied apprentices protest that other apprenticeship schools in the Govern- ment service quit their supervision after office hours. During the past six months The school for apprentices at the Navy Yard takes a different view of the ‘marriage question, as it does also “If an_apprentice wishes to marry during his period of g” it was said at the Navy Yard, “that is entirely up to him. Few ceive, but we feel that marriage may have a steadying influence in many compelled to attend night schools, but they are given additional credits for any outside studies they pursue and are at the Government Printing Office, are between the ages of 16 and 19, Mr. Carter fecls more or less a personal re- sponsibility for them. For the last six years there has been a rule that has On the other hand, it was pointed out that ARREST DUE SOON INBUSH SLAYING, POLICE DECLARE Evidence Kept Secret Pend- ing Action—No Bullet Is Found in Body. ROBBERY MOTIVE HELD, BUT STUDY OTHER CLUES Funeral of Financier Shot in Struggle at His Garage Sched- uled Tomorrow. The early arrest of the gunman who shot and fatally wounded Louis Bush Monday night in an alley behind the 60-year-old financier's home at 3534 Fulton street was predicted today by Inspector Willlam S. Shelby, chief of the Detective Bureau. Shelby weuld not reveal the nature of the evidence in police hands, but said he had good reasons to believe the case would be solved in the near future. An autopsy yesterday failed to dis- close the bullet which punctured Bush's abdomen and precipitated his death in Emergency Hospital early yesterday morning. The missile would be a valuable clue and a painstaking search was in progress for it today in the vicinity of the crime. A second bullet was found in the wall board of a house adjoining the alley. Unable to pry it out without damaging the gun-markings, police obtained per- mission from the owner of the house and planmed to have carpenters remove i the boards later today. Four shots were fired by the stranger after Bush, the latter said, refused to hand over $60 which he had on his person and engaged his assailant in a hand-to-hand struggle. The exploded cartridges were found. While convinced that the motive was robbery, policc are inquiring into Bush's affairs in an effort to learn if he had any personal enemies who ought to be questioned. A canvass of the fashionable resi- dential district where the shooting oc- curred turned up only one witness who heard the shots and struggle—Mrs. S}!é:{ J. Gatchell of 2733 Thirty-sixth Heard Cry for Help, Mrs. Gatchell said she heard a man's voice calling for help, a scuffie and then one shot. She ran downstairs and tel- ephoned police, hearing three more shots which came about 2 minute after the first one. None of the residents saw _the strug- | 8le or any suspicious person leaving the scene, 50 far as police have been able to learn. Inquiring into Bush's movements Monday, police learned that he went to the Plaza Hotel, which he owns, to see 2 new electric sign in action, driving home in his automobile about 10 o’clock. The man accosted Bush after the latter had parked the automobile in his garage. Bush was hit once over the head with the butt of an automatic, and received a bullet in the left arm in ad- dition to the one in the abdomen. Several employes of the motor bus line which Bush owned submitted to fingerprinting at headquarters yesterday for comparison with a blood-stained im- pression taken off the nickled radiator of an automobile in the garage. None of the prints would match. ‘The bloody impression, when it was established that Bush had not made it, was being compared today with fingerprints in police files. ‘The departments new micro-analist is examining the financier’s blood- stained clothing to determine if miscropic particles of the gunman's clothing had rubbed off during the struggle. It is said that the texture and color of cloth can be determined in this way. Funeral Service Tomorrow. Bush himself was able to give only i@ general description of the man, one which would fit thousands of well- dressed young white men in the Capi- tal, police say. The robber fled after the shots and Bush walked unassisted into his home. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn= ing. Dr. Abram Simons, rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, will officiate and_interment will be in the ‘Washington Hebrew Cemetery. ROAD FINANCE HELD BIG U. S. PROBLEM President Receives Directors of National Automobile Com- merce Chamber. s Because of the universal demand for improved highways, one of the largest questions facing public authorities to- day is that of road finance, according to the views expressed to President Hoover by the board of directors of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, at the White House today. ‘This group was invited by the Pres- ident for a conference upon highway i development incidental to the Inter- national Road Congress, meeting in Washington at this time. The Presi- dent received these leading figures in the automobile industry in the cabinet room and an informal discussion re- garding the subjegt of road improve- ments and the question of construction financing followed as the President and his callers sat about the cabinet table, Mr. Hoover had no set speech to make on this occasion, but asked questions and expressed his own opinions with- out any prepared notes. Alvan Macauley, president of the Na- tional Automobile Chamber, who headed the company of visitors, told the Presi- dent that the question of road finauce is an extremely important one. He said he was speaking for the motor industry. Others who attended this White House conference were: A. J. Brosseau, president of the Mack Motor Co.; Ro] D. Chapin, chairman of the boare Hudson Motor Co.; A. R. Erskine, president of the Studebaker Corpora= tion; Robert C. Graham, vice-president, Graham - Paige. Motors Corporation; Charles D. Hastings, chairman, Hupp Motor Car Corporation; F. J. Haynes, director, National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; William E. Metzger, vice president, Federal Motor Truck Co. H. H. Rice, assistant to president, Gen- Motors ; Alfred H. president, General Motors ; Robert W. eral Swain, vice ‘Woodruff,