Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1930, Page 17

RITES AT CAPITOL ANDHOOVER SPEECH, TlEAl] OBSERVANGE Armistice Day Service of War| ‘Mothers to Center About Service Flag Raising. PRESIDENT MAY TALK OF FOREIGN RELATIONS| Admiral Coontz Calls Attention to Charitable Objects of Ball Planned for Tomorrow Night. In honor of the 5,000,000 sons and daughters who scrved in the World War and those who lost their lives, the American War Motheis will conduct a simple but imp: ive Armistice day ceremony tomorrow, when the. United States cervice flag will be run up the mast on the Capitol, frcm which the | Stars and Stripes stream in the breeze. A guard of honor i the Army, Navy and Marine Corps will stand at attention as Admiral Robert E. Coontz, | retired, wartime chief of Naval Opera- “titons, pays tribute to those who served. is was planned as only one of the many tributes to the men and women of the great war which will be paid by military and patriotic organizations on the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, whicn yesterday was observed in numerous church services through- olt the city without regard to denomi- nation. Through the medium of the| radio many of the exercises and Armis- | tice day messages delivered in the National Capital will be broadcast to assemblages of war veterans in various | eities throughout the country, so that| truly it mignt be said that Washington | will be the focal puint of the Nation's observance. | President (o Speak. Chief interest centers in the address which President Hoover will make to- morrow morning before the World Al- liance for International Friendship Through the Churches. It was expect- that the President would utilize both occasion and the anniversary to discuss at length the foreign relations of the United States and efforts made in behalf of world peace. A day de- to patriotic exercises before the of the Unknown Soldier in Ar- lington National Cemetery, mecca for thousands of pilgrims, will culminate in the annual Armistice ball of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars at the Mayflower Hotel. Admiral Coontz, who is junior vice commander of the Veterans of Foraign | ‘Wars and honorary chairman of tne Ball Committee, statement todey in which he called at- tention to the, charitable objects of the | big social event tomorrow night. *I want the people of Washington to know that Department Comdr. 'thomas acvised me,” he said, “that the ues from the ball will be carefully safeguarded, that they may be c#.- served toward helping those unfortunate | veterans whg need our assistance, being too proud to let it be known to others than those with whom they served in actual conflict.” Conditions Acute Here. Admiral Coontz said the veterans ?mumn had persistently endeavor- ince the business depression, to assist in the placement of unemployed veterans in gainful employment. “Here in Washington the conditions seem more acute than elsewhere by reason of the numerous transient cases,” - he said. “I am heartily in accord with the plan to maintain a veterans’ agency | within the District which will assist in receiving those destitute cases and , Tendering aid as practicable in each circumstance, For these transients | coming to the Capital City are, indeed, & problem. Many of them become stranded here, very often wiith their families, with no means of support. It is encumbent upon some agency to assist them, no matter how ill advised was the reason for their journey here.” | Armistice day observances will include | two special services tomorrow at Wash- | ington Cathedral and a high mass for the repose of the souls of the World War dead at the Church of the Im- maculate Conception. One of the services at the cathedral will be the annual commemoration of ‘Woodrow Wilson conducted in front of the war President’s tomb in the Beth- lehem Chapel, and the other a special service of evensong with prayers “for all those who have laid down their }ives for their country.” Right Rev. 3 Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will? conduct both services, Dr. James H. Taylor, pastor of the Central Presby- terian Church, which President Wilson attended while in the White House, will take part also in both services. Mrs. Wilson to Attend. The Wilson service is’sponsored by the Woo Committe in Washington, Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams is chair- man. Mrs. Wilson and members of her family are expected to be present. The service begins at 3:30 o'clock, followed by the evensong service. At the Chu of the Immaculate Conception, Rev. Francis J. ' Hurney, who was chaplain of the U. 8. S. Charleston during the World War, will eonduct high mass at 12:15 o'clock, to which veterans and their families are d. invited. ‘Washington will be host to many wvisitors on Armistice day, including most of the 1,100 members of Lulu Temple, Mystic Shrine from Philadel- phia, who yesterday met in Alexandria, VYa. Other groups will leave the oity for observances elsewhere and the Ma- rine Corps-American Legion foot_ball game in Philadelphia will draw large ercwds from Washington. Four com- panies of the local battalion of the 20th Marines. headed by Maj. Harvey L. Miller, will go to Philadelphia for the game. HOOLS PLAN EXERCISES. Dr. Ballou to Place Wreath on Tomb of Unknown Soldier. District public schols will pay Armis- Rfice day tribute to the service dead to- morrow when Dr. Frank W. Ballou, The Foening Star \ WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1930. Upper chart snows tne growth of {he population pf the District to 485,716 and the lower one the rise of the population of the metropolitan area to 670,525. Fall Laid to Hot Buns Youth Jailed for Robbing Baker, Son of Woman Who Committed Suicide Last April, Says He Doesn’t Care About Fate If He Eats. For a long time John Morris stood before a bakery at 3933 Fourteenth | board for the help wanted column. “I read the papers on the bulletin| X street last night, stood and looked at| didn't have the money to buy a paper. the cakes, the pies, the buns in show window. Now and then some one in the rush- hour throngs glanced curiously at the youth, a well set-up tow-head, Whose | saw the baker insert a tray of hot buns, | suif needed pressing, whoss shoes Were | That decided him. He took his hands | { out of his pockets and walked boldly in. | badly worn. He shuffied nervously in them now, as | the door, It had customers swung the odor of cooking. week, he said, since he had eaten a|with my othe I also went to employment agencies, but they only registered me, and som= wanted to charge a fee.” Standing before the window, Morris “I want a dozen " Morris said liberating | he told the baker. and and ‘covered’ him meal—a bit of bread, half an apple, a8 with a pair of scissors I had. plece of pie was about everything had been able to get hold of. A week ago Morris came here from Allentown, Pa., walking most of the sev- eral hundred miles, obtaining occasional e Sits Down to Eat, “Then I backed out of the door and ran. I don’t know how far I ran; not far, I guess, because I was too hungry lifts and lugging his only possessions— |to wait any longer. an old suit case, an overcoat, several shirts. He was 17 years old, had worked as althen two more, washing them down | Last April, | with water from the drinking fountain. bell hop in his home city. he said, his mother, who took in wash- ing, committed suicide and removed his sole relative. | Things were harder after [T wes through, beaten “When I came to 2 small park I sat on a bench and ate buns—first six and “I didn't care whether they capiured me or not. I think I wanted them to. I just laid back that, and several months 2go he lost and went to sleep. Pretty soon 1 woke his job and could not find another in|and saw two men looking at me. They | Allentown. Hoped to Find Work. Arriving here, Morris spent his re- | maining $2.50 for a week’s lodging In { move and they went on, but they came | appeared to be detectives. I didn't back and began to question me. “I told them what I had done.” One of the detectives, Headquarters the 200 block of D street, confident he | gergt. Larry O'Dea, arrested the youth could find work in the Capital. “It was no good” he said would give me anything to do. and he was being held at No. 1 precinct “No onc | today on an attempted robbery count | 1 even|for trial tomorrow in Police Court. offered as a messenger for $5 a week, | William W. Egoff, proprietor of the for my board and keep. They wouldn't | bakery, was the complainant take me because I didn't have a bicycle. In his cell at the precinct this morn- “Then I tried all the hotels, getting | ing the young man sat on the edge of up every morning at 5 o'clock to walk | his cot. his head in his hands. the streets. I've waiked a thousand miles since I've been here. no use. But it's ; the “Send me up? I don't care whe do. The food's good here, any: ho That's the rhain thing. I gu GOLD STAR MOTHERS |D. C. HEADS DISAPPROVE EXPRESS GRATITUDE Thanks Received by War Depart- ment for Pilgrimage to Graves of Heroes in France. Armistice day tomorrow will hold new peace for 3,600 American mwothers and SILENCE PROCLAMATION The District Commissioners in a let- | ter to the Merchants & Manufacturers’ | Association today declined to issue a widows, the War Department believes, | secause they made the Gold Star Mother pilgrimage to the graves of their loved | superintendent. places & wreath on the 'l:uI;h of the Unknown Soldier on be- half of the high schools of the first mz divisions at 9:15 am. Similarly, colored high schools will place a ‘wreath on the Unknown's Tomb and at the grave of the late .Col. Charles A. Young, famous cavalry also, Cadet Col officer of ' lrlgen of extia ones in France. With scarcely an exception, the women bhave written :‘I’t tahe !W-{hbep-rm:‘:ni Xpress ude for the peace thal ;ll.l ecnh:e' n‘n“mem since they knelt by the white crosses oversees. —Tomorrow the flutter of flags and roll of drums will find n'n‘em comforted by a measure of _resignation. Encouraged 1933, “Two i in & week by a woman in an million needles | already issued a pr proclamation calling for & one-minute period of silence at 11 o'clock tomorrow in observance of Armistice day. Citing the fact that the President had lamation calling for appropriate observance of the an- niversary of the signing of the Armi- stice, although not specifying a silent observance period, Dr. Luther C. Reichclderfer, chairman of the Board of District Commissioners, said that the District Commissioners had not issued such a call since 1926. Member firms of the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association, however, will ecarry out their plan of observin, Armistice day tomorrow with a peri of one-minute silence in all their bus- houses. UNDERCOVER AGENT HELD Philip Claude Patterson, 28 years old, undercover prohibition agent, who has been doi some specipl prohibi RISE OF CAPITAL FROM HUT PERIOD SHOWN IN SURVEY Courage, Foresight and Pa- tience of Founders Bring City Prestige and Beauty. 11 PER CENT INCREASE IN LAST TEN YEARS Trade Board Hand Book Reveals Development of District and Surroundings. This is the first of a series of stories describing cutstanding features of Greate: Washington as revealed in the master community survey just completed by the Board of Trade, data for which was compiled by Rufus S. Lusk, Inc. The magnitude and importance of the | National Capital of today is strikingly apparent in the light of its rude and in- auspicious beginning in 1800, when cot ditions here were such that won it ridi- cule and such titles as the “Capital of Miserable Huts” and the “Wilderness City.” '};lis point is set down prominently in the opening section of the handbook just published by the Beard of. Trade on the master community survey of Greater Washington, giving a historical sketch of Washington's rise to a leading place among the capitals of the world. “The courage, foresight and patience of the founders have borne fruit far in excess of the fondest hopes of even the most optimistic backers,” the trade body states in the survey handbook. “The growth and development has not been one of abrupt and irregular changes. On the other hand, while it has risen rapidly, that rise at practically all times hds Been a constaht, steady, upward trend.” Census Shows Rapid Growth. From a fey thoysand inhabitants, the pocket | ‘Washington has grown to be a city of approximately a half-million people, ranking 14 among the cities of the United States, according to the 1930 census report. At the same time, the population of the whole metropolitan area of the Na- tional Capital has risen to 670,525, the increase in the last decade being 17 per cent, as shown by census figures. In Washington alone there has been | a gain in population of 5,866 per cent in the 120 years since 1810, the survey reveals. Eleven per cent increase in population during the past 10 years is shown in quoted census reports, which includes the follcwing table: Year, 1810 1820 Population. With the steady rise in population here there has been a natural and con- stant rise in the valuation of District property and bank deposits, it is cited by the Board of Trade, s indications of the character of Washington's develop- ment. “Washington has grown to a city of imposing public buildings and of com- fortable homes” the trade body points out in citing that the value of taxable property hes passed the billion-doliar mark. The rise In the assessed values of local taxable lprop!rtles is shown in the following table: Assessed Valuation. $79,997,454 87,980,356 137,626,419 176,567,549 217,608,296 285,153,771 390,309,278 426,623,630 819,625,572 .1,182,463,345 | Figures for 1871-1920, inclusive, give | two-thirds value and for the years 1920-1930 full value. H Bank Deposits Grow. | “The increase of the total bank de- posits is another indication of the steady, wholesome growth of the Dis- | trict of Columbia. TFhere Nistory seems to indicate that Washington has not | cuffered from serious periodic depres- | sions,” the survey report adds. Sta- | tistics of total bank deposits here fol- low: 1870 . $2,564,718 | 1880 . 27118277 1890 . 12,822,000 | 1900 . 31,152,000 1910 . 71,214,000 .163,383,000 1920 1930 316,877,000 | The population of the nearby sections | increased as follows in the past 10 years: | Arlington County, 62.5 per cent; Mont- gomery County, 40 per cent; Prince Georges County, 38.6 per cent; Alexan- dria City, 339 per cent; Fairfax) County, 16.5 per cent, and the entire | metropolitan region, 17 per cent. The assessed valuations of property in the metropolitan area have increased with its population as follows: Montgomery Prince Geo. County. County. .$6,941,271 Year. $8.840,466 11,193,453 13,045,664 24,802,381 57,635,596 Alexandria Cil ity. $9,616,324 .17,830,898 33,071,586 13,315,944 (Blank spaces indicate the informa- tion is not available.) The total valuations of property in these counties and Alexandria City, for {1920 and 1930, respectively, are $78,257,079 and $195,848,031. In Montgomery County and Prince Georges County ‘the valuation is sup- posedly assessed on the basis of 100 cents on the dollar, but actually it runs | 45 to 50 cents, the survey book asserts. In Alexandria the basis is 45 to 50 cents on the dollar, Arlington 33 cents and 2,208,725 .++.15,791,335 .33,650,460 50,207,395 H .81,824,905 Arlington ! County. | . $10,186,914 in Washington 100 cents. Johi Mary A “White, boy. Bely Mindel, boy. o M. 2 nd Anna K. Bessie Motsinker, oD, Ky Corner stone laying of St. Paul's English-speaking Lutheran Church, Connecticut avenue, Everett and Thirty-sixth Henry W. Snyder, using trowel; Dr. streets, yesterday. Left to right: Capt. i H. W. Reese, Dr. wait, A. Y. Leech, Dr. Waltmeyer and Commissioner Reichelderfer. F. M. Criswell, E. N. Stire- —Star Staff Photo. FATHER, ILL, SHOOTS WIFE AND HINGELF Jobless Man Reported Dying. Woman’s Condition Not Regarded as Sérious. Joseph Masciana, 42 years old, was reported in a dying condition at Emergency Hospital today from self- inflicted head wounds. He shot him- self yesterday afternoon, according to police, because he was unemployed and had become wearied of the long strug- gle with poverty. His wife, Mrs. Ouida Masciana, 36 years old, also is in Emergency H pital. Masciana shot her before turn- ing the gun on himself, she told police. The bullet entered her chest. Her con- dition is not regarded as being serious. The shooting occurred at the Mas- ciana home, 2524 K street. Mrs. Masciana had gone to a second- floor bed room to ask her husband if he wished anything to eat, since illness had confined him to the room. The couple’s three yoyng children below heard their parents quarreling, then a scuffle and shots. Their son Andrew, 12 years old, rushed up the steps and forced open the door. H: assisted his mother to the street, and there asketl a motorist, Samuel Bond of 1241 Jackson street northeast, to drive her to the hospital. He then notified Policeman L. C. Cline and P. S. O'Brien, who said they found Masciana sitting in bed in a dazed condition. He had shot himself in the temple. The pistol, containing ll")‘:rt‘c discharged cartridges, lay beside m. The police heard a story of poverty and suffering from the three ragged, undernourished children: Andrew, Pip- pino, 8 years old, and Frances, 10 years old. They said their father, only re- cently diseharged from Gallinger Hos- pital, had been out, of employment for almos: three years. The family was supported with the meager wage which the mother earned as a hotel chamber- maid. The youngsters were taken to the Receiving Home for Children. FUNDS SPENT, NAVY T0 RELEASE 100 MEN Secretary Adams Explains Situa- tion to Local Association—Re- grets Action Is Necessary. Secretary of the Navy Charles Fran- cis Adams, in a letter to the Merchants & Manufacturers Association of the District, today confirmed reports that the Navy Department is contemplating dismissing 100 employes of the local {and other principal navy yards of the country. In response to a request from the merchants group, made in a commu- nication from Mark Lansburgh, presi- dent, the Secretary of the Navy made known the fact that, with the closing of several large projects, a discharge of men in three principal navy yards will be necessary. “The Navy Department regrets the necessity of dispensing with the serv- ices of any of its empployes,” Secretary Adams’ letter to the merchants group read, “and, as a matter of fact, would gladly take on additional employes if the necessary funds were available. “In many cases, the Congress appro- | priates a specific amount of money for a specific project or job. When the project or job is compieted, it/becomes necessary to discharge a number of men. “There are no other or additional funds available for paying these men, therefore their separation from the rolls of the Navy Department becomes auto- matic. “The Navy Department appreciates the work done by the assoclations or- ganized in the District of Columbia to relieve unemployment and will co- operate with such committees in so far as the appropriations made by the Con- gress and the funds available at the present time will permit.” The letter was signed by Mr. Adams and addressed to Mr. Lansburgh. It was dated November 7. KEECH TO MAKE SPEECH People’s will Congress Heights Citizens Tonight. Richmond B. Keech, People’s Counsel, will address the meeting of the Congress Heights Citizens’ Association tonight in the Sunday Sclfool the Counsel Congress Heights Baptist Church, Brothers place | and Esther stieet, southeast. ‘The following officers for the en- installed l” vice Badle Hi secretary; Lo J. mfimu% 4 Address k> Rookie Policeman Attacked by Gang And Robbed of Gun Clarence R. Roberts, 30-year- old rookie police officer, attached to the Traffic Bureau, was attack- | ed by eight colored men at Third | and B streets southwest last night, who took his gun and badge. ‘Two men, Little John Lyons, 39 years old, and John Chatman, 26 years old, both colored, were later arrested in connection with the fight and theft. One of them | | had Rebert’s gun, but the badge has not been: recovered. Roberts, police say, was ques- tioning a colored man who had been acting suspiciously when the gang attacked him. 870 U S N POWER BATE | Commission Estimates Fore- | cast $750,000 Pepco Sur- plus for Current Year. Electric light and power rates will be reduced $87,000 more in 1931 than this year, it appeared likely from prelimi- | nary estimates made today by Byars McK. Bachman, chief accountant of the Public Utilities Commission. Last year the reduction was based on a figure which was intended to use up a $663,000 surplus piled up by the Po- tomac Electric Power Co. over the 7'z per cent on its valuation which the company is allowed to earn under the consent,_ decree issued by District Su- preme Court in 1924. Instead of having this effect, however, the result of the cut was to cause consumers to use more electricity, and the resulting profits have put the company into better position this year than ever before. Each rate cut made since the original one, in 1924, when the rate was reduced from 10 cents to 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour, has had the same history. Under the terms of the decree, the company is allowed to keep one-half of any excess earned above 7'; per -cent {on its fair value. The other half |is applied in reduction of rates on its ensuing year. Last year the company earned $1,326,000 above the allbwable percentage, and the cut was designed to absorb $663,000 of this. On figures showing earnings for the first aine months of this year it appears likely that the company's excess will be ap- proximately $1,500,000—or that $750,~ 000 will be used in rate reduction. The company and the commission will reach an agrement on the amount to be used as a cut for next year after the October returns are in. These are ex- Dected by the 15th of this month. Returns for November and December will be estimated. The commision and the company are still at odds as to the figure to be used the difficulty arising out of the retire- ment of the company'’s office structure and the power substation at Fourteent and B streets. This property has been sold to the Federal Government, and the company is moving into new quar- ters. The figure at which this property is to be retired will play an important | part in the valatuion, but it is under- stood that estimates by the company and the commission’s accountant's are far apart and irreconcilable. ‘There is a faint possibility that a pub- lic hearing may be resorted to in order to iron out these differences. Thus far the negotiations relating to the dispute have taken place behind closed doors. Mr. Bachman said that the increased only to increased sales, but also to the | great improvement in the economy of operation of their new equipment at the Benning power station. Sales in the past year rose 16 per cent, Mr. Bachman said, while whole cost rose only frac- tionally. He sald that the plant was among the most economical in the country. SUSPECTED RUM AUTO ESCAPES FROM POLICE o represent the company’s valuation, | earnings of the company were due not | | | | HENRY TRIAL PLEA | PAGE B-1 GRANT PREPARES LIST OF PROJECTS SEEKING J0B AID May Ask Congress for Funds to Speed Plans Intended for Later Years. VIRGINIA BRIDGEHEAD WORK MAY BE PUSHED ‘Would Carry on Construction Al- ready Authorized-—Total of $2,000,000 May Be Spent. ,Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, today authcrized officials of his office to investigate the list of projects al- ready authorized by law, for which plans are available, to ascertain those for which Congress might be asked to appropriate funds immediately to re- lieve the unemployment situation. It is believed that $2,000,000 might be spent at once “on beneficial improvements” in vzl;lgux projects, if Congress gives the A list of proposed projects on which work should proceed immediately, if funds are made available, was made up today, following a meeting of the heads of v offices under the jurisdiction of Col. Grant, with Maj. D. H. Gillette, assistant executive officer of the Arling- ton Memorial Bridge Commission. The meeting considered projects which Con- REMAINS IN DOUBT ‘Other Defendants in Smith Company Case Offer No Objection to Request. The application by Samuel J. Henry for a severance from his three codefend- ants in the F. H! Smith Co. conspiracy case remained undetermined today after counsel for the other defendants had advised Justice William Hitz that they would interpose no objection to the granting of Henry’s request. Henry, _through Attorney Hi 8. Barger, asked the court last wee‘inior a severance from G. Bryan Pitts, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr, all of whom were indicted last April on charges of conspiracy to em- bezzle funds of the Smith Co. and destroy allegedly incriminating records. Although Justice Hitz had been ex- pected to rule on the motion today, he | made no comment after asking Edward Toland, representing the other defend- ants, whe his clients would object to severance. Justice Hitz may an- nounce his ruling at any time prior to the opening of the trial on November | po 24, and the final decision is entirely within his personal discretion. \ o No Objection Made. At the time the request was made Justice Hitz indicated that he could see no. particular reason why it should be granted; but, it was pointed out today, the absence of any objection from the Government or other defendants is g(te&n a favorable factor in cases of this ind. Toland, appearing in the absence of Frank G. Raichle and Wilton J. Lam- bert, told the court that the other three defendants did not feel they were in a position to object to the severance. Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, and Neil Burkinshaw, Assistant United States Attorney, an- nounced last week that there would be no objection from the Government. The arraignment of Pitts, Anadale and Edwards, which had been set for today, was postponed until November 24, the date of the trial, by agreement of counsel Saturday. Pitts is in Florida. George D. Horning, associated with Lambert and Rudolph Yeatman in the defense, left for Florida Saturday night to cunfer with Pitts. It was understood that Pitts is at his home near Palm Beach, Fla., working on his defense, and that he had requested a postponement of the arraignment so that he would not have to make the trip to Washington at this time. Dodds informed the defendants that & bill of particulars as to the first count of the indictment, which deals with the alleged 95 acts of embezzlement, would be filed tomorrow. Justice Hitz had ruled Saturday that the defendants| were entitled to this information in pre- paring their defense. All the defendants are former officers of the Smith company. Henry, former president, asked for a severance, on the contention that even if the Government should be unable to show any criminal knowledge or in- tent on his part, the mass of evidence presented might be so involved that the jury would be unable to distinguish among the several defendants and that hL: rights would be prejudiced to that extent. COOL-HEADED PILOT AVERTS FATAL CRASH Misses Cars to Hit Trees When Forced to Land on Country Club Links. Presence of mind on the part of an Alr Corps Reserve officer prevented what might have been a serious accident yesterday afternoon when an Army training plane from Bolling Field was forced down with a dead engine on the crowded Kenwood Golf and Country Club, at Bethesda, Md. The pilot, Lieut. Maceo Falco, an gress has legislated for, but which have been delayed for lack of funds. List Is Withheld. The practice has been for Congress to spend the money to complete & project over a term of years, but the program contemplated by Col. Grant 45 a relief measure in the present criss would speed up the completion of & number of projects that have betn g:oceed.ln; at a stated rate, for a num- T of years. The list compiled by his subordinates was withheld from publication. One of the projects that Col. Grant's office is considering pushing is work on the Virginia side of the Arlington Me- morial for the memorial cn- trance to Arlington National Cemetery. The widening of B street would prob- ably be included in the bridge program. Granite for the memorial entrance P ds, rather than wait until the next s fiscal year, as the program now stands. $5,000,000 More to Be Spent. The Federal Go» spent, but just how raj for Congress to say. m’i""he nA:.eunmw. Memorial Bridge Commission could fin- ;s:t “&Senwmduzu;z:onv&m walls and for be placed at the W i) associates have analyzed work authorized, for whll{:h pl::: %‘: mfle in detail are na’:llhble. emp int tha Grant's office would :;;:fl any t& money Congress might authorize at this time on “beneficial improvements,” and that the recommendation to Col. Grant Wwill be to proceed first with those proj- ects, which will give the most i - diate relief, by employing the n:l% number of men, the proper propor- tion of skilled to unskilled labor. The major added that the projects 51‘31nthp:e1§imnn(.l “fi::‘ were picked lea of avol the excessi expenditure of funds, gut llex he most people the most work for the 'M:‘“li:l Imflglhtgl. time and at the same e insuring that Washington will benefited by this outlay. b CITIZENS FORM COMMITTEE. Delano Calls on Reichelderter to Discuss Personnel Plans. The unoilicial committee of Distriet citizens organized consider unem- ployment relief held its last meeting in the Y. W. C. A. Building today and disbanded in order to pave the way for the creation of the official committee by the District loners. After the meeting Frederic A. Delano called on Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, chairman of the Board of District Com-~ missioners, to discuss the personnel of the committee to be appointed by tie Commissioners, of which Mr. Delano has accepted the chairmanship. After the meeting Mr. Delano said that he expected the membership of the com- mittee would be settled in two days. In the meantime the offer of Com- missioner Herbert B. Crosby of one of the rooms of his suite as « headquar- ters for the committee was accepted by Mr. Delano and the committee’s office force will move in as soon as it is or- ganized. The room is in the northwest corner of the fifth floor of the District Bullding, formerly occupled by the Trees and Parkings Department and now added to Gen. Crosby’s office suite. BIG TRANSPORT PLANE MAKES SPEED RECORD Navy Passenger Carrier Averages 150 Miles an Hour Between Detroit and Washington. Averaging a speed of approximatel, 150 miles an hour, .slldppm be tbfi greatest ever made by a multi-motored transport plane over the course, a new Navy high-speed Ford transport, was flown to_ this city from Dstroit yester- day in three hours.: Though the airline distance is 397 miles, the big plane covered approxi- mately 450 miles due to the necessity of skirting around Lake Erie and point of crossing the Alleghenies. The big plane, which has seats for engineer on the Arlington Memorial Bridge project, was forced to make a decision between crashing into a line of parked automobiles off the edge of the course or wrecking his plane against a line of trees to the right. He chose the latter, tearing off the wings of his forced | ship. He and his passenger, Private Ward Wilson, Air Corps, Bolling PField, climbed out without a scratch. Falco said the motor began missing near {he Kenwood course. He brought the plane dcwn skillfully, topping a small rise near the third tee. Then saw the line of cars and turned into the trees. Lieut. H. B, Merchant, Air ‘The is ipped he | CoWling ptl:r“che t:gmouwond engine-. 13 b3 across the South Pole, as co-pilot. me_‘gg:nlc com| etedlt;hz crew.p & new plane left the Anacostia Naval Air Station today to carry Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of !PheleVy,atdn Bufl“fl(:;twl Lieut. A. . Storrs, 3d, was Chief Avia- tion Pilot Phillip !{ Gunn, co-} A ring and other o M ; Frederick Pearson Hurt. 10