Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1930, Page 17

D.C. ROAD BUILDING WILL BEGIN EARLY | TO HELP JBLESS Spring and Summer Program of 1931 Starts March 1; Bridge Work Pushed. 2,500 MEN PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT BY PLAN Bids to Be Advertised About Feb- ruary 1 to Speed Up Pre- liminary Preparation. ‘The District’s 1931 Spring and Sum- | mer highway construction program will be started at least two months in ad- vance of the regular schedule so as to ald in relieving the unemployment sit- uation, it was announced yesterday by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engineer and eo-oxtimnwr of the municipal en “ Plans completed by Capt. Whitehurst provide for beginning work on the high- Wways about March 1, whereas the Highway Department’s construction sea- son normally starts about May 1. Will Empley 2,500 Men. ‘The Spring and Summer program will cost $2,500,000, and provide work for losgroxlrmuly 2,500 men. About $800, of this money remains in the current appropriation for the Highway Department, while the balance is car- ried in the estimates for 1932. ‘The advance in the construction pro-. gram has necessitated a speeding up in all preliminary work. Capt. Whitehurst has made definite arrangements to ad- vertise for bids about February 1, with & view to getting the projects under contract so that actual construction work can get under way by March 1. By that time Capt. Whitehurst be- leves the appropriation bill for the 1032 fiscal year will have passed Con- g-t making available funds needed finance all of the projects contained in the Spring and Summer programs. However, he plans to go ahead with the work March 1, irrespective of whether the appropriation bill is passed by . The $800,000 res enable the dep:nment to start on the program without waiting for the 1932 appropriations. Preparatory Work Arranged. t. Whitehurst is now lnuxns ules and releases of undergrount construction for the purpose of permit- ting the sewer and water nts of the b'uemn;.\my* - to do as much, of their work as is practicable enabling them to this Winter, thus keep their forces intact. Underground must of necessity precede and the’ schedules and re- they may complete the mhtbmm'l‘dvlfiuntthe In schedules operations, Capt. Whitehurst has given preference to major thoroughfares and Necessary replacements in the down- town business area, 80 as to obviate the necessity of work in this section and on the main highways leading into Wash- ington in 1932 during the George Wi ington bi-centennial celebration. Capt. Whitehurst's leading into the traffic of the city from the Djstrict line, as well as downtown streets, in condition for the bi-centennial visitors, many of whom are to come to ‘Washington in automobiles. Bridge Projects to Be Pushed. Aside from highway improvements, Oapt. Whitehurst also has completed .fl#zmfi for mcrut-lonz work nnBli!dl: major bridge construction projects. will be advertised about %eeember 15 for the widening of the bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks in the line of Monroe street northeast. 'rm.sl project is estimated to cost $135,000. Another important bridge construc- tion project, the replacement of the Connecticut avenue bridge over Klingle Valley, is to be started in March. Bi are to be advertised about February 1, and the contract will be awarded a month later. This new bridge will cost $500,000. COURT ASKED TO HALT SAILOR’S DEPORTATION Suit Filed to Enjoin Secretary Davis to Prevent Immigration Action—Will Leave Voluntarily. | i Suit to enjoin James J. Davis, Sec- | retary of Labor, has been filed in the | District Supreme Court by Herman Schmidt, a former seaman residing in Pittsburgh, to prevent his deportation to Prance. Schmidt says he is a native German and was born in Alsace-Lor- raine when that country belonged to Germany, but has since the war been ceded to France. Schmidt says he has not lived in Alsace-Lorraine since he was 2 years old and except for his residence in the United States has always lived in Ger- many. He asks permission to leave the country of his own free will and re- turn there. He says he can defray the expense and points out that he is at Uberty on a $1,000 bond for which he deposited Liberty bonds for the amount. ‘The plaintiff says he arrived in New York on the 8. 8. New York, October 14, 1929, and deserted the vessel, in- tending to reship on another boat, but unable to obtain a berth, took employment on land. He admits he did not pass immigration inspection, but asserts he has all the requisites for admission. October 14, 1930, Schmidt states he was arrested by immigration inspectors and after a hearing was or- dered deported. He attacks the validity of the hearing. Attorney Ward Bonsall appears for the seaman. NOTED WOMAN IS 100 “Honorable” Xatherine Plunkett Congratulated by Rulers. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, No- 22 (P).—A telegram of con- from King George and today brought a smile of to the face of a little old of Ballymascanlon in County the Hon. Katharine Plunkett, lebrating her 100th birth- i ! =3 4 Z[BETTER HOUSING The Sundlay Staf WASHING NEWSBOY HOBBY HELPS HEAL HURTS OF THEIR BANKER AID James Milford Place Fights to Get on Feet and Con- tinue Work. Savings Plan Will Be Given Fresh Impetus With Com- ing of Spring. The hobby of .James Milford Place, “friend of all newsboys,” has been a source a great benefit to others for years; now it is helping him fight one of the gravest battles of his life. Seventy-four yesrs old, he needs the enthusiasm, the love of life which his| hobby fmparts to pull him through a| grave injury. It was obvious to the visitor standing beside the bed in Emergency Hospital where Mr. Place lay g\vely injured, that one of the biggest things Mr. Place ;Jl".l living for was his plans for the future. Plans to'help newsboys, the energetic, noisy youngsters of the street corners of America whom he has befriended for years; help them to save, to climb. Lives to Aid Boys. i Mr. Place has been figuring it out in his head since he was taken to the hos- pital the first of this month, suffering from a ured hip and severe lac- erations. He plans next Spring to start almost a dozen more sa clubs in Wash- ington, to get business men to sponsor the clubs which he cannot finance him- self and to install thrift into the boys. Perhaps, Mr. Place thinks, the idea will spread, will become universal. L Already he has started three such clubs, each with a membership of 50— k3 ;1:“! ‘Winter ho‘y'pc in St. Peters- put & dollar a month in the saving fund, the sponsor $100 a year. In five years the boys receive what they saved plus their share of the contributed by the sponsor. Hobby Heals Pain. Mr. Place said he has been so busy making Yhm he has almost forgot- ten the grueling experience which befell him Saturday, November 1. Mr. Place had gone from his home at 1857 Park road to his office in the 200 block of B street southeast, headquar- ters for his chemical manufacturing 3 Co Mr. Pace had inaugurated a five-day | URGEDBY CAPPER| D JAMES MILFORD PLACE. —Underwood Photo. week and was alone in the office, an- swering his mail. When he rose from his desk he stumbled over a foot stool and pitched heavily to the floor. His hip was fractured and, in intense | pain, he found he could not rise from the floor. The nearest telephone was in_the next room, on the wall. No one answe cries. That was shortly afternoon, and it was almost five hours later before he succeeded in hitchi himself across the room and raising led body until he could pull the receiver from the hook. Sales Days Recalled. He then notified his Diven of 206 A street southeast. Miss Diven hurried the short distance to the office, but found the door locked from the inside. She obtained the as- sistance of a small boy, who broke the pane from a back window, crawled through and undid the lock. Mr. Place then was taken to Emer- gency Hospital. Doctors said he prob- lblyrl!'oul ube ?bml g.mh his bed for several weeks yet, buf it he appears to be gaining strength. “T'll be out in no time,” he said yes- 5 clul in fine shape.” i Mr. Pace was himself a newsboy, and in his home town of as- URGED FOR GUARD Gen. Everson in Unusual Re- port Shows Morale and Esprit de Corps Higher. "Maj. Gen. William G. Everson, chief of the Militia Division of the War De- | the partment, in his annual report, l\ww!n.1 generally “marked improvement in | morale ‘and’ esprit de corps throughout the National Guard of the United States,” makes a special recommenda- | tion for better housing facilities for the | National Guard of the District of Co- lum| “The unsatisfactory armory condi- Gen. n, “referred to in last year's report, have been corrected to some ex- tent. As a part of the plans for the improvement of the Government are: in the City of Washington the old N: tional Hotel at the corner of Pennsy] vania avenue and Sixth street was a quired. This property has been turned over to the Distriet of Columbia Na- after minor alterations serves its pur- pose fairly well. This, however, is but a temporary arrangement. In a relatively short time this building must be torn to make way for the improve- ments included in the plans. As a requisite for Federal recognition the the Pederal Government requires the States to provide suitable housing fa- cilities for National Guard units. not consistent to exact this requirement from the States and then waive the re- quirement with to the only ele- mént of the National Guard for which the Federal Government must provide housing facilties. The: situation should be confcmghhd and provisions made for a suitable armory for the District of Columbia National Guard in keeping with other improvements that are being made in the Capital City.” —_—— Society Elects Officers. Robert W. Bruce was elected presi- dent of the Scottish St. Andrew So- | ciety of Washington at the annual | meeting of the organization held Thursday. Other officers elected were | Rev. Thomas E. Green, first vice pres- | ident; Elmer Stewart, second vice pres- | ident; John M. McLachlen, treasurer, | and Robert Watson, secretary. Colored Man Slain. Robert Cole, colored, 43 years old, of 1323 Twelfth street was shot and killed | by James Jackson, colored, 31 years old, | of 2249 Eighth street, following an altercation last night in front of Jack- son's home, police reported. . N G. W. Student Heads Journalists. ! PITTSBURGH, November 22 (#).— | The National College Press Association | ended a two-day convention here today | by electing Reese L. Sewell of Georui Washington University, ‘Washington, | D. C, ps president. tional Guard for use as an armory, and | pi | Michigan, OCTOBER DRY GASES| = NET POLICE §7.437 5 Collections Represent About Fourth of Fines—Supreme Court Total Only $150. While fines assessed and col pi lon cases totaled only $150 in October, the Police Court collected $7,437.24 as the result of prosecutions of violators of the natios prohibition law, it was from & report made to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover by As- sistant United States Attorney David A. Hart, in charge of liquor violations in Police Court. These figures are about one-fourth of the total of $29,515 fine collected in Police Court during . tions in the District of Columbia,” says | Octobe: bia,” says Hart reported that he had disposed Of 242 cases, 174 by pleas of gullty. Juries heard 22 cases, and 3 were heard by the court, of which 11 were convicted, 7 acquitted b; on instructed verdicts and 2 were dis- missed. A total of 54 cases were nolle prossed, the report shows. Law enforcement in liquor cases is satisfactorily in the District Supreme Court, Rover claims. He pointed out that five cases were dis- posed of in August, 11 in September and 49 in October. Several other cases are being held up awaiting dis- posing of pleas in abatement and other pleas which have to be passed mbfie?xed:o&n, and in other cases endant are fugitives, asserted. e WILL CALL FISCAL STUDY MEETING Representative Mapes to Confer| With Colleagues on U. §.- D. C. Relationship. Representative Carl E. Ma; of chairman of the p:;echl House committee appointed by Speaker Longworth to make an intensive study of the fiscal relations between the Federal Government and the District of Columbia, is to confer tomorrow with whatever members of the committee | are in town and arrange for call the committee together as soon as posam.lhle. Representative Mapes, who was for- merly chairman of the House District Committee and who is well informed on District affairs, says that he has not col- lected any data in advance of the meet- ing of the committee and has thus far recelved no material or “studies” from any source. The hearings, he said, will give all agencies having helpful infor- mation toward solving the fiscal prob- lem a fair chance to present their cases. Mr. M-};e- returned to Was n last night from Ann Arbor, Mich., where h‘i was visiting his son at the univer- sity. tions Praised A Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, is pleased at the sartorial ele- gance and military-like bearing of the rank and file of his men. The recent inspection by Maj.. Don- ald A. Davidson, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, gave the policemen a splendid opportunity to make an im. §W§£§!_§ BEARING OF WASHINGTON POLICE IS PLEASING TO MA]. PRATT Personal Appearance of Officers and Orderliness of Sta- fter Inspection. of good fit and present a particular] fine appearance. These uniforms ;houg prove much more satisfactory than those heretofore in use. I was im- pressed with the personal appearance Aot BTl for Inlp.cuon.c vy 3 “The station houses were uniformly muelfyulgmdwe‘!'l‘n t. I was par- ular} pressed \ppearance o(?:lt’i:nlmlmg‘ oo 5 & pleasure to to you Maj. Davidson’s mmmm'??n“’;mlr per- sonal xpnnnee and on the manner in whm"ignhflon houses were pre- TON,. D. C, FOR DISTRICT BILLS District Committee Chairman Optimistic for Selected Laws in Short Session. PUBLIC BORLAND LAW HEARING ADVOCATED Credit Union, Student Street Car Fare, Utility Mergers and Dry Enforcement Bills Pending. ‘The best results will be obtained in District legislation at the approaching short session if effort is concentrated on a limited program, Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee ad- vised last night in a statement sum- marizing the status of local measures awaiting attention of Congress. ‘The Senator was optimistic over the outlook for passage of District meas- ures, although he said his experience has been that some desirable local leg- islation always is lost in the rush at the close of a Congress. New Proposals Held Unwise. “Bearing in mind,” he said, Congress is held to but twelve weeks of work before final adjournment, it seems to me that the best results will be ac- complished by rallying public support to bills now before the Senate and House, instead of attempting any im- portant new District legislation.” “Happily, our legislative calendar was cleared of all but a comparatively few important bills during the last session,” the of the Senate Committee began, “I think the committee should confine its work in the coming months to these bills and to such emergency “that and non-controversial measures as the | be District authorities may recommend.” In referring to specific subjects, Sen- ator Capper advocated “a full and free public hearing” to determine what should be done regarding the Borland iaw, -which- umne: hnl‘!mu:eemt rgt paving work ag: property owners, and which has met with city- opposition since its enactment. i of passage bill, which would au- of co-operative ernment supervision. After out that 32 States now hav:o credit union laws, SBenator Capper continued: Credit Union Praised. “Loan sharks vassalize the small bor- rower. Credit unions preserve his self- re'seet. conserve his financial resources and enable him to become economically independent. If the credit union bill becomes law before March 3, Congress will have made a very valuable and worthy contribution to the cause of Jjustice and human welfare in Wash- ussing other local questions pend- ing before the two branches of Congress, Senator Capper made the following comment: “Another important bill before the committee is one to establish a 2-cent rate of street car fare for school child- ren. This bill already nas passed the House and has been given some study by the committee. Several members of the committee have expressed the theBrovistons for the' eectve oo ns for effective opera- tion of this special fare. At the proper time, the Public Utilities Commission will be requested to give the committee its suggestions on the subject. Work of Blaine Mentioned. “I am advised that the Commision- ers are very much in favor of a bill now_before the committee to amend the Borland law relating to assessments for street improvements. The attack on this law in the local courts, I am told, has made apparent the need for this proposed legislation. While the Commissioners say the bill's enactment is highly desirable, I am aware that it may not meet the wishes of a consid- erable number of the public. Under these imstances, the committee should hold a full and free public hearing, to weigh the merits of the opposing points of view and to act wccordingly.” Senator Capper made special men- tion of the work of the subcommittee headed by Senator Blaine, Republican of Wisconsin, in studying proposed legislation to regulate the real estate business, to govern sale of securities and to define the method of foreclos- ing_mortgages. “The subcommittee is making an ex- haustive inquiry into the need for such legislation,” Senator Capper said. “I expect that a report will be made dur- ing the session, and that the bills under consideration will be placed before the full committee for action. I sincerely hope that the labors of the subcom- mittee may culminate in the enact- ment of strong, fair and flawless laws for protection of the people of Wash- ington. Pending Bills Summarized. ' “The committee in the last session | sent along the road to enactment a | considerable number of legislative items upon which Congress has not acted finallly. I “Awaiting action in the Senate are the proposed mergers of the street rail- ways and of the gas light companies; the bill limiting the powers of the local courts over appeals from public utilities commission orders; Senator Howell's bill to aid prohibition enforcement in the District; Senator Robinson’s bill to provide more stringent penalties for gambling, and the bill requiring certain traffic law violators t5 carry liability insurance. “Other bills considered by the com- mittee at the last session and subse- quently passed by the Senate, now are I either in House committees or before (the House itself. These include bills 1o regulate the real estate business, to require taxicab owners to prove financial responsibility, to establish a municipal | alrport, to eliminate the Michigan ave- nue grade crossing by means of a via- duct, and to increase the salaires of the Commissioners.” DISTRICT LINE CIRCLE IS FAVORED OVER OVAL Park and Planning Group Differs ‘With Maryland Body on Capi- tal Entrance Effect. ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- Commissi ning lon y record as favoring a circle, rather than an oval, at Wisconsin avenue and the District line. The Maryland-National Capital Park rl':l.ded Planning Commission préference for an |d WITH 3,465,143 AS RIGT SURPLUS | Cash in U. S. Treasury in Ex- cess of Spare Funds of Last 2 Years. GOVERNMENT EXPENSES FOR YEAR 38 MILLIONS Auditor’s Report Shows Educational Expenditures Were Largest and “Protection” Came Next. . ‘The District of Columbia wound up its fiscal year last June 30 with a sur- plus of $9,469,143.67, bettering its per- formance of the previous year, which was closed with a surplus of $8,689,- 664.75, and also the year before that when it closed its books with $6,127,~ 629.07, according to the annual report of the auditor made public yesterday. These figures represent cash in the United States Treasury at the close of the last fiscal year to the credit of the District of Columbia and the surplus has already diminished by revenue de- mands non-current. Under the current interpretation of the law relating to a cash working capital, the District must keep $3,000,000 cash to its credit in the Treasury in order to meet its bills from day to day without borrowing. Another $3,000,000 is earmarked for purchase of more land for the new Municipal Center. Added Excess Smaller, ‘The net revenues of the District dur- ing the amounted to $30,214,- 394.22. charges against revenues on account of priations amounted to $38,434,915.30, leaving an excess to added to surplus of $779,478.92. The District sailed much closer to the wind in 1930 than in 1929, when the excess added to surplus was $2,562,035.68. ition of the money among the various enterprises carried on by the clt{ shows that most of it— $12,986,375.73—went for “education,” an item which des. of which and Fire ents, the Militia, the superintendent of weights, measures and markets; the pound and the elec- trical department, and accounted for $6,035,916.46. Next came “general gov- ernment,” paying the Commissioners and their staffs of advisers in , financial and other mn::ln; the courts us n and other bodies, and purchase of the new Municipal Center pro%eny, $5,236,~ 904.99. Next came public welfare, $5,084,324.32, and then health and san itation, highways and recreation, in the order named. Realty Best Tax Source. ‘The details of the tax collections dur- ing the year from the annual report of the collector of taxes were included in the report. They have already been printed in these columns. The most substantial source of income, as usual, was real estate, which ylelded a tax of $19,735,846.80. Next followed the Fed- eral Government, with a $9,000,000 contribution; personal property (in- cluding corporation) taxes, $4,007,482.49; intangible personal property, $2,619,- resterday went on |Army In 671.43, and miscellaneous items, $3,- 762,873.50. Under the head of “trust and special funds,” the report records the receipt of $1,573,465.14 in water rents during the year, to which should be added $163,827.96 collected as assessments levied for water main extensions. TOPSY-TURVY TODAY SEEN BY CHESTERTON | British Author Declares Present Thinking May Make This “Age of Unreason.” ‘The present age is one of “topsy- turvydom which may go down in history as the age of unreason,” Gilbert K. Chesterton, distinguished British author, declared in a lecture at Trinity College yesterday afternoon. The way out, he said, may be “in a return {o the mechanical logic-chopping of the medieval scholastics.” These had the virtue, he said, of starting from an accepted premise to prove something and following out a strictly logical process until they arrived at their con- clusions. Characteristic of the present muddled thinking, Mr. Chesterton said, was the recent statement of an Oxford professor in presenting his religious views that “all we know is that most of what we know probably is not true.” Disclaiming any ability to judge the mathematical theories of Albert Ein- stein regarding the structure of the cosmos, Chesterton insisted that stein was guilty of perpetrating “trash and stale trash” in a recent article on his religious views which appeared in an American magazine. Einstein's prominence as a matbematician, he said, no more gave the status of an authority in the lly different field of religlous history than the speaker’s only slender knowledge of mathematics would enable him to set up as a judge of relativity. LIEUT. COMDF.L M.L.RING BECOMES INSTRUCTOR Officer Now Stationed at Bureau of Supplies to Be Transferred After First of Year. Lieut. Comdr. Morton Loomis Ring, United States Navy, now on duty in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, slated to becom= an_instructor in the Army Industrial College, which is held in the Muni- tions Building, Eighteenth and streets, shortly after the new year. Comdr. Ring, who has had extensive experience in handling business mat- ters for the Navy, will become a Emwnznl 'xlx_ivgu“mh'uctor in :.he Ammy E a nt proposes to send more nlv{h line officers to the dustrial Col , which main- from September to June. there are four officers of the Navy who are students at :"m Arniy ll-tn. 3 c- SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1930. * GENERAL Captured alive after a five-hour chase, a red fox graces a cage at the home of Allen Lewis, in the 3800 block of Wisconsin avenue. Lewis pulled the animal out of a st about a mile from the District line Friday morning. ump hole on a farm near Conduit road The fox sought refuge in the hiding place just as Lewis’ hounds were about to close in on him. The hunter was undecided whether he would attempt to tame the unruly captive or kill him for his fur, Company. Lewls is & fireman, Mhlll_l; No. 12 Engine tar Staff Photo. ADUEDUGT BRIGE | RENOVAL SOUGHT Concerted Drive on Congress Planned; Recreation Pier Proposal Is Backed. A concerted drive on Congress will be made this Winter by interested George- town groups to remove the Aqueduct Bridge. Major Joseph D. Arthur, jr., district engineer for the War Depart- ment for the Washington area, believes that this “unsightly pile” should be removed as part of the program to clean up the city for the 1932 George Washington bicentennial celebration. PLANS COMMISSION NEWS | PAGE B—1 NEW GV SERVIE SELEGTVESYSTEN GOESINTDEFFET Department Heads Ordered to Certify Vacancies to District Secretary. DAY WORK IS EXCEPTED WITH CUSTODIAL JOBS Descriptions of Positions Open, With Grade and Necessary Quali- fications, Are Required. Pirst steps under the new system of selecting appointees for certain munici- pal jobs from lists of eligibles prepared by the United States Civil Service Commission were taken by the Dis- trict Commissioners yesterday, when they ordered all heads of departments, before making a new appointment, to certify to the secretary of the Board of Commissioners a description of the va- c:;lnt position, giving the grade under e classification = cation necessary ":"fl:lndt.h'.eh'vmnmg. The Commissioners appointed Danifel E. of the board, con- s, secretary icer with - Ersion; the Civil Service Com. Per Diem Jobs Excepted. HAS MASON'S PLAN =222 Recreational Study Report From Other Cities Is Basis for Study. The central motif of the proposed Masonic Temple to be erected on the Dean tract, Connecticut and Filorida avenues, was approved yesterday by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. This action was taken after it had studied Harvey lans _submitted by Wiley tt, New York architect. The 's staff will Major Arthur has estimated that it | tral will cost $225,000.. He deems the bridge & menace to navigation and a hazard to the safety of the Key and Arlington Memorial Bridges in case of a heavy ice jam. Want Part Used as Pler. Georgetown groups are anxious to have the last abutment of the ol¢ bridge on the Washington shore. preserved as & municipal pier—not only as a means of egress and ingress to the shore in that locality, but as a vantage point to view the picturesque scencry of the Potomac and as a cooling-off place for citizens on sultry Summer nights. Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan of 1519 Thirty-first street, president of the Pro- gressive Citizens' Association of George- town, says that her group is very anxious to have the old bridge removed, but wants to keep the first pier on the Washington side as a sort of municipal recreation center. This, she believes, can be reconstructed into a waterside amusement pier for about $25,000. The group has been represented once be- fore Congress. The assoclation stands ready to :E- pear before Congress again, to push the project. A municipal pier at that point, Mrs. Sullivan explained, would make a desirable stairway down to the boat lubs. When boat races are in progress, a dangerous situation is created, by people climbing up on the obsolete bridge, she says. The old bridge is an syesore to tourists entering and leaving the National Capital by way of Key Bridge, and certainly should be removed before the 1932 George Washington Bi- centennial Celebration, she asserts. Recreation Pier Opposed. B. A. Bowles, president of the George- town Citizens’ Association, has similar | sentiments. He pointed out that there are a number of poor persons in Georgetown, who are unable to travel far, and on hot Summer nights might sit on the pier and get cool. always a breeze blowing down the river in that vicinity, he said. W. A. Roberts, chairman of the Law. and Legislation Committee of the Con- duit Road Citizens' Association and its delegate to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, sald yesterday that his group favors total destruction of the old bridge—superstructure, piers and all. He is disinclined to agree with the others that it might form a recreational area, pointing out that the pro) d new highway to Great Falls would be interfered with. He believes that it would cost a fortune to put the pier in shape for recreational an maintain it. Potomac Park and other similar areas in the city give oppor- tunity for recreation, and in any case, he says, Key Bridge overshadows the proposed amusement pier. Federation Favors Razing. The Advisory Committee and the Federation of Citizens’ Associations also, Mr. Roberts asserted, have favored the elimination of the old bridge. PBfforts will be made by those inter- ested in securing. the immediate re- moval of the antiquated span to secure There 15 | fgs commission. hand investigation into thé set-up and arrangements for handlin recreational Study Other Cities. ‘The commission desired to learn how other cities are dealirg with recrea- tional problems, so that Washington's development will keep step with other forward-looking citjes of the Nation and to insure that the centers here will not become overdeveloped. A further charcoal drawing showing the proposed treatment of C street, part of which, in the vicinity of Third street is to be blocked off to_ provide for the municipal center development, was requested by the on from A. L. Harris, municipal architect. A report on the newest developments for the municipal center was laid before the commission by two of its membe: named as a special committee—Fred- eric A. Delano, the chairman, and Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer Commis- sioner of the District. The commis- sion indorsed plans for the center, with reference to the of the buildings on the plot of d that the District is acquiring for its future home. Plans for the buildings proper had been previously indorsed. ‘The commission approved plans sub- mitted by Maj. Gotwals for the pro- posed Klingle Valley Bridge. He ex- plained the steel construction and stone that will form the bridge. Canal to Be Preserved. The relation of the old canal built under the direction of Wi ginia side of the Potomac River to the George Washington Memorial Park- way was explained in detail to the commission by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning. A number of American engineering groups are interested in res hJT'.hlxml.ll-ll valuable historical relic and as a speci- men of Colonial engineering. commission approved the plan |le of the Klingle Valley Bridge, submit- ted by Maj. Gotwals. The major ex- plained to the commission the detalls of the plan and features of its steel con- struction, and stone work. Friday evening at the Cosmos Club, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, vice chair- man and executive of the commission, was host at the ahnual dinner given d | by him to members of the commission, the District Commissioners, the presi- dents of the Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade and officials of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, as well as the president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. A luncheon at the Metro- politan Club consumed most of the afternoon session garage and facilities in the National Capital and & review of the report on. traffic, sub- mitted by Dr. Miller McClintock, head of the Erskine bureau *for traffic re- co-operation of other groups. search of Harvard University. ROBBERS ENTER GROCER’S HOME AND TAKE §125 AT POINT OF GUN Robert Croce Reports One of Three Unidentified Men Struck Him on Head. Entering his home through a back door, three unidentified armed - white men last night held up Robert Croce, & grocer, of 1726 B street southeast, and robbed him of $125 in cash and checks at prl:ml point, according to a police report. Croce said he opened the door after hearing his name called. He said one of the trio commanded him to put his hands up and get into a room. As he turned to , one of the men struck him a blow’ or. the head. turned $125 in bills and | oy chich over oo the laining WO Cl over men, e: that the money represented ulmum s in the house. As one man proceeded to the front rt of the house, he leaded with not to ransack me, Croce said. The man obeyed the request. Croce found later that his telephone wires had been cut. said the men left through the a m; the Civil Service Commission to furnish s list of names from its eligible registers, or whether recom- mendations to fill the vacancy may be done without reference to the lell Service thorized to use Service Commission under muo:l: o be ade upon SLOT MACHINE RAIDS DEFENDED AS LEGAL Major Pratt Holds Rosslyn Area at End of Key Bridge Is in District Jurisdiction. ‘The property at the south end of the Key Bridge is within the territory of the District of Columbia and subject ‘u:upoqu lHuLhorlt{:. Pratt, o s wer of Henry G. major and Sebaings in habed corpus by “which n corpus wl Ernest G. Shockey, who was arrested lgrlexvenzh pre;xm:c po}wemen Novem- on a charge of operating slot machines in the terminal station at .M“my:‘ .l?dm i; ::‘ liberty on bond eal 0 e proceedings. Through Attorney Crandal Macki shor_bez raised the point that the local lice have no authority 10 invade Ar- lington County to make an arrest and that if the property is a Federal reser- vation the case should have been taken into the Virginia Federal conrts. In his answer, filed through United States Attorney Leo A. Rovar and Assistant United States Attorney Charles B. Murray, Pratt claims that the local Police Court and the District Supreme Court have full jurisdiction over the land at the south end of the br'u‘ilgl; and that the arrest was made ey . ey, POLICEMAN ROSSITER ENDS LONG SERVICE Officer, 60, Completes 31 Years' Duty—Had Never Reported ° Late for Roll Call. Policeman tius Rossiter, 60 ntly m . official re t become effective until De:fiber"llf fl liceman Rossiter has been ted leave of absence until that dlg“lh had been at the ninth precinct for the past 11:1 ye-)r:fi ; During service Rossite: maintained the double merit of MI: i having been tried by the Police inct in 1916. Rossite?, who is married, 503 Fourth street souf MOTHER JONES DYING his | Famed Labor Leader Suffers Serious Croce back door and that a moment later he | dying heard an automobile start in an alley near his house. g ‘The gocer said the men%had gtoh- ably intended holding him wp at his store, which is a block away % his homq is wife was not at h e. and his 6-year: stalrs bed