Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1930, Page 17

YEGGS CRACK SAFE INGAS STATION AND GET $800 70 §1.000 Burglars, Believed Experts, Leave New Drills Beside Broken Strong Box. TEN WATCHES ARE STOLEN FROM JEWELER’S WINDOW | Fingerprints Sought in Robbery in Northeast Committed Between 10 P.M. and 6 A M. Cracksmen used nitroglycerine to blast the door off a safe in the office of the Miles Gas Station, Inc, at 2380 Rhode Island avenue northeast, some time be- fore daylight this morning and escaped with the cash receipts of two days— between $800 and $1,000. ‘When the manager, R. John Boehs of 3129 Twentieth street northeast, started to open for business at 6 o'clock this morning, he noticed that an electric light nightly left burning to make the interior of the office visible from the had been switched off. investigated further and found the;:safe moved behind a counter in the Tear of the stare. The door had been neatly blown off, and the contents rified by n, who used the counter to screen them from possible observation. New Drills Left Behind. ‘The floor at the original tion_of _the safe in the front part of the office ‘was splashed with oil where the yegg- mbenn work. After breaking two ,-which they threw down, the in- truders rolled the strong box to the Tear of the office. Two new and expensive drills, of a type usually driven by power, were left on a ccunter beside the broken safe. No one could be found who had seen any one suspicious about the premises llnfe last night’s closing hour of 10 o'clock. 1 En was gained to a side bullding ‘m.h‘:,dupum key, while the yegg- men admitted themselves to the office :x’ ’Idmmym( the lock of a communicat- g_door. Headquarters Detectives H. K. Wilson and Richard J. Cox, who investigated, said the robbery had been committed by experts. - A search was being made to- :ncy for possible finger print impres- ns. ‘Ten Watches Stolen. Ten watches were stolen from the early this morning by ai footpad, who tossed a brick through a dispiay window and scooped up as many timepieces as he could carry. Y and ‘et discovered ‘was T unt &Mrunm- patrolling the “beat” found the window smashed and ber of wat & num- A inthe lining of cap to &e, Was turned: over to detectives in the case. Joseph Smith of 4108 er street, manager of store, placed a valuation of approxi- mately 8100 on the stolen articles when he arrived after being notified of the | the $715 in Cash Stolen. Lewis Johnson told police he was robbed of $715 in cash some time yes- terday afternoon while asleep in his Toom, at 1406 H street. He said the money was taken from his trousers Residents in the home of Talma Nowell, at 1927 Lawrence street north- east, were awakened by a slight noise last night and frightened off a colored burglar. who had obtained entry by Jimmying a rear door. The intruder was seen to run from the house and join a companion in the street outside. Both escaped before police could arrive. PLAN POLICE DETAIL FOR HOLIDAY CROWDS Picked Squad to Guard Both Stores and Shoppers During Christ- mas Rush. A squad of picked men from the ranks of the several police precincts soon will be ed by Inspector Wil- liam 8. Shelby, chief of detectives, to give attention to the crowds of Christ- mas rs in the stores. It Is expected that there will be the usual amount of petty stealing, but it *is the intention of the police to keep close watch in the stores for.such vio- lations. Not only are the merchants to be pro- tected, said Inspector Shelby, but shop- pers also will be guarded against the | work of the light-fingered, Many shoppers carelessly leave pock- etbooks and handbags on counters while shopping, encouraging theft, and these are urged by police to use caution. TWO SLIGHTLY INJURED "IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Mrs. Barah Greenberg Is Hurt ‘When Taxi Upsets—Washington Heights Man Hurt in Crash. & ‘Thanksgiving, day passed with only twd traffic accidents, in which two per- sons escsped With slight cuts and bru ises. Mrs. Sarah Greenberg, 26 years old, of 401 Twenty-third street was treated at Emergency Hospital after a taxicab in which she was riding was over- turned in a collision at Twenty-first and F streets. ~The cab driver, Walter #on, 32 years old, of 1335 Emerson street northeast, escaped injury, while the operator of the second machine, said by police to have been James A. ‘Thomas, colored, 20, of 1756 Corcoran street, is alleged to have abandoned the and fled. bt Charged viih seaving ine a wi v of an accident. He was lr’v”aud $500 bond. A collision between two machines at Pifth and H streets sent Slegfried Michaels, 41, of 1616 Hobart place to Omwuhlncwn University Hospital for ald. An automobile said to ‘have been driven by Wallace E. Folges Oapitol Heights, Md., was in a col- the car operated by Michaels. not hurt, L. Hutchin- car ‘home scene on Round Leather Belts New. (flo—llna.wnur costumes coats in last-minute style ‘have leather belts not laxger than a dog's leash. jed | Reichelderfer will throw the switch The Foening Shap [ oo WASHINGTON, -D. C., [ sws wasax wv veoes | |EXEMPTIONS MADE northeast, surveys the damage done by the station office last night and escaped ECKED BY YEGGS R. John Boehs, manager of the filling station at 2380 Rhode Island avenue yeggmen when they blew the safe in with $800 to $1,000.—Star Staff Photo. SANTA CLAUS LANE WILL OPEN TONIGHT Commissioner . Reichelderfer to Officiate at Fourteenth Street Gala Event. With a giant Christmas tree as its central feature, the spectacular “Santa Claus Lane” of Columbia Heights, three-fourths of a mile of colored lights and Yuletide greens wil be officially openied tonight at 8 o'clock. District' Commissioner ~Luther H. transforming Fourteenth street from Meridian place to Fairmont street, to- gether with Irving street and Park road, into a colorful carnival ground. Commissioner Reichelderfer will be assisted at this ceremony, which is under the auspices of the Columbia Helghts Business Men's Association, by w ‘Commissioner Maj. John C. wals and Mrs. Gotwals and Assist- ant Engineer Commissioner Maj. D. A. Davison and Mrs. Davison. Parade to Be Feature. Following the lighting of the lane, Commissioners will head a civic parade at 8:15 o'clock from Fourteenth and Osk streets, down Fourteenth street to Fairmont, and then west to University place. Tbegflncl float will be that of Santa Claus himself.: His youthful ad- mirers are invited to join the parade. Besides the Commissioners, other participants include Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and Mrs. Prtt; Pire Chief George 5. Wat- son and Mrs. Watson, ic Director William H. Harland and Mrs. Harland | and the following representatives of | clvic socleties: President Eugene Minoux and Vice President Milton R. Volimer of the Georgla Avenue Business Men's Asso- ciation, Earl E. Dillon, president of the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association, and Mrs. Dillon; Burd W. Payne, presi- dent of the Citizens’ Forum, and Mrs. Payne; T. C. Downing, representing the Central High School Community Center; Mrs. M. 8. Young, executive secretary, and Mrs. Ida P. Kebler, sec- retary of the Advisory Committee of the Columbia Heights Community Center, representatives of the Park Wgew Citi- 2ens’ Association, and Col. E. L. Mat- tice, Boy Scout executive. Veterans’ Band in Line. Marching units will include the band of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lin- coln Post, No, 17, American Legion; 13 troops of Boy Scouts with several drum and bugle corps, the Central High School cadets and school band and delegations m:n clvic and business or- American will head sections of the parade. More than 200 Christmas trees will line the curbs. The entire lane will be lighted htly from 5 until 10 o'clock until New Year eve. Members of the various committees re: General Committee —B. A. Levitan, president; William F. Dismer, general chairman; H. C. Phillips, secretary; Frank J. Sobotka, Ralph Wallace and A. R. Swan. | Block ' chairman—Jobn E. Burgett, Miss Lillias Cropper, F. 8. Harris, W. L. Jones, Stanley Long, Julius Rosenfeld, Louis Gottlieb, W. Rol 3 O. Cook and Francis Scott. Others on Committees. Street Decorations—Edward R. Bate- man, Rudolph Blick, A. H. Chaconas, | Nick Ruggleri, Willlam E. Lawrence and Benjamin Datlow. Tree Decorations—W. R. F. Hines, | Nathaniel Mountford, Harry Engel, Jules Nachman, Willlam Lawman, David Her- son and P. W. Calfee. Parade—Willlam Snellenburg, Joseph ©Ofano, Maurice Schlosberg, D. Beyda, P. Metrakes and Thomas D. Hatton. Prizes—Harry E. Lohmeyer, Carl Donch, Walter H. Geisel, P. J. Ruane, Julius Wolpe, Mr. Hunter and Ernest | ‘ C. Wilson. Publicity—H. C. Phillips, A. B. Carty, M. D. Mcyerson, E. John L. Griffin and Albert L. Taylor, Favors—A. T. Androus, Philip Sures, | Joseph Graham, James Berlin, Mrs. Florence Tripp and D. H. Alpher. Auditing—E. L. Hord, Russell A | Hauser, Maurice Levitan and Julius Jacobs. SRR (5 AR ATTORNEY TRANSFERRED | . Rover Moves Julian Richards .to District Supreme Court. Assistant United States Attorney Julian I. Richards, who has been ai Assistant United States Attorney Dat A. Hart in liquér prosecutions in Police Court, will be transferred next week by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover to the District !\Ipre‘rla Court. Richards will take charge of the ntation of cas’s to the grand jury during the tem- EARLY YULE BUYING BACKEDBY STEPHAN Will Benefit All Concerned, Declares Merchants and Manufacturers’ Head. . The effort of Washington merchants to facilitate the movement for early Christmas shopping and malling by placing holiday merchandise stocks on display earlier this year was heartily commended today by Gen. Anton Stephan, vice president of the Mer- :‘r‘x’mu and Manufacturers’ Associa- n. Gen. Stephan sald the movement should be encouraged and said he believed the public will be quick to take udvmn? of the opportunities offered by early buying. “The old custom which prevailed in this country of postponing tmas shopping until a week or 10 days before am 'l"lho!uduym! thmm a uflnull overload on ‘the en ma- chinery, as well as mm Post, Office De t,” he said. “With a tremendous volume of holi- day sales reaching & sudden peak, the production facilities of the country were faced with a difficult problem. It was probably more acute in the retail stores, which were subjected to a tre- mendous overload, but the entire fabric of production and distribution was af- fected. The new attitude of the buy- ing public will prove beneficial to almost every branch of production in industry.” Gen. Stephan declared that “it is entirely possible to spread this heavy load over a 30-day period, with ma- terial benefit to every one concerned.” “Shoppers, fortunately, have forced this change on industry,” he added. “Women, who are the keenest buyers, have realized that . postponement of their Christmas shopping until the last possible moment is a foolish and ex- pensive process.” PONIES GOT MONEY REPORTED STOLEN Virginian Admits Losing $300 at Race Track Instead of to Bandits. It was the ponies at Bowle, rather than “two armed bandits,” that ll- oped off with the $300 that Wi Wildmon Keys brought to Washington with him from his home at Brentsville, a. The policemen at No. 6 precinct early today were without a reported robbery or even a reported attempted robbery to investigate. But Keys fixed that. “Send a policeman quick!” he was said to _have telephoned from a store. 4 the first block of North Capitol street, “I've been held up and robbed!” Before Keys quit talking about “big pistols” and money in round figures No. 6 gave him service in the person of Pyt J. P. Reynolds. At the store, a few minutes later, Keys related how two colored men had waved guns at him in an alley near ‘First and Jackson streets northeast, how they took $300 from him and raced off down the alley. “That’s a big robbery,” admitted Rey- nolds, “come on down to No. 6 and make a full report.” Meanwhile, headquarters was notified and Detective L. M. Wilson joined Keys and Reynolds at the precinct. In the course of the conversation that loumived Keys let fall a key word— “honles.” After that, police say, the rest was easy. ' Somewhat peeved over the pub- licity given fake robberies and robbery attempts, none of which reflected es- - | pecial credit on the Police Department, the officers asked Keys for a written sum;um and 8:& it. It first declared over Keys' own » nature he had not been rn};)bed in a'-ll"le District of Columbia on November 28 and then went on to explain about un- « | fortunate wagers at the races. The officers were so elated over “breaking” the robbery they forgot to - | ask Keys if he was married and if he expzcted to go home soon. CHANGE FOR.CAPT. FOOTE Capt. P. W. Foote, senior instructor at the Naval Gun Factory, at the Wash- ington Navy Yard, is slated to be trans- ferred from the National Capital in a few months. Today’s naval orders, made public by the Navy Department, show that Comdr. Roland M. Brainard will be dstached from the command of Division 33 of the Destroyer Squadron of the Battle Fleet, and early next Sum- mer is slated to come on duty at the Naval Gun Factory here. Officials of the Washington Navy Yard sald today that Comdr. Brainard would likely take the post of senior in- _%-ry absence _of Assistant United tes Attorney R. F. Camalier, spector. to be vacated when Capt. Foote leaves Washington. o FROM CIVIL SERVICE BECAUSE OF TESTS Library and Public School Employes Already Required to Take Examinations, DR. BOWERMAN TELLS OF SYSTEM NOW USED Rule of Commissioners Will Apply Only to Workers in Special- ized Divisions, The Commissioners’ decision to ex- empt from the civil service the em- ployes of the public schools, Public Library and other divisions of the Dis- trict government, where the employes are charged with specialized work, is founded, as the Commissioners have stated, on the fact that in the case of the schools and the Library especially the employes are already selected by a merit system that has been found to function adequately. In the case of the Library, Dr. George F. Bowerman, chief librarian, explain- ed today, the methods and the qualifi- cations set up for making appointients are such that the Library is already se- curing at least as good results as could be expected by making appointments from the eligible list of the Civil Serv- ice Commission. Dr. Bowerman pointed out that dur- ing the 26 years he had been chief I brarian in Washington he had alwa; striven to improve the quality of the ii- brary service by steadily raising quali- fications, educational and personal, 6f those appointed to positions in the li- brary service. He has always kept in touch with the work of the Civil Service Commission and believes that he has maintained standards at least as high as those set up by the commission. He explained that under the library law the Board of Library Trustees, ap- pointed by the District Commissicncrs, appoint the chief librarian, and he in turn appoints his assistants. ‘Trained Personnel. “Since the Public Library has always been conceived of as an educational system,” he said, “it has 'always been recognized as necessary that the library stafl should be well educated and well trained to give expert service.” He recalled that when he came to Washington more than 26 years ago he found that the Libraries salaries, all fixed in appropriation acts, had been among the lowest of those in any large city in the country. So low, in fact, that he could only in rare instances recruit his staff from those who had attended college or who had taken pro- fessional courses of training in lbrary schools. In order to meet the situation he established a library training class with requisites of high school gradu- ation and an entrance examination for admission. . For many years this was the principal means of recrulting the ‘Library staff. Whenever possible, per- sons with college and library school educations were appointed. The reclassification act brought much better salaries to the Library staff. This made it possible to abolish the Library training class and to raise the standazds of education and professional training so that during recent years for most Library positions - college grad- uation and library schcol graduation are required for appointment. More- over, every effort is made to stimulate members to maintain the high stand- ards of efficiency and to go forward with their education, formal and in- formal. Staff conferences, by groups, are held for the interchange of opinion and staff training. Whenever found gnctluble and not injurious to the ealth of the assistants they are urged to take courses in local colleges to sup- plement any deficiencies in education or training or to prepare themselves for more advanced work. Others are en- couraged to take leave of absence for an academic year or to go away to take college or library school courses. 60 College Graduates. In 1904, Dr. Bowerman said, out of the staff of 39 (inciuding building force and pages) there were but two college graduates besides himself and three others with partigl college courses or library school training. At present with a total staff of more than 200 (in- cluding some part-time employes), which number includes messengers, pages, building force and bookbinders, there are 60 college graduates and 17 more with at least two, years of college, most of whom have had library school courses in addition to or as part of their college courses, These figures leave out of account the pages, most of whom are taking college courses in local colleges while employed in the library. Dr. Bowerman said that he believed the methods followed here had secured excellent results. In his latest annual report he stated that members of the drug | professional and subprofessional staff had been asked to fill out questionnaires giving for each a statement of educa- tion, professional training, plans for further education or training, cultural opportunities regularly utilized, reading habits and interests, memberships in professional library associations and other similar facts. The answers re- ceived made an excellent showing, he sald. - In the case of the public schools the teachers are appointed under a sepa- rate system contirolled by the Board of Education. They constitute the largest tlass of municipal employes not under civil service. Candidates for teaching positions first have their educational qualifications determined by the board of examiners of the school system. ‘Those qualifications for eligibility are set, forth in existing legislation by Con- gress and the Board of Examiners itself is appointed by the School Board under provisions in legislative acts dating from September, 1869. Placed on Eligible List. Having been determined eligible, the candidates are required to take a com- petitive examination under the direc- tion of the board of examiners. The ratings received in the test by the can- didates in turn determine the order in which their names a r on the “eligible list,” actually a list of persons who may be appointed at any time to teaching positions. Vacancies are filled from this list, in consecutive order. ‘The board of examiners of the pub- lic school system was authorized' first in 1869 when the act defining the duties of the superintendent of public schools became effective. In section 2 of that e ',hfr; board of uu:m tmlog e schools was given power to appoinf all teachers, assistant gu:hen .m?° sub teachers. The act specified that board of trustees was to select a com- mittce “for the examination of assisted by the superintendent.” In the organic law of 1906, the or- ganization and function of the Board of Examiners were made plainer. In that act it was s fisd that the ex- aminers’ board uld consist of the superintendent and “two heads of de- partments of the white schools for t white teachers and of the superintend- . s measure, the m,l \ FRIDAY, Local troopers as they started out this NOVEMBER 28, 1930. * BOY SCOUTS AID WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS morning —Star Staff Photo. MAN HUNTED IN D, FOR NURMI INQUIRY Montgomery Authorities Want Member of Fatal Party At Takoma Park. Montgomery County authorities were in Washington today searching for a man believed to have been present at the drinking party a week ago Wednes- day night whi¢h ended in the fatal shooting' of Aarvi Nurmi, 24-year-old Census Bureau clerk, of 102 Grant ave- nue, Takoma Park, Md. According to Sergt. Earl H. Burdine, in charge of the investigation, a taxicab driver who is sald to have taken the wanted man to Nurmi's home has been located. Burdine added tha' the cab- man expressed his willingness to co- operate. Two Others Under Bond. Two other men besides Nurmi who were at the party, are under bond on charges of manslaughter. They are Henry W. McGuire, 29 years old, 1400 block of Columbia road, and John J. O’Brien, Chapin street. Their case is to be pre- sented to the March grand jury. ‘Two witnesses are being sought by Burdine. He expects to obtain infor- mation from one of a quarrel between Nurmigand another man, while the oth- er is thought to know of a gun from ;lrhlgh the fatal bullet may have been red. Theory of Second Gun. Burdine said he was working on thé theory that Nurmi was not killed by his own gun, which was found beside his body on the lawn of his home. He said tests probably would be made next weell to show whether Nurmi’s gun fisgdl the bullet. NEW RULING ISSUED ON D. C. PROMOTIONS Police and Firemen Who Establish Eligibility Not Required to Be Re-examined. Police and " firemen who establish their eligibility for promotion, and are not advanced within a year, will not | be required to take another examination to have their names placed on the new eligible list, accord! fo an amend- ment to the Civil Service rules an- nounced simultaneously today by the Police and Fire Departments. = Under the/'tormer rules, the names of police and /fremen .on the eligible list for advanicement were automatically dropped at the end of the year if they were not promoted, and they were re- quired to take a new competitive ex- amination to re-establish eligibility. The amendment to. the Civil Service rules gives these employes the option of hav- ing their names transferred to any newly established eljgibility list without another examination, but does not preclude then from the new tests if they desire to improve their standing on the list. Transfers from the old to the new lists will be made in accord- ance with the rating received by the officers in the initial test. BALL TO BE OMITTED. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 28— The Allegany County Assembly, Inc., which has held the annual county ball here, the leading holiday function for over 30 years, has decided to omit it this year. It is always held New Year eve, ex- cept when New Year day would fall on Sunday. ‘The assembly was founded about 1870, but several years thereafter the ball was not held, although there had been no intermission in the past 30 years. It attracted people socially prominent from many distant points. ent apd two heads of débartments of the colored schools for colored teach- Legislation which accompanied the teachers’ salary act of 1924 made still further specific reference to the Board of Examiners. That legislation, the most recent pertaining to the examiners board, provided: “ “That boards of examiners for carry- ing out the provisions of the statutes with reference to examinations of teachers shall consist of the suparin- tendent of schools and not less than four nor more than six members of the supervisory or teaching staff for the white schools, and of the superintend- ent of schools and not less than four nor more than six members of the supervisory or teaching staff of the oorred schools. The designations of members of the supervisory or teaching staff for members! .fi on these boards shall be made annually by the Board of Education on the recommendation of the superintendent of schools.” legislation of 1924 also author- ized the appointment of a chief exam- iner for the board of examiners for white schools, “provided ‘that an assistant superintendent in th: colored schools - shall be designated superintendent of schools as chief examiner for the board of e TS of the public schools.” The superint<nd- ent is authorized in this measure to recommend the candidate for the posi- No: uol:’ chief examiner of the white schools. 26 years old, 1400 block of | SPO3 Master Is Saved As Dog Dies of Gas From 4 Open Jets “Only Pal I Ever Had,” Man Keeps Saying After Rescued. Fritz, mongrel pal of Sebastian Remus, 28 years old, of 1215 N street, was the innocent victim of an alleged attempt by Remus to commit suicide at his rooming house last night. The dog died from the effects of gas poisoning while members of .the Fire Rescue Squad were reviving his master. A chance discovery by Charles Hel- mer, & fellow roomer, who found Remus unconscious in the kitchen with gas flowing from four open jets of a range. saved the man’s life. The tiny dog was lying on the floor, at Remus’ feet, dead. Resc over been listening in an adjoining room a short time be- fore his act was discovered. Fellow lodgers told police he gathered up the rting sections of several papers, called to mum:’ rt;gnd to the kitchen, apparently 3 ‘They thm:fiht nothing further of the incident until called into the room by Helmers. The windows were ned to permit the gas to escape and then they summoned police and the rescue squad. Remus kept, repeating as he lay on the floor, while firemen and doctors worked ov"mmm: itz is dead. He was the only x lead. SRl £ Sver had He continted $o be moan the fate of the-dog long after he reached the hospital. ‘Worked in Fruit Store. o‘, T Mrs. es M. Fingles, owner e rooming house, told police the dog was her own, but Remus had made such a companion of it during his six years' stay at her home that every one had come to regard the dog as belonging to Remus. She said Remus had come to this country from Hungary and his only relative in America was a brother living in Philadelphia. Remus is employed i a fruit store near Thirteenth and L streets. — FRIENDS TO PAY HONOR AT LANSBURGH’S GRAVE Groups From a Number of Organ- izations Plan Part in Memorial Service to Merchant. * Groups of friends of the late Henry Lansburgh will join in memorial exer- cises at his grave in Rock Creek Ceme- tery Sunday wfternoon at 3 o'clock, to mark the fifth anniversary of his death. An address will be delivered at the exercises by Representative Arthur M. Free of California. Groups from a number of organiza- tions are {o be present, it is announced. ‘Troups Nos. 38, 9, 20, 12 and 76 of the Boy Scouts of America and the Daugh- ters of the Nile will be among those taking part. Mr. Lansburgh, who was vice presi- dent of Lansburgs & Bro. store here and potentate of Almas Temple of the Myu&o shrlne'dkd November 29, 1925. MAIZ'CARS fiECOGfiIZED Pratt Issues Order Affecting All Machines Properly Labeled. Pleasure vehicles bearing the sign “U. 8. Mail” are to be considered the same as vehicles of the Post Office De- partment by the police in enforcement of the traffic regulations. Maj. Pratt, chief of police, so directed in an order issued to the force yesterday. Drivers of such vehicles, according to the order, are to be granted the same special privileges as drivers of the other Post Office vehicles. to distribute posters in the interest of the Christmas mex? Sale. CHRISTMAS SEAL PURCHASE URGED Dr. Reichelderfer Appeals to Citizens—Hoover Indorses Campaign. Every citizen was urged to buy Christ- mas seals of the Washington Tuber- culosis Association by Dr. Luther Reichelderfer, president of the Board of District Commis- sioners, in a letter to Dr. George M. Kober, ml;!.e‘n: of the organization, toda) " tion in the Young Women's Christian Association Building. 4 'fhe Commissioner’s communication ollows: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have been informed by you that the annual Christmas seal sale, under the direction of the Washington ‘Tuberculosis Association, is to open on November 28 and will continue until Christmas day. The object of this sale is to finance the fight against tuber- culosis, that dread disease kno' great white plague. “Every citizen of the District of Co- lumbia should assist in' this work and it is the hope of the Commissioners that the sale of Christmas seals the present year will exceed in amount any other year.” Posters advertising the sale were dis- tributed throughout the city today by Boy and Girl Scouts. Boy _Scouts under the command of Col. E. L. Mattice, assistant to the Executive, ice House," h tion, to receive their supplies of the posters, while another troop met at the office of Col. West A. Hamilton, 1357 U street. The Girl Scouts were recruited ::“ t.be‘lrL own juarters, 1825 M e PLANS TO DISCUSS D. C. UTILITIES BILLS Commission to Make Suggestions to Senate Committee on Four Meas- ures Pending in Congress. The Pyblic Utilities Gommission is preparing to submit suggestions to the Senate District Committee at an early date on the four public utilities bills still pending in Congress, Harleigh H. Hartman, a member of the commission, has advised Chairman Capper. Senator Capper wrote to the commission.sev days ago, inviting its present views on pending legislation. 5 ‘The four questions of interest to the :E)mmlutzm awaiting congressional ac- n: The street railway merger, the pro- posed merger of the gas mm{l:l the bill to limit power of the courts re- viewing utility cases and the reduced rate of carfare for school Fhlldrul, $250,000 in Christmas Savings. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 28 (Special) —Approximetely $250,000 will be distributed in Christmas savings by three banks here next week. One bank will pay out $125,000, the second, $80,~ 000 and the third over $40,000. The amount to be paid out is on par with the record-breaking total sum paid out last year. Appearing at the White House for his last _cabinet meeting today, Secre- tary of Labor James J. Davis disclosed that he will be plain “Mr. Davis” for just an hour Monday, while he is stepping from the cabinet to the Senate. Secretary Davis will resign his Labor portfolio formally at 11 o'clock Mon- day morning. » Promptly at noon he will b sworn in as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. The Secref timed his resignation so that he wouldn't be out of a job very long, he remarked to White House reporters, with a smile. % Mr. Davis’ der‘-nure leaves only the President himself and Secretary of the ‘Treasury Mellon as the sole survivors of the cabinet that started with the Harding administration. Secretary Davis, at his farewell cab- the | inet session, expressed to the President his appreciation of having served under him as a cabinet officer and with him as a fellow cabinet member; shook hands with the other members of the cabinet and assured them as well as the | President that while he was leaving | them he would frequently see them. LABOR SECRETARY TO BE PLAIN ‘MR. DAVIS’ FOR AN HOUR MONDAY Will Be Sworn In as Senator From Pennsylvania Promptly at Noon. President Hoover has given no indi- cation yet regarding the selection of a to Mr. Davis. The opinion about the White House is that he pro! ably will not announce the appoint- ment before the first of the new year. ‘The impression is that the President will name Robe Carl White, who is the Assistant Secretary of Labor, to act the head of that department for a month, The statute governing cabinet officers prohibits an acting cabinet of- ficer from serving more than 30 days. ‘Therefore, Mr. Hoover will be forced to make his decision in the meantime. Fellow-workers in the Department of Labor also formally said good-by to Secretary Davis today. Mr. Davis was greeted as he returned from the cabinet the entire Labor Depart- with his co- office, him hout nt e pose workers and wen!| o where bufeau chiefs called farewell, His staft was kepgu busy thra the d pacl person: respondence, some of which will be rgh_and some taken to to Sel Office Building. PAGE B-1 SCIENTIST BRINGS IBACK RARE TRACES OF ANCIENT ARCTICS Skeletons and Carvings Are Found in Buried Village Near Coast of Siberia. LED BY ESKIMO BOY’S FIND OF HARPOON HEAD Henry B. Collins, Jr., at National Muteum, Adds to Ethnologi- cal Collections. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. An ancient village, the earliest hu- man habitation thus far discovered along the route by which men first en- tered North America, was excavated this Summer by Henry B. Collins, jr., as- sistant curator of ethnology at Na- tional Museum. It was like a cross-section of cen turies packed away in a refrigerator, Collins says. The first trace of this village site on the northwestern tip of St. Lawrence Island, about 40 miles from the Siberian coast, was a deco- rated harpoon head picked up by an Eskimo child playing on the hilside, who thus shares credit for one of the most significant archeological finds of the year. Skeletons Are Brought Here. Mr. Collins returned to Washington this week, bringing a collection of art objects from the old village which rep- resent one of the highest reaches of primitive genius in the New World and are suggestive in workmanship with some of anclent Greece, He also broug! represents not only the oldest site along the supposed migration route, but that the ancient inhabitants probabl fused to date the village, that “it is certainly, than a sand years old.” ‘The ancient people, he found, had a fine sense of form and detail. Among angle it appears to represent a myth- ical monster. On the whole, he found the art of the ancient village was & trifle simpler, although not less skill- ful, that of the next stage, recov- ered from the site of Miyowaghameet, Here begins a stage of extreme ornate= ness and consclous artistty, which ap- parently was a' step upward, but ac- tually was the beginning of the decline. Collins brought back several thousand articles dug from the four village sites and which constitute a®hitherto unre- corded page in human history. Preserved by Freezing. The old village was completely cov- ered with moss, sod and fallen rocks, and the site blended so perfectly into the beach hillside that there was no reason to suspect its existence. ‘The houses of the ancient period were found to be small semi-subterranean struc- tures, square in outline, with stone floors and walls of small driftwood tim- | bers laid horizontally. The roofs were of timber covered with sod. The houses have steadily grown larger, although the fundamental type has not changed. Hitherto, there have been discovered only traces of the ancient Bering Sea art, Collins points out, and its origin remains one of the mysteries of arche- ology, which probably can be solved only by researches in the original home of the Eskimo. All the excavating must be done in frozen soil, which is taken out inch by inch as it slowly thaws in the sun. But, says Collins, frozen condition not only has preserved the remains themselves, but has kept van- dals away from them through long centuries. CHOICE OF AVENUE NAME IS PUZZLING OFFICIALS Numerous Suggestions Made for Designation of New Driveway Through Capitol Grounds. As the work of extending the Capitol Grounds to Union Statlon, goes forward, interest l‘?eln to be increasing in the uestion of what name should be given new avenue that run diagonally from the depot to Pennsylvania avenue near Third street. e from a num- s Ivocating for comsideration. There also, that & name , such as Me- names have been suf of national morial avenue, be adopt ‘The Commissio; n on the Capitol Grounds has received nu- merous letters recommending names. It probably will be some time, however, before the commission takes up the question for determination. ment of