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@he Toening Star WA SHINGTON, D. C. ANADALE DELAYS GIVING STATEMENT ONF. H. SMITH C0. Changes Mind About Talking Today “Pending Future Developments.” INFORMATION BELIEVED TURNED OVER TO U. S. Dodds Gives No Indication of What Use He Would Make of Proffered Story. C. Elbert Anadale, who yesterday| announced his willingness to tell “all he knew” about the F. H. Smith Co., had changed his mind today -and de- cided to withhold any further state- ment “pending future developments.” ‘Anadale, a_former vice preesident of the Smith Co. is under sentence bf nine years in the penitentiary as a re- sult of his recent conviction in District Supreme Court on charges of conspir- ing to embezzle funds and to destrov Tecords of the Smith Co. Convicted with him were G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the Smith Co. board, and John H. Edwards, jr. another vice president. Pitts was sentenced to 14 years and Edwards to three. The announcement of Anadale’s will- ingness to talk was made through James C. Wilkes, an attorney, who says he is acting for Anadale because of personal friendship. Statement Put Off. Wilkes declared yesterday that the former Smith company official would make a statement today relative to the manner in which certain phases of the defense offered at the trial were pre- pared. He said this morning, however, that Anadale had changed his mind and would not make this statement for several days. It was believed that he had already given the information in question to the Department of Justice and that had decided to say nothing more abont the matter until Justice Department officials had mxe:l whatever action ey deemed advisable. 0oy Cvas also learned yesterday that Anadale had decided not to appeal fhe verdict of the jury in the recent trial. He made no explanation of this deci- sion, but it was believed he hoped to receive consideration from the parole ard as a result. b"’In the statement issued through At- torney Wilkes, Anadale announced his willingness to tell everything he knew concerning the Smith Company to the Department of Justice, representatives of the bondholders and stockholders and to any other properly interested party. Says Duty Back of Decision. Anadale said he wanted it under- stood that he was not “squealing” be- cause he had been sentenced to jail He said he had decided to unburden himself because he felt it his duty to his family to do so. The effect of Anadale’s change of heart remained undetermined today inasmuch as Nugent Dodds, who is handling the case for the Department of Justice, had not indicated whether he would make any use of the proferred information. If Dodds, however, de- cides to press the matter, it may result in important developments collateral to the Smith case proper. At the trial, Anadale was represented by Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, Frank G. Raichle, Rudolph Yeatman, George D. Horning, jr., and Edmund Toland. He has now dispensed with their serv- ices, however, and is without counsel, as ‘Wilkes is only acting for him as a personal friend. . ———— WOMAN SEEKS REBATE FROM SMITH COMPANY Alma Morton Files Suit to Recover $5,700 Paid for Stock Alleged to Be Fraudulent. Alma Morton, Francis Scott Key Apartments, today filed suit in the Dis- trict Supreme Court to recover $5700 from the F. H. Smith Co. and G. Bryan Pitts, former executive of the corpo- ration, on a charge of conspiracy “to cheat, defraud and deceive.” She says she bought $3,500 worth of first mortgage bonds of the Boulevard Apartments from the Smith Co. and later was approached by an agent of the defendants, who urged her to ex- change her bonds for 7 per cent stock of the Smith Co. on the allegedly false representa that dividends were | is stock. She n ¢ accepted the stock for bondk, but also was prevailed on | : of the stock. | Attorney Robert H. McNeill appears for | the plaintiff SCHOOL CONTRACT LET TO GRAHAM COMPANY | Lowest Bid, of $83,040, Accepted | John Greenleaf Whittier Institution Construction. 1 for | | 1 ict Commissioner Graham Const. y a_contract for the con- the John Greenleaf Whit- | ary School at Fifth and| eets. am concern submitted the en bids received, asking jcb. There is an ap- 0,000 available oners approved the re- Clarence A. La Dow, 63 d. Harbor Precinct. Ho had been man for 31 yearss GEN. RAWLINS’ STATUE WILL BE TRANSFERRED | ve been made for the trans- | statue of Maj. Gen. John A s of Civil War fame from near nter Market to a site south of the Interior Department Building at Eighteenth street and New York avenue. ‘The statue originally stood in its new location, but was moved at the request of the Grand Army of the Republic. The memorial will be moved with the approval of the Fine Arts Commission. A deficlency appropriation probably will supply funds for the task. I Paint Smeared Over liew Car. Mrs. Irene M. Parker of 1509 Rhode Jsland avenue parked her new automo- bile in front of her residence last night and went to dinner. NEW SCHOOL TO BE OCCUPIED AFTER 12 YEARS OF STRUG Roosevelt High, Business In- stitution, Was Sought First in 1920. Ballou to Trace History Be- fore Appropriations Group in House. BY CHARLES B. DEGGES. One new Washington school building will not be opened until 12 years and 4 months after efforts to secure it were launched by school authorities. It was back in May, 1920, that the Board of Education first undertook to get sufficient funds for a site on which to build a new Business High School and it will be September, 1932, when that new building, to be known as the Roosevelt High School, will be occupied. A log of the long course followed by Business High School, of which Allan Davis is principal, in getting into its | new harbor will be presented to the House Subcommittee oW Appropriations by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, school super- intendent. Efforts Initiated in May, 1920. ‘The review shows that, although the school board initiated its efforts to get money for the new structure in May, 1920, the first penny of any fund did not become available until July 1, 1926. During that time, after trying in 1920 and 1922 to get money with which to buy a site, the board became discour- aged and, with the District Commis- sioners, agreed to use a part of a tract at Thirteenth and Upshur streets, which was owned by the District. The School Board undertook to get its first construction money for the Roosevelt High School in May, 1922, when it submitted an estimate for | $200,000. This sum was eliminated from the estimate and the following year the board sought $5,000 to finance the preparation of the initial archi- tectural studies. The Commissioners approved the jtem, but the Bureau of the Budget declined to transmit it to Congress. Next time, January, 1925, when the second deficiency bill for 1925 was being framed, it was the Commissioners who eliminated the again-sought $5,000 for plans. Then in May, 1925, the School Board started another $5,000 estimate on its way he | and this finally got through in the ap- propriation act for 1927. This sum became available July 1, 1926, and the municipal architect began his studies and initial sketches. Bureau Cut Estimate. In May, 1927, the School Board sub- mitted an estimate for $500,000 to begin actual construction cn the build- ing, but the Commissioners eliminated it from the estimates they sent on to the Budget Bureau. In May, 1928, the School Board submitted an estimate for $400,000 for the initial construction. The Commissioners forwarded this to the Budget Bureau and the Budget reduced the amount to $300,000. This ALLAN DAVIS. sum went through in the appropriation act for 1930. The School Board submitted an esti- mate of $700,000 for continuing con- struction in May, 1929; the Commis- sioners reduced the amount by $100,- 000, and the remaining item of $600,- 000 was carried in the appropriations act for 1931. Meanwhile the first construction money became available July 1, 1929, and the second construction item, that carried in the 1931 appropria- tions act, became available July 1, 1930. The municipal architect began his final sketches May 29, 1930. They were submitted to the Sohool Board June 9, 1930, and were returned with that board’s approval June 14, 1930. The. working drawings were begun June 16, and the specifications were started June 21. The working draw- ings and specifications were finished simultaneously October 3. Th2 final tracings were approved by the fire chief October 6. 'Octcber 7 was a business day for the final tracings were submitted to the school board, approved by it. and re- turned to the architect, and then sub- | mitted to the Commissioners and re-| turned approved, all on that day. Some | time during the operation the Fine Arts Commission gave its approval to the lan. D‘l"he plans were advertised for bids October 13, the bids were opened No- vember 11, and the contract awarded November 19. The structure is sched- uled for completion August 1, 1932, and it is to be occupled September 19, 1932. Will Defend $400,000 Item. Meanwhile, the school authorities are | going before Mr. Simmons’ committee | Monday prepared to defend the estimate f $40C.000 which was forwarded to Con- gress for them by the Bureau of the| Budget, which had declined to transmit | the board’s cntire request of $600,000. | This sum is to be used for the comple- tion of the buiiding, since the funds now being spent are not sufficient for that purpose. LAY-OFF IS FACING B AT NAVY YARD Completion of Work on Order Requires Action, Notices Explain. Sixty-five employes will be laid off at the Washington Navy Yard between January 31 and February 15, Navy offi- cials announced today. Notices of the lay-off were sent out to 13 machinists and 2 toolmakers in the gun shop yesterday, to become ef- fective January 31, the officials dis- closed. Fifty machinists and helpers | will be laid off by Pebruary 15, most | of them out of the erecting shop, also | known as the assembling plant, where the last step in the production of naval guns, turrets and similar parts is com- pleted. Capt. P. W. Foote, senior inspector of the gun factory at the yard, ex- plained today that the lay-off is due to the completion of work on order, and an insufficient amount of work coming in. The heaviest cuts are in the erect- ing shop, he said, because this is where the material is put together, and is the last place to feel the force cut. 1t Congress _appropriates funds for the modernization of the U. 8. S. New Mexico, Idaho and Mississippi, it will give additional work at the Washington | Navy Yard in the fabrication of up-to- date equipment for these vessels. Capt. | Foote and his associates said they de- | Hubert A. Brodie and Thomas E. Bragg, | clined to make any statements as to|the arresting officers, frankly confessed what the future holds in the way of cther lay-offs. The navy yard force was augmented with the "announcement of the cruiser program, and following the cu | tailment of this program it was neces- | sary to reduce the force from about 4.900 to about 4,000. The weeding-out process is still going on. RESTAURANT BANKRUPT Voluntary Petition Is Filed by Lit- tle Russia, ‘The Little Russia, Inc, which con- ducts a restaurant at 722 Thirteenth street, today filed a petition in volun- tarv bankruptey in the District Supreme Court through its president Serge Aba- goff. The assets of the company are placed at $500, with liabilities of $6.709.98. Inc. THRE YOUNG NN HELD N ROBBERY Thirst for Adventure Blamed in Arrest of Suspected Trio. Is Three youths—their thirst for ex- citement and adventure quelled by the sudden turn of events—Ilooked out upon the world from their cells in North- west police stations today. Headquarters detectives arrested the trio yesterday afternoon in connection | | with the robbery of a drug store, at| 5017 Connecticut avenue early Mon-| day morning, in which 49 pints of me- dicinal liquor, tollet articles and to- baccos, valued at $150, were stolen. One at Liberty Under Suspension. One of the boys, Morris Carlton Beck. 18 years old, of 2523 Fourteenth street, was convicted of complicity in the hold- up of a Mount Vernon Savings Bank messenger last Fall and was at liberty |on & three-year suspended sentence in | connection with that case. | His two companions are James L. Car- penter, 18 years old, of 1816 Kilbourne Attorney Leonard A: Block | street,” and Stephen Henry Folk, 18 years old, of 1935 Park Road. All three |are being held for investigation while | detectives determine whether they are connected with other robberis. Car- penter is being held at the second pre- cinct station, Beck at the sixth and | Folk at the tenth. |~ Beck, accoraing to Detective Sergts. to police his connection with the bur- glary and implicated Carpenter. The| latter also is said to have admitted his | part in the job, but both denied that Folk played any part in the theft. However, detectives announced this | morning that Folk also will be formally | charged along with the two other | prisoners when police complete their | investigation. Blame Thirst for Adventure. Beck and Carpenter, who was a stu- dent at a local prepartory school until one week ago, explained to detectives | that lust for easy money, coupled with | |a thirst for adventure and the desire |to emulate the daring bandits of mo- tion picture thrillers led them into their present difficulties. Police traced the Tobbery to the three youths, they say, after learning that the boys had sold a quantity of whisky which was stolen from the store by thieves who forced a rear window to n access to the establishment. appears for the company. {PURCHASE OF VIRGINIA4MANSION DENIED BY | Representative Says She Has “Merely Swapped the Job of Playing Hostess” With Friend. Denying rumors she had purchased a Colonial home in Virginia, Represent- ative Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illi- nois today explained she had “merely swapped the job of playing hostess” with Mrs. C. C. Rumsey, owner cf the residence. “As a matter of fact,” Mrs. McCor- mick declared, “Mrs. Rumsey, who has owned the place for many years, wouldn't sell it at any price.” Mrs. McCormick explained she has been visiting Mrs. Rumsey, who is a close friend of hers, for “at least 15 or 20 years.” ‘The Representative's daughter, Miss Upon her return she discovered that & bucket of red paint had been smeared over the glossy finish of her machine. The names of two suspects were fur- nished police. Katrina McCormick, who recently made her debut here, also has been a fye- quent visitor to the home, which is Loudoun located near Middleburg, County, not far from The Plains. < MRS. McCORMICK “The rumor I had purchased the place originated when I rented it,” Mrs. McCormick continued. “I recently decided Mrs. Rumsey had been playing hostess w0 me long enough, and that it was my turn to act as hostess. Ac- cordingly, I rented the home for two months, but she continues t> live there as my guest.” Mrs. McCormick is fond of horseback riding, she explained, and frequently visits Mrs. Rumsey's home to induige in the sport. Her daughter also likes horseback riding and does considerable | fox hunting in the vicinity of the farm. Mrs. Rumsey’s residence is in the heart of the fashionable Pledmont horse country and near farms owned ' by Marshall Field of Chicago and John Hay Whitney of New York. < TRIANGLE TRACKS REMOVAL IS URGED BY TRAFFIC EXPERT Pennsylvania Avenue Mall Area Transportation Needs Reported On. PARK GROUP MEMBERS AND TRANSIT MEN MEET Rerouting of Cars and Busses and New Operating Schedules Are Recommended. The ultimate removal of all street car tracks from the Pennsylvania Ave- nue Mall Triangle i3 proposed in a comprehensive Teport on prospective traffic conditions in this area, prepared | by John A. Beeler, New York traffic ex- pert, and submitted today to a joint conference of Washington transit offi- cials and members of the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission. Tkeé report was based on an exhau: tive study by Beeler and his associates, | which was made at the expense of the | transit companies for the purpose of showing . the transportation require- ments for the triangle area. New Schedules Recommended. FRIDAY, Aside from removal of car tracks from the triangle, the Beeler plan, it was said, proposes the rearrangement of t public transportation facilities throug the rerouting of cars and bussses, track changes and new operating schedules. In order to keep street cars out of the | Federal area, the report proposed the establishment of two loops, one at Ninth street and the other at Sixth street,, where the cars would circle a block north of the Avenue, instead of enter- ing_the reservation. “The report showed that approximately 13,000 Federal workers would be shifted from their present location into the new Government buildings, and indicated the number of additional cars and busses that would be required to provide ade- quate transportation to and from thz | triangle area. Subway System May Be Needed. The Becler plan, it was said, does not propose the construction of subways in ihe triangle area at this tim>, although | it was indicated that the final solution | of the transportation problem might | require an underground system, particu- larly under Fourteenth street. The report was discussed with the general understanding that Beeler's suggestions will be studied in detail by the board of architectural consultants of the Treasury and the staff of the Park and Planning Commission. Whil> Beeler’s proposals are based on the continued independent operation of the transportation facilities, Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning of the commission, indicated that a better solution of the transportation problem might be workzd out if the proposed merger is consummated, or a joint system of operation instituted. Minimum Requirements Asked. Mr. Beeler's report is the outgrdwth of previous meetings between the Plan- ning Commission officials and Washing- ton street car company executives and | bus owners. At a previous meeting of | the groups the car companies were asked to olitline their minimum require- | ments for service in the triangle. The | Beeler report is the result. Present at today's meeting were rep- resentatives of the Treasury’s Board of Architectural Consultants, headed by E. H. Bennett, its chairman; Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission: William F. Ham, president of the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co.; John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co.; E. D. Merrill, representing the Washing- ton Rapid Transit Co. & number of operators of the Virginia electric_ rail- ways coming into Washington: Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the National | Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion; Mr. Eliot, Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., | engineer of the commission, and other interested parties. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS Gordon Bonette Is President and| Arthur Deffenderfer Is Vice President. Gordon Bonette, was installed as president, and Arthur Deffenderfer as | vice president of the Cosmopolitan Club at the annual installation meeting yesterday at the Carlton Hotel. Mr. Bonette succeeds Willlam H. Callahan in the presidency. Michael Schaefer, secretary, and Harry E. Huntsber treasurer also were installed, having been re-elected. The awarding of the Cosmopolitan medal, given annually to the “citizen who has performed the most outstanding _service for Washington” will be in the charge of Dr. J. Rozier Biggs again this year, it was announced. Committees for the year were announced by the new president as foliows: Membership—Arthur W. Deffenderfer | (ex officio), chairman; James E. Colli- flower, Dermott Nee and Lansing Valk. Entertainment—Fred J. Rice, chair- man; Edward Carl, Judge M. M. Doyle, Granville Gude, William L. King and Robert W. MacChesney. Forum—Judge M. M. Doyle, chair- man; P. M. Bailey, Frank Hurd, James Nolan, A. Hamilton Wilson and Rob- ert_Groom. Publicity—I. E. Rubel, and Charles Lanman. Auditing — Guy _ Dove, _chairman; Robert Groom and Carl Duehring. Initiation—-Harold Smith, chairmal Al Lee and Fred Rade. Special relief—P. A. Davis, man; Rev, E Divye phenheimer and Harry Hoffman. Delegates to - international conven- tlon—Judge M. M. Doyle, internation- al first vice president, and George Wyne, dclegate, with Dr. J. Rozier Briggs as alternate. EDSEL FORDS HONORED Stage and Screen Stars Entertain at Elaborate Party. NEW YORK, January 9 (#).—Mr. and Mus. Edsel Fora of Detroit were guests »f honor last night at an elaborate party. A stage and screen offered chairman, chair- | verts to that fund. All of the appropri- | the arterial highways have been fully | {five years, | of the major bridges should be replaced Impromptu numbers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Glaenzer, the nosts. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, jr, Eddie Cantor and Fan- nie Brice. ity JANUARY 9, 1931, PAGE B-1 Members of the subcommittee on District appropriations of the District Appropriation Committee will view this clay model of the new Municipal Center at the DI ict Building today. —Star Staff Photo. EXTENSV STREE BUDGET 15 ASKE Whitehurst Seek $4,160,000 for Thoroughfares — In crease Is $115,500. , Note—This is the fourth of a_series of stories analyzing the District budget for the 1932 fiscal year which is mow under consideration by the House Sub- committee on Appropriations. BY JAMES E. CHINN. A comprehensive and systematic pro- gram of highway and bridge impro ments is provided in the District ap- | propriation bill in the 1932 fiscal vear, | now under consideration by the House Subcommittee on Appropriations. Carefully worked out by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief highway engineer of the District, the program calls for ap- propriations _totaling $4,160,000, an in- crease of $115,500 over the amount allowed for the current fiscal year. Under the proposed allocation, $3,510,- 000 would go to the surface division, and the remaining $650,000 to the bridge division. And the total, lightly in excess of 50 per cent Js set up as capital expenditures for new pro- jects, and the balance for replacements and maintenance. Gas Tax Pays 57 Per Cent. According to the calculations of Capt. Whitehurst, 57 per cent of the total estimate requirements of the surface di- vision, will be financed from the gaso- line tax revenues and the street and road fund, and 43 per cent from gen- eral taxes of which approximately $250,000 is returnable under assessments to the Treasury. The amount returned from assessments under the gas tax re- ation for the bridge division, however, is supported by general taxes, with none returnable from assessments or other sources. The highway system of the District exceeds 1,000 miles of streets, actual and projected, of which about 726 miles are opened and traveled. Of this, 558 miles are improved with hard surface pavement and macadam, divided into 274 miles of sheet and block asphalt. 114 miles of concrete and 170 miles of streets and roads surfaced with varying forms of macadam of which approxi- mately 30 miles have been curbed and guttered and surfaced with asphaltic | materials and 17 miles are variously paved with granite block and other forms of surface. One hundred and | fifty-two miles are classified as unim- | proved but traveled and have surfaces of gravel, old material, cinders, etc. Some Need Improvements. A study of the development of the outlying main thoroughfares has con- inced Capt. Whitehurst of the need of a more progressive sysiem in this phase of the work, consistent with ownership rights and traffic demands. Some of developed from the heart of the city to the District line, it is pointed out, while others are in need of extensive improve- ment. Boulevards within the city, con- necting its various sections it was said, are in need of improvement primarily to provide direct connections between im- portant sections and to relieve heavy travel on the arterial highways. Capt. Whitehurst worked out his program_of development to cover & period of years, and submitted to Con- gress with the Highway Department cstimates the proposed work for the first year under this program. In fact, the proposed operation of the depart- ment has been developed into a pro- | gram definitely arranged for the next based upon appropriations consistent with the estimates presented in the 1932 budget. The bridge system of the District is comprised of 16 major structures _nnd 32 of average size. Aside from maintain- ing these structures, the bridge division also has under its care more than 130 minor bridges and culverts, and, in ad- dition, is charged with the annual in- spection of 75 miscellaneous railroad, railway and canal structures. Urges Bridge Replacements. Capt. Whitehurst points out that six within the next few years, and an equal number of grade-crossing structures should be constructed. The replace- ment of all bridge structures and the | neccssary grade-crossing projects that have been tentatively approved, he said, | must be undertaken before agy new projects are: listed for consideration. The work outlined as necessary in the immediate_future has been developed into a program extending over'a period of seven years, The gas tax and street fund set up | at $2,000,000 provides 53 projects. Out- standing of these are $45,100 for im- proving the Virginia approaches to Highway Bridge and $58.400 for com- | pleting the widening to 56 feet of Toad- way of H_street from Massachusetts avenue to Thirteenth street. The appropriation recommended for the repair fund amounts to $1,175,000, an increase of $300,000 over the ap- propriation for the current year. One- third of this increase, however, is to be used to improve streets in the Pennsyl- | vania avenue-Mall triangle due to Fed- | eral building activities. The work con- templated includes repaving of the streets around the new Department of | Commerce Building—the west side of Fourteenth street from Pennsylvania avenue to B street, the full roadway of Fifteenth street from B street north to Pennsylvania avenue, and E street from Fourteenth to Fifteenth streets. Extensive repaving also is contemplated in the Capitol Plaza area. These im- provements, Capt. Whitehurst said, are made necessary by changes in the Capi- tol area. B Street Big Project. Another large project to cost $168,500 is the widening to 80 feet of the road- way of B street from Fourteenth street to Virginia avenue. This is the first link in the proposed B street boulevard run- ning from the Capitol to the new Me- morial Bridge. The appropriation bill \'El%ping the initial link in the boule- vard. Five important bridge items are in- included in the bill. Three of them, however, are for the completion of proj- ects for which initial appropriations were provided this year—replacement of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley, reconstruction of the viaduct over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks in the line of Monroe street northeast and the construction | ot a subway under the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks in the vicinity of Chestnut street in Takoma Park. The new items are $210,000 for begin- ning construction of a new bridge in | Benning over the Anacostia River and | $60,000 to repair and strengthen the New York Avenue Bridge over the Washington Terminal right of way. | These two projects the bridge depart- ment regards as urgent. ©Old Bridge Is Poor. ‘The old Benning Bridge, it is pointed out, is in poor condition and also is | entirely inadequate for moder.a mmc‘ needs. It is a girder bridge, consisting | of 16 spans, and was built in 1892. The roadway is only 24 feet wide and is fl‘:nked by 5-foot sidewalks on either side. The bridge is founded on timber piles driven into coarse gravel. A num- ber of cap stones bearing on the piles and carrying steel columns are said to be badly cracked and have been re- paired by fron straps incased in con- crete. Some of the supporting steel columns are said to be slightly dam- aged, while one abutment has cracked badly and pushed outward. Three piers also have shown movement. ‘The New York Avenue Bridge was built under the Union Station act of 1903 at a cost of $396,402, which was paid by the terminal company. This bridge has never been opened to traffic, although it was used by the Army dur- m'xgge life of Camp Meigs in the war period. The contemplated improvement of New York avenue to the east, accord. ing to Capt. Whitehurst, makes neces- sary the opening of the bridge, which is an integral part of this highway. Physi- cal inspection and investigation, how- ever, he declared, indicate that ex- tensive repairs must be made before traffic is allowed to use it. el MRS. ISABEL M’ELROY IS HONORED BY G. A. R. Kit Carson Post Names Her “‘Com- rade” for Providing Meeting Place. | | | Mrs. Isabel McElroy, who saved a meeting place for the Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R, after the Government's park development caused the organiza- tion’s hall at 1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest to be torn down, was honored yesterday by members of the group. Mrs. McElroy, whose late husband, Col. John McElroy, was commander of the post for 17 years, not only was designated “Mother of the Post,” but also was given the title of “Comrade Isabel Col. McElroy, prior to his death, ex- | pressed the wish that if the Union veterans should ever lack a meeting | place, his home at 1412 Sixteenth | street northwest should be placed at their disposal, | When the Civil War comrades finally | found themselves without a meeting | place, Mrs, McElroy threw her residence | open to them. The office to which Mrs. McElroy was elected is a new one, created espe- cially for her. Her selection was a part of the annual election, in which the following officers also were chosen: John Middleton, commander; John Ryan, senior vice commander; John M. Kline, junior vice commander; E. D. Godfrey, adjutant and quartermaster, and William Dorsey, chaplain. W. C. T. U. HEAD SPEAKS AT LOCAL SERVICES Dr. Ella A. Boole and Mrs. Lillie Moore Take Part in Program of Prayer. Dr. Ella A. Boole, national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, spoke at the all-day prayer services held by the union chapters in the District of Columbia at their headquarters on Sixth street yesterday. Mrs. Lillle Moore, evangelistic director of the District, W. C. T. U, presided, and nearly all local unions took part. Other speakers included Rev. 1. T. Spicknall, Rev. C. H. Butler, Rev. Clarence R. Ferguson, Rev. J. H. Hollister, Mrs. W. J. Frizzell, Mrs. Mable Wilklehaus, Mrs. Frances Browne, Mrs. Francis St. Clair, Mrs. Myrta K. Lewis, Mrs. Mary Wilson, Mrs. Harvey Simmers, Miss Elizabeth Reiss, Mrs. Laura Penn, Harry B, Warner, | Mrs. C. V. Burnside and others. Dis- | trict W. C. T U.. officers attended. | Bases | bowing over a statue of Gen. Na- 11 . WORKERS HIT MAIL BAGS ORDER Oppose Postmaster General’s Plan to Shift Repairs to Penitentiaries. Taking direct issue with an order of June 13, 1930, by Postmaster General | Walter F. Brown, designed to gradually | transfer the work of manufacturing and repairing mail bags from the Govern- ment workshop in Eckington to the Federal penitentiaries, the executive council of the National Federation of Federal Employes today adopted a reso- lution contending his order is in oppo- sition to a Federal law and should be rescinded. ‘The Postmaster General, in his order, said that “in order to relieve the un- employment situation in Federal peni- tentiaries, which has reached an acute stage, it has been decided in co-operation with the Department of Justice to gradually release to them the work of repairing mail bags.” The Postmaster General said “the transfer of work will be accomplished without the discharge of any employe,” but “no vacancy oc- curring at shops where mail bags are g}flu(acmred and repaired will be ed.” ‘The federation today resolved to back President Steward in his position that such action by the Postmaster General is in cointravention of public law No. 271, passed May 27, 1930, which provides | that “any industry established under the authority of this act shall be so operated as not to curtall production within its present limits of any Govern- ment workshop.” The council viewed the Brown order as a precedent which might lead to similar curtailment of work in other Government workshops. ‘The council, which has been meeting in executive session for the past two days, was expected to wind up its de- liberations tonight. ~But before ad- i)oummem the president and the nine vice presidents who make up the coun- cil, were to call on Secretary of Labor Doak to pay their respects and subcom- mittees were to call on Representa- tive F. W. Dallinger of Massachusetts, who has charge of the Saturday half- holiday bill, and Representative Addison Smith of Idaho, who is in charge of the standardized leave bill. The cost to the Government of es- tablishing the five and one-half day week would amount to about $17,000,000 the council declared, adding that the present personnel of Government offices could absorb the duties now devolving upon them even though they were re- quired to work half a day less. CROSBY NOT PLANI;ING VICE CAMPAIGN IN D. C. In Denying Report, He Says Com- missioners Are Policymakers, Not Raid Leaders. ‘While Commissioner Herbert B. Cros- by is anxious to rid Washington of its gambling dens and speakeasies, he dis- missed with a wave of the hand reports today that he and United States At- torney Leo A. Rover are going to assume gel’sonll direction of a vice campaign ere. “The Commissioners are policy mak- ers, not raid leaders,” he said. The re- port arose from a conference on police matters some days ago among Rover, Crosby and Inspector Thaddeus Bean, in charge of the vice squad. Crosby declined to reveal the nature of the dis- cussion other than to say that it had reference to police matters. STATUES MADE SAFER | Being Inspected and | strengthened to Prevent Toppling. No more equestrian statues will top- ple from their pedestals in Washington if Col. U. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and parks, has any- thing to do with it. Workmen have been instructed by Col. Grant to strengthen the supports of the memorial to Gen. John A, Logan in Logan Circle, it was revealed today. Every other statue in local parks has been inspected as an aftermath of the thaniel Greene in Stanton Park re- cently. Firemen Revive Monoxide Victim. Overcome by carbon monoxide gas while riding in’the rear seat of an auto- mobile, 4-year-oid Lomax Coleman, jr., colorsd, of 1723 Corcoran street, today was revived by members of the Fire WHEATS APPRDIAL OF ALBEWARLE T, VALUATIONS VN Verdict of Condemnation Jury Finds Damages of $235,455 in Highway Project. BENEFITS OF $62,452.40 GO TO PROPERTY OWNERS New Thoroughfare to Go From ‘Wisconsin Ave. to 39th St. and Murdock Mill to 45th St. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of Dis- trict Supreme Court today signed an order finally ratifying and approving the verdict of the condemnation jury in the case of the extension of Albemarle street from Wisconsin avenue to Thirty- ninth street and from Murdock Mill road to Forty-fifth street. The jury found damages totaling $235,455.24 and benefits to adjacent property owners of $6245240, leaving a balance of $173,002.84 to be met out of the District tren.;lur,. The condemnation is for the purpose of putting in a 90-foot arterial highway connecting Massachusetts avenue, near its entry into Maryland, with Rock Creek Park. The road is open now as far as Wisconsin avenu:. As proposed, it will cut squarely through the centey of the Wise Brothers’ dairy plant at Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle street, This property is the one to receive the greatest individual amount of damages— $104,106. In addition to the dairy prop- erty it will be necessary to remove a small portion of the Masonic Temple at Wisconsin avenu: and Albemarle street, a portion of a large ice plant in the rear of the dairy, two frame struc- tures on Wisconsin avenue, and eight houses between Thirty-ninth street and ‘Wisconsin avenue, as well as numerous sheds and garages. Another Case Set January 17. Another large condemnation case moved a step nearer to completion to- day when Justice Oscar Luhring set January 17 as the day on which a con- demnation jury will view the property needed for the widening of about 3 miles of Conduit road to a width of 90 feet. The present road width varies from 30 to 40 feet. ‘This widening will take property from 334 separate property owners and will cause more than a dozen houses either to be moved or taken down. Already 21 lawyers have entered ap- pearances to represent the property owners whose lots and houses will be affected. ‘The largest condemnation case ever to be tried in the District is now reach- ing its final stages. The verdict has been rendered and approved and settle- ments are being made with property owners. This case involves the opening of Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Nicholson, Pe: ridan, Tuek- and Piney Branch road. In this case property was taken away from 208 sep- arate individuals and benefits assessed in favor of 371 persons. The damages awarded amounted to $656,892.65 (in- cluding $5,907.68 in court costs) and the benefits assessed amounted to $434.- 635.84, leaving a balance to be paid by the District of $222,256.84. Forty separate buildings in the way of the various newly opened streets will be torn down. This case was begun in 1919, and more than 1,000 pages of testimony were taksn.’ The verdict of the jury was finally approved by the Commissioners February 3, 1930. New Case Started. Still another condemnation suit was begun today when the District filed suit to acquire property for the Southwest Farmers’ Market site. The District is seeking to acquire the squares bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, E and G streets southwest. All efforts to obtain the properties by private negotiation have failed. The District is represented in this suit, as well as in all the other con- demnation proceedings, by Assistant Corporation Counsel Walter L. Fowler, Y. W. C. A. WILL ELECT ELEVEN AS DIRECTORS Five Women Are Seeking Office Again at Annual Meeting Scheduled Janury 19. The Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation will hold - its annual meeting and membership dinner Monday eve- ning, January 19. Eleven women are to be elected di- rectors, including five, who are up for re-election. Ballots, containing the 15 names have been sent to the voting members of the assoctation. The five members seeking re-election are: Miss Lols Gates Gorman, Mrs. Wil- liam McClellan Ritter, Mrs. Harlan fiske Stone and Mrs. Herbert C. Wool- ey. Among the candidates for election are: Miss Louise Davidson, Mrs. Charles DeVere Draytcn, Mrs. George H. Genz- mer, Mrs. William Hurd Hill, Mrs. Harry E. Hull, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. How- ard S. LeRoy, Mrs. Pames Craig Pea- cock, Miss Emilie Margaret White and Mrs, Elizabeth White. 55 PILOTS ACCUSED Rescue Squad. Joseph Fine Stoutly Asserts ‘The world looked considerably brighter to Joseph Fine today than it has looked for some time. Joseph, who is 19, is the boy whose story of having been committed to the District Jail for 15 days as a result of his inability to obtain employment, was published in The Star yesterday. Publication of the tale brought in- quiries from several persons who ex- pressed willingness to help Joseph get a job. “That'’s all I want—a job,” Joseph. who has no home, declared when told of the offers. “I don't want to beg, and I won't—uniess I have to do it to keep from starving.” At present, Joseph is sleeping wher- as now drawn contains a proviso re- quiring the United States Government to pay 40 per cent of the cost of de- ever he can and eating the same way, he said. The Geotgetown friend who ised him to tell his story %o The 1 AID PROMISED JOBLESS YOUTH SENT TO JAIL GIVES HIM CHEER He Only Asked Chance to Work When News Is Received. Star gives him a dollar a day, he added, and this enables him to “keep going.” Meanwhile he has continued his quest for work, but it has been a fruit- less one. “I guess I'd never have got- ten even a chance to get a job,” he sald, “if it hadn't been for that piece in the guper Joseph's father operated three stores in Chicago, but was forced out of bu: ness early in the current business de- pression, the youth related. It was then that set out to find em- ployment, finally™ g to Wash- ington. Joseph's misfortunes reacled a climax the day after Christmas, when he was arreted on a charge of bége on whieh he later was sent to de- fault of a $15 fine, Low-Flying Campaign Brings 7 License Revocations., ‘The campaign of the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce against low flying resulted in charges against 55 pilots during the last three months of 1930, it was announced’ yes- terday. During that time the depart- ment dealt with 267 violatisns of the air commerce regulations, the low-flying cases leading the list of offenses. Total violation represented a decrease of 11 over the preceding three months, Fines totaling $465 were assessed against 39 pilots and in addition 41 reprimands were administered, 47 licenses were sus- spended and 7 revoked. NEW OFFléERS GO IN Officers were installed at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Wi Kiwanis Club in the Washington Hotel yesterday. Merritt O. Chance, elected at a recent meeting of ihe club, was installed as president, Eugenc R. Woodson as first vice president, Edwin F. Hill, second vice president; Edgar Morris, district trustee, and George H. Winsl tary-treasurer. The instal mony was conducted by Roe Fulkerson and John J. Eoobar, past J.