Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1931, Page 17

. ‘ . - The Foening Star Society and — —— WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 929 1931. PAGE B-—1 WOOD PAPER MILL 1 PROPOSAL HEARING ISOPENED N HOUSE Federal-Owned Manufactur- ing Plant Urged to End Alleged Monopoly. EFFICIENCY OFFICE HEAD SEES ECONOMY IN PLAN Representative Treadway of Massa- chusetts, Whence Material Now Comes, Leading Opposition. The proposal of Chairman Wood of the House Appropriations Committee to break up an alleged monopoly held by Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass., for 50 years for manufacture of distinctive Paper for United States currency by the * erection of a million-dollar Govern- ment-owned and operated paper mill at the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing was heard today before the House Committee on Expenditures in the Gov- ernment departments. Only Two Witnesses Today. epresentative Wood and Director + Herbort . Brown, director of the United States Bureau of Efficiency, who was in charge of the investigation ordered by Mr. Wood, were the only witnesses today. Mr. Brown has asked that technical experts from the Bureau of Standards and the Bureau of Efficiency who made the studies be called as witnesses to- morrow. 1t is probable that Winthrop Murray Crane, head of the Crane Co., and others who are opposing this meas- ure will not be heard before Saturday. The opposition will be in the charge of Representative Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts. Among those whom he will present will be Jesse H. Neal, general manager of the American Paper and Pulp Association, New York City: Col. B. A. Franklin of the Strathmore Co., president of the American Writing Paper Manufacturers’ Association and president of the Assoclated Industries of Massachusetts; Winthrop M. Crane and Frederick G. Crane, jr., representing Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass, and E. H. Naylor, general counsel. Gives Two Reasons. Representative Wood expressed two principal reasons for this legislation. First, he said, that the Government has not been receiving the quality of paper . called for in the specifications. Second, he declared, that the cost of safeguard- ing the paper money from counterfeit- ing has increased because secret proc- esses for the paper cannot be developed under ccmpetitive bidding. He argued that the manufacture of this distinctive paper should be a Government function just as much as the printing of the ‘currency. He emphasized that it is unlawful to use this paper for any oth- T purpose. . © st ‘Brown, chlef of the Bureau of | Ffficiency, stated that the operation of this paper mill should be a component part of the manufacture of paper money and that would be promotéd by having the mill located adjacent to the Bureau of En- graving and Printing. Mr. Wood had claimed that there would be a yearly saving of $168,000 in the cost of manufacture of the paper, and a $66,000 saving annually on trans- portation by express, making a total of $234,000 & year, This would pay for the plant within four years, he said. Defends Government Men. Representative Schaffer of Wisconsin insisced that if the Government had been accepting and paying for a de- livery of inferior grade some official of the Government should be held re- sponsible. Mr. Brown protested that in this case there was no place else to g0 for a supply, due to the monopolistic character of the contract and the secret process. The hearing will be resumed tomor- . TAX COLLECTIONS HERE GAIN $485,950 Six Months’ Showing of Present Fiscal Year Given as $17,- 795,712.55. Tax collections during the first &ix months of the present fiscal year amounted to $17,795,712.55, according to a report of Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers. This was & substantial in- crease over the similar period in 1929, when the collections amounted to $17,- 309,762.77. ‘The December collections amounted to $1,825,798.12, as compared with $1,305,991.53 collected in Decem- , 1929. Do figures quoted for December do not include any money paid for 1931 auto tags, all of which will be credited in January, although some of it came in during December. Already this figure amounts to $523,901.63, which represents payments for the tags and for personal | property tax on the automobiles. ! e VlVISECTION ESSAY CONTEST ENDS FEB. 8| ‘High School Pupils to Compete for Prizes With Papers 400 to 600 Words in Length. Midnight of February 8 will be the “deadline” for essays to be submitted in the Vivisection Investigation League rize essay contest on “Why Vivisection g{]Dogs Should Be Abolished.” Eligibles for the contest must be between the ages of 12 and 18 years and must at- tend District of Columbia high schools. The closing date for the contest was previously stated as February 4. Prizes consist of & check for $10 from George Arliss and an autographed pho- tograph of the actor. Essays may be from 400 to 600 words in length lr{d should be submitted at the league's headquarters, in Stoneleigh Court. Win- ners will be named by Charles Edward Russell, Mrs, Willilam Wolff Smith and a third judge yet to be named. s o ¢ 00 SN D. C. BARRISTERS RESIGN . B by, chairman of the Or(l:év:me c&“nfl{ue of the District Bar, and J. Wilmer Latimer, former judge of the Juvenile Court, have re- signed from the committee and their resignations were accepted today by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat. The v This and B is the door to an office in the Internal Revenue Building, at Twelfth | reets, where residents of the District of Columbia will go to pay their D. . UTILITIES BODY MAY SEND MAN T GAS LIGHT HEARING | Data on Manufacturing Cost May Figure in Virginia Contest. CITIZENS OF LYUiN PARK PROTESTING SCHEDULE | State to Investigate Rates Proposed by Rosslyn Company—Local Group Lacks Jurisdiction. The Public Utilities Commission of the District may be drawn into the fight {in Arlington County, Va., against the new schedule of gas rates proposed by the Rosslyn Gas Light Co.. according {to report today from Richmond, Va., where the Virginia Public Service Cor- | poration is preparing to hold public | hearings January 30 on the protest of the Lyon Park Citizens' Association. While the District Utilities Commis- sion has thus far avoided taking any part in the case because of its lack of Jurisdiction, th Virginia commission, | it was said, may invite it to send a rep- Tesentative to sit in at the hearing and {also to submit data relative to the cost PRESIDENT INSPECTS ARLINGTON income taxes due before March 15. Harry Smith, sign painter, is seen painting on the new number as part of the renumbering scheme of the entire building. The old system of numbering so completely bewildered lawyers and taxpayers that it became necessary to change the numbers on all rooms throughout the structure. program. Office 1002 is the office of Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue Ralph S. Nagle, in charge of collections for this city. Pennsylvania avenue, which has now been torn down in the Federal building He was formerly located at 1422 —Star Staff Photo. Representative Accused of Refusal to Accept Traf- fic Ticket. Police Inspector E. W. Brown was to confer with Representative Jeff Busby at the Capitol this afternoon regarding man R. V. Sinclair that the Mississippi legislator violated several traffic regula- tions Tuesday night and then refused to accept a ticket. Sinclair declared Jast nigh: be would endeavor today to ‘btain a warrant for Busby's arrest on charges of cperating an automobile without 2 rear light und with only one headlight, speeding snd jency and economy | Passing a red light, but no attempt had been made at noon to secure the war- rant, attaches at Police Court said. The policeman reported to his su- periors yesterday that he saw Busby on upper Sixteenth street without proper lights and that Busby refused to stop when he endeavored to halt him to serve the customary summons. Near Sixteenth and Euclid stre-ts, Sinclair said, Busby accelerated the speed of his car to more than 30 milés an hour and then passed a stop light. The Repres:ntative then turned into the grounds of the Congressional Club, at 2001 New Hampshire avenue, and Sinclair again confronted him. his motor cycle and tried to s°rve a ticket on Busby, but the latter refused fo accept it and went into the club house. ‘The Mississippi Representative has figured in scveral disputes with police. men, one of which ended with the recent dismissal of Policeman Garry of the third precinct, for alleged dis- courtesy. MANY REHEARSALS HELD FOR BAL BOHEME STUNT Several Dancing Groups to Partic- ipate in Entertainment Written for Arts’' Club Affair. Daily rehearsals are being held for the stunt to be given at the Bal Boheme of the Arts Club, Pebruary 2, in the Willard Hotel. 4 scenario for the stunt entitled, “King Looney XIII on the Moon.” has been written by Willlam F. Baker, ball chairman. It will be directed by J. Mil- nor Dorey. Among members of the cart selected by Mrs. Maud Howell Smith will be architects, writers, singers, dancers, painters and sculptors Among those participating will be the Lisa Gardiner Dancers, headed by led by Miss Marian Chace; the Marjorie ‘Webster Dancers, directed by Miss Web- ster: the Donna Taggart Dancers, in- cluding Mrs. Taggart; the Troubadours George Washington University and a group of girls from the Junior League Prizes will be given for the most beau- tiful, original and amusing costumes. GAS MERGER BLOCKED La Follette Objects to Bill Called Before Senate by Goff. An effort to have the Senate pass, by unanimous consent, the bill to merge the Washington and Georgetown Gas Senator Goff. Republican, of West Vir- ginia, asked for action on the bill. Sen- ator La Follette, Republican, of Wis- consin, objected George 1. Kelley, of 4501 Georgia other spelling championship to his list last night at Mt. Pleasant branch of the/Public Library, when for the fourth time he won the monthly spelling bee of the Capital City Spelling Club. He now holds highest honors of any individual in the club, having captured four prizes out of the 14 offered. Last night he was presented with a cake court has not determined upon their AT Ogilby has served on the com- since Blg‘m:u since August 8, 1927, at_the conclusion of the program. Kelley won by spelling correctly the January 2, 1923, and Judge word “clarify,” which had been missed | secretary, J. F. Haverty, by his nearest competitor, F. Hav- ACTION N BUSBY SYSTEM TO STEADY CASE IS DELIYED the allegation of Motor Cycle Police- | | tion of the so-called “Cincinnati s actors, | Miss Gardiner: the Denishawn Dancers, | | 18 Nineteenth street southeast, about a | Light Cos failed yesterday afternoon. | ELDERLY kfiSIDEl;IT WINS SPELLING CHAMPIONSHIP AT MT. PLEASANT George I. Kelley, About 70 Years Old, Won Honors for| Fourth Time in Monthly Bee. avenue, about 70 years old, added an- | INDUSTRY SOUEHT Conference Will Hear Cincin- nati Methods Explained by Director. Stabilization of industry as a cure for | unemployment will be discussed from | various angles at the opening sessions of | the National Conference on Permanent | Preventives of Unemployment, to be| held next Monday and Tuesday at the Hamilton Hotel A feature of this phase of the discus- | sions will be an authoritative explana- tem” of combating unemployment by | Fred Hoehler, director of public welfare | of Cincinnati, Ohio. The steps taken as early as 1929 by this Ohio city to fore- | stall unemployment so impressed Pl’ESI-; dent Hoover’s National Commission on ! | Unemployment._that a special pamphlet has been issued outlining the project Monday afternoon, speakers will be: Edwin S. Smith, personal assistant to | A. Lincoln Filene of Boston; Leifur Magnusson of the International Labor Office, and by William T. Foster of the | Pollak Foundation for Economic Re- | | search, Newton, Mass.; Prof. David A.| McCabe of Princeton University will| | preside Monday night, with Prof. Jacob H.| Hollander of Johns Hopkins University | presiding, John P. Frey, secretary | | rer of the metal trades depart- | The officer said he dismounted from | heai ot (oo Amim: i Federation of editor of the ment of the American Labor. and George Soule. New Republic, will speak. Tuesday morning, “Unemployment | Insurance” will be considered; Tuesday afternoon the general topic will be| Public Works and Construction,” and Tuesday evening the canference will close with a discussion over the din of “Moral and Ethical Implica- conference is being held under auspices of the social action department of the National Catholic Welfare Con- | ference, the Social Justice Commission | of the Central Conference of American | Rabbis, and the Social Service Commis- sion of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America All sessions will be open public. LIMERICK SUSPECTS | TO BE QUIZZED AGAIN. Detectives Hope for Additional In-| formation From Paddy and Girl's Brother. | to the Detectives this afternoon planned to | question William Paddy and Vernon | Limerick, now being held at th> District | Jail in connection with the death of | Beulah Limerick. 4 Capt. Edward J. Kelly said they have | | no particular purpose in mind in grilling | the two men, but hope to elicit som additional information from them They were ordered held for the grand jury, with Richard Reed and Policeman Robert F. Langdon, by the coron-r's jury which investigated the girl's death Langdon was questioned at the jail yesterday, and told police of having seen a green roadster n-ar the death house, Police are week before Thanksgiving but attach | looking for this machine, little significanc: to it Assistant United _States _Attorney | Julien 1. Richards said he will go for- ward with his presentation of the Gov- ernment's case to the grand jury Monday. jerty. The third from the last to go down was E. C. Helm, who missed “calefy,” meaning “to make warm.” Among the words which the trio spelled correctly were “scissile” “dammar.” W. Krause presided and pro- | nounced the words. Each month the | club sends out a list of 250 words with | which the next bee, on the third | Wednesday of the month, will open | These words will be sent to-anyone ith enclosed stamp to i el 139 South ! Clarendon avenue, Clarendon, Va. and of manufacturing gas. There is prece- dent for this action. it was pointed out, since Harleigh H. Hartman, vice chair- man of the District commission, to Richmond more than a year ago to sit with the Virginia commission when it had under consideration an applica- i tion of an interstate motor bus line for authority to operate in the State, with a terminal in Washington was invited to attend this hearing be- cause the application involved the Dis- trict. Although the District commission is not directly concerned in the Arlington County gas rates, the Virginia commis- sion, it was said, believes it can furnish valuable information in the case, since all gas used in Arlington County is manufactured in Washington, and the District commission is thereby in pos- session of data showing the cost of manufacturing gas. Hartman said the District commis- sion has not yet received a formal in- vitation to send a representative to the hearing in Richmond, but declared that the commission stands ready at all times to co-operate with the Mary land and Virginia Public Service Com- missions. If notified in sufficient time, he declared, all data bearing on th: cost of manufacturing gas could be as- sembled for the use of the Virgi commission when the hearings get under way | The proposed new schedule of rate: Arlington County was originall to go into_effect last De- , but the effective date was postponed because of the protest of the Lyon Park Association, pending the | result of the public hearing. The or- ganization claimed that the lower rates proposed had not been scaled down to a fair and reasonable basis. | The organization also contended that nce the Rosslyn Gas Co. is a sub- sidiary of the Washington Gas Light Co., and to all intents and purposes is the same company, the parent com- pany supplies the Rosslyn company with gas at a wholesale price in excess of a reasonable charge. Arlington County will be represented at the hearing by an array of legal and engineering talent. Included are Commonwealth ~ Attorney William C. Gloth, G. O. Basham, an attorney, and C. I Kepkart, valuation engineer. Fine Arts Commission; Speaker Longw of the Arlington Memorial Commission, HOOVER INSPECTS MENGRIAL BRDGE Members of Commission and Others in Party Walking Across Span. | in President Hoover, chairman Arlington Memorial E Commis- sion and the members of commis- sion today paid their first official visit to the bridge spanning the Potomac River from the Virginia shore opposite Arlington House to the Lincoln Memo- rial in Potomac Park. Mr. Hoover, members of the commis- sion and Chairman Charles Moore of the National Commission of Fine Arts, of th ME Mr. Hoover examines the machi ott. Mr. Hoo ver, Vice President orth, Senator Henry W. Keyes and Lieut. of which Mr. Hoover is chairman. ORIAL BRIDGE inery on the Virginia side of the bridge. Curtis, Charles Moore, chairman of the Col. U. S. Grant, 2d. All are members joined with engineers in charge of the bridge contsruction and John L. Nagle, architect of the structure, in the first official inspection tour of the bridge and its approaches since the flooring | was laid several months ago. Mr. Hoover and the official party alighted from their cars at the east end of the bridge and walked across the structure to the center span, where they went into the little house below the span which houses the machinery actuating the two draws. The entire party con- tinued their trip across the bridge to | the Virginia shore and viewed the | bridge from there | Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer_of the bridge commission, and Maj. D. H. Gillette, assistant executive officer, outlined to the President and the members of the commission the de- Is of the bridge construction as they vent along. ! - Governor Against Boxing. OKLAHOMA CITY, January 22 (#). Gov. W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray | objects to “legalizing pugilism™ he said veto a boxing commission bill intro- duced in the House if the measure reaches his desk. POLICE RADIO ATION READY FOR A today in anncuncing his intention to . T | IVE DUTY | WPDW, the Washington Police Department’s radio station, has been given its final test and pronounced ready for L. Kelly, supervisor of the police radio system, in the transmitting room at the tenth In the upper right photograph Kelly is shown in the front seat of one of the scout cars equipped service. Upper left shows James precinct station house. with a radio receiving set, tuned to the broadcasting station. The broadeasting the lower left. Here lookouts and other messages will be flashed to the police The photograph on the lower right shows the antcnna Mowering 103 feet above v BOYCOTT CHARGED BY PRINTING FIRM Competitors in Horse Race Wall Sheets Accused of Unfair Practices. Alleging they have been deprived of business valued at $550 a week as the result of a conspiracy to boycott pur- chasers of their horse race wall sheets, John J. Heron and John Boyd of the Atlas Building, 527 Ninth street, yester- day appealed to the District Supreme Court for an injunction to protect them from further interference. They ask the court to issue the in- junction against Samuel Beard, 7400 Alaska avenue; Joseph Ottenstein and Willlam Burke, 809 I street; the Wall- Min Press, Inc, and Min-Haf Dis- tributing Ccrporation, both of New York City, and the General News Bu- reau, 809 I street. Loss Held $6,000. The plaintiffs, trading as Heron & Boyd, printers, say they have suffered a loss of $6,000. Since February 1, 1930, the plaintifts say, they have built a clientele of 50 subscribers for their specially prepared wall sheets, copies of which are ex- hibited to the court, for which they have received a gross income of $600 a week and a net income of $400 weekly. Notice was served by the defendants, it is asserted, November 1, on subscrib- ers of the plaintiffs, that news service, including the results of the horse races, would be denied to patrons of the plaintiff, unless they refuse to buy the wall sheets of the plaintiff and to pur- | chase wall sheets from the two New | room at pelice headquarters is shown in cruisers by the medium of remote control. the tenth precinct station, —Star Staff Photos. - 4 York concerns. Represents New York Firms. Beard is said to be the local distrib- utor of the New York .firms, Ottenstein an agent and representative of the Gen- cral News Bureau and Burke an em- ploye of some of the defendants, The General News Bureau is engaged, it is stated, in gathering news items, leasing telegraph and telephone wires respect- ing races and racing results, which are entered on cards or wall sheets in the offices of its subscribers. Attorneys R. B. Dickey and E. C. Kriz represent the plaintiffs. BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GET HONORS 23 Rewarded With Special Mid- Year Awards for Meritorious At- tainments During Semester. Twenty-three Business High School students today were awarded special mid-year honors for meritorious attain- ments during the past semester. They were For business efficiency, Helen Rubin, Champ Carter and William May- krantz; for music, Dorothy Rector, | Vincent Sullivan and Irving Lean; for school betterment, Sylvia White, and for athletics, Samuel Levy, Anthony Mastromarino, Carleton Plant, Robert Cook, Stuart Donnan, Yorke Mills, Ver- non Johnson, Howard Strasser, Fran- cis Cavanaugh, Charles Furr, Albert Duryee, Leonard Kallinsky, Bernard Margolius, Milton Jacobson, Mourice Kasinoff and Clayton Schneider. The Business High School Orchestra, under the direction of Miss Emma Louise Thompson, presented a pro- gram in honor of the award winners, Allan Davis, principal, presided at the special assembly. FIRM FILES SCHEDULE ‘The schedule of assets and liabilities of the Washington Cadillac Co., 1136 Connecticut avenue, which recently sought adjudication in bankruptey, was filed today in the District Supreme Court. Through attorneys,,, Budolph Jose, president of the compaW¥places its liabilities #t $120,367.87, and sa¥ it has assets worth $113,598.98. Atlorntys El Ferguson, Houghton & Gary appe for the company. \ | WARCURE PARLEY OPPOSESDELAYING PROTOCOL AETION Favors Extra Senate Session on U. S. Court Adhe,rence if Necessary. WOULD CUT COMPULSORY TRAINING IN SCHOOLS Resolution Urges That Measures Be Taken to Make Military Courses Elective. A request that the President be urged to call a special session of the Senate, should consideration of the World Court protocols be postponed at the present session of Congress, was made in one of the resolutions adopted by the 600 delegates ettending the sixth annual Conference on the Cause and Cure of War at the morning session of the fourth and concluding day of the con- vention. A resolution was also passed recom- mending to the organization of the Con- ference that future intensive study be made of the agenda prepared for the Disarmament Conference by the Pre- paratory Commission on Disarmament, Compulsory military training in schools and colleges wiil receive further study by the conference, and a resolu- tion ‘was passed that whenever possible measures be taken to eliminate compul- sory military training in such institu- tions where it now exists and maxe such training elective. Contact Committee Urged. Resolutions were £so passed to urge that: further steps be taken to lend greater effectiveness to the Kellogg- Briand pact and that a Contact Com- mittee, compcsed of five members, be appointed, whose purpose will be to act as a channel of international informa- tion to promote better understanding among the women of the world. A resolution to congratulate the gov- ernment of Great Britain and the rep- resentatives of India on the outcome of the recent London Round Table Con- ference was almost unanimously de- feated. Summarizing the results of the dis- a‘).“bleon of delegates as the next steps concentrated upon in progressive demobilization, Miss Amy Mlherg:;? To- ledo, Ohio, offered as the best means to build up the “peace machine” en- trance by the United States into the World Court and into the League of Nations, as well as its adherence to the consultative pact and a support of eco- nomic international agreements, Walter Van Kirk Speaks. It was urged that in order to bring about demobilization of military ana naval forces delegates to the conference begin a study of the 1932 Disarmament Conference, that they bring pressure to bear upon tae appointment of Ameri- can delegates to the conference who will urge a drastic reduction in armaments, and that the conference oppose compul- sory military education in schools and colleges, urging that it be made elective. The status of the World Court and What the United States should do about it was discussed in an address by Walter Van Kirk, secretary Commission on International Justice and Good Will, Federal Council of Churches, at the conclusion of the morning program. This afternoon’s session is being given over to addresses and discussions on the reading course during the coming year, Addresses will be made by Miss Amy Maher and Ernest M. Patterson, pro- fessor of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer Accuses France, The griefs and complaints of the resi- dents of Syria, the Philippines and In- dia toward the “controlling empires- were veiced in no uncertain terms last night by “native sons” from the above named countries, France was accused by Ameen Ri- hani, writer and lecturer on Arabian questions, of having failed to carry out the principles of justice and fairness toward the peoples of Syria, as had been expected at the time she was given the mandate 12 vears ago. “The situation today is menacin peace,” Mr. Rihani concluded. -The | spirit o revolution still hovers oyer the 11and » While conce States had do for which thy ding that the United ne much for his people, ey were deeply grateful, Vicente Bunuan, Filipino publicist. whe introduced himself as a “complete prod- uct of that system of free education that you implanted in the Philippines,” made a strong plea for Philipine jndepand- ence. He also accused the United States of unfairness toward the Filipinos by the proposed imposition of duty upon Philippine imports, a measure now be- fore Congress. Pledge Violation Claimed. “To impose duty upon our s while American products are allowed 3 come in duty free in the Philippines: to exclude the Filipinos from your country while Americans may enter the Philippines unrestricted, is a_gross violation ‘of America’s pledge of just and equal treatment,” said Mr. Bunuan. “We believe we are now ready to gév- ern ourselves” he declared, strongly urging the delegates of the conference to use their influence in bringing about Philippine independence. Haridas Muzumdar, Indian National- ist leader, who is one of Gandhi's most loyal supporters, did not speak in the generous terms toward Great Britain that the Filipino had so graciously con- ceded to the United States. “The English have ruined India in every way,” he complained. “They have caused the deterioration of India eco- nomically, culturally and spiritually.” “Our quarrel is not with the English people,” he explained, “but with the system of government implanted by the English government in India.” This evening a summing up of the conference will be made by Miss Hen- rietta Reolofs and Mrs, Ben Hooper. General discussion will follow and the program will be concluded by a talk, “Straight Roads to Understanding.” de- livered by Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker. PRISONER DISAPPEARS Man Held on Wife's Complaint E: capes En Route to Court. Barney Smith, 30 years old, of the 800 block of North Capitol street, whose wife had him arrested yesterday after- noon on a charge of threats, disappeared this morning while police were loading 20 or more prisoners into patrol wagons bound for Police Court. Some time—no one seemed to know just how or when—between the check- out at the precinct and the check-in Stnith droppea ous of sight- Thay wans mi ropped out of . They were still Jooking for him today at N;A’ 6. Smith gave his occupation as sales~ = A