Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1931, Page 17

ALLEY BILL HALTE BY BUDGET BUREAU| AS NOT OPPORTUNE Development of Property Is Provided After Purchase or Condemnation. PLAN THOUGHT AGAINST PROGRAM OF PRESIDENT Commissioners Believe Project Is Meritorious but Impossible in Financial Status. ‘The Bureau of the Budget has turned thumbs down on the National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s alley elosing bill, it was learned today when the Igumct Commissioners submitted to Congress a report on the bill inclos- the report of the Budget Bureau. "’i-m bill provided that alley property, selected by the Commissioners, should be condemned or bought by the United States Housing Corporation, and allowed development by the Housing Corpora- by utilizing the credit of the Housing Corpora- tion since the days of the' World War, ppropriate & revolving fund of $500,000 per annum from the funds of Federal Government, which would ‘e reimbursable, at least in part, from Efi made by the Housing Corpora- in_dealing with property acquired. The Budget Bureau, which was asked for a report on the bill by the t Commissioners, replied that it “not in accord with the financial m of the President.” This report ers today transmitted to half : e is meritorious, and or correct the al- of Colum- provide better sanita- prove the appearance of the present time the District of Columbia to permit the cost of this result to be charge- revenues of the District the indicated by the let- fer of the director of the Bureau of the Budget, herewith, the financial arrange- ment proposed in this bill, which con- templates the use during the fiscal year ending June, 1932, of not in expess of $500,000 from the corporate funds of the United States Housing Corporation and an authorization for each fiscal year following of tm:oo t’min fllhd; United States, is nof accor ith , it would has mucck: t, 1t might be inopportune to ena legislation at the present session of Congress.” ASSESSMENT PLAN IS GIVEN APPROVAL Borland Law Substitute Provides Partial Refunds for Property Owners. new street paving assessment urged by the Commissioners to re- Borland law will be ‘reported Senate today or tomorrow, having by the District Commit- y afternoon. committee included the amend- . District this will result in lower partial refunds to id during the three- the old Borland law. places half the cost of & tting property, regard- size of 1ndlv|ddunl TR gi?fi;égg : g o assessment shall ex- t foot; that the total exceed the number property multiplied 1 per cent of the front d shall not exceed 20 of the land. opted other amend- rate of interest on it payments from 8 to proviso that if the ny part of the ne affect the rest of i ;és B 98 g ! 5?- 58 a5k e B iH L H i | 5 te shall citizens strenuously objected to at recent hearings, contending treets should be paved from the fund instead of by assessing property. The committee took view that the assessment method continue. committee also favorably reported providing that in the widening of Branch road between Butternut and the railroad tracks the addi- should be taken from both instead of from one side of the g P RS OURSES TO START IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY First of Series to Be Given Tonight at Graduate School of Amer- ican University. ‘The first of a new series of graduate in agricultural economics and rural soclology, presented by economists of ‘the Department of Agriculture and other agencies at the Graduate School of American University, 1901 F street, be dcll:h!'r‘ed tonight at 7:15, in- Stine, who is principal economist in charge of the division of historical and research, Bureau of Agricul- of the new pro- tomorrow evening The_second wam il e slaried ~—the seminar in ultural @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, GIRLWHO GOT INNAVAL ACADEMY MESS HALL IN DISGUISE WEDS Miss Lorette Taylor Marries Texan and Will Live in Dallas. {Status of Midshipmen Who Took Pair in as Prank Still in Doubt. ‘The marriage of Miss Lorette Taylor, one of two Washington girls whose presence in the mess hall at the Naval Academy resulted in the dismissal of two midshipment, and precipitated a controversy on Capitol Hill over their reinstatement, was announced yesterday by her mother, Mrs. Robert Love Tay- lor of 3505 Woodley road. Miss Taylor on Monday became the bride of Charles W. Boyd of Dallas, Tex., son of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Boyd of Galveston. The young couple will make' their home in Dallas. Middies’ Status in Doubt. ‘Whether the midshipmen will be rein- stated is still an open question on Capi- tol Hill. Second Classmen M. S. Burgin and L. L. Myatt were sent home last Summer, Burgin to Jacksonville, Fla., and Myatt to Woollaston, Mass., on an order recommended by Secretary of the Navy Adams and approved by President Hoover. The two were escorts of the former Miss Teylor and Miss Eleanor Hayden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hay- den, when an executive officer at the academy learned that the girls were present at the mess attired as midship- men. Several days ago the Senate naval subcommittee investigating the inci- dent decided to recommend the rein- statement of the midshipmen. This MRS. CHARLES W. BOYD. action was taken on a resolution intro- duced by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts. At that time Senator Walsh said the subcommittee report would be submit- ted to the full committee in the near future and expressed confidence that it would be accepted. Officials of the Naval Academy ap- peared before the subcommittee in de- | fense of the discipline that had been | meted out to the middies, but mem- | bers of the committee expressed the ‘| opinion it was a little severe in view of the claims of the two students that the incident was merely a “prank.” ! Both young women are well known in local social circles. FIGHT IS EXPECTED ON TAXICAB RULING Court Action Anticipated on Ban of Cars From F and G Streets. The ‘Commissioners’ recent order banning taxicabs from F and G streets between Ninth and Fifteenth streets will undoubtedly be strongly resisted in courts when it is sought to put it into effect after 10 days of advertising, judging from th: protests which have already been made. The Commissioners adopted the neg reégulation yesterday, but it must be advertised for 10 days, according to the law, before it can be- come effective. Harry C. Davis, representing the Dia- mond Taxicab Co., operating about 530 cabs, in a written statement today de nounced the regulation as ‘“‘unreason: able, discriminatory, illegal and con fiscatory.” Mr. Davis pointed out that the taxicabs are required to pay & afenu specifically for the privilege of ing the streets and that after this license is the privilege is taken away from them and left in the hands of private vehicles. He said that the cabs operated by his organization pay approximately $38,690 per annum in gasoline tax, $4,- 240 personal property tax and $4,770 for the hacking licenses for the drivers, and that he thought the cab drivers had some rights on the streets as well as_the private vehicles, Willlam McK. Clayton, representing the City Cab, Stop-Me and Sun Taxi- cab Companies, sald that a test case would be made of the regulation as soon as it becomes effective to deter- mine whether the Commissioners have the power they are seeking to exercise. AUTOMOBILE'SHOW HELD BETTER THAN LAST YEAR More Visitors Attend and Sales Greater, Summary of Annual Display Indicates. More visitors are turning out and sales are greater this year than last, according to a summary today of results of the eleventh annual automobile show which closes Saturday at the Auditorium. The manager, Richard J. Murphy, finds indication in the quickened public interest of a return to normalcy the automobile industry. ‘The show opens at 10:30 am. and closes at 10:30 p.m., a schedule to be in effect through the closing day. Both floors have been thronged with visitors inspecting the 150 models on display, as well as the marine, aircraft, accessory and shop equipment exhibits. Mr. Murphy will address the audience of Radio Station WMAL tonight on the subject of the newest developments in motor car coachwork design. CLINICS SCHEDULED Dates for Pre-School Children in Arlington Announced. * By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., January 28.—The pre- school dental clinics, which were dis- with during January, will be resumed in February, the following be- ing the schedule. Clarendon health center, FPebruary 3 and 3; Virginia Highlands health cen- ter, February 4; Cherrydale health cen- ter, February 5. Hours will be from 9 to 12 o'clock and from 1 to 4 o'clock. Claims against the District for every- thing from refunds under the Borland law to a toe stul TWO FOIL BANDITS BY CO0L COURAGE | Gasoline Station Attendant and Laundryman Resist Efforts of Robbers. A 20-year-old gasoline station attend- ant and a Chinese laundryman halted | bandits by their cool courage last night. Bandits at two other places, however, got away with about $100. The filling station employe, Robert Montgomery of 1340 Monroe street, was writing out his report at a Gulf Refin- ing Co. station, Eighth and M streets, when a lone bandit walked into the office and drew a gun. “Hand over your cash or I'll blow you apart,” the gunman threatened. Forced Across Street. Montgomery, with $50 tucked into a trousers’ pocket, calmly informed the nman that the day's receipts had locked in the safe and that only the station manager knew the combi- nation. The bandit accepted the youth's story, but made him precede him across the street to a Standard Oil Co. station as a precautionary measure against his calling police. David P. Morton, 50 years old, of 1646 W street southeast, on duty at the Standard station, was forced to turn over $40 to the gunman, who left with the warning that if they dared move within five minutes his “pals will mow you down with machine guns.” A short time later detectives were called to the Arcade filling station, Fourth and I streets northeast, where two armed men held up Manager Thomas Guy of 19 F street and took $60 from the cash register while four customers waited for service in their cars outside. The two men had left the station and fled through a nearby alley. Laundryman Grabs Gun. The laundryman, Yee Lee, grabbed a gun from & shelf in his establishment, at 1002 I street, when two colored bandits commanded him to “stick 'em up” and the robbers took to their heels. The men walked in bearing & pack- age, as if to leave some laundry. Lee prepared to accept the bundle and his “customers” whipped out their guns. ‘The laundryman ignored the threat- ening weapons, however, and grabbed up his own. The bundle contdined a pair of pajamas. L LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYE ANNUITY IS PROPOSED A retirement system for employes in the legislative branch of the Govern- ment, including the Capitol police, who are not covered by the civil service re- tirement law, was proposed yesterday by Btm.'m Dale, Republican, of Ver- mont. The annuity would be based on 2 per cent of the employes' salary for any five consecutive years of service, but not exceeding $2,500, multiplied by the length of service, not to exceed 30 years. The employe would con- tribute 314 per cent of his salary, with no deduction from that part of his sal- ary above $2,500. A retirement board would be created, composed of the Secretary of the Sen- ate, the Clerk of the House and an actuarial expert. Held in Uncle's Death. Willis Harry Murray, colored, 20 years old, was charged with murder early to- day In connection with the fatal stab- bifig of his uncle, Willis Abraham Mur- ray, 40 years old, during a quarrel last Ill‘lldtmlht in the Murray dwelling at 29 street. DEPARTED SQUIRRELS ARE BASIS OF DAMAGE CLAIM UPON DISTRICT House Owner Spends $80 Cutting Way Into Attic to|® Remove Dead Municipal Property. Time passed, and several of the elders of the squirrel tribe chose the attic of the house as their last resting place. Still more time passed, and the tenants become very uncomfortable. In fact, they ceased occupying the third floor, and Dr. Hnwkflnn ll’: wflnfll‘y ‘l"l:d to y & r rm cul way E;w the attic and remove the bodies of the two animals, which had rej d undisturbed in their “burial ground” for a long, long time. “Inasmuch,” Dr. Hasbrouck's claim concludes, “as the squirrels are nominal- Iy rty of the District of Co- lumbia 1 would not be allowed to kill them off, it would seem mfl' for the District to recompense me the - WOMEN PROTEST SITE SELECTED FOR ACCOUNTING OFFICE National Party Declares It Was Assurred Headquarters Would Not Be Taken. T ARCHITECT OF CAPITOL WILL STUDY PROBLEM Block East of Present House Office Building Suggested as Al- ternative Location. Members of the National Woman's Party were present in large numbers today at the hearing before the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds on the Elliott bill, authorizing | acquisition of the site east of the Senate Office Building, between First and Sec- ond, B and C streets northeast, for a General Accounting Office Building. ‘The National Woman's Party spokes- men_vigorously opposed the Govern- ment’s taking over this site because it includes_their own national headquar- ters, at B and Second streets northeast. They reminded the committee that this was one of the oldest buildings on & historic site and for which they had paid approximately $150,000. Other Sites Turned Down. It is the only place in Washington, where, during the War of 1812, there was armed resistance to the British, They suggested several other sites, which Chairman Elliott, sponsoring the bill, said were not available. Miss Maude Younger reviewed the bistory of the Women's Party being forced to give up its headquarters in- the old brick Capitol to make way for the Supreme Court Building and said that at that time they had been advised by the Commission of Fine Arts, that they would not be disturbed in the new location, at Second and B streets. Other real estate owners in the same square also appeared in objecting to being forced to surrender their homes fo the Government. McCarl Emphasizes Need. Controller General McCarl empha- sized that it was necessary to establish a new home for the general accounting office and that this should be done as soon as possible. i Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, in charge of public buildings and public pgrks, | testified that the assessed valuation on the proposed site for the general ac- counting office is $608,000. As a result of the protest made at the hearing, David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, was instructed to make a survey of a proposed substitute site east of the present House Office Building, between First and Second, B and C streets southeast. The value of this proposed substitute site is $860,- 978, No date was set for another meeting to consider the site for the General Accounting Office, but Chairman Elliott intends to call a meeting as soon as Lynn has prepared his report. URGES NAME FOR B STREET. Representative Henry Allen Cooper, Republican, of Wisconsin, veteran legis- lator who came to ess 36 years 8go, urged in the House today that B street from the Capitol to Lincoln Me- morial, which is being widened and straightened, should be renamed Con- stitution avenue. Miss E. 8. Kite, director of the In- stitute France, of Washington, an au- thor of “L’Enfant’s Washington,” op- posed Mr. Cooper’s suggestion and recommended instead that B street be named Memorial avenue. Evan H. Tucker, president of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Asso- clation, also opposed the name Con- stitution avenue and favored Memorial avenue. No action was taken. PARKING ON M STREET LIMITED TO TWO HOURS Parking on M street between Con- necticut lVetl’elge 'znd' li‘hmmth ;Il’ee" was _restrici WO urs by an amendment to the traffic regulations adopted by the District Commissioners yesterday. The Commissioners awarded to George E. Wyne a contract for the construction of a 12-room addition to the Gordon Junior High School, Thir- ty-fourth and U streets, at a price of $135,000. Six acres of land at Calvert and Thirty-first streets were bought from Charles Glover, jr., for $59,460 for an elementary school site in the Burleith- Glover Park section. A small lot ad- joining the Lovejoy School was bought for $750 and one adjoin! the Kenil. worth School for $1,012. both for playground additions. HOUSE GROUP APPROVES BILL ON NATUROPATHY The House District Committee today ordered a favorable report on the bill sponsored by Representative Langley of Kentucky at the solicitation of the American Najuropathic Assoclation to amend the medical practice act in the District. Mrs, Langley explained that the pur- pose of this legislation is by a clear definition of naturopathy to remove cer- tain restrictions which are inadvert- ently made under the licensing act. She said the practitioners are not seek- ing to be allowed to use drugs or surgi- cal instruments and that there is no known opposition from other branches of the medical profession. e . MAN OVERCOME BY GAS Overcome by illuminating 5! Cg’de 8. Smith, 25 years old, of Guilford Col- lege, N. C., was found unconscious in rooming house at 235 Pennsylvania enue & short time after he had rented room there last night. Smith was removed to Emergency Hospital after first-aid treatment had been administered by an ambulance sur- geon and the Pire Rescue Squad. Police reported that gas was flowing from an open jet and the windows and door of Lfi room had been closed. $5,000 BRACELET LOST Mrs. Leon Henry Mayer of the Belve- dere Hotel, Baltimore, the wif> of the secretary and treasurer of Mayer's Department Store, Baltimore, lost a diamond and sapphire bracelet in this city, valued at $5,000, yesterday, so: where between the Shoreham 1 and ;.hg nellnlwo Theatér, it was re- ported to police. Precious stones contained in the bracelet include & center diamo- | of 1 102 diamonds ¢.nd Sl g ot 8 WED picture, taken from the top of the Washington Monument, shows the outside of the new Commerce Building in virtually complete form. It will probably be occupied late this year. ESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1931 ’ Features and Classified Department of —Wide World Photo. Lower picture chows workmen installing battery of pum ps which will circulate water from subterranean stream for the cooling system for the private offices of the Secretary of Commerce and his suite. —Underwood Photo. |IMERICK PROBE RESUMED BY JURY Mrs. Friend of Slain Girl, to Give Testimony. The grand jury prepared today to re- sumed its investigation of the death of Beulah Limerick and was expected to eall Mrs. Martha Bargfrede, close friend of the slain girl, as the first witness. At the coroner’s inquest, Mrs. Barg- frede sald she went to Beulah’s house at 18 Nineteenth street southeast in the evening of December 31, the day she was found dead, and was there cautioned by Mrs. Dora Limerick, the girl's mother, “not to say anything about the gun in the stove.” She also told of trouble between Beulah and her brother David. The alleged remark concerning the gun in the stove has been denied by Mrs. Limerick. Mrs. Bargfrede’s state- ments in this connection, however, were confirmed by her husband. Mrs. Dora Limerick was also present at the courthouse today. The grand jury is devoting the afternoon to the Limerick investigation, and it is be- ldleved the mother will testify late to- ay. Police, in an effort to build up their case, were planning to re-question four men being held in the District jail in connection with the girl's death. They are Policeman Robert F. Langdon, Ver- non Limerick, William Paddy and Rich- ard Reed. They also expect to question other members of the Limerick family, who will be called by the grand jury as witnesses, Assistant United States Attorney Julien I. Richards, who is supervising the grand jury investigation, estimated it would require at least another week for full presentation of the Govern- ment’s case. TUBERCULOSIS UNIT MOVING FORECAST Upshur Street Hospital Eventually Will Be Closed and Taken to County Site. Eventual closing of thé Tuberculosis Hospital, at Fourteenth and Upshur streets, and transfer of its activities to a new institution on District-owned ground in Prince Georges County, Md., was foreshadowed today when the Dis- Commissioners forwarded to of pul vides that the adult hospital may g:o oved to the site at Randall Station, Prince o«xfio County, originally Jbought for a children’s sanitarium. The tract of land, containing 216 acres, has “0‘3:1! for development of insti- tutions for both tul ar children and adults, it was explained. ‘Thus far none of the buildings in the jected children’s sanitarium have is an authorieation of $625,000 for the prof money has yet been a ted. A uest for an -&pmmzpt::n of $250,~ is in the 19: t. to do with the land to be at Fourteenth and Upshur streets. It is part of the on which the new Business School will be built, and may eventually be used as some kind of an adjunct to the school Martha Bargfrede, Byrd Medal Approved M .m. ’F Today Secretary of the Navy Adams approved a design of a medal to be presented to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and 73 members of the Byrd Ant- arctic expedition. The design was submitted by Francis H. Packer of Rockville Center, N. Y. Admiral Byrd and Navy Department officials will designate the members of the Byrd expedition to whom the medals will be presented. The design now will go to the Phil- adelphia nt, where the gold, silver and bronze medals will authority granted by Congress last May. POLICE RADIO STATION STARTS SERVICE TODAY Crime Reports Will Be Flashed to “Cruisers” Patrolling Every Bection of OCapital. Radio station WPDW, broadcasting plant of the Metropolitan Police De- partment, went into service officially at 7 o'clock this morning for flashing erime reports to cruising and scout ears | 3¢ patrolling every section of the city. ‘Two high-powered cars, each manned by three men, and four scout cars bearing two men are ‘used the police today, but plann to increase the number of scout cars to 14, with one working out of each precinct station. ‘The two “cruisers” were in of Detective Sergts. Richard J. Cox and Joseph Sincavitz on the first “trick” of radio duty today with two privates from , | the precincts in each machine as their nides. TIGHTEN UP ON AUTOISTS Strict enforcement of the regulation otorists bring their ve- be cast under |, MIDYEAR GLASSES T0 HAVE EXERCISES Langley Junior High School Commencement to Open Graduation Period. With midyear commencement exer- cises at Langley Junior High School tonight, the period of graduation exer- promoted to the high schools, and 1,076 will be pro- from the sixth grade to the high schools of the city over the ‘The second semester the to delivered by Henry Gi! , member of Sioi i Yo presentod by Rovert & a8 y A Haycock, assistant tendent of schools. will be 101 grgduates. Graduation exeroises tomotrow will take place as follows: Business High School, two-year course, 10 a.m.; Busi- ness pm. Jundor High School, 2 pm.; Macfarland Junior High School, 1:30 p.m.; Armstrong High School, 8 p.m.; Francis Junior High School, 10:30 zm.. and ‘Garnet-Patterson School, .m. mmencement exercises on Friday will take place as follows: Central High School, 8 p.m.; Eastern High School, four-year course, 8 p.m.; McKinley m.; Western High Jefferson Junior PAGE B-—1 L'ENFANT'S DREAM FOR WASHINGTON BEING CARRIED 0UT Aimost-Forgotten Layout Re- vived With $200,000,000 Building Program. BEAUTIFUL PARKWAY TO0 STRETCH TO RIVER Two Structures of Contemplated Group Erected in “Triangle” BY SAM BLEDSOE, Associated Press Btaff Writer. In the late 1790s two men stood on a hill and scanned the 10-mile square of wilderness beside the Potomac River which was to become the Capital of the United States. One was Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French engineer. The other was his friend, George Washington. These two visioned on the eminence where they were standing the Capitol of the Na- tion vaulting its dome toward the sky and before them a city beautiful rising from cane brake and forest. Most of America’s cities since 1920 have expanded with the smoke from their industrial chimneys. Washington turned back to L'Enfant for guidance, In the 10 years past it has done more hwdurmn‘w!hhdlumlhlnin any other like period in the country's history: L’Enfant’s Hope Almost Forgotten. The Prenchman quarreled with those who did not grasp his conception and His hope for the most beautiful capital in the world was almost forgotten as time went on. But not quite. The idea persisted and grew into the semblance of reality in 1926 when a_$200,000,000 building program for Washington was agreed upon. ‘The close of 1930 found that program, which will obliterate the relics and ruins on the south side of Pennsylvania ave- nue, under way. The shabby, dreary- eyed laundries and e, torn to make way for the $17,500,000 merce Fif , near Ry . ,000, f In- Revenue not far awa; u“flnuh° ed. -crowned hills the kground. The Gov- ernment in 1930 sees it that way. “Tama Jim” Wilson Would Smile. It will have & few bull One of them is the new late luates will be | the, 8 pm.; Paul Junior High | on'% m.; Powell Junior Hl‘g m. am., and HOUSEWIVES WARNED slons AGAINST LACE SELLERS ‘The Better Business Bureau today issued a warning to ives dealing with door-to-door solicitors all Irish handmade lace. it is eventually |in Deaths Reported. piAntonio D. Blivestre, 7, Providence Hos- dason, 70, 1614 Tth st. © datio Gendaung B0 T 2Ky o niversi e her L Abgie, 8% Géorse Washington University Hosp tal. Louls Keyser, Charle: h Harry L. Benton, 41, U, 8. Ne ital. Wiliam P Metreary, 0. Welter"Reed m ital. tt, mfl'f-:: Weeley MacDonald, 39, U. 8. Naval force yesterday af J00n. “Stop the practice of motorists cross- ing intersections on amber lights where traffic lights are installed,” the message continued, closing with the statement o Lo “rogulations esatsine. Mehs on of the regulations requ on vehicles, and all members of the force are directed to make efforts to break gflu and bring about com- Tegulation. HORA v 38, 1733 20th st. eaner, 3 piank 8. 8vods, 35, St. Blizabeth's Hos- & J"m'“ Francls O'Rellly, 1, Georgetown Uni- e ospital. §:&m Gociran, ¥ Ohildren's bell, 99, ital. Sam bfih’. $0. 312 M basi] W, n' Wo 85, '93: Stone, Henrletta V. looking forwa: celebration ol' the 200th ...'31" - of Wi 's birthd: nificence, Wi has & touch of country village ‘The bulk of its populati d daughters. R o |MRS. @. D. RITTMAN DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Funeral Services Will Be Held To- morrow Afternoon—Two died last night o the Erie Ratly Commerce, Cleveland, was auditor for Mekinicy ‘Saminiiation ley’s L Funeral for Mrs. will be held at 3 o'clock Aflernwa at the g Martin . Hysong af Mrs. Rittman was the da Maj. David V. Derickson of Pa., who was stationed at the White House during President Lincoln's ad- ministration and became a personal friend of the President. Mrs. Rittman is survived by two dl‘;:hhu, Mrs, Nicola Cerri of Cleve- l‘- 'M..M Mrs. utts, who resided: Washington. Rittman tomorrow of street. of