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[vssmmoron ] The Sundiy Star - BUDGET HEARINGS - START TOMORROW: TOTAL IS HELD UP Estimates Kept Secret by City Heads Until Errors Are Corrected. SUM OF $60,000,000 BELIEVED REQUESTED Based on Statement of Reichel- derfer Cut of 10 to 12 Million May Be Necessary. The District Commissioners will start hearings on their department heads' estimates of the amount of money needed to carry the various mu- nicipal departments through the fiscal year of 1933 at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Departmental estimates were submitted to the budget officer, Daniel J. Donovan, April 25. The correct total of the departmental estimates, however, was not available at the District Build- ing yesterday. Maj. Donovan submitted to the Com- missioners his take-off of the var 8 totals, but whatever total was reported, i it was discovered to be erroneous. 3 Luther H. Reichelderfer, president of the Board of Commissioners, said that ; while Maj. Donovan was going over the estimates with the board two errors | ‘were discovered, and that on Mr. Dono: van's recommendation the board had | decided not to make the estimates pub- Jic until the errors could be corrected. Maj. Donovan also said that he did | not want to give the figures out until | he had time to prepare a statement | explaining the figures in full. . _Reichelderfer did sa) that the Commissioners woul find it necessary to lop off some $10,- 000,000 to $12,000,000 from the depart- mental estimates before submitting their own figures to the Bureau of the ‘Budget. From this statement the in- ference is quite plausible that the esti- mates call ‘or about $60,000,000 and that they will be pruned so as to bring them back to about $48,000,000. Last year the departmental _estimates amounted to $57,000,000. The school estimates this year, the only ones which ‘have been published, are up $1,164,777. Annually about one-third of tHe Dis- grict’s tax dollar is spent on its schools. Assuming that the other estimates are up in proportion, the increase for all departments would be about $3,494,331, which, added to last year's $57,000,000, would show a total exceeding $60,000,000. Omits Sums Annually Carried. It must be remembered that the to- tal obtained from adding up the esti- mates of the department heads omits sums annually carried in the appropri- ation act for certain trust funds. These include such items as refunds of er- yopeously paid taxes, payments of swards in connection witi condemna- tlon proceedings for the ning and extension of streets to conform to the plan for the permanent system of high- ways, transfer of moneys to the polic men and firemen's pension fund to sup- ply deficits in the fund, and amounts mecessary to provide for deficiencles, udgments and claims against the Dis- t. When the appropriation act for the igurrent fiscal year was under consider- ation, Maj. Donovan estimated that at the close of 1932 the District would Bave a free surplus with which to start 1933 of $738908.55. This was in addition to the cash fund of $3,000,000 required by law to be kept on hand in the United States Treasury to the credit of the District to prevent the necessity of borrowing from the Federal Treasury £0 meet District bills. If this forecast should prove correct, and it will not be known for more than year how accurate it is, it would mean virtually the end of the days of . e District’s large cash surplus, and will present the Commissioners and Con- gress with the problem of ‘whether they @re to find the money with which to econtinue the municipal establishment n its present scale by increased taxes, or increased Federal contribution, nri both, or whether the standard of ex- | ‘penditures will be reduced. Executive Establishment First. Although not certain of the goal toward which they are aiming in the | size of the total of the estimates to| be submitted to the Budget Bureau.| the Commissioners will go ahead with | their hearings on the individual de- | partments nevertheless, and & correc! total will probably be supplied in th eourse of the week. The executive es- tablishment, including the salaries of the Commissioners, their secretaries, and the clerical force of the office of Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the | “board, will first be considered, and | next the Health Department. It is believed that the Health De- partment estimates contain _requests for an authorization of $600,000 10.‘ | ¢ b el the establishment of a contagious disease hospital on land owned by the District adjacent to Gallinger Muni- cipal Hospital, and also for increases in the staff of physicians, nurses, den- tists, and oral hyglenists in connection with the work of conducting examina- tions of school children. There was an increase of 10 in personnel of the school health inspection force during the current fiscal year, but no further ncrease in the 1932 appropriation act, nd Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler as been striving for years for a much ore adequate health examination of ool children. iOne item of the estimates is known certain. The Board of Education asked for $14,681.337, an increase $1.164.77, over the amount appro- ted for the 1932 fiscal year. These es were made public by the board Sunday. AXI INJURES WOMAN va Weet Sustains Fractured Ankle in Mishap. Eva West, 40, of 55 H street. a fractured ankle. shock and yesterday when run down Xicab at Eightcenth and F streets. e driver of the cab, Samuel C. Faldwin, 32, of 2903 North Capitol Btreet, took Mrs. West to the office of # nearby physiclan for treatment. She ~as later removed to Emergency Hos- pital. Baldwin was not held. RAIL MEN TO MEET $outhern Freight Association Co; mittes to Be Here Three Days. The Executive Committee of the Associa Eouthern Preight tion will meet g&.m!h! Hou’l' Mayflower Wednesday, Friday. The committee rsday and y. Consists of 23 executive traffic officers ©f railroad: rating in the #uth of the Ohio and Potomac R and east of the Mississippi River an coectwise steamship lines. | m- jvers d i WASHINGTON, D. ¢ SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 10 ); 1981 ¥-% Try This on Your Swatter A “HOUSE FLY” WITH bacteria. The photo shows Edwa showing off probably the largest AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. HIS two-foot specimen of what worries you in the Summer time was con- structed by the Department of Agriculture to illustrate how the fly carries rd C. Payne, a department draughtsman, moving fly in the world. Hi JUNIOR COLLEGES ~ GNKNOWN MOTHER NEAR D. . SOUGHT Advocates Form Organization at Meeting at George Wash- ington University: A permanent organization of junior colleges for this area was formed ves- terday at George Washington Univer- sity at a conference of officials of jun- jor colleges, sponsored by George ‘Washington University. Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of George ‘Washington ~ University was elected chairman of the new organization. Dr. George F. Zook, president of the University of Akron, told the junior college heads that the mission of the junfor college was to place at the doors of a great portion of the population the facilities for at least two years of higher education. 4 Cites New Jersey Need. As an example of the lack of such facilities Dr. Zook told the results of a recent study which showed that 80 per cent of the people of New Jersey who wish to continue their education beyond high school must leave the State to secure it. Dr. Zook said that Ohio | has 41 cities with & population of from 15,000 to 1,000,000, where, if there is no other institution of higher learning, 2 junior college should be established. President Richard G. Cox of the American Association of Junior Col- leges, said the junior college was to re- move from the overcrowded universi | ties some of the burden of large fresh- man and sophomore classes, and pro- vide rminal” education for those who wish to go beyond high school. President Cloyd Heck Marvin of the George Washington University outlined the university’s plan of educational organization under which a junior col- Jege has been created which prepares | ! for the last two years of the liberal arts college or for any of the profes- sional schools. Dean Explains Work. The work of the George Washington University Junior College was explained by its dean, Henry Grattan Doyle. An invitation was extended to the American - Association of Junior Col- leges on behalf of the Ge9ze Wash- ington University and the junior col- leges of this area to hold their con- vention in Washington in February of 1932, The conference was attended by the | heads of junior colleges in Maryland, | Virginia, West Virginia and the Dis | trict, who discussed all phases of the - 10 BE EULOGIZED ‘ Pilgrimage to Graves of Sons I in France to Be Out- lined. Mother's day will be observed gen- | erally in the churches of the city to- |day and with a special service this |afterncon in Arlington National Ceme- | tery honoring the Unknown Mother of | the World War. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida and Representative Sol Bloom |of New York will be the principal | speakers at the Arlington services, which | will begin at 2 o'clock. Flowers will be placed upon the tomb where the | Unknown Soldier Son of this Unknown Mother rests. The second pllgrimage of American ris-Ewing Photo. | BETSY ROSS CORPS OF WOMEN FLYERS SWORN IN SERVICE {Admr. Moffett Makes Plea | for Naval Building Program in Address. FECHET FORECASTS DAY OF FEMININE ACES Believes Some Women Aviators Will Take Part in Actual Combat in Next War. A stirring plea for support of the naval building program by Rear Admi- ral William A. Moffett, chief of the | Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and a prediction that women will play an | important part in the air in the next | war by Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, | chief of the Army Air Corps, featured | the organization at Memorial Conti- Betsy Ross Corps, composed of wom- { en pilots who are in training to relieve i{men fiyers for combat duty in event ! of national emergency. Members of the corps, including noted | women pilots from all parts of the | United States, were sworn in at yester- day's ceremony and will go into train- {ing camps to prepare themselves for flying duty in case of war or national| cmergencies such as flood or other | disasters which require the emergency | services of trained fiyers. | Marks Forward Step. Creation of the corps, Admiral Mof- | fett declared, “marks another forward | step in aviation and in national defense to an extent that we cannot realize -| today. Lack of public demand caused inac- | tion in the last Congress, said Admiral Moffatt, adding that “even the Ameri- can Legion was too busy pressing ad- justed compensation to succeed in ac- complishing anything for national de- fense.” “One part of the program will be especially interesting to you,” sald Ad- miral Moffatt, “because it includes air- craft carriers and flying deck cruisers. with the necessary aircraft to go wil them to insure our national security. 1t is most important, Admiral Mof- fatt said, that women should take their aerfal transportation, which forms a most powerful new weapon in warfare “In time of peace,” he said, “there are many positions that they can fill, nental Hall yesterday afternoon of the | part, both in peace and in war, but! especially in war, in the new field of | | both in the air and on the ground, and | similarly in war, Would Be of Great Value. “Woman flyers, women with a\knowl- { edge of aviation, would be of imMmense { value for the operation of thesc planes, | for releasing the men for fying at the | front and for supporting their efforts | there intelligently. It is the women| behind the front that will win the “The next, and all future wars, will | War Mothers, who left New York four days ago_to visit the graves of their sons in France, will be described by Maj. Gen. John L. DeWitt, Quarter- | master General of the Arm Gold Star American War Mothers will form an “aisle of honor” through which will pass the representatives of patriotic organizations to place flowers upon the tomb. Music at the exercises will be furnished by the Marine Band. }and Staff Sergt. Frank Witchey of s successful use e enhanc the Unknown ‘Soldier, will sound ‘"elmrgnnmuon§ such s yours, the Betsy | “Taps | Ross Corps. | Capt. Sidney Keys Evans, chief of " "Gen. Fechet told the women pilots chaplains of the Navy, will deliver the| that in the next war a very heavy bur- | | be settled in large measure by this new | invocation, and “Songs | Taught Me” will be sung by Miss | PFrances B. Cole. Then will follow greetings from American War Moth- ers, extended by Mrs. Virgin McClure, their national president. Other fzatures of the program include a trombone solo, “Little MotHer of Mi Band: a solo, “Ye That Have Faith,’ by Bertha Curtis Johnson, closing benediction by Col. Yates, chief of chaplains of the Army. The program will end with the National Anthem played by the Marine band. My Mother The committee in charge consists of | the following: Mrs. Virgil McClure, general chairman, national president, . W. M.; Mrs. M. C. O'Neill, nationai custodian of records, A. W. M.; Mrs. E. C. Wagner, past nationai custodian of records, A. W. M.; Mrs. N. N. Nock, national gold star chairman, A. W. M. | den ‘will fall on the airmen of the coun- | try and that “there will be none too many of them” There will be a large field of usefulness for women in the air, he declared. “In the next war” he predicted, “there undoubtedly will be some out- standing women pilots who will engage in actual combat flying at the front, sllllll;l!ng the glories and dangers of men ot ‘Women TInvited to Races. Clifford Henderson, executive director of the National Air Races for several years past and of the next of these natlonal classics, to be held in Cleve- land next August, invited the women pllots of the corps to make their first public appearance in the air at this year's races. Mrs. Opal Logan Kunz of New York, organizer of and national commander of the Betsy Ross Corps, who recently distinguished hersell by her courage in landing a Mrs. Edward T. Fenwick, State presi- dent Virginia, A. W. M.; Mrs. W. W. skill and | ippled plane at | junior college and its problems. Morrison, president, District of Colum. Dr. Arthur K. Davis, president of bia Chapter, A. W. M.; Mrs. Mae H Southern College, Petersburg, Va., gave | Alexander, president, Admiral Coontz a discussion of his experiences as head gg:&lrr, hA. W. M.: hlidrs. tm;‘l::in, E] of & successful junior college. | Z, honorary president, miral s - | Coontz Chapter, A. W. M.; Mrs, Laura | V. Dann, District of Columbia Chap- F. D. HAMMER ELECTED [ter. A. W. M.. Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur, chief of staff, U. S. A.; Ad- HEAD OF RAILMEN Convention of Past | Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, United | States Coast Guard: Admiral R. E. | eneral passenger agent of the Wabash " Col." W. R. Gibson, Quartermaster Gen. Ben H. Fuller, command- Presidents ant, United States Marine Corps g t Detrot, assistant Army, retired; Maj. Gen. John L. De e Witt, 'Quartermaster General, U. . A.; Rallroad, was elected president of the 'S BODY miral W. V. Pratt, chief of naval op- Passenger Association to End | Coontz, United States Navy, retired; Past Presidents’ Passenger Association, [ Corps, U. S. A.. Lieut. Col. Charles erations, United States Navy; Maj. With Mount Vernon Trip. | Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, United States G. Mortimer, Quartermaster Corps. U. Washington-Hoover Airport, announced the corps has been presented its own | fiying_field, near Orange City, Fla., the only field to be owned by women pilots. The fleld, given to tne corps by Dr. Prancis Dickinson of Chicago, she said, is a mile long bya half mile wide. Members of the corps in the Ninth Corps Area, on the Pacific Coast, al- ready have begun active training, it was reported by Mildred Morgan, who flew from California to the National Capital in her own plane to attend the organization meeting. They have - established a training camp on the estate of the corps area commander, Mrs. Florence Lowe Barnes, nationally known woman flyer, who has ‘ner own D! te airport. ‘They have organized a ground school and are ar- ranging for the purchase of three planes an organization of railway passenger officials who have been presidents of some transportation organization or club, at the business session of the annual convention here yesterday. The convention will be concluded today with a visit to Mount Vernon and other historic places in and about Wash- ington. Other officers elected included: C. F Gorley, Boston, general ngent of the | Boston & Maine Railroad, vice presi- ! dent; W. G. Cooper, traveling passenger S. A; Maj. John T. Harris, Quarter- master Corps, U. S. A.; Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of chaplains, U. S. A. Capt. Sldney K, Evams, chief of chap- lains, U. S. N.; Brig. Gen. Edgar T. Collins, 16th Brigade; Capt. William E. Bergin, 16th Brigade. CRASH HURTS FAIL in addition to several planes owned by individual members. Creation of a flying cadet corps for the training of women students as a step to membership in the corps when they qualify for their pilots’ licenses has been undertaken, she said. On the way across the country she visited a newly formed corps area group Aat Kansas City. Plan Flying Tour. by | tory | “The Little Clodhopper,” will be agent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, secretary, and J. L. Homer, New York | City, past president of the General | Pastern Passenger Service and assistant ) general passenger agent of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, treasurer. John Buch, Philadelphia, general | passenger agent of the Reading Rall- road, is the retiring president. ! OPERETTA .SCHEDULED TO HALT GOV. BILBO Injured Internally, He Proceeds on Motor Trip to Keep Engage- ments. By the Associated Press. l | JACKSON, Miss., May 9.—Goy. Theo- | dore G. Bilbo's automobile skidded off a hill today, overturned in a ditch and | injured him, but he declined to break engagements and proceeded to the c2pitol for conferences immediately aft- i“floldllockfl." With Cast of 50, to Be Given Saturday. “Goldilocks and the Three Bea {an operetta, will be presented by m !cr recelving first-aid trcatment. {bers of the Sing Song Club of Priend- | His physician, Dr. H. F. Garrison, House at Plerce Hall, Sixteenth | said he received a fractured rib, ab- Harvard streets, next Saturdav|dominal injuries and numerous cuts at 2 o'clock. The cast|and bruises. includes about 50 childre: | The executive car plunged off an em- The presentation is a part of the{bankment near Prentiss after getting results of the Winter's training of the | out of control on the slippery hill, the children at Friendship House. Negro chauffeur, who escaped unhurt, Esther Linkins and Miss Sarah Bergling | reported. Shortly after the accident have assisted in the direction of the | Gov. Bilbo conferred with W. B. Rob- cast. Miss Anne Bach is accompanist. | erts, chairman of the State Senate A sliver offering will be taken at the | Finance Committee. ‘There E MOOREFIELD, W. Va., May 9 (Spe- bal be no admission ! charge. | !rhl —A permanent Red Cross county 9 (Special) — | chapter was organized here yesterday staged | with F. C. Welton as chairman and the by the King George Players for the | following other officers: W. benefit of Christ Church Priday eve- | Kuhn. vice chairman; Mrs. L, D. Gro- ning in the school auditorium. ver, secretary; W. C. Dasher, treasurer. New Red Cross Group Forms. Play to Be Staged. CLINTON, Md., Ma Mrs. Kunz, Mrs. Barnes and Miss Morgan are planning a flying tour of inspection in their own planes of the valous corps area units of the Betsy Ross Corps this Summer, it was an- | nounced. There now are active mem- bers in all nine corps areas, Mrs. Kunz sald, the areas being identical with those of the Army. The members of the corps were wel- comed by Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president general of the National So- clety, Daughters of the American Revo- lution. A United States flag was pre- sented to the corps by Mrs. Eleanor ‘Washington Howard, last member of the Washington family born at Mount Vernon, the standard being received for the corps by Miss Mary Goodrich of Connecticut. A corps flag was presented by Mrs, Eleanor Patterson and was ac- cepted by Miss Morgan. The members of the corps were sworn in by Capt. Gill Robb Wilson, former Army chaplain, who is corps chaplain and only male member of the organi- zation. Among the members sworn in at yes- terday's ceremony were Mrs. Kunz, Miss Morgan, Mrs. Frederick Lothrop Ames of Boston, Mrs. Martha More- house Johnson of Columbus, Ohio: Miss Goodrich, Lola Lo Lutz, of, Qshkosh, Wis.; Miss Thelma Elliott of Balti- more, who will fly in an aerial circus at Congressional Airport, near Rockville, Md., today and Miss Jane Dodge of Germantown, Pa. Prior to the ceremonial at Memorial Continental Hall members of the corps and their guests held a Juricheon meet- ing at Washington-Hoover Airport. | i at Memorial Continental Hall, ! corps flag to the organization. Morgan, California woman pilot; Mrs the corps; Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart The Betsy Ross Corps, woman pilots’ national war service organization, was formally organized yosterday afternoon The photograph shows the Left to right are: Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps; Miss Mildred presentation by. Mr Howard; Mrs. Opal Logan Kunz, New president general of the National Socie tion, and Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. PAGE B—1 | | | et T R T o Eleanor Washington Howard of the | York flyer and national commander of | ty, Daughters of the American Revel —A. P. Photo. KING WILL STUDY | Elimination of Portables Is Among Subjects Senator Has in Mind. Senator King of Utah, who has been preparing & program of District legisla- tion he believes Congress should con- sider at the next session, plans to make a study early this week of the needs of the public school system. The Utah Senator, who is ranking Democrat member of the District Com- mittee, said he expects to confer with Engineer Commissioner Gotwals and also with public school officials. The Senator indicated that his inter- est in the schools would not be limited to the question of physical facilities or problems related to construction of new buildings, but that he wanted to ac- quaint himself with the needs of the school system as a whole. The prospect for getting rid of port- ables and the outlook for eliminating part-time classes are among the sub- jects the Senator has in mind and on which he will seek information. Senator King several weeks ago talked over with members of the cor- poration counsel’s office other local sub- jects not related to the school system on which he plans to introduce bills in { eral powers of the Commissioners to | cover some of the municipal qusstions | which now require action by Congress. 'CHURCH CONCERTS CLOSE MUSIC WEEK Choral Festival Group Present: Afternoon Program at Epiphany. The Washington Choral Festival As- sociation, Louis A. Potter, conductor, | presented a program of music yester- | day afternoon at the Church of the | Epiphany, through the courtesy of Rev | Dr. Ze Barney T. Phillips, the pastor. The chorus and the Madrigal Singers of the association “were ‘assisted by Helen Howisen, soprano; Charles Wil- { frid Smith, tenor; John Chandler Smith, bass, and Charlotte Klein, organist. ‘The program, given in honor of music week, included choral numbers by Palestrina, Tschesnokov, Gretchaninov and Holst; organ numbers by Bach. | Bonnet and Widor; two duets by { Mendelssohn, and a trio by Haydn. In the final choral number by Holst, the choir was assisted by the organ, violins and violoncello. As a final tribute to music week, the last program of the festival of piano- forte music was given at the Columbia Heights Christian Church. The soloists included Dorothy Hobley and Winifred McGregor Michaelson, with Mrs. Olm- sted assisting Miss Hobley and Miss Waugh assisting Miss Michaelson in the orchestral parts on the second | plano. | . After the formal Martin A. Morrison, director of the Washington Pianists’ Club, made a | short address and presented the soloists for the past five programs with badges of honor. Those who took part in this festival and received this honor were Leah Effenbach, Glenn Carow, Florence Cockerille, Helene Finnacom, Chester Morrill, jr.; Helen C. Williams, Eli Berg, Miss Michaelson, a former member of the club, appeared as guest soloist. HELD FOR GRAN[;JURY Attacking Girl. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 9.—Charged with criminally attacking a 14-year-old Italian girl, two local men were held &r;nmlmry hearing in Police Court ay. The men held are Angelo Schiavi, 22, of 704 North Columbus street, and Vincent Evangelisti, 30, of 827 North Columbus street. The girl claimed on the witness stand this morning that she was assaulted by one of the men about Christmas, 1930, and by the other a short time later. Warrants for the arrest of the two men charged were sworn out by Elvira Coppa, friend of the girl said to have been attacked, who lives at No. 4 North Washington street, extended. The men ,welre lrrex“t?dd by‘dserns, Sims and Ev- erly on Wednesday and held under $5,000 ball each. NEEDS OF SCHOOLS the next Congress. Chief among these | is his proposed bill to broaden the gen- | TWO HURT IN CRASH NEAR ROCKVILLE, MD. Treated at Georgetown Univer- sity Hospital for Minor njuries, | James C. Atkins, 54, of 3102 P street, | and William A. Van Horn, 20, of 4 | Benning road northeast, were brou to Georgetown University Hospital for treatment yesterday after being injured | | in"an_automobile accident near Rock- ville, Md. Atkins suffered lacerations of the | forenead, while Van Horn received cuts about the face, They were discharged cfter receiving medical attention. Robert, Roy, 6 years old, of Ciaren- Gon, Va, was treated at the same in- stitution for bruises of the head and arms, after being run down by an au- tomobile in Clarendon. He was then taken to his home. RUM AR WRECKS * SEDAN,FOURHURT Two Men Abandon 89 Gallons of Whisky and Smoke Screen After Collision. 029 ght | Racing into Washington from South- | ern Maryland with a heavy load of hisky abcard, a rum car crashed into the side of another machine at Four- | teenth and T streets’ southeast last night and injured four persons. Two white men manning the whisky | car made their escape. Eighty-nine | gallons of corn liquor which were found | stored in the rear of the machine and | a smoke screen apparatus hooked up | and ready for instant use were seized | by police of the eleventh precinct sta- tion, who investigated the mishap. | Mrs. Gertrude Miniar, 30 years old, who was driving the second automo- | bile; her two children, Amie, 4 years | old, and Gene, 2; and Miss Amie Grisby, 19, all of Suitland, Md., escaped with minor bruises. They were given first aid treatment by a nearby physician. Mrs. Miniar was driving east on T street shortly ‘after 10 o'clock on her way home after a visit in the Capital, when the rum car, speeding northward- on Fourteenth street, crashed into the | | side of her sedan, and came to a halt. | Both automobiles were badly damaged. ‘The driver of the whisky car and & companion, apparently carried aleng to operate the smoke screen, jumped from their car and fled. Policeman Howard | Hiltner of the eleventh precinct, sent a | lookout for a man living on Twelfth treet to whom tags for the ‘car were | issued. | | GLASS HURLED IN FIGHT | Struck with a drinking glass thrown | USERS OF KLINGLE BRIDGE ARE WARNED Extra Traffic Restrictions During Construction Go Into | Effect Soon. Added restrictions on traffic across old Klingle Alley Bridge during the Luilding of a new structure to replacc it will be put into effect soon, accord- | ing to a warning given the motoring | RHEEM CREDITORS TRYING T0' TRACE “MISUSED FUNDS” Investigation Into Hay-Adams House Project Is Fruitless. METHODS OF FINANCING EXPLAINED BY OFFICER Witness Loses Composure Under Examination on Sedgwick. An effort to trace alleged “misused money” into the Hay-Adams Hou: project, made yesterday at the creditors’ examination of the bankrupt Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., mortgage bank- ers.” proved unsuccessful, and spokes- men for notehoiders then turned a tention to other properties. Edmund D. Rheem, executive vice president of the mortgage house, testi- fied his company had advanced money for building purposes under a first trust secured by a 99-year leasehold interest in the property. The leasehold. he saia he believed, was owned by the Ward- man Corporation. Rheem also testified that six months 2go, after a default in payment on thie loan. the Hay-Adams Corporation was formed to operate the hotel so that all the earnings would come into the treas- ury of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. The witness declared that in Janu- ary, 1931, his company advanced about £112,000 to pay overdue taxes on ths property. Company Pald Taxes. An attempt was made at this junc- ture to show that this advance for tax came out of money due note holders, but Rheem said it _was paid out of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey funds. His company could have foreclosed and taken the leasehold after the de- fault, Rheem admitted, but this was not done, he said, because under the terms of a chattel mortgage on the furnishings, the mortgage became due znd payable immediately if the title changed ownership. To prevent fore- closures, he. said, the Hay-Adams Cor- poration was formed to operate the hotel for the benefit of the mortgage house. Rheem testified that original first trusts on the Guthridge, the Winde- mere, Sedgwick, Harrogate and Flagler Apartments had beén released, explain- ing the financing of these properties nder’ questioning by George E. Sulli- 1, an attorney for creditors. Says Noteholders Reimbursed. A majority of the noteholders under | public yesterday by Capt. Herbert C.!these trusts, Rheem asserted, either | Whitehurst, District highway engineer. | ""ere paid in cash or accepted reinvest- There will be no interruption to trafic | ™frsem for the first time lost his while the job is under construction, but , composure while answering questions necessarily traffi;c will be slowed down, | concerning the 3 | The witness testified that a substitute end Capt. Whitehurst suggested that| gt trust, smaller than the original, all who can conveniently use routes had bien placed on the property, and other than Connecticut avenue between | that the balance of the funds had been now and the end of th: year do so. | IAised by the purchase by Swartzell, | pneumatic tires. | thirds, one-third at a time. | work 'is progressing on each third, ‘ Cross membershi) The mew resrctions, |t et v “As a matter of fact,” Sullivan asked, “no"arrangement was made to raise the money to pay the noteholders?” “I resent that question,” Rheem re- torted. “I've been over that point many imes, and if you can’t understand it, I'm sorry.” Rhzem previously had contended that 2 credit of the amoupt of the second trust to the account of the owner and the charging of a lik: amount to the company’s Jozn account was, in effect, an_sctual payment. The apartment properti>s were built by_A. Joseph Howar. ‘The creditors’ examination will be resumed Thursday at 3 o'clock. which will be | placed in effect as soon as the proper | signs are ready, will call for a reduc- tion in the speed of busses and strect | cars while traveling over the bridge to | 10 miles per hour, a similarly reduced peed for all solid-tire vehicles weigh- | ing more than 5 tons gross and a speed | imit of 15 miles per hour for passen- ger cars and trucks equipped with In order to see that these regulations are strictly enforced, special details of policemen will be placed at both ends of the bridge 24 hours a day. Another traffic rule, hitherto more honored in the breach than in the observance, com- pels solid-tire trucks exceeding 10,000 pounds gross to travel on the street car ! rails, and this will be strictly enforced | along with the new regulations. The aximum allowable weight for any vehicle allowed to cross the bridge is 28,000 pounds gross. Large “slow” signs will be painted on the street, and appropriate signs will be placed at intervals to mnotify the public of the restrictions. The re- strictions as to speed apply not only to the bridge, but also to the roadway for 15 feet on each end of the approaches ‘The work now in progress on the bridge consists of digging foundations for the new structure. The new bridge will be the same level as the old, and the ‘surface of the old will be removed and replaced by the new in longitudinal ‘While { trafic will be restricted to the other two-thirds of the roadway. The new bridge will be ready early next year. It will cost $459,000. DISTRICT WINS HONORS Both adult roll call and Junfor Red ip banners for 1931 have been awarded to the District of Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross. Each year the banners are awarded program, Mrs. | at him during an altercation at his | to the chapter having the greatest per- home yesterday afternoon, George Reid, | centage of the population of its dis- colored, 27, of 2014 Columbia terrace, | trict enrolled in either adult or junior was taken to Emergency Hospital with | Red Cross. The award is based on the lacerations of the ear and scalp. | ratio of the membership to the popu- Patrolmen J. H. Gwinn and J. C. | lation. Conway of the third precinct radio | The junior banner was awarded the scout crew, arrested Constantine Ty | District chapter in 1920 and 1930 also, vanner, colored, 32, of 3527 Edmond Kmaking this the third successive year | street. 'He was charged with disorderly ( it has been held by the juniors of the | Kathryn Beck and Dorothy Hobley. | Two Alexandria Men Accused of for the action of the grand jury by | Judge Willlam S. Snow, '0"0{‘[’13" z. conduct and assault. National Capital. VETS’ SERVICE AS FOR RELIEF OF A “soldier escort” service for motor | tourists entering the District of Colum- bia is being organized to provide jobs for partially disabled veterans. This is the latest plan hit upon by | George J. Adams, executive secretary of | the District Committee on Employment, vho is working out the detalls with R. C. Cogan, superintendent of the Veter- ans’ Divisioh of the United States Em- ployment Service. Besides providi a means of support to the veterans of a nature within the scope of their physi- cal handicaps, the “soldier escort” would act as a guide and courier to tourists during their stay in the Capi- tal. Partially disabled veterans, wearing distinctive caps and badges, will be sta- tioned at the District line ‘on all main highways. Employment Commit- tee will carefully select all the men, who must be thoroughly familiar with the city and places of interest. Shelter stations at the its of tourist contact will be provided for them. $1 will ‘be charged by A flat rate of Adams Would Have Program in Operation for Wash- ington Bicentennial Next Year. GUIDES URGED UNEMPLOYMENT the veterans for their services. They| will accompany tourists who accept their services into town, directing them through trafic and to their hotel or lodging house, In addition, they will perform courier service during the so- journ of those parties in town. ‘This soldier escort service will be put into effect, it was announced yesterday, immediately after the “job fund” bene- fit wrestling tournament which the Em- ployment ittee is holding the night of May 21. Proceeds from the benefit will utilized in establishing the escort service as well as increasing employment. Mr. Adams said that if the service proves successful there is no reason why it should not be expanded in con- nection with the’ 1932 Washington Bi- centennial, which will bring hundreds of thousands of motorists to the city. Before the plan is put into operation it will be presented to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, who ides. soldier fl‘clenud. e RIVER BOAT SPEEDS TO SMASH RECORD May Reduce Mark by 15 Hours on New Orleans-to-St. Louis Course. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 9.—Th sturdy little inboard cruiser, Greyhounc of Memphis, was speeding tonigh! toward the last lap of its upriver rac ;galll;:t time from New Orleans to St. uis. Twelve hours and 40 minutes shead of the present record, the Greyhound reached Caruthersville, Mo., at 6:40 o'clock tonight, when it was approxi- mately 300 miles from St. Louis. Its owner, Frederick Smith, and Pilot Har- vey Brown of Memphis were aboard. If it maintains its speed and arrives at St. Louis on schedule tomorrow it will have clipped about 15 hours from the 87 hours 31 minutes record set in 1929 by Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis in the Bogie. ‘The Greyhound pulled into its home dock here for supplies at 11:46 a.m. today—47 hours and 47 minutes after the start from New Orleans at 12:59 p.m. Thursday. “Sunday dinner in St. Louis”™ was the goal set by Smith as the craft left Memphis at 12:25 p.m. JUNIORS FETE SENIORS Sherwood Students, Alumni and Faculty Banquet Friday Night. Special Dispatch to The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md, May 9— About 86 Sherwood School students, alumni and teachers enjoyed the ban- quet at Olnev Inn on Priday evening given by the juniors to the senior class. Mr. Austin La Mar, principal, toastmaster, and Miss Elois Frayley, president of the junior class, gave the toast of welcome. Clarice Peters, pres- ident of the seniors, answered with & toast from her class. Miss Catherine Shaw spcke for the faculty, with Wood- row Thompson responding with a toast from the alumni. Dr. Ladson represented the trustees and spoke for them. TAX RATE CUT Speclal Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAND, Md., May 9.—A reduc- tion of 10 cents in the municipal tax rate for the coming fiscal year was made by the mayor and council of Oakland. The new rate will be 90 cents on $100. In computing the rate, the authori- ties considered the decreased cost of materials and the fact that most of the street im) has charge of issuance of permits to ' been completed. be the year ended hlrula and expenditures, $34, m . has revenue for was $38,000