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oo | @he Sundlay Stae SUNDAY WASHINGTON, .-« MORNING, MAY 24, 1931, = CURD ON GAMBLING. BY-U. S, EMPLOYES ASKED Y SCHAFER Conditions Rife Here, Says Representative, Urging Dismissals as Cure. WHITE HOUSE TOLD ] OF BETTING BY GIRLS Government Loses in Time Wasted on Lotteries and Pools, Let- ter Declares. Declaring he has received numerous Teports from ‘“unimpeachable sources” that not only Government employes but also Government officlals are spending a great deal of their time during work- ing hours in gambling c¢n base ball pools and lotteries, Representative John C. Schafer, Republican, of Wisconsin, has written Walter Newton, one of the President’s secretaries, recommending administrative action. Representative Schafer said last night that he had suggested to Mr. Newton that it would be well for the heads of Government departments and inde- pendent offices to issue orders putting all employes on notice that if they par- ticipate in any lotteries or gambling during the time they are supposed to devote to Government work that they will be summarily separated from the service, and allowed to devote 2ll of their time to such gambling activities. Gambling Scope Indicated. Representative Schafer said that he had received numerous reports from practically all of the Government" es- tablishments with detailed information in many instances covering the preva- lence and scope of the gambling activi- ties. As an illustration he pointed out that he is advised that in one section | where 14 girls are employed that at least 10 of them are devoting a great deal of time to placing bets, taking numbers in lotteries and transacting this business through an employe in another section. He emphasized that Government telephones are used to a great extent in this gambling activity. In his judgment the efforts of the administration toward economy and efficiency throughout the Government workshop would-be greatly aidled by ad. ministrative action to stop widely prevalent gambling in base ball pools and lotteries and on horse races. “Many Government offices are honey- combed with gambling,” said Mr. Schafer, who explained that he had been aroused to action by the large number of reports brought to him on this subject. Representative Schafer is a_member of the House Committee on Expendi- tures in the Government departments and, therefore, particularly interested. "He said that if Congress were now in session he would forcefully bring the matter of gambling in Government offices during Government hours by those on the Government pey roll to the attention of his committee, which | is the Auditing Committee for Congress on funds appropriated for the opera- tion of Government departments. Letter to Newton. Representative Schafer's letter to Becretary Newton follows, in part: “I take the liberty to make a sugges- tion which, in my mind, would add % efficiency in the governmental serv- ice. “It is a well known fact that hun- dreds, if not thousands, of Government | employes in the various departments devote a considerable part of the time for which they are receiving pay from the Government to active interest in| base ball pools, horse race bets, and| Iotteries, in their own and cther offices | and with the use of Government phones. “It appears to me that it would be 2 sound policy if the heads of all executive departments and independent agencies would issue an order indicat- ing that any Government employe who, during office hours, uses the time of | the Government in activities relating r to base ball pools, horse race bets and Jotteries, would find themselves cut off | the Government pay roll, so that they| could devote all of their time to-such | activities, if they so desire NAVY PATROL PLANES ADOPTED FOR FLEET Installation of Facilities Aboard | Twelve Vessels Ordered for “Flying Boats.” By the Associated Press. Convinced of the practicabil ing the “flying boat” or patrol | seaplane on extended operations with | the fleet, the Navy a yester- day it has ordered ditional factlities for them in “The evolution of the * patrol type of seap) fon of the Dep “progressed 1o th worthiness, performance £nd nabitabil- 3ty have made it possible to consider the squadrons of this type as mobile units capable of extended operations with the fleet " One of the squadrons, the ment said, cr d 95,640 na from Januar w to the scouting force “The announc velopment of ships. | or | i { Depart- cal miles, attached the expec its | distant pat MAN DROWNS AS SAND SINKS DREDGING BOAT | | mentioned Two Companions Escape as Bank Caves in, Swamping Craft, Near | Oxon Hill, Md was drowned and iwo} escaped a similar fate a sand bank caved in a small bcat in which they were working in the Potomac River, near Oxon Hill, Md Jow the District line. The drowned man was Samucl Lind- say, 35 years cld, of Fort Hunt, Va His body was recovered by members of the harbor police precinet, who took 1t to the District Morgue. He was em- ployed by the Smoot Sand & Gravel Co., Georgetown. According to reports from the harbor precinct, Lindsay and the two other men were zugaged in dredging work near shore. The sand bank “avalanched,” One others na man rIow w {a in “Wizard of 0z” Jane Elizabeth Hix (left) as the Wizard of Oz and Elizabeth Jane Steig as the | lavender witch in the perfcrmance at Wilson Stadium ye PRESENT PAGEANT DESPITE CHILLY DAY i Nearly Thousand Colorful Mrs. Angie Ridgway Fell From| Costumes Add Beauty to Presentation. | \ | 1 | ‘The chilly blasts of an exceptionally | cold May afternoon swept across Wil- son Stadium at Central High School yesterday afternoon as nearly 1,000 colorfully attired children from the community centers of the District pre-| sented for their annual festival a spe- cially adapted arrangement of Fern Stevenson's *‘Wizard of Oz.” | Approximately 5,000 persons, include ing children from the various orphan- ages of the District, who were guests at | the festival, braved the cold winds to| witness the gay spectacle. It was the first time in the history of the annual presentation that it was held cuwwm,l Hurry Back to Wraps. As each group of dancers and per- formers concluded their numbers they quickly retired to the background to don wraps over their light costumes Most of the children were stockingless, and shoes were abandoned also for some of the acts. The arrangement of the Stevenson dr7 ma, presented under the auspices of the Community Center Department was prepared originally for the Depart- ment of Recreation of Detroit by Miss Lottie A. McDermott, supervisor of Detroit's playgrounds. A troup of Scouts from the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, under the direction of Col. E. L. Mattice, acted as ushers for the festival. The costumes worn - by the participants which represented a gay variety of col- ors, were provided by the children ap- pearing in the cast. Parade Leads Action. A parade of the entire pageant led the dramatic action in the presenta- tion. Immediately after came the dance representing the Kansas cyclone which carried Dorothy, the juvenile heroine, across the Desert of Burning Sands to the mythical Land of Oz. The transfer of the wicked witch of the East who was carried off by the same sprites of the cyclone was de- picted by a dance of the Munchkins, inhabitants of the east section of the Land of Oz. The Munchkins were rep- resented by students of Janney, Gor- don, Thomson and Force elementary schools, led by Hedwin Warmenhoven, in_the Tcle of the witch of the East. The witch of the Gillkens, northern inhabitants of the Land of Oz, the part played by Elizabeth J. Stieg. then thanked Dorothy for saving them from he wicked witch of the East and in- vited her to visit the Lavender house of the Gillikens Following in fantastic sequence came er, John Chapman and Allan McCo: mick, respectively, culminating with the dance of the Corn and Crows, led by children of John Eaton, Murch, Park | View, Cook and Chevy Chase com- munity centers. Ends with Poppy Dance. After the dance the Tin Woodman the Cowardly Lion, played by | Cronenberg and Wilbur made their appearance. This closed with the dance of the by children from Janney, Gor- don, Thomson, Takoma and E. V. Brown schools. Led by Alleen Dunbar, Queen Mouse, there followed the dance of the mice, participated in by children from Columbia Heights, Ben Murch, and Southeast centers of conciuding with the march off the field. The prin- pal characters addition to tho: were_Toto, played by Lor- raine Radium: Wild Cat, by Thomas Collingwood; Patchwork Girl, by Shir- ley Schafter; Green Guard, by Richard Wilson: the Wizard of Oz, played by Jane Elizabeth Hix; Gnome King, by Marguerite Kluh: Polychrome, by Martha Schoenfeldt: Monkey, by Les- lie Schafer; the Winkie Witch, by Janet Fletcher, and the Quadling Witch, by Gertrude Warmenhoven. Tight-rope the presentation a mile be- | walkers were Arline Malone, Kathlcen | Trussell, of the Kearns Lawrence and Dawn Louise Irving. Marine Band Plays. Music for the spectacle was presented by the United States Marine Band, under the direction of Arthur 8. Whit- comb. Costumes were designed under the direction of Miss Ethel Schools participating in the festival in- cluded the Barnard, Ben Murch, E. V. Brown, Columbia Heights, Henry D. Cooke, East Washington, Jokn Eaton, | partiaily burying Lindsay and his fellow ‘workers. The others managed to free them- sclves, but Lindsay sank with the boat. Force, Georgetown, Grant, Janney, Langley, Macfarland, Oyster, Park View. Petworth, Southeast, Takoma and n. Jones. | terday.—Star Staff Photo. DEATH I 5-STORY PLUNGE ACCDENT Window When Calling Son, Coroner’s Finding. Acting Coroner Joseph Rogers issued a certificate of accidental death late yesterday in the case of Mrs. Angic Ridgway, 37-year-old wife of Frank Ridgway, director of information fo the Farm Board, who died 35 minu after she had failen from a window of her fifth-floor apartment at 4707 Con- necticut_avenue. Mrs. Ridgway, who had been ill for several days, plunged to her death as she leaned from the window to call her son Charles, 8, at play on a lot below. I The boy looked up in time to sec his mother hurtle from the window and drop to a concrete. driveway. Calls Father on Phone, Charles ran into the apartment house and_telephoned his father, while his mother, whose body was crushed, was taken to Emergency Hospital. She died without regaining consciousness. Ridgway, who came to Washington about two years ago from Chicago, where he had been a member of the editorial stafl of the Chicago Tribune 10 years, in addition to having worked on other Chicago papers, expressed the opinion his wife had become dizzy as she leaned from the window. He had warned her and their son not, to raise the screen in looking from the window, he said Yesterday, he added, was the first day she had risen to eat breakfast with Charles and him since she became fll. Maid in Apartment. colored mald was in the apart- Ridway dropped from t she did not know of said, until informed by first announced that an be held tomorrow morn- ver, Dr. Rogers de- cided the plunge was accidental, and Mrs. Ridgway's body was turned over to Gawler's funeral parlor, where it was prepared for shipment to the dead woman’s home town, Paris, Mo. . ‘The corpse was placed on a train for Paris at 6:30 pm. Ridgway and his son also nf for the Missourl town, where fu services .will be held early thi P.-T. A. WILL MEET . Last Session of Washington-Lee Group Set Special Dispateh BALLSTON, V meeting of the the Parent-Teache Washington-Lee auditorium of 1} Election of of d week Thursday. Association of the School, in the ), Thursday. for the year wil commendation of ttee composed E. O. Daue and Mrs. Grace M. Burns, Nominations will be permitted from the floor. Mrs. fifth vice presi- ginia Congress, 15 ex- and install the new CLUB TO HEAR DELEGATES By a Staff Corresp BETHESDA Lavinia Engle. of Delegates from Mor is to address the Bra munty League Wednesd the Congressional Coun subject_will be ¢ urban Montgom She is to_disc ment as affected b public welfare measures will be presented pointed committees of t Md. 1 the House gomery County, Hills Com- ity develop- parks and Bricf reports Heart Attack Fatal. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, May 23 (Spectal) —Mrs. Margaret Shugart, 65, | widow of Eugenc Shu and a Miss ville section of iage, died at her here She was well this county before ma | home, Laurel Lodg night of a heart attack known in Jeffersc | ber of the County Democratic Execu- | tive Committee. Strother to Be Feted. French Strother, who is retiring as | one of President Hoover's secretari | will be the honor guest at a testimo- | nial dinner at the Mayflower Hotel! | Wednesday evening. The arrang ts | have been made by the Whfl:’:;\r;b; | Correspgndents’ Assoctation, Thursday | County and a mem- | POWER RATES ROW WILL BE REDPENED ATPUBLIG HEARING Stiding Scale Dispute Slated to Be Aired Tomorrow Before Commission. | | | 1 HIGH RETURNS ARE BASIS OF COMPLAINT BY D. C. National Attention Centered Here on Contest Over Profits of Public Utility. pute between the Public Utili- sion and . the Potomac El { by Washingtonians for electricity will move into another stage tomorrow at an open hearing before the commission to di: sliding scale under which the ra are set and other re- lated matters. This dispute has been dragging along now for nearly five months,” with no apparent results. The commission be- lieves that under the present system too much of the corporation’s profits |80 to the stockholders and not enough { to the public by way of reduced rates. I The company believes the present sys- ems fair. National attention has been centered on the contest. It has been discussed jin articles in the Public Utilities Fort- | nightly, a magazine of national circula. | tion, and also in articles appearing in the Wall Street Journal under the sig- {nature of Thomas F. Woodlock, a for- | mer member of the Interstate Com- merce Commission. System Is Compro; ent system was born six vear: A decree, signed by former Justice Wendell P. Stafford, of the Dis- trict Supreme Court, put it into opera- tion. Its basis is a compromise on val- uation reached after years of litigation between the commission and the cor- poration, which wandered inconclusively up to the Supreme Co of the United States and back again to the District Supreme Court. On ths val n, which at the start was $32,500,000, the arrangemeat is that rates shall be adjusted so as to yleld the company a return of 7! per cent. Should the return exceed 'this figure then the excess is divided in half, and the resultant figure s used as a fund for reduction of the rates the next year. Each year the valuation is brought up to date by adding to the original figure the cost of net additions to the prop- erty weighted, but undepreciated. The phrase “weighted” simply means {that if a plece of property is put in service half way through the year, for instance, only half of {s cost is added to the valuation figure. Profit Around 10 Per Cent. | | earnings, but rates are calculated an effort to bring the return down to 71, per cent. Thus far, all of the calculations have gone awry. Not only has the return never been brought back to 7!, per cent, but in spite of annual reductions, which have brought the rate from 10 cents in 1924 down to 4.2 cents today (primary rate per kilowatt-hour), the company's Teturn has consistently stood at about 10 per cent. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Ke: at the time the rate last was fixed, tried to get the commission to estimate the electrical consumption for the year during which the new rate would be effective, instead of basing it on the past year's consumption, as had always been “done theretofore. The curve of consumption is steadily upward, one of the principal reasons for the continual high return. But the commission would not follow his advice. It found as a fact that the company's return was too high, but proposed to change this state of affairs by introducing a different sliding scale. Under the commission’s proposal, the reduction fund would be one-half of the excess earnings over 62 per cent; three-quarters of the ex- cess over 73; per cent and flv of the excess over 8%, per cent. Sliding Scale Refused. to substitute the new sliding scale, but the company refused. The commission and its own legal adviser, Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, were in dis- agreement as to what to do next, Mr. Bride recommending abrogation of the consent decree and the commission de- siring 1o go_to court with a petition to | modify it. Mr. Keech is a strong ad- herent of the former view. At the com- mission’s_direction, "Mr. Bride prepared the petition for modification, but this has been pigeonholed, and apparently never will be filed in court. What will be the outcome of the hearing tomorrow, outside of a_bitter legal argument between S. Russell Bowen, for the corporation, and Wil- liam A. Roberts, for the commission, is difficult to predict. The commission has exhibits to present, presumably of the corporation's recent 1t is not believed that the corporation will offer any. Chairman Mason M. Patrick of the commission said that he did not expect the hear- “mu to last more than one year. | earnings {PAIR HELD AFTER RAID | Arrested on Liquor Charge H and Freed on Bond. Irving J. Henning, 40 years old, and his wife. Julia E. Henning, 49 years old, were arrested yesterday on a charge of | illegal possession of liquor after their | home, at 5306 Fifth street, was raided | and 202 bottles of beer were confiscated. Policemen J. W. Grabam and E. F. Lewis of the Thirteenth precinct station on $500 bond each. MAN, 62, KILLED BY CAR slaughter at Staunton for Death. Special Dispatch to The Star STAUNTON, Va., May 23 —E. F. Bos- serman, 62, died in a local hospital as was struck by an automobile on the | Jefrerson Highway Monday afternoon, About four hours after his death Mrs. Margaret Griffeth, who is alleged to have been the driver of the machine, was served with a warrant, charging her with manslaughter, The woman was brought before Mag- istrate C. A. Lightner and bail set at 51,000, pending a preliminary hearing todey. Mr. Bosserman is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ida S. Bosserman, and several sons, allof Staunton, and one Gaughter, Mis. L. B. Rexrode of Swoope. Co. over the rates paid | The corporation keeps all the excess | i | The commission tried to get the com- | pany to co-operate with it in an_effort | ON HOME BARES BEER! Irving J. Henning and Wife, Julia, | made the raid. The pair were released | Woman Is Chargcd With Man-| a result of injuries received when he) GRADUKTION WEEK FOR MIDSHPNEN * NARKED WITH |Assurance of Commissions Enlivens Program for Commencement. CEREMONIES WILL OPEN INFORMALLY ON FRIDAY More Than 50 Graduating Cadets to Find Sweethearts Waiting at Close of Exercises. “June week” at Annapolis, marking the annual commencement of the United States Naval Academy, will open Friday and extend to Thursday of the following week, when approximately 443 graduates will receive their commissions. The occasion will be much happler than it would have been if Congress had not passed emergency legislation for the relief of mearly two-thirds of the graduating class who, under the then existing circumstances, would, not have received commissions. As a Tesult | of timely action by Congress, every | graduate who wishes to remain in the service will be commissioned in the Navy or Marine Corps The official visit of thé Inspection Board having been made a month ago, “June week” will be a period of pleasure for the midshipmen, instead of the grind of daily drills. Friday, the opening day, will be more or less informal and the main events will not start until the following Mon- day. A dual base ball and track meet between the Naval Academy and Ohio State will be held Saturday. The varsity { and freshmen lacrosse teams also wiil meet the University of Maryland. ‘Wedding Bells to Ring. “Although the midshipmen are for- bidden to marry before graduation, on pain of expulsion, 50 or more will take brides shortly after receiving their com- missions. Six weddings already have ibeen arranged in the chapel at the Naval Academy, at half-hour intervals following the graduation exercises June 4. Six more will take place the next day. Among the Washington brides are Miss Prancis R. Vaughn, who will marry Karl Jung, a member of the Navy crew, and Miss Louise Hines, who will marry Horace Myers of Boise City, Idaho. Miss Esther Bowen of 1332 Belmont street, will become the bride of Nelson Kenyon Brown at a ceremony at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Wash- ington, June 4. Miss Mary Cecilia Horne of 1420 Spring road, will marry Douglas Gordon Wright, jr, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Annapolis. be preached to the cadets on Sunday by Chaplain Frank H. Lash of the Academy. The next three days, consti- tuting the main events, will be fea- tured as follows: Week's Program Given. Monday, June 1—Special drills; 4 p.m.. band concert; 5:30 p.m., dress pa- rade; 7:45 to 9:15 p.m., band concert; 7:45 to 9:45, moving pictures. Tuesday, June 2—4 p.m., band con- cert: 5:30 pm. dress parade during | which regimental colors will be pre- | sented to the leading company: 9 to 11:30 pm., superintendent’s garden varty to graduates, ring dance for sec- { ond class and special hop for third | class. Wednesday, June 3—10:30 a.m., regi-| mental physical drill to music and| without commands; 3:30 p.m., band| concert; 5 p.m., dress parade with pres- | entation of medals and awards; 9 p.m.| to_midnight, farewell ball to graduates. The graduation exercises, the only event of Thursday, will bring the week to a close. Graduates Are Listed. Members of the class from the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia are as follow District of Columbia—Gustavus W. Bucholz, jr.; John W. Byng, Harris P, Child, Paul W. Clarke, Damon M. Cum- { mings, De Ately L. Davis, Robert B. Parquharson, jr.; Will M. Garton, Jr.; Harlan T. Johnson, Joseph W. Lever- | ton, jr.; Jerry A. Mathews, jr.; John 8. | McCain, jr.; Cassin_T. ‘Shoemaker, Jerry C. South, jr.. Robert A. Theo- bald, jr.; Ford L. Wallace, Henry Wil- liams, Jr.; Andrew L. Young. Maryland—John L. Chew, William J. Giles, " jr.;* Maurice W. Hibschman, Damon M., Cummings, Clifton R. Moss, Charles M. Howe, 3d; Edward J. O'Neill, Seymour D. Owens, Annapolis; Charles A. Morrow, jr.; Alfred E. Sharpe, jr., Baltimore; John F. Harper, jr. Centerville; Bernard F. Roeder, Cumberland; Robert E. Lockwood, For- | est Glen; Willlam A. Thorn, Loreley; Hylan B. Lyon, Lusby; Peyton L. Wirtz, Mount Washington; Harry E. Seidel, jr., Takoma Park. Virginia—Nelson M. Head, Barcroft; Thomas B. Payne, Clarendon: James M. Wood, Lynchburg; Edward M. Bing- ham, Norfolk: Daniel A. Stuart, Ports- mouth; Russell C. Williams, Edward A. Wright, Richmond;: Henry E. Renken, Staunton; Alfred B. Tucker, 3d, Win- chester. MACARTHUR TO COMMAND ARMY’S AIR MANEUVERS Chief of Staff Will Fly to Boston Today to Establish Headquarters, | | | | | | | By the Associated Press Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Army chief of staff, will leave for Boston to- air maneuvers. The trip will be made by air. The general will be accompanied by Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Air Corps. Capt. Ira Eaker, noted Air Corps pilot, will fly the plane. Army officials said the injection of the military “problem” of defending Boston against & simulated enemy ap- proaching from the sea, which began yesterday, necessitated the establish- n"ltenb of a general headquarters in that city. Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, as- sistant chief of the Air Corps, who has been in command of the air division in the maneuvers, will continue in that position, it was sald at the department. HELD AFTER CRASH Edward Lee Hall, 18, of 6113 Eastern avenue, Takoma Park, Md., was ar- rested on a charge of reckless driving last night, following a collision in which he was slightly injured. According to police, Hall's car col- lided at Fifth and Sheridan streets with a_machine driven by Joseph Stockey, | 1 I 45, of Rockville, Md. Hall was treated ' CI at Walter Recd Hospital for cuts nd bruises before he was arrested. The annual baccalaureate sermon will |* day to assume command of the Army's | BEGGARS GAIN LUXURIOUS LIVIN(;, (BY SCORNING COMMUNITY CHEST { ] ~ TRANSFER OF AUTO TAG UNIT PLANNED BY COMMISSIONERS Distribution to Be Directly *Under Supervision of Van Duzer After July 1. COOMBS TO BE BUSY "WITH OTHER LICENSES New Bureau at Traffic Department to Have Enlarged Scope Next Jannary. ‘Trausfer of the automobile registra- tion and tag issuance unit of the ‘office of the superintendent of ficenses to . the new 'Deparfment of Vehicles and Traffic, to be created July 1, is bein planned by the District Commissions The change will place the tag dis- tribution direetly under the supel;‘\'lsmn of W. A. Van Duzer, who has been appointed by the @ommissioners as di- “|rector of the new traffic department. —Harris & Ewing Photos. HESE four Washington girls will become the brides of members of this year's graduating class at the United States Naval Academy shortly efter the young admirals receive their commissiens. right, Miss Esther Bowen, who will marry Nelson Kenyon Brow: They_are: Upper Miss Frances R. Vaughn, left, who will marry Karl Jung, and, lower, left to right, Miss Louise Hines, who will marry Horace Myers, and Miss Mary Cecelia Horne, who will marry D-uglas Gordon Wright, jr. REMOVAL OF TWO MEETS WITH FIGHT School Contractors to Pro-| test D. C. Action Against Employes. The W. P. Rose Co. of Goldshoro, N. C., will fight the order of Engineer | Commissioner John C. Gotwals to be | two of its em- | issued Monday removing ployes from further District construc- tion work as a result of the death of a colored laborer on the Stuart Junior High School job, J. W. Hunt, general superintendent for the contractors, an- nounced last night. The action against the employes, Raymond N. Rouse, superintendent and Orbia Lee Bordeaus, assistant fore- man of the school construction, be- hlg to work further on any District jobs. Bullding inspectors, testifying at the inquest, said they had warn:d the con- tractors to strengthen-the runway and scaffold before it collapsed, and that after the crash repairs were made be- fore they could examine the structure to determine the cause. Hunt said last night his men did not know the accident had resulted in a fatality, and that they repaired the scafford in order to resume work. The general super- | intendent. who has charge of all Rose work in North Carolina, Virginia and the District, blamed the collapse on the laborer’s carelessness in running a heavy load of stone and brick down the runway too fi He sald the speed and weight with which the wheelbarrow dropped from the runway to scaffold caused it it to give way. Besides writing the Rose Co. the Commissioners sent form letter to all contractors working on District jobs. The letters call attention to recent ac- | cidents here, and point out several paragraphs in the general stipulations governing all building contracts en- tered into by the District government. Contractors’ Responsibility. The first of these, Section 1, provides that the contractors be responsible for | all claims from injury to persons or for property damage arising from the oper- came known yesterday when Maj. Got- | ation of the contractor prior to accept- wals directed Daniel E. Garges, com- ance of the structure. mission secretary, to notify the Rose | Section 5 provides that all loss or Co. of their dismissal from District jobs. ‘The colored man was killed when a scaffold gave way plung- ing him to the ground. Rousc and Bor- deaux were held by the coroner’s jury for grand jury action following the in- quest last week. The letter of notification, expected to reach the Rose Co. Monday, pro- vides that the men chosen to replace Rouse and Bordeaux must meet with the approval of the District Commis- sioners, Company to Protes Meanwhile, Hunt, notified of the ac- tlon, sald his company would “protest | the order as unwarranted.” He felt the | Commissioners were making his com- pany the “goat” in recent difficulties over school construction work in the District. He said he would confer with his home office in Goldsboro and with attorneys with a view to taking the case to court if the Commissioners in- sist on forbidding the two men from working on any more District jobs. “We have not yet received any notifi- cation from the District government to dismiss Mr. Rouse and Mr. Bordeaus, Hunt asserted. “If we get a letter to that effect we will protest the order as unwarranted.” Pointing out the Rose Co. in the past two years has constructed or has under way in the District approximately $2,000,000 worth of work and that it has “executed contracts for other govern- ment departments to their entire satis- faction,” Hunt continued: “Mr. Rouse was employed by the W. P. Rose Co. about a year ago in the capacity of superintendent for erection of the new Eliot Junior High School of the District of Columbia. Mr. Rouse handled this Job for us very satisfac- | from the nature of the work being done or from any unusual or unforcseen ob- struction or difficultics which may be | encountered during the work or from | the action of the elements will be sus- | tained by the contractor. Section 11, dealing with duties of in- spectors employed by the Municipal Architect's office, states that it is their | duty to see that' terms of contract are strictly and properly carried out, and that they have authority to condemn work not meeting specification, and to pass work which does comply with re- quirements. Rouse, himself, intends to fight Got- | wals' order to save his reputation, he sald. He stated he had been engaged | in supervising work of the type of | Stuart and Eliot Junior High Schools for th epast 10 years, and has never had a fatality on a single job. It was also Hunt's first fatal accident in 14 years of work for’the Rose Co.. during which time he has supervised the construction | of between $35,000,000 and $50,000,000 worth of buildings. PAGE AND ROBERTSON WIN COLLEGE DEBATE Law Students Discuss Oil Trade | and Public Utility Aspect in Annual Wrangle. Alfred E. Page and Henry B. Rob- | ertson, freshmen of the Washington College of Law, won first and second Place, Tespectively, in the annual debate torily and the District Commissioners | last night at the college. and municipal architect have made mention of the fact they are entirely | satisfled with construction of the Eliot School and have complimented Mr. Rouse and the Rose Co. on the class of construction that has been done and the manner in which it has been handled.” Resigns After Accident The subject debated was “Resolved, | That the Federal Government should declare the oil industry a public utility. Grace Hays Riley, dean of the col- lege, acted as chairman and was as- | sisted by the faculty advisors on de- | bate, Rebekah S. Greathouse, assistant United States attorney, and Rufus S. Lusk, Washington attorney. Bordeaux resigned from the company | were Commissioner Charles C. Morre following the death of the colorea of the General Land Office, Assistant laborer at Stuart Junior High School. it | Uniied States Attorney M. Pearl Mc- was brought out at the inquest, but' Call and Assistant Engineer Commis- the Commissioner's order will forbid ' sioner of the District Hugh P. Ora Aid Offered by Capital Welfare Organization Ignored by Professional Panhandlers. Beggars that throng the Capital's of service these organizations purport sidewalks arc not only using the sym- | pathetic public f roa “meal ticket,” but { eaning a Juxurious existence from | andouts” accorded them. sta- | to extend, the Chest statement charges. The ticket books, designed to pro- tect Chest contributors from the solici- tation of beggars and at the same time e tistics compiled by the social agencies | cause a report on any case sent to the of the Community Chest reveal. ‘This announcement was made yes- terday following a statement that ticket books distributed by the Community Chest to its contgibutors, for a second- hand distribution of food ahd lodging to the needy, are not being utilized to the best advantage. The epidemic of street begging has wn in the last several weeks and brought about denunciation of the ‘hest, Salvation Army and other char- itable organizations beggars who claim they are hot belng given the type | Chest, are being distributed, but are not turned in for redemption. In ex- planation of this, Chest officials point out that the percentage of those who ask for money to really be used for food and other aid is comparatively small. Most of those, e their living by begging, igfs said, a sufficient- ly interes! in redeeming tMe, tickets if they fafl to {et money from, their prospectivé benefactor. Investightions have disclosed e afflicted vendors of pencils make as 1 &s $100 oF more a week. Judges | The Tag Registration® Bureau also is to be moved out of the District Build- ing and placed in the building at 462 Louisiana avenue in which is now lo- cated the Police Depértment, the Traffic Department, the Traffic Bureau and the Street Cleaning Departgment. Full Time for Licenses. The registration and issuance of ta; has been one of the.most 1mporngi ,funcuons in the past of the office of the superintendent of licenses, headed by Wade H. Coombs. Relieving his office of this work, it was said, will per= mit it to devote full time to the issu- ance of the various forms of licenses, which in itself is regarded by District ?nfl‘l:’l:‘l;e:s \'\"'(;rk“whll:;l should have the attention of Mr. S Coombs and The new tagz issuance an - tlon bureau also will hlvedtl’lr:g’:cvpl‘k“ of its activities enlarged January 1, when motorists will be required to have vehicles titled before procuring a tag. The titling of cars by the Department of Vehicles and Traffic is made obliga- tory in the new trafic act, and this work, according to present plans, will be handled by the issuance and registration bureau. The titling, Teg- istration and distribution of tags, it was said, will be arranged so as to per- mit all of these activities to be han- dled as expeditiously as possible. Study of Building Made. The maximum fee for the tit] motor vehicles has been fixed b;ln(‘lc:f gress at $1. No fee will be charged, for the titling of vehicles owned by the District and Federal Gov- ernments. Preparatory to the selection of office space in the Louisiana avenue building for the registration and tag issuance bureau, District officials have been making a careful study of the building to determine the best location. Space on the fourth floor, now occupied by the Traffic Department and the offices of Traffic Director William H. Har- land and Assistant Director M. O. El- dridge, has been suggested, but because of the weight of thousands of pairs of tags, District officials believe the best location would be in the basement of the building. ‘These details, as well as the persone nel of the new bureau, are to be de- termined in the near future. Indica- tions are that the employes in the of- fice of Mr. Coombs familiar with the | all | damage due to negligence or arising jmethods of registering vehicles and is- suing tags will form the nucleus of the organization. PHONE CO. PLANS NEW STOCK ISSUE [$2,000,000 Common Would Sub- stitute That Withdrawn Recently. The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. will seek authority of the Public Utilities Commission to issue $2,000,000 additional in common stock, it was learned yesterday. Chairman Mason M. Patrick of the commission, said that R. A. Van Orsdel, counsel of the company, had notified the commis- sion verbally of its intention. The company recently issued $2.000,~ 000 of common stock, which is sold to the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. at par, without first obtaining ap- proval of the commission as required by the public utilities law. The com- mission questioned the issue, and the company defended it on the ground that “the issue simply completed the amount of stock authorized by its char- ter. Later, however, the company de- cided to withdraw the stock, and noti- fied the commission of its action. ! Gen. Patrick said that the original |1ssue was now regarded as a closed in- cident and that the commission would not seek to impose any penalty on the company for its action, in view of the |ult\mnle withdrawal of the issue. HERNDON SCHOOL LEAGUE ELECTION IS POSTPONED |Committee Receives Vote of Thanks for Improvement of Grounds. Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va, May 23.—The Citi- 2ens’ Association and Community School League voted to postpone the election of officers until June, at which time other important business is to be brought up. ‘The report of the School Grounds Committee—Mrs. F. Norj ton, Jjr., chairman; Mrs. Arthur H. Btiell and Dr. Charles F. Russell—was received, showing an expenditure of $50 for shrubbery by the league, that the grounds had been plowed and graded by the School Board and that the chil- dren had donated a large number of flowering shrubs. A vote of thanks was extended the committee. The league also voted thanks to O. F. Northington for his efforts in behalf of the school during the past two years, The shrubbery has been planted, and the grass seed will be so at once. Dies at Age of 91. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 23 (; ). —Georg> Edward GI . sie G. Gleaves of Staunton. His body was takel® to Shenan 1¢

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