Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1931, Page 17

The Foening Ssfar ON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1931 INDEPENDENCE DAY WASHINGT MRS. COATES AND 28 - YEAR - OLD ENT IBRIDEGROOM SPURN HONEYMOON PRES"]ENT S BUP Oldest Firehouse Doomed TRANSIT LINES ASK NAVY WORKERS GET GOURT T0 REMOVE SCHOOL FARE CUT Companies Estimate Yearly Losses Will Be About $47,000. NOONAN BRANDS MOVE “BETRAYAL OF TRUST” Petition for Further Reductions Filed With Com- mission. The Capital Traction. Washington Railway & Electric and Washington Rapid Transit Cos. today filed petitions in the District Supreme Court asking the court to vacate the order of the Public Utilitles Commission setting re- | duced school children. of the case on the merits, the court is asked to suspend the operation of the order. At the same time. the presidents of the three concerns issued written state ments to. the press defending their ac- tion on various grounds, prineipal among which was the charge that if the commistion reduced the fare for school children, it should have in- creased other fares to make up for the losses engendered by the reduction. Charge Betrayal. John J. Noonan, whose fight in Con- gress was directly responsible for the passage of the school fare act under which the commission issued its order, also came forward with a statement accusing the company heads of a “betrayal of trust,” and charging that they had told Congress they would not object to the reduced fares. The situation is complicated by the pendency before the commission of a motion by People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech for a rehearing of the cases Mr. Keech objects to the school fare! order because it does not go far enough, while the company heads are attacking | it because it goes too far, and reduces their profits, The commission will have the motion before it at its meeting next Monday afternoon. Returns Are Reduced. ‘The substance of the objection of all of the carriers to the order, as outlined in their petitions, is that they were making less than a reasonable return on the value of their property at the time the order was entered and that the effect of the order has been to reduce their return still furthr. All claim that 3 cents is below the actual cost of carrying a passenger. The order, therefore, they say, is a vio. lation of their rights under the Col stitution, in that it takes away their property (a reasonable return on their values) without due process of law. Willlam F. Ham, president of the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co., in his statement in support of the peti- tion, said: “‘At the several hearings held before both the House and Senate District Committees 2s well as at the hearing before the Public Utilities Commission, in the matter of the reduced rates of fare for school children, officials of this company testified there was no ob- jection on the part of this company to such action by Congress, provided that the rate of fare be reasonable and be left with the commission so that that body could then adjust fares charged to other riders in order to offset the loss to be sustained by the company through reduced fares for school children. Adjustment Asked. “Promptly after the passage of the! above order of the commission of March 3, 1931, the company requested the | commission to take necessary steps to | adjust rates of fare for other than &Chool children in order that the com pany would not sustain a further de- pletion of its revenues which were then, and had been for some time, wholly inadequate for its needs. In Teply to! our request the Public Utilities Commis- | sion stated there were no facts available | to show what, if any, effect the reduced | rate for school children had upon the | Tevenues of the company and that 1t did not_consider any actién on its part to modify fares for other than school children ‘would be justified. “The result of operations for a 12- month period under present conditions shows a return of only 3.14 per cent on the inadequate fair value as determined | by the Public Utilities Commission as of | July 1, 1914, with additions to date. Losses Are Outlined. “The bill sets out that since the put- ting into effect of the said rate of fare each school fare collected thereunder has been 3,972 cents less than the amount of the actual operating ex- | Wife, 59, Says She Wed Secretary “to Get Rid of Him.” Husband, Married Yesterday, " Goes to Work as Usual Today. Honeymooning_has no place in the plans of Mrs. Jane B. Coates Deloe, 59, nationally known spiritualist, who yesterday went quietly to Rockville with the 28-year-old Government clerk she intends to make her secretary, Paul Warren Deloe, a disciple of spiritualism, and there married him. “You see, I just had to marry Paul to get rid of him” the gray-haired spiritualist smilingly explained as she sat alone over a late breakfast. 'And where is your husband?” Mrs. Deloe was asked, when a reporter was escorted to the breakfast table. “Oh, he's gone to work just like a husband ought to do,” she laughed. Husband “Grand Young Man. Mrs. Deloe impractical. Mr. Deloe, “grand young man,” his wife exclaimed | proudy. They have been the best of friends for two years. The 59-year-old spir- itualist said she intended making her husband her secretary to help her in ex- tending the American Ovder of the White Cross Societas, of which she i the spiritual director. “I didn't wan any of that Aimee Semple McPherson stuff being printed about me, so we went to Rockville and got married,” she sald. e what are we going to do?’ So I told him that married pcople had to eat and to ‘get his hat and go back to K A That's what we are going to do. He will keep his job in the Labor Depart- ment and help me in my work on the side, as he has been doing lately.” Feared What People Would Say. Mrs. Deloe explained she had had some misgivings about youth and a woman of her age entering upon mat- rimonial life, chiefly recause people would say that she had worked “undue influence upon him.” But the youthful Mr. Deloe—who is youthful in years only, his psychic bride declares—was the first to repudiate such an idea. “I want everybody to know that I married Mrs. Coates of my own free vAll,” she quoted her husband as having told reporters last night. hypnotize me.” “And indeed I didn't,” exclaimed with spirit. “Paul has been coming to my spir- itual meetings for two years,” she ex- plained the romance. “He begged me to marry him, but I told him people would say I was a love pirate if a woman of my age married a man of 28. But he wouldn't take no for an answer. Findlly’ he began sitting on my doorstep. until midnight. I didn't know what the neighbors would think, so finally I told Paul I'd have to marry him simply to get rid of him.” Failed to Elude Reporter. For hours early yesterday, the couple taxied about town in a quandry. They wished to avoid publicity and so decided the best way to do it was to go out to Rockville. “We wasted all that time for nothing because while we were being married a reporter called up the minister's house.” The ceremony was performed by Rev. Bertram Osgood of the Rockville Bap- tist Church, after Rev. W. P. Minnick, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, had declined to tie the knot. Mrs. Deloe Being a spiritualist has not made | his morning, Mr. Deloe said, ‘Now | “She didn't | | rates of car and bus fare for|had departed an hour earlier for his | Pending ‘the decision | desk job in the Labor Department. is & | | | PAUL WARREN DELOE. —Star Staff Photos. Now Mrs. Deloe spends two-thirds of her time answering telephone calls from members of her spiritual flock and admitting interviewers. ‘“There's no end to it,” she complained. In private life the spirit medium will call herself Mrs. Deloe. Professionally she will continue the name of Dr. Jane B. Coates. “That is how I am known, just like Pola Negri or any other professional woman,” she said. As her secretary, Mr. Deloe will be a very busy man. Mrs. Deloe, or Mrs. Coates, is the general director of th> White Cross Societas, which sets forth the doctrine of spiritual science. She styles hersclf “pastor” and the meet- ings or services are held at 1379 Irving street. Plans Branch Societles. ‘The White Cross Socletas is going to organize branches in every large city of the country, she explained, and the first move is to acquire a large down- town residence as a permanent head- quarters. Later, shs intends to tour the country organizing brancl Mr. Deloe, she claims, is “psy himself, also a poet. He lived with his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Deloe, at 736 Rock Creek Church road. But now he will maintain his residence with his wife at their Meridian street home. Mrs. Deloe frequently attendsd the spiritual meetings with her son. Mrs. Coates, the spiritualist, 1is nationally known by reason of her Jong crusade to divorce spiritualists, legally, from “those ful fortune tell- ers and clairvoyants.” At congressional hearings, she boasts, she “routed” the | late Harry Houdini, who came here to expose the methods of spiritualists. BOY AND OFFICER HURT IN ACCIDENT Motor Cycle Policeman Loses Control and Machine Leaps Curbing. policeman were slightly injured yester- day when the officer’s riderless motor cycle bounded over a curbing in the 600 block of H street, crashed into a house and then struck the boy. Varnall D. Lake, special policeman at Seaside Park, Md. lost control of the machine as he rode out of an alley opering. He was thrown to the pave penses and taxes incurred per pay pas-! senger in the performance of said serv-| ice. That since March 10, 1931, the company has collected an average o 10,033 school fares per school day, ol at the rate of 1,765,808 per annum. That, based uppn 176 school days+a year, the actual loss to the company is 3.972 cents per school fare collected, or an annual loss to the company of $70,- 137.89 less than the bare operating costs of performing such service. That the average fare received by the com- | pany in the District from other than school children since the putting into effect of the 3-cent school fare is 8.202 centes, or 5.202 cents in excess of said 3-cent school fare. That the loss of revenue to the company from such re- duced fares for school children will amount to $91,857.33 per annum, based on the estimated number of school fares collected per annum. President John H. Hanna of the Capi- tal Traction Co. wrote: “The company’s posiion as stated frequently before committees of Congress and bfore the <ommission was that it did not object to the commission being given authority to establish reduced school rates provided that in fixing such fares proper con- sideration be given 1o their efiect upon the revenue, and provided. that all fares be so adjusted as to permit the com- pany to maintain and improve its serv- ice and give its owners a reasonable re- turn on their property. Put Loss at $47,000. “The company's appeal is made at this time because three months’ experi- ence with the school fare has clearly proven that the annual loss in revenue resulting will not be less than $47,000, and that this amount taken away from its already greatly inadequate earning is a greal burden than the company should be in fairness -asked to bear or¢ that could be exacted under the pro- visions of the Constitution, which pro- tects citizens from the taking of prop- | erty without just compensation.” ' President E. D. Merrill of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. said: This company, has not been and is not now opposed Yo the principle of a reduced fare for ;chool children. This, however, | does not relieve us of the necessity for earning ‘& proper return on the . fair value of the property used in the serv- 4ce of the public. We have not in the Past ant-are not now earning such a return. In fact, for the year 1930 the | | iland avenue northeast, ment, while the motor cycle leaped a curb and crashed into a house at 616 H street, knocking several bricks from the wall. Rebounds From Wall. The machine then rebounded and knocked down Lee Keefer, 15, of 49 I street. Lake was cut and bruised, while the Keefer boy's arms were bruised. Neither required medical attention. Five-year-old Bruce Posey, 1431 Mary- was cut and bruised when a car bearing Indiana license plates, crashed into and demol- ished his toy wagon on Maryland ave- nue near Fourteeth street. Driver Is Sought. ‘The driver, witnesses told police, gave the child $2 to cover the cost of the wagon, but is saild to have refused to take the boy to a hospital. The man then drove off toward Maryland. Po- lice are searching for the machine. Richard Gant, 55, of 810 I street, was taken to Emergency Hcspital with a fractured ankle, cuts and bruises yes- terday after an ice cream truck, oper- ated by Herbert Davis, colored, 30, of 2460 Georgia avenue, struck him at Fourteenth and K streets. RITCHIE ACCEPTS BID ‘Will Be One of Reviewers of Fire Parade Labor Day. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland will be one of the spectators in the reviewing stand at the next Labor day parade of the Fire ent. The Commissioners received his acceptance today. Governors of Pennsylvania, New. York, Delaware, West Virginia and Vir- ginia also were ‘invited, but pleaded other engagements. —— e returns from common carrier oplr'- e in the District was less than per cent on the value of the property de- |" voted to such purpose. One of the principal objections made by the carriers at the time of the pub- lic hearing before the commission was that on account of the extra children expected to flock to the service as a result of the lowgr fare. None of the bills or statements, however, shows that -n{ extra cars or busses djjave been put on. A 15-year-old boy and a Maryland | “Misquoted” | SECRETARY DENIES SENORA DAVILA “PANNED” CAPITAL. | | | | | | | | SENORA DAVILA. ‘Underwood Photo. Official denial was made this morning at the Chilean embassy of derogatory statements relative to Washington soclety, attributed to Senora Herminia Arrate de Davila, wife of Ambassador Davila, which appeared in several news- papers recently. Although neither the Ambassador nor Senora Davila could be reached per- sonally, both being in New York at present, emphatic denunciation of. the interview purported to have come from Senora Davila, was made by Rupert Gordon, petsonal secretary to Ambas- sador Davila. Statements Bing False. “Some one has a very poisonous pen,” daclared Mr. Gordon. “Not only does Senora Davila not speak English fluently enough to use the expressions attributed to her, but she would never have the poor taste to voice such sentiments as are claimed to have been made by her.” To those who have known Senora Davila in Washington soclety for the last two years, the reports that Senora s e 8] 3 the neck up void of true appreciation of art as a group of Hottentots,” seems so incon- gruous that friends have considered the | report as ludicrous. Known for Kindliness. Gracious, kindly and extremely dip- lomatic, Senora Davila's friends declare that unkindly eriticism is a thing un- known to her. An_accomplished artist; Senora Da- vila has received wm:};nibg .| scheduled. The latter race is a new 3 dead | the REGATTA RETURNS 100 C. THIS YEAR Hotsy-Totsy, Winner at An- napolis, Again Will . Be Among Competitors. 22 EVENTS INCLUDE THRILLING FIRE LEAP Twenty-Mile Race for Secretary of Navy's Trophy to Have Large Entry List. The President's Cup Regatta, blue- ribbon event of the motor-boat seasol has been recalled to the home wate; of the Potomac River here for this year after absence of one season. It was held on the Severn Annapolis in 130. The Corinthian Yacht Club, it was announced today by Edmund PF. Jewell, chairman of the regatta, has exercised its privi- lege granted under the deed of gift to the $5,000 gold cup sponsored by the President of the United States, to bring the event back here Septem- ber 18 and 19. The massive cup, the most coveted prize in motor-boatdom, now is in the s- sion of Victor W. Kliesrath of Port Washington, Long Island, who won it last year at Annapolis with the speedy Hotsy-Totsy. Before being put into competition the first time, the President’s Cup Wi turned over to the American Power- boat Association under the gift deed, and it can never be won outright, being placed up each year by the previous winner. Hotsy-Totsy will be entered again in the feature race, it was announced, and | some of the most famous speed boats in American waters will compete against it. Fifth Year of Regatia. This will be the fifth President’s Cup Regatta. Assurances were given that it ‘will be the biggest of all the events. In view of the hundreds of details that must be arranged for the huge regatta, headquarters have been cpened already in Room 619-B of the Southern Building, where entries are being re- ceived. Mr. Jewell, past commodore of the Chesapeake & Potomac Power Boat Association, which is affiliated with the Corinthian Yacht Club in arrang- ing for the forthcoming regatta, is chairman of the Racing Committee of both clubs this year. As chairman also of the President's Cup Regatta, his right-hand men are Commodore E. C. Baltz of the Chesapeake & Potomac, Power Boat Assoclation and Commo- dore Joseph H. Galliher, commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, These are the three main “shots” who are work- ing to make the Potomac River event write new history in speed-boat racing. L. Gordon Leech is secretary of the Regatta Committee for this year. He is already engaged in building up an organization. With this regatta bring- ing to Washington the classiest assort- ment of powerboats ever assembled for one event, its financing is one of the chief problems. It was expected that a public appeal for funds would be made later so as to insure the success of the undertaking. The regatta of 1929, financed largely through the co-oper- ation of business firms and yachtsmen, cost between $6,000 and $7,000. The returns on this small investment were Edmund F. Jewell. large, measured in the public interest |, focused on Washington during the two days of racing. President Hoover will award the Presi- dent’s Cup to the winner of the feature race. These ceremonies usually take place about 10 days after the regatta. Twenty-two Events in All. Mr. Jewell announced the usual pro- gram for the regatta. There will be 22 events in all. ‘The free-for-all, dubbed the Chesapeake Bay last year, will be known as the Potomac River Free-for-all. Limited and unlimited races for the speedy 151 class hydro- planes and events for the 125 class boats with stepped bottoms have been event and is attracting a great deal of interest in racing circles. For the President’s Cup Tace, over three laps of five miles each, it is prac- tically assured that all of the Gold Cup bodts racing at .Red Bank, N. J., just before the local regatta, will be en- tered. These com| the cream of the boats in this class. Amorg those besides Hotey-Totsy, the 1930 winner, which are expected to enter, is Miss California. owned by Commodore Rich- ard Loynes of the Long Beach, Calif, Yacht Club. Other famous racers in this event will include the Imp, owned by Richard Hoyt of the Columbia Yacht Club: Baby Chick, driven by Dr. E. L. Smith of Buffalo, N. Y.: Miss Philadelphia, the pride of the Sheibe brothers of Phil delphia, and Scotty, owned by Comm! dore Dunsford. These will all take pa in the Red Bank races. A number of unusual events are scheduled in addition to the other fea- ture events,of program. Dick and Malcolm Pope and Jack Kerr will give a demonstration of racing through a “loop of fire” in an outboard boat that is sure | to thrill the crow: s consists of speeding up an incline fastened in the water from which the craft takes a wild leap through a loop of fire. The 20-mile race for the Secretary of the Navy's Cup, always one of the main attractions. and the displacement free for all, will have an unusually large entry list, it was expected. In the latter race any kind of boat can be entered. Interest centers also in the “out- board” event. Loretta Turnbull, lady outboard champion, is coming to comi~ pete with some of the outstanding racers in the coun sgllmdld co-operation, it was declar- be! ived from various Gov- it of Tt ed, ernment Navy Department w.d others, to ensure success of the Fotomac River classic this Fall. The regatta is held o Hains Can'"have he apporiamty ‘of wathing can have wal the events from shore. i iy RS RDI I PR ENVOY TRIES AUTOGIRO , Culbertson Flies Over Capital in New Navy Craft. Ambassador William = 8. Culbertson, home from his duties in Chile, at noon took a trip around the Natior CELEBRATION LISTS 150 ORGANIZATIONS Nearly Every Patriotic Group in City Will Join Ceremonies. COLORS TO BE MASSED AT SYLVAN THEATER Pageant to Precede Annual Fire- works Display—Music by Marine Band. More than 150 patriotic and veterans organizations will participate in im. pressive pageantry incident to the Mass- ing of the Colors, one of the July Fourth features at the Sylvan Theater under the direction of the Citizens' Committee appointed by the District Commissioners. Thomas P. Littlepage is chairman of the committe A color guard and color bearers from nearly every patriotic group in the Capital will take part in the event, with the United States Marine Band furnish- ing music. Accepting Reservations. The pageant will precede the annual fireworks display on the Monument Grounds. Reservations for viewing the demonstration are being accepted. Claude W. Owen is heading the com- mittee planning the pyrotechnic exhibit. ‘The subcommittee of the Citizens’ Committee arranging the event is headed by Dr. B. C. MacNell, chairman. Others on the group include Charles C. Alles, vice chairman; Maj. Charles Demcnet, vice chairman; Capt. Edwin 8. Bettelheim, jr.; Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Shanton and Maj. Walter W. Burns. Groups which will participate in the massing of colors spectacle include: All_posts of ‘the American Legion in this city, Almas Legion of Honor, A. A. O. N. M. 8.; American Gold Star Mothers, American Red Cross, American War Mothers, American Women's Legion, Army and Navy Union, Auxillary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Aztec Club of 1847, Boy Scouts of America, Capitol Society, Children of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames of America, Dames of the Loyal Legion, Daughters of American Colo- nists, D. C. Society, Daughters of the American Revolution; Daughters of the Cincinnati, Daughters of Founders and Patricts of America, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Disabled Veterans Listed. Disabled American Veterans of the World War, Disabled Emergency Offi- cers of the World War; Federation of ‘Women's Clubs of D. C.; PFirst Division Veterans, Fleet Reserve Association; Fourth Division Veterans; First D. C. Volunteer Infantry; Praternal Order of Eagles, General Federation of Women's Clubs of America, Girl Scouts of Am ica, Grand Army of the Republic, Gua- daloupe Club of 1848. Heroes of '76, High School Cadets, Huguenot Society of Washington, Women's Relief Corps. Knights of Malta, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (all auxil- faries), United Spanish War Veterans (Ladies’ Auxiliary), Ladies of the G. A. R. Lineal Society of the Spanish- American War. Military Order of the Carabso, Mili- tary Order of Foreign Wars, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Military Order of the World ‘War of the United States; District of Columbia _National Guard, National Patriotic Council, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, National Sojourners, Order of the Cincinnati, Order of De- Molay, Indian War Veterans, Scions of Colonial Cavaliers, also Rainbow Divi- sion Veterans, Reserve Officers’ Asso- ciation, Soclety of the War of 1812, Soclety of Descendants of Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Sons f the Revolution, Spanish American War Nurses, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Women's Overseas Service League. INJURED POLICEMAN TAKES RUM SUSPECT Officer J. A. Burgess, Knee Hurt, Hobbles in Chase, Arresting Alleged Law Violator. Overcoming the handicap of a located knee, Patrolman A. Burgess of the sixth precinct station, over- took an alleged prohibition law violator while on his way to the station to report himself on sick eave yesterday and placed the man uncer arrest, Burgess wrenched his knee ' while patrolling his beat and was returning in a machine from Casualty Hospital, where he had been treated and ad- vised to go on sick leave, when he passed a man standing in the door of a garage with a half-gallon jar in his hand. ‘The man took one look at Burgess and fled. The officer halted his car and hobbled in pursult, following his quarry to the rear of a house in the dis- 400 block of Third street, where he|by freqi took the man into custody and made him return to the garage. B reported finding there 74 half-gallon jars of whisky. His pris oner, Frank E. Burris, 32 years old, of 419 Third street, was taken to station and booked on an illegal pos- session charge. He later was released on $500 bond and went on leave to nurse his injured 3 fgaser e o MRS. REBA SCHLEGEL IS GRANTED DIVORCE Capital Resident Charges Husband Took Trips With Woman He Promised to Shun. Justice Adkins in interlocut y, who sued Roy D. Schlegel - accused the corespondent named February wife’s bill, June, ‘upon ve up the other wom- was it .mnm by the fact that .Schlegel :aln met the other woman and took time of the application for the nfi decree quest! e i appear: 104-YEAR-OLD BUILDING TO BE RAZED. ‘ Whole Day Oldest District fire house soon to be torn down. Inset. Capt. James —=Star Staff Photo. Costello, commander of the company. ASHINGTON'S _ oldest fire | Capt. James F. Costello, commander of house scon will be but a Engine Company No. 16. memory. | " The booklet, which was printed by The 104-year-old building |one W. H. Moore, formerly belonged to in the 1200 block of D street, | George §. King, a member of the com- which now houses Engine Company No. | pany, who died in March, 1901. 16, will be surrendered to an army of | lived at 211 H street. wreckers next Tuesday. | In 1864, the five volunteer fire com- Already the razers are preparing to |panies in the Capital were bandad into attack the structure, which was bullt |a city-wide “department,” but it was by the Franklin Fire Company. and it |not until about seven years later that will not be many days before it is re- |the firemen began receiving payment duced to a pile of bricks, wood and dust. | for their services. The dust, of course, will be—well, just| By 1900, however, the fire-fighters so much dust, but the bricks and wood | still were receiving only from $600 to probably will be purchased by some bar- | $720 a year, depending on their ratings. gain hunter, who may use them to con- | Nowadays, they are paid from $1,900 to BL;ucL a new garage, chicken house or | $2,400. whatnot. Aea™t 15 the possibility that the | P TR 1 2000 precious bricks and the equally precious | _Capt. Costello, whose brother became wood from their beloved headquar- | the namesake of the Vincent D. Cos- ters witl become a mere whatnot— | ;‘zello Pcskt oldt.he '-.:\me‘rvk:a‘::i lvtlglon a‘:xl:; “ % was killed in the World War, joi ‘Breaks Our Hearts. | the Fire Department in 1905. He went “That's what breaks our hearts,” one | to Engine Company No. 16, as a lleu- of the firemen declared today. “We fenant 10 years ago and w: l;i\':noed could stand Jeaving the old building and | ' s Present Dosition aix ees e ol we wouldn't mind ’em tearing it down, | fire house it will share the present head- either, 1f only they'd see that the bricks | qu:t':!"_t :,f_ '!l"r‘uc‘k y‘:fin%:ny Nzh :'uo and wood are put to some worthy use." | companes will move into & new three- * Nor is it tne least bit surprising that | story bullding on Thirteenth street. be- the members of Engine Co. No. 16 feel | tween K and L. Work on the struc- He the | or persons without the unanimous con- es they do about the old structure. I {is not a thing of beauty, to be sure i but there is about it that peculiar some- | | thing—maybe the Greeks had a name for it—that casts a spell over all who | spend any considerable time in or near | buildings’ which have withstocd the march of progress for so many years. | One cannot help becoming sentimental | about them. . Then, too, most of the 16 men sta-| tioned at the Franklin Fire House have | been there for some time. To them | it is, in a sense, “home, sweet home.” | They have come to love not only the | traditions for which it has stood these many years, but the very bricks and wood of which it is built. And next| Tuesday they will step through its wide | doors for the last time, leaving it at| the mercy of & band of Irecker&—m‘ be torn down brick by brick as a part of the program for the development of | the triangle. i Organized in 1815. | The Pranklin Fire Co. was organized ! in May, 1815, and the building erected in 1827. In those days men paid for the privilege of being firemen and mem- bership in the group cost $5. The in-| itiation fee helped pay for the new | member’s uniform, which the constitu- | tion described as follows: | “The uniform of the company shall | consist of a red hat, red shirt, white | coat, black pants, blue cravat, black | belt and brass plate with the initials of the company on it.” Members of the organization were not permitted to smoke during the monthly meetings, and those who violated the rule were “reprimanded by the presi- dent before the company.” Drinking also was prohibited, the penalty being & presidential reprimand for the first of- fense and expulsion for the second. After: eight years' continuous service firemen were eligible for retirement from active duty. Written application brought them “the priviléges of hon- orary membership.” Under the consti- tution they were “subject to all contri- butions levied by the company, but not for penalties, except for disorderly be- havior and neglect of duties when serv- ing on committees or as officers of the company. Equipment in Demand. That the organization was annoyed uent requests from outsiders for i | the use of its equipment is indicated by the fact that the constitution included the following article: “No part of the apparatus or any other property of the company shall be loaned to any person sent of the members present at a meeting.” The group was divided into two parts —an “engine division” and a “hose di- 01 The former was headed by three ‘“engineers,” whose duties were described thus: engineer, “to take charge of the gallery pipe, in' addition to his other duties” (the “other duties” were not enumerated); second engineer, “to render such assistance to the first engi- re, and in his ab- ure is scheduled to get under way within a short time. e new building _may be pretty swell,” a member of Engine Company No. 16 remarked, “but this old place is home to us, and we hate like the dickens to leave it.” And the expressions on the other firemen's faces, as they stood beside | their engine—an engine which is, in- cidentally, at least half a dozen far cries from the apparatus used by the original Franklinites—indicated that he was not speaking for himself alone. YOUTH CONFESSES TWELVE CRIVES Police Say Colored Suspect Started Fires to Foil Finger- print Detection. A 19-year-old colored youth arrested Saturday when caught stealing a bat- tery f{rom an_ automobile was to be arraighed in Police Court today on arson, housebreaking and petit larceny charges, following a sweeping confession to 12 crimes allegedly made to police yesterday. He is Eustace Bailey of 704 First street southwest, who is said to have admitted three housebreaking, six petit larceny and three arson cases, includ- ing a fire at the Acton Fuel Co. 911 South Capitol street, last November 25, when questioned by Detective Nelson G. ‘Thayer of the fourth precinct station. Bailey, who was recently released from the Occogquan Work House, where he served a 30-day sentence in con- nection with an automobile theft, told officers he started the fire at the Acton Fuel Co. to cover;osslble fingerprints left when he forced open the safe and made off with $3,000 in checks and ‘The boy was taken into custody early last Saturday morning by Policemen John Middleton and Ralph Poquette of No. 4 station, who reported that they came upon him removing a storage bat- tery from a car on Delaware avenue near H' street southwest. He broke down under questioning by Detective Thayer and made a written confession to the three arson cases, including the Acton fire and two other minor blazes, three housebreakings and six petit larcenies. In his confession Bailey is alleged to have declared that the last time he was caught breaking into freight cars in the Jersey yards at South Capi- tol street and Virginia avenue, “they got me through my fingerprints.” Balley is known to police as a mem- ber of a colored sln. known as Walk- ing Charlie Weldon’s gang. Weldon, who earned his en of “Walking y | tion. are HOUR TS FOR SHTURDAYS OF Mitchell Rules Department Entitled to Same Benefit as Other Employes. 46,000 WILL ENJOY NEW LEAVE PRIVILEGE Has Been Charged for Half Holiday Since 1916 Law Passed. Attorney General Mitchell advised the Navy Department in an opirfion today that its workers in the field service are to be charged with only four hours’ an- nual leave, instead of a full day's ab- sence, when they fail to report for duty on_Saturdays. The ruling affects workers at the ‘Washington y Yard, the Naval Hos- pital and Naval Observatory, as well as some 46,000 fleld workers through- out the country. It puts leave in the Davy yards on the same basis with de- partmental practice. Secretary Adams on March 27 asked the Justice Department for a ruling on the subject, as the Navy was in doubt as to how to proceed. Four-Hour Day. Under the act of August 29, 1916, employes in the field service of the Navy Department were granted annual leave of 30 days with pay. The act of March 3, 1931, stated that “four hours, exclusive of time for luncheon, shall constitute a day’s work on Satur- days for all civil employes of the Fed- eral Government.” Leave for Navy field service employes was not governed by this act, but Attorney General Mitchell's decision today was that “Sat- urday should be counted as four hours when computing annual leave.” N. P. Alifas, president of district No. 44, International Association of Machmists, played a prominent part in the fight to have fleld werders placed on a status similar to that of workers in the Gov- ernment departments. Put on Equal Basis. Under a presidential executive order, which applied only to Washington, workers were given half holidays on Saturdays during the Summer. As the Navy's field workers were governed by legislation passed in Augnust, 1916, | they did not enjoy equality with their departmental brethren. Since the new law granting Saturday half holidays all the year around became operative, the department has been puzzled as to how to assess leave for its field workers. Under an administrative ruling by the Navy Department, if Saturday oc- curs within a period of sick leave, the office group is charged with a whole day’s leave. FEieS e RECEIVERS NAMED FOR APARTMENTS Colladay, Sallivan and Ober Se- lected by Court to Direct Opera- tion of La Salle Building. { ] Edward F. Colladay, George E. Sul- livan and Georgz C. Ober have been appointed by Justice Jesse C. Adkins as receivers for the north section of the La Salle Apartments, at Connecticut avenue and L street. They were di- rected to take possssion of the rentals and other assets of the apartment. The court accepted the resignation of Luther A. Swartzell and Edmund D. Rheem as trustees under a deed of trust for $750.000 secured on a leasehold of the property and substituted as trus- tees James A. Purcell and Francis W. Hill, jr. John I. Cassedy, holder of 83 per cent of the leasehold on the property, filed an answer admitting that the lease- hold interest is endangered. He and the bondholders have been: vainly at- tempting an adjustment of their diffi- culties before the suit for the receiver was filed. Cassedy tells the court that he is of advanced age and has a large portion of his fortune invested in the La Salle property, which represents a conversion of numerous other holdings once held by him. — REROUTING OF ROAD AT AIRPORT BACKED Senator Bingham to Ask Congress to Change Highway Through Landing Field. Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, is considering the in- troduction of a bill in the next Con- gress to provide for rerouting of the military road at the south end of High- way Bridge to carry it around instead of through the Washington-Hoover air- port. At present, the airport extends along both sides of the highway, and the Connecticut Senator believes it would be in the interest of safety to have the roadway go around the landing field. When Congress was considering a plan to purchase the Washington-Hoo- ver airport areas to be combined with adjacent Government lands for a mu- nicipal airport in the District, the re- location of the road was included as one feature of the proposal. That bill passed the Senate, but was never taken up in‘the House and died with the close of the last Congress. Senator Bing- ham indicated that he-is not thinking of réintroducing the municipal airport bill, but is considering the advisability of relocating the roadway. HEADS CURLEY CLUB Roland J. Hyland, New President, Elected at Meeting. Roland J. Hyland was chosen presi- dent of the Curley Club at the annual election of officers last night in the Continental Hotel. Mr. Hyland former- 1y was vice president of the organiza- Others who will serve with him Rt B bsasiter: Joscphine : n, rer; tary; Ethel Am- vey, warden. ‘The retiring officers were tendered thanks for their services. Plans for several club