Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1931, Page 17

MISSING WITNESS HALTS COURT PLAN! AGAINST J0B AGENT Woman Who Was to Swear Out Warrant for U. S. Can’t Be Located. ORGANIZATION CHARGED WITH IGNORING CLIENTS Inveatigation by Officials Looking %o Pxosecution Follows Complaints to Business Bureau. The disappearance of a key witness in a case being built up by the United States district attorney’s office against an alleged unscrupulous employment agency, said to be taking unfair ad- vantage of the unemployed, today had halted sn investigation which has been under way for several days looking to a prosecution for violation of the em- ployment agency act. The witness, one of a group of 12 col- ored persons who appeared at the office of Assistant United States District At- torney William A. Gallagher last week, was scheduled to testify at a hearing in Gallagher’s office, but failed to put in an appearance. Obtaining no response to a letter sent to the address the wit- ness ggve, a subpoena was issued. “Tot Mr. Gallagher revealed that the subpoena was returned to his office with the information that the witness, a woman, could not be located at the address and her whereabouts could not be ascertained. ‘Was to Take Warrant. Grand jury investigation into the em- Ployment agency situation is not con- templated by the district attorney's office, Mr. Gallagher declared today. ‘The witness singled from the group of complainants was to have sworn out a warrant upon which the prosecution would proceed, he said. The assistant district attormey will continue seeking this woman, since her dealings with the employment agency in question are said to have been directly with the operator of the establishment, while the other complainants dealt with clerks in its employ. Investigation of the employment agency followed & probe by the Better Business Bureau, which had received several complaints against the con- cern. Louis Rothschild, director of the bureau, discussed the matter with Police Court representatives of the corporation counsel's office and with the assistant district attorney's office in Police Court, following which it was decided that the more practical method of procedure would be through the district attorney's office. Didn’t Place Clients. Mr. Rothschild said today that the |Organized. ‘bureau has for a number of years been employment agency com- plaints. ‘It was only recently, how- ever, he said, the complaints became S0 numerous as to give substantial evidence for a_ prosecution. The complainants protested princi- pally against the epparent lack of in- terest taken by the employment agency toward placing its clients after exact- ing a $2 regiitration fee. Although ad- yertisements of positions appeared daily 4n newspapers, the applicants, whose names had been on flle with the agency ifor varying reflods. were told no jobs ‘were avalilable, it is alleged. ‘The agency, in addition to accepting @ $2 registration fee, asks 25 per cent bf the first month’s salary in the event the applicant is placed. CITIZEN GROUP TO AID FETE ON HALLOWEEN| Association in Takoma, D. C., Will Support Celebration—Com- mittees Named. The Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C., voted last night to lend its sup- port to the organized Hallowe'en cele- bration being planned this year under the joit auspices of the Greater Na- tional Capital Committee of the Wash- ington Board of Trade and the Feder- ation of Citizens' Associations. Standing committees of the associ- stion for 1931-32 were named by E. J. Hibbs, president of the body, They are: Membership—Harry B. Knee, chairman; R. E. Jordan and J. P. Gar- yett, Laws and legislation—George E. Sullivan, Zoning—W. C. Magathan, chairman; S. H. McCrory and L, A. Jones. Highways and lights—J. E. Morecock, chairman; John F. Barghau- | sen, Emmett Dial and J. Dent Robinson, Publicity—Howard 8. Fisk. Public util- ities—J. Sherban, chairman; Lester Jackson, G. H. Schoolmeester, D. J. Price and F. J. DeMoll. Schools—Dr, A. Owen Penney. Lawns and Gardens ~—Roy G. Pierce. Special School Com- mittee for new high school—Harry K Hobart, chairman; R, A, Young and Arthur C. Shaw, RIVERSIDE DRIVEWA WORK IS COMPLETED Palic Must Wait Month, However, Pending Sewer Construction at Constitution Avenue. Construction of the riverside drive- way in the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway project, between K street and Constitution avenue was completed to- day, but the highw will not be opened o the public about a month. At the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks it was said today that as yet there is no outlet at Constitution ‘avenue, as 12-inch sewers are being placed in position. Paving operations will soon go forward at the foot of the avenue on the river bank. Officials propose to start immediately on road construction in Rock Creek Valley, between P street and Massachu- | o setts avenue, Curbs, gutters, sewer and water facilities are being installed by the supply division, while the park di- vision will construct the roadway. GRID PLAYER INJURED Youth Suffers Brain Ccncussion Hours After Game. Aubrey C. Martin, 20, was suffering today from brain concussion, received while playing_foot ball yesterday on Rosedale Playgrounds. ‘Martin, according to police, did not B e s Casuaity Hospital phys: ) s - "J:v-ammhunm,npz;u Fifteenth street northeast. )+ l | [Se to Be Reproduced i GALLERY OF WASHINGTON ART GOES ON BICENTENNIAL STAMPS cnce of Famous Portesis of President| X DAPIIA WATER n Commemorating 200th- Birthday. By the Associated Press. ‘That most pictured of all Americans— :hc beloved Virginian, George Wash- ng the features of his face for the Gov- ernment is completing engravings for a veritable art gallery, which is to be available to the general public on the lower denomination postage stamps be- ginning January 1 and continuing throughcut the bicentennial year of his birth, A dozen authentic paintings of Wash- ington have been led and will be placed on millions of postage stamps. Since practically the first postag stamps were issued by the United States, ‘Washington's portrait has appeared on them, The number of coples of his like- ness thus distributed throughout the world is inestimable, but officials declare it runs into many billions of copies. Stamps Described. ‘The new series of Bicentennial post- age stamps will show: One-half cent'—Miniature painted by Charles Wilson Peale, now in the Metro- politan Museum of Art, New York City. One cent—Profile bust by Jean An- toine Houdon, made in 1785 and now in Mount Vernon, Va. One and one-half cent—The “Virginia colonel,” made at Mount Vernon in 1772 by Charles Wilson Peale. Two cent—The Gilbert Stuart por- trait, painted at Germantown, Pa. in 1796, known as the Atheneum portrait, now in the Boston Museum of Fine n—is to become better known as to | Arts, Peale Models Predominate. ‘Three cent—Washington in uniforin and cocked hlt,.Bnmuu by Charles Wi~ son Peale at Valley Forge, Pa., in 1777, now in ession of the State Normal School, West Chester, Pa. Four cent—Portrait painted by Charles ‘Wilson Peale in 1777, now in posses- ;}on of William Patten, Rhinebeck, . Y. Five cent—Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale made in 1795, now owned by the New York Historical Society. Six cent—Washington in uniform, painted by John Trumbull in 1792, now in Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Seven cent—Washington in’ colonial uniform by John Trumbull, painted in 1780, original in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Eight cent—Portrait crayon drawing from life by Charles B. F. J. Saint Memin, made in Philadelphia in 1798. Nine cent—Pastel portrait drawn from life by W. Willlams in 1794, now in possession of Alexandria (Va.) Ma- sonic Lodge. Ten oent—“Vaughn” portrait from painting by Gilbert Stuart in 1795, now owned by S. P. Avery. HOUSE HEARINGS DELAYED BY DOUBT Appropriation Bills Not to Be Heard Before De- cember. Hearings on the annual appropriation bills for support of the Government establishments will not be begun in No- vember, in advance of the opening of Congress December 7, because there is s0 much doubt as to whether Repub- licans or Democrats will organize the House in the new Congress. This has been announced officially by Chairman Wood of the Housre Appropriations Committoe in the last Congress. Ordinarily in the short sessions when the House is already operating or after congressional elections when there is no doubt which party will have the majority vote to organize, hearings are started cn the appropriation bills so as to have one or two of them ready to start work on as soon as the House is Chairman in Doubt. Representative Wood, who will doubt- less be. chairman again if the Repub- licans organize the incoming Congress, said today that in view of the fact con- | trol of the House is in doubt, with the Republicans and Democrats virtually tied, it would not be proper to go ahead on the appropriation bills with the pre- sumption that he will be chairman of the committee. 1f the Democrats come into control the ranking Democrat on the Appro- priations Committee in line for the chairmanship will be Representative Jo- seph W. Byrns of Tennessee. Garner May Be Speaker, In the event of Democratic control Representative Garner of Texas. minor- ity floor leader in the last Congress. would become Speaker. According to | the custom of the Democrats that the | chairman or ranking member of Ways and Means Committee is also the party leader on the floor, Representative James W. Colller of Mississippi is in line to be chairman of the Ways and Means Com- mittee and Democratic floor leader, if and when Garner becomes Speaker. WHALEN TO ADDRESS D. C. TRADE BOARD Former Police Commissioner to Be Honor Guest at First Fall Meeting. Grover Whalen, former police com- missioner of New York City, who since returning from that t has devoted | his time to large Got! business in- | terests, will be guest of honor and prin- | cipal speaker at the first Fall meeting | of the Washington Board of Trade, Oc- | tober 16 at the Willard Hotel . Whalen informed the trade body here today he would take some current | business subject as the topic of his | address. ‘Aside from his service as police com- | missioner of New .York, Mr. Whalen | holds a prominent position in Ntw‘ i York business life as executive of Wan- | amaker's department store. Robert J. Cottrell, executive secre- tary of the Board of Trade, said invi- tations would be issued to a large group of District officials and leading Wash- ington business and professional men to attend the October meeting. Reports on activities of the Board of Trade for the ensuing year will be out- lined by chairmen of the various com- mittees of the trade body. HADLEY FILES REPORT Electrical Engineer Completes Work Before Retiring. Warren B. Hadley, electrical engi- neer, who is retiring after 18 years with the District government, concluded his work today by submitting to the Com- missioners his annual report for the | fiscal year ending July 1. | His report showed fees paid for per- mits di the year totaled $32,676.70, as compared with $33,949 in the pre- c:gg:s year. The Electrical mn’w:nt b led 49,074 inspections e during last year. FOUR HELD IN THEFT Police Investigate Quartet After RETIREMENT FUND TOTALS A0 000 522,000 Government Work- ers Come Under Law—23- 036 Already Retired. There is $190,000,000 in the retire- ment and_ disability fund for Govern- ment _employes, according to_the report submitted today to the members of ‘the Joint Conference on Retirement by Robert H. Alcorn, secretary of the con- ference. This represents a net gain in the fund of more than $12,000,000 last year. ‘There are 522,000 Government work- ers under the purview of the retirement law and 23,036 on the retirement rolls, with 11,130 deaths since the retirement law has been in operation and 1617 deaths during the fiscal year 1930-31. Continues to Increase. So, notwithstanding the increases in annuities and the general liberalization of the retirement law, the fund con- tinues to increase. It was increased last year by nearly $8,000,000 through interest on funds invested. The expenses paid from the fund last year in annuities, refunds, etc., amounted to approximately $25,000, while the pay- ments into the fund by the workers themselves * through the ' 3> per cent contributions from their salaries, amounted to more than $30,000,000. Rolls Are Classified. ‘The number of 23,036 cn the retire- ment rolls as of tember 1, 1931, is broken up into the following classes by Mr. Alcorn in his report: tired on account of 30 ve k- and 2 years less fhi ment by plan— Retired on account of age, m Retired on account of age, Wo On account of disability, men On account of disabill’ 30 years' service, men 30 years' service. wom Involuntary separation. Involuntary separation, “Total retired from Navy De, Average annuity in 1930 Average annuity in 1931 ESTATE OF PETRENKO IS ESTIMATED $8,375 Guardien of Surviving Children, Only Heirs, Reports Value in- Probate Plea. Serge N. Petrenko, Bureau of Stand- ards engineer, who was asphyxiated two weeks ago with his wife, Mary, and 15-year-old son, Vadini, left an estate valued at $8,375, according to an ap- plication for probate filed today by Alexander I, Krynitsky. Krynitsky, lifelong friend of Petrenko, who has become guardian of the scientist’s two surviving children, told the court the estate consisted of 8 $7,000 and a savings account balance of '$1,375. The only heirs are the children, Ad- riadna, 19, and Eugene, 18. Under the wills of Petrenko and his wife, Krynitsky is. to hold the estate until the girl be- comes 21, when he will surrender it to her. In the meantime, the income to go for their support. Krynitsky told the court the elder Petrenko died as a result of a sulcide pact. RETIRED GENERAL DIES IN NEW JERSEY Brig. Gen. Edwin St. John Greble Will Be Buried at Arling- ton Friday. Brig. Gen. Edwin St. John Greble, U. 8. A, retired, who for several years lved here at 1822 Jefferson place, today at Englewood, N. J.. where he had ‘been ‘visiting. He will be burled in Arlington Na Cemetery Friday afternoon. His widow, Mrs. Gertrude P. Greble, formerly of Boston, survives. Gen. Greble was born at West Point, N. Y, June 24, 1859, and was graduated from the Military Academ: Sample Case Disappears. Four colored youths were arrested last night for investigation in the theft of several sample cases from the auto- mobils of Harry Box, Lexington, Ky., a clothing salesman stopping at th> Chas- tleton Hotel, in front of which the rob- bery occurred. They were booked as Alvin J. Kyser, 18, and Edward Kyser, 19, of Sixth street; Mervin H. Lacy, 18, of 1424 T street, and Preston H. Lacy, 21, of 1242 Irving street. The contents of the sample cases were valued at more than $300, - - |of brigadier During the oseupation of Cuba, follow- ing the Spanish War of 1898, he was in’ command of L d‘!;'ulon of troops under . Leona: ke At figc:ntnnoe of the United States into the Werld War, he was placed in command of the 36th Division, Na- 2346 | tional Guard, at Port Worth, Tex., and major was made & general in the Nar tional Army. close of th , he oo e i ot s Pised on the retired lish he house at 4824 Forty-first street worth ) 171 GALLONS A DAY { CONSUMPTION HERE District and Nearby Resi- dents Used 1,553,475,000 Last Year. INCREASE PROVES TAX ON-CITY DEPARTMENT District's Program Contemplates 10,000 New Services Be- fore 1936. With a dajly water consumption of 171 gallons per capita, residents of Washington and nearby Virginia and Maryland who drew on the District for their supply during the fiscal year ended June 30 used 1,553,475,000 more gallons than in the preceding year. This id- creased consumption taxed the power of the Water Department to keep pace ‘with it in improvements. The report of the Water Department, submifted yesterday to the District Commissioners by Supt. D. W. Holton, showed the total consumption for the year was 31,514,180,000 gallons. In- cluded in this total are 852,458,000 gal- lons furnished to Arlington County and adjacent Maryland, thus making the tot consumption in the District 30,- 661,722,000 gallons for the year. This represented an average daily consump- tion for the District of 84,004,717 gal- lons, or a daily per capita consumption of 171 gallons. 116,283,000 Gallons a Day. Consumption reached its peak on August 5, 1930, when 116,283,000 gal- lons were used in a single day. A mini- mum of 68,673,000 gallons was used on March 22, 1931. Superintendent Holton's report re- viewed at length the inspection of metering and regular and special sur- veys designed to stop leaks. The re- ported intensive drive to complete meter- ing of the city was started @t the be- ginning of the last fiscal year, and it is expected that by the end of 1936 all services will be metered and all non- registering_meters will be replaced or repaired. Eighty-six underground leaks discharging a tctal of 1,871,000 gallons per day were detected and repaired. On July 1, 1930, there were a total of 14725 non-registering meters. Dur- ing the year, 5,796 additional non-regis- tering meters were discovered, making a total of 20,521, of which 7,669 were repaired and replaced. This life at the end of the fiscal year 12,852 non-regis- tering meters. Holton reported the approved program contemplates an estimated increase of 10,000 new services during 1932-36, and 23,800 additional non-registering meters, making a total of 24,725 new installa- tions and 46,652 replacements during this period. Of 7,752 complaints investigated dur- ing the year, 1,306 proved to be “false alarms.” Revenues derived from water rents amounted to $1,693,921.12. In addition to this, sale of water to Maryland and Virginia communities during the drought period brought an additionzg $45,757.10. Water main assessments of $166,458,08 completed the income. MISSIONARIES FETED i#| ON START FOR CHINA Four Priests and Two Brothers in Dominican Party Honored by Catholic Dignitaries. Six Dominican missionaries, destined for a base at Fukien, China, were feted at a special departure ceremony at- tended by Roman Catholic Church dig- nitaries in St. Dominic's Church, Sixth and F streets southwest, last night. The missionaries, four of them priests and two brothers, will sall from San Fran- cisco October 30. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Edward Hughes, editor of The Torch and director of American Dom- inican Chinese mission work. Follow- ing the sermon formal notification of assignment to the Chinese mission field was read by Very Rev. T. 8. McDermott, provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. Solemn benediction was pontificated by Most Rev. Pietro Pumasoni-Biondi, apolistic delegate to the United States, assis by Rev. Francis J. Hurney and i Rev. Louis C. Vaeth. The missionaries who will leave for China soon are Very Rev. T. 8. Mc- Dermott of New York City, Rev. Martin Killian of Utica, N. Y.; Rev. Arthur C. Tierney of Martins Ferry, Ohio; Rev. Celestine Rooney of Boston, Brother James Murphy of Omaha, Nebr., and Brother Jordan Warnock of Provi- dence, R. 1. Other participants in the ceremony at St. Dominic’s Church included a guard of honor from the Costello Post of the American Legion, members of the St. John’s College Cadet Corps and a choir of more than 100 Dominicans from Catholic University. The choir is | sang compline followed by a departure hymn composed O'Connor. Officer Wins Auto Chase Six Months After He Staried D. C. Man Faces Charges as Policeman Says He Remembers Him. by Rev. David By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md, September 30— Uriah Lawson of Washington, D. C,, is satisfled that Pvt. Windsor C. Poole of the local substation of Montgomery County police has a good memory. According to Poole, he gave chase to a car driven by Lawson about six months ago, but the autoist reached safety by crossing the District of Columbia line and refused to ret Montgomery County to answer speed charges. Yesterday Officer Poole was just starting his motorcycle on the Old Georgetown road when he saw Lawson pass by, although the machine, accord- ing to Poole, hore different license plates. Poole gave chase and this time fared better. Lawson was arrested and charged with exceeding 60 miles per hour and failing to keep to the right of the center posted teral of the highway. He of 3110 for his Court at Rockville, 12, ening S WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1931 Society and General Keystone of D. C. Memorial Temple Laid COMPLETION OF STRUCTURE RUSHED FOR DEDICATION ON ARMISTICE DAY. HE keystone of the dome was laid in place yesterday after- noon on top the District of Co- lumbia World erkMemoxLll, in ‘West Potomac Parl This act, performed with informal in the construction of the memorial, laid the last stone in the double dome roof. There are two domes to the me- morial, the inner one containing 365 stones and the outer dome, which was locked with the keystorie yesterday, consisting of 324 larger stones. The keystone weighed about half a ton. Placing of the last stone also marked definite progress toward completion of the memorial, which is to be dedicated on Armistice day. Abner L. Rog, who placed the key- { ceremony, in the pregence of repre- | sentatives of several groups interested | stone in position, used the same trowel used-to lay the corner stone of the Folger Shakespeare Library, ‘There remains to be laid yet the limestone floor beneath the dome and en 8-foot-wide circular sidewalk of stone around the outside of the white marble temple. Stone masons now are putting the finishing touches to the inside of the dome, smoothing the edges of the mar- ble ceiling. The scaffolding on which the workmen noware busy will be re- moved elrg next week and the floor can be lai ‘The contractor, James Baird Co., ex- pects to finish his contract by No- vember 1 and to haye the place cleaned up in pre] tion for the dedication. New walks leading from the memorial to roads on the north and south are to be installed, according to Frederick H. Brooke, architect of the memorial. ‘These walks will be eight feet in width. ‘There will be two of them on the north side and two on the south, with & space of 35 feet of grass between. ‘The special committee of the Me- morial Commission in charge of names of the heroic dead to be carved on the memorial met today for further con- sideration of the lists recently published in the Prels for correction by the public. Several letters have been received, it is understood, many of them suggesting such changes as. use of the second name and first initial 1 name and second initial. The commit- tee, head by Maj. Gist Blair, is giving the names most careful consideration in o1 have them absolutely correct before they are carved on the marble base of the memorial. SCHODL CHILDREN ADOPT LEFT TURN Patrols, Instructed by Police, Guide Pupils in Safety, Ely, Renamed, Says. - The new left traffic turn has been taken over efficiently and with no trouble by Washington's public school children, Selden M. Ely, supervising principal of the fifth division, said to- day following his reappointment as chairman of the Committee on Safety in the schools for the current year. “We have 100 per cent co-operation from the police, from Maj. Pratt down to his newest private, and from the American Automobile Association,” Mr. Ely declared, “and our schoolboy patrol, knowing for some time that the new turn was going into eflect, took hold of the situation with gusto and effi- ciency. Anxious for Safety Record. “Besides the co-operation of the po- lice and the automobile association we have the ever-increasing support, also, of Washington’s motorists, who have come to recognize that the schoolboy patrols are their friends, engaged with them in the co-operative business of preventing accidents.” During the coming year, Mr. Ely said, his committee is anxious to continue the three-year gecord of not a single child death or serious injury to any pupil during the school year through tn&c accidents. Practically every school in the city, he said, now has a schoolboy patrol. These organizations, he explained, are established only at the school’s uest and function efficiently beuuur;? the instruction given the pupils by the police assigned to them. Committee Reappointed. Other members of the Safety Com- mittee reappointed today include, for the white schools, Miss Elsle E. Green, administrative princij School; Miss J. R. McCardell, teacher, Bradley School; Charles K. Finckel, ad- ministrative prineipal, Thomson School; Miss Ruth E. Dick, teacher, Carbery School; Miss H. M. Knighton, adminis- trative principal, Cranch-Tyler School, and Miss Annie C. Keliher, teacher, Curtis-Hyde School. The committeemen for the colored schools include John C. Bruce, super- vising principal, Lincoln School; Miss G. L. Robinson, teacher at Wilson School; Mrs. F. B. Gould, teacher at Douglas-Simmons School, and Mrs. M. T. Latimore, administrative principal, Anthony-Bowen School. \PLAYING WITH PISTOL BOY, 12, SHOOTS SELF Youth Treated at Hospital After Gun Wounds Him in Leg. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., September 30.—Robert Reinhart, 12-year-old son of J. A. Reinhart, was treated at Cas- ualty Hospital, Washington, yesterday for leg injuries, caused, police say, when the boy accidently shot himself with a 38-caliber revoiver. The boy's father drove him to the hospital, being escorted through the District by Park Policeman A. F. Selby. Police say the boy was playing with the pistoll which belonged to the elder Reinhart, when it was accidently dis- charged. —_— CLUBS MEET JOINTLY Home Demonstration Groups Con- vene at Nokesville, Va. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. NOKESVILLE, Va., September 30.— Home Demonstration Clubs of Noles- ville and Greenwich met here to hear L. B. Dietrick, garden specialist of the extension department, Vi Poly- technic Institute, discuss Fall veg:tables and their storage for Winter use. Dem- onstrations were given under the direc- tion of Miss Sarah Pitts, county home demonstration nt. Y83 | the elghty-sixth birthday , Whittier | tes English Orator JOHN THOMAS LUMSDEN. ENGLISH STUDENT, 17, |John Thomas Lumsden of Peter- borough to Compete Here October 24. England’s banner in the Sixth In- ternational Oratorical Contest will be carried by John Thomas Lumsden, 17- year-old student of the Deacon’s School at Peterborough. Young Lumsden’s appointment as England’s spokesman in the contest Oc- tober 24 was announced today by Ran- dolph Leigh, director general of the con- t. According to J. H. Davies, head- master of the Deacon’s School, Mr. Leigh said, Li a ‘“clear and resonant voice, upright carriage, and a restrained and d appearance.” He is preparing to be a teacher. In his school he is secretary of the Liter- ary and Dramatic Y. In his contest bid here in Constifution Hall, Lumsden will use a prepared ad- dcess on “Disraeli,” Lumsden is the third English p: nt in as _many years to use a blographical topic. Earlier British* speakers discussed the English Constitution. Advance reports from Ireland have advised contest headquarters here that a boy will represent the Emerald Isle and that he, too, will speak in English. Hence, there will be three English speak- ers in the finals this year. The Cana- dian, following his immediate predeces- sors from the Dominion, will use French. PAYETTE, MOVIE MAN, IS HURT IN TAXI CRASH Zone Manager for Warner Bros. and Two Others Injured in Collision With Truck. John J. Payette, general zone man- ager for Warner Bros., movie producers and theater owners, was injured today when the taxicab in which he was rid- ing collided with a truck at New Jersey avenue and H street. The taxi driver and another man, riding with Payette, also were hurt, but not seriously. Payette; who is 39 and lives at 5910 Sixteenth street, was taken to Garfield Hospital, where he was, found to be suffering from a severely cut hand and a possible hip fracture. The cab driver, Robert Price, 21, of 1726 M street, also was taken to Garfield Hospital, but was discharged after treatment for face cuts and bruises. ‘The other passenger, Nat Blosser, 44, of 829 Quiney street, who was cut on ‘The truck, Electric Power Co., was operated by Carl Lewis, 29, colored, 2537 Sheridan road southeast. He escaped injury. Couple Wed 60 }:;n. FROSTBURG, Md., Ssptember 30 (Special) —Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw, at National, near here, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of marriage at their home yesterday. It was also of Mrs, Shaw. I M. Bullock drove & of oxen in the Newcastle, 1931 pageant. IN ORATORY CONTEST | POLIGE SEIZE BOY IN GHASE ON ROOF Burglar Suspect Jailed After Fleeing From Offi- cers. Joseph Rogers, 19-year-old burglar suspect, was in a cell at the twelfth pre- cinct station today afte: his capture by a juarters detective following an exciting chase and scuffle over the roofs of three houses in the 600 block Massa- :.h\uem avenue northeast, late yester- y. Detective Sergt. O. M. Mansfleld was driving to police headquarters when he saw Rogers standing among a an‘:gp o{unun at H!thmltre:'t and Mas- lusetts avenue northeast, and recog- nized him as a youth named in a housebreaking warrant sworn out re- cently. Mansfield leaped from his car and placed Rogers under arrest, but the latter wrenched himself free from the detective's grasp, raced to his home at 617 Massachusetts avenue northeast, and took refuge on the roof. The detective followed and found Rogers hiding behind a skylight. Mean- while an unidentified citizen, who wit- nessed the youth's break for liberty, telephoned headquarters and the crews of several police cars that responded f: ': radio alarm surrounded the build- Rogers had raced over the roofs of two buildings adjoining his Mansfield loundjhhn' oo Fire Lieut. Charles L. Bryon, who lives nearby, heard the commotion while passing on the street below and rushed to the aid of the policeman, who suf- Together they mansged. 1o st 'y m subdue Rogers. The youth was taken to No. 12 sta- tion and booked for l.nvnunuuno pe’rf;- ing an inquiry in the housebreaking case mentioned in the warrant. Rogers meonne:t“i}m be“qehuuoud,l police say, in several g other recent TAXI DRIVER ADMITS FAKING HOLD-UP STORY Says He Reported Being Robbed to Avoid Getting Traffic Ticket. Questioned at police headquarters early today after he had reporteqd being robbed . of his taxicab and $7, Eddie Bowen, 26, of 14 Fourteenth street northeast, made a signed statement to Detectives Thomas Nally and L. M. Wilson that his first story was a fabrication, according to the officers. Bowen told police two colored men engaged his cab at Pennsylvania avenue and Third street southeast last night to g0 to Delaware avenue southwest, and there produced & gun, took his money and drove off in the cab, He later changed this statement, detectives charged, _admitting he abandoned his cab in front of a house in South wuh}!:mn. :vhlch he was saw two policemen examining the parked machine. Bowen, uco;dln' to y}og;ie, dbe%leded to explain resence of cab before the house by reporting it was stolen from him, “HELD ON THEFT CHARGE New Yorker Accused of Stealing From Parked Automobiles. Arrested when he tried to sell a Wwoman's coat, Jester G. Kirkley, 30, of New York "n'fm by police toda) on a c!n.hing and other from automobiles parked near the White House. The second-hand: dealer to whom police. Kirkley time later and police an connect him with similar thefts here. At the time of his arrest, it was said, Kirkley had seven or eight suit cages containing allegedly stolen clothes. Breaks Arm While Skating. ‘Ten-year-old John Smith, 448 Tenth street southwest, was taken to Emer- gency Hospital with a fractured left arm last night after a fall while < skating instead of the first | noco PAGE B—1 CHANGE IN WAGE LAWIS DISCUSSED BY CONTRACTORS Builders Want to Know What Prevailing Scale Is Before Bidding on Jobs. FEAR LOSS IN CHANGES DURING CONSTRUCTION Association Convention Hears of Proposals to Amend Bacon- Davis Act.. Proposals to amend the Bacon-Davia “prevailing wage” law to provide that the Government pre-determine what shall constitute the legal wages for labor on Government building pro= grams, were placed before the cfficers and executive boards of the Associated General Contractors as their conven- tion here opened today. The final draft of the proposed amendments were being considered by the Legislative Committee, headed by George B. Walbridge, a past president ;t“t‘l:; mn'zr-cto&s‘ mbtioml body, pre- ry on the ex boards tomorrow. S A g Seek to Avoid Loss. The contractors are seekin, de- termination of what shall be cf:n;tm:d to be the “prevailing wage scale” be- fore contractors bid on Government Jobs, so they may not suffer loss if, :I’l'i::l b:hi:yg :rw“de;lm. contract, it is e - paj less e e ot ol ive of many contract something of a parallel in the?c! tion this week of the District Commise sioners in establis a current scale of wages for District building operations, which may be used by contractors in flmwm og:gbk’:u]m"- l%h:;lcc Jobs, scale just District is substantially them;':l\de‘:{u g union wage for building mechanics, the proposed amendment to the - Davis act being considered by the A. G. C. executives, it is said, does not lu);:‘lgf‘d‘eb'eh‘t:x the lssi)lc&lntlon believes it e preval community, sibgonte - Secretary Is Final Judge. Under the Bacon-Davis act, contrac- tors are required to pay their building mech'fnles not less than the “prevailing scale” in the community where the construction job is located. If any dis- pute arises, under this law, the Secre~ tary of Labor is the final judge of what is the proper scale. Since the law went into effect this year contractors have complained they are left in a state of uncertainty as to what would be determined to be the posed adoption of a uniform national mechanics’ lien law, such as recently ‘was recommended by the National Con- ference on Uniform State Laws. This m will b:i oufltlned by Dan B. ler, secretary of the Department of Commerce committee on a model mechanics’ lien law. and Gerhardt P. F. Meyne, chairman of the Lien Law Committee of the A. G. C. Problems of prison labor, prequalifi- cations of bidders on public works and unemployment insurance also will be discussed. FOUR BURGLARIES AND THEFT REPORTED ‘Home of Mrs. Ann Alpher Robbed of Clothing Valued at $464 and $16. Four burglaries and a daylight theft have been reported te police during the last 24 hours, the greatest loss that suffered by Mrs. Ann Alpher, 2759 Woodley place. Her home was entered yesterday afternoon and clothing val- l;:% at $464 and $16 in cash taken, she Theft of a platinum dinner ring set with six. diamonds and two sapphires Wwas reported by Dorothy K. Levoy, 2315 Thirteenth street. Frederick E. Parks, manager of the Miami Golf Course, told police that thieves entered the office at 1409 New York avenue.last night and took 16 golf clubs and 18 balls. Mrs. Viola Rothrock, Walnut Cove, N. C., was robbed of a pocketbook contain- ing $45 in cash, several notes for $25 each_and cards and papers, she told ::gel‘:fer The geu”e vlvu fl‘lken from the of & Pennsylvania av 'ug!' AR ] avenue cigar aul Howard, 4564 Connecticut ave- nue, reported the loss of a platinum pin set with ’%m‘ large and four small dia- ‘monds. pin was removed from his bed room dresser Monday. b CHARWOMEN ORDERED PAID ON HOURLY BASIS Controller General McCarl Rules That Annual Wage System Must Be Changed. Beginning tomorrow charwomen who clean the District Court House must be paid on an hourly instead of an annual Jasis, as heretofore, according to a ruling of Controller General McCarl, made public today. McCarl, in a decision forwarded to United States Marshal E. C. Snyder, found fault with the manner in which the charwomen are now b'"", x'a':etd, “it o for reason it would be practicable to maintain a record of their work on an hourly basis.” McCarl, nevertheless, held that Sny- der was wrong and ordered that begin. October 1 the charwomen be m to terms of the classificat