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SN, SNSRI - Washington NewsA] @hz Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1931. * MEMORIAL SHAFTS MAY BE ABANDONED T0PROTECT FLYING ) i Col. Grant Says He Has No| Interition of Interfering With Airport. MENACE TO LIVES SEEN BY PLAN'S OPPONENTS| | Arlington Bridge Project Likely to | Be Modified Due to Protests. Two 200-foot granite columns which were to have been erected on Columbia Island as a part of the Arlington Me- morial Bridge project may be abandoned as a sacrifice to the Capital's aviation | progress, it was learned today, as a re- sult of a conference late yesterday in the office of Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, execu- tive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission i The Columbia Island site of the Navy | and Marine memorial, also under criti- | cism as 8 possible hazard to aviation, is to be inspected today by engineers | of the bridge commission and members | of the Aviation Committee of the Washington Board of Trade to deter- mine whether modification of the plans for the memorial would be advisable to safeguard the lives of airplane pas- sengers and pilots flying from Washing- ton-Hoover Afrport. | Reassured by Commission. ‘Members of the Board of Trade Com- | mittee, headed by Lawrence E. Willlams, chairman, and Willlam P. MacCracken, Jr., former Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aeronautics, conferred with Col. Grant yesterday and were assured the Bridge Commission has no intention tive officer, Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. Proposed Memorial Columns in Airport Row ite drawing and photograph shows the proposed 200-foot granite memorial columns for Columbia Island l'hicl?xllzx:v:‘j;.e‘g:xsué mra‘ co?n:overgy b:f:vegn officials of Washington-Hoover Airport, supported by the Department of Commerce and the Washington Board of Trade, and the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, represented by its execu- PLANTO DISMISS TO HEAD HIGH WORKING WIVES H Knutson Job Relief Proposal Meets General Dis- approval. of deliberatelv endangering the lives of air travelers by erecting structures on | Columbia Island which would constitute & menace to life Col. Grant siid plans for the twin eranite shafts now 2 the hands of the Commiss Arts foundation: would cost approximatel an additional $1.000,000, it is estimated. Col. Grant told the delegation that if it were clear that the columrs would con- stitute a real menace to aviation he would immediately recommend any necessary changes in plans for develop- ment of the island. The meeting, originally scheduled for The v the colun *today, was held unexpectedly after Col Grant's return to the city. Col. Harry H. Blee, director of aeronautic devel- opment of the Department of Com- merce, who has made a study of the Columbia Island situation on behalf of the department’s aeronautics branch, had previously submitted an opinion that the columns would obstruct air navigation. Opposed by MacCracken. An oral drgument against the col- umns was made by Mr. MacCracken, who pointed out the District’s air transportation has grown to such pro- portions that it has become a vital fac- tor in the city’s Hfe. Washington- Hoover Airpart today affords the only facilities the Capital has for air trans- portation, and it would be “sheer foily” to do anything to jeopardize the use of that airport until something better is provided, he declared. Col. Grant indicated he did not view with favor a suggestion that the foun- cations for the columns and for the memorial be constructed, but that erec- tion of the memorial itself be delayed until the airport can be moved to Gravelly Point, or some other equally favorable site. He indicated he could not advocate tying up $100,000 in the foundations for the columns, with no assurance that & new airport would be provided, least for many years. s an alterna. tive, it was suggested a different type of memorfal be constructed, so that it would not obstruct flying. This sugges- tion, 1t is understood, also will be laid before the Commission of Fine Arts. $600 EMBEZZLEMENT INDICTMENT FOUGHT Alpheus Sherman Files Plea in Abatement to Action of Grand Jury. Alpheus Sherman, who with his brother, James W. Sherman, is charged with embezzling $600 given him by Miss Jessie Holt, an employe of the Children’s Hospital, September 27, 1928, for a round-the-world cruise, which never materialized, today filed a plea in abatement to the recent indictment brought against him by the “rehabili- tated” grand jury. & Sherman and 1iis brother had been indicted August 26 on a charge of em- bezzling $1,200 given them by Miss Holt, in checks of $600 each, August 27, 1928, and September 27, 1928, and when the presence of a Spanish War veteran on the grand jury was discovered and another grand juror had been dis- charged for business reasons and two other grand jurors substituted the testi- mony was presented by the United States attorney and resulted in the new indictment for $600 because the other check had been outlawed by the statute of limitations. ugh Attorney George D. Horn- ing, jr, Alpheus Sherman claims that he 'should not be required to answer the indictment because his constitu- tional right to have the evidence pre- sented to an unbiased and unprejudiced grand jury had been violated. Should “Sherman’s plea prevail the prosecution against him would fail, for | the statute of limitations would be a bar to another indictment. — NAVY GETS TWO ’GIROS Pair of Windmill Planes Delivered Here for Flight Tests. ‘Two more autogiros, ordered by the Navy following prolonged tests of the first of the type ever ordered for mili- tary use, were delivered to the flight test section at Anacostia Naval Air Sta- tion yesterday for flight and accept- ance tests. The two “windmill planes” were flown here from Willow Grove, Pa., by civillan pilots of the Pitcairn-Clerva Autogiro Co. of America, from which they were purchased. Tests of the new craft as fleet spot- ters, designed for operation from the restricted deck spaces of cruisers and battleships, are to be made here and with the fleet. —_— At the thirteenth meeting of the Ply- mouth (England) Speedway, Noel John- son was killed in a race. 000 and th columns | | | | | Government officials and members of | | Congress expressed the opinion today that nothing would come of the sug- | gestion of Representative Harold Knut- son, Republican, of Minnesota, for di: missal from ths Federal service, tem- porarily at least. of married women | who are without dependents and whose husbands also are employed by the Government. At the same time organized women's { groups here busily denounced the prac- tice of divorcing married women from | their jobs as an emergency unemploy- | | ment measure. | Miss Mary Anderson, chief of the | Labor Department’s Woman's Bureau, | pronounced “this growing practice “unsound _economic policy,” which | “penalizes that stabilizing force—family | life.” | Workers Held Indispensable. | Pederal officials pointed out today | that some women occupy almost indis- pensable positions in the service, per- | forming work it would be difficult to | get any one else to duplicate, and that {any such “lay off” order would result | | in_confusion. In advancing his proposal, Repre- sentative Knutson said “In_times like these it would seem desirable to distribute employment as much as possible throughout the Gov- ernment service, | “Women with dependents should not { be disturbed, but in instances where both husband and wife are employed. !cne or the other should be laid off | until times become normal. “I realize’ that there are exceptional cases which should be considered | separately and on their _individual | merits by the Civil Service Commission ! and administrative officials. But this |1s also the time to abolish nepotism in Congress and elsewhere,” | Centers Disturbed. Following closely the recent proposal | of Chairman Wood of the House Appro- priations Committee that the pay of Government employes should be re- duced 5 to 10 per cent, the Knutson suggestion further disturbed the Federal | employment. centers, | As ‘a member of the Civil Service Commission, Miss Jessie M. Dell, for many years a Government worker, and who was put on the commission &s a representative of the workers, said: “I am emphatically and unaiterably opposed to any such idea as Mr. Knut- son proposes. Fear. Further Abuses. “To take serlously his proposal would be to open the way to innumerable abuses. It is ridicules. “I do not believe his plan will get very far, but if it does, I shall fight it with all the power at my command.” In discussing the Knutson plan, Miss | Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau, further stressed conviction that much harm would result from such ac- tion. She said: | “I do not believe this is an idea that will relieve unemployment. Nobody knows exactly how many women em- ployed by the Government are mar- ried. Some of them are married and jare keeping it a secret. | Asks Fundamental Measures. “We must turn to more fundamental measures than this for relief. lieve a great deal of harm would be done by laying off women with families to support Comparatively few women work who do not have to. Back of which only the women themselves fully understand.” Willlam H. McReynolds, director of the Personnel Classification Board, called atention to what he termed the relatively small number of married woman workers who would be affected by the Knutson plan. “For a number of years,” he said, “it has been the policy of all departments when making necessary reductions in 1 personnel to let out the married women (rather than the unmarried men or women, 160,000 Federal employes in Washington are women. Of this number of women I do not believe there are 10,000 that are married, “Although I have no exact statjstics on the subject, my guess is that there are not more than 250 or 300 married women in the Federal service whose husbands also are employed by the Government in Washington. “It should be borne in mind, and the department heads have taken it into consideration for many years, that a number of married women are retained in the Federal service because of their special fitness and qualifications for the positions they hold.” Marriage Peril Seen. Feministic Miss Muna Lee, in private life Mrs. Luis Munozmarin, secretary of the National Woman's Party, said: “If employers keep on dismissing married women they will abolish mar- riage. Women must have jobs to live. Couples may settle the matter by living toge er or living apart, but they won't Neither Miss Anderson nor Miss Lee could estimate the total inroad on the Jobs of marricd women resulting from the unemployment emergency. By be- | each case there is an economic problem | “About one-half of the 55000 or Son of Farm Board Official| Is Appointed Colonel of D. C. Corps. All Corps Leaders Named| From Same School \ as Chieftain. | Chester Morrill, jr.. son of the sec- retary of the Federal Farm Board 3908 Ingomar street. and a student at Western High School, today was named brigade commander of the High School Cadet Corps, with the rank of colonel. Robert Neyman was made brigade adjutant, with the rank of major, while the two remaining brigade officers were William Kabler, brigade personnel ad- jutant, and Henry D. Merwyn, brigade | quartermaster, both with the rank of | major and all of Western High School. Regimental Heads Named. | The regimental officers, whose ap- pointments _were made public by Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant su- perintendent in charge of high schools and cadet affairs, were: Central High School, 1st Regiment—Lieut. Col. Na- than Goldman, regimental commander; Maj. Thomas S. Sappington. com- mander of the 1st Battalion, and Maj. | Karl H. Hennige, commander of the 2d Battalion. | McKinley High School, 2d Regiment— Lieut. Col. Silvio V. Giovennetti, regi- mental commander; Maj. Willlam A.| Wyckoff, commander of the 1st Bat- | talion; Maj. Ralph B. Cole, commander | of the 2d Battalion, and Maj. George F. Sesso, commander of the 3d Battalion. Eastern High School, 3d Regiment— | Lieut. Col. James M. Moore, regimental | commander; Maj. Andrew W. Allen, Battalion, and Maj Clifford R. Armhold, commander, 2d Battalion. Recommended by Craigie. | Western High Schcol, 4th Regiment —Lieut. Col. John A. Livingstone, regi- mental commander; Maj. Robert C.| Gildart, commander, 2d Battallon, and Maj. Richard Creyke, commander, 3d Battalion. Business High School Battalion— | Maj. Thomas F. Callahan, battalion commander. | The cadet officers were appointed on recommendation of Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigle, U. 8. A., professor of mili- tary science and tactics at the schools, | following completion of qualifying ex- | aminations in military science and tac- tics and the certification of their re- spective high school principals. Dr Prank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, approved and confirmed the appointments. 1 RE . | Wide Variety of Suggestions Made 'SELECTION OF BEST | LIEF PLAN NEAR r for Aiding Washington Jobless. Selection of the best plan for relief of the jobless in Washington will be | made soon by a committee of judges in | & contest sponsored by the District | Committee on Employment. Suggestions received ranged from shorter working hours to Government | building projects. Other ideas ad- | vanced included bimetallism, repeal of | the eighteenth amendment, unem- | ployment insurance, conservation of |surplus foodstuffs and huge public | works programs. | The ‘author of the plan found best for the District will receive a gold | medal. “The successful suggestion may ibe mc?&porsutd “1,:; gn- C(’lll.'nhml:'ke'l pro- gram for next Winter. The judges are | Frederic A. Delano, president %?! the !Employment Committee; John Poole, | president of the Community Chest, and | George W. Offutt, jr.. president of the | Washington Board of Trade. 'MORPHINE FORGERIES ARE LAID TO SUSPECT | Lancaster Man Taken to Hospital Before Being Questioned by Agents. Investigation of morphine prescrip- | tion forgerles in Washington and Bal~ timore led to the arrest here yesterday of Walter Hubert Schiott, 36, of Lancaster, Pa., wanted for questioning. Detective Sergts. Sanders and Jones of the police narcotic squad began searching for the man several days ago. | When they found him yesterday he was ill and was given hospital treatment. They say he was released from the District Reformatory at Lorton, Va., | last February after serving a term for | & violation of the narcotic laws. Death Laid to Recklessness. LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 1 (#). | —A _coroner’s jury decl in the death of Miss Regina Doyle, 24, motion picture actress. She was killed Monday when the sutomobile she was driving skidded and crashed inte an electric train, HESTER MORRILL, JR.. WESTERN. SCHOOL CADETS COL. CHESTER MORRILL, JR. —Star Staff Photo. INJURED BY POLICE, AUTOIST CHARGES Discrepancy Found in Col- ored Man’s Story of Being Held Up by Officers. Washington and Maryland authori- | ties were co-operating today in the in- vestigation of & colored man's story of | having been wounded last night by two | eleventh precinct policemen, who, he asserted, held him up and searched his automobile near Glen Arden, Md., about 5 miles beyond the District line The injured man, Walter Leo Ford. 31, of Landover, Md. was being held for investigation at the eleventh pre- cinct station. Accompanied by his brother and sis- ter-in-law, Ford went to Casualty Hos- pital shortly after 2 o'clock this morn- ing and requested treatment for a slight wound behind his ear. While at the institution he related | that he was returning home after hav- ing driven a friend to Fifteenth and H streets northeast about 11:30 o'clock, when a car suddenly crashed into the rear of his machine. Wore Uniforms, He Says. Two men, he sid, both wearing po- licemen’s uniforms and badges, got out of the other automobile and, after questioning_him, proceeded to search his car. They explained they were looking for liquor. Finding none, he declared, the officers then ordered him to “move on.” As | he walked toward his machine he heard |a whizzing noise and felt a stinging pain behind his ear. After the other automobile—which had the number “11” inscribed on the side—had gone, he said he was taken to the hospital. Physicians could not determine the | cause of Fords injury. The wound was |of such a nature, they explained, that 1t was impossible to say whether it was | | | inflicted with a bullet, a knife or some | | other object. | After receiving treatment Ford was |taken to the police station, where he | was questioned by Lieut. A. W. Guyer and Detective Sergt. Larry O'Dea. Guyer and O'Dea, accompanied by Sergt. J. H. W. Swain, took Ford to the place he said the incident occurred. Tracks in the mud, they said, indicated he apparently was not driving in the direction given in his original story. Under questioning, they added, he ad- mitted having been headed in the oppo- site direction and explained the “mis- take” by saying he had been drinking. Other details were similarly conflict- | ing, according to the officers, who placed Ford under arrest while they continued their efforts to learn how ‘was hurt. All the tires on his car were flat and one of them had been removed, they sald, but he was unable to give any ex- planation. According to Guyer, only two eleventh precinct machines were in use at 11:30, and neither of them could have been ‘here near Glen Arden, which is 11 miles from the station. Moreover, Guyer ted out, the road on which the al- leged incident occurred was muddy and Ford said the automobile which struck his machine was damaged, while neither of the eleventh precinct cars was dam- aged or muddy. - AIDS 3-YEAR-OLDS Foot Caught in Pipe While Play- ing Calls Out Fire Squad. ‘The Fire Rescue Squad was called upon late yesterday to release James Baer, 3-year-old boy, of 1506 Monroe street, when he caught his foot in a glu while playing several doors is home. juad was summoned after rela- tives and children with whom the boy was playing had been unable to effec: his release. Ordering the boy to lie flat on the ground, the firemen succeeded in worl ing loose his foot, LABOR AGENCIES SHIELDED IN ACTS BY 1328 DECISION Supreme Court Decision De- nies State Power to Limit Charges to Job-Hunters. INVESTIGATION RESULT OF MORE COMPLAINTS Authorities See' No Recourse for Victims of Extortion Fees for Services. A decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, rendered in 1928, which denied the power of a State to | limit the charges of an employment | agency and thereby rendered uncon- | stitutional a law which appears in the | District of Columbia code, is shielding | employment agencies from prosecution for violation of the employment agency act, it developed today. Although concerns of this type op- erate on a profitable scale in Wash- ington, extorting excessive and unrea- sonable fees over and above those pre- scribed by this “law authorities re- | DR. ROBERT RANSDELL TO BE GUEST ON FLEISCHMANN YACHT. T is notorious that sailors spend their vacations in rowboats, but seldom can a resigned naval officer emulate Dr. Robert Ransdell, 1793 | Lanier place, in his selection of & | 225-foot yacht as & means of renewing | the old sea habit. | Several years ago Dr. Ransdell with- | drew from the Naval Medical Corps| after 13 years of service. This month | he will ship out of New York harbor as| physician and friend on the yacht | Camargo, bound for a year, perhaps a two-year, cruise around the world. | ‘The Clmu}o is owned by Julius| Fleischmann of Cincinnati, famed yeast | manufacturer, She is Diesel motored, | nets 964 tons without her capacity load | of 1,500 tons of oll, and has a draught of 18 feet. On the present leisurely cruise she will carry a crew of 40, but her passenger list will be comparatively | small. Mrs. Fleischmann and her 3-year-old | son, Julius, jr, and a daughter only 3| months of age, probably will comprise | | main powerless to intervene and the |the entire group in addition to the ,un,mpfi,ym must continue to submit|owner, Dr. Ransdell, and Amos Burg, | {to the abuse of the agencies. an expert photgrapher. Dorette Louise, The invalidity of the law fis nup-llhe baby daughter, unquestionably is | ported also in a Court of Appeals de- | the youngest adventurer ever to sot i cision rendered in 1926, which held | sail for a pleasure cruise around the | that the law applied only to certain | classes of employment, and defeated 1- prosecution case against a District of Columbia operator. Complaints in Number. ‘The avalanche of complaints against employment agencies that have poured forth in ever-increasing numbers this year has precipitated investigations by the district attorney's office and by the Better Business Bureau, which have un- | earthed startling information concern- ing the manner in which the out-of-work have been victimized by the sharks who | barter in employment. | But authoritles confess, in the face ot |the facts and witnesses to them, that | unless they can build up a case against the agents or agencies for violation of some other law. such as false pretenses, the agents can continue to extort fees over and above those prescribed by law for the District. Section 948 of the District Code, cov- ering employment agencies, specifies that these persons can receive but $1 from each applicant for work of a domestic or laboring character, and that one half of this amount shall be re- funded on demand if such applicant is not secured “a fair opportunity of employment within 15 days after the receipt of said original fee * * *.’ 1 $2 “For Registration.” Witnesses assembled by the District attorney’s office have stated that a cer- | tain employment agency aske, first of |all. a $2 fee, “for registration.” The applicant signs & contract which speci- fles that the fee is not returnable and is not a guarantee of a position. but en- titles the applicant to the services of the | agency for a certain period of ttme. | Twenty-five per cent of the first month's | salary is signed away to the agency in the event the applicant is placed. ‘The District attorney’s office has been informed also that persons who have registered at the agency have been asked to leave the office and return at some other time rather than wait on | the premises until some call came in from an employer. Assistant District Attorney William A. Gallagher was concentrating efforts to- | day on locating a colored woman who the operator of the agency in question and who, therefore, would be in & posi- | tion to swear out a warrant for his | arrest, NORTHEAST CITIZENS ! ASK TRAFFIC LIGHTS | Need at Various Intersections Seen by Rhode Island Avenue Association Members. Installation of traffic lights at vari- ous intersections along Rhode Island avenue northeast was w last night as the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association resumed its regular meet- ings after the Summer layoff. Points where lights are particularly needed, it was sald, are at Mills ave- nue, Twentieth street, Seventeenth street and Sixteenth street. A recom- mendation was made that the car stop at Eastern avenue be moved, while that at Monroe street was described 2s_dangerous. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, George Washington University president and District of Columbia Bicentennial di- rector, addressed the association on pland completed for the 1932 celebra- tion. Dr. Marvin was told of the association’s plan to raise funds for its part—a card party October 3, a dance October 10 and an entertainment October 28. President E. G. Seivers appointed a committee of five to co-operate in making plans for the city-wide Hal- loween party. Y. W. C. A. LEADER DIES Miss Marian Miller Was Formerly an Executive Here. Miss Marian R. Miller, former execu- tive of the Young Women's Christian Association here, died last Tuesday in Houston, Tex., according to information received today. She had been visiting a sister in Houston prior to departing for Fresno, Calif., where she was to have servi as general secretary of the Y. W.C. A Miss Miller came to Was] in hington September, 1921, to become educational secretary for the local association. served in this capacity for three years, when she was promoted to associate gfi:} l'zcuhry. In lg:r she left m: become general secretary af Norfolk, Va. For the past three years she had been metropolitan secretary of the business and professional women'’s de- partment of the Y. W. C. A. in Chicago. RETIREMENT HONORED A purse of gold was presented yester- a.ypw x-xun! P. it 3, 1:: 218 1886, and joined ll:;.lolln.‘;ull.. He has The purse was presented by friends and fellow workers at & reception, |is 'sald to have personal dealings with | Dr. Robert Ransdell and the yacht| Camargo, on which he will make a world cruise. _ Underwood Photo— | i world, and it is expected that what she | knows about the world two years hence | | will startle any kindergarten. | Bermuda First Stop. !fmlon to bis interest. c’:d improving trop- . | ical islands an ng “‘whoppers,” ngxrmd:nfit’lhtemfmfis;fi On the | Will search for rare varieties of ofehids now with one of Dr. William Beebe's | {0 bring back to his orchid farm in expeditions, wil foin ‘the party. ~After | Cincinnatl. Dr. Ransdell is a veteran a passage through the Panama Canal |game hunter, and hopes to get some ex- the craft will put in at Cocos, & small, | traordinary shooting in the course of uninhabited island a few hundred miles ‘ the journey. out into the Pacific. Mr. Fleischmann Will Collect Data. has visited this point before, and since | Photographs of unique scenes and it is graced with extraordinary beauty | data on various lands visited will be col- | of vegetation, wishes to returd again.|lected, Dr. Ransdell says, but without | The spot has no bird life, however, 50 | any serious scientific purpose, although the Cincinnati millionaire Wwill Carry | the information and pictures will be with him pigeons to be releassd, there. | offered to scholarly groups wishing to From Cocos the party will head for examine them. | the Galapagos Island group, taking with | While the Camargo is not a full-sized | them varleties of palms, which will be | ocean liner, she has a cruising radius of | planted on certain barren isles in the | §000 miles, and the deep draught indi- hope that they will thrive. In the wa- | cates a full underbody, which will insure ters surrounding these islands and in | the comfort of the passengers during | the vicinity of the Marquesas, Soclety, | rough weather. Cook, S8amoan and Fiji groups, all of | Internally the craft is fitted appro- which will be visited "the guests and | priately for a ship of her dimensions, their hosts will find sporty sea fishing. | Spacious owner's cabins and ample Sall fish, sword fish and numerous | dining quarters and lounges occupy the other types of game deép-sea inhabit- | main deck. while below are large guest ants will supply thrills for their expe- | cabins. The top deck is equipped with ditions in the ship's tender. a gymnasium and a playground for The luxurious yacht will head for the | the children, Dutch Indies after visiting the Fiji In the hold are large storage quar- Islands, and thence to Indo-China. | ters for foods, cold-storage vaults and | around to the Red Sea and into the space for beverages. The kitchen of | Mediterranean. A thorough overhauling | the ship will be supplied with a wide | probably will be necessary for the Ca- | variety of foods, both from the stores | margo at that point. Following repairs carried and from native markets the ship will head back to the Atlantic, | visited. but it may pause for & cruise into| The label of “floating hotel” so often northern waters before turning toward | applied to great liners is only slightly the home port. changed in describing the Camargo Capt. Charles E. Small, who com- | and the modification assures increased mands the adventuresome Camargo, has | personal comfort, for it is & veritable been given no time schedule to follow. | “foating town house.” ‘The purpose of the crulse is pleuure! And the prospect of floating the and sport, Dr. Ransdell says, and no|town house into warm waters Just as limit has been set upon the periods to | the chill of Winter strikes this country be passed in areas where those objec- | is not the least of its advantages, Dr. tives abound. Mr. Flelschmann, in ad- | Ransdell points out. TWO ON BIGYCLES RECEPTIO N STAGED INURED BY AUTO FOR . P.RCAARDS | Third Boy Hit by Car—Young Employes and Friends Cele- | Man Is Hurt Cranking 1 brate Tax Assessor’s 40 | Machine. | Years in Office. Three children were injured, two seri- cusly, in automobile accidents late yes- terday and last night. Nine other per- sons received minor hurts. | Eleven-year-old Charles Lambros, 1300 | { Floral street, was struck by an automo- | bile as he was riding his bicycle near his home. At Walter Reed Hospital, i | was said he was suffering from a frac- tured skull. Riding beside the boy on another bi- cycle at the time was James Thomp- son, 10, of 1208 Floral street, who also was knocked down. He was treated at Walter Reed for severe lacerations and | later removed to George Washington University Hospital. Police arrested Eugene F. Colella, 29 of the 7500 block of Fourteenth: street, as the driver of the machine, which struck the two boys. He was later re- leased in custody of his attorney. The third boy injured was Charles Mann, 7, of 816 E street, who was struck by a Veterans' Administration car while playing in front of his home. He was treated at Casualty Hospital, where he was reported to be suffering from severe bruises. It also is thought he may be injured internally. The auiomobile was operated, police said, by Henry Bond, 30, colored. An unusual accident yesterday re- sulted in a broken arm for Jesup William . P. Richards, District tax assessor, came back from lunch today and unexpectedly walked into a large reception staged in honor of the forti- eth anniversary of his service with the District of Columbia. The luncheon had been given by the Board of Assessors, and the board had presented him with a fitted dressing case. Mr. Richards said appreciative words and they all went back to the District Building to get back to work, but he found his office filled with a crowd of employes and guests, who wanted to give him more presents and make more speeches. Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- dent of the Board of District Commis- sioners, presented Mr. Richards with a large silver chest, a token of affection from the assessor's many employes. Then Representatives Thatcher and Collins of the District Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee made impromptu speeches on Mr. Rich- ards and his long labors for the District. ‘Those on the Board of Assessors, who arranged the plans, were Fred D. Allen, Frank A. Gunther, Augustus Willige, Edward B. Fletcher, Livingstone 8. Johnson, Lloyd F. Gaines, Charles A. Russell, Daniel H. Edwards and John R. Bardroff. U. 8. Medal Given Amundsen Kin. Brown, 21, of 105 N street. He was OSLO, Norway, October 1 (#).—The cranking his when the machine | American Congressional Medal in honor started forwas d knocked him down. | of the late Roald Amundsen, noted ex- It ran through a fence and crashed into a window of a_ barber shop at 1244 Eleventh street before coming to plorer, was presented yesterday by the United States Minister, Hoffman Philip, to a representative of Amundsen’s fam- | that the Government abandon & halt. Brown was treated at Emer- ily at Oslo University. It was placed gency Hospital, in the university's department of coins. I“LAW AND ORDER” DEFEATS “CRIME” she[IN NON-FICTIONAL SYLVAN DRAMA Extemporaneous Production Is Presented at Monument Theater by Two Policemen and Two Alleged Car Looters. “Law and Order” triumphed over ‘Crime” in an_extemporaneous .drama in the Sylvan Theater, near Washington Monument, yesterday—a drama that would have delighted the criticy who believe the theater glorifies crime and crimi inals. ‘Two colored men, accused of stealing articles from cars parked nearby, played the ical role of “Crime,” and two en, C. E. Rabbitt and S. B. gnm. ‘were cast as “Law and Order.” ‘The colored men—James Barrett, 20, of the 1800 block of Fifth street. and Charley Debrew, 17, of the 1100 bleck of Ninth street—were first on the stage, after having jun from two - clothes officers when they were discov- ered loitering about cars. ‘The high point in the drama was a s , in ‘which Barrett started to choke Officer Collins, after the officers had pursued the men onto the stage, and was subdued by two blows on the head by the policeman. After more struggling, both in the theater and at Park Police h 3 the men were booked at No. 3 pre- cinet—) charges of assauliing mmzrmdmuhmny.-_txngbebrew on & petit larceny. charge. mofimd for hearing today in Police eir case Y. W. C. PAGE B—1 Will Graine World for Year | CONTRAGIORS RGE BAEONDAVIS WAGE LAW AMENDVENT U. S. Asked to Pay Same as Concerns Engaged on Public Work. BAR TO GOVERNMENT IN BUSINESS INDORSED Report Recommending Legislation to Protect Private Enter- prise Favored. Amendment of the Bacon-Davis “prevailing wage” law in several im- portant particulars, one of which would require the Government as an em- ployer dn_construction work to pay the same scale that private contractors on Government, jobs must pay, was urged by the governing boards of the Asso. ciated General Contractors of Amer- ica here today. The executive boards and officers of the national contractors' organization also indorsed reports of the Legisla- tive Committee seeking enactment of a “No Government in business” measure and of another law providing for uni- ferm requirements for Government con- tractors. The governing boards of the A. G. C. proposed three amendments to the Bacon-Davis law, which prescribes that | contractors on Government building projects over the country shall pay mechanics the scale of wages prevail- ing in the communities where the build- ings are to be erected. Ask Pre-Bid Scale. These amendments, if passed by Con- gress, would provide: That the heads of Government de- partments in charge of construction predetermine and make known the scale of wages to be paid an Govern- ment projects, before bids are sub- mitted by contractors, That if the “prevailing wage scale” in a community is changed during the construction of a Federal project, the Government would adjust the contract price accordingly, if wages were raised, so that the contractor would not have to bear the increased costs. That the Government, in cases where it conducted its own construction work, would have to pay the same “prevail- ing wage scale” as that determined to be the legal scale for private con- tractors. Bidders Held Handicapped. Contractors have complained that the Bacon-Davis law as now operating puts bidders on an unequal footing in esti- mating on a Government job, since each is left to decide for himself what is the “prevailing wage,” and -since, if the winning contractor is paying too low a wage scale, he must increase it upon an ultimate ruling by. the Secretary of | | Labor. The “no government in business” bill, recommended by the Legislative Com- mittee, headed by Col. George B. Wal- bridge, a past president of the A. G. O, is designed to prevent the Govern- ment from entering into competition with private business in anv form. The support of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States and other business groups will be sought for this measure. ‘The contractors urge, in this rmr};i the practice of engaging directly in con- struction work by“ itself, hiring day labor to perform the work. MERIDIAN HILL PARK CONTRACT TO BE LET Bid of $69.696 Apparently Lowest on Sixteenth Street Development. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, to- day had before him for decision the awarding of a contract designed to complete the hillside section of Meridian Hill Park, between Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Euclid and W streets, providing for cas- cades and ornamental concrete work. ‘Three bidders are seeking the job, but the indicated low bid comes from the Fred Drew Co., Inc., of 2539 Pennsyl- vania avenue, with a main bid of $69,- 696. Several alternatives are included with embellishments, sidewalks and other ornamental work. ‘The other two bidders are the Charles H. Tompkins Co. of 1608 K street, which asked $71,800, and John J. Earley of 2136 G street, who jté $96,500. About eight montls will be required to complete tos tract, and it is ex- pected Col. Grani will decide on the award within a few days. Under the program 13 cascade basins and one receiving pool will be con- structed, as well as enframing walls and garden terminal features. A com- plete water recirculating system will be installed so water that has tumbled down the cascades will be pumped to the top again, thus effecting an econ- omy in the use of water. The contem- plated contract will carry to conclusion the beautification of the yellowish hill- side, south of the Joan of Arc Statue, and make this park one of the prettiest in the city. TOUR ARMY POSTS James, Feceht and Fickel Leave Here in Plane for Inspection. An aerial inspection tour which will take them to Army posts in all parts of the country was today by Chairman James of the House Mili- tary Affairs Committee, Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps, and Maj. Jacob E. Fickel, Alr . mfllgz l:fl.nfivm Bolling PField at Army transport plane piloted by Lieut. Leland 8. Btnnlghln. the inspection made its first stop at Mitchel Field,” N. Y. From New York they will fly by easy stages to the Pacific Coast, retu: fl!l’o\gh the Southern States and back up the Atlantic seaboard. GENEALOGY IS TOPIC Dr. F. W. Ashley to Address Na- tional Society Saturday Night. Dr. Frederick W. Ashley, chief assist- ant librarian of the Librazy of Con- gress, will speak on “The Librarian Looks at Genealogy,” at the first meet- ing of the season of the National Genealogical Society, to be held Sat- urday night at 8 o'clock the terested sitend,