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WASHINGTON he Sundy Stae WASHINGTON, " D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1931. EFIGENGYBUREAU ASKS TRANSEER F VATERPLANTUNT Would Place Supply Branch Under Control of District. PROPERTY APPRAISAL IS URGED IN SURVEY Means of Determining Depreciation Sought—Report Raises Issue of Relative Investments. ‘Transfer of the supply branch of the water systam from the Army Engineer Office to th: District Water Depart- ment, which now controis oniy the dis- tribution service, is the most far-reach- ing of a number of recommendations made by the Bureau of Efficiency, fol- lowing a survey of th> water facilities of the National Capital. The bureau also urges an appraisal of the properties of the water system to establish an accurate valuation for determining a rat> of depreciation in calculating the cost of water. The Efficiency Bureau studied the water system at the request of Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican of Con- necticut, chairman of the Subcommittee | in Charge of District Appropriations in the Senate. The report was completed some time ago, but its conclusions have just become known. Question Arises. ‘The report raises a question bearing on the relative investments of the United States and District Governments in the water system, by taking issue with the Army Engineer Office in cred- iting the United States with a part of amounts spent on development of the water plant since the lump sum method of Federal contribution to Dis- trict expenses began in 1925. The bu- reau takes the view that the annual lump sum contribution since 1925 was “for all expenses of the District and no portion was allocated to the water sup- ply or other projects.” In discussing the financial statement prepared by the Engineer Office to show the amounts spent for all time by the Federal and District Governments on the water system, the efficiency report states: “In order to determine the respective contributions of the United States and the District of Columbia, except where- in specific appropriations were author- ized, the Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., apportioned the annual expenditures in accordance with the ratio fixed by Con- gress in the appropriations 1. the water system. During the period of d:velopment of the water system this ratio has varied, but such changes were considered and given effect in making the compilation.” Cite U. S. Construction Cost. The bureau then recites the facts that prior to 1880 the Federal Government paid the whole cost of construction, that from 1882 to 1920 the major ex- tensicns to the water plant were charged 50 per cent to the Federal Gov- ernment and 50 per cent to the District, and from 1921 to 1924, the Federal Government contributed 40 per cent. ‘The bureau report then added: “For the fiscal years 1925 to 1930 the entire cost was charged to the District of Columbia, but each year the Federal Government made a lump sum ccntri- bution of $9,000,000 in lieu of the pro- portionate contribution formerly made. This contribution was for all expenses of the District and no pcrtion was al- located to the water supply or other projects.” Referring again to this question fur- ther on in its report, the bureau states: “The statement by the Corps of Engineers * * * shows that all expendi- tures which have been made by the United States have been capitalized to fix the value cf the property investment of the Federal Government. Under this method during the years the Federal Government contributed to the support of the District of Columbia on the 50-50 and 40-60 basis, 50 or 40 per cent of the expenditures by the Corps of Engi- neers and the water department fcr construction and maintenance has been added to the investment of the United States. In like manner, each year since the Federal Government has been con- tributing a lump sum, a percentage representing the ratio of the lump sum contribution to the total expenditures for the District of Columbla has been added to the investment of the Federal Government. Expense Basis Changed. “The act of Congress approved June 7. 1924, changed the basis of the Federal contribution to the District of Columbia from 40 per cent to the amounts expended to a lump sum. It provides that any revenue then required by law to be credited to the District of Columbia 2nd the United States in the same proportion, each contributed to the activity or source from whence such revenue was derived, shall be credited wholly to the District, excepting revenue arising as the result of the expenditures of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and prior to fiscal years. The action of the Corps of Engineers treat- ing part of investments made from ap- propriations since 1924 is incorrect, be- cause the contributicns on the lump- sum basis are clearly outright contribu- tions tothe District of Columbia.” In a letter of transmittal accompany- ing the Efficlency Bureau report it is suggested that “the investments of the Fz:deral Government, District Govern- ment, and the Water Department in the capital asvets of the water system ;ince 1924 be calculat>d on a different he question of allocating. expendi- tures for tae enlargement and improve- ment of the water system since the lump sum practice began in 1925 be- comes important when it is remembered that in the fiscal years 1925 to 1927, inclusive, there was appropriated $5,500,- 000 toward the bullding of the new con- duit. new filtration plant and related facilities. This enlargement project was started during the 60-40 regime and was estimated to cost something over $8,500,000, so that the greater part of it was lrproprmed for under the lump sum policy. 1930 Costs Compiled. The financial statement of expendi- | tures for the water system up to 1930, ! prepared by the Engineer Corps and made a part of the Efficiency Bureau Teport, siows the total amount spent for construction of the ‘system up to| ;(l;mt year, $35,012,611, allocated as fol- | ws: . United States, $10,964,801; District | of Columbia, $9,072,178.11, and District Water Department, $14.975,621.89. The Jocal community, therefore, through its two sources of payment, has spent $24;- 047,810 on construction. The Water Held Guiteauw’s Plan NEWSBOY MAY HAVE satisfy himself on one point, the picture of a great nationa! tragedy which James L. Denny carries in his head is clear in every other detail. Fifty years have not blurred it, any more than they have blurred the ink in The Star's yellowing files where the story of President Garfleld’s assassina- tion is written. Denny turned the brittle old pages softly yesterday, an eager gleam in his | eye. | For to him at least the story was as LTHOUGH he can't quite [ dry on the front page, as if the scream: ing newsboys were beating the ments with the biggest extra of times. | Doubt Persists. | The visual picture is clear anyhow, | but it was evident to see some doubt persisted. | “If only,” mused Denny, for about the third fime in as many minutes, “I had been reasonably curious that | day * * * If I only had wg maybe it wouldn't have happened * * * maybe all history would be changed | + "+ s it might haye affected the | whole world * * * maybe * * But who kncws? Denny didn't, nor does he expect to find the answer, how- ever little chance he has of escaping the | idea. It has become embedded in his | brain, like the picture. Denny said he was 20 years old then, | the custodian of a news stand in the old | Baltimore and Potomac Railway sta- tlon. ! On the 2d of July, 1881, he was work- ing there when a soft-spoken furtive | stranger came up and asked a favor. | Can't Forget Letter. The stranger, it appeared, wished to leave a package with Denny until he should return for it—a package and a letter. | It was the letter which Denny can't forget, which he held in his hand un- sealed, which could have altered history in untold ways. had Denny but looked | inside the envelope. Once, Denny said, he started to look inside. The man's actions had stirred | a hint of suspicion in his mind. But| Denny hadn’t gotten to be 20 without | learning to attend his own affairs. | The letter, addressed to. “Byron S. | Andrews and his co-journalists,” told | in detail of Charles J. Guiteau's plans | to assassinate President Garfield. But | Denny learned of that later, when letter | and package were opened by police—the package, incidentally, contained a re- ligious book. Heard Bark of Revolver. Denny. he went on, had the letter in his possession about 30 minutes when he heard the ugly bark of a revolver within the small station building. | which Jasted more than CHANGED HISTORY. JAMES L. DENNY. —Star Staff Photo. He looked up and saw the stranger, standing near the storm door at the B street entrance, level the gun to shoot again, Another shot rang out. It still echoes in Denny's brain. He could not | see who the man was shooting at until he rushed through a doorway into the station. There Denny saw the Presi- dent lying on_the floor. “What did I think of?” said Denny “I didn't think, I just said, ‘Now thy hell to pay!’ And so there wa Through the police investigation that followed, through the tedium of a trial & month— Denny still carries the precious sub. poenas about with him—the idea was forming in Denny’s mind . . . “What if,” he kept telling himself “What if I had opened that letter.” Is Now “Sailor Newsboy.” Denny later left Washington and now is a “sailor newsboy” on the steamer Northland plying between New York and Portland, Me. He is stopping over here en route to his Winter home at Columbia, S. C., to try and get in touch with surviving eye-witnesses of the as- sasination. “Why do I want to see them Denny, carefully closing the which held the old newspapers, "—Oh, I don't know. I just want to talk to them again . . . “Besides,” he added, on his way out “T'd sorta like to ask them what they thing would have happened if I had opened that letter.” MRS. WILLEBRANDT | SHIFTS ALLEGIANCE Resigns Mayflower Second Mortgage Group to Join Senior Holders. | | Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, for- mer Assistant Attorney General, has, been retained to represent & protective | committee for holders of first mortgage bonds on the Mayflower Hotel, which went into default October 1, it was announced yesterday. The default oc- curred whea the hotel company failed | to meet interest and sinking fund pay- | ments on the bonds. < 1 In order to accept this position, Mrs. | ‘Willebrandt resigned as counsel for a group of holders of second mortgage honds on the hotel property. This sec- ond mortgage bond group recently was successful in a suit brought in District | Supreme Court for appointment of re- ceivers for the hotel and the removal of Charles C. Moore of the American Bond & Mortgage Co. as trustee. ‘The first mortgage on the Mayflower amounts to $7,500.000 and the second | to $2,400,000. The second mortgage | bonds went into default several months ago. In a letter to bondholders, the com- | mittee represented by Mrs. Willebrandt | points out that Moore is under Federal | indictment in Boston, New York and | Pittsburgh for fraud in connection with | the sale of bonds. Prompt deposit of bonds is urged so that concerted action | may be taken on behalf of a majority of the holders. The Protective Committee consists of J. Clifford Folger, chairman, vice presi- | dent of D. H. Ménew & Co.: Thomas | P. Littlepage, director of the Liberty Na- tional Bank; D. W. Walker, Ernest C. Mulvey and W. Worth Smith, jr. | It could not be learned what action the committee for protection of first mortgage bondholders ccntemplates, but it was pointed out a suit for fore- closure of the property by them would, in effect, wipe out the security for the second mortgage bonds. VICE SQUAD ARRESTS FOUR IN LIQUOR RAIDS | Two Prisoners Are Women; Al- leged Beer, Alcohol and Mash Beized. Four persons, two being women, | were arrested on liquor charges in three raids by the vice squad yesterday. | In the first raid, Lillian B. Harris, 42, was held when search of her resi-| dence in the 900 block of M street is| alleged to have revealed 50 bottles of beer, two gallons of alcohol, two quarts of whisky and 10 gallons of mash. of New York avenue police say found 54 bottles of beer and five gal: lons of alcohol. There they arrested Gordon Waters, 21, of the New York avenue address and Miss Patricia Fair-| child, 22, of the 1700 block of Euclid street. | Clarence A. Burly, 43, of the 120 block of Four-and-a-Half street south. west, was arrested when police are alleged to have found 44 bottles of | beer at his home. Each of those| arrested was released on $500 bond, to, appear in Police Court tomorrow. e | raiding squad was led by Sergt. N. O. Holmes. | DU DRAMA GROUP TO MEET | Pierce Hall Players to Hcld First| Session Wednesday Night. | Willam G. Eliot, 3d. chairma: the council cf the Pierce Hall Pla; will outline plans of the group for coming year, at ths first meeting of the| season, to be held Wedn=sday e g ! in Pierce Hall, All Souls’ Church, Six- teenth and Harvard streets. i A musical play by Arthur L. Rice, en-, titled “A Woman's Way,” will be pre- department figure includes what it has spent on developing the distribution sys: tem, which it controls, as well as what the department has contributed to the (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.). sented ‘under the direction of Mrs. | Howard Hosmer. The cast includes Marjorie Brockett, Sinclair. Laurence Staples, Howard Hosmer and William 3d. WIDOH OF LN ATTAGKS HS WL Paper Signed Day Before Death Left All to Sister, Mrs. Wilson-Greene. Mrs. Ettie W. N. Wilson, widow of At- torney Edwin L. Wiison, former secre- tary of the District Bar Association, who died August 20, yesterday flled a caveat protesting against the admission to pro- bate of a will of her husband executed the day before his death. In this will he left his entire estate to his sister, Katie Wilcon-Greene, director of a local concert buregu. The value of the estate is estimated at $12,000. Through Attorneys James B. Archer and Leo E. Simonton, the widow assert- ed her husband did not “consciously sign the document,” and declares it was “written with a dead hand. as a casual view will demonstrate, extorted from the last flickering impulse.” She said her husband was suffering from chronic nephritis with attendant mental incapacity, and alleged his signature was obtained by “undue in- fluence, domination and unlawful per- suasion of his sister or some other per- son. - BOY INJURED IN FALL FROM MOVING MACHINE Ten-Year-Old May Have Been Thrown From Car Near Chevy Chase Circle, Police Say. Police of the fourteenth precinct sta- tion last night were investigating an accident in which Gilbert Raynor, 10 years old, of 142 Frederick street, Ken- sington, Md., suffered lacerations of the head, knees and arms when he fell or was thrown from an automobile on Western avenue near Chevy Chase Circle yesterday afternoon. The boy, on his way to a motion pic- ture perforrance in Washington, had been picked up by the driver of the automobile near his home and was standing on the side of the automobile when the mishap occurred. Gilbert who was taken.to George- town Hospital in a police car, was un- able to tell whether he fell or had been pushed from the machine. The car did not stop. Stafl physicians at the hospital ad- mitted the yeungster to the institution {g; glr;t‘hel;dlt'tmuon after administer- aid treatment. is not considered serious. AR COLORED GIRL DROWNS IN FIRST ST. RESERVOIR trieve Ball—Rescue Efforts "Are Fatile. A 10-year-old colored girl was drowned in the reservoir at First and Hobart treets late yesterday when she fell into he water while trying to retrieve a rubber ball she had been playing with. The child, Marjorie Lee of 649 Girard street, was playing near Howard Uni- versity. George Sellers, colored, of 1543 Sev- enth street, saw the girl fall and sum- moned the fire rescue squad. The body was recovered with the use of grap- pling hooks. Members of the rescue squad worked more than an hour in a futile attempt to revive the child. BOY’S ARM BROKEN nck on Which He Rides Runs Tco Near Parked Car. 2. t Anderton, 17, 1322 T stree received & broken arm late yesterda: when an automobile truck of a local newspaper, in which he was riding, was driven close to a parked truck at 10§ him' to stiike s arm’ sguinat i ing ‘arm_against it. The truck in which Andertap was rid- ing was operated by Kenneth B. Norris, | 31, of Kensington, Md. : GOVERNMENT LAND ADDED TO AIRPORT 10 IMPROVE FIELD War Department Grants Per- mit for Use of Part of Ex- perimental Farms. EAST AND WEST RUNWAY | WILL BE 3,400 FEET LONG | Marsh Area Now Being Filled With Earth From Mall Excavations. | To Be Ready in 30 Days. | Extension of the landing area of | Washington-Hoover Airport onto Gov- | ernment-owned land of the Arlington Experimental Farms has been begun | under the terms of a revocable permit | issued by the War Department, it was announced last night by Col. C. E. Fauntleroy, of the Federal Aviation | Corporation, owners of the airport, | Approximately three and one-half acres of Government land were added | to the airport area under the terms | of the permit. The tract, mostly marsh | land, 1s in the corner south of Military | road and east of the railroad embank- ment. This area now is being filled with earth taken from excavations for the | foundations of the new Mall buildings and will be ready for use as a part of | the airport in from 2 weeks to 37 days, | Col. Fauntleroy said. | Will Extend Runways. | Earth from the same excavations also | is being used to extend the north and south runway of the airport into marsh land south of the present landing area. | When the fill on the new Government | parcel is completed, the east and west | runway of the field, which lies in the | direction of the prevalling winds and is, ther=fore, the most frequently used of all the field runways, will be extended a distance of between 500 and 600 feet. The added portion of runway will be 250 fet, wide. Completion of this new strip will in- crease the total length of the runwa to between 3,200 and 3,400 feet, Col. Fauntleroy said, and will materially im- prove conditions at the busy terminal | fleld. 1t will permit transport planes | warming up for takeoffs into easterly | winds to back up against the railroad | embankment, keeping the dust off the | Military road, in addition to increasing | the length of the take-off area and, | therefore, adding further to the safety factor. As soon as the fill is completed the | field boundary lights will be moved out to include the new area and the length- | ened runway will be opened for opera- | tions. | Strip 400 Feet Wide. | The fill now being made is several | feet above the level of Military road and | will be terraced down to the road right of way. under an agrezment with Fed- | eral authorities. | The fill at the south end of the north and south runway will add 350 feet to | the length of the runway, bringing the | total svailable length to nearly 2400 | feet. The additional strip is 400 feet wide. The use of solid earth from the ex- cavations will permit use of the new | portions as rapidly as they are filled and scraped, Col. Fanntleroy explained. | A tractor.scraper has been assigned to each .runwav to level off the fill as | rapidly . as the truckloads of malermi | are dumped. Between the new runwav extensions. | the general fleld area is being extended into the marsh by dumping and burn- ing of trash. | Lengthening of the runwavs became an urgent necessity with the intro- | duction by two of the air transport lines high-speed transports of the low-wing monoplane type which, because of their | great speed. require longer runways for landing and taking off. BOY CYCLIST’S DEATH Verdict of Coroner's Jury in Lambros Accident. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned by a coroner’s jury yesterday in the death of Charles Lambros, 11, of | 1300 Floral street, who was fatally hurt Friday when he was thrown from a bicycle beneath the wheels of an auto- mobile. The boy was riding on the handle bars of the bicycle peddled by James | Thompson, 10, of 1208 Floral strest when they collided with an automobile driven by Eugene Colella, 20, 7512 Fourteenth street. The accident hap- | pened at Fourteenth and Hemlock streets. Colella was automatically released following the verdict. Young Thompson escaped with minor bruises. Both boys were treated at Walter Reed Hospital where Young Lambros ‘died several hours after the accident. BY COMMISSIONERS George W. Offutt Is Chair- man of Group, Including 13 Civic Leaders. DUTIES OF MEMBERS PRESCRIBED BY ORDER Board Will Confer With Director of Vehicles and Traffic and Commit- tee on Problems and Policies. An official Trafc Advisory Councll, established as part of the permanent traffic administration, was appointed yesterday by the District Commis- sioners, with George W. Offutt, presi- dent of the Board of Trade, as its chairmai There are 13 members, all prominent in civic and business af- fairs. The order appointing the new mem- bers of the council, now established on a permanent basis, also cites its duties. These shall consist of conferring with the director of vehicles and traffic and other members of the Commissioners’ Traffic Co-ordinating Committee and of making recommendations on such traffic problems and policies as shah be referred to the council by the Com missioners and Traffic Director Van Duzer. In addition to Chairman Offutt, the other appointees are Edwin 8. Hege of the Federation of Citizens® Associa- tions: John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co.: E. C. Graham, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce; Whitney Leary, C. H. Frame, E. D. Merrill, president of the Washington Rapid Transit Co.; Mel- vin Sharpe, assistant to the president ori the Washington Railway and Electric Co.: Charles C. Collins. Theodore P. Noyes, Harry M. Bedell, George E. Keneipp and Selden M. E The co-ordinating committee with | which the council members will co- operate is comprised of Mr. Van Duzer, chairman; Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Capt. C._ Montgomery, Inspector Brown, E. V. Fisher and E. W. Thomas. KIWANIS TO OBSERVE VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE | Miss Helen E. Samuel, President of | rises along the border betwzen France District Association, Will Address Club, Miss Helen E. Samuel, president of the District Vocational Guidance Asso- ciation, will be the principal speaker at the fourth annual Vocational Guidance day observance of the Kiwanis Club, Thursday at 12:30 o'clock. at Washington Hotel. Members of the Board of Education and principals of the senior high schools will be guests of the club. The officers of the assoclation are Miss Helen E. Samuel, president; Mrs. Paul E. Howe, vice president; Dr. Mai Louise Brown, honorary vice president Stephen E. Kramer, first vice president. F. A. Woodward, second vice presiden! Dr. J. Orin Powers, third vice presiden! Mrs. Daisy Huff, recording secretary Miss Esther Woodward, corresponding secretary; Miss Virginia E. Kirby, treasurer, and Miss Myrtle E. Moore, librarian. NATIONAL HEAD OF P.-T. A. WILL ADDRESS INSTITUTE| aigeal now operating out of Washington of Mrs. Hugh Bradford to Be Heard|pensive and, because it was recent, a | Tomorrow Afternoon at Franklin School. Mrs. Hugh Bradford, president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, will speak at a ' parent- teacher institute . tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the Franklin School Administration Build- ing. - The session has been arranged es- pecially for -teachers and principals. Mrs. J. N. Saunders, president of the District Congress of Parents and Teach- ers, and Mrs. W. T. Bannerman, di- rector of the department of home serv- ice, will also speak at the meeting. to be presided over by S. E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools. s il L CLUB BOARD TO MEET ‘The first executive board meeting of the Political Study Club has been called for tomnorrow at the Mayflower Hotel by Mrs. Ernest Hunphrey Daniel, president of the organization. Appointment of the following com- mittee heads was announced yesterday by Mrs. Daniel: Membership, Mrs. H. Wallace Witcover; p! m, Commis- sioner Jessie Dell; hospitality, Mrs. W. L. Dunlap, jr.; publicity and printing, Mrs. E. B. Hickerson; resolutions, E. B. Merritt; place, Mrs. C. K. Claudy; music, Mrs. N. J. Sinnott. BREADLINE TO BE KEPT INDOORS TO AVOID PARADING MISERY | Psychological Effort Considered by Head of Central In an spartment in the 2100 block | Falls Into AW ates SRRt n,.j Union Mission, Where Thousands Have Been Aided. Declaring conditions this Winter would | not be helped by “parading misery in public,” John S. Bennett, superintend- ent of the Central Union Mission, which provides free shelter and food for desti- tute men, announced yesterday the mis- sion would endeavor to keep its usual nightly “breadline” off the streets. Mr. Bennett has been in conference with a number of persons handling re- | Pl lief matters among the unemployed and is of the opinion, he said, that the sight of several hundred jobless, homeless men lined up on the street has a dele- terious effect on public morale. “There is distress enough now and more is likely to come later, without parading it in public,’ Mr. Bennett said, “so we have decided it would have a better psychological effect on the un- employment tion if the men would | be rcquired to wait indoors until soup | is served.” Long Lines Last Winter. / Last Winter long lines of destitute i men standing outside the various eity missions waiting for the doors to open | were nightly sights in Washington. | During the peak of the cold spell as many as 400 a night were sheltered at t.h;n Central Unlol;w Mission alone. as preparing lmoch eol weather, the Central lon I‘Rf . which' is condu by the Protestant churches of Washington as s social wel- fare agency, has rented from the Dis- trict government the building at 218 Third street, formerly occupied by the Florence Crittenton Home. This has been supplied with barrack cots for 300 men, besides showers, and the heating plant has been renov: ted. At present this bullding is being occu- an average of 100 men a night, about 50, who are ac- by in addition to ar- commodated e ters at 613 C street. 01d Refuge Torn Down. Due to the overflow of applicants last Winter, the mission took over an old building on Sixth street, which has now been torn down in with_the projected municipal center. The Dis- trict Commissioners offered them the old quarters of the Florence Crittenton Home, “So far as we can do, no man shall walk the streets hungry this Winter, Supt. Bennett said last night. Begin- 2ing tomorrow morning hot oatmeal and milk will be added to the usual break- fast menu of coffee and bread for the jobless, In the evening the mission will serve soup, hash, milk and bread licants. will be ‘mission hea wcarce and: the jutting peaks offer an | EWS , HO were the mysterious pre- historic men who first settled in the Basque country of France and Spain? Whence came their invading hordes, and in what age? These questions have intrigued archeologists for more than a century. Few would hazard an answer to the, first query, but Dr. Arthur Stanley | Riggs, nofed Washington archeologist, hopes an aerial expedition launched by | the Archeological Institute of Washing- | fon will reveal new facts related to the | second. | Entering into its thirtieth year, the | ‘Washington organization plans to send | two experienced scientists into the | Spanish Pyreness, where evidences of the first years of the Basque tribe are belleved fo exist. Airplanes Prove Useful. Aerial reconnaissance is a highly suc cessful practice adopted by archeologis within the last decade and made no-| table by the Lindbergh expedition into | the ancient Mayan country. It has| been used also in Mesopotamia, Eng- | land and elsewhere. While the ob- server Investigating on the ground sometimes cannot detect signs of buried | structures, extraordinary aspects of the topography are easily noticeable from | the air. By triangulation the location of these unusual features can be de-| termined and the ground workers may | then return to the scene to begin ex: cavation. | ‘Two wealthy New Yorkers. interested | both in aviation and the aiscovery of prehistoric remains, will furnish financial backing for the present project once | it has been approved by the republican government of Spain. ‘The scientists chosen for the work | by the Washington Institute may be n over the territory by an official military plane—as almost all _nations wish to censor active photography in fortified areas, and the Pyrenees rarge and Spain. If that srrangement is not proposed, the backers will supply = plane to traverse the: strip, 50 miles wide and 300.miles long, in which relics | will be sought. Whether by military or | civilian plane, - flights over the lofty, | Tugg! ountains will be packed with | thrills, as suitable landing space is | ever-threatening menacs. For scholars bent on the discovery of new and im- portant knowledge, however, these dan- gers will be minimized. Four Cultures Traced. Four cultures in the past have been traced in Spain, three of them ancient and one established by the Moorish in- vasion, within the period of so-called medieval history. The first three were the Greek, Celtic and Carthaginian. The Greeks at one time invaded the eastern shore of Spain, even extending up into France near the present site of Mar- seilles.. The,Carthaginian group pushed across into the Gibraltar , while the Celts, who came either Brit- tainy down the coast, or directly from Treland, entered the northwestern area. All three of these subsided dom! nant civilizations, leaving only ces of their existence. The later Moorish in- | vasion, which lasted for several cen- turfes, left a stronger. more compre- more easily traceable imprint on the nation. But the mystery of the inhabitants of that inland Pyrenees territory re- mains unsolved. Usually it is possible to trace a migrant race through the similarities of its language to that of some older civilization. The Basque language seems to have no known rela- tives. It has no word meaning Deity or to express any abstract ideas at all. God is “Juangoi-Kao,” or “Lord of the High,” which also may be translated as | should bring to light Map of the Basque country, showing the provinces which will be explored for traces of the prehistoric men who first settled the Basque country. Below: Dry Arthur Stanley Riggs of the Archeological Institute of Washing- ton, sponsor of the expedition. Lord of the Moon. The language is as puzzling as the origin of the race. If it is possible to determine the ex- act time in which these people ap- peared some light may be thrown on their origins. The implication is obvi- ous, but not necessarily final. Never- theless there is a reasonable hope that the establishment of one fact will lead to another. Certainly it will lead to & further knowledge ®f the ethnology of the territory. Is Authority on Spain. Ior. Riggs, an authority on Spain, belleves some connection may be es- tablished between the peoples of the Pyrenees area and those inhabiting the Balearic Islands, off the eastern coast of Spain. The official Spanish Institute of Archeology has inaugurated excava- tion work on the Island of Majorca, one of the Balearic group. The project at resent is idle because of lack of funds, ut “If the discoveries in the Pyrenees prove stimulating the Washington .in- stitute may cffer to renew the Marjorca work in co-operation with Spanish archeologists. 5 Similarity of structures and relics unearthed in the provinces of Gerona, Lerida, Huesca, Navarra, Alava and Giupuzoca and those revealed Majorca” might serve as a basis. of starting conclusions. Whatever the possibilities of partially unraveling the Basque mystery, the ex- pedition sent by the Washington group should -enable scientists to decide whether the first civilization there was paleolithic or neolithic. Likewise, it at aterial of great value in reconstructing the life of that period in Spain. Dr. Riggs has expressed great confl- dence that the aerial search will prove not only one of the most unique, but one of the most distinguished efforts ever launched by Washington's insti- tute. In the past explorations in Car- thage, the American Southwest and Guatemala have distinguished the in- stitute, even as its direction by the hands of Johin W. Foster, once Amba- sador to Prance; Robert Lansing, former Secretary of State, and James M. Beck, the recently retired president, has made it an outstanding institution. ture, Dr. Riggs, believes, promises equally noteworthy achievement. D. C. WOMAN IS HURT IN SEVEN-CAR CRASH Mrs. Mary D. Owens Cut on Face in Baltimore Road Mishap in Which Auto Upsets. A Washington woman was one of two persons injured yesterday in an accident involving seven automobiles on the Washington-Baltimore boulevard, near West Eldridge, about eight miles from Baltimore. One of the cars overturned. The Capital woman, Mrs. Mary Dale Owens, 46, a translator for the Rublic Health Service, was Tiding in & machine driven by her l;u:nnd, wut:rn Jhlo'l:?l" a Treasury budget officer, w] e mis- occurred. haj 5 l?lury T. White of Baltimore was driving past the Owens automobile when he saw another car approaching from the o te -direction. Swervini sharply to the right, his machine crash into the Owens automobile and oyer- turned. Five other cars, following close behind White's struck the wreckage. Henry Fosprink, 63, of Baltimore, & passenger in White's machine, receive a broken leg and cuts about the face and body. He was taken to St. Agnes’ Hospital, Baltimore. Mrs. Owens escaped with cuts about the face. Sh> was treated at Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore. Her hus- band, White and the occupants of the other automobiles were unhurt. Follo! an investigation by State police, ite-was arested on a drunken drlvlns mrr and locked up in the Elf City jail. il A HONOR DR. GORGAS Meémorial Institute Observes Anni- versary of Surgeon’s Death. ‘The 77th anniversary of the birth of Willlam Crawford Gorges, surgeon fiefll of the United States Army dur- | W the World War and famous for his was red Memorial Institute of Washington. The Gorges Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine is dedicated to the furtherance of the medicinal and scientific projects launched by the noted LEFT TURN IS FELT LITTLE IN MISHAPS 11 in Last Half of Month Are Traced to New Rule<One Less Than 15 Preceding Days. The change from the rotary to the uniform left turn had no apparent ef- fect on the accident situation in Sep- tember, according to a report prepared yseterday by Assistant Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge and submitted to Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer. The new left turn rule went into effect September 15, and the report shows there were 11 accidents caused by turning in the street from that date to 30, or one less than oc- curred in the first half of the month. ‘The report also showed there were 724 accidents last month, compared with 714 in September, 1930. These accl- dents resuited in two fatalities, or two less than in September of last. year. ed | Neither of these deaths, however, was attributed to the accidents due to turns in the street. Mr. Eldridge analyzed the statistics tc show there were 317 accidents or 22.6 a day for the first 15 days of Septem- ber and 407 or 25.4 a day for the last 15 days. FOREIGN SERVICE TESTS T0 BEGIN'IN JANUARY Those Who Qualify Will Be Sub- Jected to Oral Quiz at State Department. tion of chndidates for ap- Service including ‘ashington, 18, 1932. Those who qualify will be sub- jected to an oral exanination at the intez Department, beginning next ay 2. All candidates must be especially designated by the State Department at least 40 days before the Cate set for the written examination. No such desig- nations will be issued after December 8. The fu-|higl will F.l;.l.!l' ITI!M PAGE B—1 WAGE RESTRICTED - BY MCARLONTWG: GOVERNMENT J0BS Bacon-Davis Act Wrongly Ap- plied on Veterans’ Hospital Jobs, Hines Advised. RULING FAR-REACHING IN ITS IMPORTANCE Road Work and Painting Not ‘Within Prevailing Wage Stipulation, Is View. Sharply restricting the application of the Bacon-Davis act, Controller Gen- eral McCarl has warned Government agencles that “the prevailing wage stip- ulation” should not be included in any Government contracts except “those for the construction, alteration or repair of public buildings as authorized by law.” In a decision of far-reaching impor- tance, tendered to Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans' af- fairs. McCarl held that the Veterans® Administration had erred in including the prevailing wage stipulation in two contracts which already are under op~ eration on two veterans' hospitals at Bedford, Mass., for exterior painting, and at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., for road improvement. The contractors in these instances, McCarl held, should not have been required to pay the prevailing wage of those communities, under the Bacon-Davis law. McCarl told Gen. Hines that the law “contains specific statutory authority for inclusion of such a provision in con- tracts for the construction, alteration and repair of any public building and it would seem to be too clear for argu~ ment that the painting of an existing public building and the construction of a road is not the ‘cons‘ruction, alter- ation or repair of any public bullding.’ " Precaution is Advised. “Hereafter.” said McCarl, in the con- clusion of his decision, “care should be cised to see that the prevailing e stipulation is nol contained in any contracts except those specified by w. The veterans’ contracts were allowed to stand, but Gen. Hines was warned that in the future the prevailing wage stipulation should be applied only to those projects mentioned in the law, “construction, alteration and repair of any public building.” This decision by McCarl has aroused much interest, particularly in view of several questions arising here in con- nection with the prevailing wage law. One case here, it was said in_ official circles, the painting job on the Internal Revenue Building is very similar to the painting job in Massachusetts, where McCarl held the Government had no right under the law to exact the pre- vailing wage. ‘The paint job at the Internal Rev- enue Bureau is on the interior plaster- work. and brought the first major de- cision by Secretary of Labor Doak in administration of the act here. Doak ruled that the contractor, the Alliance Construction Co. of New York, must pay 811 a day to painters, which is the same as the union scale. The con- tractor, represented here by Herman Morris, disputed the right of the Gov- f | ernment to make him pay a higher scale after he had started work, but Morris finally began payment of the union scale as of August 31, he said. He is protesting, however, and interids to take some kind of action against the Government later it is understood. Internal Revenue Paint Job. Officials studving the McCarl de- cision to Gen. Hines were inclined to belisve that the McCarl decision might be said to hold in the case of the In- ternal Revenue paint job. contrary to the decision of Secretary of Labor Doak, but up to last night no official action had been taken by any of the various Government agencies involved to straighten out the matter. Morris, the painter in charge of the Internal Revenue job, contended that the Government had no right to ask for bids, grant him the contract as low bidder, and then force him to pay a her wage than he had figured on in his bidding. Rising antagonism to the Bacon- Davis act's administration on this point. recently found expression from Asso- clated General Contractors, who an- nounced that they will make a fight in Congress to amend the law so that the Government contracting agency will have to publish wage rates required, prior to or along with the asking of bids. This would enable the contractor to know just what his wage costs would be in any particular communitv. At suggestion of Secretary of Labor Doak, the District Commissioners re- cently took action to place into effect the union wage scale in its contracts which fall within the Bacon-Davis law. Road and Paint Contracts. The Veterans' Bureau contracts which brought about the decision by Controller General McCarl were let to the Shrainka Construction Co. for con- structing a road at Jefferson Barracks, Mo, in the sum of $5202.20. and to the Pittsburgh Sheeting & Painting Co., Inc., in the sum of $5,000 for exterior painting of the Veterans' Hospital at Bedford, Mass. These contracts will not be disturbed by the Controller General, but he warned against includ- ing the prevailing wage scale stipula- tion in any more such contracts. Last-minute efforts were made to amend the Bacon-Davis wage law to include the publishing of prevailing wages which would be required, but at the last hours of the closing session of Congress it was decided to leave out any attempts to amend, as they might | imperil passage of the law before Con- gress adjourned. The bill was signed by the President March 3, 1931. GIRL TO MAKE JUMP ‘Will Seek to Land on Hoover Field This Afternoon. Miss Ruby Harrell, Baltimore girl mlxt, will make two parachute jumps afternoon at Washington-Hoover Afrport in an effort to land in the fly: ing fleld, which two men jumpers ha She will make the jumps from alti- tudes of 2,000 to 3,500 feet at 2:30 and 4:30 oclock from “an _open it loted by Roger Scott of the . This is said to be the first time a woman ever has jumped at the local airport. One of the two men jumpers who have tried for the field landed on Co- lumbia Island and the other on the graded right of way for the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard. Child Attacked by Cat. Attacked by a cat while playing near his home Bernard Klr{ison, w