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_ [wasmverox | The Sunday Stad WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1931. PAGE B-—1 AUTO ASSESSMIENT IN'2 T0 BE BASED ONNEWVALUATION v Usual “Blue Book” Estimates | to Be Replaced Next Year | by Insurance Figures. PERSONAL TAX AND FEE ON TAGS TO BE GROUPED | D. C. Will File Application for Both, and Owner Will Pay One Sum, Including Mailing Cost. A change in the valuation guide used by the tax assessor’s office for assessing | motor vehicles for personal property | taxes wes disclosed yesterday in an announcement by C. A. Russell, deputy | assessor, of plans for distribution of | the 1932 automobile registration tags. | Mr. Russell revealed that the Na- | tional Used Car Market Report, famil- | farly known as the “blue book.” used | in the past for determining the value | of cars for taxation purposes, is to be | discarded in favor of th> Tax Asses- sor's Guide. a_book of valuations is- | sued by the Insurance Underwriters' Association of the United States. Will Use Assessor’s Guide. The Tax Assessor's Guide, according to Mr. Russell, gives valuations nearer | the true value than those in the “blue book,” which is used extensively by | automobile dealers. He declared, how- ever, that the difference in the valua- | tions listed in the books are slight by comparison. All assessments on cars for which 1932 tags are issued will be based on the values given in the Tax Assessor's Guide. This book, it was said, reflects the amount for which the car could be insured in average condition as of Janu- ary 1, 1932, the date fixed by law for the valuation of automobiles in the District. Explaining the procedure to be fol- lowed in assessing cars and issuing 1932 tags, Mr. Russell pointed cut that ap- plication blanks for tags would not be distributed as in past years, relieving the car owner of the resporsibility of | filling in the requisite data. The ap- plications will b> printed by an ad- | dressograph machine in the office of Traffic Director Van Duzer, showing all of the information contained on the certificate of title. When completed, | the applications will be forwarded to the personal tax office, where the valu- | ation of the car will be determined and the tax placed. Will Group Tax and Tag Fee. After the amount of the tax has been stamped on the application, it will be mailed to the car owner, who must sign and return it to the office of the trafic director, accompanied by a check or money order for the arount of the tax. | tags and mailing fee. Car owners who | do not want the tags mailed to them will be able to procure them at the traf- fic_office. 1 Tags will not be issued until & car has been properly titled. Persons filling in the application for a certificate of title, Mr. Russell warned, should be par- ticularly careful in stating the exact model of the car, otherwise they will! Tun the risk of paying an excessive tax or in having their tags held up until| the proper data as to the exact model ! of the vehicle has been furnished. i Truck tags, Mr. Russell said, will be issued the same as in previous years | at the personal tax office in the Dis- | trict Building. Applications for truck | Have Double Wedding SISTERS TAKE HUSBANDS AT THE SAME TIME. | | Left to right: Funice Helen Lewis, Leo Snyder, Mary Augustine Lewis and Harry Ba E JUST happened to have the same inspiration at the same time.” And that, said the for- mer Miss Eunice Helen Lewls, was the reason why she and her sister, Mary Augustine, planned to be married together. | serman. —Star Staff Photo. Eunice, 22 years old, and Mary, 25, are the deughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. | Edward Lewis of 1823 Monroe street. {Mr. Lewis is a real estate dealer, with offices in the 600 block of F street. Following the ceremony, attended [ Their double wedding yesterday after- noon in the rectory of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart united Uunice to Leo |only by members of the families, the | couples left on honeymoon tours to va- rious points of the South ! william Snyder, an engineer at the Bu- | On their return Mr. and Mrs. Bauser- reau of Standards, and Mary to Harry Fezer Bauserman, a civil engineer in | the War Department. man will reside at 1823 Monroe street | and Mr. and Mrs. Snyder at Cathedral Mansions. DISTRICTPOLICE Inquiry Set for Tomorrow to Assure Thorough In- ; vestigation. DEATH CIRCUMSTANCES NOT ENTIRELY CLEARED Autopsy Reveals Victim's Spine Not Injured in Recent Plunge From Dumbarton Bridge. The District police have requested a coroner’s jury be empaneled to delve into circumstances surrcunding the death yesterday of Mrs. Adeline Green- leaf of 1026 Sixteenth street to “allay any suspicion that the case had not been properly investigated,” Deputy Coroner Magruder MacDonald sald last night. The request was made by In- spector S. F. W. Burke and Dr. Mac- Donald set tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock as the time for the inquest. Mrs. Greenleaf's body was found yes- terday morning in a clothes closet in the bed room of her home. A pajama string was fastened around her neck and suspended from a hock. An autopsy, performed by the deputy coroner, revealed that death was due to strangulation. Suicide Theory Held. Mrs. Greenleaf, wife of Eric Green- leaf, traffic manager of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., and daugh- ter of the late J. P. Culp, a vice presi- dent of the Southern Railway, was believed by police to have committed suicide. Ten days ago, according to police, she jumped or fell from the Dumbar- ton Bridge over Rock Creek Park, land- ing in soft dirt. She received severe bruises, and after a few days in George- town University Hospital she was trans. HANGING OF WOMAN 10 BE PROBED BY Hoover to Chris ten Huge Plane EREMONIES in which Mrs. Herbert Hoover, national av tion leaders, Federal officia members of Congress and rep- resentatives of 30 nations will participate, will attend the christening | at Anaccstia Naval Air Station tomor- | row afternoon of the largest airplane ever bullt in America, a giant 50-pas- | senger flying boat which will become | flagship of this country's “aerial mer- |chant marine” in Latin and South America. | The program will open with & joint concert of internaticnal music by the | Marine and Navy- Bands. which will play alternately through the afternoon. The musical program will begin at 2 o'clock, preceding the arrival of Mrs | Hoover and other distinguished guests | at 2:25, | The christening ceremonies will begin | at 2:30 o'clock, with Juan T. 'mppe,[ president of the Pan-American Alr- ways, presiding. Addresses will be made by Orestes Ferrara, Cuban Am- bassador; Francis White, Assistant Secretary of State; Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania and Rep- esentative Will R. Wood of Indiana. Mrs. Hoover will christen the big NEW MODEL HOME ~ FILVING OF MOVIE VISTORS INVTED - FOR 2 TOBE SOON Heavy Attendance at Colonial Work May Start Next Week. Producers and C. ‘of C. ferred to her home. She was still con- | Plane at 3 o'clock, using for the pur- fined to her bed yesterday when break- | Pose & bottle of sea water from the fast was served her by a maid. A short| Caribbean, over which the big plane |time later the maid returned to the| Wil plv-on the 700-mile hop from {room, only to find that Mrs. Greenleaf | Cuba to Panama, longest unbroken |bad disappeared. An investigation led OVer-water flight made on any sched- oy | uled airplane in the world. e {,?: c?:‘;?,‘"’ of her body hanging 'L oing the christening, the big | plane will be open for inspection by . Talked of Taking Life. | Mrs. Hoover and other guests until Police sald they found no note indi-|3:30 o'clock, when it will be taken for cating sulcidal intent, but members of | its first official flight with repre- the family informed them that Mrs, |sentatives of 30 countries, including Greenleaf had threatened to take her = e — LARGEST FLYING BOAT BUILT IN AMERICA ARRIVES HERE. | | A view of the 50-passenger amphibian airplane which landed at the Naval It will be christened Monday by Mrs. Hoover. left to right: B. L. Rowe and R. O. D. Sullivan, the pilots. Air Station yesterday. Latin and South American countries and 10 European countries, sengers. A second flight will be made witl official delegates to the Pan-American Conference, now in session here. as guests. Thirty-six of the delegates will be carried. A third flight will be made for special Washington guests. The christening ceremonies and de- seriptions of the plane and the flights will be broadcast over both Columbia and National Broadcasting System net- works and a special short-wave broad- as pas- HALLOWEEN FETE TORIVAL PACEANTS OF NATIONAL FANE Parade of Costumed March- ers and lllumined Floats and Dancing Features. Below. —Star Staff Photos. | cast to South American stations has | TO HAVE FIRST GLORY Prizes and Amplifying Planned, With Public Invited—Civic Bodies Active. A city celebration rivaling the Mum- mers’ Parade in Philadelphia, the Tournament of Roses of Pasadena, and the New Orleans Mardi Gras, is hoped for by Washington civic leaders as they plan its first civic Halloween celebration for Saturday, October 31. The celebr: tion will take the form of a parade of costumed marchers and illuminated floats and dancing on Constitution avenue, which will be roped off, illum- inated and decorated for the occasion. According to Willlam A. Roberts, re, resenting the Federation of Citizens' Associations on the committee in charge of the celebration, the parade will start in the neighborhood of Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue and go down Pennsylvania avenue to Fourteenth street, south on Fourteenth street to | Constitution avenue, and west on Con- stitution past the reviewing stand, where Jjudges will decide the winners of num- erous prizes for the best floats, marchers in costume, and the like. First on New Avenue. This will be, incidentally, the first parade to use the newly paved Con- stitution avenue, and the smooth sur- face of the new avenue will aid the dancing which will foliow. Continuing his description, Mr. Roberts sald: “Many of the floats will be illuminated been arranged. There will be a special | 8nd some will bear persons in costume broadcast from the plane in flight. ‘The aerial giant will be available Tuesday morning for further inspection and flights and probably will start back to Bridgeport, Conn. Tuesday afternoon for official Department of { Commerce qualification tests as a flying boat. She already has been qualified and approved by the department as an | amphibian and is the largest amphibian plane in the world, being equipped for operation either from land or water. life on several occasions prior to her {fall from the bridge and her act yes- terday because of stock market losses They said they also heard reports that pected Today. Village Dwelling Is Ex- i A steady stream of visitors is expected today to pass through the newest Silver Star’ home, located in the Colonial vil- lage of Rock Creek Park Estates, near Kalmia road and Beach drive, which was opened yesterday for a month of public exhibition under auspices of The Star. ‘There, in a woodland setting, where the first group of & community of Early American and Georgian homes are being erected, visitors found a sym- phony of new and old ideas in home building. Famous House Reproduced. It is a reproduction of the form and atmosphere of one of America’s famous licenses will be printed by a Sto. | dwellings, changed only to the extent gTaph and forwarded to. the aoresso] | necessary to provide for modern ideas tax office. The owners will be asked to | ©f arrangement, treatment and equip- submit certain data from which the|Ment which are available today. valuation of the vehicle will be de| The house is & substantial likeness termined. |of the historic Valley Forge house malelibi s | where Gen. George Washington main- CAPITAL MET | tained headquarters during the cructal T0 GREET DELEGATES | resemble as nearly as possible the ap- | pearance of the Pennsylvania house. ES N | The wing of the Valley Forge repro- | duction here is of brick, which has been Meet at Luncheon. The actual filming of the Bicenten- nlal talking motion picture of Washing— ton will commence next week or the week following and will be completed in a short time, it was announced yes- terday after a luncheon at which the officers of the Washington Chamber of Cgmmerce and its Bicentennial Com- mittée entertained representatives of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. The fllm representatives flew here from New York to decide upon the points of interest to be included in the film, and ‘after the luncheon at the Washington Hotel paid a visit to Mount Vernon. Views of the famous shrine will be included in the film. Guests at the luncheon included Mr. and Mrs. Lyon Mearson and Mr. and Mrs. Burnet Hershey. The chamber representatives were Harry King, George A. G. Wood, Thomas P. Littlepage, lawski. Mr. Littlepage is chairman of the chamber's Bicentennial Committee, which has been in charge of the un- dertaking. Mr. Mearson has been engaged in preparing the scenario for the Wash- ington film. Both he and Mrs. Mear- son, whose pen name is Lillian Day, are authors of HOD'STS | months of the Revolutionary struggle. | The main section of the house is of Will Welcome Overseas Group Here ! on Way to Atlanta . | | stone, selected as to color and size to = Conference. Washington Methodists are making preparations to welcome the overseas delegates to the Methodist Ecumenical Conference. which meets next week at | Atlanta, Ga. as they pass through the Capital’ City. More than 50 delegates from Great Britain and Ireland, with a few from other European countries, will he here on Tuesday and Wednesday. A committee representing the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church, of which Dr. Benjamin W. Meeks, superintendent of the Washington district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is chair- man. has planned a public meeting and Teception to be held at Foundry Metho- dist Church October 14 at 8 o'clock. :"l"tfd Bu:mi}r}e Ambassador has been in- attend and oth v hAmwnL er notables will | mong the speakers Washington Methodism will be Bishop William F. McDowell, senfor bishop of | the Methodist Episcopal Church; Bishop Edward D. Mouzon of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and Dr. Leon- ard B. Smith, president of the Mary- Iand Conference of the Methodist Prot- estant Church. Among the distin- fuished guests from abroad who will be eard at this meeting are Dr. C. Ryder Smith, president of the English Wes- leyan Conference; Dr. Luke Wiseman fastor of one of the greatest churches | Mh::urg?n‘r;‘: Dr. William Younger and | e foremost I i her of th leaders of British The meeting will be Public. representing | NEW OFFICERS NAMED | ' TO HALT CRIME WAVE, Cambridge, Md., Officials Steps to Check Outbreak of Felonies. Special Dispatch to The Star. i CAMBRIDGE, Md, October 10.—In an effort to check the recent crime rrles here, commissioners at Cambridge ave appointed a police commissioner and three additional officers to the force. The police commissioner named is Grason Price, who will serve on a board with Mayor Earl W. Orem and State’s Attorney James A. McAllister, The new board will re-equip the force, purchase tear gas shells and sep- arate the police and street departments, which in the past have been.operated as a unit. It is also planned to pur- chase a car for answering special calls during the day and for patrolling the town at night. A _police call system will be installed #0 the officers may make hourly reports to headquarters. Take painted nearly white. Has Educational Value. Because it is a substantial repro- duction of the historic Valley Forge house, there is an added educational value to the exhibition house, which was selected for the demonstration by the Silver Star Homes Committee, headed by James S. Taylor, chief of the division of building and housing of the. Depsrtment of Commerce. ‘The public is cordially invited to visit the house at any time during the ensuing month between the hours of 11 am. and 9 pm. It may be reached by driving out Sixteenth street and Kalmia road, west to Beech drive and then south to Plymouth street. AUTO STRIKES CHILD. Stuart 8, Taken Hospital With Head Injuries. Stuart Thomas, 8 years old, of 1630 Rhode Island avenue northeast, is in Casualty Hospital for injurles received late vesterday when he was knocked down' by an automcbile at Sixteenth street mear Benning r:ad northeast. Hospital officials said he received face and head injuries. Dorothy B. Metz, 4921 Georgia avenue, driver of the automobile, was not hela by police. Thomas. to several books, ‘Kiss and Tell,” having sued by the publishers only last latest book, been week. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY WILL SPEAK TO FARMERS: TU. S. Official Accepts Invitation to Make Address at Leonardtown Next Saturday. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., October 10.— Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agri- culture, has accepted an invitation by | the St. Marys Tobacco Association and | the St. Marys County Poultry Associa- | tion to speak at the Leonardtown Court House, at 1:30 p.m., October 17. He will speak on agricultural conditions in the United States. Secretary Hyde will be introduced by State Senator J. Allen | Coad of Leonardtown, who will preside at_the mecting. < “ ‘Thomas Parran of Calvert County, president of the Maryland Tobacco Growers’ Association, will make a short address also. All the farmers in St. Marys are urged to attend, and it will | be announced in many of the churches | 50 all people as far as possible can hear the Secretary. iLEGATIONi DELAYS APPRAISAL OF MRS. HENDERSON ESTATE open to the | Persian Attaches Refuse to Permit Collectqrs to See Fur- i nishings—Total Valuations Estimated at $175,000. A final appraisal of the personal estate of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, former lead- er ofyWashington society, is being de- layed. it was learned yesterday, because attaches of the Persian legation have declined to permit the collectors for the estate to appraise some of Mrs. Hender- son’s property now in the legation. & small amount of cash, will not exceed $175,000. Meanwhile, it was learned that nego- tlations are still under way for a_set- tlement of the dispute over Mrs. Hen- i dem:n'a last will without going into court. These negotiations involve principally his wife's | | _As a result, the collectors, Ralph B.|Frances and Henry Arnold, & niece and { Fleharty and H. L. Rust, belleve they nephew: Mrs. Beatrice Wholean, a re- | will be compelled to ask the court mriputcd granddaughter, and Dr.- John i an extension of time beyond October 15, | Harvey Kellogg of the Battle Creek, | the date set. for the filing of their final Mich., College. report in this connection. i, The last will of the wealthy dowager ained that the presen. ‘eaves most of her -estate to Henry ster is returning to his own | ArnolJ and ignoring Mrs. Wholean, for country ard attaches were reluctant to| whom an earlier provision is said to permit the appraisal until his succes- have been made, sor reaches this city. He is not ex-, It was generally believed, however, pected here for several weeks, |that the dispute over the estate will o 1Ot be settled until at least one of the ill eases has been tried in court. Such a trial, it is belicved, would es- tablish whetiher Mrs. Wholean is the blood grandchild of Mrs. Henderson, and what share of the cstate, if any. the has been appraised, it was learned. The | Arnolds and Dr. Kellogg are entitled total, it was said, exclusive of a note|to take under the dowager's several for $137,000 on the E,'nns? legation and | wille more than $3.000. All her remaining personal property IMrs. Greenleaf's spine had been frac- tured the bridge , and that under the circumstances she could- not have walked to the closet yesterday. Because of this report, Inspector Burke requested an autopsy performed and a coroner's jury sworn in hear evidence. The autopsy revealed, ac. cording to Dr. MacDonald. that Mrs. Greenleaf's spine was not injured. WOMAN POLICE STAFF | WORKER'S BAIL FIXED Mrs. Jett, Husband and Boarder Freed on $500 Bond in Liquor Case. A police headquarters telephone op- erator, her husband and another man pleading not gullty to charges of pos- session of liquor when they were ar- raigned in Police Court yesterday. The_operator, Mrs. Anna_Elizabeth Jett, 32, and John Tyler Gill, 37, a boarder in her home, at 3701 Seven- teenth street northeast, were arrested early yesterday when the second district dwelling and seized a 100-gallon still, 130 galions of alleged whisky and 900 gallons of alleged rye mash. | “'The squad, composed of Sergt. Al- | bert Bullock and Detectives Bernard | Day, Willlam Wrenn and Charles | Dwyer, raided the residence on a war- | rant obtained following the arrest of the operator's husband, Franklin Jay Jett, 3¢. The detectives declared they found two half gallons of whisky in Jett’'s automobile when they arrested him wt Twelfth and Monroe streets nrotheast. According to Inspector Albert J. Headley, second district commander, the house had been under surveillance for more than a month. Mrs. Jett, who has been employed at headquarters for about five years, was suspended following the raid. SEARS ROEBUCK WORKERS |TO CONTRIBUTE TO RELIEF Will Give Day's Pay Each Month for Four Months for Aid of Unemployed. Employes of Sears, Roebuck & Co. here are planning to contribute one | day’s pay each month during November, December, January and February for an unemployment relief fund in the District. The employes’ contributions will be matched by the company, it was announced. | The management made it clear that | contributions would be volumtary. All stores of ‘the company located through- lllub the l{n“.ed States are taking part n_the plan. Last ;eu"s contributions, from both employes and management of the local concern, amounted to' $4.914.48. The subscription this year will be turned cver to a relief agency for distribution. M’GOVERN BURIAL SET TUESDAY IN BROOKLYN | Assistant in Internal Revenue ; Bureau Graduated at G. U. and Formerly Served Justice Dept. e McGovern, 50, assistant dep- {uty commissioner of internal revenue 1 ry : since 1925, died Friday night at his | home, 7412 Fourteenth street. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, in Brook- lyn, N. Y, at 391 Jefferson street. Burial will be at Brooklyn. Mr. McGovern was a graduate of Georgetown University, and was with he 5¢p-runent of Justice for several years before going into the Internal | Revenue Bureau. He served in the fleld ! service of the bureau in New Jersey be- Zore receiving the appointment as as- sistant deputv commissioner in 1925. | He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Amy McGovern, and two_ children, John, § years old, and Jean, 8, | were released on $500 bond each after ! William G. Miller and A. Julian Bry- | prohibition squad raided the three-story | TWOSTILL SOUGHT INLORTON ESCAPE _:Three Prisoners Are Caught | and Put in Solitary Cells. Search Is Continued. Two_of the five prisoners, Who es- caped Thursday night from the District Reformatory at Lorton. still were st { liberty last night despite an intensive search by officers of the institution, aided by Virginia police. Meanwhile, the three others, William Sullivan, Richard Stockton and Mack | Fierse, were in solitary confinement at | the reformatory—a punishment which 1so will be meted out to the pair still large when they are recaptured, cording to Supt. H. C. Tawse. Believed Hiding in Swamp. John Irwin, were believed to be hiding in a heavily wooded swamp a few miles below Alexandria. Armed guards surrounded the marsh last night, after a two-day search had failed to disclose any trace of the es- caped convicts. Sullivan and Stockton were recap- tured on the edge of the swamp about |two hours after they and the others had escaped from the institution by forcing & window of their dormitory. Fierse, Larson and Irwin fled into the marsh. Fugitive Captured in Barn. Fierse made his way out of the swamp and secreted himself in a barn in Alexandria, where he was recaptured Friday night. He sald Larson and Irwin, so far as he knew, still were hiding in the marsh, having sought refuge in the tall grass. Supt. Tawse last night expressed con- fidence the fugitives, presumably un- armed and penniless, would be re- captured “almost any minute.” [POLICE CAR SPEEDING ON CALL STRIKES POLE Auto Almost Demolished Answering False Report of Hold-up. A police car was almost demolished last night when it struck a trolley pole in the center of Georgia avenue near Tuckerman street while attempting to avold colliding with another machine. The police car, driven by Officer R. T. Talvert of the thirteenth precinct, was answering a report of a hold-up at 258 Carroll street. The police car was blocked by an automobile driven by Robert Tinkler of Baltimore. Police- man Talvert escaped injury. ‘The reported hold-up turned out to be an altercation between five men at a fllf station. Bernard E. Schrieder, 30, station Eroprietor, and Charles V. Hart, 18, his assistant, reported they were attacked and beaten by three men whose identities are known to them. Police sald warrants would be sworn out for the arrest of these men. FUNERAL RITES HELD Daniel 8. Kemp, 61, Dies of Pneu- monia at Springfield. Dispatch to The Star. Y, Va, October 10.—The fu- neral of Daniel 5. Kemp, 61, of in Special L Spring- fleld, took place from the Hetmt throu Church with interment in the Abram Shenk graveyard. Services were by Rev. M. G. Lilly, assisted by Rev. H. E. ‘Wakeman of Stanley. Mr. Kemp' died on Wednesday, after an illness of 10 days from pneumonia. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Dessle Hammer, and the follow- ing children: Harry Kemp and Miss Viola Kemp of Luray, also the follow- ing brothers and sisters: Hugh Kemp of Hagerstown, Thomas Kemp and Mrs. Molly Marye of Springfleld and Mrs. Nellie Kibler of Woodville, Va. The fugitives, Edward Larson and 'WORK HOUSE OFFICERDIES Funeral services for Bennie K Bryant, 39. officer at the District work house at Lorton. Va. will be held at Bealton this morning at 11 o'clock Burial will be in Midland Cemetery. Remains will rest at Hall & Gross fu- neral home at Occoquan until 10 o'clock | this morning. Bryant died at Emerg- ency Hospital here Friday. Born near Occoquan, Bryant had spent most of his life in that vicinity. | He is survived by his widow, Mrs. his mother and several brothers an | sisters of near Bealton, as well as rela- tives in Washington. S e ELKS PLAN RECEPTION FOR DANIEL R. NIHION Washington Lodge Will Honor Past Exalted Ruler Elected Grand Tiler. = b Washington Lodge, No. 15, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, will give a reception at the club house of the lodge, 919 H street, Wed- nesday evening in honor of Daniel R. Nihion, past exalted ruler, who was elected to the national office of grand tiler of the Grand Lodge at the | Lodge reunion held at Seattle, Wash. | last July. ‘The board of trustees and stewards | has prepared a banquet for over 600 | members of the lodge. which will be | served in the rathskeller of the club from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. The Elks' Boys Band will furnish the music, appearing Xo:»rd the nrr::“ ul:ne in their new purple and gold 3 Prominent Elk officers will be pres- ent to greet Mr. Nihion. Among them will be Rush L. Holland, past grand exalted ruler; Taylor Morrison, district deputy grand enfl.ed ruler; Michael G. McCormick, former treasurer of the lodge for 37 years and one of the only two living charter members; Hugh E. Curren, exalted ruler of Wilmington, Del,, Lodge and president of the State Association of the Order of Elks of Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. Mr. Nihion became & member of Was| Lodge, No. 15, August 9, | 1911, passing through the various ranks of office until April, 1922, when he was elected exalted ruler and served until April, 1923, He was elected the delegate to repre- sent Washington Lodge, No. 15, at the Grand Lodge Convention held at At- lanta. Ga. in July, 1923, and was g:e- sented with an honorary life member- ship by his lodge. Laura Bryant, of near Occoquan, mg CHANGES ARE MADE INDISTRIT BUDGET Modifications Are Not Re- vealed, but $48,969,971 | Total Remains Untouched. | Several last-minute changes were made in the District budget by the Commissioners yesterday in preparation for the hearings which open tomorrow before the Bureau of the Budget. ‘The nature of the changes was not disclosed, but the alterations, it was said, did not materially affect the tenta- tive estimates calling for appropriations totaling $48,969.971. This is $814,633 | in excess of the appropriations for the | current fiscal year. ‘The 1933 budget is predicated on con- | tinuance of the existing tax rate of | $1.70 per $100 of assessed value on real | and personal property. The amount |asked for, however, cannot be raised entirely by taxation, coupled with the revenue from other sources, and as a | result, the District must dip into the | cash working capital fund of $3,000,000. | The surplus revenues on which the | District has been carrying its heavs budget for several years will be ex hausted at the close of the current fis- | cal year. and the working capital fund | will have to be used to support the |budget. Several months ago Maj. Da |1e1"J. Donovan, auditor and budget of- | ficer, estimated that this fund would |be impaired to the extent of about |$1,700,000. | The budget hearings are expected to |continue for at least two weeks. Maj. Donovan will take an active part in defending the estimates. Other depart- ment heads, including officials of the | public schools. also will appear before the budget officers to explain some of |their appropriation requests. . WOMAN HIT BY AUTO. |Mrs. Mary Harrington in Safety | Zone When Injured. | Mrs. Mary Harrington, 56 years old, | of 4623 Forty-third place, received in- juries and was admitted to Georgetown | Hospital after being struck by an auto- | mobile while standing In a safety zone | at Woodley road and Wisconsin avenue. |~ 'The driver of the automobile, Willlam | C. Martin, 41, of 223 Del Ray avenue, | Bethesda, Md., was released on $500 ' bond on & charge of reckless driving. Labor Secretary William Nuckles Doak today was resting after a three- day Pekingese hunt in the great open spaces of nearby Virginia. ‘With a feroclous bark ‘“Pekie,” the exceedingly diminutive doglet in the household of Walter W. King, special assistant recretary to Secretary Doak, .went ‘on the ‘Thursday. He car- ried along his stamina and wandered h the woods and over the hills of Arlington County for about 72 hours with no fixed determination of return- home. > llowing the footprints of “Pekie” several hours later tramped the Labor and g , each armed with a flashlight, with Mrs. Doak, Mrs. King and Joan King, 12-year-old own- {er of the dog, bringing up the rear ! also were armed with b} s. Over the hills and down Rarged. stopping only"for prief pauscs cl 4 o for brie! pat Ito munx their unanswered calls of DOAK LEADS VAIN SEARCH FOR PEKINGESE IN DARK OUTDOOR Virginia Motmfiu Think Lights Fireflies, and Three Days Later Doggie Is Captured for Rabbit. “Pekie” echo and re-echo through the woodlands. Motorists on the highway near the Doak home Thursday night witnessed | the hunt at its height, but thinking the lights in the hand of Secretary Doak and others merely large-sized fire-files, they did not teer aid. Without a single bark -from Pekie, the searchers returned to their homes for the night, but ‘the following morning the search was renewed. Still no Pekie. That night the flashlight party started off again, but rain and a sudden drop in temperature interfered. Just as h was about to be aban- doned y, three laborers at work several from Notre Nid and Ojo del Gorja, the names of the Virginia homes of the Doak and King families, mistook poor Pekie for a cotton-tail rabbit. He was captured after a long | chase.” The name on his collar led them to Ojo del Gorja, properly rewarded. ! Today poor Pekie is on for having gone off on where they wers the leash ' loose. { local typifying historical occasions identified with the Autumn season. Following the ficats will come groups of costumed marchers entered by local associations. Groups from out of town also will be seen in costume and entries zre being received from many persons who will compete with private vehicles attrace Hveg' decorrlfgd for the occasicn. “One of the largest groups in the parade will be persons in costumes competing as individuals. This group | will be divided according to the type of | costume. There will be clowns, witches, | pilgrims, Indians and all of those | numerous festive disguises which have | ccme to be associated with Halloween, Extensive Amplifying System. “As the parade enters Constitution avenue the competing units will be identified over one of the most exten- sive amplifying systems yet seen in Washington and, interspersed numerous bands, will pass beneath strings of colored lights which will fes~ toon the broad boulevard for the entire distance between Fourteenth and Sev- enteenth streets. Under the chairman- ship of Mr. E. C. Graham, for years a leader of the electrical world of Washington, a committee is arranging for the installation of great strings of colored lights and a myriad of powerful floodlights which should make the avenue a fairyland. “Everybody except very small chil- dren is invited to the celebration. Par- ticipation will generally be through the citizens’ associations, parent- teacher associations and various socie- ties, although it is fully expected that individual private groups who have planned costume parties for later in the evening first will attend the city- wide celebration. Inquire of your local citizens' association for information, and if you have gathered an organized group fo contest for prizes or desire to contest as an individual send your entry to the headquarters of the com- mittee, 204 Evening Star Building.” —. COURT BUILDING BIDS T0 BE OPENED OCT. 21 Contract to Be Awarded for Super- structure: Foundation Al- ready Complete. Bids will be opened October 21 for the erection of the superstructure of the United States Supreme Court Building, which is to rise on the ground just north of the Library of Congress and fac- ing the east front of the Capitol. The foundation is in, and within a short time after the bids on the super- structure are opened the Supreme Court Building Commission will meet to con- sider the proposals and award a con- tract. David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, said vesterday it will require three vears to complete the building, which will be of white marble and will form an outstanding link in the series of improvement projects being earried out by the Government in the area sur- rounding the Capitol. ‘The building will be three stories high, and will provide for a law library in addition to the court room and neces- sary offices. The highest court in the land does not have a separate building at present, but occupies the central por- tion of the Capitol. The room in which the Supreme Court now meets in the Capitol was used as the Senate chamber until 1859. ‘The_site of the new building extends from Pirst to Second streets. and East Capitol street to Maryland avenue heast. The plans for the building were prepared by Cass Gilbert. FROSTBURG B.UHIAL HELD _FOR THEODORE GUNNETTE Interment of Maryland Man Made in Allegany Cemetery—Active in Civie Life. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., October 10.—The funeral of Theodore Gunnett was held from his home here. Burial was in Allegany Cemetery. Gunnette was a grandson of Reete Gunnette, civil engineer, who surveyed the old National pike and settled Frostburg, Theodore Gunnette, with his brother, Madison Gunnette engaged in the building of homes of which many stand today as evidence of honest ef- fort in old-time durable construction. Mr. Gunnette was active in the civic af- fairs of Frostburg. He represented his ward in the City Council for a term of years. He was past maSter of Moun- iy, the dest hviok e s , AN ol past master of the lodge. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. 8. W. Gunnette, and three children, Samuel Gunnette, New Castle, Pa.; James Gunnette, Altoona and Mrs. Mae Epplae, Washington, D. C.