Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1932, Page 17

@he Zpeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star S 9 WASHINGTON, D. (€, MONDAY, JANUARY 1932. PAGE B—1 PEPCO PROPOSES BILLS ON GANBLING “Crash Truck” to Rescue Flyers Aerial Duck Census Begins ARMY STARTS UNIQUE PHOTO MISSIO! DESIGNED TO 0 BE REPROPLSED BY SENATORCAPPER Rover Asks Action, Planning to ““Harass” Patrons and Padlock Resorts. AGENT PRINARY RATE AT HEARING, Decrease of $271,000 Revenue for 1932 Esti- mated Under Plan. in| DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO REVEAL ‘REAL TRUTH’ SAVING TO DOMESTIC CONSUMERS OUTLINED Situation Here Is in “Bad Shape,” He Tells Senate Committee Clayton Objects to “Secret Compro- mise” by Light Company and Utilities Board in Appeal for Measures, ‘Two bills to put more teeth in the gambling laws of the District, \l\hlchI were considered at the last session, will| be reintroduced in the Senate today or tomorrow by Chairman Capper of | the District Committee, at the sugges-| tion of District Attorney Leo A. Rover, | who declared in a letter to the com- mittée that the “commercial gambling situation in Washington is in bad} been assigned to Bolling Field shape.” | for service tests. No effort has been The District attorney said in his let- | spared in designing the truck to save ter that, while the Police Department | every possible fraction of a second in {and his office “are formulating certain | getting to the scene of a crash and go- i plans, which, of course, cannot be|ing into action. 2 | given publicity, which plans we hope| The truck has an 80-horsepower air- | will be successful, until they can be|cooled enginc and can travel over a | worked out, the passage of these two|rough, open field at 60 miles an hour schedules is designed to cut off $860,000 | bills will be of immeasurable benefit to! It carries a crew of three and spectac- Sf The prow Mmoome diring 1932, AL the authorities, who are now coping | ular new firefighting and rescue equip- N e o | with this crying evil.” {ment. It can generate and deliver a B e o con ; | In concluding his letter, Rover offered | steady stream of a thick, foamy chem- e e gt e wn just before they took off [to appear before the committee at any | ical which smothers burning gascline; e ne today. Left to right are: |time, “preferably in a closed session,|can lay down a smothering sheet of stographer; F. C. Lincoln, | Wherein I can frankly tell the com- | carbon dioxide gas; carries sufficient tes Biological Surv and | mittee the real truth about the gam- | water to deliver a 3;-inch stream under at Bolling Field and pilot of |bling situation in the District of Co- [ high pressure for a half-houn and also —Star Stafl Photo. | lumbia.” carries four chemical fire-extinguisher tanks for special purposes. Grapnel | hooks and cables for tearing apart a | burning plane, hacksaws, powerful { metal cutters and other tools are car- ried so as to be instantly available. One man rides on the rear of the truck and as the scene of the crash is reached jumps off, pulling as he does s0 a lever which uncoils and throws out the foamite hose, connected and ready for action. The driver throws a clutch whigh starts the water pump going. The third man, pail of foam-producing { powder in hand, is ready to pour it linto a hopper on the side of the truck, where it is autcmatically mixed with water and fed through the hose under pressure. ‘The entire operation re- A primary rate of 4 cents per kilo- | watt hour for domestic consumers of electricity was suggested by the Poto- | mac Electric Power Co. at the opening of a public hearing today . before the Public_ Utilities Commission on Wash- ington's electric rates for 1 rate would be effective for th hours used and thereafter 25 cents per kilowatt ce. HIS new Army Alr Corps crash truck, designed primarily to drag personnel from _planes which crash and catch fire, has would_dro Tour for t This rate, according Brooks, commercial manager company, would result in a decrease in Tevenue of $271,000 per annum, assum- | ing the same sale of current in 1932 as in 1931, According to the compromise | agreement entered into by the company and the commission, the reduction in all to Harold A.| of the| i Uncle Sam’s first duck census takers are from Bolling Field in an Army photographic p New System Defended. | Sergt. Andrew E. Matos, crack Air Corps a Mr. Brooks defended the departure | chief of the bird banding section of the United from the present system of charging do- | Lieut. David W. Goodrich, photographic officer mestic consumers at one rate, no mat- | the census-taking plane. er how much current is consumed, by ) ;mh}x]qi‘ there. are Llargo number of { NCLE SAM'S first aeronautical{J. Matos, crack aerial photographer at customers whose accounts are carried | census of the duck population |the local Army station, were assigned | > at a loss, since the customer expense Ls‘ of the National Capital and | to assist Mr. Lincoln in his aerial count, | U _r-Tt';«u bills as follows: in excess of the 75-cent monthly mini- vicinity began this morning| They expect to make photographs to-\ e first bill increases certain pen- mum bill. | When an Army Air Corps pho- | day to determine the best method of |alties for violation of our gaming laws He said in 1931 domestic consumer: | tographic plane took off from Bolling | registering the ducks on plates so they |&nd further provides that one who fre- had bought 24.39 per cent of the cur-| Field to find how many ducks have | can be counted at leisure. It was plan- quents a h?'ls:‘ of lewdness, prostitu- yent sold by the company on meters | established temporary homes in the |ned to fly over the feeding areas on the | ton, assignation or gaming shall be and had furnished 3521 per cent of | Potomac and adjacent wate river flats at the highest altitude at(8Ullty of & misdemeanor and punished, the compsany’s cash revenue. He said rts of the United States Biologi- | which it is thought the ducks can be | €tC. and further prn\h}dl‘s that whoso- $he avienne domestlc sbsuraer i 1081 feel that it is highly Im- | photographed. and then at Jow altitudes | er shall have in his possession or used 708 kilowatt hours per vear, or 59 o gel pictures of the various kinds of | Uider his control any gambling devices kilowatt hours per month. Thus, under ducks composing the flocks | shall be guilty of a misdemeaner the proposed rate, the average consumer Army pilots have found by observa- [, - 1"1 particul nrk vcbmu qu value of would profit to the extent of 12 cents tion that ducks are not greatly alarmed | this Dill is to make it possible for the per month in reduced rates. The pres- by airplanes and that a plane must fly | POlice to at least harass frequenters of ent rate for domestic consumption is than 400 feet over their feeding | E8mbling houses by charging them with : 4.2 cents per kilowatt hour. | places to disturb them. In some cases|® Misdemeanor. These houses, of | quires less than 10 seconds. The photo- Mr. Brooks testified that last year they will permit a plane to approach fi;‘é’sffipcla‘{m“t rmst “llhqxt ’patmns..gmpmc inset shows the hopper m}:u 215,420 bills were rendered at the mini- within 100 feet before taking alarm, | g IR€ type of persons who frequent | which the powder is poured and the mum figure of 75 cents each, and aver- ; 2 hese places will ot relish being ar- | mixing valves at the bottom age of 17,951 minimum bills per month Sharp Photographs Expected. rested for his conduct. At the present —Star Staff Photo, If today’s tests are successful, one time the only weapon the police can and that there are 124,000 domestic : { consumiers. of the great problems of the Biological | US¢ a8ainst persons found in gambling | | Survey will have been solved, it is = A He sald the new rate was designed jhouses is to require them to post col- anticipated, and much new light will { ’ w d lateral as Government witnesses. As increased use of small labor ag devices by customers who | takers went into action today | be shed on the habits of ducks and|® Matter of fact, this act of the police Will Fly Over Feeding Areas. | other water fow could not afford the initial investment is of doubtful legal validity. It was decided to count the ducks by | By flying at : “The purpose of making it a misde- of the extra wiring which must be in- L me 4 i L n : i [ y : 500, 2w to have gambling para- lied before they ean fake advantage | eic “method and. Licut, | is believed, the duck survey photo- |Mmeanor for one ) schedule K. ' This sghedule applies | i, PROLOB® D o] A i | avapns il show individual ducks gnd |Piernalia in his possession, with intent Dhotographilc officer, and Sergt. Andrew |at 400 feet or less, individual specfes. | door while the police were forcing their K. ¥ to use the same in violation of our angfie; 1;)1};}1\.\,v;n;grsmnendhe;i:§ .él\l;te): i — | pambling statutes is to take care of the | y ’ oy { entrance through the front door. Seek Padlock for Resorts. | “The purpose of the other legislation {is to supply Would “Harass” Gambling Patrons. The District attorney's letter described Vear's drought on the duck population his Winter's duck “crop” is said to be dangerously small because of the dry weather, which Kkilled countless thousands of ducks and prevented their breeding. They decided that the only way to count ducks was to work in heir own | element, the air. F. C. Linccln, chief of the bird banding section of the United Etates Biological Survey, called on Maj. Howard C. Davidson, com- manding officer at Bolling Field, for assistance, and the first duck census 1,000 to 2,000 feet, it secure admittance to a gambling house, but find no one actually ‘operating’ the gambling paraphernalia, because they probably have escaped through the rear Cost Is Given. The cost of installation of the extra meter and wiring ranges between $30 and $135 for those who wish to take |Van Duzer Estimates Number Here Who Must Purchase Plates Before Saturday. e | situation wherein the police are able to a padlock law for use | against gambling houses along the same ! general lines as the law now being sq| APProximately 23,000 motorists in the effectively used against places where | District have not yet obtained their 1932 { Intoxicating liquor is sold. It has been | automobile tags, it was estimated today | my experience that in hundreds of cases | pv Villie I have never had {o file petitions for | by Traffic Director Willlem A. Van padlock injunctions in liquor cases, but | Duzer. The deadline for operating with I:»him“?;f nl.‘th:.’ rilm violation, where- | pjght. f the various person- | have tried such letters in gambling | been obtained, as against about 127,300 e Government into | Cases, but because the owners knew that | titles, Mr, Van Duzer said. From the | {here was no padlock law, my efforts | gifference between the number of tags | e n mb |and number of titles issued, Mr, Van he commercial gambling situation {in Washington is in bad shape; it is|Duzer arrived at his estimate of the number of tags yet to be issued. In most difficult for the Police Department reaching the figure of 23,000, he ex- “m secure a lawful entry into such a building, and while s e | Gepartent snd mer s heads of ihe | plained there are approximately 4000 | certain plans, which, of course, cannot | s¢cond-hand automobiles in the hands ’b» given publicity, which plans we hope | gi-s?:efle;\iétngox:\thh tags would not be will be successful, until they can be | HOW e bills, if enacted | worked out, the passage of these two| NO firther extension of time is to would create an ad- | bills will be of immeasurable benefit to | be given for operation of automobiles ervice and trans- |the authorities who. ate mow coping | With the old tags, Mr. Van Duzer said. fotion the ditles of | with this erying ol Operators using oid tags after the dead- and commissions. | | “Many complaints are made to the | line will be subject to arrest. of the|Police Department and this office as to| Mr. Van Duzer pointed out there has e saving in | the existence of gambling places, and | been no congestion recently in connec- as well 8s in | the makers of the complaints, baing en- | tion With issuing the 1932 tags. The office where the tags are issued will be closed next Saturday afternoon at 1 tlon ¢ ie FAILURE IN STUDIES, swallowed Id Poison she ha ate pital, ca Helen Blac presumably she would not gradu- | ltem ey Hos- | ot "yncrease being about 100, construction is recommended The Federal contribution to the main- tenance of this institution is continued {at $128,000, an increase of $3,000 over deputy | he” current year, and is the amount 1 Of PO- | contained in the budget reported the girl| “'por Howard University there is rec- Rl RN E foag f diffi- | smmended an appropriation of $1,075, : 000, which is $485000 less than the current appropriation and $535,000 less [than the budget figure. For payment n. | of salaries the committee recommends | $450,000, which is $25,000 less than the estimate and is the same amount as the 1932 appropriation. - Similarly, | | committee has reduced the item general expenses from the budget figure 000 te the 1932 figure of $225,- d student nurse. | issued by was had been he r advantage of schedule K, he said. The At the opening of the hearing, Wil- | entered into a compromise with the Howard U. and Freedmen’s Proposing Abolition of He made a further objection on the Davison. had not the right to act for| For four Washington institutions a Commission | ment bill reported to the House today the United States Bu- the commission announced Maj. Davi- | b mitted, but for Howard University's| One of Coch numerous _ bo: | lion dollars under the budget estimates official personnel | tirely well-meaning and _well-inten- i 1 1 diture of $1245 o'clock. Facilities for issuing 3,000 or % Hospital a total expenditure of $1,245, uate With Her Class. ey 3 S gl bureau’s | 5" closed session wherein I can frankly present rates under this schedule are | liam McK. Clayton, representing the company in_secret, although he said i i Efficiency Unit. ground that of (he two commissioners Hospital Named. ¥ the commission, since theré Was Doth- | {oa] of $2,742,133 is Tecommended to| Del activities Shortly after Mr. Clayton made this | These are St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for [ reau of E: is provided in two son had been called away because of | University and Freedmen's Hospital building program a slash of nearly half | into law, he s Cochran believ [ 5 recommended The set-up proposed includes the|tjoned, cannot understand why the { loyes™ 4,000 tags daily until Saturday after- | 653 for support, clothing, etc., which is| Commission, the Per O e | aLne mmatleriis inecalise 0f reinforeed T According to these figures, it would after | appropriation. The increase in this| noyw subject to ator of Vet- | prosecution can be predicated. . | apply for them No new| the Bureau of Effici Cochran_ ex- | he effect of permitting us to lawfully Bureau of Bfficie of the opin-| the padlock bill the situation will be the Government & ble, in Cochran’s | «I shall be very glad to appear before Federal Employes’ Federation Calls time is now devoted gathering statistics Representatives easy matter to out in any way tration of the Go “While there ar Cochran, “t0| te]] the committee the real truth about Senators and | the gambling situation in the District d it would be an|f Columbi aflecting the admis JOSEPH W. MOSSBURG FUNERAL TOMORROW ment adversely. | numerous bureaus Capital Wil Buried in Clarendon—Widow ing on a bed i c apparently in great pa z notified 1 authc 4.2 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 24 hours and 2.1 cents thereafter. Federation of Citizens' Associations, ob- | : 5 ff Bill jected to the fact the cemmission haa:St_ Elizabeth’s, Gallaudet, Missourian Also Offers Bi his people favored a compromise in ciple. Who were in office at the time, one of | b : | h Id A 1 them, Acting Commissioner Dona ! Bt ing in the law giving him power to act @ art-| & single adr ative unit, coupled as a member of the Public Utllities | be 8ppropriated in the Interior Depart Hlieans with abolition of objection Maj. Davison left the hear-|in. Insane, Columbia Institution for|bills introduced in the House today ing. Chairman Mason M. Patrick of | e JORRe 0 e o T ara| by Representative John J. Cochran, fllness in his family. For three of these increases in appro- | the Committee on Expenditures in the priations amounting to $48,000 are sub- | Executive Departments ministrator of ¢ | & million dollars under the current ap- | for to his | propriations and more than a half mi measure would ¢ administration ¢ udent, 18, Takes Poison When 3 o Btuden St. Elizabeth Proposal. ns Cannot Grad- | bill proposes for St. Elizabeth’s ! She Learns She ot The bill prop consolidation ¢ C ervice Com- places’ continue to run, when the fact mission, the E ompensation | of the matter is, because of reinforced « | P e e noon are available, the traffic director | e s K o ihe 1 Board a1 Service Re- | nals, it is almost impossible to secure a | said and an increase of $41,633 ment Bur med being | jawful entry upon which a successful v u timated increase in H be possible to issue nearly all the 23,000 e il thsiarinal rate | S AL | P"UAs T have said before, we are work- | tags by Saturday if the motorists would number of T ts, ; ccond bill, to abolish | jng on certain plans which may have plains the Burea Budget has | ente A P > cen o 3 nter some of these places, but I do feel fon this bureau is no longer a necessity. | ably, : - 3 : a necessity. | jmmeasurably improved within 30 days i it eve O artments ol | gfter its passage. IN FIGHT ON PAY CUT onidicuhtn Apert at work is left | your committee at any time and fur- — now to the Bure: iciency ther discuss this matter, preferably in Attention to Reference to Miss McNally. was ncy failed to ra the 1ad taken effect ived by The unauthorized use of the name of Miss Gertrude McNally, secretary-trea: mother telle all of and commissions that should be abol- ished,” he continued, “or the duties | of the officers p ed in the hands of other Governm without pro- viding for extra hus reducing | Government exven he Bureav | of Efficiency is the s ot el - gl | ., and Daughter Survive. | KANSANS PLAN DINNER Th 000. Less Than Estimate. construction and completion of light and power system the com- has recommended an appropr which is $160,000 le the estimate of the budget. The ce also recommends the reduc- f the budget estimate for com pletion of construction of a library builcing from $400,000 to $100,000. - bill carries $293,480 for salaries bsistence and other miscellaneous expenses at Freedmen's Hospital, which is the budget figure and $3,480 more Par-| than the 1932 appropriation for the: The | purposes. No new construction is pro- eral Employes, by the National Com- mittee of One Thousand Democratic and Progressive Women in raising funds from Government workers to fight pro- | posals to reduce Federal salaries has been protested by the federation. In a “statement of policy” in the cur- { rent, issue of the Federal News, the fed- | eration’s official publication, the fol- | lowing announcement is made: “The national officers regret the un- | authorized use of Secretary-Treasurer McNally's name in connection with the money-raising campaign, now appar- ently under way, and desire to advise the "federation’s membership that, in our opinion, such contributions are un- necessary.” Use of Miss McNally's name appar- {ently was the outgrowth of a recent mass meeting at the Willard, in which she spoke in opposition to pay slashes. | The Committee of One Thousand is understood to have begun the fund- raising campaign immediately after the meeting. Miss McNally said today she did “not know money was to be raised to carry on such a fight.” ‘All T did was to speak in opposition to pay reductions,” she asserted. “No one asked to use my name and I did not know money was to be raised.” Among others who spoke at the recent meeting were Senator Brookhart of Iowa and Representatives Connery, Fitzpatrick and McCormack, Restauranteur Be RITES FOR MRS. DUNCAN Ir ah mittee of $300,000. Aboard Train for T dy Funeral services for Joseph William | Mossburg, Testaurant operator in the | 3 | Capital for more than 25 years, who seventy-first anniversary of the | gied in Emergency Hospital Saturday admission of Kar Into the Union | pight, will be held at his residence, 515 will be celebrated dinner here | Quincy street, tomorrow afternoon at Friday by the State Soclety. |5 o'clock. Dr. J. Harvey Dunham, Vice President Curtis, who will cele- i pastor of the Western Presbyterian | brate 25 years of service in the Senate | Ghurch, will officiate. on that day. and Senators Capper and | ~ Mr, Mossburg, a native of Virginia, Albia, | vided for this hospital during the fiscal | MCGill, will be guests at the affair,” wi)l e buried in the Columbia Gardens | year 1933, One-half the amount rec-| Which is to be held at the Raleigh | Gemetery. Clarendon, Va. resident of | ommended is chargeable to the District | Hotel Mr. . Mossburg, who was born in Washing- | of Columbia and is paid into the Treas- | Others who have been asked to at- | Loudoun County in 1877, bas long been In addi- | ury as other appropriations of the Dis- | tend include the Kansas delegation in | p leader in the restaurant business in survived | trict of Columbia are paid. the House, District Commissioner Her At the time of his sud- % hington. Lt e bert B. Crosby, William O [ pas he was in business with | Treasurer of the United St rgoda (idenpideni, ates; Edwi 2 yrne, operating the Ecking- | C. Finney, solicitor of the lnlmfig“sir.] l{f;nfudm? at F(I))urm and T streets partment, and Edward F. Colladay. | northeast. Representative C. R. Hope is presi-| Early in his business career, Mr dent of the soclety. | Mossburg was assistant manager of the Cafe Republic, which was located at | Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania ! avenuc. on fhe site now occupied by fhe Washington Hotel. He also oper- | ated a restaurant at Fourteenth street and Pennfyl;!mmla avenue and in the lin; otel. old Sterli fived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Mossburg, and one daughter, Mrs. Marian Crowder, both of Wash- ington. Towa Robert Yict Durc resl lance ton Leonard hele tois m lors, 1332 Pennsyl body Wwas put aboard Iowa, for interment Mn Duncan, a Chica 1, had been ton £ ¢ the tion 1) her da by a b other, John W K and a can of Albia, Iowa Frederick Woman Dies, . Spectal Dispateh to The Star i INCHESTER, Va. January Berwys' Heights Couple Married. "o s Wetine " Cooper, wife of Aff Correspony The Sta |Newton A Cooper, Frederick County - . ROCKVILLE, Md.. January Edna | farmer end fruit grower, died S:turday, | ; Marie Johnstone, daughter of Mr. and | a day after observing her seventy-sixth | Robber of Jailer Sentenced. Mrs, Mortimer C. Johnstone of Berwyn | birthday. She hid been indisposed for | LYNCHBURG, Va., January 25 (Spe- Heights Md., and Clinton Do Witt Walker, | some time. ¥ She is survived by her hus- | cial). —John Shifleit, 17, of Hot Springs ir. son of Mr, and Mrs, Clinton DeWitt | band, two sons, Walter 1. and Grover |who was convicted recently in the Walker, also of Berwyn Heights, were |C Cooper, here; one daughter, Mrs. |Corporation Court of a charge of rob- raarried here Saturday. Mr. Walker is|Lillian Hartman, Albin, Va.; one sister, |bing the jailor at the city jall and emploved by an electrical concern in Miss Virginia Ashton, Martinsburg, W escaping, has been sentenced by Judge ‘Washington. The couple will make Va, and one brother, Charles Ashton, F. P. Christian to the State Reform #asir home at Berwyn Heights, Rockford, Il School. 2 Byas STILLUSING 31 TAGS |only to advise the owner in writing at | the old 1931 tags is next Sunday mid- | urer of the National Federation of Fed- | POLICEMEN DENY D, TAX DISTRICT " SEEING BRUTALITY ~ SHOWS INCREASE of Bremmermann and Clark Is Speeded Up. Testimony moved with more rapidity | today as the third-degree trial of Po- licemen Charles R. Bremmermann and | Hollis H. Clark was resumed before | Justice F. Dickinson Letts and a jury in District Supreme Court. The trial had been in recess since Thursday. Six police witnesses, including In- spector Ogden T. Davis, former captain |Six Called to Stand as Case Miscellan SAVE CREWS FROM BURNING PLAN eous Revenues Up as Income Total Falls, U. S. Returns Show. The internal revenue collection dis- trict of Maryland and the District of Columbi was one of ten throughout the country to show a gain in miscella- neous taxes in 1931 as compared to the calendar year 1930, during a pe- riod of generally falling taxes. Vir- | ginia was the only State to show a of the old second precinct, were called | by the defense this morning to support the contention that the two policemen at no time beat or abused some seven or ‘eight colored boys they were ques- tioning about larcenies and house- breaking. ‘Was Absent From Station. Inspector Davis served principally as ascharacter witness, giving the two accused policemen a “very good” repu- tation for peace and order, truth and veracity. Under cross-examination he said he never had been asked to prefer any charges’ against them. Being busy in preparations for his new position as inspector, officer testified he had spent very little | 769.40 in 1930 to $3,50 gain in total internal revenue receipts. This was disclosed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, which made public the returns by collection districts for the two calendar years. Miscellaneous taxes for this area rose from $3,448,- 8 in 1931. for this same area fell 78.61 in 1930 to $34,215,- The inccme tax om $48,767 232.43 in 1931 hus the total internal revenue re- | tu from the district of Mar: and this city showed a drop from §: 216,548.75 to $37,717,809.91 for land | same period. the police | The drop for the whole count cluding the Philippine Island: in- was time at the station during the three | Tom $2,932,966,060.59 to $1,914,054,- days last June named in the indict- ment on which Bremmermann and Clark are being charged for an ai- leged assault on Thomas McKeever Williams, 17-year-old _prisoner. merely recalled detailing them to spe- cial duty in connection with the larcen; cases and secing them at the precinct at one time, Others Deny Seeing Weapons. All the other police witnesses who testified denied seeing any blackjacks or clubs in the locker room where the boys were being questioned and like- wise denied knowledge of any mistreat- ment of the youths. Two _visiting policemen, however, Harry E. Britton and Michael J. Ma- hany, who had called to check up on stolen property, testified they had no recollection of the boys “laughing and joking.” ~Every other policeman whc has testified was quite positive in his statement that this was the character- istic attitude of the boy Among the other policemen who tes- | tified were Odessa S. Hunt, John T Langley and Williem C. McCarty. With the exception of Inspectoy Davis the precinct policemen could scarcely | remember a single detail without ref- | erence to the record books when cross | examined by Goverriment attorneys. TREASURY GETS PLEA FOR SPECIFIED RATES Hoover Forwards Request From Builders Regarding ‘Pre- vailing Wage” Law. The petition of the National Asso- ciation of Builders' Exchanges, asking that the prevailing scale of wages which must be paid by contractors on Gov- ernment_projects be determined in ad- vance of submission of bids, has been forwarded by President Hoover to the He | | from ~ $18 258,765.20 | Treasury Department for consideration, | it was announced today. | President Hoover last week issued an executive order that stipulations of the Bacon-Davis “prevailing wage” law be | written into all public building con- | tracts, along with a clause permitting | cancellation of contract for violation of the wage provisions. 622,59, . The nearby State of Virginia, with its tobacco tax, was one of the ten which showed & gain in miscellaneous col- lections, rising from $87,329,396.15 in 1930 to $89,073,428.74 in 1931. Vir- ginia's income taxes fell off, however, to $18,042,039.70. This made a total gain in Virginia's ibution to the Federal till from $105,588,161.35 to $107,115,468.44. The State of New York, with its six collection districts, which turn in more than any one State to Uncle Sam, showed a falling off from $865,557, 04443 total in 1930 to $502,321,679.53 in 1931. Appointed NEW PUBLIC RELATIO: MAN AT INTERNAL REVENUE. John L. McGrew, who has been in the Government service for many years, principally in the income tax unit, was appointed today as head of the Pub- lic Relations Division of the Internal Revenue Bureau, succeeding the late Graham B. Nichol. McGrew was at the Whito House as | & member of the executive staff during This brought an appeal from the| | builders’ organization that ‘‘prevailing | wage” scales for the community where | | a public project is to be erected also be written into the specifications, so bidders would know in advance what wage | scales to base their bids upon. | _ Earl Stokes, executive secretary of the | National Association of Builders' Ex- changes announced today receipt of a | letter from Lawence Richey, secretary to President Hoover, stating the peti- tion had been referred to the Treasury Department,; which has charge of awarding ofe public building contracts. the administrations of Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. He is well known in the newspaper circles. A native of Nebraska, he came to the Capital in 1898 and was connected with the Navy Department before going to the White Hol Later he was trans- ferred from the White House to the Labor Department, and in 1919 went to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. He has served as assistant head of the field division and was chief of the person- nel section of the income tax unit at the time of his appointment by Com- missioner David Burnet to his new post. the | AUTOVICTIMDIES AFTER BEING HELD ON DRUNK CHARCE Man Kept in Police Cell 24 Hours Found to Have Fractured Skull. TREATED LAST WEEK UNDER ANOTHER NAME Had Recently Served Occogquan Term for Intoxication, Probe by Police Discloses. A man who identified Charles E. Williams, 38, of Pottsville, Pa., died of a fractured skull in Gallin- ger Hospital early today after being held at the first precinct station on an gmo\'xrauun charge for more than 24 hours Mystery surrounding the man's death was not cleared up until several hours later, when it was learned he had been :fllar:‘"‘k by un automobile last Tues- The man was arrested Friday ing by Policeman L. Baliles, first pre- cinct, after his inability to walk straight had been called to the of- ficer’s attention by a motorist. The prisoner remained in a cell at the sta- tion until Saturday morning, when he was ordered into the corridor prepara- tory to being removed to Police Court. Ordered to Gallinger. As he fell in line with the other pris- oners, however, he staggered, and Lieut. Richard Lee 'and Sergt. Harry C.- Blackman, thinking he was still intoxi- cated, returned him to his cell When the prisoner’s condition did not improve, his case was called to the | attention of Capt. William E. Holmes, precinct commander. Noticing a scar on the man’s head, the captain ordered | him transferred to Gallinger. He died | shortly after 3 o'clock this m !ermc;nglgung the case, Ca arned the man had been release from the District, Work House at. Ocoq quan, Va. on January 15, after serving a term for drunkenness. Four days later he applied for food and lodging at a house in the 200 block of Third street, but was refused because of intoxication. Later in the day he was admitted to the Salvation Army, 479 C street, where he spent the night. Frank Anderson, clerk at the charity home, told Capt. Holmes the man had an apparently new scar on the back of his head. His head had been shaved around the scar, which was painted With mercurochrome. He explained he giz;ghbeendr;n by a car and had been arged from a hos I LmA; arged pital only a short derson’s statement was corrobo- rated by several other persons, aubzf wham sald they had seen the man prior to his arrest. - A check-up of the vari- ous hospitals, however, failed to reveal any record of a man named Williams receiving _treatment. Meanwhile, Policeman R. L. Mason, first precinct, read the newspaper ac- counts of the case and recalled an accident in which a man of the same description was injured. He notified Capt. Holmes immediately. Reviewing the mishap reports on file at the station, Capt. Holmes found a man who gave his name as Charles E. Gleason was struck by a machine in the 400 block of Pennsylvania avenus January 19. Doctor Indentifies Him. The man was taken to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated for a icut head and a possible skull fracture. { The driver, Walter R. EHis, 30. of | Cheltenham, Md., was arrested on & reckless driving charge and, released | on $300 bond, pending the outcome of | the accident victim’s condition. The injured man, meanwhile, was | discharged from the hospital and went | to_the Salvation Army. To make such Willlams and Gleason | were the same, Capt. Holmes took Dr. Rcse Boreskie, a member of the Cas- ualty staff, to the morgue, where she identified the body as that of the man treated at the hospital. The man told Casualty attaches his { mother, whose name he gave as Mrs. { Catherine Gleason, lives in Pottsville, and a telegram was dispatched to her at the address given. A short time later, however, Pottsville police wired that the man’s real name is believed to | be Howell Kinzle. | The body is still being held at the j morgue, pending an investigation by Coroner Joseph D. Rogers, who is ex- | pected to order an inquest. PASSENGERS BEAT AND ROB CAB DRIVER Another Fare Declares Taxi Man Grabbed $14 as He Counted Out Money. himself as morn- The mounting list of taxicab hold-ups | was increased by two over the week lend, with a driver being robbed by | three passengers and a passenger being | help up by a driver. Simon _ McCullough, colored _cab driver, told police he was dragged from | his machine, beaten and robbed of $8.50 by three passengers whom he picked up early yesterday. He said he was employed by the trio {at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourth | street and was told to drive to the 700 block of E strest southwest. There the {men dragged him from the cab, beat {him with their fists and robbed him, he said. | Allen Shepherd, 828 Eleventh street | northeast, told police a driver snatched 1814 from him and drove away as he | pulled out his money to pay the man |after he had driven him to his home last night. He said he employed the | driver in the downtown section. PLAN MICHIGAN BANQUET | Society to Celebrate Anniversary of State’s Admission to Union. The ninety-fifth anniversary of Mich- igan's admission to the Union will be celebrated tomorrow night at the an- nual banquet of the Michigan State Assoclation at Wardman Park Hotel. F. K. Heath, assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Frederick Tilton, As- tant Postmaster General, will speak. Three new members of Congress from Michigan, Seymour H. Person, Michael Hart and Jesse P. Wolcott, will be in- troduced to the association Brief addresses also will be made by Jay G. Hayden, chief of the Detroit News Bureau here and president of the Gridiron Club; Eugene S. Leggett of the Detroit Free Press, former presi- ident of the National Press Club, and Mrs. nnie E. Keyes of the, order of the tern Star, ~