Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1932, Page 17

| The Samilay S KEECH DRAFTS GAS SCHEDULE 0 HELP SMALL CONSUMERS Program to Be Ready for Submission at Public Hear- ing Wednesday. RESEARCH ASSISTANT COMPILES STATISTICS Object of Plans Is to Increase 5- Cent Saving Under Rates Pro- posed by Company. Richmond B. Keech, people’s coun- sel before the Public Utilities Com- mission, whose enthusiasm was not stirred very much by the new rate schedule proposed by the Washington Gas Light Co., went to work, yesterday on a schedule of his own—one which he hopes will offer the small domestic gas consumer more relief than held out by the company. What Keech wants to do is to in- ject an element of public appeal into the gas schedule, something he feels the company failed to do when it pro- posed a domestic rate which would knock off only 5 cents a month on the bills of a majority of consumers. Keech will have his program assem- bled in time for the public hearing before the commission Wednesday, when the new rate schedule is taken up for the first time for formal con- sideration. Busy on Car Merger. Since the company submitted the new schedule, about 10 days ago, Keech has not had much time to think about gas because hearings at the Capitol on the street car merger bill have occupled his attention. However. J. M. Nichol- son, his research assistant, has been gathering a mass of data and statistics taken from the files of the company and the commission, a study of which the people’s counsel believed will en- able him to strike a schedule satis- factory to the company and yet pro- vide for the domestic consumer & re-| duction, more substantial than 5 cents & month. i According to the company’s calcula-) tions, the new schedule will save gas consumers approximately $211,000 a vear, commercial consumers pocketing $111,000 and domestic users the re- maining $100.000. The new rates also are designed so that substantial por- tions of the cut go to large consumers. It is Keech's opinlon that perhaps the $211,000 saving can be divided somewhat differently. so the average domestic_consumer, the man who pays a $4 or $5 bill each month, can actually feel some benefit from the new This class of consumet putnumbers the Jarge domestic user By rHér¥ than three to one. Sees Little Opposition. Keech has not gone far enough with his study to find out what can be done. He thinks, however, if he can write a schedule, more equitable than the one proposed, it will not meet with any serious objection from the com- pany. In fact, he pointed out, George A. G. Wood, president of the company, has sbown “a fine spirit of co-opera- tion” in freely furnishing his office with the information he is using as a basis for_revising the schedule. ““The basic proposition involved in my study,” Keech said, “is to bring about a greater reduction to the domestic consumer, if that is possible without doing an injustice to commercial con- sumers. “I am going to test the proposed rates by comparing the different sched- ules, and determining the extent of the effect of the reduction on various classes of consumers. I also want o learn what effect the new schedule will have on the company's rate of return. “Thus far I have only made a su- perficial examination of the data pro- cured by Mr. Nicholson and have been unable to arrive at any decision. Naigher can I see the probable result L time.” Rates of Proposed Schedule. ‘The p! schedule for domestic use calls for a charge of $1 for the first 1,000 cubic feet, For the next 4,000 cubic feet the rate is 90 cents per 1,000; 85 cents for the next 45,000 cubic feet, and 80 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for all gas consumed in excess of 50,000 cubic feet. The domestic schedule now in force is $1 per 1,000 cubic feet for the first 1,500 cubic feet, and 90 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for all gas consumed in excess of 1,500 cubic feet. Information furnished by the com- pany shows that under the proposed schedule, there would be no saving whatever to 25,752 consumers who now use 1,000 cubic feet or less per month. In the next group of domestic con- sumers are 61,670 customers who use from 1,000 to 5,000 cubic feet a month, who would save 5 cents a month each. ‘There are 18,537 consumers who use from 5,000 to 50,000 cubic feet a month who would save about 25 cents a month each. The smallest group of domestic _consumers, numbering 68, who use 50,000 cubic feet and more per month, weuld save $9.65 & month each. —_—, GEORGETOWN U. LOSES FIRST COLLEGE DEBATE Defeated by St. Peter's College of Jersey City. on Unemploy- ment Insurance. Georgetown University lost its first intercollegiate debate of the season Friday night, when the decision of three judges was awarded to a visiting team representing St. Peter's College, ® Jesuit institution of Jersey City, N. J. The local team, consisting of sopho- mores and juniors, was selected from the membership of the Gaston Debat- ing Society. It was composed of Jerome . Downey, John L. Freund and John cKinney. The visitors, who have had n _envious record in the East in junior colleglate circles, were James E. Mc- Cormick, Henry J. Beck and John J. Smith. The question of the debate, which was decided in favor of the nega~ tive, was, “Resolved, t the Several Btates Should Enact Compulsory Un- mployment Insurance Legislation.” Senator Felix Herbert of Rhode sland, Robert J. Mawhinney, solicitor §f the Treasury. and Prof. Daniel W. 'Donoghfle, jr. of the Georgetown Law Schoo} were the judges of the con- test, the first of a serles which the Gaston Society team will hold this rmnth. _ . Goes to Hospital After Fight. ‘Willlam Hayden, 29, colored, 1225 ‘Twenty-fifth street, was treated at Emergency Hospital yesterday for & scalp wound recelved in an alterca- tion near his home. He later was re- moved to Gallinger Hospital. L. I. H. EDWARDS. MAN FATALLY HURT BY HIT-RUN DRIVER Motorist Escapes in Pursuit of Few Blocks—Two Women Injured. A colored man, about 40, tentatively identified as Walter Fox, was fatally in- | sal; jured last night by a hit-and-run motorist, who eluced pursuit a few blocks from the scene of the accident after a woman companion leaped from his automobile and fled on foot at Twelfth and U streets. A sedan bearing Virginia license plates, police were told. struck the pedestrian as he was crossing Thirteenth street near S, proceeding north on Thir- teenth street. S. J. Sugar, 1600 block of Fuller street, informed police he followed the car in his own automobile. The fugitive automobile, driven by a white man, turned over to Twelfth street, paused momentarily at the intersection of U street to allow the woman to alight and was lost in traffic north of the inter- section. Obtains License Number. Sugar obtained the license number of the death machine. Meanwhile, the in- jured man was picked up in a passing taxicab and taken to Freedmen's Hos- pital, where he was pronounced dead on arival having suffered a fractured skull and’internal injuries. Second precinct police broadcast a description of the car. The dead man was partially identified by a pay en- velope in_his pockets bearing the name “Walter Fox.” Police were unable to obtain the man's home address. “Tra¢ing the license number given hy Snné. police several hours later ar- rested and held for investigation a Vir- ginia man suspected of having driven the death car. The man admitted hav- i ing been in Washington last night, but denied his car figured in any accident. Police sald, however, his car's left head- light was broken and the fender dented. A motorist was booked for investiga- tion at the Tenth precinct last night after his automobile was alleged to have run down and injured two young women who were crossing Kansas ave- nue at Upshur street. Two Girls Are Cut, Miss Catherine Cumberland. 19-year- old telephone operator, of 2135 H street, suffered serious cuts and bruises about the face and , and Miss Eva Trappe, 18, of 4025 Kansas avenue, an employe of the Daily News, was slight- ly cut and shaken when they were hit by an automobile operated. police say, by Edward Thomas Stakes, 49, of 813 Ingraham street. Stakes was held while police com- pleted their inquiry into the accident. The two young women were taken to Garfield Hospital in a passing auto- mobile and treated by Dr. B. Miller. Miss Cumberland was admitted to the hospital and Miss Trappe discharged following first aid. EDWARDS BACKED FOR POLICE 108 LEFT BY SHELBY Personnel Officer Is Urged for Assistant Police Chief Vacancy. GLASSFORD AND CROSBY CONFER ON PROMOTION Advancement of Pierson to Cap- taincy Also Leaves Lieutenancy to Be Filled This Week. Promotion of L. I H. Ed- wards, personnel officer of the Police Department, to the rank of assistant superintendent was discussed yesterday at a conference between Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby and Brig. Gen. Pel- ham D. Glassford, superintendent of police. ‘The position of assistant superin- tendent has been vacant since last No- vember 1, when Inspector Willlam S. Shelby was retired for physical dis- abilities. Wanted Chance for Study. Gen. Glassford left the office unfilled until he had an opportunity to study the qualifications and efficiency of the men eligible for the promotion. If In- spector Edwards gets the post it will result in a $500 annual increase in his ary. ‘The Commissloners this week are ex- pected to give consideration to Gen. Glassford's pi of changes in per- sonnel, which includes, in addition to filling the vacancy in the office of as- sistant superintendent, the promotion of a private and a sergeant as a result of the advancement yesterday of Lieut. Joseph W. Plerson to a captaincy to fill the vacancy created by the retire- ment February 1 of Capt. C. L. Plem- mons of the fifth precinct. Lieutenantcy Made Vacant. ‘The promotion of Lieut. Pierson leaves a vacancy in the rank of lieutenant, which, when filled also will result in the advancement of a private to the rank of sergeant. Sergt. A. S. Bohrer of the first precinct, and Pvt. Robert J. Fraser of the detective bureau, have been seriously considered for the promotions, but they have not vet taken a physical examination, & prerequisite for promotion. Filling of the vacancy in the office of assistant superintendent will complete the organization of Gen. Glassford's ex- >cutive staff. The other assistant super- intendent is Inspector E. W. Brown, di- rector of the Traffic Bureau. Inspector Edwards has had a meteoric rise in the police ranks in the last few vears. Aside from serving as personnel officer, his scope of activities include supervision over the police school of instruction and the police radio sta- tion, WPDW. On Force 28 Years. Inspector Edwards has been on the force for 28 vyears. As a “rookie” he plodded a beat in Southeast Washington in the old fifth precinct. In 19°8 he was transferred to the first precinct and three vears later became station clerk there, thereby gaining the experi- ence which afterward rockstec him into the position of personn:l cfficer. Before that time, however, he served an apprenticeship in the personne] office at headquarters as a clerk from 1921 to 1923. In July, 1923 he was promoted to a sergeant, and subsequent advance- ments followed in Tapid succession. He was made a captain in July, 1930, and was given his present rank of inspector last November 17, when the department underwent a drastic reorganizaticn fol- lowing the retirement of Maj. Henry G. Pratt and Inspector Shelby. Pierson is now attached to adminis- trative headquarters and serves as the department’s liaison officer at Police Court. He has been a member of the force since 1904. Gen. Glassford’s program of promo- tions also is sald to contemplate the early advancement to a lleutenant of Frederick Muller, 71, of 1367 B street | Fred Sandberg. the Police Department’s southeast, escaped with minor injuries |veteran Bertiliion expert. Plans are when knocked down by & hit-and-run | being made, it is understood, to have car at Fourteenth and Massachusetts | the Civil Service Commission give Sand- avenue southeast late yesterday. He |berg a non-competitive examination to was treated by a private physician. . DALLINGER TO TELL OF PAY CUT PLANS Representative to Discuss Proposals at Meeting of Federal Bar Association. Proposals now pending in Congress for cutting the pay of Government em- ployes will be discussed by Representa- tive Frederick W. Dallinger of Massa- chusetts, member of the House Civil Service Committee, before the monthly meeting of the Federal Bar Association at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the Uni- versity Club. Another speaker will be Richard W. Flournoy, assistant legal adviser of the Department of State. who will discuss proposed amendments to the citizenship laws. Mr. Flournoy is a former chief of e rt_division of the State De- partment and an authority on questions arising over the natlonality of married will be held on the night of March 8. Speakers on this occasion will include Learned Hand of New York City, xjumoe of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. GETS 240 DAYS IN JAIL ON WOMAN’S CHARGES qualify for the advancement. He now holds the rank of detective sergeant. A non-competitive examination like- wise will be given Sergt. Rhoda Milliken, acting director of the Woman's Bureau, so she can qualify for promotion to lieutenant and fill the vacancy result- ing from the retirement of Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle. OVERCROWDED HOSPITAL CONDITIONS REVEALED Gallinger Superintendent’s Report Says 1,188 New Patients Was January Mark." Serlous _overcrowded conditions at Gallinger Hospital were revealed yester- day in the January report of Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent. Dr. Bocock's report stated that it has been necessary to place beds In the cor- ridors, examination rooms and other | Building. pu}&ces not %:‘iane(:hfor them, in order accomm e unust number of patients. SEdh i ‘The report stated that 1,188 - tlents were sent to the wml};‘d:- uary, 1,161 receiving treatment. In all, el days lol trut;nmc were given, being 916 d':z:.l :"m; i : greatest num tients a single day was 602 and flu%wut 5!‘: A total of during WILL WEAR COLONIAL COSTUMES AT MEETING f the month. Man Said to Have Struck Her as|Society of Natives to Present Bi- She Packed Clothes Given Her by Friend. Arthur Purvis, 36, of the 2400 block of Pennsylvania avenue was sentenced to 240 days in jail follow viction on three assault c by Police Court Judge John P. McMahon, A fine of %25 was ordered for disorderly | Blcentennial conduct. Irma Murray, also of the Pennsyl vania avenue address. said she went to the apartment of H. C. Grier, centennial Program Friday Night. Members of the Socle the District of Columgnd .d‘:'?enudl m.m.thelrmeeucxfi Priday night in American es formity with the George Washington which 1121 | while the natives, meeting in. the Twenty-fourth street, Thursday with an | Washington "Club, witness a program aunt to get some clothes. Mrs Grier died recently and the hus- [ minuet and various band told her she could have some of She said | that will include a dramatic sketch, a musical numbers. Members of the cob's Daughters, 223 operations were performed | €2 SUNDAY TARGET OF INQUIRY ON OUTSIDE WORK Holaday Wants to Know if They Give District Full Measure of Service. CITY HEADS COMPILING DATA FOR LEGISLATORS Simmons Forecasts New Group of Buildings for Wilson Teachers’ College. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Representative Willlam P. Holaday, Republican, of Illinois, at whose request deparunent heads in the District of Columbia government are preparing for the House subcommittee engaged in drafting the District appropriation bill a list of all employes who are doing any outside work and the nature of such employment, has in mind primarily to see that such outside work does not in- fringe on the duties performed for the District pay roll. He does not consider it possible to make a “hard-and-fast rule against any and all outside work,” he said last night, and he is “not so much interested in preventing some of those whose Dis- trict salaries are not large from adding to their income by taking small jobs that will not interfere with the work for which they get paid out of the tax funds as to prevent some of those in the higher salary brackets from getting out side pay for work done on govern- ment time.” Repeated complaints have come to him, Representative Holaday said, that a number of the highest paid employes in the District government have been taking outside professional jobs or others similar in character to the work they do for the municipal government, and he wishes to see if they have been strictly consclentious in giving the Dis- trict the full measure of service and time for which the District taxpayers are paying. Donovan to Resume Testimony. Related to this inquiry is the thought that in some offices where from time to time new employes are asked for, a that the employes are giving full-time service, or if with full-time service a re- duction in the number of employes in such offices could not be made without cutting into the quantity or quality of the work. B Representative Holaday said thers has also been complaint that many drawing good salaries from the District by engaging in outside work are picking up jobs that might otherwise be filled by the unemployed. So many com- ints have reached him that he felt he entire matter should be carefully studied, he said. The report from the District auditor is on those who are supplementing their District salarfes with outside remuner- ation is expected by the subcommittec to be presented at the hearing Monday afternoon, when District Auditor Danicl J. Donovan will continue his testimony fortified by this report. Prediction was made yesterday by Representative Robert G. Simmons, Re- publican, of Nebraska, rormer chairman of the subcommittee, that “when the Wilson Teachers' College at Eleventh and Harvard streets 1s repaired, recommendation will be made that it be turned over to the grade schools and a new group of buildings Pl pro- vided for the teachers’ college.’ Properties to Be Visited. The school items in the District bud- get are expected to be reached mext {week, at which time the members of the subcommittee will be taken on a personally-conducted tour of street land school properties. Representative Holaday and other members of the subcommittee frankly admitted they are not sufficiently qualified as build- ing inspectors to pass upon the struc- tural weakness of the Wilson Teacher College or the Ross Elementary School where cracks in the walls have been found. They will ru:huku.;hnlsn :.ll. gineering report on the ual condi- tion of the building shall be presented to them and will be guided largely by such report in their decision as to how much should be spent in restoring | t the buildings. The extent and cause of the damage to the vacated Wilson College and the estimated cost of repair will be revealed probably early this week when exam- ining engineers are expected to sub- mit to Maj. Donald A. Davison, act- ing Engineer Commissioner of the Dis- trict, the most complete report yet made on_the threatened structure. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, ordered the evacuation of the school building last Wednesday morning when advised by the Commis- sioners that initial examination of cracks in the floors and walls made the structure “unsafe for human oc- cupancy.” Construction experts under the direc- tion of Harold W. Baker, the District's new director of construction, have been working for several days on a mass of data to determine all of the factors re- sponsible for the discovered evidences of structural deterioration in the Wilson Repair Cost Put at $75,000. ‘When the factors contributing to the e be experte Wil Fedice the Siruc I the - ture’s needs to money terms, Harold H. Marsh, engineer of municipal architect’s office, expresed in his origi- nal report the view that the cost of re- Ppair would approximate $75,000, but, he added, “it is doubtful whether the diture of such & sum would be justi- flable.” The awaited report probably Meanwhile, the Wilson Teachers’ Col- lege student body of 289 and its z istrative and teaching staffs will go into the Columbia Junior High School Build- ing—once Central High Schecol—at Seventh and O streets tomorrow morn- ing. The situation involving the Ross (elementary) School, Wilson Teachers' College on the west ‘was unchanged late y. ite parallel diagonal cracks in both walls of this school, District engineers do not fear a collapse of any part of the structure. They are maintaining a close watch on the fissures so as to be able to order the school's evacuation the moment they become “active.” A possibility that the Ross School will have to be closed anyway loomed at the special meeting of the school board last Wednesday. Jere J. Crane, business manager of the school system, | explained that the Wilson Teachers' College heating plant serves also the Ross Building. SR IR Married in Leesburg. LEESBURG, Va., February 13 (Spe- cial) —Miss Marian V. McGrew of Wi D. ‘\’71.“ Frank R. m‘in man of Togs, Vs, were married afternoon by Eider R Doners of Lossiarg careful check-up should be made to see | | ‘the cost; te A admin. which _adjoins yesterday. Despif end MOR G, FEBRUARY 14, 1932. HE classic beauty of the reconstructed north elevation of the Senate Office Building was disclosed yesterday when the timber scaffolding which has obscured it from view was removed. This portion of the vast edifice has now been brought into architectural consonance with the south and west elevations. key & Co., Philadelphia, under the direction of David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, assisted by Horace D. Rouzer and Walter J. Prick of his staff. The contract was completed three weeks in advance of anticipation. ‘The work was done by McClos- —Star Staff Photo. TWO SHOPKEEPERS ROBBEDBY BANDITS {Gunmen Get Total of $105 in Series of Hold-ups Throughout City. Bandits obtained a total of $105 in a and last§ night. | Two bandits, one armed with a re- volver, robbed the proprietor of a hab- | erdashery at 1505 K street of approxi- mately $50 after binding and gagging him yesterday afternoon. The store- keeper, David Pressly, was alone when the robbers entered. ~While one of them covered him with a gun, he said, the other trussed and gagged . Then they rifled the cash register and fled, overlooking a roll of bills secreted in & tin box. Pressley wriggled out of his bonds and notified police. A laundry mark on the handkerchief with which he was gagged is being traced. Nathan Shilansky, owner of a grocery at 1801 Fifth street, was held up last night by three colored bandits and robbed of $40. While two of the men covered him with pistols. he said, the other took the money. The trio fled in a taxicab. The other hold-ups netted bandits $5 each. William Lewis, 303 S street, a taxicab driver, was robbed by a man he picked up near Unlon Station. After the hold-up, at Eleventh and Monroe streets, the bandit forced Lewis from the taxi and drove away. Frederick Keppler, who conducts a peanut roasting stand in the rear of 619 Four-and-a-half street, was robbed by two colored men, one of whom was armed with & revolver. Keppler lives at 463 G street southwest. John W. Bryant, colored, 1900 block of Fourth street, was robbed by two colored men on T street between Fifth and Sixth streets. BILLS TO BE STUDIED District Bond Sales Measure One for Subcommittee Action. The insurance and banking subcom- Commit. port of the Washington group affiliated with the Investment Bankers' Associa~ lon. The members of this subcommittee are: Representatives Harlan, Ohio; Hor- ner, West Virginia, and Gilbert, Ken- 'Lucky-—al] Democrats; and Representa- tive Beers of Pennsylvania, Republican. Representative Davenport of New York, !the other Republican member of the subcommittee, recently resigned from the House District Committee. JOINS D. C. WAGE BOARD H. W. Baker Succeeds D. W. Hol- ton as Member. ‘The District ers yester- day appointed Harold W. Baker, the new director of the Department of Construction, a member of the Wage Board in place of D. W. Holton, super- intendent of the Water Department. Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the Engineer Department, was added to the Wage Board. The board fixes the wages and keeps personnel records of the District’s 3,000 construction workers on the per diem Tol series of hold-ups yesterday afternoon | i SOLUTION SOUGHT LECTURE NOT LISTED Jewish Center Disclaims Responsi- bility for Advertising. ‘The Jewish Community Center last night disclaimed any responsibility for | the advertising of a lecture on the | “Jewish Soviet Republic,” supposed to | be held at the Center tonight at 8:30 o'clock. | “Whoever inserted the notice did so under false pretenses or else a mistake occurred in naming the Jewish Com- munity Center,” Isadore Sollod, who has charge of the general lecture pro- gram, announced. At any rate, he said, the lecture will not be given at the center, for tonight's | attraction there is a show called “The Young Poalezion,” sponsored by Jewish | organizaticns of the city. TRACTION MERGER Senate District Committee Hearing Friday Will Seek to End Dispute. | appears dofi:r agencies receive requests for at least 85| l$579 MORE ADDED TOCHESTS TOTAL Director Says Demands for Relief Among Capital’s Needy Is Increasing. Still striving to overcome the deficit of more than §185,000 in the campaign for $2,601,000 in the 1932 Community Chest drive, the Chest Campaign Com- mittee yesterday reporied receipt of $579 in gifts, to bring the total col- lected to date to $2,412.214.84. The metropolitan unit reported the largest contribution to the day—a pledge of $250 from Magruder, Inc., and an additional $10 from E. M. Woodward. store manager. Expressing his gratification at the additional gifts being received, Elwood Street, director of the Chest, said “it now that for every additional received by the Chest, our worth of additional assistance. The estimate of the Associated Charities, for example, Street said that its relief demands would be 100 per cent over ‘the same month last year, 2pparently is too small. Tre Associ- When the Senate District Committe |afternoon it will resum= consideration of the street railway merger resolution, | several provisions of which have led to differences of opinton among the spokes- | men for varfous groups at prior hear- People's Counsel Richmond B, Keech, William McK. Clayton of the Federatfon | of Citizens' Associations and Evan H.| ‘Tucker of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association have outlined a | number of amendments they believe should be made in the interest of the public. The Public Utilities Commission. represented by Chairman Patrick and Assistant Corporation Councel W. A. Roberts, has recommended some changes in the resolution. principally to confine the merged company to street car and bus operation, but there are several other points of contention still in disagreement. The District Commissioners also have suggested changes in the section relating to track P the, e n hearing of testimony is com- pleted at this week's meeting the Sen- ate Committee then will begin delibera- tions to determine.to what extent it 'ctgbcmnaeme plan before taking final action. FIRST SMALLPOX CASE IN 3 YEARS HERE WELL Little Rock Man Discharged From Gallinger Hospital After Two Weeks, mwnhmm'. nhri cb‘: o!‘”.’c o three _years n from Gnm’nnr Hospital as cured, it was learned yesterday. Ben B. Culp, 29, of Little Rock, Ark, was visif friends in the 1200 block of Nineteenth street northeast when he became {ll January 31. Ad- mitted to Gallinger, his disease was diagnosed as smalipox and he was iso- | lated. Culp was discharged from the hospital Friday night. Public Health officials said Culp was the first smallpox patient here in three years and that his was an “imported” case, the disease having been con- tracted in Little Rock. Tar Baby, Pet of Employe Army of Stray Cats ‘There are several reasons why Tar Baby can never be just another recruit for the roving, fighting, howling army of_stray cats. No vagabond, Tar Baby loved his home with Edith W. Fitzhugh, formerly of 6607 East avenue, Chevy Md., now of 3840 Fulton str by remaining in every night save one during his 41, years. No fighter, Tar Baby got his ears chewed up by some rough cats, when Miss Fitzhugh moved to the 5800 block be consoled until his mistress returned to_Chevy Chase just to please him. No vocalist, Tar Baby's faint purr was his sole contribution to the world's noises. These and other distinguishing fea- tures, Miss Fitzhugh assures herself over and over, must eventually lead to Tar Baby's identification and return, now that he has been missing since December 15. 15. Miss Fiaiugh, an of the War Pking o returned to his hnmm mm'& HOME-LOVING KITTY STEPS OUT, MISTRESS’ SEARCH IS UNAVAILING | &t ‘to Owner’s Distress. of Wisconsin avenue, and refused to| moved to the | just in War Department, Joins Fulton -street address; she advertised, with many replies, but no Tar Baby, and in desperation, she said yester- she decided on publicity. orie, Miss Fitzhugh came office to say, can identify gentle, never goes oul lack except for a few has a long face, bright am- d two torn ears. Fitzhugh had to ad- is just another black g ml:. ‘Tar Baby “one morning atter I moved from Chevy, Chase,” Miss Fitzhugh said, “he failed to come home for breakfast. It was the first time in his life he ever t the ht out. Then, only a lit- fflel;am,'hmdm:“ = e Fitzhugh, who has run down scores of reports that her pet had been found, . 4 still. anxious to hvfidfi’tln ) le | Charities, | holds its regular weekly meeting Friday s irged | protection was discussed. ated Charities, as well as the Catholic Se! Hebrew Relief Society were being be- ay by the largest groups ied for aid this Winter, “We are getting the aftermath of the depression in the shape of people who have finally exhausted their resources and are applying for help for the first time,” “the Chest director declared, “and this condition is likely to grow.” Gifts sent to the Community Chest yesterday included $10, Bachrach. Inc.; $5, P. W. Calfer; $1, Mr. and Mrs. Dupre; $50. Raymond M. Hudson: $10, Arthur Hitchcock; 85, Evelyn O. Kefauver; $25, Fred 8. Kogod: $250, John H. Magruder, Inc.: $50. E. W. McCullogh: $3, Mrs. Cornelia F. Mead: $10. Annic P. Randoiph: $50. Darrell E. Smith: $100, Mrs. Jean Mackenzie Wagseman; $10, E. M. Woodward. PROTECTION AGAINST SNIPER 1S ASSURE Mt. Pleasant Citizens Hear North- west Police Forces Have Been Augmented. Assurance that the Northwest section is being adequately protected against further depredations by the mysterious gunman who has slain one person and wounded three others in recent weeks was given members of the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association last night. Earl Dillon, chairman of the asso- ciation’s police committee, told of an interview he had with Brig. Gen. Pel- ham D. Glassford, superintendent of smallpox | police, at which the question of police He informed the group material additions had been made to the number of radio squad cars, motorcycle policemen, plain clothes officers and patrolmen in the District, and that every effort is being made by police to furnish protection and bring about the capture of the gunman. The association voted indorsement of the bill now pending in Congress to re- strict the sale of firearms and other deadly weapons in the District. The measure is sponsored by Senator Cap- per and Representative Mary T. Nor- ton, chairmen, respectively, of the Sen- ate and House District Commit t_Bureau of Dr. Charles B. LENTEN BOOKS LISTED Two Library Compilations Will Help All Denominations. Two lists of books recommended for Letnen reading have been released by the Public Library, it has been an- nounced by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian. One list, led. Catholic Rev. John K. Cartwright of St. tion of Patrick's Church. The other, s list on all residents of the State. and the Problems of has been compiled to meet the needs of Protestan! it readers, and includes from the librarian of the Col Preachers, Washin; gestions lege of thedral. Copies of either list may be obtained free at the central building of the li- brary, at Eighth and K streets, or at any neighborhood branch. NEWSBOY, '9, ROBBED wsboy, Clayton | posed of Dr. held up and|man; Dr. Walter A. ht by two | sen forth Capitol and G streets, he told police. ‘v lvation Army and United | Ca- GENERAL NEWS 11 Z0NINGREQUESTS DENIED BY BOARD: FOUR ARE GRANTED Commission Refuses to Adopt Measure Which Would Bring Hardship. [EIGHT CHANGES IN LAW ON GARAGES ADOPTED Many Protests Are Voiced Against Proposed Undertaker Establich- ment on Wisconsin Avenue. The Zoning Commission yesterday de- nied 11 out of 16 requests for cnanges in zoning heard at a public hearing | February 3. Four of the requests wers granted. Action was postponed on the remaining change. The commission de- cided not to adopt a regulati®a sus- 1 pending the strict application of the zoning law to individual instances where such action would result in hard- ship. A series of eight changes in the regulations, designed to allow the con= struction of garages in first commer- cial zones without the necessity of ob- talning consents from adjoining prop- erty owners, and to allow the use of alley lots in residential zones for stor- ing automobiles, was adopted. The two requests for changes in in- dividual zoning that stirred up the bit- terest opposition were both denied. One was a proposal to change to second commercial the residential and first commercial property on the east side of Wisconsin avenue between Western | avenue and Jenifer street, to allow the construction of an undertaking estab- | lishment. Sixteen civic associations and many neighbors protested against this, principally on the ground that Wiscon- sin avenue is one of the portals to ‘Washington from the north and west, and the impression produced on a vis- itor by passing a funeral parlor at the entrance to the Capital would be a det- riment to the city. The other was a proposal for & change in zoning to allow the Wads- vorth property at Dupont circle, bound- | ed by Eightecnth streot, Massachusetts { avenue and P street, to be replaced by | an 1l-stor~ apartment house. This { was fought as the entering wedge of commercial zoning on upper Massa- chusetts avenue. The petitioners claim- ed that the property, as a residence, { was a white elephant, unusable and | unsalable, although heavily taxed. Zoning Changes Allowed. The following changes in zoning were allowed: Change from residential 60-foot B area to first commercial 60-foot C area the southwest corner of Fifth street and Florida avenue northeast. Change from first commercial 60-foot C area to residential 40-foot B area four lots on the east side of West Virginia avenue between Mount Olivet road and Raum strest northeast Chenge from residential 40-foot D | area to residential 60-foot C area the | property at 305 T street northeast. Change from first commercial 90-foot D area to second commercial 90-foot D area a lot on the north side of Bea~ ning road between Minnescta avenue and Kenilworth street northeas The following changes in zoning wers refused: Change from residential B to resi- dential C area a vacant lot at the southeast corner of Twenty-second and Q streets. Change from residential B to C area two lots on the east side of New Hamp- shire avenue between R and S streets. Commissioners U. S. Grant. 3d, and Luther H. Reichelderfer disqualified themselves from consideration of this request because of interest, and took no part in its decision Change from first commer: foot D area to residential 90~ the property at avenue. Change from residential 90-foot C \area to first commercial 110-foot D area the square bounded by Eighteenth and P streets and Massachusetts ave- nue (the Wadsworth property). Other Changes. Change from residential to first commercial the southeast corner of Twelfth and W streets. Change from first to second com- mercial four lots on the north side of H street between Third and Fourth streets northeast. Change from residential 60-foot to first commercial 90-foot the property at 300 D street northeast Change from residential to first {commercial the property at 109 Eleventh street southeast. Change from residential 40-foot A restricted and first commercial 60-foot C areas to second commercial 60-foot, lot 803 in square 1661, east side of Wis- consin avenue between Western avenue and Jenifer street. Change from residential A restricted to first commercial C area the property at 1026 Monroe street northeast. Change from residential A area to first commercial C area four lots on the west side of Forty-ninth street between Dean avenue and Hayes strect north- east. The commission postponed action on a request for a change from residential | A restricted and residential A areas to residential B area the frontage on the north side of Sheridan street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. IOWANS OFFER TROPHY Largest District Representation to Get Cup at Meeting. The Towa congressional district hav- ing the largest representation at the meeting of the Jowa State Society Sat- urday evening, February 27, will be awarded a trophy by the society, ac- cording to announcement by the com- mittee in charge of arrangements for the affair. The meeting will be held at_the Willard Hotel. Towans attending the meeting will be welcomed by Senator and Mrs. Smith W. Brookhart and Senator and district ‘comj primarily for | Mrs. L. J. Dickinson, and each readers, l‘:‘- the recommenda~ | will be represented by its Congressman. An open invitation has been issued to DR. JUDD TO SPEAK Dr. E. Starr Judd, president of the American Medical Association, will be the guest speaker at the annual reunion and banquet of the George Washington University medical alumni next Sat- urday evening at the Willard Hotel. Dr. Frederick A. Reuter, president of the George Washington University Medical Society, will preside. The Committee on Arrangements is com. Frank A. Hornaday, chair Bloedorn, Dr. Cour- ., Dr. Amold MeNitt McNitt, Dr. Carl J. Mess, Nicholson, Esther B. Dr. Russell Dr. . Margaret The lives at 1635 East Capitol | Nathanson, Dr. John Reed and Dr. W. street. o Raymond Thomas. o s