Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1932, Page 17

Washington News RETIRED POSTAL GROUP MAY LOSE PAY FOR 21 DAYS McCarl Points Out Statute| Providing Delay to First of Month. EXTENSION TO JULY 10 RESULTS IN CONFUSION Department Heads Believe Adjust- ment to Carry Out Law's Intent Will be Made by Congress. Some 2300 postal employes, retired July 10 under provisions of the economy bill, are in danger of losing approxi- { mately $102,212 1n retirement pay, it was learned yesterday. The bill automatically retiring super- annuated employes became effective last June 30. To give the Post Office De- partment opportunity properly to notify its widely scattered employes, however, President Hoover signed an executive order extending the date of their re- tirement to July 10. Stand Bared in Letter. Controller General McCarl now has held that they are not entitled to re- ceive any retirement pay until August 1, & loss of 21 days. Mr. McCarl has not issued a formal | ruling. but in a recent letter to Repre- sentative Mead of New York, chairman of the House Postal Committee, he ex- pressed the opinion that under the law they were not entitled to retirement pay for the period from July 10 to July 31. | The controller general said the act of April 23, 1930, which says retirement pay shall begin on the first day of the month following the date of the re- tirement, is still in effect. _Conse- | quently, rctirement pay for the em- ployes retired on June 30 begins July 1, but not until August 1 for the group held over by the President’s order. Others Not Affected. John S. Beach, chief of the Retire- ment Division, Veterans' Administra- tion, said he knew of no other employes similarly affected. At the Post Office Department it was #aid that the retirement pay cannot be- gin until August 1 if Mr. McCarl stands on_the opinion expressed in his letter o Representative Mead. Postal officials, however, said the law clearly intended that retirement pay was to commence on the d follawing retirement and | that they were confident Congress would adjust this inequity SUCCESSFUL OUTING HELD BY BUSINESS MEN Columbia Heights Association En- joys Program of Athletic Events L Let Rest of World Go By LAZY BLISS AND AN OCCASIONAL FISH. IFE these days is a Midsummer idyll down beneath the weeping willows and the benevolent boughs of the Japanese cherry trees that line the banks of the | Potomac around Hains Point and the Tidal Basin. There on the cool grass, protected from the Midsummer sun and cooled by the gentle breezes from the water, | may be found daily dozens of folk who while away their time waiting for their cinner to come to them via the cork-bobber and fish line route. They're not so ardent at fishing most of them, but what they lack in en- thusiasm for the sport of Izaak Walton they make up for in patience and comfort. There's never enough fishing to get excited about—as a matter of fact, the fish they catch are nothing to get ex- cited about—so life just goes on lazily and comfortably, no perspiration about the proposition at all, while dinner comes literally leaping into their laps Most of th> fish caught would jake a mere mouthful apiece—little” sun perch which nibble gently and never make any great fuss about getting caught. Mighty unlucky is the fisher- man who can't take home a string of 25 or 30 of the little mouthfuls after a day of leisurely fishing. Sometimes it's a hundred, and, then the neighbors change to fish fare for the evening. Then occasionally there will come up a golden carp, just a big brother to the goldfish swimming in the bowl at home. to add a little zest to the proceedings. Most of the fishermen throw back the carp, not so much be- cause they are not as edible as the | rest—they are—but it appears to most | that it is distasteful to eat the sort of ‘flith that has been made so much a pet |of. Sometimes, but not very often, there’s | a real tug at the line and an unwary bass |is found to have got hold of the wrong sort of breakfast, and then the fisher- man stops his dreaming and fishes. Most of the time the wary bass get | along very well on the flies that buzz about just out beyond the cork bobber, and add their splashing to the gentle Summer drone. Then occasionally a small rockfish or striped bass gets caught and there is rejoicing. But mostly it's the little sun perch with the gentle nibble, and there is no excitement over that. | They catch them with almost every- thing, but the kitchen stove. Some of | the more serious fishermen go down to the fish market and buy crabs and shrimp to feed them, but most of them go out in the back yards and get angle worms One youngster prefers a little bit of grimy, well kneaded dough on his tiny hook, while his companion adds some just-as-grimy cheese to put zest in _the fish fare. Their methods are just as varied as their bait. There is the colored man who dozes the day through with the line attached to his big toe to tell him when there is a nibble while he stretches out on the grass. There is another who has rigged up an ingenious device of a supple stick stuck in the ground, with a bell atop. He puts out several of these lines. The youngsters just sit and watch and when the cork | Dobs yank with a squeal of glee "They say it is very comfortable down thete under the trees. SENATOR AGAINST MANY .S, OFFICES McKellar Holds Most of Inde- pendent Agencies Could Be , ACCIDENTAL SHOT SERIOUSTOOFFICER Policeman Lancaster Wound- ed When Hit by Bullet he Zb WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING POWER CONTRACTS ' QUTSIDE STUDIED BY COMMISSION Ample Protective Clauses and Advantageous Rate Structure Desired for Capital. | PEPCO WOULD TAP EXTENSIVE NETWORK Interconnection With Safe Harbor- Baltimore Hydro-Electric System Proposed. The Public Utilities Commission and William A. Roberts, its general counsel it was learned today, are making a serious study of the contract under which the Potomac Electric Power Co. will tap the resources of an extensive network of power lines converging the wide territory from Niagara Falls to | Cape Cod and from the St. Lawrence |and upper Connecticut Rivers to Balti- more and surrounding territory. The power company entered into the | contract with the Consolidated Gas & i Electric Light & Power Co. of Balti- | more, a subsidiary of the Aldred util- ity group of Northern Maryland and Southeastern Pennsylvania. The con- tract calls for an interconnection be- | tween Pepco and the Safe Harbor- Baltimore Hydro Steam system, giving Washington the advantages of an out- side source of supply from a large and | diversified power system to supplement |its own steam-generated source of supply. In Co-ordinated System. The Safe Harbor development is on the Susquehanna River between Co- lumbia, Pa. and the Chesapeake Bay. | and is connected through tie lines with jthe adjacent Holtwood development. { The two water power plants and the | steam station at Holtwood are part of | the co-ordinated hydro and steam power | system of which the steam plants of | the Consolidated Gas. Electric Light & |Power Co. constitute the principal | | steam reserve. All these properties and the Pennsylvania Water & Power Co are controiled by the Aldred interests of | New York and Baltimore. The Pennsylvania Railroad has con- | tracted for power from this co-ordi- | nated steam and water power system for | the electrification of its lines from the | Susquehanna crossing at Harvre d:| Grace to Washington. Interconnection in Effect. The system already is interconnected | with the hightension lines of the! Metropolitan Edison Co. and other | power companies in Pennsylvania, and | through the new arrangements negotia- | I | | | ted with Pepco, which is controlled by | the North American Company. provi- | sion is made for an interchange of power between the Washington steam plants, and the water power plants on | the lower Susquehanna. Roberts and the commission are FRIDAY, EDITION ening Star 29 &2, JULY 1932. VACATOIN WITH PAY FOR POLICE IS SEEN IN'MGARL RULING, Firemen, Park Officers and Mount Vernon Highway Force Also Affected. LEAVE TO BE REDUCED TO PERIOD OF 15 DAYS State Department Informed Those on Leave Lose Pay Until They Start for Posts. The Police and Fire Departments, {the park police, Mount Vernon High- | way police and probably other speci- fied groups will receive a pay cut of '3 per cent, but will get a 15-day vacation with' pay under the economy act, it appeared today in a decision of | Controller General McCarl to Lieut.! Col. U. S Grant, 3d, director of public! buildings and public parks. The _decision mentioned by name only the park police and the Mount Vernon Highway police. As these two | are in the same status in the economy bill as the Police, Fire Departments and others, McCarl's decision was be- | lieved to be a precedent which he will | follow in answering questions about ail other grcups similarly treated in the economy act. Exception on Leave. McCarl told Col. Grant that the: park police “are not subject to the provisions of section 103 of the (econ- omy) act suspending all rights to re-| ceive annual leave of absence with pay during the fiscal year 1933." The police and firemen had been re- ceiving 20 days leave with pay. McCarl | held that they now are subject to Sec- | tion 215 of the economy act. which re- duces the annual leave allowable to) those persons who may get it to 15| days. The rank and file of Government em- ployes receive a pay reduction by an- other means, the compulsory furiough, which will deduct a month’s pay in re- turn for 24 days' compulsory leave. The percentage - of compensation deducted | from the twq groups is therefore vir- tually the same. Question of Status. Taking up the question as to whether | the park police fell under military or | civilian status, McCarl said: “A clear | | intention is shown whenever the term civil or civilian appear (in the economy | act) to use the same in their broad- | est sense to distinguish the civil branch | of the Government from the military and to distinguish the personnel of the one only from the personnel other without regard to the subdivision for activities of the respective branches, and when thus used all personnel must be considered either as civilian or mili- tary. While the compensation and| leave privileges of officers and members | of the J‘ Society and General PAGE B—1 New Telescope Dome NAVAL OBSERVATORY WILL MODERNIZE EQUIPMENT. atory here. opened on August 3 Ritchey-Chretien splanatic phot Prof. George W. Ritchey, const T with an outer and inner steel plate shell rapid cooling of the structure. An insul HE telescope dome pictured above is to be constructed at the Naval Observ- Navy Department officials asserted today bids for this will be The new construction will house the 40-inch | ographic _telescope now being built by ructor of the 100-inch Mount Wilson | telescope. The dome is to be 30 feet in diameter, of welded steel construction, , with provision for ventilation to insure ating hood will be placed over the tele- scope itself when nct in use, the inclosed air being cooled to prevent the slight the stars. provided to prevent possible fogging of t! Boy Hurt in Blast Of Manhole Where He Dropped Match Donald Vaughn, 7. of the 1200 block of B street northeast, was slightly burned late yesterday when gas in a manhole in the 100 block cf Twelfth street north- east exploded when the boy dropped a burning match through the manhole cover. Donald was knocked off his feet by the force of the explosion. He was treated at the Navy Yard dispensary. 24,500 ARE FACING PENALTIES ON TAX of the United States Park Police lre;Large Number of Persons governed by statutes separate from | expansion and contraction of the telescope which might mar photographs of Machinery will rotate the dome. I A special collapsible tube will be he photographic plate frcm nearby light POLICE CHECK UP DELINQUENT TAXIS 1,400 May Be Subject to Ar- rest for Failure to Obtain Licenses. Traffic officers. acting on orders of Inspector E. W. Brown, assistant super- intencent of police in command of the Traffic Bureau, began a check-up today preparatory to rounding up taxicab operators who have failed to procure the new $25 license. According to the estimates of Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of icenses. owners of approximately 1400 cabs have not applied for the license. Police. however, do not know whether unlicensed vehicles are in operation, or whether they have been taken off the street. these | 1. EFGENC HELD THREATENED BY ECONOMY ACT Aitchison Tells Transporta- tion Club Long Furloughs Are Facing Employes. | | | | | [ i PORTION OF FORCES TO BE CUT 40 PER CENT Present Conditions Greatly In- crease Work of Commission in Seeing That Law Is Observed. ‘The economy act will make it neces- sary to press econcmies in the Interstate Commerce Commission to the point of impairment of efficiency, Clyde B. Aitchison, member of the commission, declared yesterday at a luncheon meet- ing cf the Transportation Club in the Raleigh Hot:l. In addition to the 24-day legislative furlough, he said. it will be necessary {to institute administrative furloughs to ;keep within the appropriation. These leaves of absence would be for periods yet undeterminable, he said, but would vary in different pcrtions of the com- mission’s work from a month to three or | four months. Many Face Long Furloughs. There is the “stern prospe he added. that a good many employes face |a furlcugh until the end of the next | fiscal year. | These economies will cut the effective {force of the commission at least one- sixth and porticns of it about 40 per cent, Mr. Aitchicon asserted. He pointed out that “much cf the commis- sion’s work is'not within its power to control, unless it simply neglects to per- form its duty.” “The great bulk of its tasks,” he ex- plained, “are set for it by the action of other people or by mandate of law. And unfortunately, in times of depres- sion many of these tasks increase in | number and importance, rather than | the reverse. The competition for such | traffic as there is, is a fruitful breeder | of attempts to get the business despite the law.” To meet this situation, Mr. Aitchison said, it will be necessary for all per- sons dealing with the commission to lz“e it utmost co-operation. | Outlines Ways to Aid. | 'The speaker outlined ways in which | the commission can be helped to save | money and time. Among them were the following Rigid observance of all rules: more careful preparation of complaints; fil- | ing of fuller and more definite answers; examinations and settlement of com- plaints before hearing by the commis- sion wherever possible; fewer requests | for postponements; stipulation of facts wherever possible; use of the shortened procedure method and, in oral hearings, adequate but not too full presentation cases. | studying the contract to determine | Statutes applicable either to the civil or | ‘Owners of the cabs found in operation | ®\S8%%, < introduced to the and Other Entertainment. A program of athletic events and| other forms of entertainment featured the sixth annual outing of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association yes- terday in Rock Creek Park, near the Sixteenth Street Reservoir. ‘A parade through the northwest busi- ness section marked the beginning of | the outing with music by the Wash- ington Boys' Independent Band. Mov-| ing pictures of the parade and other events of the day were shown the pic- nickers at the close of the outing. A base ball game between the Colum- bia Heights team and the Weshington police was won by the former, 8 to 7 Georgia Avenue Business Men's Associ- [ | | ation defeated the Columbia Heights group in a tug-of-war. Members of | the Columbia Heights' Business Men's | Association defeated the officers of the | organizations in a horseshoe-pitching | contest. | A. R. Swan was general chairman of | the outing, which was attended by more | than 400 persons. Business in Colum- | bia Heights was virtually suspended for the picnic. ar CHIROPODIST MEETING PLANS BEING ARRANGED Five Washingtonians Are to Ad- dress Convention to Be Held Here Next Month. The several hundred delegates ex- pected to atend the 21st annual con- Vention of the National Association of f Chiropodists, scheduled for the first week in August at the Wardman Park Hotel, will hear addresses by five Washingtonians. The local men to speak are Drs. H. H. Hazen, E. Clarence Rice, Claude Moore, Eugene C. Rice and A. Owen | Penney, vice president of the national association. Members of the committee which is arranging for the convention are! Charles F. Conrad, scientific program; Elliott C. Schutz and H. S. Beltz, enter- | tainment: Dr. Rice, reception; Edward ' E. Thompson, housing; S. H. Hurrell. | treasurer: J. H. Wood. finance; E. C.| Taylor, ladies’ | E. G. Green. WAR VETERANS ELECT ARNOLD NATIONAL HEAD Special entertainment, and A. American Organization Meeting Honors 0. C. Smith, C. A. Shea and Others. R. W. Arnold was elected national commander of the War Veterans of America at a_special meeting of the organization Wednesday night at the veterans’ headquarters, 2626 Pennsyl- vania avenue. Other officers elected were C. C. Smith, senior vice commander; C. A. Shea. junior vice commander; R. W. Smith, quartermaster, and J. L. Willis, adjutant. Rev. J. J. Quealley is na- tional chaplain and Mrs. Emma Steed national hostess. The War Veterans of America have been conducting a temporary home at 2626 Pennsylvania avenue for veterans who visit the Capital on Government business. 50 YEARS’ SERVICE ENDS Miss Henderson of Revenue Bureau Honored on Retiring. iss Grace M. Henderson, 1701 Park M road, was retired from the Bureau of Internal Revenue yesterday after serv- ing there continuouly 50 years. Miss Henderson entered the service October 25, 1882, and operated the first typewriter purchased for use in the bureau. At ceremonies yesterday she was presented with a radio and a’ large Lzsket of flowers by her assoclates. Abolished Efficiently. Contending most of the 73 commis- sions and independent bureaus of the Government could be abolished, Serator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee said today he would take up his views on this subject with the special Senate Economy Committee when it is consid- ering further savings in expenditures at the next session. Senator McKellar is one of the Democratic members of this committee. Just before Congress adjourned Sen- ator Hale, Republican, of Maine placed in the Record a list of these boards and commissions, together with the appro- priations for them, for the purpose of showing that Congress has not been ex- travagant in providing for these agen- | cies. Commenting on the Hale state- ment, Senator McKellar said: “His purpose was stated to show that all of them cost only $45,722,000. Well, even that is a big sum, and in my judg- ment the most of these 73 commissions and bureaus could be easily abolished.” Senator McKellar criticized the Bud- get Bureau, declaring that in every year except one since the bureau was created Congress has appropriated less than the budget reccmmended. “The only way the Bureau of the Budget could be of any advantage would be to make it a legislative bureau, re- sponsible alone to the two houses of Congress, and require it to make the most minute investigations as to how all the executive appropriations are ex- pended.” The Tennesseean also urged abolition of the Federal Farm Board. Discuss- ing the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, he said he was not so sure it ought not to be abolished, adding, “in all events, it ought to be thoroughly reorganized.” He advocated doing away with the Bu- reau of Efficiency and the Personnel Classification Board. He said the Civil Service Commission is an important body, but should be readjusted to elimi- nate the procedure of executive order. Senator McKellar mentioned a great many smaller commissions and boards which he said could be either abolished or placed under some executive depart- ment. He praised the General Account- ing Office, headed bv Controller General McCarl, as one of the best of the in- dependent bureaus. ‘Wins $25,000 for Burns. NEW YORK, July 22 (®)—A bald spot amid blonde locks won Louise Squire, actress, $25.000. She sued a store. ‘saying celluloid water waving combs she bought exploded when she sat near a lamp. ‘ Aimed at Burglar. Policeman H. N. Lancaster, 39. of No. 10 precinct, who was accidentally shot through the body early yesterday | while he and fellow officers were trying | to capture two colored men in the 3200 | block of Georgia avenue. was in a criti- | cal condition in Garfield Hospital today. | Policeman Byron M. Moore, 35, also | of No. 10 pelice station, who was hurt !at the same place when he tumbled from & porch onto some rocks in a | roadway, was said to be much improved today at Freedman's Hospital, where | he is under treatment. Policeman Lancaster was hit, accord- | ing to police, when he ran around the | corner of a hullding into the line of fire directed after & colored man by sevetal officers. ‘The chase of the fugitives began after two colored men had been seen in a pharmacy in the 3200 block of Georgia avenue. A number of police- men responded and attempted to cap- | ture the two men after Patrolman Jesse Hasty had telephoned the precinct. | Police tvday were continuing their search for the two colored burglars, one of whom was believed wounded by a shot fired by one of the police officers. | |SUES FINANCE COMPANY FOR COLLECTION LIBEL |Capital Man Says Letter Was ‘Written to War Department in Dispute Over Payments. Oliver V. Kessler, 1625 Monroe street northeast, said to have been employed as auditor for several Government de- partments, filed suit in District Supreme Court today asking $50,000 damages from the General Motors Acceptance Corporation for alleged libel. ‘Through Attorney R. W. McMahon, the plaintiff said he had been humil- jated and his reputation affected by a letter said to have been written by the local manager of the company. This was sent to the War Department, he said, and claimed difficulty in collecting a balance of $80 due on an automobile purchased through the defendant June 7, 1930. The letter was sent to the War Department, when the company knew his home address, he said. DEVELOPMENT MAY CHANGE NAME OF BUZZARDS POINT Carrollsburg, Formen Identification of Land, May Be Chosen by Planning Commission. Proposed development of Buzzards Point into an industrial center led to- day to the birth of a movement to give the place a more dignified name. Buzzards Point is a large undeveloped area bordering the Anacostia River be- tween the Washington Navy Yard and the Army War College. In this terri- tory the Pennsylvania Ralilroad is pre- paring to provide trackage facilities and the Potomace Electric Power Co. is plan- ning to erect a mew $5.000.000 power B A new name for the area will be con- sidered at the next meeting of the Co- ordinating Committee. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, ir.. engineer of the National Park and Planning Compmission, will suggest Carrolisburg, the.name that formerly identified the land. ‘The history of the Buzzards Point region, according to Capt, Chisolm, shows that back in 1870 Charles Car- roll, jr.. started a subdivision. the lots being_disposed of by lottery. The place ‘was then known as Carrollsburg. Capt. Chisolm, however, does not know the history attached to the name of Buzzards Point. One theory, he said, is that the area was named Buzzards Point after Daniel Bussard, who was prominent in Washington in the early nineteenth century. The development of Buzzards Point is expected to necessitate a revision of the provement of the Washingion © mitted to the House Rivers and Har- bors Committee and now being brought up to date by Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., district engineer for the War De- partment in the Washington area. It is likely that some of the development previously lplnlmed for the W - ton channel be transferred takBuz- zards Polnt. whether it has ample protective clauses and an advantageous rate structure. Both of these features, it was said, ap- pear on cursory examination to be lsnus(aflory to the commission and Roberts, and indications are that the contract will be formally approved. - PUBLICITY ON LOANS IS STILL UNDECIDED |Clerk of House Withholds Action Contemplated on R. F. C. Report. By the Associated Press. The much-debated question of mak- ing public Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration loans was still in the air to-! day, with South Trimble, clerk of the| House, reserving decision until he gets | the first loan report. Under the relief act just signed by President Hoover, the corporation must file monthly loan reports with the clerk of the House and the secretary of the Senate. In Senate debate it was con- tended these officials must hold the re- ports confidential. “When the first report is filed, I will issue a statement to the press giving my reasons for the position I will take.” Trimble said. “A number of people have been in my office arguing on both sides of the question, but until I have the report I will not make a de- cision.” Edwin Thayer, the Senate’s secre- tary, already has stated he will hold the report confidential. Representative Rainey, the House Democratic leader, has argued that in so doing the officials will be gullty of malfeasance. But Representative Snell, the Republican leader, has expressed the opinion that the Senate'’s interpre- tation of the law, made in debate just before the relief bill passed, would go a long way in determining actions of officials charged with its administra- tion. WOMAN, ILL, IS MISSING EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON Sister Asks Aid in Finding Miss Margaret Vance, 45, Coming From Rochester. Mrs. Henry B. Robinson, 1547 Forty- fourth street, appealed to The Star to- day to aid in the search for her sister, Miss Margaret Vance, 45, who was due to arrive here Wednesday night from Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Robinson said her sister, a book- keeper and stenographer in Rochester, has been in ill health for some time, suffering from insomnia. She was com- ing here to spend a week’s vacation. Police have inquired at hospitals here and railroad officials have attempted to trace her along the route. The ticket she purchased in Rochester was used and turned in here. It is thougnt that Miss Vance may have become ill when she changed trains at Wayne Junction, Pa., and wandered off. When she left Rochester she was wearing a tan coat, white straw hat and a black and yellow figured dress. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. Her eyes are blue, her com- Pplexion fair and her hair reddish brown. BABY’S BED NEEDED An appeal for a crnb and two baby cartiages for families of destitute vet- erans was issued today by the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1730 E m e 12, ArtIcle, ‘which are urgently n 3 sen! mmmmumoruwymniemm for it the donor will telephone National 1910, branch 243. | compensation exceeding the rate of military branches of the Government, | their duties relate to preservation of | order and inforcement of laws, civilian | service, and not to war or national | defense, a military service.” | Further light on the bearing of the | economy act on pay of emergency offi- | cers who are employed by the Govern- | ment was cast today by McCarl in a| decision to Gen. Frank T. Hines, ad- ministrator of veterans' affairs. A re- | tired emergency officer whose retired | pay exceeds the rate of $1.000 per an- num, holding a civilian position with | $1,000 per annum, the combined com- pensation and retired pay exceeding the rate of $3,000 per annum, the civilian compensation is subject to reduction by reason of the legislative furlough. five- day week or percentage reduction in compensation, which must be impound- ed, and likewise the retired pay is sub- ject to the percentage reduction, which must be impounded. Ruling to State Secretary. But the loss sustained by the employe, McCarl said, in his civilian position by | reason of the legislative furlough, five- day week or percentage reduction. may be made up by payment of retired pay, not to exceed the rate of $3,000 per annum, to the extent that retired pay as reduced by Section 106 of the statute is available for that purpose. In a decision to the Secretary of State, McCarl held that foreign service officers and employes in the United States on leave of absence were placed automatically in a “non-pay status be- ginning July 1, 1932, and will remain so during all time absent from their posts of duty on leave.” But McCarl said that they resumed their pay status on the date when they began their re- turn trip to their posts of duty. . DAVIS REARRESTED IN SLAYING INQUIRY Had Been Dismissed in Case of Mil-| ton Henry, Killed Last April. New Evidence Withheld. 1 | Police continued to run down im- portant new evidence today in connec- tion with the Milton (Milsie) Henry slaying here last April, following the arrest yesterday of a second man on & murder charge. The man arrested was Harry Davis, s+, of Philadelphia, who had been dis- missed June 30 by United States Com- missioner Needham C. Turnage because of insufficient evidence against him. Previously he had been brought here : from Philadelphia. New evidence said to have been uncovered by police brought about Davis’ rearrest. ‘The other man held in connection with the Henry slaying is Charles Har- tis, alias Blum, 35, now in the District Jail on a murder charge. Harris and Davis are to be takén before Commis- sioner Turnage Monday. Police say Davis' real name is Benja- min Kavitz and Harris’ name is Charles Bernstein. Both men, they say, have many aliases. The investigators would not disclose what the new evidence is in the Henry case. TUG NAME CHOSEN Oldest Employe of District Govern- ment to Be Honored. The name William Tindall was chosen by the Commissioners today for a tug recently acquired for use of the Re- formatory at m, Va. The name commemorates the oldest employe of the District government, who died earlier in the year. Dr. Tin- dall had served from 1869 to 1932 in various capacities in the District gov- emment and was retained long after the expiration of his retirement age by a special act of Congress. i i !h Fail to Make Personal | | without a license. Inspector Brown said, | will be prosecuted. Thus far, less than Returns for Year. Indications are that there still are 24,500 persons in the District who have not flled their personal tax returns this year, it was stated today in the Dis- trict tax assessor's office. Up to the present time there have been filed 13,500 personal tax returns, totaling $598,059, of which $195,497 was on tangible property and $402561 on intangible property. The average £0 far this year has been $44 per return. while the average return for the fiscal year ended June 30 last was $98 Tax Assessor William P. Richards stated today it is his intention to en- force the provisions of the law requir- | ing returns, and pointed out the penal- | ties of 20 per cent additional valuation and 1 per cent a month for delinquency | and eventual filing of a return through | mandamus proceedings in the District Supreme Court with the taxpayer as- suming the burden of the court costs. s e JAHNCKE WILL ATTEND SHRINE CONVENTION | By the Associated Press. President Hoover has selected Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to represent him at the Shrine convention in San Francisco next week. Jahncke will fiy to the West Coast accompanied by his two daughters, the Misses Adele and Cora Jahncke. ‘The President some months ago, thinking he would be able to open the Olympic games in Los Angeles, tenta- | tively accepted an invitation to take | part in the big Shrine gathering. Jahncke also will attend the open- ing of the Olympic games. of the three American members of the International Olympic Committee and as been designated by Secretary Adams to represent the Navy Depart- ment. KIWANIANS HEAR SCHACHT Al Schacht, comedian-coach of the Washington base ball club, outlined plans for next month's game between the 1924 Washington championship team and the current edition cf the Na- tionals at a meeting of the Washington El‘:nlnh Club yesterday in the Raleigh otel. Eddie W. Ainsmith and Edward “Pat” Nationals, were guests of the club at was in charge of the program. He is one | | a half dozen unlicensed cabs have been found on the streets. Reports have reached the office of the hack inspector that a number of the cab operators have taken the vehi off the street rather than pay the in- creased license fee, which the new Dis trict license code raised from $9 to $25 a year. In addition, a character ii- cense costing $5 is required. Hack Inspector Manson said one larze cab company had put 100 of its fleet of cabs in & garage in order to save the $2.500 required for licenses for these vehicles. A number of independent drivers also have gone out of business, he said. being unable to raise the re- quired fee INQUEST ORDERED IN ACCIDENT DEATHS Probe to Be Held as Soon as Third Member of Party Is Able to Appear as Witness. An inquest into the deaths of Police- man Laurits Christensen, 32, of the eleventh precinct, and his flancee, Mrs. Catherine Rhodes, 24, both of whom died in Providence Hospital early yes- terday after an automobile crash, will be held as soon as Mrs. Myrtle Selby, 21, also injured in the accident, has recovered sufficiently to appear. This was announced today by Deputy Cor- oner A. Magruder MacDonald. |~ 'Mrs. Selby is in Casualty Hospital, | where physicians said she was suffering | from a fractured skull. Dr. MacDonald pointed out that the automobile was on the wrong side of | the street when it hit a street car going in the opposite direction on Nichols | avenue southeast. The street car mo- | torman, Herbert S. Cooksey of the 1600 | block of Gale street northeast, was re- | leased in custody of his attorney to ap- | pear at the inquest. | NAvY LETS CONTRACTS Contracts totaling $6,687 for a pub- ‘Hc works program have been made by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, the Navy Department announced today. Included among them is one for $3,890 for rifle range drainage at the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., award- |ed to W. C. Spratt of Fredericksburg. Va. For constructing a concrete road | and walk for extension to building No. {Gharrity, two former catchers with the | 12 at the Naval Research Laboratory, at Bellevue, D. C., a contract for $1,229 I the luncheon session. Edmund F. Jewell | was awarded Rose & Reddick, Inc. 1660 Park road, here. SPEEDER, FINED ON “ESCAPE” INTO D. C., FACES NEW CHARGE Chatles N. Neal Fails to Appear in Traffic Court on Third Accusation in 24 Hours. Charles H. Neal, 25, who “escaped” into the District from Maryland Wednesday night only to face charges of speeding in both jurisdictions, was picked up on & third charge of speedini within 24 hours as he motored by Four- feenth and Varnum streets last night. Neal “wes arrested Wednesday night by a Prince Georges County constabl®, who followed him more than a mile into the District following a chase along Rhode Island avenue from Maryland. Although thewauthority of the arresting officer was contested, Neal was convicted in Trafic Court yesterday and $25 for speeding together with a $15. penalty for disorderly conduct growing out of what the officer described as an attempt to resist him. Neal agreed yesterday to return to Maryland and make bond in Hyatts- ville on charges of speeding, reckless driving and endangering the life of a cer. pursuing offcer. A few hours later he was given a ticket by Policeman Raymond V. Sin- clair of the Traffic Bureaw who ;l;;rged he was driving 36 miles an T, ing. and Sinclair said he would obtain & warrant for his arrest. Transportation Club by its president, Charles H. Bates, Other special guests | included Chase C. Gone, Deputy Sec- | ond Assistant Postmaster General, Capt. Fred W. Holt, co-ordinator of trafnc, | Pederal Traffic Board; Arthur Carr, | chairman of the advisory board of the American Automobile Association, and . M. Souby of Omaha, counsel to the | Union Pacific Railroad. 'CRIME DROP SHOWN IN POLICE RECORDS | Cut of 31 Per Cent Claimed Since Opening of Prevention Bureau. Crime decreased approximately 31 per cent in the Capital during May and June, subsequent to the establish- ment of the Crime Prevention Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, it was estimated from figures contained in & report made yesterday to Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, superinten- dent of police. The report was sub- mitted by Inspector O. T. Davis, direc- tor of the bureau. A total of 424 liquor establishments and 87 gambling places were closed during the two months. The bureau showed a 100 per cent record had been made in closing gambling establish- ments. Of 87 reported open on May 1, 50 were closed by May 30 and 37 others during June. Of the lquor establishments, 483 were reported in May and 300 in June. A total of 281 were closed in May and 143 in June. Robbeties reported committed in May totaled 110, as against 79 in June. An increase was shown in the number of grand larcenies during June. when there were 99, as against 82 in May. REV. H. A. WOOLFALL ACCEPTS ST. LOUIS CALL Rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church Four Years Will Visit Holland Before Change. Rev. Hulbert A. Woolfall, who has been rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Third and A streets southeast, for the last four years, has accepted a call to the rectorship of St. Peters Church, in St. Louis. Rev. Mr. Woolfall, who is sailing to- day for Holland to attend a young peo- ple’s conference, will return to his local post before going to St. Louis in No- vember. He is 30 years old and came to Washington from Laurel, Md., where he was rector of St. Phillip’s Church. His new post in St. Louis was held at one time by Dr. Z. Barney T. Phillips, now rector of the Church of the Epiphany. CHILD BELIEVED ILL FROM DRINKING GASOLINE Missing Fluid Causes Removal of 11-Month-Old to Hospital by Rescue Squad. Believed to have swallowed some of Ilhe gasoline with which her mother, Mrs, Margaret Kuhn, 225 H street, had been cleaning a mattress, 11-month-old { Mary Elizabeth Kuhn this morning was rushed to Sibley Hospital for treat- ment, At the hospital it was stated the child’s condition was not serious. She_was taken to the hospital by the Fire Squad after her ther discove! child had been p! g ue the near the gasoline container and that scme of the fluid was