Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1932, Page 17

Washi ngton News GASOLINE SLASHED 32 CENTS A GALLON FOR ALL GRADES Largest Single Reduction for This Territory in 13 Years. OVERSUPPLY AND PRICE CUTTING WAR HELD CAUSE Heavy Imports Before Tariff Be- came Effective Declared to Have Flooded Market. ‘The retail price of gasonne In the District today was slashed 3.2 cents a gallon by all of the leading oil com- panies, cutting the price a gallon for regular gasoline down to 14.2 cents, in- cluding tax, and high-test brands to 17.2 cents. Officials of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, The Texas Co. the Sun Oil Co., American Oil Co. and other wholesale distributors in the District said today it was the largest single slash in price in this territory in 13 years. During_the Summer gasoline here went up 2 cents per gallon, causing the commodity to retail until early today at 17.4 cents for regular and 20.4 cents for high-test grade. Independents Expected to Follow, Officials said they believed all inde- pendent filling stations in the city would make their prices conform during the day. The general reduction. the local dis- tributors said, reflects the weakness in the refinery and bulk prices for gaso- line in the Midcontinent and on the Gulf Coast. The Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, in a statement issued last night, ex- plained “the reductions were made nec- essary by conditions of oversupply and widespread price cutting.” The mar- keting area of this company embraces New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, North and South Carolina. The New Jersey company also an- nounced that the spot tank-car prices of regular gasoline, effective today, ‘would be 6 cents a gallon . o. b. Bay- onne, Bayway, Baltimore, Sewells Point, Va.; Wilmington and Charleston, S. C., and 6.5 cents a gallon at Parkersburg, W. Va. For the last few weeks, oil men here said, the tank-car price of gasoline has been steadily declining with the spread between tank car and the posted service station prices at some points in this territory amounting to as much as 8 cents a gallon. The situation is understood to have encouraged price-cutting and in many localities independent distributors were selling gasoline at retail 4 cents a gallon below the posted price. ! 1t was pointed out that & factor in the oversupplying of gasoline on the Atlantic Coast was the large amount of gasoline that was imported into this country before June 21, when the tariff of 21, cents & gallon on gasoline went into effect. Many companies, it was said. had an- ticipated this levy by bringing in as much as possible with the hope of dis- posing of this excess gasoline during the heavy consuming season of July and ‘August. As consumption of gasoline did not show its unusual increase and refinery operations were maintained. this heavy oversupply brought about the weakness in tank-car prices. HISTORIC HOTEL’S OWNER DEMANDS LIQUOR TRIAL ' Joseph Bchladt, 83, Pleads Not Guilty After Arrest in Raid—Ten Gallons Seized by Agen! Joseph Schladt, 83, owner of the his- toric West Washington Hotel, 1236 Wis- consin avenue, arrested yesterday in & rald, pleaded not guilty and demanded 2 jury trial on charges of sale and pos- session_of whisky when arraigned in Police Court today. Two officers of the seventh precinct called at the famous old hostelry and after selzing 10 gallons of alleged Shisky placed the oid man under ar- Test. They had shown Schladt a warrant which had been secured when an_ in- former said he made.a “buy” there three days before. The informer, who had rented a room in the hotel, assisted the officers in uncovering the alleged liquor which was located in several parts of the bullding. Schladt, who was born in Germany, has lived in_Georgetown for more than 50 years. During the pre-prohibition days he operated a bar there. YOUNG WOMAN’S DEATH LAID TO OPERATION Investigation Follows Autopsy on Miss Anne Zimmerman—Doc- tor Will Be Questioned. The ice homicide squad today began u‘:d investigation into the death of Miss Anne Zimmerman, 23, of the 700 block of Newton place, in Sibley Hospital last night. The investigation was launched after Deputy Coroner Christopher Murphy had performed an autopsy and said the young woman had undergone an illegal operation. Miss Zimmerman was admitted to the hospital September 15, it is said, after +being brought in by a private physician. JThe investigation into her death was ordered immediately following the ute g N rivate physician is to be ques- The tioned by police, Detective Sergt. H. K. Wilson, head of the homicide squad, said. HUNTINGTON MAN DIES FROM ACCIDENT HURTS Jack B. Frost Succumbs in George- town Hospital—Was Injured { Near Fairfax September 16. Jack B. Frost, 28, of Huntington, W. Va. died in Georgetown Hospital last might from injuries received September 16 in an automobile accident on the 'Lee Highway, near Fairfax, Va, in which three others were hurt. Others who were injured in the ac. icident were: Lieut. Frederick H. War- E en, 22, of Huntington; Miss Jane Oak, . 2, of Lynchburg, Va., and Miss Mar- !garet Moore, 24, of the 3600 block of anuethnn avenue. Prost received several broken ribs, saternal injuries and cuts, IGANTIC writings and images of unknown import, the relics of a prehistoric race which peopled the ancient California deserts, have been discovered by the only possible means of detecting them—the airplane—and are being pho- tographed and studied by officers of the Army Air Corps in co-operation with California scientists, it was reported here today. So large are the writings and images that they have escaped observation from the ground, though it is possible tbat many people have ridden over them. The writings have been done with colored pebbles and stones on so huge a scale that the traceries are meaningless until viewed from a considerable altitude. The amazing feature of the discov- erles is that the ancient artists them- selves.were unable to view the writings as & whole, and the means they em- ployed to trace the huge outlines acc! rately is a mystery to those who have seen them. There are no hills close | enough to permit the markings to be seen from an elevation. The images which have been rou_nd ranged in size from 50 feet to half a city block and more. One is of a man with his arm outstretched. His neck is long, the head small and round, knees knotty and feet short and thick. A ing his legs just below the knees. huge circle surrounds the body, bisect- | New Desert Race Revealed Gigantic Writing and Images Discovered by Airplane Are Photographed by Army Flyers and Linked to Lost Civilization. Another figure, 50 feet long, resembles a horse. Other mysterious designs were found nearby. Three groups of figures in all have been found. In each there is a colossal figure of & man, an animal and & snake. Dark-brown and light- | colored pebbles, varying in diameter | from 1 to 5 inches, were used by the | artists, who have left resords which have remained unknown for nobody knows how many centuries, according to the report to the War Department. |~ Because the figures are so huge it | believed that they were not designed | for the sake of art, but rather for re- ligious or ceremonial purposes. The strange figures first were re- ported by George Palmes, a civilian fiyer, who chanced on them in the vicinity of Blythe, Calif. He called them to the attention of Arthur Wood- | ward, ethnologist of the Los Angeles Museum. Lieut. Milton W. Kaye, commanding officer of the 23d Photo Section, Army | Air Corps, hearing of the find, organ- | ized an expedition to investigate. A | number of aerial photographs and ob- | servations were made and taken to Los | Angeles. From the observations and photo- | graphs, which give definition impossi- ‘ble to obtain from the ground, scien- tists hope to discover clues that will | help them unravel the latest additions | to the mysteries of the desert mesa country. ENGINEERS MEET HERE ON MONDAY Chicagoan to Be Presented Clausen Gold Medal for Welfare Service. Award of the second Clausen Gold Medal to H. A. Wagner, Chicago engl- neer, for distinguished service per- formed in behalf of the social and eco- nomic welfare of engineers will mark the annual convention of the American Association of Engineers, which meets| in the Shoreham Hotel, opening Mon- | day. Members of the organization, a na- tional engineering society with chap- ters throughout the United States, will gather here tomorrow from all parts of the country. Will Address Convention. Mr. Wagner has been a national di- rector for seven years. He has given considerable attention to unemployment insurance for engineers end advocated an A. A. E. endowment fund to assist engineers during periods of depression. He will address the convention here. The award of the 1932 Clausen medal will take place at the annual banquet | ‘Wednesday night and will be made by | Capt. James H. Griffin of New York, chairman of the Ccmmittee on the Award. Others on Program. Arrangements for the three-day ses- sion have been under direction of the local chapter, of which Donald L. Chamberlin is president. Dr. J. A. L. Waddell, New York bridge engineer, will speak on “Vocational Guidance for Engineers.” Others sched- uled to make addresses include Dr. Henry Arnstein, Philadelphia consuit- ing chemist; Bernard V. Siems, New York consulting engineer; Charles J. Ullrich, of Salt Lake City, consulting engineer and lawyer, and John Lyle| Harrington, member of the engineering | advisory board of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. RESIDENCE OF REALTY OFFICER PLUNDERED Jewelry Valued at $4,700 Taken | From Home of Bishop Hill. Jewelry valued at $4,700 was stolen yesterday from the home of Bishop P Hill, 3000 block of Woodland drive, by thieves who entered the residence while its occupants were out between 2 and 5 pm, Mr. Hill told police. Entrance was gained by breaking the glass in a rear kitchen window. The whole house was ransacked, Mr. Hill said, but the thieves took only jewelry. Mr. Hill is vice president of the real estate firm of Moore & Hill Co. The most valuable piece of jewelry obtained was a diamond and sapphire bracelet, valued at $2,500. Other loot included a diamond and sapphiré bar pin, valued at $850; a dinner ring, valued at $400; two rings, valued at $125 each, and various other pleces of Jewelry of smaller value. Crummell School Bids Opened. The A. L. Smith Co. yesterday sub- mitted a low bid of $25365 for addi- tions and improvements to the Crum- mell School, Fourteenth street and Central avenue northeast. Fourteen bids were opened by R. M. Brennan, chief clerk of the Engineer Department. EMPLOYES T0 WAR ON“INEQUALITIES” Unity of Action Needed in Economy Act Campaign, Say Officers. The National Federation of Federal Employes is organizing an effort to have the “many inequalities and in- equities” of the economy act corrected at the coming short session of Con- gress. The drive was outlined last night by officials of the federation at the annual dinner given collectors for Local Union, No. 262, Treasury Department, at the Dodge Hotel. Luther C. Steward, president of the federation, declared Federal employes have been victimized by a “thoroughly selfish attack,” the instigators of which are still waging their “campaign of misrepresentation.” Unity of Action Needed. Mr. Steward said that while the fed- eration’s long-range program of educ: tion mitigated some of the evils of hys. terical ecoomy, Government employes | must unite to combat the injustices of | their present status. “The job that lies ahead is plainly outlined,” he said. “This is not a time for discouragement, for moping or for sulking. By concerted effort the ground that has been lost can be rewon. But 1t will take work, and lots of it: intel- ligent aggressiveness unassailable in logic and determined in vigor.” Ulrey J. Biller, one of the federa- tion’s vice presidents, declared the op- eration of the compulsory retirement clause has proved costly to the Gov- ernment. Other speakers were John Cloud, or- ganizer of the national federation, and Gertrude M. McNally, secretary-treas- urer of the federation. Welcomed by Burnham. J. 0. Burnham, president of Local No. 262, welcomed guests at the dinner and praised the collectors for their work In gathering fees and learning the viewpoints of individual members. Mr. Burnham said the attitude of the the rights of employes without bitter- ness. He declared the local would not hesitate to fight for more equitable legislation. Reports were heard by the local from the Hospital Guild and the credit union, the Ogresen'. assets of which are over $6,000. MILLER RITES TOMORROW Widow of John J. Miller to Be Buried in Ohio Cemetery. Mrs. Fannie E. Miller, 64, 1831 Bel- mont road, widow of John J. Miller of Cumberland, Md., died yesterday at her home. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. tomorrow, and the body will be taken to Ohio for burial. Mrs. Mil- |ler is survived by three daughters, | Misses Anna and Beulah Miller of | Washington, and Mrs. Claude E. Fenton | of Cleveland, Ohio. . MISSING RING FOUND George R. Johnson Released After Questioning. George R. Johnson, 21 years old, questioned at No. 6 police precinct yes- terday in connection with the disap- pearance of a diamond ring rom the home of Mrs. Sadie Brooks, 1200 block of Kennedy sireet, was released yes- terday. | Johnson was & roomer at the Brooks home, Police said the ring had been found. TO ATTEND CORN When President Hoover lays the cor- ner stone for the new Post Office De- partment Building, at Twelfth street vania avenue, Monday aft- roon, the ceremony will be Fitnessed by the oldest postmaster in the United States, both in age and in point of service, This veteran is John N. Van Zandt, postmaster at Blawenburg, N. J., who received his_appointment on April 23, 1866, from President Andrew Johnson. His commission was signed by Post- master General William Dennison, and in the more than 66 years which have elapsed since that date Van Zandt has served conlténuoualy. He is now almost 88 _years old. Mr. Van Zandt will be met by a special committee from the Post Office Department Monday morning and will be_greeted at the department by Post- master General Brown and other offi- cials. His visit to Wi ‘was in 1926 on the sixtieth anniversary of his apromtment as putmu!@& Then he OLDEST POSTMASTER IN COUNTRY ER STONE LAYING John N. Van Zandt, 88 Years Old, Has Been 66 Years in Service. was welcomed by Postmaster General New and taken to the White House, where President Coolidge greeted him. Details were being completed at the department today for the ceremonies, which will get under way at 3:30 p.m. Police arrangements were the subject of a conference between Col. E. W. Starling, assistant chief of the White House Secret Setvice detail; Inspectors L. I H Edwards, E. W. Brown and A. Bean snd Capt. W. E. Holmes of _the Police Department and S. W. Purdum, chairman of the post office committee arranging the cor- ner stone laying. The ceremony is expected to be wit- nessed by thousands and, in addition to President {.ltu:ver, ‘;ul b:urun}u:lpqud in many ers pul e, more u:-:’:,m invitations ‘havihg been sent out, the list including many members of Congress. After the ceremony thire will be & concert by the Army Band in the court of the Post Office Building, and car- penters today were busy c L] p;.n(orm there. The ‘WASHINGTON, D. COMMISSION ASKS §3,000,000 10 BUY MORE PARK LANDS District and Nearby Mary- land and Virginia Included } Budget on the program the commission local is one of courageous advocacy of | in Expansion Plans. . |BUDGET BUREAU RULING DUE AS CONGRESS OPENS Allowance Must Be Reconciled With President's Request for Reduced Appropriations. The National Capital Park and | Planning Commission, it was learned today, wants to spend $3,000,000 in the next fiscal year on land purchases, in the District of Columbia and nearby Maryland and Virginia. This expenditure would be under the Capper-Cramton park purchase act and officials of the commission have formal- ly placed their request before the Bureau of the Budget, in submitting estimates for the fiscal year 1934. Just what the attitude of the bureau toward this move will be has not been deter- mined. The recommendations of the bureau will be made public when Con- gress convenes in December. Hearings Are Finished. Hearings have just been completed by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the committee, before the Bureau of the desires to follow during the 12 months ending June 30, 1934. The commission, at its recent meeting, indorsed the stand for $3,000,000 for land purchases in the new fiscal year. ‘The $3,000.000° would be spent in improving parks, playgrounds and rec- recreational centers within the District: in the George Washington Memorial Parkway, which runs southward from Great Falls to Mount Vernon, Va.; for | Fort Washington, Md., and in extend- ing the park dsvelurmem in the ad- jacent Maryland valleys—Cabin John, Sligo and Rock Creek. Sources close to Col. J. Clawson Roop, director of the Bureau of the Budget, declined today to indicate what the attitude of that agency will be to- ward the commission’s request for the $3,000,000 land purchasing program or to say if this will be reduced or elim- inated. Request for Advance. ‘The $3,000,000 request is, in reality, an advance over the amount being spent in the current fiscal year, as the commission was requested by Congress to make last year's appropriation due for this year also. Under the second deficiency bill in 1930 Congress made available $1,000.000 | for the commission’s land-purchasing activity. For the fiscal year 1932 the commission secured from Congress $4.- 000,000, but with the injunction that this sum would have to carry it through the fiscal year 1933. President_Hoover has indicated that he desires Government expenditures for the forthcoming fiscal year to be $500,- 000,000 less than in the present fiscal ear. ¥ S nder the Capper-Cramton act, $16,- 000,000 is to be spent in the District of Columbia for parks, playgrounds and recreational centers and the District is to repay this at the rate of $1,000,000 annually. In addition, $7,500.000 is planned for the George Washington | Memorial Parkway and the nearby Maryland valleys. In the George Wash- ington Memorial Parkway the Federal Government contributes half the cost, while in the adjacent Maryland valley | park program gives one-third of the| land purchase price, meanwhile loaning | the Maryland authorities the full sum required. MINISTERS HERE ASKED TO PREACH ON “SAFETY” Committee Chairman Requests Ap- for Ob- peal in Sermons servance of Week. Two hundred and seventy-six min- isters in the District have been asked to devote their sermons October 2 to observance of Safety week. The request was made by Dr. M G. Lloyd of the Bureau of Standards, chairman of the Speakers' Bureau of the Washington Safety Congress Com- mittee, following a practice of many years. The National Safety Council opens its four-day congress at the Wardman Park and Shoreham Hotels on October 3. Many clergymen already have re- sponded to the committee, saying they will comply. INSURANCE BROKER KILLS SELF WITH AUTOMATIC William E. Lentz Held Suicide by Coroner—Same Verdict Given Mrs. Sherman. Despondent because of business wor- ries, William E. Lentz, 47, shot him- self to death yesterday in a second- floor bed room of his home, 2849 Mills avenue northeast. His wife, Mrs. Min- nie Belle Lentz, found him on the bed with an automatic in his hand. She summoned a Casualty Hospital physician, who pronounced him dead. Mrs, Lentz and her three children were out at the time of the shooting. A note asking forgiveness was found Lentz was an insurance in the room. broker, Dr, Murphy issued & certificate of suicide. A similar certificate was issued by Dr. MacDonald in the death of Mrs. Rose Sherman, 37, who hanged herself yesterday in her home, 407 Eighth street southeast. She had been in poor health for some time, according to her husband, Harry Sherman. ARREST FOLL.OWS FINDING OF WOMAN’S NUDE BODY Bloodhounds Lead Officers to Col- ored Man’s Home, Near Merid- ian, Miss. MERIDIAN, Miss., September 23 (#). —The nude body of Miss Jerline Mc- Neil, 40, was found hidden under in & ditch near here today with knife wounds in her breast, and blood- hounds led officers to the home of Dudley colored. ‘They him and hurried away to a secret jail after searching the house and finding bloody and .unwmwmufi“m home yesterday to searc! cows. The only apparel left on her body was a shoe.s | brush | was on_the bag. pening Sfar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1932. New Approach to Soldier Tomb Completed WALKWAY OPENS GRACEFUL VISTA IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY. This new approach to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has been cpened to the public, with its pleasing perspec- | tive of a shrine all Americans visit on coming to the Capital. —Harris & Ewing Photo. MAN FOUND BOUND DECLARED SUICIDE Acting Coroner Agrees That Thomas N. Innes Tied Self With Rope. A certificate of death by suicide was | issued today by Acting Coroner A. Mag- | ruder MacDonald in the drowning in | the Tidal Basin yesterday of Thomas | N. Innes, 56-year-old New York con- struction engineer, whose bound and gaged body was found in the water near the foot of Seventeenth street. The coroner agreed with investigators that the man had trussed himself up and placed a handkerchief in his mouth | before toppling off the basin wall into four feet of water. No marks of | violence had been found on the body. John Innes, son of the dead man, ar- | rived in the Capital early today to claim | the body. He said his father had been | in ill health for several months and had not been regularly employed. The body will be taken to New York for burial. An autopsy performed at the Morgue yesterday _afternoon revealed conclu- sively that the man died from drown- ing, quantities of water being found in the stomach and lungs. Coroner MacDonald expressed the belief the | body had been in the water only a few | hours. A watch in the clothes had stopped at 1:06 o'clock. Belongings Under Tree. Innes’ body was found shortly be- fore 2 o'clock by Frank Sweeney, 59, of Scranton, Pa, who was walking around the Tidal Basin. Sweeney first | noticed the man’'s belongings under a | tree close to the basin wall. Investi- gating, he found the partly submerged | Nearby were his shoes, a hat, pipe, eyeglasses, a notebook and papass, including letters of recommendation | from construction firms bearing In- nes' name. Searching -the pockets of the man’s clothes, headquarters detec- tives found a small locket, engraved with the initials T. N. I, in which was found a card of Elks Lodge, No. 878, Elmhurst, Long Island, N. Y., bearing his name. In his clothes also were found a baggage.check from Union Sta- tion issued at 7:45 a.m. September 21, and a gold inclosed-case watch, with me_ name Thomas N. Innes on the face, and the initials T. N. I engraved on the outer case. ‘The shoes had apparently been re- moved by cutting the laces, although | no knife was found either on the body or among the effects. The only money found was 15 cents. At_the morgue, in the presence of | Dr. MacDonald, Deputy Coroner C. J. Murphy, Detective Sergt. H. K. Wilson, head of the homicide squad, and other headquarters detectives and newspaper men, the rope was unraveled. The rope, which it was later established had been removed from & life preserver near the point where the body was found, had first been lopped around his left ankle with a slip-knot. Drawn tight, it had then been passed around the right ankle and knotted between the two. Held End of Rope. A loop had next been formed around the left wrist, drawing the arm under- neath the legs and fastening the wrists to the ankles. A second loop was then formed for the right wrist. Passing his hand through _this loop, investigators said it would have been quite possible for the man to have drawn the rope tight and completed the tying by knot- Post Cards’ Cost Still Rankles Him, Snow Tells Probe By the Associated Press. It took several years, but Rep- resentative Snow of Maine today got off his chest a complaint against an “extravagant” price paid for six post cards which he bought upon a sight-seeing bus on his arrival here, in 1929, to enter Congress. Before the House Committee investigating Government compe- tition with business, he today re- lated how the guide on the bus suggested that the cards be pur- chased for the benefit of the soldiers’ athletic fund at Fort Myer. “Did you buy the cards,” asked Chairman Shannon. “Yes, and I e been kicking myself ever since,” heatedly re- plied Snow, adding he had in- tended taking some action in Congress about it. He now is retiring. ABSENTEE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN Renewal of New York, Delaware and Pennsylvania Registra- tions Needed. The 55000 absentee voters in the District were notified by the Repub- lican State Committee here today that renewal of registration is required of all Capital residents who intend to vote in New York, Delaware and Penn- sylvania. Registration in these and other States is soon to close, the com- mittee asserted. With the_ exception of & few cities, Including Pittsburgh and Scranton, Pa., absentee voters must register in person and preparations for visiting the Jocal officials in charge of poll lists should be made without further delay, the committee reminded. Fed- eral employes and voters in the 38 third-class cities of Pennsylvania may register by mail, but must vote in person. Only one more registration day re- mains in Delaware, where all voters are required to renew registration this year. The date is October 22. Precinct registration in New York City will be conducted between October 10 and 15 and in other cities of more than 5,000 population on October 14, 15, 21 and 22. STABBED IN ARGUMENT Robert E. Cross, 35, of the 2100 block of K street, was in an_undetermined condition in Emergency Hospital today with a stab wound in the chest which, police_say, was_inflicted by Winslow Neal, 17, of the 800 block of Eighteenth street during an argument between the two. “Neal was arrested by police of No. 3 precinct to be held pending the out- come of Cross’ injuries, DELEGATES VI SHENANDOAH PARK City Planners Leave Wash- | ing(on as Concluding Event of Conference. Delegates to the Bicentennial Con- ference on Planning, Parks and Gov- ernment left Washington this after- noon for a tour of the Shenandoah National Forest as the concluding event of the conference, which started here last Sunday. | The party left the Capital in private | automobiles for Skyland, Va., by w {of the new Skyline drive, opened es. pecially for the group by the National Park Service, which is sponsoring the tour. Will Arrive at Skyland. ‘The party will arrive at Skyland late this afternoon, in time for a barbecue | chicken supper, at which Horaca X Albright, director of the National Park | Service, will preside. There will be lectures on the new Virginia vark by other executives of the Park Service and prominent Virginians. ‘Tomorrow there will be hikes and horseback rides to various sections of the park. The group will return to the Capital Sunday evening. Returned Last Night. The same group returned late last | night from & tour of the historic Vir- ginia Tidewater country, starting &t ©Old Point Comfort in the morning and making its last stop at Wakefleld, birthplace of Washington, in time for a buffet supper last evening. The group visited Jamestown, York- town and inspected the restoration of ‘Williamsburg, having luncheon in the hall of the Wren Building, at William | and Mary College. DEPOSITORS .FILE CLAIMS AT DEPARTMENTAL BANK Institute, Closed Since July 14, | Opens Today With 100 Per- | sons in Line. Opening for depositors to file bills of claim, the Departmental Bank, which closed July 14, today was handling hun- dreds of depositors. The bank opened at 8:30 am. with a line of more than 100 persons waiting to file their claims, and throughout the | day clerks were busy taking care of | depositors. It will remain open until |9 pm. and have the same hours to- mOrTow. Depositors have three months in which to file claims and after this week end the bank hours will be from 8:30 until 5 on every day but Saturday, when the hours will be from 8:30 until 1. it was announced by W. B. an, receiver of the bank. OPERATION OF “TRAFFIC TRAP” IS CHARGED TO POLICEMAN Motorist Accused of Driving on Wrong Side of Street Under Repair Presents Complaint. Complaint that Policeman E. D. Healy, tenth precinct, operated a “traffic trap” at Fairmont street and Sherman avenue, reached the District Building ting the end around that portion of the | o4 rope between his ankles. When the z D] % "-h,g"“u,, was claimed at Union Sta- tion last night and was found to con- tain only personal effects. Innes’ name The letters of recommendation bore the le&frhndl of the White Construc- tiol . De:nu Construction Co., Newark, N. J., e i T Towa. Tecor - hurst Elks Lodge, Innes had once trans- ferred his membership to Waterloo, owR. His survivors include his widow and four sons. New York City; the Martin | was ding to two of the victims, otor side of the street, because they were part of a line of trafic moving on the recently repaved west side of Sherman avenue. Richard A. Brown, night auditor of the Mayflower Hotel, explained that it to cross over to the east the northbound traffic is supposed to ‘move over to the east side of the street. The line he was in, however, con- tinued straight ahead on the west side and found Healy waiting for it at Fair- mont street and handing out the tickets. Mrs. Peter Kekenes, 4725 Colorado avenue, another victim, sald she en- tered Sherman avenue at Euclid street and was told by one of the workers on the paving job to keep over to the west side of the street. Both complained that if the officer had been stationed at Euclid street he could have avoided all of the arrests. FIGHT CONTINUED ONU.S. CAFETERIAS BY HOTEL LEADER Frank Boland, President of Association, Appears in House Probe. SHANNON WEIGHS MOVE TO REVEAL ACCOUNTS Inquiry Chief Believes Action Proper to Disclose Profit and Loss Sheets to Private Competitors. Continuing the fight made under the auspices of the United States Chamber of Commerce to drive the restaurants, cafeterias and lunch counters out of the Government departments in Washing- ton and other Federal buildings throughout the country as unfair com- petitors against private business, Frank Boland, representing the American Ho- tel Association, appeared today before the special House Committee which is investigating such charges. Representative Shannon, Democrat, of Missouri. chairman of the commitiee, thinks legal action is in order to force the Government restaurateurs to dis- close their profit and loss sheets to pri- vate competitors. Other members of the committee, in- cluding Representative Rich, Republi- can, Pennsylvania, seem to feel the same way, although those in charge of Wash- ington cafeterias for Government work- ersinsist the plan is necessary and does not cost the taxpayers a thing. Representatives of the National Hotel Association asked to be heard today to back up the protest of the Nationa! Restaurant Association heard yesterday. Ordered by Congress. James A Wetmore, _supervising architect of the Treasury Dep‘fnmemg today told the committee that the Treasury Department has no zushority to put cafeterias in new Federal build- ings unless ordered by act of Congress or an appropriation is provided through official estimates. He explained there are a number of cafeterias in Post Office buildings, in some of which space wes assigned after | the building was erected and that in some cases cafeterias were authorized by Congress. Mr. Wetmore pointed out that these buildings are not erected for the Treas- ury Department, but for the Post Office Department and other Government agencies and that these agencies specify what accommodations they desire to have provided in these buildings. ‘The simplest way to prevent installing cafeterias, he said, is for Congress to specifically state that the money ap- propriated is for buildings and not for cafeterias. Representative Shannon also is anx- ious to find out about the Washington “butter clubs,” which he says he un- derstands import butter from the coun- try and dispense it among Government { workers, including White House em- ployes, at reduced rates. The feeding of the 320 members of President Hoover’s Economic Conference of last month at the Commerce Depart- ment_Cafeteria, where the conference was held, created a storm before the committee. Shannon declared himself “decidedly opposed” to this action. Col. U. S. Grant, in charge of public buildings and grounds, and Frank W. Hoover, man- ager of the Government department res- taurants, insisted the time element was important in feeding the Economic Con- ference members at lunch. They said Secretary Chapin paid the bill of 50 cents each. Shannon suggested legal action in connection with the reported refusal of Postmaster Schunk of Minneapolis to disclose the facts regarding a grocery store in the post office, about which the State Retail Grocers' Association inquired. Representative Shannon protested that the space occupied by the restau- rants in Government properties in Washington is worth $500,000 annually. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, in charge of public buildings, replied that one- half of the profits from operation of these restaurants and cafeterias is patd to the Government. Hart Presents Plea. ‘The subject was presented to tke committee in a protest for the Na- tional Restaurant Association by Ring- gold Hart, who asked the committee to secure definite data which the United States Chamber of Commerce had been unable to secure from Gov- ernment sources regarding the opera- tion of these eating places in the Gov- ernment buildings. Mr. Hart estimated that thev doing 20 per cent of all the re: business in Washington, occu free in Government buildings, do not pay for light. heat, water or any license tax; that they serve many per- sons who are not ‘employed by the Government; that they serve breakfast and_dinner, as well as lunches. lie emphasized 'that it is important at this time to have a determination made as to whether this pracice is to be con- tinued. because with the erection of the large new Government buildings south of Pennsylvania avenue a num- ber of good restaurants would be opened up on the north side of the Avenue if there is any assurance that they will not have to encounter unfair competition from eating places which enjoy free privileges in the Govern- ment buildings. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d., engineer officer in charge of public buildings and public parks, replying to Hart's charges, emphasized to the Investi- gating Committee that the five cafe- terias and four lunch counters under immediate supervision of his office are not in the category described by Mr, Hart and are not offering unfair com- petition to any one. Cites Economy Act. Explaining why his office did not fill out questionnaires regarding the cafeterias and restaurants on Govern- ments_properties, he said the economy acts of Congress had put & heavy job on his office with a reduced force and he thought it would be improper to have Government employes preparing statements to work up a case for inter- ests against the Government service. He explained that he had asked for a hearing before the Shannon Committee in order to present the facts, and the Bureau of Efficiency is making a study. Col. Grant said that he had advised with the Bureau of Efficiency regard- ing restaurants and cafeterias in Gov- ernment buildings so that the data could be prepared for the committee. He said he believed it should be pre- sented by & Government agency and not by & Government agency doing the work for &n’ outside association. Protest against operation of litho- graphic plants in six different Govern- ment departments and bureaus, which by competition adversely affected pri- vate commercial engravers and lithog- was made earlier by Louis B. Montfort, o'lm of the Graphic Ase sociatiogof W ° rre t ace ur: