Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1933, Page 17

* RADICAL CHANGES | ABOUT MONUMENT | WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, Art Collection on View “STUDIO HOUSE” TO BE OPENED. PPOSED BY GRANT, Lolonel Favors Preserving | Majesty and Simple | Beauty of Shatft. SUNKEN GARDEN PLAN | DISCOURAGED IN REPORT Placing of Fourteenth Street in Subway Held Feasible With Extreme Care. Only & modification of the so-called informal plan for treatment of the ‘Washington Monument grounds, to bring them into harmony with_the Mall development, should be decided upon, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive amc$ of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, holds in a report, trans- mitted yesterday afternoon to Congress by President Hoover. The report. evolved from years of study and ths deliberations of a special engineering advisory board, definitely discourages the McMillan Park Commission’s 1901 plan for development of sunken gardens around the base of the Washington Monument. Col. Grant contends the Washington Monument should be preserved in its majesty of simple beauty. Should the plan of 1901 prevail, Col. Grant says that the base of the Washington Monu- ment would have to be carried down some 80 feet to bed rock. The so-called informal plan was prepared by Freder- ick Law Olmstead, jr., until recently a member of the Planning Commission ana associated with the 1901 commis- sion, and Henry V. Hubbard of Harvard University, now a member of the Plan- ning Commission. Both are landscape architects. Text of Recommendations. Col. Grant’s recommendations follow: “From the esthetic viewpoint, it seems to be a case where doctors dis- agree. With so much in favor of pre- serving the present setting of the| Monument, and the evident differénce of opinion’ among those best qualified to say what would be a better esthetic treatment for the base, it appears wisést at this time to do the minimum necessary to bring the roads and plant- ing into relation with the Mall and Lincoln Memorial grounds, following the horizontal layout of the informal plan herewith submitted, but without the grading operations necessary to carry the Mall plateau across Fourteenth street: and I so recommend. “When and if it becomes necessary for traffic, or other reasons, to depress Fourteenth street, as it undoubtedly | Wwill in the next decade or so, and the cost of doing this is economically justi- fied, then the possibility of carrying ocut the changes of grade, under passes and | other expensive and disturbing elemerfts | of the informal plan, may more ad- | Vantageously be studied, with special | reference t its merit im- comparison with the formal plan, alsd submitted herewith, or with any other new plan that may then be thought worthy of attention. Successive Steps Urged. “As drawn, both the form:l plan and the informal plan involve such changes in the conformation of the ground as to indicate the advisability of first un- | derpinning the Mcnument, elthough the informal plan may be so adjusted as to avold this danger and expense with only little loss of its essential spirit and intent. I therefore recommend the changes necessary to carry this pian out by successive steps be made from year to year as individual features be- come necessary or desirable. Estimates can be submitted in accordance with this policy, with the regular annual estimates of the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks of the National Capital under authority of section 5 of the act approved March 4, 1929 (Public 1026, Seventieth Congress). “Because of the expense involved ($7,000,000 to $8,000,000 and the un- certainty as to the time when certain related changes will have to be made, such as the depression of Fourteenth street, I recommend at this time against the adoption of any general formal or other plan that will materially change the characteristics of the setting of the Monument as planned and intended by its builders. “I further recommend that the gen- eral policy be adopted of making the least possibie change in the Washing- ton Monument grounds. “The retention of the present char- acter of this park as the central fea- ture of the city, although with neces- sary changes in detail to tie it into changed surroundings, would seem wise because it has had the approval of at least two succeeding generations and because it has consequently become identified with the Monument itself in the public mind. It would also have the additional historical interest of preserving the most notable and im- portant feature of the National Capital developed and completed during the period of greatest constructive activity in the nineteenth century. Records Missing. “The great difficulty experienced in finding reliable records of the work done in the past and of the reasons therefor, and the expense incurred in taking borings and in their study by outstanding engineers of national repu- tation, so as to analyze and interpret them, thus establishing for the first time a correct description of the sub- surface conditions, justify that this re- port be printed and the information, thus gained be preserved.” Col. Grant's special engineering Ad- visory Committee, basing its finding on the borings made around the base of the Washington Monument, emphasized that the placing of Fifteenth street in a subway “is decidedly hazardous and is not recommended by the board”; the placing of Fourteenth street in & ‘sub- way seems feasible “provided that ex- treme care is taken in both design and OHN NELIGH of Neighborhood House is shown arranging a self-portrait of the late Mrs. Alice Barney for an exhibit of Mrs. Barney's art collection, to be held at her home, Studio House 2308 Massachusetts avenue, January 27-29. Mrs. Barney was a founder of Neighborhood House and a generous donor to the institution. —Star Staf Photo. CUPOLA OPPOSITION ATTEND INSTTUTE AROUSES GHTIZENS. ON POWER COSTS Inquire Why Taft Building Is- iMaiority of Utilities Commis- sue Was Reopened Before | sion Unable to Settle Lower Subcommittee. Rates Question. | | | | s | FEREOU S ‘The District Commissioners today | After failing yesterday in its efforts to f secure lower electric rates and an end Will be asked by a group of cltizens | Feicoric“rate litigation here, 8 ma- why the question of building a cupola | jority of the Public Utilities Commission on the Willam Howard Taft Junior | fodsy adjourned to New York to listen v | to discussions on “‘electrical distribution High School ‘was reopened before the | (3 Clscussions on electrical istribution .subcommntee‘ of the House Approprla-}ne"ms now going on in that city. tions Committee during its curTent | Chairman Mason M. Patrick. Vice hearings on the 1934 budget. Chairman Riley E. Elgen and William Dr. Luther Reichelderfer, president | A Roberts, special counsel for the com- | mission, were those attending the in- of the Board of Commissioners, mean- while explained to The Star that the | question of the cupola was introduced | Iby Chairman Cannon himself who asked the Commissioners during the | meeting: | “How about this cupola?” | Money Held Available. | The District heads then had no | choice but to discuss what had hap- | pened with the committee, Dr. Reichel- | derfer declared. In response to queries today, however, Commissioner Reichel- | derfer said he did not know just why | the present subcommittee should be | particularly interested the Taft | project. The money for the building, even with the cupola, is available and | is adequate, he said, and the Commis- sioners had not planned to seek any further funds in the 1934 bill for the | ‘Taft School. Aroused last year when the Commis- | sioners arbitrarily lopped the cupola off | the design for the Taft Building, despite | the fact that the design had been ap-| proved by the Board of Education and the Fine Arts Commission, the Bur- roughs Citizens’ Association, the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Association Bnd( other associated civic groups fought for | reinstatement of the architectural fea- | ture. The Commissioners. by a 2-to-1/| vote, agreed to have the cupola erected | and so notified the interested citizens. | Opposition to Cupola. Yesterday, however, a letter from the | Commissioners’ secretary, Daniel Garges, | informed the citizens that the subcom- | mittee of the House Abpropriations Committee deemed the construction of the cupola after the original contract for the building was let “entirely un- warranted.” In his letter, Mr. Garges | declared that the cost of the cupola would be $10,000 additional, despite the fact that the bids submitted by the contractor originally showed a differ- ence of less than $4,000 between the school building with the cupola and without it. Mr. Garges added that| “there also seemed to be a view in the | committee, not so clearly expressed, that | the cupola should not be built under any circumstances.” Because of the| situation which developed, Mr. Garges | concluded, it is impossible for the Com- | missioners to order the cupola. e The Burroughs Citizens' Association’s | Executive Committee thrashed out the | whole question at its scheduled meet- ing last night at the home of John M. Stockard, president of the civic group. It was decided to renew the| fight it previously had believed won. The first step will be the drafting of |a letter to the Commissioners today asking them for an explanation of the reopening of the case. Ask About Jurisdiction. The citizens said today they want to know why the money appropriated for the school is not still available for its construction and they pointed out that even if the cupola costs $10,000 the appropriated sum still will be more than jadequate for the building. They want to know further, they said, what juris- diction the subcommittee now conduct- ing hearings on the 1934 appropriation bill, has over funds appropriated for non-recurring purposes by a previous ngress. z Cngre grcup also will seek a hearing before the subcommittee of the House in an effort to carry its fight siraight House. w']';ll'l‘: cupola was lopped off the de- sign by Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engi- neer Commissioner for the District, | { e, St e S e e v e t oul c: accordant bef’ore! initiating construction”; with | made to Representative Robert G. reference to loading soil in the vicinity | Simmons of Nebraska, former chair- of the Washington Monument grounds, | man of the subcommittee on D\xm?t ex( 5 cubic - 1 “‘doo- I"::ex? Fourteenth and P‘gfi“}fi? ,f{“"" school bulldmgh costs. v%{me = 1osnugner be safe, provided ti ery ( chairman of the committee, Mr. - gfi‘el;ltxuy plwed‘.’ 50 as not to give high | mons still is a member. local cmeent.rstl‘on or :r;zyx;xmetfl::l time, 1e west- | —————————————————— mnfiil:h:fldnnx:;\e::? the Imgl}me“ t.l?r?irh:ln l;m his recommendation upon end “the minimum of change, . :ne:x?enl‘;nthe smoothing out off Iforatoum ¢ h:)( algen tpl:er:)xo rltm;mmth iiot éves:.f;_afia. Ve y done.” H kR n::j‘ bel:n;:‘arc e nppe‘axs hthe MfirMiUnu plm"o does ;;n o b satisfy the requirements as to epgineer- 1 or balustrade plan, pre-|ing and traffic, that the plans of Messrs. p.'lr::ie xfi"{v'h'm:m A. Delano, prominent | Delano and Olmsted both exceed the New York engineer and a member of | engineering limitations for the stability the National Capital Park and Plnn; ozn tr:ed mol;umex:’tt:nlu:! 1: é:"g:l;:; , is estimated to cost | pinned, an a ere :mn%%?x%:{;nch: So-called mtgrml'}! of mmm&‘: smong t&ua&'x:& ufl'fi"fx"‘.‘fi an, 8 ed by Messrs. Olmsted and ! as acs ?{:fih‘rm%uldbznst $3,400,000, includ- | three pl:nds; ?‘:{:fim eI :-l;} x::ltu::;; z': ,000 for underpinning the mon- | recommend af :’:&:&m These two plans were submit- ' the problem that entirely satisfies the tad to the colonel’s engineering advisers victs of all the authorities involved.” stitute. The failure yesterday after four days of negotiating arose from a difference among lawyers as to the correct legal interpretation of a document which the parties were trying to frame in order to bring an end to the litigation. Peo- ple's Counsel Richmend B. Keech thought the wording would forfeit a vic- tory won by the commission when Jus- tice Oscar Luhring decided the com- mission was within its rights in abolish- ing the consent decree of 1924 by which electric rates have since been regulated. Mr. Keech's stand was supported by Corporation ~ Counsel ~ William W. Bride and his senior assistant, Vernon West. _Strangely enough, a third member of the corporation = counsel’s office, Mr. Roberts, held the language would do nothing of the kind and was therefore acceptable. The compromise could not be effect- ed unless Mr. Keech consenteq, since he was a party to the case in court. The commission further decided to try no further but ended the negotiations by issuing a statement inferentially charging the failure to Mr. Keech. The commission members are ex- pected back in town Monday. In their statement they said they would reopen their effort to secure some reduction in electric rates this year. —_— |ENSIGN ROBERT B. FOSTER TO BE BURIED TUESDAY Young Naval Officer, Whose Death Is Being Probed, to Be Laid to Rest in Arlington. Ensign Robert B. Foster, 24, whose mysterious death aboard the U. S. S. Oklahoma at Long Beach, Calif., Sun- day night is being investigated by a naval board of inquest, will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery Tues- day, it was said at the Navy Depart- ment today. The body will arrive here Monday. Ensign Foster was the son of James B. Foster, 4110 Boardman avenue, Balti- more, Ensign Foster was born July 17, 1908, in Butler, Pa. He was appointed a ILL WOMAN AMONG FOUR T0°ESCAPE NORTHEAST BLAZE Three Houses in 3300 Block of Eighth Street Damaged About $4,500. SPARK IGNITES ROOF OF QUIGLEY RESIDENCE Woman, Husband and Two Daugh- ters Flee Structure as Neigh- bors Sound Alarm. Four persons, including a 56-year-old woman, who was ill in bed, were forced to flee this morning when fire damaged three houses in the 3300 block of Eighth street northeast. A spark that ignited the shingle roof of No. 3312, occupled by the sick wom- an, Mrs. Alice Quigley, and her husband and two daughters, caused the three blazes, which broke out while firemen still_were fighting a stubborn fire in the Rock Creek Golf Club house. The Eighth street blaze, which dam- aged the three houses to the extent of about $4,500, was discovered by Mrs. Quigley about 10 o'clock, when smoke began billowing into her second floor bed room from the attic. Neighbors Sound Alarm. She summoned her husband, Daniel F. Quigley, and their daughtgrs, Helen, 19, and Mary, 22, who were elsewhere in the house. They assisted her to the nome of a neighbor, while other resi- dents of the neighborhood turned in an alarm. A high wind carried the flames to the roofs of 3310 and 3314 and, for a few minutes, threatened to engulf the whole row of residences in flames. The first fire companies to arrive immedi- ately sent in a second alarm. Within 15 minutes Engine Companies Nos. 3 6, 11, 12, 17, 23, 24 and 26 and Truck Companies Nos. 4 and 13 had ex- tinguished the smaller blazes and the | adjacent houses and had the main fire under control. Only slight damage was done to 3314, the home of J. R. Powell. One corner of the roof was destroyed at 3310. the residence of T. T. Roddy. The entire roof. part of the upper story and a section of the rear wall were burned away at 3312. Mr. Quigley said the damage to house and furnishings was covered by insurance. The place Is owned by a local realtor. Furnace Room Ceiling. JANUARY 20, 1 SHEPPARD 0PPOSED 10D, C. BEER BILLS; PROMISES BATTLE Author of Capital Dry Law Holds 3.2 Percentage Is Intoxicating. SENATE MEASURE SAME AS PROPOSAL IN HOUSE Tydings Introduces Plan Agreeing on All Major Points—Texas Foe Attacks Provisions. District beer bills pending in béth the House and Senate District Commit. tees will be opposed by Senator Shep- pard, Democrat, of Texas. author of the present law which made Washington ! dry in 1917, several years before na- tional prohibition. Senator Sheppard said today he has not had an opportunity to study the details of the local beer measures, but that he is d to them. just as he is to the national beer bill. He said he regards the percentage of 3.2 desig- nated in the District bills as intoxi- cating. Presented by Tydings. The bill, introduced in the Senate by Senator Tydings, is the same in all its essential provisions as the revised measure filled with the House District Committee a few days ago by Rufus S. Lusk of the District branch of the Crusaders. As in the revised plan submitted to the House committee, the Tydings bill describes the term “beer” as including beer, lager beer, ale, porter and other similar brewed or fermented beverages Icontllmng 13 of 1 per cent or more alcohol by volume, but not more than 3.2 of alcohol by weight. It provides for “on sale” licenses, costing $100 year, to be issued only to bona-fide re: | taurants, clubs and hotels, the be: erages to be cbnsumed at tables or | served in guests' rooms. Few Changes Made. It also provides for “off sale” li- | censes, costing $25 a year, which would | permit the sale of beer in original | packages for consumption off the prem- | ises only. The onlv provision found | in the Tydings bill not in the revised measure suggested in the House is a clause authorizing the Commissioners, at their discretion to issue “off sale” licenses to holders of ‘“on sale” li- censes. ‘There are one or two other | changes in phraseology in the Tydings | The club house fire broke out in the | text illjn;t do not relate to any essential ceiling of the furnace room shortly after | pProvisions. ook, " Alded by golfegs, B. H. Gra- | The bill fixes the tax at $1.20 per ham, manager of the cxfi. made a fu- barrel. The Commissioners would be tile attempt to extinguish the flames, | required to ascertain the moral char- then telephoned the Fire Department. | acter and financial responsibility for li- Because hose lines had to be stretched | censes. All brewers, wholesalers or cis- from Sixteenth street, a distance of | tributors would have to furnish the half a mile or more, firemen had some | assessor on or before the tenth day difficulty extinguishing the blaze, and | Of each month a statement showing the The Foening e SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 933. PAGE B—1 Eager to Enter Vaudeville MARY GARDEN SAYS OPERA PRICES MUST COME DOWN. AGERLY awaiting her first ap- pearance today on the vaudeville stage, flaming-haired Mary Gar- den, tempestuous predicted that “golden horseshoe” unless prices are graded sharply dot ward “In keeping with the times. “I believe the time has come when the opera must reduce its admission prices or go under,” the famous ‘‘toast °n§x t:& eonlunenu" de«;ll;ed as lhl: gered a long rope of huge pear! which gleamed against her simple g::wn frock. She had laid aside a “puzzle- ges" game to receive her interviewer in er Toom at the Washington Hotel. Miss Garden could speak with some authority, for she had been not only diva of the Chicago Civic Opera Co. but also directress-manager of the com: pany in the days when Samuel Insull was its chief “angel.” Opera Is Costly Business. “People no longer can afford to pay $7 a seat for the opera,” she said. “That means $14 a couple. The cost of operas must come down, so that more lovers of music may patronize them. Radio has done much to k Nation of music lovers. “It's the overhead in o that counts. Everytime I raised the curtain to sing in opera it cost $15,000. That much had to be guaranteed for every performance before the curtain could go up. You see, opera is a costly business. and in times like these few can afford it at the old scale of prices.” Miss Garden plainly radiated her e thusiasm. She appeared as eager as & schoolgir] anticipating her debut in the annual school dramatic production. She turned to a representative of the thea- ter and inquired, for what she conceded was the fortieth time, the hours of her four stage appearances today. She was tickled to death, she vowed, that a Noel Co.nrd film was the screen feature. am_tremendously happy that I | am to make my vaudeville debut in ‘Washington,” the vivacious diva de- clared. “Let's see, now. The last time I sang here was three years ago, at one of Mrs. Townsend's musicales. My last opera appearance here was four or five years ago, I believe, when I sang in ‘Resurrection’ at the National ‘Theater. Iam in love with Washington and its charming people.” Recovered Quickly. Miss Garden was prevented from making her movie theater debut two weeks ago by an attack of the “flu.” “I recovered rapidly and am feeling fine now,” she said. “I always take good care of myself, you know. I am MARY GARDEN. —Star Staff Photo. not one of those opera stars who be- lieve it necessary to attain great girth in order to sing. Today for lunch I ate one baked potato and a romaine salad. And I never take a drink—not that I am prudish about such things, but liquor is positively poison to me. I don't smoke, either, except on vaca- tion, because it hurts my voice. I can force myself to eat what is good for me and forsake things that are not good for me because I am master of myself.” Opera’s “darling” has, indeed, taken good care of herself. Long-distance swims in the Mediterranean and those much-publicized sun baths at her villa in Monte Carlo have perserved the svelte figure required by her operatic roles. She will observe her 56th birth- day anniversary on February 20 next. GEM THIEF HUNTED WITH 13000 LooT Escapes After Talking Way Past Those Who Saw Him in Shop. ‘The Detective Bureau's jewelry squad | was searching today for a dapper rob- ber, who yesterday afternoon walked CITY HEADS URGED TOASKR.F.C.AID Speakers Suggest Legisla- tion Making Its Funds Available to D. C. ‘The District Commissioners today took under advisement a request from cut of Osborne's jewelry and antique | SeVeral leaders in welfare and char- two dlarms were sounded. quantity of beer sold during the pre- After a two-hour fight, the firemen were just putting the finishing touches to their work when the Eighth street | alarms were sounded. A small blazz broke out in the locker room about noon, but employes extinguished it be- fore the arrival of firemen. The house, owned by the District, is leased by S. G. Loeffler. No esti- mate of the damage was obtainable, but it was confined to the building, furnishings and other equipment hav- ing been carried out by club members when the flames were discovered. COLORED MAN DUPES TWO AUTO SALESMEN Gets Change for $50 to “Make Down Payment,” Then Dis- appears in Apartment. A colored swindler who has been | working in Washington in the past week apparently has found some auto- mobile salesmen rather gullible. For the second time within a few days, police received a report yesterday, the man had approached a salesman, sald he wanted to buy a car, but that he would have to go to an apartment in the 4500 block of Connecticut avenue, where his wife worked. There, the man said, he could get money to make a down payment. In each case, the automobile sales- man drove his prospective customer to the apartment house and waited while he went inside. The man then re- turned and said he needed change for $50. The trick worked both times. Neither salesman ever saw the man midshipman from the second Maryland ; 38ain congressional district, June 28, 1926. He was commissioned an ensign on June 5, 1930, and sent to the Naval Air Station at the Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va, for a course in flight train- ing. He reported to the U. S. S. Okla- homa August 23, 1930. MAN SHOT BY BANDITS STILL IS NEAR DEATH Delicatessen Owner Fighting for Life as Police Seek Trace of ‘Wounded Outlaws. Arthur A. Berman, 48, wounded in & gun battle with two bandits who at- tempted to hold him up in his deli- catessen at 4323 Ceorgia avenue early yesterday. still was in a eritical con~ dition ay in Garfield Hospital. Meanwhile police_were checking all hospitals in an effori to ascertain whether either of the hold-up men ap- plied for treatment for bullet wounds. Although shot in the chest, Berman grad five shots at the bandits as they ed. His wife and four daughters, ranging in age from 4 to 17, were asleep in their living quarters above the store at the time of the shooting. GAS BILL DISCOUNTS ORDERED CONTINUED Utilities Commission Original Order for 814 Per Cent Allowance Limited to February 1. The Public Utilities Commission late yesterday ordered the 81 per cent dis- count now allowed on all gas bills con- tinued until June 30. The discount was to have been allowed until February 1 by the terms of the original order, but it was extended to cover the period of the valuation of the Wasl & Georgetown Gas Light Co.s, hearings on which will start month. ‘The companies affected agreed to the extcnzion, the commission angounced. public next ain. William R. Wolf, of the Wolf Motor Co., in Silver Spring, Md., was the vic- | tim who told police he had been hoaxed yesterday. The previous case had been reported Saturday. FIST BUMF;ED BY EYE Haled into Police Court for punching another in the eye, Joseph Castor, col- ored, 36, yesterday offered the excuse that he poked his arm out and the vic- | tim ran into it. The story was not successful, how- ever, for Judge Ralph Given found him guilty of assault and sent him to jail to remain for 180 days. Castor was accused of blacking the eye of Roy Wayne, colored, 300 block of H street southwest. Judge Given asked Castor to explain. He replied: “He rushed me, judge. I stuck out my arm and his eye ran into it.” ceding month. Penalties Provided. Any persons violating the provisions of the law would be punishable by fine not to exceed $1,000 or prison sentence for one year, or both in the discretion | of the court, and if the convicted per- son be a licensee, his license would be revoked for one year. The Commis- sioners also would have authority to revoke license for one year for violation of regulations made by them under this law. The original beer bill introduced in the House by Representative Black of New York placed the bear tax at $2.50 a barrel. It also included ‘“eating places” as well as restaurants, clubs and hotels, as places which could obtain “on sale” licenses. The Black bill also provided that “on sale” licensed premises could serve beer only at tables and between the hours of noon and 1 am. It also provided that no beer could be sold to persons under 18 years of age. | The Senate bill provides for the re- | | peal of portions of the act to prohibit | | the manufacture and sale of liquor in | the District of Columbia, the date of which is given as March 3, 1913. It is believed, however, that this is intended to refer to the Sheppard act, which became a law March 3, 1917. The bill retains m"m; of the Sheppard act prohibiting king in public, intoxi- cation and other sections relating to the maintaining of nuisances. WHITEHEAD RITES TODAY Silver Spring Woman Is Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING. Md., January 20.— Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian R. Whitehead, who died at Garfield Hos- pital Tuesday, will be held this after- noon at 2 o'clock in Rock Creek Chapel, Washington, D. C. Rev. Clyde Brown of the Pinkney Memorial Church, Hyattsville, will officiate and burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Whitehead was the daughter of Dr. Lorenzo Russell of Boston and a member of one of the oldest New Eng- land families. She and her husband had made their home in Silver Spring for the past seven years. Besides her husband, Samuel, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary E. Snowhill, and a brother, Benjamin Rus- sell, both of Washington, D. C. s e Electric Rates Inquiry Ordered. OKLAHOMA CITY, January 20 (#). —A general investigation of electric rates charged by all companies in Oklahoma was ordered yesterday by the State Corporation Commission. FAILURE TO STOP DEATH AUTO LAID TO CONFESSING POLICEMAN Conscience Hurt Him, Says Schlosser, Whose Case Was Ignored by the Grand Jury. Policeman William T. Schlosser, whom the grand jury refused to indict on a manslaughter “charge in the hit-and- run automobile death of Mrs. Matilda King, was charged with failure to stop after the accident in Police Court today. Notified the hit-and-run charge had been placed against him, Sclr’osser, who was suspended after the accident, went to Police Court and posted $500 bond, pending arraignment next Tuesday. He was accompanied by his attorney, James A. O'Shea. ' Mrs. King, 60-year-old cook, was found lying dead in the street in the 2900 block of Massachusetts avenue the night of November 18. Schlosser, who lives at 1231 Staples working his regular eight-hour trick of dutyd.m the ninth precinct the follow- y. urning home from the precinct, he telephoned Lieut. D, J. e, t! acting commander, and his machine had hit Mrs. King. He had decided to confess, he explained, “be- cause my conscience hurt me.” A coroner’s jury held Schlosser on a manslaughter charge, but the grand jury relurnedxl:; th:d“x‘li nh.e. Killed, Mrs, , at e Was was on her way to the home of Mrs. street northeast, confessed he was the | preci driver of the car that struck her after E shop, 1534 Connecticut avenue, with | itable work in the District that they ‘here | of Vermont avenue was nearly $13.000 worth of choice diamond | seek legislation making funds of the rings, bracelets and brooches. Four hold-ups also were reported yesterday and last night, bringing the total lost for the day up to a new high mark for the year. Using a skeleton key, the robber en- tered the Connecticut avenue store dur- ing a brief period of about 10 minutes while C. M. Osborne, proprietor, closed the shop to go to a nearby bank. A notice on the door announced that Osborne would return “in a few min- utes.” On his return Osborne found a curious crowd of spectators around his store and empty jewel trays in the display window. ‘The robber was seen in the show window filling a paper bag with jewels by an unidentified woman, who re- ported her observations to Robert M. Burklin and Harvey Mauger, employes of a nearby shop. They stopped him as he came out of the store and de- manded an explanation. e it's none of your damned busi- the robber replied. Allowed to Depart. Burklin and Mauger insisted on a better explanation. and the robber then told them he and Mr. Osborne were closing the store and removing the most valuable jewelry to & more se- cure place. This explanation was satisf: ness, and the robber was allowed to go. But as soon as he crossed the street he started to run and again aroused the suspicions of Burklin and Mauger and dml:ny chuednd l}:‘lm ’!‘%@ man, hoDzever. poea an alley near Dupont Circle. Burklin and Mauger gave police & good description of the robber, and pointed out they would have held him had not he been such a convincing talk- er and presented such a good appear- ance. Both men believed he had some connection with the store. The wore gloves, and there- fore left no finger prints. He was about 40 years old and wore glasses, a fedora hat and light gray-striped suit. Osborne at first estimated his loss | missi at about $2,000, but after a check \?) on the stolen jewelry, he told police it would amount to more than $12,000. One" bracelet alone, he said, was valued at more than $1,000. Four Hold-Ups Listed. The hold-up victims were: Richard F. Rayborn, 100 block of Eleventh street southeast, taxi driver, robbed of $8.60 by two colored fares at North Capitol and H streets; Arthur Murphy, 75 Observatory place, assaulted and robbed of $3 by two men while walking in Rock Creek Park between P street and Massachusetts avenue; Rob- ert Staples, 3200 block of N street, robbed of $60.52 by three colored men while walking near Seventh and G streets southwest, and Pio Odano, 2000 block of M street, struck by a_colored man who tried to rob him on B street southwest between Third and Four- and-a-Half streets. at 3285 M street, ‘women, it reported the loss clothing valued at $23, taken ‘who left a note telling them, ‘will be a lesson to you.” Those from whom the clothing was stolen were Miss Betty Hazelwood, Miss _Ethel Williams and Miss Bernice Jewelry and clothing valued st $360 ewe! AN U A ‘Was T¢ taken from the home of William F. Holmes, 519 Seventh street northeast, by thieves, who entered by glass in a basement door. About $300 worth of clothes and linens were stolen from the automo- by a thief “This hen | bile_of Clarence P. Courtney, parked at New Hampshire and $193.25 worth of clothing from the parked automobile of Radelman of Brunswick, Ga,, at a hotel here. Store Bobbery Fails. An attempt to open a safe in a Sani- tary grocery store in the 1700 block avenue and T street, taken Harry night by police called by who saw colored men in the store. under arrest a youth|a Police placed and man, both colored, whom they bocked for investigation. They identi- “« ted last & passerby | from | Reconstruction _Finance Corporation | available to the District of Columbia. | Under the present act, these moneys | may be borrowed for relief purposes by States. but the District is not included. | The Wagrer bill now pending in the | Senate to liberalize the terms of the R. F. C. act specifically mentions the District as one of the agencies entitled to borrow, but passage of that bill at the present session is doubtful. It was said that the speakers were unanimous in expressing the belief that 1933 unemployment relief needs would be much greater than those of 1932 and that the District ought to have the R. F. C. funds available for borrowing should any emergency arise. Those who attended the special hear- ing granted by the Commissioners in- cluded the Rev. John O'Grady, Catholic Charities; Newbold Noyes, Community Chest; Mrs. Louisa Roberts, Washington Council of Social Agencies; Coleman Jennings, Associated Charities; Arthur C. Moses, Travelers' Aid Society, and Clarence Dodge, Community Chest. George S. Wilson, director of Public Welfare; District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan and Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride also were present at the hearing. sciory | ASKS FRANCHISE TAX ON PUBLIC UTILITIES @Gen. Patrick Charges Evasion of Costs of Investigations and Other Proceedings. Contending that the public utilities of the District of Columbia are evad- ing the costs of investigation and other proceedings, Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Com- on, today requestedd Chairman Norton of the House District Committee to offer an amendment to the District appropriation bill, which would em- power the District to levy & special franchise tax. This would impose on the utilities “all expenses of any litiga- tion arising from any special investiga- tion, valuation, revaluation or other s » proposed rider specifies that the utilities may clarge these costs to operating expenses and amortize them over such periods as the Public Utilities Commission may deem r. These costs also would be allowed for in the fixing of rates by the Public Utilities Commissic on. Gen. Patrick points out that the Public Utilities Commission has not the power to collect these costs from the utilities and that the expenses are con- siderable. As a result of a recent in- vstigation each traction company jwas assessed $1,150 and both contested the assessment and the matter is now before the courts. HONOR MRS. VAN WINKLE Resolutions of regret on the death of one of its charter members and officers, Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, head of the police def)amnent women's bureau, who died early this week, were B optomist Glub.of Wasingion: Wed: ub of ‘Was| - nesday at the Washington Hotel. The club plans to hold a memorial servi Feb stopping | =————— Syl Brown, 22, of the 300 block of T meet’ and James Edward Quander, 19, of the 2000 block of Flagler place. Brown is sald to be under investigation in connection with serving as a “lookout” Quander was cut breaki throug! hndmuhenn!ru:‘uwmre. pglce said. He was caught after a chase. h | Housing 9100000 INAUGURAL CUARANTEE FUND 1S ASSURED EARLY Subscriptions Already Total $30,000, With Other Sub- stantial Sums Promised. PROGRAM NOT TO CARRY ANY ADVERTISEMENTS Will Be Made Real Souvenir. Rooms Being Listed—Various Committees Active. Early subscription of the $100,000 guarantee fund for the Roosevelt In- augural Committee appeared likely to= day with $30,000 in subscriptions al- ready reported unofficially by the fi- nance subcommittee, and other guar- antors reporting ready to subscribe substantial sums daily. According to one member of the Fi- nance Committee, the amount received to date represents subscriptions of less {than 60 business and professional men here, and is the result of little more than_a week's work on the part of the Finance Committee. Fuil subscription of the amount deemed necessary to carry on the af- fairs of the Inaugural Committee is expected within the next week or 10 days. This, it is announced, will greatly { facilitate the work of the committee, for it will then know to just what extent it can commit itself financially for entertainment and other features of the inaugural celebration. Guarantors to Be Reimbursed. The money will be set up as a fund against which the various subcommit- tees of the General Inaugural Com- mittee can draw until the time when the producing end of the committee’s activities starts bringing in money from the sale of grandstand tickets, souvenirs, programs and medals. The committee’'s income is expected to Ienable it to repay all guarantors in full ver for which the committee obtaine: from Congress exemption of the grei istand tickets from taxes, all net proceeds of activities of the Inaugural Committee will go to charity. This does not in- clude the inaugural ball, all of the pro- ceeds of which will be turned over to charity. The subcommittee on official pro- gram, of which J. Fred Essary, Wash- ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, is chairman, today announc: this year's program would be departure from the usual inaugu: program practice, in that it would produced entirely free of advertis matter. Mr. Essary announced that he a: his commiftee members feel ti without advertising, this year's program Will be more than ever a souvenir of the occasion, which purchasers wil like to keep. It also was brought out that men will not be interviewed thi: as in past anaugural years, by solivi . : for advertising space in the prcgram. In this way, the business men who have felt they have done their duty by sub- scribing to the inaugural guarantee fund will not have to put up addi- tional money for advertising space in the program. Another point emphasized by the committee is that there can be, with the Roosevelt inaugural program, no difficulty on the part of any business man of determining the authenticity of any program proposal that may be made. Any project involving the sale of advertising space will not have the sanction of the Inaugural Committee. Program to Have 64 Pages. The program, it is announced, will contain about 64 pages, giving all in- formation which may be of value to { Inaugural visitors and spectators, and delving deep into the history of such occasions. It is planned to sell whe program for 35 cents. The contract for its publication has been awarded to Ransdell, Incorporated, a local con- cern, and the work of preparing the material already has begun. To facili- tate this work, the following have been added to the Program Committee: David Rankin Barbee, George Rothwell Brown, E. A. Merckle and C. D. Ritter. The resolution which would exemp: inaugural tickets from taxes went to the White House yesterday after its passage by the Senate. The House had acted favorably on the resolution carlier. It was announced today that the Senate District Committee shortly will take up the resolution sponsored by Senator Capper, Republican, of Kan- sas, authorizing an appropriation of $25,000 to be used by the District Com= missioners in maintaining public order and making other arrangements for the inauguration. The Commissioners have told Con- gress they plan to bring 200 uniformed policemen from Baltimore to augment the local force and an additional force of 75 plain clothes detectives will be brought from various large cities. This appropriation, Congress was told, also would cover the cost of removing street car loading platforms from the line of march of the parade, erection of first aid stations, comfort stations and information booths for the crowds of thousands of visitors expected. The Capper resolution also gives the Commissioners power to enact special police and traffic regulations for the inaugural period, from one week before March 4 until cne week after. Rooms Being Listed. An explanation of the huge task of caring for these visitors to the inaugural ceremony and celebration was made in an address yesterday over Station WRC by Mrs. Blair Banister, chairman of the Housing and Hospitality Subcom- mittee. Her committec, Mrs. Banister said, is listing all available rooms at its headquarters in the Willard Hotel, forming its own list of available accom- modations from those established by the George Washington Bicentennial Com- mittee, the Y. M. C. A, the Y. W. C. A. and other organizations, and from regis- trations which are being made dally after thorough investigation as to rates and other factors. Co-operating with the work of the committee, she said, are various civic bodies, such as the Washington Hotel Association, of which Arthur J. Hart- nett is president; the Washington Board of Trade, the Washington Chamber of Commerce, the American Automobile Association and other groups. Serving with her as vice chairmen are Mrs. Richard V. Oulahan, Curtis A. Hodges, executive director of the Great- er National Capital Committee of the Board of Trade, and Edwin A. Halsey, who, with the advent of the Democratic administration, will become secretary of the Senate. Col. Halsey, she said, will act as liaison officer between th~ and Hospitality Subcommittee and members of Congress who may de- slre accommodaticns for constitusnts coming to the Capital for the inaugural. -