Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1933, Page 14

14 *»» PLEAFORR F.C. A< THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO FAVORS POST AS HEAD OF DISTRICT COMMITTEE GIRL ]B, AND MAN D. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Nursery Financed by Garden Pilgrimage Gmmwomsmimflom‘ummn!mcmm. 18, 1933. SENFTIRDALEHTS MADE 10 SENATE GROUP BY MAYORS Murphy of Detroit, as Spokes- man, Cites Necessity for Debt Relief. {TAX DELINQUENCIES 36 PER CENT THIS YEAR Curley of Boston Compares Bur- den of Charity—Proposal Prevent- ed—DMurphy Made President. ‘The plea of the mayors of 40 Ameri- can cities that the Reconstruction Cor- poration be allowed to make loans to them today was formally put before the Senate Banking Committee. Mayor Frank Murphy of Detroit, act- ing as spokesman for a committee rep- resenting the mayors, was the first to mppear. He read a resolution adopted and made ublic by the mayors at a conference ere yesterday, urging loans to the cities as well as States. He told the committee that “debts built up (by the cities) in the over- exp;lsnfiion period will continue for some years. Tax delinquencies ranged upward of 30 per cent in the larger cities and pvere 36 per cent in Detroit this year, $e added. Against this, he said, harges, out of the tax 7 cents will be taken.” Detroit Needs $35,000,000. Asked by Senator Fletcher, Demo- “For debt doliar next year, Utah Senator Likely to Ac- cept Place Under New Regime. Democrat Also Ranking Mem- ber of Two Other Senate Groups. The new chairman of the Senate Dis- trict Committee after March 4 is likely to be Senator Willlam H. King, Demo- crat, of Utah, who said today that while he has not definitely decided, his pres- ent inclination is to accept the post. Senator King has been a close stu- dent of District legislation throughout his service at the Capitol, first as a member of the House for a number of years before his election to the Senate. The District group is one of three committees on which Senator King is the ranking Democratic member, and therefore in line for chairman. The two others are Immigration and Privi- leges and Elections. Asked regarding the District chairmanship, he said: “I am inclined to think I will take it, if it's offered to me.” For a number of years Senator King | has advocated enlargement of the pow- ers of the District Commissioners to enable them to handle some of the| minor questions now presented to Con- | SENATOR KING. gress for legislative action each year. He also indicated that if he becomes District Committee chairman he would favor economy in local expenditures and a revision of District tax laws. He indicated he favors some of the other forms of taxation, such as on incomes and inheritances, in preference to high real estate taxation. ‘The actual appointment of commit- tee chairmen in the Senate will not be determined until the Democrats take over control of that body after the in- auguration, charity was demoralizing the recipients and that it was a program that would provide work, rather than one that cared only for relief needs which are burdening the cities that is demanded now. “Why can't we ask Congress to issue five billions—ten billions of bonds and put people to work?” he queried. Mayor Dan W. Hoan of Milwaukee explained then that the committee pro- posed also to back the $5,000,000,000 construction program. The conference organized and named as president Prank Murphy, mayor of Detroit, who called the meeting of Florida how much’ Detroit d anply for éf loans were author- ec urphy sai ‘Probably $35,000,000 to $37,000,000.” Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina asked Murphy how much would go to bond holders. “All of it,” Murphy replied. pl;;l:‘r;e of :& s:ie%uld g0 to the unem- 2" pes olds. #aid he felt none wm e “We have a right to come to the Pederal Government,” he asserted. “If the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Ceases to make loans to private con- cerns all well and good, but so long as the door is open the large municipal governments should come first.” Mayor James M. Curley of Boston glso spoke in behalf of the R. F. C. doans for cities. Compared with $2,- 000,000 in normal times, he said, Boston spent $12,000,000 on relief last year, “Unless some industrial activity comes,” he added. “this year we must spend $14,000,000. $2,000,000,000 Cost Set. One vast construction project Curley grvpmed would make navigable ail ibutaries of the Mississippi and other great waterways reaching into the farm regions. He estimated the cost at $2,000,000,000. If the project were carried out, he the money center would be trans- ferred from New York to Chicago. n?&m- Dan W. Hoan, Socialist mayor of lwaukee, warned of the possibil- ity of a default on municipal debts and said if this occurred all credit would be suspended. Hoan said Milwaukee had done as much as any other city for relief, but “not one dollar can be spent this year H for construction, because we are in- debted to the limit.” There is no way to solve the situation Jocally or by State action, he said. A $5,000,000,000 construction pro- g:.u and eligible municipal anticipation warrants as security for. R. F. C. loans, he said, would “re- Jease money in the banks and in stock- fgs and put the wheels of industry @ motion.” Urges Bond Issue. Hoan recommended issuance of $2,- 500,000,000 in Federal non-interest bonds with the circulation privilege. This, he said, would provide money for the cities at no cost to the Gov- ernment except the printing bill, “It would provide an honest dollar,” he asserted. M. S. Szymeczak, controller of Chi-| €ago, revie £ said “‘w] fidence,” in its securities, “If we can sell them as we have in the past,” he said, “everything will be ell right.” He said the city had sold over $15,- 000,000 in refunding bonds to banks, but needed a market for its millions of dollars of tax anticipation warranis. “If we can pay our school teachers, police and firemen,” he added, “that will increase business and help consid~ erably.” Proposal for Legislation. ‘The proposal, drawn up by mayors and other officials at an all-day confer- ence yesterday at the Mayflower Hotel, was presented. The United States Congress of Mayors, which was formed @S & permanent organization at yester- day's meeting. ‘The R. F. C. loans are sought on se- curity for which the municipalities have nd private market—refunding ob- ligations, tax anticipation warrants and paper issued on delinquent taxes. Aid also is sought for public-owned utilities, where needed. The R. F. C. amend- ment proposed would authorize pur-| chase of the securities at par, whether or not other obligations of the munici- &amy are at par, and would hold the terest to a maximum of 6 per cent. It would be provided also that “liberal construction” be put on the pending amendment. Public Works Pressed. The resolution embodying the pro- 1 sets out that “in making such ans the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration may take into consideration ‘Wwhether such municipality has been ef- ficlently conducted, what economies have been made effective since January 1, 1931, and may suggest as a condition precedent to any loans such other econ- omies or efficiencies as the Reconstruc- tion Pinance Corporation shall deem | Decessar: In addition to the loan features the city heads also were prepared to ask that the Government spend $5,000,000,~ 000 for major truction projects for unemployment ai Mayor Curley, head of the commit- tee which formulated the program, said they were convinced the legis- Jation is “absolutely necessary.” He declared that, at a conservative estimate, every city in the coun- try had 20 per cent unpaid taxes last year and that the figure was prob- ably nearer 30 per cent. This year, the Boston mayor continued, 30 per cent delinquency is anticipated. Curley charged the failure of the Government to launch a huge construc- tion program last year had intensified the depression, explaining that he had urged such action on President Hoover. Called Palliative. While the proposed loaning program was pending before the conference, after presentation by the Resolutions Committee, Mayor William Mahoney of St. Paul vehemently described it as only 8 “palliative” and declared he would {h!}_lo see “something more fundamen- - Recalling conditions that had been outlined by a succession of speakers, ke shouted: “Have you no constructive here. Mayor Curley was named vice president, and the following, trustees: Mayor Hoan, Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, who had delegated a repre- sentative for the conference before leaving on the trip that resulted in his w while with President-elect Roosevelt, and Mayor William A. An- derson of Minneapolis. ‘There were 26 _cities represented yes- terday, principally from the Atlantic soaboard and Middle West, but indorse- ment of the movement had come gen- erally from throughout the country, it was said. It is the second time that the may- ors_have sought liberalization of the R. F. C. act, a visit here last June by a committee from a conference in De- troit preceding a broadening of the law. PAIR FOUND GUILTY OF SIMMS MURDER Goodman and Pitmond Due to Be Sentenced to Death Next Friday. Joe Goodman and George McKinley Pitmond, both colored, accused of beat- ing to death Willlam Simms, 65-year- old colored watchman of the Dickey Bros.’ feed store in Benning, were con- victed of first-degree murder by a jury in District Supreme Court late yester- day. The verdict automatically car-| ries the death penalty. ‘ ‘The crime was committed less than | a month ago. Simms' half-clad body | was found lying on the floor of the feed | store on the morning of January 22. He had been shot in the groin and beaten on the head. Pitmond was ar- rested a few minutes after the killing and Goodman was taken into custody about two weeks ago in nearby Vir- ginia. ‘The jury reached its decision at 5:30 pm. after deliberating for an hour and 40 minutes. Chief Justice Alfred A.| Wheat, before whom the case was tried, | had given it to the jury with instruc- Killed by Auto BARBARA BURNS. AUTHORIZE PAVING FOR 28 ROADWAYS Commissioners Award Con- tracts for Asphalt Surfacing. The District Commissioners yesterday authorized the paving of 28 concrete roadways with asphalt surfaces, to be tions that it would not be necessary to determine which defendant actually struck the blows which caused Simms’ death, if they found the two men had | entered on the enterprise jointly. i The trial began Wednesday. Assist- | ant United States Attorneys Irving | Goldstein and John J. Sirica presented evidence to show the defendants ob- tained entrance to the store by telling the watchman they wanted to get warm. ‘Through _their attorneys, Russell Kelly and Harry Whalen, who were as- | signed to defend them, the defendants attempted to prevent admission of state- ments made to police, claiming they were made es result of third degree methods. Justice Wheat admitted the statements. No testimony was offered by _the defense. 4 | Goodman and. Pitmond will come be- fore the court for sentence next Fri- day unless the case is appealed. PROVES RO.BBIN_G ALIBI Man Accused by Self-Appointed Dry Vigilante Goes Free. Charged with robbing Roland V. Parker, 1000 block of Eleventh street, | aide to Capt. Edward Page Gaston,| self-appointed inaugural vigilante dry | agent, John G. Zicopoulos was exon- crated in Police Court this morning when he proved an alibi. Zicopoulos was charged with robbing Parker of 75 cents in the 1200 block | of K street. | ‘Witnesses testified the defendant was ! not at the scene of the robbery at the time Parker claimed he was robbed. Yesterday, when the case was first brought into Police Court, Capt. Gaston | testified he believed the man to be| innocent. paid for out of the gasoline tax fund and from assessments to be made against owners of abutting property. A contract to repair concrete road- ways and alleys was awarded to the Brenizer Trucking Co., which submitted the low bid, $38,512, of five received for the work. The list of streets to be resurfaced with asphalt, for which bids will be opened soon, follows: Hall place, from Wisconsin avenue to W place; W place, Wisconsin avenue to Hall place; Woodley road, Woodley place to Connecticut avenue; Woodley place, Woodley road to Cathedral ave- nue; Klingle road, Woodley road to Thirty-fourth ~ street; Thirty-fourth street, Newark to Ordway street and | Porter to Quecbec street; Thirty-eighth | street, Massachusetts avenue to Macomb | street. Belmont road, Massachusetts avenue to Kalorama Circle; Kalorama rcad, Tracy place to Twenty-third street; Wyoming avenue, Kalorama road to Twenty-fourth street; Tracy place, Bel- mont road to Twenty-third street; Twenty-fourth street, California street to Kalorama road; Kalorama Circle; Varnum strcet, Sixteenth to Seven- teenth street; Lament street, Park place to Sixth street; Channing strezt, North Capitol to First street; North Capitol street, V street to Michigan avenue. ‘Twelfth street northeast, Michigan nue to Upshur street; Kearney reet northeast, Twenty-second street to Rhode Island avenue: Illincis ave- nue, Grant Circle to Sherman Circle, thence to Ninth street; Sherman Cir- cle; Ninth street, Illinois avenue to In- graham street; Seventh street, New Hampshire avenue to Sherman Circle; Varnum street, Grant Circle to Eighth strect; Webster street, Illinois avenue to Eighth street; Allison street, Illinois avenue to Seventh street, and Buchanan street, Illinois to Kansas avenue. i iBus and Auto Traffic on Ne The old side-wheeler Charles Msc-[ alester is retiring from the excursion | trade after more than 40 years of ply- ing the Potomac to Mount Vernon and | Marshall Hall. The popularity of the excursion steamer waned with the increase in bus and motor traffic to Mount Vernon, and the opening of the new scenic boule- vard. Once its moonlit decks and dance or- chestras drew crowds of merrymakers S'i'EAMBOAT MACALES 40 YEARS OF RIVER SERVICE Vernon Business—Capt. Turner’s Plans Uncertain. TER TO END w Highway Captures Mount uncertain what disposition would be made of the steamer after that day. The lease was to have expired in May | of 1934, The steamer was built in 1890 in Wil- | mington, Del., and placed in service here the same year. The Commissioners also issued an order granting permission to James O. olmes, who leases wharf property at the end of Eighth street southwest, to | take over the wharf to be vacated by the Macalester. The old wharf at for Summer outings on the river, as| Eighth street will be dismantled by many a resident will recall. | the Wharf Committee. Word of the retirement was placed| The veteran skipper of the river before the District Commissioners yes- | craft, Capt. John H. Turner, is re- terday in a petition to cancel the lease | cuperating at his home, 829 Third of the Mount Vernon & Marshall Hall | street northeast, from a broken leg sus- program? Are you afraid? Out in our country they're using ropes on people who try to foreclose.” Adding that “we’ve got a revolution 82 our midst,” Mayor Mahoney said » Steamboat Co.,, on the wharf at the foot | tained in an automobile accident. of Seventh street southwest. Capt. Turner has taken the Macal- KILLED BY AUTO; INQUEST STARTED Autoist, 19, Is Released in Attorney’s Custody Pend- ing Investigation. ROOSEVELT HIGH PUPIL DIES INSTANTLY IN CRASH Her Companion, Aged 55, Roomer in Parents’ Home, Succumbs in Hospital. Barbara Burns, 16, and Harry M. Hucks, 55, & roomer at the home of her parents, were fatally injured last night when struck by an sutomobile at Georgia avenue and Emerson street. Barbara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Burns, 1120 Buchanan street, was killed almost instantly, while Mr. Hucks died in Emergency Hospital at 3:50 a.m. today. Acting Coroners A. Magruder Mac- Donald and . Murphy J. began an inquest into the deaths at 11:30 am. Driver, 19, Released. Barbara and Mr. Hucks were struck, according to sixth precinct police, by a car driven by Willlam 8. Phillips, jr., 19, of the 800 block of Aspen street. Arrested after the accident, Phillips was released in the custody of his attorney pending the outcome of the inquest. ‘Two girls who were riding with Phil- lips were freed after being questioned by the police. They were summcned to appear as witnesses at the inquest, however, as was a young man pas- senger in the machine. Barbara and Mr. Hucks, who had lived with her parents for the last eight or nine years, apparently had de- cided to take a walk after going out to- gether to a mall a letter. Yy strolled only a few blocks when they were hit. At the time, Phillips told the police, the girl and her escort were walking across Georgla avenue, evidently headed for a nearby drug store. Rushed to Hospital. Other motorists took Barbara and Mr. Hucks to Walter Reed Hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead. She was said to have received a frac- tured skull. After receiving treatment for a broken leg, Hucks was transferred to Emergency. Internal injurles were believed to have caused his death. Barbara, whose father is a real estate salesman, was a third-year student at Roosevelt th School. Mr. Hucks, a railroad freight claim adjuster, had no relatives here, according to Mr. Burns. Fui arrangements have not completed. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair, colder tonight, minimum temperature about | k 29 degrees; tomorrow partly cloudy. Maryland—Fair, slightly colder to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy. Virginia—Cloudy and colder, possibly preceded by rain in southeast portion tonight; tomorrow cloudy, slightly cold- er on the coast. West Virginia—Fair, slightly colder tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy. Outlook for February 20 to February 25. North and Middle Atlantic States— Rains Monday night or Tuesday and again Friday or Saturday. over south portion early part of the week, colder Tuesday night or Wednes- day; warmer over south portion Friday. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear this morning. Report for Last 24 Hours, ‘Temperature. Barometer. Yesterday— Degrees. 4 pm. 4 42 41 Record for Last 24 Hours, Highest, 51, noon today. Year ago, 48. Lowest, 38, 7:20 am. today. Year ago, 32. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 68, on January 19. Lowest, 14, on February 9. Tide Tables, (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Todzay. 1:50 a.m. 8:16 a.m. 2:32 p.m. 9:25 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today .. 6:57 Sun, tomorrow 6:55 5:49 Moon, today.. 2:18a.m. 11:21am. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Average. Reca! 355 1709 6.84 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 14.41 ‘Tomorrow. 2:57am. 9:35am, 3:40prh. High Low High Low .. Sets. 5:48 rd Abilene, Tex. % PR TN T S8 S The Commissioners canceled the lease, | ester on her trips down the river for effective March 1. Frederick Mertens, | the last 30 years. His plans for the president of the company, said he was | future, he said today, are uncertain. 3 EE AN °: P BIPAESZIISRREIRNLLIZL2RT POV e & ‘Warmer | 10:36 p.m. | g worked out by the Inaugural Entertain- | | privileged children, too youn “working” indoors or in the The committee has set the Rorby, director of the home, is at the right, and across B Winter locks the gardens of old Georgetown, they still bear fruit in this tentative beginning of a settle- s N ) ment house at 3238 N street, financed by the annual garden pilgrimage. Twenty of Georgetown's under- g for public sunny bac! third week in Ma kindergartens, go to school at the Children’s House, playing and ! kyard from 9 to 12. At noon they are given a bountiful hot lunch- eon, then take naps and go home at 3:30 o'clock. The work is supported wholly by the Georgetown garden as a tentative date for this year's pilgrimage. Miss Winona om her is her assistant, Miss Ann King. —Star Staff Photo, OTHER AFFILIATION DENIED BY GRAYSON Holds Inaugural Group Is Not Connected With Testimonials. Washington was warned today by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chair- man of the Roosevelt Inaugural Com- mittee, that his committee has no con- nection with a Roosevelt Testimonial Committee for which he said contribu- ! tions have been solicited. Admiral Grayson reported that he has been informed that persons work- ing under the name of a testimonial committee have solicited funds by tele- phone and when contributions have been promised have sent messengers for them. Nothing on Program. He pointed out that nothing on the official inaugural program calls for sub- scriptions for any testimonial, and the only funds being sought by the Inau- gural Committee are for the guarantee fund, with accredited members of the Inaugural Finance Committee soliciting these funds with the proper credentials and attending to the necessary book- eeping. Admiral Grayson also reported today that the plan of the inaugural, which he outlined to President-elect Roosevelt when the latter came through Wash- ington yesterday, has met with the en- tire approval of Mr. Roosevelt. Admiral Grayson went as far as Baltimore with Mr. Roosevelt and gave him a complete picture of the inaugural ceremony and celebration. He reported Mr. Roosevelt intensely interested in the plans and announced, after the conference, that no changes were suggested. | Lloyd B. Wilson, chairman of the | that subscriptions to the guarantee fund |still are coming in steadily, and the $100,000 fund is well on its way to completion. It is the desire of the In- augural Committee, however, that the | subscriptions be as widespread as pos- sible, and all individuals and firms which have not yet subscribed, but who wish to, are urged to get in touch with the Inaugural Finance Committee. Committee Encouraged. “The progress of the inaugural plan continues to encourage the committee to believe that it will be possible to return to subscribers the full amount of their subscriptions,” said Mr. Wilson. ‘The Inaugural Parade Committee has |added to the closed lists of participants a donkey team which will be driven by Charles 8. Murphy of Worcester, Mass. The parade list was reopened at the insistence of James Roosevelt, son of the President-elect, who toid Col. E. M. ‘Watson, chairman of the Parade Com- mittee, that some weeks ago he prom- ised Murphy his four-hitch donkey team would have a place in the parade. The oldest wearer of the Congres- sional Medal of Honor, F. A. Bishop of Retail, Wash.,, has accepted the invi- |tation of Ray Baker, chairman of the | Committee on Reception of Governors and Distinguished Guests, to be a guest of honar of the committee for the in- augural. | In the acceptance letter received to- day, Mrs. Bishop wrote: “Mr. Bishop has been sick for several days, but is doing fine, and we have de- cided to accept the invitation you have so kindly sent him, and thank you many times for all your trouble. e plan on arriving in Washington on Thursday morning, March 2, but will drop a card later on.” Band Contest Plans. Plans for a band contest are being {ment Committee. Preliminary inquiries by the committee on the subject were well received, and more than half a dozen bands have signified their inten- | tion of entering the contest. It is pro- |posed to erect a bandstand in the neighborhood of the Sherman Statue, | south of the Treasury, so that the spec- tators may be seated in the stands al- ready erected in that neighborhood. Mrs. John Allen Dougherty announced today that the George Washington Uni- versity Glee Club, composed of 80 voices, has been added as a feature of the concert which will be a part of the in- augural ball program. Brown Seeks 200 Men. Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of police, today began querying other cities of the East in an effort to get the 200 uniformed policemen needed to aug- ment the local police in handling inaug- ural crowds and protecting the Presi- dent, after receiving word that Balti- mere will not supply the extra blue- | coats this year. It was explained by Baltimore police officials that that city’s department is | in the midst of a minor reorganization, with the transfer of many men in | volved, and in addition, it has been found necessary to hold the force on extra duty at times to cope with-the unusual number of robberies, assaults and other violence in the city. Maj. Brown said he has not com- pleted’ arrangements with any other | city or cities for the extra police, but expects to do so within the next few days. The Baltimore decision will not af- fect the plan to import approximately | 75 plainclothes men from Baltimore and other cities in the East and Mid- ‘west, Brown said he wanted experienced policemen “known to be well acquainted with both the criminal and radical ele- ment,” for the inaugural work. The plainclothes men are to be drawn from Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chi- clg% Cleveland and other large centers. {ladelphia may also be asked to send the necessary 200 uniformed men, |augural Finance Committee, reported | The POLICE ASKED TO GIVE OLD SHOES TO JOBLESS “0ld Woman Who Lives in a S8hoe” Makes Appeal Through Maj. Brown. Police, who know the importance of good shoes to a man tramping the pave- ments, have been asked to contribute Shoe” has appealed to members of the department through Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of police, and €orpora- tion Counsel W. W. Bride. The officers were requested to turn in their old shoes at the precincts, where they will be collected twice weekly by an agent of the “Old Woman.” This charity will be further assiste Tuesday afternoon by the Circle The- ater, where the price of admission be & pair of shoes for the unemploged. GOVERNMENT CUTS OUTLAY FOR RENT &=: Nearly $250,000 Saved by Shifts and Razing Tempo- rary Buildings. The Federal Government has been saved nearly a quarter of a million dollars in recent moves tc cheaper quarters and in abolishing maintenance costs, by razing temporary war-built structures, Harold A. Candland, execu- tive secretary of the Public Buildings Commission, said yesterday. Although two of the new buildings being constructed in the triangle down- town are known as the Justice and Post Office Buildings, the commission is studying the likelihoofl of housing other governmental units if these structures. commissioners are deliberating over the use of 147,971 square feet in the new Justice Building, after the antici- pated needs of that department are cared for, ul this balance as fol- ows: 100,000 square feet to the Fed- eral Trade Commission; 20,000 square feet to the Court of Claims or the Alien Property Custodian; 25,782 square feet for the Office of Public Buik and Public Parks; 2,837 square feet the National Capital Park and P! ning Commission, and 300 square fewt for ‘the Public Buildings Commissi making a grand total of 449,329 square feet, any portion of which might be used or in the space available in the new Justice | Building. Officials Study Plan. The Justice Department favors mak- ing no assignments until Government reorganization is settled. In the new Post Office Department, the commission anticipates 87,144 square feet that will not be needed for r.:m departm’::t‘; wggfi Officials are studying a pl for space assign- ment: 5000 square feet to the Public Health Service Medical Clinic, now in the Post Office Department Building: 1,000 square feet, Navy Recruiting office, now in rented space; 1,000 square feet to Marine Corps Recruiting Office 8,000 square feet to the Railroad Ad: ministration from the Hurley-Wright Building, and 17,000 square feet to the Alien Property Custodian. i Economies Listed, Mr. Candland asserted that savings effected include, $11,254 in maintenance by demolishing Temporary Building, No. 3; $17,622 paid by the Alien Property Custodian in rental, representing fees collected; $33,569 in maintenance through razing Temporary Building No. 6; $12,000 in rent, formerly paid by the General Supply, Commistee, which has moved into th& new Federal Ware- house from 60 Florida avenue. north- east; $16,208, formerly paid in rent by the George Washington Bicentenntal Commission, now occupying cheaper quarters in the Walker-Johnson Build- | ing; $38.500 in rent, formerly paid by the General Accounting Office, which has moved from the Emory Building at 920 E street into the old Patent Office Building, and $89,804 in maintenance costs of Temporary Building D, in the Buchanan Renamed to Board. ‘The District Commissioners yester- day reappointed William Gordon Bu- chanan a member of the District Board of Accountancy for a term of three years. d | it embraced, James F. Duhamel, histo- DUHAMEL SPEAKS ONSLAVERY DAYS Recalls Part in Work Here in Talk Before Society of Natives. i i ‘The early “Federal building program” under which the infant Capital had its beginning owed much to the slave labor rian, declared at the February meeting | of the Society of Natives in the Wash- | ington Club last night. Mr. Duhamel hlpokfid on slavery in ‘Washington and he said: “Much to the credit of the Washing- ton slave, he was found at an early date at work on the Government and other buildings and did his share in the begin- ning and upbuilding of our great city. were 54 of these laborers and a ital was erected for them especially in Judiciary Square and the best physi- cians in the city were employed to at- tend them. These men were hired from their owners, but it was the common practice of the owners to give the slaves a portion of the wages.” Two Classes of Slaves. In his talk Mr. Duhamel pointed out that there were two classes of slaves, “field hands and house darkies.” The latter class, he said, was the most fa- miliar to the Capital. These were trained in domestic duties, frequently well educated and were invariably loyal to their owners. Many of them were remembered in the wills of their mas- colored servants’ comfort. As the slavery question became a leading political issue, Mr. Duhamel re- House of Representatives, introduced in 1849 a bill to abolish slavery. D. C. Singled Out for Example. “But it was too soon,” Mr. Duhamel in 1862 the District was singled out to be made an example, and about $1,000,- 000 was appropriated to free the 3,000 slaves then living here, so that all were free and their owners were paid about the average of $300 each.” The meeting was marked by the ac- ceptance for membership of Charles S. Dowrick. Dr. Clarence A. Weaver pre- sided and a program of entertainment completed the meeting. OVERPOWERS MAN IN HOLD-UP ATTEMPT Gasoline Station Manager Holds Suspect Until Police Arrive. { In an alleged attempted hold-up early today, James Bennett, manager of a | Basoline service station in the 2800 | block of Sherman avenue, overpowered a colored man and held him until the | arrival ef police. ‘The colored man arrested identified | himself as George L. Wood, 35, of the 11600 block of New Jersey avenue. He | was booked for investigation at No. 10 | police station while police sought to check his activities with a view to pos- | sibly identifying him with other crimes. Paul M. Beckley, 146 Adams street, was robbed of $63 in cash, a gold ring | and billfold, by a colored man who | had hidden in his automobile. As | Beckley started to get into the machine in the 900 block of Webster street the colored man drew a gun and forced | him to drive into a nearby alley, where | | he was robbed, police say. | Z00 BIRTH COSTS LIFE | Baby Antelope Without Mother. | Aged Bison Killed. There was new life and old death at the Zoo yesterday. | The birth of a baby eland proved fatal to the mother. Now the tiny or- phaned antelope is learning to take his food from a bottle. He is proving an apt pupil, although a trifie wobbly on | his 10ng legs. | A second death among the Zoo's in- habitants was a tragedy of old age. A bull Dbiscn, enfeebled by years, was | gored to death by a younger animal. NEW BABY AND N HALT YOUNG Larry Williams, Jr., Forced to Give Up Thornapple Street News After Two Years. Williams, jr., 15-year-old editor, | who built up the circulation of the ‘Thornapple Street News until there was some doubt whether Larry was run- | ning the News or the News was running Larry, has discontinued publication. The rapid expansion of his editorial | duties was not the immediate cguse, as OISY MACHINE EDITOR’S CAREER gave himself a vacation, but the News placed increasing demands on his time and eventually threatened to consume all his after-school hours. Larry, however, does not emphasize his own personal hardships, in ex- plaining why the Thornapple Street News is to be discontinued after two | a contributing factor. Larry points out in his swan song issue, | years of growing success. He merely but, according to Larry’s mother, it was | calls attention to the immediate cause: “We have a new baby at our house. For the circulation had to 400, | Bables are a lot of trouble, especially alded by the neighbors in vicinity of | girl bables. Mother says the electric Larry’s home, 128 East Thornapple mimograph machine makes too much POLICY OF CUTTING FEDERAL SALARIES Indiscriminate Reductions Scored in Address to Gov- ernment Lawyers. BAR ASSOCIATION HOLDS ITS ANNUAL DINNER HERE Clarence E. Martin, Prof. Herbert F. Goodrich and Seth W. Rich- ardson Among Speakers, The policy of applying wage cuts “in- discriminately” in m‘%mmem service last night was eriticized by Senator Dale, Republican, of Vermont, chairman of the Senate Civil Service Committee, speaking at the thirteenth annual din- ner of the Federal Bar Association at the Mayflower Hotel, Senator Dale’s talk came after the as- sociation, composed of law in Gov- ernment empicy, had received a mes- sage from President Hoo: voicing re. gret at inability to be present and ex- pressing “my deep sense of the value of the contribution made by lawyers in the Government service to the protection of the public's interest, with courtesy and fairness to the citizen.” “I wish the members of the Federal Bar Association to know of my warm ap- preciation of their services to the Gov- ernment during my administration,” the President concluded. Greeted by Roosevelt. The association also received greet- ings from President-elect Roosevelt, who, through his aide, Louls McHenry Howe, acknowledged an in to the dinner, but explained it would be impossible to accept. Other speakers besides Senator Dale were Clarence E. Martin of Martins- burg, W. Va., lic and Professional Relations of the American Law Institute and dean of the school of law of the University of Pennsylvania, and Seth W. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General. Praising the service of lawyers in the Government, Senator Dale told them their compensation “should be decent, fair and reasonabl | _When a lawyer in private practics scores @ notable victory in court, wide | publicity attends his efforts, the Ver- ! mont Senator said, “but when counsel for the Government wins a case and wins it magnificently you scarcely hear of it outside of Washington. This is one of the things Government d pay for.” Hits Salary Slashes. It is ne to talk about economy, Dale continued, but, he added, ring to those in specialized work, “i a p;)gr Dplace :o mmmm 5 ?r cent or 10 per cent or 20 per cent indis- Prof. Goodrich told the lawyers that they, as Government workers, “should begrwdo{youremmmonmm public welfare ” by the e-lmu. ing the legal , he that it was often subjected wet;fi.mdm. but he saw “as things we have to our credit” the higher standards quired for lawyers and the increased scientific work and study of the law ters, who provided trust funds for the | bel lated, Abraham Lincoln, then in the | taxal said, “and it fell by the wayside. But |sarily One result of this, he continued, is that the Federal Government is fringing on taxation fields to which the States must look for revenue, and is o memaent. and Gov “Inefficient unnecessary” - ernment functions should be weeded out in the interest of economy, said, adding that the Amq Association is making a study of pmhll;im of double taxation to offer, if Ppossible, a remedy. Whimsically discussing the that the new administration wilt- g, Assistant Attorney General Ric on said that “those of us who go are satis- fied we have done our best.” back on 'his association with the Gov- ernment, he said the rank and file of workers “perform the grandest service that can be performed—the business of holding up the hands of the only gov- ernment the world looks to today for salvation.” Monte Appel, Assistant General, was toastmaster. The_Federal Bar Association is headed by William R. Vallance of the State Department. —_— DRY LOSS CALLED PASSING SETBACK Lecturer Says W. C. T. U. Cause Has Succeeded “Too Well” in United States. Prohibition may be overthrown for a time, not because it has failed. but be- cause it has succeeded tco well, Fran- cis D. Nichol, Takoma Park, Md., author and lecturer, told the District chapters of the Women's Christian Temperance Unlon at memorial exercises yesterda: in the Methodist Building for Elizebeth Willard, ploneer temperance crusader. “Prohibition has made such excellent work in sweeping out the old salocn. with its accompanying house of ill fame,” the speaker said, “that the pub- lc has quite forgotten what it was that the prohibition fight was waged against.” ‘The memorial services, held on pre- vears in Statuary Hall, before the Frences Willard statue. were trans- férred to the Methodist Building this year. After the services, those at- tendance filed in twos through Statu- ary Hall, and their leader deposited a memorial wreath at the Willard statue. Other speakers on the program were Rev. Henry Burgan, pastor of Hamline M. E. Church, who delivered the invo- cation; Mrs. W. H. Wadleigh, president of the District W. C. T. U Mrs. B. Shanks Chaney, who introduced Mr. Nichol; Mrs. William Snell, who:read a life sketch of Frances Willard, and Mrs. F. C. Brinley. Mrs. Brinley's sub- ject was “The Challenge of Frances Willard and the Answer of the W. C. T. " FIREMAN FALLS 14 FEET Tumbles Through Pole Hole at No. \ 22 Engine Company. . Burton, 29, attached to No. 22 e Comgln,y. Was injured early y when he fell through the pole e at the firehouse. He was knocked unconscious by the fall of about 14 feet, and was taken to Emergency Hos- street, Chevy Chase, Md., and the ad-| noise so we will have to stop publish- vertising had kept pace, entailing ing our newspaper. monthly collections. has enjoyed our paper and those who had a lot of help from the| owe us anthing will pay up 5o we can boys of the commuRity, and sometimes come out even.” q pital after regaining consciousness, The fireman, who lives at 205 Ken- nedy street, was putting his bed in £ B