Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1933, Page 12

SHOKS RECORDED ON SISHOERAPH OF GEDGETONN U Southern Calwrpia’s Most Serious Earthyake Had Been Antickteq, ——\ PECULIAR FORMA\gN OF REGION DENR|BED Geological Condition Held'y gej. entists to Be Favorably to Temblors. The earthquake which rocked ‘,. coast of Southern California last rig | was recorded on the smoked p: seismograph records at Georgetow, University as a main shock starthg sharply at approximately 9:02 p.m, followed at irregular intervals duriny the night by five aftershocks. The first shock was not severe, as major earthquakes go, and was in- terpreted by Rev. F. A. Schon, director of the seimolcgical laboratory, as an- cther of the long series of earthquakes to which the California coast is sib- ject duve to its peculiar geographical Record Complicated. The record received last night was plicated because of the tangled the succeeding ent types of mo- sible this morning 1o calculate the center of the earth- cuake. First came the waves set up Ly the shaking motion, followed after ervals by those due to the back and forth motion and those traveling over the earth’s surface. After the sharp beginning, Father Bohon found indications of distinct shocks at 10:45, 11:45, 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30. Only the first could have caused excessive damage, ‘The California earthquakes, it was explained, generally are explained by American seismologists on the principle of isostasy, or disturbed balance far under the surface of the earth. A few belew the surface, Father Sohon ned, the rock is under such an 2 weight that it tends to “flow” ver the balance is disturbed. If the surface cf the ecarth was cut up into blocks a few miles square each block should weigh the same as every other, and this is generally the case. There is a very good balance. Moun- tains are made of light material, while the valleys and sea bottoms are of heavy material Tremor Anticipated. But along the California coast there s a sharp change from very high moun- s to very deep sea valleys. Soil is continually being washed from the mountain tops into the sea by erosion. ‘This makes the mountains lighter and the floors of the ocean depressions heavier. Consequently the balance is upset and the extra weight of the sea bottom tends to push up the mountain ranges. The inhibiting force of friction tends 1t this change in the balance of s crust taking place gradually and imperceptibly. Forces are piled up ng, mobile rock gives kand there is a sudden, severe Waile this is the most serious earth- quake yet recorded for the Southern C it has bcen anticipated. the site of the so-called Font Kismin Fault, a deed and widen- ing crack in the earth which a few 2go was chown to tourists as one of the wonders of nature until the| municipal authorities realized its | significance. Recently the Coast and Geodetic light | THE EVENING \ Rev. F. A. Sohon, director of the selsmolegical observatory at Georgetown Nniversity, with machine on which records of the California earthquake were i orded last night. —Star Staff Photo. MY LEADERS CALL BUSINESSEROLP FOREW . S.PARTY, BACKING OFFUTT {Declate \0ld Organizations HaveXeen Sold Out te Vet Crowd. |Appointment as Commis- sioner Urged in Letter to President. Leading prolbdonists called for in- dependent poltey action by dry forces to retain tiejghteenth amend- yesterday at the the auspices of Committee for hol. A group of the city’s business lead- ers, desirous of having President Roose- velt appoint George W. Offutt, jr., Dis- trict Commissioner, have signed a let- ter to the President, urging the appoint- ment, it was learned today. The letter !Will be sent forward some time next | week, according to Col. Robert N. Har- per, one of the signers, after the pres- sure of business at the White House due to the banking crisis has somewhat sub- sided. Among those who have signed or will sign the letter are Ben T. Webster, president of the Board of Trade; Thomas P. Littlepage, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Mark Lans- burgh, former president of the Mer- chants & Manufacturers’ Association; E. C. Graham, president of the Na- tional Electric Supply Co. and a for- welfare legislation continues, the mo = mer president of the Board of Trade; forces of the Nation must combine A|E. C. Brandenburg, counsel for the ianother party “that will uphold ang Board of Trade; Col. Robert N. Har- save necessary welfare legislaticn.” per, former president of the District Dr. Arthur J. Barton, \V”mtngton.wallonal Bank and for many years i sent a message to the meeting ‘\rominently identified with business ng: 9d civic interests in the Capital, and | " “Both old parties are sold bag and | Abert J. Cottrell. executive secretary baggage to the liquor crowd. There is, 5}}19 Board of Trade. therefore, no other course left open to Siences Kt Grostng: the moral forces of the Nation but in- Th signers, including both Demo- dependent political action. What we need now is en independent progres- | StS\nd Republicans, join a large and growik list of those who are support- sive party, which will be firmly com- d mitted to prohibition but will also be g Offutt for the post. He has been’ igorsed by the Federation of committed to a broad constructive pro- i gram of political action.” 3_‘;?’3__1&.-49::'5 Associations and by sev- Condemns Old Methods. hfins' associations and other or- The statement of Dr. Einest H 3"{1}]‘;‘»”. SRR e Cherrington, another dry leader, was| s of the two civiltan Com- i s missioners;pr. Luther H. Reichelderfer summarized: | 3 “If the coercion, party plank, meihod | 804 Maj..Sen, Herbert - B. Crosby, e rty- | expire Aprllo. Gen. Crosby has al- of the party conventions and the party- lash method of the repeal proposal in | [€ady subMbed his resignation, al- s a5 e though Presitnt Roosevelt has not yet Congress continue, a new party is 5 £ b |acted upon { Dr. Reichelderfer is the Women's Nathn) Education Against Among those call | combat existi | saying: Qh“Prnhib“mn will not e people can be made ore o | that. the primary force Rooentand present_wet, boom has litth & ga with the merits of prohibition * x @ repealed if | Sees New Alignmen,) She added that “repeal is a1 in the formation of a new fififlg:t that shall make moneyed ea%pgor | pendent of south and west.” | | The statement quoted Bishop Jhyes | {Cannon, jr. as saying that if ye i tendency toward liberalization of n.% Survey set up special recording ma- chines through the California are which will measure the movements the earthquake on the spot. Ore of | these measures the violence of the | shocks and the other the distance and | sneed of the earth’s sway from side 1o | side. Accurate knowledge of such movements may be a vale in con- structing earthquake-proof buildings. 400 CHILDREN LEAVE SMOKE-FILLED THEATER| Another Fire, Only a Few Blocks: of | of Away, Forces Elderly Couple to Flee From Residence. Abovt 400 children were turned from a smoke-filled theater and an elderly to flee from their vo fires 2 few blocks the northeast section late | projecticn room of the ! . Twelfth and H streets ; n . emptied the house, the | children fi out in orderly fashion. | The fire spread to the film room from | a blazing biliboard in front of the | theater. Demage was estimated at | Mr. and Mrs. George Thaver, both 7, fled from their home, 913 L street a fire in the basement alarms. Damage, es- | 0. was confined to the Thayer had to assist wife from the ho he had been cut of the hosnitel only & few weeks and was coavalescing. SEEKS JOB AND SON Woodien Both Thomas Searching for in Washington. ‘Thomas Wood’en of Durham, N. C, is searching for a job and a son, some- where in Washington, and the latter can get in touch with him at the Cen- tral Application Bureau of the Com- munity Chest. Woodien, short of funds, managed to get to Washington in response to a let- ter from his son telling of a job ob- taincd for him,.but lost the son’s ad- dress on the way. In the meantime he is being cared for at the Salvation Army emergency Jodge. D. C. BILLS INTRODUCED Measures of Capper Referred to District Committee. Severzl local bills were introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Cap- per of Kansas, and referred to the District Committee. One would change the name of B treet southwest to Independence ave- nue, just as B sireet northwest was changed two ycars ago to Constitution avenue. Ancther relates to the pro- visions of incustrial life insurance con- tracts, and a third would amend the law regulating degree-conferring in- stitutions in the Distric HUSBAND ASKS DIVORCE Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 11.—Mrs. Matilda E. Schuster of Potomac, this; county, is named defendant in a suit for an absolute divorce filed in the Circuit Court here by William E. Schuster, also of this county. The petition charges de- sertion and misconduct and states that ro children were born of the marriage. ‘The plaintiff is represented by Attorney Xgnneth Lyddane of Rockville. ? BILL ASKS FOR ELECTION |in May. Benistie: | understood to » in’a’ receptive mood for another terf and several organiza- | tions are on recag in favor of his re- appointment. P Native ¢ District. OF BOARD OF EDUCATION| | _ Mr. Offutt, Who \ chairman of the e 1 | Traffic Advisory Couc{] and a director asque Measure Would Allow D. C.| of the éolcal b,an‘c,}ifl $He Amexican A Automobile Associaiq, was born in Residents to Vote for e “&‘m e Members. He 15 a_former residem of the Wash- I ington Board of Trade a« nus devoted Representative Gasque, Demagtat, of | much time to chariteble vri with the South Carolina, reintroduced in the | Commuaity Chest and oler agencies Hcuse today a bill which died in the | here. He has been identifie\ with much last Congress providing for the election | 0f the District's traffic legigtion, and of members of the Board of Education | is the auther of the “safet,responsi- by residents of the District. | bility” law in force in sevel States. The measure would establish a board | He practices law in the Distriq having of nine members who would serve with-| 80 office at 261 Constitution ainue. out _compensation. The election would = in May. “Tnree of the mine memoers | OAR RESPUNSIBILIW BILL REINTRODUGID would be chosen at each election. Representative McLeod Again Sub The bill also authorizes the Board of District Commissioners to set up the | mits Measure Stranded on Cal- . endar of Last Senate. G clection machinery. Birihs Reported. C. and Dora Fletcher. girl. lle sirl. gir idon. “girl Francis' and BEsther M_ Costello, girl. Allen D. and Marjorie E. Kemp, girl. Charles and Josephine Jones, Eirl. Louis and Sydel Notes. girl Thomas W. and Hortense I Brown, girl. Stephen F. and Lydia P. Mehalic.' girl. Juliette ‘M. Morgal. sirl. J. Marley, boy. 2 Fink. boy. Tillie K. Williems, boy. Kaiser, boy. . E. an ry L. 25 C. and red Bethel, and Marie Hoover. boy. L.;and Margaret King. bov. ternie M. and Forrest L. Athey. b Williem F. 7 George M. end J; Representative McLeod, Republican, | of Michigan reintroduced in the House today his bill which died in the last | Cengress to require automobile owners involved in accidents in the District to carry liebility insurance. "The measure passed the House in the seventy-second Congress, but was left stranded.on the Senate calendar. Drivers whose permits have been suspended by the director of traffic, as well as those involved in accidents, would be required to give proof of their under the provisions of the bill. Other- wise the traffic director would suspend the driver's license as well as the regis- tration certificate. The measure also would meke the owrer of the car liable for damages if it is driven by others. nie M.’ Ow John Corbin, sir Larry and Jane W John end Roberta Bernard H. and Gert seph atcher. girl. rude Barbour, boy. and Clarice Langley, girl. and Alice Hall, girl. Charles and Mociine Logan, sirl. Aubrey and Virdle Thornton. 'girl. Leroy and Mildred Coates. girl Vi Mabel Anderson. girl. V. Cop MORSELL CHOSEN HEAD OF WESLEYAN ALUMNI H. Tudor Morsell, land "furchuing officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, was elected pres- ident of the alumni of Wesleyan Uni- versity, Middletown, Conn., at the semi- Mary Skinner. girl. d Margaret Barker, girl. Robert and Rose Maddox. boy, 2 John and Helen Jones. bos. Nathaniel and Mildred Worthington, boy. William and Viola Pridgen. boy. Ernest L, and Thelma L. Brady. boy. Melvin ‘dnd Irene Briscoc. boy. Tumas and Marie Reeder. boy. Joseph and Veronica Brown, boy. Edward ard Margaret Pratt, boy. Edgar and Louise Carey. boy. Joseph and Mary Bell, boy. Ernest and Betty Thornton, boy. Alonza and Nurtis’ Carson,’ boy. Elijah and Camilla Oliver, boy. Joseph D, akid Naomi Hawkins, boy. Leroy and Delcie Smith. boy. Willard end Mattie Corley. boy. Eimer and Emma Powell, boy. Deaths R-eported. 19 Wisconsin ave. Providence Hos- 1219 Geranium st. ome for Incurables. ne. University Club. .| Representative Clarence E. Haneock, Republican, of Syracuse, N. Y. was chosen vice president, and Albert Stef- fan, secretary-treasurer. Wesleyan last year showed a larger return on its endowment funds than any of the smaller New England col- leges, and that the institution is in good shape financially. A. J. (Swede) Oberlander, head foot ball coach and assistant professor of physical educa- tion, spoke on athletics. it Sarah N. Beers, 02, il B EXHIBIT TO CONTINUE John W. Hurley, hn ]‘ch 33 UIQ! 8. ett, 64, 1213 B st. n.e. . Royston, 55, 311 Jefferson st. Otto "W, Schuneman, 51, Walter Reed Hospital. Tda 48, Sibley Hospital. , 40. Georgetown Hospital. . United States Veterans’ pendent Artists Extended. Arrangements have been made to per- mit the continuance for another wi of the exhibition of paintings and draw- ings under the auspices of the National Society of Independent Artists, which has been conducted for the past fort- night at 825-27 Seventeenth street. crowds have visited the exhibi- Beulah Had: John Keefe, Hospital. Roberia Fissell, - 22. Providence Hospital. mergency Hecspital. , 74, 10A O st. Frances Robinson, 412 1st st Etta Lewis, 52, 1423 1st st. Maggie Flétcher, 45, 400 M st. Eliza Thomas. 40. Gallinger Hospital. James Bumbry, 39, Gallinger Hospital. Walter Vine, 35, Ggllinger Hospital tion, ability to respond to damages thereafter | 1, STAR, WASHINGTON, FIRE CHIEF URGES STATION HOUSE AT [6TH AND GOLORADO Controversial Issue Over Site Revived as Matter Is Again Taken Up. CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO BE PUT OFF FOR TIME Maintenance Cost of $40,000 An- nually Believed Too Much for D. C. at Present. A long-fought issue bobbed into pub- | lic attention again today when George S. Watscn, head of the District Fire Department, recommended that the new fire house for the upper Sixteenth street: area, when built, be erected on the site at Colorado avenue and Six- teenth street, as directed by Congress several years ago. ‘The matter is expected to drop out of the limelight again for & time, how- | ever, for indications are that while funds are available for construction of | the house, the project may be delayed for an- indefinite period, possibly sev- eral years, due to the state of District finances. Postponement Expected. While laying the subject before Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, police commissioner, Chief Watson stated today he still is of the opinion the Colorado avenue plot is the best available site. He re- ported at the same time, however, that the new house would have maintenance cost including salaries of additional firemen of about $40,000 a year. This fact is expected to lead the Commis- sioners to postpone the project until PDistrict revenues are in better shape. ‘The site for this projected northern area fire hot has been a subject of controversy since 1926. The District originally planned to build the house at Sixteenth and Webster streets, but after an appropriation had been made by Congress, it developed there was a covenant running with a title to that site prohibiting its use for any but residential purposes. Congress in May, 1928, directed the | Commissioners to sell that site, and re- | appropriate necessary funds for a new building at Sixteenth stre=t and Colorado avenue, Protests again came from owners of nearby properties. The case was taken | to court and was carried by the pro- testants to the U. S. Supreme Court, which upheld the contention of the city officials that the site, although originally acquired for park purposes, could be used for other purposes. i Has Money for Bailding. Chief Watson points out the language | of the act of Congress reappropriating | tnis case,” says Shoemaker. “The entire | funds for the fire house, in 1928, was | specific. The Commissioners were “di- | rected to erect a fire engine house, with | furniture and furnishings for a fire en- | gine company, at the northwest.corner | of Sixteenth street and Colorado | avenue.” | The District has a balance of $71,- | 718.50 to its credit for erection of a | new building. | Chief Watson has inspected a num- | ber of proposed alternative sites, but finds none of them as suitable as the one selected by Congress. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy and warmer tonight' and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 28 degrees;: gentle shifting winds. Maryland—Cloudy and warmer to- night and tomorrow, probatly light snow tonight in west portion. Virginia—Cloudy and warmer tonight and tomorrow, probably light snow in extreme west portion tonight. West Virginia—Cloudy and warmer tonight and tomorrow, probably light snow in northeast portion tonight. Outlook for March 13 to March 18. North and Middle Atlantic States— Rain beginning Monday or Monday | night and ‘ending about Wednesday, | then generally fair until Saturday, when rain is probable over south and rain or snow over north portion. Warmer Monday and Tuesday, considerably cold- er Wednesday night and Thursday and warmer by Saturday. River Report. Potomac end Shenandoah Rivers very cloudy today. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Yesterday— Inches. 4 pm. 30. 8 pm Higest, 68, on February 24. Lowst, 14, on February 9. Tide Tables. (Furnisted by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. 7:35am. 1:57 a.m. 1pm. :17 pm. Thh Sun and Moon. ‘Tomorrow. 8:15am. 2:37am. 8:34 p.m. £ 3:00 p.m. Sun, today .. &27 Sun, tomorrow 676 Moon, today.. 558 p.m. Automobile Ights jaust be turned on one-half hour after ‘junset. Weather & V: D. C, SATURDAY, Equal "ATIVE LOUIS LUDLOW of Indiana, who introduced the equal rights amendment in the House Thurs- MARCH 11, 1933. Rigfits Sponsor Congr. NATIONAL WOMAN’S PARTY MEMBERS GREET REPRESENTATIVE LUDLOW AFTER BILL'S INTRODUCTION. atulated | Stable, 1 ? GREEN HOPES MORE WAGE REDUCTIONS WILL BE AVOIDED Federation of Labor Presi- dent Voices Views in Letter to Roosevelt. QUESTIONS PLAN BASED UPON COST OF LIVING Standardized Pay Scal> Termed Essential to Recovery, Hope that a further reduction in the vy of Government employes could be ivbided, was voiced today by William Green, presidcnt of the American Fed- eration of Labor, as he went before | the Senate Finance Committee to ex- press his fear of the harmful effect on | economic recovery of deeper wage | cutting. Mr_Green had with him a_copy of EPRESENT. day, is shown being congratulated by a group of women from the National Woman’s Party for his action. He|a lefter sent yesterday to President is pictured shaking hands with Miss Maud Younger of California. The resolution proposes the submission of the amendment drafted by Alics diction.” “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its juris- e Paul, which reads: —Star Staff Photo. AUTO TAGS SHOW LEGISLATOR NOT ASHAMED OF JAIL TERM Shoemaker’s License Plates Have Same Number Given Him at Leavenworth. Minnesotan Given Seat Pend- ing Committee Investiga- tion of His Record. | | They can attempt “to take away | Representative F. seat in the House, but they can't make him ashamed of having served nine H. Shoemaker's | montbs in Leavenworth Penitentiary. | And, to prove it, the Farmer-Laborite from Minnesota points to his automobile license plates—which each year bears the number under which he did his “stretch.” Shoemaker was asked to “step aside” in the House Thursday when Repre- sentative Carter, Republican, of Cali- fornia protested he was “an ex-convict.” “No moral turpitude is involved in affair is political persecution.” Yesterday, by a vote of 230 to 75, after an hour’s debate, the House voted that he be given his seat pending & committee investigation of his citizen- ship and a final determination of, the permanent rights. The ballot was on a resolution by Shoemaker’s colleague, Representative Kvale, Farmer-Labor, Shoemaker was sworn in as Minne- sziu's fifth Farmer-Labor Represent- ative. With 32 other Congressional candi- dates in his State, Shoemaker received 317,109 votes in the last election—a larger number than that by which Representative Harold Knutson, Re- publican, dean of the Minnesota dele- gation and former whip, garnered. It also was 5,000 more than the number cast for his Republican opponent, August H. Anderson, then a member of the House. Tilt With Bankers. Shoemaker used to publish the Or- ganized Farmer, and a tilt between his paper and the Minnesota Bankers' Asso- clation forced restitutions to widows and orphans. In 1930, the president of the organization addressed a letter to Shoe- maker at Red Wing, Minn, writing of Minnesota. | to F. H. SHOEMAKER. | under the addrescec’s name, “Anywhere | but in Red Wing.” | Replying, Shoemaker wrote across a corner of the envelope “Robber of widows and orphans.” He subsequently | was accused of sending scurrilous matter | through the mail, and Federal Judge John H. Sandborn sentenced him to a year and a day in Leavenworth. Sentence wus suspended. however, Fand Shoemake: was placed on probation for five years. Returning to Red Wing, Shoemsker published an editorial de- | claring he had not been given a chance speak for himself before being scntenced. The judge ordered Shoe- maker to serve the santence. | | . Good Behavior Recognized. Shoemaker was released from the prison in November, 1931, three months having been. off the sentence for good behavior. Throughout his imprison- | ment he continued publication of his | paper, but his second-class mailing | privilege was revoked by the Post Office | Department following his release. This | meant he had to pey 16 times as much postage as other publications, and he finally was forced to close his plant. Three days after the cfficial canvass of his election was announced, he says, the Post Office Department refunded the extra postage he had been forced to pay. His second-class privilege had been revoked, he cdeclares, because he had a free list and some of his sub- | scribers were in arrears. CITIZENS COMMEND ACTION ON PARADERS Brightwood Association Approves Orders of Commissioners and Police. ———— The District Commissioners and the Metropolitan Police Department were commended for their recent action in connection with arrest of a number of | persons charged with parading with- out a permit, in a resolution adopted by the Brightwood Citizens’ Assocla- tion last night. William McK. Clayton, chairman of the Utilities Committee of the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Association and elso the Brightwood Association, was in- dorsed for the position of District Com- missioner. His qualifications were out- lined and his accomplishments in util- ity mattess . in the interest of resi- dents of the National Capital stressed. ‘The association adopted resolutions commending Senator Capper for his accomplishments on behalf of the Dis- trict during his eight years as chair- man of the Senate District Committee. Senator King was also paid a tribute and complimented on his new assign- .| ment as chairman of that committee. The association expressed satisfaction at the action of Representative Norton in referring all patronage applications on to the Democratic committeeman of the District for action. The construction of sidewalks on Ninth street from Concord avenue to nbos street; Peabody street from annual meeting Thursday night at the | Ab The university’s president, James L.|& McConaughy, told the assembly that | Sh: Seventh street to Georgia avenue and Seventh street from Madison to Nicholson will he requested of the District Col ers. A _vote qf thanks was extended to Senator Copeland for his efforts in securing quarterly payments of tax bills. in_the District. and also requiring that bills be sent to property owners and elimination of property being sold without the knowledge of property owners. ep1aisak I8UAH oy PO a3 §5§5§§=’-";§Z‘8 i HARRIS PAID TRIBUTE Detroit, Mich. Paso. Tex. ‘The board of trustees of Washington public libraries has adopted a resolution ressing sorrow at the death of Al- gxel’pt L. Harris, municipal architect of the District. . Harrls was the designer of many SRSREST! Paintings and Drawings of Inde- |k eek | Portland, to which no admission fee is Wi 3. Philadelphia Phoenix, Ariz. Pittsburgh, Pa. Portlan oG BERRE W o = San Antoni 0 51 San Diego, Calif 29.98 San_Prancisco.. 20.94 St. Louls, Mo.. . 30:26 adl, Min: 1dy A buildings, school houses and and was active in ry extension program. of the resolution of esteem were sent to Mr. Harris' family and District Commissioners. -~ Would Ban Dog Shooting. APOLIS, March 11 (#).—A_ bjll cl dogs enj in fox hunt ocop g o ungng provided for a $25 fine for violation s _provisions, ¥ Gibson to Withdraw Enacted Measure Offered by Mistake ‘The revised - District license code, enacted during the last Congress, was offered in the House late yesterday as new leg- islation by Representative Gib- son, Republican, of Vermont, sponsor of the original bill. It was explained at Mr. Gib- son’s office today that the bill was dropped into the House hog; per by mistake, and would withdrawn. FORT SILL ARTILLERY DEFEATS FORT MYER Oklahoma School Equestrians Also| Win Telegraphic Show From Fort Leavenworth. The Fort Sill, Okla, Field Artillery School equestrian team won the annual | telegraphic horse show competition last night between its officers and these of Fort Myer, Va., and Fort eLavenworth, Kans. Scoring first in the team class for | three horses, after & jump-off with the | Fort Myer riders, and second in the in- dividual events, the . Oklahoma post gained the highest point total during the evening as audiences at each riding hall watched results chalked up as they came in over a wire. The Fort Sill trio included Lieut. Stuart, Capt. Argo and Lieut. Willems, while Fort Myers’ aggregation of Lieut. Kenneth - Hoge, Capt. G. I. Smith and Lieut. Clarence Bennett was second. Both teams turned in perfect perform- ances in the first round, necessitating the jump-off. Maj. Lyman of Fort Leavenworth took individual honors of the contest, Lieut. George Mitchell of Fort Sill was sec- ond, Capt. Irving of Leavenworth third and Capt. G. I. Smith fourth. Seéveral hundred persons watched the contest at the Fort Myer riding hall. BUS TAXES.CHANGED ‘When busses of local companies, op- erated normally on -established routes, are used -for sightseeing purposes, they will be subject to a personal property tax, and the average number of busses so used also will be subject to a $100 How “eguations adoptea. yeeterday by W 3,’, District ‘Commissicners. V. Busses operated only as common car- riers are subject to a mileage tax of 8 mills per bus mile. Sightseeing and charter busses must pay an initial license fee of $100, in addition to per- | appropriate | Frederick County or alcng the shores of | the Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel IS, FLEETTOSTAY ON PACIFIC COAST Schedule from April 1 to June 30 for Scouting Force Roosetelt, discussing both the general | effect 3t wage cuts, as he foresees it. and aleo the specific plan provided for the pending emergency legislation to revise Government salaries in accord- ance with fluctuations in the cost of living. Fears Disturbed State. “The et of living plan, which you explained to me was being dered 25 a st of wage-rate barometer, would | I fear, ereate a disturbed e of | mind am#ng Government employes, and |as a resalt, further limit the buying | Power,” Mr. Green stated in the letter. “A stable, standardized wage is far more acceptable to all classes of wage carners asid salaried employes than a changing wage, based upon the cost of living.* Mr. Grren discussed the phases of the question as generss followe. Is Mapped. By the Associated Press. The Roosevelt administration moved late yesterday to keep the Scouting Force, ordinarily assigned to the At- lantic, on the West Coast. Secretary Swanson directed that the fleet schedule for the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year—April 1 to June 30—provide for keeping the war- ships in the Pacific. The Scouting Force will be at San Francisco frem May 21 to 30 and will go to Seattle frem June 3 to 30. The Battle Force will be in the San Pedro-San Dicgo area for the quarter, The Scouting Force likewise will op- | erate in the same area after April 1 until May 21, when it starts for the Golden Gate for an eight-day visit, afterward proceeding to Puget Sound, where it will make its base for more than three weeks in June. The Navy also anncunced that the fam 40-year-old cruiser Rochester, now with the Asiatic fleet. is to be ordered out cof commission. ‘The Rochester, formerly th: New York, which served as Admiral Sempson's flagship ot the Battle of Santiago in July, 1898, has been the flagship of 23 different fleets, squadrons and forces. She will end her career prior to July 1 at Ca , P. I, and will be disposed of as junk. Officers and crew will be Asiatic fleet. The destroy:rs Fairfax and the Clax- ton now with the United States fleet have besn ordered to return to Phila; delphia and New Orleans, respsctively, for duty in connection with the training of Naval Reserves. SUMMER RETREAT OBJECT OF SEARCH Friends of President Name Com- mittee to Seek Vacation Site in Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 11.—Indi- | cations are that President Franklin D. | Roosevelt will establish his Summer | White House i Maryland and perhaps even in Anne Arundel County. A committee composed of Joshua G. Harvey, chairman; Thomas R. Bond, | Charles F. Lee, Randclph N. Dame and Richard E. Potts has been named by those close to the President to find an location scmewhere in County. ‘Two members of the committee, Mr. Bond, who owns Bay Ridge, although a native of Frederick County, and Mr. Lee, are local real estate men. The other members of the committee are prominent members of the Real Estate Board of Baltimore City. Anne Arundel is believed to be in the lead for the.Summer White House because of the lure Chesapeake Bay has for President Roosevelt. believed that President Roosevelt will come here to attend party conclaves on the islands owned by the Jefferson Is. land Club. The clubmen, led by Sen- ator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, some time ago purchased the Poplar Islands, which lie southeast of An- napolis, near the Eastern Shore, be: tween Kent and Tilghman Islands. They are due east of Herring Bay an Fair Haven, Md. nearest points Washington on the Chesapeake Bay. The islands also are near St. Michaels, scene of sailboat races, and are in the midst of rieh fishing grounds. The islands have been renamed Jackson Island, Wilson Island and Roosevelt Island, the latter being in honor of President Roosevelt. His is- - I still entertai 1t is also | “As stalad in the conve 1 | with you ‘oday, I earnestly hope thal {a reductich in wages and salaries oF Governmert employes could be avolde¢ uch a hope because 1 am certain that reduction in the wages and salaries of Government employes Wi rve fo retard economic recovery througn a furtailment of buying power far in exc’ss of the actual amount saved to the Government through the imposition of any percentage of wage reduction which might be applied. Buylmg Power Reduced. “The buying power of wage earners; caused by reductions in wag 729,000,000 I=ss than it It totals this amount after havin; allowance for a reduction in the cost of liy to o midst of which now cxi buying powe people still furt “Furthermore. | over the eff sall plo; managem I fear t t and salaries of Government will be fellowed by further wage reduct: poverished _employes associated with private industry. Such action, in my opinion, will serve to add to the social unrest and industrial disconter emergency s the limited sses of the T I am apprchensive ct which a reduction in the of industry. the wages employes an_imposition of ns by already im- | distributed among other vessels of the now exists in the industrial the Nation” E. J. Gainer, president of the N tional Letter Carriers’ Association, t: he committee the “policy of trying estore prosperity reducing wages has proved its failure.” Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas, observed Congress already was commit- ted to reduction in Government sal- aries. YOUTH IS SURPRISED LOOTING DORMITORY Capture Follows Half-Hour Chase Near Girl’s School at Forest Glen. By a 5taff Correspondent of The Star. FOREST GLEN, Md. March 11.— The quiet and peaceful atmosphere about the campus of the fashionable National Park Seminary, exclusive fin- shing school for girls, was shattered yesterday by the excitement surround- ing the discovery of a vouthful robber in one of the dormitorirts and his sub- sequent capture after a half: through fields and woods During the melee a member of the office staff at the school turned in the house fire alarm and the classes filed out into the cpen just as the young in- truder flashed past with several em- loyes of the institution in hot pursuit. ‘The boy, William Kelley, 16, of For- est Glen, was finally captured by Mont- gomery County Policeman Charles T. Barnes and is being held in the county | jail at Rockville on charges of house- | breaking and trespassing. He has ad- mitted several other robberies at the school, police say. Kelley, son of Al Kelley, local brick- layer, is said to have told officers who | questioned him that he had entered | dormitories et the school on several oc- ‘casions during classes or other func- tions aud taken money and trinkets from the girls’ rooms. Dr. Theodore H. Wilson, head of the school, obtained the houscbreaking and | trespassing warrants against Kelley | after the youth was captured. 'HOLD-UP OF 'TAXI DRIVER AND GROCER YIELD $39.50 | Third Attempt Fails When No Money Is Found on In- land hasn't been inhabited for 10 years, | but three farm houses there are being | renovated to become a retreat for the | President. DANCE LICENSE WEIGHED Commissioners to Act Next Week tended Victim. A total of $39.50 was obtained in | two hold-ups late yesterday and last | night, while a third attempted hold-up failed when two colored men were un- | able to find the money of their intended | victim. Charles A. Godwin, m&nmzlsr oé}i: Sanitary grocery store at Fourth and K on Plea Opposed by PoliceWomen. | ireets, was held up by two men Wwho The District Commissjoners are ex- | obtained $25 from tlLe cash register pected to act some time next week on | and escaped in a texicab. a proposed renewal of a license for a The other victim was Harry Hall, dance hall operated by Wilbur C. Jones | taxi driver, of the 500 block of Third in the 500 block of Ninth street, Arguments for and against the re- newal were heard yesterday by a board street northeast, who was robbed of $4.50 by two colored “fares.” Robert Pritchard, cab driver, of the on license matters, headed by Edward | 1200 block of N street, told police two W. Thomas, assistant corporation coun- | colored men held him up with a pistol sel, Members of the Wioman's Bureau, | at Third and E streets southwest when Police Department, oppose renewal of | he got out to apen the door of the cab. the license, OSTEOPATHS ELECT Dr. M. B. Crabill was elected presi- dent of the National Capital Osteopathic Association last night at the annual meeting in the Willard Hotel. Other officers are: Dr. E. N. Smith, vice presi- dent; Dr. Frank T. Shyne, secretary- treasurer, and Dr. R. C. Smith, director. Dr. Conrad Praetorius addressed the meeting on the heart nad circulatory system, They ran out Third street after failing to find his money. BURNED BY STOVE Three-year-old Carter Bledsoe, son of Samuel B. Bledsoe, local newspaper man, was burned about the face and neck yesterday afternoon when he tot- tered up to the stove where Mrs. Bled- soe was coeking in the home, at 1521 Thirty-fifth street, and tipped over a pan of hot grease. He was treated a¢ Georgetown Hospital,