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ny Stap [ v | SUNDAY" MORNING, MARCH 12, PEANUT PRODUCTS | PLANT BURNS, LOSS| TOTALING §20,000 WASHINGTON, D. C., Heiress Works in Coffee Shop DOROTHY STATLER LEARNING HOTELS AS HEAD WAITRESS. 1933. * PAGE B-1 WORK PROGRESSES ON FIGURING VALUE FIELD LEFT OPEN FOR APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS Capital Democrat Leaders i Have “No One in Mind” for Vacancies. REICHELDERFER URGED FOR ADDITIONAL TERM Offutt, Havenner, Delano, Stephan, Clayton, Emery, Callahan and Kolb Suggested. With the terms of two civilian Dis- trict Commissioners expiring in less than a month, it developed yesterday that Capital Democratic leaders who may be expected to have some say in the appointments to fill these offices have made no recommendations and have no one in mind to put forward, indicating that for the present the field s wide open. John F. Costello, tional committeeman for the District, who, with John B. Colpoys, chairman of the local Democratic Committee, heads the dominant party faction here, said he knew nothing more about com- ‘missionership possibilities than had ap- peared in print. Mrs. J. Borden Harri- man, national committeewoman, whose name has figured with others in the speculation surrounding these appoint- ments, said she was not even informed @s to the list of prospects. Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- dent of the Board of Commissioners, ®nd Gen. Herbert B, Crosby, Commis- sioner in charge of Police and Fire De- partment, end their three-year terms April 9. The former is being actively wurged for reappointment. his support- ers including Senator Copeland. Demo- crat, New York, a member of the Sen- ate District Committee. Commissioner Crosby already has forwarded his res- ignation to President Roosevelt and is hopeful for relief at an early date, be- ing desirous of returning to private life. Up to the present time, about a dozen prospects have been . suggested for the positions. o ‘Wins Active Support. Dr. Reichelderfer, for years in medi- ‘eal practice here, has found warm sup- port from his professional associates. In addition to Senator Copeland, him- self a physician, groups which have pressed the Reichelderfer candidacy are the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Women’s Megdical Society and Medico-Chirurgical Soclety, Another prominent in the discussion is George W. Offutt, president of the Potomac Savings Bank and former president of the Board of Trade. He has been indorsed by the Chamber of Commerce, the Executive CnmmltteeA:f the Federation f. ' As- soclations, the. entr: Men Association and the Georgetown Citi- zens' Association. The organized citizenship of the Dis- trict also has furnished a number of other prospects. Dr. George C. Haven- ner, for years president of,the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations, has been urged by the Bennings citizens, the Brightwood citizens have put forward William McK. Clayton, long in the fore- front of utilities fights, while the Friendship citizens have recommended that President Roosevelt scan the en- ‘tire list of delegates to the federation in Jmaking the appointments. In this¢on- imection, friends are for the E:cognlfiun of Fred A. Emery, who - sents the Soclety of Natives in ‘Wederation. Mr. Emery has engaged in newspaper work here over a span of 40 years, and from 1918-21 was chief of the Toreign intelligence division of the State Department. Others Mentioned. Others who have been mentioned in- €lude: Frederic A. Delano, engineer of note, past has been prominently h railroad operation in an ho in the entified witl official capacity and from 1914-18 was| gress ard. Mr. Delano also was vice chair- an of the Roosevelt Inaugural Com- ittee. Daniel C. Callahan, active in business jand civic affairs, a director of Riggs fBank and supreme treasurer of the XKnights of Columbus. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command- Ang the District National Guard and jhe 29th National Guftrd Division and rominent in the business life of the istrict. J. Leo Kolb, head of the real estate @rm that bears his name. There have been additional names ut forward from time to time, and the t may be expected to increase as the date of appointment nears. So far as is known, however, there are §m avowed candidates for the office. At east, no one has sought the support of ither Costello or Mrs. Harriman, they clid yesterday. On the possibility of her own ap- pointment, Mrs. Harriman stated un- equivocally that she is not a candidate. Friends, among them Representative Mary T. Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey, chairman of the House District Committee, have advocated her selec- tion, it was recalled, but she proposes no efforts on her own behalf. Mrs. Harriman would view the offer of the post as a distinct honor, and if it were made, would consider it. If she is asked to indorse any can- didate for the commissionership, she will give her support, if satisfied the appointment would be a fitting one. Appointed By Wilsen, Mrs. Harriman was the first woman ®ever named on a Government commis- sion, serving from 1913-16 as one of the three representatives of the public on the Federal Industrial Relations Cammittee, by appointment of President Wilson. Mr. Delano also was on that commission, being a representative of the employers’ group. The chairman was Frank P. Walsh, New York lawyer, who now heads the New York Power Authority, and has been mentioned as a possibility for Attorney General in the Roosevelt cabinet. Democratic leaders also are known to have sug- gested Mrs. Harriman for the Federal Employes’ Ccmpensation Commission, the term of whose chairman, Mrs. [Bessie Parker Brueggeman, is up today. Mrs. Harriman already has indorsed Bome candidacies for local posts, she said yesterday, declining, however, to tame them. She expects to talk to Postmaster General James A. Farley, in charge of dispensing Democratic pa- trt;inze. on a number of matters, she said. The possibility of contending candi. dates getting indorsement of local lead- ers was seen in view £ the fact that there is a clcatage between Mrs. Har- riman and the Costello-Colpoys fac- tion. That, however, is an issu> that has not developed, although Mrs. Har- Fiman said that Costello has not con- Bulted her on patronag. Mr. Costello saw Postmaster General rley for a short time yesterday, but question of jobs was not discussed. ml of national affairs, Costello precluded any effort to take éje governor of the Federal Reserve DOROTHY working in the Mayflower coffee shop. selection of his meal. attractive young head waitress | o really was the heiress to , many millions. For the working girls he glorified were quicker to relinquish toil in favor of wealth than 4o reverse the process In fact, had he been present when the heiress was discovered yesterday, he likely would have shared the astonish- ment which went the rounds of the Mayflower coffee shop. Yet the young woman's name holds the key to the mystery—Dorothy Stat- ler, a name well known in hotel circles. Twenty-two and ambitious, Miss Statler concluded to lay aside theory in favor of fact, and obtained a job here during the rush of inaugural visitors. Attended Hotel School. Previously she had studied the theory of the business for four months, attend- ing a hotel school. She had seen quite a bit of schools, at Bryn Mawr and later ss an art and music student in Paris and-Vienna. As a Statler, however—her uncle, the late E. M. Statler, founded the hotel chain which bears his name—the art HENRY himself would scarce- ly have suspected that the | Employes’ Negligence in Leav- ing Fire Burning Under 0il Is Blamed. TWO FIREMEN INJURED; SECOND FLOOR SWEPT Blaze Is Discovered by Employe of Dry Cleaning Establishment in Adjoining Building. An employe's forgetfulness caused the blaze that swept the Schindler Peanut | Products plant yesterday afternoon, , | dsmaging the three-story building to STATLER, Democratic na- | Daughter of the director of the Statler hotel chain, was discovered here yesterday She is shown assisting a guest in the —Underwood & Underwood Photo. and music student turned to hotel work for a career. Miss Statler's father, W. J. Statler, directs the hotels her uncle founded, but the girl wished to obtain a job on her own responsibility and came to Wash- ington. She felt it was hard to theorize about such things as good food and fresh cof- fee, and wished to learn for herself. ‘Works 8 Hours a Day. Now, as assistant manager, she works 8 hours a day six days a week, for wages which are adequate for a head waitress, but rather meager from the point of view of an heiress. Miss Statler expects to remain in the shop for “quite a while yet,” then to work her way through every branch of hotel service. Primarily, she is interested in food, and incidentally, she doesn't advise other girls to follow in her footsteps just yet, as’ hotel hours are long and women have few opportunities until | they can_take over ownership. Miss Statler’s parents, unlike those of fiction, are quite agreeable about it all. “They were awfully pleased when they found out I was working,” she said. 1 | BLACKTO SPONSOR NEW D. C.BEERBILL Measure Will Prescribe 3.2 Alcoholic ‘Content in Place of 3.05. Representative Black, Democrat, of New York, announced yesterday he would sponsor a new beer bill for the District in the Seventy-third Congress. ‘He expects to introduce the measure some time this week. Mr. Black was author of the bill in- troduced in the last Congress to legal- ize the sale of beer in the District when national beer legislation is enacted. Ex- tensive hearings were held on the meas- ure, and after amendment it was re- ported favorably and placed on the House calendar, but was never called up because of an agreement not to seek action on tie bill unless the national beer bill became a law. The bill as reported in the last Con- provided for beer of 3.05 alco- holic content by weight. Mr. Black said his new bill would prescribe beer of 3.2 alcoholic content to conform with several other national beer bills intro- duced in the House last week by Repre- sentatives Cullen and O'Connor, both Democrats of New York. Several other changes of.a minor na- ture, Mr. Black indicated, probably will be made in his new measure, but he expects to follow generally the con- struction of the original bill which died in the last Congress. CANTOR TO BE GUEST OF C. OF C. TOMORROW Luncheon Will Be Attended by Secretaries Ickes and Roper Also. Banking and business worries will be laid aside momsentarily at least by the members of the Washington Chamber of Commerce tomorrow while they wel- come Eddie Cantor, nationally known | gloom chaser, who is to be their guest | at a luncheon in his honor at the Wil- lard Hotel. The luncheon will take the place of the regular March meeting of the chamber, President Thomas P. Little- page announced, and there will be a five or ten minute business session be- | fore the honor guest is introduced. Members will come prepared to ask Cantor questions on the state of the Nation. Headed by Secretary of the Interior Ickes and Secretary of Commerce Roper, the other honor guests at the !luncheon will include Marvin H. Mc- ( Intyre, secretary to President Roose- velt; Rear Admiral Cary T. Graysol Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president, Board of District Commissioners; Wil- liam Green, president, American Fad- eration of Labor; Joseph P. Tumulty, former secretary to President Wilson: !Ben T. Webster, president, Bohrd of | Trade, and James E. Colliflower, presi- | dent, Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. President Littlepage will preside and Harry T. Peters will act as chairman of the Reception Committee. The lunchzon will be held in the ball room of the hotel at 12:30 o'clock. up patronage matters, but he hoped to see Farley some time this week. Refused to Consider. Mr. Costello said that there had been onc man whom he would have been glad to urge for the commissionership, who refused absolutely to allow his name to be presented. Explaining that he hoped to have the privilege of passing on the suitability of any nominees, Mr. Costello said his sole desire was to see two men ap- pointed Commissioners, who would have the welfare of the District at heart. The third commissionership—Engi- neler commh;’!:’ne:"a\i; %Jt of the polllg- cal arena. 5 . Ggpwals, En- gineer Corps, U. S. A, is l&flllled to serve until early next year, ALLEY DWELLINGS BILL REINTRODUCE Senate Measure Contem- plates Elimination of Con- ditions by 1942. Senator Capper, Republican, of Kan- sas, reintroduced in the Senate yester- day the bill which died with the close of the old Congress to provide for the discontinuance of the use of alley dwellings and to provide for the re- platting and development of squares containing inhabited alleys. The measure contemplates elimina- tion of alley dwellings by 1942. It would authorize the Commissioners to buy or condemn squares in which there are inhabited alleys, replat such areas, erect structures, and to lease, exchange or sell any such lands or buildings. Authority also would be given them to make loans to limited dividend cor- porations whose dividends do not ex- ced 6 per cent a year, or to home owners under certain conditions, to aid in providing and maintaining buildings erected on the property thus acquired. To carry out the act, $500,000 of the unexpended balance of the funds of the United States Housing Corporation would be made available to start a revolving fund, with further appropria- tions from the Federal Treasury after the first yesr. Interest at 4 per cent would be paid into the Treasury an- nually on the net amounts from the fund used to carry out the act. Authority also is given to borrow from the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration to carry out the plan. All re- ceipts from sales, leases or other sources would be deposited in the fund. On July 1, 1943, the Commissioners ,would report to Congress the operations car- ried on under this measure and. rec- ommend any further legislation they might deem necessary at that time, CAR MISHAPS HURT MAN AND TWO BOYS Donald Drew, 26, Injured Seriously in Taxi Crash—Young Victims Struck by Autos. A man and two small boys were in- g‘urcd in autemobile accidents yester- ay. Donald Drew, 26, of 3515 W street suffered internal hurts and a possible skull fracture when two taxicabs crashed at Massachusetts avenue and North Capitol street, one of them over- turning. Drew was treated at Casualty Hospital. One of the cabs was driven by Walter M. Lundy, 1300 block of Four-and-a- half street southwest, and the other by 'srtrrx:ex?as 'W. Anglin, 1400 block of Eighth Jackie Rosenblatt, 6, of 1414 New- ton street, received a broken leg, when hit by a car near his home. After re- celving emergency treaiment at Gar- field Hospital, he was transferred to Children’s Hospital. The driver, police reported, was Owen G. Johnson, 1200 block of South Capitol street. Edward Rainon, 8, of 738 Ninth street southeast, escaped with cuts and bruises when struck by an automobile near his home. Nelson P. Kidwell, 2700 block of Nichols avenue southeast, was the driver, according to police. Ad Club to Hear Kobak. Edgar Kobak, president of the Ad- vertising Federation of America, will be the principal speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Advertising Club of Washington Thussday-at 12:30 at the Raleigh Hotel. The topic be “When the Buyer Says No.” will | Building, until the extent of approximately $20,000 and resulting in injury of two firemen, according to Fire Marshal Calvin G. Lauber, ‘When the 35 or 40 factory workers left for the day, the fire marshal said last night, one of them neglected to turn off a gas cooker on which oil was being prepared Yor use in the treat- ment of peanuts. A short time later, Lauber added, the oil boiled over and the gas flame ignited it before being smothered out. Sweeps Second Floor. Fed by grease and oil from the plant’s peanut product machinery, the fire swept the second floor of-the plant, located at 1339 South Capitol street, then ate its way up an_ elevator shaft to the top floor. The blaze was _discovered shortly after 2 o'clock by Dallas Mitchell, em- ploye of a dry cleaning estoblishment in an adjoining building, who saw flames shooting out of second-floor windows. He summoned Policemen B. F. Spittle and Watson Salkeld, fourth precinct, who turned in an alarm. While await- ing the arrival of firemen, Spittle went to the home of an employe of the plant, obtained a key and searched the struc- ture to make sure everybody was out. The first firemen to reach tie scene sounded two additional alarms, bringing & total of nine engine companies and three truck companies. ‘The firemen who were hurt are Henry J. Bahm, 38, No. 23 Engine Company, and W, V. James, No. 7 Engine Com- pany. Drops Down Air Shaft. Bahm's arm was broken and he may have suffered internal injuries when he fell down an air shaft, dropping from the second floor. Physicians at Emergency Hospftal, where he was taken, termed his condition “satisfac- tory” last night. James, cut and bruised about the face and body, also was taken to the hospital, but was dismissed after treat- ment. Employes of the plant, owned by Earl, Roy and Kenneth Bowen, left shortly after noon. Earl Bowen, who lives in Hyattsville, closed the plant about half an hour later. He sald, according to Lauber, that the damage was fully covered by in- surance. UTILITIES WILL GIVE EXTENSIONS ON BILLS Gas, Telephone and Power Cus- tomers Not Penalized in Bank Holiday. Customers of the gas, telephone and power companies who are unable to pay their bills, owing to restrictions on with- drawals from bank deposits, will con- tinue to obtain utility service without penalties. Officials of the Chesapeake & Po- tomac_Telephone Co., the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. and the Potomac Electric Power Co. have informed the Public Utilities Commis- sion of their willingness to show con- sideration in such cases, it was an- nounced yesterday by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the commis- sion. The commission last week directed the gas and power companies to suspend the assessment of penalties for non- payment of bills on which the period of grace expired during the past week. It is expected the commission will authorize the companies to extend this sort. of & moratorium until the banks again are open for general transac- tions. “GALAHAD” TO BE GIVEN JUST BEFORE EASTER Lenten Music-Drama First Pre- sented by Federation Group Two Years Ago. The Lenten music-drama “Galahad” is to be presented again during Lent by the Religious Drama Committee.of the Washington Federation of Churches, which first presented it two years ago, at_the Luther Place Memorial Church. It is proposed to have the presenta- tion between April 1 and Easter Sun- day, April 16, with a cast of Washing- ton players. Miss Bess Davis Schreiner, chairman and author of 'the version of the Gallahad legend, given in 1831, will meet with the committee at 3 o'clock this afternoon to consider definite plans. The dates for the two presentations of “Betrayal” which was one of the dramas in the finale of the one-act play tournament here, also is to be decided on. TAX PAYERS ASSISTED Firm Helping Owners Under New Law Will Extend Hours. The Home Owners Protective Enter- prise, which is helping home owners ill oyp blanks for the payment of taxes under the newly enacted Norton-Cope- land law providing certain relief for this class of taxpayers, announced yes- terday it will keep its offices open until 6 p.m. tomorrow and Tuesday.. This is for the convenience of many dvem- ment clerks and others. who' cannot get off earlier in the afternoon to re- ceive assistance in filling out the neces- sary tlank ‘forms for the District tax Assessor. “Since the time limit on these blanks expires* Wednesday ~midnight, it was anncunced that in the Barr room 10237 late that night, it ‘This photograph was snapped while the Schindler Peanut Products plant fire was at its height. & aged the three-story building to the extent of about $20,000 and resulted in injuries to two firemen. —Star Staff Photo. | Rished to William A. Roberts, special The blaze dam- BAGKS CAMPAIG Dr. L. H. Reichelderfer In- dorses New Effort to Stamp Out Causes of Spread. A renewed effort to stamp out the which has been organized on a Rational Phrticipate, yesterday was given a strong indorsement by Dr. Luther H. Reichel- trict Commissioners, who has supervi- sion over the District Health Depart- ment. The new drive, known as the “early It is sponsored by the National Tubercu- losis Association and more than 2,000 State, county and city organizations, including the District of Columbia Tu- berculosis Association. In his statement of indorsement of & warning to the public that the coun- that Washington has experienced an increased number of deaths from this cause in the past three years. The number increased from 570 in 1930 to 599 in 1932, according to Health De- partment records. “During this and ensuing years we are likely to feel the effects of the continued economic _depression,” Dr. Reichelderfer said. “It is false economy to cut the provision for maintaining our various public health services at such a time as this.” ‘The Commissioner asked for the full- est co-operation of public and private | agencies here in the coming campaign. | PEDESTRIAN BEATEN BY COLORED DRIVER| Harrison Runkle of Gettysburg May Have Fractured Skull. Two Arrested. Because he shouted at the colored driver of an automobile which nearly struck him at Second and C streets yes- terday afternoon, Harrison Runkle, 24, of Gettysburg, Pa., was severely beaten by the motorist, he told police. His skull may be fractured. Runkle is said to have become con- fused in trying to avoid & car proceed- ing along C street. As he wavered, the machine was forced to stop. Runkle said he shouted at the driver, who got out and knocked wn. e back of his head hit the pavement. At Emergency Hospital, where he was taken by’ the fire rescue squad, physi- cians said his condition was serious. ‘Two colored men were arrested by first precinct police and held for questioning. One was arrested after police had traced the vehicle through a tag number fur- nished by a witness. The other man later was arrested when he walked into No. 1 police station te inquire about the first, who is said to answer the descrip- tion of Runkle’s assailant. SHELTER IS PROVIDED FOR EVICTED FAMILIES Several Accommodated in Two Buildings Turned Over to Volunteers of America. Evicted from their homes because of inability to nay their rent, several fami- | 1es were given shelter last week in two buildings turned over to the Volunteers of America by C. Phillips Hill of the Doubleday-Hill Eléctric Co. The buildings, located at 919 and 921 Twelfth street, will accommodate about a dozen families, according to Arthur E. Wise, regional commander of the Vol- unteers. The families already in the buildings, said, were selected by the Emergency Relief Bureau, and all have children. No rent is charged, but the families are expected to move as soon as they have enough income to pay rent. o Meeting Date Changed. CLARENDON, Va., March 11 (Spe- cial) —The Organized Women Voters cf Arlington County will meet in the Community House of Vi lands March 29 instead causes of the spread of tuberculosis, | scale and' in which Washington will | derfer, president of the board of Dis- | diagnosis campaign.” will open in April. | the campaign, Dr. Reichelderfer issued | try as yet has not stamped out the | danger of spread of the disease and | High- | !Two Take Office | As House Members Virginian and Oklahoman | Kept From Capitol y Illness. e —— | <Two Representatives were sworn into | the new Congress late yesterday as they | lay in Washington hospitals, too il to | g0 to the Capitol to take the oath of office. The victim -of a severe attack of influenza, Andrew Jackson Mantague of | Richmond took the oath as a Repre- | sentative of the third Virginia district | at Garfield Hospital. It was the | eleventh time he had been sworn in as Representative. | At Walter Reed Hospital Represen tive Cartwright of Oklahoma took the | oath. Both Representatives were sworn | in by Speaker Rainey under authority | of two resolutions Which the House | adopted yesterday without discussion. | Dr. George W. Calver, Capitol phy- | sician, accompanied the Speaker on his mission. — | VENIRE OF 100 DRAWN | FOR TRIAL OF BALL | Arlington Sheriff Is Directed to| Summon 96 for Duty on March 21. Ny By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va. March 11.—In accordance with an or- der of Judge Walter T. McCarthy, a | | list of 100 names from which it is hoped. | to select -the jury for the forthcoming trial of former County Treasurer E. Wade Ball, has been turned over to Sheriff Howard B. Fields by County Clerk John A. Petty, and summonses for the venire have already been issued. The sheriff is directed to summons 96 of the 100. ‘The trial of Ball, which is the second he will have had to face in connection with an alleged shortage in his office of more than a half million dollars, will start on March 21. WALLACE TO BE ASKED TO ADDRESS FARM GROUP ‘Will Be Invited to Open Country Life Association August 1 at Blacksburg. By the Associated Press. BLACKSBURG, Va., March 11.— Henry A, Wallace, Secretary of Agri- culture, will be invited to make the principal address at the opening ses- sion of the sixteenth annual meeting of the American Country Life Associa- tion here August 1 to 4, under present plans of the Program Committee. Mr. Wallace will be invited to ad- dress the first general session, to be held the evening of August 2. Other speakers on that program will be Dr. H. C. Taylor, president of the Ameri- can Country Life Association, and Dr. Julian _A. Burruss, president of Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute. V. P. I will be host to the meeting. “National Policies Affecting Rural Life” will be the general theme of the four-day program, at which discussion will be heard from agricultural lead- ers from almost every State in the Union, ALUMNI HOLIsS LUNCHEON Alpha Tau Omega Group of D. C. Hear President of M. I. T. The Alpha Tau Omega Alumni As- sociation of the District held a lunch- eon yesterday at the University Club at which Dr. Karl P. Compton, presi- dent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was the principal guest speaker. In commenting on the business situ- ation, Dr. Compton said he had talked with several business and industrial executives during the past week and all of them were optimistic and looked for an early upturn. —— School Head Renamed. WARRENTON, Va., March 11 (Spe- cial) —At a meeting of the Fauquier Coun! held here, Walter | reappointed for she. eamiz B Romas 4 ‘tendent EMERGENCY SPEED ON TUBERCULOSI = Mospiat Bece AGREEMENT SOUGHT D. C. and Traffic Advisory Group Officials Meet Tomor- row to Reach Decision. District officials and members of the Traffic Advisory Council are scheduled to meet tomorrow to seek final agree- ment on what regulations governing the speed and operation of emergency ve- hicles should be incorporated in the proposed new traffic code, now being whipped into final shape. Study of the draft of the code pre- pared by the advisory council disclosed vesterday two distinct points of view on_this subject. The council in completing its draft after protracted study followed the lines of the “model” code suggested by the National Copference on Street and Highway Safety. Just last week, how- ever, the District Commissioners, to whom the council’s report has not yet been submitted, adopted amendments to the present code placing drastic re- strictions on the operation of emergency vehicles. Report in Bride's Hands., The council's report now is in the hands of Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride, who is expected to place the document in its final form before the District - Commissioners within a few days with recommendations for action. Among those expected to attend the conference tomorrow are William A. Van Duzer, director of traffic; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police; Mr. Bride, Edward W. Thomas, assistant _corporation counsel, and George S. Watson, chief of the Fire De- partment. The regulations just adopted by the Commissioners limit the speed of police cars, ambulances and the Rescue Squad cars of the Fire Department to 30 miles an hour, requires them to come to a complete stop at all automatic light “stop” signals, and generally requires they be operated with due regard to safety of other traffic. The Commissioners were moved to adopt the stringent regulations by the collision recently between an Emer- gency Hospital ambulance and a pri- vate car in which a child was killed and several persons injured. Fire Equipment Exempt. Fire engines and fire trucks were ex+ empted from the new regulations, since they already were subject to a speed limitation of 35 miles an hour, ordered by Chief Watson with approval of the Commissioners. The national “model” municipal code sets up a requirement for sane and safe operation of- emergency cars, does not zelieve drivers of such cars from respon- sibility for reckless driving, but does not place any specific speed limit on operation of emergency vehicles. This form was followed generally in the gg:encil's draft of the proposed new A number of suggestions for possible agreement may be offered at the confer- ence. Agreement is e:specced to be reached. quickly, it is said. - SOVIET INQUIRY ASKED Resolution by Senator King Re- lates to Recognition. A resolution authorizing an investi- gation by te Foreign Rela- ions Committee of conditions relating I3 to the recognition of Russla was in-{ troduced - yesterday by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah. King proposed that the committee should investigate political, economic and other conditions in Russia and “the position of the Soviet government with respect to recognition by the United States.” He contended a complete inquiry should be made before this country changes its policy toward the Soviet regime. - BURGLAR LOOTS HOMES Police Seeking Marauder in Wy- oming Avenue Neighborhood. Police last night were searching for a burglar who has entered several houses in the fashionable Wyoming avenue neighborhood after clipping the telephone wires. ‘The last burglary reported was at the home of Mrs. Levi , 2409 Wyoming avenue, widow of the prominent Wash- attorney. who died mfly‘. Al oo s, T AR L stoleny (OF GAS PROPERTIES Estimates of Companies and Commission Checked at Conferences. HEARINGS WILL REOPEN BEFORE BOARD APRIL 3 Separate Schedules Being*Prepared. Meetings Held to Facilitate Ar- guments Over Differences. Progress is being made in prepara- tion of two separate and voluminous schedules of estimates of the value of the properties of the Washington and the Georgetown gas light companies for hearings on the valuation of the utilities, to be resumed before the Public Utilities Commission April 3. The valuation estimates of the gas companies and of the experts of the commission are being checked at a serles of conferences each week between accountants and engineers of the com- mission and the companies to determine the differences. The conferences are in line with the modern method of preparation of & valuation case which facilitates progress of argument over differences in esti- mates when the hearings actually be- gin, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman, and Riley E. Elgen, vice chairman, of the commission, explained. Summaries to Be Supplied. Summaries of the findings of the two sets of utility experts are to be fur- assistant corporation counsel for the commission, and to Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel. The purpose of the conferences, as explained in a commission order, is to enable the commission’s staff and the staff of the gas companies to revise their separate valuation estimates in instances in which the data supplied in the conferences warrants such revision, and not to agree upon & single joint estimate. The order also states: “If an agree- ment can be had on the facts involved in a given account under two different | antagonistic principles, a memorandum | shall be prepared stating the facts un- der each such principle, and the agree- ment in this instance shall not he bind- ing as to principle. Not Binding on Commission. “It shall be understood that no agree- ment of the conferees in any way can bind the &ction of the commission and that the revised estimates submitted at the conclusion of the conferences shall be in the same position as if each party independently tendered separate esti- mates.” At the initial session of the hearing March 3, the company stated it would claim a valuation about $10,000,000 in excess of that formerly arrived at by the commission. ‘The original valuation of the two companies, which are in common own- ership, dates back to 1914. These valu- ations, with additions for capital in- vestments since then, had a total of ap- proximately $20,293,000 as of 1931. TROOP 100 IS GIVEN ITS 15-YEAR CHARTER Scouts of White House Division Praised at Dinner—Patrol Lead- ers Receive Warrants. Troop 100 of the White House Division. Boy Scouts of America, with headquarters at the Y. M. C. A, was presented with its 15-year charter, at a dinner at the Y. M. C. A. Friday night. The charter was presented by Linn C. Drake, Scout executive of the Dis- trict of Columbia Council, to James C. Ingram, Boys' Work director of the Y. M. A., for the troop. The troop, which was organized at the Boys' De- partment of the Y. M. C. A.,"in Febru- ary, 1918, was praised as having made in 15 years “a more colorful history than any other Washington Scout Troop, and has been known for many years as one of Washington's outstanding troops.” The organization is said to hold the majority of all awards ever given for the big city contests. After the dinner, served to 70 Scouts and friends of the troop, an impressive investiture ceremony was held, at which new Scouts in the troop were pre- sented with their tenderfoot badges. The four new patrol leaders of the troop, John Amante, Alex Adrian, Mor- timer® Birdseye and Jack Bishop, were also presented with warrants as patrol leaders by former patrol leaders of their respective patrols of several years ago, who were back for the anniversary celebration. J. Wallace Talley, former assistant Scout executive, and a former Scout- master of Trdop 100, in 1921, addressed the meeting on old times in the troor, and District Commissioner Willho Kallio of the White House Division also spoke. COUNCIL IS E’ROPOSED FOR ARCHIVES BUILDING Bill Is Introduced in Senate by XKey for Operation of New Structure. A bill to set up an Archives Council to supervise operation of the new Archives Building being erected here was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Keyes, Republican, of New Hampshire, retiring chairman of the Public Buildings and Ground Commit- |tee. The Archives structure is one of those now being erected in the Federal development program between Pennsyl- vania and Constitution avenues. The building will provide for preser- vation of valuable and historic records of the Government. The council con- templated by the Keyes bill would be composed of two members of the Pub- lic Buildings Commission and its exec- utive officer, the chairman of the Sen- ate Library Committee, the chairman of the House Library Committee,. the Ii- brarian of Congress and the archivist of the United States. The position of archivist would be created by the bill. —_— ‘Will Address Chicago T. Club. Prof. William E. Dodd, history de- partment head of the University of Chicago, will speak at the March sup- pcer meet! of the University of 0 ), 1634 1 street, e More Men Only s