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WAS BIDS FOR CLEARING AREAS ON CAPITOL HILL T0 BE OPENED Offers on Razing for Exten- sion of Grounds to Be Studied June 26. | i | 52 STRUCTURES STAND ON LIBRARY ANNEX SIDE Commission May Meet This Week to Consider Asking Funds for Starting Work. Bids will be opened within 10 days in the office of David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, for the clearing of two areas near the Capitol to make way for public improvements. Proposals will be opened and studied on June 26 for tearing down properties acquired by the Government for exten- slon of the Capitol grounds farther west. This is part of the same project under which an attractive parkway was re- cently developed between the Capitol and Union Station. ©On June 27 bids will be opened for tearing down the buildings on the site bought for the proposed Library of Con- gress Annex, bounded by Second and Third streets and extending from the south side of the newly-campleted Fol- ger Shakespeare Library to Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast. There are 52 structures to be cleared away on the Library annex site. Meeting May Be Called. The industrial recovery act, which became a law Friday, authorizes the President to advance from the public works fund the amount needed to put up the Library of Congress Annex, upon request of the commission having charge of the annex project. That commission may meet early this week to consider the request. The commission is composed of Senator Barkley of Ken- tucky, chairman; Senator Fess of Ohio, Representative Keller of Illinois, Rep- Tesentative Luce of Massachusetts and Architect Lynn. The Library Annex, as now planned, would have five floors above the cellar and cover a ground area of 400 feet from north to south and 225 feet from east to west. The central section af the structure would be occupied en- tirely by additional book stacks. The plan is to transfer to the annex from the present building the copyright office, branch printing office and bind- | HINGTON Man Blames Beer For Nap Under Car That Halts Friend ‘When Willie Hines, colored, of the 1100 block of Sixteenth street southeast, started to drive his car away from the curb on southeast Virignia avenue yesterday after- noon there seemed to be some- thing in the way. He put the car in gear and started forward several times but it refused to leave. Wiille got out and looked around and underneath the ma- chine. What should he find but his friend, Clarence Dorsey, col- ored, 43, of the 600 block of Vir- ginia avenue southeast. Dorsey, who was more than slightly befuddled, was removed to Casualty Hospital by ¥illie in the car. He was treated for lacerations and possible fracture of the ri&ht leg and possible frac- ture of the pelvis. Physicians at the hospital said Dorsey told them he had bcen drinking a little beer and got very tired while trying to get across the street. ART COLLECTION 10 BE EXHIBITED Gallatly Collection, Worth $4,000,000, to Be Opened at National Gallery. ‘The Gallatly collection of paintings | and art objects—conservatively valued at more than $4,000,000—will be placed on public exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in the National Museum Building next Friday. This collection, one of the most val- uable in the United States, is an out- right gift to the American people from the late John Gallatly of New York City, through the Smithsonian Insti- tution, made two years before his death in 1931. It was brought from New York to Washington this year. The gathering of this collection was the life work of Mr. Gallatly. It con- tains 145 American masterpieces in oil, watercolor and pastel, and includes such famous names as Abbott Thayer, Albert P. Ryder, Thomas W. Dewing, Childe Hassam, Gari Melchers, John Singer Sargent, Irving Wiles, J. J. Shannon, J. McNeil Whistler, J. H. Twachtman and others. Two Old Masters. In addition, there are two old mas- ters—Rubens’ painting of “The Artist’s he Sunday Star [ o | WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY FUNDS CURTAILED, D. C. SEEKS PLACE | T0 BURN REFUSE Navy Yard Rejoices at Saving of Many Jobs Through Building Program for 32 Warships; IN HAMILTON BANK Situation Left by Congress Closes Larger of Two In- cinerators June 30. GOTWALS ASKS ARMY TO DESIGNATE SITE Latter Necessitated by Situation Due to Virginia's Refusal to Permit Use of Grounds. Because Congress disallowed funds for the operation of the larger of Washing- ton’s two trash incinerators during the fiscal year beginning July 1, District of- ficials yesterday started a scarch for available trash dumps where, they de- clare, it would be necessary to burn a large quantity of the city’s refuse dur- ing the year. Congress decreed that the large in- cinerator near First and O streets southeast be closed down June 30. The other plant, in Georgetown, will con- tinue in operation but even if run at full blast will not fill the need, John B. Gordon, sanitary engineer, reported yesterday to Maj. John C. Gotwals, en- gineer commissioner. Refuse Sites Sought. Commissioner Gotwals, confronted | with this situation, dispatched a letter yesterday to Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., ‘War Department District engineer, ask- ing if he could designate sites in the District where city refuse may be dumped or burned. This action was taken since District officials have learned unofficially that Virginia no longer will permit District refuse to be burned on Virginia terri- tory, as was done prior to the erection of the O street incinerator. Mr. Gordon has suggested the possible use of two sites on the eastern bank of the Anacostia River, one upstream and one downstream of the old Benning race track. Mr. Gordon said the Georgetown plant would not accommodate all of the Dis- trict trash collections and also would be unable to take care of the local com- mercial refuse or the trash collections from Federal departments here. One Crane for Use. ‘The Georgetown incinerator has but one crane for shifting trash to the ovens and if this should break the plant would have to be shut down pending repairs. The closing of the O street incinera- | MORNING, JUNE 18, 1933. *¥ Upper left: Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, under whom work will be speeded up. Upper right: Rows and rows of great guns in one of the giant shops—the very heart of the first line of defense. Lower left: Here's one of the mounts for the new cruiser Minneapolis, now under construction at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. This will be ready shortly Note t. he size of the men, compared with the gigantic ordnance plant for the floating PAGE B—1 MERCHANTS ASKED 10 ACQUIRE STOCK Will Get Most Benefits From Release of $10,000,000, Letter Says. EIGHTH INSTITUTION MAY JOIN IN MERGER Negotiations With Seventh Street Savings Under Way, but Final Decision Is Withheld. To stimulate business, the merchants of Washington have been asked to sub- scribe to stock in the new Hamilton National Bank so that the total capital structure soon may be raised and more than $10,000.000 made available to de- positors in this city. The Organization Committee of the Hamilton National has sent a letter to merchants outlining the advantages to them in the opening of the new merger, and the benefits which would accrue. “Since March 4, more than $25,000,000 has been idle in the several banks here which did not reopen for business after the bank holiday,” said the letter. “No one has had advantage from this money. Depositors could not get it. The banks could not use it. Interest on that sum at 5 per cent exceeds $375,000 to this date. More than 75,000 depositors have been unable to utilize their deposits to pay debts or to purchase merchandise. There has been no turnover. Mer- chants can best estimate the loss from that source. Merchants Greatest Losers. “As a class, the merchants of Wash- ington have been, and are, the greatest losers from this condition. As a class, they will benefit more than any other from the release of the money now unavailable. They have sustained, and will continue to sustain, loss from the inability of their customers to make purchases and to pay bills. “The_opening of the Hamilton Na- tional Bank will make available more than $10,000,000 in one day. That bank will open shortly after its capital stock has been fully subscribed. Until then, that amount will remain idle. Mer- chants reaize that putting more than $10,000,000 in the channels of trade in Washington will be a great stimulus to business of this city, particularly at this time, when there is a gradual trend toward the restoration of confi- dence in the financial situation. ery, and the card division, with its col- Jection of more than 75,000,000 cards. It also would contain vault space for the storage of moving picture films. The annex would contain 12 decks of book stacks, each deck having a stor- age capacity of approximately 850,000 volumes. ’ b for shipping to the shipbulding yard on the banks of the Delaware River. Wife and Son,” from the Duke of Marl- fortress. This is the erecting shop. boro's collection in Blenheim palace, and Van Dyke’s painting of the “Mar- chesa Lipa Cattanes.” There are also paintings by Puvis de Chavannes, Pia- zetu and French and Italian primi- ives. tor will throw nearly 30 per diem em- ployes out of work unless places for them can be found elsewhere in District operations. By another congressional decree, on June 30 the District also must lock up for one year the highway testing labora- “It is, therefore, greatly to the in- terests of the merchants of Washing: ton to expedite the opening of the Ham- ilton National Bank. That can be ac- complished by subscribing for its capi- tal stock. Because of your financial and public interest in the matter, you Lower right: One of the veteran employes at the Yard, whole job, as well as those of his fellows, has been fortified by the new public building program, as it affects the Nation's warships. Here is Clarence W. Dettor, machinist, at work in the gun shop, cutting the grooves in a 5-inch anti-aircraft gun, just newly made. Dettor has been 34 years in the Yard and is considered one of its most highly-skilled workers. His job is safe. He has seen the development of naval ordnance, from the post-Spanish War days, through the stirring times of the controversy raised by Admiral Willilam 8. Sims over naval 'gunnery. through the hectic times of the World War, until the comparatively lean days of recent times, strict economy and a general ring out of work at the local Yard. Now, hope stirs again, as the new deal prepares to launch 32 new warships on the deep, and powerful guns, te he Exterior Design Modern. The exterior design of the annex will be modern in treatment of Italian ren- aissance motifs, in limestone with granite base. The top floor will set back 35 feet from the outer walls of the floors below. This floor will be occupied by special collections of books and reading rooms. The amount that would have to be advanced to carry the annex project to completion is $5,025,- The bids to be opened June 27 relate only to the work of clearing the site of existing structures. When the an- nex will be started awaits the decision of the commission in charge regarding the opportunity offered by the industrial recovery act to request the funds needed for construction work. The other bids, to be opened June 26, in connection with enlargement of the Capitol Grounds call for tearing down the pieces of property the Government | has bought in the area extending along Constitution avenue from Arthur place to Second street, and also some of the property on the north side of Pennsy: vania avenue between First and Third eets. '“Amonk the structures in this area | which Architect Lynn said would be | taken down this Summer under the bids | to be opened June 26 are the Bliss | Bullding, the Driscoll Hotel, the old Census Building, the Ventosa Apart- ments and the Winston Hotel. In connection with this work there is an item in the new District appropria- tion act, under which the widening of Constitution avenue can be continued between New Jersey avenue and Sec- ond street northwest as soon as some of the property along this stretch is taken down. Other portions of Consti- tution avenue at both ends of this area have been widened. EIGHT COMMERCIAL DIPLOMAS AWARDED Nativity School Graduates Hear Rev. Father McVey of Catho- lic University. { i l Diplomas were awarded to eight com- mercial high school graduates of the Nativity School at that institution's eighth annual commencement last Sun- t in the Nativity Church at gia avenue rembers of the class merited ral Excellence Medal. They were announced as Ruth Arlene Phillips, Mary Elen O'Connor, Frances Rita Noone and Helen Rose Robinson. Miss Phillips received the medal through & drawing. Miss O'Connor was presented with the highest average book. Lula peon was given the attend- the Gt University fa ates courage John F class. Other pri loyalty and to their life's work s participating in the exercises were Rev. Benjamin Hanne- nd Rev. Lawrence McGlone § Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament concluded the program. The diploma recipients were Mary { Magdolin Hoffman, Theresa Lavina Schrider, Ruth Arlene Phillips, Helen Rose Robinson, Frances Rita Noone, Elizabeth Agnes McCarthy, Lula Mae | ‘Thompson, Margaret Elizabeth Tucker snd Mary Ellen O'Connor. The art objects include: A throne carpet with silver and gold threads, a large black jade cup and a small cup cut from a single emerald, formerly the property of Jahangir Mogul, emperor of Delhi, India, who succeeded to the throne in 1605. The legend associated with the emerald cup is that it was carved at the order of the empress upon the promise of Jahan- gir, who was 2 heavy drinker, that he would substitute it for the large jade cup and reduce his potations in ac- cordance. An emerald box set with diamonds which was presented by Catherine the Great of Russia to Gregory Orloff, one of her favorites. 16th Century Jewelry. Approximately 40 pleces of sixteenth century jewelry and a silver figure of Hercules, all attributed to Benvenuto Cellini. A unique Christian glass and gold necklace date from the sixth century. | It consists of 15 golden disks inlaid | with glass mosaic, each disk portraying | one of the 12 disciples with the name inscribed in Greek, the central disk being reserved for Christ and the two end ones each bearing in Constantinean cross. A large canteen bottle of pure gold, once the property of a famous Chinese emperor; Chinese tomb frescoes exca- vated at Turfan and dating from the ninth century, a unique collection of Chinese sculptures in marble, bronze and stone and a collection of Chinese glassware recognized as among the finest in the world. A collection of Syrian, Egyptian. Greek, Roman and Arabic glass and necklaces, bottles and glass cameo frag- ments dating from the first, second, third and fourth centuries. Tapestry and needlework chairs of the regency period and furniture of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Stained, Leaded Gl'ss. A notable collection of fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth C‘:nt\;n’zsmr;ned. leaded glass, representing a lost art. A Rugsia.n ikon of gold, studded with pearls. A piece of fifteenth century tapestry | from the Cathedral of St. Rupert and St. Virgil of Salzburg, representing the | crucifixion. Two terra cotta polychromes of Glo- vanni de la Robia. A fifteenth century papal dalmatic belonging to one of the Medici Popes of the fifteenth century A silver mirror believed to have been | one of the wedding presents of Marie Antoinette. The entire collection comprises more than 1,600 pieces. INCURABLES HOME Mrs. Hopkins to Turn First Spade tory at Second and Bryant streets. Thereafter highway materials are to be tested at the Bureau of Standards. PURSE SNATE!HER GETS WOMAN’S “LAST CENT” Victim of Thief Carried Her Money and Groceries With Her Only Hand. Police were seeking last night a local candidate for the title of the meanest man in the world. He was the indi ual who snatched from Miss Mabel Davies, 38, 3446 Connecticut avenue, a pocketbook containing “her last cent” as she was walking near her home yes- | terday. Miss Davies, who lost her right arm while employed at the Treasury Department several years ago, had been to the grocery to make some purchases and had a sack in the hand with her pocketbook when the man ran up be- hind her, tore the purse from her grasp and darted into an alley. The description she furnished police tallied closely with that of a robber who earller in the day wrested a pocket- k from Mrs. Mary Townell, wife of Lieut. Comdr. C. A. Townell, 108 Prim- rose street, Chevy Chase, as she was walking on Connecticut avenue between McKinley and Northampton streets. The man obtained about $6 from her purse. Both women described the thief as about 5 feet 4 inches tall, with thick black hair and a swarthy complexion. After the theft from Mrs. Townell the man escaped in a waiting car driven by a confederate. vid- 1 A Child Hurt by Auto. Grace Elizabeth Anderson, 2, years old, of 4909 Battery lane, Chevy Chase, suffered bruises late yesterday when she reportedly ran into the side of a car driven by Earl Cline, 21, of the 600 block of I street, while in the 3800 block | of Morrison street. She was treated by & private physician. Woman Attaci(s System Adopted To Count Pay Cut Files Claim for 16 Cents| in Contention Method Is Wrong. ! Uncle Sam may balance his budget, ;buz he’s not going to do it at the cost lof 16 cents to one woman—that is, if | she’s got anything to do with it. Last December, the individual in question, a clerk recelving $2,400 in lty addressed the gradu- | Rev. | Fannon also addressed the in Breaking of Ground Tomorrow. ithe Veterans Administration, filed claim | for 16 cents, which she averred was an | over-deduction from her pay under the | legisiative furlough provision of the; - economy act. | Ground will be broken at 10:30 am. “Q0Y BT 0 4 e had used up tomorrow for the new addition to the tne required month's furlough, and de- | Washington Home for Incurables 8U gyctions had been made on a flat, in- Wisconsin avenue and Upton Streel, gieaq of fractional, basis throughout, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, president of therehy permitting the Government to the home’s board for 34 years and the proni”(oPfie extent of 16 cents. only survivinig member of the institu- | P ae “onnl e omce, declining to tion's first board, will turn over theaqjust the claim, advised her to take it first spadeful of earth. | up with the General Accounting Office, The brief exercises that will be held | yhich had set the scale for deductions will mark the first step in the “Cl“‘l‘wilhout taking fractions into considera- construction of the sorely needed nd-‘uonA dition to the home. The new wing| will | Yesterday, Controller General Mc- an adequate laundry. At present there is a waiting list of persons who want to enter the home, but who are pre- vented from enjoying its facilities for lack of space. The new addition will permit them to be admitted. The Washington Home for Incura- bles was founded in 1889. The efforts of its administrators were met with marked success throughout the history of the home so that today, on the 113-acre tract it has occupied since 1924, the home is without s penny of debt and has a !ound.luol of $600,000. HOLD-UP MEN GET $100 | Groceryman Robbed as He Alights' From Auto at Home. Thomas J. Flanagan, manager of & ehain grocery in the 1000 block of Fourth street northeast, was held up by two bandits and robbed of $100 late last t_as he drove up to his home at Park place. part of the money was his own of it belonged to the store, m‘_ A 0. ‘rmvlde 32 additional rooms and|carl defended this scale, saying it fa- i cilitated accounting, and was in the interest of economy, and adding: “It |is believed that the economy thus se- cured by simplifying the procedure and methods of preparing pay rolls more than offsets any small loss of a few cents annually to each of & number of certain grades.” But the Controller General wasn't going to get out on a limb. He con- | ! velopment. Dettor and his colleagues are justly joyful and there as 3,700 of them. Yard because Uncle Sam is build- ing 32 new warships under the public construction program, an J at the yard, what with econcmy and the tapering off of warship building— until the 32-warship construction pro- gram for which the American Govern- OY reigns at the Washington Navy | be a bit anxious about the work load | work that will be new, but in the trades at the Washington yard the comman- | dant does not look for much immediate | change. | . But the thorn in this rosy story is that means the jobs of most of | ment will spend $238,000,000 in about | that about a dozen boilermakers, half the 3,700 workers are safe. “There are many more smiles around three years came along and saved the | day. | It means the retaining on the pay | of them helpers, and about 50 of the clerical and technical force will lose their jobs on July 1. As for the boiler- here now,” Rear Admiral Henry V.| rolls of those now employed as well as | makers, Admiral Butler explains that Butler, commandant of the yard, said, | the hiring of men long out of work. There will not be a great expansion | up to the three last cruisers built, the |local yard erected and sent to the characterizing announcement of the | now at the Washington Navy Yard, but | Shipbullding yards the turrets proper program as “a very happy situation.” The admiral with his imposing gold braid, genial manner and responsibil- ity as the head of a great industrial unit under the United States Navy is happy, and so, too, are the grizzled veterans of nearly 40 years’ standing among the civilian workers and the beardless youths who serve as appren- tices in the spacious shops. For the admiral and his naval officer colleagues the program means the placing of the American Navy on a more eflicient footing, strengthening the first line of defense. For the civilians, master me- chanics, moulders, blacksmiths, appren- tices and all the rest of the folk who turn the molten metal into guns that boom from the warships—the biggest of the “big sticks”—it means bread and butter. Admiral Butler in his neat office with waxed floors and everything in ship- shape as clean as the proverbial pin, Navy fashion, muses over the good tidings. The big thing from the view- point of the Washington Navy Yard is that the great majority of the 3,700 civilian workers will retain their jobs. The high officials were beginning to | they must keep on an even, healthy | work load. Any increase at the Washington Navy Yard will not be felt for some | little time, Admiral Butler thinks, but there may be an increase in the design work which the drafting force will feel. The presumption is that the 5- inch gun designs for destroyers previ- ously used will be utilized again and these can be started with when the word comes from Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. The Wash- ington Navy Yard expects to build 5-inch anti-aircraft guns for the cruisers; 5-inch guns for the aircraft | carriers, similar to those on the Ranger; standard guns for the sub- marines; 6-inch guns for the cruisers, but as these have not been built for | a number of years there may be some | new work there. The details remain | to be worked out and will be done | under the eye of Rear Admiral Edgar B. Larimer, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department. There may be some improvement in the de- sign of turrets. Admiral Butler believes. The admiral anticipates an increase in the drafting force to take care OfJ | for these ships. Since then, only the hoists are being constructed here. Mak- ing it clear that he does not yet know what the policy is to be for the new vessels. Admiral Butler said that he hopes the Washington yard will be as- signed the construction of turrets for the earlier cruisers. This would help | the boilermakers—but not for a year. It is because this work has been shut off that the boilermakers must go. This is the only trade group affected and the admiral anticipates that they will be absorbed on work locally. The prospective reduction in the cler- ical and technical force is due to the curtailment of work for the present and the reduction in funds. Under the Navy Department appropriation act, available July 1, & tation is put on expenditure of funds for this class of workers, the admiral said. When the new building program advances from the blueprint stage to actuality, it may be necessary to increase this force. The paper part of the work is already done, as many of the guns on the new ships will be similar to those in use on the recently-constructed warships and so the patterns have been made and the big designing job done. t here, will be an important part of this —=Star Staft de- Photos. New designs will increase the draft- ing room force and this work will take months. Admiral Butler looks for the peak of the program at the Washington Na | Yard, brought about by the funds re- leased in the public works program, to be in about 18 months. As all the ships do not come off the ways at the same time, the W: yard’s gun factory will arrange its schedule to have the guns sent to the ship con- structors when they are desired. At the Washington yard guns, most of the mounts, torpedo tubes for the destroyers and certain fire control in- struments are constructed, as are am- munition holsts. | At the present time—entirely apart | from the new construction—the Navy Yard here is building guns and torpedo tubes and fire control apparatus for five destroyers, 8-inch guns and mounts for three cruisers, as well as 5-inch guns and completing the last of the turrets, guns and mounts for the new cruiser Minneapolis. The work on modernizing the three battleships U. 8. 8. Idaho, New Mexico and Ari- zona is finished, as far as the Wash- ington Navy Yard is concerned, and it is a “sad loss"—because there is no more work of this character in sight. The relining of guns‘for ships now in of the work at the local gun factory. Admiral Butler summed up the effect the good news has had on his fellow workers by saying that it has pulled | up morale wonderfully and “is keeping everybody cheerful”—and to this the veteran civilian. workers, for many of near, say the same. NEW FIGHT PLANNED FOR DISTRICT PROBE Chairman Norton to Renew Effort for General Inquiry Into D. C. Relations. Efforts to get from the House an appropriation of $2,500 for an investi- gation of the District government will be renewed when Congress convenes in regular session in January, it was announced yesterday at the office of Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee. Representative Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland, who was named chairman of a special committee to conduct the investigation, has abandoned plans for the inquiry until funds are provided. A resolution authorizing the appro- priation was placed on the House cal- endar several weeks before adjourn- ment of Congress, but it was never called up because of the parliamentary tangle in the closing days of the spe- cial session. It was planned to make the investi- gation broad in scope, Including fiscal relations, various municipal services and rates charged by public utility corporations. WANTS HUSBAND PUT INTO FORESTRY CAMP By the Associated Press. At least one woman wants her hus- band forced to work in the Forest Con- servation Corps. She wrote President Roosevelt from Annada, Mo., asking if the Chief Ex- ecutive wouldn't “call” her husband “to the forest works to get support for three children.” But Robert Fechner, director of the Conservation Corps, has advised her: “I regret to have to inform you that no one can be compelled to enroll in cluded that while no direct claim for the 16 cents would be entertained, an adjustment made on the pay roll would &et his blessing. this reforestation work.” Fechner also pointed out that mar- rled men were not accepted unless they Were War-veterans.” « David Lynn, supervising architect of | the Capitol, disclosed yesterday that | studies are being made to detEflmne‘ what use to make of the historic Su-| preme Court chamber upon completion | of the new Supreme Court Building. A number of suggestions have been | offered, Mr. Lynn said, but no decision | | has been reached. Capitol officials, he | pointed out, have plenty of time to solve this problem, as the new Supreme | Court Building is not scheduled to be ready for occupancy before July, 1934. The present Supreme Court chamber |is one of the most historic rooms in | the Capitol Building. It is located in the old Senate wing, the first part of the building to be completed, and is | regarded as one of the most beautiful FUTURE OF SUPREME COURT CHAMBER IS BEING STUDIED| Number of Suggestions Offered as to Disposition of | Foreclosure Petition Filed for Trus- | tees of Mortgage on Property. Historic Room in Capitol. rooms in the structure. Until 1859, it was the old Senate.chamber. It was in this room that Calhoun debated with Clay and Webster. Here, | too. the electoral commission sat which decided the presidential contest be- | tween Hayes and Tilden in 1877. Mr. Lynn's office now is engaged in carrying out an improved street light- ing program for the Cabitol Grounds and the new park area along the Senate plaza to the Union Station. New standards, conforming in size and de- sign to the latest type of street lights adopted by the electrical department of the District, are to be erected through- out this area. The new standards are higher than those now in use and will provide bet- ter illumination. | |UNIDENTIFIED BODY FOUND IN WOODSHED Man About 35 Years Old Had Card in Pocket Issued by Vet- erans’ Magazine. An unidentified man, about 85, was found dead last night in a woodshed in the rear of a house in the 1800 block of Golden street southwest. The body was removed to the morgue, where it will be viewed today by Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. A | cursory examination disclosed no indi- cations of violence, morgue attendants said. The man was about 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed about 175 pounds and wore a gray suit, white shirt and no hat. A card issued by a veterans’ magazine was in his pocket, but there was nothing to | identify him, POLICE ANNOUNCE END OF BURGLARY SQUAD Transferred to Other Duties—Homicide Vacancy Given Detective Strange. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of the Detective Bureau of the Metro- politan Police Department, announced yesterday the abolition of the burglary squad and transfer of its members to other duties. Detective Sergt. Thomas J. Sullivan has been assigned to the clothing squad, Detective Sergt. C. H. Trammell is transferred to the second precinct, Detective Sergt. William J. DuBusky | is assigned to the ‘tenth precinct, and | Detective Sergt. Arthur T. Fihelly is assigned to the robbery squad. At the same time, Inspector Burke announced Detective Sergt. Clyde N. Strange, who has been assigned to pre- cinct work, will be transferred to 3 Members vacancy in‘the COUNTESS FACES LOSS OF HER HOME ‘The Countess Grace de Benque, now under arrest on a charge of larceny, was threatened with the loss of her home in the 2400 block of Wyoming avenue as the result of foreclosure pro- ceedings begun yesterday in District Su- preme Court. Prior to her arrest on the larceny charge, the countess had filed a peti- tion in voluntary bankruptcy. The foreclosure petition was filed through Attorney Joseph T. Sherier by H. L. Rust and George Calvert Bowle, trustees of the mortgage on the prop- erty. They allege the countess gave the mortgage to secure a loan of $25,000 on the home. At that time, she was known as Grace Simpkins Dutar, ac- cording to the petition. Title to the property is now held by Attorney Thomas E. Lodge, trustee in bankruptcy. Mr. Lodge said he be- lieved at this time he would resist the foreclosure proceeding. Unable to post $15000 bond de- manded on the larceny charge, the countess is being held in the District Jail. She and George A. Gormley are accused of the larceny of more than $5,000 from Miss Louise Maret, co- proprietor of the Maret School for Girls. Both pleaded not guilty Friday. commission is another important part | Inc. whom the bread line was ominously | Motor an requested to make such subscrip- jon. “Were a convention of 75,000 people who had available more than $10,000,- 000 to be brought to W: n, the merchants would doubtless find it to their advanfage to subscribe largely therefor. You are requested to invest in—not merely to subscribe for—stock for the benefit of your own people, not merely for visitors to your city. Subscribers Announced. “Inclosed are a subscription blank and prospectus of the new bank. You are asked to subscribe for as many shares as you feel justified, and return your subscription Wwith check in the inclosed envelope. Immediate response hereto will result in early obtaining of the charter and the opening of the bank. Your check will not be issued until and unless the full amount of capital stock has been subscribed.” A list of business firms which already have subscribed was made public yes- terday by the Organization Committee as follows: The Hecht Co., Julius Garfinckel & Co., Prank R. Jelleff, Inc.; Lansburgh & Bro., The Evening Star Newspaper Co., Sanitary Grocery Co., S. Kann Sons Co., Philipsborn’s, John H. Wil- Co., W. B. Moses & Sons, Peoples Drug_Stores, King’s Palace, Beitzel & Co., Palace Laundry, Mazo-Lerch Co. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., McCambridge & McCambridge, Po- tomac Electric Appliance Co., M. Pas- ternak, L. A. Clark & Co., Adolph Kahn & Co., E. F. Droop & Co., Erlenbacher’s, National Electric Supply Co., W. T. Galliher & Bro., General Outdoor Ad- vertising Co., Byron S. Adams, Trew Co., George E. Walker Co., Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co., M. J. ‘Ward & Co. and R. L. Taylor Motor Co. Meantime, with seven banks already in the Hamilton merger, there are pros- pects that the eighth may join. Nego- tiations are under way between the Seventh Street Savings Bank and the Hamilton National. A meeting on the matter was understood to have been held at the Seventh street bank yester- day afternoon, but no final decision was reached. It was understood, however, n:in progress was made in the negoti- ations, Other Propositions Weighed. ‘The Seventh street institution is un- derstood to have had some other propo- sitions under consideration, including sale to another bank, or merger with the Franklin National, in an effort to set up a secondary merger here. It ap- peared more likely last night that the Seventh Street Savings Bank may be- come the eighth member of the Hamil- ton_merger. The Seventh street bank has deposits of $1,166,000 from about 5,000 deposi- tors. It probably would be expected to raise from $50,000 to $75,000 capital stock in the new merger. If it should join the Hamilton would have total resources of over $13,000,000, with deposits of about $11,000,000. The capital structure which is being raised by sale of stock at $25 a share, $20 par value, is $1,250,000, and would not have to be increased by addition of the Sev- enth Street Savings Bank. CHURCH UNIT ELECTS OFFICERS AT OUTING Miss Ruby Patterson President of Burrall Class Choral Ensemble. Miss Ruby Patterson yesterday was elected president of the Burrall Class Choral Ensemble of Calvary Baptist Church. —_— ‘The balloting was held in connection HELD AS FUGITIVE h the organization's annual picnic, wit] Baltimore Prisoner Denied Charge | which took bepm .éhm, }mmedo‘ Mrs. Edith Lambert at Cheverly, Md. He Escaded FexaniIML Other officers chosen were Miss Julla BALTIMORE, June 17 (#).—Mitchell | Brueggeman, vice president; Miss Pearl D. Bassin, sald by police to be wanted |Mauney, recording secretary; Miss Clara at El Paso, Tex., as one of a trio who | Dickerson, correspon secretary; escaped from jail there December 31,|Miss Eileen Hawkins, treasurer; Miss was arrested here last night and held | Martha Morgan and Miss Helen Mus- under $5,000 bail awaiting action of | son, librarians, and Miss Mary Frances Texas police. Stallings, activities Police here said denles ke chorus escaped from the Texas ence