Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1934, Page 21

Washington News POLICE CHIEF ACTS AS RECORD NEARS INTRAFFICDEATHS Four Inspectors Will Use All Men Available for Rush- Hour Duty. ONE MORE FATALITY BOOSTS TOLL TO 118 Total Now Is Only Five Less Than All-Time Mark Set by Acci- dents in 1932. With the number of traffic deaths already this year within five of the all-time record for 12 months, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, announced today that. in an effort to reduce the number of acci- dents, four inspectors will go on the streets in uniform during rush hours to direet all available police in the handling of traffic. The order came after the death of a colored woman from injuries received several days ago had brought the fatalities for this month up to 15, within 2 of the record estab- lished 1n September. This also brought the number of deaths for the 11 months of this year to 118. The all-time record is 123, established in 1932. The total injuries through Novem- ber 28 were 3,628, with more than a month to go to approach the record of 3,920, also established in 1932. Ten more were hurt here in the past 24 hours, several seriously. Effective Tomorrow. The order affecting the police in- spectors is effective tomorrow morn- ing, Maj. Brown said. Assistant Supt. T. R. Bean, as supervising in- spector, will be general head of the group. In addition there will be In- spector James F. Beckett, commander of the first inspection district; In- spector A. J. Headley. commander of the second inspection district. and In- spector B. A. Lamb, commander of the Traffic Bureau. Commenting on the number of fatalities, Maj. Brown declared: “It is a very serious situation. should reduce our traffic fatalities and this can be accomplished by the united effort of motorists, pe- destrians, police and traffic euthori- ties." He added that the department is going to do everything possible to promote safety. Auto Crash js Fatal, The colored woman who died was Nettie Lewis. 19, of the 2100 block of Eighth street, who was injured Tuesday when the automobile in We which she was riding ran into a tree in the 2500 block of Massachusetts avenue. Four other colored persons were hurt at the time. Inquests were held at the District | recent | Morgue today in traffic deaths A coroner’s jury investigating the fatal injury last Saturday of Charley Couzzola. 43-year-old carpenter of 1443 South Carolina avenue south- east. in a traffic accident at Four- teenth street and Massachusetts ave- nue southeast. held Acia Brown, 25, colored, for the grand jury after wit. nesses testified Brown's car was traveling at a “terrific rate” when it struck Couzzola. Brown put him in his car and drove to Gallinger Hospital, where Couzzola died Wednesday. Body Hurled in Air. Three bystanders told the jury the impact threw Couzzola's body 10 feet or more into the air. Brown, a laborer, said he lived in the 1100 block of Fourth street. Police charged Brown told them he was Addison W. Copeland, colored, whose driver’s permit he possessed at the time of the accident. Brown did not admit his real identity until two days after his arrest, police charged. One witness estimated Brown was go- ing “at least 65 miles an hour” when Couzzola was struck. Wesley Luke, 23, a taxicab driver, the other victim. was fatally hurt yes- terday when hit by an automobile operated by Miss Jeannette H. Mes- singer, 25, of the 2500 block of Seven- teenth street. Two Men Injured. Of those injured in the past 24 hours. one was the victim of a hit- and-run driver. Early today two men, Henry Smal- ley. 22, of the 1200 block of Thirty- third street. who was driving. and Ernest Healy, jr, 21, of Clarendon, Va.. were cut and bruised when their two other automobile collided with a street car | Seventh street and Constitution nue. Both were treated at Emer- gency Hospital, where Healy was re- ported semi-conscious sometime later. Mrs. Rose Bichell, 25. of 7560 Blair road, was treated at Sibley Hospital this morning for cuts received when the automobile in which she was a passenger collided with a taxicab in the 1400 block of Rhode Island ave- nue northeast. Two Young Women Hurt. Miss Belle Sherr, 24, of 3511 Thir- teenth street. and Miss Isabel Dwyer, 28, of 1618 Eighteenth street, were in- Jured, Miss Dwyer seriously, when struck by an automobile last night at Pifteenth and S streets. Two other pedestrians, Prank Rich- ardson, 42, of 1693 Gales street north- east, and William T. Howe, 54, of Capitol Heights. Md., were cut and bruised when hit by an automobile operated by Mrs. Katie Presgraves, 41, of the 4200 block of Fourth street, while at Twelfth and H streets north- east. Others hurt were: WHerman Davis. 39, of New York, stopping at the Burlington Hotel, who received serious head injuries when struck by an automobile last night at Thomas Circle; John Underdue, 33, colored, of the 600 block of N street, cut and bruised when struck by a hit-and-run automobile at Thirteenth and O streets, and James Haley, 22, of .the 1200 block of Eleventh street, a Western Union messenger, who was vinjured when his bicycle slipped on car tracks at Wisconsin avenue and R street. Pl Named to Board CLARENCE A. ASPINWALL. —Harris-Ewing Photo. ASPINWALL NAMED [0 LIBRARY BOARD Appointed Trustee to Serve Unexpired Term of Late Maurice Otterback. Clarence A. Aspinwall today was named a member of the Board of | Trustees of the Public Library by the District Commissioners. Aspinwall will serve for the unexpired term of the late Maurice Otterback. The term ends June 23, 1938. Heads Memorial Clinic. Mr. Aspinwall has been associated prominently for many years with charitable and cultural activities here. He is president of the Warwick Me- morial Clinic, which is conducting no- table researches at Garfield Hospital into treatment and cure of skin can- cers through the use of the X-ray, and is also head of the Washington | | i | Home for Foundlings | past quarter century his work has | brought him before the public in a | number of other fields. | Notable among these has been that of music. Movements to bring to the { people of Washington more and better music have found in him a ready pa- | tron. At present he is a director of | the National Symphony Orchestra As- | sociation and tressurer of the Friends j of Music in the Library of Congress. When 11 years old he was brought to Washington from the famiiy home in Titusville, Pa., where he was born, by his father, Algernon A. Aspinwall, who had accepted the post of chief of the Board of Review in the Pen- sion Office. The major portion of his education was received in the Wash- ington public schools. A position as clerk in the Security Storage Co. launched him on his busi- ness career. The period from 1892 to 1918 saw him rise from clerk to presi- dent. He was successively manager, manager and vice president, and presi- | dent. Served With Y. M. C. A, During the World War he went to France to reorganize the finances of the overseas Young Men's Christian | Association contingent. He now is a financial specialist in the Army Re- serve Corps with the rank of major. ‘ He is a trustee of George Wash- ington University and of Sidwells Friends School, vice president of the | Fine Arts Society and of Garfield | Memorial Hospital, a member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Mayflower Descendants, treasurer of the National Finance Society and a director of the Washington Choral | Society. Press of work forced him to resign the treasurership of the American Warehouse Men's Association and as director of the National Furniture still retains the post of treasurer of the Council of Warehouse Men's Asso- s being president of the Se- | curity Storage Co., he is vice president of the Security Storage & Safe De- posit Co. of Norfolk, Va. and a di- rector of the American Security & | Trust Co.. the Terminal Refrigerai- ing & Warehousing Co., the Sterrett Operating Service and the Washing- ton Market Co. He is a member of the Church of the Covenant and the Metropolitan, Chevy Chase and Alfalfa Clubs. One book, “Household Goods Waie- housing in the United States,” has come from his pen. His home is at 2340 Kalorama road, where he lives with his. wife. A daughter, Mrs. John Glascock Bald- win, resides in Woodside, Calif., near San PFrancisco. RABBI JOINS MOVE TO FREE YUDELEVIT Proposes to Assume Responsibil- ity for Man Accused of Violating Parole. Expressing a belief that Harry Yudelevit, arrested November 24 on & charge of violation of his parole from a 10-year term for carrying concealed ‘weapons, “will go straight” if given an opportunity, Rabbi G. Silverstone to- day announced that he will take per- sonal responsibility for Yudelevit's conduct if the prisoner is paroled in his care, Rabbi Silverstone said he does not know Yudelevit personally, but knows members of his family. The rabbi was one of several persons who rec- ommended to the Parole Board that Yudelevit be freed. Rabbi Silverstone said Yudelevit is working in a wholesale liquor estab- I]ishment in Washington and has lived up to his parole. Yudelevit was rearrested on a war- rant issued at the request of Wilbur La Roe, jr, a member of the Parole Board, who said “the board has in- formation leading it to believe that one or more” of five conditions of Yudelevit's parole had been violated. Yudelevit, also known as Harry Udell, has been arrested 21 times, ac- cording to police records, on charges ranging from traffic violations to the assault with a dangerous weapon. ) 1 During the | Warehouse Men's Association, but he | he Fp WASH DISTRICT BUDGET WILL BE SPEEDED IN LOWER HOUSE Hearings on Appropriation Bill Expected to Start in Two Weeks. CO-OPERATION PROMISED BY THE BUDGET BUREAU Consideration of Independent Of- fices Legislation to Start Next Tuesday. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Hearings on the District appropria- tion bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next will probably be started before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee a week from Monday. Contrary to the usual custom under which the District bill was held until one of the last to be reported to the House, it is planned this year by Chairman Buchanan of the Appropriations Committee, after conferences with the Budget Bureau, to make it one of the first four bills— the others being independent offices, State, Justice, Commerce and Labor and Treasury-Post Office. The Budget Bureau has promised the Appropria- tions Committee to submit tentative budgets for these four bills so that hearings may be started at once. The Appropriations Committee hopes to have at least two of these bills ready to submit to the House at soon as it is organizea. The subcommittee to consider the District budget holds over intact from the last Corgress, although with eight vacancies on the full committee to be filled shifts may be made which will result a one or two changes in the personnel of the District Subcom- mittee. The present members are: | Representatives Clarence Cannon of Missouri, chairman; Thomas L. Blan- ton, Texas: Bernhard M. Jacobsen, | Towa: J. William Ditter. Pennsylvania, jand D. Lane Powers, New Jersey. Hearings are scheduled to start next | Tuesday on the independent offices appropriation bill, in spite of the fact that two members of the subcommit- Representatives William W. Hastings, | Democrat, of Oklahoma, who retired, and Edward W. Goss, Republican. of Connecticut. This is the bill which has been used, being the first one to come before the House, to carry legis- lation affecting the pay cut for Gov- ernment employes. the past two years carried general pro- visions applicable to salaries through- out the entire Federal service. The surviving members of the Independent Offices Subcommittee are: Represent- atives Chifton A. Woodrum, Virginia, chairman: John J. Boylan, New York; H William J. Granfield, Massachusetts, ; and Richard B. Wigglesworth, Massa- | chusetts. 'PAN-AMERICAN MASS| ATTRACTS THRONG Diplomats of Western Nations | Join Capacity Crowd in Thanksgiving Rites. With diplomats from the other Western nations and representatives of this Government present, the an- nual pan-American Thanksgiving mass was celebrated yesterday morn- ing at St. Patrick’s Church. The ceremony took place in a col- orful setting, the church, crowded to capacity, being decorated with flags of the participating nations. The apostolic delegate, Most Rev. Amleto Cicognani, presided at the mass and Right Rev. Emmet Michael ‘Walsh, Bishop of Charleston, S. C, pontificated. The sermon was preached by Very | Rev. Edward G. Fitzgerald. who dwelt on the significance of the annual | Thanksgiving proclamation issued by the President, calling it a heartening | demonstration of “the articulate voice of a Nation expressing faith in a Divine Providence.,” in an era when there is a trend away from religion elsewhere. Touching briefly on the troubles experienced in some nations, the speaker said that the fact that peace had once reigned, led to the hope that it would be restored. “The church never has concerned herself with the form of government men may choose for themselves,” he continued. “What she is con- | cerned with is the foundation stones. When these are justice and charity they shall endure until the end of time.” The United States has been par- ticularly fortunate, Father Fitzgerald continued, for these have heen the principles of its Government. | “For these things we are thankful,” | he " said. F After mass Msgr. Cornelius Thomas, pastor of St. Patrick's, was host at luncheon. P.W.A. FUNDS TO PENNSY PROVIDE FOR MANY JOBS 14,069,599 Hours Are Furnished to Furloughed Track and Shop Men. With the aid of P. W. A. funds the Pennsylvania Railroad has been able to supply the equivalent of 14,- 069,599 hours work to furloughed track and shop men called back to their jobs, the Public Works Admin- istration announced today in sum- ming up accomplishments under its biggest single allotment for private jwork. An allotment of $80,650,000 was made to the railroad end the men put to work on various jobs re- ceived $8,252836 in wages. In addition, materials costing $29,- 129.543 were ordered, stimulating the heavy goods industries. The road or- dered 7,000 freight cars and 25 elec- tric locomotives, besides laying new rails, of which 100,000 tons were ordered. The completion of the electrifica- tion of the line between Washington and New York furnished the greatest amount of employment. P. W. A. allotted $45,000,000 for this section of the Pennsylvania's program. 4 tee are not returning to Corgress— ; ‘This bill has for | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION INGTON, D. C, First photographs taken of the newly completed reception room and the new office President Roose- velt will occupy when he returns from Warm Springs, Ga. At the top the reception room, and below, the presidential office. The White House staff has already moved into the various offices assigned to them. —Star Staff Photos. BLS ON WERT Snell Says House Minority | Wili So Act if He Has His Way. 1 BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ! The Republican House minority in the new Congress will ““consider each | measure that comes before it for con- sideration on its merits.” if Repre- sentative Snell of New York, the mi- nority leader, has his way. Snell, who has returned to Wash- ington, said today it was not his pur- pose to attack all the New Deal mea. ures merely because they were sul mitted by a Democratic administra- tion. “Ever since the Roosevelt admin- istration carge into power,” said Snell, “I have followed the plan of consider- ing all its proposals individually and on their merits and that is the plan | I propose to continue to follow.” { Approves Bonus to Needy. So far as soldiers’ bonus legislation is concerned. the Republican leader said he believed that if the plan re- cently suggested by Senator Harrison of Mississippi, looking to the payment of World War veterans in need, were adopted the much-vexed question could be easily settled. He said he did net know. however, whether the vet- erans generally would be satisfied with such a plan. “If I am not mistaken,” said Snell, “the statements coming from the ad- ministration sources and the President in the last few weeks indicate it is the purpose of the administration to encourage private initiative in busi- ness. That has always been my own position.” Denies Party Is Dead. Snell said it was ridicuious to talk about the Republican party being dead. Any party, he said, which cast 46 per cent of the total vote in the recent elections was anything but dead, especially when the large ex- penditures of Government money in all the States are taken into consid- eration. Snell said he didn't know what all the clamor was about for a reorgani- zation of the Republican party. “I Gon't believe we could have found a better man to be chairman of the Republican National Committee than Henry P. Fletcher,” he said. “I think he did as well as any man could have | done in the last campaign.” | Snell said his own majority had been larger than in many years. “I carried my district by {.000 more votes than I did in 1932,” he said. | Snell said he expected to be re-| elected Republican leader. He made this statement in reply to a question about the efforts of some Republicans | to unhorse him, particularly W. Kings- land Macy of New York, who recently demanded a new House leader. Macy | was formerly Republican State chair-[ man of New York, a position from | which he was ousted last September. | No opposition to the re-election of Snell has shown up among the Re- | publican members of the House. LEWEY CASE CONTINUED $500 Bond Set for Man Accused | of Larceny After Trust. Charged with larceny after trust, the case of Arthur Lewey, 800 block of Quincy street, was continued in Police Court today until December 4. Judge Isaac R. Hitt set bond at $500. Lewey was arrested on the complaint of John R. Henderson, 3800 block of Military road, who charges he gave the defendant a deposit of $100 on a house in the 400 block of Emerson street on January 8 last. . Henderson alleges that Lewey, then an employe of the real estate firm of Charles Shapiro, failed to complete the deal and returned but $20 of the $100 to him. PHYSICIAN “NORMAL” Dr. Charles Armstrong Not Be- lieved Sleeping Sickness Victim. Dr. - Charles Armstrong, who was believed to have been a victim of a new form of sleeping sickness, was re- ported as being “normal” at the Naval Hospital today. Armstrong, 8 Public Health Service physician, had been experimenting’ with sleeping sickness before being taken ill. Hospital attaches said to- day he had left his bed, but would remain in the institution for several days for observation, FRIDAY, | give the greatest consideration to th NOVEMBER 30, ening Sfar 1934, *% Society and General PAGE B—1 RCHARDS FAVOR R CAPTA LAN FOR AN STUDES Would Divide Total Levy on Comparable Cities by Population. COMPARISON OF RATES AND RATIOS IMPOSSIBLE ;Tax Burden Per Capita Figuri by Assessor for Report to Commissioners. MERIT T0 PREVAL INCFFICER CHOICE Doctors to Play Major Role| in Choice of Fowler Successor. An Advisory Committee of local medical authorities will play a major | part _in selection of the new head of | the District Health Department, Com- missioner George E. Allen declared today. So far as he is concerned, he added, “politics will not sway the decision.” ‘The committee named by the Com- missioners to recommend candidates for the position will hold its first meeting with Commissioner Allen this afterncon. He said the plan was for this body as the representatives of im- portant medical organizations to sub- | mit the names of from one to three qualified and available candidates. The Commissioners would make the actual appointment, as required by law. Advice to Get Attention. | “You may be sure of one thing, and | that is that the Ccmmissioners will | recommendations of this committee, said Allen. “If qualified and available | men are suggested, as we confidently anticipate, it is practically assured that one of those recommended wil be | named. “I cannot definitely commit myself | to this, in advance, since the respon- sibility rests with the Board of Com- missioners. “The point is, however, that had we not intended to give the greatest weight to the advice of this committee we would not have asked these repre- sentative physicians to give us their advice.” Dr. Fowler Retires Tomorrow. There has been no question raised as to whether the Ccmmissioners would appoint a health officer recommended by the committee, but Allen made the statement further to emphasize his declaration that patronage and politics would not dictate the selection of the successor to Dr. William C. Fowler, who has been retired, effective to- MOrTow. The Advisory Committee consists of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Dr. C. Willard Camalier of the District Dental Society, Dr. William E. Hough, representing the District Medical So- ciety; ‘Dr. Earl B. McKinley, George ‘Washington University Medical School; Dr. Willlam Gerry Morgan, George- town University Medical School; Assistant Surg. Gen. W. F. Draper, Dr. Numa P. G. Adams, fioward University Medical School. and Dr. E. C. Wiggins representing the Medico-Chirurgical Society. e PLEADS NOT GUILTY George D. Kline, 1500 block of Twenty-sixth street, pleaded not guilty to two charges o: violation of the bad check law before Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court' today and was re- leased on $500 bond in each -case pending jury trial He is charged with having given Karl Fletcher, receiver for the Browns- ville Brewing Co., , Pa, & bad check on the Hamilton National Bank for $292.80, 14 | Capt. Woman Is Spared | Pauper Funeral by Family Attorney | Crandal Mackey | Asks Burial of Mrs. | Mabel Harding. Miss Mabel Harding, 38. will be saved from a grave in potter's field by an attorney once retained by her | BROWN ORDERS LIQUOR SURVEY Instructs Commanders to, Report on “Character” of Dispgnsers. Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown to- we;!l"l:ng::‘::l:m::;, had remaffeq |48y instructed precinct commarflers unclaimed in the District Morgue for | o h'fl" ; s]ur\iy“Tade oltl;‘;“c ;: more than 24 hours after her death in | 3Cter” Of places Where aco . | monwealth’s attorney | Clarendon, Va., undertaker. | services will be held Monday at 10 am. | erages are sold. with the view of keep- Casualty Hospital yesterday. ing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board informed on the manner in which liquor dealers are operating Any irregularities in liquor business will be considered by Then | Cept. Crandal Mackey, former Com- | of Arlington | | ty. Va., announced he would pro- Co vide for burial. Capt. Mackey said he had been legal adviser to the late Mrs. Susan E. Harding when she was well to do. Miss Harding, who died not long| after she was found unconscious in | her small home at 1015 Second street nertheast, inherited the large resi-| dence of hgr grandmother, it was said, | but subsequently lost the property. At Capt. Mackey's direction, her | body was turned over to C. A. Ives, Funeral in Rock Creek Cemetery @followed by burial in the Harding plot. —_— PARKING BAN HIT AS BUSINE6S LOSS| West End Citizens’ Association | Fights Proposed Plan as “Unfair.” [J Declaring business men of Wash- ington’s West End section will lose thousands of dollars from drive-in trade if the proposed Winter parking ban is put into effect, the West End Citizens' Association has circulated a petition already signed by more than 100 business men denouncing this plan. The petition, circulated under the direction of Almon C. Barber, secre- tary of the association, charges the ban is “unfair and unnecessary.” Thus far it has been presented to business men only, but hundreds of signatures will be obtained from resi- dents of the section without garage facilities. if necessary, Mr. Barber de- clared. The petition is scheduled for presentation to the District Commis- sioners today. o “Much of the West End merchants’ trade comes from shopping motorists who make purchases between 7 and 9:30 am.,” Mr. Barber asserted. “The proposed ban would prohibit cars from parking on designated streets from 2 to 9 a.m., thereby caus- ing a loss of thousands of dollars in trade to the merchants.” Use of the parking ban during snowfall emergencies only, and not when the streets are clear, is sug- ested in the petition. “There are sufficient garages for but one-fifth of the machines owned by West End residents,” Mr. Barber con- tends, | the A. B. C. Board when new licenses are ifued February 1. As a result of the police chief’'s order. liquor stores where gamblers and other “undesir- ables” are allowed to congregate 11ay be refused licenses. Such a course was pursued betore prohibition, Maj. Brown pointed out, the Excise Board always feeling de- pendent upon police for first-hand information about places where liquer was, sold. “In view of the fact that applica- tions are being received for renewal of licenses under ;the alcoholic bev- erage control act,”” Maj. Brown told the precinct heads, “you will suemit a report to headquarters giving a list of licensed places in your precinct which you deem objectionable. “This does not mean gnly those places where violations the law have occurred, but will include places which, from the general nature of the business and the manner in which they are conducted, it is not deemed to the best interest of the public to have licenses.” BEDEDICATION PLANNED FOR ST. ANDREW ORDER | Bishop Freeman Will Administer Renewal of Vows of Potomac Assembly Tonight. The annual rededication service of the Potomac Assembly of the Brother- hood of St. Andrew will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral in com- memoration of the 51st anniversary of the founding of the brotheghood. Right Rev. James E. @Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will administer the renewal of the vows and deliver a sermon. Canon Anson Phelps Stokes and Rev. William H. Moody. rector of St. Mark's Church and chaplain of the local group, will assist in the services. John H. Davidson of St. Thomas Church is president of the Potomac Assembly. . LIBRARY BID ACCEPTED The District Commissioners today awarded a contract for construction of the Georgetown Branch Library to Bahen & Wright, Inc., which sub- mitted the low bid of $138,206. ‘The building will be constructed on the east side of Wisconsin avenue be- tween Reservoir road and R street. The contract calls for completion within 240 days. the retail | When the tax experts to be selectes by President Roosevelt begin theit study of the tax burden in the District, as compared with other cities, the fairest method for them to use, in the opinion of Assessor William P Richards, would be to take the total tax levy on cities of comparable size, divide by the populations of the re- spective cities, and thus arrive at a figure showing the tax burden per capita. Richards said today it would be impossible to do the job by compar- ing rates and ratios of assessment. To say property in one city is assessed at 100 per cent of its value is mean- ingless, he said, unless it is possible for that city to make a comparison between assessed values and the prices paid for a large number of properties at actual sales, a tremendous task for even a single city. Sees Fair Picture. Richards, who is now preparing a report for the Commissioners on the basis he advocates. said it was | possible to arrive at a fair picture as | to real estate tax alone by taking the levy for a number of cities and work- ing it out to a per capita figure. In one such study which he made in April of this year he took the real | estate levies on 22 cities, including | New York Ci These figures showea | the average had a per capita real | estate tax bill of $43.44 6/10. Leaving | New York City out and using only the | 21 other cities. the per capita tax oiil | for real estate is $32.20. On the pres- |ent rate of $1.50 per $100 valuation | the per capita tax bill in the District s $35.05. whereas at the previous I of $1.70 per $100 the per capita tax | bill for real estate was $41.80 | Assessor Richards also submitted | statistics showing that an average of i about 25 cents of the taxpayer's dol- lar in other cities goes to interest and { sinking fund payments on municipal | indebtedness. Senator Thomas sug- | gested that debt payments should be eliminated from the comparison of the adjusted, or per capita, tax rates. On the basis of these figures, Rich- ar@ came to the conclusion that the rict taxpayers were paying “a 1 amount” on their real estate at the $1.50 tax rate. Richards said several investigations made by him have shown real estate wealth per capita does not very greatly from city to city. In times of high prices, the per capita real estate wealth seems to rise evenly throughout the country and the decline in times of depression appears also to be evenly _distributed throughout all cities. His figures, he said. show that today the real estate wealth per |capita in large American cities is approximately $2.000. In 1929, it was approximately $2.500. In 1916, it was approximately $1.600. Real estate wealth, he said, seems to be declining toward the $1,600 mark per capita, but he did not believe that that low figure would again be reached. The assessor said the per capita wealth in Washington real estate is almost identical with that of New York, although the New York tax bill is considerably higher. Cities Included in Survey. Cities included in Richards’ survey besides New York and Washington were Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Cin- | cinnati, Newark, Rochester, Louis- | ville, Portland, Oreg.; Denver, Provi- | dence, Richmond. Nashville. Des | Moines, Reading. Pa. and Wilming- ton, Del Of these cities 10 have populations larger than the District and 12 have populations smaller, the | smallest being Wilmington, with a population of 106,597 The tax figures given for cities other than the District include only the city taxes. In these cities tax- payers also are required to pay taxes for State, and in some cases, county | governments. The tax bills that the city resident outside of the District of Columbia has to pay average some- what higher than the figures given when the county and State taxes arg taken into consideration. Thus thy per capita average for city taxes alone is $4344 6,10, an dthe per capiti average for city, State and count taxes is $50.25 3,10, : . D. C. GOVERNMENT HEARINGS DELAYEL Senator Gore Expected to Cali Meetings After Christmas to Receive Suggestions. Indications are that hearings by the special Senate subcommittee on pro- posed changes in the District govern- ment will not start until after the Christmas holidays, Senator Gore, Democrat, of Okla- homa, named by Chairman King of the Senate District Committee to head the special subcommittee, is not ex- pected to return to Washington for | several weeks. Senator Gore spent considerable time early in the Sum- mer familiarizing himself with the voluminous reports prepared by Dis- \trict officials, showing the present make-up of the municipal govern- ment. Upon his return he probably v confer with the other subcommittee members to map out a program for considering the suggestions for re- organization of the local government. Gets Six Months for Theft. Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt today sentenced Lewis Schwartz, 32, of St. Louis, to six months in jail for stealing five pairs of gloves from & local department store. The gloves were worth $1.65 a pair, | ]