Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1935, Page 17

Washington News BILL IS APPROVED 10 CONCENTRATE DISTRICT POWERS Commissioners 0. K. Terms in Principle—Executives Study Proposal. BROADENS AUTHORITY TO DIRECT BOARDS | Measure Would Permit Veto of | Action by Groups Supported by Local Funds, The Commissioners today approved in principle the terms of a bill to broaden the powers of the Board of Commissioners. This is to be one of the major elements of their pro- posed legislative program for the at- tention of Congress early in the ses- sion All affected District executives were called upon this morning to study and report promptly on details of the measure. A major principle in the bill is that the Commissioners be given power to veto or to direct an action of the Board of Education or other government agencies here which draw financial support in whole or in part from Dis- trict revenues. The District heads made public for the first time today the draft of the proposed law as prepared for their action by Corporation Counsel E. Bar- ret{ Prettyman. This revealed the many ways in which it is proposed to extend powers of the municipal gov- ernment. Could Widen Streets. Among the list of new actions made possible would be power to adjust or abate assessments In certain cases, settle small claims against the Dis- | trict; to open, close or widen streets or alleys; regulate and license busi- nesses; regulate marathon dances or walks, or other theatrical contests; regulate the operation of private hos- pitals; effect a more rigid control over the smoke nuisance, and to have the power to bar the entrance into the District of large bodies of persons such s bonus or “hunger” marchers. ‘The section of the measure giving | the Commissioners power to veto or | direct actions of the so-called inde- | pendent boards reads as follows: “To direct or prohibit action by any official, employe, agency, com- mittee, congmission or board financed in whole or in part from revenues of the District of Columbia (except the Judges, officials and other employes of the courts, and those of the Public Utilities Commission), whenever in the judgment of the said Commis- sioners such direction or prohibition is advisable_in the public interest. Such resolution of direction or pro- hibition when received by any such official, employe, agency, committee, commission or board shall be treated and have the same effect as though | it were the official act of such re- cipient.” Could Remove Appointees, The bill restates the power of the Commissioners to appoint the mem- bers of various boards already under their control and adds specifically the power to remove from office any per- son appointed by them. The general statement of the pur- pose of the bill is set forth as: “This act and each of its provisions is to be construed liberally as a clari- fication and enlargement of the powers of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and not as a restriction upon or repeal of any power heretofore had by them. No provision of any prior statute is repealed by this act, except in so far as this act gives to the Commissioners greater or more definite power than are contained in such other statutes. The procedural requirements of any law otherwise heretofore or hereafter made by Con- gress shall be opserved in the exercise of any power hérein granted to which such requirements may apply. “No act of Congress subsequent hereto shall be deemed to repeal or amend any power herein granted un- less such act shall so declare. All health, building, police, license, plumb- ing, electrical, elevator, fire, traffic (including automobile title and regis- tration) and all other municipal ordi- nances, orders and rules heretofore promulgated and in force on the first day of January, 1935, are hereby legalized the same as if they were the acts of Congress and continued in force and effect until amended, mod- ified or repealed in accordance.with the authority herein granted.” The Commissioners would be given power to settle claims against the Dis- trict up to $5,000, but there would have to be an appropriation by Con- gress in cases where the claim ex- ceeded $100. The District would be given power to waive the defense of “governmental function.” The proposed law might be used by the District in snow removal, since the Commissioners would be empowered to require the cleaning of highways, sidewalks and alleys. - The section dealing with marathon contests gives the Commissioners power to “prevent, license or regulate theatrical and other exhibitions, ath- letic contests and exhibitions, includ- ing dancing and walking contests, au- tomobile and bicycle races carried on for gain.” The District has a general license act, but the Commissioners’ power to license, inspect and regulate busi- nesses conducted here would be broad- ened by the terms of the new bill. In a section strengthening the pow- ers of the Commissioners in police regulation, the District would be au- thorized to regulate sale, possession and use of firearms and other weap- ons. The Commissioners would be given power to prevent the entrance into the District or to remove from the District any large body of persons, whenever, upon report of the superin- tendent of police, it appears “evident to said Commissioners that such per- sons will cause disorder or tend to disturb the orderly transaction of pub- lic or private CORRECTION In an account of the arrest at Riverdale yesterday of Kenneth J. Lynch, 32, of Baltimore, the word “burglar” was inadvertently used. Lynch was arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, but was not charged with housebreaking. The Star regrets the error, - L ] | U.S. Employe’s his wife and 10-y ESPITE his narrow escape from death in the crash of a | transport airplane in the| Adirondacks last week, Robert | W. Hambrook of the Indus-| trial Education Service, Federal Board for Vecational Training, is ready to- day to begin traveling again—by air- plane. “The accident was not in any the fault of the airplane or its pilc he said today at his home in Lin- colnia, Va. “It was due to localized bad weather which came in through an area where there were no weather reporting services.” Mr. Hambrock, who said he has, | had more than 150 hours of flying | time as an air transport passenger, or more than 18,000 miles of air travel, | expressed faith in the future of air | transpertation. “Great improvements are being made all the time,” he said, “and li have a feeling of security in the air. | I really believe I was in more danger | during a taxicab ride through the| streets of New York on the way home | {than while in flight.” The four men who crashed in an isolated stretch of Adirondacks wilder- | ness, Mr. Hambrook said, faced their | | greatest danger in the intense cold of | the t\\o succeeding nights when, with- | out food. shelter or proper clothing, | | they weathered temperatures far be- | low zero in snow 3 feet deep. | @h WASHINGTON, D. C., Faith in Planes Unshaken by Mountain Crash Robert W. Hambrook, lost in the Adirondack wilderness after an air- plane crash, is shown as he was met at Union Station late yesterday by ar-old-daughter, Faith. —Wide World Photo, “On the afternoon of the night we were rescued,” he said, “we almost gave up hope. We all felt that if we were not rescued that night we would not get out at all. for endurance.” Saw Many Planes. Mr. Hambrook described the strug- glés of the four men to attract the attention of searching aircraft, which were seen many times. No dry wood could be found to burn; they had no ax. They were able to start a small fire, but it was too feeble to send smoke above the tree tops or for its light to be seen. The beacon which they lighted to signal Dean Smith, veteran transport pilot, who first sighted them, succeeded only because it was lighted at dusk with the aid of five gallons of gasoline, which flared up long enough and brightly enough for Smith to see. Mr. Hambrook said he never gave up hope. He described the struggles of the men to save themselves, including two reconnaissance trips of 2 miles or more through the snow. They ripped all the fabric out of cabin to serve as wrappings for their feet and legs. Fabric from the wings | was -fashioned into a small tent. “It was a hard experience and no one will know how grateful we were to hear the voices of the members of the rescue party,” he said. HEALTHOFFER SEEETION NEAR | Names Recommended by; Advisory Committee Not Given Out. A new health officer for the District | will be selected by the Commissioners in a day or two, it was indicated to- | day after an Advisory Committee of | Washington medical authorities sub- | mitted a report containing recommen- dations as to candidates. Neither Dr. William Gerry Morgan, chairman of the Advisory Committee, nor the Commissioners would make public the names of those recommend- | ed by the advisory group. Three Names Mentioned. According to reliable reports, the three physicians most favorably con- sidered are Dr. George C. Ruhland, health commissioner of Syracuse, N. Y.; Dr. E. L. Bishop, Tennessee State health officer and a member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Dr. William F. Wile of the Crocker Can- cer Laboratory of Columbia University. Dr. Wile formerly was health com- missioner of Bridgeport, Conn. , Dr. Ruhland is regarded in some quarters as being the probable first choice of the committee because of the record he is said to have made in establishing a health administration of high character at Syracuse. The Commissioner interviewed Dr. Ruhland at a private meeting some time ago. Commissioner Allen has had a conference with Dr. Wile. Dr. Bishop is expected in Washington some time this week and the appoint- ment by the Commissioners probably will be withheld until they have talked with him. Others of Committee. Asociated with Dr. Morgan, past president of the District and the American Medical Societies, are the following members of the Advisory Committee, who were asked by the District heads to recommend a succes- sor to Dr. William C. Fowler, who retired December 1, as head of the District health office: Dr. C. Willard Camalier of the District Dental Society; Dr. William E. Hough, District Medical Society; Dr. Earl B. McKinley, George Wash- ington University Medical School; As- sistant Surgeon General W. F. Draper, Dr. Numa P. G. Adams, Howard Uni- versity Medical School, and Dr. E. C. Wiggins, Medico-Chirurgical Society. FIRST LADY TO CHRISTEN CARRIER ENTERPRISE Roosevelt Invites Mrs, Swanson to Serve as Spomsor for the Yorktown. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has ac- cepted an invitation to christen the Navy's new aircraft carrier, Enter- prise, which will be launched next year, Secretary Swanson announced today. Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the cabinet officer, has been invited by President Roosevelt to christen the Yorktown, another of the Navy's new aircraft carriers, which will be launched in September. Both vessels, each of 20,000 tons displacement, are under construction at Newport News, Va. Crash Victim MISS IRMA CROUCH. HARRS CLEMENCY MOVEMENT GROWS Group, Headed by Counsel, Meets to Draft Petition to President. A concerted movement was organ- ized today in an effort to save the life of Charles Harris, convicted of the murder of Milton W. “Milsie” Henry, Washington gambler. A group headed by Neil Burkinshaw, counsel for Harris, and Charles Ed- ward Russell, well known writer, met today in Burkinshaw's office in the Shoreham Building to prepare a peti- tion to President Roosevelt. Harris is condemned to die on Jan- uary 11. Courts of Appeal, including the United States Supreme Court, have refused either to review or to re- hear his case, so clemency from the White House is the only hope of the doomed man. At his press conference this morn- ing, President Roosevelt said he had not received a petition in Harris’ be- half, but had received a number of letters from individuals asking that|A his life be spared. These have been forwarded to the Justice Department. Mr. Russell said no definite date *|has been set for the presentation of the petition, but that it will be deliv- ered to the President as soon as the document and its signafures can be completed. He expects it to be pre- sented this week. Some of those who met in Mr. Burkinshaw's office today were Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church; Rabbi Abram Simon, Canon Raymond L. Wolven, representing Bishop James E. Freeman; Mrd. Charles Goldsmith, secretary of the Board of Public Wel- fare; Herbert E. Geston,sspecial as- sistant to the Secretary of the Treas- ury; Mrs. Leo P. Harlow, Joseph A. Berberich and Thomas A. McMerney, representing the Society of St. Vin- cent de Paul; James E. Briggs, Mr. Russell and Mr, Burkinshaw. Hates Nurses, Theaters. John Cowper Powys, British author, told an interviewer that he hated all music, all theaters and all films ex- cept those of Charlie Chapiin. ” | It was too cold the airplane | I"'rl! SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C. . FALBUSH DIES; 1S SECOND TRAFFIC VICTIM IN 2 DAYS 61-Year-Old Man Struck by Street Car New Year Eve. MISS IRMA CROUCH, 18, FIRST FATALITY OF 1935 Young Motor Cycle Rider, Hurt in Collision, Believed Recover- ing at Hospital. R Charles B."Falbush, 61, of 3607 Fourteenth street, died this morning in Garfield Hospital of injuries re- ceived Monday night when knocked down by a street car at Fourteenth street and Spring road. His death was the second in Washington during the new year. The victim of the other fatal ac- cident was 18-year-old Irma Crouch of 1918 Pennsylvania avenue, a West- ern High School student, who was ! killed instantly early yesterday in a head-on automobile collision in the 2300 block of Bladensburg road. Miss Crouch’s twin sister, Audrey, jand three male companions were in- jured in the accident. The two girls and three men were leaving a party at the Kennedy-Warren apartments. Motor Cycle Rider Recovering. Anthony Du Busky, 18, of 1227 i Jackson street northeast, was believed | recovering at Sibley Hospital today from serious injuries received Monday |afternoon when his motor cycle was in a collision with an automobile at 1 Fourth street and Todd place north- | east. Du Busky's leg was broken and he received internal hurts. | Ten-year-old Jack Cole, 812 Fifth street northeast, |arm and cuts about the face last night when knocked down at Fifth and H streets northeast by an auto- mobile driven by Arve.Charlan, 20, of | 1609 West Virginia avenue. His condition was described as un- determined at Casualty Hospital this | morning. Slippery streets yesterday resulted | in the crash of a Fire Department | pumper at Eighteenth and M streets The pumper, en route to an automo- bile, swerved across the curb and| | knocked down a tree which fell on an- | other car. No one was injured. The driver of the automobile hit by the fire siren. Traffic Court Busy. Traffic Court was busy today. Eighteen drivers, up to noon, had been heard on speeding charges and half a-dozen others paid $10 fines for using 1934 tags. Hugh Sorrell, before Judge John P. McMahon on a charge of reckless driving and was he‘lli under $300 bond for a jury trial. guilty to a speeding count, allegedly the third offense, and made $100 bond pending a jury trial. Judge McMahon assessed a $25 fine, with an alternative of 15 days in jail, against Leslie R. Hollman of Al- berton, Md., on a charge of reckless driving. HYATTSVILLE VETERAN COAL DEALER EXPIRES Jay H. Johnson, Pneumonia Vic- tim, Native of New York. Wife and 8 Children Survive. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 2.— Following an {liness of several weeks, Jay H. Johnson, 54 years old, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home on Queens Chapel road in West Hyattsville. Mr. Johnson, who was in the ice and coal business, was born in New York but had lived in this section many years. He leaves his widow, who, before her marriage, was Miss Nora Breade- camp, and eight children, ranging in age from 6 to 24. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from Gasch’s Sons Funeral Home here. Interment will be in Evergreen Ceme- tery, Bladensburg. _— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, District of Columbia Com- mandery of the Naval and Military Order of Spanish-American War, Army-Navy Club, 5 pm. Banquet, Life Insu Insurance Club of Wu.hmg'nn. La Fayette Hotel, 5:30 Bingo party, 849 K street northeast, 8:30 pm. J Bingo pnrty. Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 pm. TOMORROW. Meeting, Richard J. Harden Camp, United Spanish War Veterans, Pythian ‘Temple, 8 p.m. ting, Col. John Jacob Astor u?llhry, United Spanish War Vet- erans, 921 Pennsylvania avenue south- east, 8 p.m. Reception, Pennsylvania State So- ciety, Mayflower Hotel, 4 p.m. Luncheon, English-Speaking Union, ‘Willard Hotel, 1 pm. Dinner, the Thirteen Club, Willard Hotel, 6:30 pm. Megting, the Buffalo Club, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. —_——— MARRIAGES INCREASE Culpeper Record of 105 Held Re- flection of Business Improvement. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va, January 2—Im- proved conditions in Culpeper County wnmdumwbereflzmdmmnln- crease in the number of marriage li- censes issued in 1934, 105 against Dl in 1933. The oldest man applying for & li- cense was 66, the oldest woman 60. The youngest bridegroom was 19, and two brides gave their age as 16, r received a broken | <% | effaced remnants of the New Year eve bile fire nearby, struck an automo- |5 apparatus said he did not hear its| & sailor attached to| the Navy Yard, pleaded not guilty | | | | l ¢ Foening Sk WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1935. I— New Transient Chief Takes ¥ -Society and Office Daniel Garges (left), secretary to the Board of Comissioners, is shown administering the oath of office to Richard Gebhardt, new director of the District Transient Bureau. Miss Alice Hill, director of the Emergency Relief Division, is looking on. —Star Staff Photo. FAIR AND WARMER IS FORECAST HERE Slippery Streets and Ice- Coated Sidewalks Cause Several Accidents. The outlcok was for fair and warmer weather today as a bright sun snowfall. Slippery streets and ice-coated side- walks caused a number of accidents. | Nellie M. Keene. 35, of 3407 Twenty- ninth street, broke her right arm last night when she fell at Twenty-ninth 1and Ordway streets. She was taken | to Emergency Hospital. Slight injuries were received yester- day atternoon by John McGowan, 18, of 801 Fern street, in a fall at First and B streets southeast. McGowan |was alighting from his automobile when he slipped and struck his head | {against the door. He was given first aid at Casualty Hospital. The mercury was expected to get well above freezing this afternoon, having mounted throughout the morn- g from & minimum of 23 degrees at | 6 am. The forecast said quite so cold tonight, with the lowest temperature about: 28 degrees. To- morrow fair and warmer with gentle southerly winds.” The maximum during the last 24 hours was 43 degrees shortly after noon yesterday. '“BIG NAVY” SUPPORT Clarence W. Hayes pleaded not IS SEEN IN CONGRESS Pennsylvania House Member Ex- pects Little Opposition to Roosevelt's Program. By the Associated Press. A prediction that there will be “little opposition” in Congress to adding more ships and men to the Navy came today | from Representative Darrow, Re- publican, of Pennsylvania, ranking Re- publican on the ‘-i!ouse Naval Com- mittee. “Congress probnbly Wil follow any suggestion the President sends down for improving the Navy,” he said. “And he is a ‘big Navy’ man.” “The greatest amount of opposition,” he added, “may be expected from the Middle West, where there is less con- cern over the Navy as the first line of defense. Personally, I think ship con- | struction is much more desirable than | many other types of work for which Federal funds are being spent.” The Navy is seeking money to start building in the next fiscal year 24 of the 78 vessels needed before it can attain the full strength permitted by naval limitation treaties. Darrow said he did not know what effect Japan's denunciation of the Washington treaty might have on sen- timent in the House for a larger Navy. Shipbuilding, the Pennsylvanian as- serted, provides an important stimulus to employment and would boost the steel and other durable goods indus- tries which have been hard hit. _ Y. M. C. A. STAFF PLANS FIRST OF CONFERENCES Rev. Raphael H. Miller Will Dis- cuss Religion at Session Tomorrow. Rev. Raphael H. Miller, pastor of the National City Christian Church, will discuss “Is Religion Going Right or Left?” at a_conference of staff officials of the Young Men's Christ- tian Association tomorrow at 9 a.m. ‘The conference will begin at 8:15 am, with Leonard W. De Gast, gen- eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A,, pre- siding. There will be a review of past activities and a forecast of the pro- gram for the future. Herbert Costain, a staff secretary, will lead the group in a devotional period at 11:15 am. The confer- ence is one of a series planned for the new year. —_—— DELGADO IN CAPITAL New Philippine Commissioner Ex- tends Beason’s Greetings. New Year greetings to President Roosevelt, to the “New Dealers” and to all the American people were ex- tended yesterday by Francisco A. Del- gado, new Philippine resident com- missioner, upon his arrival in Wash. ington for the seventy-fourth session of Congress. Delgado, with his wife and three children, motored here from New ‘York. He 'replaces former Commis- sioner Camilo Osias, who was an un- successful candidate for ‘the Philip- pine S:cnate last Summer. | “fair and not | Free Allowance Of Baggage on Lines Expanded Winter Sport Fans and| Parents Benefited by New Rulings. Winter sports devotees, especially those with children, are benefiting | these days by new baggage regulations recently placed in effect by the major | railroad lines running north out of Washington. The new regulations, proposed by | the Interstate Commerce Commission, | | permit passengers to check as part of the customary free baggage allowance | such articles as baby carriages, go- carts, velocipedes, sleighs, toboggans, | skiis and other sports paraphernalia. | A charge formerly was placed on such | articles. Other concessions to the baggage- burdened traveler include increase of | allowable weight of a single piece of baggage from 250 to 300 pounds, in- | crease in maximum allowable height | from 45 to 72 inches and decrease in storage rates at stations. The revised rates were issued De- | cember 15 by the Trunk Line and | Central Passenger Associations, mak- | ing them applicable to most lines | running north and west from Wash- | ington. Lines running to the south | | have not yet followed the lead. CITY BANKS START EARLIER CLOSING Institutions Shut Doors Daily at 2 P.M.—Morning Hours Unchanged. Earlier closing hours for banks { throughout the District went into ef- | fect today. Doors were to be closed to the public at 2 p.m. instead of 3 p.m. The opening hours in the morning remain the same. The earliest bank | opening is 8:30 am., with some in- | stitutions opening later. The change was adopted officially by the Washington Clearing House and will be observed by all banks. Another important change, bene- fiting depositors, has gone into effect with expiration of the 2-cent Federal tax on each check. The tax was effec- tive up to December 31. LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO E. F. WETTENGEL | Former Manager of Hugh Reilly | & Co. Warehouse Dies at Bethesda Home. Edmund P. Wettengel, former man- ager of the Hugh Reilly & Co. ware- | house here, died Monday at his home on McKiniey street, Bethesda, Md., after an illness of five years. Born in Dunlop, Iowa, on Novem- ber 16, 1878, he was at first in the paint and glass business, opening the | Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. house in Oklahoma City. A few years later he went into the automobile business with his father and brothers in Omahg, Nebr. He had lived in Wash- ington for 15 years. Besides his widow, Mrs. Ethel E. Wettengel, he is survived by a son, Edmund W. Wettengel, a lithographer with the Navy Department, and five sisters, Mrs. J. B. Fitch, Angola, Ind.; Mrs. B, F. Wettengel and Mrs. B. F. Briggs, of Omaha; Mrs. George Schneider, Excelsior Springs, Mo.. and Mrs. Bessie Thompson, Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be held at his home tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., followed | by requiem mass at Our Lady of Cedar Hill Cemetery. RITES ARE TOMORROW Mrs. Catherine Gibson Mansfield Was Eastern Star Leader. Acacia Chapter of the Eastern Star will conduct funeral services at 2 pm. tomorrow for Mrs. Catherine Gihson Mansfield, wife of Dr. Wendell C. Mansfield, who died Monday at her home, 6718 Piney Branch road. The services will be at Hines' funeral home, 2001 Fourteenth street. Mrs. Mansfield, who was a past ma- tron of Acacia Chapter, is -umud. in addition to her husband, by her mother, Mrs. Catherine Leckie Gib- Lourdes Church. Burial will be in |}, son; a sister, Miss Stuart Gibson, and a brother, Lioyd Leckie Gibson. PERPETUAL CUTS DIVIDEND RATE Others Reported to Be Con- sidering Reduction in Certain Instances. The Perpetual Building Association has reduced its dividend ‘on deposits frcm 5 to 412 per cent, it was learned today. This reduction, effective today, fol- lows the general trend toward lower interest rates on deposits in financial | institutions throughout the country. The banks of Washington sometime ago put into effect a reduction of} interest on savings accounts, cutting| the maximum from 3 w 2'; per cent. Announcement of the reduction by the Perpetual was made today by | Edward C. Baltz, secretary of the association. At the same time it was learned | that members of the District Building and Loan League have considered, in some instances, a lowering of dividend | rates, because Washington building | and loan associations—of which there are 28—are bulging with money and small demand for loans. William S. Quinter, secretary of the District Building and Loan League with a membership of 19 associations, is authority for the statement that the subject of decreased dividend returns | has been up for discussion. He is also president of the District Building and Loan Association, which reports 193¢ as one of its most prosperous years. 'BURNS ARE FATAL TO CHILD OF 10 Helen Bitner, Victim of Accident Before Christmas, Succumbs at Hospital. Death late yesterday terminated the misery of 10-year-old Helen Bitner, a Board of Public Welfare charge, who was burned while at play a week be- fore Christmas. In the home of her foster parents at 233 Second street, Helen was mak- ing little paper torches which she ignited in the stove. Helen's foster mother was out of the room for the moment and the child was left to her | own resources. One of the torches touched off Helen's dress, and the flames envelop- ed her body before they could be extinguished. ‘The burns were so grave that Helen's mother, Mrs. Mary Brooks, was sum- moned from her job in a Pennsylvania city. The child’s father was dead, but her mother remained at her bed- | side in Gallinger Hospital apd did what she could to provide a happy Christmas. Death was only a matter of days and the doctors did their best to make the child comfortable. The Board of Public Welfare had taken Helen under its wing because her mother could not afford to care for her. ‘Funeral ar- rangements are not complete. Deaths Rgported. Y Home for Accd snd InfFm. Fannie E_ Spauldine. 78, 1008 E. Capitol st. Katherine T. Smith. 77. 1406 Good Hope Td Carrie' L. Heise, 74, 1818 Rhode Island A Stork. 3602 20th st. ne. Bonhne Asmnnll 67, 1821 .mlersan L Alvin 8. Limerick. 480 1 st. 65, st RTlph Walker, 65" 6700 Sligo um rd wn: Kansas skl 60, U. 8. Naval Hospital. 306 E s Shire Tsu Ola Allan. | Marie J, Holtman, 58, !muuncy Hospital. - ; Gallinger Hospital. 5. 931 11th st Gallinger Hospital: Louts Brown. Sibley_Hospital m Thompson. 53, Gallinger Hospital. Nota Blabaueh. 48, Wiltam G- Ware: 48, Emergeney Hospital. | Melvin C. Eiseman, 42. 1833 Kalorama rd. Theodore R. O'Flaherty. 30. T. B. Hospital. | fnn K Tepper, 28, “Emergency Hospital. Mary B. Suraci, Georgetown Hospital. Dorothy’ Guy. "4 Hflm‘;"zfl]l':l“! Hospital. . Gree lhndolph Chlchts 1, Casualty Hospital. Robert M. R. Bros 27 Florida ave. Bignche Sutier, 95 Home_ for Ated and rm. Adeline Garry. 51 Glll\nler l(nl ital. Laurence T. Ric 24 96" daiunger Hospital. Andrew_Davi Emergency Hospital. ."1'" Reed giolbltnl ne White, 10, T, Evelyn Church, H Almel Rollll’ll 9 Chudrenl . Children’s Holfl ISTamt Caivin L Browt. 102 M s Infant James V- Hoots, Chlldren's Hospital. Infant o Caston and Estelle Bennett. Gal- ] and Margaret Boyd. attie E. Lofton. 735 ard s Infans 3 Joseph and Lornetta Middleton. Freedmep's Hospital. General PAGE B—-1 CAPPER T0 BACK ANTI-GAMBLING LAW IN DISTRICT Also Favors Motorists’ Re- sponsibility Measure and New Small Loan Act. IMPRESSED BY GREAT INCREASE IN POPULATION Approves Bill to Limit Jurisdic- tion of Courts in Appeals From Utility Orders. The anti-gambling bill, the motor- ists’ responsibility measure and broad- er powers for the Commissioners were among the subjects urged by Senator Capper of Kansas, ranking minority member of the District Committee, in a statement last night summarizing the outlook for local legislation at the coming session. The Kansan also approved the bill to limjt the jurisdiction of the courts to findings of law when appeals are taken from orders of the Utilities Commission. Likewise, he stressed the importance of a new small loan law in the District. Favors Anti-Gambling Laws. Referring to the bill to put more teeth in the anti-gambling laws, es- pecially to cope with the numbers game, Senator Capper said: “Such legislation will certainly have my vote. If the people of Washing- ton could be made to realize the fact that the small bets on ‘numbers’ games and the like are pouring large sums of money into the pockets of gangs of organized criminals, who will stop at nothing to prevent competition in their field, there would be a great public demonstration before Congress in favor of this wise legislation.” Comments on Rents. Commenting on rents and housing problems, Senatar Capper said n returning to Washington I thinz one of the most interesting changes which bas taken place is the remarkable increase in population. This has brought about a distinct | shortage in houses, aspartments and | rooms, and I have heard of some in- | stances of increased rents. However, {I do not think there has been any { general increase in rents, for which, tof cours®, there could be no real | justification. Rents are high enough right now in Washington, and in many cases, especially in the cases of low-income families, they are far beyand any basis for reasonable ree turn, “In this connection, I would like to |say that the housing and rent report |made to the Senate by the Public Utilities Commission should be made the basis of any legislation which may be deemed necessary to care for the housing situation in Washington.” 'D. C. SWEEPSTAKES HOLDERS WIN $900 Mrs. Annie Verdi Would Have Received $35,000 Had Horse, Scratched, Won Race. I | ! Mrs. Annie Verdi, 72, wife of Guis- | seppi Verdi, 1017 Otis place, will col- lect $900 from the Hotel Dieu Sweeps stakes held yesterday at Sydney. Aus- tralia, even though her horse did not run in the race. Mrs. Verdi held a ticket on Whit« tington, a non-starter. This horse was one of the favorites before the race. Had he entered and won, he would | have returned $35,000 to Mrs, Verdi. Another Washingtonian, Carl R. | Greimel, 6369 Ridge road, also won $900 on a non-starter. First prize of $35,000 in the race for the Tattersall Cup went to H. C. Gans of Hoboken, N. J. Elda Williams of Rockport, Mass., won second prize, $21,000. Third prize of $14,000 went to J. Gertenbach of Brooklyn, N. Y. J. Vaughn of Newark, N. J, got a $7,000 fourth prize. 'C. M. MARSH DIES; POWER ENGINEER {Head of Potomac Electric Com- pany Department Succumbs Suddenly. Charles M. Marsh, head of the com- mercial engineering department of the Potomac Electric Power Co., died sud- denly yesterday at his home, 8 East Irving street, Chevy Chase, Md. Born-at Morristown, N. J., the son of Charles M. and Roberta McCurdy Marsh, he attended Pomfret School, in Connecticut, preparatory to study at Cornell University, from which he graduated in 1903. After a year with the General Electric Co., in Schenec- tady, N. Y., he joined the engineering force of the New York Transportation Co., doing important work in connec- tion with starting the Fifth avenue bus line. In 1907 he was married to Gene- vieve Wilder Cutler, daughter of Judge and Mrs, Willard W. Cutler of Mor- ristown. Two years later he came to ‘Washington as head of his department !in the power company. Interested 1n the work of the Boy | Scouts of America, Mr. Marsh had |served as scoutmaster and deputy commissioner of the organization for several years. He was a member of the Chevy Chase, Manor and Kiwanis | clubs. | Besides his widow he is survived by three daughters, Betty, Genevieve and Mary Marsh. Funeral services will {be conducted at All Saints’ Church, | Chevy Chase, tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., followed by burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. SCHOOLS REOPEN The city’s 100,000 public and pa- rochial school children returned to their classes this morning, bringing to an end the Christmas vacation. Assemblies were held at many schools, while others settled down at once to the serious business of pre- paring for the midyear examinations, . which will come shortly. 4