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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
st. Luke Sunday School
Holding Annual Picnic

The Sunday school OF st. Luke'S
Protestant Episcopal Church, Fiji
teenth and Church Streets north.
west, is holding its annual picnic
and outing at Bay Ridge, Nd, to-
day.
Fishing, grabbing and surf bath.
ing will be among the many fea.
lures enjoyed by the nearly 1909
people who are expected to attend.
Edward Baker is chairman OF the
committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
z THEFTS COST.
VICTIMS ?1,700

Two robberies, in which clothing
and jeweIry valued at a total of
81, 200 were stolen. were reported
to the police OF the Ninth and Four.
teenth precincts today.
Mrs. Mary X. Turner, of the 300
block OF Connecticut Ave. n. W..
reported to the Fourteenth precinct
that her purse was taken from the
living room of her apartment today.
1t contained platinum brooch, set
with large and SO small diamonds,
valued at $1,000.
Sam Applebaum, Of the 600 block
Of Princeton Pl. N. W., manager
Of store in the 100 block of H
st. N. E.. reported to the Ninth
precinct that the store had been
entered during the night by saw
ing the bars from a rear window.
Twelve women's dresses, u meme
suits, IL boys suits, Is women's
winter coats and 500 worth of
dry goods were stolen, a total OF
500, Applebaum reported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
SPONSORS SEE
HOOVER MD
FOR BILL

Passage Of the Dale bill,
liheralizing the civil service re-
tirement law, during the re-
mainder Of the extra session
Of Congress is . possibility
which friends Of the legislation
will push next month, when
the national legislature returns
to its business.
Senator Porter III. Dale. Of Yer
mont, author Of the bill, called 1t up
on the Senate calendar last spring
when 1t might have passed the Sem
ate by unanimous consent. Senator
william III. King. OF Utah, however,
suggested that the measure go over,
and it was reached again by the
time Congress recessed.
AIcOrn Continues
1t was learned today that Robert
H. Alcorn, chairman OF the Joint
Conference on Civil Service Retire.
ment. has not ahated his efforts on
Capitol Hill to have the bill passed
during the extra session.
He is confident that the Senate
will act favorably on the measure
with little or no debate, as the bill
already has passed that body twice,
only to fail OF enactment, once in
the House Of Representatives, again
by President Coolidge's pocket
veto" last March.
Senator Dale is willing to urge
the passage of the legislation this
fall. and hopes are high for favor
able action in the House. where
President Coolidge's unfriendly at.
titude toward the measure was the
principal reason for its failure to
be enacted into law.
HoOyer Favorable
Sponsors Of the bill say that the
Hoover Administration il more hos.
nitably inclined toward the Dale
bill, and that the Presidents hand
will not be turned against 1t.
This is the only civil service bill
which has b chance Of passage at
the extra session.
II Several other measures, notably
the Brookhart bill to correct In
equalIties In the operation of the
WEIGH pay bill in the Federal de-
partments and give one step.up in
salary to- Federal employees who
did not receive the full benefit of
the act, must be sent to the House
Civil Service Committee for hear
ings, and that committee will not
be reorganized until the regular
session opens. III
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
City Heads Will Widen
Street at Death Curve

death Curve" on the Klingls
Road approach to the Twentieth
Street Bridge over Piney Branch,
is to be Strengthened out as an item
Of the current street improvement
program, Capt. H. c, Whitehurst,
chief co-ordinator Of the engineer
ing department of. the District gov.
eminent, has announced.
The road will be widenei from "a
to 36 feet from Park Road ITO the
bridge, and the curve materially re-
dllced,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
AIRPORT
PLANS GIVEN
PARK BOARD

Designs for . model airport
for the National Capital were
submitted today to the Ma
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The designs and plans were
drawn up by special committee Of
the American Institute OF Archi.
tects. The nature Of the detailed
designs was not made public by the
commission, but it Is understood
that they cali for construction OF
one Of the finest airports. not only
from the point OF view Of the air.
man, but also from the aesthetic
angle.
Board TO Get Plans
Should the commission approve
the designs, and it is generally be.
lieved that it will, it is expected that
they win be forwarded to the joint
Congressional Airport Commission,
which Is considering necessary legis-
Iation for establishment here of an
airport.
The commission also has before It
today, the second day of its session,
several proposals for the purchase Of
land for further development OF the
park system OF the Capital.
Where the sites are Is closely
guarded secret OF the commission,
which fears that IL they become
known the prices might be raised
at once.
Consider Sixteenth Street Portal
A large part Of yesterdays session
was devoted to consideration Of the
proposed portal development at the
entrance to the city through Six
teenth Street at the Maryland line.
Plans for the portal were sub
mitted by Irving Root, of the Mary
land National Capital Park ana
Planning Commission. Details viii
be worked out between the Mary
land officials ana the District Com.
missioners.
The commission adopted resolu-
tons commencing the work Of
Major Carey Brown, formerly its
engineer, who was recently ordered
to Fort Leavenworth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
knights of Jerusalem
Plan for Convention

Three thousand members OF The
Ancient Order of Knights ard
Daughters Of Jerusalem OF this
city will att the forty.third ans
nual convention at Portsmouth, Va.
August 4 to s.
The District delegation viii be lan
by Markus Ruffin. supreme grand
high priest, Norris Riley supreme
grand general, and Charles "
Johnson. supreme secretary. heads
the ARRANGEMENT committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
Policeman Is Injured
Hating Three in Fight

Policeman J. e. Bennett, Harbour
precinct, sprained his ankIa last
night when he was struck bv ! nav.
Ing brick hurled by one of three
colored men in a fight he was At.
tempting to stop.
the men We're taken to the Fourth
precinct and gave their names as
Edward jackson, %, first bIock Ee,s.
Ton St: N. w, who was stabbed in
nls side; William Waters, 81, 300
Dlock y Street s. W.. whose hip
W VIZ CUT. and William Fisher. 81,
svv dock G st. $. w. They were
iaser released in $40 collateral. each.
Bennett was treated at Emergency
Hospital and sent home.
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Bride Asks Annulment
OF Midnight Marriage

Charging that her midnight mar.
riage marriage at Rockville, Nd, OF,
June IL last, to John T. Costello.
was Illegal because she was only II
years old jamie s. Costello. through
ner mother Frances G. Sellers, 200
block East Capitol ST., filed suit IN
EQUITY Court for an annulment.
The girl bride charges thar Cos.
tello represented that she was NJ
legal age in applying for the ma r.
rfage license. Through Attorneys
John F. Richter and Henry 4.
Schweinhaut. she says the ma rria %
was never consummated as She left
her husband Immediately after tha
ceremony and went home to ber
mother. ~ nea
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
Cottage City to Curb
Barrage of Pamphlets

The best advertisement is one that
"hits the reader in the eye"-but
not when he Is busy driving an au-
tomobile and the advertisement IL q
large pamphlet.
The commissioners Of Cottage
City, Nd. will make It unlawful for
"cappers" from Washington hotels
to stand by the road and hurl
''come-on" literature into automo-
biles.
Several accidents have occurred as
a result OF drivers being struck n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
Smoky Fire Discovered
In Partly Built Hotel

Twelve bales OF a floor material
stored in the incomplete lobby of
the new Ambassador Apartment
Hotel. under construction at Four
teenth and K Streets Northwest,
were destroyed by fire last night,
carelessly tossed-away cigarette.
An alarm was sent in when per-
sons sitting in Franklin Park,
across Fourteenth Street, saw
clouds of smoke issuing from the
building. Officials Of the Cafritz
Construction Company, owners and
builders Of the apartment-hotel, said
they did not. believe the smoke dam
aged the plastering in the lobby.
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&c gil CdLIe dUUUL IN lLIS kdSIIIUH.
A squad Of Eighth precinct police,
men, suspicious of house in
Temperance Alley, invaded the place,
causing considerable furore among
more than score OF colored people
present. The guests fled by the
rear. and went over a fence.
All except Howard and a girl
friend who brought up the rear. He
paused to help her to the top of
the fence. The instant's pause was
enough. Police were upon him.
The attorney who appeared for
Howard in court yesterday. scored
the methods Of policing Temperance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
Citizenship Revocation
Held No Bar TO Alien

Louis N. Hammeriing, president
Of the Ar rican Foreign language
Newspapers Association of N, :
York, is not forbidden to enter
America because his citizenship has
been revoked, according to a d. isiou
rendered yesterday by Immigration
Commissioners Hull OF the Labor Ne
partment
Hull points out that many persons
are admitted who are not citizens Of
the United States.
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Alley. Temperance Alley and Con-
necticut Avenue are not patrolled
in the same manner" he said.
Prosecutor r. +. Camalier re-
Joined that they shouldn't be, and
recalled numerous arrests which
have been made in the alley with
the peaceful sounding name.
Judge Isaac r. Hit imposed the
alternative Of 80 days to . fine of
$3.50 for Howard. Four half gallons
of liquor were found in the house
where the raid occurred. Howard
was said to have been the host al
a party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
War Time Officials
Attend Legion Meet

More than a score Of wartime
governors members OF the Council
OF Defense, Senators and Repre-
sentatives. have signified their in.
tention OF attending the fourth an.
nual meeting 1T the Civil I.egion. to
b held at the, MayfloWer Hotel,
Nfnrnu,atas. A anN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL, TO PlcNlC

The Sunday School OF, st. Lnke's
Protestant Episcopal Church. k'if.
teenth and Church Streets North
west. wilt hold in annual picnic
todaas "A Rma- pfana Ma
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
ChiDalry Costs
Man $50 Fine

Even though is in hurry it possible to be chval-
thought Howard Stewart of Temperance Alley North
west The opinion $3.50 in Police Court Yesterday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-27
'.BLack Cat 'Robs Girl
And Fits By Alley

The twentyfh purse-snatching hold-up, in both Of
which he specaz perpetfated by the Black Cat last
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
FAIRFAX TO GET
POWER LINES

FAIRFAX Va, Aug. 31.-Elec-
trio lights and power will soon be
made available to every section Of
Fairfax county under the new plan
for service extension worked out by
the Virginia Public Service Com.
pany and just approved by the
State corporation commission af-
ter a series of conferences between
Governor Byrd, power company of
ficials and interested citizens.
Under this new plan a guaran-
tee of monthly revenue equal to 2
per cent of the construction costs
must be made by the parties to be
served, either by an individual or
by a combination of several ap.
,plcants for power. This monthly
guarantee will be reduced each
year If the record shows that rhe
receipts are in excess of the re.
quired guarantee. Customers added
to an established extension must
underwrite revenue on the same
basis as parties already served by
that line. As new meters are in.
stalled, annual adjustments will be
made so that the amount guaran.
teed will be periodically reduced,
the rate of reduction increasing
with the increase in revenue.
Division General Manager M 7.
Mcconnell states that practically
Il applications for service from
communities still unserved such as
Forestville and Dranesville can be
taken care OF under this new plan.
All questions relative to construc.
ton costs in case OF dispute will be
taken before the State corporation
commission as referee.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
AR[|NGTONLETS
!: PHILLIPS GO

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE. Aug. s1.-The. county
board of supervisors at its meeting
last night at the courthouse an
nounced that the contract of Asa
E. Phillips, who has been. employed
by the county as chief water en-.
gineer, would not be renewed.
Leon Arnold, president of the
Washington Virginia and Maryland
Coach Company appearing before
the. board appealed for more CO.
operation.
Work on the Wilson Boulevard
has been progressing, very slowly,
and don't hesitate to say, were
it not that I have other interests
than, this bus line would have
been put out of business on account
OF road conditions" he said.
County Engineer c.. l.. Kinnier
said an additional 80 days had been
allowed to give the public utilities
time to get their underground work
finished and that at the end OF 80
days the boulevard will be com.
pleted.
No action was taken by the
supervisors regarding the; erection
of the Clarendon firemen's. hall.
The board took the view that 1t
had no authority to build fire
houses.
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STAFFS named
FOR SCHOOLS

BERRYVILLE, Va, Aug. 31.-ThA
high schools OF Clarke county will
open Thursday. September 10. with
meeting of the faculties. and pupils
will report on Friday. All the rural
schools will open October IL,
Miss Rose Mcdonald, Judge of the
juvenile court. has again been an.
pointed rural supervisor. D. @.
Cooley will be principal of the Berry.
vile high school. and Superintendent
A. F. Robertson will be principal Of
the Boyce agricultural high school.
other teachers appointed are:
Miss Frances Wolfe, Mrs, Louise
Kerfoot, Misses Ruth Royston. Lon.
Use Ramsburg, Ella Holland, Louise
Carter. Jessie Fadeley, Beatrice
Kackley. Leora Kackley, Ruth Der.
lin, Jessie Carpenter, Edna Baker.
Eleanor Fishpaw, Gladys Rowland,
Hilda Levi, Mrs. Benjamin Cranip.
ton and H. M. Wallace for the Berry.
vile school.
Misses Eva Massie, Katherine
Funkhouser, e. Hume, Mildred viii.
son, Grace Johnson, Virginia Baker,
Audrey Fritts and Mary Thompson
for the Boyce school. \.
The rural school teachers are: Mrs.
M. e. Royston, Mrs. Gladys Lloyd.
Misses Mary Wharton, Vada Gardi.
ner, Marguerite Elliott, Mary RevelI.
Hildreth Hall, Dorothy Murphy,
jamie Gardiner, Eunice Carper, Mar
ion Pine, Dorothy Levi, Catherine
Eagle, Nellie Mae Evans, Mrs. Agnes
Miller. Mrs. Lola Fenton, Mrs. r. G.
Wiley end Mrs. Rufus Marcus.
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ZONERS FIGHT
GAS STATION
Photo BY international

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT.
HOUSE, Aug. S1.-The Arlington
county, coming commission held its
weekly conference at the court
house, last night at 8 o'clock with
the chairman Fred A. Gosnell pre-
siding.
With 107 residents of Lyon Village
in attendance to protest against the
reopening Of the application Of, Mrs.
Clark Bell for permit to erect a
gasoline station on the Lee Highway
opposite the intersection Of Rucker
and Virginia Avenues into Lyon
Village. the commission on motion
of counsel for the defendant laid
the matter on the table. The chair
man announced that should the
matter come before the commission
again that the citizens will be given
ample notice.
The commission deferred action on
the application of the Sun Oil Com
pany for a permit to establish in
Rosslyn 500 900 distribution plant
for petroleum products until the
meeting to be held the night of
September 20.
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u S. LEADS WORLD IN NUMBER OF CIVIL PLANES AND All
JUMPS
To BE FOUGHT
IN SENATE

a spectacular effort to
eliminate all increases in the
industrial schedules will fea-
ture the Democratic assault in
the Senate against the 800,
900, 900 tariff bill.
! The minority members Of the SEN
ate Finance Committee, at their
series OF conferences this week, de.
cided to support the Thomas reso-
luton, generally eliminating all sec
tons OF the new bill except the agri.
cultural schedule. This program
was sponsored by Senator Thomas
Cd, of Oklahoma. III the Senate
should take this drastic step, the
Democrats then probably would join
In supporting slight increases in
tariff rates affecting q number of
industries, which have plainly suf-
fered from foreign competition under
tn present law.
Al complete program Of Inaneuvers
for the tariff wars, which begin next
Wednesday, was agreed upon, in
event the major anti-industrial of.
fensive Is repulsed. The minority
will seek reductions in specific rates
all through the Industrial schedules,
support in general the new agricul.
tural rates and try to defeat large
number Of changes in the admins
trative law. 4
Democratic Program
This Democratic program, in brief,
follows:
sugar-seek, defeat of the 1920
Cuban basic rate agreed to by Sem
ate Republicans while supporting
the existing rate of $1.76 Cuban rate
In existing law.
.Steel-Attempt to secure reduc-
tions in the whole steel schedule.
Iron-Try to eliminate the $3.50
ton rate on pig iron while sup
porting the existing rate of 75c a
ton.
Dyes-Proposal to slash ali .ex-
listing dye rates, which House and
Senate Republicans retained, now
under consideration.
Chemicals-A sweeping effort
will be made to slash rates in this
schedule.
Wool-Possibility that Senate
rates will be supported, except the
rate on wool rags. The RepubIi-
cans increased this rate from to
"a cents a pound and Democrats
show disposition to center attack
on. it. :. 49,
Disposition to keep
shingles on free list, even though
House placed tariff on them.
10 Per Cent On Hides
Hides Disposition to allow 10
per cent ad yalorem rate on hides,
In effort to aid agriculture. Same
disposition toward leather rates.
Shoes-Effort may, be made to
slash 20 per cent rate on shoes to
Is per cent.
In addition to the rate battles,
the Democrats will conduct a num-
Der of important fights against Ad-
ministrative provisions in the bill.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
Car Dealer Hit on Head;
Man, 20, Held by Police

Frank Justice. SO, an automobile
dealer of the 1900 block Fourteenth
st. N. W., was injured about the
head yesterday morning in an al
tercation in rear room at 1903
Fourteenth st. N. w. Edward Louis,
90, 400 block Irving st. N. W., is
being held at the Second precinct
bending the outcome of Justices
injuries.
Justice was treated at Emergency
Hospital for decorations about the
head and a possible skull fracture.
He did not remain at the hospital.
Police said Justice was injured
when his head struck the. floor.
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Mrs. Mary Bascio, Of Brooklyn,
who was arraigned yesterday morn.
ing in Bridge Plaza Court before
Judge. MaGuire on a charge Of at
tempted abandonment OF her new
born granddaughter. denied she. tried
to get rid OF the child.
My Margaret, she IL only 20,
was always a good girl. In the
daytime she worked. and. in the
night she would come home to her
madre and her sisters, Josie and
Marie, and her brother Nick. Never
did she go out with men.
Then about six months ago she
went down to hospital in Penn
sylvania. She told her papa and
me she had heart trouble and
must be treated, but when she
came back, we begged her to tell
US who is the man. .s
Two weeks ago she went to st
Cecelia's Hospital. and the little
one was born. We called her Mary,
after me, her grandmamma.
Last night I went to the hos
pital to take the baby home. Mar.
garet gave me. some underwear to
take home and wash! and put it
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in a paper bag. Passing. through
Winthrop Park. the bag burst, and
/ put Mary on the bench while ]
fixed the clothing In the bundle.
Jaibt then that woman came along.
You are trying to kill the baby
she said"
Mrs. Bascio, who was arrested by
Patrolman George Fauls on the
complaint Of Mrs. Marian Rega, No.
185 Engert Ave, was held in 3d..
500 bail for a hearing on Tuesday.
Mrs. Rega said she saw the grand
mother cover the baby with news
papers and stuff its mouth with
paper.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
SNYDER House
ION MARKET

NEW YORK Aug. 31.-Queens
Village is stirred by the appearance
of a sign, Sold" on the house
where Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray
killed Albert Snyder, two and a
half 4 years ago. Mrs. Josephine
Brown, mother of Mrs. Snyder, de-
clared the property chad not been
sold.
Real estate attorneys declare that
it is virtually impossible to give a
clear title. The property was vested
in Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder. When he
died, under ordinary procedure, the
property would revert to his wife.
But the law provides that a person
cannot achieve title by crime.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
Electric Shock Injuries
Power Company Worker

Thomas Blunt. %, 700 block Third
st. N. W.. an employee of the
Potomac Electric Power Company,
suffered electric shock yesterday
while repairing power cables on
the Defense Highway.
Rescue Squsd No. and a Cas-
laIty Hospital ambulance made a
three-mile run to the, scene. Blunt
was brought to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
HOP T0CUT CAL.
To OHIO I ME

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81 Q.N.S.l.
Capt. Roscoe Turner, Oakland dis
lance 'flier, took off at. Metropolitan
airport at a. m. washington time)
in an effort to break the nonstop
record from Los Angeles to Cleve-
land, Ohio.
He roared toward the rising sun
in an attempt to break the mark
of 10 hours 81 minutes 1913 seconds,
set recently by Lee Schoenhair.
Johnny Wood, Los Angeles, took
off at .4:4S a. m. on a similar quest.
The Washington times., 1929-08-31
Dazed Hit-Run Victim :
Found Wandering Her,

Found wandering in pain last
night by Third Precinct police. will.
liam Carmen. 40. OF West Falls
Church, Va, was taken to Casualty
Hospital, Aere it was reported he
was the victim Of a hit and run
driver in West Falls Church.
Cannon suffered possible frac.
lures OF the right arm and ribs.
Police reported Carmen, after being
struck, boarded an electric car and
came to Washington.