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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
HIGHWAY C|RCL|NG
FORT IS PLANNED
Fine Arts Body Considering
Boulevard and Forest Pres
ervation at Humphreys.

Construction Of q boulevard Skirting
Fort Humphreys, Va, the Army post,
and proper preservation of the forest In
the reservation have been outlined as
detectives OF the Fine Arts Commission.
Charles Moore, its chairman, said today
that the commission will pay a visit to
Fort Humphreys during its December
meeting and confer with Army officials
there. An effort will be made to have
the Army and the Forest Service OF the
Department of Agriculture cooperate IN
giving attention to the forest.
A 200-foot roadway IN front OF Fort
Humphreys, Mr.. Moore said, would be
desirable, and the boulevard should De
extended for about miles, as there Is
an opportunity for beautifcation In that
area.
Robert LincOln's Tomb Completed.
The sarcophaRus Of Robert Todd Lin
coin. son, of the Great Emancipator, is
now completed in Arlington National
Cemetery. It Is the work of James Earle
Fraser Of New York, the sculptor, and
is considered "the most artistic thing IN
the whole of Arlington" The commls-
sion, during its visit to Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery yesterday afternoon,
viewed the sarcophagus, which has oeen
constructed in accordance with the
commissions suggestions.
The restoration going forward at Ar
lington House, the old home OF Gen
Robert E. Lee, was inspected by the
commission during its trip to Arlington.
Army officials escorted the commission
about the grounds and explained inter-
esting points.
further attention to the progress OF
Arlington Memorial Bridge was given
by the commission, which decided that
the bridge to connect with the Virginia
shore from Columbia Island, north OF
the main structure, should be OF the
simplest possible materials ana not
compete in any wise with the pr1nclpal
structure, now being completed across
the Potomac River.
Grants Suggestion Approved.
After consultation with the Chicago
architects Of the Union Station, the
commission sanctioned suggestion by
Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, director
of Public Buildings and Public Parks
of the National Capital. that brighter
illumination be placed around the sta
ton by the use OF larger and fewer
lights.
Details concerning the location Of
the Henry Clay statue in Venezuela
were approved by the commission fol-
lowing consultation with competent per-
sons in Caracas, where the statue will
be erected, by authority Of the Ameri-
can Congress. Further plans for the
statue of Lief Ericsson, explorer Of Ice
land, were discussed by the commission.
While Congress has authorized the
completion of this statue as a gift to
the people of Iceland on the occasion
of the 1,000th anniversary OF their
Parliament, funds for this memorial
have not yet been appropriated.
10 o'clock last night discussing prob
lens touching the future Of the city
and the Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
Total, Withheld by Officials,
Is Believed to Approximate
$4s,460,s6s Asked.
$1.7O TAX RATE HOLDS
THROUGH SURPLUS USE
Congress to Be Given Approved
Figures Soon After Regular
Session Convenes.

The Bureau Of the Budget has APP
proved the largest budget in the his
tory Of the District for the coming rs
cal year, it was learned today upon
completion Of consideration of the esti-
mates Of the Commissioners.
In obedience to the congressional
mandate forbidding disclosure of bud
get recommendations in advance Of
transmission to Congress, neither bud
get officers nor District officials would
intimate the size of the final alloca-
ton. Assurance was given, however,
that the figure Is unprecedented and
that it appeared to be satisfactory at
the District Building.
The Commissioners had sought $4s,-
1901 1853 for the coming fiscal year, an
increase of approximately $1,000, 900
over the appropriation for the current
fiscal year CARED In the regular appro-
priation act and about $4,000. 900 in ex-
cess Of the total appropriation for the
year. The Budget Bureaus tentative
ALLEGATION amounted to $46,337,656, but
as q result of the insistence of the Com
missioners it Is believed the amount
finally approved is higher, approximate
ing the $4s,46O,s6s urged by District
officials.
Commissioners Stressed Needs.
In the series Of hearings on the Dis
trict's budget items before the bureau,
the Commissioners, it was said, repeat
edly stressed the necessity for $46,-
46O, 1868 budget for 1881, calling partic-
nicipality could support a budget Of this
size on the existing $40 tax rate, with
the use of the surplus which has &C
cumulated in the Treasury to the credit
of the District.
One of the items that swelled the
budget calls for 100000 to complete
the purchase of land for the municipal
center development, in the area lying
between Third and Sixth streets and
ana avenues. The last Congress appro-
priated 100000 for beginning the &C
QUESTION Of this area, q portion OF which
already has been purchased.
Estimates Were Reduced.
DESPITE its size, the $4s, 1850, 1858 bud
get submitted by the Commissioners
| represented reduction OF $4,595,6 37 In
the preliminary estimates Of the de-
partment heads Of the municipal gov
eminent for the 1881 fiscal year. The
cut was recommended by Maj. Daniel
]. Donovan, auditor and budget of1lcer,
on the ground that the $50, 056, SOS
sought by the department heads not
only would exceed the revenue availa-
ability for 1881 by 81 ,983, sos, but also
would wipe out the Districts cash oper-
ating fund.
Donovan suggested budget not In ex-
cess Of $48 ,552 900, which, he said, would
leave free cash operating fund Of $2,-
Isl 900 at the close of the 1881 fiscal
year.
The Districts approved budget now Is
at the Government Printing once being
set up in type for consideration Of the
House and Senate appropriation COM
mittees. The Budget Bureau viii trans
NIT 1t to Congress soon after the regu-
lar session conveneS in December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
Girl Air Student
Joins Solo Club
Of District Legion

The D. C. Air Legion's "First
Club" received q new member to-
day when the first girl student to
solo made her flight alone this
morning at the Mount Vernon
Airport. She is Miss Frances L.
jackson, 1434 Harvard street, an
employee of the aeronautical en-
cheering section, aeronauttcs
branch Of the Department Of
Commerce.
Miss jackson made q good
landing after q solo flight Of 10
minutes. She was one or two
girl charter members Of the D. G.
Air Legion, composed Of student
pilots who banded together to
share the costs Of learning to ny.
She was turned loose" by
Lieut.. w. G. Buell., chief flying
instructor for the legion, after
only two or three hours under
his instruction. She had sew
eral hours of dual instruction
with another instructor last year,
but had given up flying for sew
eral months. She started again
last week and progressed SO
rapidly that Lieut.. Buell., after q
short dual flight today, decided
suddenly to LEI her try the con-
trolls alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
EDGAR P. ALEXANDER
FUNERAL RITES HELD
Service for Policeman Killed in
Auto Accident Conducted Today.
Burial in Sterling, Va.

Funeral services for Policeman Edgar
P. Alexander, for 10 years q member
of the Police Department. who was
killed in an automobile accident Satur-
day night, were held at the Alexander
residence, 3413 Q street, and In the
Congress Street Methodist Episcopal
Church this morning at 10 o'clock.
Capt G. H. Bremmerman, in COM
mand OF the fourteenth precinct, to
which Alexander was attached, and sew
eral Of his fellow oficers' attended the
services and accompanied the funeral
party to Sterling, Va, where the body
was inferred. Alexander is survived by
his wife and six children.
The accident in which he was killed
also claimed the life OF Edward Arnold
Of Vienna. Va, and resulted in injury
to Detective j. l.. Billrnan and Rev.
Harry p. Baker. The four were mem
bers of q party returning from Romney,
w. Va, where they had attended the
funeral Of Police Sergt. George B. Corn
well, firearms expert, member OF the
fourteenth precinct star. Their auto
mobile, with Billman driving, skidded
near GaitherSburg, Nd, and crashed
against pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
HEARING ON D. C.
BUS PERMIT HELD
Member of Utilities Body Attends
Session of Virginia Com
mission.

Harleigh H. Hartman, a member of
the Washington Public Utilities Com
mission, Is attending q hearing before
the Virginia Corporation Commission
at Richmond today at which an applica-
ton of the Nevin Bus Lines, Inc, for
permission to operate a bus line from
that city to Washington, Is under con-
sideration.
The hearing was previously scheduled
for last month. When news of it reach
ed Washington, however, Mr.. Hartman
wired the Virginia commission saying
that no similar petition was pending
here, and the Virginia commission post
.pOned the hearing and invited Mr.. Hart
man to be present.
The Washington commission is In the
midst of an investigation looking to a
Strengthening out Of the whole puSzling
subject Of interstate buses entering the
Capital City. Mr.. Hartman's visit to
Richmond Is looked upon as the begin
ming of q practice which will probably
be followed when there is any applica-
ton in either of the neighboring juris-
dictions for interstate bus service en-
tering Washington.
sion are expected to sit with the neigh
boring commissions and advise them as
to the desirability of granting the ap-
plicationS from Washington's stand
point.
Previously the commission exercised
little control over interstate buses ex-
cept to approve their routes through
Washington. Even this function was
sometimes ignored by the bus operators,
who often left the approved routes for
others they came to prefer.
:, AS q consequence the present COM
mission became disturbed about the
traflc congestion and other evils which
had grown up and called q public
hearing Of bus operators In an effort TO
deal with the situation. No tangible
results have been forthcoming from the
commissions study thus far, although
two bus concerns have, under pressure,
returned to the route precribed for
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
REGIONAL HEAD NAMED
FOR COMMUNITY CHEST
Radford Moses Appointed Chair
man of Metropolitan Unitd by
Merritt o. Chance.

Radford Moses of the firm of w. B.
Moses g. Sons was today named as a
regional chairman In the metropolitan
unit of the Community Chest by Mer-
rift o. Chance, chairman Of that unit.
Chairman Chance has almost COM
pleted selection of the leaders of his
unit for the 1880 Chest campaign
which will be held January 27-February
5, 1890. Simon Lyon and H. L. Rust
IT., have already selected regional chair
Inanships, and as soon as the selection
of regional chairmen is complete. there
will be a meeting to select division
chairmen.
Mr.. Moses occupies new position
this year, replacing Mr.. Chance, who
was a regional chairman last year In
the unit he now heads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
RETIRED OFFICER DIES.

Lieut.. Col. Thaddeus B. Seigle, United
States Army, retired, who was awarded
q silver star citation for gallantry in
action against hostile MoroS at Bayan,
Philippine Islands, May 3, 1902, died
at his home in Cazenovia. N. Y, No
vember IL, according to War Depart
ment adviceS. He was q native OF
North Carolina and served in the ranks
of the Army from June, 1898, until
August, 1899. when he was commits
stoned first lieutenant, 38th Infantry.
He reached the grade of lieutenant
colonel in July, 1920, and was retired
for disability in line of duty in Febru-
airy. 1928. His widow, Mrs. Rose p.
Seigle, resides in Cazenovia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
COLORED CIVIC GROUP
DENIES CHARGING GRAFT

The Hillsdale Civic Association, o
colored organization in Southeast Wash
ington, denied that It made charges
that police OF tne eleventh eleventh precinct s &C
easies and gambling places, according
to a report made by Inspector T. r.
Bean to Maj. Henry G.. Pratt, superin-
tendent of police. today After pub
lished reports that speakers had charged
police graft" Maj. Pratt assigned In
spector Bean to call on officers of the
association and see that any evidence
in possession of members of the aSso-
citation was transmitted direct to the
district attorneys ONCE.
According to Inspector Beams report,
he called on Allen r. jackson, president
the Eep0gk .-.......--...-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
C. C. GLOVER, JR.,
SUCCEEDS K0BER

Charles G. Glover, jr, vice president
Of Riggs National Bank, was appointed
by the District Commissioners as @
member Of the Board of Public Welfare
today to succeed DR.. George M. Kober,
who resigned last week.
DR.. Kober resigned after a difference
of opinion with board members over q
policy of employing more full-tirne ply
sicians in the psychopathic ward OF
Gallinger Hospital. DR.. Kober opposed
the move.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
Provision for Two District Grand Juries
Made In Code Adopted Seven Years Ago

sions: one Of these was an inquiry into
the oil scandals. and 1t was q special
grand jury which reported the first in
dictments against the oil men. United
States Attorney Rover has not seen
the necessity of calling on the court
for the empaneling OF an additional
grand jury.
The difficulty under which Rover la
bors is getting cases tried in the chimin-
al COURTS and not In getting grand jury
indictments, it Is stated. With the
grand jury making weekly reports Of
indictments ranging from IS charges
up to 90 or more and only two GRIM
inal courts available It would seem little
need. for another. grand. Jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
Death Postpones Meeting.

The meeting of the Iowa Society.
scheduled for Thursday evening, Novem-
Der 81, at the Willard Hotel, has been
postponed on account Of the death of
Secretary Of War James w. Good of
Iowa. This announcement was made by
the secretary Of the society, Gertrude
M. Lofts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
Navy Pilots to Try
Out British Fighting
Plane Over Capital

The roar Of a British fighting
plane is to be heard over the Ma
tional Capital probably before the
end of this week, when Navy test
pilots at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station begin a series of expert
mental flights with one of the
standard British military fighting
ships, just purchased by the
United States Navy.
The plane, Bristol Bulldog, is
an aIl-metal single-seater OF the
Army pursuit or Navy fighter
type, and is considered one of the
best standard fighters in the
world today.
The experiments are to be made
for purposes of comparison with
the standard American types, and
the plane is to be kept at the
Anacostia station, where it prob
ably will be flown by most of the
Navy pilots now on duty IN this
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19

Two grand juries for the District Of
Columbia, as suggested yesterday by
Senator Cole Blease in a resolution to
the United States Senate. has been
a possibility since 1922, when section
204A of the District Code was passed.
Under that enactment the Units
States attorney Is authorized, whenever
the exigency of public business requires,
to ask the chief justice of the District
Supreme Court, or, In his absence, ths
seniorsassociate justice, to call an add
tional grand jury.
When Justice peyton Gordon vas
United States attorney he made use
Of the provision on at least three occa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
FABRIC HOLDS METAL.
New Polish Gives Women Gold or
Silver Shoes.


Silver Shoes.
LONDON (N.A.N.A.).-My lady, II
rich enough, may soon be the proud
Silver that are as light and pliable as
satin. And when they get dirty she can
have them cleaned with ordinary metal
polish.
A metal-spraying pistol has been In
vented to give a fine metal coating to
any substance. It is used chiefly for
industrial purposes but when 1t was
tried one day on an ordinary pair OF
satin shoes it was found that the metal
adhered perfectly without damaging
the fabric. Experiments have since
been carried out on silk and other dress
materials with complete success.
So it will probably not be long before
ladies have evening cloaks of pure gold
with shoes and turbans to match-and
send them all down to the kitchen to
be polished with the household silver
and brass!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
MAN IS WOUNDED.

A fight between two colored men In
the 440O block of Blair place northeast,
about 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, re-
suited in one of the participants, Will
liam Talford, 40 years old, Of 1915
Whittingham place northeast landing
in Casualty Hospital. He was suffering
from a bullet wound in his hip and a
laceration of the scalp. the scalp wound
having been inflicted with q club.
Police instituted search for Talford's
aSSailanks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-19
CITIZEN GROUP TO MEET
FOR BUSINESS SESSIONS
Petworth Association Announces
"Kiddies' Review" Feature-Kalo-
rama to Elect Officers.

Two citizens associations will hold
meetings tonight at 8 o'clock. The
Petworth Citizens Association will meet
in the Petworth School and the Kalo-
rama Citizens Association in st. Mar
garet's parish house.
Before the business meeting of the
Petworth body the house committee
win present 1.-THE Riddles Revue" by
the pupils of Miss Shirley Wolman
Rosenberg. After the business meeting
there will be a drawing to ascertain
who shall receive q Thanksgiving
turkey.
The Kalorama association will hold
its annual election Of officers. Among
the questions to come before the meet
meeting date to the second Monday In
each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
TWO SOUTHERNERS
URGED FOR BOARD
Farm Group to Have Business
Member From Northwest
ern States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The business man or banker to be
appointed to the Federal Farm Board
probably will come from the North
western tier of States.
This was made known at the White
House today along with the news that
Mr.. Hoover was making satisfactory
progress toward the naming of the
farm board members, and it was indi-
Gated that some of the names would
probably be announced during the week.
Mr.. Hoover was urged today by Sena-
tor Helm, Democrat, Alabama, to APP
point two of the eight members of the
board from the Southern States.
The Alabama Senator presented the
names of three andidates-Joseph
Thompson of Birmingham, Ed O'Neil of
Montgomery, vice president Of the Fed
Grated Cooperative Association of Ala
bama, and Charles Barrett of Union
City. Ga, former president of the
Farmers Union.
Senator Helm told the president that
the cotton growers should be repre-
sented, since the crop was one likely to
be vitality affected by the operations Of
the new farm relief act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
HYDE HAS STIMSON'S GOAT.
INTERNED IN SAN FRANCISCO
Only Special Ruling Will Lift Ban and
!. Permit William Hamilton Bones
to Enter u. S.

dustry, and Acting Chief U. G. Houck
of that bureau is standing pat on the
determination to uphold the regula-
tons. which would prevent the spread
of animal diseases by the possible ad-
mission OF any goat. whether befriended
by Secretary of State or by no one.
Bones admission is subject entirely
to a special ruling by the Secretary of
Agriculture" he said, and washed his
hands of the incident.
William Hamilton Bones, aside from
the fact that he is the pet of a cabinet
officer, is not even pedigreed goat,
and this makes the situation worse.
He Is wild Hawaiian goat, captured
when his mother was shot among the
extinct volcanoes of the mid Pacific.
Agricultural officials are rather In
dignant at the idea of admitting any
goat, much less pedigreeless goat
They say that not even the finest milk
goats Of Switzerland have been admitted
to the United States. Why, there
fore. should they admit a wild raga-
mumn OF a goat from the Philippines?
The United States has just spent
100000 Graduating hoof and mouth
disease in California and Agricultural
officials don't care to take a chance
on spending more money, perhaps. by
admitting William Hamilton Bones.
Meanwhile, the goat in question APP
parently is satisfied with his present
quarters on the Army transport, and II
he has any knowledge of the rumpus
his case is raising in official Washing
ton, he doesn't show It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

william Hamilton Bones, pet goat OF
Secretary of State Stimson and Capt.
Eugene Regnier, sits peacefully on an
Army transport in San Francisco Har-
Dor, where Department OF Agriculture
officials will not let him land from the
Philippines, blissfully ignorant that he
is the cause of the first complications
to upset the Hoover cabinet.
The fact of the matter appears to be
that Secretary of Agriculture Hyde has
got Mr.. Stimsons goat and only a spe-
cial ruling by the former can remove
the official ban that has been placed on
the innocent William Hamilton Bones
as an undesirable"
Department of Agriculture officials
are determined that the he-goat In
question shall not enter the United
States. They say there Is an absolute
embargo against the importation OF all
goats and that William Hamilton Bones
can be no exception to the rule, even
though he is the special pet OF the Sec
rotary of State and his military aide.
The latter maintain, however, that
william Hamilton Bones Is a special
case, and Secretary Stimson Is said to
be expecting to plead that case at a
cabinet meeting.
william Hamilton Bones. agricultural
officials say, might carry with him hoof
and mouth disease, rhinderpest, pleural
pneumonia, or all three. This Is the
reason there is q complete embargo
against foreign goats.
Secretary Hyde today referred in
quirers to the Bureau of Animal In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

German indebtedness to the allies could
come, makes the situation here some
what uncomfortable, especially be-
cause the Wilson, Harding and Coolidge
administrations publicly declined to
have interallied debts and PREPARATIONS
linked to the war debt to America. None
OF this in the Young plan is submitted
to America for ratification. Congress
is to be asked merely to make the
minor changes in adjusting the pay
ments for the army of occupation
1t is a safe assumption that If the
whole plan had to come to Congress,
there would be extensive debate, though
the plan Is so vital to economic welfare
of the world that 1t is likely 1t ulti-
mately would have been ratified despite
opposition. It will take a ma jority vote
and not two-thirds to get the necessary
amendments to the World War debt
acts as Congress through the original
liberty loan act and loans TO the Allies.
made 1t matter OF legislation rather
than treaty.
In any efforts to get America to
ments that may flow from the Young
plan, President Hoover will be sympa-
thetic supporter. He believes in the
Young plan and what he obtained from
his callers on Tuesday was the necessary
background with which TO fortify him
self against attack in the event that he
decides to permit oficial American
participation In the affairs of the new
international bank.
(Copyright. 1927