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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12

There is much of Washington :
gay and eiddy past tied up in
President Theater. which stands
on the site of Washington first
theater.
On this spot, Eleventh Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,
the first show shop in the city
was erected and opened for the first
time on November IL. 1904. Presi.
dent Monroe and family regularly
attended the Washington Theater''
offerings. beginning in 1919. lie
was the first President to grace a
local theater with his presence.
On April 49,. 1920. the theater
was burned. being rebuilt by Lewis
Carusl and called the Washington
Assembly Rooms" During the
1865 it became known as "CaruSi' s
Salon." and in recent years it has
been referred to as "Carusi' s
Saloon when in reality it was a
high-class entertainment and dining
place. Later Jake Budd operated the
Opera COmique.'
The inaugural balls Of Presidents
Van Buren,. 1887: Polk, 1915: Taylor
1919; Pierce. 1858, and Buchanan
1857. We're held there. The city
pOstoffice was located in the base
ment of Carusi's for two years.
from 1891 to l843.
The waltz was introduced in
Washington in 1926 by the Baron
Stackelburc. who was a guest at
a party given by Mrs. Johnston. of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
D. {. LAND
BAN LAW
GETSO.K.

Washington property owners
are about to be saddled with
one of the most drastic con-
domination laws in the history
of this country.
The bill proposing it has already
passed the House and was yester.
day reported favora bly, to the Senate
by the Senate District Committee.
1t provides that when the Federal
Government wants a piece of prop
erty it will take it Immediately and
give the owner whatever sum the
department getting possession of
the land thinks proper.
Gets Balance Later
The owner will not get the bal.
ance until condemnation proceedings
have been completed and the courts
have decided what he should get
When he does get the balance he
will also get interest on it.
The alarming feature of the bill
is that the Government department
which takes possession of the land
may pay the owner whatever 1t
wants. This may be only one,tenth
of the actual value as far as the
law is concerned.
Another feature is that the Gov
eminent can do whatever it wants
with the property as soon az it
takes possession. If there is
building on it, the government may
tear down the building. This may
be before condemnation proceedings
are under way and so when the
court wants to value the property
the evidence of the original value
s. gone.
The Senate Committee also re-
ported out yesterday a bill to pro-
vide a new law under which the
District government can condemn
land.
This bill would turn over the Dis
trict's concentrations to judge
and jury in the District Supreme
Court. Congress recently authorized
an additional justice of the court
for this purpose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Zionist Leader to Talk
Of WOmen's Activities

CODA MeVerson. secretary Of The
organized women workers Of Pales.
line will speak at the Jewish Com
munitv Center. Sunday evening at "
p. m. on the part that the Jewish
women pioneers are playing in the
unhuildine Of Palestine.
Miss MeYerson is appearing here
under auspices of the Pioneer Wo.
mems Organization, a world society
affiliated with the World Zionist Or
ganization II is actively interested
in the extension of all workers in
stitutions in the Holy Land. such az
evening schools and employment
ae ncieS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12


While the committee is engaged
in planning, locating and erecting
"official'' stands. it is understood by
the committee that several New
Workers are 'di.kering' for one
day lease of the old st. James Hotel,
at Sixth Street and Penns ylvania
Avenue, with the idea of renting
window space at the time of the pa
rade.
The old hotel has enough window
space in it's upper floors to make
the venture profitable at 81 a sitter.
Such competition, while legitimate,
would cut deeply into the sale of SIS
and 81 seats in the committee 5
stands.
This is not the only means of
competition faced by the committee
The selling of souvenir programs,
containing the paid advertising of
local and out.of-tOWn firms, prove d
profitable in 1920 and 1924, and it is
considered highly probable that
"outsiders meaning those not con
nected with the committee-wiil
again reap a golden harvest.
In order to get the jump" on
the competition, The program com.
mittee. of which Charles F. Paine
is chairman, must arrange its pro.
gram as soon as possible. especially
lining up advertisers for the sou.
venir.
Upon the sale of grand stand
seats, Of which the committee hopes
to have $4,000; the sale of souvenir
programs. and payment for cOnc9s-
sions, the committee depends
largely for funds with which to de-
fray the expenses of promoting and
staging the inaugural celebration.
The price of grdndStand seats are
priced, it is felt, Just high enough
and not so high as to leave a large
number of empty seats
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
FIGHT LAUNCHED
FOR CRUISERS

Ar,,,. on,l N,,.,. nffioo,,e ho,o
my ''''" '>''> "''''e1 ''''
launched hacktlre against the
propaganda of organizations and in
dividuals who arc foh+ino tho II.
crnise,, hin, nanding in the senate
The NationaI ,ionrnar. Cluh
comnosed Of \rmv Novv and Marin.
nffirars who a,a n,n,nhers of the
Nasons YESTERDAY took tho lead in
tho movement wi on !, n,asantea f.,
president rnnIi,,., r,sn,utinn. ds
c,ariny tI,.t nas.aa, n5 tho n,a,.u,.
l. '.i,o,,n,.,tivs, and +hon l;s,nnn5 T.,
addresses II which i was asserted
49,. -, ian ,,,, - ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
CLOTH TRIAL IS
IMMINENT

Three weeks after the release If
Mrs. Marjorie G.. Cloth. 80. froH
Jail in Potomac, Va. prosecutors
here were planning today to brinG
her husband. William c. Cloth
commonwealth Attorney of Airing
ton county, to trial on charges
growing out of raid in which h.
was found in an apartment on
Kenyon street y. W. with Mis- !
Edith Scuddcr, 81, nearly yea
ago.
Wife Is Witness
Assistant United States Attorney
Joseph G. Bruce has set CLOTH
trial, in which his wife is an inn
3ortant witness against him, for
next Wednesday.
Mrs. Cloth shot and seriously
wounded her husband last March.
shortly after the raid in which
she accompanied police to the apar..
ment of Miss ScuddCr.
Husband Makes Charges
The husband claimed he had dis.
covered she was on friendly terms;
With JOung patient of Walter
Reed Hospital.
After the shooting in March
Cloth spent 10 weeks in Emergency
Hospital On his release charges
were prosecuted and Circuit jude.
Howard W. Smith sentenced Mr..
Cloth to serve N"Hr in Jail TO-
assault and battery.
Sent to Jail
Appeals failing she began hor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
TVOSEDES
BOTH SEE
VICTORY
|NDATA

The Bureau of Efficiency
much heralded report on fiscal
relations between the Federal
and District Governments has
not solved that perplexlng
problem, it was claimed today.
The indeterminate nature of the
renort has left both sides of the
argument claiming victory. The
only difference is that they are
claiming it a little harder today
than ever before.
so far as | have been able to
examine the report. it completely
supports the position held by the
House with regard to the lump sum
plan" Representative Robert G.
Simmons. of Nebraska, chairman of
the District subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee.
said.
Capper Sees Support
"The report bears out the con
tention that the Federal Govern
ment is not paying its fair share
toward the expenses of the local
government" Senator Capper of
Kansas chairman of the Senate
District Committee said. 1t would
seem to me the 81, 100000 is a pal
try sum for the National Govern,
ment to pay toward the upkeep of
it's own Federal City
That Is the way leaders on both
sides of the fight were expressing
themselves today. Capper's refer.
ence to $1.500,000 was based on the
bureaus statement that that is
what the Federal Government is
paying toward developing a beanti-
full National Capital over and above
it's duty as a taxpayer on its prop
erty here.
There is no doubt that in the
maze Of figures and statistics pre-
scented by the Bureau of Efficiency
yesterday there is solace for those
who have argued on either side of
the question.
Food For Both Factions
The report showed that the total
per capita tax here in 1926
amounted to only 1880, whereas
the average per capita tax for citi
Zens of IS other cities of comDar-
able size was s62.S That would
tend to bear out the contention of
House leaders that the District is
undertaxed.
But in addition to showing thai
the National Government is paNlnS
little more than mere tax on its
property here, the report showed
that the assessment here is higher
than anywhere else in the countr.|
Both Of those conclusions will
please District tax payers.
The most logical conclusion to %
reached from the report is thu,
more revenue could be raised from
both sources the local tax payers
and the Federal treasury. for tn"
development of beautiful Ma
liunal Capital
The local tax rate should be Ii.
creased. 1t is said, and the FEEDER d !
contribution should be raised 20
give a budget which would property
provide TOR the growth and heau:'
tication of the capital city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Judges Sympathy Gives
Father Another Chance

When the complainant said give
him another chance the case
against Gustave Augustus Chandler
29-year-old salesman, charged with
false pTotenses. was referred to the
probation office Yesterday by Judge
Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court.
CHAMBER told the court he has
small daughter.
How would you like to have her
GROW up and know that her father
vas iaiIbird and 4 fnrger?' asked
Judge Schuldt. The defendant mum
hlnd IN indistinct reply
William s. Longer il, the 1900
block Columbia Rd. n w, who
preferred charges against Chandler
was recalled to the stand. and said
he believed that lenienCY should he
granted to him.
Testimony THAI CHAMBER had
ioh and Is supporting his family
was introduced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Citizens Group to View
Capitol Plaza System

Development u, the park system
of the National Capital. particularly
of the plaza between the Capitol and
the Union Station, will be considered
by the Northeast Washington Citi.
zenS Association Monday night at 3
o'clock in the Ludlow School.
The association will also take UP
the proposal to extend and improve
the park system along both sides If
the Potomac.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
MOSES LEFT $4,000

An estate valued at $4,000 was
left ny Henry c. Moses. we'll
known merchant who died Deem
hey Is. according to his will filed
for probate. Under the terms of
the will, which names Mrs. Edith
Mann Moses, the widow. executrix.
she is given use of the estate for
life. At her death it goes to the
children. H Clark Moses and
Charles H. Moses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
COMPANIES
AGREE To
TERMS

The long struggle to merge
the local traction lines is
about over. Heads Of the local
traction companies and the
merger subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee
have come to terms.
The controversy practically ended
yesterday when the company heads
agreed to the merger terms OF the
subcommittee and the latter ap-
proved a new merger resolution to
be substituted for the one now pend
ing before Congress.
There is little doubt that the new
resolution will be approved before
Congress adjourns. 1t will then be
up to the stockholders of the two
companies to take or leave the
merger as dictated by Congress.
DIR. Maltbie's Plan
The new merger resolution in
corporates all Of the recommends
tons of the Senate committees eX-
pert DR.. Milo X. Maltbie.
1t authorizes a merger without
fixed valuation. with provision
for new valuation to be made
within two years &ftel the merger
is consummated and guarantees that
there will he no change of fares
until the new valuation is competed
and can be used as Il rate base.
The agreement between the com,
panieS and the subcommittee was
reached yesterday at conferences
between the company heads and
DR. Maltbie.
Ma1tbie appeared at the CaplloI
late in the afternoon and Senator
Capper Immediately called meet
ing of the subcommittee.
The expert told of his negotia-
tiOns and presented the committee
with a draft of his amendments to
the merger resolution. The new
proposal was accepted by the com
mittee.
Hold Night Farley
Maltbie told the committee the.
companies were reluctant to accept
the agreement under which there
Will be no change in fares for two
years, but the committee was
adamant and refused TO yield
Another conference was held last
night between Maltbie and the com.
pany heads. Following that con
ference, Senator Capper of Kansas,
chairman of the subcommittee, an
nounced that complete agreement
had been reached.
Another meeting of the subcom.
mittee will be held today to work
cut certain details that Maltbie
wants decided. He already knows
the attitude of the companies in rc
gard to them and so after the meet
inc today his work for the present
will be completed and he will leave
Washington.
Ratification of the agreement Will
then be in order on both sides
the companies seeking ratification
from their stockholders; the sub
committee seeking similar ratifi,H
ton from the two houses of Con
GreSS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
LINCOLN POET MEETS

Officers of community orsaniza.
ions OF Colombia Heights will be
guests of honor at the meeting of
Lincoln Post No. II. American
Legion, Monday night at 2701
Fourteenth st y. w. This will
I've the first meeting to be pre-
sided over by DR.. A. A. Chenay,
new commander.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
TIMELY TIPS
Nash for Sale

NASH advanced "6" Sedan.
1926. repOssessed. can be bought
for unDaiA balance Of Sl35: 4
brand new tires.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Inaugural "Pickirogs %
Intrigue Outsiders

The old game of first first served is about
begin between the inaugural committee and local and
of-Own wise men, who in the inaugural parade OPP
to MANY dollars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
CITIZENS WILL ELECT

Officers of the Lanier Heights
Citizens Association for the en-
suing year will be elected Monday
night at \ O'Clock at the Henry
d. Cooke School
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
NO. 379-PREsIDENT THEATER

Louisiana. The building has been
known as Kernans and Lyceum and
the President. 1t was burned again
some years ago and rebuilt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12

TAKOMA PARK. d. C.-Price.
$3.50. Terms to suit purchaser.
Bungalow of five rooms and bath.
colonial front porch. all modern
improvements: deep lot to alley:
garage; shade trees: convenient
to l4th st. ears.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Business Opportunity

CLEANING and dyeing estab.
IiShment for sale includes HOf-
man press. a desk. clothes rack,
large quantity of used clothing:
doing good class of cOIOred trade:
must VaCate due to illness: will
sell cheap for cash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Pets for Sale

ENGLISH setter. thorough.
bred; sacrifice for quick sale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Lots for Sale

OR 3-ACRE lots. n acre
frontage Lee Highway
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12

Furnished Apartment
EAST CAPITOI-S room apart.
ment newly decorated. Nicely
furnished. ANIL. couple adults
only.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12

The above wants and offers are
only feU of many interest
ing proportions you OiH find
adUsTtised in todGy's Times
classified GdUsrtisins Ssetions.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-09-06
Forestry Meeting Next Week

The North Carolina Forestry
Association will hold its 10Th an
nual meeting in the Battery
Park hotel in AshevilIe on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
of next week. The program, ar
ranged by Colonel Joseph Hyde
Pratt, chairman Of the executive
committee, includes talks by
some Of the leading forestry ex-
perts in the country. Topics to
be discussed are the assessment
and taxation Of forest lands, the
development Of forests in this
state, the utilization of forest
products, and forestry education.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-09-06
The Daily Tar Heel
Students Make Plans to Put out
Paper Times a Week

The editorial and business
forces of the University Of
North Carolina student news
paper, the Tar Heel, are engag-
ed in their preparations to issue
it, throughout this next college
year, as a daily.
Marion Alexander of Ashe-
vile will be the business mana
ger, and it is likely that Will
Marlborough of Louisburg will
be managing editor. In the
spring, after the student body
had approved the establishment
of a daily the Publications Union
decided to have a managing
editor employed on a salary
basis. George Ehrhart was
talked Of for the job, but he has
taken over the conduct of a
weekly paper in Virginia and
does not expect to return to
Chapel Hill. Mr.. Marlborough
has already had considerable ex-
perience in directing the news
department Of the Tar Heel.
The Orange Printshop (the
printing branch of the Chapel
Hill Weetly), which has printed
the Tar Heel as a tri-Weekly for
several years, has enlarged its
facilities in order to take care of
the daily.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-09-06
Letter Circled Globe
Billy Mckee Has Missive That Made
Trip in Graf Zeppelin

Billy Mckee, son of w, j. Me
Kee of the University faculty,
has a letter which went around
the world on the Graf Zeppelin.
He addressed it to himself
two or three days before the air
ship set out from Lakehurst
on its around-the-world-trip
took it to the post-office here;
affixed stamps to the value of
$3.55, according to the direc-
ti0ns from the post-Office de-
partment; wrote on it "By Ger
man airship LZ-127, from Lake
hurst to Lakehurst; dropped it
in the slot; and got it back this
week. He heard yesterday that
the envelope already had a
market value of twice what the
stamps cost, and it may come to
be much more valuable as the
available supply is absorbed by
collectors.
The face of the envelope is
COVET6d WIFI vdTTOuS OTT1CTdT
printed notations, one of which
is accompanied by a picture of
the globe with the four stopping
places indicated on it; Lake
hurst, Friedrichshafen, Tokyo,
and Los Angeles.
On the back is stamped the
date of the arrival Of the ship
at Lakehurst after its cross
country flight from Los Angeles.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-09-06
GOOch's improvements
Alterations Also in Lipman and Caro-
lima Confectionery Stores

A semi-private dining room,
embellished with mirrors, fluted
columns, and glittering chande-
lier, is now included in the
GoOch Cafe. 1t is at the back of
the old dining room, where the
kitchen used to be, and an ad-
dition has been put on the rear
Of the building to accommodate a
new kitchen.
With a seating capacity of
about 20, the new dining room
will be used by groups who want
to be somewhat detached from
the crowd in the main restau-
rant. Tables may be reserved in
advance.
fHe vEHTI1dtIHg system mas
been improved. An intake fan
will draw fresh air in at the
street front; the air will pass
through the dining room and
kitchen and be drawn out by an
exhaust fan at the rear,
The cafe, which has been
closed during the reconstruction,
will be serving meals today (Fri-
day., but the formal opening
will take place next week.
Jack Lipman's store and the
Carolina Confectionery, which
flank Gooch's and are part Of the
John Sprunt Hill property ex-
tending from the Methodist
church westward to the alley,
have also undergone extensive
improvements. Mr.. Lipman has
fine new show windows, and his
floor space is nearly half as
large again as it was before.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-09-06
Ticket Sale Begun
Official Notice of Football Games Is
Sent to Alumni

The official announcement of
the football games to be played
here this fall, accompanied by
cards which are to be filled out
as applications for tickets, has
been sent to alumni of the Uni
versity.
The envelope carrying the an
nouncement and the cards pro-
vides a display in white and
blue, the University colors. At
the top is the line, in blue ink,
"At the Kenan Memorial
Stadium, 1929" and in a column
at the left end the games to be
played in the stadium are listed !:
Wake Forest September 20,
Georgia October 10, V. p. /.
October 26, n. c. State Novem-
ber 2, and Virginia November
%.
For the Wake Forest and V.
p. /. games the seats are priced
at 81, for the Georgia, Virginia
and n. c. State games at $3.50.
October 10, the day of the
Georgia game, is designated as
Homecoming Day, to fit in with
the nlans for the eta4n vi de
Homecoming Week. On that
day the new library will be
dedicated and the Conference on
Southern Education will con-
vene.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-09-06
Married at Sunrise
Mr.. Mcneil and Miss Pendergraft
Are Welded at Piney Prospect

John Mcneil and Miss Pearl
Pendergraft were married at
sunrise last Saturday at Piney
Prospect. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. J. G. Phil
lips, assistant pastor of the
Methodist church, beside the
stone seat erected as memorial
to Kemp Plummer Battle. Hip
pol Castle, the home of the Gin
ghouls, loomed as a background
for the nuptial scene.
This is the first time a mar
riage has taken place in Battles
Park since Hubert Heffner and
Miss Ruth Penny were married
there about seven years ago.
Piney Prospect, which used to
be in the depth of the woods
almost,a a mile from the nearest
building, was for generations a
favored resort of strolling
lovers. 1t is held in romantic
memory by thousands of Uni
versity alumni.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1929-09-06
Buildings Bring $6O,804
Collier Cobb and ID. d. Carroll High
est Bidders on Main st. Property

At their auction sale yester-
day, continued from Tuesday,
the receivers of the Chapel Hill
Insurance and Realty Company
sold five business buildings on
Franklin street for $60,804,67.
Collier Cobb, offering $15,-
804.67, was the highest bidder
for the building containing the
middle room of the three rooms
comprised within the Univer-
sity Cafeteria. The adjoining
building, containing the eastern
room of the cafeteria, was also
knocked down to him, the offer
for this being $4,000. Mr..
Cobb holds the mortgage on the
first of these two structures.
d. d. Carroll bought for $780,
600 the block of three stores oc-
cupied by the Carolina Dry
Cleaners, the Owl Sandwich and
Waffle Shop, and the Leonard
Dry Cleaners.
The sale of the unsold por-
tions of the Strowd farm pro
perty is indefinitely postponed.
The receivers will probably ask
the court to turn this land over
to the mortgage holders, since it
is not possible to obtain bids
equal to the mortgages,