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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
n. F. A. BUILDING
TO COST $4OQ,O)D
New Structure Will Be Erect
led East of Present Headquar-
tiers at 10th and M Streets.

A seven-story ONCE building having
an estimated cost of approximately
S400, 900, will be erected this Fall by the
National Education Association on M
street, Just to the east Of its present
national headquarters, on the northeast
corner Of Sixteenth and M streets, ac-
cording to plans revealed today by ]. w.
Crabtree, secretary.
The new unit is to provide additional
space needed by the association due to
the rapid expansion of its work and
membership during the past several
years.
Plans for the building have been
drawn by Frank Irving Cooper, Boston
school architect, and have been APP
proved by officials of the association. 1t
is announced by Mr.. Crabtree. The
building will replace the two temporary
structures now on the site, adjoining the
four STORY building on the corner.
The structure Is to have a frontage
Of SO feet on M street and depth OF ~
feet. It will be connected with the
main headquarters building.
The association has been located at
its present site since 1920. The ma
tional headquarters has been In Wash
ington since 1917, the location formerly
being at 1400 Massachusetts, avenue.
Until 1918 the active membership was
less than 10000. In June OF this year 1t
had passed 201, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
Negotiations Begun in May
Ended by New Working
Agreement.
FINAL APPROVAL GIVEN
BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE
All Matters in Dispute Hereafter
Will Be Referred to Joint
Arbitration Board.

new working agreement and wage
scale were adopted last night by the
Building Trades Employers Association
and Local Unions Nos. n and 949,
bringing to successful conclusion ne
gotiations which began in May. The
agreement was signed by represent
atives Of both groups following its final
approval by a special committee which
represented every branch of contract
ing at a meeting in the Offices of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce.
Under the terms of the agreement,
which, it is specified, shall remain in
force three years, beginning September
!, 1929, and thereafter until another
agreement shall be made and signed"
the wages of engineers on derrickS shall
be $l.65 an hour for broken time, or
500 week straight time: wages of en-
gineers on double-drum hoistS shall be
$1.50 an hour when both drums are in
use; engineers on single-drum engines
shall receive $1.37la an hour until
January /, 1880, when the wage is to
be S1.43sl an hour, and wages on all
other classes of machinery shall be
$1.3712 an hour.
Double Time Specified.
Double time shall be paid for all over
time and from Saturday noon until
ration day, independence day and
Christmas day, according to the agree
ment. 1t is further specified that mo
work is to be performed on Labor day.
except to preserve life and property, in
which case double time shall be paid"
An eight-hour day is provided under
the agreement, to extend from 7:30 am.
until pm, except on Saturday, when
the working day shall run only four
hours, 7:30 am. to 1870 am.
When five or more engineers are en-
ployed by one contractor on one job. it
is agreed that a foreman engineer, re-
ceiving 81 more per day than the regu-
lar engineer, shall be employed.
Disputes to Go to Board.
The agreement provides for the crea-
ton of a joint arbitration board which
shall consist of three members of Lo-
bers of the Building Trades Employers
Association, to which shall be referred
all matters in dispute. This board is
to meet on 48 hours notice, and In
event it fails to reach an agreement in
a dispute it shall appoint an umpire.
whose decision shall be binding on all
parties.
One Of the terms of the agreement is
that contractors shall erect shelter
over an engineers station to protect
him from falling material as well as
the elements. This shelter is to be Of
sound planking not less than two inches
thick. An engineer recently suffered
serious injuries from falling debris, and
this protective measure was inserted in
the agreement to prevent repetition
of the accident.
The agreement was signed by Rufus
S. Lusk, F. F. Gillen and James r.
Skinker for the Building Trades En-
ployers' Association and by Charles E.
HAIRY, Robert j. Henderson and James
McCracken for Locals Nos. II and 949,
International Union Of Operative En-
gineers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
NAVY WILL TEST
NEW SPEED PLANE
mystery" Craft May Be
Entered in National
Air Races.

The mystery" plane, the Nays new
est speed marvel, designed to outstrip
any fighting aircraft now in use by the
Navy, will be flown to Anacostia Naval
Air Station this afternoon from the
naval aircraft factory, at Philadelphia,
by Lieut.. j. j. Clark. executive officer
of the Anacostia field, for thorough
test over speed course on the Potomac
River preparatory to its entrance, II 1t
performs up to expectations, in the ma
tional air races, which will open In
Cleveland Saturday.
The planes entrance in the free-for-
all speed test at Cleveland depends upon
this test and the race officials raising
the ban which has been held this year
over the military planes.
Lieut.. Clark will put the plane
through its best PAGES over the Potomac
speed course some time this afternoon
it was stated at the air station this
morning. The executive officer few tc
Philadelphia this morning to take over
the new ship and fly it to the Capital
but no word had been received from
Philadelphia early this afternoon as to
just when Lieut. Clark expects to ar
rive
The F6C-3 as the mystery" ship is
designated by the Navy, is a radical de-
parture in plane construction, utilizing
the newest cooling system devised for
plane motors. The ship. while de-
velopment of the Curtiss' Hawk and
built along the same general lines, does
not greatly resemble that standard Navy
fighter. It has a radial cooling sys-
tenn. the basis of which is prestone, per-
uniting greatly reduced radiation sur
face. and the whole ship has been
streamlined to increase its speed.
If the ban on military planes is
raised to allow the Navy to enter the
F6C-3, Lieut. Clark would pilot it in
the race. There is little that can be
said about the plane until it is thor
oughly tested" Lieut.. Clark says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
HOPE ABANDONED FOR GIRL
WHO FRACTURED SKULL IN FALL
Virginia Fowler, a, Is Report
ed Dying at Casualty
Hospital.
Police Apologize to Mother
for Delaying Auto on Way
for Medical Aid.

Four-year-old Virginia Fowler, whose
skull was fractured when she fell from
a second-story window of a house in
Decatur Heights, Md, Saturday night,
is not expected to live, according to
physicians at Casualty Hospital.
Z, The doctor attending the child ad-
viSed her parents today that her death
is only question of time.
Virginia was playing in the home OF
Mrs. Stephen Koundouriotis, wife of
the chancellor of the Greek legation,
with whom she lived, Saturday eve
ming. While standing on trunk she
lost her balance and fell through a
Second-Story window screen.
The child was found lying on the
concrete pavement below the window
and taken to Casualty Hospital. An
X-ray examination by specialists yes
terday revealed a fracture completely
encircling her skull.
Calls for Parent.
Virginia regained consciousness Sun
day morning and asked to see her father
James William Fowler, who was in a
Government hospital in Tennessee. He
was notified, but when he reached
Washington yesterday his child had
lapsed into Inconsistencies again. The
father is a veteran of the Spanish
American War. The mother, Mrs. Man.
ME May Fowler, has been employed al
the Veterans Bureau since it became
necessary for her husband to enter the
hospital.
After Virginia had been found on the
sidewalk, she was placed in the auto
mobile of c. E. Potter, member of the
Prince Georges County rescue squad, fol
transportation to the hospital.
AS Potter approached Fifteenth ano
H streets northeast with the child anC
her mother, he was stopped by two
Washington policemen. Ernest c
Spaulding of the twelfth precinct anc
William D. Davis of the Traffic Bureau
Both are motor cycle men.
The officers stopped Potter, they said
because Of the rate of speed at which he
was driving, but escorted him to the
hospital on learning of the injured child
After Virginia had been admitted to the
hospital the policemen took Potter te
the ninth precinct station house fol
questioning as to a minor collision al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
LOCAL CONDITIONS
FIX RULE ON TURNS
Survey Indicates to Assistant
Traffic Director That Uni
form Lot Not Universal.

The recent survey of the Traffic De-
partment to determine how a left turn
is made in various cities throughout
the country has disclosed, in the opin-
ion Of M, o. Eldridge, assistant director
of traffic, that instead Of uniform left
turn the tendency appears to be toward
the adoption of method that will most
satisfactorily meet peculiar local condi-
lions.
Questionnaires were sent 270 cities In
all sections of the country which have
a population of $4,000 or more. inquir-
ing as to the system of making left
turns, and replies were received from
ISL. 1t Is on the basis Of these answers
that Mr.. Eldridge drew the conclusion
that @ serious effort Is not being made
toward the adoption of a uniform left
turn.
The replies showed, according to Mr..
Eldridge, that 81 of the cities use the
left turn as prescribed in the standard
uniform code of the Hoover safety con-
ference, which requires vehicles to pass
to the right Of the center Of the inter-
section only upon 60 signal and COM
plete the turn in single operation.
Twenty-three of the cities. he said. have
adopted the so-called Inside" turn,
which is similar to the so-called Hoover
code turn, except that vehicles pass to
the left of the center of the intersec-
ton before turning instead Of passing
to the right. In "a of the cities, &C
cording to the replies, both the Hoover
and the inside turns are used, while
10 cities prohibit left turns at all con-
trolled intersections.
Washingtons peculiar rotary turn
which is made In two operations, Is
used in only two other cities, accord
ng to Mr.. Eldridge. One is Cleveland
and the other Is Springfield, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
Pioneer River Man Body Recovered
From Potomac After Lengthy Search

dragged the river for the body of a
drowned man yesterday afternoon. A
sailor working on seaplane at the
Naval Air Station, across the channel
had seen. a man houndering on the sur
face q few moments before he sank
He reported this to police, and their
subsequent search for the body was
witnessed by curious throng of motor
lists, who parked their cars along the
seawall to await the outcome. The
search went on futilely from midafter-
noon until dusk and was resumed again
this morning.
It is thought that Stuart was thrown
from a capsized boat, although no trace
of the boat could be located today. The
body was discovered on the edge of the
sandbar, where 1t had been deposited by
the tide, by Private James Henderson,
q soldier attached to the washington
Barracks. Clarence Palmer, the sailor,
was the only eyewitness cf>the mans
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
.DR|vERLESS AUTO
HITS WOMAN, Is
Mrs. Ella Moore Injured When
!, Car Coasts Over Curb.
Four Others Hurt. ,

A 73-year-old woman. who was
knocked down by a driverless runaway
automobile as she stood on the side
walk, was one of five persons injured in
traffic mishaps during the past "a
hours, according to reports filed with
the police.
Mrs. Ella Moore of 1880 Thirty-first
street received decorations and bruises
when she was knocked down at Thirty
first and Q streets about o'clock last
night by an automobile owned by Hugh
T. Nicholson, which had coasted from
its parking place in front Of the
Nicholson home at 1909 Thirty-first
street. The machine coaSted downhill
for nearly a block before 1t Swerved to
the sidewalk near the intersection Of @
street. where it broke of a street light
standard and bowled over Mrs. Moore.
The woman was treated by her phys
ician.
Injured in Collision.
Miss Mary E. Hall, 48 years old, of
3434 Brown street, was seriously in
jured about 8 o'clock last night when
the automobile of French Ransdell, jr,
of the same address, in which she was
a passenger, collided at Sixteenth and
Fuller streets with the automobile Of
Eugene Leggett, 1850 Sixteenth street.
tN1ASo 11dAA was LLCdLCO db 6uISA nGhCJ
Hospital for head injuries.
Three-year-o Aldona Funkhousa,
316 A street northeast, was slightly hurt
yesterday afternoon when knocked down
by the automobile of John F. Willard,
1922 street, near Fourth and A streets
northeast. The child was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
Cut by Flying Glass.
Harry Greenberger, a. years old, of
234 Fifteenth street northeast. was cut
by flying glass when the windshield OF
the motor truck in which he was riding
was shattered when it was struck by
an automobile driven by George C. Nc
Kenney of Greater Capital Heights, Md
According to reports made to the police,
McKenney was making left-hand turn
at Twelfth and B streets northeast at
7:80 o'clock this morning when his car
struck the motor truck in which Green
berg was a passenger and which was
driven by Harry Morgan, colored
Greenberg was treated at Casualty Hos
pital
Malcolm Hall, colored, II years old,
1888 Prospect avenue. reported walking
against the red traffic signal at Fiji
teenth street and New York avenue yes
terday morning, was struck by the auto
mobile Of Roger Fuller Of 1906 Van
Buren, street. The boy, not seriously
injured, was taken to Emergency Hos
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
SUES BAKING COMPANY
FOR ACTION OF EMPLOYE
Fairfax County Woman Asks
$4,000 Damages, Charging En-
brace Caused Her to Stutter.

The Continental Baking Co., 2301
Georgia avenue, has been named as
defendant in suit to recover $4,000
damages flied in the District Supreme
Court by Mrs. Charlotte w. Gabriel OF
Fairfax County, Va. The plaintiff
charges that an employe of the, COM
pany embraced her and laid hands on
her August 20, 1928, when she paid him
a bill for "a cents for bakery products
which had been delivered to her. She
says she was so shocked by the alleged
assault that she now shutters when she
talks and is embarrassed in the presence
of other persons. Attorneys Godfrey L.
Munter and John H. Burnett appear for
the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20

drug, epinephrin, has been found highly
effective. The Public Health Service
advises that the drug be used only UNI
der a physicians supervision.
Probably 80 per cent Of all cases OF
hay fever which occurs in the Fall Is
caused by ragweed, which pollenateS
about August Is. The Summer type
is caused by earlier grass that pollen
ates about May IS to July is. There
are numerous contributing causes. and
peculiar individual cases are frequently
reported.
Freak Cases.
Persons have been known to suffer
from the disease only when they are In
proximity TO duck feathers. Others SUI
fer after coming in contact with a
single type of flower or weed. One case
recently has come to the attention OF
medical science where a woman was
relieved Immediately when bag OF
brazil nuts was removed from her home.
The case had COMPOUNDED the efforts OF
physicians for three months, and quite
by accident the disappearance of the
disease was traced to the nuts.
There are many people" says the
Public Health Service, sufferers from
hay fever, who do not realize that
WcCOO aIC blAC NodoC va SAANAA
suffering. There are many other people
who allow weeds in their back yards
and vacant lots or along their road
sides to go uncut because they likewise
do not understand that by allowing
these weeds to go unchecked they are
bringing suffering to many persons who
may be living even at distances con-
siderably removed from the weed patch
es. If noxious weeds are prevented
from reaching the stage of pollenatton,
much hay fever will be eradicated."
In this respect the conspicuous
goldenrod has been muchly maligned
as a hay fever irritant. The pollen
of goldenrod Is dislodged with difficulty
and is wind-blown only to a slight
degree. while the ragweed, with its
insignificant green flowers. grows along
side the goldenrod and is number one
on the hay fever black list.
The false NORWOOD is well up on the
black list. This grows from two to
three feet in height, with small white
flowers resembling tiny caulihowerS. 1t
is almost always in bloom and may,
therefore. cause hay fever at any sea-
son of the year. It is very common
along the streets and sidewalks and in
vacant city lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20

Fifteenth and H streets, in which he
figured while obeying their command to
stop. Potter was released without
charges.
Delay Time Questioned.
When questioned at the hospital Sat-
urday night Potter said the officers de-
layed him approximately five minutes. "
The policemen say the delay was not
more than one minute.
Yesterday one Of the two policemen
called on Mrs. Fowler and apologized
for stopping the car, she said.
w. r. Beattie, president Of the
Bladensburg Fire Department. Of which
Potter is member, said no formal
complaint of the incident would be
made to Washington police officials until
H. L. Leonard, chief of the Prince
Georges rescue squad, returns from a
vacation.
However" Mr.. Beattie said, 81 think
the policemen were at fault not only for
delaying the fireman, but also for
assuming an abusive attitu0e, for I
am told by both the mother and the
nurse that one of them was abusive
The whole case is going to be laid be-
fore, the Police Department. not so
much to discipline this particular
officer, but to reach definite under
standing"
The Spanish-American War Veterans
Association, OF. which Fowler is a mem
Der, Is also making an investigation,
Beattie said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20

The Potomac, which had given him
a living for more years than the Oldest
habitant, of the water front can re-
member. has claimed the life of James
Stuart, an elderly co1ored man, who
nyed<alone at 1905 Casey's court SOUTH
west and sustained himself by collecting
driftwood from the surface Of the river:
The old colored man was recognized by
harbcr police when they were summoned
to take charge of body washed up on
sandbar in front Of the War College.
Members of the detail aboard the
police boat had known Stuart ever since
they had been assigned to harbor duty:
He kept an old skff tethered to wharf
between the Morgue. where his body
now reposss, and the harbor precinct
station. With this base Of operations he
made frequent sallies into the river, coll
lecting bits of driftwood. which he later
dried and sold to his neighbors.
The body was found within O hum
bred yards Of the point where police
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
SPOUSE WON'T PROSECUTE
WIFE IN STABBING CASE
Attorney Nolle Presses Accusation
Against Mrs. Lille B.
Schmidt.

The case Of Mrs. Lille 3. Schmidt.
COG New York avenue, charged with as
sault with dangerous weapon after
she was alleged to have stabbed her
husband, Harry J. Schmidt, with an ice
pick on August 10. was nolle pressed by
Assistant United States Attorney Joseph
c. Bruce at Police Court this morning.
Schmidt, just out Of Gallinger Hos
pital, came to court to say that he and
his wife had become reconciled and
that he did not wish to prosecute her.
He has been treated at Emergency and
Gallinger Hospitals for a stab wound
near the heart.
Mrs. Schmidt admitted to police that
she stabbed her husband during an ar
gument over the quality Of beefsteak
She brought home from the market. She
has been held in the House of Deten-
ton for the past two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
REVENUE ATTORNEY
DIES IN ACCIDENT
James A. Redmond Fatally Hurt
When Auto Goes Over Bank
in Freeport, Ill.

James A. Redmond, 40 years old, OF
210 Adams street northeast, attorney
and technical clerk in the Bureau OF
Internal Revenue. Treasury Depart
ment, died in a hospital In Freeport
ILL.,, Saturday from injuries sustained
when his automobile ran down an en-
bankment near Freeport Wednesday,
according to word received here.
His wife, Mrs. Marie Redmond, who
was in the automobile with him. was
injured, according to reports. Mr.. and
Mrs. Redmond were on their way back
to Washington after vacation in Can
ada since early August.
The body was accompanied to Rome,
N. Y. where Mr.. Redmond'S parents re-
side. by Mrs. Redmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
NEWARK MAN REPORTS
UNION STATION THEFT
Tells Police Suit Case Containing
saxophone and Other Articles
Valued at $500 Was Stolen.

Another theft in the waiting room at
Union Station, the fourth theft Of its
kind during the past two days. was
reported to the police last night by
Michael K. Bohacheck, "a Carlton
street, Newark, N. J. He said his suit
case, bearing his initials. containing
saxophone, pair of shoes and toilet
articles valued at 5000 was taken.
Mrs. Alma Morton, Roosevelt Hotel.
told police that intruders were In her
apartment several days ago, having
gained entrance with a duplicate key.
She said they stole wearing apparel
valued at SIS.
Three pink gowns valued at 81 and
bedding valued at 81 disappeared from
the home of Marie Brooks, 1458 Oak
street, yesterday. Entrance was gained
through rear window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
SUNDAY SUMMONS O. KID.
Judge Hitz Authorizes Marshal to
Make Service on Armand.

Services of a summons by deputy
United States marshal on Sunday was
authorized today by Justice William
Hitz of the District Supreme Court,
when advised by Deputy Marshal Harry
Parker that Charles Armani, CAB Park
road, works in Maryland and comes to
the District on Sundays. Armani has
neglected to settle fee of $3.50 allowed
by court order to Attorney Raymond
Neudecker for services to the wife of
Armani, in defending a suit for linn
tied divorce brought against the wife
and prosecuting counter suit of the
wife, both of which were dismissed
when the parties became reconciled.
A contempt order was issued against
Armani last May, but the deputy has
not been able to find him on a week
day In Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
HOOVER OMITS COMMENT

+ President Hoover today declined to
commit himself regarding the proposed
merger of street railway companies in
the District of Columbia.
& When asked for comments upon the
subject. the President was represented
as considering the matter to be han
died by Public Utilities Commission, and
that he would have nothing to say until
IL was referred to him for action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
RADIO AIDS. IN ARREST.
Stolen Auto Is Recovered After
Description Is Broadcast.

A stolen automobile was recovered
and the alleged thief placed under ar
rest yesterday largely through the as
sistance of the radio. Adams Jenkins,
colored, 81, of Baltimore, was appre-
hended on a speeding charge, but when
he was brought into the fourth precinct
station house a radio broadcast was
coming in. including an announcement
of the theft of an automobile bearing
the same license plates as those on
jenkins machine.
The result was that jenkins was
charged with automobile larceny. The
car had been stolen from j. Max Cum
bingham. 208 East Thornapple street,
Chevy Chase, Md, police charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
MAKES CALLS FROM AIR.
Herbert Hoover, jr., Talks From
Flying Phone Booth.

HADLEY FIELD, N. j., August 20
Rl-Herbert Hoover, jr., went up in
the Western Electric Co.'S flying tele-
phone booth today and talked by radio
and land wire telephone with officials
Of the Western Air Express in Cali
fornia, the Air Transport Co., with
which he is associated.
Other calls were made from the
plane but officials would not reveal
whether young Hoover had talked from
the air with his father in the White
House.