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The Washington times., 1930-02-18
I SEE $4,000
HOME BURN
Times Staff Photo

Seven persons we're forced to
flee in their night clothes ard
watch their $4,000 home burn to
the ground in a disastrous fire
on Seminary Hill, just outside of
Alexandria last night.
Awakened by neighborS who
saw flames shooting out Of base
ment windows, the family of j.
P. Pheoneon, including his wife.
his parents and three children.
fled before the entire structure
burst into flames.
The fire, of an undetermined
origin, stubbornly refused to be
put under control, according t.
Alexandria authorities, who dis
patched all available apparatus
to the scene.
A wooden building. long out of
use, in the grounds of the vir.
ginia Shipbuilding Corporation
in the 200 block South Lee St.,
also was burned.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
BILL To A|Il O. {.
|NC|NERATOR

The first deficiency appropria-
ton bill, totaling s43,0O0,0OO. to
cover practically all Government
departments and activities, includ-
ing several District of Columbia
items. was reported to the House
yesterday.
The District items include $3.50,
900 for sites and construction of
high temperature incinerators, the
eventual cost to be $85O,OOO, and
an immediate $65,00O for a new
laundry and equipment for the
District Workhouse.
TIE committee omitted an
item of $65.oOo for prevention of
the spread of the mosquito, the
committee reporting it is advised
there is no further public health
problem involved in mosquito
elimination.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
UTILITIES FIGHT FOR COURT PRIVILEGE HERE
SENATORS HEAR
PLANS TO KEEP
REVIEW Law

Public utility companies Of the
city lined up today before the
senate District Committee to
start what promises to be one
OF the most bitterly fought battles
or local utility history.
The struggle which opens at q
public meeting outshadows street
car merger fights, court battles
over rates and other controversies
IN which the utilities. have fig
ured.
The meeting is to hear the util.
. tiles companies state their posi-
ton in regard to bill which
would radically alter the funda-
mental law governing public
utilities in the Capital.
Basic Changes
1t would alter basically the
manner in which appeals to the
courts may be made from de-
cisions and orders of the public
utilities commission. The altera-
tions would be in favor of the
public generally, it is said, and
would deprive the courts Of much
of the power they now have in
reviews Of utilities commission
decisions.
The bill embodying the amend
ments is in reality the old
Blaine amendment which killed
the merger agreement in the
last Congress. The Blain e
amendment appeared in this Con-
gress as an integral part Of the
plan of the utilities commission
for merger of the street car COM
panies. ...... .....
All the utilities companies of
the city Joined with the street car
companies in asking that 1t be
eliminated from the merger reso-
luton. The committee complied
with their request, but it was a
hollow victory, for the committee
voted to put it in a separate
measure and decided that the
separate measure should take
precedence over the merger reso-
luton
All the companies now are be-
fore the Senate committee asking
that the bill be killed. They as
sert they are willing to have the
fundamental law amended to a
certain extent, but that the pend
ing bill goes too far.
Keech to Be Confirmed
> The bill would make the law
here in regard to court procedure
conform with that in effect in
46 States of the Union. In only
two States, Virginia and Okla
homa, do the courts have the
power in utility matters that is
conferred on the local courts.
The District Committee today
is also expected to vote a favor
able report on the nomination of
H2ichmond B. Keech. assistant Cor
poration Counsel, to be Peoples
1Counsel. He will succeed Ralph B.
Fleharty. who resigned several
weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
P ARK PLANNED
FROM STATION
To CAPITOL

Tenants occupying the Govern
ment hotels still standing be.
tween the Capitol and the Union
Station have been notified that
they must vacate their rooms by
July l, when the structures will
be razed.
Formal notice that on that
date the authorities will start
tearing down the buildings has
been served on the q. s. Hous-
ing Corporation by David Lynn.
architect Of the Capitol, acting
on behalf of the commission in
charge Of the Capitol grounds.
Dozen Still Stand
Nearly a dozen Of the struc.
lures originally built during the
World War to accommodate some
Of the thousands of war work
ers attracted to the National
Capital have already been town
down, but approximately the
same number still remain.
OF the temporary type of stuc-
CO construction which was neces-
sary for speed in erection during
the war days, the plaza hotels
have long been regarded as eye
sores. Their necessity too has
been minimized by almost every
one except their occupants.
Razing of the remaining struC-
lures on the plaza will mark an
other forward step in the efforts
to realize on the plans for beau5i-
fication of the Capitol plaza and
surrounding grounds.
Beautify Grounds.
Lynn plans to rip down the re-
naming hotels as rapidly as pos
Sible after July l and then to
proceed Immediately with the ex-
tenSive landscaping plans on the
ground thus made available.
The space between the Capitol
and the Union Station will all be
park. with beautiful landscaping
effects. It is planned to have an
underground storage garage for
senatorial automobiles on the
block nearest the Capitol. Plans
for this, however. provide that it
shall not in any way mar the
beauty Of the plaza.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
Government Hotels On Plaza To Be Raced On July
IN DRIVE
To MAKE COPS
COURTEOUS

Two, police inspectors, William
s. Shelby and Ernest w. Brown,
have been appointed missionaries
Of courtesy by Major Henry G..
Pratt. superintendent of poll ,e,
in an effort to convert q num-.
Der Of Washington's police from
their present ways Of dealing with
the citizenry.
The two inspectors are deliver
ing q series of lectures to the
police of the various precincts
each afternoon at 4 o'clock, when
the day shift goes home and
night shift goes to work. They
intend to follow the missionary
trail until every man on the DO
lice force has heard and under
stands the message from Major
Pratt.
Public Respect Sought
Major Pratt wants the police
to deal courteously with the
public for three reasons; the first
being that from now on police
efficiency ratings will be govern
ed largely by their records for
courtesy and on those ratings de-
pends their chances for promo
ton; second. to create a public
respect for the biuecoats, and
last, but not the least, to do away
with many Of the arrests for
violations o. minor infractions
of laws.
So far. the commands of the
First and Second Precincts have
heard the message. The police
were told that courtesy Is manda-
tory and that those found guilty
Of discourtesy will be dealt with
by police disciplinary bodies.
The pavement Founders also were
told that they must use discretion
in making arrests for minor vio-
lations.
Shortly after the inspectors
finished their missionary activi-
ties for the day, Policeman H. q.
Mccormack. Of the Seventh Pre-
cinct, made two arrests for two
unusual offenseS. although the
offenSes have been on the law
books for many. many years.
He arrested Jessie Harriday, 81.
Of the TOO block @ st. N. W., for
dropping mud from the truck he
was driving to the Placement.
Then he arrested Lawrence Law.
son, rs, of Potomac Street N. W..
for repairing his automobile or
the street. Lawson put up 50 col
lateral at the precinct and went
his way, while Harriday paid his
SIS bond under protest and an
nounced that he would fight the
case in court today.
Captain Defends Him
Capt. Maurice Collins, CON-
mander at the precinct, defended
McCormack's actions and said
that Harriday was driving a
truck load of mud from the
neighborhood of Thirty-eighth
and T Streets and that mud was
falling from the vehicle to the
streets. Residents of the neigh
borhood haye repeatedly com
planned because mud from the
trucks has kept the streets dirty.
In Lawson's case, Captain Col
Inns said. he had taken the hood
and radiator from his car and
was doing some heavy repairs.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18

MADDEN graphic tram
scripts of the words spoken in
debate in the Upper Chamber.
These transcripts are revised or
corrected or approved by the
Senators who have spoken each
day. Mr.. Madden, therefore, is
the liaison man between Sena-
tors and the official reporters of
debates and has so functioned
for more than generation. He
was born in West Newton, Pa.
1861, but went to Indiana when
a lad. A few years later he
got his job in this city through
the influence of the late Sen
ator Voorhees, and Mr.. Madden
has been right on it ever since.
The beauty for Which the
National Capital is famous is
due not only to the efforts of
those 10ho planned the city. but
to the architects pho planned
each building, each park, so
that it Would hGrmonise with
the general plan of things.
One OF these is HORACE w,
PEASLEE, local architect.
Many places around Washing
ton bear DitneSS to the work of
PeGSIee, among them the Po-
tonerc Park golf houses and
ntGny other park buildings.
PeGslee 10aS also co-deSigner of
Meridian Hill Park and pas
consulting park architect to
Fort Lincoln and Lee HighWGy.
PeGSlee has been a resident
OF the District since 1911.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18

hands. He's
a quiet fel-
low and few
who see him
going about
k n o W t h e
Importance of
his mission.
3 u t w IL
L I A M w.
MADDEN is
t h e veteran
Senate e nj
p ploye W hO
sorts out and
takes around
the S t e n O.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
Warmer and Cloudy
Is Weather Forecast

The mercury yesterday rose to
"a degrees at 4 p. m. At 10 it had
only fallen slightly, to 80.
Samuel Settle, 46, of Cherry
dale, Va, was Frustrated by the
heat. but he was not outdoors
Settle was working on the boilers
in the basement of the National
Press Building. The Fire Rescue
Squad revived him.
Comparatively mild tempera
ture prevailed through the night
the low mark being 20 at s q. m
There will be no skating today
at the Lincoln Memorial Pool.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
HOOver's Hospitality
Requires More Servants

The hospitality Of President and
Mrs. Hoover has made it neceS.
Sary to increase the number of
servants at the White House
from 81 last year to n, the pres
ent number.
Lieut.. Col. q. s. Grant Sd, dl-
rector of Public Buildings and
Parks, explained yesterday the
need for extra help at the White
House before the House Appro.
priationS Committee.
The time you spend travelling IL time
peHI ednGating YOURSELF. Do II
economically through the purchase oi
"ne Of the good used cars adyertissti fOI
sale i'm Times Classified Ada
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
Higher Salary Asked
For Liberian Minister

A bill to raise the salary of the
Minister to Liberia from $500
to $4,000 a year is to be ad-
vanced for early consideration by
Representative Porter. Pennsyl-
vania, chairman of the House
Foreign Affairs committee.
Representative Porter says that
American ministers to ~ather for
eign countries receive either $1O,-
900 or $4,000 a year, whcrea, !,
the minister to Liberia, who
usually is a Negro. has to main.
tain his establishment on about
or1e-half Of these amounts.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
SL.ANTSO or
CAPITAL
PEOPLE

Since 1888 he's been scurry-
ing through Capitol corridors
with sheafs of copy in his
The Washington times., 1930-02-18

Still warmer weather for today
and tomorrow is forecast by the
Weather Bureau. with increasing
cloudiness and possibly rain to-
morrow.
A victim of the winters second
coolest spell. Mrs. Mary Clark,
50, of Staunton. Va, is still in
serious condition at Emergency
Hospital, from exposure. Mrs.
Clark was found unconscious on
the street during the near-zero
weather early Sunday morning
She Is so weak today that she is
unable to talk, hospital atten-
dantS report.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
U. S. Has 1900 Lepers,
! L Health Service Saw,

I The United States has 1000
cases of leprosy on the continent
the Public Health Service an
nounced yesterday.
There are under treatment.
3O6 patients at the leprosium nj
CaEvtlle. La IL was reported.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
E. W. Rounds, Navy Pilot
To Discuss Safety Test

Edward w. Rounds, of the
flight test section, Navy Depart
ment Bureau of Aeronautlcs, will
discuss the "Guggenheim Safety
Tests" before the Standards Fly
ing Club in the East Building.
Bureau of Standards, tonight at
8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1930-02-18
Missing Oil Salesman Is
Located In Norfolk

A fiVe-day search by police
Throughout the East for Alfred
Lefebvre, 32-year-old oil salesman,
1900 block Calvert st. N. W.,
ended shortly before noon yestcr
day when his offices In this city
received word from him that he
was IN Norfolk, Va.
Continental Oil Company Off
cials, his employers, would not
comment other than to say he
had been in the Virginia city on
business.
City or suburban homes Offering you
many lORg-wanfed pleasures are listed
for sale In Tlmaa Classified Ada
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01
DROWNED MAN DIED
HERO, SAYS WOMAN
Mrs. Goodman's Life Saved
by Companion, Who
Sacrificed Self.

Mrs. Pearl M Goodman, 28,(who was
nearly drowned in the Potomac River
Saturday, told police after she had been
discharged from Emergency Hospital
yesterday that Charles Turley, who was
drowned, lost his life trying to save her.
Turkeys body was recovered by har-
Dor precinct police after they had
dragged the river for an hour.
Mrs Goodman and Turley, with. the
formers 6-year-old daughter, Ada
Frances, and two other children went
to Bankers Point for an outing Satur-
day afternoon.
Stepped Into Deep Hole.
Leaving the children on shore, Tur-
ley, who lived near Cherrydale, Va,
and Mrs. Goodman went into the
water. Unexpectedly they stepped
into deep hole. Neither could SWIM,
and in a moment they we're struggling
for their lives.
The screams of the little daughter
attracted the attention of Gus Follis,
400 K street, who dived in the water
and saved Mrs Goodman after Ray
Gill, 1927 Canal road, had nearly lost
his own life in a similar attempt.
Mrs Goodman was taken, uncon-
scious, to Emergency Hospital after the
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incident and the part Turley played
in her rescue did not become known
until yesterday. ~
Charley and I had been playing in
the shallow water near shore for some
time" she said, but suddenly We
stepped into water over our heads.
Couldn't Swim a Stroke"
ct couldn't swim stroke and neither
could Charley, but he did his best to
keep me up. Even when he must have
known that 1t would cost him his own
life he devoted himself to keeping me
afioat He couldn't hold me UP long
but the few seconds in which he was
successful enabled another man to
reach us. This man swan ashore with
me. but before he could get back Charley
had gone, down.
He had always said that he would
stick by me in trouble, and he did"
Authorities at Emergency Hospital
experienced difficulty in establishing
Mrs. Goodman's identity after she had
been taken there. The woman was not
able to talk for some time and the
daughter was too young to give her
name or address. The identification
was not made until several hours later
The other children who accompanied
the party, Katherine and Margaret
Bowers, 5 and years old, were taken
to their home at 1927 Canal road by
policemen. Mrs. Goodman also lives
at the Canal road address.
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F|L|RNOS BURN
, ROOSEVELT BOOK
Patriotic Speeches Lift
Cheering Crowd to High Pitch
p of Excitement.
Sy the Associated Pres,

MANILA, September Amid the
shouts of some 1000 Filipino peasants,
q copy of book supposed to be Nicholas
ure and Problem, was burned publicly
at Bslintawak, Philippine national
shrine, yesterday.
The crowd was worked to high pitch
of excitement by series OF patriotic
speeches in the Tagalog dialect. Roose-
velt's book. or a dummy purporting to
be the work of the recess vice governor
Of the islands, then was burned.
Book Is Hammered on Anvil.
Before being burned the book was
placed on an anvil and hammered with
q mallet to further, emphasize the
crowds resentment against Roosevelt's
writings and their opposition to his APP
pointment.
Then it was handed to Representative.
Francisco Varona, radical member OF
the Legislature, and the moving figure
behind the ceremony, who poured kero-
Sene on 1t and ordered torch applied.
It was not known whether the book
burned actually was copy of the much
discussed Roosevelt work. Varona de-
clined to give it to newspaper men for
examination.
Attendance at the ceremony was a
DISAPPOINTMENT 10 sponsors VINO, nao ek-
pected 10000. Varona charged many
were kept away through fear of arrest.
The authorities, however made no at
tempt to interfere. The demonstration
was entirely orderly, and although the
speakers urged non-co-operation with
Roosevelt and the Hoover administration
for appointing him, no one advocated
violence.
VarOna Demands Peace.
Once, however, when Varona asked
the crowd whether Filipinos should CO.
operate with such man as Roosevelt,
some one shouted, "Mamatay 81 Roose-
velt!" Which is Tagalog for Death to
Roosevelt Varona silenced the crowd
and told it the Filipinos. were not fight
Ing Roosevelt with violence but by peace
full means.
The ceremony opened with parade
70 the monument to Andres Bonifacio,
Filipino patriot, and the book was
burned at the base of the statue.
Labor organizations, Manila farmers
and representatives from FIVE neighbour
ing provinces attended. Schoolgirls
signing the Filipino national anthem
were booed by the crowd because the
children sang in English. T'ets-3
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had won wide recognition for prison
management when warden Of the East
erl state Penitentiary at Philadelphia.
He commanded the LIST Troop, Phila-
delphia City Cavalry, in the war with
Spain and during the World War rose to
the rank of colonel in the Signal Corps.
He reorganiZed the military police and
later was transferred TO the American
relief administration and appointed chief
of the Baltic Mission at the request of
Herbert Hoover.
For his work in Europe during the
war he was decorated by England,
France, Russia and Esthonia.
Col. Groome organized and was the
first chief of the Pennsylvania State
constabulary. He served as warden of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01
NEW CITY COUNCIL
ORGANIZES IN DANVlLLE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, September Or
ganization of the new City Council,
elected last June, was effected at a
meeting of the body today. There are
six members of the old council, the
new members being w. E. Gardner, j.
w. Yarbrough and G. F. Walton, all
former councilmen, and who succeed
M. D. Turner and w. P. Boatwright,
who did not seek reelection, and w. r.
Mitchell.
The last meeting of the old council
was held Saturday night. Councilman
w. p. Boatwright paid glowing tribute
to President E. B. Meade, who was
presented with a silver loving cup.
Mayor Henry Wooding also compli-
mented the council on its constructive
program.
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Siamese King to Ask Surgical Aid.

BANGKOK. Siam, September P1s-
A semi-officia1 announcement says
that King Prajadhipok, who has been
suffering from an eye ailment for four
years. will visit New York for an oper-
alton.
Present arrangements call for a trip
by way of Hongkong, Japan and VAN
couver. returning by the same route.
The King and Queen will travel in
cognito, 1t is understood the King Is
suffering from cataracts on both eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01
Married at Winchester.

WINCHESTER, Va, September /
Especially John I. Brown, jr., this
city, and Miss Eleanor Fravel, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Fravel,
woodstock, Va were married Saturday
evening at the home of the brides
parents by Rev. Wayne Bowers, pastor
of the Reformed Church. They will
Brown is director of physical educa-
ton in the public schools.
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Notables Retain Localism.

NEW YORK, September l (P.-Lo-
calisms persist in the speech of famous
Americans Two Columbia professors
have made 200 records of different
forms of. American dialect, including
speeches by, So, notables: They show
the Southern drawl the Western twang,
elision of vowels and such.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01
Fire Squad Revives
Woman Overcome
By Frying Chicken
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EVANSTON, ILL.,. September l.
The smell of frying chicken
yesterday overcame Mrs. Daniel
S., Leonard so that it required 80
minutes artificial respiration work
by firemen before she was re-
vived.
The chicken she was frying
caught fire, filling the kitchen
with smoke.
The first thing Mrs. Leonard
wanted to know when she re-
gained consciousness was: Did
/ the chicken blrn?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-01
HOLIDAY TRAFFIC
HOLDS UP FIREMEN
Congested Road Delays Prince
Georges Fighters on Way to
Forest Fires.
BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
CAMP SPRINGS Nd Snntnrnkn,.

CAnF SPRINGS, Md, September /.
Holiday. traffic on the Southern
Maryland pike was so heavy last night
fire engines from several volunteer de-
partmentss in Prince Georges County
were delayed in reaching a forest fire
on the farm of George Thorne, near
In spite Of the delay, firemen from
Marlboro, Capitol Heights, Greater
Capitol Heights, Boulevard Heights and
Seat Pleasant succeeded in saving a
large house. on the premises, which
was unoccupied at the time.
About rs acres of land was burned
over. Mr.. Thorne is a brother of Mil
lard Thorne, judge of the Orphans
Court.
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COL. JOHN C. GRooME, SO,
DIES IN BRYN MAWR, PA.
Was Chief OF Division and Provost
Marshal General in France
in World War.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRYN MAWR, Pa, September L.
Col. John C. Groome, who was chief of
the military intelligence division of the
Signal Corps and acting provost mar
shall general in France in the World
War, died here yesterday. He was So
years old.
In addition to his military career, he
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England's Oldest soldier, Sergt. Mai
John Stratford of Northampton, ha.
just celebrated his one hundred anc
first birthday.