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The Washington times., 1931-11-20
Attends Reception

The Minister of Denmark and
Nine. Wadsted left this morn
ing, for New York, where they
will attend the reception and
entertainment, to be given this
evening. at the Waldorf-Astoria,
for the benefit of the Constan-
tin Brun Award.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

Park, which is filled with treasures, gathered during Mr..
and Mrs Schoelkopf stay abroad when the former
attached to the United States embassy in Madrid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
DROP FIGHT TO FIX
PREVAILING WAGE
Commissioners Merely Include
Terms of Bacon-Davis Act
in Contract.

The District Commissioners today
formally abandoned their efforts TO
bind building contractors doing District
work to any particular scale OF wages
for workmen and awarded a contract
for the construction Of 10-room ad-
dition to the Paul Junior High School
to A. Lloyd Goode of Charlotte, N. G.
for S147.175.
Owing TO the dispute now raging as
to what the prevailing wage scale is in
the District. it had been planned to in
clude in the contract the wage scale
now paid to employees of the District
repair shop. Under the terms of the
recently enacted Bacon-DaviS law, con-
tractors on building work for the Fed
eral and District governments must pay
their workmen the prevailing wage
scale"
The Secretary Of Labor is made the
final arbiter of what the prevailing
scale is, but he has rendered only one
decision. in the case Of painters on the
Internal Revenue Bureau Building.
The contract let today contains a
clause reciting the terms of the Bacon
Davis act and a second clause requir-
ing the contractor to furnish to the
District, whenever required, statement
of the wage scales being paid on the
job.
If any dispute arises as to whether
the wages being paid are based on the
prevailing scale. an attempt to arbi-
trate will be made by the Districts con-
tract officer, Maj. Holland l.. Robb. If
he fails. then the dispute will be re-
ferred to the Secretary of Labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
new RESERVOIR DIRT
TO MAKE FORT DRIVE
Co-ordinating Committee Plans to
Use Earth to Be Dug Up
at Anacostia Site.

When earth is cxcavated for the new
reservoir to be constructed in Anacostia
1t VIII be used for part of the Fort
drive, spacious motor roadway that
Will connect Washington and the ia
nous old Civil War forts. Capt. E. N.
ChlSolm, chairman Of the co-ordinating
committee comprising interested Federal
and District government agencies, an
nounced today. This decision was
reached at today's meeting of the COM
mittee.
Plans for proposed new apartment
house off Adams Mill road. overlooking
the Zoo, were discussed by the COM
mittee and it was decided to COM
municate with the architect, w. Douden,
and request that he endaavor to fit in
his plans with the existing highway so
that no highway change will be needed.
The plans were drawn for Eugene H.
Taggart, the committee was advised.
The committee considered the filling
in of the yard surrounding the new
Alice Deal School in the Reno Reservoir
section and found that earth is needed
for the development of the playground.
When Nebraska avenue is expanded. the
, committee decided, the necessary earth
will be Forthcoming.
The question of drainage of Tenth
street near the playground in the vicin-
ity of Michigan avenue northeast was
considered by the committee. Capt.
Chisolm said. j. B. Gordon, District
sanitary engineer, will confer with the
parties interested in making a fill, as
the drainage is affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
HOOVER INVITED
TO EVE MEMORIAL
President Asked to Attend Unveil-
ing at Augusta, Ga, to Honor
U. S. Surgeon of Polish War.

President Hoover today was invited
T. attend the unveiling at Augusta Ga.
on November Ia of a memorial to DR..
Paul Fitzimmons Eve, famous surgeon
hero of the Polish Revolution in 1881,
who was born in Augusta in 1906. The
invitation was conveyed by Thomas j.
Hamilton. editor of the Augusta
Chronicle, and chairman OF the Eve
Memorial Committee, and M H. H.
Duvall. president of the Augusta Cham
Der of Commerce. as we'll as by DR..
Peter WawrzynSki general secretary
Ct the Polish-American Dental Asso-
citation.
The group was presented to President
HooYer at the White House by Senator
Duncan o. Fletcher of Florida, in the
absence of Senator Harris OF Georgia.
officials Of the Polish embassy were In
Cludad in the delegation.
DY. Eve holds place in the memory
of the Polish people which corresponds
with the esteem Americans have Tor
Gen Pulaski. who gave his life for the
colonies at the siege of Savannah dur
ing the American Revolution. Already
Poland has erected a memorial to the
famous American surgeon in warsaw.
II 1881, when Poland rebelled against
Russia. Dr. Eve was in Paris completing
his medical studies. There he ORGANIZED
p Polish American Committee for the
aid of Poland after which he went 10
Warsaw and volunteered his services.
After the revolution, the grateful gov
eminent conferred upon him the Polish
Golden Cross CT Virtuti Military.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
DR.. HAWORTH GETS
NEW SCHOOL POST
Heads Science Department.
Hay and HedriCk Denoted
to Teachers.

Dr. Ellis Haworth, teacher of physics
al Eastern High School and a member
of the District public school system
since 1922, today was appointed head
of the department of science in the
white schools Dr. Haworth is the
first incumbent in this new office
created at the close of the 1930-3l
school year with the merger OF the de-
partment of physics with that OF
chemistry and biology.
The appointment of the local
scientist to the head of the new depart
ment is the final chapter of long and
bitter fight waged by their friends on
behalf of DR.. William Hay, head OF the
chemistry and biology department, and
DR.. William Hedrick, head OF the old
physics department.
These two veteran school system or
ficers were retained in their former
capacities until today. when each was
denoted to the position OF teacher OF
his respective subject.
DR.. Haworth, who first was appoint
ed a teacher in the Washington schools
September /, 1922. since which time he
has taught physics and some math-
ematicS. holds a bachelor of arts de-
gree with distinction and the NJ, A.
degree from George Washington Uni
versity. He took his Phi. D. in 1928
from Johns Hopkins University In
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
District Has Been Without
Limit of Any Kind for
Two Months.
FOUR STEPS INCLUDED
IN NEW LAWS ADOPTED
Legal Maximum of Z, Is, % and
80 Miles an Hour Fixed for
Various Vehicles.

The District. which has been without
a legal speed limit for vehicles of any
type since July l, will return to nor
malcy in 10 days, when series of speed
limits adopted by the Commissioners
become effective At the effective date
of the new traffic act, July /, the speed
ing rules under the previous act were
superseded and during the intervening
two months no others have been
adopted.
The new speed laws have four steps,
limiting speeds to 7, Is. % and 80
miles per hour, respectively. Thirty
miles per hour is the maximum except
for authorized emergency vehicles,
which are cautioned TO drive with due
regard for the safety Of all persons using
the streets.
The seven-mile limit is for vehicles
being driven in any alley or any place
of business or crossing Of a sidewalk.
The l5-mile limit applies to all We
hicleS with solid tires and is the limit
for tractor trucks. 1t applies to all We
hicles when passing a school building
during opening. recess or closing hours;
passing Fairgrounds or safety loading
zones or platforms. approaching within
100 feet of a grade crossing or at any
other location indicated by the placing
of official signs.
The 22-mile limit is for cars equip
ped with pneumatic tires anywhere IN
the District except as limited above.
The 30-mile limit is for the outlying
districts where official signs so desig-
nate.
One of the speed rules is that no We
h!cle shall pass another when moving in
the same direction on the Calvert or
Chain Bridges, and another that on all
other bridges the speed shall be the
same as that prescribed for other por-
tons Of the highway except where
otherwise indicated by official signs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
MENAC|NG FUMES
REMAIN MYSTERY
Police and Firemen DeIuged
by Phone Calls From
Fearful Residents.

Neither District engineers nor off,
cials of the Washington Gas Light Co.
could advance an explanation today for
the pungent fumes which spread
through Southwest and Southeast
Washington for several hours last night.
No one was overcome by the mysteri-
Gus gas although several persons re-
ported they had been affected, and po-
lice and firemen were deluged with
inquiries from anxious residents of the
vicinity. AT the fourth precinct more
than 100 telephone calls were received
between and II o'clock from persons
fearful OF escaping gas.
Covers Low-Lying Areas.
There was little or no breeze during
this period and the fumes became par
ticularly strong in lox-lying sections of
the area. Reports that the gas forced
sentries from their posts at the Army
War College and obliged a temporary
suspension of work in the gun shops at
the navy yard we're denied today by the
respective commanding officers.
The odor Of Illuminating gas. how
ever, was especially strong at the War
College and navy yard In some in
stances residents of the reservations left
their quarters until the fumes dimin-
iShed around midnight.
Receiving numerous inquiries by tele-
phone early last night, the gas COM
pany dispatched IL "troubie-shooters
in emergency cars to comb the affected
area for possible leaks in gas mains.
Company officers pointed cut this search
was unavailing last night and this
morning, and expressed the opinion the
fumes were not illuminating gas.
Sewers Investigated.
A report that gas had been dumped
into sewers from the giant reservoir at
Twelfth and NJ streets southeast also
was denied by company officials. They
explained that the purifying agent was
changed at the reservoir days ago and
that some of the waste went into the
sewers at that time. but that this could
no be blamed for any fumes last night.
Heads of the Sewer Department were
investigating to see if the mysterious
gas cloud could be traced to the Dis
tricts sewers, but had found no indi-
cation of this at a late hour today.
An atmospheric condition of almost
absolute calm prevailed over the Dis
trict early last night, the Weather
Bureau said. virtually eliminating the
possibility that the fumes were blown
here from another locality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
PERMITS FOR YEAR
TOTAL S3O,151,724
Capital Still Among Leaders
Despite S4,844,793 Drop,
0ehmann States.

The value of buildings and repairs
to buildings for which permits were
issued in the 1881 fiscal year was $780,
Isl, 724, a decrease of s4,844.793 from
the previous year, according to the an
nual report Of Inspector of Buildings
John w. Oehmann. This was in spite
of the fact that the number of permits
issued showed an increase of 982 over
the number issued in the 1880 year.
Col. Oehmann explained this by say
ing that owing to the Nationwide de-
preston. there had been a severe cur
tailment of large speculative building
enterprises Nevertheless. Washington
continues among the leaders in build
ing activities. he said. His figures do
not include the building work on the
Federal buildings, over which he has
no control.
All classifications of buildings, eX-
cept business buildings, showed an in
crease IN permits issued in 1881 over
1880. Business buildings showed a de-
crease of 43 permits. The increases
were $50 in repair jobs. 125 in new
buildings. Ill more dwellings and 81
more apartments.
Permits were issued for the cree
ton of 2,280 signs, an increase of ASS,
as compared with 1880. Eleven ele-
vator accidents. one of them fatal. were
reported. There had been 10 accidents
in 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01

Civilian class G. E. Cooke. jr. thlro
"a: Alfred H. Yeomans, 1924 Nine
tenth street. thirteenth, 81; William
Cook, 1919 Eighteenth street, fourteenth
81. and Morton Silverberg ASH New
ton place. of the Maryland University
championship Sd Corps Area r. o.
T. c. team, twenty-f1rst, go.
staff Scrgt. Winfield G. Blevins, 18Th
Engineers, Fort Humphreys, Va, is
among the Is rapid fire experts who
made perfect scores yesterday in the
2OO-yard Camp Perry instructors Tro-
phy match. The tie will be shot on
today. other events on the schedule
are the small bore Wimbledon, short
range two-man team, Coast Guard
rapid fire, members and Croweil
matches.
Corpl. w. A. Easterlmg, United States
Marine Corps, Quantico, Va, won the
Leech Cup. 49,
Firing in the feature match Of tbs
national rifle matches. Corpl. Easterling
scored 1O4 out of a possible los points
to defeat l.46O contestants and outranE
Sergt. Walter Walsh, National Guards
man from Union City. N. j.. who also
scored l04 points, but dropped the
match to EasIerling by an inferior long
range score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
TWO HOLD-UP MEN
K|DNAP MOT0R|ST
Clerk Says They Drew Gun
and Forced Him to Drive
to Baltimore.

Held up at pistol point when he
stopped for red light at Seventh street
ana Maryland avenue northeast, Joseph
d. West of 1919 Gales street northeast
last night was forced to drive two men
to the outskirts of Baltimore on the
Belair road. he reported to police on
his return early today.
West said he was returning from a
department store. where he is employed
as an adjustment clerk. when the men
Ieaped on the running board OF his
sedan Pushing a gun into his ribs.
one of the men climbed into the front
seat with him and told him to drive
to Baltimore. His companion sat In
the back of the car.
After they passed Fifteenth and H
streets northeast. West said, the man
in front climbed over the seat and
Joined his friend in the back. When
they came TO a lonely section OF the
Belair road north of Baltimore. Vests
passengers ordered him to stop here. ="
AS he had only IS cents, the men told
him to keep the change Ito buy gaso-
line"
West was unable to give police clear
description of the pair. saying he was
too scared to notice much about their
looks" However, he said one wore a
cap and the other straw hat and both
were dressed in dark suits, Baltimore
police were notified by headquarters
to keep a lookout for the men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio September /.
Putting two teams into the field, the
Metropolitan Police Department yes
terday copied first and second places
and eight bronze medals in class b
of the National Rife Association police
pistol team match with scores of 998 and
900 out of possible 1900. The Colt
Trophy and silver medals were won by
the crack Los Angeles team, which shot
iii to top the 20 aggregations in
class A. There were eight teams in
class B.
The medal winning Washington
"bluecoatS" are as follows: Team No.
l, Detective Sergt. Herbert E. Brodie,
Pvt. Monte A. Bridges, Traffic Bureau;
Pvt George M. Stewart, seventh pre-
cinct. and Pvt Edgar L. Warden, third
precinct.
Team No. PVT Robert L. Decker,
twelfth precinct: Pvt. Karl G.. MCCor-
mick seventh precinct; Pvt. Sheldon
r. Mckee, eleventh precinct, and Pvt.
George f. Wallrodt, first precinct.
Lieut.. Lane Third.
Out of l 400 competitors N the Leech
Cup match, which consists of seren
shots at each of the 800, 900 and 1000
yard ranges. Second Lieut. William r.
Lane, company T., lS1SG EIlSuIecIS' LIS
trict of Columbia National Guard.
landed in third place, with only 2
points down" out of a possible l05.
In addition to a bronze medal, Lieut..
Lane was awarded second prize in the
National Guard class.
Other Washingtonians who won prize.
are
Civilian class, sos entries-Douglas
c. McDougal. jr.. 1746 K street, ninety
ninth place, score, SO.
National Guard group, 518 entries,
Lieut.. Lane. second, 1903; Sergt. Henry
NJ BOudinot. Company E. 12lst En-
gineers. eighth, 100; Capt. Just c. Jen-
sen. Ordnance Department, State staff.
ninth, 100; Sergt. Frank NJ. Richard,
Company F. 1St Maryland Infantry,
HyattSville. twelfth. 80; Sergt. Theodore
L. Harrell, Ordnance Detachment, forty
fifth, 81; First Lieut.. Walter r. Stokes,
Medical Detachment, 121st Engineers,
slXty-eighth, IS, and Second Lieut.. Ed
ward d. AndruS. Company A, same reg
iment, seventy-third, 95.
Navy Lieutenant Wins.
The Chemical Warfare Service Tro-
ply match. which calls for 10 shots
slow fire, standing. and 10 shots rapid
fire, sitting. and which requires the
wearing and adjustment of a gas
mask during each stage, was won by
Lieut.. Allen D. Gramer, United States
Navy, Springfield. Mass. over field of
284 entries, with 90 out of a possible
100 tally.
Shooting a "a, George E Cook. jr
1919 Eighteenth street. of the National
Capital Rife Club. captured tenth and
asst bronze medal and third place among
the las civilian participants.
The following District sharpshooters
also won prizes: National Guard group,
l08 competitors. Staff Sergt. Harry B.
Parsons, Company E. 121st Engineers.
fourth place, 90; First Lieut.. ThaddeuS
A. Riley. headquarters. same regiment.
tenth. 80; Pvt. First Glass Stanley w.
Dinwiddie. PIG o street, former Central
High School star and now serving with
the Virginia Militia, thirteenth, 90;
Sergt H M BoudinOt, Loech Cup Prize
winner, fourteenth, 81, and Sergt. Theo-
dore L. Harrell. ordnance detachment,
State staff. eighteenth, 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
FLIES ALL NIGHT

NEW YORK, September l (FJ.-Al-
though she announced yesterday that
she had just about abandoned" her in
tention of flying the Atlantic this year
Laura ingalls, made an all-night test
flight over Long Island.
she said yesterday weather reports
were discouraging and she saw little
prospect of accomplishing her purpose
But few hours later she took off in her
fully fueled plane and scared about
until after 6 o'clock this morning. She
had no comment to make when she
landed. -..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
COLORED MAN HELD
IN FATAL SHOOTING
Mrs. Grace Roman Janney, 81
Year-Old Grandmother, Dies
of Wounds.

Mrs. Grace Roman Janney, colored,
3l-year-old grandmother, was shot and
fatally wounded last midnight in her
home at 1910 CorcoraA street, Ivy City,
bv William Henry Frazier. colored, 80,
of 1911 Capital avenue, Ivy City, &C
cording to police.
Frazier, said to have confessed the
murder. ran wildly into No. II precinct
shortly after the shooting, crying,
They're after mel" When police sue
ceeded in calming him somewhat,
Frazier added: They've been shooting
at me. 1 shot back, but I don't know
if Ishit any one"
Frazier and Mrs. Janney. police
learned, were scheduled for hearings
today in Police Court on charges OF
possessing liquor in their respective
homes. He had been a frequent caller
at the Janney dwelling.
Mrs. Janney's 16-year-old daughter,
herself the mother of a child was
asleep in an adjoining room when she
was awakened by the sound of heated
quarrel followed by a single pistol re-
port. The woman, hit in the right
side. died at Casualty Hospital an
hour later.
Frazier at first said he had thrown
his .25-caliber pistol in the river, but
later admitted he tossed it into the
weeds of a vacant lot on his way to
the precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
BODY OF NAVY OFFICER
FOUND AFLOAT IN RIVER

The body of Chief Quartermaster
Carol Henry Thomas, commander of
the u. S. S. Choptank, who disappeared
last Saturday. was found today float
ing in the Potomac River near Piney
Point, Md.
The Choptank, a Navy Yard tug, had
been engaged in radio tests with the
Naval Research Laboratory at Belle
vue, D. c. Thomas was last seen aboard
his vessel during these tests.
A board of inquiry is being convened
at Washington Navy Yard to investi-
gate his death.
Lieut.. Comdr Frank E. Beatty of the
Navy Yard already has made pre-
liminary investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
YOUTH HELD FOR JURY
IN IL HOUSEBREAKINGS
Judge Schuldt Fixes Bond at
$4,000 After Confession
Is Reported.

Alleged to have confessed to II house.
breakings and robberies, George Neldon
Walls alias George Leon CoVel. 10
years old. was held for the grand jury
by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police
Court today under $4,000 bond,
Walls was arrested by Sergt. W. J..
Cunningham of the Traffic Bureau
when the officer saw him leaving the
paint shop of George F. Muth. ITO Thir-
tenth street, early last FRIDAY with
brief case under his arm. The case was
found to contain approximately $3.50 in
cash. which the boy admitted taking
from the paint store safe.
Cunningham was summoned by a
night Waterman, who said he heard
muffled sounds Of hammer coming
from the store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
TWO THIEVES SURPRISED,
EUT MAKE GETAWAYS
Coldred Youth Flees With Two
Handbags With Small Amount
OF Cash Before Police Arrive.

Surprised while robbing homes here
yesterday and early today. two burglars
escaped before police could arrive. one
made off with two handbags contain
ing change and miscellaneous articles
early today when surprised in an apart,
ment at 2008 Sixteenth street, occupied
by Emma B. Hadden and Mary Boyle.
The second burglar. colored youth,
was discovered in the home OF John
Fitzpatrick at 1912 Fifth street north
east He obtained nothing.
Sneak thieves operating in Office
buildings yesterday took silver ink
Stand and other desk furnishings from
the office of Chester Davis in the Ma
tional Press Building.
Mrs. Albert Prentiss of 5207 Con-
nect;cut avenue reported that her pock-
etbook, containing $40 in bills and a
pay check, was stolen from her office
q the Shoreham Building,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
CARUSI TO LEAVE NAVY

The Navy Department announced to-
day in official orders that Lieut..
(Junior Grade) Eugene G. Carusi. son
of the late Charles F. Carusi, president
of the Board of Education here, will re-
sign from the. service on September 8.
He is detached from duty aboard the
u S. S. Yarnall and his superiors have
accepted his request for resignation -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
SHOWS HEAVY GAIN
New York Outbreak Increases.
Many Gases Reported in
Other States.

BY the Associated Press.
Infantile paralysis cases reported to
the Public Health Service today for
% States totaled 1859, more by "a
cases than was reported by the entire
United States last week.
The outbreak in New York, which
had receded for two weeks. was on the
increase again. with 432 cases for New
York City, as against 422 the week pre-
ceding. and 100 for New York State,
against 1913.
Massachusetts cases had increased
from lis to 1856: Connecticut from 10
to 1874; New Jersey from 10 to l03;
Michigan from So to rs; Wisconsin from
26 to 81. Ten cases were reported IN
West Virginia, against only at the
last report.