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Evening star., 1934-12-23
$4,000 ESTIMATED
AS COST OF FALSE
ALARMS FOR YEAR
Official Says $40 Is Spent
on Each caIl-Fireman's
Boast Is Disastrous.
False alarms cost the District gov

False alarms cost the District gov
ernment almost $40 each last year, ac-
cording to Acting Inspector Ross Gray
of the District fire marshal's ofice.
Inspector Gray also reported that
523 false alarms were turned in dur
ing the last fiscal year. The total
cost Of these was estimated at approx
mately $4,000.
A salient point in these futile ex-
penditures Is the fact that every time
one Of the Districts $4,000 engines
is sent dashing about the streets in
search Of fire the gasoline consumed
amounts to about q gallon for two
miles. Another expense item Is the
time and money spent in regroom-
ing the engines and keeping motors
in a state Of mechanical perfection.
Upon returning from any alarm, false
or no, flve men must be used on each
piece Of apparatus for this work.
Police Are Handicapped.
The police are definitely handi-
capped by the difficulty In making
arrests In cases Of false alarms. Even
when an arrest Is made q conviction
Is rare.
This is brought out In the report
OF the major and superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police, which states
that out Of 523 spurious fire reports
turned in last year As arrests were
made. OF this number five were dis
missed. An arrested person need only
say that he saw or smelled smoke and
then turned in an alarm. A witness
who can testify he saw the culprit
actually turn in the alarm, knowing it
was false, must be found.
Lieut.. Irving w. Luskey Of No. 2
Engine Co. tells some interesting
stories about false alarms.
One concerns a doctor who, in an
effort to get aid for a person taken
suddenly i'll, asked a lady standing
nearby to get help for the man at
once. With every intention Of being
useful, she went to the nearest fire
box and turned in an alarm. On an
other occasion a colored woman see
ing two men fighting on the street
hastened to turn in a fire alarm.
Boosting Is Costly.
Sergt. Elmer Stein remembers the
case of fireman of duty some years
ago who was visited by friends from
out of town. During the conversation
his friends learned the fireman was
proud of the efficiency Of his particu
lar company. In order to substanti-
ate his claim he went outside and
brought his company roaring up the
street. His friends were very much
impressed by the spectacle, but the
fire company did not join in their en-
thusiaSn. The overenthuSiastic fire.
man was dismissed from the force the
next morning.
Sergt. Stein also recalls two fire.
men who threatened they would turn
in an alarm If Herbert Hoover was
thought it q joke, but, sure enough,
the news that Mr.. Hoover was elected
reached a waiting world. in came the
call to a fire, turned in by the two
who made the threat. The firemen
were pardoned, however, and are still
at work at the department.
Fire officials say the majority Of
false alarms are due to late-hour in
ebriates and boys between the ages
of II and Is. The consensus is that
education in such matters will do
more toward stopping this condition
than punishment.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
Appreciate Meeting Place.

A resolution, thanking American
University oficials for the use Of
Hurst Hall as meeting place for the
American University Park Citizens
Association, was unanimously adopted
ct . recent meeting.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
Wednesday, December 26.
Thursday, December 27.

Conduit Road Citizens Association,
8 pm, Our Lady of Victory Church.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of parking ban
to be effective early In January ac-
ton to secure the retention Of bus
service on Conduit road; action on
proposed change in name Of Conduit
road.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
Get Three New Members.

Three new members Joined the
Northeast Citizens Association at the
last meeting. They are c. L. Bryan,
Michael A. Kelly and o. E. Cornwall.
The associations area covers the entire
northeast section of the city.
Evening star., 1934-12-23
Board Of Trade Successful
As to Cash Payment.

4 ENCOURAGEMENT by the Treas
n ury Department that within
two months all Government
employees in Washington, with SAL
aries below a figure tentatively set
at s2,500, will receive their semi
monthly pay in cash instead of in
checks as heretofore. This action
Is in direct response to an appeal
by q committee of the Washington
Board of Trade Of several months
ago.
The action of the board was at
the instance of some of the banks
and larger merchants who have
had to carry q heavy burden each
pay day cashing these checks
and was undertaken as much in
the interest and for the conven-
ience of the Government employees
as for these business concerns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-22
~ M. II NTKENNEY.

Secretary American Bridge League
MOT only does today's hand
N combine a strip with a throw
in-play, but 1t requires perfect TIM
ing. It is very unusual to find a
hand wherein you execute a strip
and end play before extracting the
trump.
The hand was played by DR.. c.
G. Murdoch in the recent Central
New York tournament at Syracuse.
The bidding combines two one
over one forces. South shows a
good club suit in rebidding the clubs
to three. which helps North to boost
the contract with AK North has
no fear that South will pass the
bid Of four clubs, as his jump to
two nO-trump was a game force.
Vests opening lead was the jack
Of hearts. DR.. Murdoch had nothing
to lose by going up with the queen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-22
Contract Bridge

in dummy, East covered with the
king and DR.. Murdoch won the trick
with the ace.
He Immediately returned the ace
of diamonds, followed by the jack of
diamonds, overtaking in dummy
with the queen. The king of dia-
monds was played next and the five
of hearts discarded. Vests ten
dropped, establishing dummy's nine.
DECLARER now could see that
- the danger Of the hand was
that he might have to lose two
spade tricks, so he decided to strip
the hand down.
A small heart was led from
dummy and trumped with the ten
of clubs. The three of clubs was
led and won in dummy with the
nine. The three Of hearts was re-
turned and trumped with the jack
Of clubs.
DR.. Murdoch then led the king of
clubs and overlook in dummy with
the ace. The nine of diamonds was
returned and the five Of spades dis
carded.
West discarded the deuce of
spades; therefore, the declarer now
led a small spade and flnesSed the
ten, West winning with the queen.
West had nothing left but the
king and nine of spades and the ten
of hearts. If he returned a heart,
DR.. Murdoch would trump in
dummy and discard his losing jack
of spades, while when the spade was
led it was into DR.. Murdock's ace
jack.
Copyright. 1884. by NEA Service. Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-22

m. c. A. Secretary to Speak
Jesus Under the Cross" will be
discussed by Harry w. White, local
Y. NJ. c. a. secretary, before the
Third Christian church fellowship
supper tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-22

They had not gone far when from the shadowy
archways and from gloomy doorways there rushed
a horde Of horrid men, and the silence was shat
tered by hideous war cries! Colt in advance
and kept moving forward. He fired above the
heads of the groteSQue warriors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-22

Romero smiled at Colt. mo use to wait for the
Others" he said. "Then let's get with the busi-
ness" answered Colt, "I don't see anything very
terrifying yeti" There is something in there,
though" said Romero. With their rifles ready,
they advanced boldly into the temple.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-22
BY Williams
.BY Crane
v y ~ VII
@ 1894 BY NEA SERVICE inc.


Romero saw number Of the enemy running
along the side of the great room which they had
entered with the evident intention of cutting of
their retreat He fired, but not over their heads
Realizing the gravity Of their position, he shot to
Kill. and Colt did the same.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-22

When Romero and Colt passed through the
inner wall, that part of the interior of the temple
when they could see appeared deserted, and yet
they were conscious of movement in the darker
recesses of the .uined galleries that looked down
into the courtway.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Has office Here

However, in addition to the
above, the company maintains an
office in the District Of Columbia,
which is shown on Page 81 Of the
Washington, D. c., telephone di'
rectory as follows: Brunswick
Bake Collender Co. 817 14th NV
MEtrpltn-1330."
According to the affidavit here.
in, the company is doing part OF
the business for which it was or
ganized, as set forth by the certifi-
cate of Incorporation annexed to
the affidavit.
"A continuous course Of bust.
ness, as distinguished from sin
gle transaction, conducted by au-
thorized agents within the State
constitutes q doing Of business
SO that the corporation may be
fairly said to be within the State
and amenable to the process Of
the courts" international Har-
vester Company v. Kentucky, 234
U. s. 579; IS L. Ed. 1883.
After hearing, Mr.. Justice James
M. Proctor overruled the motion to
quash service and granted defend.
ant leave to plead-over within IS
days.
The plaintiff was represented
by George P. Lemm and Carl A.
Marshall and the defendant by AL.
fred l.. Bennett.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
D. c. BAR NAMES
BODY To GREET
COURT CLERKS

Paul B. Cromelin Is chairman
Of committee appointed yester-
day by Bar Association President
r. Regis Noel to collaborate with
District Supreme Court Clerk
Frank E. Cunningham in enter
tanning the convention Of Federal
Court Clerks which will be in ses'
sion at the Mayflower Hotel Au-
gust 1923.
John c. Hayes is vice-chairman
and w. Cameron Burton secretary
Of the committee which includes:
A. E. Brault, F. r. Long. Norman
B. Landreau, H. K. Hickey, L.
Russell Alden, Samuel T. Ansell,
Thomas M: Baker, Gibbs L. Baker,
James 8. Mccarthy, Charles H.
Bergazin. William E. Carey, jr.,
D. Edward Clarke, Milton Conn,
Walter G. M. Fields, Robert
Harrison, W. P. Jones, and
Samuel j. L'Hommedieu.
Mr.. Cunningham is engaged in
working out a program Of enter
tainment for the clerks who will
converge on the Capital IN large
numbers before their own courts
open for the fall term.
A visit to the new United States
Supreme Court building will be
included in the tour of the visi-
tors as well as q visit to the Law
Library of Congress where John
T. Vance, the librarian, will be
asked to show the clerks around.
Speaking Of libraries, the Bar
Association Library at the court
house will undergo q renoviza-
ton this summer.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted to rebind some Of the
volumes and a large number of
others have been purchased. Ad-
ditional stacks are being con-
structed for these works and John
Burnett'S library committee will
be plenty busy getting things in
shape for the October term.
OO4AU L. N4OP0dW1 "AO paw
ticed law in offices in the Column
bian for more than 20 years, has
moved uptown. He has taken
offices in the Woodward Build
ing but retains his old telephone
number.
Mr.. KrupSaw kept his offices in
the same building at Judiciary
Square from the time when he
left he War Department Division
Of Contract Adjustments where
he served as an assistant to John
G. Pollard, later governor Of Vir-
ginia. Before that time Mr..
KrupSaw had been an assistant
attorney general.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Court Upholds Service Here
On Foreign Corporation

service upon an employe but, by
subsequent amendment, and 1t be-
ing the purpose Of Congress to
facilitate the bringing Of suit here
on q contract entered into here,
service upon an employe was pro.
vided for. It Is further evident
that Congress had in mind q dis
tinction between the phrase do
ing business" and "tranSaeting
business" as, If the latter had the
limited meaning Of the former, it
would have no significance what
soever and it would be entirely
unnecessary.
Congress evidently intended to
provide for the service Of process
in the latter case upon suits grow
ing out Of contracts, where the
acts of the company in the Dis
trict might not constitute doing
business" within the meaning Of
the first paragraph. -.
But even under the first para
graph, the company is doing bust
ness in the District Of Columbia.
Under the decisions, If a company
is carrying out the business pro-
vided by its charter, or if in addi-
ton to the sales of goods it per
forms or is required to perform
acts of purely local character
(such as Installation, etc. this
constitutes the doing of business.
General Signal Co. VS.. Virginia,
246 u. S. 500; 50 L. Ed. 854.
The most recent case on the
subject, where the Court Of APP
peals held that certain acts con-
Stituted the transaction Of bust
ness" is Carroll Electric Company
VS.. Freed Eisemann Radio Cor
poration, 80 Appeals D. c. 228,
wherein the court said:
"The case thus falls within
the provisions Of the second par.
agraph of section 1913 supra, and
the service Of summons ON Nc
Carthy, who was an emplOye OF
the manufacturer, was valid I'M
der that paragraph"
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Service Effectual

Notwithstanding the Court
should find that the defendant was
not doing business" within the
meaning Of the first paragraph,
and which plaintiff commended it
did, the service would be good
under the second paragraph, in
that in cases where the contract
was entered into in the District of
Columbia-and in the case at bar
the contract was entered into in
the District Of Columbia and suit
grows out Of said contract-the
second paragraph explicitly pro-
videS that, Notwithstanding a for
eign corporation did not have any
place Of business or resident agent
in the District Of Columbia, Serv-
ice upon any officer, agent, or en-
ploye Of such corporation in the
District of Columbia shall be ef-
fectual.
Neither in the motion nor in the
affidavits attached thereto does
the plaintiff deny that the party
served was an employe Of the de-
PENDANT corporation, but this is
expressly admitted, and therefore
the process was properly served in
view of the fact that the suit is
one growing out of a contract en-
tered into in the District of Co.
lumbia.
This distinction has many times
been recognized. None of the
cases cited by the defendant cover
the second paragraph Of Section
1887. The history Of the enact
ment of Section 1887 Of the Code
will show that it has been the sub
ject of a number Of amendments,
resulting in the enactment of the
last paragraph thereof in addition
to the first paragraph.
In other words, where suits
grow out of contracts entered into
in the District of Columbia, the
second paragraph of our statute
is much broader than in most
Jurisdictions; and, in every case
cited by defendant, the question
arose under the first paragraph
and not under the second para
graph. The second paragraph
also has been enlarged since its
original enactment in that not
only is it unnecessary for com.
pany to have a place of business
or a resident agent here, all that
is necessary is that the contract
was entered into in the District,
and that service be made on an
employe of the corporation.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18

Col. N. l.. Townsend
Addresses CiUitnvts
SelfishnesS never pays and eel
fish men are never remembered
by history. .
These sentiments were expressed
yesterday by Col. Maurice L.
Townsend, retiring president of
the International Clubs Of Civitan,
in an address delivered before the
washington Civitan Club.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18

OF ground with a garden planted,
chicken houses built and stocked
with laying hens.
If the gentlemen could just
throw in an automobile and fur
nish a good cook, there would be
nothing else to be desired.
W. c. and A. N. Miller enter
tanned in a constructive way at
Westerleigh, their new addition
to the wesley Heights-Spring
Valley development.
The new homes at Westerleigh
are somewhat lower in price than
their predecessors but no sacri-
flee Is made in the appearance
and construction of the dwellings.
Moreover, the Miller firm
neither seeks to gid the lily nor
make silk purse out of soW'S
ear. They take fullest advantage
of Natures gift to a home site
and leave the trees standing.
Some Of their homes fit into the
sites so well as to appear that
the house must have been there
before the trees grew.
But the Miller firm did not
wait for the well to run dry be-
fore it started digging another
one. Although Westerleigh is the
newest subdivision, the firm still
has nearly 100 sites in Wesley
Heights reserving for the prospect
q wide choice in the matter Of
location.
The latest entry into the real
estate field is j. s. Eichelberger.
He opened his office at 3106
Rhode Island Ave. N. E., yester-
day and will specialize in sales,
rents and building of suburban
real estate. Mr.. Eichelberger, by
the way. was once a newspaper
man, but he graduated. /. a.
He says he wishes to cooperate
with all good builders and brokers
sin promoting sales satisfactory
alike to owners and purchasers,
under code principles"
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Election Precinct
Added in County

Designation Of a new election
precinct in the Fourth election
district of Montgomery county,
now known as the Rockville dis
trict, was the. principal business
conducted by the county board
Of election supervisors at a spe-
cial meeting in Rockville yester.
day.
The new precinct. formed out
Of parts of the old First and Sec
ond, will be known as the Fourth
precinct and will include the Gar
rett Park area. The action was
taken. to save persons living in
the Garrett Park section from
having to travel so far to cast
their ballots.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Mrs. Fishers Death
Cause UD to Court

TAUNTO Va, July 10.
Whether Mrs. Cecil Fisher, %, was
accidentally or Intentionally shot
to death will be decided by a court.
ut an inquest yesterday into her
death the coroner refused to give
o verdict.
Harry Yount, "a, was at liberty
today on $500 bond in connection
with the death. He maintains
Mrs. Fisher was shot accidentally,
while several witnesses told the
coroner Mr.. Yount had threatened
her.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
SERVICE OF PROCESS-CON-
TRACTS. SECTION 1887

SERVICE OF PROCESS-CON-
TRACTS. SECTION 1887
D. c. CODE
In easss where the contract
sUGs inferred into in the District Of
Columbia, the second paragraph
Of Section 1887 Of the Code ex-
plicitLy provides thGt. nOtIOith-
standing the feet that a foreign
corporation did not haze any
IIace Of business or resident
agent in the District of Columbia,
service upon any officer, agent
or employs Of such corporation
l.. the District Of Columbia sh0Il
Be ffectuGl.
In the case of Gardner VS..
Brunswick Bake Collender Com.
pany, a corporation, At Law No.
1893, the defendant filed a mo-
ton to quash service of process,
contending that 1t was a foreign
corporation, not doing business
in the District Of Columbia nor
having any place Of business in
the District.
The above motion came on for
hearing before Mr.. Justice Proc
tor.
The motion is based upon the
first paragraph of Section 1887
of the Code. No authorities are
cited by the defendant as to why
the service should not be good
under the second paragraph of
Section 1887.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Terms Broadened

In it's original enactment, the
second paragraph did not permit
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at the Montgomery county court
house in Rockville yesterday to
Paul H. Seward, "a, and Ruth
irene Bechtel. 20. both Of Wash:
ington; Walter s. Edison, 20. and
Mabel Addison. as, both Of Lees
burg, Va, and Ralph K. Newton,
"a, Madison, Wis. and Charlotte
Elizabeth Adams, "a, Burtonsville,
Md.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Highway Extension
Work Starts Soon

August / will see work started
on construction of the extension
Of the East-West Highway from
Sixteenth Street to the Prince
Georges county line, via Silver
Spring and Takoma Park, it was
announced today by members Of
the Maryland State Roads Com
mission.
The contract for the project
was awarded to the Union Paw
ing Company on a bid Of $92, 800.
The company estimated it would
require 1877 working days to COM
plete the project.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18

deVel o p m e n I
out Wisconsin
Avenue way.
Nearly 1000
persons visited
he property
over the week
end and none
of them ap-
peared to be
o t h err tn a n
sold" on the
unique pl a n
which, for less
an $4,000,
gives an attrac-
tive brick home,
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
Mitchell Must Pau
Yacht ReDGir Bill

Gen. William Mitchell, former
chief Of the U. 8. Air Corps. was
ordered by the o. s. Court sitting
at Alexandria yesterday to pay
a two-year-old yacht repair bill to
the Old Dominion Marine Railway
Corporation amounting to So
6S2.55, plus approximately $3.50
costs,
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
CLUB TO STUDY BOOK

Members Of the Mission Study
Club Of the Takoma Park PreSby.
terrain Church, under the auspices
Of the Women'S Missionary SO.
ciety, will meet today at the home
Of Mrs. j. A. LeCree, 200 block Of
Cedar Ave-, Takoma Park. ana
take UP the study Of a book en-
titled Japanese Women Speak"
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
SHIP OFFICER DIES

BALTIMORE. July 18-John D.
Weston. second officer of the
steamship Wilkeno, which is III
the Baltimore port, dropped dead
from a heart attack at wrestling
matches here last night.
The Washington times., 1934-07-18
1000 INSPECT
LUXMANOR
HOUSES
BY DICK BAKER

Morton Luchs and Herbert
Shannon seem to have struck a
natural" with their Luxmanor
Evening star., 1934-06-15

r INTERIOR views of the new Inter-
state Commerce Commission
| Building and its adjacent con-
L Meeting wing. show-Top: I. C.
c. hearing room located in a spe-
cial building Of its own in an interior
court, air-cooled. and designed for its
purpose. Center: General view of the
big Government cafeteria mot yet
open) in the basement Of the con-
Meeting wing, adjacent to the I. c. C.
Building. Below: The elevator lobby,
showing aluminium gates at entrance
to the rotunda of the. I. c. C. Build
ing, taken from the main entrance on
Constitution avenue. The Soil Fro
sion Service Of the Department Of
Interior today moved into the new
building. occupying parts of two floors.
as the Government officially took over
custody of the structure.
Evening star., 1934-06-15
PROBE INADEQUATE
RELIEF FOR FAMILY
Director Street Orders Inquiry in
Case of Woman and Five
Children.

A complaint that family on Dis
trict relief is receiving but $l1 a
week for the support of the mother
and fve children, three OF whom are
suffering from tuberculosis, was be-
ing investigated today by officials Of
the emergency relief division, at the
direction of Elwood Street, director of
public welfare.
The complaint is that Mrs. Lucille
Downey, residing in the 800 block of
Twelfth street, is assigned to work
40 hours a week as a nurse at Gal
linger Municipal Hospital and that
her relief allowance is far too small
to provide for food and other neces-
sites for the children. During the
civil works program, it is reported,
the mother was employed at the rate
OF $l7.50 a week, but this was re-
duced with the ending of the c. w. A.
Street declared that it is the pur-
pose of the District Relief Admins
tration to provide as adequate care
for needy families as possible under
the limit Of District relief funds, and
not to hold allotments down to any
arbitrary wage" figure.
He said that with but $50 case
workers to ascertain the needs from
time to time of 81 1000 families sub
ject TO District aid, some mistakes
are bound to occur and that upon
findings of facts in the case now sub
ject Of complaint any required in
crease in the relief allowance would
be ordered. He said the case would
have been specially investigated
earlier had former complaint in the
matter been filed with the relief
headquarters.