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Evening star., 1934-08-27
FOWLER SUCCESSOR
PLAN SUGGESTED
Appointment of Special Commit
tee Proposed by DR.. Worth
B. Daniels.

Appointment of a special commit
tee of Washington physicians to rec
ommend successor to DR.. William G.
Fowler, who is scheduled to retire as
District health officer in November,
has been suggested to the Commits
sioners by DR.. Worth B. Daniels, son
of Josephus Daniels, former Secretary
of the Navy.
Commissioner Melvin C. HaZen re-
vealed today he had received from DR..
Daniels the names of a group OF
physicians who might serve on such
a committee.
The Commissioners, however, Hazen
said, have not yet given consideration
to the appointment of a new health
officer or to the suggestion OF DR..
Daniels. He explained that this mat
ter would not be taken up until PreSi-
dent Roosevelt acts on DR.. Fowler's
application for an extension of his
service beyond the date Of his re-
tirement.
District officials however, do not
believe DR.. Fowler's application will
be approved in view of the refusal Of
the President to grant an extension to
Harry o. Hine, veteran secretary OF
the Board of Education.
Commissioner Hazen pointed out
that the President explained in that
case it was not his policy to grant ex-
tensions beyond the regular retire
ment period, except in cases where
person is engaged In special work
that has not been completed.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
:SM|TH-ROOSEVELT
BREACH WATCHED
Part of Former in Liberty
League May Mean Final
Parting.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Capital, ever alert for political
portents, wondered today whether the
Democracy's one-time Damon and
Pythias-'Frank" and "Al'-are hav-
ing just another tiff or have parted
for good
Tomorrow's meeting in New York
of the American Liberty Leagues Ex-
ecutive Committee is awaited for
whatever it may contribute to the an
swer.
Because of the colorful personalities
involved, the question predominated
among the many that have arisen
since President Roosevelt's jolly, but
cool, reception to the Union of Prop
erty Owners fathered by Alfred E.
Smith, John w. Davis, James w.
Wadsworth, Jouett ShouSe and others.
The meeting possibly will be held in
Smiths Office in the Empire State
Building.
Past alliances and the present dis
tance between Mr.. Roosevelt and his
predecessor as Democratic presidential
nominee has ceased to arouse much
comment of late. But the Smith af-
filiations with the new forum of prop
erty interests-and the White House
hints that this organization forgets
Evening star., 1934-08-27
LONE DIME AND SHABBY CLOTHES
NEARLY RUIN BOYS VACATION

Ten cents and shabby clothes nearly
spoiled vacation trip for a 12-year-
old Southeast boy who was among
the 1877 members of the Police Boys
Club who left last Friday for an eight
day encampment at Camp Calvert,
near Leonardtown, Md.
This particular boy was just as
happy as the other 1876 when he ar
rived at camp. Even though his
clothes were frayed, he had dime
in his pocket-that was all his mother
could spare to give him for candy,
movie shows and other things for
which boys spend money while on
vacation-but he was satisfied.
The boys happiness soon turned to
dependency, however. He discovered
the other boys had 81 and SIS to spend
They could go to Leonardtown to a
movie show, and he couldn't. They
bought ice cream and all he could do
was watch them eat it. And on top of
it all, the boy began to sense feeling
that perhaps he was out of place on
account Of his clothes.
Evening star., 1934-08-27

So in desperation, he went to Police
Supt. Brown, who visited the camp
yesterday. and asked to be taken home.
He didn't tell why. The police chief
thought the boy was homesick and vol
unteered to bring him back. Later in
the day, however. Maj Brown, after
inquiring about the camp, found the
real reason for the boys desire to go
home.
Hastily, collection was taken
among the police officers and other
visitors at the camp. One of the
officers took the boy to Leonardtown
and bought him a complete outfit of
new clothes. Then, on his return, Maj.
Brown presented him q bag of nickels,
dimes and 81 bills.
When Maj. Brown left the camp
to return to Washington the boy was
no longer depressed. He didn't want
to come home. He had clothes, bet
ter than those worn by many of the
others and his pockets bulged with
coins. He was the richest boy in
camp.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
LEPROSY SPREAD
ENDED BY DOCTOR
Contagious Cases Made Non-Con-
tagious by Treatment of
French Specialist.
by the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
SAIG ON, French hdo-China,
August 27.-Great progress in the
treatment of leprosy, Transforming
contagious cases into non contagious,
was claimed today by Dr. Georges
Eippolyte Montel, who for 20 years
has devoted himself to the study of
the disease.
Last February Montel, a corre-
spending member of the French
Academy of Medicine, specialist on
colonial diseases of the skin and one
of the worlds authorities on leproSy,
submitted a report to the Indo- China
Medical Society on intraveinous in
jections of l per cent solution of
;nethylene blue.
Since then DR.. Montel has continued
his experiments at Saigon Hospital
reporting results superior to other
treatments thus far known"
He reported that the general condi-
tion of lepers undei his treatment has
improved. He said that while it was
as vet impossible to state that definite
cures had been obtained, the treat
ment had rapidly transformed con-
taeious forms to non-contagious.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
Hasen, Baked in Rent Cuts,
Starts Var on Insanitary Slums
Orders Department Heads to Correct
Conditions-Inspection Chief Says
La,Cs NO,U Inadequate.

Admitting helplessness in preventing
exorbitant rent charges and over
crowding of properties occupied by per-
sons on relief rolls. Commissioner Mel
win C. Hazen today declared open war
on insanitary conditions in the poorer
sections of the city.
The Commissioner conferred with
his various departmental heads
health, welfare, building inspection
and sanitary engineering departments
this morning on conditions in relief
housing quarters throughout the city,
disclosed in a recent property survey.
After discussion, in which each partic-
ipant contributed his views, Hazen
said:
IT want you all to go out now and
do the best you can with the legal re-
strictions on you to clean up the in
sanitary conditions surrounding the
Evening star., 1934-08-27

homes of these relief people. We
can't you see, prevent overcharging
in the rent, and we can't prevent the
crowding of large number of persons
in small quarters. But We can keep
things clean and sanitary. That's
what we're going to do. That's what
you're to do"
Addressing the group. Hazen cited
the conditions complained against.
Garbage-strewn back yards and alleys,
he said, could be taken care Of" In
agreeing with the Commissioner, John
B. Gordon, sanitary engineer, prom
ised improved garbage collections for
the slum district, IF We haven't been
providing enough"
theoretically, the conference dis
closed, the District can control the
occupation of houses that are not
CONTINUED on Page 3, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-08-27
VALUE IS DOUBLED
BY GAS COMPANY
Again Disputes Reproduc.
ton New Figures in UtiIi-
ties Body Brief.

Claiming more than twice as much
cost for reproduction new, less depre-
citation, than has been figured by the
Public Utilities Commission, the WASH
lngton and Georgetown Gas Light
Cos. today filed their brief with the
Utilities Commission.
1t was the last day on which the
brief could be filed under a ruling by
Chairman Riley Elgen, who, at the
conclusion recently of hearings in
the REORGANIZATION case, set so
days as the maximum time in which
both the gas companies and the peo-
pies counsel could submit briefs.
The gas companies claimed $751;
213, ,529 as reproduction new cost, less
depreciation, as compared with the
commissions figure of $15,45f,377.
Difference in Depreciation,
Another prominent difference be-
tween gas companies and utilities
commission figures is on their re-
spective claims for depreciation. The
companies, in their brief, claim $685.
046. while the commission figures were
$5,882,274.
Again, the commission and the
companies differed radically even on
their original cost estimates. The
companies claim this item stands at
| S27,513,953, while the commission fig
ures the item at $19,822, 1874.
Despite the fact that Chairman
Elgen had ruled that both briefs were
to be in today, William A. Roberts,
peoples counsel, stood by his claim
that GO days was too short a period
for the preparation of his brief. He
did not file his own brief and today
he is still out of the city on his va
cation.
However, Richmond B. Keech, a
member of the commission, announced
Roberts brief would be accepted when
the peoples counsel submits il.
In the companies brief, Stoddard
M. Stevens, jr.; Wilton J. Lambert.
John S. Flannery and John c. Bruton,
jr., attorneys for the gas companies,
took sharp issue with testimony given
during the hearings by Thomas r.
Tate, former engineer for the Utilities
Commission, and E. Catesby Rowzee,
who testified on the question of prop
cTLy values.
The brief asserts that the COM
panieS' own analysis in the brief and
a review of the testimony and ex-
h1bits Of the various witnesses on con-
troversial issues and discussions of
the cases on the matters where dif-
ferent legal principles we're followed
in the preparation of the appraisal
data show clearly that on many of
the most important issues in the
testimony and estimates of the wit
nesses for the commission are either
unworthy of serious consideration or
cannot be used because the data has
not been prepared in accordance with
correct legal principles"
The companies claim, on the other
hand, that it's own estimates and the
testimony of the companies witnesses
have been prepared in accordance
with correct legal principles and,
without exception, have the strongest
possible factual support"
Conclusions of Brief.
Continuing, the briefs conclusions
follow:
I'VE call the commissions attention
also to the fact the numerous omis-
slons and mistakes in the various ap-
praisal data submitted by the COM
missions witnesses brought out dur
ing the cross examination Of these
witnesses have considerably wider
Continued on Page 8. Column a.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
Faith Cure Cult Again Balks
Doctor in Fight to Saue Boy
Father Cancels Permission for Hospital
Treatment and Defies Deputy
Sent to Get Youth.

yesterday from Dutton, 81 miles away,
where he was taken to give the faith
cure" time to be completed.
DR.. Guest said the leg might have
to be amputated Immediately after
the lad is taken to a hospital.
AN immediate operation is neces-
sary If the boy is to have any chance
of saving the leg" he said.
Authorities announced last night
the boys father, Wallace Doyle Sharp,
sr., had agreed to allow physicians to
treat his son, but this agreement ap-
parently was abrogated today.
Deputy Smith said the matter would
be presented to Circuit Judge A. E.
Hawkins Immediately for court ac-
ton necessary to turn the boy over
to DR.. Guest for medical attention.
DR.. Guest said they told him: THE
Lords taking care of him, we dom
need no doctor"
Three men including the Holiness
Church pastor, Rev. James Mil
Ter. jailed Saturday, are free on bond,
on blanket charges of interfering with
officers because they refused to tell
where the boy was.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
|CKES AND OIL MEN
CLASH ON CONTROL
Orators at Anniversary Fete
Debate Benefits of
New Deal.
BY the Associated Press.

TITUSVILLE. Pa, August 27.-The
old order of rugged individualism"
clashed in a flow of eloquence today,
with the Governments new deal" on
the open-air platform before more
than $4,000 persons gathered to COM
memorate the bringing in of oil rs
years ago.
"The Nation as the representative
and protector of all the people and
the defender of their rights and lib
critics, has a paramount interest in
oil. which, if it is not to be derelict
in its duty, must be maintained" as
serted Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of
the Interior and administrator of the
petroleum industry.
Happily, If it may be-" he added.
lin cooperation with those engaged
in the oil industry-but nevertheless
maintained"
Suggesting the hand Of the Gov
ernment" be lifted from the industry,
Axtell J. Byles, president Of the Amer
ican Petroleum Institute, which pro-
NOTED a memorial park dedicated to-
II.
Col. Edwin L. Drake, said:
Split on Policy.
Judgments differ as to the policy
which should be adopted by and for
the petroleum industry upon the ex-
piration Of the national industrial re-
covery act next year.
Some of us do not believe in
fairies or panaceas or economic magic.
or in guaranteed profits or in price
fixing, or think that a series of rules
Will prove any more successful when
applied to an industry such as ours
than they did when applied to the
liquor traffic.
unfortunately our experience in
the oil industry during the past year
has indicated most of our rules are
broken by the unco-operative to their
own profit and to the detriment of
those who desire to cooperate and do
obey the rules. No government and
no industry can afford to issue edicts
or make rules which are flouted.
An increasing number of people
are realizing it is impossible for a
committee, or board, or authority to
regulate, or mandate, or regiment the
complex and endless operations of so
vast an undertaking. If there were a
single ownership, it could not be done
efficiently"
Both painted glowing pictures of the
first oil well, which was brought in on
August q, 1849, a discovery which
Ickes described as doubtful whether
any other single factor since the be-
ginning of time has had such a pro-
found and revolutionary effect upon
human life upon this planet"
Drake got 20 barrels a day from
his 6912 foot well and was paid $40
Continued on Page S, Column %
Evening star., 1934-08-27
BY the Associated Press.

FORT PAYNE, Ala, August 81
Parents of Wallace Doyle Sharp, 8,
today refused to allow physician to
take the child to hospital at Gads-
den, Ala, for an operation on his in
fected leg after they had been warned
that further delay might prove fatal.
More than $50 persons surrounded
the Sharp home this morning, pray
ing for faith" cure.
The boys leg is swollen to twice its
normal size.
Deputy Sheriff Rufus Smith and
DR.. r. J. Guest, who went to the
Sharp home today to take the child
to a hospital for an operation, were
informed that the boy will never be
taken from this house except by
force"
The lad was spirited away Friday
by members of the Holiness Church
here. to which his parents belong,
after county officials were en- route
to his parents home to take him to
medical aid
He was returned to his home here
Evening star., 1934-08-27
SOap-BOx Orator
Moves Atop House
To Dodge Barrage
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 27.-Thomas
Trent began his address on a
soap box and finished it atop q
house, the police said.
He was speaking on the box
about the rights of man and
how to get them" when he found
the elevation was not sufficient
to make dodging vegetables an
easy matter, so he took to the
house top to finish. There he
found he could speak his mind
and successfully dodge anything
that was thrown at him. Mrs.
Lena De Went, owner of the
house, complained The house
had been newly painted and she
didn't like the speech anyway.
When the police took charge
they asked the orator if he was
a Communist. He said he wasn't,
just before the police locked
him up.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
4,12O,0DO INCREASE
IN Jobs REPORTED
Richberg Also Cites Busi-
ness improvements Under
Roosevelt Administration.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt has received q
report saying employment has in
creased 4,120,000 since he took Office.
The document, submitted by Donald
r. Richberg as head of the Executive
Council, also cites figures to show 9
substantial business advance and de-
clares that in this improvement NJ r
A. was a dominant influence"
Reliable figures" said the report
made public last night, indicate thai
0,180,000 persons were employed ir
the United States in June, 1884, ar
ures of March, 1888, and an increase Of
100000 over June, 1888. The lat
ter increase is due mainly to shorten
ing Of hours under N. r. A. codes"
Saved Small Business.
The report said the purchasing power
of the average worker in manufacture
remained practically unchanged, but
that there was an average reduction OF
six hours in the industrial work week.
1t declared many small businesses had
been saved from failure, larger indus
tries stabilized and corporation profits
increased.
The report was in the nature of q
bird's-eye view of the economic recov-
cry. 1t dealt largely with unemploy-
ment, which it called the primary
problem of recovery"
1.-THE size of this problem" 1t said,
may be graphically indicated. al
though not measured, by tie report OF
the Department of Labor that, during
the year ending June 80, 1884, the
National Unemployment Service and
the State employment services re-
ceived 15,387,50 applications for
jobs"
It said 6,951,523 placements were
made. These figures, 1t asserted could
not measure unemployment because
they involved Implications and did not
include unregistered jobless.
Business Failures Less.
Richberg pointed to most signifi-
cant" figures showing that business
failures from February to May. 1884,
were more than 40 per cent lower
than in 1929. He said the index OF
corporation profits rose from "the
deficit figure of 60 in the first quarter
of 1888 to the profit figure of 1872 in
the second quarter of 1884"
After citing figures to show the ex-
tent of business improvement, the
report added;
"The coincidence of business i'm
provement with the N. R. A. codifica-
ton and the obvious, direct effects
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star., 1934-08-27
SWITZ RELEASE PLEA
AGAIN GETS REJECTION
French Court of Appeals Upholds
Investigating Magistrates
Refusal of Bail.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated PreSS.
PARIS, August 27.-The Court of
Appeal again rejected today the ap-
plication of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cor
don Switz of East Orange, N. j., and
New York for release on bail from
jail, where they have been held since
December on espionage charges.
Switz appeared in court to present
an appeal against a magistrates re-
fusal to release him and the court up
held the investigating magistrates
action by sending the American back
to Jail.
No further action in the case is
likely until October when the magis-
trate, Judge Andre Benon, returns
from a vacation. Mrs. Switz did not
appear. 1t was said the health of the
couple is good.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
BRUCE BART0N'S CHILD
HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Back Believed Broken When Car
Leaves Highway at Sharp
Curve.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PUTNAM, Conn, August 27.-Betsy
Barton, 16-year-old daughter of Bruce
Barton, the author, was injured
critically last night in an automobile
accident near here.
Her brother Randall, 18. and E. j.
Bullard of Providence. r. L. suffered
minor cuts and bruises as an auto
mobile driven by Miss Barton left the
highway on a sharp curve.
Miss Barton was taken to the Day
Kimban Hospital where physicians
said she had suffered possible
broken back.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
EMPLOYEES MAY TAKE VACATION
AFTER STRIKE RIGHT is DENIED

In no sense will we strike" he said.
If We go out it will merely be con-
sidered suspension of work. Ar
rangements give the men the right to
take two weeks vacation 1t would
coincide with cessation of work We
need not even ask sanction of the
international for this"
Meanwhile, pickets planned to in
wade the Loop to urge passengers to
refrain from riding busses.
Violence f1ared yesterday as bricks
were thrown through bus windows, in
juring three persons.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, August 27.-Union en-
ployes Of the citys elevated lines may
take a two weeks vacation-all at
once.
This procedure, which would effect
a tie-up of one of the city's major
forms of transportation. was under
consideration today by President John
j. Bruce of the Elevated Union.
Denied authorization by the unions
Executive Board of sympathetic
walkout with striking union drivers Of
the Chicago Motor Coach Co., Bruce
said no sanction was necessary.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
HITCH HIKER KILLED

LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, August q
R).-A man believed to be Samuel
Chin. about As, of Baltimore, Md, was
fatally injured today when struck by
an automobile miles east of here
The driver failed to stop.
Papers in the mans pocket led au-
thorities to the tentative identified
tion. 1t is thought he was hitch
hiking.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
Macdonald Nears Port.

ST. JOHNS Newfoundland, Au-
gust 81 R.-Premier Ramsay Mac
Donald Of Great Britain, who has
been cruising along the coast of Lab
rador in the British warship Scar
borough, Is due at Cornerbrook, New
foundland. Wednesday, according to
advices received in st. Johns today.
The premier plans to return to st.
Johns Thursday.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
MAYS BODY IN BELGIUM
U. S. Cruiser Bearing Late Envoy
Is Saluted Passing Fort.

BRUSSELS, August q P.-The
U. S. S. Pensacola, bearing the body
of the late Ambassador Paul May of
Belgium, exchanged salutes with the
Dutch forts on the Scheldt River and
entered Belgian waters early this
afternoon The cruiser was greeted
with 81 guns as it passed Fort st.
Mary
After full military honors at Ant
werp and a ceremony to be attended
by Ambassador Dave Hennen Morris
of the United States and the Ameri-
can embassy staff at Brussels. Am
bassador Mays body will be buried
in accordance with Jewish rites.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
Fair Attendance Sets Mark

CHICAGO, August 81 P).-A new
paid attendance record was estab-
lished Sunday at the world isir,
209,756 persons having passed through
the gates at midnight last night. The
previous high of 1886 was estab-
liShed july
Evening star., 1934-08-27
WIDOW REFUSES TO RUN
Mrs. Rainey Formally Announces
She Will Not Seek Seat.

SPRINGFIELD, NJ, August 81
@.-Formal announcement was
made today that Mrs. Henry T. Rainey
would not be candidate to succeed
the late Speaker of the House as
Representative from the twentieth
Illinois district.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
RACE IS HEIGHTENED
Indians Ban Adds 1000 Mile
to Air Route.

to Air Route.
SIMLA, India, August 27 tR).-The
Indian governments ban on flying
over the northwest frontier will
lengthen the London-to-Melbourn all
race in October by 1000 miles. Com
petitors in the great event in connec-
ton with the Victorian state CEN
tenary celebrations will have to take
the southern course on leaving Bagh-
dad, skirting the Persian Gulf.
Many will probably land en- route
at Karachi or Jodhpur, where the
Maharaja is arranging for competitors
to stay over as state guests. The race
is in two sections, one being on a
handicap basis.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
HURRICANE HALTS
GALVESTON POWEE
Telephone Operator Reports
Storm Hitting Badly"
Before Disruption.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, August 27.-City
electric power in Galveston failed
at 10:43 am. because of the hurricane,
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. en-
ployes reported. Efforts to get into
Galveston via long distance from Fort
Worth we're ineffective at 1915 pm,
the telephone company operator re-
porting the hurricane was hitting
badly"
PORT ARTHUR, Tex, August 81
P.-Hurricane warnings were raised
along the Texas Gulf coast from Port
Arthur to Galveston today. The hur-
ricane signals replaced storm warn
ings that had been flown previously.
Evening star., 1934-08-27

Continued on Page 8, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-08-27
WEATHER.

90. s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Generally fair tonight and tomorrow;
not much change in temperature; gen
tie variable winds.
Temperatures-Highe 70. at noon to-
day; lowest, So, at Sis am. today.
Full report on page AS.
Evening star., 1934-08-27

CONTINUED ON Page 3, Column D.