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Evening star., 1934-02-19
NEW TAX SYSTEM
URGED DIND|STR|CT
Chamber of Commerce Pro-
poses Group to Plan
Revision.

Creation of an official agency to
work out a revised system OF taxation
for the District was urged today by
the Board of Directors of the WASH
ington Chamber of Commerce in a
letter to Chairman Norton of the
House District Committee.
The letter, bearing the signature of
Dorsey w. Hyde. jr.. secretary of the
chamber. said the directors believed
the time has come for a thorough re-
study of present and proposed taxes
ito determine in the light of expert
ence both here and elsewhere just
what taxes should be levied and what
relative percentage of the burden
should be carried by each tax source. +"
This decision was reached, Hyde ex-
planned. after the directors had con-
sldered the Smith bill to increase the
gasoline tax in the District from 2
to 4 cents a gallon.
The board does not feel that any
particular taxes should be added. :"
the letter declared, until a restudy
of the kind mentioned reveals Just
what taxes are appropriate and fair
and just how much each tax source
should contribute on a proPortionate
basis to the total tax budget"
Mrs. Norton also received a protest
from the Federation of Business Mems
Associations against any legislation
designed to increase the gasoline tax.
Evening star., 1934-02-19

outer pockets which will be filled with
tremis-placed concrete The pier
proper. from a level of / foot below
water to its top, 81 feet above water
level will be on concrete. The pier
is protected by heavy steel ice plating
rounded at the corners and the con-
crete facings are sloped backward
and give an overhang to assist in
keeping the pier dry and free of ice.
The pier for both structures will be
81 feet square for safety.
The entire superstructure will be
Of steel backed up with masonry and
properly insulated wherever the in
closed spaces are used for machinery
rooms or for living quarters. A light
will show from standard helical bar
lantern with its focal plane 80 feet
above water level. The first floor of
the superstructure will be utilized for
machinery purposes and the second
floor as living quarters for the light
keeper and his family. There will be
no cold night inside for the keeper
of the light Steam heat and modern
plumbing will keep him warm and
comfortable.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
ICER0UND STEAMER
AT ANNAPOLIS FREED
Eastern Shore, Undamaged by
Freeze, Towed to Harbor
by Tug.
By the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, February 19.-
The sidewheeler, Eastern Shore of the
Baltimore, Crisf1eld & Onancock line,
rode at anchor in the Annapolis Har-
Dor today after being freed from an
ice jam in the Chesapeake Bay off
st. Margarets.
The Bay steamer was freed from
the mass of ice which had piled up
around it and towed to the harbor
late last night by tug. The boat
had not been damaged
The Eastern Shore was anchored
about 200 yards eff the seawall OF
the United States Naval Academy and
no effort was made to land any OF
its passengers or crew. 1t had plen-
tiful supply of food and fuel aboard.
The steamer Ericsson was freed
from the ice in the Elk River after
its owners, the Ericsson Line. had
dispatched a steamer from Baltimore
to break her out. Several other craft
which we're caught in the foes in
the Bay, also got free during the day.
The tug T. J. Hooper, which was
reported in distress 9 miles off Ocean
City, Md, was toWed yesterday into
Norfolk by a Coast Guard cutter. The
tug, en- route from New York to
Norfolk, had lost its rudder.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
ALEXANDRIA OPENS
TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC
Hundred Adults and Children
Will Be Given Tests This
Week.
BY staff Correspondent of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 19-
Officials of the State Health Depart
n1ent are to examine approximately
100 adults and children at the tuber-
bulosis clinic, which started at the
Alexandria Health Office this morning
and will continue through Friday.
Appointments for As children and
IS adults had been made before the
clinic was opened today. Other ap-
pointments are expected to be made
by local physicians during the week.
The clinic is being conducted by DR..
Charles L. Savage, his wife and Jo-
seph Keys, State Array expert DR..
W. Lewis Schafer. city health officer,
and other members of the depart
ment, are assisting in the work.
Children who show susceptibility to
tuberculosis will be given directions to
be followed at home to build up their
general condition in order that they
may fight off the disease. Adults who
show positive cases will be directed to
sanitariums,
The clinic is being held today, We'd
nesoay and Friday for children.
Adults will be examined tomorrow and
Thursday mornings.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
AGENT IS ARRESTED
IN HIT-AND-RUN CASE
William Dabney Price Charged
in Accident Which In.
jured Two.

William Dabney Price. 2a-year-old
insurance agent. was arrested early
todav and charged with driving while
drunk and leaving the scene of an ac-
cident without making known his
identity. after woman and boy we're
run down at Thirty-fourth and N
streets.
Police said they traced the blame
to Price through the numbers on the
license plate of the car. which ran over
the curb and struck the woman and
boy as they stood at street car
stop. Neither was seriously hurt.
however. and both refused hospital
treatment.
Price was taken in custody near his
home, 900 block Tennessee avenue
northeast
In another hit-and-run accident
Arthur j. Fruncilla, 81, 80 Kentucky
avenue northeast. and Ralph A. De
Carlo. 25, a neighbor, were painfully
injured. De Carlos skull may be
fractured, it was reported at Casualty
Hospital, while Fruncilla suffered a
broken nose. A lookout was broad
cast for the hit-and-run driver.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Temperature OF 10
ABOVE SEEN TONIGHT
Rain and Possibly Snow or Sleet
Predicted as Forebearer of
Cold Wave.

Rain and possibly snow or sleet was
forecast for the District today as the
forebearer of another cold wave which
Weather Bureau officials said would
reach a low of 10 degrees above zero
tonight.
The cold wave will continue through
tomorrow and tomorrow night, it was
said, with the first rising tempera-
lures of any consequence on Wednes-
day. Winds of fair strength would
accompany the decrease in tempera-
ture, the Weather Bureau said.
The rain forecast for today, which
1t was said would begin this afternoon
and possibly change to snow or sleet,
was predicted to end about 8 PM,
however.
Yesterdays highest temperature
was AZ degrees, reached at 3 pm.
with the lowest being reached at 1880
am. today at 81 degrees.
The cold wave will arrive with
north and northwest winds coming
from the Great Lakes region, where
it was said the temperature reached
low of SO degrees below zero last
night.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
A: B. c. INSPECTORS.
NAMES SENT OUT.
Forwarded From Commits
sioners to Department of
Justice for Approval.

The District Commissioners today
forwarded to the Department Of JUS
tice nominations of eight men now in
District government service who have
been proposed for appointment as in
sEectors for the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board
Under arrangements made with ad-
ministration leaders. the Department
of Justice will scrutinize the character
ard fitness of the inspectors before
they are appointed. Commissioner
George E. Allen said the inspectors
would be appointed and assigned to
duty as soon as they have been given
a clean bill CT health by the justice
agents.
Meanwhile, eight policemen assigned
temporarily as inspectors of the A. B.
c. Board will carry on necessary work.
Nominations for posts as inspectors
were placed before the Commissioners
this morning by George w. Ofutt.
chairman of the A. B. c. Board. The
names will not be made public until
the Justice Department has confirmed
the nominations.
Chairman Ofutt said today the
board planned to issue the first batch
of licenses to wholesale firms tomor-
row. 1t was expected licenses would
be issued to solicitors at the same
time. Licenses for retailers cannot be
issued until next week. Hearings on
licenses in these classes will start
Monday.
Corporation Counsel w. w. Bride
ruled today that liquor labelling rules
adopted by the Federal Alcohol Con-
troll Administration could be invoked
in the place of labelling provision
of the District liquor law, legally. 1t
was expected the Commissioners would
approve this opinion. If this is done.
officials said, confusion between the
two different sets OF labelling rules
would be avoided.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Shoemaker Charges to Bring
Investigation Also of DC.
coqUan Workhouse.
HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE
COMMISSIONER STATES
Hazen Also Denies That Results
Will Be white
washed"

A sweeping investigation of, charges
made by Representative Shoemaker.
Farmer-Labor. Minnesota, against ad-
mlnlstration of the District Reforma-
tory at Lorton. Va, was started this
afternoon by officials of the Board of
Public Welfare at the direction of
Commissioner Melvin C. Ha2en.
Commissioner Hazen announced the
probe would be broadened to include
ar examination of methods of opera
tlon at the District Work House at Oc-
coeuan, Va. close by the Uorton in
stltution. He said he had ordered this
expansion of the inquiry because of
undercurrent complaint about Occo-
guam as well as the reformatory.
To Correct Wrongs.
The Commissioner declared he was
determined all pertinent facts be as
sembled, and added: I'VE have moth
lrg to hide. Every complaint will be
run down, and if there is anything
wrong, we are determined that it
shall be corrected"
Commissioner Hazen declared the
investigation would in no sense of the
word be ''whitewash." He made this
statement in reply to a declaration by
Shoemaker that he believed the in
quiry by the Commissioners would be
a ''whitewash"
The investigation has been placed
IN the hands of the Committee on
Penal and Correctional Institutions of
the Welfare Board, which consists of
Michael M. Doyle. w. w. MILAN. a
past president of the District Bar AS
sociation: Frederick w. McReynolds.
John Joy Edison and Mrs. Charles
Goldsmith.
The committee was scheduled 70
convene at 2 pm. to map out plans
for the investigation. Members of the
committee said it was likely Repre-
sentative Shoemaker would be invited
to appear, although he has stated pub
licly he would have nothing to do with
the District inquiry and would con-
tinue to seek congressional probe.
Prepares Witness List.
The committee was to prepare list
of witnesses 1t proposes to call and it
was expected an effort would be made
to obtain testimony from Edward Be-
cell. ex-convict, who preferred charges
against the administration at Lorton.
Commissioner Hazen received let
ter today from DR.. E. E. budding,
president of the Prisoners Relief So
ciety, voicing confidence in officials in
charge of District penal institutions.
budding added:
II have been handling men from
Lorton Reformatory for some 20 years
and have kept close watch on the
management of the place and I have
never been able to detect any graft
of notice among the officers and
guards. I have always believed that
the place was run as near above
criticism as it would be possible to
run such a place"
Evening star., 1934-02-19
D. C. BUDGET BILL
HEARING DELAYED
Chairman Cannon Is Tied Up on
Tax Bill Before House
Committee.

Hearings on the District appropria-
ton bill for which the budget has
submitted estimates totaling S35,821,-
O1394, have been indefinitely post
poned with the probability that they
will not be started for at least an
other week. The hearings were to
have begun today.
Chairman Cannon of the subcom-
mittee which handles the District
budget is presiding over the commit
tee as a whole in the House on the
tax bill and probably will be tied up
on that job for several days. On the
agricultural appropriation bill, he also
has been an active member Of the
subcommittee and as this bill is to
be reported to the House tomorrow
or the next day. Cannon has been
forced to postpone the hearings on the
District bill.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
ANNIVERSARY MARKED
BY TRAVILAH BAPTISTS
Large Gathering Attends Service
Celebrating 4Oth Year of
Church in Maryland.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TRAVILAH, Md February 10
The fortieth anniversary of the or
ganization of the Baptist Church at
this place was celebrated yesterday
afternoon in the presence of a large
gathering
The pastor, Rev H. NJ Hall,
preached a special sermon. Gratitude
and Courage; music program was
given under direction of Miss Marian
Lowe and Joseph B. Gray read his
tortcal sketch Of the church.
The church was organized February
Is, 1894.
The pastor announced that in cele-
bration of the anniversary Of the ded-
ication of the church an-day services
would be held in July.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
HOUSE GROUP GETS
PROGRAM ON SUGAR
A. A. A. Submits Proposal In
tended to Benefit Producer
and Consumer.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A program to benef1t sugar pro-
ducers. consumers and professors was
laid before the House Agriculture
Committee today by A. J. S. Weaver,
head of the sugar division of the
Agriculture Adjustment Administra-
ton.
At the opening hearing on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recent request to
Congress for legislation leading to
tariff reduction and fixing of produc-
ton quotas here and in United States
possessions, Weaver said the program
called for:
Fair prices for beet and cane
growers.
Keeping consumers prices down.
Elimination of excessive competitive
costs within the industry
ALLEGATION of quotas for producing
areas.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
BONDS TO RELEASE
P.W.A. FUNDS T0CITY
Action of Alexandria Council
Will Permit Sewer and
School Work.
By staff Correspondent of The Star.

By staff Correspondent OF The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 19.-
Final action on two ordinances author
izing the issuance of city bonds as
security for two Public Works Ad-
ministration loans of 100000 each is
to be taken by City Council at an ad-
journed meeting tomorrow night.
Passage of the ordinances will consti-
tute the final step to be taken by the
Council in its efforts to secure the
loans.
One of the loans, for which s215,000
in bonds are to be issued and Gov
ernment grant of $4,000 is to be
made, is for extensive street and sewer
construction work here.
The second loan is for the construc-
ton of a new city high school and the
purchase of building to be used by
colored school children. Bonds in the
sum of $4,000 are to be issued for
this loan. The Government grant
will be $4,000.
City officials hope to get both prof.
ects started here early in March.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
ISSUES ON PHONE
RATE CONF PL|CATED
Attorneys at Hearing Quar-
rel Over Reproduction
Stipulation Cost.

A stipulation on reproduction cost,
agreed to previously with view to-
simplifying the issues in the tele-
phone rate case now on trial in Dis
trict Supreme Court, proved only to
have complicated them today as at
torneys for the contending parties
quarreled over what the stipulation
meant.
George P. Hoover, for the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.. said
that the stipulation excluded any al
lowance for going concern value"
William A Roberts. for the Public
Utilities Commission. contended that
it included several elements of going
value. He said, in answer to ques-
tions from Justice Jesse c. Adkins.
that it was impossible to say how
much was included in dollars and
cents. According to the stipulation.
the reproduction cost of the COM
pany's properties, including land
and rights of way, was on December
81. 1881, S32.15O,56O.
BY the addition of s4,0o0,OOo for
going value, S1.146,10 for working
capital and deduction of s2,797 .099
for depreciation, the company claims
S34,499,561 as value on that date
under the reproduction theory. and
S33,145,183 under the investment
theory.
These figures we're introduced by
Harry c. Gretz, general auditor of the
company.
The commission, in October. 1882,
ordered 10 per cent reduction in tel
ephone bills. The present trial is
hearing of an injunction suit brought
by the company against the rate and
other orders of the commission.
In order to show that their returns
are not excessive under the present
rates. the company introduced ex-
hibits, through Gretz, claiming that
its return on valuation for various
periods in 1882 and 1888 has never
exceeded 5.82 per cent, and that if
the rate reduction order had been in
effect the return would not have eX-
ceeded 4.82 per cent.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
FRATERNITY ELECTS
Officers Named by Blue Key Hon
orary Group.

ST. LOUIS. February 19 (P.-Dr.
John Clark Jordan, dean of the Grad
uate School of the University OF Ar
kansas, Fayetteville. was elected presl-
dent of the Blue Key National Hon
orary Fraternity at a meeting here, 1t
was announced yesterday.
Other officers elected were DR..
Joseph Roemer of Peabody College,
Nashville. Tenn. vice president; DR..
Ralph Meyer, dean of Ball State
Teachers College, Muncie, Ind. sec
retary. and r. L. Hill, director OF
alumni activities, University OF Mis-
souri,. Columbia, controller.
Dean B. c. Riley. extension division.
University of Florida, was named an
executive officer and given the title
president emeritus. He founded the
fraternity, a student service organ
ization which has 70 chapters, at the
Florida institution in 1924.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
SAV|N APPOINTED
T0CHAR|T|ESPOST
Unemployment Service Di-
rector Will Succeed Uf-
ford as Secretary.

William H. Savin, assistant to the
director of the National Re-employ-
ment Service, has been appointed to
succeed Walter S. Ufford as general
secretary of the Associated Charities,
it was announced today.
The Unemployment Service is ex-
pected to release Mr.. Savin from his
present duties so he may take Office
not later than March Is Mr.. Uf-
ford retires March /. after 25 years
of service.
The new general secretary holds de-
grees of bachelor of science from the
University of Delaware and master Of
science from Iowa State University.
He also has pursued courses in the
University of Nebraska. the Alexander
Hamilton Institute at Philadelphia,
the New York School of Social Work
and the Pennsylvania School of Social
Work.
Taught in Nebraska.
He taught for four years at the
University of Nebraska and was bud
get secretary of the Welfare Fedora
tion of Philadelphia for five years be-
fore coming to the National Re-em-
ployment Service of the Labor De-
partment last July.
While in Philadelphia he was lent
to DR.. Haven Emerson to assist With
the Philadelphia hospital and health
survey completed in May. 1929.
He later had charge of admins
trative studies of hospital operations
in the Welfare Federation and Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies there. In jan
uary, 1881. he declined an offer from
the United Hospital Fund of New
York. preferring to get further ex-
perience in general social problems.
Studied Recreation.
His work in Philadelphia included
liaison between the Budget Commit
tee and the Welfare Federation and
its member agencies, with RESPONSE
bility for interpreting the work of
the agencies to the committee. He
made a number Of administrative
studies of child-caring agencies and
recreational agencies.
Mr. Savin is member of the
American Association of Social Work.
ers, the American Academy of Po-
litical and Social Science and the
National Confidence of Social Work.
He is married and has three children.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
COLLEGE AIDE NAMED

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, February 19.-
DR.. Riley B. Montgomery of Chicago
has been elected associate president OF
Lynchburg College and will assume his
duties March /. The Office has been
created to relieve President j. T. T.
Hundley of some of the duties of the
Office.
A native of Franklin County, DR..
Montgomery graduated at Lynchburg
College in 1919. He took his M. A. at
Vanderbilt and B. D. and Phi. D. at
Yale. For two years he has been pas
tor Of jackson Boulevard Christian
Church, Chicago.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
PLANS MILITARY MASS

The annual Military Mass of the
District Department. American
Legion. will be held at 1890 am.
Thursday, George Washington's BIRTH
day, at Immaculate Conception
Church, Eighth and N streets. Rev.
DR.. John K Cartwright, pastor of the
church, will be the celebrant. Rev.
Ignatius Smith will preach the
sermon.
DR.. Cartwright will give series of
travel talks on Wednesday nights dur
ing Lent. They are as follows: Feb
ruary 81. "Lourdes and the Passion
Play; February 20, Florence, Venics
and Padua"; March 7, Paris; March
IA, THE Alps" and March u,
Rome"
Evening star., 1934-02-19
POLICE FIND GAS VICTIM
WITH TUBE IN MOUTH
Neighbor Calls officers When He
Sees Man Purchase Rub
Der Hose.

Called by neighbor, police arrived
at the home of Joseph H. Harkleroad,
40, of 114O Abbey place northeast. in
time to save him from asphyxiation
this morning.
Police were told that Hark2erroad
had been respondent over domestic
difficulties and was seen buying gas
tube by neighbor. Suspecting his
intentions, the neighbor called police.
Officers E. T. Elliott and F. M.
Marlar found Harkleroad in the base
ment of his home, semi conscious,
with the tube in his mouth. He was
taken to Gallinger Hospital.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
C. OF C.. SPEAKER NAMED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, February 10
Stephen James, former president of
the Inter- Federation Council, and
Harris B. Hull, Washington newspaper
man, will speak at the February meet
ing of the Rockville Chamber Of Com
merce tomorrow night. The meeting,
which will be open to the public, will
be in Masonic Hall instead of in the
Fire Engine Building, the usual meet
ing place Of the chamber. Refresh
ments will be served.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
JOHNSON IN HOSPITAL
WITH SINUS TROUBLE

Gen. Hugh S. johnson, national
recovery administrator. was reported
as doing nicely" today at Walter
Reed Hospital, where he has peen
confined for several days.
He Is suffering from an attack of
sinus trouble, and it is reported his
face is considerably inflamed from the
ailment.
In spite of his illness. Gen. john
son has kept in touch with affairs at
recovery headquarters and has been
attending to many Of his duties.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
LIGHTHOUSE architecture has

r LIGHTHOUSE architecture has
taken on a new character as
revealed in this design for one
IL of the S150.O00 beacons for
the Lake Michigan district.
Just approved by the Fine Arts Com
mission. Its general effect some
what resembles the Eiffel Tower in
Paris.
George r. Putnam, commissioner Of
light houses, Department of Com
merce, is planning to erect two of
these huge light houses in the near
future with funds already allotted by
the Public Works Administration
One will be at Gray's Reef in the
Straits of Mackinac and the other at
the Minneapolis Shoals, two points in
Lake Michigan hazardous to COM
merce The light houses, with mas
sive concrete piers, are designed es-
pecially to resist the heavy ice action
which is encountered in these quar-
tiers.
The foundations will consist of tim
Der cribs supported on the natural
bottom, filled with stone except for