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WASHINGTON HOOVER APPROVES CRAMTONMEASURE FOR PARK BUILDING Bill Provides Funds for Im mediate Development of Civic Program. TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS EQUAL $33,500,000 Federal Contribntion $9,000,000, Remainder Loans to District, Maryland and Virginia. The Cr&mton-Capper bill, providing for expenditure of $33,500,000 to de velop the George Washington memorial parkway from Mount Vernon and Port Washington to Great Falls, with a free bridge at Great Palls, and for the ex tension of Rock Creek and Anacostia parks into Maryland, and the acquisi tion of park and playground sites in the Capital City, has been signed by the President, it was announced last night. Two gold pens were used by the President In signing this bill, one of which will be sent to Representative Cramton of Michigan, author of the bill, and the other to Horace Peaslee, representing the American Institute of Architects, who co-operated in the de velopment program. Os the $33,500,000 Involved in the park program, approximately $24,500,000 is to be In the form of loans or advances to Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, leaving $9,000,000 as the Federal contribution. Treasury to Loan Funds. For the extension of the park and playground system within the District there will be a loan of $16,000,000 from the Federal Treasury, to be repaid by the District at the rate of $1,000,000 a year without interest. It has been the practice to carry $1,000,000 a year In the District appropriation bill for park purchases, so that these reimbursements will not Increase the annual expendi ture. It will mean, however, that the National Capital Park and Planning Commission will have funds available, through the advancing of the $16,000,- 000, to carry on the park extension program rapidly, economically and be fore desirable areas are built upon. In developing the George Washington memorial parkway along the Potomac the United States Is to pay half the cost and the States of Maryland and Virginia the other half. In extending Rock Creek and Anacostia Parks Into Maryland, the United States will bear one-third and the State two-thirds. The law provides, however, that no Federal money shall be spent on these projects outside the District until the National Capital Park and Planning Commission receives definite commit ments from Maryland and Virginia, or responsible sources therein, for carry ing the projects through. The Federal appropriation toward the George Washington memorial partway is $7,500,000, including the cost of a bridge to be built near Great Falls. Congress previously authorized the Great Falls Bridge Co. to construct a bridge there, and the Cramton law provides that after the parkway has been established along the river the Government may at any time acquire this bridge at cost plus 10 per cent. The Federal appropriation toward ex tending Rock Creek and Anacostia Parks Is to be $1,500,000. In addition to these two sums, which represent the Federal contribution of $9,000,000 to ward the program, the law provides that the Government may advance to Maryland and Virginia the full amounts required for these projects In order to expedite completion of the parks. If such advances are made they will be repaid without Interest by the States in eight years. Three Projects. Summed up, the total of $33,500,000 Involved In the entire park progtam Is « composed of three elements, namely: The advance of $16,000,000 to the Dis trict, the advance of about $8,500,000 to the adjoining States and the Federal appropriation of $9,000,000 toward the parkways along the Potomac and Ana costia Rivers and Rock Creek. The measure also contemplates park extensions along Indian Creek, North west Branch, Sligo Branch and Cabin John Creek. This law, which was supported By' many national organizations Interested In the development of the Capital as well as by local groups, will preserve the natural scenery of Great Falls and the gorge. It reserves to Congress the right to determine In future what should be done on the river with regard to navi gation, Irrigation, floor control or hydro electric power development. Representative Cramton obtained ac tion on the bill In the House early In the session and Senator Capper steered It through the Senate two- weqks ago with amendments which the Hduse agreed to. The President’s signature completes its enactment. MUZZLELAWURGED FOR HYATTSVILLE Police Committee Recommenda to Council New Ordinance Enforce able at Any Time. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md.. May 31 Tough days loom for dogs’ of Hyatts vtlle. If the mayor and council at the next monthly meeting, June 9. approve a recommendation of the police com mittee. town police will be given au thority to impound any dog urirtruzzled running at large at any time. Under the present ordinance unmuzzled dogs running at large from July 1 to Sep tember 30 may be Impounded. It also will be recommended that of ficers be given authority to shoot any dog running at large within 30 days after Issuance of a mad dog proclama tion. Provisions for dealing with whin ing dogs or those proved vicious or a nuisance also will be Included in the recommendations. During the past several months council has received a number of com plaints of vicious dogs and howling dogs. A petition was received from first ward citizens declaring that dogs in that section howled so loud and long that they were unable to sleep. .... ■■ ■■ • ■ ——. n. The Moon Magazine. The Moon Society has nothing to do with astronomy. It is a branch of the National Institute for the Blind, and gets its name from the Moon type now so largely used for reading by the blind. There Is a weekly Moon newspaper and a monthly Moon magazine—wonderful productions. GRAF PASSENGER IN CAPITAL ip— " - ' —1 —i ■ Prince Alphonso of Orleans, first cousin of the King of Spain, who arrived in the United States yesterday on the Graf Zeppelin, landed at the Naval Air Station late in the afternoon and is a guest at the Spanish embassy. In the photo, left to right: Prince Alphonso and Senor Don Alejandro Padilla y Bell, the Spanish Ambassador. —Underwood Photo. PRINCE ALFONSO CAPITAL VISITOR Cousin of King of Spain Conies Here by Plane From Lakehurst. Prince Alfonso of Orleans, first cousin of the King of Spain, one of the pas sengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin on Its latest journey across the Atlantic, is a visitor in the Capital. The member of the Spanish royal family arrived in Washington yesterday afternoon aboard a transport plane which brought him from Lakehurst, N. J„ to the Capital. The plane was pi loted by Lieut. J. J. Clark, and arrived at Anacostia Naval Air Station shortly before the Curtis Marine trophy races were run yesterday afternoon. Spent Quiet Afternoon. Prince Alfonso spent a quiet afternoon, preferring to take a sight-seeing trip about the Capital to staying at Ana costia and witnessing the air races. He was met upon arrival by the Spanish Ambassador, Senor Don Alejandro Pa dilla y Bell. On his trip down from Lakehurst he was accompanied by Capt. Jose Iglesias y Abelaira, the Spanish naval attache. The prince will be the guest of honor at a large luncheon at the Spanish em bassy this afternoon, at which time he will meet Vice President Curtis. Prince Alfonso will be a guest at din ner this evening at the White House. Will Leave Tomorrow. The prince expects to leave Washing ton tomorrow morning to return to Lakehurst. Yesterday afternoon, on his tour of the Capital, Prince Alfonso expressed himself highly impressed with the beau ties of Washington, declaring that the Capital surpasses anything he has seen in this country and most of the capi tals of the world. . . WMAL and a coast-to-coast network of Columbia Broadcasting System sta tions will broadcast at 1:80 o’clock this afternoon a description by Prince Al fonso of, the tri-continental flight of the Graf Zeppelin. COLD WEATHER COSTS ORCHARDIST $40,000 £>tatfe Official’! Cherry Crop Dam aged in This Sum, It Ii Estimated. # Spsclil Dispatch to The Bter. RICHMOND, Va., May 31. —Charles v Graves, chief recording secretary of the Virginia St*te Senate, owner of the largest cherry orchard In the State, lo cated 12 miles south of Luray, lost $40,000 In crop damages by the cold May weather. After 20 years’ research to find a location favorable to the growing of cherries and away from unseasonable temperatures, Graves located his 60,- 000 cherry trees In the western foothills of the Blue Ridge of Page County. At Skyland, on top of the Blue Ridge, 12 miles east of Luray, Ice formed to a thickness of half an Inch. Maple.’ birch and poplar leaves, a month ago forced out to their full size around Skyland camp, are blackened. RESPnFGRANTED TO GARLAND SMITH Governor Granti Time for Appeal From Conviction of Killing Dry Agent*. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., May 31—Gov. John Garland Pollard has granted a respite to Garland Smith of Mecklen burg County, who was scheduled to die in the electric chair Monday, June 2, following conviction on a charge of kill ing of two dry agents from ambush. Smith was given a respite by the governor In order that he might take an appeal to the Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals. The respite Is until July 11. The killing was from ambush follow ing a raid on a still In which Smith’s father, uncle and brother had been captured by the officers and were being carried off to jail. Card Party for Women’s Clubi. MOUNT RAINIER. Md., May 31 (Special!.—Under the auspices of and for the benefit of the Prince Georges County Federation of Women’s Clubs a card party will be held Thursday after noon, June 12, In Star Hall here. The junction will begin at 1:30 o’clock. There will be tables for bridge and five hun dred, with a prize for every table. Mrs. W. L. Preston of Cottage City Is chair man of the committee in charge of ar -1 rangements. her associates being Mrs. i Wade Sheriff, Mrs. rtrry Boswell and Mrs. M. C. Hsrmon. §£he gmntfcuj Jltotf CORCORAN SCHOOL ! PRESENTS AWARDS i Nelson Davis and Rosita Gos tin Win SIOO in Two Classes. Annual awards to students of the Cor coran School of Art, In six separate classes, were announced yesterday by i S. Burtis Baker, acting principal. The Jury of awards comprised Mr. Baker, Mathilde M. Leisenrlng, Eugene Welsz and Carl C. Mose. I Announcement also was made that • the annual exhibition of students’ work , will begin today and continue through ' June 8. rhe prospectus of the i school ■ for 1930-31 will be ready for distribu tion about July 11 and may be had on i application to the secretary. The awards for meritorious work were ; as follows: Portrait class—sloo and certificates to Nelson Davis and Kenneth Stubbs; mention to Doley Crawford. Life class—s62.so and certificates to | Mrs. Teresa Hulburt and William Gray; first mention, Mrs. H. W. Rathsock; : second honorable mention, Jane Austin; third honorable mention, Don Reeder; mention, Lois Baldwin. Antique class—s7s and certificates to Sarah Jane Blakeslee and special first mention to Mrs. George Sllney; second mention was awarded to Sarah Roberts; third mention, Mrs. Louise Stauffer; fourth mention, Mrs. Azadla Herrmann; mention, Ruthmary Parton. Still life class—s2o and certificates to Mrs. Eva Colbom; mention, Susie M. Parr and Jane Austin. Composition class—slo and certifi cates to Jane Austin and Sarah Jane Blakeslee; mention, Harold Kagy and > William Clifford. Sculpture class—sloo and certificate to Rosita Gostln; first honorable men tion, Elizabeth Marshall, and second honorable mentions to Grace Messenger > and Charles Farrar. i • RITCHIE TO BE ASKED TO ROAD FESTIVAL Celebration to Mark Opening of River Road From Kenilworth to Bladensburg. I Spaelal Dispatch to Ths Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., May 31.—A celebration will be held by the Greater Bladensburg District Citizens’ Associa tion marking the formal opening of the River Road from Kenilworth to Bla densburg, It was decided at the May meeting of the association held Wednes day night in the parish hall of St. Luke’s Church here. It Is planned to hold the celebration within a few weeks, when It Is expected the road will be , ready. Gov. Ritchie and various other notables will be Invited to attend the affair, the date for which will be an nounced later. The association went on record as op posing the bond Issue of $300,000 sought by the Washington Suburban Sanitary ; Commission, the opinion being ex pressed that the commission was not spending the money In this community that It should. There was specific com plaint with regard to alleged lack of adequate sewerage In the Gasch de velopment. It was announced that the town com missioners of Bladensburg plan this Summer to install metal street signs in the town. The meeting was the last to be held by the association prior to Summer, i The next meeting will be In October. wantswarchTefs’ I PICTURES RESTORED American Legion Asks That Por traits Be Put Back in War i Memorial. ' Bp*et*t Dispatch to The Btar. BALTIMORE, May 31.—Aroused be cause pictures of Gen. Pershing and other World War leaders have been re : placed in the board room of the War ' Memorial with pictures of the board of II control, members of the American Le- I gion have appealed to the Baltimore Council of the Legion to take action. A resolution was adopted by Balti i more Po6t, No. 6, asking the Baltimore l Council to take steps towards a return : of the pictures to the room at Its next meeting. The pictures removed Include one in which Gen. Pershing and the late Field Marshal Foch appealed together and l another of a group of the allied gen -1 erals. 5 « \ Oldest Teacher Dead. i FRANKLIN, W. Va.. May 31 (Spe ; cial).—Pendleton County's oldest school ■ teacher, both from standpoint of age . and t-ams taught, Noah Webster Eck >} ard, 78, died at his home at Sugar - Orove. Illness forced him to give up . his work five years ago, and he had 1 been In ill health for two years. Twelve children survive. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1930. BOWERMAN ASKS LIBRARY EXTENSION IN 1992 ESTIMATES Two Branch Sites and Con struction of Petworth Build ing Included in Plans. COMMISSIONERS TOLD $704,572 IS REQUIRED Stresses Need for Branches in Georgetown and Southwest Sections of City. Plans for the extension of Public Li brary service during 1932 to keep pace with Washington’s steady growth In population include estimates for the purchase of two additional branch library sites and construction of the branch building in Petworth, on the triangular site now owned by the Dis trict between Georgia avenue, lowa ave nue and Upshur street. These and other needs, George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Li brary, told the District Commissioners in submitting his new budget, will re quire a total of $704,572, of which amount $53,042 Is urgently needed for the employment of additional assistant librarians and other help, due to In creased demands on the part of read ers and personnel for the new North western Branch Library. Mr. Bowerman stressed the need of a branch library in Georgetown, “as soon as possible,” as he had done in other years, and included an. estimate of $35,' 000 for the purchase of a site. George town has a population of between 25,000 and 35,000. he said, with not less than 10 public schools, a college and private schools. For many years the Georgetown Citizens’ Association has asked for a branch library to serve that section, and Is now engaged In a vigorous campaign In Its behalf. Sort Site in Southwest. It Is proposed also, for the sum of $25,000, to purchase a branch library site in the Southwest section, another project which, Mr. Bowerman reminded, has been sought a long time. The .library station conducted in Neigh borhood House, he said, Is heavily patronized. For the building and equipment of the Petworth branch, an appropriation of $150,000 Is asked. This branch would serve a population of 30,000, It was pointed out, and the site already owned Is on the southeast corner of the tri angle occupied by the Macfarland Jun ior High School, the Roosevelt Business High School and an elementary school. The total amount asked for personnel services during 1932 Is $335,372, as against $282,330 as contained In the pending District bill. Thirteen new full time positions would be created In the Central Library, Including librarian, two main library assistants, two Junior library assistants, one under librarian assistant, two minor library as sistants. a main clerk and clerical and mechanical hire. In the central build ing, Mr. Bowerman stated, a main libra ry assistant Is needed to aid the curator of Washington, so that the public may derive the maximum of service from the collection data. More Personnel Required. Personnel for the new Northeastern Branch will require additional salaries for 19 full-time positions and one half time position. Two new positions are required for the hospital and suburban service, a full-time assistant librarian and a half-time mechanic, for the Mount Pleasant Branch and one library as sistant for the Chevy Chase sub branch. For general maintenance, Mr. Bower man Is asking an increase of $6,400, or a total of *31,401. This Includes *1,750 for the delivery and collection of books in 12 hospitals of the city. This service was started two Summers ago and has proved very helpful to "shut-ins,” and it Is hoped to put more books in circu lation at the hospitals during 1932. An Increase of $4,000 also is asked for the hiring of substitute employes for which a total of SIO,OOO Is provided In the estimates. There has been no In crease In the substitute fund since 1928, and the extension of the library service since then Is accountable for the In crease now sought. Original stocking of the Northeastern Branch with new books accounts for most of the $36,000 Increase which Is asked In a $90,000 book fund, Including periodicals and newspapers. The In crease also takes Into account $3,000 for the installation of new service to hospitals and suburban communities and $5,000 to meet the Increase in the contract for binding and repairing old books. TWO MEN ARE CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY Detective Alligood Brings Fair From Philadelphia, Alleged Caught In Stolen Auto. Francis O. Beall. 22 years old, of 518 Fifth street southeast, and Edward 8. Huffman, 28 years old, of 1423 South Carolina avenue southeast, were re turned from Philadelphia by Detective Sergt. Frank M. Alligood of the head quarters automobile squad last night and charged with grand larceny. The two men, police say, were ar rested in Philadelphia several days ago while driving a car stolen here May 25 from Ruben Acton of 1316 North Carolina avenue northeast. The ma chine was bearing tags stolen from a Pennsylvania car at the time of the arrest, aocording to police. Beall and Huffman are being held at No. 1 station awaiting arraignment in Police Court tomorrow morning. THURBER EXPIRES Near East Relief Chairman to Be Burled by Greek Government. ATHENS, Greece, May 31 (/P).—Chris topher Thurber, American chairman of the Near East Relief, who worked many years here and In Turkey, died of apoplexy today. The. Government decorated him last year and the, .funeral Monday will be at pqbllc expense, His efforts for Greek refugees after they were defeated by the Turks led to his imprisonment by the Turkish forces. He subsequently was released on In tervention by the American Govern ment. Break Ground for Monument. CLINTON, N. C.. May 31 OP).— Ground was broken at a spot before the Sampson County Court House here today for a monument to be erected In honor of William Rufus King, native of Sampson County and thirteenth Vice President of the USdted States. Funds for the monument w* r « appropriated by Congress. $48,000,000 BUDGET, BASED ON 51.70 TAX, 1 SEEN BY HAVENNER Citizens Are Expected to Recommend Course in 1932 Fiscal Year. COUNCIL TO CONSIDER i ESTIMATES THIS WEEK i Each Item and Jnitifioationi of Department! Will Be Weighed Carefully. A maximum financial budget of i $48,000,000 for the District in the 1932 i fiscal year, predicted on continuance : of the existing $1.70 tax rate, probably i will be the recommendation of the Clt i izens’ Advisory Council, it was predicted ! last night by Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and ex-offilclo chairman of the council. The council will meet this week to consider the 1932 estimates of the de i partment heads of the municipal gov ernment and begin preparation of the budget It will support for that fiscal year. Copies of the departmental estimates already have been turned over to Dr. Havenner In accordance with an estab lished policy of the Commissioners of permitting interested civic and trade organizations to study the needs of the i District and make recommendations as to the size of the annual budgets. The ■ date for the meeting has not been definitely fixed, but Dr. Havenner said he would call it about the middle of . the week. Study To Be Careful. Every Item in the estimates of tha department heads, with their explana , tions of justification, will be given care ful consideration, according to Dr. Havenner. The departmental estimates call for $54,177,302, or *6,000,000 In excess of the limitation Dr. Havenner believes the council will set for the 1932 budget, which Indicates that it proposes to do considerable pruning In ' the figures of the department heads. Despite the warning of MaJ. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, that a budget In 1932 greater than $47,000,000 would necessitate an increase in the prevailing $1.70 tax levy, Dr. Havenner believes that this rate will produce sufficient revenues to support a $48,000,000 budget. Don ovan’s estimate of the revenue avail ability In 1932 on a $1.70 levy, In Dr. Havenner’s opinion, is very conserva tive. At any rate. Dr. Havenner said he did not think the council would agree to an Increase in the tax rate. The $1.70 levy, with the special assessments, he declared, “is all that the taxpayers of the District can bear.” Follow Different Procedure. The council will follow a different procedure this year in framing its budg et recommendations. Heretofore, hear ings have been held at which heads of the departments were invited to appear and explain the Items in their esti mates. Dr. Havenner said this plan would not be necessary because the Commissioners had furnished the coun cil with a complete record of the justi fications submitted by the department heads. These written justifications, be pointed out, constitute sufficient ex planation. At the outset of the budget sessions, Dr. Havenner said, the council prob ably would decide on the size of the budget It will support In 1932 and then proceed to discuss the major items, eliminating those which it believes can be postponed for a year without Jeop ardising the Interests of the District. • S. KANN SONS CO. HEADS ADDRESSED BY RABBI Rev. Dr. Abram Simon Speaks at Monthly Meeting of Local Business Executives. Rev. Dr. Abram Simon was the principal speaker at the monthly meet ing of the executives of the S. Kann Sons Co. last night at the Mayflower Hotel. James MacFarquhar, president of the buyers’ club, presided at the meeting. B. B. Burgunder and several other members of the club spoke briefly. The following were among those pres ent at the meeting: S. Spltzer, G. Klmmeblatt, R. Berlin, Miss F. Yoffee, Miss M. Grady, F. Fones. H. Wolfe, Miss E. Stoeker, Mrs. P. Hommes, Mrs. A. Calvert, S. Feld man, Mrs. V, Darnell, Miss J. Smith. Miss G. Saurer, Miss B. Goldman, Miss R. Mack, Miss H. Hirsch, Miss I. Cal vert, Miss I. Larson, Miss Chrlssie Her man. Miss M. Miller, J. Simon, Mrs. M. Holtt, S. Nye, Mrs. D. Woodrum and Mrs. H. Davis. DISTRICT OPTOMETRISTS WILL MEET TOMORROW Resolutions to Be Presented at National Convention Will Be Discussed. Resolutions to be brought up at the annual convention of the American Optometrlc Association to be held in Boston, June 16-21, will be discussed and a program of activity for the en suing year will be presented at a meet ing of the Optometrlc Society of the District of Columbia, tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the Raleigh Hotel. Two members of the society to serte for three years on the board of op tomerty in the District will be nom inated at the meeting. Dr. Martin A. Leese, president of the society, will preside. POLICELOCATE OWNER OF MYSTERY CLOTHING Bundle Discovered in Marlboro Pike Culvert Found to Belong to Woman Servant. The mystery of the bundle of woman’s clothes found In a culvert on the Marlboro pike near Hills Bridge Friday was cleared up yesterday when police learned that they belonged to Eleanor Freeland, colored domestic em ploye of Dr. Reverdy Sasacer of Marl boro. After learning the woman was at work In the Sasscer home yesterday, Sheriff Charles S. Early deemed the incident closed and did not learn how the garments happened to be In the culvert. Police finally were able to decipher the handwriting on a letter in the pocketbook which was found with the garments and thus located the owner. CHASES MAN FLEEING ACCIDENT AND RECOVERS STOLEN AUTO } Michael Kapneck Captures I Frank Loring After I Exciting Chase. i Pursued Man Deserts Car, but Is Nabbed After Fast Race. Michael Kapneck, an electrical con tractor of 736 Eleventh atreet, a motor ist who gave chase and overtook and captured a man who was fleeing the k scene of an accident in which he had participated with a stolen car, was highly praised for his action by Judge “ Isaac A. Hitt in Police Court yesterday. The man captured by Kapneck’s alertness, Prank Loring, 20 years old, of Silver Spring, Md. f was arraigned in court for joyriding, leaving after col liding, no permit and housebreaking. He was held for the grand Jury under $2,000 bond, while the traffic charges ‘ were postponed until this week. 1 Kapneck said he witnessed a colll -5 sion between the car which Loring was ' operating and the machine of William ■ Shokman, 919 Kennedy street, which l occurred at the intersection of Jeffer . son street and Illinois avenue Friday. He saw that Loring, the man who was ’ apparently In the wrong, speeded up his car and, unheeding the cries of Shok > man, continued down Illinois avenue, ■ according to his testimony. Kapneck entered the chase at 60 s miles an hour through thick traffic and 1 drew up behind the fugitive machine after 10 blocks. Loring suddenly halt s ed his car, leaped out and started to i FOUR ARRESTED i IN LIQUOR RAIDS ■ Sergt. Letterman’s Vice i Squad Seizes 214 Quarts ; of Alleged Rum. i i Pour persons were placed under ar -1 rest by Police Sergt. Oscar J. Letter l man's vice squade yesterday afternoon r for violation of the prohibition laws, in i a series of raids which resulted In the c seizure of 214 quarts of alleged whisky, s The largest haul of the day was made , at 1033 Thirtieth street, where Richard . T. Johnson, 37 years old, and John El . mer, 34, both colored, were arrested for possession of 100 quarts of whisky . and maintenance of a nuisance. They were carried to No. 7 precinct and , charged. 1 At 838 New Hampshire avenue the . squad found 100 quarts of whisky, but the occupants of the house fled through | a rear exit and escaped from the raiding officers as the police entered through a front door. A meat market fronting for a speak t easy at 2914 M street was raided by . Sergt. Letterman’s detail, and the pro- J>rletor, John R. Wall, 40, was taken nto custody and charged with posses • sion of 10 quarts of whisky and main . tainlng a nuisance. l Pour quarts of liquor were found at , the home of Edward Penn, 46 years old, ; of 1504 South Capitol street, and he was . arrested on charges of sale and poe ; session. WILL RESUME TALK ON DISTRICT BILL ‘ t I Conferee! to Take Up Differ ences in Lump Sum Ap propriation. Conferees on the District appropria tion bill will resume discussion of their differences tomorrow afternoon, with : the size of the Federal contribution, the amount to be spent on the municipal center project and a number of other Important amendments remaining to be settled. The Senate and House groups began ' their deliberations Thursday and suc ' ceeded in disposing of some of the ; changes In the measure over which there was not much controversy. Dur ; ing this week they will get down to ; the chief Issues involved in the con -1 ference. Foremost among these issues is the Federal contribution, wuicn the House kept down to the $9,000,000 lump sum. The Senate, continuing the fight it has ■ made in former years in behalf of equitable fiscal relations between the United States and District governments, ; raised the lump sum to $12,000,000. The 1 final decision awaits the outcome of the conferences. On the municipal center project the Senate reduced the House allowance for continuing purchase sf the land in that area from $3,000,000 to sl,- 000,000 for the coming fiscal year. The conferees also must adjust the differ encee between them over the new water rates and whether the present number of kindergarten teachers should be con tinued in the school system. The conference groups are headed by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con necticut, and Representative Simmons, Republican, of Nebraska. JAPANESE REDUCE DIVING FOR PEARLS American Trade Slumps, Causing Retrenchment by Oyster Farm Owners. TSU TSU, Japan UP). —Because shares tumbled on the New York Stock Exchange and eliminated thousands of buyers from the luxury markets, pro ducers of the culture pearl, Japan's unique gem, are reducing their output by one-third. Kokichi Mlkimoto, head of the lead ing company, closed two of his prin cipal oyster grounds and discharged 130 of the picturesque little diving girls who bring the pearl-oyster from its bed. beds. The Mikimoto Co. hitherto has op erated 10 pearl oyster farms. Artificial stimuli are used to make the blv&les grow pearls. PARIS GETS COCKTAILS FROM SLOT MACHINES PARIS (JP). —Slot machines, brought here from England, now turn out Martinis, “side-cars," Bronxes and other dynamic cocktails in three sec onds while a symphony, a lullaby or jazz comes out of the same machine. As the drink tinkles out the phono graph says “Cuckoo.” There are even portable mixers guaranteed to turn out a properly Iced asd scientifically blended concoc tion every time a button is pressed. I GENERAL NEWS v■■ '"I" I wm II .1 II I NgSJsfiL • Jp* , ‘s‘ jf l i\ MICHAEL KAPNECK. run. Kapneck, who was going so fast that he continued almost a half block past the stolen car, jumped from his automobile and ran after the young man. The contractor, a former backfleld star for the Mohawks, semi-professional eleven, stuck doggedly to Lo ring's heels and caught him after about six blocks. Kapneck escorted his prisoner to the thirteenth precinct station, where he was placed in the custody of Policeman H. J. Martin. It was subsequently dis covered that the car Loring was driv ing had been reported stolen by C. A. Manco, 830 Thirteenth street. “If there were more motorists like Mr. Kapneck, there would be many less in* fractions of the law,” said Judge Hitt. AUTO SAFETY BILL AGAIN ON PROGRAM Senate District Committee Also to Take Up Elective School Board Idea. The Senate District committee has been called for 2 o'clock Tuesday after noon. to continue consideration of the Capper-McLeod automobile safety re sponsibility bill, which has passed the House. The committee also will endeavor at the Tuesday meeting to reach a vote on Senator Capper's bill to provide for the election of the board of education by the people of the District, on which a hearing was held several weeks ago. The safety responsibility bill was ex plained to the committee several days ago by officials of the American Auto mobile Association and the American Motorists’ Association, but consideration of it was not completed at that time. It was explained that, under this bill, motorists convicted of major traffic offenses, or who have judgments ob tained against them as the result of ac cidents, would have to furnish proof of their ability to meet damage claims before having their permits restored. S2O,OOONEEDED FOR REPAIR SHOP Munioipal Architect Submits Es timates for 1932 to Com missioners. Increased appropriations for repair work on public school and other build ings of the District government will re quire extensive alterations and an ad dition to the District Repair Shop in order to render efficient service, A. L. Harris, municipal architect, told the Commissioners in submitting his esti mates for 1932. He estimates it would require $20,000 to put the repair shop building In proper condition to handle all the In creased work falling upon the municipal architect’s office. At present the shop is overcrowded, new machinery Is needed and the old quarters, such as they are, need repair badly. "These conditions do not make for an efficient shop,” Mr. Harris said. He proposes to build on the site of the stables a one-story shop building to house all the shops now in the old pumping station and use the latter for storage purposes. This would release valuable space now taken up In the repair shop for storage. Twelve trusty old Are engine horses used by the municipal architect’s force for hauling, described as "worn out,” will realize a deserved retirement if a request for five dump trucks to replace them is allowed. It would cost $9,000 to buy these trucks. Another $2,000 is needed to replace two old trucks on a "trade In.” Additional machinery and equipment for the carpenter shop would cost $5,000, Mr. Harris estimated, and SSOO Is also needed to buy new machinery for the repair shop. Estimates for the re pair shop also include $550 for print ing and binding. No estimate is made for general appropriations for the municipal archi tect’s work. All apportionments of ap propriations for the use of the office in connection with construction work is based on an amount not exceeding 3 per cent of appropriations of $2,000,000 or less made for such projects and 3% per cent In excess of $2,000,000 projects. MECHANICAL HEN TURNS INCUBATOR EGGS DAILY lowa State College Experiment Brings “Rotation System’’ Used by Fowls. AMES, lowa (A*).—Marlow Olsen, ex perimenting for lowa State College, has invented a mechanical hen which turns every egg in an Incubator an average of 96 times a day. Until recently poultrymen did not know that a sitting hen turns here eggs 8 bout 96 times dally. The device is worked by cogs and pulleys operating from the rise and fall of water in a large container. OPEN CANCER INSTITUTE i i German Trust Appoints Prof. Klein • of Vienna Founder. LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany (IP).— The German dye trust has called the : Viennese biologist and pathologist. Prof, i Gustav Klein, to Ludwigshafen to ’ found an institute for combating cancer. It has the trust's financial backing. 1 Prof. Klein, formerly a botanist, at- ’ tracted world-wide attention in scien- i tlflc circles through his research on can cerous growths of plants. 1 PAGE B-1 FLEXIBLE TRAFFIC SYSTEM SIGNALS PROPOSED FOR D.C. Bureau Provides for 284 Added Electric Signals in 1932 Budget. HARLAND’S ESTIMATES WAIT, PENDING SURVEY Present Left Turn F&rored by Di rector, But WillingneM to Change If It Ii Desired la Expressed. Installation of 384 additional electrle signals at approximately 70 street in tersections and substitution of a flexible progressive system of oontrol on practi cally all important thoroughfares in ths District, to provide a more continuous flow of traffic, are outstanding among the recommendations in the 1932 budget for the Traffic Bureau. To carry out this enlarged program to further complete the traffic signal system in the downtown section and at dangerous intersections outside the congested area Director William H. Harland estimates expenditure of ap proximately $158,804, an increase of $103,804 over the amount in the 1931 appropriation bill for the purchase and Installation of lights, controls and markers. Outcome Is Problematical. The outcome of Harland’s program, however, is problematical, in view of the impending study of Washington's traffic system and needs, ordered last week by the Board of Commissioners. In accordance with the suggestion of Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride, the investigation will be made primarily for the purpose of recommending to Con gress a complete revision of the Dis trict's traffic laws. With Director Har land’s estimates before them, the Com missioners are only waiting for the Public Utilities Commission and the Bureau of Efficiency to designate their representatives on the proposed board of inquiry before commencing this study of traffic conditions. It was admitted at the Traffic Bureau that the installation of some of the proposed electric signals, at Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues, for instance, would probably depend on whether the present method of left-hand turns is to continue. It was pointed out that most of the traffic on Wisconsin avenue turns into Massachusetts avenue, with the re sult that during rush hours there would be the danger of cars blocking the in tersection for through traffic. Favors Present Left Turn. Harland has been an outspoken pro ponent of Washington’s present method of left-hand turn, but he is understood to be willing to yield his opinion if sentiment here is found overwhelmingly in favor of the center or so-called Hoover turn. This is one of the prob lems which is certain to be given thor ough consideration in the proposed traffic study. It is estimated that $31,000 would be needed to purchase the new signals re quested in 1932 and $70,404 of the pro posed increase in the estimates is for their installation. Os the latter amount, $25,000 is to cover the cost of changing to the flexible progressive system. Pennsylvania avenue from Sixth street to Fourteenth street is one of the con gested thoroughfares which would be equipped with traffic signals if the rec ommendations are approved ultimately. No light is contemplated, however, at Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue. It is also proposed to place signals on Pennsylvania avenue at the intersec tions of Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, where traffic is con gested. Other intersections in the downtown area which come within the extension of the control signals are Fourteenth and F streets and Twelfth and F streets, now controlled by traffic police men during rush hours, and Thirteenth and U streets, one of the busiest inter sections in that section. Stop signs art placed at this intersection now. Second and B streets southeast, where the Congressional Library and House Office Building account lor heavy traffic during most of the day, also would be controlled by lights. Crosby Believed Favoring Change. Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, who is to be chairman of the new investi gating board, is expected to give whole hearted support to the plan for chang ing to the flexible system of progressiva control. Like many other Washingto nians. he has had his patience tested waiting alone at intersections for tha green lights to come on. With the in stallation of a master timer the periods between lights can be changed to meek conditions during all hours of the day. The 1931 appropriation bill contains a provision for trying out the flexible system for the first time on Rhode Island avenue. The present progres sive system on Rhode Island avenue, aa well as on Sixteenth street, Massachu setts avenue and other thoroughfares, works all right, it was said, during slack periods of traffic, when the mo torist may accurately guage his speed between lights. It falls down almost completely, it was said at the Traffic Bureau, during periods of heavy traffic. Traffic officials feel certain that the flexible system, after a reasonable test, will solve the congestion problem on important traffic lanes. The estimates contain $44,000 for per sonnel service in the office of the Direc tor of Traffic, as against $42,160 in the pending appropriation bill. The in crease is for five new positions, includ ing an assistant clerk, a junior cleric and three underclerks. Only $1,840 additional would be needed for theif salaries, as $5,000 has been deducted in the estimates for temporary clerks now being employed, who would be re placed by regular appointees. The only other new item in the bu reau's estimates is for the purchase of four motor vehicles at a cost of $2,750. MAN SOUGHT BY RADIO AS MOTHER LIES DYING Phillip Worthen, Described as Law Student at G. W. IT., Is Object of Fruitless Police Efforts. Police were being aided by a local broadcasting station last night in an effort to locate Phillip H. Worthen, de scribed as a law student at George Washington University in a message which said that his mother was dying at her home in Hartford City, Ind. Worthen’s address was given as 1337 Randolph street, but ne was known neither at that address nor at George Washington University. Radio Station WJSV at Alexandria broadcast a request for information of Worthen several times during the eve ning program. # Up to a late hour last night no wouf had been received of the missing man.