Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1926, Page 1

WIEATHER. (1. S, Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; much change in temperature. ir tonight and Temperaturi p.m. vesterday today. Full report on page 9. Highest, lowest, 6 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 not 83, 0, at @h WITH SUNDAY MORNI: NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. The Star’ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ) Yesterday's Circulation, 95,323 0. 30072. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D.C; WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1926—FORT ** Y-FOUR PAGES (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. NATS GIVE RED SOX 27040 TROUNCING . INSERIES OPENER Harrismen Get to Russell’s Delivery to Pile Up the Winning Lead. TO SCATTERED BINGLES Griffmen Continue Hitting Streak in Initial Game of Long Boston Series. BY JOIIN B. KELLER. st 31.—The Nals Sox here this afternoon. was 2 1o 0. FIR; WASHING Neely. R Ko did 6 BOSTON ney doubled to left center. went to the bank in left son’s long fly and threw doubling Rigney off second SECOND INNING WASHINGTON-—Rigney threw out Myer. Regan tossed out Judge. Haney pegged out Harris. No runs. BOSTON -Rosenthal fouled to Reeves. Ttegan bunted and was thrown out by Coveleskie. Todt lofted to Rice. Nor THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON- - Ruel rolled gle past Rigney. Ruel, trying a Tayed steal, was ¢ Russell Todt. Reeves flied to . gan threw ont Coveleskie. BOSTON - Haney lined Nver went to the foul Rischoff's loft. Myer threw «ell. No run FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON — McNeely singled to left. Rigney threw out Rice, Me- Neely taking second. Regan threw out »slin, McNeely going to third. Haney took Myer's bounder off Russell’s glove and threw to Bischoff, getting MeNeely at the plate. 0 runs. RBOSTON-—Tobin bunted and was thrown out by Coveleskie, Rigney gingled to right. Jacobson drove into a donble play, Coveleskie to Harris to Ju v runs., IFTH INNING. WASHINGTON - Judge right. Haney threw out F t the Re The score n threw ot went out the same in. No runs. Tobin flied to Rice. Rig- MeNeely for Jacoh- to Har No run ON - Reg: M e way. sin- de- to Re o run: Har line out to for Rus- pled to . Judge holding thivd. Ruel flied to Rosenthal, | Judge scoring after the catch. threw out Reeves. One run. BOSTON - Rosenthal flied to Me- Neely. Itegan singled to center. Tt popped to Harris. Haney bunted and was thrown out by Ruel. No runs Regan TH INNING. Coveleskie MeNeely. trving to rifice. fouled to Bischoff. Rice singled o left. Coveleskie stopping at third. Goslin flied 1o Tobin, Coveleskie scor- ingz and Rice t cond after the eateh. Myer fi tosenthal. One run BOSTON drove into a to Myer to A single past ond. Rigney walked ped to Harris. No runs VENTH 1 WASHINGTON WASHINY Bled 10 don- ilked. Russell V. Coveleskie bin scratched bin stole sec- Jacobson pop- Rischoff v double pl Judge. I short. T NG. Judge lined to Todt. Harris looked at a third strike. Rigney threw out Ruel. No runs BOSTON —Rosenthal singled to cen- ter. Myer made a good stop and threw out Regan, Rosenthal taking second. Reeves threw out Todt, Ros. enthal going to third. Myer threw ont Haney. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON- Regan threw out threw out Coveleskie. led to Rigney. No run Harris threw out B he batted for Russell him out. Myer threw McNeely BOSTON chotf. Rr Teeves th NINTH INNING. WASHID ON - Wi now Ing for Ros Itegan threw out Rice. Goslin singled to center. Myer looked at a third Judge sin- gled to center, sending Goslin to third. Harris was hit by a pitched ball, fill- inz the hases. Stewart ran for Har- ris. Hanev threw ont Ruel. No run RBOSTON - Stewart now p ving see ond for Washington. Rigney lined to MeNeely. Jacobson fouled to Ruel. Rosenthal flied 1o McNeely. No runs. VICTIMS TO 'I.'RY TO PICK BANDITS IN A MORGUE the Ass CHICAGO, up” in the county wounded youth and heside their two slain companions in A rohbery attempt was the dev which police today hoped to clear up pitch- By A 10 “show with a sweetheart ce by | Passengers—Wil By the Associated Press. CRONSTADT, Russia, August 31.— Estimates of the loss of life in the sinking of the steamer Burevestnik continue to grow. It Is now reported more than 200 of the 563 passengers aboard were drowned in the founder- ing of the craft, off the exit of the <hip canal on Sunday night. This little island fortress is plunged in deep sorrow as most of the victims of the disaster were residents. They were mostly workmen and their families returning from a holiday in Leningrad. Scarcely a family on the fsland escaped a loss. Up to noon today more than 30 bodies had been extricated from the sunken wreck, which lles in 30 feet of water. Crashed Into Stone Pler. The excursion steamer, leaving Leningrad, had just emerged from the ship canal in a thick fog, when a Ger- man freighter loomed up out of the dar To avold collision the Rus- sian was turned arply from her course and crashed into a stone pier, ripping a great hole in her bow. She sank in less than 15 minntes, and in the fog and the dark the work of rescue was greatly hampered. The regular captain was not on hoard and the first officer. who was in charge, saved himself, but his wife and two children perished. They were 1200 MAY BE DEAD IN SHIP SUNK IN RUSSIA: 30 BODIES RECOVERED Vessel Had O;lly One Life Boat for 563 Crash Into Pier. in a locked cabin, the key to which the officer carried in his pocket. Investigation shows that the Bure- vestnik had only one lifeboat and 172 lifebelts for 563 passengers. ‘When the vessel crashed into the pler sailors rushed below quieting the passengers with cries of “There is nn danger.” Most of the passengers hail returned to their cabins when the in rushing water overwhelmed the doomed cruft. Rescue Boat Swamped. In the wild panic that ensued after the crash many terror-stricken pas- | sengers clambered frantically up the slender masts of the steamer which collapsed under their weight. A great mob rushed for the single boat that the German freighter sent to the res- cue, and it sank under the numbers that jumped into it. The government has appointed two commissioners to investigate the dis- {aster and fix the responsibility. Those found remiss will be promptly and severelv punishad. One coramission | has already reported that hoth cap-| { tains were at fault in failing to ob-| serve the signals and regulations | usually followed in the Morski Canal. | Divers are working steadily on the | submerged steamer trying to recover the hodies. Hawsers have heen | passed under the boat and only when | she {s raised will the exact number | of victims be known, as most of the | unfortunates died in their cabins. | FRANCE REJECTS " SPANISH DEMAND Refuses to Back Request for Inclusion of Tangier in Zone of Morocco. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, August 31.—France's reply to the recent Spanish memorandum flatly rejects the demand by the Mad- rid government that the international district of Tangier be included in the Spanish zone of Morocco. The reply will be forwarded in the regular mails either today or tomor- row, the text to be given out in Mad- rid. While rejecting the $panish de- mand, the note is couched“in sympa- thetic terms and recalls that French and Spanish soldiers were brothers in | arms against a common foe in the Riff for many months. The reply is understood to express surprise that the Spanish demand should also have been presented to Italy, which, it says, has no interest in_Morocco. The Spanish situation continues to | intrigue Paris. Reports of all sorts of trouble originating in London are received with a certain amount of skepticism, which is strengthened by | denials of an official and semi-official nature. The Journal, which usually is es pecially well informed with regard to Spanish affairs, scoffs at the rumors. 1t remarks, in this connection, that the Prince of the Asturias, heir ap- parent to the throne of Spain, *“who been represented as at death’s r, went from Santander to San Sebastian vesterday in perfect health, | passing through country where the utmost calm reigned. RESIGNATION IS PREDICTED. | ! | | | GENEVA, Switzerland, August 31 (P) —Spain’s frank official avowal that if she were given a protectorate | uver Tangier she would not insist on | her claim for a_ permanent seat in |the League of Nations Council has | provoked a sensation in league ecir- iles, where it now Is openly predicted | that in will resign. Weight is fent to this by Forelgn Minister Yan- | guas’ reported statement that if she rled to get satisfaction in Tangier ain would quit the league. | Statesmen here emphasize the diffi- culty of meeting Spain’s views either ! on Tangier or the question of a per- | manent council seat. | | WASHI AB. 4 4 3 4 4 3 0 3 3 3 31 | | | McNeely, If... i Rice, rf. | Goslin, cf. | Myer, ss. | Judge. 1b !S. Harris. 2b. :Stew-rt, 2b.. |Ruel.c.... | Reeves, 3b. ‘Coveleskie. p.. | Totals. more than n hundied other hold-ups. | Belief that victims might more easily identify the bandits if the four were seen together led detectives to decide on the unusual procedure. The. wounded man was rnest de La vergne, and . brother of Joseph de Lavergne, on of the two killed in an attempt 1 carbarn Sunday night. The other victim of police hullets was Willlam Maloney. former conyict The girl admits that identification of herself as Frances Vaughn of Green Ray, Wis 1o keep knowledge of MEXICO EXECUTES REBEL Ariz.,, August 31 (P).— Herald former my of Adolfo de Ja Huerta and a general under Enrique Estrada, recently implic in a plot against the government of Lower California. has been executed at Malaqu! hacienda near Chamela, state of Jalisco. Mexico Nunez was held responsible for an attack on a train near Guadalajara last January, and with having taken the lives of several of the passengers and train crew. to roh NOGAL A disp: Manuel the rev “h to the N a Radio Programs—Page 28 1 ted | BOS | Tobin, rf iRigney, ss.. | Jacobson, cf ... | Rosenthal, If... ;Reg-n. 2b | Todt, 1b... iHaney, 3b.... | Bischoff, ¢ | Russell, p. !Willu, P oo Bratche Totals says that | colonel in | Bratche batted for Russell in the eighth inning. 1 | | Washington 0 (« 0o 0o o o0 SUMMARY wo-base hits—Rignes, Coveleskie. hree-base hit—Judge. olen base—Tobin. 1. Golin, Neely to §. Harrle: Coveles- Harris to Judge. oveleskle to ) BOX SCORE SCORE BY INNINGS HORTA, N AZORES, | WRECKEDBY UAKE | | | l Many H'ouses on Fayal in Ruins—Cable Line Junc- tion Is Injured. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, August 31.—A violent earthquake which shook the Island of Fayal in the Azores today reduced part of the town of Horta to ruins. There were some deaths, di; patches say, and many were injured. Detalls are lacking. Fayal is the westernmost is the central group of the.Azores. is of voleanic origin, and, like the | other members of the group, has been | visited by earthquakes from time to | time. ' The population of the island is about 25,000, mostly of Portuguese blood. U. S. Consul Reports Damage. The severest earthquake in the his- tory of the islands shook the Azores today, American Consul Horace Re- millard reported to the State Depart- ment from Horta. All Americans, he | 1d, were belleved to be safe. louses are down,” Consul Re; lard said, “and all houses have suf- fered. Impossible as yet to estimate | the loss of property and life.” | Residents were preparing to live out of doc he said. The State De- partment is endeavoring to obtain ad- ditional details through the consul. Cable Office Wrecked. LONDON, August 31 (®).—Private advices from Horta, on the Island of | Fayal, report a heavy earthquake in the Azores. First reports said much damage had been done. A cable operator in the Fayal relay oftice notified the company's London headquarters that his battery room was destroyed and expressed the opin- ion that if there was another shock the whole building would collapse. ALL OF GREECE SHAKEN. i | | | | Reported at Sparta and Piraeus; No Life Lost. ATHENS, Greece, August 31 (#).— | Greece has been shaken hy a strong earthquake. affecting the entire coun- It No casualties are reported. | There was a small amount of dam.- | age in Piracus and Sparta. Damage i abreast in order NGTON R. o [J [ o 1 H. 1 1 1 [ ..|...:-:=|: l&l:—Ol;@Ql@O—? - S TON i R. E | 0 [ o [ [ o [ [ o [ o :-l::coc:—-—cn;-F clecscccecscee 2 » 3 [ W 0 e o110 00 o Myer to Judge. | Letton haser—Washington, 3: Boston, 1 | Bases on balls—Of Coveleskie, 2. | Struck _out Russell, 1: by | Hits—Of Russell. 5 in & innings. | Hit by piteher—By Wiltse (8. Harris). | Umpires—Messrs. Evans and Ormsby. | motorists {running lights turned off, and falsely | the Bureau of Standards, on Wiscon- ! California street where numerous ar- | | ernment | tion.” ! would bring about better ¢ | of arrests he can make. { regulations which are practically un- ! forcement the practice of passing a “BLACK EYE" GIVEN TRAFFIC POLICE BY FEW, SAYS REPORT Board of Trade Committee’s Finding'Scores 5 Per Cent as “Unscrupulous.” MAKE FALSE ARRESTS, LAY TRAPS, IT CHARGES | Blames Transfer Method and Urges Centralized Squad and New Attention to Regulations. About 5 per cent of Washington's | traflic officers are giving a black eye | to a force of loyal and efficient men, according o a report which the traffic committee of the Board of Trade was authorized by the executive committee | to transmit to the Commissioners to- day. The report charged that some po- licemen are seeking to run up a rec- ord for arrests and are unscrupulous in the means used. The committee found, it claims, that they make ar- rests on false charges which are dif- ficult for the motorist to disprove agalnst the word of the officer, and that various traps are laid, such as running with headlights off and hiding in side streets. In urging a centralized traffic squad to control traffic and to train traffic officers, the committee in its report states: i “We do not believe any one should | be permitted to indict the 95 per cent | of loyal. efficient policemen, and we | do not do so, but such control would soon check up the 5 per cent left, who | are giving neither the police depart- ment or the public a square deal. “Hide in Side Streets.” “They hide in side streets to trap on technical speed cases. they make arrests at night with their charge and secure convictions of m torists who are driving alone with no witnesses when the speed is charged from six to ten miles higher than the legal speed actually recorded. “By close supervision and inspec- | tion of the actions of a very few offi- cers while on duty, it may be pos sible to prevent their unwelcome at- tentions on woman drivers who may or may not have committed some trival violation, and may prevent much needless visiting with other officers when on duty, and keep offi- | cers patrolling in the middle of the| street where they can be seen.” The report states that in its opinion | the public Is incensed at “thousands ! of needless arrests,” and cites in par- | ticular conditions on Connecticut ave- | nue between Davenport street and! REeC THERE Kot ISNT ENOUGH PRESIDENT TO HEAR INTERVENTION PLEA Receives Flaherty, K. C. Chief, Tomorrow to Con- sider Mexican Situation. By the Associated Press. PAUL SMITHS, N. Y., August 31. —James A. Flaherty, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, will be received by President Coolidge tomor- row for a discussion of the resolution of the order calling for Americ tervention in Mexico to protect Cath- olic churchmen in their religlous dis- pute with President Calles. The appointment was made at the request of Mr. Flaherty, after he had conferred on the subject with Secre- Kellogg of the State Depart- ment at Wu _ington. The results of the Washington dis- cussions have not been made public, i but it was made clear at the Summer White House at the time that if Mr. Flaherty desired to see Mr. Coolidge and Wis sin avenue. avenue from on Massachusetts | onsin avenue to| rests have heen made and “where 3 ;Sfl—mlle speed limit is perfectly safe.’ Transfers Blamed for Arrests. i The report states that 44,000 traffic | ests were made last vear, of nearly one-tenth of the population and declares, “a close check up of | the motor cycle officers transferred | to foot duty because of their low | vecord of arrests (which in itself was | sufficient notice to those left as well as to those new men who were mounted) and subsequent transfers with increased arrests, will easily ex- | plain the invisible method which was | used to give the public who were ar- | rested an overdose of traffic regula- The committee states that a central control of traffic officers and methods peration with 50 per cent less arrests. It also urges a method of friendly cautfon { and warning by the police, except in serious cases, and that the standing | of 2 policeman he based on the order and lack of accidents maintained on | his beat, rather than on the number “ridiculous™ enforce the | The report terms as efforts of the police to “single-file” control of movements of traffic at all points. It urges that, except in places where it is impossible, cars be, allowed to move forward | to speed up traffic movement and prevent congestion. The proper placement of signs at ! boulevard intersections and stop | streets and the raising of speed limits | to a point_“where technical arrests at safe speeds will be impossible” are ! urged. Many Regulations Cited. The report say: . “In discussing the sections of the enforced, it is the belief of this com- mittee that many drivers have no knowledge of these sections, and, as the police disregard their enforcement, any accidents result. “Few drivers seem to know that, though coming from the right, they must vield right of way to through traffic when they make a right or left turn into an intersecting street. The practice of driving through unoccu- pled safety zones is very general. “In discussing the sections requir- ing overtaking vehicles to pass to the left, we find that the section com. pelling ‘slow-moving vehicles to keep | | | | tical is never enforced and that sec- tion which compels vehicles moving at a legal rate of speed to keep to the right as far as possible is only used to try and force traffic behind | safety zones at a féw points and is more dangerous than to have vehicles traveling at the legal rate of speed out in the center of the street, and in view of this non-en- slow-moving car in the center of the street on the right is rapldly growing and quite general. This committee recommends that the rule prevailing in New York, Philadelphla and other large cities, which permits an opera- tor to pass a vehicle on either side after sounding a warning, be adopted | for Washington and the contradictory regulations be rescinded. This 1s| the only feasible way to meet the practice of holding the center of the roadway at low speeds. “No attempt is being made to en- force the regulation compelling ve- hicles to make a full stop before coming out of an alley, garage. gaso- line station, etc., to cross a sidewalk. “This committee notes a great in- | Calles. fter the meeting with Mr. Kellogg, he would be given an appointment. The policy of the Washington - toward xico has been ade clear as one of “hands off” un- ess American citizens are injured in person or property. CATHOLICS AR ittle Hope for Relief on Congress Session. I By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY. August 31. day before the convening of congress the prospect from the Catholic view- point continues gloomy for any relief from the legislative body in the nature of repeal or amendment of the reli- gious clauses of thé constitution or of the regulations giving effect to the the | clauses. For four weeks, by order of | Catholic_episcopate, there have been no regular services presided over by priests in Catholic churches through- out the republic. The order was i sued as a protest against the imposi- tion of the regulations by President which are regarded by the church as infringing its rights. Presl- dent Calles has declared throughout the controversy that it is his purpose to see that the law is obeyed. s matters now stand, Congress ap- ently supports Calles. In the very nature of Mexican politics a President strong enough to control the country is strong enough to have elected the Kkind of Congress he wants. The epis- copate has made no further official announcement of its plans, which here- tofore have contemplated going ahead with an effort to have Congress amel- iorate the situation, however futile this effort may be. The business situation seems in- { creasingly depressed by reason of the economic boycott called by the League for defense of Religlous Freedom in pro- test against the religious regulations. Two hundred and three members of the Chamber of Deputies have taken the oath for the opening of the legis- lature. U. S. CRUISER ARRIVES. The cruiser Rochester under com- mand of Rear Admiral Latimer, ar- ved today at Bragman's Bluff Nic- aragua, where it was sent to protect foreign interests as a result of the revolutionary outbreak in Nicaragua. Announcement to that effect was | as near the righthand curb as prac-| made here today. | nex !Boy Takes Own Life For Carelessness In Shooting Sister @By the Associated Press. CALUMET, Mich., August 31.— Arthur Lawrence, 15 years old, voluntarily paid with his life for what he thought was inexcusable carelessness on his part. The boy went to the barn on his mother’s farm, near Sidnaw, and shot himself with the shot- gun which a moment before had killed his 11-year-old sister Elinore. Young Lawrence was cleaning the weapon when it was dis- charged accidentally. The charge ripped through the kitchen door, killing the girl instantly. Arthur rushed into the house, stood for a monent over her body and then went to the barn and killed himself. RODGERS FUNERAL ATES HELD TODAY Final Services for Command- er Conducted on Anniver- sary of Epochal Flight. On the first anniversary of the day the PN-9 No. 1 rose from San Pablo Bay for its epochal flight to within 200 miles of Hawaii, the body of Comdr. John Rodgers, who command: ed that craft, is being lald to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. Arriving by auto hearse from Havre ie Grace,Md., the home of the dead avi- iator, this afternoon, Comdr. Rodger body will be met at the Fort Myer gate by three companies of Marines nd blue jackets, who are to act as escort to the grave in the western of- ficers' section, Humphreys avenue, r the old amphitheater. There, while airplanes above drone a parting salute as representatives of all naval aviation, for whose exist Comdr. Rodgers is responsible to a great degree, final rites are being held. Canon F. J. Bohanan of the Washington Cathedral and Capt. Cur- tis H. Dickins, Navy Chaplains’ Corps, | wil_officlate. Surrounding the grave wi ing Secretary of the Navy T Robinson; Assistant Secretary ward P." Warner, for aeronautics: Admirs W. Eberle, chief of naval operations: Maj. Gen. John A. Le- jeune, commandant of the Marine Corps; Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, of which department Comdr. Rodgers had just relinquished the post of as- sistant chief at his own request, and many alrmen who served under the flying commander. ~Also present to pay their last respects will be Lieut. Byron J. Connell, Aviator Pilot S, R. Pape and Aviation Machinists’ Mate William M. Borlin, who flew with Comdr. Rodgers in’ the PN-9 No. 1; O. G. Stantz, chief radioman on the flight, is on the Pacific Coast and could not reach Washington in time for_the funeral. The honorary pallbearers are: Capt. H. C. Richardson, Capt. George (. Westervelt, Comdr. Kenneth Whiting, ! Comdr. F. V. McNair, Capt. S. M. Robinson and Comdr. M. K. Metcalf. The military escort will be from the marine barracks, the naval air sta- tion and the receiving station at the navy yard. In the air will be Lieuts. George T. Cuddihy, George R. He " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Mrs. Van Winkle Asked to Explain Auto Seizure Action of Mrs. Gladys Black! Maj. Edwin C. Hesse, superintend- ent of police, today called upon Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, in charge of the Woman's Bureau, for a complete report regarding_an unofficial com- plaint that Mrs. Gladys Black, one of her workers, exceeded her authority in compelling B. Stubbs, 1019 Wiscon- sin avenue, to give up an automobile he had hired last night on the drive- it-yourself plan to take a young wom- an for a ride. After an informal conference with Maj. Hesse regarding the matter to- day, Lieut. Van Winkle explained that Mrs. Black was specifically com- missioned to break up “petting par- ties” by some men, who hire drive- it-yourself cars, and that she would back her to the limit. crease in the number of very heavy motor_trucks coasting a_ high speed | on_hills, frequently behind and en- ““(Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) A detailed report by Mrs. Black con- cerning her investigation of last night today revealed that she not caused young Stubbs to turn in his only | automobile and took the girl to her home, but she also caused Herbert DeCraft of Aldie, Va., to turn in a car on the grounds he was driving with- out a permit and reported the affair to ‘the parents of the 18-year-old girl involved. Declaring that the system of mak- ing private automobiles available to | young people is a moral menace, Lieut. Van Winkle says that she has asked Mrs. Black to be vigilant at the headquarters of one of the companies in Georgetown upon the request both of the seventh precinct officers and numerous citizens in'the community. Lieut. Van Winkle claims that her co-workers have a legal right either to cause a young man to give up a rent- ed car when he has no driver's per- mit or to take a girl under 21 vears; from a car when, in the discretion §130,000 ASSIGNED FOR STREET LIGHTS Twenty-Nine Main Thorough- fares to Be Improved With Latest Types. xtension of the new system of street lighting along 29 main thor- oughfares in all parts of the city, at a e of approximately $150,000, w: ordered by the District Commissioners in hoard session today. The work will be started soon, un- der the direction of Warren B. Had- ley, superintendent of street lighting, | and will be carrfed on as rapidly as possible during the current fiscal ye The fixtures will be of the latest ai proved type and the volume of illumi- nation provided will vary according tu the conditions prevailing on each street. The posts will be 14, 16 or 18 feet high, according to the importance of the highway. Largest Order in Years. This is of street I taken at one time sioners several years ago adopted the comprehensive plan for better illumi- nation of the National Capital. Mr. Hadley said today he plans spe- al treatment for such busy intersec- tions as Fourteenth and Park road and Bighteenth and Columbia road. The list of streets follo Connecticut Avenue B west and approaches. Pennsylvania avenue enteenth street to far the largest program nce the Commis- idge north- northwest, Rock Creek th Capitol street, C to V streets. venth street southwest and north- and Georgia avenue, Water street to Trumbull streets. Fourteenth street northwest, Water avenue. Columbia road, Connecticut avenue to McMillan Park. Harvard street, Calvert street, Adams Mill road. Thirteenth street northwest, York avenue to Spring road. road northwest, Thirteenth teenth streets Fifteenth street northwest, sylvani K to W southwest street to Colol nd do Penn. avenue to H street and from treets, Other Streets Designated. Seventeenth street northwest, B street to Pennsylvania avenue and from K street to Florid: venue. New York avenue, Fifteenth street northwest to FMlorida avenue north- east. Maryland avenue northeast, Second street to Fourth and Sixth to Fifteenth streets, Wisconsin avenue northwes street to Massachusetts avenue. New Hampshire avenue northwest, Washington to Dupont circles, thence to W street. Florida avenue northwest and north- east. Bladensburg road northeast. K street from Washington Circle to Florida avenue northeast. leventh street southeast, Carolina avenue to and including Anacostia Bridge and approaches, Nichols avenue from S street to Good Hope road, Good Hope road from M North Nichols avenue to Eighteenth street | and Minnesota avenue from' Good Hope road to Eighteenth street. Eighteenth street northwest from’ B strget to Columbia road. Benning road northeast and south- i east. Conduit road route, ! Thirty-sixth street to District line. E street, Fifth street northwest to | Tnion Station plaza. Nineteenth street northwest and Biltmore street connectio KILLS SELF Mother Takes Lives of Four as Her Husband Seeks Work in Vain. SAN FRANCISCO, August 31 (). — Mrs. Otto Fuller today asphyxiated herself and four of her children in a two-room basement flat, after her hus- g { band, Otto Fuller, had sought vainly for employment for several days. A fifth child was saved by neigh- bors. Marshal Wu Pei-Fu Wounded. SHANGHAI, August 31 (P).—A message received from a Japanese source today says Marshal Wu Pei- Fu, directing the “allied” forces, has of the woman police officer, it is be- lieved best. been wounded in a battle against the Canton red army. hting improvement under- | * | charge | the firs from Cal- | Lvert street to Dupont Circle. . Kalorama road from Eighteenth to | Twenty-third streets northwest. AND CHILDREN | U.S. STARTS ACTION T0 CONDEMN SITES FOR NEW BUILDINGS Attempts to Buy Land for Archives and Revenue Structures Delayed. WORK ON FOUNDATIONS MAY BEGIN IN AUTUMN Agents to Visit Other Cities Soon to - Purchase Property for Other Edifices. The Federal building p Washington moved steadily ahead to- day when the Government took steps to condemn land necded, not only for the Internal Revenue Bureau Ruild ing. but also for the Archives Ruildir This step followed attempts which so far have proved futile to purchase the property in question at a price considered r 1o the Government The Department of Justice will proceed first with condemnation of the Internal Revenue Bureau site, ¢t is understood, and will follow closely along with the suit for the Archives Suilding. Both the Department of Justice and Treasury Department are co-operat ing in the plan, but the legal phases of the question and prosecution of the sults in the District Supreme Court will be handled by the Department o. Justice. ; am for Streets to Be Closed. The two new buildings, which will be the first of the several to he erect ed here under the great Federal building program. are situated be. tween the Post Office Department and the Mall, and are located in the ad joining sites bounded by B and C &treets, extending from Tenth to Thirteenth street. The intersecting sereets of Ohio avenue, Little B street and Eleventh street for one block are to be obliterated. Taking one of the definite steps ry the Department of Justice alled upon the District Title In- surance Co. for abstracts of title of all property located in the three squares in this section, which are not owned ‘by the Government. One of these squares is No. 350, on the northeast corner of the Internal Revenue Bureau site. This constitutes about one-third of the site needed for { the bureau building, the Government owning the remainder of the plot bounded by B and C streets, Tenth and Twelfth streets, where the struc- ture will be erected. Two Squares Sought. The Government owns none of the land on which the Archives Buflding is to be erected, adjacent to the new bureau building, and has therefore sked for abstracts of title for all of squares Nos. 204 and 295, which are located between B and streets, Twelfth and _Thirteenth ey are divided by Ohio avenue, which wili be_closed. Condemnation pushed ahead as rapidly plicated process of according o officia it is hoped that the Government acquire title to this needed ground this Autumn By that time, it is un derstcod, the plans in the the supervising architect Treasury will be so far shortly ~ thereafter work started on the foundations. If Wash- ington an open Winter, per I ting building, construction could then proceed without interruption. The process of condemning land, however, is recognized to he liable to considerable delay and no definite promises are made by officials in to when advertisements for bids will go out. e Agents Added. Meantime the Treasury is proceed- ing with its building program from all angles and will be able to carry on with much more speed now with the addition of the site agents, W. I Field and W. M. Geddes, the latter taking office vesterday. Negotiations will be opencd kv the ite agents with owners of ppert in other cities as soon as the W: ington situation permits, acco to officials, and_the bullding program wil be carried forward with as much speed as is consonant with good judg- ment. Bids will be opened on 11 sites within the next few weeks for Federal buildings in various cities. Nine will be opened on September 7, one on Sep- tember 10 and another on Sep ber 14. NARROW SIDEWALKS T0 BE RECOMMENDED i Planning Commission Favors 4 1.2 Feet in Width in Areas of Single-Family Houses. proceedings will be < the com will permit in ok at along that m; he The co-ordination committee of the ‘atlonal Capital Park and Planning Commission at its meeting today de. cided to recommend to the Commis- | sioners that sidewalks 41 feet wide be laid in the ar restricted to single-family detached houses, instead of the uniform 6-foot sidewalk now laid throughout the cit It was pointed out that there are no such |areas now existing in the District, {but that the Zoning Commission has provided for such restricted sections lto go into effect on January 1 next, | The recommendation, however, car. Jl‘l?}l a provision that where local con- ditions_demand it, because of heavy through traffic, the usual six-foot side- iwalk shall be laid. The additional {one and one-half feet, it is recom- mended, 13 to be put in the tree space. The committee today studled the situation in Klingle Valley west of the Connecticut Avenue bridge and recommended that from Woodley road { eastward to the bridge the parkway | should be developed with 17-foot- wide strip of grass and trees on the south side between the roadway and This, it was said, will preserve the trees in this » recommendation wos made utment of this new parkway between the bridge and its connection with Rock Creek Park. as