Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1927, Page 2

b4} * RECKLESS DRNERS FACELOSSOF 0S Employers Line Up Behind Drive to End Violations by Delivery Trucks. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. Light delivery truck drivers, whose | violations of the t laws and whose general floutin: other motorists and vesulted in city-wide campa against them. mus’ change their ti tics or lose thelr jobs. This i in the atti employers generally. Tn the ligh the exposure and censure of the ers on the part of citizens, traffic a police officials, trade sciations uther agencies, employers fested a keen desire to ing up the evil from Within, s itating any gesture from witho will help to remedy the situation. As a step toward bringing the dr ers to a complete realization of their | the public and to M. 0. Eldridge, di-| proposes that the | recommendation for obtaining a safe- ty pledge from ea driver be im mediately carried o Will Demand Pledges. That this wil evide: their emplo rector of t be done qui and effectively Is scen dssured the willingness of individual employers ! and the three large trade bodies to co- | operate. Officials of the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and} Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso clation have entered emphatically into | the spirit of the campalgn with pledges of action in any way that will lend help to the Trafic Bureau and Police Department in driving the careless and reckless commerclal ve bicle operator from the streets. Many of the commercial establish- ments of the city which operate trucks already exact pledges from their men and with good result. That application of this system should be general, and that a uniform pledge card be used, is the bellef of Mr. Eldridge, who declares putting drivers on their honor would be a deflnite step toward success. “This course has proved valuable in teaching drivers of busses, taxicabs and other vehicles that employers are much more concerned with safet than with speed,” says Mr. Eldridge. “It is more difficult to follow in the case of the commercial vehicle op- erator because he represents a much more isolated case. Meetings Are Held. “However, if each employer, even 1f he operates but one truck, will ob. tain a pledge card and force his driver to agree to it or change hig job, we | will quickly see improvemént in a situation that truly is deplorable. “I know a great magy of them are doing this already, and our Informa- tion shows the benefit of this policy. Our largest taxi and bus companies have proved the plan workable on a large scale. It should be even more successful In theé caseé of the smaller employer, because he maintains better personal contact with his force.” That employers are not wasting time in calling their drivers to ac- countability {9 to be found in the fact that several of the largest commercial lestablishments in town have held meetings of their men since the del- uge of the charges of carelessness cng::eckleunm. broke. 0ng these was one of the large department stores, which summoned its truck operators to warn them that courtesy and care were the paramount considerations while about their du. ties, and that no deflections from these would be tolerated. Asked about the proposal of Mr. Eldridge for uniform pledge cards, an officlal of this company declared: Drivers Are Warned. { “We are for curbing this form of | recklessness 100 per cent. Amwuxni we already have a policy of pledging our men to strict obedience to the traffic laws and even advise them to lean backward in being courteous on the ntr:;u. we are willing to do any ng that will hy nis el i, elp to abate this “We have told our men that if they are contributing to the situation con. plained of, they can expect fmmediate and drastic punishment.” z.é’f'!n'““’x'i?"' summarizes., in ef- , the position of every % plgr):r interviewed. © 0 oter em at Individual citizens are comin; :?-r:v?‘:dl:flh broposals that will - e campaign is re bolice and traffc otficala, T me leader in colored circles, wh: points out that a great many AR youths are drivers of the vehicles under fire, has come forward with a proposal that he call them together for @ general meeting to be addressed by Mr. Eldridge and police officers, The traffic director has consented to talk before this meeting and regards it 28 a hopeful movement in the general effort to better conditions. Improvement Is Noted. Daily increasing improvement the traffic situation h!n‘r"a the hesd:w’f ning of the campalgn is noted, and | observers are convinced that when the | attention of the individual driver ix called forcefully to the fact that re- | form is imperative, there will be fur. | ther and continued improvement | , Getting the pledge cards Into the | hands of the employers and through | them to the drivers Is looked upon as the next important step in this direc- I:O’;l. he following pledge c ted by Mr. Eldridge ¥ rd is sug- for general “Realizing the trust placed in me, and mindful of my responsibilities to the public and my employer in the pro- wnotion of safety und ti ention of wccidents, I promise . my honor Lo yield complete obedience to the tra tic” regulations, ve up to the safety rules company, and to respect the rigi the streets time by any discourte riving bring discredit any which employs mi e to the Publ > Evening S operat comme °s to co-uperate ign to curb and iminate kless carel eding exist, e pub- e is e stly invited to re- port any observed violations of the traffic regulations on the part of The Star's automobile operators. In justice to our drivers, it is hoped that any complaints will relate to real violations and that they will be accompanied by as much detail information as pos- sible. of hicles in the eventus driving and wherever it 1 light and des Address: Business Manager of The Evening Star nd VIRGIN ISLANDS, r users of | CAPT. M. E. TRENCH. GOVERNOR' DIES Capt. Martin E. Trench, | U. S. N.. Succumbs Sudden- ly to Pneumonia Attack. By the A WORC Capt. Martin aged 57 Virgin Island noon in Ralph of the W tute. Capt. health when the holiday cold Janu: governor of the died suddenly at the home of Capt. s, president ster Polytechnic Insti- Trench was in good came here to spend He suffered from a 1, and was confined to the house, but his sickness was not considered serfous until vesterday, when bronchial pneumonia set in. Te end approached rapidly. With him at the bedside were his wife and their son, Martin E. Trench, jr. Capt. and Mrs. Trench recently returned from the Islands. They stopped off in W ington, where the captain had a con- ference with President Coolidge, and met the members of the House com- mittee on naval affairs. tc arle only Capt. Trench was born in Dennison, Minn., and appointed to the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., as a naval cadet in 1889. He was graduated in 1893 and ap. pointed as istant engineer. While at Annapolis he was & star foot bull player and was a member of the tean which_played the Military Acad West Point, N. Y., team for the first time in 1890, Capt. Trench served on the U. 8. S. Towa during the Spanish American War, and later, in while attached to the Naval Academy, was promoted to passed assistant en- gineer. The foliowing year he was promoted to lleutenant, junior grade, and until 1901, when he was promoted to lieu- tenant, saw service successively on the Annapolis, Resolute, Machias, To- peka and Kearsarge, From 1902 to 1908, Capt. Trench was on duty at the Naval Academy and aboard the Hart- ford, Kentucky and Alabama. He was promoted to leutenant commander in 1907, and was attached to the Arkan- sas the following year. Headed Navy Yard. Capt. Trench served on the Indiana i n1810 and was later in command of the Terry before going to the Mis- sourl the next vear. He was promoted to commander and assigned to the Pureau of Navigation in 1912. From 1915 to 1924 he was successively In command of the Denver, the Colorado, the Pueblo (North St. Louis) with the rank of temporary captain, captain of the yard, Washington, and assistant superintendent, naval gun factory, in- spector of ordnance and commanding officer with the permanent rank of captain of the naval torpedo station, Newport, R. commanding officer, t S. North Dakota, captain of the yard and commanding officer of the receiving ship at Philadelphia, and commandant of the sixth naval district and navy vard, Charleston, S. C. Capt. Trench became governor the Virgin Islands in September, 19 and was retired in November, but con- tinued his post. He received the Navy Cross for his services during the World War. EFFICIENCY PROBES WIDENED IN DISTRICT Hearing Discloses Four Branches of Local Government Are Being Investigated. of Investigations of four branches of the District government and of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks In Washington are being made by the Bureau of Efficiency, it was disclosed in the hearings on the inde- pendent offices_appropriation bill, re ported to the House today. In some instances changes in ad- ministrative methods or remedial leg- fslation is resulting from these inves- tigations. One of these is with regard to the method of inspecting and testing cement, asphalt and other materiuls | used in road buflding or street surfac- | Ing. | Considerable duplication in public | weltare work has been eliminated as {a result of investigation of the | Board of Charities, Board of Children’s Guardians and other humanitarian neies, which resulted in creation the new Board of Public Welfar h has adopted the Bure: of I recommendations. {¢ Changes in business methods in the offices of the recorder of deeds and registrar of wills are being consider by Cong resulting from a Bur {of Em investigation. | | wh | flcter | Holder ()f. Bonus Certificate No. 1-A Gets Loan at Bank Holder of adjusted service cer- tificate No. 1-A, the first of the nearly 3,000,000 certificates issued by the Veterans’ Bureau, has re. cefved a loan on his bonus from a Washington bank, it was learned today He is Edward E. Lockout of Seat pleasant, Md., a sergeant major in the Marine Corp: ttached to Marine headquarter: Sergt. Maj. Lockout has been fn the fingerprint department of the Marine Corps for 10 years and is vice president of the Federal Fingerprint Association, repre senting all the Government depart- ments. 1 quately to d _| this {cause, the Children’s Bureau holds. i born children was slightly THE _EVENING [ Greater Medical Aid Needed to Cut Local Infant Mortality Rate. is the_third of @ series of Griicles on ihe infant mortalily rate in i Disirict ‘of ‘Columbia. The fourth of tie | weries will appear tomorrov Note—This be and value of a baby’s life in terms of dollars n the Widently it fs considered too ex pensive to give the District health officer sutilcient appropriation ade Al with the gerious ques tlon of lowering Washington's high infant mortality rat It is a question largely of educition. | And the causal factors in infant mor tality are so numerous and invol that with the present staff assicned ! to the District health officer to tre subject it is virtually fmpossible to extend the care, attention and in formation which are vital to the child Defore and after birth and which may be the difference between lifo and death. With this condition in mind, Wash- ington’s welfare and health workers are endeavoring to provide for the enlargement of the child hygiene serv. fce here and place under med tention those mothers who through | ignorance or force of circumstances | bring their children into the world with little or no professional super-! vision, which In turn has resuited inj a high infant mortality rate for the | District. Organizationy now intensely inter ested in this problem agree that it les | not with the mothers who can afford and employ good medical attention before and after the birth of their children, and who can acquire and apply all available knowledge on the ! care of the infant during its first year | of life. Instead, mothers with scanty incomes, who live in crowded houses, and who must perform multitudinous duties, who either unconsciously | walk or are forced to walk in a world of darkness on this subject, are the | ones who must be reached. Many Factors Involved. Varlous surveys, lengthy, detailed | and expensive, have been made of the infant mortality question in several cities throughout the United States by the Children's Bureau of the Depart- ment of Labor, but Washington is not | included in the number. A thorough knowledge of the causes of infant mortality is the first step toward their complete control, for in the light of such knowledge preventive measure: may be intelligently planned to pro- duce a maximum of result. And the analysis, if it is to be thorough, must be carried Dbevond the pathological A survey of Baltimore would not be | altogether applicable to a study of in-| fant mortality causes here be i the differences in race, nationalit other fuctors hetween the tw An average taken of surveys in eight | cities, however, undoubtedly would strike many of the conditions that exist here. This average, and now an important record in the files of {h(fl Children’s Bureau, points to ut least 25 factors any one of which may in: | Puence the death of an infant during its first year of . Summarized, these factors include: | Age of infant, seasonal conditions, month of birth, sex of infant, physical condition of mother, death of mother, tuberculosis of mother, medical care before the child is Lorn, frequency of | birth: ge of mother, interval preceding birth, plural birth of birth, interval before succeeding pregnancy, type of birth, including premature” births; type of delivery, type of feeding, color and nationality of mother, housing congestion, em- ployment of mother prior to the'l child's birth, employment of mother | during first year of infant's life and| earnings of father. ) First Month Hardest. The first month of an infant's life is the hardest, the largest number of deaths occurring during this period. After that, however, the mortalit; rate decreases. Then marked differ- ences in mortality in the several sea- sons were found. From gastric and intestinal diseases the maximum mor. tality occurred in August, and was 13 times the minimum, which occurred| in January. From respiratory dis- eases the maximum mortality, in Feb. ruary, was seven times the minimum, in August. The mortality was lowest for infants | born in August and highest for those born in June. The differences in mor- tality rates for infants born in differ- ent months was determined largely by the relation which the month of birth bore to the infants’ ages when they are exposed during the Summer to the heaviest incldence of* these dis- eases, The combined survey found that the mortality rate for male was about one- fourth higher than that for female infants. “Though greater difficulty of labor in case of male births might explain the excess mortality from causes peculiar to early infancy,” says the report, “the greater mortality from other causes appears to be ex- plainable only by differences in vital- ity to the disadvantage of the male sex.” The percentage of death of first- higher than | that for second-born infants, the sur- vey found, and the excess mortality among firstborn infants was due largely to a higher death rate from causes peculiar to early infancy and to a greater proportion of premature births. First-born infants of mothers under 20 and of those 40 years of age and over also had the highest mortal- ‘hese variations were assoclated with physical im. maturity or with changes in the phys- fcal condition of the mother,” the re; port states. Artificial Feeding. infants born ut short intervals births the mortality ording to the re. For after preceding rate was highest port. In a small proportion of cas those in which the mother becume pregnant during the first year of life of the infant—they became u factor in the infant's chances of survival. This was due, according to the report, to the greater prevalence of artificial feeding among these infants. In many | cases probably weaning was advised as soon as the subsequent pregnancy was known. The mortality among the exclusively artificially fed averaged between three and four times that among the exclu- , and the report said is of this factor Indicated that early artificial feeding was espe ciully harmful. In the first few months fmmediately following the be- ginning of early artificial feeding the mortality amonog the artificially fed tended to Increase relatively to that among the breast fed. However, when the transition from breast to partly breast or to artificlal feeding was de- ferred until the eighth or ninth month of the infant's life it was accompanied not by increasing but rather by de- creasing mortality rates. The excess mortality among the ex- clusively artificially fed appeared from every cause of death, but was most marked in the case of gustric and intestinal diseases. The color and nationality of the mother played a prominent part in the the unaly ACTION DUE TODAY ON COMMISSIONERS | troller general's office on coal prices | neces: STAR, WASHINGTON, 1 0,000} special A sum of approximatel 1 tentativeiy named 1 mittee of the advisory council of he Washington Council of Soclal Agencies to be submitted for the ap- proval of the former council in con- nection with appropriations to be recommended Dby it for improved health facilities to be sought during this session of Congress. The com- » met in the Burlington Hotel W It t proved by being inda the agencies’ council, are to be ented to President Coolidge, Con- | 't Commissioners and 1, in line with a pro- | gram of extensive public welfare facil- | fties to be sought through those agen- | fes. The tentative program of im provements to be asked for was in-| dorsed at o meeting aus. | pices of the advisc the Burlington Hotel Dec This | program_called for improvements un- | der the following general heads 1. Child health. (a) The doubling of the personnel in the school medical forces so a8 to give 24 part-time physi- ciuns imstead of 12 part-time ones, at present. (b) A sanatorium for tu- bercular children. (c) Increased propriations for infunt hygiene serv ice, to include adequate pre-natal| clinies and ‘supervision of midwives. | >, (1) Increased appropriations for | tubereulosis, the ideal of the American Public Health Associatfon providing for four nurses for every 100,000 popu- lation to care for those diseased. Washington has only three for its | entire population. (b) Increased ap- | propriations for venereal disease serv ice, the American Public Health As sociation ideal being two nurses for every 100,000 population. In this con- nection it was stated that Washing- ton has only one nurse for its entire population 3. Establishment of a hospital for communicable diseases. 4. Establishment of a hygiene clinic. | The organization of a health | council of citizens. Child Welfare Stressed. arlous phases of this program were Qiscussed at'yesterday's meeting, with particular emphasie being laid on the necesgity for adequate provisions for school medical inspections and -the care of children of pre-school age. The establishment of four additional clin- los was recommended for the latter purpose. Mrs. ¥rank B. Noyes of the Child Welfare Society stressed the need of the District Health Department being { enabled to maintain a sufficlent corps of nurses to visit the homes of pre- kchool children at least once a month. At present, she sald, the corps of nurses under the department is large | enough to permit only an average of three visits a year to such homes. The lack of proper follow-up work, | Mrs. Noyes said, creates a lessening of | interest on the part of the ehildren’s parents, with the resuit that about| haif of the children given advice dur-| ing a year fall to return to the health | conferences for further advice. On the other hand, she continued, the follow- the a| &re the Special Social Agency Committee Decides on Sum to Be Sought of Congress at Present Session. | Education, to determine his vie: {In establishing other dormitories of a | | health | meeting. D. C., THURSDAY, J up work done in connection with the opjeration of the conference at Chil- dren’s ospital. under the auspices of the Child Welfare aty, furnishes an example of how interest can be created by the proper follow-up work. The encouraging result of an average of one visit being made a month to each home is shown in the fact that more than 90 per cent of the children continue to return for advice. Mrs. Noyes also emphasized that the object of the health conferences 18 to keep well children well and to make recommendations for med attention where it is needed To Ask Ballou's Opinion. A. C. Moses, president of the Was ington Council of Sociul Agencie who presided at the meeting, w thorized by the committee to appoint | a committee of two persons to inter view the superintendent of school Dr. Frank W. Ballou, and E Graham, president of the Board of s T garding the estiblisnment of a dorml. | tory at the Health School, at Thir-! teenth and Allison streets, to give 24-hour care to tubercular children The dormitory would serve as an experiment by which to he governed u similar nature, it was stated by Wal- | ter S. Ufford of the Associnted Chari tles, who officlally represents the Washington Tuberculosis Association on the committee. All of the plans considered at the meeting are to be further discussed by the advisory council and the Wash- Ington Council of Soclal Agencies, with the latter body sesking to obtain the indorsement of the final program adopted by the varioue member bodies it repyesents. Tho special committee which met yesterday was the committee Mr. Moses was authorized to appoini for the purpose of mapping out a pro- gram to be presented to the various authorities mentioned, with a Wew to obtaining action in 'Congress, the ap- pointments having been made follow- A ] ing the adoption of the tentative wel- fare program at the December meet. ing. Members of the committes are &s follows: A. C. Moses, chairman ex- officio; Mrs. Whitman Cross, president of the Instructive Visiting Nurses' So- clety; Walter . Ufford of the Associ- ated 'Charities, who officially repre- | sents the Washington Tuberculosis Absoctation_on the committee: Mrs. | Frank B. Noyves. representing child | welfare work in the District; Dr. Wil- llam Gerry Morgan of the Dislrict‘ Medical Society; Dwight Clark, & mem- ber at large of the advisory council; Dorsey W. Hyde, jr.. of the Monday Evening Club; Mark Lansburgh of the | Kimanis Club: Arthur Hellen of the | Associated Charities; E. C. Graham,| president of the Board of Education, and Miss Gertrude Bolling, superinten- dent of the Instructive Visiting Nurses' Soclety. Assistant District Health Officer Dr. Edward J. Schwartz represented the officer, Dr. Fowler, at the Senate District Committee Expected to Decide on Talia- ferro and Daugherty. The Senate District committee is ex- pected to reach a decision this after- nioon as to whether the nominations of Commissioners Dougherty and Talia- ferro should be reported favorably to the Senate or referred to a subcommit- tee for further inquiry. The committee also will have before it when it meets at 3 o'clock a digest of the voluminous report of the con- in Washington last Winter. The fig- ures gathered by the controlier gen- eral’s accountants showed the average margins on which dealers handled va- rious kinds of coal, but included no somment or conclusions, so that it will be for the committee itself to decide what its future course will be in the coal investigation undertaken during the anthracite strike of last Winter. As to the nominations of the twg new Commissioners, Senator Capper, chafrman, said today that the letters he ?m; received bearing on the ap- poinfments do not appear to necessi- tate referring the names to a sub- committee for further study before taking action. Senator King, Demo- crat, of Utah, suggested a few daye ago that the nominations should go to & subcommittee before they are re- posted to the Senate. Senator Capper plans to lay before his assoclates this afterncon the let- ters he has received and let the full eommittee decide whether further consideration_by a subcommittee is ry. It has been indicated previously that the correspondence reaching the eommittee does not con- tain anything of a serlous nature against the appointees. Senator Capper was not in a posi- tion to say this morning what course the committee would take on the question of coal prices. Employes of the committee have been busy for the past few days on a2 summary of the mass of financial tabulations submit- the controller general’s office t the committee in its delibera- foreign born, 129.6; colored, including & small number of Chinese and Jap- anese, 154.4; Polish, 1567.2; French- Canadian, 171.3, and Portuguese, 200.3. Congestion u Factor. The infant death rate in families which lived in homes with two or mere pérsons per room was two and one-half times that in familles which Itved in homes with less than one per- son per room. The variations in mor- tality from gastric and intestinal and from respiratory disenses were espe- clally marked. The mortality rate for infants whose mothers had worked away from home prior to the children’s birth was 176.1, as compared with 114.6 for those whose mothers hal worked at home, and with 98 for those whose mothers had not been gainfully employ The e mortality among infants whose mothers were employed away from home was due in part to an un- usual prevalence of artifiéial feeding, but even after allowance was made for this large proportion the mortal- ity among these infants was still vice the average. A inally, the father's earnings play a large part in the chances for an in- fant's life. The report states that in- fant mortality rates from all causes and from each principal cause of death | were highest when the father's earn. | ere low and lowest when the | earnings were relatively high: | R , death rate in this survey. It was found that Jewieh was lowest, with native white, second, with-93.8; Ttallan, . 104.5; . other 4, The co-operative consumers’ socie- ties In Great Britain have an aggre- gate capitalization of over $450,000,000. | | i Today in Congress SENATE. Consideration of the Lausanne treaty with Turkey is expected to be resumed in executive session following the routine morning business in the Senate. Hearings on the nomination of Cyrus E. Woods to be a member of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission began before the Senate interstate commerce committee. District of Columbia committee is meeting to consider nominations of Commissioners Dougherty d Tallaferro, and the ort on coal prices in Washington last Winter. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana argued in support of an investigation into the gualifications’ of Senator Gould of Maine, before a subcommittee of the privileges and elections committee. Agriculture committee continued hearings on the packers and stock vards bill. Naval executive ses lendar bills. { | | i held cal- commitfee to consider affairs ion | i HOUSE. i | Representative Fish, Republican, of New York addressed House on Roosevelt anniversary House took up Senate bill au- thorizing construction of a bridge across Columbia River near Long View, Wash. Continued: consideration of Navy appropriation bill. Independent officess appropriation bill reported to House. Underhill bill authoriging acquist- tion of triangle south of. Pennsyl- vania, avenue to-the Mall tc be considered in executive session to- - morrow morning by public build- ings committee. Subcommittee of appropriations committee in-executive session on State, Justice and Commerce and Labor appropriation bill. Vaval affairs committee in execu- tive sessfon on modernizing of bat- tleships. Patents committee conducts hearings on trade mark bill. Indian affairs commitice consid- ers oil land leasing bill. Military affairs committee con- ducts hearing on_five-year pro- gram, with Gen. Patrick and As- sistant Secretary of War as wit- nesses. Committee on election of Presi- dent and Vice President conducts hearing on proposed amendment to the corrupt practices act. Banking and currency committee conducts hearing on farm loan bill. Committee on agricuiture con- siders Haugen Federal Farm Board Dill. Judiciary committee holds regu- lar meeting in exccutive session. Immigration committee, in exec: utlve session, considers admisstor of husbands. Committee on public buildings and grounds favorally reports a 141 to remove barrier against a post office site in Pennsylvania and considered Dayton hospital bill. { HOWARD FUND INCREASED Dormitory Item of $150,000 Re- stored by Senate Today. Funds for the maintenance of Howard University during the next fiscal year, together with an item of $150,000 for a new dormitory at the institution, were provided today when the Senate concurred in a _House amendment to the Interior Depart- ment appropriation bill. The total amount, including an allowance to Freedmen's Hospital, amounts to $365,000. ‘When the Interior bill originally passed the Senate provision for the dormitory was eliminated, but fs re- stored by the action taken today BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW, By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, at the Marine Barfacks, 3:30 pam., Wiliam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. I | Jackson, i und div f Col. ANUARY 6, 1927, CONFUSION REGNS INT3ENT HOLDLP Woman Dives Out Window, Wrong Person Shot, Po- lice Reserves Out. id-up at 614 K street shortly © noon today developed a series of unusual sequels that had the po- lice of several precincts and dete tive headquarters spinuing around in dizzy circles for more than an hour. The whole thing started when tu white men followed Charles Jack- son, colored, into the K street ad- dress and ordered a number of other negroes to hold up their hands. All would have been well had not Clars slater of Charles, screa d for the nearest windov In trying to bring her down with bullet one of the bandits shot James Gilmore, colored, of 1016 Fourth street, who_was visiting in the house, in the hand. Frightened by the com motion, the bandits took 18 cents trom Jackson and started down K street, warning all present not to move until they were out of sight. Jackson, however. stole out a back door and féllowed the two men as far as Eighth and I streets, where one of them spied him and shot at him. Sum- moning a passing taxicab, the bandits leaped inside and slammed the door after Jackson heard them peremptor- ily order the driver td_take them to Wisconsin avenue and M street. The shooting at Eighth and I streats | resulted in a general call being sent in for the police, bringing to the scene ,tll Squn;iinf privates and several detec- v “indi their arrival, they waited in vain for some clue to present itself, and then disconsolately returned to their sta- tions. About an hour later the two episodes were connected up and the mysterious shooting In the busy shopping dis- trict near Seventh street was satls- factorily explained. A city-wide search has been begun for the bandits. Gil- more was taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where hls wound was pro- nounced not serfous. ACTION ON MFNARY FARM BILL BARRED Postponed by Committee Giv- ing Aswell Measure Right of Way. By the Associated Press. Imme te consideration of the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill to exclusion of all other farm relief measures was block. ed today in the House agricultural committee. After a heated discussion the com- mittee decided to postpone consider- ation until Tuesday, January 11, and in the meantime take up the Aswell relief bill, which does not include the equalization fee principle. Representative Adkins, Republican, Illinofs, led the fight for the McNary- Haugen bill, declaring that its provi- slon for an equdlization fee on basic crops to be used in handling the sur- plus, was the only important farm question before Congress. Several other members, however, held that the committee should per- mit all those who have worked on farm relief to present their views. Adkins.contended that to delay con- sideration_would be a signul to the country that relief had no chance in this With the as- surance, however, that the McNary- Haugen bill would be considered next Tuesday, he acceded to the desire for general discussion during the balance of this week. ROGER M. FENWICK DEAD. Native of Washington Had Lived in Late Years at Dayton, Ohio. Roger M. Fenwick, 44 years old, Dayton, Ohio, dled yesterday at Gar fleld Hospital. He ‘was born in this city, where he lived until he came of age, when he went to Dayton, where | he was active in religious circles. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ida M. Scharrer Fenwick: a daughter, Miss Loufse Fenwick; a son, Paul Fen- k; three brothers, Robert L. Fen. wick of Dayton, B. C.: Fenwick of Philadelphia and Edward T. Fenwick of East Falle Church, Va. and two sisters, Mrs. S. N. Whitwell of Pitt burgh and Mrs. C. H. Lane of Bon Afr, Va. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow aftern Hines' undertaking teenth street, followed by interment in Glenwood Cemeter: Col. Keefer Succeeds McCaw: . Frank R. Keefer, Medical Cory A., was nominated today I sident Coolidge to be assistant to ithe Surgeon General of the Army, eral. Gen. brigadier gen: Brig with the rank of Keefer will succeed McCaw. Which President Never Went to School? And which Presidents were col- lege graduates? How, and where were our Presidents educated? The parentage, birth, education, religlon, marriages and other im- portant facts in the lives of the 29 men who have been President of the United States form just part of a valuable 40-page booklet—*Prest dents of the Uni pared by the Information Bureau of The Evening Star for its readers. A portrait of every President. A page of facts about each. Authen- tic, brief, readable, handy for ref- erence. The most useful short work of its sort ever published. Available now for 6 cents for postage and handling. Use the attached coupon. e ——————— The Evening Star Information Bureau, J. Haskin, Directc nd C 8ts., N.W., ‘Washington, D. C. Inclosed find 6 cents in stamps, postage and handling charge, for the booklet on the Presi- dents. ° Name Street ing nothing unusual upon | l‘ l Lost l | 1 | | | LIEUT. OAKLEY 6. KELLY. LIEUT KELLY LOST IN MOUNTAIN HUNT |Flyer and Companion Were Seeking Man Missing Since Last Saturday. | By —The fey fastnesses of Mount Hood today held three missing persons, where be fore there had been but one. More than 100 persons, including Army men, joined in the hunt for Lieut. Oakley G. Keliy, noted cross- country non-stop fiyer, and gis com- panion, Capt. John M. Stanley, who were reported lost last night after they had flown over the mountain in search of Lesiie Brownlee, 20, who has been missing in the snowy heights since last Saturday Late into the night the search for Kelly and Stanley, who are attached to the aviation fleld at Vancouver, Wash., was continued by telephone, but in vain. Outlying towns were can vassed by wire for word of the flyers in the hope that they had flown across the mountain and ianded. Their plane was last seen about 3 o'clock vesterday afternoon, and at that time was flying low over a forest. Farmers at Dufur, Eastern Oregon, later reported they believed they had { heard the roar of the piane’s motor. ! "As the cold Winter night, made darker by falling snow. descended on Mount Hood, despair, checked by the stubborn hope of men who have fought exhaustion, seized the scores of s hers at Government lcamp. It was Brownlee's fifth night fon the glaciers of the mountain since he became separated from his com- panions while attempting to climb to the summit. SOLDIERS JOI to | i s i { Thirty Men to Help Hunt for Lieut. ; Kelly and Companion. * | VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., January 6 (#).—Thirty men of Com- pany 7th 1nfantry, under com- mand of Capt. Fred During, left Van- souver Barracks this morning for The Dalles, Oreg., to search for Lieut. Oakley G. Kelly and Capt John M. Stanley, who ieft here ves terday to fly o search for Leslie Brownlee. Lieut. Kelly and Capt. Stanley were SEARCH. i on the northwest slope of Mount Hood eastward to Rock Creek, 14 miles south of Arlington, in eastern Oregon, and thence southward toward Condon, where trace was temporarily lost because of weather conditions which had put telephone and tele- graph lines out of commission S $512,901,808 VOTE IN FISCAL MEASURE; $2.500,000 FOR BRIDGE First Page) | (Continued from | 347" making the total recommended $480,136. For the Commission of Fine Ar total of $7.300 is recommended is an increase of $2,000 for s and expenses. $2,500,000 for Bridge. The appropriations committee rec- ommends $2.500,000 for continuing Representative Wood told the House that the work on this bridge is progressing satisfactorily, the abutments on the east side hav- ing been excavated and concrete now being poured in. The substructure of the first pler is practically completed, the second pier has been excavated morial Bridge. the third pier is well under way. Contracts have been let for granite for both the substructures and the superstructure, Included in the analysis of cost of work for the com- ing fiscal year is $200,000 for land for B street development as the main approach to the bridge. This fits in- with the Federal building program on the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall. For the Bureau of Efficiency an appropriation of $210,000 is recom- mended. Mr. Wood told the House that during tbe past year this bu- reau condhcted a number of investi- gations resulting in large savings to the Government through the adop- tion of the recommended improve- ment in the method of conducting | the business in various offices and that the bureau is now engaged in a number of important investiga- tions, including ,one covering the District government and- with re- quests pending for assistance in ex cess of the capacity of the present organization. 560,705 in Civil Service. The Civil Service Commission is allocated $1,007,442, which is an in- crease of $4,700 over the estimate. Of this increase for compensation of the sioners with their salarles inc each. The report t there are now 60,811 clv employes in- the District, argest number being in the T ury Department, which has 1476 and outside of the District there are employed 499,894, with the larg- est number in the Post Office De- partment with 302,067. This makes the total number employed by the Government in the civil service the Gets Bi-Centennial Post. nator Capper of Kansas, chair- man of the District committee, has beerl appointed a member of ‘the com- mission to arrange for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington in PITTTRTTTT TP T e e e e e . T T T T EEE T, | Mount Hood In the | traced last night from Bull Run Lake, the construction of the Arlington Me-{ and is ready for concrete and work on et !exploded charge of mitroglyce { there by robbers who MOSCOW ACCUSED OF U. 5. STRIKE AD A. F. of L. Expected to Ex- | pose $1.000.000 Red Fund in New York Trades. | BY FREDERIC WIL | startling revelat | Communist activities 1 ! Amerfcan organized labor are 3 to be made. They will be forthcom ing on the authority of the Americar tion of Labor. The president of the federation, William Green, plans to disclose them January it the Midwinter the execut i Russ ranks of s of the of fed T al cor | mittee ¢ ' | at iniiat ibeen systema ampti ‘bore from within" lubor org: In the United s vealed that, us rapidly machinations are discov can labor leaders are stam) vOul and depriving r author zanization standing. W holes cleanings of this sort | | progress for some time ir trial centers li N Yo |«1 land and Pittsburg i ing izations 1 be r these Rex d, Amer gr Purging Needle T need ng many +, have b unting grounds gitators. The pu ous rection of Am | leaders with contempt for § | The federation Ieaders next week will make publi form how the Reds local unions of - ladies’ garment workers. tr called and vast sums of pended, the aim being to break dow the trade unfons and force the work ers in the Communist parts . be further shown that in ever stance where the Communists le {and costly strikes in the needl final settiements were made o {less favorable than could ha obtained before the strike were calied National labor leaders at Washins ton expect that the St. Petersbur meeting will in particular turn the light on $1,000,000 of Moscow mon. appropriated for the late fur workers {strike in New York. The Commur leader of that strike, 1 ha been publicly challenged by Mafthew Woll, vice president of the Americ Federation of Labor, to make n tafled accounting of the str finances. { Charges Moscow Control. { Mr. Woll declaree that Gold faile {to make plain to the 12,000 members {of the Furriers’ Union in New York |how funds were expended. Gold ! mitted disbursing $840.000 and | there was a deficit of $411,000. { vice president of the Fede Labor charges that Gold t from Moscow and refused to fur strike on terms that would has been advantageous to the wor The long d costly ladies ment workers' strike in 1926 { settled after control had from the Americ Communi group. The useless struggle cc the workers $3,000,000 out of unfon treasury and 26 weeks of lost wages. It is the disastrous results of the fur and garment workers strikes that have, led to the deter mination to root out red propaganda lock, stock and barrel American trade unio The object lesson of 50,600 workers brought needlessly to the verge of starvation has been a very effective one. In the case of the Ladies' Gar | ment Workers' Union, complete re organization is in progress. Begin {ning last week, its 40.000 members | have been required to register nnew {and sign a pledge that they will {become members of. or participate 1in the activities of, the Commu | party. It is intended ntinue this | Qisciplinary process until every n nd woman has either affirn yalty to the American trade unio: vement or openly identify them selves with communism Labor, offitial organ of th road Brotherhoods, announcs {week that the Daily Worker, | Chicago, principal organ of the ¢ { munist party in this i the rocks” and making * | peals for money to pay bills and keep the paper goin, brotherhood pokesman says, * | taken us evidence that the flow « gold from Moscow has been i i off. Reds in ilarly happ an organized labo > in e terne et The B ublishir T America, whi merically strong, have in some obtained control of labor offices and used them to f ternal discord. (Copyright. e never union 1927, Safe Has Nitroglycerin and $500 TAZEWELL, Va., January 6 (# :.\'4\rhvlk and Western Railway police trod softly on the boards of the d today. The station e held an 1 app been frightened aws The s tained $500, and railroad off at & loss to know how the m to be retrieved. . Export trade of 18 leading cou of the world In 1926 totaled $20,000,000,000. How Will You Recognize Your Prince Charming? Judy met her ideal when she was five and he was seven. When she was twenty she k him still hidden in :evnhye: t.' % Other suitors d the lock but none of them carried the key. Her search for and final discov- ery of her Prince Charming is the romance told in our new serial— “JUDY’S MAN” By HELEN BERGER —a delightful love story whose heroine is the finest type of mod- ern girl. Don't s the first installment | 1932. Senator Capper fills the vacancy on the commission created by the death of the late Senator Spencer of Missourt IN FRIDAY'S STAR