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@he Foening Starf WAS HINGTOR, D. €., WE DNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1929, PAGE 17 §_Much Larger Number, How- ¥ . a3 ever, Receive Citizens’ I Indorsement. “HOOVER SUGGESTIONS ARE BELIEVED LIKELY No Member of House or Senate Has Sent in Names of Prospective Candidates to Commissioners. Although & number of citizens and | police officials have received strong in- dorsements for appointment as super- intendent of police to succeed Maj. Edwin B. Hesse when he retires, Com- missioner Proctor L. Dougherty let it be known today that only two persons have spplied for the position. PFhe candidates are Maj. Gen. Mark retired, of 2714 Cathedral avenue, 0 has had a long career in the Army, and Henry E. Solomon. a| member of the Coast Guard and former policeman. % The District Commissioners have re- ceived as yet no communication from any member of the Senate or House suggesting candidates to succeed Maj. Hesse, whose application for retirement comes up for action before the police and firemen's retirement board on March 21. PLANNING }ln('k. Back ro | held an organi ‘harles A. Peters, jr. meeting ye |Force Begins Work to Beau- tify Newly Made Streets During Spring. ‘With the approach of Spring, Clifford LANKAN STARTING LANTING OF TREES FOR Albert Clyde-Burton, Irving W. Payne a MORE BEAUTIFUL PARKS The newly formed park committee of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. Left to right, front row: Frank T. Gartside; Conrad L. Wirth, vice chairman: George E. Clark, chairman, and Charles Hen- The committee Star Stafl Photo. nd Robert O. Jennings. Mrs. Hoover Takes Peggy Ann to See | Amaryllis Display s | The “First Lady of the Land." Mrs. Herbert Hoover, accompanied by Peggy Ann. her granddaughter, were guests at the sixteenth annual amaryllis show of the Department of Agriculture today. Others in Mrs. Hoover's party were W. D. Henry, uncle of the President; his Yoster child, Mary Paul. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr. The presence of ' Mrs. Hoover's party at the show at- tracted a large gathering of socicty i | | WOMEN IN COUNCIL TARE P SIS Organization Representing M. E. Church South in 19th Annual Session. FARMERS SHOULD KNOW ECONOMICS, SAYS DR. COOPER Understanding of Business Fundamentals Held Aid to Success. POOR RE'}URNS TERMED CAUSE OF MIGRATION Urban Centers Draw 500,000 a Year From Agricultural Areas, He Declares. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Is the American farmer gradually be- coming a peasant instead of an inde- pendent proprietor? Can education do anything to help the rural population | in the grip of the industrial revolution? These two questions were ralsed be- fore the annual conference on agricul- tural and home economics education at | the Wardman Park Hotel yesterday by | william John Cooper, new commis- sioner of education. There now is a migration from the farms to the cities of nearly 500,000 persons a year, Dr. Cooper said, and the | poor returns of the farmer on his in- | vested capital and his almost negligible had been crushed to death between twi of the tenth precinct. | Francis Valdenar (left), driver, who was held today after Richard A. Cady o trucks, and Policeman Ralph Edwards One of the trucks is in the background.—Star Staff Photo. 1l AN DRVERS ARRESTED N RO OVERCOMPETTION Disorderly Conduct Charged Against Black and White Company Employes. MONDAY NIGHT ATTACK RESULTS IN FAKE CALLS Bricks Found by Police When Pleas Are Sent In From Scenes of Fighting. Trouble between drivers for the Black and White Taxicab Co. and the Independent Taxi Owners' Association flared up anew last night when 11 drivers for the Black and White Co. were placed under arrest on a technical chargs of disorderly conduct. Their cases were continued until March 21 when they appeared in Police Court this morning. The bad fecling between the drivers for the two companies has extended over a period of three years. ‘The latest development had its incep- tion Monday night when Eugene Lands, a Black & White driver, was taken from his cab. at Seventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast and badly beaten by two men described by him as NEW FLOODLIGHT Members of the Woman's Missionary drivers for the independent company. | Council of the Methodist Episcopal Stories Are Conflicting. people. .- e e The show will remain open te/the ages have been advanced as an ex- trict committees in Congress are known | Lanham, superintendent of trees and | to favor the selection of some one whose interests are wholly outside the District of Columbia, others are said to be of the opinion that the appointment of a police superintendent is a matter which concerns the District government only. | Hoover Is Interested. Tt is thought not at all unlikely, how- ! ever, that President Hoover may have some suggestions to make to the Com- missioners. 2 L President Hoover has taken no_such | step as vet and before he would do | anything of the kind it is known that | he would invite the District Commis- sioners to come to the White House to confer with him. The principal reason for the belief that Mr. Hoover might take some interest in the matter is due to his expressed desire for a stricter parking in the District, is beginning ex- | jtensive tree-planting activities in all | sections of the city. | Already his force of tree planters is following up the highway department, digging holes for young trees along the new streets which have curbing and replacing trees that have been damaged or uprooted in oiher streets. ‘While 2.500 trees were planted dur- ing the last fiscal year, Mr. Lanham explained today that under the $115,000 appropriation allowed by the Budget Bureau that number would be exceeded by between 1,000 and 1.500 young trees which will be planted before the end of the fiscal year. While ‘most of these trees will be planted during the Spring along newly enforcement of the prohibition law and all other laws, not only in the Capital, but throughout the country. In this| respect it has been suggested that thei President might care to have Wash- | ington, the Capital City, serve as a| model for the rest of the country in the | enforcement of laws, and for that rea- | eon would be anxious to see the ad- | ganaistration of police affairs in the Uapital in especially capable hands. “I'nere is every reason to feel that Mr. Hoover will do nothing in this respect that might carry the impression that he is attempting to dictate. And there s not the slightest reason to suppose that his interest, if he eventually dis- Eh_vs any, will go as far as to cause im to suggest any individual to the Commissicners. It has been hinted that he might think favorably 6f the idea of selecting some man from the industrial field who has demonstrated a genuine capacity not only as an administrator, but as a handler of men. Hersey Has Strong Backing. Maj. Gen. Hersey is said to have the backing of many persons who believe that the next superintendent of police £hould be taken from the ranks of the: Army or Marine Corps. It is known that his application will be given serious consideration. The name of Gen. Hersey was for- warded to Commissioner Dougherty by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, superin- tendent of public buildings and public parks. This action on Col. Grant's part, however, is not to be construed as a personal recommendation. He merely transmitted Gen. Hersey's application | for the position at the latter’s request. Gen. Hersey is 65 years old, a veteran of several campaigns, including the World War, and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy. He is the holder of the Distinguished Service Medal and made a_record for himself years ago with the Philippine Constab- ulary. The fact that he has applied for the position is a favorable indication since the office of superintendent of police carries a salars of only $5200 a year, which is nor counted upon to entice many applicdtions from outside the Police Department. Gen. Hersey enter- made streets, the department is mak- | ing _preparation to plant along Tenth street where it has been widened. Re- cent storms and floods damaged many of the young trees in the District nursery, adjoining Bolling Field, which handicapped planting activities earlier in the year. Mr. Lanham, however, now s on hand & great many varieties of ung trees, which are to be planted as rapidly as possible during the coming months. The American elm is being used on the wider streets and avenues, while red oaks are to be planted on streets of ‘moderate “width. On the very nar- row thoroughfares ginkgo trees are to be planted. Other varieties which will be used extensively are the sycamore, Norway maple, willow-leaf oak, pin oak and American linden. GRANT GETS BIDS ON PLAZA PROJECT tentious Area Near Me- morial Bridge. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, moved yesterday to inaugurate the pre- tentious project that calls for a plaza in the vicinity of the Lincoln Memorial and fitting approaches to the Arlington Memorial Bridge, in receiving bids for | the removal of trees now in the path |Joshua Evans, jr. Jullus Garfinckle, of construction. Two bids were received yesterday for the removal of 48 Japanese cherry trees and 37 elms, which are to be taken from the vicinity of Riverside Drive, along the Potomac River, and placed in position to the mnorth, on the Rock Creek and Potomac parkway. John H. Small & Sons, florists, of 1501 Connecticut avenue offered to do the work at $175 apiece for the cherry trees and $385 each for the elms. Lewis & Valentine of Ardmore, Pa., bid $175 each for the removal of the ed West Point as a cadet in 1883 and served continuously in the Army until his retiremsnt in 1924. He is an hon- orary docto: of laws of Bates University and the Unlersity of Maine, his native | State. | While Solomon's letter of application | made a favorable impression upon Com- | missioner Daugherty, his age is believed | 10 be a ba, to appointment. He is 28| years old. e served two years on the Jocal polica force, resigning in 1927 to | enter the Cvast Guard. served in the Navy. Commissioner Dougherty, upon whese recommendation the board will act. said today his mind is “still open” on ! the zelection of a new superintendent. Ke is still of the opinion that prime | consideration should be given those officers on the force who have shown themselves as especially deserving of promotion. Three police officials. Inspectors Henry G. Pratt and William S. Shelby, and Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, are known to be receiving consideration. Retired Marine Mentioned. Another name figured today in con- sideration of the post, that of Maj. Harry Leonard, retired Marine officer, who has bee ton since boyhood. While Maj. Leonard has not applied for appointment, it is known the position would be accept- able 1o him Due to the difficulties of finding suit- £ble men to undertake such an mport- ant responsibility on the $5.200 salary which the office pays, Mr. Dougherty is ziving consideration 1o the question of appealing to Congr if necessary, for 2n increase in the salary to' make it more attractive. Whether this can_be done throuzh reallocation of the office by the Person- nel Classification Board 15 a matter which the Commissioner intends to look | into. It is his opinion that the salaries of chief of police and chief of the Fire Department are fized by statute and the attitude of the appropriations commit- tees is known to be opposed to an in- crease at this time. NAVY ALUMNI TO DINE. The first annual dinner of the newly organized Naval Academy Graduates’ Association of the District will be held % 730 oclorV on the night of March 23 a0 the Willara Hotel. All alumni of the Naval Academy, whether graduates or not. are urged to attend. according to 4 resident of Washington | cherry trees, and $325 cach for the elms.” No award for the contract has yet_been ‘made. " - o g Col. Grant expects to call for bids for the foundations for the water gate, near the Lincoln Memorial, and for the construction of the parkway ap- proach from the end of B street north- west to the bridge plaza, toward the end of the month. The water gate, when finished, will' permit small craf( He previously t0_land passengers in the shadow of | Arlington Memorial Bridge. 'KELLY PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANCY !Head of Det;;tivefii{o—micide Squad | | Highly Praised by In- spector Pratt. Edward J. Kelly, who heads the homi- cide squad of the Detective Bureau, to- | day was promoted from acting to full lieutenant. Inspector Henry G. Pratt, ant superintendent of police, nded Kelly's promotion and it seconded by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse. tive Bureau. thought that if Pratt were sppointed superintendent of police Kelly would succeed him as chief of the bureau. In recommending Kelly for promotion | Inspector Pratt gave the officer high praise. “Kelly. bv his_tireless devotion to duty. boih as a detective sergeant and acting lieutenant.” he informed Mai. Hesse, “has contributed largely to the suiceess of this bureau. “As you know, he has been a mem- ber of the department for a number of vears, the greater part of which has | been spent in the detective bureau, and | now is on_the civil service list and has | earned a promotion in the department. In the event that this recommendation be granted, he is to be retained in his oresentassignment. as there can be ne auestion that his value to the de- partment will be much greater here than if assigned to a precinct.” | Pay Robbers to Be Whipped. WILMINGTON, Del., March 13 () — public until 9 o'clock tomorro night. Director Inangurates Move for Pre- | All records for attendance have been_broken this year. HOOVER IS GVEN INAUGURAL MEDAL SCommiflee Presents Goldi | Emblem to Commemorate Induction Into Office. | | | | President Hoover today received per- | sonally from the officers and members | of the executive committee of the in-| augural committee a handsome gold medal commemorating his inauguration as_President. Mr. Hoover seemed pleased with this token of the committee which arranged the celebration for his inauguration, and personally thanked the members ,for the medal and for the work they had done in making his inaugural a success. ‘The medal was presented by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, who was chairman of | the committee. In making the presenta- tion, Col. Grant. said that it was a great honor to present in behalf of the inaugural committee this medal, which | was struck off for the purpose of com- memoration and that he and the other members of the committee were happy | and proud to have taken even a small | | part in an inauguration which he feels | |is sure to be of most unusual historical importance. The medal itself contained a likeness of the President on one side | and on the other the coat-of-arms of the Nation and decorative features in- cidental to the career of Mr. Hoover, The executive committee, which is composed of the officers of the inaugural committee and the chairmen of the |several subcommittees, was presented | today by the following: Col. Grant, | |Frederic A. Delano. Miss Mabel | T. Boardman, Willlam T. Galliher, Gen. | Anton Stephan, Robert I. Fleming. | i | Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Theodore P. yes, Gen. John A. Johnston, T. | Lincoln Townsend, W. C. Miller, J. A. | Counselor, Commissioner Proctor L. | Dougherty, James Reynolds, Maurice | Rosenberg, Charles Crane. Joseph | | Himes, Clarence W. Burger, Charles H. | Tompkins and H. K. Bush-Brown, who | was the sculptor of the model used in casting the medal. G. S. COOPER, RETIRED ARCHITECT, IS DEAD| | iSuccumhs to Stroke of Apoplexy Suffered While in City Club. George S. Cooper, 65. years old, of 1319 Wyomirg avenue, retired archi- tect, died in Emergéncy Hospital late} vesterday following a stroke of apo- | plexy while playing bridge at the City Club carlier in the afternoon. Mr., Cooper was widely known in business, financial and musical circles | here and was architect, owner and: builder for the new real estate devel- opment along Bradley lane, Chevy | Chase, and also of a large bullding | project in Northeast Washington. He also had drawn plans for many of the | this country on furlough were expected | formerly & resident of Washington, was | | commission on revaluation will be heard | Church South, representing the inter- | ests of the church membership in home and foreign missions, met in nineteenth annual session today at Mount Vernon | Place Church. | The council is composed of the presi- | dents and corresponding secretaries of | each of the seven conferences of the church, and officers of affiliated’ mis- sionary societies. About 120 persons were expected to attend the series of | meetings, which will continue through | Monday. Members and wisitors met in prayer services this morning, and at 11 o'clock a communion service was conducted by | Rev. J. H. Balthis, presiding elder of | the Washington distriot. Among the | pastors ‘asSisting in this service was Rev. W.. A, Lambeth, host to the con- ference, who is pastor of the Mount Vernon Place Church. Missionaries to Attend Session. More than a score of missionaries in to attend the meetings and report on the progress of work in their fields. Reports "of administrative secretaries | for home &nd foreign work will be made (0 the cpuncil tomorrow. Memorial services honoring members | of the council who have died since the | last meeting were to be held this after- | noon at 2 o'clock, followed by meetings | of committees. Mrs. R. W. MacDonell, honored, as were four missionaries, Dr. Mary Balley Sloan, medical missionary to Shanghai; Miss Laura Lee of Nash- ville. who was in Cuba; Miss Daisy Perguson, missionary to Brazil, and Mrs. H. S. Morehead of Mississippi, who served in China. . This evening Rev. Charles Clayton | Morrison. editor of the Christian Cen- tury, will address the council on “The New Prospect for World Peace.” Rev. Mr. Balthis will preside. Delegates to the council meeting will be received by President and Mrs, Hoover at 12:10 o'clock tomorrow at the White House, and at 1 o'clock the presidential couple will be photographed with the visitors in the south grounds at the White House. The council will hear the annual message of its president. Mrs. F. F. Stephens of Columbia, Mo., tomorrow morning. Following a report of the executive committee, of which Mrs. F. S. Parker of Nashville, Tenn., is secre- tary, the council formally will take up the various subjects comprehending its work. In the afternoon reports from | several officers will be heard and in the evening missionaries to foreign lands | will deliver “jubilee messages.” Future Program Outlined. Rev. N. B. Harmon, jr., of Baltimore, editor of the Baltimore Southern Methodist, will preside at a meeting Friday afternoon which will center on discussion of the topic,“The Christian’s Tas,” as relating to the United States. China, Korea and Japan. A report on the activities at Scarritt College; an institution of the church at Nashville, Tenn., will be given Satur- day morning by Dr. J. L. Cunningham, president. In the afternoon members | of the council will visit the Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington National Cemetery. A report of the council's at an evening meeting. i Bishop E. D. Mouzon of Nashville, ! one of the outstanding leaders of South- | ern Methodism, will deliver the annual | sermon Sunday mornnig at 11 at the Mount Vernon Church. His subject has been announced as “Making Amer- ica Christian.” Two addresses are scheduled for Sun- day evening. Miss Helen B, Calder, promotion secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions. is to speak on “The Jerusalem Conference,” and Rev. Milton T. Stauffer, secrctary of the committee of reference and counsel | of the Forcign Missions Conference of North America, will speak on “The World Mission of Christianity.” Last-Day Services. Prayer services and special music are the order Monday, the last day of the | Jarge buildings and apartment houses in_this city. i He was a director of the Southern| Maryland Trust Co. of Seat Pleasant, | | meeting. One of the outstanding fea- tures of the conference is planned for | Monday evening, when 24 young women, elly is to be retained in the Detes -i | Four men who held up and robbad worx- | institution. of Trade, H streets. J. Cooper. Page. Cooper, jr.. leston, W. Va.. Mrs at 110:30 o'clock. i Church, will officiate. believed that Elsie men of pay envelopes ars to reccive 40 G. W. Daisley of Rockville, Md.. secre- lashes each at the whipping post in addition to prison terms, WA TeLOvERs the Incarnation, Episcopal, John's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and i service. stage star who has bee Janis, Md., and, although retired, had heen| drawing plans for an addition lO(lhfi He was a member of the Wakhington Ciiy Club and. the Board | Church South. The deaconesses will be A singer of note, Mr. Cooper was at | foreign candidates will serve in Brazil, In some quarters it wasione time president of the Damrosch : Africa, China, Mexico, Cuba, and Japan. Musical Society and had at_different | times been precentor at the Church of | president of the church’s board of mis- and of ‘St.|sions, will officiate at the consecration Mr. Cooper was a_native of this city, | to Mrs. Stephens, president, are: Mrs. J. the son of Henry C. and Georgianna His first architectural ex- | | perience was with the firm of Gray & Later he served with Hornblower | ville, treasurer, and Mrs. J. W. Downs, & Marshall and with Carlyle Fenwick. | Nashville, secretary of home missions, Surviving him are his widow, Margaret H. Cooper; a son, George S. | these officers in planning the Washing- of Pittsbirgh, and three! daughters. Mrs. R. C. Jufferds of Char-| Mr. Balthis, Mrs. T. J. Copeland, presi- Joseph Brown Metcaife of Chestertown, Md., and Mrs. Olinus Smith of Washington. Funeral services will the residence Friday morning at Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, | pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Mrs. be conducted Elsie Janis' Recovery Seen. PARIS, March 13 (/°).—Unless unfore- | New York City to make plaster models ~oen complications develop, it is now | of certain features of the building. The American n seriously ill,| posals and s, PAAEE MY seniors at Scarritt College, will be con- ! ecrated to missionary and deaconess | ervice under the Methodist Eplscopal‘ | { assibned to home mission work and the | Bishop W. B. Beauchamp of Atlanta, Officers of the council, in addition W. Perry, Nashville, Tenn., vice presi- dent; Mrs. F. S. Parker, Nashville, sec- retary; Mrs. Ina Davis Fulton, Nllsh.l ! woman's department. Associated with ton conference were Dr. Lambeth, Rev. dent of the Baltimore conference of the Woman's Missionary Society, and Miss {Emma V. Peppler, corresponding sec- retary of the Baltimore society. ilast;; Models Bid Accepted. Another contract on the Internal Revenus Building project was let to- day by the Treasury Departthent, when it accepted the bid of Ricei & Zari of the lowest of five pro- for making tl e contract went f teach the farmer the basic principles of business and give him a clear idea of the economic forces with which he is contending. Something can be ac- complished, Dr. Cooper indicated, by a more general understanding of rural soclology. Raisin Situation Cited. As an example of the kind of situa- tion the farmer encounters, Dr. Cooper cited the case of the raisin growers of | California who now are close to ruin. They were producing a limited amount of a product which was practically a luxury. _ With prohibition came a sudden, heavy demand for raisins and “he price shot up. The farmers saw fortunes ahead. drew their savings from the banks to buy more land, and, in- vested in costly equipment. Then' the demand for raisins fell. The product became a glut on the market and the banks foreclosed the mortgages. A clearer understanding of economic forces, he said, might have prevented this. He stressed that the industrial revolution, which already has trans- formed industry from a great number of scattered, independent establishments to a few great businesses, is transform- ing rapidly the retail business and has just started to lay its hands on the farmer. If the farmer can be shown his true position in this drift, he said, he will be in a better position to save his independence. ‘With the population becoming chiefly urban, he insisted, the family income now chiefly is-in terms of money. and little in terms of stock and garden prod- uce, which makes necessary of much stricter budgeting system. Dr. Cooper urged surveys to find out the extent to which machinery is used in the home. Research Program Described. ‘The Bureau of Home Economics of the Department of Agriculture now has before it an extensive program of re- search, Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the bureau, told the educators. Dietary studles, she said, are being made in all the children's institutions here, and new foods analyzed for. vitamin content. The investigators have just found that ; | watermelons are a good source of vita- min A and studies now are under way with reindeer meat. Some time ago, she zaid, the bureau had investigated the food value of rice polishings, which are discarded as waste by the mills, with the idea that they might be a cheap source of anti-pellagra vitamin. They found this waste was rich in other food qualities. ‘The entire vitamin food table, Dr. Stanley said, is being revised, and she advocated the extension of the work to include the mineral content of food products, which recently has become significant in dietetic studies. There is now very little definite information on_this subject. The bureau now is engaged. she sald, in an intensive study of why sheets wear out. Laundry Greatest Wear Factor. ‘The greatest factor of wear, Dr. Stanley, sald, appears to be in laundring. A Dba of sheets now is being made especially for the bureau, with every operation followed from the picking of the cotton. These will be placed in a hotel where they will be in use con- stantly and the wear studied. A long series of tests is underway of the effect of various foods on rats, especially in the light of their vitamin content. When completed these will be fllustrated with photographs showing the physical condition of the rats. This, shes said, involves some delicate points since manufacturers of the foods shown to be valueless are sure to dispute the findings. ‘The bureau now is trying to lift part of the burden of mothers, she said, by devising child garments so simple that the children can dress and undress themselves at an early age. The aim, Dr. Stanley pointed out, is simplicity and usefulness rather than good looks. Such garments, she believes, will in- crease the self-reliance of the child. ‘This work is being carried on in co- | operation with the staff of the Wash- ington Child Research Center. A special Department of Agriculture committee, composed mostly of men, Dr. Stanley explained, now is engaged with the bureau in testing the pala- tability and tenderness of legs of lamb from different parts of the country and grown under various conditions The meat is cooked in the Bureau of Home Economics kitchen and judged by eating. Already hundreds of tests have been made. It is planned to ex- tend the work to beef and to pork. ASKS COURT TO ENFORCE Colored Man Sues on Judgment Awarded Against Policeman for Alleged False Arrest. ‘The aid of the District Supreme Court is asked by Marshall Fletcher, one- armed colored man, to help him collect a judgment of $750 recently awarded him by a jury against Policeman Frank V. Owens for alleged false arrest when he is said to have laughed at the way in which the policeman was directing traffic at Connecticut. avenue and Mc- Kinley street March 11, 1927. ‘Through Attorney Fred B. Rhodes. the judgment ecreditor says Owens transferred property to his wife, Nellie e Ym.owem, March 25, 1927, and Fletcher | twinkle 0 g e § g PROVE ERFEGTIE Successful Test at Bolling Field of Aid in Airplane Night Landing. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Aviation Editor of The Star. Tests were made at Bolling Field last night of what is said to be the most jpowerful landing field floodlight ever i produced. That sounds prosaic, but for some of those who took part in the demonstration it was an experience that will stand out. In the mellow glow of the great light nine Army officers made 11 perfect take- offs and landings with no more trouble than if the sun had been shining bright- ly. For them it may have been nothing more than the regular day’s job, but for the passengers they carried, a num- ber of whom were making their first night flights, it was anything but “routine stuff.” The demonstration of the new airport lighting projector was viewed by repre- sentatives of the Army and Navy air forces, represeniatives of the Depart- ment of Commerce and commercial aeronautical companies. The projector, which is mounted on wheels so as to be readily movable to any point where it may be needed, is declared the larg- est light of any kind thus for devised for the purpose. Eight 3,000-watt lamps arranged in a row, in combination with seven 36 by 15-inch cylindrical mirrors of parabolic curvature, produce a fan shaped beam of light of 2,000,000-beam candlepower intensity for flooding large areas of ground, Power of Light Beam Noted. The light beam rises only a few feet above the ground, so an aviator can land directly into the beam without be- ing blinded. The mirrors and lenses | give a light distribution through 160 | degrees, which can be increased to 180 | degrees, or half the circle. The light is so bright a newspaper can be read in | | | | claim. ‘The light was brought here just be- fore Inauguration day, but, owing to the dangerously muddy condition of Bolling_ Field, night fiying tests could not be held until last night. They will be continued tonight. The big light was used a week ago last night to illum- inate the fleld when four Army and Navy dirigibles were stormbound and while nearly 700 men struggled to hold the ships in a rain, snow and wind storm, which resulted in partial de- struction of two of the ships and dam- | age to another which is believed to have resulted in its subsequent destruction. Last night's flying began soon after 1 | took off in a Douglass O-2 Army ob- servation plane with T. C. Pearce of the Potomac Electric Power Co. in the rear cockpit as observer. Mr. Pearce assisted in setting up and wiring the big light and was “hopped” so he could ob- serve the results of his work. The plane, with red and green running lights and a white rear light, flashed like molten silver as it sped through the huge fan of light and rose into the dark- ness. Capt. Devery was followed almost im- second Douglas plane, with W. P. Car- penter of the General Electric Co.. builders of the light, as passenger. Maj. Davidson made one landing by the new light and then went up again and made a second landing by the light of the permanent field equipment. ‘The two planes were kept in use for! nearly three hours, and flights were | made by Capt. H. A. Dinger, with| Warren B. Hadley. District electrical engineer; Lieut. Fugene A. Bayley, with {Maj. M. W. Danielson of the Quarter- {master Corps; Lieut. Devereaux M. | Myers, with Lieut. Col. R. P. Parrott, {U. 8. A, retired, of the General Elec- ytric Co.; Lieut. M S. Lawton. with C. A. B. Halverson, electrical engineer ! who designed the new light: Lieut. | Bushrod Hopping, with A F. of the General Electric Co. Newton Longfellow, with H. W Vi ery Marshall Andrews of the Post, and Lieut. Louis M. Merrick with the writer, J. L. Kineny, Department of Commerce pilot., took up a Pitcairn Mailwing plane used by the department for in- spection work, with Col. Harry H. Blee, chief of the airports section of the de- partment’'s aeronautics branch, as passenger. The sight of the National Capital from the air at night is a spectacle of almost unearthly beauty. Against a background of black the lights of the eity trace a glittering network of fas- cinating and irregular pattern. Streets Stand Out Vividly. Streets illuminated by the new type of lights stand out vividly as a double row of glistening - blue-white lights. others are maining gas their wl ights glow dully_through glass tops. Traffic lights minute P’r“m.r" of red, St - o § AR wm its beams a mile away, the engineers | | 7 o'clock, when Capt. J. J. Devery, jr., | mediately by Maj. Howard C. David- | son, coramandant of Bolling Field, in a | of General Electric; Capt. Cinger, with | The | ch dimmer and the re- | | BETWEEN 2 TRUCKS R. A. Cady Crushed to Death| When Machine Backs. | A. L. Brown Dies. Caught betwen two milk trucks when one accidentally lurched backward. in an alley on Eleventh street, between Irving and Kenyon streets, rd A. Cady, 41 years old, propr] the Hilltop Dairy, 3118 Eleventh street, was crushed to death this morning. ! The lifeless form of the man was pulled from between the tailgates of the rucks, where it was tightly wedged, and | aken to the office in the rear of his | dairy, where life was pronounced ex- | | tinet by Dr. E. L. Cornish of 1067 Ir- ving streel, and an ambulance surgeon from Emergency Hospital. Francis Valdenar, milk dealer of Sil- ver Spring, Md., driver of the truck | which backed into Cady, was held by police at the tenth precinct to await | action by the coroner. An inquest will | be held at the District morgue tomor- row morning. The dead man, who was unmarried, lived with his mother, Mrs. Frances Cady. and a married sister, Mrs. Bessie Owen, in an apartment, at 1319 Park road. He was a former Navy Yard worker, and had only entered the dairy business recently with Thomas F. Mudd, 613 Fifth street northeast. Pinned Betwen Machines. According to Mudd, Cady was stand- ing in the alley near his dairy talking with Valdenar, who had just unloaded his milk truck, when another truck operated by James Anderson of Silver Spring, and owned by Charles A. Hobbs of Colesville, Md., backed into the alley. Valdenar was asked to move his truck 50 Hobbs could unload. Cady, Mudd said, remained where he had been standing while Vladenar Jjumped int6 his truck and started for- ward, the other truck remaining station- ary. Cady was trying to close the tail- | gate of Valdenar's truck when without | warning it jerked backward. He was pinned so tightly between the two trucks that physicians said death must have been almost instantaneous. Rev. Joseph A. Moran, assistant rec- tor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth and Park road, was called to administer the last rites of the Catholic Church, Capt. Ira Sheetz of the tenth pre- cinct, who took Valdemar into custody, said he probably would be permitted to return home in the custody of Mudd pending the inquest. Dies of Auto Injuries. Cady's was the second traffic death here today, the first being Arthur L. Brown, 25 years old, of 1147 New Hamp- shire avenue, who died earlier this morning of injuries received when he was struck by an auiomobile, March 6. At that time it was thought his hurts were only slight. & Police reported that Brown stepped in front of an automobile driven by Paul N. Tuck of 1718 Twenty-second street, at Twentieth street and Massa- chusetts avenue. He was treated for lacerations to his forehead and chin be- fore the serious nature of his hurts was ascertained. Police have taken steps to notify his mother, Mrs. Ella Brown of Louisville, Kans. Juanita Ross, colored, 7 years old, of. 1 treated at Casualty Hospital by DF. i Louis Jimal last evening for minor | | bruises, after she was struck on Blad- jensburg road northeast, near Lewis .street, by an automobile operated by | Charles C. Foote of Berwyn, Md. She later was transferred to the Children's Hospital and then home. | South Carolina Votes Roads. { _COLUMBIA, S. C., March 13 (#).— | The South Carolina Senate last night | i adopted the free conference report on | the $65.000.000 State hignway bond is- ! sue, by a vote of 29 to 8. As the House | i dopted the report. the bill goes to | | Gov. Richards for approval. Aspirant for Police Job Offers to Work For ‘$100,000 Graft’ Commissioner Proctor L. Dough- erty received through the mail today a generous offer from a Philadelphian describing himself as an ‘“ex-gangster,” who was willing to serve as superintendent of Washington's police force for a salary of $1 a year, or anything. ‘There is, of course, a condition attached to the offer, to-wit: “I understand you want a chief of police.and .I hereby apply for the job. “All T want is a chance to get $100,000 of graft, which would take about a year, and then I'd give some one else a chance.” The card came from Washing- ton. | | l 1149 Sixteenth street northeast, was |, On the strength of his charges. police of the fifth precinct arrested John M. Barker and John Shymansky, both identifying themselves as drivers of in- dependent cabs. Conflicting stories are told of the affray. Police, however, say -that Shymansky tore Lands' identification card and that Lands then left his cab to retaliate. He and Shymansky be- gan fighting, police say, and Barker Joined in. 3 Lands went to the fifth precinct sta- tion house where he swore to a char; of assault against Barker and a double charge of assault and destroying private property against Shymansky. The two men demanded a jury trial when they were arraigned in Police Court yester- day. and were released under $300 bond each. After the fight Lands and other Black and White drivers told police several of their fellow drivers had been lured into outlying sections by fake calls from independent drivers. Attacked and Beaten. When the Black & White driver reaches his destination, they said, he has been attacked and beaten by sev- eral drivers for the other company. The Independent drivers deny this allegation, asserting the tactics ascribed to them are employed by Black & White drivers. On several occasions, they say, Independent men have been beaten after they had been enticed to remote spots in answer to calls from rival drivers. Word of Lands’ misfortune spread rapidly, and an unusual number of Black & White cabs were seen touring the Southeast section of the city last night, according to police. Shortly before midnight the teles phone rang in the fifth precinct sta- tion and an excited woman informed the desk sergeant that a score of taxi drivers were fighting:in front of the District Jail. The riot squad was called out and rushed to the scene. When they ar- rived all was quiet and not a taxicab was in- sight. They returned to the station house. Ninth Precinet Call. A few minutes later a similar call was received at the ninth precinct. The precinct riot squad jumped into the reserve car and raced to Fifteenth and H streets, where a taxi driver riot was supposed to be in full swing. The headquarters car with a load of detec= tives also was dispatched to the scene. Again quiet prevailed at the street corner. Sergt. E. T. Delhouse, temporarily in charge of the fifth precinct, decided the time had come to stop such doings. A dozen policemen were sent to Eleventh and East Capitol streets. where they found approximately 40 taxicabs stand« ing idle. An examination of the cabs disclosed. according to police, that passenger compartments of several were stored with bricks and sections of iron pipe. The drivers were not to be scen. The policemen looked around, how= ever, and in a private car found 11 drivers for the Black & White Co. They were taken to the station house and charged with discrderly conduct. ‘Those arrested were Albert Redmon, William A. McCrairy, Paul Anderson, John A. Jardine, Gustave E. Rett. Roy Elmendorf, John F. Brooks, Samuel Charuchas, Albert M. La Cevey, G. E. Johns and Sam Emilie. All denled that they intended to make any trouble whatsoever. Officials Deny “War.,” Officials of the Black and White com= pany deny knowledge of any “war” be« tween the drivers. Harry Davis, manager of the Inde= pendents, says the trouble goes back at least three years. He says that his company has never been permitted to list itself in the tele phone book as “The Diamond Cab Co,” and that as a result. many calls ine tended for their drivers have gone astray, eventually going to drivers for rival concerns. This, he declares, has aroused the independent drivers and is primarily responsible for the trouble, At present, he says, injunction pro= | ceedings to compel the telephone come pany to publish their name in the de sired manner are pending. If the court sustains their view, he says, the trouble will be ended. CITIZENS OPPOSE SCHOOL ADDITION Plans for erection of an eight- addition to Burrville School, c?flm;"g:)n! an auditorium and classrooms on the basement level, were opposed last night by the Northeast Boundary Citizens’ Ase sociation, meeting at the school. Bids for the project were ope: terday, the lowest being for $} ,000, while Congress has made $180, vaile able for the addition, accordingito Teport returned to the meeting by H. D, ‘Woodson. \ The association went on record #s op= posing architect’s plans as they now stand and named a committee to walt on tk> Commissioners Friday, and sube sequently on the Board of Education, the Bureau of the Budget and Congress, it necessary. in an effort to have the specifications redrawn. J. e committee includes Dr. A, T, president of the association: , Z. D. Ramseur, Mrs. cu‘:' Herrod, Enox and Mss. John