Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1929, Page 16

PRATT DECLARES " HINSELF OPPOSED 10 SPORADIC DRIVES Spasmodic Campaigns to Be Tabooed in His Ad- ministration. ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS WILL BE “CONTINUOUS” Police Chief-to-Be Indicates Liquor and Gambling Situation Is His Greatest Problem. Spectacular and spasmodic law en- forcement campaigns will be strictly tabooed during the adminisiration of Henry G. Pratt, who on Monday suc- ceeds Edwin B. Hesse as major and superintendent of the Metropolitan Po- lice Department. The new superintendent announced today that a general enforcement of all laws would be his policy. Like Maj. Hesse, he believes that periodic drives against bootleggers, gamblers and other law violators accomplish little, except sensational newspaper headlines, “I will make a determined effort,” Pratt said, “ to enforce prohibition, gambling and all other laws that are violated in Washington. These ef- forts will be continuous, and not of the sensational, sporadic type, which are usually empty of achievements. I ' don't believe in singling out. one or two laws, and concentrating on their en- forcement.” Pratt indicated, however, that he is aware that enforcemént of the liquor and gambling laws will be his greatest problem. One of his first official acts will be to renew the recommendation of Maj. Hesse to confer prohibition en- forcement power on all members of the Police Department. Pratt pointed out that only 38 mem- bers of the department are deputized as revenue agents and have authority to enforce the liquor law. This leaves 1,337 officers, he said, who, for the lack of such power, do not concern themselves, as a rule, with enforcement of the pro- hibition law. To Push Efforts for Act. Legislation giving the District a pro- hibition enforcement act and all mem- bers of the Police Department the power to enforce it kas been sought for several years by Maj. Hesse. Pratt said he intended to continue to recommend such legislation until Congress en- acts it. The impending changes in the per- sonnel of the Police Departinent, which necessarily must be made because of the promotion of Pratt, are not ex- pected to be ordered by the Commis- sioners until Tuesday, when they meet in regular semi-weekly board meeting. The new superintendent said he would submit his recommendations for pro- motions to the Commissioners Monday. Unchanged Slate Seen, It Is unlikely that Pratt will make any changes in the tentative slate already drawn up, which provides for the advancement of a half a dozen prominent figures in the Police Depart- ment. Under this program Inspector Shelby would take over the command of the Centiral Detective Bureau which Pratt relinquishes and Capt. T. R. Bean of the first precinct would be advanced to inspector to fill the vacancy in this rank also created by Pratt's promction. Pratt’s status of assistant superintend- ent carrying with it an increased com- pensation of $250 a year would be trans- ferred to Inspector E. W. Brown in charge of the Traffic Bureau, but he would continue his present duties. SAGER NAMED SURGEON ON POLICE-FIRE BOARD Compensation Is Fixed at $1 Per ‘Year—Commissioners Approve His Appointment. Dr. W. Warren Sager was appointed 2 member of the bcard of police and fire surgeons yesterday with compensa- tionsat the rate of “$1 per annum.” Dr. Sager’s nomination was trans- mitted to the Commissioners by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, on recommendation of Dr. Danjel L. Borden, with whom the physician is associated, with offices in the Rochambeau. His appointment, ef- fective Monday, was made in accord- ance with the provision of the regula- tions providing that any member of the board of surgeons may have an assist- ant named. Graduating from George Washington University in 1022, Dr. Sager passed two years as interne and resident phy- sician at Emergency Hospital and then for and a half years at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. His appointment was approved by Dr. James J. Kilroy, chairman of the board of surgeons. Dr. Sager resides at 1349 Columbia road. i, MARRIAGE ANNULMENT IS SOUGHT FOR YOUTH Runaway Wedding Is Charged by Father of Homer G. Slade in Petition. Homer G. Slade, 19, of the 800 block of Fourteenth street, today petitioned the District Supreme Court, through his father, for annulment of his mar- ' riage to. Mrs. Evelyn V. Slade of the 1700 block of Euclid street. Charles W. Slade, the youth’s father, sald in the petition that the marriage was a runaway match to Baltimore, the result of a high school romance, and that both parties were under legal age. The marriage took place January 31. The petition sets out \that young Slade will not be graduated from high school until June and that it will take him two years after his graduation to earn a livelihood. Attotney R. E. Wel- ford appeared for Slade. R s Admiral Kimball Declares Pocket . Was Picked in Elevator, | * Admiral Willam W. Kimball of 1757 Q street reported to police last night that an envelope containing $95 in bills was stolen from his pocket yesterday while he was in the ekv\lwru! a down- town hardware store. dmiral Kimball said he suspects two wl':nz men who were in the elevator | with him. $5 for Picking Blossoms. A few Japanese cherry blossoms e e nye Wachington Gleason zs-ryun old, of Takoma Park, Md, just ! Above: The building, at New Jersey avenue and C street, which the Coast and Geodetic Survey is vacating after having been located in that neighbor- hood for nearly a hundred years. Below: Ferdinand Hassler, the first director. EASTER EGG-ROLL PLANS ANNOUNGED Children 10 and Under to Be Admitted—One Adult Must Accompany Them. Arrangements for the annual Faster egg-rolling on the White House grounds Easter Monday were made public today by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 34, director of the office of public buildings and public parks. Between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. only children 10 years of age and under will be admitted to the grounds, and they must be accompanied by one adult guardian. Col. Grant’s announce- ment follows: “By authority of the President, the | south grounds of the White House will be open Easter Monday at 9 am. for the annual egg-rolling. “From 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. only chil- dren 10 years of age and under will be admitted to the grounds, except that smalil children may be accompanied by one adult guardian. Adults, other than those acting as guardians for small children, will not be admitted between the hours mentioned, as this function is exclusively for children. “A concert will be rendered in the grounds by the United States Marine Band from 3;30 to 5 o'clock pm., to which the general public will be ad- mitted. The grounds will be closed im- mediately after the concert.” SPALDINGS ACCUSED OF UNFAIR TRADING Complaint Filed That Firm Pays Leading Players to Recommend Its Golf Balls. By the Assoclated Press. The charge that A. Q. Spalding & Bros., sporting goods firm of New York, were paying leading professional goli ers a yearly salary to use and recom- mend the firm's golf balls was made yesterday in a complaint filed against the Spalding concern by the Federal Trade Commission. The complaint, which alleged unfair methods of competition, also charged that the Spalding firm gave many golf balls to leading players and to golf players employed as instructors. “When said golf players win, or finish close to winers in golf tournaments,” the complaint said, “respondent cor- porations, or the corporations which it owned, controlled and managed, caused advertisements to be placed in maga- zines of general circulation, stating that the winners and those finishing close to the winners used the golf balls made by it or the corporations which it owned, controlled or managed, without dis- closing that said players were obligated to use said balls, thus misleading and deceiving the public into belief that said players used said balls because of their superior quality.” Hearing on the complaint was set for May 3 in Washington. o STATUS GIVEN MRS. GANN. Wives of Ambassadors Come First, State Department Ruling. - ‘The State Department has informed members of the diplomatic corps here that in state social functions, Mrs. Edward Gann, sister of Vice lent Curtis, who is acting as his official hostess, is to be seated after the wives of Ambassadors, Ministers or other heads of foreign missions. = It was explained at the departmtent that this ranking as in conformity with international diplomatic practice. D. C. Architect Going To Europe to Design Model Snakehouse For the purpose of designing a model snakehouse at. the Wash- L. Harris, special study of such buildings in the zoological parks of the prin- cipal capitals of the Old World. ‘Willlam Mann, superintendent of the Washington Zoo, is going to with him, and yester- day obtained from the Commis- sioners the necessary leave for Mr. Harris. The e: of the trip are to be pald from the ap- propriation for a new snakehouse at the local Zoo, which Supt. Mann desires to be a model one. ‘While in Europe Mr. Harris i mSiBaT, development m en London, Vienna, Berlin zlon with ‘the reptile house. HISTORIC GEODETIC COMMISSION HITS || SURVEY VACATING | WHOLESALE RAZING, * HELD N ROBBERY OFVACANT HOLSES Accused Man Enlisted Four Boys’ Help in Stealing Fix- tures, Police Charge. The task of ripping fixtures from va- cant houses and reducing them to junk as a salable commodity proved too arduous for Lonnie H. Green, according to sixth precinct police, who charge that the 32-year-old man enlisted four boys to assist him with the work. Green is known to associates as “Lon Chaney.” He is thought to have used his ability as & mimic to win the atten- tion and later the confidence of the four boys. . With Green's arrest, police believe they have solved the robbery of a score of vacant houses, although the prisoner declares he entered only 10 of them, and that of this number the boys helped him rob only one. Green is booked for investigation at the sixth precinct, pending a check-up of other robberies reported from the vicinity. The four boys involved are Harold Jerome Spain, 14; his brother, Roy, 13, of the 300 block of C street; Paul Mel- vin Sanford, 13, of the 300 block of In- diana avenue, and James Manthos, 13, of the 400 block of Louisiana avenue. The Spain brothers were committed to the Recelving Home for Boys, 816 Poto- mac avenue, as was Manthos, while Sanford was released-in custody of his mother. The three youths sent to the home were already under. probation from Juvenile Court, following their arrest March 19 on a petty larceny charge. - Green, who resides at the Gospel Mission, 214 John Marshall place, ad- mitted Filllging two houses in the 300 block of C street, two in the 200 block of B street, one in the 200 block of C street, one in the 100 block of C street, two in the 800 block of Fourth street, one in the 100 block of D street, which, Green says, the boys assisted in robbing, and one in the 300 block of Indiana avenue. Green was arrested by Sergt. E. P. Myers of the sixth precinct after he was pointed out by a colored man who told the sergeant he had seen Green looting a vacant house. Police say $1,500 would be a con- servative estimate of the value of stolen fixtures, and that the damage resulting from ripping them out would amount to several times this amount. TWO NEW-TY.PE PLANES LAND AT HOOVER FIELD One Will Remain as Permanent Equipment, the Other Over Easter Holiday. ‘Two new type airplanes, built to meet modern air transport needs, arrived. at Hoover Field last night, one to remain there as permanent equipment and the other for the Easter week end holiday. The visiting plane is the latest of the Bellanca series of cabin m(ilu-phnes. It was flown here from Bluefield, W. Va., Wwhere it is used by Pocahontas Air Transport, by Pilot H. O. Comp. Comp's Ppassengers were George Haldeman, pilot of the American Girl, Ruth Elder's ganle‘ on B:'l: tr:‘nu;unnuc m":lllt attempt; . M. win, jr., manager of the Pocshontas ltne“;nr. A. Wetzel, Joseph Johnson and General Sales Man- ager Chandler of the Bellanca Co. The gl:ne ‘was met at the fleld by Giuseppe llanca, designer of the plan The other plane, which will lnreg&rafermn the hu.lfleld.lis a standard four-passenger open cockpit plane, to be used for aerial sightseeing purposes. It was flown here by Pilot Sakler, and among the passengers was J. Earl Steinhauer, chief test pilot at Hoover Field. placed EASTER BUSSES PLANNED. For the convenience of visitors: ex- pected to attend the " Easter “‘sunrise service,” beginning at 7:30 o'clock to- morrow ml:olj'l;ln‘. at wng:p,rd -Hos~ Co. has arranged a special bus schedule, with busses leaving -Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue at five-minute in- tervals between 6:30 and 7 o'clock. The return will-be made at conclu- sion of the service. Cherry Blossoms, Unharmed by Rain,; . Offer Easter Visitors Impressive horticultural division of the of- their | white, park police ave keeping a 24-hour | wateh. "t J : ‘%mma the city.of Toklo to tal, ‘the United not be those pmckt.heorlenlt’u’lmmlnfpmkmd talking Jw-nma trees and deliver a ‘the trees that Late yesterday s nnm%f:hi fi the sanle Lrom s CAPITOL HILL HOME Hundred Years' in Same Neighborhood Marked by Uninterrupted Progress. HASSLER IS RECALLED AS FIRST DIRECTOR Machinery, Records and Instru. ments to Occupy Building at 119 D Street. 3 BY THOMAS R. HENRY, ‘The Coast and Geodetic Survey is moving out of its old neighborhood after nearly a hundred years. the next few weeks the ponderous machinery, records and scientific instruments of this colorful bragch of the Government service will be en to the vacant building at 119 D street ‘from the present quarters opposite the House Office Bullding on New Jersey avenue, The change is ing program, but old employes of the survey-lok upon it as.the closing of a picturesque and romantic chapter. { Since the service was born. its head- quarters have been in the immediate | neighborhood of New Jersey avenue and {C street. Even before it actually came into being, it is likely, there was an asso- ciation with this neighborhood, for here was located the boarding house of ‘Thomas Jefferson, across a stubble field from the Capitol. Jefferson must have had some project in his mind before he became President. It was during his second term, on February 10, 1807, that the Coast Survey was authorized by Congress and Ferdinand Hassler was named the first director. The prelimi- I nary work continued until the War of 1812, when there was a long interrup- tion. It was not resumed until 1832, when Hassler again took up the reins. Progress Record Long. Since then there has been a record of uninterrupted progress. It started when the United States had only about 10,000 miles of coast line. Today, with Alaska, the Philippines and other is- land possessions, this Nation has 103,- 000 miles fronting the sea, all of which has been charted by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. This accounts only for the general coast line. If all the inlets, coves and indentations are counted the number of miles skyrockets into figures usually reserved for high finance. ‘The cld building which now is being vacated has been the scene of great scientific triumphs, of the construction of marvelous machines and the head- quarters of expeditions into vast wilder- nesses and uncharted seas. About its halls linger traditions of the frozen mountains of Northern Alaska and of mysteriously vanishing islands in the Southern seas. For four years the home of the Coast and Geodetic Survey was in Ferdinand Hassler’s buggy. The first director kept the records tucked away under the seat. Hassler was one of the most colorful figures in the scientific history of Wash- ington. He was a mathematician of rare genius and his egocentricity was almost as marked as his ability. Once the criticism was raised that he was drawing as much pay as the Sec- retary of the Treasury. “What of it?” he asked. “Any Presi- dent can make a Secretary of the Treasury. ' But only God"Almighty can make a Ferdinand Hassler.” He was a Swiss, a protege of Thomas Jefferson, and a professor of mathe- matics at West Point. In 1836 an assistant was given him. He; hired a room in one of a row of three brown- stone-front houses at New Jersey avenue and C streets, where the Potomac Hotel now stands, and kept the records there. This location remained the quarters of the Survey until Hassler died. Under his direction the service was .mploying a maximum of 100 engineers and 20 sailing vessels. His mathematical genius was largely responsible for this rapid growth. Anecdotes of Hassler are numerous. Living before the days of rail trans- portation, he was obliged to take long journeys by coach and he always carried with him a Swiss music box that he gnomht hear the Alpine tunes of his old me. Franklin’s Grandson Successor. He was succeeded by Alexander Dallas Bache, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, and one of the most dis- tinguished of American scientists. He hired the next house in the row of brownstone fronts and used one or two rooms as the Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey office, while his family occupied the remainder as a home. Bache died in 1867, after nearly a quarter of a cen- tury of service. Upon the foundations laid down by Hassler, Bache mapped out the program of the survey largely as it is today, taking into consideration the scientific progress of the inter- vening years. Before he died the office was moved across the street into two buildings, still standing, 311 and 313 New Jersey avenue. C street had not been cut through. .The year after his death his successor, Benjamin Pierce, took over 315, the third building in the ToW. i at Harvard and continued to hold this position while head of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. He inaugurated the survey of the newly acquired territory of Alaska. He also developed the plan for two gigantic chains of triangles, extending across the continent, thus covered the whole country by a trigonometrical survey which was declared at the time as the most remarkable work of its kind ever undertaken by any government. He resigned in 1874. Succeeded by Patterson. He was succeeded by Carlile Pollock Patterson, & former naval officer, who held the post for seven years, after which came Julius Erasmus * Hilgard. Hilgard was a disf d _ scientist ‘who in the Coast and Geodetic Survey service. # ‘The next director was Frank M. ‘Thorn, chief clerk of the Internal Rev- He was succeeded by Dr. Sight 10 o'clock tonight, tomorrow night Monday necessitated by the Government build- | sjon {FINDING LI@UOR TRAP Peirce was professor of mathematics | 00 had spent practically all his life i IN TRIANGLE AREA Public Buildings Body Op- -poses Wrecking of Struc- tures for “Gesture.” PLANNING PROBLEMS REQUIRE :DEEP STUDY Group. Favors: Occupancy of Space Until It Is Needed for Federal Program. ‘The Public Buildings Commission does not consider justified = wholesale razing of buildings in the Pennsylvania avenue-Mall triangle until progress of the Federal building program requires the space, according to its annual report !(;rk the calendar year 1928, now avail- able. 'l'het mmm%slonblreterred to thi: :.u one of several problems requiring study aside from the actual planning o, the new buildings.’ After referring to several of t.h:;: er;ln\‘cd questions, the commis- “To point out another aspect, the sudden and wholesale leveling of exist- ing structures in the area involved, simply to make an impressive gesture of activity, would be unjustifiable and extravagant in so far as there are certain buildings in the area which may be put to use for several years pending the advent of the time for their destrigion to make way for their more modern and more worthy successors.” ‘The commission also points out that the grouping of several thousand Gov- ernment_employes in the new buildings within the triangle gives rise to prob- lems other than housing, such as re- Touting of street cars and bus lines, au- tomobile parking and walks. These matters, the commission states, cannot be decided offhand. The commission, which has charge of all private space rented for Gov- ernment purposes, stated that it made & “determined and successful effort to reduce or eliminate on June 30, 1928, all leases that were thought to be un- justifiably high.” Substantial savings resulted, the report added. The prac-| tice of having all rentals for Govern- ment office space handled by one Gov- ernment agency has proven beneficial, according to the commission. The greater part of the report con- sists of a summary of the progress! made thus far in carrying out the legislation for the Federal building HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER IS HEAVILY FINED John A. Cullen, Arrested After Al- leged Chase, Must Pay $100 and Serve 30 Days. A hit-and-run driver who was caught last night after being involved in a collision at Fifteenth and H streets drew stern penalties when arraigned ::odfir}; before Judge Schulte in Trafiic ourt. The car of John A. Cullen, 41 years old, of 1611 Thirty-first street, a real | estate salesman, collided with an auto | driven by Miss Violet E. Orme, 17 years | old, of 1616 Rhode Island avenue. Mr$, Gardner P. Orme, Miss Orme’s mother, a passenger in the machine, was badly shaken up. Cullen, who sped away from the scene, was chased and caught a block away, police say, by a passing motorist. He wAs charged with reckless driving, leav- ing after colliding and failing to give notification of change in address. Before Judge Schulte today, Cullen drew a $100 fine or 30 days in jail on the reckless driving charge, 30 days straight for leaving the scene of the crash and was allowed to give personal bond for failing to notify of his change in address. BRINGS TWO ARRESTS Colored Couple Held in Seizure of 170 Quarts on Ninth Street. Other Raids Made. One hundred and seventy quarts of liquor were reported found By Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman’s vice squad. yester- day in a cleverly concealed trap in a house in the 2300 block of Ninth street, where a colored man and woman were arrested. 5 ‘The man was charged with sale and possession of liquor and gave his name as Lester Johnson, 32 years old. The woman, Daisy Moxley, 28 years old, is booked for illegal n. Besides Johnson, another colored man and a colored woman were arrested by the same officers yesterday and last night under the Jones law.. They are Clarence Ash, who was taken into cus- in the 1700 block of Willard street, and Anna May Reynolds in the 1800 block of Fifth street. Small quantities of liquor are said to have been seized at Sergt. Letterman said the trap at the Ninth street address was concealed by the molding around a closet door. The officers making the raids included De- tectives Richard J. Cox and George C. McCarron. A colored policeman made the “buy” upon which all the warrants were obtained, it is alleged. FLYERS MAY VISIT U. S. Spanish Aviators’ Itinerary Of- ficially Ends in Havana. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 30 (#).— ts. Jimenez and Iglesias, the Span- ish aviators who made a' briliiant flight across the South Atlantic. from Spain flu‘:u week, may visit New York unof- fici ly. ‘The present flight is being made in connection with the forthcoming inter- national e: ition at Seville, Spain, The official itinerary, as announced re- cently, touches Byenos Aires, crosses to the Pacific coast and then runs north- ward to Havana, Cuba, where it ends officially. However, the flyers hope to go to New York later. S rg: EASTER LILIES STOLEN. Easter lilies and other flowers worth $35 were stolen from a garage in rear of the of Otto F. Noll at 1729 T street southeast last night. P The following flowers were reported taken: One hundred cut carnations of mixed spirea and e i Faster e, Memorial Open at Night. - L. and | announced the unwhmmmuhomueut‘l} nights is a special ar-": TYTUS FILLIPOWICZX, Newly appointed Minister to the United States, photographed at the legation with | his pet, which he brought with him from Poland. - —Underwood Photo. Rerouting of Busses For Easter Is Sought At Hoover’s Church ‘To preserve the quiet of the Easter service at the Priends’ Orthodox Church, which Presi- dent Hoover will attend tomor- row, Chairman John W. Childress of the Public Utilities Commis- sion was making efforts today to bring about a rerouting of the busses that pass the church doors at_Thirteenth and Irving streets. Up to a late hour he had been unable to get in touch with E. D. Merrill, president of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co., who is absent, so consequently the schedule has not yet been rear- ranged. A committee of the Friends' Church. waited upon Mr. Childress late yesterday afternoon to make the request for rerouting so that the rumbling of busses might not interrupt the Easter services. The committeemen were E. C. Stanton of 1327 Irving street and V. L. Brown of 4815 Battery lane, Bethesda. URGES PURCHASE OF LAND FOR PARK Senator Smoot’s Ground in Tract - Recommended by Trade Board Committee. Purchase by the District government of the three parcels of privately owned property lying between the north end of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge and the west end of the Calvert Street Bridge for a park development leading into Rock Creek Park was proposed by the bridges committee of the Washington Board of Trade at its meeting late yes- terday, when a study was made of the need for new bridges in the District. The site of the aug?esud new park addition includes the former residence of Senator Smoot of Utah, who this week was unsuccessful in seeking to have the zoning classification of the property changed from residential to first commercial. ‘This triangular piece of property, ly- ing between Connecticut avenue and Calvert street and adjoining Rock Creek Park, should be acquired as a means of developing & proper approach for the two bridges, which should be tied to- gether by this means, the committee suggested. It was the sense of the meeting also that the proposed new Calvert Street Bridge to replace the old structure there should be of the same design as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge, and that there should be a physical connection between the two to give the impression of a single composition. ‘The committee urged action as early as le in the construction of the following new bridges: Calvert Street, Klingle Valley, Benning, P street- over Rock Creek, Michigan avenue, Fern street and Chain Bridge. The committee commended the Dis- trict Commissioners, the District bridge department and Capt. H. C. Whitehurst for repair work done on the old Chain Bridge. 1‘\“‘9 guest of the commitiee was C. R. Whyte, District engineer of bridges. S. B. WALSH APPOINTED ASSISTANT ARCHITECT Selection Fills Vacancy Caused by Resignation of George D. Jurden. Appointment of 8. B. Walsh of 3800 Fourteenth street northeast as assistant municipal architect was announced to- day by the District Comissioners. Mr. Walgh has been employed at the Veterans’ Bureau for a number of years in_conection with : construction work and has had wide experience in the duties which he will be called upon to rform under Municipal Architect Al- 't L. Harris, His appointment fills a vacancy cre- ated some time ago the resignation of George D. Jurden. & salary of $4,600 per year. Woman. 58, Knocked Ridden by Girl, 9. Lieut, Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, setts ition | of the Office of Public ks Public Parks, FRAY SEEN STAGED TOBLY ROADHOSE ‘Prince Georges Prosecutor Told by Woman of D. C. Man’s Interest in Place. After questioning a woman yesterday, | State’s Attorney J. Frank Parran of | Prince Georges County has come to the | belief that the recent shooting affray in Green Gables roadhouse, near Suitland, Md., was planned by a Washington man, who hoped to give the establishment a bad name so he might purchase it at a reduced price. Wesley Poutra was fa- tally wounded by a gunman during the gency Hospital. In the meantime, warrants charging assault with intent to kill have been issued for three men and two women, all of Washington, who are said to have been in the roadhouse at the time of the shooting. Engaged for Party. According to Parran, the woman he questioned yesterday told him a Wash- ington man, owner of a lunchroom on Ninth street, engaged the roadhouse for a private party on the night the shooting occurred. This man had tried to secure the property on several former occasions, the woman said, but the price was too high. She toid the State’s attorney she has been reliably informed that this man planned the party and the gun battle deliberately in hope of giving the roadhouse a bad name to further his own purpose. Mr. Parran said he did not believe there was the slightest reason to link the roadhouse shooting with any sup- posed “racketeering” in Washington. A similar position is taken by local police, who say there is no foundation whatsoever for the belief that “racket- men” from other cities are contemplat- ing an invasion of Washington. Phila- delphia gunmen may come to Washing- ton occasionally, they say, but there is nothing in this city to induce them to locate here permanently. ‘Warrants for Five. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, holds warrants issued by Prince Georges County authorities for three men and two women. Four of those wanted, Mike Dan, Joe Houser, Barbare Bond and Ruth Bradley, left the city before Poutra died, police say, and they have not been located. The fifth, proprietor of the lunchroom, is believed-to be in Washington. States Attorney Parran, who caused the warrants to be issued, said he has received information that the three men and two women were in the road- house at the time of the shooting, which is in Prince Georges County just beyond the District line. Although- the war- rants charge them with assault with intent to kill, Parran indicated he dves not believe all of them actually par- ticipated in the shooting. Parran sald today he did not believe there was any connection between the shooting in Green Gables and an el- leged attempt to extort money from the proprietors of the Mount Pleasant Sup- ply Co., 2200 block of Eighteenth sireet. James M. Sheahin, arraigned in this case this morma? in Police Court, was held under $2,500 bond, on a charge of robbery, and preliminary hearing set " | for April 16. He is represented by At- torney Myron G. Ehrlich. Child Eats Apple Found in Street; Lands in Hospital An apple a day didn’t keep the doctor _away 4-year-old Frank Howard yesterday. Frank, who had been out play- ing, arrived at his home, 607 H street, looking decidedly » One glance at her son alarmed Mrs. Carrie Howard. Frank was reeling. She decided it was and called the ambulance. At Casualty Hospital skeptical doctors treated Prank for polson- ing as a precaution. Later, PFrank recalled he had found an apple in the street on his way home. being a boy, dis- posed of it in the usual way. Down l:y Scooter Suffers Broken Arm took him to the office of Dr. Rich- P ;&gii Eas fight, dying a few days later in Emer- | SOUTHERN STRIKE GASE PUT BEFORE MEDIATION BOARD Railway Workers” Ballots Will Be €ounted Here Beginning Monday, OFFICIALS OF UNION CONFER WITH MORROW Threatened Walkout Would Affect 150 Employes in Alex- andria Shops. The wage increase dispute between the Southern Railway System and 8,500 of its shopcraft workers was moving toward a crisis, it was learned today when an official of the union’s shop- craft committee and a railway employe department representative of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor conferred with former Gov. Edwin P. Morrow of Ken- tucky, a member of the United States Board of Mediation, to whom the case has been referred for, settlement. The threatened strike, which would also affect more than 150 employes of the Alexandria, Va., shops, was declared by officials of the union’s shoperaft committee today to be looming as im- minent unless an agreement is reached ;2:2‘:-“!5!30(0? s;memem of the dif- ices now in the - ferat = hands of the Fed Ballots Coming In. One official ventured to predict that the strike ballots, sent out b‘; the uxuo‘n to all shopcraft employes of the 8ys- tem on March 16 and which are still | pouring into the union's headquarters | here at the National Hotel, would vote to strike almost unanimously. The closing time for filing the bailots has been set at midnight tomorrow night, and the count will begin Monday. The matter was referred to the board on Wednesday last and officials of the Southern have steadfastly refused to comment on the situation, dismissing all gueries with “We have nothing to say since the board has assumed juris- diction over the dispute.” Other Roads Gave Raise. The dispute is attributed by the workmen to the failure of the Southern Railway to voluntarily grant shoperaft employes the wage increase given by more than 20 other roads, falling in line with the recent New York Central decision and sought for by the South- ern_shoperaft workers in an origing :;_qzl;est filed with the company May J , The employes’ original request asked for the creation of daily instead of hourly pay at the rate of $7.50 per day for locomotive and passenger car mechanics; $7.10 for freight car ma- chanics; $5.65 per day for all helpe: $4.06 as starting rate for regular aj prentices; $235 per month for mechan- ics and $174.80 for helpers. The voting, which began last Satur- day with the distribution of the bal- lots mailed to the employes by William H. Baldock, member of the union's shopcraft committee, concerns only machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, sheet-metal workers, carnien and elec- trical workers. Transportation men, such as engineers, conductors, brake- men, telegraphers and di Bt aflecgtg d.p dispatchers, are Criticism Question Raised. Harry J. Carr, a railway employe de- ipartment representative of thpe yAm‘::- lican Federation of Labor, has stated that the Southern Railway has ex- pressed the opinion that granting a voluntary increase to the men would be criticized. The railroad, Mr. Carr said, takes the position that it must be ordered by a Government tribunal to :xrlj:e;‘s)eiicwages lndnd that a deviation of ! would prove m ¥ provoke unwarranted “We hold, however,” Mr. C: - clared, “that the Southern is":ak?neg |thfll position alone in this theory. -In January a board of arbitration decided favorably on increases for shoperaft workers of the New York Central Rail- road. Since that time,” he continued, 20 additional roads, including some competitors of the Southern, have vol- untarily granted the same rates to their employes, taking the New York Centfal | decision as a precedent.” It was pointed out that in the event of failure of the board of mediation to make a satisfactory settlement of the dispute, an emergency board would ::bfi?gmnbyb:?e P!Etsk!ldenl for further lore (it T e strike order WOMAN SENTENCED IN LIQUOR ARREST Miss 0'Brien, Arrested Just Before Christmas, Given 45 Days. in Jail or $200 Fine. Convicted of transporting and 5= sessing liquor, Miss Lillian E‘ml O'Brien, 24 years old, 6200 block of Sligo road, was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 or serve 45 days in jail by Judge John P. McMahon today. Arrested two days before ‘Christmas as she stepped out of an automobile on Ogden street, carrying a_package said to contain liquor, Miss O'Brien in- formed Detectives D. J. Murphy and J. H. Springman of the tenth precinct they showed a lack of holiday spirit by taking her into custody. Henry Hudson Kennedy, 22 block of Sixteenth street, arrested Feb- ruary 9, on charges of Ttne and OE'$250 o Serve b dmae o B & e in e ys in jail, ens: adjudged gullty of second offense transportation and possession, Earl g}o&r, 24, colored, of the 1700 egon avenue was sentenced to serve 75 days in jail. He was ar- rested December 5. A fine of $200' or 60 days was imposed on Edward Wat- son, colored, of the 900 block of N street. Arrested Januery 29 on charges of transporting and possession, he was declared-guilty by a Police Court juryn. MICHIGAN NURSE HELD. - When Miss Marian Emeline Bishop, 40 years old, a nurse from Flint, Mich., became to insistent yesterday afternoon that she be allowed to present to Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General, her plan for = series of moral moving pictures for young women, police headquarters was notified and Defective Harry K. Wilson ar- Tested the woman. 1900 | After questioning, she was sent to Gallinger Hospital for mental observa- tion, s Car Taken Twice in Week. Car thieves have particular affection for the automobile 0-17 John S. Giles of