Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1929, Page 17

FLEHARTY STARTS TELEPHONE RATE REDUCTION STUDY People’s Counsel Asks for Record of Company’s Earn- ings Since 1927. PRESENT AGREEMENT TERMINATES ON JUNE 1 Belief Is Expressed Returns Over Two-Year Period Will Not Exceed 7 Per Cent. An exhaustive study of operations of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. for the last two years was under- taken todsy by Ralph B. Fileherty, “people’s counsel before the Public Utili- ties Commission, to determine whether there is justification for a reduction in present telephone rates. 1 Existing rates were established under & compromise agreement between the commission and the company in May, 1927, and cannot be disturbed before June 1, but Mr. Fleharty wants to be in position then to initiate a move for a revision downward if company earn- ings over the two-year period warrant. Mr, Fleharty’s first step was to ask the accounting office of the commission to furnish him with data for use in his study. His request for imorm-tlop covered every phase of the company's financial condition. “I have asked the commission’s ac- countants for a.complete statement of | the telephone company’s operations for the period since the last revision in rates,” he said, “This will include the rate of return it has earned and the present valuation based on the com- mission’s old valuation brought up to date by additions and betterments. A study of this data will show whether 8 reduction is justified under present conditions.” Earnings Believed Fair. Although it will be several days be- fore the complete statement of the tele- phone company’s financial condition is submitted, commission attaches, who have followed fairly closely the earnings of the company as shown by its month- ly financial report, do not believe the rate of return over the entire period has exceeded 7 per cent, which the commission heretofore has considered fair and reasonable. Fleharty prohably would not urge the reopening of the rate case in such an event, as he like- wise is inclined to 'd a 7 per cent return as reasonable for a public utility corporation which is giving efficient and satisfactory service. ‘The present rates were fixed May 13, 1927, when the company offered to eompromise a rate case it had been fighting in the courts for two years. Coupled with the reduction, the com- pany agreed to make certain refynds to its subscribers and withdraw its case from the District Supreme Court with- out having the valuation fixed by the cougt. The commission acceptea the | offer with a feeling that the company, after two years of fighting, finally ac- cepted the commission's principles of | valuation as correct. Case_ Remains Dormant. The reduction brought the rate for | unlimited service down from $5 to $4.75 a month, and increased the number of messages on two-fiany lines from 35 to | 40 a month. These rates under the| agreement, are to remain in force until | June 1, “and thereafter until changed or_modified.” ‘The valuation case under the agree- ment also is to remain dormant until the commission makes a move to re- vise the rates, and public utility experts “are inclined to believe that should steps be taken to reduce the present rates, | Wi the company would counter with a demand t%.r s revaluation, which would forestall any change pending its com- pletion. HOUSE GROUP AT SEA OVER WINSLOW CASE| Uneertain Yet Whether to Drop Action, Now That Accused Judge Has Resigned. By the Associated Press. The House judiciary subcommittee | appeinted to investigate the official econduct of Federal Judge Francis A. Winslow of the southern district of New York decided today to make further inquiries before ~determining whether to drop the case in view of the Judge’s recent. resignation. After an executive session to decide its future course, Representative Dyer, Republican, of Missouri, as chairman of the subcommittee, announced that its members would soon go to New York and investigate there the impeachment charges against Winslow made at the last session by Representative La Guardia, Republican, of New York. ‘Winslow resigned several weeks ago | as subcommittee investigators were | sbout to examine witnesses in New York. FILLING STATION ROBBED. Proprietor Tells Police $400 and Check for $75 Taken. “Theft of $400 and a check for $75 was reported this morning to first precinct lice by Joseph A. Katz, proprietor of | a gasoline filling station at Eighth anc H streets. He the money bad been taken from the office safe, left Raiz declared he was absent s little while. When he returned, money and check were gone. | struction at the west end of the Mall | States. It is designed to picture to the MRS. STANLEY C. SEARS, Chairman of the National Girl Scout house committee, who will be in charge of programs at the. Girl Scout House, Eighteenth street and New York avenue, in observance of Better Homes week, April 21 to 27. —Underwood Photo. PRESIDENT 10 SEE CAPITAL OF FUTURE Notable Depiction of Expan- sion Plans Sponsored by Secretary Melion. The monumental and ‘majestic Na- | tional Capital of the future will be vividly depicted to a distinguished gathering of American officialdom Thursday night, April 25, when Presi- dent Hoover, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and others will speak, a toy- city model of the Mall-triangle develop- | ment will be exhibited, and a new motion picture feature presentation of the subject, “The City of Washington,” will be shown at the council room of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Secretary Mellon, sponsor of the oc- casion, who announced the gathering today, will act as presiding officer. Addresses will be made on subjects relating to the development of Wash- ington, including both the Mall and the public buildings program, by President Hoover, Senator Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the Public Buildings Commis- sion; Representative Richard N. Elliott, chairman of the House public buildings committee, and Milton B. Medary of Philadelphia, a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and of the Treasury Board of Archi- tectural Consultants. . Will Be Broadcast. The entire proceedings, including music by the United States Marine Band Orchestra, will be broadcast over the Nation-wide network of the Colum- bia Broadcasting System, through station WMAL. The occasion will be in the nature of an official meeting, to -which Secre- | tary Mellon has invited the President, the Vice President, the cabinet, the United States Supreme Court, the Sen- ate and House of Representatives, the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The wife of each official has also been invited in the formal invitations sent out today by Secretary Mellon. Owing tc the limited capacity of the hall, according to an official announce- ment of the meeting today by Mr. Mel- lon, “cards can be issued only to these officials.” The only additional guests will be the members of the American Institute of Architects, who then will be holding their annual meeting in n. President Hoover, as an engineer, has faken the keenest interest in the huge building program of the Federal Gov- ernment. When Secretary of merce he personally supervised and ap- proved plans for the great Department of Commerce Building now under con- triangle. Will Be Notable Event. Secretary Mellon, in charge of the Government's building program not only in Washington but throughout the country, will give his ‘'own impressions on the future of Washington, in which he has evinced so deep an interest. The occasion is expected to be one of the most notable gatherings of the kind ever held in Washington. It will mark a significant step in development of the beautiful Capital of the United American people their own city. The model of the triangle develop- ment will show in minute detail the monumental buildings which are to be erected in the area bounded by Penn- sylvania avenue, Fifteenth street, B street and Sixth street. The model which has been in the hands of pro- fessional model builders for several months, is virtually completed and will be disclosed for the first time to the official gathering. It will be ready for mspectl n at the opening of the meet- . Following the addresses and ‘music by the orchestra, the motion picture “The’ City of Washington” will be pre- sented. This is a special picture now being prepared under direction of the Treasury. Following the meeting the picture will be released to motion pic- ture companies for -exhibition in the theaters of the country. | came belligerent following loss of her | WASHINGTON, " D. C, AGTION ON APPEAL 0 GREEN IN WAGE FIGHT INABEYANCE Labor Head, Now in Chicago, Expected ta Return Wednesday. TRADES BOARD COUNCIL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Announces That Matter of Pay Increases Had Not:Been Considered. Action on the petition of local con- tractors and builders urgently request- ing William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, to bring about arbitration of the demands of several building trades unlons for boosts in wages was being held in abeyance to- day pending the return to Washington of President Green. Mr. Green, now in Chicago, was not expected to return to this city before Wednesday. The petition for interven- tion in the wage disputes was forward- ed Saturday to the head of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor by spokesmen for the newly organized building trades employers’ section of the local Builders & Manufacturers' Exchal and the ‘Washington Operative Builders’ Asso« ciation. Meanwhile leaders of the union build- ing trades today maintained an official attitude of indifference to the actions taken by contractors and builders in resisting the proposed wage increases. Council Board Meets. ‘The executive board of the Washing- ton Bullding Trades Council, central or- ganization of local building trades union workers, met this morning in executive session, and it was said later by Sec- retary Young that the council had no statement to make other than that the matter of the wage increases and the actions of the employers had not been considered. It had been intimated last week that the council might consider the resolu- tions passed at the mass meeting of contractors and builders, in which it was declared that members of the Build- ers & Manufacturers’ Exchange would refuse wage increase demands. ““The matter is not before the coun- cil,” said Mr. Young. “We have not re- ceived any resolutions from the con- tractors’ organization. We have no quarrel with any one.” Eight Groups Seek Raises. Rufus 8. Lusk, secretary of the Oper- ative Builders' Assoclation, said today that eight union building trades or- [ had demanded increases in wages and that two others were con- ducting negotiations concerning wages though demands for increases had not been received. Those making demands for pay boosts, he said, ';re b';he plumbers, w':o were reported seel from $11 to $12 per steam- crease fitters, $11 to $12 per day:: rod men, $0 to $12 per day; cut ston masons, an increase of $1 per day: rubble stone masons, an increase of $1 per day; hoisting engineers, from | $11 to 812 per day; steam shovel oper- ators, $11 to $12 per day, and cement finishers, $9 to $11 per day. Lathers and plasterers, he added, are | carrying on negotiations concerning | es. In making demands for increased ‘wages, according to Mr. Lusk and Ross H. Johnson, secretary of the Builders’ and Manufacturers’ Association, union officials have assigned no reason for the increases sought. GIRL, CASE DISMISSED COLLAPSES IN COURT Strain of Night in Jail Proves Too Much for Lucille Silver. confinement in a police precinct and a lengthy trial of a threat charge, Miss Lucille Silver, residing in the 200 block of B street, collapsed follo dismissal of the charge by Judge Ralph Given in Police Court today. Arrested yesterday on complaint of Miss Maria Venegas of the 300 block of Pennsylvania avenue, who accused the defendant of threatening her life, Miss Silver was held in the sixth pre- cinct to await trial. In Police Court today the complain- ing witness testified the defendant be- position at an establishment where the girls were employed. Miss Silver denied having threatened the complainant, but said that after re- ceiving information that an encounter was pending, sent word to Miss Venegas that “Although I am little, I sure can fight,” It was merely a bluff, she added. - Judge Given ordered the girls ta re- frain from further demonstrations, ‘Walking from the room, Miss Silver reached the witness room and collapsed. She was revived by a policeman, who carried here from the building. Unable to bear the strain of a night's | ® SUENTIFIGBASES ISLA FORTESTS OF RADILVALLES Seven Years’ Close Study by National Research Coun- cil Summarized. ITS DELVINGS HELPED BY MECHANICAL BRAIN Experiments Made in Hundreds of Cases to Determine Peoples’ Influence on One Another. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Are some races more intclligent, of higher morality or physically superior to. others? % If so, what is the effect of racial mix- tures such as took place in the United States during its melting-pot days, and still continue, on the quality of popula- tion? The groundwork for an answer to these questions has been worked out through the National Research Council in laying down the basis for an inten- l‘lz;,‘ scientific study of human migra- The study was undertaken seven years ago, when, as an aftermath of the World War, immigration and emigra- tion movements all over the world were taking place on an unparalleled scale, whole populations were being trans- planted bodily and nations were trying u')ocfknme laws to protect their racial stock. The final report of the National Re- search Council committees has just been issued by Dr. Clark Wissler of Yale University, Methods have been laid down and machinery provided for the biological, psychological and sociological study of the admixture of races. Little Known Before. In the past almost nothing has been known about this. It has been practi- cally impossible for the layman of one race to understand thoroughly another and much of popular opinion has been based on prejudice. The tall, blonde Nordic has judged the short, dark Medi- terranean from the Naordic point of view and found him inferior. The Mediterranean has looked upon the Nordic and come to a like conclusion. Both have lacked the basic, sclentific mechanisms for looking on each other impartially. From the first it was obvious, accord ing to the committee’s report, that a basis for understanding the migrations | problem depended on the accumulation | and correlation of data from which fundamental princi- ples could be deduced. This involved heavy labor. : Perhaps the outstanding practical re- sult of the study reported by Dr. Wiss- ler has been the invention of a “me- chanical brain,” comparable’ with the famous “brass brain” of the Coast and Geodetic Survey which works out in- rmatical formulae involved in obtaining ratical formulae involved in obtaining the efficient of correlation.” This is used to obtain the exact rela- tionship between two sets of observa- tions and often requires hundreds of | separate additions and multiplications, | with the constant liability to human error, which may render worthless the entire calculation. “Brain” Then Invented. The mechanical brain was invented by Dr. Clark L. Hull of the University of Wisconsin, under a committee grant, and its ownership transferred to National Research Council. In all three flelds of study lald down scientific re- sults depended on examining hundreds of individuals and the correlation of hundreds of sets of figures. The machine makes no mistakes, so | long as the figures originally given it are correct. First the columns of figures for which | correlations are sought are transferred to perforated paper data slips, prepared roughly, as on an adding machine. Then the slips are fed through the lectrically driven calculating machine, 26 by 32 inches square, which is built into a steel table and can be driven by one-fourth horsepower obtained from an ordinary electric lighting circuit. ‘The machine adds, multiplies, squares and cross-multiplies automatically, the operator merely watching it. In all, 12 major projects were sup- ported by the committee, all calculated to lay down a basis from which other investigators could continue their work. Results Are Tabulated. ‘The results are summed up by Dr. Wissler as follows: “There have been added, in the way of research experience and equipment, a series of tests to minimize language handicaps in mental measurement; a special group of tests for analyzing and rating mechanical aptitude; some fundamental pioneering in the analysis of personality, the most baffling aspect of the human problem, but one that must be faced squarely when dealing with migrating peoples; an attempt to reach the fundamental psycho-neural responses, upon the basis of which to project tests of social effectiveness; an effort to develop an approach to the organic differences in peoples through MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1929. FIRE-SWEPT TOURIST CAMP BUNGALOWS * Above: Firemen fighting flames which last night dzs‘tm.\‘ed two buildings at the Potomac Park tourist camp. Below: G. D. Ireson of Kingsport, Tenn., who slept through all the excitement in an automobile near the fire.—Star Staff Photo. BLAMED IN DEATH C. P. Coleman, Noted Engi- neer, Died Here Saturday of Pneumonia. Smitten in pride and shattered in| health by the collapse of what he had | hoped would be his crowning feat of | engineering, C. Philip Coleman, inter- | nationally known engineer and indus- trialist, of New York, died in seclusion here Saturday of pneumonia, it was learned today, Yielding of cables supporting the | gigantic Mount Hope Suspension Bridge | being budlt over Narragansett Bay, ne- cessitating condemnation and dis- mantling of the structure, is assigned as | the indirect cause of Mr. Coleman's death in a copyrighted dispatch of the Consolidated Press Association received here today. Mr. Coleman, who was president of the Mount Hope Bridge Co. and the Sandusky Bridge Co., died early Satur- day morning at the Mayflower Hotel. He left New York about 10 days ago, broken in body and spirit, and had in- tended. to regain his health at Hot | Springs, Va. He was too ill to continue | the trip after reaching this city. Project Failure Blamed. According to the Consolidated Press, | A. E. MacKinnon, assistant to the pres- | ident of the Mount Hope company, at- | tributed Mr. Coleman’s breakdown to| faflure of the bridge project and the | necessity of starting it all over again. | “Mr. Coleman was shattered and | broken by the discovery that the cables | were given way,” Mr. MacKinnin said. “It. was the first instance in the history | of bridge building in which it had been | necessary to dismantle a large bridge. This was a splendid structure, about 85 per cent completed, and we had put| into it the best work and materials | which engineering science could supply. | “It was the choice of cables made | by a new heat process, instead of the | old cold drawn cables, which caused the | disaster. In preliminary tests they had | shown greater tensile strength than or- | dinary cables and they were passed | upon by the best engineering experts | obtainable. “Only a few weeks remained before the opening of the bridge. Before it | had assumed anywhere near its full | load, on February 22 breaks in about | 300 cables were discovered. Mr. Cole- | man instantly took the stand that there | should be no hesitation in dismantling | the bridge and he persuaded directors | and contractors that the cables should be condemned. This meant a delay of at least six months and innumerable | problems arose in distributing the cost and in other details. “Mr. Coleman, although overcome and rapidly failing in strength, with the first great disaster of his career, plunged into this situation bravely. 64 years of age. with a lifetime riv- ing achievement behind him, the' load was more than he could carry.” Built Singer Tower. Mr. Coleman was secretary and | treasurer of the Singer Sewing Ma- chine Co. and was one of the leading engineers of his day. He built the Singer Tower on Broadway, then the tallest office building in the world. He had been assistant to the president of the Bethlehem Steel Corparation, presi- dent of the Worthington Pump & Ma- chinery Co., president and general organizer of International Motors, a director of the Foundation Co. of America and assistant passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. He was graduated from Lehigh University and Virginia Military Institute. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Douglas R. and Layton H. Cole- man, both of New York. Funeral ser- vices were held there today at the Church of the Incarnation. Soon after the discovery of the de- fective cables on the Mount Hope | BUREAUS NEED SPACE. Moving day” will soon come around again for some of réaus. . The Public Buildings Commission met . today ‘in State. Policeman’s Thigh Broken. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 15 (Spe- clal) —E. D. Dryden, a member of the Maryland State police, stationed here, isuffered a fractured left thigh late Zaturday night when he collided with a car at the bridge over Braddock Run, on the National Highway. Officer Dry- den, it is stated, Isham Yo of Liberty, N. Y., told ice he hau:‘lm a billfold containing $210 in travelers' checks, also bank check signed by J. E. Persch. VANDERBILT, JR., HERE. ved her‘e wm:;ldm'xlm&rbm. ir, u:rl‘”‘ e spend several % el t Washingtonians, wver and George Akerson, the Presi- m‘s secretary, today. Vanderbilt's as- i ggmmfi also includes interviews with o President Curtis and Senator Wes- The films will depict Vanderbilt in the role of the inquiring reporter interview- ing celebrities. . New Police Chief Named. By Radio to The Star. when the accldent occurred. ‘Coast ‘Guard to Have decisions were reached. Senator Smoot said a further sur- vey of the present Federal housing sit- uation would be made before any changes in the .location of bureaus is , was chasing a car | announced. The commission did not in- | garded the subject of individual dicate which buregus need more room. Fast Fiying Boat For Use in Warfare Upon Rum Runners Construction of a new type of high-’ speed, long-range coastal patrol flying boat for the United States Coast Guard Service has been undertaken by Charnce o o s S er, a ew 3 been designed to meet the needs of the Coast its activi- ties :slhut rum runners-and smugglers in ition to routine patrolling of ‘coasts and coastal waters. The plane will have two 325-herse- power motors, mounted on trestles ok of 1 Piant This | oruidng. e support & boat hull 40 feet long and five wide. Wing-tip pont are to for landings in rough water. , expected to have a an no‘te::?olfi&hmmm: ours, or than 1,500 miles on one f; 3 5. A crew of four will be includ- in th:“\l;u' and_here the be stationed. A rovided i ing pilot, mechanic or alternate pilot, { of Tadio of % A ata as to pathology. and an attempt go test. mxtp;ulllutlve anthropometric characters as a method in the analysis of mixed " The sociological side of the study, Dr. Government bu- | Wissler announces, has been taken over | work on this bridge also was stop) by the ‘Social Science Research Coun- the office of Senator | cil, which will co-operate with the Na- | plied by the same firm, the new wire Smoot of Utah, chairman, and consid- :lonll !ctesench Council in developing | process being tried for the first time in ered the need for additional space for |two major projects—one for an anal- |this country. certain Government agencies, but no|ysis of populations, the other for the | tragic outcome have been a sensation in study of areas of settlement, or pioneer belts, throughout the world. Proved Weakest Spot. The committee, says Dr. Wissler, re- human behavior as the weakest spot in the situation. Notwithstanding all that had been done in the way of mental meas- urement, the methods available were adapted to our own outlook on life and our own national -stock and could not readily be readjusted to immigrant groups. - It was- essential, before even a be- ginning could be made in this direc- tion, to have means of testing intel- ligence which would depend very little O averal projects were worked out to m‘ determine the mechanical efficiency of various: races and , which has a great deal to do with their bty to e ig. eas i oities s vt One of the great diffc method still largely tentative. Spnidi' !lyeh Honored. By Radio'to The Star. i, : Salasing and 'mmm' g ) transatlantic vu:"b.v , were honmg :: i er | 4 Bridge, it was discovered that the cables also were breaking on the partially completed Ambassador Bridge, connect- ing Detroit and Windsor, and the long- est suspension bridge in the world, ;:endd The cables for both bridges were sup- Its failure and its later the engineering world. “ROUGH RIDER” TALKS OF FUNERAL, IS STRICKEN Percival Gassett Suffers Heart At- tack After Having Asked Pas- tor to Officiate at Rites. Funeral services for Percival Gas- sett, 70 years old, retired consular of- ficer and Rough Rider du the - ish-American War, who died Satur- day in Emergency Hospital, after a short fliness, will be conducted in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. _Rev. Dr. Enoch M. Thompson, rector of the Church of the Nativity, and former rector of St. Paul’s, will officiate, in accordance with a -expressed by Mr. Gassett. Friday afternoon on Dr. Thompson, ap old friend, and Fhorapson 1. wahted Bim to-offciate . iciate. Earlier in the day Mr. Gassett had been examined by a ician, who found him in good con 5 after Friday afternoon, Mr. G stricken with the heart attack which re- +sulted in his death., Mr. Gassett called | died INTRAFFIG NISHAP Taxicab Driver Arrested and Charged With Colliding. Accidents Reported. Motor Cycle Policeman Edgar Gemeny of the sixth precinct was injured early this morning and the driver of the taxicab which struck his machine from the rear while in front of 622 Pennsyl- vania avenue is under arrest, charged | with reckless driving. | ‘The driver, Robert M. Bankert, 24, of 1343 Clifton street, took the in-| jured officer to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Andrew Betz of the staff for a sprained back and a possible fracture of the left leg. His condition has not been determined. Child Injured in Collision. Seven-year-old Russell McCarty of 4521 Illinofs avenue was severely shaken up and bruised when the automobile in which he was riding, driven by Arthur W. McCarthy of the same ad- dress, was in collision at L street and Vermont avenue with a car operated by William L. Ryan of 1362 South Caro- lina avenue southeast. The child was taken to the office of Dr. Edward Lewis in the Medical Sci- ence Building for treatment. Mrs. Charles Engle, 55, of Baltimore, Md., was slightly hurt last night in an automobile accident on Twenty-first street near Pennsylvania avenue. She was treated at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Emil Griebosky of the staff. Ac- cording to police, she was riding in an automobile driven by Joseph N. Nesbitt. 50, of College Park, Md. The other machine was operated by George W. Reed of O'Brien's court. While running across the street in front of 822 Bladensburg road north- east yesterday morning Cecelia Gray- son, 14, of 321 C street southeast, stum- bled and fell, sustaining abrasions to her hands and knees and bruises about the body. A pmi&f to_Casualty Hospital. Mary Johnson, colored, 29, of 1919 Gales street northeast.. walked into the side of an automobile at Nineteenth street and Benning road northeast yes- terday afternoon. The car was operated by Irving Peters of Glersoch, Md. The colored woman was treated at Emer- “:2 Hospital for lacerations to her e BALTIMORE PLAYERS ARE WELL RECEIVED Two Capacity Audiences Witness Presentation of “My New Curate” Here. * The Lenten drama “My New Curate” was well received by two capacity audi- ences, yesterday afternoon and night, |at Keith's Theater by the St. Mary's Players of Baltimore. | Four acts make up the play, which | concerns the piety of the Irish. The | acts represent Faith, Hope, Charity and Grace. A splendid portrayal of the title role | was given by Joseph Flynn, a graduate | % of the University of Dublin. The sup- porting cast included J. Harry Lessner, Francis McCormick, Francis J. Busin- sky, jr.; Ludwig V. Kauders, J. C. Ihle, Frank P. Roberto, C. Hubert Costello, Fred F. Farrell, William E. Kidd, Ber- nadine Kraus, Margaret Viktor, Wil- liam A. Cannon, Anne M. Morgan, Dolores G. Lessner, Margaret Kelly, Josephine Viktor and Edythe F. Hooper. The characters were chosen from the many dramatic organizations in Balti- more. Edward J. Meehan the production. DEATH CAU§E SOUGHT. Autopsy Ordered in Case of Wom- an Who Died Suddenly. An autopsy has been ordered today | to determine the cause of the duth" yesterday evening of Mrs. Mildred Wag- ner, 27, of 2817 Evarts street northeast. Mrs. Wagner, the mother of two small children, was dead when she was brought to Casualty Hospital by her step-father, Walter King, of Capitol Heights, Md. According ‘to information obtained by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, Mrs. Wagner, who was the wife of James | Wagner, a tinner. was in good health until yesterday, when she was taken violently ill. . RITES FOR MRS. DASHIELL. Services Held Today at St. John's Episcopal Church. Puneral services for Mrs, Mary Eliza Oliver Dashiell of 1800 I street, who 's urc! an at 11. o'clock. .Inter- Creek Cemetery. who was 80 years old, resident_of this city for past years, For 30 years she taught Sunday school in St. John's Church. * She ‘was_the widow of Maj. Dashiell of the Con- Charles Chapman {FOUR HELD IN $10,000 and COMEANEDBRIGEPILCENANHLRT =B | | 'clonu.ng and completely destroying two ROOKIE FIREMEN RECEIVE TRAINING | Second Class in Department i School Instructed by | ; 0’Connor. | The second class to be trained in the | | Fire Department Training School, on ! |North Carolina avenue between Sixth |and Seventh streets southeast, is now receiving instruction under its drillmas- ter, Thomas O'Connor, it was announced | today by George S. Watson, chief en- | gineer of the Fire Department. | The school was established following | construction of a six-story drill tower | last Fall, and one class received instruc- | tion before Winter sets in and made fur- | ther work impracticable. The class | takes 30 days, 18 rookies receiving train- ing in' the fine points of fire-fighting duzing the term. Calvin G. Lauder, engineer of the Na- | tional Board of Fire Underwriters, in- | spected the school Saturday and ex- |as the men went through: Saturday, is as follows: Calisthenics, single and double for- mations: tying standard knots, building chains of pompier ladders to top of | tower, raising 35-foot’ ladder. tq third floor and running hose line over it, running line of hose to fifth floor and | putting on play pipe, putting line of hose to top of tower, shooting a line to the top of the tower with the life gun, pressed himself as highly pleased at the | motorist took her | instruction. A typical day’s work, suchiK General ° PAGE 17 TOURISTS INJURED AND SUSTAINLOSS IN FIRE AT CAMP Clothing of Several Burned at _ Night—Origin of Blaze Unknown. TWO BUNGALOWS RAZED AND OTHERS DAMAGED One Man Carried to Safety at Po- tomac Park—Inquiry Is Under Way. o . Work of clearing away the debris of & spectacular $1,500 fire which occurred last night in the Washington tourist camp in Potomac Park, injuring three persons, leaving two families without bungalows and damaging four others was opegun today. ‘ine blaze, officials said, was caused by a defective oil stove in one of the cabins. U. W. Chaplain, a traveling salesman from Middleton, Mass., who with his wife occupied a cabin next to the one in which the fire started, was wander- ing ebout the camp partly clad this morning nursing a badly cut hand suf- * fered when he broke the glass window in his sedan automobile in an effort to move the car to safety. His wife sprain- ied her ankle carrying two children to | safety. Fire Spreads Rapidly. “We saved most of our things.” Chap- lain said, “but we were forced to wan- der about in our night clothes for some | time before finally getting some blan- kets. I never saw buildings burn so quickly or a blaze spread more rapidly.” J. D. Williams of Cleveland. Ohio, in whose cabin the fire originated, was in ':he community house listening to the radio when the blaze started. Some one ran into the office and notified W. W. Branson, night manager, that a cabin was on fire. Branson spread the alarm and the 150 occupants of the 50 bun- galows were soon scurrying zathering up their belongings. Maj. William Critchey. a banker of Brooklyn, N. Y., carried his wife and two children to safety and was injured trying to save his clothes and other ef- fects. They lost everything but the clothes they had on. Maj. Critchey and his family were on their way to Florida. Man Carried to Safety. William Sloan of River Forest, Il Wwho was confined to his bed in a bune galow, was carried to safety by uniden~ tm&g xmuendn the flames from the cottage next door were licking at walls of his cabin. - - Francis W. Hicks of Pinehurst, N. C; broke open the door of the blazing cot~ tage, and after seeing that he could not check the flames, ran for a chemical hand extinguisher and.called for help. Eugene Layfleld. an_ employe of the camp. called the. Fire Department. e Company No. 13 and Truck Company No. 3 responded, and when Lieut. S. E. Colvin arrived he tele- phoned a second call for equipment. This brought out No. 16 Engine Com- pany and Central Batallion Chief L. L. Wooland. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super- intendent of police and police reserves. But through it all. B. G. Ireson of ingsport, Tenn.. calmly reposed in sound slumber, curled up in the back of his parked machine not far from the excitement and registered surprise when told this morning that there had been a fire in the camo. Officials at the Tourist Camp reported to police this morning the loss of $90 from the Administration Building. Ac- cording to information given police, the money was thought to have been stolen sending belt up line and lowering man | ffom top, jumping :from second floor | into Browder life net and ladder in-j struction. § | RS o S | | BOND IN HOLD-UP CASE | Returned Saturday From Dayton in | Connection With Robbery of A. & P. Store. ! ‘The four men brought back to this city Saturday from Dayton, Ohio, in ! connection with the hold-up of an At- | lantic & Pacific Tea Co. store at 1504 East Capitol street, on March 30. today were held by Commissioner Needham C. Turnage in $10,000 bond each. ‘The men, who gave the names of Les- ter Newland, 28; Carl Gray, 29; Joseph Parson, 40, and Donald Larry Hoke, 27, all of Dayton, are charged with rob- Ty. According to Headquarters Detectives John Wide and Carlton Talley. who returned the prisoners. the men were traced to the Ohio city through Ohio license plates on the machine in which | they are said to have driven to the| store on the evening of the robbery. FUNERAL SEEVICES HELD FOR E. L. HARVEY Rites Are Conducted in Calvary Methodist Church With ‘Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for E. L. Harvey of 1626 Monroe street, for many years prominent in Methodist Church circles here, who died at the home of his son, George Harvey, in Brooklyn, N. Y, Friday, were conducted in Calvary Methodist Church this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery and Bishop F. M. Bristol officlated. Interment was in' Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Harvey had been in failing health for about a year. He was a lawyer and was for many years superintendent of the Sounday school of the Metro- politan Methodist Church. He was »| member of the official board of that church when Presidént McKinley d onged to Galvary Methodist Chareh Tor longed to vary Me ul for the past five years. ADAMS CONCLUDES TRIP. Naval Secretary Returns After Visit to Haiti and Cuba. a enf 3 nn?omahlwuro!lnmeeflnn, which embraced a trip to Haiti and Cuba, t!.n': during which he had an see the work of the service afloat. is well pleased with the performance of the naval vessels. | | _ With_him returned Admiral Charies ll’, Hughes, chief of naval operations, | who accompanied him on his West In- dian trip, from the office on, the camp grounds some time during the excitement caused by the. fire last night. Headquaters de- ;;‘ct‘i'ves are investigating the reported eft. RECEIVED BY HOOVER | President Afterward Poses With Them for Photograph on White House Grounds. President Hoover today received the ranking officers of the High School Cadet Corps and afterward went to the rear grounds of the White House, where he posed with them for a picture. The presentations were made by Col. Wal- lace M. Craigie, U. S. A, military in- s:z’ucwr in the high schools of this city. ‘The President congratulated the young officers on the work they are en- gaged in and remarked to Lieut. Col. Fred Cutting, commander of the=az regiment at Western High School, that one of his sons had attended that school. . Besides Lieut. Col. Cutting, the oth- ers in the group were Col. Richard K. Lyon, commander of the Cadet. Corps; Lieut. Col. Arthur L. Conn of Central, Lieut. Col. Oscar Gildenhorn of Tegh, Lieut. Col. Max Miller of Eastern and Maj. Stanley M. Segal of Business. NEW ROCK CREEK BRIDGE MAY BE OPENED SOON Announcement was made today at the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks that the replacement , now under construction across Rock Creek on Beach Drive, just south of Kalmia road, at the northern en- trance to Rock Creek Park, will be finished toward the end of the week. It is on the artery of traffic from Mary- land and_the northern edge of the District. The bridge replaces s wooden structure and is being built of steel with concrete and stone tiers. When the bridge is opened, the office will cleée Bingham Drive and start recop@uction of that road in Rock Cres§ Park. Heavy traffic over that routs when the Hmhrg road bridge was being constructed is blamed for the rapid wearing down of the road. l 2